Chapter 2324: Minguo wants to join, the frightened Japanese country
Chapter 2324: The Ming Kingdom wanted to join, and the Japanese Kingdom was frightened
Even if Yin Zhou, the super god general, was not dispatched, the lineup of generals dispatched by the Wei State was still luxurious.
Not only did he have Le Yi, a famous Warring States general with over 100 commanders, but there were also two god-of-war generals, Yu Rongwang and Er Lai.
There are also many good generals with more than 90 commanders and divine generals with more than 100 weapons.
To put it bluntly, if a general lineup like the Wei army can have an army of 100,000, without counting the navy, landings, food and grass, etc., and given enough time, they can completely defeat the Japanese country on their own.
Unfortunately, Wei was too poor to send out a hundred thousand troops to conquer the Japanese.
Xia Houyuan, Le Yi and other Wei generals thought that the trauma of the Hebei War on Jizhou had not been completely eliminated.
But after entering Jizhou, they realized that they were so wrong.
All we saw along the way were endless wheat fields, and farmers along the way were working hard with happy smiles on their faces.
As for the cities he passed along the way, they have basically been repaired, and no traces of war can be seen.
It is hard to believe that a war involving nearly a million troops broke out here a year ago.
Le Yi looked at the city behind him and sighed: "Great Qin's recovery speed after the war was too fast." He became even more pessimistic about Wei's situation.
Surrounded by Qin on three sides, Wei's terrain is flat and there is almost nothing to defend except for a few fortified cities. Its recovery speed is not as fast as Qin's, so what can it do to fight against Qin?
Le Jin was very puzzled by this, so he asked: "Brother, why is Great Qin recovering so quickly?"
Le Yi sighed softly: "Well, Da Qin is located in the land of Jiuzhou, with tens of millions of people, and the resources it possesses are not comparable to those of our Wei State.
Moreover, Emperor Qin also invested a lot of money in post-war reconstruction, so the recovery speed was naturally fast.
It’s not like our Wei State, which is so poor that even if it conducts a large-scale disarmament, the military expenditure saved is still not enough to govern the country."
This is the difference between ordinary players and players who earn money.
Da Qin's own national power was stronger than other countries, and it was willing to spend money, so its recovery speed was naturally faster.
"It would be great if I, Wei, could be so rich." Le Jin said with envy.
Le Yi glanced at Le Jin and said nothing to attack his younger brother. However, the reality is that if the Wei State does not become stronger, once the Qin Dynasty ends its cultivation and recuperates and sends troops to the Central Plains, it may really be impossible to fight back.
"I hope this trip to the Japanese country will be fruitful enough." Le Yi sighed secretly in his heart.
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Qingbei, Beihai County, Qin Navy Navy Camp.
"Report...to the Commander-in-Chief, the 20,000 Wei troops led by Xia Houyuan have left the borders of Jizhou and have officially entered Qingzhou."
Hearing this, Zhou Yu put down the military book in his hand and chuckled: "The Wei army's marching speed was faster than the governor expected, and it was no worse than our army. Xia Houyuan deserves to be called the 'Speed General'
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"Xia Houyuan is good at making surprise attacks and marches quickly. He is known as: five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days. In terms of marching speed alone, few famous generals can match it." Zhao Yun said.
Hearing this, Lu Bu below looked disdainful and said arrogantly: "Zilong, why should you have other people's ambitions to destroy your own prestige? Take Zilong, your dragon cavalry army as an example. The marching speed must be faster than that of the Wei army. Mine
The same goes for Canglang Camp.
It's a pity that we don't need that many cavalry to deal with a mere Japanese country, and the Canglang Battalion has not been mobilized. Otherwise, Xia Houyuan would have been allowed to see what a true rapid march is."
Da Qin's line-up of generals in this conquest of Japan was equally luxurious.
The chief general of Qin: Zhou Yu
The generals accompanying the army: Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, Yu Jin, Zhang He, Qi Jiguang, Li Shunchen, Yue Yun, Xue Dingshan, Wang Jian, Wu Qi, Guan Sheng, Lu Junyi, Chen Tang, Chen Dao,
Mi Houwang...
Total army: 50,000 infantry (5,000 dragon cavalry, 5,000 trapped camp, 3,000 euphorbia soldiers, 3,000 dead soldiers), 40,000 navy (responsible for water battles, transporting grain and grass)
This time, Great Qin dispatched three famous generals who commanded over a hundred people, and also dispatched a super general and four gods of war.
With such a luxurious lineup of generals, let alone Japan, even Shu and Chu may not be able to withstand it. Of course, the premise is that the troops are sufficient.
"Now that the Wei army has entered Qingzhou, there is no need for the troops stationed in various counties to stay any longer. Send an order and let the army to conquer Japan come to Beihai Port." Zhou Yu ordered.
Among the 50,000 Qin troops responsible for conquering the Japanese, they were all elites recruited from various places. There were no local garrison troops in Qingbei. Although they had secretly arrived in Qingbei in advance, they were not in Beihai.
Fifty thousand troops are not a small number. They suddenly gathered in Beihai Port. The target is too big and they must not be able to hide it from anyone.
Therefore, in order to prevent the news from leaking, Zhou Yu dispersed his troops and stationed them throughout Qingbei.
Now that the Wei army has arrived, the plan to conquer the Japanese is about to begin, and the Qin army will naturally gather towards Beihai.
The Qin Army's 50,000 infantry and cavalry troops, the Wei Army's 20,000 infantry and cavalry troops, and a total of 70,000 troops were heading towards Beihai. Naturally, it was impossible to hide such a big movement from Uesugi Kenshin.
In an inn in Beihai City, a ninja in black reported to Uesugi Kenshin: "Family Governor, a large number of Qin troops are coming to Beihai with unknown intentions."
"What?"
Uesugi Kenshin stood up suddenly, the bad feeling in his heart getting stronger.
The Qin army did not need so many naval forces, but after the major disarmament, it only expanded its naval forces. This is really unusual.
Nowadays, a large number of elites suddenly appeared in Qingzhou and gathered in the North Sea. This also deepened Uesugi Kenshin's judgment.
The situation in the Central Plains can affect the whole body. The Qin Dynasty has only been recuperating for a year and has not accumulated enough strength, so it is unlikely to send troops to the Ming Dynasty.
Since it was not the Ming Dynasty, then the only target of the Qin Dynasty would be Japan, which had its enemies.
Uesugi Kenshin's guess was correct, Da Qin's target was indeed the Japanese state, but what he didn't know was that this time the conquest of Japan was not made by Da Qin alone, but by the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu.
Uesugi Kenshin had long guessed that Great Qin would send troops to retaliate against Japan. After all, the emperor of Great Qin was a vengeful master, but she always believed that Great Qin's revenge would come after unification.
The Qin Dynasty went on a cross-sea expedition to Japan before it was unified. This was something Uesugi Kenshin never expected, but it happened.
"The forces in the country don't know the news yet. Once Da Qin succeeds in a sneak attack, Japan's vitality will definitely be severely damaged.
No, I must return to my country immediately and inform all the important officials of this news.
Hurry and prepare the ship to go to sea." Uesugi Kenshin said solemnly.
"Hai."
Uesugi Kenshin was obviously frightened this time, so he decisively chose to return to Japan. The person who was also frightened was Ming King Zhu Di.
Even Uesugi Kenshin knew the news that a large number of Qin troops were heading to Beihai, and it was naturally impossible for Zhu Di not to know about it.
After Zhu Di learned the news, he subconsciously believed that the Qin army was going to attack the Ming Dynasty, so he decisively summoned his civil and military subordinates to discuss countermeasures. He even made plans to cede some territory and form an alliance with Wei and Song to fight against Qin.
However, the spies came to know that the Wei army had appeared in Qingzhou, which surprised Zhu Di and the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty.
If the Qin army attacks the Central Plains, it will definitely attack Wei first. After all, Wei is the best to attack.
But now Wei Jun has appeared in Qingzhou, which is a bit weird.
Without Qin's permission, the Wei army could not have traveled more than a thousand miles from Yanzhou to Qingzhou.
So why did Qin allow the Wei army to march at will in its own country?
In this regard, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were puzzled. Even Fan Zeng, Zhu Di's sub-father, also could not understand the purpose of this move. However, the only thing that was certain was that the goal of Qin and Wei was not the Ming Dynasty.
It is absolutely impossible for the Wei State to join the Qin State in the Ming Dynasty. After all, once the Ming State is destroyed, it will only be a matter of time before the Wei State is destroyed by Qin.
With Cao Cao's intelligence, there is no way he would dig his own grave.
So who will be the goals of Qin and Wei?
After pondering for a long time, Fan Zeng had some guesses in his mind, but he was not sure.
It wasn't until the Ming Dynasty's spies in Jianghuai returned the news that the Song and Wu armies were also mobilizing towards the seaside that Fan Zeng finally figured it out.
"Di'er, I'm afraid the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu have united, otherwise the armies of the four kingdoms would never send troops at the same time." Fan Zeng said with a serious face.
"What?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di immediately panicked and said anxiously: "Could it be that the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu want to join forces to destroy the Ming Dynasty?
But this shouldn’t be the case. It’s impossible for Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin to not understand the principle of lips dying and teeth falling cold.”
Fan Zeng shook his head and said: "No, the target of the four countries uniting to deal with it is unlikely to be me, the Ming Dynasty."
"Why?"
"The Qin State has only rested for a year and has not fully recovered. It is absolutely impossible to send troops to the Central Plains at this time, let alone the three kingdoms of Wei, Song, and Wu. It is impossible for them to help Qin attack our country."
"Then which company will be the target of the Four-Nation Alliance?"
"If my prediction is correct, it should be the Japanese country." Fan Zeng concluded.
"Japanese country?"
Zhu Di's eyes widened and he said with a look of shock: "The four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu formed a coalition to conquer the Japanese country across the sea?"
"Yes, the invasion of Japanese pirates two years ago caused great losses to all coastal countries. Among them, Wu State suffered the most casualties, and Qin State was no exception.
Now that Qin has expanded its navy and Wu has suppressed civil strife, it is natural to retaliate against Japan."
"What about the Kingdom of Wei and the Kingdom of Song? What are they planning to do when they send troops together?" Zhu Di asked in confusion.
Fan Zeng was silent for a while and then replied: "It should be for the wealth of the Japanese country."
Zhu Di suddenly showed a look of surprise.
Cao Wei was already crazy about poverty and would never let go of any opportunity to make money.
Zhao Songguo would not complain that his country had too little money.
In this case, the two countries also have the motivation to send troops.
"I have long heard that the Japanese country is rich in gold and silver, but I did not expect that this would lead to a joint crusade by the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu."
As he spoke, a gleam flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, he looked at Fan Zeng with stern eyes, and asked: "Father, can I, Ming, also take a share of the pie?"
Cao Cao was crazy about money, and Zhu Di was not much better than him. After all, due to lack of money, the merger of the Ming and Qi states did not go smoothly.
Zhu Tianpeng had long wanted to entrust the State of Qi to Zhu Di. However, considering that the political system of the State of Qi was completely different from that of the Ming State, he had not yet completed the handover.
After Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, in order to quickly quell Xue Ju's rebellion and win over the hearts of the generals, he followed the example of the Qin Dynasty and established a pension land.
The pension system of the Ming Dynasty was only a low-amount pension, but if there were too many casualties, it would also be an extremely huge number.
Qi State does not have a pension system, and once it is merged into the Ming State, soldiers will naturally enjoy the pension system. After all, people in a country cannot be treated differently, right?
In the Central Plains War, the Qi army suffered a lot of casualties in order to support the Ming army, and the Ming soldiers also suffered a lot of casualties.
If it were just the pension for soldiers of one country, the Ming Dynasty could barely afford it, but if the two countries came together, they would not be able to get it out even if the Ming Dynasty's treasury was emptied.
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Di has been reluctant to completely merge Qi and Ming because he really can't come up with the pension money.
After that, Zhu Di will carry out disarmament and vigorously develop internal affairs. He also hopes to recover the wounds of the war as soon as possible and pay back the pensions owed to the soldiers, and then the two countries will formally merge into one country.
Therefore, after learning that the Wei and Song Dynasties sent troops to defeat the Japanese together with Qin and Wu because of the wealth of the Japanese islands, Zhu Di also came up with the idea of defeating the Japanese together.
After hearing what Zhu Di said, Fan Zeng fell into deep thought. After a long time, he said: "The four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu will definitely send troops across the sea to attack the Japanese country in order to avenge the people who died along the coast. And I, the Ming Dynasty, died in the Japanese pirates."
There are many common people who have been killed by the butcher's knife. It is of course their duty to avenge the common people, and they have no reason to refuse."
Zhu Di suddenly smiled: "Okay, send an envoy to Beihai immediately, and tell me that Ming Dynasty will also send troops together."
"No, we, the Ming Dynasty, don't have to send troops together with the Four Kingdoms. After the four kingdoms allied forces defeat the Japanese navy, we, the Ming Dynasty, can just send troops on our own. Why bother with the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu? If we really join in, we might be tricked."
"What Yafu said makes sense."
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On the other side, Uesugi Kenshin was more decisive this time and returned very quickly. After she returned to Japan, it was not yet time for the Four Kingdoms to send troops, but it was not far away, so she had to race against time.
After Uesugi Kenshin returned to Japan, without even having time to return to his home country, he immediately conveyed the news that Daqin was mobilizing an army to cross the sea to conquer Japan, and couriered it as quickly as possible to Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu and other major forces.
leaders, and form an alliance to discuss how to deal with it.
Uesugi Kenshin had not returned to his country for a long time. The leaders of the major forces in the Japanese country thought that he had died in the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, he came back alive. Most people were naturally disappointed.
But after reading Uesugi Kenshin's letter, the leaders were in disbelief at first, and then were horrified.
They were all defeated by the princes of the Central Plains, and they clearly knew how powerful the princes of the Central Plains were.
If the Qin Dynasty is really determined to conquer the Japanese, Japan's local forces may not be able to stop it!