There are not many fleets that Wang Wenyue wants in the near future.

Mao Yuanyi and the staff of the General Staff calculated that there were only more than 30 ships that could be mobilized, and the rest of the ships had to be left in the Bohai Bay to dispatch troops and supplies.

Thirty ships will not be able to transport more than 300,000 Japanese slaves in the short term, and the shortage of ships is still an urgent issue for maritime activities.

However, Wang Wenyue grabbed nearly 18 million taels of silver in Guandong, which surprised Zhao Yan. Japan in this era did have a lot of silver.

Japan is known as the "Treasure Island". Since Western colonists discovered this piece of fat in Japan, it has become the most profitable area in East Asia, while the Ming Dynasty was their largest commodity purchase place in East Asia, with a very high trade difference.

Although the nine-year trade has allowed Zhao Yan to make a lot of profits in Japan, it has not allowed Japan's silver to flow out. Although the price of silver on the market soared by one-third, there is still a lot of silver in the treasury. If these silver enters circulation, the price of silver will naturally drop.

Tokugawa Iemitsu fled from Edo in panic and led his troops out of Kanto, which meant the complete loss of Kanto. Since Wang Wenyue received support from 30,000 local chariots, his troops increased greatly and began to sweep the Kanto Plain.

The reason why Tokugawa Iemitsu escaped from Kanto was because Japan could not compete with the Shandong army in the Kanto region. After all, Shandong's elite cavalry was not something that Japan's poorly-fewed cavalry could compete with. In addition, artillery in the plains was easier to use, fighting the Shandong army in the Kanto Plain was a very unwise choice.

Going west, there is a continuous mountainous area. Tokugawa Iemitsu plans to fight to the death with the Shandong army in the mountainous area, but the most important thing is that the Shandong army is willing to enter this mountainous area.

In the Kanto region, there are mountains to the northwest, with dozens of levels blocking the entrances of these two sides, and in the northeast, there is a wider passage.

Wang Wenyue did not arrogantly advance into the mountainous areas. If he entered the mountainous areas, although he was confident, he would be very likely to suffer huge losses under the harsh combat conditions.

So after Tokugawa Iemitsu and his army retreated from Kanto, Wang Wenyue immediately sent troops to capture various passes. After nearly a month of attack, the passes in the east and north of the passes were captured. And the passage in the northwest was dispatched to prevent the Japanese from escaping from escaping from Kanto.

By September, Wang Wenyue had fully controlled the wealthy Kanto Plain. Although there were still some Japanese people in various places resisting, it was no longer a concern.

The passes in the Kanto Plain have been stationed by Wang Wenyue and have been deployed with artillery on it. It is no longer realistic for the Edo Shogunate to counterattack.

The consequence is naturally that the Japanese in the Kanto region are already in the jar.

After Wang Wenyue was so excited that after controlling the pass, he immediately launched a mobilization of the Guandong Plain and captured about 150,000 Japanese slaves. However, the tragic thing was that the ships in Shandong had not arrived for a long time, and Wang Wenyue had accumulated 300,000 Japanese slaves in his hands, and food was a big problem.

Fortunately, I grabbed a lot of food during the sweep, and these 300,000 Japanese slaves can still be supported for the time being. It is not a problem to hold on for two or three months, but if there are more people, the food will have to be transported from the local area.

To this end, Wang Wenyue stopped storming the Kanto area and instead used the anti-episode Saburo Kawano. Wang Wenyue appointed Kawano Saburo as the "Kanto Tamaki". The reason for adding the word "temporary genius" is that Wang Wenyue has not yet obtained the approval of the military headquarters and cannot make a formal appointment of Kawano Saburo Kawano.

Kawano Stupidae became the daimyo and immediately selected hundreds of samurai soldiers to manage cities in the Kanto region with the assistance of the Shandong Army.

In terms of management, Wang Wenyue’s staff adviser to build Kanto into a dairy base that can export benefits for a long time.

Therefore, management should focus on rest and recuperation, so that Kanto can become a grain production and population production base. As long as the grain is done, population is the most important thing.

The General Staff of the Mixed Brigade in this state quickly gave a temporary management plan, which will be submitted to the military department and will be completely determined after approval by the military department.

First: Abolish the privilege of samurai swords and comprehensively control all knives with certain lethality and all firearms.

Second: Capture samurai from various regions of Kanto. If it can be used, use it. If it cannot be used, take it away to mine.

Third: This person assists in the local area.

Fourth: To a certain extent, a loose agricultural tax policy was implemented for the Kanto region, allowing Japanese farmers to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, lay the foundation for recruiting overseas workers, and at the same time conducting slavery education.

These four management measures first eliminate all threatening items and people in the pass, and finally leave behind a group of farmers and handicraftsmen. Even if they resist, they will not cause any storm.

At the same time, a certain degree of loose policies are adopted in agricultural taxes to prevent farmers from rising and resisting.

Peasant uprisings in Japan were very frequent and even more likely to occur than in the Ming Dynasty. However, every peasant uprising was due to the high price of rice, which is called the "rice riot".

However, the Tokugawa shogunate was a new Japanese ruling institution after all, and it was relatively strong to suppress the peasant uprising. Therefore, Japan's peasant uprising did not win any victory, and the samurai and daimyo were still the ruling class.

This Shandong attack on Japan was equivalent to breaking up with Japanese samurai and Daming, and supporting the peasant class that was not threatening.

...After receiving Wang Wenyue's report, Zhao Yan immediately ordered thirty sailboats to go to Japan, and even transferred the forty sailboats staying at Dagukou to Japan.

This batch of ships was only used when they were going back to Shandong, but Japan urgently used them, so Zhao Yan had to plan to take the land.

After more than ten days of "chaos", the capital quickly returned to normal order. The officials in the court were busy forming cabinets, Lu Xiangsheng and Zhao Yan were even more so.

After thinking for a few days, Lu Xiangsheng formed the "Royal Party", while Zhao Yan asked Yan Jizu to be the leader of the Ming Zhuo Party and Zhu Dadian to be the leader of the Republican Party.

Zhao Yan occupied 50% of the cabinet seats, while Lu Xiang was promoted to the leader of the "Royal Party" occupied 25% of the seats. As for the remaining 25%, it was thrown to the remaining parties.

These 25% of the seats have also become the targets for the officials in the court. Qi Party, Chu Party, Kun Party, Zhejiang Party, Qin Party, and Donglin Party were successively established.

Lu Xiangsheng's members of the royal party have not yet been found, so Lu Xiangsheng began to visit the officials who were upright in the capital and invited them to join the royal party.

On September 24th, Sun Chuanting led his troops into the guards, and 30,000 Qin troops arrived at the capital.

When Zhao Yan heard this, he was furious and immediately ordered the General Staff: "Send two cavalry battalions immediately to capture Sun Chuanting."

Before, Zhao Yan had asked Chongzhen to issue an imperial edict to let all the soldiers who served the king and returned to their homes. Unexpectedly, Sun Chuanting actually brought 30,000 troops into the capital.

Zhao Yan was naturally not afraid of Sun Chuanting’s 30,000 troops, but was afraid of the emptiness of Qin, which gave the bandits an opportunity to take advantage of. How could Zhao Yan not be angry?

In a rage, Zhao Yan directly used violent means, killing the chicken to warn the monkey first.

The cavalry in the city suddenly pulled out of the city and immediately alarmed Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng hurried over and asked Zhao Yan, "Zijian, what are you doing?"

"Sun Chuanting did not respect the imperial orders, brought 30,000 troops into the guards, indulged the bandits in Qin, and ignored the interests of the country, and decided to punish him." Zhao Yan said angrily.

"Keep firm and be calm and do not be impatient. Sun Chuanting is just a little more rebellious, but he is not as stupid and incompetent as those villains in the court. Why don't you and I leave the city first and ask about his purpose?" Lu Xiangsheng persuaded Zhao Yan. Zhao Yan thought for a moment and agreed.

Sun Chuanting still has the ability. Since he defended Chongzhen so much and had to lead troops into the guards, let him come and let Chongzhen have the capital to jump.

As long as Chongzhen dares to jump, Zhao Yan can start a storm at any time. At that time, it will not be as simple as clearing the emperor's side. Just fuck him down.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan immediately asked someone to go out and convey the order, and transferred the two cavalry battalions back, but asked them to station outside the city and be alert at all times.

After Zhao Yan and Lu Xiangsheng agreed on time, Lu Xiangsheng went to prepare.

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng left, Mao Yuanyi said to Zhao Yan urgently: "My lord, this should not be done. This time, it is better to cut the mess quickly. Let's solve this thorn first."

"It's okay." Zhao Yan shook his head gently.

"Lord, after the dispute between Chu and Han, there was a saying that it is better to pursue the defeated enemy with the remaining courage, and not to seek fame as the overlords." Mao Yuanyi said again.

"Haha! Although this is reasonable, I am not Xiang Yu, and he, Chongzhen, is not Liu Bang." Zhao Yan smiled indifferently and continued: "In the "Wu Bei Zhi" written by Zhisheng, he believed that military generals must not read "The Art of War", why is this?"

"The Art of War is just a vernacular saying. If a group of mobs is allowed to face a group of elite soldiers of hundreds of battles, any strategy will be ineffective." Mao Yuanyi said.

"Zhi Sheng is right. In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is pale and powerless. But you don't see the essential problem." Zhao Yan continued.

"Please give me advice, lord." Mao Yuanyi asked humbly.

"The Art of War and the Thirty-Six Strategies are military books in the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, the seven heroes competed for hegemony. However, there are huge differences between the seven heroes, whether it is productivity, equipment, transportation, etc. compared with the present. At the same time, there is no significant gap between the countries, so people usually revolve around 'strategy'." Zhao Yan continued: "And afterwards, with the continuous advancement of productivity, the combat power of professional troops became stronger and stronger, and many rules on the battlefield have exceeded the scope of "The Art of War". So now, the Art of War is no longer practical."

"The wars in the whole world are progressing according to the continuous development of matter. When matter develops to a certain level, it is no longer a war between people, but a war between matter. Why did Qin win in the end because they have professional army, advanced smelting technology, and more stringent production planning, so Qin finally defeated the six countries and became the hegemon. The future war is a comprehensive war. Both sides of the war must not only have large corps, but also large factories and laboratories, and carry out all-round operations to achieve victory in the war."

"And our Shandong has begun to systematically develop science and technology. As long as we popularize education and continue scientific research, our muskets and cannons can be continuously updated and replaced. When we build steam engines, we can make iron-armored warships. When we create smokeless gunpowder, our guns and cannons will be powered to an incredible level, and the rate of fire can be like this. In this regard, we are already the most leading existence in the world. On the other hand, the court has no awareness of developing science and technology, not to mention that the court is corrupt. So no matter how the court is like

No one is our opponent. As long as we are given enough time, we can form an absolute strength that no one can shake." Zhao Yan said excitedly, "Although we are invincible in the current situation, our material strength is not strong enough, and it is not enough to digest the entire Ming Dynasty. If it is a bad thing, it will cause the Ming Dynasty to fall into a full-scale melee. It is like a plate of delicious food. It originally had a big bowl. If we move around and sprinkle every meal in the bowl on half of the ground, wouldn't it be a big loss? Therefore, we must work steadily and enjoy every meal slowly."

After hearing Zhao Yan's words, Mao Yuanyi thought for a long time. Zhao Yan's words left him without any refutation, so he bowed and said, "I will be taught by my subordinates."

Zhao Yan nodded, "After the formation of the cabinet is completed, we must make every effort to develop the material foundation. This is the king of the kingdom. If we use strategies to win, we will undoubtedly fall below the edge. When our strength is so strong that no one can resist, then it will be the time for us to replace it."

...The second time, the scout returned, Sun Chuanting had already brought 30,000 troops to the capital ten miles away, and Zhao Yan asked Lu Xiangsheng to go out of the city together.

After Zhao Yan left the city, the cavalry of the two battalions was escorting the front, back and left and right.

Soon, Sun Chuanting's army appeared in front of Zhao Yan, and saw that Sun Chuanting's 30,000 troops were no different from Hong Chengchou's, and they were all soldiers on the three sides of Qin.

Soon, Zhao Yan sent a team of 100 cavalrymen forward.

The cavalry rushed to the Qin army, and hundreds of cavalry immediately came up.

"The general has an order. You and others are prohibited from taking a step forward. If you dare to cross, it will be considered a rebellion." The cavalry platoon leader sent by Zhao Yan shouted loudly, and immediately suppressed the momentum of the cavalry opposite.

"Hey, is this court owned by the emperor or the general?" Suddenly a sarcastic voice appeared. Sun Chuanting and a team of soldiers came forward, and a burly military officer next to him said loudly.

The cavalry platoon leader saw the military officer and grinned, "Who am I supposed to be? It turns out that he is the defeated general."

"Your grandma's..." The burly military officer was so angry that his beard shook and pulled out the knife from his waist. This person was no one else, but He Renlong, who was beaten to the point of falling water by the Third Cavalry Battalion in Huguang.

The cavalry platoon leader ignored him and shouted loudly: "Which is Sun Chuanting?"

"I am the one." Sun Chuanting replied calmly.

"The general is welcome." said the platoon leader.

Sun Chuanting smiled slightly and said, "Then the official will go and see the general's appearance."

"Governor Sun, please!"

"Military gate, you can't go. If you go, you may not be able to save your life." He Renlong said anxiously from the side.

"Ha!" Sun Chuanting smiled contemptuously and said proudly: "What can Zhao Jijian do to me in the past? You don't need to say much, wait here first."

"The military gate, then the officials will go too." He Renlong recommended himself, "If there is danger, the officials will definitely fight to the death to protect the military gate and break out of the encirclement."

"It's up to you!" Sun Chuanting nodded slightly.

He Renlong quickly counted hundreds of capable servants and guarded Sun Chuanting to step forward.

After a while, they saw Zhao Yan and Lu Xiangsheng standing in front of the army, waiting for them to come.

"Haha, I didn't expect Lord Lu to be here too." Sun Chuanting laughed when he saw Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said, "I have also arrived before several days. I didn't expect Lord Sun to be so fast."

"I dare not, I dare not, the imperial city is in crisis. As a minister, I should come to rescue you quickly." Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng greeted him, but ignored Zhao Yan next to him.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Zhao Yan's mouth, thinking that Sun Chuanting was indeed not ordinary rebellious.

"Mr. Sun, this is General Jianwei." Seeing that Sun Chuanting was only caring about greetings with him, Lu Xiangsheng thought to Sun Chuanting to introduce.

At this moment, Sun Chuanting seemed to suddenly find Zhao Yan next to him. He looked over with an exaggerated expression and said repeatedly: "I didn't expect this to be the general. I thought it was a young general around Lord Lu. It was really rude."
To be continued...