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Volume Four, Chapter 152, Steady and Steady

There are more and more Ming army camps near the docks in the right road of Qingshang. There are also more and more tents of fighting chariots and cannon cars and other chariots are densely packed, and food, supplies and other tragedies are piled up like mountains.

When King Gongxian Li Yi and a group of officials saw this, they were all frightened and trembled. When did the Ming army become so powerful? This equipment is simply desperate!

However, Yang Cong led his army here not to show his force in front of the vassal kings. The main reason was that Japan was too far from the Ming Dynasty. Even if we set out from the nearest Denglaishui City, it would take at least six or seven hours to reach the territory of the Hirado family in Japan at the speed of a ship.

As the saying goes, "A lion fights with rabbits, and uses all its strength." Although Hirado family is weak, Yang Cong doesn't want to overturn the ship in that ditch because of his carelessness.

At this moment, Japan's overall strength is not weak. If all the princes do not play according to common sense, unite secretly and help Matsuura resist the invasion of him, the "foreign enemy", it will be troublesome. If he rashly asks the navy fleet to rush over with 10,000 invaders, he may suffer a great loss.

If all the princes from Japan unite, they would not say too much, but the army of 300,000 can still be pulled out. He was not so arrogant that he thought he was invincible in the world. He could beat more than 300,000 madmen who were desperate to death with just 10,000 troops.

Although the Ming Navy fleet had more than 60 lucky ships and nearly 300 Cangshan warships, the capacity was not very strong, because these warships were not specially used for transporting troops. The new warships not only had a large number of artillery and ammunition, but also had super large boilers and steam pistons. The remaining load capacity was not large. In addition, the elite Ming army soldiers were now both tanks and artillery vehicles, and the size and weight of their equipment were also not small. Therefore, at this moment, all new warships all gathered in the Ming Navy could transport up to 10,000 infantry and their equipment at a time, and food, grass and supplies had to be transported in batches.

Even if the equipment is excellent, even with the support of naval warships, it would be a bit ridiculous to face an army of more than 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands. Therefore, Yang Cong was preparing to transport the army to the Busan Port, a vassal state of North Korea, before talking about it, because it was only more than 100 miles away from the Matsuura family's territory, Tsushima Island, and it took less than an hour for the navy fleet to rush over.

Yang Cong's plan was still steady and took action step by step. He first occupied Tsushima Island south of Busan, and then occupied Iki Island less than a hundred miles away from Tsushima Island. Finally, he led his troops south and took down Hirado Domain in one fell swoop.

In this way, he would not have to worry about insufficient troops, because it was less than half an hour from Iki Island to Hirado Domain. He only had to gather all the 40,000 elite troops from Southeast Army on Iki Island, and he could bring all the Hirado Domain to support him in less than half a day.

It is indeed absurd to use 10,000 infantry to face the possible 300,000 Japanese coalition forces. With more than 10,000 elite navy soldiers, there is no problem with the possible 300,000 Japanese coalition forces. As long as the 40,000 infantry uses chariots and artillery vehicles to form formations to defend, and with the support of thousands of artillery artillery ships in the navy, all the princes and horses of the entire Japanese rushed over without fear.

The navy fleet had been transported back and forth for more than ten days, and the elite troops of the Southeast Army finally arrived, and the food and supplies were sufficiently prepared. Just by waiting for Yang Cong to give an order, he could launch an attack on the Hirado clan of Japan.

That afternoon, in the Ming army camp, generals such as Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong, Lu Tong, and other vassal state officials such as Gongxian King Li Yi gathered together. The Ming Dynasty Grand Tutor Yang Conggao sat in the main seat and began to arrange the next combat strategy.

Yang Cong still looked around habitually, and then said loudly: "Everyone, everything is ready now. At the time, I want to emphasize one thing here, that is, we must not take it lightly or underestimate the enemy's carelessness. Although the Japanese pirates have all kinds of wrongdoing, we have to admit that they are not afraid of death. Most of these guys are crazy people who are desperate for life when fighting!"

When everyone below heard this, they all looked upright. Indeed, although the Japanese pirates are not things, they are really desperate when they fight. They will not surrender until they are at the end of their lives. Even when they are at the end of their lives, they will rush up to fight you to the death. Everyone who has fought with the Japanese pirates knows this.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong continued: "Of course, we cannot be ambitious and destroy our own prestige. Even if the Japanese pirates are all madmen who want to live, we don't need to be afraid, because we have muskets, cannons, chariots, and thunder. As long as we are careful, it is fake even if the Japanese pirates don't want to live, because they can't rush to us at all. Here, I would also like to remind everyone that with the development of firearms, close combat will be replaced by long-range attacks. You can't still have the idea of ​​rushing forward to fight with people with all your heads."

When everyone below heard this, they all showed a look of thought. Indeed, with muskets and artillery, the rhythm on the battlefield seemed to have changed quietly. It was not so obvious when facing the Tartar cavalry before, because the speed of the cavalry was too fast, and no matter how many muskets and artillery were, they could not block all cavalry from a hundred or even hundreds of steps. However, it was different to face Japanese pirates who were also infantrymen. A distance of hundreds of steps was simply a natural barrier. If the Japanese pirates were desperate, it seemed unlikely that they would rush to them.

After Yang Cong finished his opening remark, he picked up the ash pole on the table, stood up, walked to the big map behind him, pointed to the island above and introduced in detail: "This time our plan is still to do a step by step. We first take down Tsuma Island, transport all the infantry and food and supplies to it, then take down Iki Island, then transport all the infantry and some food and supplies to it, and finally launch an attack on Hirado Castle."

This combat plan is not complicated, it is just a little troublesome. Everyone below showed a look of silence, and no one raised any questions.

Yang Cong then deployed: "Zhifu, tomorrow morning at Mao hour, you will lead 10,000 infantrymen to take a boat to Tsushima Island. Within one day, you must clean up all the enemy troops in Tsushima Island."

This task seems simple, but it is actually not easy to complete, because the area of ​​Tsushima Island is too large, with a length of more than 100 miles in the north and south. It is really not easy to wipe out all the enemies above in one day.

However, Yu Dayou still bowed firmly: "I will obey the order."

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong said to Qi Jing Channel: "Shixian, you lead the fleet to transport infantry and provide fire support at the same time. You don't have to lead the fleet back tomorrow. First, assist Zhifu in clearing the enemy on Tsushima Island."

Qi Jingtong hurriedly bowed and said, "I will understand."

Yang Cong then said to King Kyoheng Li Yi: "Prince, after taking Tsushima and Iki Island, you will be left to garrison. You can prepare."

When King Gongxian Li Yi heard this, he was so excited that he almost trembled.

This means that Tsushima and Iki Island will be his in the future!

He really didn't expect that he would have such benefits as he came to welcome the Celestial Empire. This is a way to expand territory!

He quickly bowed and said, "Xiao Wang understand."

Yang Cong nodded slightly, then raised his hand and said, "Let's do it first, everyone will prepare. As for the next step, we will talk about it when we take down Tsushima."
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