"Your Majesty! The tall tower ahead is Osaka Castle. We, the warriors of Junggar, have taken over the city defense of Osaka. The King of Japan has already greeted you at the castle town of Osaka!"
Anukedun came back from the front with a group of Junggar mail cavalry as if flying. Then he dismounted and ran to Zhu Heji, knelt down on one knee, and pulled off the veil covering his face, revealing a Zhang was already a little tanned, but still had a pretty face. Then she loudly reported the latest progress of the Junggar cavalry led by Cewang Taiji.
The large group of troops led by Zhu Heji were resting on the ground. The officers and soldiers sat together quietly and neatly, silently eating their marching rations - rice dumplings with a little pickled fish meat. Most of the people looked a little tired. After crossing the Kanmon Strait and setting foot on Japan's main island, they headed east and had traveled nearly a thousand miles. Although all the vassals passing by along the way expressed their surrender to the Ming Dynasty, they also took the initiative to provide rations, fodder and open space for camping for the passing army. However, because these 100,000 troops are moving very fast, they have to advance about seventy miles every day, and the road conditions in Japan are really not very good. So everyone was very tired from walking. But Zhu Heji still insisted that everyone walk the thousand miles!
Because he needed to use the majestic appearance of this 100,000-strong army to shock the Japanese people and stop them from resisting the Chinese Empire. This is called conquering Japan! Through conquest, the Japanese devils were completely convinced. Don't think about seclusion anymore, let alone leave Asia and join Europe.
There is only one way out in front of the 20 million Japanese devils, which is to become part of the Ming Dynasty and provide soldiers and logistics bases for the Ming Dynasty's next conquest.
In order to achieve the above goals, Zhu Heji had to invest the maximum strength in the shortest time, seek a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese invaders shogunate, and achieve an overwhelming victory as soon as possible. Then they will use methods such as division, disintegration and bribery to force Japan's rulers to surrender in order to avoid falling into a protracted situation.
The Battle of Duduoliangchuan just followed Zhu Heji's wishes. Those Japanese samurai whose minds are still stuck in the Warring States Period and who don’t know how to fight a protracted war except to defend the city are obviously frightened... But there are many samurai in Japan who are "lucky" The samurai who participated in the Tatara River Battle and saw the power of the heavenly weapons were only a small part of them. .
So Zhu Heji organized this armed march across Japan's main island. According to the plan, his 100,000 troops will move eastward after crossing the Kanmon Strait, first to Osaka and Kyoto, then along the Tokaido to Edo, then return to Nagoya Tenno Castle, and finally leave in batches by boat.
Of course, it won't be completely removed.
Zhu Heji will leave behind a Japanese garrison composed of Korean soldiers and Ming Eight Banners, half of which is stationed at Nagoya Tenno Castle, and the other half is placed on Ezo Island, which is located in the Vancouver area on the west coast of North America. That is about thirteen thousand miles. As long as there are ocean currents to take advantage of, it will take more than a month or at most two months to complete the journey.
Therefore, in the future, Great Tomorrow's route heading eastward into the Americas is to first arrive at Nagoya Tenno Castle in Japan, where he will replenish food, then arrive at Ezo Island to replenish fresh water, and finally use the Kuroshio Current and the warm current of the North Pacific to reach the west coast of North America.
If the farming on Ezo Island can achieve certain success, then the efficiency of transportation will be higher.
To ensure that the construction of Nagoya Tenno Castle and the Ezo settlement are both successful, it is indispensable to let all junior high school students in Japan know how powerful the Ming Dynasty is.
According to Zhu Heji's understanding of the Japanese samurai, as long as the boss, Daming, is powerful enough, they will be very good minions!
Of course, obeying the stronger is not just a habit of Japanese samurai, it is the same for most people. The same goes for Anukedun and her Dzungar cavalry, who are now kneeling in front of Zhu Heji and look extremely obedient... If the Heavenly Soldiers were not so powerful that they did not dare to resist, would they be so obedient?
In this war in Japan, Anukodon really deserved a lot of credit and hard work! During the Battle of the Tatara River, she personally put on armor and led the Dzungarian cavalry into the battle, and then went on to block Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. After the army set foot on the mainland, she led the Dzungar cavalry as the vanguard - this journey was so stable. , the deterrent effect of these thousands of Junggar cavalry should also play a certain role.
"Anu, thank you for your hard work!" Zhu Heji nodded approvingly, and then called Anu Kotun forward, "Come here, let's have something to eat together... Later you will personally escort me into Osaka Castle!"
"Anuxie, Your Majesty's grace." Anu Ketun quickly kowtowed to Zhu Heji, and her Chinese became more and more fluent.
Zhu Heji smiled and said: "Anu, you are the leader in this expedition to Japan... I will reward you heavily. Tell me, what reward do you want?"
Anu smiled and discussed with Zhu Hejida: "Your Majesty, can you allow Anu to think carefully?"
Zhu Heji nodded and smiled, "Okay, Anu, just think about it slowly."
"Then Anu would like to thank God for his grace."
At this time, Zhu Heji took a rice ball and a pot of rice wine from an attendant beside him, and handed them to Anu, "Eat something first, and after eating, let's go to Osaka together... This is The second largest castle in Japan after Edo!
In addition, keep your Junggar cavalry in high spirits. This castle town in Osaka is still the industrial and commercial center of Japan. We must let the businessmen in Osaka know that all our soldiers are invincible! "
"yes!"
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Osaka Castle Town.
In recent years, after sensing the aggressive threat from the Ming Dynasty, the Tokugawa shogunate also took some measures to resist the Ming Dynasty. For example, the Osaka Castle Town was opened to allow merchants and missions from Western countries to enter Osaka Castle Town. It also approved the Dutch East India Company, which had always been relatively friendly with Japan, to open a commercial office and station a consul in Osaka Castle Town.
The Dutch East India Company's support for Japan was not just verbal. On the day the Battle of Tataragawa began, a Dutch East India Company merchant ship loaded with gunpowder and flintlock muskets happened to sail into the port of Osaka.
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Also coming with the ship was the new Governor of Batavia, Krilov von Goins.
When Zhu Heji's army passed through the Osaka Castle Town and marched toward Osaka Castle, Governor Goins, who had secretly visited Japan, was standing on the second-floor balcony of a small Dutch-style western-style building. Use a Crystal Palace single-tube telescope to observe the Ming army infantry and cavalry advancing one by one. This old man in his sixties, who looked a little pale, just came from Europe. When he was in Europe, he met a lot of elite armies from the Netherlands, Sweden, and France.
But compared with the seemingly endless infantry and cavalry he saw now, those European army elites seemed a bit underwhelming... Even the French, Dutch, and Spanish armies that had achieved "low sugar content" , nor can it be compared with the Ming Dynasty Army in front of me, its "sugar content" can't be compared, and its quantity can't be compared!
"Governor, these Ming infantry and cavalry you see are only a small part of the Ming army... about 100,000 people!"
The person who is speaking is the East India Company's Chief Banner Lei Jason, who once served as an envoy in the Qing Dynasty. He is an out-and-out "knowledge of China". He has not only stayed in Tianjin, but also served in Shanghai and Guangzhou. Big class in the business hall.
"Only a small part?" Governor Goins showed a surprised expression, "This is all the Sun King has in his standing army..."
"Governor, Louis XIV has a population about the same as the total population of Japan, and the population of the Ming Empire is as high as 60 million, twice as much as Louis XIV! If you add Japan's 20 million population, the Ming Emperor has The population of China will be as high as 80 million...almost the same as the whole of Europe! If we want to defeat him, we must concentrate the power of the whole of Europe! Otherwise, I suggest that the company adopt a policy of friendship with Ming and recognize him The Celestial Empire... After all, his enemy is Spain, not the Netherlands."
Chapter 691 If you want to conquer America, you must conquer Japan first! (Please vote for me, please recommend me)
