Yan Shengsan had obviously done his homework and came prepared. When faced with Yang Zhen's questions, he answered clearly and clearly, and almost everything he said was on point.

"I don't know much about the situation in the Japanese slave country, but in the past few days, I have learned more about it from the governor, Lin Tongyu, and the Japanese slave prisoners.

“The great political power of the Wonu Kingdom fell into the hands of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The supreme power of the Tokugawa Shogunate was in the hands of the hereditary shoguns of the Tokugawa family.

"The Tokugawa family is the largest lord daimyo in the entire Wano Kingdom, and is also the overlord and protector of all other lords and daimyo. If the Tokugawa family has trouble, all other vassals will send troops to help. If other vassals have trouble, the Tokugawa shogunate will do the same.

We need to send troops to protect."

Yan Shengsan briefly explained what he had said before based on some of the situations he knew, and then stopped and looked at Yang Zhen quietly.

"You mean that if the Matsuura clan asks the Tokugawa shogunate for help, the Tokugawa shogunate will probably order the recruitment of other Japanese troops to fight?"

Regarding Yan Shengsan's statement, Yang Zhen was noncommittal. Yang Zhen had some vague thoughts in his heart, but they were not clear enough, so he continued to ask.

Yan Shengsan was obviously very confident in his own ideas and answered immediately.

"My humble opinion is that this is the case. Because if the Tokugawa shogunate does not send troops, it will lose credibility with the daimyo of other vassals in the Wonu Kingdom. If the Tokugawa shogunate wants to maintain its hegemony, it will definitely stand up for the Matsuura clan.

"

"Well, what you said makes sense."

Yang Zhen was not sure what the Tokugawa shogunate would do specifically, but he knew that what Yan Shengsan said was human nature and common sense.

If you were Tokugawa Iemitsu, and the lord of a certain place who surrendered to you was invaded by outsiders, and was forced to cede territory and pay compensation, what would you do?

Simple empathy allowed Yang Zhen to understand that if Tokugawa Iemitsu wanted to maintain his authoritative status as shogun and continue to gain the surrender and allegiance of other feudal lords of the Wonu Kingdom, then he would have to react.

As for whether the Tokugawa shogunate is determined to go to war and mobilize a large army to counterattack Hirado Island, Iki Island, Tsushima Island and the Goto Islands, or is it just paying lip service and only mobilizing a few other nearby feudal lords to counterattack?

, Yang Zhen couldn’t say for sure.

But there is no doubt that the Tokugawa shogunate will definitely respond.

"Captain, there is a saying in your humble position that you don't know whether to say or not?"

While Yang Zhen was deducing the response of the Tokugawa shogunate and hesitating whether to divide his troops to stay on Iki Island, Tsushima Island, Hirado Island and the Goto Islands, Yu Haichao, who had been quiet and silent, suddenly spoke.

"speak!"

"It's like this, Governor, I think that we only have so many troops and this place is so close to the Japanese slave country. If we defend everywhere, I'm afraid there will be loopholes everywhere——"

"I said Brother Yu, what do you mean?!"

Before Yu Haichao finished speaking, Zhang Guogan, who was sitting there drinking tea, suddenly put down his teacup and shouted at Yu Haichao very unhappily.

Zhang Guogan is Yang Zhen's disciple and one of the top old subordinates around Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen rose through the ranks and his power continued to grow. He also rose through the ranks and was now the deputy general of the Musket Regiment Battalion of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Although he was always fussy in front of Yang Zhen, he couldn't stand other people questioning Yang Zhen the most.

At this time, I heard that Yu Haichao actually had his own ideas, and this idea seemed to question Yang Zhen, and he immediately became unhappy.

When Yu Haichao saw this, he was a little embarrassed for a moment, scratched his head and smiled, but did not dare to continue talking.

"Zhang Guogan, shut up! Yu Haichao, keep talking!"

Just kidding, I finally have someone under my command who can think independently. If Zhang Guogan continues to suppress him, this military discussion will be useless!

Yang Zhen wanted to speak out, but he always believed that except for his understanding of historical trends that was much higher than others, in other aspects he was not much better than others.

Especially in terms of the use of naval warships, they are even far inferior to those who have experienced hundreds of battles at sea.

When Yang Zhen said this, Zhang Guogan smiled awkwardly, picked up the tea bowl and drank tea again, not daring to talk any more.

Yu Haichao looked at Yang Zhen and Zhang Guogan, and then said: "I don't know whether what I think is right or not is wrong. Commander, please listen. If what you said is wrong, please criticize and correct me!"

After Yu Haichao said these scene words, he continued:

"Beizhi once heard the governor say that the best defense is offense. Beizhi thinks this sentence is most appropriate now.

"I have seen the map of the Wonu Kingdom. There are only a few adjacent large islands. It can be said that we can land everywhere and attack everywhere. If we continue to attack other places along the coast, I am afraid that the shogunate will not have the intention to defend Matsuura.

His head started.

"So I think that if we just guard Hirado, Iki or Tsushima and wait for them to mobilize troops to attack, that would be a bad idea. The best option is to attack other parts of the Wonu Kingdom and bring the war to the Wonu Kingdom's homeland.

Go and let them take care of themselves!"

"good!"

As soon as Yu Haichao finished speaking, Yang Zhen immediately clapped and applauded.

In fact, Yang Zhen had had this idea for a long time, but he didn't know where to attack for the moment.

At this moment, after listening to what Yu Haichao said, I felt very happy to see that he coincided with me.

"What about you? What do you think? Do you think what Yu Haichao said makes sense?"

When Li Lu, Zhang Guogan, Yan Shengsan, Zhang Tianbao, Guo Xiaowu and others heard this, they looked at each other and smiled. The boss said this and asked everyone to talk.

Fortunately, both Li Lu and others have understood the current situation at this time.

Now that the Dutch fleet has arrived, Yang Zhen will definitely go to join the Dutch. In this case, Jinhaizhen's own team may have to divide its forces.

So once the troops are divided, how should they be divided?

If we divide our troops everywhere and defend them everywhere, including Hirado Island, Iki Island, Tsushima Island, Goto Islands, and Yingzhou Island where Shen Yongzhong and Chen Shunong stayed, how many ships will be able to join forces with the Dutch if they are divided all the way?

The most important thing is that after what Yu Haichao said, they also understood that since Yang Zhen wants the Dutch to launch another attack on the Japanese slave country, the greater the momentum, the less time the Japanese slave country will have to pay attention to the Matsuura family.

cry for help.

In this case, it is definitely better to use offense as defense. Moreover, the more important the place to attack and the stronger the offensive force, the better the effect will be, and the safer Hirado Island and other places will be.

"I agree with Yu Haichao's best strategy!"

At present, Li Lu, who is not the oldest but has the highest status around Yang Zhen, was the first to express his attitude.

Subsequently, Zhang Guogan, who commanded the musketeers, Zhang Tianbao, who commanded the grenadiers, and Yan Shengsan and Guo Xiaowu, who commanded the navy, successively expressed their support for Yu Haichao's opinion.

When Yang Zhen saw that everyone had basically reached an agreement, he smiled and nodded, saying "very good, very good" several times, and finally said to Yu Haichao:

"You are right, very good. Sometimes offense is the best defense, especially when our troops are far from enough. If we just defend blindly, we will be passively beaten. Only by choosing to attack at this time can we find another way.

!”

"The governor's teachings are good."

Facing Yang Zhen's praise, Yu Haichao quickly became humble.

Yang Zhen nodded to him, then turned to everyone and said:

"You all tell me, if we want to join forces with the Dutch to launch a new attack, where should we attack?"

"If the governor wants to fight, then he must fight where the Japanese slaves must be saved!"

Zhang Guogan was the first to speak again, but this time his words were quite reliable. Although he didn't say where exactly he was hitting, at least he was in the right general direction.

After hearing this, Yang Zhen couldn't help but nod. When others saw this, they also began to wonder where the Tokugawa shogunate must save.

At this time, I heard Li Lu say:

"Captain, just continue to go north along the coast to fight the Japanese slaves in Ishimi country. Previously, the governor had asked me to try to win over Matsuura Shigenobu's retainer, Tagawa Onyuhuang. I would arrange all kinds of work for him, and provide him with all kinds of preferential treatment in food, drink and accommodation.

, getting along well with him.

"I heard from him that along the coast from here to the north, past Iki Island and continuing to the north, there is Iwami Country. There is the largest silver mine in Wonu Country. It is called Iwami Silver Mountain. Not only does it produce silver, but it is also

The territory of the shogunate.

"The place where Iwami Ginzan is located must be the place that the Tokugawa shogunate must save. If we go to attack there, we won't be afraid that we won't be able to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Wonu Kingdom. Who in the shogunate will care about the life and death of the Matsuura family?"

!”

"Ishimei Yinshan?"

When Yang Zhen heard the words "Shi Jian Yin Shan" from Li Lu's mouth, his mind suddenly blurred, as if he felt like traveling through time and space.

But when I remembered that I had indeed told him before, asking him to take care of Emperor Weng Yu of Tagawa, so that he would be able to talk to him one day when he was needed.

However, he did not expect that Li Lu actually learned something from Tian Chuan Weng Yuhuang that he had never mentioned to them.

Of course, this was an unexpected surprise for Yang Zhen, and it also saved him the trouble of talking.

The old Iwami country territory where Iwami Ginzan is located belonged to the Mori family during the era of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

However, after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, because the Mori family stood against Tokugawa Ieyasu, after the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, Iwami Country was taken away by the shogunate and directly became the direct territory of the Tokugawa family.

Therefore, the western coastal area of ​​Honshu Island where Iwami Ginzan is located is indeed a must-save area for the Tokugawa shogunate.

However, Yang Zhen currently does not want to directly attack Ishigami, which is under the direct control of the shogunate. In addition to not wanting to start a full-scale war with the Tokugawa shogunate now, there are of course other reasons.

On the one hand, for Yang Zhen, Shijian Yinshan will be in his pocket sooner or later, but not now.

Because once that place is occupied, a large number of troops will be assigned to garrison it, and a large number of manpower will be recruited to mine and smelt.

At the same time, we must be on guard against the Tokugawa shogunate or other neighboring Japanese feudal lords from attacking us every day.

Rather than doing this, it is better to leave it alone and threaten to occupy this place to extract sufficient benefits from the Tokugawa Shogunate.

The purpose of Yang Zhen's visit this time was mainly to seek wealth, rather than to really risk his own money to start an all-out war with the Tokugawa shogunate, and then fight it to the end at all costs.
To be continued...