Chapter 684 Must Collect Money
Liu Zheng, the commander stationed at the border of Goryeo, said: I think the Third Young Master is not allowing us to intervene too early because he is planning a big game. We must wait for an opportunity to go directly to the island of Japan to fight and completely break the legs and backbone of the Japanese pirates so that they can no longer go out to sea and bite people at will.
Miao Gui and Feng Guiqi looked at each other, invited their brothers to drink, and then they dispersed.
Feng Guiqi's guards quickly invited Liu Zheng to the back hall, but saw Miao Gui and Feng Guiqi inside, looking at him with a smile. He immediately understood what was going on.
Liu Zheng was about to salute Miao Gui immediately, but Feng Guiqi waved his hand to stop him and told him to sit down and talk, saying that brothers in the army did not need so many fancy words.
Miao Gui said with a smile: The third young master was right. Brother Liu is indeed the Zhuge Liang in the army. He can see through the third young master's grand plan at a glance.
Let’s talk about it: What should we do next?
Liu Zheng immediately became respectful and humble, and after taking a sip of tea he said: I think that the Third Young Master wants to use Goryeo to consume Japan, drain Japan's manpower and material resources, and at the same time drain Goryeo's national strength.
The Third Young Master once said: War is all about logistics. If Goryeo hadn't used the weapons we sent them as a guarantee, the Japanese pirates might have occupied the entire Goryeo, or at least not such a large area. Why did the Third Young Master ask us to train the Marine Corps and ask the Navy's General Zhou to expand the Marine Corps? At present, the surrounding seas are peaceful, and only the Japanese pirates are making the most trouble. Naturally, I thought that they might directly attack the main island of Japan.
Only by landing on the island and fighting, and completely suppressing the Japanese pirates, can we stop them from thinking of invading everywhere.
Miao Gui twirled his beard and nodded, approving secretly. He looked at Feng Guiqi and nodded and said: It seems that I was a little impatient.
Feng Guiqi shook his head and said: He was guarding Liaoyang, and he was still planning to rush up to fight. But what Liu Xian said made sense. Every time he submitted a petition for war, the Third Young Master never gave him a clear indication. Obviously, the Third Young Master felt that the time was not ripe.
After the Chengdu Central Council received news that Japan was launching a massive attack on Goryeo, it only gave a verbal warning in the newspaper: "Don't say I didn't warn you." It must have been waiting for an opportunity.
Liu Zheng immediately agreed and said: General Feng has a good idea. He thinks that the third young master is setting rules for the four barbarians of the New Song Kingdom. Don’t say that I didn’t warn you. He is trying to tell the four barbarians that we in the New Song Kingdom keep our words and they must listen to his orders. If they don’t, we will take action.
Miao Gui laughed out loud and praised Liu Zheng for his perfect explanation.
Such excessive praise from a high-ranking official like him made the strong and powerful general feel shy.
He asked Liu Zheng, what should we do next?
Liu Zheng said that we have been fighting against Goryeo for half a year, and the weapons we gave them must have been almost used up. According to the instructions of Lord Miao, if we come to ask for them again, we must charge silver, and we will sell them only for the amount of silver we give.
The Koreans are people who forget their benefactors once their wounds have healed. We cannot be taken advantage of. All support must be provided at a negotiated price before it can be put into action.
Miao Gui nodded, motioning for him to continue.
Liu Zheng suggested to Feng Guiqi that next we should reorganize the army and speed up the reorganization of the Marine Corps. We should also train the soldiers' ability to concentrate fire and enhance their fighting skills in view of the extremely strong individual combat capabilities of the Japanese pirates .
The Japanese pirates are all trained samurai, but we have more people and can train with two against one or three against one.
As the saying goes, two fists cannot beat four hands. I don't believe that two or three of us cannot defeat a Japanese pirate.
Feng Guiqi and Miao Gui looked at each other, nodded, and drank tea. They told Liu Zheng to go back and make preparations according to this strategy and keep a close eye on it at all times.
The girl was overjoyed. She immediately stood up, saluted them, turned around and ran away.
Miao Gui looked at Liu Zheng's receding back and said: This man is not simple . If used well, he will definitely be a wise and fierce general. He told Feng Guiqi that everything was fine here and he would go back too, congratulating Feng in advance for getting the chance to beat up the Japanese pirates.
The two of them tilted their heads back and laughed happily.
On the islands of Amaterasu, General Fujiwara, the leader of the Japanese pirates, was running back and forth in the meeting room like a mad dog, cursing his subordinates for being incompetent and good-for-nothings.
The island nation of Japan's cross-sea attack on Goryeo was going very smoothly. They easily landed on the peninsula and occupied a large area of Goryeo territory. They were about to make great strides forward, grabbing land and forcing Goryeo to surrender. Goryeo's new army joined the battle. Equipped with the standard weapons of the New Song Dynasty's Shenwei Army, the new army defeated them head-on in one battle, interrupting the Japanese advance, and then pursued them and drove them back to Busan City.
From then on, the Japanese army started a tug-of-war with Goryeo there. Both sides continued to invest troops in the battle, but, just like the first fifteenth day of the lunar month, you attack me today and I attack you tomorrow, and there was no progress.
If there is any, it is the casualties on both sides. Both sides suffered casualties in soldiers, and both sides consumed weapons and food.
Because Goryeo had nearby supplies, new recruits brought weapons and food to the front lines. Their numbers grew as the battle went on, and they gradually gained the upper hand and controlled the situation on the battlefield.
The island country of Japan was in a difficult situation. These bandits came across the sea, and all supplies depended on sea transport. After October, the Tsushima Strait between the two sides of the strait was windy and rough, and fishermen who were not long-term seafarers dared not sail across the sea. The logistical supply of the island country of Japan was greatly reduced, and military supplies were in short supply. It was defeated on the battlefield.
However, how could Fujiwara be willing to give up the fat meat that was already in his mouth? He kept urging for supplies. Their ships encountered a typhoon that overturned the food and fodder of more than a dozen large ships. Not to mention the people who drowned, Fujiwara was furious as he watched the food and weapons that he had collected with great difficulty sink into the sea.
They could only sigh in despair, but there was nothing they could do. This was God's punishment for their brutal acts of aggression.
However, this fellow did not even believe in their Amaterasu, so naturally he did not believe that God would punish this evildoer. He quickly issued orders to continue collecting ships and food, building weapons, and training soldiers, waiting to cross the sea to attack next year when the weather was fine.
In the Goryeo royal palace, the young emperor and his ministers were equally anxious.
For half a year, Goryeo and the island country of Japan had been fighting a tug-of-war. Although the invasion of the Japanese pirates was temporarily stopped, the island country of Japan did not withdraw its troops and still occupied the three cities and ports along the Busan line. The Koreans attacked one after another, and the Japanese pirates were forced to retreat step by step, but they refused to go to sea and retreat.
Prince Wang Dian of the Peninsula said: The Japanese pirates are obviously waiting for next spring to launch a large-scale attack.
General Zheng kept nodding and said: "There is a typhoon at sea right now, so they dare not send ships over. We will definitely have another big battle next year when the wind and waves are calm and we can replenish our troops. We must attack them now when they are weak and try to eliminate the Japanese pirates as much as possible."
At the same time, we must speed up the training of new soldiers and raise food and supplies for war preparations.
General Li nodded and said: Almost all the ships in our country have been requisitioned. If Japan launches another landing operation, we will be in great danger. We must take into account the invasion of the Japanese navy.
The young emperor thought that he was gradually gaining the upper hand on the battlefield and victory was in sight. After listening to the report, he looked at his ministers helplessly and asked: What should we do?
He believed that he must look for the New Song Dynasty's Divine Power Army in the northwest and asked Marshal Feng Guiqi of Liaoyang Road for help.
This guy then turned his attention to Wang Dian, asking him to go to Shenzhou of the New Song Kingdom to ask for help from Feng Guiqi.
General Zheng Jia was Wang Dian's bodyguard general in the past. Looking at the snow outside the window, he said: It is snowing heavily in Liaoyang now. It is freezing cold. Let's wait until next year to go.
Although the emperor did not lead the troops to fight, he knew that the soldiers had to get weapons and undergo training before they could fight on the front line. He stared at Wang Dian and said that the military situation was urgent and there was no time to delay, so he said, "Son, set off now."
Wang Dian looked at his father in confusion.
Is this old guy getting senile? He asks him to go on a diplomatic mission to the New Song Dynasty without even paying him half a tael of silver?
How should he do things?
The boy said to his father: Marshal Feng said it last time, that any future dealings with the New Song must be fair trade. We have to use silver and the New Song's currency to exchange for their weapons and food. How much silver does Your Majesty intend to let me bring over?
The little emperor was stunned, secretly cursing this naughty boy for asking him for money when talking about doing things.
At ease, he said: "Last time, Xinsong gave it to us for free. This time, we will at least give it to us. Besides, my son knows that the treasury is empty and there is not much silver."
Wang Dian knew that his father was a miser. He had plenty of money but was unwilling to spend it.
He said: It is icy and snowy here, and the road is difficult to travel on. We should not waste time going back and forth. It would be better if His Majesty allocates some money for the child to take over.
If Marshal Feng insists on paying for the goods, wouldn't it be a waste of precious time for the army's training?
The civil and military officials in the hall kept nodding their heads and looking at the little emperor. The guy was at a loss and asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate 300,000 taels of silver with a distressed heart.
Wang Dian insisted on asking for 500,000 yuan. He said that 500,000 yuan was nothing and he didn't know whether the other party would give it to him.
This guy walked slowly to Kaifeng, and after two days' walk he finally set foot on the official road within the territory of the New Song Kingdom. He found that all the local roads under the governance of the New Song Kingdom had been repaired, and the official roads had become wider, smoother and easier to walk on, and he soon arrived in Shenzhou.
Feng Guiqi laughed and asked: It's New Year's Day, Prince, what are you doing? You're not even celebrating the New Year.
Wang Dian said with a smile: General Feng, please stop trying to cleanse me. The Japanese pirates are very crazy and they are here to ask for help again.
Feng Guiqi immediately waved his hands and said: Stop, stop. It's useless to beg him. The New Song Dynasty court has not issued an order to send troops. How can he go against the will of the Third Young Master? No, don't bother him.
The prince requested that we go to the Chengdu Central Court to ask the Third Young Master to make the decision. I will definitely follow his orders.
Wang Dian knew this would not work, so he dared not go to Chengdu. Even if he got Zhao Yulin's confirmation, he was afraid that Goryeo would be destroyed by the Japanese. He said with a sad face: He did not ask for troops, but only asked the general to send more military equipment and food to help Goryeo. This should be okay.
The Marshal must save us.
Feng Guiqi found that he looked so funny with tears on his face, so he kept waving his hands and begged him not to harm anyone. Last time, because he had given away weapons without authorization, Vice State Leader Miao was scolded by the Third Young Master.
