nucmednet Chapter 687
Chapter 687
"But when they left, we saw that the fleet was heading towards Honshu Island. They must be heading to Honshu Island."
Honshu Island?
Isn't that the largest and most important island for the Japanese pirates? Why would Lan Yu lead his fleet there?
Wei Wu was confused, but suddenly an idea flashed in his mind and he thought of a possibility.
"Oh my god, this fellow Lan Yu, could it be that he is too lazy to do anything and wants to use his weapon advantage to directly attack the core area of the Japanese pirates?"
To be honest, Wei Wu himself couldn't believe the idea in his mind.
According to the plan agreed upon previously, Lan Yu should bring the navy to land in Kumamoto in Higo Province first.
Then he turned around and headed south, towards Satsuma Province, and took control of the entire Satsuma Province.
The reason is very simple. The current Satsuma Province is the Kagoshima Prefecture in later generations, which is the second place that Zhu Yuanzhang cares about.
Because the gold mine that Wei Wu mentioned is in Hishikari Town, Kagoshima Prefecture. If they take it down, they can control the gold mine.
By then, it would not matter even if the war lasted for a long time, because the Ming Dynasty could use the war to support itself and become richer and richer.
By completely controlling Satsuma, it can also serve as a port for receiving subsequent supplies and military support, thus completing the first phase of the goal.
Then they continued to encroach step by step, bringing the entire Kyukoku Island under their control, and then crossed a very small strait from Chikuzen Province.
Arrive at Nagato Province (Yamaguchi Prefecture), and use Nagato Province as a springboard to go directly to Iwami Province (Shimane Prefecture) to complete the second stage goal.
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As for why such a plan was made, it can be seen from the name, Iwami Province is the location of Iwami Ginzan.
Wars are fought for the economy. As long as these two positions are firmly controlled, the Ming Dynasty will be invincible.
No war can be ended in a short time, let alone a war of annihilation between countries.
With the gold mines and silver mountains in hand, all the Japanese pirates were sent to the mines to mine and smelt gold and silver.
As long as there are continuous benefits to be gained, both the civil and military officials in the Ming Dynasty will fully support the continuation of the war.
But now the problem arises. Lan Yu did not act according to the original plan, but went directly to the core area of the Japanese pirates.
To change the concept, this is equivalent to South Korea wanting to invade Southeast University, and then directly bypassing the three provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong.
He avoided Hong Kong, Macao and Hainan, made a long circle along the coastline, and headed towards the wolf soldier's hometown with full confidence.
Although this analogy is not very appropriate, after all, the Koreans are just bugs in front of the University of Tokyo, and the Ming Dynasty is enough to crush the Japanese pirates.
But Lan Yu's decision to avoid Kyukoku Island and go straight to Honshu Island is indeed very similar to this metaphor.
So, after Wei Wu thought of this highly possible situation, his first reaction was: Is Lan Yu crazy?
However, after careful consideration, Wei Wu concluded that Lan Yu was not crazy, after all, he was a veteran who had fought on the battlefield.
Even if the general is not bound by the king's orders when he is away from home, he would not make such an unwise decision. There must be other hidden reasons behind this.
However, no matter what the reason was that caused Lan Yu to change the plan without authorization, Wei Wu had no way to find out the reason now.
The only thing I can do is go back first, finish what I need to do, and then go to Honshu Island.
For now, there is still some good news. At least Lan Yu is heading straight for Honshu Island, and the Japanese pirates have less time to delay.
If they wanted to mass-produce artillery, they had to do everything they could to delay Lan Yu and prevent him from attacking Heian-kyo directly.
With the troops at Lan Yu's disposal and the rifled flintlock rifles, the Japanese pirates could only hold him back by sacrificing their lives.
After figuring this out, Wei Wu was no longer so worried about Lan Yu, and immediately waved his hand at Shen Lin.