Chapter 8 The Military Power of the Great Han

There is almost no suspense. If Liu Xuan really wants to conquer Japan, then the island country of Japan will immediately become a state of the Han Dynasty.

After letting the two envoys go down, Liu Xuan seriously began to consider taking Japan directly.

"Originally, I wanted to wait until Northeast China was completely stabilized before taking over Japan, but it doesn't matter if we take it in advance!"

Another point is that Japan is still in a very primitive period, and they have not yet formed their own culture. If they occupy it at this time, there will be no difficulty in assimilation, and they can directly become Han people.

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If we wait until Japan has formed its own cultural traditions, etc., it will be more troublesome to assimilate.

At the same time, the population of Japan is not too large at this time, and it has not yet formed a unified political power. At this time, it does not require much effort to defeat each one.

According to Liu Xuan's estimation, as long as he brings five hundred elite soldiers, he can sweep across the entire island.

"If there are only five hundred soldiers, maybe we don't have to wait until the navy is formed!"

Five hundred soldiers can be loaded into a few large ships. Even a wooden-hulled ship built ten years ago can successfully cross the sea to Japan. This time, the two envoys from Yamatai were not even equipped with ships.

Here’s the wooden boat that Han built ten years ago!

What's more, although the shipyard cannot produce the latest metal warships, wooden ships powered by star cores are still enough to meet Liu Xuan's current needs.

These wooden ships were transitional products made for practice before making metal ships. Apart from being made of wood, they were not much different from metal ships in structure, and were basically the same in appearance as ships of later generations.

Consistent - not a flat bottom and a square head.

Even the Han Navy currently uses these ships when conducting ship training. In terms of demand, they can fully meet Liu Xuan's current requirements.

There are only five hundred soldiers, and a small fleet will be enough.

By the way, it can also give the Han Navy more experience in ocean navigation - the establishment of a navy is a must. He does not take the navy seriously just because he wants to enter the starry sky in the future.

Because the starships that can navigate the space in the future will be upgraded versions of surface ships in terms of structure and operation, it is good to practice with the navy first.

The emperor sat on the dragon throne and was silent, and the civil and military officers of the DPRK and China sitting underneath were also silent for a while. Finally, Cao Cao spoke first: "Does your Majesty want to take the Yamatai Kingdom first? Use it as a basis for marching into Japan?"

He also thought about directly crossing the sea and occupying the entire Japan, but Cao Cao knew that the biggest problem currently restricting the Han army from marching into Japan was not military strength or logistics, but transportation.

Even if a small number of soldiers could defeat the Japanese countries in the past, they could not completely occupy and rule them. Therefore, he believed that the emperor wanted to occupy one of the countries, and then occupy this place first, at least to prepare a forward fortress for the Han army in the future. By the way, he also

If you can understand the situation in Japan clearly, you won't be confused when fighting.

But in fact Liu Xuan's idea was even more brilliant than Cao Cao's.

"Has the Yamatai Kingdom... turned it into a puppet state?"

He did not tell these ministers the specific situation. In the following time, he continued to discuss the attack on Goguryeo, Wuhuan and other foreign tribes with everyone as if it did not happen.

In Liu Xuan's plan, before the fifteenth year of the Han calendar, the future Northeast region must be completely occupied, and of course the land of Sanhan at this time will be included. That place will be an important springboard - the navy has not yet formed

Before the war, going from the peninsula to Japan was the safest route.

After the dynasty was over, Liu Xuan returned to the inner palace with a frown on his face. He no longer had so many worries about his woman and could just say whatever he wanted. Therefore, when Zhen Mi asked him, Liu Xuan asked directly:

"Would you like to go to Japan for a while?"

"Japan?"

One sentence attracted the attention of several women. Xiao Qiao was talking to his sister, and when he heard the words, he came closer and said, "Where is Japan that Your Majesty mentioned?"

"Japan is east of Han Dynasty, and you have to cross the sea to reach it!"

Although the knowledge in Liu Xuan's hands was not hidden, and the maps were freely taken and looked at by these women, Xiao Qiao did not dare to be interested in these things at all, so naturally she would not care.

Cai Yan and Zhen Mi were different. They both came from scholarly families, and they were quite eager to learn, so they learned most of the knowledge that Liu Xuan knew. When Liu Xuan mentioned Japan, they immediately thought of the Emperor.

My original comments about that place: It’s a barren land with barren mountains and rivers and constant disasters. It’s really not a good place...

I really can’t think of anything getting better in a place like this. If you want to go out for a walk, what’s not good about the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, the grasslands in the northwest, and the snow scenery in Liaodong? And they are all within the territory of the Han Dynasty, and they are all Liu Xuan’s power. You can do whatever you want.

, why go to that foreign land?

"Today the leader of the Yamatai Kingdom sent an envoy..." He roughly told the envoy's story, and at the same time introduced the Yamatai Kingdom. During this period, Huang Yueying seemed to have finished her own business and ran over. When she saw Liu

Xuan didn't interrupt when he was talking. After he finished speaking, he asked: "Yamatai? Himihu? Isn't that..."

Liu Xuan nodded: "Although the place is not very good, some of the scenery is still good, and there are also many natural hot springs!"

The first person to nod was naturally Huang Yueying. This girl had long said she wanted to soak in hot springs. She didn't have the financial strength before, but she didn't have to worry about that now.

After agreeing, she immediately thought of something: "Are you planning to take action against Japan that day?"

"What? Is it so obvious?" Liu Xuan laughed and made no attempt to hide it.

When the girls heard Liu Xuan's words, they didn't feel any surprise, but Da Qiao asked slightly curiously: "Since His Majesty said that the place was not very good at the beginning, and it was on the other side of the sea, what's the use of conquering it?

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If it were anyone else, I really wouldn't know how to explain this, but Liu Xuan was happy and just said: "How can we allow others to snore next to the bed?" The girls swallowed all the questions back in their stomachs.

Just by listening to these words, I know what His Majesty is thinking, so why say anything more? Besides, military and national affairs are not what these women are good at, so I won't comment on them.

Huang Yueying looked very interested and asked: "How are you going to fight? Do you want me to hurry up and make him a hundred and eighty fat men or little boys or something like that?"

What Liu Xuan heard was a black line on his forehead: "Can you make it?"

"No...but I can make some substitutes. In fact, among the things you taught me, there are a lot of miscellaneous things that can replace that thing. It's just that it's a little more difficult to make and it will probably take a lot of time.

day……"

Liu Xuan waved his hand: "Forget it, don't go to any hot springs if I make you go through all the trouble. It's doubtful whether Japan can still exist!"

And Liu Xuan didn't want Japan to disappear directly. He wanted to occupy it and rule it! Besides, Japan faced the Pacific Ocean and was an excellent naval base. It would be too wasteful to destroy it like this.

As for the residents of Japan? They are still a group of indigenous people, and there is nothing to comment on. After the Chinese education is implemented, there will be no so-called big ethnic group in the future in a few decades.

What Liu Xuan is struggling with now is not how to occupy it, but whether to retain some of the local ‘characteristics’? For example, those surnames with ‘special meanings’?

He hugged Cai Yan and fell asleep while thinking wildly. When he got up the next day, Liu Xuan had already made a decision and directly summoned several close civil and military officials to the imperial study room to give detailed instructions.

"This time in the war against Wuhuan, I will go to the front line!"

"this……"

Everyone, look at me and I look at you. I wonder what kind of trouble this day is going to cause?

It is not unusual for the emperor to personally conquer the war, not to mention that this battle is still a battle to expand territory. However, the emperor did not say that he wanted to conquer in person, but that he wanted to go to the front line? There is a big difference in this.

Liu Xuan did not let them guess for too long, and said directly: "The two envoys from Yamatai will also accompany them, and then I will let them see with their own eyes how my big man destroyed Goguryeo and Wuhuan!"

As for Xianbei? At this time, Xianbei was extremely powerful. Its territory covered a large area of ​​northern Inner Mongolia and Mongolia to southern Russia. Even the Xiongnu, who had caused great harm to the Han Dynasty, were suppressed by Xianbei and could only be trapped in a corner.

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It is not that easy to destroy Xianbei. We must deal with Wuhuan and Goguryeo first, and then deal with Xianbei slowly - not to mention the vast territory of Xianbei, it is still a large area of ​​grassland, with a vast territory, sparsely populated areas and no cities.

Troops and horses will lose their way if they don't pay attention. If the weather is bad, it is not uncommon for thousands of people to die inexplicably on the grassland.

"But I won't stay for too long. After capturing Wandu, I will go directly south with a troop of soldiers and horses and the two envoys, and take a boat straight to the Japanese Yamatai Kingdom..."

Cao Cao immediately understood the emperor's intention, but Xun Yu and others frowned: "Your Majesty, even if you want to capture the kingdom of Yamatai, you don't need to go out personally. You only need to send a general to lead the troops there!"

In their eyes, the Yamatai Kingdom can be attacked at any time, and it can be conquered if it wants to be fought. If the emperor comes in person? It would be too much to look at the Yamatai Kingdom.

How could those countries that were just aboriginal tribes in the eyes of the Han Dynasty deserve such serious treatment by the huge Han Dynasty? However, Liu Xuan did not want to conquer Yamatai and be done with it. He was planning to directly turn Yamatai into his own puppet.

, and then let the soldiers of Yamatai Kingdom help him conquer and govern the entire Japan.

In such a war, Japan's resistance can be effectively consumed, and at the same time... he can also experiment with some things there.

Cao Cao may have guessed something, so he did not raise any objections. Instead, he suggested: "Your Majesty wants to go to Japan, so you must be fully prepared. In addition to the generals to protect you, you also need to bring the necessary maids and eunuchs with you!"

Liu Xuan nodded: "I'll let Cao Bao arrange this!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone knew that the emperor had already decided on this matter, and naturally they would not say anything more. As for the government? Anyway, there are no major events in the country now, and with the existence of the communicator, emergency matters can be contacted directly.

It won't delay anything.

So the affairs were quickly arranged. Even the two envoys from Yamatai knew that the leader of the Han Kingdom was going to Yamatai, and he would also bring the most elite soldiers of the Han Kingdom with him. They would decide what to do based on the situation.

Don't help Yamatai put down the 'rebellion'.

The two envoys were surprised and happy.

I am happy that my mission this time can be said to be successfully accomplished, but I am surprised that the Han Dynasty sent elite troops, and even the emperor went there in person. This posture was obviously malicious, and he did not know that he was here this time.

What did you bring back to Yamatai? Anyway, it doesn’t look like pure luck.

Unfortunately, in the current situation, they can no longer refuse if they want to. Looking at the five hundred Tiger Guards soldiers with bright armor and ready to go, their sturdy appearance and gleaming armor made the two of them feel numb.

numb.

When the general leading the five hundred soldiers appeared, the two men almost fell to the ground in fright, making the people around them laugh, but the general was embarrassed.

This person is none other than Dian Wei.

Dian Wei is tall and strong, and his face is extremely scary. Ordinary people would be frightened when they see him. The two of them had been frightened by the appearance of the Tiger Guards before, but when they suddenly saw Dian Wei, they were stunned.

I was so scared that I peed my pants, which is pretty good.

In addition to Dian Wei, there were two generals in the entourage who were wearing black armor and wearing hoods that even covered their faces. There were no guards or flags around them, but they didn't know who they were.
To be continued...