Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 381
In the end, Emperor Wanli was persuaded by Zhang Qingfeng.

Zhang Qingfeng promised that he would not use imperial soldiers and horses, and that after the war, he would not lose money, and even if he lost money, he would not lose too much.

Hearing that Zhang Qingfeng said that he would not lose money, Emperor Wanli had no worries, and quickly agreed to Zhang Qingfeng's war plan.

For this war, Zhang Qingfeng directly removed 1 security personnel, more than 3000 new troops trained for King Wu, and 6000 Musketeers from Ryukyu, plus the original [-]-odd troops from the Royal Fleet. People and horses, a total of more than [-] people, launched a war against Japan.

In order to transport so many people and provide continuous supplies for the army, Zhang Qingfeng hired more than 1000 coastal ships in one go.

When Zhang Qingfeng's plan to attack the Japanese was approved by Emperor Wanli, Zhang Qingfeng reported the incident through newspapers.

As newspapers reported, Ming Dynasty was about to go to war with Japan, which immediately became a topic of discussion for everyone.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, scholars and ordinary people in various provinces had heated discussions on this matter.

Through this incident, Zhang Qingfeng also intentionally used newspapers to guide public opinion. He wanted to make all classes in the Ming Dynasty share the same hatred.

After Zhang Qingfeng decided to send troops to Japan, he immediately began to prepare for the war.

Countless factories were turned into arsenals by Zhang Qingfeng one after another, specializing in the production of firearms and various military supplies.

Firearms are naturally flintlock guns, artillery, as well as mines, grenades and other weapons.

Military supplies are mainly tents, quilts, cotton clothes, military water bottles, leather boots, ordnance shovels, and so on.

In addition, there are bandages, surgical instruments, medicines, and so on.

Originally, when they heard that there was going to be war with Japan, many court ministers opposed it one after another, and hundreds of memorials were written in a few days to oppose it.

However, when Emperor Wanli said that the war would not require a single soldier from the court and a penny from the treasury, these ministers of civil and military affairs died down.

Although some border court ministers still objected, under the guidance of the newspaper's public opinion and the support of most of the Ming scholars, they could only hold back their opinions.

In preparation for this war, Zhang Qingfeng attached great importance to the guidance of public opinion. He first used newspapers to expose all kinds of evil deeds in Japan, such as the Japanese pirates who have harmed Daming's borders for a hundred years. exists.

In addition, Japan launched the Korean War and massacred millions of Korean civilians.

Then it attacked Ryukyu last year, killed the king of Ryukyu, and now killed many Ming maritime merchants. These kinds of evil deeds are heinous.

After these evil deeds about Japan were exposed, it immediately aroused strong resistance from countless Ming people against Japan.

Next, Zhang Qingfeng used many methods to publicize the justice and necessity of attacking Japan, and the effect was very obvious.

After seeing the content on the Da Ming Daily, many young scholars ran all the way to the capital with enthusiasm to join the army, and then joined the war against Japan.

For these passionate scholars, Zhang Qingfeng naturally gave them a warm reception, at least not to make people feel cold.

Then, he tricked them to go to the Polytechnic University to learn various basic theoretical knowledge, and offered them money to go home if they didn't want to learn, etc. Because, he was very well liked by many scholars.

Two months after Zhang Qingfeng mobilized in Daming, Wei Zhongxian's battle report spread to the capital, saying that he had defeated the [-] troops led by Arima Harunobu and Shimadzu Tadakiyo.

And it has already captured Nagasaki Castle in Japan, and is now stationed in Nagasaki Castle, waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops.

At the same time, Wei Zhongxian also asked Zhang Qingfeng for orders on the next step.

After receiving the letter, Zhang Qingfeng immediately sent a message to Wei Zhongxian, telling him that the imperial court had decided to send troops to attack Japan, and told him to stay in Nagasaki until reinforcements arrived.

After more than two months of preparation, at this time, some military supplies had been prepared, and Zhang Qingfeng immediately ordered hundreds of sea ships to transport the supplies to North Korea's Gwangju port.

He was going to launch an all-out war against Japan using Gwangju in North Korea as a springboard.

At this time, North Korea was completely the younger brother of the Ming Dynasty. Regarding the requisition of Guangzhou Port, all it took was an imperial edict from Emperor Wanli, and the King of North Korea had to cooperate unconditionally.

After another two months, all the troops were mobilized and trained, and then they began to ship to North Korea's Gwangju Port to assemble.

For this attack on Japan, Zhang Qingfeng not only prepared good flintlock guns for each of the more than 3 soldiers, but also prepared more than 200 bronze smoothbore guns for the army.

These smoothbore guns are the famous Napoleon guns in later generations.

This kind of gun has a frame and wheels, and can be pulled very fast by just a few horses.

In order to make this army more mobile and capable of interception and killing, Zhang Qingfeng also formed a team of five thousand cavalry with flintlock short lances.

At this time, the news that Ming Dynasty was preparing to attack Japan had naturally reached the ears of the Japanese.

After learning that Ming Dynasty was planning to send troops to attack Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate was terrified and quickly sent envoys to seek peace.

However, Zhang Qingfeng was determined to attack Japan, and Emperor Wanli was determined to get Japan's exorbitant compensation, so Emperor Wanli didn't even bother to meet the Japanese envoy.

Next, after learning that Daming is determined to attack Japan, the Tokugawa family will naturally not let their hands go.

Therefore, while the Ming army was mobilizing the army, the Tokugawa shogunate also began to dispatch troops throughout Japan to prepare to resist the invasion of Ming Dynasty.

As the landing place of the Ming Dynasty's army, Nagasaki was a nail that the Japanese had to remove.

In just two months, the Tokugawa shogunate mobilized more than 3 samurai legions from all the daimyo on Kyushu Island, and then launched an attack on the Royal Musketeers stationed in Nagasaki Castle.

At this time, because the more than 3000 Musketeers behind had arrived in Nagasaki by boat, there were almost [-] Royal Musketeers in Nagasaki City at this time.

In order to defend Nagasaki City, Wei Zhongxian even ordered some naval guns on the ship to be unloaded into Nagasaki City.

Coupled with the assistance of six Galen warships, the Japanese could only attack Nagasaki City on the northeast side away from the coast.

In the next two months, under the attack of [-] Japanese samurai, Nagasaki Castle remained as stable as a rock.

At the beginning, more than 300 people in Chen Guangping defended the attack for a month. It is impossible that now there are 5000 people, and they cannot withstand the attack of 3 people.

However, the Japanese would not sit still and wait for death. While Ming Dynasty continued to mobilize troops, Japan was also mobilizing its troops with all its strength.

Soon, countless Japanese troops came to Kyushu Island in a steady stream and joined the attack on Nagasaki Castle.

When the vanguard of the [-] Security Army dispatched by Zhang Qingfeng arrived at North Korea's Gwangju Port by boat, more than [-] Japanese troops had already gathered outside Nagasaki City.

Soon, under the personal command of the shogunate Tokugawa Hidetada, 8 people launched a large-scale attack on Nagasaki Castle from three directions.

(End of this chapter)