Chapter 126 Collaboration

The faces of the Wudang disciples behind him were all astonished, but only Grandmaster Dongyun said strangely:

"When Kublai Khan conquered Japan, he obtained the islands of Tsushima and Iki. Unfortunately, he had to stop the conquest because he encountered great sea winds twice in a row. At that time, Japan only had the strength to protect itself and no ability to attack. Now, only a few hundred years have passed... and it can make the Central Plains dynasty overwhelmed?"

Grandmaster Dongyun lived during the Yuan Dynasty. The Mongol soldiers were fierce, lightly armored, skilled in riding, strong, and fearless, brave and unrestrained, good at advancing and retreating. However, the reason for the Yuan army's failure to attack Japan was actually arrogance, not knowing the opponent's geographical location, and climate problems, so they rashly attacked.

However, for the Yuan army, after destroying Jin, Song, Western Xia, and Western Liao, the whole world, after letting Diaoyucheng sit down and not stand up, there was no enemy left, and they were arrogant and invincible. Everyone present was trash. As for the reason for conquering others... did the Yuan Dynasty need it?

Roaring in history, making the sound of Chu! I am a barbarian, I will hit you if I want to, do I still need to find a reason!

The Song Dynasty also wanted to ask why you attacked me when we were allies, but the Yuan Dynasty said I just hit you, what can you do to me?

But in fact, wars without reasons will damage one's own morale and boost the opponent's morale, thus affecting the outcome of the war to a certain extent. So, reasons are still necessary, and they must be correct and in line with the Dao of Heaven and humanity.

If you can fight just by finding a reason, then it is the same as having no reason. The term "sophistry" was invented in this way.

"Since ancient times, wars have been nothing more than for land, wealth, and population. The Yuan Dynasty had a war against Japan in the past. Now, Japan is unified, using Tsushima Island as a springboard to invade Korea, and then using Korea as a springboard to plot against China..."

"Since the Battle of Hakusukinoe during the Tang Dynasty, the sea has separated the three countries, and the friction and struggle between the three countries has lasted for nearly a thousand years!"

Hu Long: "I don't know when it will end, maybe the struggle will continue, until..."

Until when, no one can be sure.

"In January, Japan still occupies the coastal cities of Korea and refuses to return them. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is not willing to leave like this... and once again sent 150,000 troops across the sea to Korea, including 140,000 land troops and 7,000 naval troops..."

"In August, Sacheon, Namhae, Gwangju, Hwangseok, Jinju, Gongju, and Hanseong in Korea fell again..."

Saying "fell again" is because they had fallen once before, were beaten back, and now they are lost again.

"The Korean navy has been completely wiped out in the Battle of Chilcheollyang... and there is more bad news..."

"Real Person also knows about the appearance of those ghosts and gods. Before, Zhang Real Person sent a yangshen (divine projection) to suppress them, but was blocked by an immortal of the same level, dispelling the yangshen (divine projection), making Zhang Real Person afraid to go there rashly with his true body..."

Ji Xiang: "I know who it is."

The defensive tower Xu Fu, huh.

Pseudo-immortals have the blessing of their own country's divine power in their homeland. During the Yuan Dynasty, Japan once called itself a "divine country." Although it did not meet the initial requirements of what Xu Fu wanted, the strength of the pseudo-immortals is beyond doubt.

Now that the southern part of Korea has become the Japanese border, Xu Fu's power can naturally operate freely within it. Celestial Master Zhang became an immortal not long ago, how can he deal with this old pseudo-immortal, even if he is now looked down upon by those alchemists, he was still a giant power back in the day.

"How much has it increased now?"

Japan has not been out of the warring states period for long. The quality of its soldiers is very high, and there are many elites, all of whom are veterans. They also have the help of ghosts and gods.

On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty has reached the end of its dynasty. The Ming army has become private soldiers, possessing strong combat power under the command of specific generals, but once they leave the command of that general, they will become a mob.

However, a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was so weak that it could still exchange a few punches with industrialized Japan. Now, everyone is in the feudal era, and the Ming Dynasty's firearms are stronger than those of Japan at this time. Without external forces, this battle will certainly consume a lot of national power, but it is still a sure win.

If having more people was useful, Cao Cao would have unified the world in the Battle of Red Cliffs!

"The army Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent before was his directly subordinate Western Country Army. Now, according to the Jinyiwei's intelligence, the Eastern Country Army has also arrived in Korea!"

The Jinyiwei has spies in Japan, and they have sent back a lot of intelligence before, but there is also some laughable false information, such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi No. 2 died, but No. 15 came out to eat, doing sit-ups in the coffin....

The spies in Japan now are the sea merchant Xu Yu and Shi Shiyong, the staff officer under the command of the Liaodong Pacification Commissioner, formerly of the Jinyiwei.

Hu Long brought this news to Ji Xiang. After all, when they arrived in Korea, the spies would definitely need to find someone to connect with.

And the Eastern Country Army was also dispatched, which is Japan's second main force participating in the battle. In order to weaken the military power and funds of the daimyo in the country, Toyotomi Hideyoshi transferred a large number of Western Country armies to Korea. Attacking Korea's entire territory and plotting against the Ming Dynasty was part of the strategic objective, but weakening the daimyo's control over the army to facilitate his own operations was the second most important goal.

However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi almost came to Korea with the heart of winning, so the Western Army he used were all his own direct troops. Once he successfully conquered Korea, and even successfully defeated the Ming Dynasty, he would inevitably become powerful, and the daimyo and generals of the Eastern Country would be more submissive to him. But if he used the Eastern Country Army to attack Korea, once the Eastern Country Army made great achievements, it would be like slapping himself in the face, and it would also be difficult to weaken the influence of those daimyo on the Western Army.

For various reasons, the Eastern Country Army, which had not been taken out, arrived in Korea again with the reinforcement of ghosts and gods.

The Eastern Country's army has 160,000 troops on the surface, with 120,000 reinforcing Korea, and another 5,000 naval troops. Tokugawa Ieyasu, Date Masamune, Honda Tadakatsu, and Uesugi Kagekatsu were appointed as generals...

The Japanese army entrenched in the southern part of Korea has a total force of nearly 300,000!

Village wars are not scary, but it is most scary when the village chiefs become aware and cooperate together.

"This is almost the elite of the whole country. If you add those demons and ghosts, does the total force have nearly 400,000? After a battle, if it is not successful, those left in their country are not soldiers, right? They can only be said to be farmers holding spears."

"The collapse of the country is imminent, and they still want to make a desperate blow like this?"

Ji Xiang: "Then this time, letting me go to Korea, could it be that I am going to work as an intelligence messenger among the army of ghosts and gods? It would be faster to assassinate Hideyoshi." suanxs.com

"Haha, Real Person is joking. If it was really so easy to bypass the Japanese immortals and kill Hideyoshi directly... wouldn't that be treating Japan's national prestige as nothing? Cities within the scope of Japan's national prestige are particularly difficult to attack. Now that the opponent's power is strange, and even the southern part of Korea cannot be recovered, what are we talking about entering the Japanese archipelago?" Hu Long told Ji Xiang that this matter was difficult, and that because of some things on their side, the balance was broken, and now they had to find alternative methods.

"Are they really relying on the power of the pseudo-immortals, so they don't have to worry about their own homeland and can let go and fight?"

Ji Xiang laughed.

And the damage to the Celestial Master was unexpected. Ji Xiang asked about the details of the matter, asking when the Celestial Master was injured. Hu Long only said that there was a problem with alchemy last month, and that he would be fine with a little rest, but now was a critical moment, and it was urgent, so they had to find someone to rescue him.

Ji Xiang thought for a while and already knew what was going on.

Last month, wasn't that when...

The Southern Forbidden City and the Northern Forbidden City merged into the Forbidden City Dharma Realm... It seemed that the Celestial Masters had faced the Dao of Heaven head-on. Fortunately, the shadow of Emperor Jianwen had mentioned it, so this matter was caused by him, and he had to take care of it.

Speaking of which, before in Yingtian Prefecture, because he had used the true meaning of the Three Teachings many times, he had created some worldly troubles. The suicide of the Three Corpses Gods in place was no longer enough to eliminate them. Now, he was facing disaster again. Although he had been prepared for it, the expedition to Korea and the collision of national prestige with other countries was still a first for him.

Speaking of which, his own national prestige was not so effective even when dealing with the wild monsters in his own homeland.

How much strength could he have left to fight foreign wild monsters?

"Please allow me a few days, I still have some things I must do."

Ji Xiang told Hu Long to reply to Wanli to give him more time, five or six days was always necessary. There were also big things here. It was not that he was disobeying the imperial order, but that he was really afraid that those Yin World ghosts and monsters in the Forbidden City would appear in the south as well.

Hu Long was stunned: "His Majesty said that he would like Real Person to set off within five days..."

He changed his tone: "However, since Yin World ghosts and monsters have also appeared here, then this extension of time is also possible. Before coming here, His Majesty had already considered similar things and issued an imperial order. He was also afraid that those Yin World ghosts and monsters would appear again."

After saying that, he took out a communication talisman, which made Ji Xiang stunned.

Wasn't this the communication talisman of the Prince Lu?

"The events that happened in Yingtian Prefecture have been reported by the Jinyiwei Divine General who has gone out of control. This talisman was found near the old residence of the Prince Lu in the north. It is not yet known how to make it. It is extremely precious. Please Real Person keep this item and take it to Korea."

Emperor Wanli did not want to carry out personal micro-management. He did not have that ability himself, but he had the Five Armies Chief Military Commission!

What was the use of using the General Staff Department to show off by himself? Moving the thundercannon five meters to the left, what was the use of doing this kind of thing!