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Chapter 577 Weird
Chen Bazhi has won the true biography of Chen Mu.

Originally, Chen Mu thought that with Xiaoba's temper and ability, he was sure that the matter could be resolved by war, but in fact, according to the battle report sent by Japan, Chen Bazhi's Ming army fought very few battles. Leading the army to fight is even more rare, and all of them were used in the war to put down the Maori family.

Since the Mori clan was defeated by the Kyushu Allied Forces and the entire Sanyin and Sanyang were brought into his hands, Chen Bazhi only dispatched his troops once, which was to transfer the six warships in his hand to Nankaido to support the Honganji Temple of the Settsu Country. Army blockade.

For a long time, there were not many battles, even if there were not many troops sent to battle, but as long as they fought, they would win a big victory.

There is no way, from the beginning of the expedition to the present, Daming is nothing more than nominally involved in the war, but in fact... the imperial court did not increase Chen Bazhi's troops. Except for the occasional rice and grain supplies from Nanyang, the soldiers in his hands are still the earliest The group of people brought here, even Ni Shangzhong's group of coalition troops who had withdrawn from Kuwu Island, were sent to Kanto due to the intervention of Li Chengliang from Liaodong, which turned the situation into what it is today.

The shortage of troops forced Chen Bazhi and Wang Rulong to choose to join forces. Later, they simply set up a government directly under the Ming Dynasty. Inside, the magistrates and county magistrates assigned the military leaders of various places. Fight head-on, find ways to control the situation, and extract benefits for a long time.

This is in line with Chen Mu's initial claim to Japan. They have fewer soldiers and less luggage. At least in Izumo Prefecture and Iwami Prefecture, even if the income from Yinshan is not counted, Chen Bazhi's financial report is still profitable. With the cooperation of Li Dan's sea merchants, he made a lot of money.

Therefore, the war has become a state of near stagnation in Chen Mu's eyes, but in fact, wars and casualties still occur in various places in that land every day, even more serious than before the Ming army intervened.

"Sulfur is 17 shi, saltpeter is [-] shi, and Japan still has saltpeter?"

Chen Mu frowned. Although the battle reports at Jinyi stalls in various places were not so good, there were records of battles ranging from dozens of people on both sides to tens of thousands of people on both sides, but Chen Jiujing's general chapter of the battle report was good, but he was ambiguous. Seeing saltpeter on the island's income made him feel very strange. The biggest reason why those big names were able to use iron cannons was because of the trade between Ming smugglers and the Portuguese.

Where did Chen Bazhi get the saltpeter?

While talking, Li Dan rummaged through the lacquer box, and said: "This is what Balang sent troops to help Hongan Temple Xianru. His monks and mercenaries have many iron gunners, and they have mastered the cultivation method of making salt salt; and After Maori was conquered, its craftsmen recorded the method of using horse dung to make salt and salt, which is now recorded in a book compiled by Hachiro and sent to the Nanyang Military Mansion and Navy Lecture Hall."

This is, the legendary dung and urine nitrate?
"Where's Li Rusong, do you know what happened to him over there?"

Hearing Chen Mu ask about Li Rusong, Li Dan thought for a while in his mind. After all, he had heard about Chen Mu and Li Rusong's feud in his early years, and said: "The Ming army in the east is based on the Ezo land. In addition to the [-] Liaodong Army, there are more than [-] combined troops of Ni Shangzhong's troops composed of Korean soldiers, Jurchen soldiers, and Mongol soldiers.

"I heard that he won a few big victories there at the beginning. The northernmost prince, the Nanfang Clan, was easily defeated by the imperial army due to internal strife among the heirs. If you promise, the military affairs will be chaotic."

Hearing Li Rusong's big victory at first, Chen Mu nodded slightly. In his opinion, the Li family in Liaodong made the most correct decision to invade from Ezo. It was the autumn of the year before last when they intervened. However, the Liaodong Army can fight in winter and has artillery, so it should be invincible.

However, when he heard that Ni Shangzhong’s subordinates wanted the court to fulfill their promise, he knew something bad was going on—that army was originally used for an expedition to the Americas, and the land they promised to conquer when they were recruited belonged to them. Good training and learning opportunities, but in the end he was transferred to Japan because of Magui Majin's disappearance.

They have strong ability to survive and fight, and they also have supplies to keep out the cold prepared by the Nanyang Military Government. If they rebel, it will deal a great blow to Li Rusong.

"After that, how did Li Rusong deal with it?"

Li Dan was surprised by Chen Mu's anxiety, and he said cheerfully, "What else can I do? Keep the promise, clear up the land on the spot, organize the households, set up guards, and recruit captives to serve as the banner army... Later they will Unable to advance to the south, thousands of households in Mongolia are busy feeding horses, thousands of households in Jurchen are in a hurry to hunt, and thousands of households in North Korea are fishing and building boats... Li Rusong, like a Japanese daimyo, sent troops twice in the second year of Wanli, and was busy with internal affairs for a year .”

As Li Dan said that, he laughed, and laughed very, very seriously, and said: "I heard that last year, I heard that I wanted to ask the imperial court to appoint him as the commander of the Kanto capital. The establishment of the commander of the Kanto capital was rejected by the court. Because after the plan, the seven guards on their side can only deliver the military rations of the two guards in the interior to the imperial court."

"After the salary of the Banner Army is paid out, there is nothing left. In the end, only the governor of Ozhou was appointed to control the affairs of Oshu in Japan. There was no capital division. He also sent two Jinshi to be the magistrate. Now a bunch of soldiers are vying for it. To be an official."

Li Dan suddenly thought of something, and said to Chen Mu: "Father, the little Dongyang affairs are now under the control of the Dongyang Military Government. Didn't Li Rusong write a letter to the foster father?"

Chen Mu shook his head in a daze, and then smiled and said, "I guess he can't save his face, but he has enough soldiers, seven guards, 4 horses."

Although Li Dan nodded cautiously, he then explained to Chen Mu: "Those are all the Japanese soldiers he recruited to surrender. They are strong or weak, and they should be a useful army. Its national conditions...there are no cars and few horses, and the delivery of luggage depends entirely on manpower. The land is poor and the products are not abundant.

"Last year, apart from digging mines for silver and collecting soil to make nitrate, Hachiro studied these things with Wang Rulong and found out Japan's weaknesses. Although most of the battles did not involve many troops, its scattered samurai created in the war. With unique improvements, a small number of elite soldiers and a large number of miscellaneous soldiers constitute its army, and the long-term war has given its people the audacity to commit suicide and fight bravely, giving it a combat power that surpasses that of Luzon and Sulu."

"However, it is inherently deficient. Firstly, it cannot be used for expeditions, and secondly, it cannot be replenished. This is the common weakness of all the princes in the country. If a war breaks out, if you hold on to it, you will be invincible."

protracted war.

"Hachiro summed it up pretty well."

Chen Mu nodded, war has its exterior and interior, one lies in military power, and the other lies in logistics capabilities. The lack of many famous names in Japan lies in logistics, so the result of Chen Bazhi being the shopkeeper now is that the war situation is rigid.

He raised his hand and clicked on the battle report on the table, and said, "So now, Japan is divided into three parts?"

"Almost, the main force in the west is General Qin Wang, the central capital is Oda and Tokugawa, and the east is Li Rusong's Qianhu."

Chen Mu couldn't help laughing, this combination... is really weird.

(End of this chapter)