The best way to unite two very different groups was never a charismatic common leader, but an extremely powerful common enemy.
While the two major forces of Japan were preparing for war, Xiao Ruxun did not take a vacation.
In fact, he did not have time to take a vacation. He was in the General Staff Department, gathering the ministers and generals of the General Staff Department for a high-level strategy meeting. Wu Weizhong, who had just returned from Japan, also attended the meeting.
It was the ninth day of the third month of the second year of Longwu. Seiken Jin's army had finished withdrawing. Nanbing returned to his hometown in Zhejiang and Fujian to reunite with his family and enjoy a month and a half's vacation. The 10,000 Qin Army did not go to Tsushima. Instead, they followed Wu Weizhong to Tianjin.
The part of Tianjin inland sea near the military port was patrolled by a navy. It was a military restricted area, and the defense was extremely strict. Generally, no one was allowed to approach. Anyone who tried to approach would be attacked indiscriminately by the navy. They deserved to be killed.
Before this meeting, Xiao Ruxun had chosen a day to hold a court meeting.
He gathered the ministers of the major departments and the main staff of the cabinet for a high-level meeting of the core decision-making power of the central government of Daqin. At the meeting, he officially announced the necessity of fighting against Japan.
"Although Nihon is a small country compared to Daqin, we have to face them seriously. They have more than 10 million people. Note, 10 million. Yang Yinglong only occupies Bozhou, with 100,000 soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people. We need to use 160,000 troops to suppress them.
It was obvious that the Japanese were stronger than Yang Yinglong. During the battle in Korea, I personally led the troops to fight against the Japanese. The fighting strength of the Japanese pirates gave me a lot of emotion. Since the Japanese rebellion in the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese have repeatedly caused trouble for us. The battle in Korea was just a concentrated outbreak.
However, the Wokou pirates were very strong. They also had firearms, including muskets, cannons, swords, spears, and even cavalry. In the battle of North Korea, the Wokou had mobilized more than 200,000 people to participate in the battle. The strength of the country was evident.
Although they were almost wiped out by me, after seven years of recuperation, the strength of Nihon has recovered a lot. After all, the population is still there.
According to the reports, the Tokugawa Clan in the west could mobilize at least 100,000 soldiers to participate in the war, while the Toyotomi Clan in the east could mobilize about 150,000 to 200,000 people to participate in the war.
For our army, this battle is a battle to eliminate all the threats of Nihon in one go. Nihon will definitely go all out. In this case, 300,000, 400,000, 500,000, or even 600,000 soldiers are possible.
On the other hand, our army only sent 100,000 soldiers, 60,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry, 10,000 marines, and 10,000 navy.
A hundred thousand against five or six hundred thousand. It seems like a very desperate number, but I also hope that you haven't forgotten that we are elites, while the Nihon people are just a motley crew.
The reason why an army is called an army is that it needs to be organized and trained according to military rules and laws. The elites of our Daqin army are unparalleled in the world, and none of them can fight against ten of our elites.
I can say it here. Not to mention that the Japanese pirates mobilized 600,000 soldiers to participate in the war, even if they mobilized one million soldiers to participate in the war, they can't shake the 100,000 elites of our Daqin! That's simply impossible! "
Xiao Ruxun slammed her palm on the map on the table. She looked around at the excited generals and the confident civil officials of the General Staff Department.
Of course, this is the truth. There are one million people, but as an agricultural country, if you mobilize one million soldiers, the army must eat and drink, right? What to eat? What to drink? Can you support the war consumption of one million soldiers?
With the current national strength of Daqin, it is difficult to support the war consumption of 160,000 soldiers, let alone a small Japan.
War consumption and daily consumption are two completely different concepts.
War consumption involves transportation, consumption, and the extreme wall of the Empire, but daily consumption does not have this problem. The Empire can have a large number of standing troops, but very few of them are mobilized for war.
"His Majesty is right. Everyone, although the Japanese pirates have an army, manpower, materials, equipment, firearms, and generals, the training and elite level of the Japanese pirates army is far from our Daqin army. This is for sure.
Previously, when Commander-In-Chief Wu Weizhong and Deputy Commander-In-Chief Luo Shangzhi led the army to attack, their 5,000 troops defeated more than 20,000 enemy troops. It can be seen that the training of their army is far from comparable to our Daqin elites, not to mention the motley crew they mobilized in a short period of time.
Just like what His Majesty has said, an army is not an army that can be formed by giving out a spear and organizing a group of peasants. That is the peasant association's self-defense force, not an army. Although we will be facing a large number of Wokou pirates in this battle, more than we can imagine, as long as we engage in battle, the Wokou's true nature will be revealed! "
Liu Huangshang, the Minister of General Staff, gave a full explanation of Japan's policy of putting up a strong front, but weak inside. This won the support of many ministers. Thus, the Qin imperial court's campaign against Japan was decided and began to make arrangements.
When the army began to gather at the Tianjin Wei port, Xiao Ruxun summoned the participating generals and staff officers to discuss strategy and tactics.
After the reorganization plan of the Daqin Army was announced, the reorganization of the army began. Most of the troops involved in this battle were the troops under the jurisdiction of the former Vermillion Bird Camp and the frontier troops of the former Ming Army in the northwest. The commander-in-chief was Ma Wei, and the deputy commanders-in-chief were Chai Guozhu, Li Rusong, and Wu Weizhong.
The surrendered generals of the former Ming Army had performed well in many political storms. Xiao Ruxun was embarrassed to let them live in fear. They were all talented people, especially Li Rusong. Therefore, in this battle, Xiao Ruxun decided to give them a chance.
Then Chai Guozhu and Li Rusong quickly joined hands to write a memorial to express their gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor, saying that they would fight for the Daqin dynasty with their lives.
Li Chengliang also personally wrote a memorial to express his gratitude to Xiao Ruxun.
In the great battle after the founding of the country, White Tiger Camp had participated, Black Turtle Camp had participated, Azure Dragon Camp had participated, the two cavalry camps and the Navy Camp had also participated, and only Vermillion Bird Camp had not participated. Ma Wei had repeatedly written to strongly request fair treatment. Xiao Ruxun could not favor one and discriminate against the other. This time, he gave Vermillion Bird Camp a chance.
Ma Wei attached great importance to this hard-won chance. From the beginning of the war planning, he participated in the entire process. He played a great role in the mobilization of the troops and the determination of strategy and tactics. Right now, the final meeting was starting, and Ma Wei needed to make a final statement.
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