As the ship of Matsudaira Takemoto and others left Guangzhou, it was also announced that the war between Dayi and Japan had officially begun.
Dayi will use the Fujian Military Region as the main force, mobilize more than 8,000 troops, and rely on Zhenwa Island (the Amami Island before Ryukyu) as a supply base to launch a landing campaign against Japan.
As soon as the news came out that Da Yi was going to attack Japan, it was dark and the lights were brightly lit all night long in the Guangzhou Congress Hall.
Early the next morning, the Ministry of Rites of the Yi Dynasty received letters of credence from the envoys of various vassal countries. All of them were "righteous and strict" and cursed the Japanese country for being rude and ignorant, Yelang was arrogant, and unanimously requested that Dayi must make himself countries joined in the crusade against Japan.
In this regard, Da Yi's generals at all levels said: Da Yi's war against Japan this time is Da Yi's own business, so this battle does not require the participation of the vassal country's troops. If we need help from vassal states to send troops to deal with small Japanese countries, wouldn't it make the world laugh at me, the Great Yi Dynasty?
When they heard that General Da Yi was going to go it alone, the envoys from the vassal states who wanted to fight stopped.
They immediately put forward the idea of "the master humiliates his ministers to death": Dayi is our suzerain country and our spiritual yearning. Nowadays, the small Japanese country does not know whether to live or die, so it dares to despise our big brother. If they, the younger members of the vassal, don't come out to express their feelings, wouldn't it mean that they are alienated from their boss? Therefore, they must be given a chance to express themselves no matter what.
Of course, on the surface, everyone seems to be justified. But what kind of calculation is in the heart, and how many people in the Yi Dynasty don't understand it?
Even though these vassal states are all very docile, that's because each of them was beaten up by Da Yi's army. After seeing the true strength of Yi Chao, no matter how dishonest you are, you have to be honest.
Of course, if they still dare to be dishonest, then they will no longer face Da Yi's army, but the entire suzerain United Nations army led by Da Yi.
Faced with such a situation, even Myanmar, the "Little Overlord of East Asia" that claimed to be able to compete with the Manchus, was still beaten into obedience and did not dare to make any mistakes again.
At this time, the vassal states were obsessed with confidence in the strength of the Yi Dynasty.
The Manchu Qing dared to boast that their Eight Banners soldiers were "invincible if they were full of thousands", so they felt that Da Yi's army was "invincible if they were full of thousands". Especially after seeing the machine gun trenches of the Yi Dynasty, they deeply understood what hierarchical suppression meant.
Even when the Third and Third Formations charged, knowing that the Yi Army only had a few thousand people, their army of tens of thousands of people was trembling.
Therefore, the attack on Japan this time was obviously to follow the big brother and drink soup easily, so they naturally followed him.
Among them, the vassal with the strongest demands belonged to the Annan Kingdom. From the beginning of the war on Siam, they sent troops to follow Dayi, and later to Myanmar, and they all gained considerable benefits.
So, how could they let go of this opportunity?
In order to restore the country, Annan Li secretly signed a "war loan" of "10 million taels" of silver with the Yi Dynasty.
Later, the Li family returned to the country as they wished.
But the "war loan" of more than 10 million taels of silver also made them feel that Annan would be squeezed out for decades to come.
Later, the Yi Dynasty went to war with Siam, and everyone in Annan felt that as a neighboring vassal state, it was natural for them to want to fight.
Unexpectedly, the Yi Dynasty won the war against Siam easily, and Annan also made a lot of profits, especially the "war loan", which was reduced a lot at once.
Suddenly, everyone in Annan felt that he had opened up the two channels of Ren and Du and found a good way to make a fortune.
Then Da Yi fought against Burma, and Annan immediately joined.
Afterwards, as the victor of the war, Annan gained a lot of benefits. Now the "war loan" that he originally thought would be overwhelming has been paid off.
If Annan can follow the Yi Dynasty to conquer Japan this time, then with the benefits distributed by the Yi Dynasty after the war and the gains from Japan after the war, Annan will not only be able to repay the "war loan" owed to the Yi Dynasty for the restoration of the country, but also You can even get some leftovers.
And this was only more than two years before Annan's "restoration".
There are huge benefits in return, so this vassal country has to rush to request to join the Yi Dynasty's war against Japan. They expressed it so strongly, and the meaning is nothing more than: Brother, when you eat meat, you must leave some soup for the younger brothers to drink.
The generals of the Yi Dynasty naturally understood what they meant, but they felt that even the Ministry of War would not be satisfied with such a small Japan, so you should not participate in this small profit.
So, there was a lot of pushing and shoving between the two sides.
While saying: Hey, you guys don’t come anymore, I can just take care of Little Japan myself.
The other side said: No, asking the eldest brother to take action is an insult to us, the younger brothers. Brother, don't move. We, the younger brothers, must be allowed to teach the Japanese how to behave.
In the end, the two sides reached a stalemate and had no choice but to seek a holy judgment.
If someone is willing to charge in front of Da Yi's soldiers, Zhang Rui is naturally willing, even if he gives up some benefits, it is not a problem. But your own army and morale must be constantly tempered through actual combat. Otherwise, all battles will be replaced by the army of the vassal state. What should you do when dealing with the Manchus?
You can't just let other countries' armies take back your country!
To strike iron, you have to be tough yourself.
Therefore, Zhang Rui decided that the Fujian Military Region's main force of 8,000 should be replaced by 6,000. Considering that there are too many people who want to participate in the battle, it will no longer be conducted in a designated mode but in a lottery mode. If there are any units that are unfavorable in participating in the battle, they will be removed and replaced with the next group.
For the soldiers participating in the war in the vassal country, since it was a cross-sea battle, logistical supply and other issues were taken into consideration. Therefore, only 1,500 people were given to Annan, 500 from Champa, 500 from Cambodia, 1,000 from Siam, 1,000 from Burma, 300 from Nanzhang, and 200 from Ryukyu.
April 18, the fourth year of natural selection (the twenty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign)
The Edo shogunate of Japan received a letter of credence from Dayi against Japan. The name of the crusade was: The Japanese royal family is arrogant and ignorant and does not understand etiquette. How dare this tiny little place be called the "Emperor". Transgressing one's status means not taking China seriously, so China wants to send troops to teach Japan a lesson so that Japan can understand the word "honor and inferiority".
Facing Yi Dynasty's crusade credentials, the shogunate officials felt as if they were being force-fed to eat shit. They were so disgusted that they had to eat it.
Facing the invasion of powerful enemies from eight countries, even though everyone in Japan felt protected by the "divine wind", they were also afraid!
If the credential for subjugation states that Japan is at fault for something else, it does not mean that this battle cannot be avoided if I immediately correct my attitude and bow and apologize. After all, you were taught by Wu Ming!
But they had to choose the title "Emperor" to start with.
