"Your Majesty, could it be that Liu Bei's fellow escaped to Yingzhou alive?" Pang Tong asked.
Everyone from top to bottom of the Chu State has regarded Japanese Island as a must-win place and accepted it as another new state of Chu State. Therefore, among the government and the public at this time, the majority of Japanese Island was called Japanese State.
Yan Liang threw the information into the Dragon Case and sneered: "Not only did Liu Bei escape to Yingzhou alive, he also pretended to be a ghost and secretly took away Zhang Fei's military power."
Everyone was greatly surprised when they heard this.
You must know that Yingzhou was captured by Zhang Fei, and the Japanese even regarded him as a god descending to earth and respected Zhang Fei very much.
As for Liu Bei, he is nothing more than an exile who has fled. Unless Zhang Fei consciously hands over military power, how can Liu Bei seize it?
Surprised, everyone circulated the information one after another. After reading it, they suddenly realized.
It turned out that after Liu Bei fled to Yingzhou, he was grandly welcomed by Zhang Fei. Liu Bei took this opportunity and claimed to be some kind of creator god Izanagi to come down to earth and come to save the Japanese from the invasion of the Chu Kingdom in the west.
Izanagi is the founding father god in Japanese legends. Even Zhang Fei, the Susanoo, and Himasu, the great god of Amaterasu, were all "born" of Izanagi.
Taking advantage of Zhang Fei's respect for him, Liu Bei claimed that he immediately convinced the Japanese that this sudden person was their creator god Izanagi who came down to earth. Their worship of Liu Bei quickly surpassed that of Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei.
In this way, Liu Bei, who originally came to seek refuge in despair, suddenly transformed into Zhang Fei's "Laozi" and even became the ancestral spirit of the Japanese.
Liu Bei quickly established his prestige among the Japanese, but Zhang Fei didn't know what was going on and took no precautions against Liu Bei. He gave up his military power and was willing to continue to be Liu Bei's general and work for Liu Bei.
When Zhang Fei gave in like this, Beimi was even more unable to object. Of course, he could only surrender to Liu Bei, the "Heavenly Father" who came out of nowhere.
Therefore, within a few months, Liu Bei seized power on the Japanese island.
"This Liu Bei's methods are really cunning. Zhang Fei took Yingzhou, which he had worked so hard to capture, but he just pretended to be a ghost and took it away easily," Fazheng sighed.
Yan Liang snorted coldly: "Liu Bei is already notorious. Only a foolish and loyal person like Zhang Fei would be fooled by him. It's not that Liu Bei is cunning, it can only be said that Zhang Fei is brainless."
All the ministers nodded and agreed with Yan Liang's evaluation.
At this time, Pang Tong said: "Liu Bei's ability to control people is ten times better than Zhang Fei's. Liu Bei captured Yingzhou. His threat is ten times better than Zhang Fei's. If we give him a chance to breathe, relying on the land of Yingzhou and millions of Japanese,
I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble to Dachu in the future."
Pang Tong's words touched Yan Liang's heart.
Originally Yan Liang thought that even if Liu Bei fled to Yingzhou, with Zhang Fei's grudge against him, Liu Bei would be reduced to a puppet at best.
It's just that Yan Liang underestimated the extent of Zhang Fei's foolish loyalty and was deceived by Liu Bei again and again. Until now, he was deceived to the point that even the family fortune he had worked so hard to build was given to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's threat is indeed ten times greater than Zhang Fei's, so he must not be given too much time to develop.
"Well, what the Prime Minister said makes sense. It seems that the time for my eastward expedition to Yingzhou will be advanced." Yan Liang nodded.
Yan Liang originally wanted to develop the navy in a few more years, build enough ships, lead hundreds of thousands of troops to the east, and conquer the Japanese islands in one fell swoop.
Now it seems that the only way to attack Yingzhou in advance is to rely on the existing navy.
However, even Da Chu's current navy is powerful enough to give Liu Bei a drink.
The number of main sea-going ships in the three major navies of Dachu and Dachu has reached more than 300. If we add in large and small troop transport ships and supply ships, the number of warships in the entire navy reaches more than 600.
More than 600 sea-going ships are enough to deliver about 50,000 troops to Yingzhou at once, which has set a record for maritime troop transport.
As long as these 50,000 elite soldiers can successfully land on the Japanese island, they will establish a solid beachhead, and Chu will continue to transport more soldiers and supplies to Yingzhou by sea.
With overwhelming military strength, Yan Liang had absolute confidence that he could raze the Japanese country even if he launched the Floating Sea Battle in advance.
"Pass on my decree and order all the navies to be transferred to Liaodong. I will conquer the Japanese country in advance. That's it!" Yan Liang slapped the case fiercely and issued the order to kill.
The decree to attack the Japanese was officially issued, and within a few days, all the coastal counties of Da Chu were mobilized.
The warships of Xu Yang Navy and Bohai Navy, the two major naval armies, set off to Liaozhou one after another.
At this time, the Liaodong Navy commanded by Gan Ning had arrived at Yuanshan Port.
Wonsan Port is located on the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, very close to Wodo Island, and is the best starting point for the Eastern Expedition.
When Zhang Fei launched his sneak attack on Lelang, he landed at Yuanshan City.
After Yan Liang destroyed Goguryeo, he sent 50,000 Goguryeo people to build this brand new naval base day and night. It took several months.
In addition to the naval base, Yan Liang also sent 100,000 Goguryeo troops to build a road from Chaoyang in the prosperous west of Lelang County, across the Korean Peninsula, and directly to Wonsan Castle via Soubang Castle.
With this Chi Road across the Korean Island, Chu's troops and supplies could enter Chaoyang City via the Chi Road around the Bohai Sea, and then be transported from Chaoyang City to Wonsan Port.
The navy troops rushed to Yuanshan Port in a mighty manner, and the land armies also left Youzhou and gathered on the front line of Yuanshan. Tens of millions of grains and grass were also continuously transported to the front line.
Half a month later, Yan Liang left the prince to supervise the country, and the pro-reunion army set off from Ye Jing, and the emperor personally conquered the Japanese islands.
This time, Yan Liang was not in a hurry and led his army leisurely. It took him nearly a month to arrive at Wonsan Port.
Now that the mainland has been leveled, Yan Liang is determined to conquer the island. Yan Liang regards this expedition as an overseas trip. Naturally, he wants to enjoy the scenery along the way and appreciate the great rivers and mountains he has single-handedly conquered.
In this expedition, Yan Liang led mostly navy troops who were proficient in water-based warfare. The main generals of the army were no longer land generals like Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun and Wen Chou, who had traveled across the continent, but mostly navy troops from Jiangdong.
general.
Lu Meng, Gan Ning, Zhu Huan, Ling Tong, Jiang Qin, Pan Zhang, and even veteran Huang Gai all accompanied the expedition.
In addition, Taishi Ci, who was formerly the governor of Yinzhou, was also transferred to Yuanshan by Yan Liang and accompanied the imperial commander on the expedition.
Although Taishi Ci was a northerner, he had lived in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time and was proficient in the three arms of land, water, and cavalry. He was a rare all-rounder in the Chu Kingdom. When Yan Liang went to conquer the Japanese islands, it was certainly not enough to rely on the navy alone. A strong dryland general like Taishi Ci, since
It is also the most needed.
After a month of gathering, nearly 100,000 land and sea troops have gathered at Wonsan Port. Dachu's expeditionary force is ready to set off at any time to expedition to Japan's Yingzhou.
In the imperial tent, all the civil and military officials gathered together, and Yan Liang asked the generals to express their opinions and plan for the campaign to conquer the island.
Most of the generals believed that the main force of the navy should be used to move south from Motoyama and directly attack Shimane Castle, the gateway to the northern part of Yingshu Honshu Island. Then the army would land in Japan from Shimane and directly attack Osaka Castle, the seat of Yingshu.
Shimane Castle is the seat of Shimane County and is located at the northern end of Honshu. It is a seaport that Zhang Fei focuses on. Zhang Fei originally launched his sneak attack on the mainland from this port.
After breaking through Shimane Castle, we can successfully land on Honshu Island and directly attack Osaka Castle, the core of Wajima Island. This plan seems to be good.
"A large army gathered in Wonsan. Liu Bei thought that our army would take Shimane first, and would gather heavy troops on Shimane to defend it desperately. If we attacked on land, we would naturally have nothing to worry about, but this time it was a sea landing. Our army
Although there are many people, they may not be able to break into the harbor." Xu Shu expressed his unique idea.
Yan Liang nodded slightly, deeply convinced.
Maritime combat is indeed different from land combat. In land combat, Yan Liang can rely on his absolute superiority in troops to directly defeat them.
Battles at sea are different. No matter how many soldiers and horses there are, it is useless. They rely on sea ships. The enemy can use fire attacks and other methods to defend the strong harbor fortress. If there is a slight mistake, the entire army may be annihilated.
In the past history, Cao Cao claimed to have an army of 800,000, but Zhou Yu's 30,000 soldiers and horses were completely burned by a fire. This is exactly the reason.
Most of the generals present were veteran generals who were proficient in the navy. After hearing what Xu Shu said, they naturally quickly understood the pros and cons.
At this time, Lu Meng stood up, pointed at the map and said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, why didn't our army attack Shimane and actually take Nagasaki? We first captured Kyushu Island as a foothold, and then moved from west to east.
, capture the remaining three islands, attack so steadily, how can Liu Bei resist."
The generals' attention suddenly shifted from Honshu Island on the map to Kyushu Island to the west.
"Although this plan is clever, it can catch Liu Bei by surprise, but if we want to attack Nagasaki, we can just send our troops directly from Yangchang. The road is shorter, and we don't have to go through the thousands of miles of Bohai Road to transport military supplies. Why bother to travel thousands of miles to the army?
Are they gathering in Yuanshan City?" Ling Tong expressed doubts.
"In this gathering, hundreds of supply ships were left behind in Yangzhou. With these hundreds of ships, it is extremely convenient to transport grain and grass from Yangzhou. I think your Majesty may have had this intention for a long time." Lu Meng looked at him.
Got Yan Liang.
The generals also looked at Yan Liang.
Yan Liang burst out laughing and sighed: "Zi Ming, who knows me, is right. In fact, long before I went on the expedition, I had made a plan with the prime minister to attack the east and west. The army gathered in Yuanshan, just to deceive Liu Bei.
, making him think that I am going to attack Shimane, but in fact, my real intention is to capture Nagasaki and obtain supplies from nearby Yangzhou."
There was no need to hide it at this moment, so Yan Liang announced his strategy to the generals.
At this moment, all the generals suddenly realized that they were all amazed by Yan Liang's foresight. No one expected that Yan Liang's massive military gathering was actually a plan to confuse the enemy.
When the generals understood Yan Liang's strategy, they all became more motivated and eager to try it.
Yan Liang pointed his big hand and shouted loudly: "The plan has been decided. There is nothing to discuss anymore. Please pass on my decree. Tomorrow the army will go out and take Nagasaki directly for me and wipe out the Japanese islands."