The mysterious world: Start working hard from the beggar camp!

Chapter 537 Great minds think alike. Chongzhen and Li Dingguo are both trying to buy time.
“I hope it’s still in time.”

"I'm afraid Li Dingguo won't give me enough time to unify and integrate Jiangnan."

When Li Dingguo was mentioned, a shadow cast over Chongzhen's heart.

Even though the Southern Ming Dynasty has risen again and is much stronger than the previous Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen does not dare to ignore the threat posed by Li Dingguo.

There is no way. Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army fought its way out from the obscurity with every sword and gun. It is not just a name.

So far, Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army have never been defeated, which is amazing to the world.

Even for the current emperor Taizu, his rise was not as outrageous and jaw-dropping as Li Dingguo's.

A large amount of intelligence collected by the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard showed that although Li Dingguo had captured the Goguryeo Peninsula and wiped out Huang Taiji's Later Jin clan, he did not make any other major moves for the time being. He just focused on restoring people's livelihood and stabilizing order in his jurisdiction.

"His Majesty!"

Cao Huachun, who was in charge of intelligence, immediately flashed his eyes after Chongzhen finished speaking, and reported to him, "I just received the latest intelligence sent back by the intelligence personnel lurking on the Goguryeo Peninsula. It seems that Li Dingguo has made new moves."

"He mobilized four of the five major naval fleets of the Restoration Army and gathered them at Jeonra Island and Incheon Port on the Goguryeo Peninsula."

"They are also actively collecting various materials in Goguryeo, and they seem to want to cross the sea to the east and attack the Japanese pirates!"

To be honest, today after the war, he was also shocked when he suddenly received this intelligence news.

According to common sense, after Li Dingguo captured the Goguryeo Peninsula and eliminated the worries of the Fuxing Army, he should have shifted his focus to the south of the Yangtze River.

At this moment, the vast Jiangnan area is in chaos.

Not only were there various rebel armies roaming around and causing trouble, there were also two warlords, Hong Chengchou and Zuo Liangyu, who had their own armies, and there was also a war between the Southern Ming court and the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River.

If Li Dingguo sent a large army across the river and headed south at this time, the resistance he encountered would be much smaller.

Otherwise, once the chaos in Jiangnan is settled and the true overlord of Jiangnan is decided, and the human and material resources in the Jiangnan region are integrated, he will surely become a strong rival of Li Dingguo.

As long as Li Dingguo is not stupid, he should be able to understand this.

However, after dominating the land north of the Yangtze River, he watched the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River develop and regarded the Japanese pirates as the next enemy to be dealt with.

Is he deliberately allowing the chaos in Jiangnan to continue, or does he have other intentions?
Or maybe he simply didn't take these enemies in Jiangnan seriously?

"Li Dingguo plans to take action against the Japanese pirates next?"

"Although the main island of the Japanese pirates is not too strong, there are many entrances, at least about 10% of the total population of the entire Chinese Kyushu!"

"That's about 20 billion people, several times more than the original Goguryeo Dynasty."

When Chongzhen heard this, his eyes lit up and he was immediately shocked.

In the past year, he has consulted a large number of books and documents, and has greatly supplemented his knowledge and experience. He has a good understanding of the general situation of various countries in the Eastern world today.

Naturally, Chongzhen would not miss out on the Japanese pirates.

Why did the Ming Dynasty declare the home island of Japanese pirates as one of the countries that would not be conquered?

It is not just the Japanese pirates and the Ming Dynasty that are separated by the vast ocean, making it extremely difficult for the two sides to go to war.

The most important reason is that the Japanese pirates are so numerous that they are hard to kill, and their military and civilians are so vicious that it is difficult to defeat them completely.

This is not to say that the Ming Dynasty could not defeat the enemy, but that the manpower and material resources required to defeat it would be too great, and the previous Ming Dynasty simply could not afford it.

"Not bad!"

Cao Huachun nodded affirmatively and said, "The thousands of intelligence personnel we sent to the Goguryeo Peninsula are all carefully selected warriors. The intelligence they sent back is credible."

"Once Li Dingguo's plan against the Japanese pirates is launched, it will definitely be a great joy for us."

"As long as the Japanese pirates on the main island can hold back the Fuxing Army for a few years, the situation in Jiangnan will be determined. By then, even if Li Dingguo reacts, it will be too late."

Although Cao Huachun could not understand what Li Dingguo was thinking, this was the fact.

"No way? Would the famous Li Dingguo be so stupid?"

"Does he really not take the major forces in Jiangnan seriously?"

"Your Majesty, this is undoubtedly a God-given opportunity. It is the blessing of the Great Ancestor!"

"I don't know if Li Dingguo is being stupid, but there is no doubt that our chance has come!"...

All the core generals present were delighted and talked about it a lot.

However, everyone knows that Li Dingguo is certainly not a fool.

There must be some unknown reasons.

At least these people don't know.

Having just won a great victory and hearing this great news, everyone at the scene was extremely excited. They dispersed and directed the soldiers to clean up the battlefield as quickly as possible and do all the follow-up work.

Next, he had to lead all the soldiers on board the ship, and two million soldiers rushed to the southern city of Suzhou.

Chongzhen returned to his flagship, the Great Treasure Ship, alone, preparing to refine the Qiankuntu that he had just seized into his own natal artifact.

This innate top-grade artifact can be considered an auxiliary treasure. Its attack power is low among artifacts of the same level, but its defense power is very good.

It just so happened that Chongzhen was lacking a defensive artifact, and now he has it in his possession, which couldn’t be better.

With two innate magical weapons, one for attack and one for defense, Chongzhen's combat effectiveness and ability to survive will undoubtedly be raised to a higher level.

He was already invincible, and he felt even more confident.

"I don't know who is stronger, Li Dingguo or me now?"

Half an hour later, after successfully refining the Qiankuntu into his own natal divine weapon, Emperor Chongzhen returned to the deck, stood with his hands behind his back, stood at the side of the ship, looked at the rolling waves ahead, and couldn't help but fantasize in his heart.

Although his own cultivation had reached the highest peak of Qi Refining, it could not be improved any further due to the special rules of this world.

The rumored Li Dingguo was currently only at the late sixth level, one level lower than himself, but Chongzhen would not be arrogant and naively think that Li Dingguo would not be his opponent.

But no matter what, Li Dingguo's fighting ability could not surpass his own.

This is Chongzhen’s current confidence.

No wonder he always compared himself with Li Dingguo. In fact, Chongzhen understood better than anyone that in today's world, Li Dingguo was his biggest enemy.

Whether the Ming Dynasty can be revived depends on whether Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army can be defeated in the future. As for the aristocratic families in Jiangnan and various hostile forces, Chongzhen did not take them seriously.

Compared with Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army, these enemies, including the alliance of Jiangnan aristocratic families, are completely not on the same level.

……

Just as Cao Huachun's latest intelligence indicated, at this time, a large army had already gathered at the newly renovated Incheon Port on the central coast of the Goguryeo Peninsula.

The large wharf stretches for hundreds of miles, and the nearby sea is dotted with nearly two thousand large treasure ships of various types.

These large treasure ships are at least mid-grade treasure ships, and low-grade treasure ships are nowhere to be seen here.

For a cross-sea war, the inferior treasure ship is completely unqualified and cannot be used for distant sea operations.

Gathered here are not only a large number of treasure ships, but also four main land warfare corps, with a total of two million elite cavalry soldiers, each with two horses.

The land area of ​​the main island of the Japanese pirates is not small. The total area of ​​all the islands, large and small, is as large as two Qi and Lu lands, and the density of entrances is not much different.

It is impossible to destroy it by naval expedition alone, and a large number of elite land forces must be supported in the operation.

Even so, it is difficult to achieve within a year or two.

This is not about defeating the enemy, but a real war of annihilation of a country, which requires a strong army and a strong navy to fight together.

Among all the major forces in the world today, it is estimated that only the Renaissance Army can do it.

In order to prepare for this cross-sea expedition, Li Dingguo mobilized most of the navy and 30% of the army to ensure that nothing could go wrong.

At the same time, we should push the war forward as quickly as possible to avoid wasting a lot of our precious time on the Japanese pirates.

The reason why Li Dingguo decided to launch a major war against the Japanese pirates immediately after occupying the Goguryeo Peninsula, thereby delaying the war to unify the nine provinces of China, was not to avoid the important issue.

In fact, after the Goguryeo Peninsula and the Ryukyu Islands were captured by the Restoration Army, it was imperative to declare war on the Japanese pirates' main island.

Others are not clear about the harm that the other side can do, but Li Dingguo knows it better than anyone else.

In order to eliminate the hidden danger in the rear once and for all, the Japanese pirate island sandwiched between the Ryukyu Islands and the Goguryeo Peninsula became a huge hidden danger that was right in front of them.

They may come and bite the Restoration Army at any time, and it will be endless.

Unfortunately, the other side has a large population, is brutal, greedy, brave and warlike, and it is impossible to stop them.

In order to completely resolve his worries, Li Dingguo had to slow down the southward campaign to unify China and eliminate this evil neighbor first.

Moreover, with the rapid development and growth of the Fuxing Army, there is no need to worry that its own development speed cannot match that of the various forces in Jiangnan.

They are doing well in their desperate efforts to develop, but they can never compare to the routine and rapid development model of the Renaissance Army.

Therefore, it would not be too late to destroy the Japanese pirates first and then unify the nine provinces of China.

"Whoosh!"

On the clear sea, a level six black eagle flew at high speed from the sky and landed in front of Li Dingguo who was patrolling on the big dock.

This is Wei Jinfan, the head of the Military Intelligence Department, who has just returned from personally going to high altitude in Japan to check the enemy situation.

Wei Jinfan was well aware of Li Dingguo's emphasis on Japan, so he would naturally not allow any intelligence errors before the war started.

She personally went deep into Japanese airspace with He Guang to collect specific intelligence so that after the offensive was launched, they could guide the navy and army to launch precise attacks on the enemy to avoid wasting precious time.

"Great Commander!"

Wei Jinfan jumped down from his mount, the Black Eagle, and came to Li Dingguo. After saluting, he reported, "After our army captured the Goguryeo Peninsula, our two fleets immediately launched an operation to blockade the waters around the main island of the Japanese pirates."

"In the past few months, most of the enemy's ports have been destroyed by our naval officers and soldiers, including several major coastal ports."

"Now their naval forces have been basically destroyed, and they have been cut off from the outside world. People in the country are in a state of panic."

"The reason why our initial blockade was so successful was mainly because their navy was very weak and far inferior to their huge army."

"And the two main armies of the Satsuma clan, the Shimazu clan, which had the strongest naval power in the enemy, stationed in the Ryukyu Islands, were already defeated by our army."

"It is now early June, the season with the least wind and waves on the way across the strait to Japan. From now on, within a month, it is the best time to attack across the sea."

The timing of attacking the Japanese pirates' main island across the sea is very important.

The once-mighty Yuan Dynasty tried every means to build a large fleet for an expedition, but because they did not understand the weather, they were tragically destroyed by a natural disaster that broke out at sea!
That disastrous defeat completely dispelled the Yuan Dynasty's idea of ​​destroying the other side.

With the lessons learned from the past, Li Dingguo would naturally not make such a low-level mistake.

“It’s bad, it’s bad.”

Li Dingguo expressed his appreciation for the work of the Military Intelligence Department headed by Wei Jinfan.

"Our four continental battle corps have been resting and training here for several months. They have fully recovered their peak combat power and have basically gotten used to life on the ship."

"Not only has the soldiers' long-distance combat adaptation training been completed, but the four main fleets have also arrived, and all kinds of military supplies were loaded onto the ships last night."

"All is ready except for the opportunity."

"Our army has been preparing for so long, it is time to launch a new round of war to annihilate the country."

He turned to look at the commanders of the various legions who had just arrived in front of him, and gave an order with a cold face, "I will only give the soldiers one year for this battle!"

"No matter how you all perform, the enemy must be destroyed within one year!"

Li Dingguo's tone became increasingly cold, with a murderous intent emanating from his body. "The millions of staff members of the Logistics Department will fully support this war and promptly transport millions of reserve soldiers to the island to help the soldiers stabilize the area."

"Alright, everyone, go and complete the final preparations for the expedition. Three hours later, our combined fleet will set out overnight!"

"In this battle, Wan'er, Hongmei, and I will all go with the army and act along with the soldiers."

He announced his decision, which was to keep enough pressure on the generals on the scene and speed up the progress of the war as much as possible.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"...

More than a hundred core generals at the scene received the order in unison, then hurriedly dispersed and took action separately.

The scale of this war is even greater than the previous attack on the Goguryeo Peninsula. Almost all the naval soldiers are mobilized. The joint operations of various corps and fleets are not easy, so everyone must take it seriously.

Otherwise, chaos would easily occur, affecting the army's expedition.

(End of this chapter)