Chapter 728: Slave Arresting Plan
The sea breeze blew on Yue Yun and the generals, and the sailing warships were parked neatly in the pier of Hai Gucheng, giving people a visual shock.
Liu Chen's words made Yue Yun frown, "War is not a joke, how can we do it because of momentary anger? The river outside Liujing City is called Datong River. Compared with the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in the Great Yu Kingdom, this inland river is very narrow, and the depth of the river is not suitable for our warships to sail in it. Otherwise, if the first ship is stranded, the consequences will be unimaginable."
At this time, Li Cheng looked at the huge warships on the sea. He nodded and said, "The general is very clear. The Datong River is indeed not suitable for this kind of warship direction. Moreover, the Golden Horde gave a lot of artillery to the King of Goryeo. If they use artillery to sink your first and stern ships, you will be turtles in the jar."
Liu Chen's old face turned red. Like Lu Fei, he was also a irritable general. Sometimes he only spoke quickly.
"General, the last general is simple, but what should I do now? I can't just come here for nothing."
Yue Yun's eyes are profound. His years of practical experience at sea and his knowledge learned at Bowen Academy make him not the fisherman who only relied on his brute force.
After pondering for a while, he said, "Of course we can't do it in vain. At least we have to hold this ancient city in our hands. In addition, from now on, the coast of Goryeo will be blocked and any Goryeo merchant ships and fishing boats will be prohibited from going to sea. The land of Goryeo is barren, and many things need to be purchased from Japan and the Great Yu Kingdom. Their shipping will be cut off and he will be disorganized."
"Yes, general." Liu Chen responded.
Li Cheng's heart was shocked. Yue Yun seemed to him not to be simple, at least he knew very well about Goryeo's current situation.
Before Japan invaded, the situation in Goryeo was still a thing of the past, but after half of the land in Japan was ceded and a lot of money and food were lost in the war, Goryeo's life began to become sad.
So compared to the past, there are a lot more merchant ships going to sea this year. Now Yue Yun directly cuts off the trading routes on Goryeo sea. It has to be said that it will make Goryeo's life even more uncomfortable.
After saying this, Yue Yun looked at Li Chengzai. When Li Cheng was heading to Liujingcheng, he suddenly had the idea of controlling Goryeo.
After carefully looking at Li Chengzai for a while, Yue Yun said, "Li Chengzai, I know that you came to join us to make a name for the sake of success. Now I will give you this opportunity. Now I will only ask if you dare or not?"
"General, there is no way out now. All the ministers in the Goryeo court want to kill me." Li Cheng couldn't help but grit his teeth when he thought of his experience in Liujingcheng.
Goryeo is even more magnanimous than Dayu Kingdom. His identity as a concubine's son will be a stain on his life, and this stain will leave him with no hope in his career.
It is precisely because of this that he will bet on his own and hand over his life to Yue Yun.
Yue Yun nodded. He asked Li Cheng to go to Liujingcheng to force him to a dead end. He smiled and said, "Do you want to be the king of Goryeo?"
"King of Goryeo?" Li Cheng was shocked.
"That's right, it's King of Goryeo, but I will have a condition. If you become King of Goryeo in the future, you will have to incorporate Goryeo into the Great Yu Kingdom." Yue Yun said loudly. This is exactly the emperor's strategy now.
Li Cheng had no choice at all now. He didn't care whether Goryeo was incorporated into the Golden Horde or the Great Yu Kingdom. Now all he wanted was to live glamorously, so he immediately said, "I agree to everything the general said."
Yue Yun smiled with satisfaction and said, "Since that's the case, I will provide you with firearms to help you train an army. You will take this army to the south to drive away the Japanese. From then on, the land in the south will be yours."
Li Chengzai's heart beat unyieldingly. Yue Yun's words were a huge temptation for him. He dreamed of having his own army.
If Yue Yun could really train his army and provide firearms for him now, he might be able to make a difference in the south.
"Thank you for your kindness, General." Li Chengzai suddenly knelt in front of Yue Yun, and his body trembled slightly with excitement.
Yue Yun helped Li Chengzai up, and he said in a heart-warming tone, "So this ancient city of sea is particularly important and cannot be lost. Before that, you need to handle the affairs here properly."
Li Cheng understood that although the people of Dayu captured the ancient city of Hai, the people in the city were still full of wariness and disgust towards the people of Dayu. It can be said that the people of Dayu only occupied the city but were unable to manage the ancient city of Hai.
The purpose of Yue Yun's words now is to stabilize the hearts of the people and train the army based on the ancient city of Hai.
He said: "General, I have asked many people. They have seen with their own eyes that most of the officials in the ancient city of Hai have fled, so as long as the general supports me, I can take on this responsibility."
"Well, since that's the case, you will be responsible for the government affairs of this ancient city of Hai." Yue Yun and the generals looked at each other.
Compared to the people who let soldiers bloodily suppress Hai Gucheng, they are more willing to choose an agent to manage the city, because the cost of controlling Hai Gucheng will be greatly reduced.
After all, Xiao Ming once told them clearly in the Military Academy: "The lowest cost of colonization is to not participate in the internal affairs of the colonial country."
After explaining this, Yue Yun asked Li Cheng to go back for now.
Xie Yuan, who had already been talking to him, said anxiously: "General, are you really going to train an army for Li Cheng? The barbarians here are untrustworthy. If they use the weapons we provide to fight us in the future, wouldn't it be worth the loss?"
Yue Yun said lightly: "This time I will provide them with only combs and export-type artillery, so you don't have to worry. Even if Li Cheng betrays us in the future, he will not be able to pose any threat to us. Now the real enemies of the Great Yu Kingdom are the barbarians and Japan. If we can let the barbarians and Japan fall into the quagmire of the Koryo War without spending one soldier, we will win half of this war."
Xie Yuan was not as deep as Yue Yun thought, he said, "But the mezzanine and cannon also cost money. It would be a pity to give it to Li Chengzai for free. After all, I don't know the year of the monkey and the month of the horse when he becomes a climax."
Upon hearing this, Yue Yun laughed and said, "Who said that this will be given to Li Cheng for free? Now the six states have railways and plantations require a lot of coolies, and there are quite a few refugees in Goryeo, so it is always possible to let Liang Dahai take some refugees back."
Liu Chen and Xie Yuan nodded. They knew very well who Liang Dahai was. This was the slave trader appointed by the emperor.
Chapter completed!