Han Du continued: "I just said that the Japanese country is now divided into two parts, the north and the south. The two sides have been fighting each other for decades, and they have a blood feud with each other. Unless one side completely falls, otherwise the relationship between them will be It is impossible to reconcile the grudges."
"I think that the Ming Dynasty can take advantage of this. Let the two sides continue to fight to the death and let them shed the last drop of blood. In this way, the Ming Dynasty can easily destroy the Japanese country without suffering too much loss."
Lao Zhu frowned as he listened and said: "This method can indeed minimize the losses, but have you thought about it? They have been fighting for decades and there is still no winner. Even if we help the weak How many years will it take for them to fight each other and bleed out? Ten years, or twenty years?"
Rather than waiting for so many years, it would be better to send a large army to destroy the Japanese country directly. Even if he has to pay some price, Lao Zhu is willing.
Han Du smiled and held out two fingers.
Lao Zhu immediately sneered and said: "Is it really twenty years? Let's forget it. I'm afraid I don't have that much time. It's better to send a large army to push over directly. I still have the confidence to destroy the Japanese country."
"Two years!" Han Du's voice was soft but his words were clear.
"This is impossible." Lao Zhu blurted out regardless of maintaining his dignified image.
The people from the north and the south of the Japanese country were not fools. They had been fighting for so many years and still could not completely defeat each other. How could it be possible that as soon as Daming helped him, he would fight to the death with the other party?
Han Du explained: "Of course it is impossible to just support one party."
Lao Zhu stared at Han Du with deep eyes, waiting for his next words.
"Since we are the sponsoring party, of course we cannot give things to them for free, and we have to ask them to exchange things with us."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu shook his head even more and said: "In exchange for gold and silver? It is indeed possible to get a good price at this time."
But at this time, what's the use of making more money? Being able to make a fortune on a daily basis is naturally something to be happy about. But now it is a war to destroy the country. Even if the things are sold at a higher price, the result is not able to achieve the effect of destroying the Japanese country. So what is the point of gaining more wealth?
Han Du smiled and shook his head and said: "We don't want gold, silver and jewelry, we only want the young and middle-aged people of Japan."
"You want someone?" Lao Zhu was confused. If he wanted gold, silver and jewelry, he would understand a little bit. But what's the point of asking for someone?
Han Du continued: "If the Ming Dynasty wants to destroy the Japanese country, the best way is to eliminate their vitality."
Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly heard a new word from Han Du's mouth. He didn't understand what it meant. He immediately asked: "What is vitality?"
Han Du immediately explained: "For the Japanese country, the most important thing is the people. Their people are not many. Although I have not investigated carefully, but based on the comparison with Goryeo, the people of the Japanese country should be between five million and five million." Between six million, it is only 10% of the Ming Dynasty. Among these people, 10% are old people, 20% are young, and half are women. Only about 1.75 million can truly be regarded as the effective force of the Japanese country. As long as the Ming Dynasty If these people are eliminated, the Japanese country will perish."
"With the support of the Ming Dynasty, even if a war broke out between the north and the south of Japan, it would be very difficult for both sides to kill 1.75 million people."
Lao Zhu disagreed with Han Du's view and said: "It's just less than two million. When I conquer the world and defeat the enemy's army, it's more than two million?"
Seeing Lao Zhu's contempt, Han Du smiled and nodded, secretly patting Lao Zhu, "The emperor defeated Chen Youliang's 600,000 land and water army at Poyang Lake with a disadvantage of 200,000 troops, which shocked everyone in the world."
Lao Zhu suddenly laughed happily, raising his head and stroking his beard, as if he was brought back to the days of the trumpet-blowing company.
When Lao Zhu was happy enough and looked at himself again, Han Du continued: "But the Japanese country is just a small country. Rather than saying that the north and south of the Japanese country are fighting each other, it is better to say that they are like two villages. They fight each other with weapons. It is extremely rare for tens of thousands of soldiers to be dispatched at one time. Usually, in battles between Japanese countries, there are only a few thousand soldiers on both sides."
Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment after hearing this. There were only more than ten thousand people involved in a battle. If you want to consume two million people in this way, you have to wait until the end of the year of the monkey?
This is also the reason why the population of Japan did not decrease much even though the country was in the middle of a war between the north and the south.
Han Du continued: "When the time comes, if the party we support asks them for gold, silver and jewelry, they will definitely bargain with us."
"Bargaining?" Lao Zhu sneered and said, "At this point, are they still qualified to bargain? If they don't agree, then we can support the other party and destroy them."
"Your Majesty's words are true. They are indeed not qualified to bargain with Ming Dynasty." Han Du nodded and agreed, "However, if they deal with us like this, they will definitely not be happy. But if it is a strong man, they will It’s different. Naturally, there will be no shortage of prisoners of war when the two sides fight. If we exchange prisoners of war, we will not only be able to exchange supplies with us, but we will also save them a huge trouble, which they will definitely want."
Lao Zhu nodded, "Although you are right, what do you do with so many people? Do you still have to support them?"
Han Du narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully: "Prisoners of war are a huge trouble to the Japanese country, but these are the young and middle-aged people of the Japanese country. As long as we take them away, it will be the same as the continuous prisoners of war in the Japanese country. Just like the blood of Japan, sooner or later the blood of Japan will be drained. Moreover, these prisoners of war are not useless. "
"Several governor's palaces in Tianfang are located in the four wars. Every year, Ming soldiers suffer a lot of casualties. This is what I thought, and I demoted all these prisoners of war into slaves and formed an army of slaves to go to Tianfang to fight for the Ming Dynasty."
To put it nicely, it is an army of slaves; to put it badly, it is an army of servants and consumables.
At first it seemed that the Mamluk dynasty suffered a big loss and ceded large tracts of land to the Ming Dynasty. But in fact, their control over these lands has reached its limit. For the Mamluk dynasty, these lands were nothing to gain but a pity to lose. It just so happened that the Korean lion wanted land, so the Mamluk dynasty simply threw this burden to the Ming Dynasty.
The Tianfang Governor's Mansion is indeed a war-torn place. The Ming Dynasty has only been established here for less than two years, and the losses of several Governor's Mansion soldiers will exceed the losses of the entire Nanyang 33 Governor's Mansion. So much so that several tough governors who were former generals had no choice but to lower their faces and come to the court for help.
The imperial court has sent additional troops to the Governor's Mansion in Tianfang several times, and now the number of troops in each Governor's Mansion has reached 10,000.
Although Ming Dynasty lost a lot in Tianfang, it naturally gained more. In Lao Zhu's eyes, this loss was nothing compared to thousands of miles of territory.
However, Lao Zhu also had to admit that Han Du's method was good. It was also good to transport the Japanese prisoners of war to Tianfang and fend off the attack of the local natives for the Ming Dynasty under the leadership of the Governor's Mansion. At worst, it can also provide a human shield for the Ming army, greatly reducing casualties from sneak attacks by the natives.
"Will these Japanese prisoners of war be so willing to fight for the Ming Dynasty?" Lao Zhu curled his lips in disbelief.
Han Du quickly explained: "Since the conflict between the north and the south, the Japanese country has been in chaos for many years. The emperor also knows that with the war, the entire Japanese country will be in turmoil. The lives of ordinary people in the Japanese country will naturally become more and more difficult, and people will be forced to a desperate situation. They will find ways to survive. This is why in the past few years, the Japanese pirates were very serious in the Ming Dynasty and were suppressed incessantly. Because the Japanese country has a steady stream of people going to sea to survive, which is equivalent to a steady stream of people becoming new Japanese pirates."
Lao Zhu nodded and sighed: "Yes, before you eradicate the Japanese pirates, the people on the coast of the Ming Dynasty will be attacked by Japanese pirates every year."
"So, the Japanese people are different from the Ming people. They don't care who they work for. Anyway, in the Japanese country, they can buy and sell for both the north and the south. When they go to sea, they can also work for the Japanese pirates, as long as they can survive." Han Du said with a smile. .
Since the Japanese people can work hard for these things, it is obvious that they will not have any psychological burden if they work hard for the Ming Dynasty.
Lao Zhu thought for a moment and asked: "Even if these prisoners of war are willing to sacrifice their lives for the Ming Dynasty, what are you going to do with them?"
Indeed, even if prisoners of war are recruited into a slave army, how to deal with them is a problem.
Han Du smiled, his tone suddenly became cold and stern, and said: "Since it is a consumable, it is naturally best to consume it on the battlefield."
"Do you want all these prisoners of war to die on the battlefield?" Lao Zhu looked calm, as if Han Du's plan had been expected by him.
Nodding heavily, Han Du said: "Yes, I never thought of letting these prisoners of war live. Since the Ming Dynasty wants to destroy the Japanese country, it is best to eliminate their descendants and leave no trace of future troubles."
Lao Zhu was silent for a few breaths and then asked: "Since you want these prisoners of war to sacrifice their lives, then naturally there must be clear rewards and punishments. There will always be people who survive on the battlefield. What do you plan to do with these people?"
Han Du grinned, stretched out his hand and made a killing gesture. Killing meritorious people is a taboo, but Han Du doesn't care about the Japanese people.
There was a hint of appreciation in Lao Zhu's eyes, and he was extremely satisfied with Han Du's answer. Lao Zhu had always been resentful of Han Du's overly indecisive character, but now he was happy to see Han Du strike so cleanly and cruelly.
Shaking his head, Lao Zhu said: "Even so, it is still not enough to destroy the Japanese country!"
Of course it is not enough. Although the Japanese country is small, it still has millions of people. If it had been destroyed so easily, it would not exist today.
"I still have an idea."