Chapter 478: The Fuxing Army is unable to cope with the situation, and Chongzhen's counterattack begins
"Whoosh!"
A level five spirit pigeon flew from the sky and landed in front of Li Dingguo.
These are the very few spirit pigeons that have been upgraded and evolved to level five by the Renaissance Army recently, and there are less than a hundred of them in total.
Each legion and department of the Renaissance Army was allocated only a dozen level five spirit pigeons, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Military Intelligence.
Generally speaking, only in the event of a major military emergency will the various legions use level 5 spirit pigeons to deliver messages.
"A reward for you."
Li Dingguo signaled to Wei Jinfan who was reporting military intelligence, raised his hand and threw out a top-grade Qi and Blood Pill as a reward for this level five spirit pigeon that came to report the news.
"Chirp!"
The spirit pigeon swallowed the pill that was thrown to it in one gulp, and neighed happily at Li Dingguo, obviously very happy.
"Whoosh!"
Li Dingguo then raised his hand and took a small bamboo tube attached to the pigeon's leg, and immediately took out the secret letter to check it.
"Humph!"
"Japanese pirates?"
After a moment, Li Dingguo snorted gloomily, raised his head and said to Wei Jinfan, "These bastards actually dare to provoke our Fuxing Army!"
"I originally wanted to wait for a while before looking for trouble with the Japanese pirates, but they got in front of us first. They simply don't know how to live or die!"
In this big world, Japan is quite powerful and has a large population, nearly 20% of that of the Ming Dynasty.
The human resources of the Later Jin clan are not on the same level as those of Japan.
The huge population of Japan will cause headaches for any country or force that confronts them.
Even the current Renaissance Army is no exception.
The Fusion Army, which now completely occupies the northern land of China, has a total military and civilian population that is about twice that of Japan.
Faced with the Japanese pirates whose number of imports exceeds 20 billion, once a war is declared with them, it will inevitably be a protracted war that cannot be ended in a short period of time.
After all, the Renaissance Army's strategy against the enemy has always been to kill them all.
Unlike the Goguryeo Dynasty, Huang Taiji adopted high-pressure rule after conquering the other side, which enabled him to destroy the Goguryeo Dynasty in a short period of time and take control of a large number of Goguryeo people.
The population of the Goguryeo Dynasty was as high as tens of billions. If Huang Taiji ordered to kill them all, it would take several years to accomplish.
There are fundamental differences in the foreign policies of the Fuxing Army and the Later Jin clan.
"The Commander-in-Chief."
Wei Jinfan took the secret letter from Li Dingguo, quickly checked it and said, "These Japanese pirates are too arrogant! We must teach them a bloody lesson!"
"We, the Fuxing Army, control the southeastern coast of Kyushu. I don't believe that those pirates have not heard of such great news."
"But they still came secretly to disrupt our blockade. It is obvious that they are determined to become our enemy."
The Military Intelligence Department has long been paying close attention to the enemy Japan.
But as Li Dingguo said, defeating Japan is not difficult, but the difficult part is to completely destroy this country.
After all, their territory is not small, and their population is large. The population density within their territory is even higher than that in most areas of the Renaissance Army.
Faced with so many Japanese pirates and civilians, wanting to kill them all would be a protracted war of annihilation, and it would not be uncommon to take ten or eight years.
The problem is that the threat from the remnants of Huang Taiji's Later Jin Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty has not been eliminated and is very close.
Under such circumstances, once the war to annihilate Japan is launched, even with the current powerful combat capability of the Restoration Army, it will be unable to cope with the situation and will be stretched to the limit.
Wei Jinfan and other core generals of the Restoration Army were well aware of the commander-in-chief's attitude towards Japan. They had no other choice except to fight a war to annihilate the country.
In addition, the Goguryeo Dynasty, which was conquered by Huang Taiji, stood between the territory of the Fuxing Army and Japan. Before declaring war on Japan, the remnants of the Later Jin Dynasty, headed by Huang Taiji, had to be eliminated first.
"The Commander-in-Chief."
Wei Jinfan thought for a moment, feeling a little annoyed, and said, "In view of the current serious situation, we have to hold off on our war against Japan."
"First, let our navy's several large fleets tightly blockade the southeast coast and severely attack the Japanese pirates' fleets to weaken their maritime power first."
"Although Japan has a large population, its navy is too weak, far inferior to ours."
"Next year, when our army invades Goguryeo and destroys the remnants of the Later Jin Dynasty headed by Huang Taiji, it won't be too late to go to war with Japan after we have eliminated our worries."
"According to intelligence, Japan is still in a period of isolation. Currently, only the Shimazu family, a daimyo force, is trying to expand on the sea."
"Under the attack of several large fleets of our navy, the Shimazu family can't make much of a difference."
"If the enemy continues to come and disrupt our southeastern coastal blockade plan, it would not be a bad idea to let the navy officers and soldiers go first to destroy the Shimazu family."
She spoke frankly. Although the Restoration Army was currently unable to declare a full-scale war on Japan, it was feasible to use the combat effectiveness of the Restoration Navy alone to deal with the Japanese navy and the Shimazu family.
"Well, tell our First and Second Fleets to carry out the mission of blockading the southeastern coast while trying to destroy Japan's naval forces."
Li Dingguo immediately ordered, "At the same time, take over the Ryukyu Kingdom, and by the way, destroy the Japanese pirates occupying the Ryukyu Islands, and first destroy the forward expansion base of the Japanese pirate Shimazu family."
"As for the Ryukyu royal family, there is no need for them to continue to exist. Just get rid of them along with the corrupt officials and resistance fighters on the island."
It's not that Li Dingguo has too strong murderous intentions, but it is very necessary.
In the future, no other forces will be allowed to exist within the jurisdiction of the Renaissance Army, so as to avoid leaving behind huge hidden dangers and affecting the development and growth of the Renaissance Army.
By significantly weakening Japan's maritime power in the near future and making it unable to expand outward, we can achieve our goals.
By the next year, our troops will enter Goguryeo and wipe out the remnants of the Later Jin clan headed by Huang Taiji. Then it will be time to deal with Japan.
Rather than unifying the nine provinces of China, Li Dingguo would rather destroy Japan first and eliminate the huge threat hidden around the nine provinces of China in the future.
No one knows better than Li Dingguo how big a threat Japan, which seems not so powerful now, poses to the future of the Chinese nation.
Li Dingguo has decided that even if it takes ten or eight years, he must eradicate the Japanese completely and wipe out the entire nation in one fell swoop.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." Wei Jinfan was shocked when he heard this. He took the order solemnly and left to convey Li Dingguo's latest military order.
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Central Plains, Kaifeng, the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
Sun Chuanting, who was in charge of the evacuation of 300,000 Jin troops heading south to Kaifeng Prefecture, was receiving a distinguished guest.
"General Huang, what brings you here?"
Sun Chuanting sat in the main seat and asked Huang Degong who came to visit suddenly.
He dared not neglect this confidant of His Majesty who had once served as one of the commanders of the Yongwei Camp.
Not to mention Huang Degong today, who has been entrusted with an important task by the court and serves as the general of the Northern Town, one of the four new recruit towns. He controls million soldiers and is a powerful figure, one of the new nobles of the Southern Ming court.
Among the four new army regiments recently formed by the Southern Ming court, Huang Degong was the only general loyal to the royal family.
The reason why he was able to serve as the general of a town was the result of the exchange of interests between Emperor Chongzhen and the civil and military officials of the court.
Otherwise, Huang Degong, who was loyal to the royal family, would never have been able to control such important military power and become one of the greatest strengths of the Zhu royal family.
Among the Yongwei Camp formed by Emperor Chongzhen, there were three main generals, namely Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong and Lu Jiude.
Among them, Zhou Yuji and his wife were the most outstanding. They were both talented in civil and military affairs and could be regarded as the backbone of the Ming Dynasty royal family.
Huang Degong was relatively mediocre, but that was also relatively speaking. His talents in all aspects surpassed most of the generals of the Ming Dynasty.
As for Lu Jiude, he was a eunuch, equivalent to the military supervisor of the Yongwei Camp.
The eunuch Lu Jiude is very talented and has great martial arts skills. He has now reached the peak of level five. His loyalty to Emperor Chongzhen is unquestionable, and he is even comparable to Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch.
In order to allow Huang Degong to ascend to the throne, Chongzhen paid a huge price.
One of them is to open up mining rights and freedom of shipping to the wealthy families in the south, so that these greedy guys can go from being sneaky in the dark to being legitimate, and their voice and benefits will be greatly increased.
"General Sun."
Huang Degong saw that Sun Chuanting had dismissed everyone, his face became serious, and he said to him, "Your Majesty asked me to ask you a question, are you still loyal to your original intention and serve the country?"
To be honest, not long ago, Huang Degong was also quite shocked when he secretly received the secret decree brought by Wang Chengen himself.
He could never have imagined that his Majesty, who had been quietly in seclusion for three months, had quietly broken through to the initial stage of level six according to the mouth of the emperor's number one confidant!
Although he had no idea how His Majesty had broken the royal curse and made such rapid progress in his cultivation, he could guess that the court would soon be undergoing a major reshuffle.
Especially knowing that His Majesty is still in seclusion, when he comes out, he may break through to the peak level of level six!
When Huang Degong saw Wang Chengen coming to deliver the imperial edict with such confidence, he guessed that His Majesty must have obtained a very powerful trump card, such as a natal divine weapon.
Otherwise, Wang Chengen, as the emperor's most trusted confidant, would not be so confident.
His Majesty's secret order had only one task, which was to let him do his best to win over Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng and form an iron triangle alliance so that they could cooperate with his own actions in the near future, successively attack and kill Liu Zeqing in Xuzhou and Gao Jie in Ruzhou, and successfully take over the new armies in the two towns controlled by the two of them.
This series of tasks is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you may die or your clan may be wiped out. You have to be careful.
Since Your Majesty wants to save yourself and intends to control sufficient military power, as a diehard member of the Zhu royal family, why should I fear death?
"General, please report to His Majesty that I have always been loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and I am willing to die for the Ming Dynasty!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Chuanting spoke out without hesitation and without any hesitation.
Apart from anything else, when it comes to loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, Sun Chuanting is not behind anyone else.
Huang Degong had certainly heard of Sun Chuanting's loyalty, and now it was just a further confirmation.
"Governor Sun, the current situation..."
Huang Degong told Sun Chuanting everything he had received and his guesses without reservation, and then said to him with a surprised look, "According to your majesty's order, in half a year, your majesty will conduct a major purge of Jinling City and take full control of Jinling."
"At that time, we sent out troops one month in advance, quietly moved to Xuzhou and Ruzhou respectively, and launched a surprise attack when the opportunity arose to eliminate the representatives of the aristocratic families, Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie, and take over the new army in the two towns."
"Of course, we still need Lu Xiangsheng's cooperation to complete it."
"Lu Xiangsheng's loyalty to Your Majesty cannot be questioned. I plan to go to Luoyang tomorrow to contact him and discuss preparations for action."
"After achieving the goal of this substitution, Liu Zeqing's group and Gao Jie's group will be taken over by you and Lu Xiangsheng respectively."
"Then our three armies, together with the 500,000 soldiers of your majesty in Jinling City, will launch a sweeping operation across the entire Jiangnan region, wiping out all those officials and gentry who pretend to obey but actually disobey, and bring the Ming Dynasty back under your majesty's control!"
"Your Majesty promised that once the mission is accomplished, the three of us and General Zhou Yuji will be granted titles of nobility and bring honor to our family!"
With the abilities of Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhou Yuji, and myself, as long as we work together, it won't be too difficult to accomplish these goals.
With His Majesty becoming more enterprising, Huang Degong was full of confidence.
God knows how much of a blow Your Majesty has suffered during this period of time to have such a decisive awakening?
It is obvious that His Majesty, who has been blessed with great fortune, wants to make a major reshuffle in the Ming Dynasty and is determined to save this crumbling dynasty.
"Your Majesty has such ambitions, how can I, Sun Boya, not obey? Even if it means sacrificing my life, I will not refuse!"
Sun Chuanting said excitedly, "With the two great generals Lu Xiangsheng and Zhou Yuji, no difficulty will be difficult for us!"
He really could not have imagined that the Ming Dynasty, which was on the verge of collapse and destruction, would now usher in such a dawn!
He had made up his mind to die for his country, and now he looked several years younger and full of vigor and vitality.
He knew Lu Xiangsheng, a peerless genius whose loyalty to the emperor and patriotism was no less than his own.
As long as they have His Majesty, who has regained his strength, as the backbone and cooperate with each other, their counterattack will have a high chance of success.
No matter how powerful Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army in the north is, we may still be able to compete with it in the future.
After all, the Ming Dynasty, which has been passed down for thousands of years, still has most of its foundation, which cannot be compared with the nouveau riche Fuxing Army.
As long as the monarch and his subjects are of one mind, any difficulties will be overcome and there is great hope for the future.
After reaching a consensus, Huang Degong and Sun Chuanting conspired for several hours and then quietly said goodbye and left.
No one could have imagined that the Ming Dynasty, which was on the verge of falling apart, would encounter such a huge change at this critical juncture.
Emperor Chongzhen, who chose to give it a try, would soon become the nightmare of those Jiangnan aristocratic families. The subsequent development of the situation would be beyond their imagination.
(End of this chapter)
