Chapter 717 Three hundred thousand versus forty thousand, the advantage is not mine
"How long does Qi Shuai think this battle will last?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously, Qi Jiguang's prediction of the direction of the war.
Qi Jiguang exhaled and said: "If the war takes place in Korea, it will end in about three to five years. If we want to attack the Japanese mainland, this war will take more than twenty years."
Wars to destroy a country are often so protracted. Qi Jiguang cannot deceive the emperor into making wrong decisions. The Ming Dynasty must be prepared for a long-term war. The end of military operations does not mean the end of the war.
The Ming Dynasty and Ada Khan fought for twenty-five years, and from the sixth year of Wanli, they fought for another three years.
"If you want to use the plague, Qi Shuai knows that the Ming Dynasty has a cowpox method that can prevent and treat smallpox." Zhu Yijun said calmly.
As soon as he said this, Feng Bao looked at the position of Zhongshu Sheren with lightning eyes, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Zhongshu Sheren had diarrhea today. When Qi Jiguang came in, Zhongshu Sheren I have gone to the toilet. Zhongshushe people don’t want to get too involved in military and state affairs. When the time comes, they only need to complete it in the Wanli Daily Notes and try their best to exaggerate His Majesty’s wisdom and martial prowess.
Knowing too much is not a good thing in many cases.
Qi Jiguang and Li Rusong looked at His Majesty the Emperor with dull eyes. The two battle-hardened warriors did not know how to answer for a moment.
In the minds of the two generals, Your Majesty is kind and is really good to the soldiers. Although His Majesty the Emperor has killed countless people, most of the time, these people deserve to die. There are no innocent souls under His Majesty's men. .
They never thought that one day, such cruel words would be uttered by His Majesty the Emperor.
Guns, bacteria, steel and silver, these four have been throughout the so-called era of geographical discovery.
“I heard that during the Mongolian conquest, when they encountered a large walled city that could not be conquered for a long time, they would throw the plague-stricken people and objects into the city to cause the plague. No matter how big the city was, it could be broken. I also heard that in Peru and Mexico, the red-haired tribesmen sold the blankets where smallpox patients had been lying on to the indigenous people, causing the plague and reducing the combined strength of the resisters."
"Qi Shuai, others can do it. Ming Dynasty can do it too." Zhu Yijun gave his reason.
Bacteria and viruses can also be used as weapons, especially smallpox. The Ming Dynasty actively promoted vaccination using the cowpox method. In order to please His Majesty the Emperor, wealthy businessmen from various places were even willing to pay money to promote the benefits of the cowpox method.
When the Indians died, they were wrapped in blankets sold by the colonists. They had just died and did not know that the blankets that made them feel warm were the relics of smallpox patients. The virus remained, infecting the tribe and consuming their vitality. Smallpox spread everywhere in the New World through wind, rain, droplets, rivers, rats, and vultures, causing death, destroying cities and countries, and ultimately disintegrating civilization.
Smallpox weapons, the Ming Dynasty will not be counterattacked. Firstly, it has a cowpox immunity wall, and secondly, there is a physical wall. All the Fanyi who come to the Ming Dynasty live in the City of Ten Thousand Kingdoms and are not allowed to move freely. Yes, Zhu Yijun does not need to worry about the boomerang of smallpox.
"I think it's inappropriate. The barbarians can do it, but the Ming Dynasty really can't do it." Qi Jiguang said very frankly: "Your Majesty, soldiers are an ominous weapon. They are not just weapons for gentlemen. They use them as a last resort. Barbarians can't do it." The reason why they are barbarians is because they are afraid of power and not virtuous. The reason why the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty is because of its virtues to stabilize the world. "
Qi Jiguang, who has been killing people all his life, is advocating the way of benevolence and forgiveness.
Your Majesty is simply too violent.
"According to research from the Jiegu Institute, smallpox can withstand dryness and low temperatures. It can survive on scabs, dust and clothes for up to one and a half years. It can still infect others for one and a half years." Zhu Yijun took out Understanding the research report of the Gaoyuan, this was originally reported by Pang Xian to the emperor to ask him to pay attention to its harm, but now Zhu Yijun demonstrated the possibility of using it as a weapon.
Pang Xian, who researched and wrote the theory of cowpox, devoted his life to the prevention and control of smallpox, may become the biggest killer in the Wanli period. Because of Pang Xian's research, the Ming emperor could use this weapon unscrupulously , to eliminate anyone who refuses to surrender and completely wipe them from the map.
"Your Majesty, I think it is completely unnecessary. The situation is not so bad yet." Qi Jiguang was still very insistent. He always believed that His Majesty the Emperor should follow the straight path and should not follow such crooked ways.
The emperor cannot do evil. This issue has been repeatedly demonstrated in the pre-Qin period. "Shang Shu·Hong Fan" says: The emperor is the father and mother of the people and thinks he is the king of the world. If he does not do evil, he must obey the king. road.
If the emperor takes the initiative to do evil, as a being who is admired by billions of people, how can he set an example for the world by acting like a villain? Your Majesty will bear the responsibility for the world's injustice, and the price of the world's injustice will be borne by all the people.
It is of course important to destroy the Japanese, but if the Ming Dynasty loses its way, the gains will outweigh the losses. Qi Jiguang does not agree with this matter. He feels that it cannot be done by his Majesty.
Zhu Yijun did not argue with Qi Jiguang, but showed a warm smile and said: "It is true that the situation is not bad enough to activate this weapon. If the situation is bad, I will find a way, regardless of anything. The cost is to weaken the strength of the Japanese country. "
Zhu Yijun's view on war is to win at any cost. If the Ming army really loses, the Japanese pirates will not win.
"I obey the order." Qi Jiguang obeyed his command again.
After leaving Tonghe Palace, Qi Jiguang and Li Rusong walked for a long time. When they reached a secluded place, Li Rusong suddenly asked: "Qi Shuai, have you convinced His Majesty?"
Li Rusong felt something was wrong. Your Majesty agreed too smoothly. Did Your Majesty really listen to Qi Jiguang's advice?
"Yes, Your Majesty has accepted my advice and will not use this method when the situation is not particularly critical." Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "You don't have to think so much, Your Majesty. It is the Holy Lord Mingjun, we should think about how to win, otherwise if we lose, Your Majesty will have to use an ominous weapon. "It's easy to win the battle!" Li Rusong said with a smile: "Kill the Japanese pirates." , It’s much simpler than the intrigues in the court!”
Li Rusong believed in Qi Jiguang’s words, put aside his worries, and actively prepared for the conquest.
Qi Jiguang actually knew very well that he did not really persuade His Majesty, nor did he intend to persuade His Majesty to be benevolent and forgiving. That was not his duty. He persuaded Your Majesty from the beginning. You don’t have to do it yourself, and you don’t have to leave it to others to manipulate.
Your Majesty must safeguard the character of the Holy King and never say such cruel words in the future.
All you need to do is write down the method in Fan Guozhi, and loudly denounce the barbaric behavior of Hongmao Fan. Ming merchants who have low moral superiority, are only interested in profit, and have no moral burden can still do this if they know it. Will use it.
Overseas Chronicles is a best-seller in the Ming Dynasty, and almost everyone in the maritime business family has a copy.
Obviously, His Majesty understood Qi Jiguang's advice. He objected loudly on the surface and secretly promoted this despicable Confucian method. Zhu Yijun was very good at it.
As Li Rusong said, the Japanese are really blessed to have met His Majesty the Emperor.
The food shortage made the Japanese daimyo finally willing to sit down and discuss where Japan would go. In order to physically consume the samurai class and end the Warring States daimyo era, the daimyo finally agreed to attack Korea; the high wall used by the Ming Dynasty to block the Japanese opened a door, located opposite At Yamatai Military Port, the Ming Army chose to withdraw, making way for Oda Nobunaga to attack North Korea.
North Korea originally thought it could sit back and relax with the Ming Dynasty’s real father here. A group of dwarfs from the Japanese country with an average height of four feet could not capture the Yamatai military port in any case. However, with the withdrawal of Yamatai troops, North Korea was completely panicked. , hurriedly ran to Daming to ask for help.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty was actively preparing to enter the DPRK to fight. The Ming Dynasty army, equipped with countless firearms, was preparing to leave Liaodong in three months.
Everything was happening in an orderly manner. The Ming Dynasty and the Japanese Kingdom had their own goals, while the North Korean envoys Li Houbai and Yi Sunchen were so anxious that they were sweating.
“We have forgotten everything about the great friendship! Now that we have come to Ming Dynasty, there is no minister who can talk to us. We have no idea about the decisions and trends of the Ming Dynasty court, and we have no idea about His Majesty’s thoughts. "The top priority now is to seek help from the Ming Emperor. You don't think about how to do it, but you are drinking here!" Li Shunchen snatched Li Houbai's wine bottle and said sternly.
Li Houbai sat under the big tree in the Siyi Pavilion, with his hair completely disheveled, sitting on the ground. After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, he drank alcohol all day long, did not go out at all, and did not even go around asking for help. Li Sunchen was so angry that he came to teach him a lesson.
"Otherwise, what can you do? Once the Ming Dynasty closed the door, we didn't even have a place to kowtow! If we could reveal a little bit of information, I would smash my head! Now, there is no place to kowtow. !" Li Houbai lay back and lay directly on the ground. He looked at the towering trees in the Siyi Pavilion with empty eyes and said: "In the past, when I came to Daming, I always stayed in the Huitong Pavilion. This means that Daming has treated us. Be your own people.”
“Now, we live in Siyi Pavilion”
Siyi Pavilion and Huitong Pavilion are very close to each other, but a small courtyard wall is a world of difference. , Ming Dynasty has clearly seen the true face of North Korea.
Li Sunchen was stunned for a long time, sat down with Li Houbai, grabbed the wine bottle directly, took a big gulp, gritted his teeth and said: "A big thing makes a neighbor, a big thing makes a neighbor." , this is the ancestral teaching! After An Dahan invaded, all the sergeants and officials in the court looked down on Ming and said some weird things. Now, Ming has calmed down. When the Japanese pirates came, Ming refused to help. "
"Your Majesty must have heard these strange words!"
Yi Sunchen did not understand the power of the North Korea. The ancestors made it clear. The biggest thing is to make good friends with the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty can eat at once. , there is a mouthful of soup in North Korea, and it has been like this for so many years. As a result, the news of Anda Khan's invasion of the capital was spread to North Korea. The scholar-bureaucrats in Sungkyunkwan, North Korea, were all happy and laughed at the Ming Dynasty's lax military armaments, as if North Korea did not meeting.
Okay now, the Japanese pirates are coming.
"The Ming court has always known about those words, but they just didn't care." Li Houbai lay on the ground, watching the leaves of the sycamore tree falling, and said mockingly: "It's not like after I joined the bandits, Before that, all the dirty rumors about Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty were made up by envoys from the Ming Dynasty. Rumors that Emperor Wuzong liked prostitutes and raped women wherever he went, tried their best to portray Ming Wuzong as a man who did all kinds of evil. , disrespectful of etiquette, bullying men and women, and being militaristic."
"It seems that you can gain a sick sense of pride by mocking the Ming Dynasty."
"Does the Ming really know nothing about it?"
The Ming Dynasty knew so much that officials from Honglu Temple even warned North Korean envoys more than once not to talk nonsense.
The more they admonish, the scholar-officials of North Korea seem to have caught a sore foot. The more they say it, the more they have to arrange it. They arranged Emperor Wuzong, Emperor Sejong, and now they start to arrange His Majesty.
An emperor who could personally lead the troops to charge in Yingzhou and repelled the little prince, who did not dare to invade again, how absurd could such a person be? But North Korea sent an envoy from the Ming Dynasty and carefully arranged it. These rumors flowed into the Ming Dynasty, and after secondary processing, they appeared to be even more ridiculous for Ming Wuzong.
“Originally, it was just a matter of talking and talking, but it turned out that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty asked the king to go to court to plead guilty, but the king instead wanted to form an offensive and defensive alliance. He really lost his mind.” Empress Li Bai tilted his head, looked at Yi Sunchen and said, "Tell me, what should I do? What can I do?"
"If a country is small but does not feel humble, if it is small but does not fear the strong, if it is rude and insults its big neighbors, if it is greedy and it is a poor friend, it will perish."
"Forget it, let's drink." Yi Sun-shin He sighed, took another big sip, and then handed the jug over. He was originally going to persuade Li Houbai to cheer up and think of a way, but now Li Sunchen also became desperate and started drinking with Li Houbai. Coming.
As Li Houbai said, there is not even a place to kowtow now, and all four are occupied. That is to say, the Ming Dynasty was hindered by the ancestral law, and North Korea was a country without conquests, so there was no in-depth care. Otherwise, Those who advance to Korea will never get Japanese pirates in their turn.
When Li Sunchen arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he actually figured it out to some extent. The Ming Emperor's southern tour, Li Chengliang's retinue, and Wang Rulong's entry into Liaodong. These series of actions were all fishing. That bullshit offensive and defensive alliance will attack rashly. , will inevitably attract the emperor's thunderous wrath. Chen Xuexue, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, sent a secretary to see Li Houbai and Yi Sunchen and asked them to go to Honglu Temple to discuss the Japanese pirates' attack on North Korea. As a result, they saw two drunkards.
The secretary had no choice but to tell the truth truthfully, which made Chen Xuexue lose his temper.
It is a major matter of the survival of Korea. The Ming Dynasty is busy and dizzy. The emperor is in court and the capital camp is preparing. Even the old man Li Chengliang plans to return to Liaodong. The huge war machine of the Ming Dynasty is turning rapidly. It turns out that the North Korean envoy is drinking!
In the early morning of the next day, Li Houbai and Yi Sunchen sobered up, took a bath and changed clothes, and were called to Honglu Temple by the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
"It was you who invaded North Korea by Japanese pirates! Not the Ming Dynasty! I called you to discuss matters yesterday, and you two were so drunk! This is ridiculous!" Chen Xuexue was extremely angry and said sternly: "If you don't want to save North Korea, just get out. Go back! Don't be an eyesore here!"
Chen Xuexue is a traditional Confucian scholar, and he is completely offended by such a furious and polite person.
"Oda Nobunaga sent the leader of Tsushima Island, So Yoshitomo, to urge the Korean king to enter Wasanro as a sign of surrender. Otherwise, he will be punished. This is an excuse to declare war." Chen Xuexue handed over a copy of the Tang newspaper. After seeing Yi Sunchen, he also saw that Li Houbai had completely lost his temper, which meant that this Yi Sunchen still had some charm.
Senluo means that the king of Korea goes to Kyoto to see the Japanese emperor. This kind of visit is a sign of complete surrender. He will not go back after he goes. If he doesn't go, the Japanese will attack.
"Chen Shilang Rongzhen! My king will never go to Shenluo. This is not Shenluo. He is clearly going to die."
"Furthermore, the Japanese pirates are not going to attack our North Korea. , It is clear that he wants to attack the Ming Dynasty!" Yi Shunchen finally saw the ministers in the court, and immediately took out a memorial and presented it very respectfully: "This is not what I said, it was Oda Nobunaga who said it!" br>
“The Japanese country is trying to conquer the Ming Dynasty in order to deceive North Korea, and its wolfish ambitions are clearly exposed. Please ask Chen Shilang to learn from it.”
No matter what, if the soldiers of the Great Tomorrow are invited to fight in North Korea, North Korea alone will never be able to withstand it! Yi Sun-shin faced North Korea's powerful military force Men Qing'er, a group of Hwarang who were embellished with tricks and tricks. They were no match for the Japanese pirates.
Chen Xuexue opened the memorial, read it for a long time, and then said: "Is there any physical evidence?"
After Oda Nobunaga raised his sword and went to Luo, he told all his retainers about his grand plan. Great achievements: 'Sweeping the Ming Dynasty and uniting the three kingdoms into one'.
Unify the three kingdoms into one, this is the slogan of Oda Nobunaga's mission to unite the world. Unifying the Japanese kingdom is not complete, and annexing North Korea is not complete. Only by sweeping the Ming Dynasty and uniting the three kingdoms into one can it be considered complete. Wu Tianxia.
After the Ming Dynasty defeated the Japanese pirates in Kyushu Island in Ryukyu and Nagasaki, and established the Nagasaki Governor's Palace and the Nagasaki Xingdu Division, this slogan died down and no one talked about it anymore.
"This is proved by the letters of credence sent by messengers!" Yi Shunchen was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately bowed his head and said: "There are three characters of Tang Guozhi in the credential as proof. The Japanese country called the Ming Dynasty the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Guozhi means entering the Tang Dynasty. I have a lot of documentary evidence and physical evidence, and I would like to ask Chen Shilang to report it to Your Majesty.”
Li Shunchen did not intend to deceive the Ming Dynasty. There were correspondence envoys between Korea and Japan as early as the early Ming Dynasty. I went to the Japanese country and saw it with my own eyes, and I also left documentary evidence. There were only three words "Tang Guozhi" in the credential, but there were many places in the credential that came back and forth that mentioned using North Korea to attack the Ming Dynasty.
"Enter the Tang Dynasty?" When Chen Xuexue heard this word for the first time, he was extremely surprised. He asked doubtfully: "What does it mean?" He didn't understand the meaning of entering the Tang Dynasty, but he couldn't believe that the Japanese pirates were so bold. The Ming Dynasty had not yet planned to destroy the Japanese, but the Japanese country was actually planning to destroy the Ming?
Are things in this world still reasonable? !
"Oda Nobunaga had a retainer, Hideyoshi Hashiba, and in a letter to his wife, Hideyoshi Hoshiba, there was a sentence: In the remaining days of my life, I will add Tang soil to my territory. Incorporating the Ming Dynasty into the territory of Japan means entering the Tang Dynasty." Yi Sunchen immediately explained that Tang Dynasty II The meaning of the word.
The entry into the Tang Dynasty was clearly explained. Oda Nobunaga's retainer, Hashiba Hideyoshi, later Toyotomi Hideyoshi, clearly explained that the entry into the Tang Dynasty was the eradication of the Ming Dynasty and the annexation of the territory.
Japanese pirates have had ambitions for the Central Plains since ancient times.
"The Japanese invaded Korea not simply to attack Korea, but to attack the Ming Dynasty!" Yi Sunchen tried his best to pull the Ming Dynasty into the chariot, and he did it openly and openly. He continued: " I once heard in Korea that Oda Nobunaga's sister, Oda Ichi, has been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time. You just need to ask!"
"I will ask myself," Chen Xuexue nodded.
Of course, Ming Dynasty knew something about the ambitions of the Japanese country, but they did not expect that the Japanese country would be so greedy and want to annex the Ming Dynasty. It was an eye-opener for Chen Xuexue.
"This time the Japanese army gathered more than 36,000 troops, including 158,000 army troops. Do they need so many people to fight North Korea? They are just coming to the Ming Dynasty." Yi Sun-shin looked around and whispered.
"How come I don't know?" Li Houbai asked in surprise, Li Sunchen actually knew the number of Japanese pirates so clearly!
Yi Sun-shin said straightforwardly: "I have dealings with Mouri Terumoto. The Mouri family alone dispatched 30,000 warriors. Moreover, Oda Nobunaga promised that each soldier would be given two stipends. , his wife will be given food separately, and the wives of subordinates employed in the army will also be given food. "
"In other words, in this expedition, each Japanese pirate can receive two stipends, and his wife will be given back. Salaries and wages are also given to the wives of military servants. This is a desperate move. ”
"Where did Oda Nobunaga get so much food? It's nothing more than burning, killing and looting when entering North Korea!"
Chen Xuexue looked at Yi Sun-shin, looked at it carefully and said: "It's rare to have an understanding person in North Korea. After explaining the situation so clearly, you can take my greeting card, go to the Xitucheng camp, meet with Commander Qi and General Li, and tell everything you know."
Chen Xuexue wrote. This invitation allowed Yi Sun-shin to have access to Ming Dynasty generals and participate in the formulation of battle plans.
As for the value of the information provided by Li Sunchen, it has to be reviewed by Commander Qi. He, Chen Xuexue, doesn’t know much about soldiers, so he should let Commander Qi judge it.
"Thank you, Minister Chen!" Li Shunchen was finally able to meet Qi Shuai, leaving Li Houbai to be scolded alone. Li Shunchen hurried to Beidaying to meet Qi Jiguang and Li Rusong.
When Qi Jiguang heard about the new situation, he immediately asked Li Shunchen to go to Wuying Tower, where His Majesty had just paraded his troops and horses.
"See your majesty, long live your majesty, long live your majesty." Yi Sun-shin knelt down as he entered. The small yellow door in front of the door had told him that his majesty had announced his presence.
"Without courtesy, the information you provided is very useful." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I heard that you were depressed in North Korea and were deprived of your birthplace as a martial arts scholar and joined the army in white clothes. Is this possible? "
"Your Majesty clearly knows that a humble villain bothers Your Majesty with trivial matters, and I am frightened and uneasy." Yi Sunchen said quickly. He was at odds with his immediate superior, and was sent to his death many times by his immediate superior. His Majesty was actually aware of all these trivial matters such as being charged with charges and being deprived of his origin. His Majesty was also aware of the nonsense spoken by the North Korean scholar-officials.
"Sit down." Zhu Yijun motioned to Yi Sunchen to sit down. A general who can kill Japanese pirates is a good general. Anyone who can kill Japanese pirates will be favored by Zhu Yijun, even if Yi Sunchen is a Korean.
Yi Sun-shin explained all the information he knew about the Japanese state in detail, especially the style of entering the Tang Dynasty that was unanimously agreed upon by the Japanese state.
"A small country is at the end of its rope on the island. Their ambition to pursue the Ming Dynasty has been unable to be concealed since the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty." Yi Sunchen said in conclusion.
There is no China after Yashan. This is the wind that was first blown out by the Japanese literati. What they said is consistent with the purpose of calling the Ming Dynasty the Tang Dynasty, which is to deny that the Ming Dynasty is the master of the land of the Central Plains. The legitimacy of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties can be openly claimed by the Japanese state, which claims to be the successor to the Tang Dynasty.
Not just to declare, but now Japan is ready to practice it.
"Do they really have 300,000 warriors going to North Korea?" Zhu Yijun asked with a frown.
"At home and abroad, every 100 Japanese households sent out ten sailors and ten ashigaru people. They were divided into nine routes, with a total of 360,000 people. I have contact with Mouri Terumoto. He is persuading me to serve the Japanese pirates. After thinking about it, I came to "Li Shunchen did not dare to tell the truth, but this was what Mao Li Huiyuan sent people to tell him, with the purpose of persuading him to surrender.
Being a dog for the Japanese pirates or a dog for the Ming Dynasty? Yi Sunchen felt that it was more appropriate to be a dog for the Ming Dynasty.
Three hundred thousand versus forty thousand, the advantage is not mine.
Zhu Yijun underestimated the determination of Japan to bet on its national destiny. The total number of Japanese in total was only 8.5 million. Excluding the old, weak, women and children, the number of adults in Japan was only 700,000. This was drawn out An army of three hundred thousand came.
Take the Ming Dynasty as an example. The Ming Dynasty claimed to have two million soldiers, but in fact they were all farming. The farmers were more important than the military attributes. The field army that could be drawn out to fight was only 100,000 people.
Zhu Yijun is not a dog gambler. He does not understand the art of stud. The Japanese country has been like this since ancient times and likes stud.
"Shuai Qi, do you want more troops?" Zhu Yijun felt that the Ming Dynasty was a little underprepared. With 40,000 elite soldiers in the capital camp, being besieged by 300,000 people, it might be really dangerous.
"Your Majesty, I don't think it is necessary to increase the number of troops. One Han can be counted as ten Japanese pirates." Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have been fighting Japanese pirates for so many years. I know their strength well, and I am ready to fight. You can’t win with more people.”
If you can win with more people, can Anda Khan invade the capital?
When Qi Jiguang led an infantry battalion of three thousand, one Han was worth ten Japanese. Now, with His Majesty’s tireless efforts to strengthen the army and continuously increase the number of firearms, one Han might be worth twenty or thirty Japanese. It's possible.
The Ming Dynasty's firearms were not only numerous and powerful, but also mixed with meat and vegetables. Heavy firepower and individual firepower went hand in hand. Qi Jiguang felt that the 40,000 Beijing troops had already given the Japanese pirates enough face. His Majesty's 100,000 Beijing troops were rushing to farm again. Plow through what Ming Dynasty planned to build, and there will be naval support.
"Your Majesty, no matter how many people there are, the logistical pressure will be too great. The roads in North Korea are not comparable to those in the Ming Dynasty. I think 40,000, no more, no less, is just right." Qi Jiguang added. In my opinion, no matter how many people there are, the logistical pressure will increase.
"Then follow what Qi Shuai said." Zhu Yijun nodded. If necessary, he would poison him. Zhu Yijun had no moral burden on killing the Japanese pirates.
"Is North Korea unable to provide food and grass?" Zhu Yijun looked at Yi Sunchen and asked the most concerning question.
The soldiers and horses have not yet moved the grain and grass. The importance of grain and grass is self-evident. The Ming Dynasty had to transport grain and grass from the hinterland, which was really too much loss.
Yi Sunchen sighed and said helplessly: "Actually, we have enough energy to provide sufficient food and grass. Forty thousand sharp soldiers and twenty thousand soldiers are not too many, but the domestic court, from the king to the officials, are not willing to provide this." "Food and grass."
At this time point in November of the thirteenth year of Wanli, North Korea had about 17 million people, more than twice the number of Japan, but the King of North Korea did not feel that he could win from the beginning to the end. The Japanese nation, before this even started, went to the Ming Dynasty to ask for help, and even refused to provide food and grass.
There are many reasons, but in the final analysis, I just think that I can recruit heavenly soldiers without giving food and grass.
(End of this chapter)