Things are changing.

Dongbai enjoyed many times of protection from China.

Now it is their turn to serve the Ming Dynasty.

In the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

"Dedicating land to the emperor for deification is their greatest honor as a vassal state." the Minister of War shouted.

Several other yamen also laughed at Dongbai people for not knowing how to commend themselves.

To include you in the Ming Dynasty is to think highly of you.

The Ming Dynasty still wanted those ruined lands that could not support people.

For example, the Far West.

It's really impossible to stay there.

Even though we are thousands of miles away from the desert, it is difficult to find even water.

To travel long distances, you have to rely on water transportation.

This challenge is really too great.

Far inferior to the east and south.

Although it is hot and humid in the south and there are too many insect pests, basic water and food are guaranteed.

It's up to people to cultivate the rest.

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However, the situation gradually changed.

What changed was the group of Japanese pirates.

The Japanese pirates in the island country also began to increase their troops in large numbers.

Because their ambitions have also become bigger.

They found that their opponent was weak this time.

I was still resisting desperately before.

This time, the gentry and ministers collapsed at the first touch.

"Strange, why are you so weak?" A Japanese pirate leader grabbed a leading minister and asked.

"Hmph, the Ming Dynasty to the west wants to take our land, and you guys want to take it too. The country is already subjugated anyway, so why are we still resisting?" said the leading minister.

"Hahaha, I see, it is indeed the hypocritical Ming Dynasty." The Japanese pirate leader keenly discovered the opportunity.

In the past, they had never defeated the Ming Dynasty.

They believe that it is mainly the local people who are resisting.

Don't give them any effort to transport food.

On the contrary, everyone supported the Ming Dynasty and delivered food to the Ming Dynasty people.

But now both sides are competing for Dongbai, so it’s a tie.

What they sent this time were real warriors.

Not those wandering ashigaru.

Moreover, the Japanese pirates never took Ming Dynasty seriously.

That's true.

When Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese, he defeated the pirates.

But the Japanese pirates did not really admit defeat.

On the contrary, he looked down upon Ming even more.

Because they were just a group of wandering warriors hired by Ming pirates, they caused the Japanese pirate rebellion for decades in Ming Dynasty.

It took a lot of effort to calm it down.

Therefore, although the Japanese pirates were defeated, by the time of Wanli, the Japanese pirates dispatched 200,000 regular troops from the country.

They felt that useless and wandering warriors could damage the Ming Dynasty.

These 200,000 solid, elite soldiers from the Warring States Period should be enough to destroy Dongbai and capture the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the combat effectiveness is quite strong.

But they have a fatal weakness, which is poor equipment and poor cavalry.

The Japanese pirates had few iron mines and few horses.

This is also an important reason why they lost historically.

Although there are many mountains in the east, it is not conducive for cavalry to travel.

But there are still many places where the cavalry can move forward.

Historically, the cavalry in Liaodong tortured the Japanese pirates very much.

Of course, because of the many battles, the Liaodong cavalry suffered heavy losses.

Therefore, the Japanese pirates are very powerful in combat.

Their cavalry is very poor.

And he is also weak in armor.

But they also have the advantage that they are good at using iron cannons and like to use iron cannons.

But now Ming Dynasty is also good at using matchlock guns.

This thing is much stronger than the fire door gun.

Can be equipped on a large scale.

So they don't have an advantage in this aspect.

As both sides are increasing their troops.

The first conflict finally emerged.

In fact, it was also because Dongbai started to swing from side to side.

On the one hand, they told the Ming Dynasty that as long as the Japanese pirates were defeated, they would surrender as a whole country.

On the other hand, he told the Japanese pirates that if they defeated the Ming Dynasty, they would be willing to be subordinates.

This is normal.

Even in modern times, Japanese pirates still swallowed Dongbai.

What’s more, it’s the 17th century now?

The two sides came into contact on Pingcheng Road.

This is located exactly on half of the land of Dongbai.

The Japanese pirates first dispatched 8,000 troops of Masamune Konishi to conduct tests.

As for the Ming Dynasty, the total strength of the Ming Dynasty's expedition to Dongbai at the beginning was 80,000, plus 30,000 civilians.

Later, it was changed to the method of long-term stationing.

So the people came out from Dongbai.

Withdraw 28,000 civilians.

After all, the people of the Ming Dynasty had to pay money.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t give it, then you will have to reduce your power.

Because the people traveled long distances, it can be said that if one person dies, the whole family will go bankrupt.

Although during the recruitment process, priority was given to bridal sons-in-law, prisoners, beggars, refugees and those with many children.

But the burden is also heavy.

Then half of the 60,000 infantrymen were withdrawn, leaving only 30,000.

There were 20,000 cavalrymen, and half of them were withdrawn, leaving only 10,000 men.

The purpose is to reduce expenses.

Being stationed overseas would cost a lot of money.

After all, what we want now is to annex the land, not to plunder it.

We need long-term peace and stability.

In fact, they were stupid.

The best way is to directly learn from the Chinese people.

But after all, Dongbai has been paying tribute for many years, so he can't do it.

Then the consumption will be huge.
To be continued...