When Hu Quan returned to camp, Wang Bi expressed congratulations and thanks to him, and invited Hu Quan to return to His Highness's Sea King to report his victory, which made Hu Quan very happy again.
First of all, this is his way of serving. As a coach, he must provide emotional value to the generals he relies on, so that the generals he relies on will be willing to sacrifice their lives.
Secondly, I have pitiful parents in the world. Wang Bi knew that his daughter was weak, so how could he miss this opportunity to make friends with His Highness and his uncles?
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At night, on the stern of the flagship.
"Our army achieved a complete victory in this battle. It broke through the enemy's defensive stone wall, defeated their main force in the field, drove them back to Shuicheng, and caused a lot of damage to the Japanese army in the pursuit." Hu Quanchen
The voice reported to His Highness:
"Our army killed a total of sixty-two people, injured two hundred and three, and wiped out nearly ten thousand enemies..."
Because more than 70% of the enemy annihilations occurred during the pursuit, the corpses of Japanese pirates were scattered all over the mountains and plains, and it was impossible to count them carefully in a hurry.
"Not bad, not bad." Lao Liu nodded with satisfaction. Although he knew that most of the so-called Japanese troops in this era were actually farmers. They were completely incomparable to the Ming army, which was a professional soldier in Qingyishui, but it could achieve such results.
, he was still very happy.
"Transfer all the wounded to the hospital ship so that my fifth brother's men can treat them properly." He ordered in a deep voice.
"As ordered." Hu Quan hurriedly responded in a deep voice. His Royal Highness the King of Chu attaches great importance to military medical care. In addition to having military doctors on each ship, the fleet also has a special hospital ship responsible for treating the wounded and seriously ill. This not only allows
The Sick and Sick received the best medical conditions and could avoid the outbreak of infectious diseases on the warship, which was very necessary during overseas operations.
"The Marquis of Dingyuan would like to ask His Highness whether to encircle Shuicheng and provide reinforcements as originally planned?" Then he asked again.
"Uncle, what do you think?" Lao Liu looked across Hakata Port towards Shuicheng. Even without a telescope, he could still see the lights on that city in the night.
"The water city is a huge fortress, with a circumference of about four or five miles, a height of nearly two feet, and a moat that holds water. It looks difficult to fight." Hu Quan described what he saw with his own eyes, and
Commented:
"Our soldiers are elite but few, while the Japanese army's soldiers are weak but numerous. We should avoid siege warfare as much as possible, otherwise our advantages will be offset and the Japanese army's advantages will be highlighted."
"Yes." Lao Liu nodded. The area from Hakata to Dazaifu is a rare coastal plain on Kyushu Island and even in Japan, so Hakata Bay becomes the center of Kyushu.
But precisely because of this, if the enemy lands from Hakata Bay, they can attack Dazaifu without any hindrance. For this reason, the Japanese spent huge sums of money to build this water city fortress, making it the gateway barrier of Dazaifu, and they worked hard for hundreds of years.
, a forceful attack is indeed unrealistic.
"Then the plan remains unchanged. We will first surround the area to provide reinforcements and wait for the opportunity." He said in a deep voice.
"Yes." Hu Quan responded in a deep voice. Yu Tongyuan on the side said in a low voice: "It's just that this way, it will be difficult to achieve a quick victory."
When fighting away from home, the biggest fear is that the war will drag on for a long time.
"I don't intend to win a quick victory." Lao Liu said sternly: "What do you mean? We must despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically. After all, Japan has a population of tens of millions and has been fighting for decades.
If you want to eat them up in one go, you will only repeat the mistakes of the Yuan Dynasty."
"Yes." Yu Tongyuan and others nodded, this is the right reason.
"Tell all officers and soldiers, don't be anxious, be patient and follow the steps, victory will definitely belong to us!" Zhu Zhen analyzed for his generals:
"Usually, the biggest concern for labor expeditions is the lack of logistics, but we don't have to worry about this at all. Because we have strong maritime transportation capabilities, which are completely unmatched by land transportation."
"It is said to be 1,600 miles away from the mainland, but with the help of ocean currents, a fleet full of supplies can arrive at Hakata Bay from Liujiagang in Taicang in less than ten days. So there is no need to worry about logistics." Lao Liu continued:
"Furthermore, Hakata is a great place. It has a rare flat plain, which is suitable for our cavalry to fight." Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "Japan has many mountains and few plains. It is difficult to find a suitable battlefield for us."
"Yes." Hu Quan said with deep understanding: "Here we can use our own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. The two thousand cavalry are unmatched by the Japanese army. If we enter the mountainous area, our advantages will not be fully utilized, and the Japanese army can comfortably
Survive our ambush."
"That's right." The generals couldn't help but nodded, and they all felt that His Highness was right. They should send reinforcements at the safe encirclement point of Hakata to eliminate the effective strength of the Japanese army.
"Actually, I personally judge that the more we assume the posture of fighting for a long time, the war will not drag on for too long." Lao Liu said calmly.
"Oh? Why did the prince say this?" The generals asked curiously.
"Because the situation in the Southern Dynasties of Japan itself is precarious, and even the wealthy people of Kyushu seem to be incompatible with each other." His Royal Highness the King of Chu rarely opened up the chatter box and said:
"The Southern Dynasty was established forty or fifty years ago when the so-called Emperor Go-Daigo fled after his failure in the struggle for power, so he was the weak side from the beginning."
"Had it not been for the fierce internal struggles within the Northern Dynasty shogunate, they would not have been able to survive until now. But now the third-generation shogun of the Muromachi shogunate is young and promising. He has unified Honshu and surrendered the Shikoku, and driven all the emperors of the Southern Dynasty to Kyushu Island."
"Actually, on the island of Kyushu, the Southern Dynasty was originally a weak side. Prince Huairiang's Zhengxi General Mansion could not defeat the Northern Dynasty's Kyushu expedition. However, seeing that victory was in hand, the Northern Dynasty took a step forward and wanted to take the opportunity to weaken the Kyushu that had been entrenched for generations.
A crowd of three people.”
"So under the pretense of hosting a banquet for three people, they assassinated the governor of Shao Er's family at the banquet. Then the three people who had planned to surrender to the Northern Dynasty collectively defected and joined the Southern Dynasty camp, driving the Northern Dynasty's forces out of Kyushu Island. Only then did
to the current situation.”
"But General Zhengxi and the Southern Dynasty also had different dreams. Before the Northern Dynasty killed Shao Er's family governor, Prince Huai Liang and the three people had a big fight. It is said that the total number of troops participating in the war at that time reached 100,000. The rift between them will never happen
Disappeared, but the common enemy forced them to hold their noses and cooperate."
"Your Highness means," Yang Shiqi, who was brought out by Lao Liu to gain experience and join the army, already understood.
"They're likely to turn against each other again?"
"Haha Shiqi is really smart." Lao Liu laughed and said, "Yes, the current situation is all Huai Liang's fault. The three of us suffered heavy losses today. How can we not be resentful towards him?"
"That must be full of resentment." The generals laughed.
"Besides, there is no hope for the Southern Dynasty. The local tycoons from Kyushu, led by the three people, must definitely consider the future."
"The reason why they can repeatedly counterattack is because they have soldiers in their hands. This is their biggest asset. They will never dare to fight us all. Then they are still fooling around?" Zhu Zhen finally said firmly:
"So as long as we resolutely eliminate the reinforcements and continuously weaken their capital, they will definitely be able to resist again!"
