Chapter 2293: The proposal to conquer the Japanese, build a sea ship
Chapter 2290: The proposal to conquer the Japanese, build a sea ship
There are actually two reasons why Ying Hao was preparing to conquer Japan. The first reason is that Japan is really too arrogant.
The previous Japanese pirates invaded the eastern coastal areas, which did not have much to do with Oda Nobunaga. After all, forces such as Tokugawa Uesugi are the culprits. However, Oda Nobunaga took the initiative to intervene in the Youzhou War and also helped the Qing Dynasty to restrain the Qin naval army in the Liaodong waters.
This time no one forced Oda Nobunaga. It was his own choice, so he naturally had to bear the corresponding consequences.
After Ying Hao was originally planning to unify the Central Plains, he sent a navy army to conquer Japan, and he could use the Japanese island to train troops. However, he did not expect that the Japanese country would repeatedly provoke and did not know how to restrain himself, so he dared to come out to participate in Ying Hao''s ascension ceremony.
There were actually many uninvited envoys from power, such as Tubo, Wang Mang, Nanyang and other forces. The Qin Dynasty did not invite them to watch the ceremony, but they still came.
But these forces are not enemies, so it’s fine if they come. Japan, which has already started a war with the Qin Dynasty, is actually shameless to watch the ceremony, which is a bit disgusting.
The second reason besides the arrogant Japanese are that Ying Hao thinks it is easier to conquer Japanese troops now.
After Oda Nobunaga became the emperor, he imitated Ying Hao in all aspects of politics, military, economy, etc., and the princes of the Central Plains have obtained a large number of new technologies, so Japan is developing very fast today.
If Oda Nobunaga had given him a few years and allowed him to develop like this, after Japan had thoroughly grasped the forging technology of the Central Plains and completed the entire army''s uniform, the combat power of the army would definitely increase significantly, and it would be even more difficult to conquer the Japanese at that time.
Based on these two points, Ying Hao decided to take action against Japan in advance, and the sooner he conquered Japan, the better.
With the development and progress of shipbuilding technology, Daqin has been able to build sailboats across the sea, which has been fully proven in the two battles between Qingzhou and Youzhou.
At present, the Qin Dynasty has the ability to cross-sea combat, so naturally it cannot allow Japan to continue to jump like this, threatening to be eliminated in its infancy.
Japan is obviously not a soft persimmon. It has a population of more than 5 million and a total force of 400,000 to 500,000. Even if the Japanese army is still weak in combat and poor in equipment, it is still not easy to destroy it.
If the Qin State conquers the Japanese with the power of the Qin State alone, it will easily fall into the quagmire of war, so Ying Hao was about to pull the three younger brothers Wei, Song and Wu to go together.
Convincing the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu to conquer the Japanese together can not only share the consumption of war to reduce their own casualties, but also use the hands of the Japanese to weaken the Three Kingdoms. It can be said that it can kill two birds with one stone.
Of course, Ying Hao didn''t want to conquer the Japanese immediately, at least he had to take a break for a whole year and a half, and he would send troops after the national strength recovered.
During the rest period, the Qin Dynasty could first develop its naval army and build more cross-sea sailing ships for pre-war preparations.
Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin and Sun Jian couldn''t help but fall into silence after hearing Ying Hao''s proposal to conquer the Japanese and the reasons.
It is impossible to attract them by relying solely on national justice and hatred, and send troops to conquer Japanese troops together. Therefore, Ying Hao started from the interests and induced the Wei, Song, Wu and Qin to send troops together.
When Ying Hao told Cao Cao and others that there were a large amount of gold and silver mines in Japan, Zhao Kuangyin and Sun Jian were fine, but Cao Cao''s eyes were straight.
Obviously, the Wei State was under great financial pressure. Cao Cao, who was used to hard life, did not want to miss any opportunity to make money.
"But Japan is a big country with a population of more than 5 million, and the Japanese are more powerful and powerful. It is probably not easy to conquer Japan, and we know almost nothing about Japan." Zhao Kuangyin said.
When the Japanese pirates invaded, the State of Song was still inland and did not occupy the Jianghuai land. Zhao Kuangyin, who had no pain in his skin, naturally did not hate the Japanese pirates as much as Sun Jian, so he was also very rational in his view of the Japanese conquest.
Hearing this, Cao Cao and Sun Jian also reacted.
Yes, Japan has a population of more than 500,000, which is more than the population of the Three Kingdoms. If we send troops to conquer the Japanese, how many troops will we have to be dispatched? How many casualties will be paid?
For a moment, both of them felt a little relieved.
Ying Hao smiled indifferently and said confidently: "Everyone, the Qin Dynasty has fully collected information from Japan."
As soon as he finished speaking, a woman walked in. It was Jie Siyun, the elder of the Yin-Yang family.
"A disciple of the Yin-Yang Family, Jie Siyun, has met Your Majesty and all the great kings." Jie Siyun said with politeness.
Ying Hao pointed to Jie Siyun and said, "Elder Jie has boarded the Japanese island and knows Japan very well. Elder Jie, let me explain the strength of Japan."
“Abide by the order.”
Xie Siyun starts with the political structure of Japan.
When he learned that the Japanese island had not been completely unified, although Oda Nobunaga was the emperor, he was only the largest force. There were many other forces on the Japanese island, Cao Cao and others'' hearts reduced the difficulty of attacking Japan again. After all, the split Japan must be easier to fight than the unified one.
"The Japanese navy''s army has strong combat power, but the land army''s combat power is very weak, and its equipment is still very poor. The Japanese pirates attacking all over the coast are already the Japanese army as an elite army.
The four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu only need to gather 100,000 elite troops, which is enough to sweep across the four islands of Japan. ”
Hearing Jie Siyun say this, Cao Cao and the other two showed joy.
Those Japanese pirates who didn’t even have armor and only had a Japanese sword were already the strongest army in Japan?
Then I was afraid that nothing was wrong, so I just **** him.
As the world of great struggle comes, the equipment of the armies of various countries is getting better and better, and the comprehensive combat power of the army is getting stronger and stronger.
Even the poorest Wei Kingdom among the four countries, the comprehensive combat power and even equipment of the army were much stronger than those invading Japanese pirates.
This is not a country that is progressing, but the whole era is progressing, especially in the military.
As for those princes who were standing still and unable to keep up with the pace of the times, they were naturally annexed by stronger princes.
If the Japanese army was not as good as the Han army, then the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu would naturally not be afraid. After all, they all came from that era and clearly knew the combat effectiveness of the Han army at that time.
If the comprehensive combat power of the Japanese army is not even comparable to that of the Han army, then if the same number of people fight, it will never be an opponent of any of the four countries.
The Japanese army has such weak combat power, but it has a huge amount of wealth. In the eyes of Cao Cao and others, it is simply a naive son who has lost money to the market.
What they should consider now is not the question of whether to send troops or not, but how to divide the territory and population of Japan and how to transport the money and grain they have snatched back to their own country.
The Qin and Wu countries have their own naval armies, so they can naturally transport the stolen wealth back, but the Wei and Song dynasties do not have naval armies.
Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin looked at each other and made a decision in their hearts that they would also form a navy army. Even if it was a little smaller, it would be fine as long as they could transport materials.
Seeing everyone''s expressions, Ying Hao knew that the alliance had been completed, so he asked with a smile: "I wonder if you are willing to join the alliance to fight against Japan?"
"Wu is willing."
"Song State is also willing."
The three of them answered one after another.
"Since that''s the case, I announced that the alliance against Japan was officially established. After making preparations for the left and right, our four countries will send troops to attack the Japanese island together to avenge the people who died." Ying Hao said righteously.
Obviously not interested in revenge, so he asked, "I wonder when His Majesty Qin Emperor will send troops to fight against the Japanese?"
Sun Jian also nodded. Without any worries, he was eager to send troops immediately. After all, he also needed to use the wealth of Japan to restore the previous war losses of Wu.
The Japanese pirates invaded, the Shanyue rebelled, and the Jiangxia War. After a series of wars, the Wu Kingdom is actually short of money to recover the trauma, and how can it be snatched quickly when it develops slowly?
"No hurry for the time being. After all, at least one hundred thousand troops will be dispatched to conquer Japan. However, the combined warships of Qin and Wu are not enough to transport the 100,000 troops to Japan. Therefore, if you want to attack the Japanese island, you still need to build a large number of warships."
As soon as Ying Hao said this, Sun Jian also said, "The Wu Kingdom will also build more warships to transport soldiers and materials."
Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin looked at each other. Neither of them had naval armies nor shipyards. Even if they were formed immediately, they could only build merchant ships rather than warships, so they could only follow the ships of Qin and Wu to land on the island.
However, when logistics and transportation of goods are returned to China, they cannot be employed by others, so they are also preparing to form a fleet of transporting materials.
"The Japanese army has weak combat power, and the number of troops sent to the Japanese army is a waste of manpower, so the coalition forces against the Japanese will be set at 100,000 for the time being. Our Qin Dynasty can send 50,000 troops, and the other 50,000 troops can be distributed by the other three countries."
Ying Hao’s implication is actually the benefit of conquering Japanese troops. Qin State had to account for half of the other half, and the other half was returned to the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu.
For the Qin Dynasty, although more troops can be dispatched to conquer the Japanese, if it exceeds 50,000, it will definitely affect the recovery of the country. 50,000 is just right, not much or too much, and will not have much impact on the Qin Dynasty.
Cao Cao and the other two also heard Ying Hao''s voice-over and immediately started arguing over the share of 50,000.
"Our Wei State is willing to send out a 30,000 army." Cao Cao took the lead.
Sun Jian sneered: "Meng De, you are greedy enough. Wei State doesn''t even have a naval army. Even if you can produce 30,000 troops, how can you land on the Japanese island?"
"This is not a problem for Wentai. The Wei army can board the Qin army warship."
Cao Cao should have said as expected, without any shame in getting on the boat.
"No, our Wu Kingdom has launched a navy and an army, and its efforts are second only to Qin Kingdom. Of the remaining 50,000 shares, it should account for 30,000."
"Then, will our states of Song and Wei have to dispatch 10,000 troops? No, this is too little."
"You, Song State, don''t have a navy army, it''s good to give you a quota of 10,000 troops."
"Hmph, the current state of Song Dynasty does not mean that there is no naval army in a year. I have decided to form the Huaihe River naval army."
After hearing Zhao Kuangyin''s words, Cao Cao was so envious.
After the Song Dynasty occupied the Jianghuai River, it had an outlet for the sea. It was indeed possible to form a naval army and go directly to Japan by sea, but the Wei State could not.
Wei is the only inland country among the four countries. If you want to go to sea, you can only walk the Yellow River, but he can''t form a navy in the Yellow River and then go to the sea to Japan, right? The naval forces of Qi and Ming countries will not let Wei pass.
Besides, with the financial resources of Wei State, it is already the ultimate to form a logistics transport fleet, and there is no money to build a warship.
The three of them quarreled for an hour, but they didn''t make any sense. In the end, Ying Hao decided. Among the remaining 50,000 troops, Wu State contributed 20,000, Wei State and Song State each made 15,000, which brought the debate to an end.
After finalizing the Japanese conquest, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Zhao Kuangyin all returned to China on the same day. After all, there was nothing else to do when staying in Luoyang.
The expedition of the Japanese is currently the highest secret of the four countries. Except for the monarchs of the four countries and a small number of senior officials, no one knows that the four countries of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu have set their sights on Japan overseas. This secret will probably be exposed on the day the coalition forces set off, and doing so will naturally catch the Japanese off guard.
The Japanese conquests must be divided into water wars and land wars. Only when the water wars are won can they land on the four islands of Japan. The candidate for the navy commander is naturally Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu is about to marry his younger sister, and as his brother-in-law, Ying Hao naturally has to give him a gift.
As the commander-in-chief of Qingzhou Navy and one of the 36 founding marquis of the Qin Dynasty, Zhou Yu is already qualified to marry Princess Ying Xuewu of Huayang.
During the morning court, Ying Hao shouted to the ministers below: "Where is Zhou Yu?"
"The last one will be there."
"Zhou Yu, I am appointed as the chief commander-in-chief of the Hebei Navy, in charge of all the navy troops in Hebei, as well as the supervising warships.
In the next year, I want you to expand the Qin naval army to 50,000 and build a fleet that can transport 100,000 troops.
Can it be done? ”
The Qin Dynasty originally had two naval armies, the Yellow River and Jingzhou, but now the Yellow River naval armies were merged into the Qingzhou naval armies, and the Jingzhou naval armies have almost been wiped out. Now there is only the Qingzhou naval armies in the country.
The Qingzhou naval army originally had 30,000, but it also suffered a lot in the Youzhou War. Now there are only 20,000 troops left.
Within one year, the army will be doubled and a fleet of 100,000 people will be built. This task is not light at all.
When he heard that Ying Hao was going to expand the naval army, all the civil and military officials who did not know the truth were a little confused.
After the Qin army was recuperating, the next strategic goal was also Guanxi and Central Plains. The two places of strategy were mainly cavalry. How could we expand the navy instead?
Is the lord already preparing for the future, sending troops to conquer the south of the Yangtze River? But this is a bit too early. All the generals thought so.
Zhou Yu didn''t know that Ying Hao was going to conquer Japan, but he did not hesitate at all. He knelt down and bowed and said, "Thank you for your trust. Zhou Yu is willing to issue a military order. If he cannot complete the task, he is willing to come and see you."
"I don''t want your head, otherwise that girl Xuewu would be a widow." Ying Hao said with a smile.
As soon as this said, a burst of laughter suddenly sounded present, and Zhou Yu was a little embarrassed when he laughed, while Bai Qi looked at Zhou Yu with greater relief.
Now Zhou Yu is no longer the little transparent around him, but the great governor of the Hebei naval army of Qin. His status among the navy is equivalent to that of Bai Qi of the army, which naturally makes Bai Qi, the master, feel very pleased.
(This chapter ends)