People were still coming and going at the dock, and it did not change at all because of the arrival of a Japanese ship.
Even though Lu Zhou's people knew what had happened in Jiangnan Province some time ago.
It was not that they did not hate the Japanese, but they did not take them seriously.
For the people of Lu Zhou, Japan was not a threat. If Governor Zhang's family was willing, they could send a fleet directly from Lu Zhou. Even if they could not destroy Japan at once, they could at least prevent them from going to sea.
If they wanted to eat fish, they could find the rivers on the various islands of Japan to catch fish.
Therefore, when they found a Japanese ship docked at the dock today, the people doing business at the dock just glanced over and knew it was the Japanese, so they continued with their business. They were not interested in the purpose of the Japanese at all. The Emperor, Xiao Bao, and Cuckoo were all there, so they believed that the Japanese were definitely not here to look for trouble.
Xu Mingyang was also watching. He knew a little more than the people of Lu Zhou, so he understood that the Japanese were afraid of being beaten. On the way to His Majesty's palace, Xiao Bei had received him. Someone had hurried back. Calculating the time, it was about time to meet the person who went back.
He saw a person jump off the ship first, and then he waved at the ship. Many people followed him. Some of them were tied with ropes and were pushed to the shore.
"Yo! They are playing the trick of injuring themselves to gain sympathy and sending scapegoats? Poor people, poor Japanese ruling class. They are so scared. Unfortunately, it's useless. You don't know what Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are planning this time. They want your country to fall. It's not just a matter of extortion. "
Seeing the situation of the Japanese, Xu Mingyang immediately knew what the other party was up to, so he sighed with emotion.
He thought that he knew Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan well. The two of them would not let Japan go. Although they usually did things, they always liked to leave a way out for others, such as what happened to him a few days ago.
However, leaving a way out referred to the people of Great Tang, not to the outside world. It was not so easy to talk to the outside world.
Leaving a line for internal affairs is magnanimous, but leaving a line for external affairs is weakness.
Especially when it came to the Jiangnan Dao, Xu Mingyang felt that he could analyze it, let alone the people in the Imperial Court. The Jiangnan Dao incident seemed to be a joint effort of many small countries and tribes.
It gave people the feeling that the law couldn't punish the majority. Everyone's plan had been seen through, so everyone just had to apologize and be done with it.
But the matter itself was definitely not so simple. There had to be someone leading. If it was said that a group of people from a small place in the Southwest would come out to lead something, Xu Ming Yang would not believe it even if he was beaten to death. Unless the Southwest Imperial Edicts wanted to exterminate them.
Since it was impossible for them to be from the Six Zhao, then who was their leader? Clearly, it was the Japanese. Duoshi really did want to go to war with the Great Tang. To be more precise, the Great Tang made it look like it was going to attack Duoshi.
Ever since the Tibetans and the Turks no longer posed a threat and the Great Tang had submitted, the Great Tang's army had turned to them.
Xu Mingyang felt that even if he were the one making decisions about the Great Tang, he would still continue to expand, especially in the west. Whether it was in the southwest or the northwest, there were large tracts of land that had yet to be occupied.
There was a road from that side that merchants would always use, and they knew that there were things that the Great Tang lacked.
Of course, the northeast also had its fair share of good things, especially after Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had taken over, they had pushed quite a bit of distance into the northeast.
Each year, they would send a batch of precious items to various parts of the Great Tang.
But the winters in the northeast were truly too cold, and there were many wild beasts and few people. If they wanted to continue to occupy, there was no need to be in too much of a hurry. The natives there posed no threat.
Thus, they could only set their sights on the Duoshi. Who told them to have the power of religion? They could not be given a chance to develop, and they certainly could not be allowed to act prematurely.
Thus, it was reasonable to say that the Duoshi wanted to cause trouble.
The problem was that the Duoshi didn't seem to have a very good understanding of the Great Tang's Jiangnan Path. Only the Japanese, who had the convenience of the sea, were able to establish a close relationship with the Great Tang's seaports. At the same time, they also had an intelligence network.
The Duoshi were nothing more than a support, a support to confuse the people with religion. The Japanese were the culprits. They had a perfect plan, and at the same time, they had integrated the resources of the other people, changed the religion, and arranged for the people of the Six Zhao, who were familiar with the mountains and forests, to be stationed at Mount Lu.
Since that was the case, how could Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan not have thought of it? So, Japan could forget about having a good time. The people who came to Lu Zhou today, let alone the scapegoats of the various Japanese clans, even if their own clan leaders came, it would be useless.
Xu Mingyang watched as the Japanese disembarked from the ships, thinking to himself.
The only thing he could not understand was why Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had not sent troops to attack Japan earlier. With the Great Tang's fleet, it would have been too easy for them to occupy a place to disembark.
At that time, they would be able to continuously transport soldiers over, and then the cannons would open the way, the infantry would advance, and the navy would support them from the side. There would also be hot air balloons in the sky.
In less than a year, they would be able to flatten Japan.
However, the truth was that the two of them were indifferent. Apart from making a fuss, they did not do anything else. It gave the impression that they had endured this matter and even gave the other party a chance to negotiate.
Most of the Great Tang's forces were gathered in Jiannan. In the name of helping the Tubo disaster relief, many people had gone there, including those who could fight and those who could support logistics.
They looked as if they were going to attack the Duoshi. Then, they just left the soldiers there and did not move. Instead, the Imperial Court sent out generals to attack and harass the Duoshi.
To be more precise, Wang Juan took advantage of the Great Tang's advantage of having many horses and the shortcoming of the Duoshi, telling the Great Tang generals to go over and play a magnetic tactic with the Duoshi.
The Great Tang's army was divided into waves and engaged in actual combat. At the same time, the speed of the advance and the ratio of casualties were limited.
What exactly was Wang Juan planning to play? If he were in the position of the two of them, with the current economic foundation of the Great Tang as a backing, he would have already attacked.
Yet, the two of them were walking slowly, giving the impression that they were in their seventies or eighties. He had never seen such a clingy person. They actually brought His Majesty to Lu Zhou to play. Nominally, they were going to look at the railway, but what was there to look at? It did not matter whether they looked at it or not. Could it be that the speed of cultivation would double just by looking at it?
"I really don't understand. Could it be that they think that the Great Tang is already doing well and have lost the desire to improve? If that's the case, perhaps there will be internal strife in the Great Tang. "
While thinking about this matter, Xu Mingyang walked to the side where tea and soup were provided. He asked for a bowl of hot tea, sat on a stool, and drank two mouthfuls before sighing in puzzlement.
As soon as he finished speaking, a child's voice suddenly sounded from behind him.
"Xu Mingyang, as an official of the imperial court, you don't want to build a good place. Instead, you're thinking about internal strife in the Great Tang. Do you know that your words will shake the hearts of the ordinary people?"
Xu Mingyang was startled. He turned around and saw Zhang Xiaobei and eleven other people standing behind him. Each of them was holding an ice cream cone and eating it. Pan 'er and the other two little ones had eaten all over their faces, and their little hands were full of sticky juice. However, they still tried to eat and refused to let others help them.
Xu Mingyang hastily explained, "I … I speak softly. Besides, this is Lu Zhou. How can the hearts of the people be shaken?"
"How can I hear you if you speak softly? If you think that the people of Lu Zhou will not be affected by your words, then you should say it. After a long time, you should develop a habit. Tell me, what is it that you don't know? I'll explain it for you. Don't make wild guesses. "
Xiaobei glared at Xu Mingyang and said with a dignified look on his face.
Xu Mingyang smiled. He looked at Xiaobei and said, "Oh? Inspector Zhang, do you know? "
Xiaobei nodded. "I know a thing or two."
"I'm going to ask. I want to know why your brother and sister are not fighting Japan or Duo Shi now." Xu Mingyang did not hold back.
Xiaobei took a bite of ice cream and said, "Who said they are not fighting? Duo Shi is fighting now. Isn't a small-scale war a war? "
"A small-scale war is called friction, okay? If we can't kill one person in half a day, we won't get any results even if we fight for a year. Duoshi can keep sending troops. Even if they are further away, they can still make it in time. After waiting for a long time, their main force will be there and we will be caught off guard. Can you understand? "
Xu Mingyang was amused when he heard Xiaobei say this to him. He decided to help Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan teach their sister. When the time comes, they should be able to owe him a favor, right?
Unexpectedly, not only did Xiaobei not show an expression of being taught, but he curled his lips and said, "Xu Mingyang, do you know that they can gather many people after a long time? Not bad, you are a little smart. I want to ask you, how long will it take for them to gather, and how many people can they gather? "
"In my opinion, a year's time is enough. Even if the journey is long, if you don't take the opportunity to destroy their vanguard now and occupy the advantageous terrain, when their main forces arrive, it will be difficult to deal with your family."
You are fighting now, using cannons and guns. Your sister also stipulated that there should not be too many casualties. When the time comes, they should learn how to guard against it.
When the army rushes in, if your sister wants to use cannons and other weapons to fight, the effect will definitely be far worse. If it were me, I would immediately go to Tubo, where your family's Qinghai Lake is located, and gather the troops to kill Duo Shi's vanguard, so that they can't figure out the situation and understand our tactics thoroughly. Then, they will continue to lead the army forward and take down all of Duo Shi in one go. "
As Xu Mingyang spoke, he picked up a broken shell on the ground and drew a map at his feet for Xiaobei and the others to see, not caring whether they could understand it or not.
Xiaobei looked at the map, picked up a shell, and filled in the places that Xu Mingyang didn't draw, and said to him, "This is where Duo Shi is. How long do you think it will take for us to fight our way there?"
"So big?" Xu Mingyang really didn't know how big Duo Shi's territory was. When he saw what Xiaobei drew, he also knew the difference between the distance on the map and the actual distance, so he said in surprise.
"How big do you think it is? Even if we advance at full speed, what do we use to push? Can our people adapt to the local climate? Do they have a good relationship with the locals? Have the intelligence troops infiltrated?
Do you think that war is about who has more soldiers, who has more brave soldiers, and who has more advanced weapons? Brother and sister are fighting an all-around war. We will first carry out small battles here, giving Duo Shi a chance to get familiar with us.
"Let's make them not dare to immediately send all of their main forces to us without knowing our strategy. Let's add fuel to the fire and follow up on other aspects. We'll sow discord among them, bribe their local people to help, and destroy their economic foundation.
"Then, when we finally deal with them, I thought that you were smarter, but I didn't expect you to be so stupid. Do you see that the Great Tang's imperial court is now rich and think that you can squander it? "Don't you see the crisis that the Great Tang is in now? "There needs to be a purpose in war. Other than occupying other people and plundering their resources, we also need to shift the internal conflicts out. Our Great Tang won't take too long to …
"I won't tell you, so you can guess for yourself. In any case, it's not as easy as you think. When we really fight, we have to go back and forth.
For example, when our logistics can't keep up, we need to stop and negotiate with them, giving them space to play. Once the logistics are ready, we can continue fighting, just like how I dealt with you, dragging you back and forth. If not for brother and sister speaking up, I would have tortured you for a period of time before I was satisfied. "
Xiao Bei acted like a teacher as he spoke to Xu Mingyang. Xu Mingyang's eyes went round and his mouth dropped open. This was especially true for the last sentence, which scared Xu Mingyang. It turned out that he still had to thank Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.
After Xiao Bei's explanation, Xu Mingyang had a rough idea of what was going on, but he still refused to admit defeat. "I know Duo Shi, but we have to take it slow. Japan, Japanese, could it be that your family's fleet can't break through?"
"What family? It's the Great Tang's, okay? Don't speak nonsense. My family only has a few servants assigned according to their rank and no other armed forces. Do you admit it? "Xiao Bei hurriedly corrected him.
"I admit it, I admit it. The Great Tang's fleet, why can't the Great Tang's fleet attack?" Xu Mingyang readily agreed.
"Because if we fight now, we will lack manpower to help build the railway. Once the war starts, the two countries will be hostile, and it will be much more troublesome to get people from Japan to help build the railway. Unless we capture their people, it will also be difficult to manage them.
Once they flatten the railway, the Great Tang's railway will be delayed for a long time. It's not worth it, so we have to use a soft knife. Unless Japan takes the initiative to start the war, we can only use coercion to make the Japanese compromise step by step, like drinking poison to quench thirst.
Even if the Japanese know that the final result won't be good, they won't dare to lightly start a war. They can only look for other ways to solve it. If they change a matter that should be a military conflict to diplomacy, the effect won't be worse than directly attacking, understand? You play here by yourself, I'm going back. I have to personally meet Takeshita Junichiro. Come, Pan 'er, let sister wash your face. You ate until you become a little kitten. "
Xiao Bei said a few words to Xu Mingyang, then pulled Pan 'er, who had just finished eating and felt that her face and hands were uncomfortable, over to the side to find cold water and wash her.
Xu Mingyang looked at the eleven children and left in the car. Recalling what he had just said, he muttered, "What's there to show off about? Wasn't it your brother and sister who told you? Children, do you really think you know a lot? "
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