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Chapter 476 Supporting the Shogunate Plan

"However, in the face of absolute strength, no matter how far-sighted it is, it is just making wedding dresses for others." Chu Yun said nonchalantly, "If they can completely wipe out the Tokugawa shogunate before we complete the unification of the pass, maybe we can still be difficult." There is a name to intervene in Dongying Kingdom. But unfortunately, we have given them the opportunity and time, but they have not cherished it. Now that we can free our hands, that is their disaster."

"Is the military lord planning to send troops to land on Honshu Island? If so, which regiment has the honor to conduct the first expedition?" asked the senior officer present with hot eyes.

Entering the customs to fight Dashun and Nanming is a civil war, and this expedition will be the first foreign war!The opportunity to be allocated the number one spot is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!Nine regiments of infantry, two regiments of artillery, three regiments of cavalry, one regiment of guards, and three naval fleets, all of them had almost equal powers.The reason why higher institutions are not set up is for checks and balances.But these corps commanders and fleet commanders are also secretly competing with each other. If they fail the annual assessment, they may be replaced!After the annexation of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, Man Gui, Zhao Lediao, Wu Xiang and other former Shanhaiguan guards, Hong Chengchou, Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu, Cao Bianjiao and other officers and soldiers who attacked the Dashun Army, and Lu Xiangsheng Sun Chuanting and Sun Chuanting may not have been reused by the court, but Chu Yun knew that they were very capable generals.

These generals of the former Ming faction are all eyeing them.Because most of the corps commanders are now the former generals of the Kyushu Army, Chu Yun's confidants.The generals of the Ming Army have only joined the Kyushu Army for a short time. If they want to be important in the future, they will have to assess their loyalty and ability to adapt to the new army. They also want this rare opportunity to become the most core member of the Kyushu Army.

"Expedition?" Chu Yun shook his head, "The lives of our soldiers are very precious, so we can't waste them on remote islands. We should invest resources in construction, especially the development of key areas. A big city, as a stronghold for expansion. If you only rely on the southeast of Liaodong, it will be too difficult to fight foreign wars, and you can’t transport firearms and supplies from southeast Liaodong to various places every time, right?”

"If we don't send troops, how are we going to intervene in the war in Dongying Kingdom?" the officer below asked puzzledly.

Chu Yun pointed to his head: "Use your brain. We can support the shogunate with some old-style firearms piled up in the warehouse or sell them more advanced firearms at ten times the usual price, making their infighting even more tragic. After both sides are exhausted, we can win in one fell swoop at the critical moment."

"Ten times the usual profit..." Some of the big bosses present who have no concept of business trade are a little bit aware of what kind of profit this is!
In normal times, the profit of the old flintlock guns sold by the Kyushu Army is ten times, so the profit obtained in this war is multiplied by ten times to be a hundred times!One hundred times the profit!Selling one musket can produce a hundred!

"We are innovating now, and the thinking of war must be updated." Chu Yun taught his most important subordinates by the way at this time.

"But what if they don't have enough silver to pay us?" asked the head of the Second Corps, Austrian Prince Karl.

"You don't know this. Dongying is a very important silver producing area in East Asia, and they still have a lot of silver reserves. Even if they don't have enough silver, so what? We still have many alternatives, such as Let them use the ten-year mining rights of the silver mine and cede the land to use as silver. As long as it is valuable, they can exchange it with us for flintlock guns." Chu Yun said.

The old-style flintlock has been replaced by the Dreiser rifle in the Kyushu Army. The reason why the production line of the old-style flintlock is still kept is to export it with ten times the profit!Or as capital to intervene in other civilized wars like this time!

The staff officers and senior officers below were dumbfounded.Using silver mining rights and land ownership as silver collateral is really too suffocating!And they realize the feasibility is high!
With things like ceding land and paying compensation, if there is the first time, it is easy to have the second or third time.The Tokugawa shogunate ceded Yokohama Village when Edo Castle was under threat, and now its survival is at stake. It is not impossible for the Kyushu Army to cede Kanagawa, Osaka and other places.

"Leave this matter to Zhao Youguang, and you go to contact Zheng Zhilong, the commander of the Beiyang Fleet in southern Liaoning. At the same time, you have to go to Dongying Kingdom with Zheng Zhilong to negotiate with the Tokugawa shogunate. Take a ship of supplies there, if they agree with the Tokugawa shogunate If we cede land and make compensation, we will support them with supplies, and we can also let Zheng Zhilong lead the Beiyang Fleet to relieve them of the crisis in Edo City first." Chu Yun said to Zhao Youguang.

"I will definitely complete the mission!" Zhao Youguang said.

The rest of the people looked at Zhao Youguang with envy.How cool it feels to go overseas and still appear as a condescending savior!
"The rest of the people don't have to worry about waiting." Chu Yun reassured other generals who wanted to intervene in Dongying Kingdom and said, "Our troops will land on Honshu Island sooner or later, but not now. During this period of time, we need to study in detail which troops to send. Troops, when and where to intervene."

After the territory was increased, the fifteen corps were scattered all over the country, and it was not as easy as before to dispatch troops.When there was only southern Liaoning, Chu Yun could concentrate all his troops to attack Houjin, but when he entered the customs, he had to stay with nearly half of his troops to stabilize the rear.Now there is a large territory to defend.

The Fourth Corps was stationed in Nanjing City to suppress the old bureaucratic forces in Nanming.The Fifth Corps was stationed in Xiangyang, the Sixth Corps in Guangzhou, the Seventh Corps in Xi'an, the Eighth Corps in Datong, and the Ninth Corps in Chengdu.Mrs. Yang, who followed Chu Yun all the way to the present, is stationed in southern Liaoning, guarding the original base camp of the Kyushu Army.

So if he wanted to use troops, Chu Yun really encountered the same problem as Chongzhen.There are quite a lot of troops in total, but not many troops can be transferred from the station.

There are a lot of things to consider when drawing troops, and sometimes whether you need to recruit recruits specifically to fill the expeditionary regiment.

"Zhao Youguang, if you go to mediate this time, don't open your mouth like a lion and scare the shogunate. Let's temporarily ask them to cede the important place of Kanagawa as a condition for our support." Chu Yun said.

"Yes..." Zhao Youguang wiped his cold sweat.Kanagawa is to Dongying Kingdom what Shandong is to China, ceding a province, isn't this a lion's mouth?

(End of this chapter)