Stone view city.
Li Jin, Xu Da, Liu Bowen, Xu Da, Zhu Di, Zhu Biao and others gathered together again.
This time, everyone's faces were extremely excited, and their spirits were extremely high.
"Sir, you have a clever plan. I didn't expect that the Northern and Southern Dynasties would actually take action now."
Li Jin admired Liu Bowen and said:
"Now that the Northern Dynasty has occupied Nara City, the northern gateway to the Southern Dynasty, I am afraid that the next target will definitely be Yamato in the south."
"The life-and-death battle between the two is imminent, and it's all thanks to Sir."
Liu Bowen looked indifferent and said:
"Actually, I don't have much confidence that I can start a civil war."
"The war between the north and the south was entirely the choice of the Ashikaga family. When I heard that the Ashikaga family's hundreds of thousands of troops were coming to the northwest, I was sweating."
"If there are really hundreds of thousands of troops coming to attack our Shijian City, I'm afraid the outcome will be unpredictable."
At this time, Lan Yu said harshly:
"Sir, you are overly worried. With the rabble like Japan Island, there is no way they can be our opponent."
"With the fortifications of our Iwami Castle, let one hundred thousand of them come, and one hundred thousand of them die!!"
After Li Jin's planning and construction, the current Shijian City is very different from the low and dilapidated appearance before.
The tall and solid city walls, wide streets, and tall buildings rising from the ground are enough to show that earth-shaking changes have taken place here.
It's just that the construction of Shijian City has not yet been completed. Li Jin plans to copy the business model of Shanghu County here. By then, Buckingham Palace in heaven and earth will definitely open here.
After all, this is the city of silver. When these people have money, they will naturally want to spend it.
In heaven and on earth, Buckingham Palace is a gold-selling cave.
Seeing Lan Yu being so arrogant, Xu Da said:
"Now in the Japanese territory, don't be careless."
"Now that the emperor's reinforcements have arrived, we have also occupied Xikaidō. Next, we need to discuss our action plan."
Li Jin thought for a while, made suggestions, and said:
"I think we should follow the plan and occupy Nankai Road first."
"Nankaido is the strategic core location of the entire Japanese island. To the north, you can reach Sanin Province and our Iwami Castle."
"By taking down Nankai Road, our forces will be completely connected."
"To the east of Nankai Road is the Gyeonggi region of Wado. We can decide whether to intervene in the war between the North and South Korea at any time depending on the situation."
"My opinion is that the Ashikaga family must not be allowed to dominate the Japanese islands."
"The reputation and ambition of the Ashikaga family cannot be underestimated. If the Ashikaga family unifies the Japanese islands, I'm afraid they will not obediently agree to become our puppets."
After Li Jin finished speaking, he looked at Liu Bowen, hoping that Liu Bowen could give some advice.
Liu Bowen gently stroked his beard and then said:
"It is imperative to capture Nankai Road."
"But whether to rescue the Southern Dynasties still needs to be discussed."
"In my opinion, it would be better for the Northern Dynasty to completely defeat the Southern Dynasty. It would be more beneficial for us to find the emperor of the Southern Dynasty and hold him in our hands."
"If the Ashikaga family conquers Yamato, then the Ashikaga family will be completely rebellious and traitors. The following is the same as above."
"If Emperor Daigo is defeated, his prestige will be greatly damaged, and the foundation of Yamato will also be lost. If he wants to survive, he can only rely on us."
"That's when it will be the most beneficial situation for me."
Xu Da nodded in agreement.
Immediately, Lan Yu knelt down and asked for a fight, saying loudly:
"Commander, I am willing to lead the army and take the Nanhai Road directly to pave the way for our Ming Dynasty."
Seeing Lan Yu's eagerness to make contributions, Xu Da also understood. After all, Lan Yu's title has not been restored yet.
Now is the best moment for Lan Yu to take the blame and perform meritorious service. As long as he goes south to the entire Japanese island, Lan Yu may be able to go further, and it may not be impossible to enfeoff the prince.
After thinking for a while, Xu Da said:
"In that case, Lan Yu will lead an army of 30,000 guardsmen to conquer Nankai Road. Is that okay?"
Lan Yu was stunned for a moment and actually asked her to lead the guards there, then she said dissatisfiedly:
"The guardsmen are too weak, why not deploy our navy?"
Seeing that Lan Yu was not satisfied yet, Xu Da couldn't help but said:
"The navy is an important weapon of the country, how can it be used lightly?"
"Besides, Iwami Castle is so important that it needs to be protected by the navy personally."
After saying that, Xu Da glanced at Zhu Biao and Liu Bowen imperceptibly.
Lan Yu was dejected. Knowing what Xu Da meant, he could only say helplessly:
"Follow the order."
At this moment, Li Jin suddenly said:
"Wait a minute, Marshal Xu, I think we should let General Lan lead the navy to conquer."
Everyone looked at Li Jin, not knowing why.
Li Jin said:
"The Ming Navy's combat power dominates the world. At this time, the area around Nankai Road is already in chaos. Only the Ming Navy can solve all unstable factors."
"I think it would be safer to let General Lan lead the navy on the expedition."
Xu Da glanced at Li Jin, then at Zhu Biao and Liu Bowen. Although Li Jin was right, the safety of Zhu Biao and Liu Bowen was even more important than the entire Japanese island, so Xu Da did not plan to send the navy forward. go.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Biao stood up and said:
"I think what Mr. Li said is reasonable. Not only that, I think we can send out 30,000 navy soldiers and 20,000 guardsmen."
"Currently, there are already 20,000 guardsmen suppressing the rebellion on the Saikaidō. When the Nankaidō is occupied, 20,000 guardsmen will also be needed to suppress it."
"Only in this way can the navy be completely liberated and the navy's combat effectiveness fully demonstrated."
"Only Shijian City has 10,000 elite elite soldiers guarding the mines, plus 10,000 guardsmen, which is enough."
Liu Bowen also nodded and said:
"Given the strength of Iwami Castle, even if the Japanese want to capture Iwami Castle, it will take a lot of time. This period of time will be enough for General Tanghe or General Lanyu to return to defense."
When Xu Da saw both of them saying this, he could only nod his head in agreement, saying that Lan Yu should make a quick decision and not delay the battle in Nankai Road for too long.
Lan Yu excitedly agreed on the spot, and Li Jin stood up again and interjected:
"I want to go on an expedition with General Lan so that we can adapt to changes when the time comes."
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Li Jin in surprise, wondering what kind of medicine Li Jin was selling in the gourd.
Li Jin smiled and said nothing. Xu Da felt that Li Jin must have some unknown ideas. However, Li Jin insisted on going to Nankai Road, and Xu Da still agreed to Li Jin's request.
After all, Li Jin can be regarded as one of the commanders of this navy. As for the person who knows the navy best in the world, Li Jin knows it better than Xu Da.
Later, Li Jin and Lan Yu boarded the journey to Nankaido, but Li Jin's eyes were far away looking at Kyoto on the Japanese island, which would later be called Tokyo.
That was Li Jin's destination for this trip.
At the same time, a fierce offensive and defensive battle was taking place in Osaka Castle on Wajima Island.
As the daimyo of Osaka Castle, Saito Michio was the staunchest supporter of Emperor Daigo.
Saito Douzan led 30,000 Saito clan warriors to defend Osaka Castle to the death. Even though there were hundreds of thousands of Ashikaga clan troops below the city, he was not afraid at all.
Saito Douzan can be said to be the most powerful general under Emperor Daigo. He was brave and resourceful, so he was named the daimyo of Osaka Castle by Emperor Daigo.
You must know that Osaka is located at a strategic location and is Yamato's strongest vassal guard. If Osaka falls, Yamato will inevitably be lost.
It's just that the fall of Nara Castle has completely put the Southern Dynasty into passivity.
Nara Castle is located on a high ground and has an offensive advantage over cities in all directions.
Not only was Osaka Castle under his attack, but Yamato Castle was also within the attack range of Nara Castle.
Emperor Daigo now dare not send reinforcements to rescue Osaka Castle. He can only watch Osaka Castle being besieged step by step and pray that the daimyo of Osaka Castle can create a miracle.
