"No matter which city they choose, they must not surrender." Watanabe Kan Si was dazed for a while, and his eyes suddenly became firm again.

The support from the Western Land was right in front of us, and just because Changqi was robbed, he surrendered to the King of Yan.

The Western natives will look down on Japan from now on and completely abandon Japan.

Moreover, in his heart, he always believed that the Western Land could eventually defeat the King of Yan.

So, this is just a temporary setback.

Even if Japan was snatched away, as long as the Western natives helped Japan establish a steam industry, Japan would be able to recover its vitality in just a few years, and even richer than before.

"General..." Mahosato Taro opened his mouth, said nothing, just sighed.

He knew what was thinking about the Watanabe case.

However, the King of Yan's sword was right in front of him, and the support from the Western Land was far away in the sky.

The shogunate was able to resolutely resist the King of Yan, but can the vassal lords continue to follow the Watanabe case after seeing the tragic situation in Nagaki Castle?

The two looked at each other without saying a word and led the army to slowly leave from Changchangqi City.

Changqi City has been stolen and cannot be taken away, and it has also been burned to pieces.

The young and strong men and women either died or were robbed.

This city has no value and is not worthy of the army.

The Japanese army left, and a warship on the sea quietly headed south.

One hour later, he arrived at Wufeng Island and reported to Zhao Xu the observed situation.

At this moment, Zhao Xu was telling Wang Yanzhong about slaves at the Wufeng Island Wharf.

This time when Wang Yanzhong came to Japan, he gathered a large fleet and transported as many as 100 slave-catching ships.

Each slave ship can hold more than 500 slaves.

After all, the slave ship is not a troop transport ship, and the conditions inside are harsh. Just drive the slaves to the bottom of the bilge and squeeze five hundred people together.

If you give some water and dry food, you can reach Yanzhou.

Two days ago, with the help of the Marines, Wang Yanzhong gained a lot.

All one hundred ships were filled with slaves, a total of fifty thousand young and strong.

He asked Wang Yanzhong to hand over part of it to the Ministry of Industry for infrastructure construction such as railways, cables, mines, etc.

Part of it was sold to the Royal Development Group in Qinzhou, Yongzhou and other places, providing them with convenience for pioneering.

When he learned that the Japanese army was withdrawing from Changqi, he said to Wang Yanzhong: "Transport the slaves back quickly, and there will be a large number of slaves waiting for you soon."

"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Yanzhong grinned and looked excited.

King Yan is ready to take the next step again.

Arriving on the slave-catching ship, he headed towards Yanzhou.

At this time, Zhao Xu called Zhou Yi.

It is impossible for the Watanabe case to know that they occupied Wufeng Island.

When he came to Changqi, he still did not choose to surrender, and he wanted to continue to waste time with them.

Since that's the case, he's not polite.

"Your Highness, the Satsuma family is as rich as the Himema family. It's better to go and grab the Satsuma family this time." Zhou Yi's eyes shined.

When Zhao Xu heard this, he glared at him, "I made your navy a little bit bandit-like, not to make you completely become robbers and lose yourself. I am here this time because I am afraid that you will not know the main or secondary."

Indulging soldiers to rob is a double-edged sword, and it must not be robbed for the sake of robbing.

Whether it is massacre or looting, we must serve strategy, not just for money.

Otherwise, plundering becomes a habit. Once soldiers are not allowed to plunder, it is easy to cause chaos in soldiers.

Therefore, he wanted to make naval soldiers and generals aware of this problem.

Letting them robbery is an occasional benefit, and it is by no means a long-term military strategy.

Zhou Yi was scolded by Zhao Xu, and he immediately calmed down as if he had poured a basin of cold water.

He stood upright and saluted Zhao Xu, "I am confused, please punish him."

Zhao Xu waved his hand, "You can keep this sentence in your heart and put it into action."

After pausing, he said, "Now tell me, where is the most suitable place to rob Japan?"

Zhou Yi took out the Japan map from his arms and spread it out.

After thinking about it, he pointed to the northern part of Japan, "According to the information provided by the Fourth Court, the Watanabe case unified Japan from south to north. The one who followed him was the vassal lords in the south and the one who attacked the vassal lords in the north. Even now, he still relied on the forces in the south to suppress the forces in the north. Some vassal lords in the north were still dissatisfied with the Watanabe case."

"That's right." Zhao Xu nodded slowly, "This time, the other rich cities along the southern coast will inevitably be in a panic. The wealthy merchants and powerful people in the city will definitely transfer their wealth to the countryside."

After pondering for a while, he continued: "The Japanese people are afraid of being plundered and will escape the first time you land. At that time, you will only fight with soldiers from the same city, and what you will seize will be an empty city without any oil."

"Your Highness is very much." Zhou Yi touched his chin.

Zhao Xu continued: "The east and west of Japan are narrow, long north and south, and mountainous, so the transmission of news from the north and south is very inconvenient. At this moment, they will not be prepared for the north. At the same time, they will leave some marine soldiers to harass the coastal coast in the south, and the troops will be unable to support the northern vassal lords. In this way, the northern vassal lords will be even more dissatisfied with the Watanabe case."

Zhou Yi smiled and nodded, and said, "Then, we will release our kindness to the Northern Vocational Lords a little, and perhaps we can win over several Northern Vocational Lords for our use."

"Hahaha...you're finally enlightened." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

If the Watanabe case wants to split Da Song, he will give him the same way as him.

Let Japan return to the Warring States Period thirty years ago, without the unification.

He will implement this strategy regardless of whether Watanabe surrenders or not.

The ultimate goal is that he wants to break Japan into four, or even more vassal states.

When the Watanabe case surrenders, he will hold the northern vassal lords and force the Watanabe case to recognize the independence of the northern vassal lords.

If the Watanabe case did not surrender, he would support the northern vassal lords, causing civil strife in Japan to break up.

He was like Britain in the Indian country, and was able to get along with all the vassals.

After all, the normal-minded lord will not choose to offend him, a person who can easily determine their fate.

He will only please him, ask for firearms and support.

After deciding on this matter, Zhao Xu pointed to Yu Qianfan in the north of Japan and said, "It starts here."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Yi said loudly.

Immediately, he issued an order to turn the fleet into two.

Twenty-four steamships and twenty-four sail warships were in a team, heading north, and at the same time commanding 24,000 Marine soldiers.

The other sailing warships were a team, leading 6,000 Marine soldiers to continue to harass the southern coast of Japan, and pursued the strategy of robbing and leaving.

The reason why I chose to go north was to shock the northern vassals and make them feel powerless.

On the one hand, we oppose the Watanabe case and continue to resist, while on the other hand, we have made ambitious people have different intentions and choose to cooperate with Dasong to ultimately achieve strategic goals.

The next day.

Zhao Xu, Zhou Yi and the northern team went to the north of Japan.

Gong Ying led the southern team and waited for an opportunity to act.
Chapter completed!