Chapter 595: Situation
Yanzhou.
When Han Zheng secretly contacted the Japanese envoys, Zhao Xu was inspecting military affairs in Nansan County.
After deciding on a strategy of staying constant to cope with ever-changing situations, he asked Tsui Hark to actively collect information from all parties.
At the same time, Chang Wei also transferred the royal troops from Ningcheng to garrison in Guangning County, Dai County and Fanyang County respectively, leaving only 5,000 people to garrison Yancheng in case of emergencies.
As he planned, Ning Jin's army would be responsible for the defense in the north.
The royal army will deal with the chaos in Dasong.
"Your Highness, at the end of this period, several scout horses will be sent to Qizhou to investigate. We found that everything from the county seat to the county seat is heavily fortified. Artillery has been placed on all the city walls. Moreover, there are soldiers patrolling with matchlock guns."
At the top of Fanyang City, Chang Wei looked towards Qizhou and said to Zhao Xu.
After a pause, he continued: "When we were exploring Qizhou, the Han family's detective horses also crossed the border many times to explore us."
Zhao Xu nodded and patted the cannon in front of him.
In addition to commanding the royal family's soldiers to arrive at the three southern counties, Chang Wei also brought a lot of artillery.
Different from dealing with Beidi, you only need to guard Yanguan and the fortress in Yanshan Mountain.
To the south of Yanzhou is a vast plain.
This means that if the Han family attacks Yanzhou, they can come from anywhere.
They are in no danger.
Therefore, they currently use heavy troops to defend important cities. At the same time, using the county seat as a corner, they deploy a small number of troops to prevent the opponent from launching a sudden attack.
"My king's repeated victories against Beidi have made them rely more and more on firearms." Zhao Xu said lightly.
The powerful people's love for firearms surprised him, but it was also within his expectations.
In contemporary history, apart from the fact that the Qing Dynasty was afraid that the Han people, who they regarded as slaves, would master firearms and threaten their rule, they suppressed the development of firearms.
Any Han Dynasty attaches great importance to firearms.
During the Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty's firearms were among the first echelons in the world.
But during the Opium War, the Qing Dynasty's firearms made no progress, and were eventually beaten by the British.
During the Taiping Rebellion, the Taiping Army attached great importance to firearms. Not only did they purchase advanced muskets from foreigners, they also spent heavily on Western craftsmen to help them make firearms.
So much so that Li Hongzhang lamented that the Taiping Army's firearms were more advanced than theirs.
All the above are enough to show that the people of the Central Plains are good at accepting new things.
Although the powerful people are blood-sucking insects in the Central Plains, they are also part of the Central Plains after all.
It is not surprising that they quickly installed firearms, not to mention that they still have a threat like Yanzhou.
"Indeed, they are quite smart." Chang Wei glanced at his mouth.
What came to mind next, Chang Wei said: "Your Highness, the Dou family established Nanliang, the Xie family supported the eldest prince to ascend the throne in Jinling, and I don't know how many people will become kings and emperors in the future. The world will not be peaceful in the future."
"The general thought that we should capture Jinzhou and Sizhou while each family has just established itself and before they have the energy to start a war, so as to avoid being attacked in the west while the war is still going on. After all, the loyalty of the Ma family to His Highness is questionable, and The Sixth Prince..."
Speaking of this, Chang Wei stopped talking. He understood that King Yan knew better than him.
"I understand what you mean. When I return to Yancheng this time, I will integrate Jinzhou and Sizhou to ensure that the west of Yanwang is safe."
Zhao Xu's eyes narrowed. In a troubled world, people's hearts are floating, divided and combined due to interests.
What is not in one's own hands is always unsafe.
Now it's time to put the Ma family to the test.
Beyond that, it’s Jinju.
It has been some time since the Sixth Prince arrived in Jinzhou.
During this time, he has been recruiting troops and seems to be making a big difference.
But what he didn't know was that except for the thousand guards he brought from Jinling, 90% of his newly recruited soldiers were in Cao's camp and in Han.
As long as he gives an order, these soldiers will rise up.
Nowadays, with the application of steam engines in various industries in Yanzhou, the consumption of coal has greatly increased. How could he hand over such an important place in Jinzhou to others.
Furthermore, according to the information provided by Tsui Hark, these six princes also exchanged letters with Yuan Li.
I really don’t know how to write the word “death”.
He chatted a few words with Chang Wei about the current situation. In the next few days, he and Chang Wei inspected Guangning County and Dai County.
When he returned to Yancheng, his butt was still hot.
Tsui Hark sent two more pieces of blockbuster news to the palace.
"Wu Guo?" Zhao Xu glanced at the document.
This is the news that has just been sent to Yancheng. Liang Kai established a kingdom in Lincheng.
In this way, Nanliang, Wu State, and the pseudo-song established by the Xie family appeared on the territory of Dasong.
Zhao Heng is not dead yet, and he is in Yancheng. He will not recognize the eldest prince as a fake emperor.
"This is news sent from Qingcheng, Qizhou. Han Zheng met three Japanese people at the Japanese merchant house. After returning to Lucheng, Han Zheng asked people to prepare for the founding of the country." Xu Ke said.
Zhao Xu was slightly surprised. When he and Mi Zhuang analyzed it, they did not consider the Japanese factor.
But what guarantee did Japan give Han Zheng to give Han Zheng the courage to establish a country?
"This Japan is really as restless as the contemporary Japanese country." Zhao Xu slammed the table.
In contemporary times, the Japanese nation in history has always been in two extreme states of arrogance and inferiority.
In the Battle of Baijiangkou in the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese were defeated miserably. After seeing the tall warships of the Tang Dynasty, they frantically sent people to steal troops from the Tang Dynasty. They did not dare to covet the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years.
The Japanese country at that time was extremely inferior.
During the Ming Dynasty, after Japan mastered the iron cannon, that is, the matchlock gun, it became arrogant and dared to formulate a plan to invade Korea and destroy the Ming Dynasty.
In the Korean War, Japan was bloodily abused by the Ming Dynasty, and Japan fell silent again for more than 300 years.
During the Meiji Restoration, it encountered the useless Qing Dynasty again, and its ambitions expanded infinitely.
There is no need to say what happened next.
Therefore, after Zhao Xu understood the East in this world, he concluded that East would devote all its national strength to take advantage of the decline of Dasong and fight a war with Dasong on the scale of gambling on national destiny.
This time, the civil strife in Dasong was probably the beginning of its gambling on national destiny.
However, it can only be regarded as the bad luck of East Japan to meet him, King Yan Zhao Xu.
Next, he will definitely let East Japan understand what fear is.
"Let me go, I want to see His Royal Highness the King of Yan, woo woo..."
As the two were talking, a burst of crying suddenly sounded.
Zhao Xu frowned when he heard the words and called Feng'er in.
"What's going on? Who is crying in front of the palace?" Zhao Xu asked.
Feng'er heard this and smiled helplessly, "Your Highness went into the study as soon as he came back. I didn't have time to tell him that this person had just escaped from the south. He was rejected by the emperor and came to the palace, saying that he was the prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom and asked Your Highness to help Ryukyu restore its country."
"Ryukyu Kingdom." Zhao Xu thought for a while, and his eyes lit up slightly.
He was thinking about the matter of Japan, and a chance to deal with Japan came to him like justice from heaven.