Chapter 758 Going to Fusang to Do Something
"My lord, Fusang does not have a navy. Our 50,000 navy can completely control the sea, and the rest can be transported by ordinary merchant ships." Guo Jia reminded.
Zhang Yu was taken aback for a moment, why didn't he think of this with the thinking of later generations.
Fusang has no navy at all, and no coastal defense. Its own 50,000 navy can reach the door of the house. It only needs to control one place, and the rest can be transported by merchant ships to land.
Zhang Yu immediately issued another order, asking Xi Zhicai and Gu Yong to prepare immediately in Youzhou, and at the same time let the navy go north immediately.
The distance from Youzhou to Fusang is actually very short, which increases the safety factor and is convenient for supplies.
Zhang Yu began to mobilize some merchant ships, and now Zhang Yu is focusing on opening up new routes. It is not an easy task to mobilize merchant ships, but there is still a period of time before the war begins, so Zhang Yu and the others have plenty of time.
If you have time, be prepared.
This time Zhang Yu was determined to fight over.
The next day, more detailed information came.
It turns out that the queen supported by Zhang Yu has already controlled half of Fusang, and the population is estimated to be 7 to 9 million. There are hundreds of thousands of troops, but only tens of thousands of people with weapons.
These tens of thousands of people were equipped with equipment that Zhang Yu sold to them at a high price.
At the same time, they also make their own weapons and equipment, but they are very primitive. Most soldiers use bamboo sticks and so on.
The queen of Fusang is too ambitious, unwilling to be controlled by Zhang Yu, she even kills and seizes goods.
Zhang Yu naturally couldn't tolerate it.
After controlling half of Fusang, there are a large number of soldiers equipped with advanced weapons, and it will not take long to sweep the entire Fusang.
Zhang Yu was not interested in the name of the queen of Fusang. He kept creating chaos for Fusang, and then asked the people of Fusang to mine. After that, a lot of gold, silver, copper and iron went to Zhang Yu's hands.
Yes, Zhang Yu was exploiting them, where there is exploitation, there is resistance, so they resisted.
Zhang Yu from Fusang can earn tens of millions of wealth every year, how could he give up such a magical place.
There are not many gold mines on the island.
There are a lot of silver mines, and Zhang Yu doesn't have much affection for the people here, and in order to maintain profits, he suppresses them a little bit.
Although the squeeze was more ruthless, both sides benefited, and the queen got a lot of weapons and equipment and food.
There is no such thing as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corns in this food, so it is impossible for Zhang Yu to let them plant them now.
It doesn't cost much to sell grain, but sometimes in order to support them, a lot of transportation capacity has to be sacrificed to transport a batch of grain to them.
This resistance made Zhang Yu realize that he had to change his strategy.
"It is necessary to build a base nearby. If they resist once, we will go on an expedition. That would consume too much manpower and material resources." Zhang Yu said after careful consideration.
"Just hit it down." Dian Wei said.
It's not as easy as Dian Wei said.
In order to completely control that place, there must be 200,000 to 300,000 troops. In Jiangdong and Youzhou, 200,000 to 300,000 troops can move back and forth at any time.
But if they are placed there, no one can rescue or raid them, and it costs more to raise them.
Zhang Yu couldn't support it, couldn't support it.
Unless there is a base there, and the base is developed and has income, Zhang Yu does not need to spend extra money to raise it.
"Send troops, send out a large army, and directly occupy an island, and it's still a big island." Zhang Yu said finally.
Starting from the Mahan area occupied by Youzhou, if you go directly to Fusang Kyushu, it will only take a few days.
And through the efforts of Xi Zhicai, Zhang Yu has completely controlled the Mahan area and established a port there.
Guo Jia didn't know how to persuade them, and dispatched a large army to conquer, which cost a lot of money, and within a few years, the output of this place would not be very large.
It's nothing else, but now I'm fighting with the princes, spending money like water.
But judging by Zhang Yu's appearance, it seems that he is really about to dispatch an army.
What Zhang Yu wants to occupy is Kyushu, which is very close to the Mahan area. This is a very large island and it is easy to defend.
According to intelligence, there are only one or two million people above, and there are not many troops.
This island is very large, and there are several famous cities in later generations.
"Occupy this place and use it as a base, this is the solution once and for all." Zhang Yu knocked on the table and said.
Guo Jia thought for a while and said, "My lord, this matter should wait until the Xuzhou battle is over, otherwise Jiangdong's financial arrangements cannot be made."
Guo Jia was afraid that Zhang Yu would be overjoyed, so he fought on two fronts.
"It's okay, the war in Xuzhou can be controlled, and let Youzhou find a way to get the money this time, or let Youzhou borrow it once if it doesn't work."
Jiangdong is indeed out of money. It is not so easy to establish a supply line for the southbound route. The money spent can eat up the finances.
Guo Jia saw that Zhang Yu had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything.
Zhang Yu was really annoyed this time.
"When I occupy that place, I won't kill you all. Not only will I squeeze out the wealth, but I will also kill the men and women..."
"Ahem, what the above thinks is all fake, what Sanguang, nothing."
"Occupy that place, help them develop, from primitive society to feudal society."
Don't talk nonsense about the above content, the book will be sealed.
Zhang Yu was really annoyed that the target he suppressed dared to kill and rob. He lost hundreds of people, many of them were ordinary crew members.
It's nothing if the big ships robbed more than a dozen ships, and the treasure ships were not robbed.
It would take 100,000 troops to conquer it. In the past, it was absolutely crushing. The difficulty is how to control that place.
If the 100,000 troops are kept there for a long time, it is really not cost-effective. To raise 100,000 troops, it is estimated that all the proceeds there will have to be filled in.
"Immigrate, I want to immigrate again, how can I get so many refugees." Zhang Yu has a new trouble.
Of course it is possible to get it from Xuzhou, but the distance is long and the cost is huge.
"Where do you get refugees? There are no refugees in Xuzhou. If you transport them from other places, tens of thousands are fine, but hundreds of thousands will cost you your family money."
Zhang Yu became distressed again, and found that the money was really not spent.
No matter what, Zhang Yu still had to do it first, and then figured out a solution for the rest.
He dug himself another big hole.
Now Zhang Yu really wants to get the money from Cao Cao as soon as possible. Selling Cao Ang and Cao Ren can also solve some practical difficulties for Zhang Yu.
After Zhang Yu made arrangements for Fusang, he walked out of the big tent and looked at the city of Xiapi in the distance.
Zhang Yu didn't know when he would be able to solve Xiapi City, and even now there was no good way to capture this city.
"We can't wait any longer, even if we pay a little more, we can end the war as soon as possible and develop it as soon as possible."
War consumes a lot of resources, and the rear has to revolve around the war, which delays many things.
"Order the entire army to speed up the construction of engineering equipment, and launch a general offensive in half a month." Zhang Yu gave the order after returning to the big tent.
The general siege equipment has been built before, but it takes a long time to build things like well rails.
(End of this chapter) The strongest system to control the Three Kingdoms