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Chapter 292 The Sword Points at Kyoto (Part 1)

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    Just when those Westerners in Beijing were happily applying for jobs at the Manufacturing Office and the Royal Academy of Gokufu, a new city was being built near the ruins of the Japanese Edo Castle, and one hundred thousand Japanese laborers were working on the construction site of the new city.  Sweating like rain!

    These workers are mainly composed of Tokugawa prisoners of war and slaves captured from nearby. After these people built the Jingguan, it was as if their bones had been removed, and they were all dying!

    Although they engage in heavy labor every day and only have a small amount of food rations, they still work hard on the construction site without complaint, even those former masters and samurai!

    Not far from the construction site of the new city, the expeditionary army camp stands majestically, with a golden dragon flag flying in the wind on a high flagpole. All Japanese people who see this dragon flag will kneel down and kowtow to express themselves.  Respect to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire!

    Cao Ling frowned at the map of Japan in his Chinese army tent. His eyes searched back and forth between Edo and Kyoto. It was less than 800 miles from Edo to Kyoto, and there were two routes: land and sea.  !

    The land route has to pass through the territories of more than a dozen vassal states, large and small. Those vassal states shouted that Cao Ling was dizzy just looking at them. Thanks to the one city, one country order implemented by the Tokugawa shogunate, the strength of each vassal state in Japan was very weak.  !

    "But the weak are weak, and the number is too much. The Tokugawa shogunate is known as the three hundred vassals, and it is not a boast. From the map, the small Japanese countries are actually densely packed with the names of vassals!

    The sea route goes directly from Edo Bay to the sea, passes through the Kanmon Strait between Honshu and Kyushu, then goes north into Wakasa Bay, and directly lands to attack Kyoto!

    The main reason why Cao Ling hesitated on these two attack routes was that he had too few troops. If he took the land route, although he was sure to capture the vassal states along the way, the road was rugged and supplies were difficult.  It is easy for his army to be surrounded by Japanese people!

    However, if you take the sea route, although you can avoid crossings along the way, even if you capture Kyoto and seize the back end of the water, you will only gain two independent footholds in the Japanese country. This is not good in military terms.  choose!

    "People! The most important thing is the lack of people!" Looking at the map, Cao Ling couldn't help but sigh and muttered in the end!

    "Old Cao! Old Cao!" Suddenly Wang Hua's voice sounded. Just as Cao Ling turned around, he saw Wang Hua rushing into the tent with a happy face!

    Wang Hua held up an envelope in his hand and shouted with a smile: "News has come from Beijing. His Majesty has agreed to our suggestion and has issued a decree to expand the Imperial Army to 200,000. This time, all problems have been solved!  "

    Cao Ling also had a look of surprise on his face. He grabbed the envelope in Wang Hua's hand, took out the letter paper inside and unfolded it. It turned out that this was an order from the Military Aircraft Department!

    In this order, Cao Ling was allowed to expand the Imperial Army to 200,000, but 100,000 of them were to be transferred to Liaodong. At the same time, Wang Hua was ordered to lead a thousand elite Liaodong naval forces to Tianjin immediately!

    After reading the order, Cao Ling's inner annoyance disappeared instantly. He clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty has allowed our army to expand the Imperial Army by 200,000. It can be said that the problem of insufficient troops in Japan has been solved at once. This time  You have to give those dwarfs some good looks!"

    After saying this, Cao Ling punched Wang Hua on the shoulder again and said: "His Majesty asked you to take people to Tianjin. I am afraid that the Royal Navy has something to do with it. This time you can be regarded as the only general in charge. It's really  What a joy!¡±

    Wang Hua rubbed his hands excitedly and said: "We who are here today are all thanks to His Majesty's guidance. Without Your Majesty's hard training on us, we would have been just hanging around in Beijing and waiting to die. How could we be so successful in the world today?"  Opportunity!"

    Cao Ling couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Yes! When His Majesty trained us, we thought His Majesty was just fooling around. Unexpectedly, in less than two years, we have become what we are today. Your Majesty's kindness to you and me is really great."  Even if you die a hundred times, it¡¯s hard to get even one chance!¡±

    Wang Hua also nodded and said: "That's right. If you and I were in the past, the most we could do is to live in a hundred households and go home to retire. In the future, whether your son can take up the job depends on luck. Now if you, Lao Cao,  If I take over the Japanese country, I'm afraid I will at least be granted the title of earl, and my descendants will all be well-off in the future!"

    Cao Ling also had a feeling of satisfaction in his heart at this time, but he did not show it too much. Instead, he said with a smile: "You kid, don't just talk about me. This time the Royal Navy is established, you are not the commander-in-chief but also the military police commander."  Envoy, according to His Majesty, the navy will rule the world for the next three hundred years. If brothers want to make contributions in the future, they must point to your brother and send him to the place!"

    Wang Hua smiled like a flower on his face, holding his fist and saying: "It's easy to say! It's easy to say! I'm going to get it right."Prepare manpower and return to Tianjin immediately. It's going to be hard on your side!  "

    Cao Ling's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he said with a ferocious smile: "My bones have been falling apart these days, this time I just want to kill him happily!"

    Wang Hua took a thousand elite sailors and returned to Tianjin on a merchant ship supporting the fleet that day, while Cao Ling sent someone to find Matsudaira Kubo!

    Nowadays, Matsudaira Kubo is a very popular figure among the Japanese people. Although he used to be just a little person who flattered everyone and clung to the powerful, but now he is the highest officer of the Imperial Alliance Army of the Ming Empire. It can be said that he controls countless people with one word.  The life and death of Japanese people!

    Those shogunate samurai and officials who surrendered, no matter what their previous identities and status were, they had to curry favor with General Matsudaira in order to live a better life!

    However, no matter how majestic Matsudaira Kubo is in front of the Japanese people, he is just a dog in front of Cao Ling. Even during the discussion, everyone has a seat, but Matsudaira Kubo can only kneel at the end and listen!

    This time Cao Ling came to see him alone, which made Matsudaira Kubo nervous. He didn't know what happened. However, he thought about it carefully and felt that he had done nothing wrong, so he was not so nervous.  !

    After seeing Cao Ling, Matsudaira Kubo knelt down directly on the ground, kowtowed respectfully and said: "Your Majesty, Matsudaira Kubo, kowtow to the Commander-in-Chief!"

    Cao Ling glanced at Matsudaira Kubo and said lightly: "Get up!"

    Matsudaira Kubo was flattered and kowtowed again: "I humbly thank you, Commander-in-Chief!"

    ¡° Then Kubo Matsudaira got up and stood in front of Cao Ling with his body bent, looking like a filial son and grandson!

    Cao Ling was also extremely satisfied with Kubo Matsudaira's performance and said bluntly: "Your Majesty has decreed that I will expand the Imperial Alliance Army to 200,000. Do you think if these 200,000 people can be recruited according to the current treatment of the Imperial Alliance Army?  ,how much time is required?"

    Matsudaira Kubo was stunned for a moment, but then a fire ignited in his chest. Now the Imperial Association Army only has more than a thousand people, which can be said to be a dispensable existence. But if the Imperial Association Army expands to 200,000, then the Imperial Association Army will  The status of the army in the expeditionary force is different!

    The most important thing is that the status of Matsudaira Kubo will also change accordingly. After all, he and his men are the first batch of the Imperial Association Army. The Imperial Association Army has expanded to 200,000. Naturally, these people must be reused!

    But for Matsudaira Kubo, these are all things for the future. He must answer Cao Ling¡¯s questions well now, and don¡¯t make mistakes on this matter, otherwise things will be difficult to say in the future!

    With this in mind, Matsudaira Kubo thought carefully before saying: "Returning to the commander-in-chief, the lowest ashigaru in the Imperial Alliance Army now only has one tael of silver, and he can still eat enough in the Imperial Alliance Army. If you follow this  Treatment, it is easy to recruit 200,000 people, but there are about 300,000 Japanese around Edo Castle. Only 100,000 of these people can be recruited, so as not to delay the construction of the new Edo Castle and the cultivation of farmland, and the rest  The 100,000 ashigaru commanders can be recruited from the surrounding vassal states. Although the surrounding vassal states are not large, it is still very easy to recruit 100,000 ashigaru!"

    After listening to Matsudaira Kubo's suggestion, Cao Ling frowned slightly. Matsudaira Kubo was shocked when he saw it, and the sweat on his forehead dripped down unconsciously!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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