Hearing the emperor mention "Kamakura men" and not being afraid of "a hundred thousand incoming enemies", Tokugawa Tsunayoshi already understood what the emperor meant - he was not afraid of death, which is really good!
Thinking of this, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi bowed to the Emperor sitting behind the curtain with a rare respectful attitude, and then said in a melodious Kyoto accent: "I must obey His Majesty the Emperor's holy will and lead a hundred thousand tigers. Division, we will fight the invading strong bandits on the beaches, plains, mountains, forests, and castles of Japan. Even if there is only one soldier left, I will fight to the death... to the end!"
This sounds a bit scary!
There hasn't been a fight yet, why is there only one soldier left?
Thinking of this, the emperor quickly asked: "Are the Ming invaders who attacked this time very powerful? How are they compared to the Yuan invaders who invaded during the Wenyong period?"
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was a little speechless after hearing this - why do you, the emperor, ask such childish questions? You don’t know the big thing that Ming Kou is doing at all, do you? This has been going on for two or three years.
The emperor really didn't know, he still looked confused.
"His Majesty the Emperor," Tokugawa Tsunayoshi had to introduce patiently, "of course the current Ming Dynasty cannot be compared with the Great Yuan Dynasty during the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the Great Yuan Dynasty had already destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, unified the four seas, and had many subordinates under his command. There are four great khanates with extremely vast lands.
Today, the Ming Kingdom has just defeated the Qing Kingdom, and the country has not yet been completely unified. The Qing Kingdom is still entrenched in the northwest, and Wu Sangui's son is still entrenched in the southwest. These are all unstable factors within the Ming Dynasty. Once the Ming army is in Japan for a long time, there will be chaos in the country!
In addition, after the rise of Mongolia, it continued to conquer the east and west, not only establishing the Yuan Dynasty and the four great khanates, but also making the Western, Southern Barbarian and other powerful countries fear its power. Only Japan is not afraid of violence and dares to uphold justice. .
And now, there are also Western and Southern barbarian powers such as Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, England, Annan, and Myanmar that are hostile to the Ming Dynasty and have allied with Japan... Therefore, if the Ming invaders dare to invade, Japan will not Fighting alone.
Besides, Japan is the country of God! Its land is isolated overseas, far away from the mainland. No matter how strong the Ming Dynasty's infantry and cavalry were, they still had to come across the sea by boat. And the storm at sea is dangerous, and there might be a third kamikaze battle! "
After listening to Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's analysis, His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness Guanbai were finally relieved.
Obviously, "the advantage is mine"!
Japan now enjoys internal stability, the monarch and his ministers are of one mind, and the feudal clan is one. However, the country in the Ming Dynasty had just recovered, its internal troubles had not been resolved, and its foreign troubles were still huge, so it hurriedly started a war with Japan, which was far away across the ocean. It was obvious that it was a taboo among military strategists. . This is one of them.
Now that Japan's policy of seclusion has been relaxed, it has friends all over the world. The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, England, Annan, Myanmar, Siam, etc. are all friends of Japan.
But now the Ming Dynasty has no friends at all, and has made too many enemies. Even the Netherlands, England, Spain, and Portugal thousands of miles away regard the Ming Dynasty as their mortal enemies. This is another taboo for military strategists!
Crossing the sea to attack Japan is another taboo for military strategists - Japan is blessed by God! In history, two waves of Kublai Khan's expeditionary armies were defeated by divine wind! Now the Ming Dynasty actually dares to come again. He really doesn’t know how to live or die!
"円西!" Emperor Shiren was finally relieved, "It seems that the Ming invaders will definitely be defeated and Japan will win!"
"Hai!" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi said, "I sincerely request His Majesty the Emperor to issue an edict immediately, ordering the whole country of Japan to unite to fight against the Ming invaders in order to protect the Emperor's country!"
"Guan Bai!" Emperor Shiren didn't even mention the matter of harvesting grain, and directly said to Guan Bai beside him, "Draw up the decree!"
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"Holy Lord...Long live! Long live! Long live!"
When a new bird-shaped hard-sailed ship that Zhu Heji was riding appeared on the dock of Yashan Port in North Korea. The tens of thousands of Korean Ming troops arrayed on the edge of the pier all cheered the loudest!
The new bird ship type hard-sailed ship is an armed merchant ship jointly developed and built by the Nanyang Trading Company and the Ming Dynasty Navy.
The deadweight tonnage of this type of ship is very large. And it uses a hard sail, so it doesn't require too many sailors to operate it. It is ideal for transporting people and supplies, and is a good commercial ship. The disadvantage is that it is too slow and not strong enough to mount large artillery.
However, in an era when the navy is "invincible in cavalry and shooting," miniaturized assault boats are the key to victory in naval battles.
Therefore, the use of high-speed soft sail warships is not very great - even a large ship like the British Sea King cannot withstand the rocket salvoes of more than ten or twenty assault boats.
Instead of building such expensive sailing battleships, it would be better to build more assault boats and let the Big Bird ship tow them out to sea!
Now the navy also has to pay attention to the "sugar content".
Therefore, the "sugar content" is the highest in the world, and the rocket technology is also the most mature. It also has the Ming Navy and the Nanyang Trading Company fleet with zipper fuses. It has always been an object that the naval forces of the Netherlands, Spain, England and other countries in the South and East Oceans did not dare to challenge.
Zhu Heji, who had been floating at sea for several days, was still in good spirits. Hearing the cheers of the North Korean Ming army, he, Rei Obo and Shin Aoi walked out of the cabin and climbed onto the elevated rear deck.
The attendant minister Yan Yuan, the captain of the guard Qiu Hu, and the palace military advisor Yu Xiaoqian who accompanied Zhu Heji to the sea were already standing there. The three people looked at the North Korean Ming army lined up outside the pier, and they all looked very excited.
This army is much stronger than when it fought the Battle of Seoul two or three years ago!
At that time, the North Korean soldiers who lined up to be shot were basically newcomers, but now they are all veterans who have been in the Army for five or three years. Most of them also participated in the battle to enter the customs and the battle to recapture Beijing.
Although the intensity of those two battles was not high. But in the twelfth lunar month of winter, braving the severe cold in the Northeast and marching thousands of miles is also a great test. Being able to cope with it well shows that these Korean Ming troops already have extremely strong combat effectiveness.
Moreover, their morale is now extremely high. The cheers were like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, but they seemed unusually neat.
"See Your Majesty, see the Great Imperial Concubine!"
Yan Yuan, Yu Xiaoqian, and Qiu Hu saluted Zhu Heji and Da Boling together.
Zhu Heji nodded and said nothing. He just looked at the battalion-level columns composed of 60,000 people... They were indeed majestic and powerful, and their momentum was amazing!
Da Bo Lingze said with a smile: "The morale is quite high. It seems that you can't wait to go to the battlefield, right?"
Yu Xiaoqian smiled and said: "The North Koreans are fighting Japanese pirates, how can their morale be high?"
Qiu Hu said with a smile: "It seems that it won't be long before the Holy One can enter Kyoto and Edo!"
When Zhu Heji stood on the big bird boat and watched the appearance of the Ming army in Korea. On another bird boat of about the same size, their faces were a little pale due to seasickness. Anuktun and Cewang Alabutan were also alarmed by cheers like a tsunami.
At this moment, they were standing on the deck of the bird ship, looking at the spectacular scene outside the pier, a little stunned.
They had never seen such a neat queue, with tens of thousands of infantrymen carrying flintlock guns with bayonets. The sun shone on the bayonet, reflecting a dazzling light that made everyone who saw it tremble in their hearts.
"Kedun..." Cewang Alabutan, who seemed to be brave and foolhardy, whispered to Anu, "The Ming Dynasty has such elites. It seems that Kangxi was not unjustly defeated. My uncle should not have come to Guihua City! "
Anukotun said with a smile: "That's not necessarily true. We are not the enemies of the Emperor of Heaven now... we just have to fight hard and make more contributions."
Cewang Alabutan just smiled, did not continue the topic, and turned his attention to the dock again.
"Brother Saint... I've been looking forward to seeing you!"
"Your Majesty, Emperor Hu De, respectfully sends your greetings!"
"Veteran Song Shilie respectfully greets you!"
Zhu Heji had already disembarked from the ship with Yu Xiaoqian, Qiu Hu and others.
In addition to Ri Wenji, who greeted him on the pier were the Governor of North Korea, Hu Dedi, and the left deputy prime minister, Song Shiyeol.
Chapter 677: A big taboo for military strategists, invade the Japanese and Korean troops! (Please vote for me, please recommend me)
