"Xiang Lang! How many days have you been back? Are you going to go on another expedition?"
Looking at Cai Wenji with a look of reluctance, Xiang Ji felt helpless.
What the Chu State needs now is to cultivate and recuperate. It will be absolutely unable to launch any war within a year at least.
Originally, Xiang Ji planned to cultivate himself well and spend time with his family during this year.
However, things often exceed people's expectations.
Who would have thought that in this time and space, the Japanese who should have been playing in the mud on their own land would actually jump out.
You know, when Xiang Ji heard that the Japanese could cross the sea thousands of miles to attack Sun Quan of Yizhou, he was really shocked.
What's going on with this Japanese? He can cross the sea thousands of miles at this time?
Regarding this, Xiang Ji was filled with surprise and doubt.
This also forced him to make up his mind to destroy the Japanese before they developed.
otherwise......
The incidents of Japanese pirates along the coast for thousands of years are still vivid in our minds!
Xiang Ji did not want his descendants to be harassed by those Japanese pirates again.
"Don't worry, Wen Ji, although the lonely king is going on an overseas expedition this time, it won't take too long."
Yes, Xiang Ji planned to go on an overseas expedition and go directly to the Japanese home island to exterminate their race!
Only in this way can this scourge be eliminated once and for all.
Moreover, Xiang Ji was also very curious about why the Japanese could develop overseas technology in advance in this time and space.
At the very least, I need to go and take a look for myself to feel at ease, right?
As for Yizhou on Sun Quan’s side?
When Xiang Ji came to think of it, it would be enough to just send a fleet of navy.
Most of the people Sun Quan brought to Yizhou were government soldiers, not regular troops with combat effectiveness at all.
He had a hard time facing the Japanese, but that doesn't mean that the navy under my command also had a hard time facing the Japanese.
And in this way, Xiang Ji could naturally annex the Yizhou occupied by Sun Quan into the territory of Chu.
Shu said, Pengcheng Hall.
"Send the order! Inform Zhou Tai, the Jiangdong navy commander, and order him to lead 30,000 navy troops and follow Mr. Lu Xun to Yizhou to relieve the siege of Yizhou.
Also, Pei Yuanshao!
Immediately arrange for people to go to the Liaodong area, and be sure to search for someone who knows the route to the Japanese island!"
After all, in this era, there was no precise positioning ability. In the vast sea, Xiang Ji would not dare to cross the sea to attack the Japanese without finding someone who knew the way.
As Xiang Ji's order was issued, the various ministries of the Chu State began to operate again.
Although Xiang Ji only planned to lead the Canglong Cavalry in this expedition, other units of the Chu army were still reorganizing and training with great nervousness.
It's just because Xiang Ji wants to replenish the Canglong Cavalry.
You must know that when the Canglong Riders were at their peak, they numbered close to ten thousand, but now after successive battles, they have fewer than five thousand.
In order to go out to conquer Japan, Xiang Ji planned to restore the number of Canglongqi to at least six thousand.
As for why there is no large-scale military expansion?
Soldiers are more valuable than elites, not many.
This sentence is not said for nothing.
In Xiang Ji's view, the Cang Longqi are his bodyguards and the sharp sword in his hand.
If the overall combat effectiveness of the Canglong Cavalry is reduced due to large-scale military expansion, then Xiang Ji would rather not add a single new army.
If it weren't for the upcoming war with Japan, Xiang Ji wouldn't have planned to expand his army so eagerly.
And just because of Xiang Ji's order, all the Chu army's ministries mobilized.
As a soldier, who doesn't want to join the Canglong Cavalry?
Although the death rate of Canglongqi has remained high all year round.
Although Canglongqi always charges forward to deal with the most dangerous battlefield.
Although the Canglong Riders always have to face enemies with fewer enemies and more enemies several times their size.
but!
This is the Canglong Rider.
This is the glory of Chu State!
This is the highest honor that all Chu soldiers yearn for.
Only Cang Longqi is the hero in the hearts of all Chu people and the backbone of all Chu people.
As long as the Canglong does not fall, the Chu Kingdom will not perish.
This is the belief in the hearts of all Chu people.
This is the prestige that Cang Longqi has gained through life and death battles.
Now that they know that the Canglong Cavalry is going to be selected again, how can the soldiers of the Chu Kingdom not be excited?
And just as the Chu Kingdom was re-selecting Canglong Cavalry warriors, Zhou Tai, who was far away in Jiangdong, also led the navy to prepare for going to sea.
"Mr. Lu Xun.
You mean, if we just take a boat all the way south, we can reach Yizhou in less than two days?"
As for the Yizhou mentioned by Lu Xun, Zhou Taina had really never heard of it.
If you have never been there, who would have thought that there are islands for human survival on the vast sea.
"General Zhou! Please rest assured that the waves along this route are not too big. With the Chu army's large ships, we will be very stable on the sea."
Looking at the Chu army in great military glory in front of him, and looking at the sail-like ships under Sun Quan's command, Lu Xun was filled with helplessness.
Although reinforcements were successfully obtained this time, the fear is that the Yizhou regime established by Sun Quan will also come to an end.
You know, this is just a unit of the Chu Army Navy.
Facing this partial force, even Sun Quan of Yizhou might not be able to resist it, so why talk about restoring the country?
Yes, Sun Quan, who fled to Yizhou, never forgot his promise to Zhou Yu to restore the Wu Kingdom in Jiangdong.
But facing this behemoth in front of him, Lu Xun knew that Sun Quan might not have even the slightest chance in his lifetime.
Time flies, time flies.
In the blink of an eye, Xiang Ji had returned to Pengcheng for more than three months.
After many layers of selection, the Canglong Cavalry has now expanded to six thousand. Although the more than a thousand new members cannot compare with the veteran Canglong Cavalry, it is not difficult to catch up with their pace after training together.
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Similarly, a large number of spies rushed to Liaodong and finally brought good news to Xiang Ji.
In a common family in Liaodong under the rule of Gongsun Kang, the spies found a farmer named Xu Kangnian, who actually claimed that his main plot was Xu Fu, the great liar of the Qin Dynasty!
Yes, he was the one who deceived Qin Shihuang into sending three thousand boys and girls east to Japan.
According to what he said, although he had never been to the Japanese country in person, he still had the bamboo slips preserved by his ancestors. On the bamboo slips, there was an accurate route to the Japanese country.
Xiang Ji was overjoyed when he heard the news.
You know, before that he was just doing his best and obeying fate.
After all, this era is not the Age of Discovery. No one would travel thousands of miles to see if there are islands and land on the other side of the sea.
Now that he can get accurate routes, Xiang Ji can't ask for more.
After making some arrangements for the country, Xiang Ji led the Canglong Cavalry and set off, heading straight for Liaodong.
As for the ships carrying Xiang Ji's army to cross eastwards? They also set off from Jiangdong at the same time and headed straight for Liaodong along the coastline.