After the Japanese envoys were placed under surveillance, Ying Yuan ordered Huo Guang to speed up the recruitment of soldiers.
As for Heshen, he was still negotiating the price of warships with the State of Chu.
Once the final price is determined, you can purchase it.
Currently, there are 40,000 warships in the territory of Daqin.
The warships needed for an army of 600,000 would be about 60,000.
So, there are still 20,000 ships missing.
The Qin State could still afford these 20,000 warships.
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Some time passed.
The army has been fully recruited.
Cao Cao has already taken his subordinates to Quanzhou for military training.
On the other hand, after a long negotiation with Heshen, the State of Chu finally decided on the price of the warships.
Huang Xie's original price was reduced by one thousand taels.
Tai'an City.
In the Ministry of Works.
Heshen and Huang Xie formally signed an alliance.
Afterwards, Huang Xie stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "The Qin State is fortunate to have a Minister of Revenue like you."
The former responded, "If Chunshen Jun is interested in my Great Qin, you can come anytime and I will make a bed for you."
Huang Xie nodded and said, "Let's go. I'll take you to see the warships of our Chu State."
Next, Heshen began to select some types of warships.
Ten thousand small warships.
Six thousand medium-sized warships.
Four thousand huge warships with artillery.
It's called artillery.
In fact, it is a device that launches fireballs made of kerosene.
Similar to a trebuchet.
It is still far from the power of the cannon in Ying Yuan's previous life.
However, it is said that in the Great Xia Dynasty, a cannon made of gunpowder is being developed.
It is said that a lot of Mohist background was used.
Of course, in this world where extraordinary military power and magical powers exist, it is understandable even if there are artillery batteries that are more powerful than the Red Cannon.
Looking at the giant warship in front of him, Heshen laughed out loud.
"Chun Shenjun, there's a saying in the martial arts world: one hand delivers the goods, the other hand pays the money.
When all these warships are transported to the Qin-Chu border, the silver will be presented."
Huang Xie nodded and said, "It's a deal."
Afterwards, Heshen returned to Xianyang to report.
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Mid-October of the fourth year of Chengping.
Cao Cao has finished training his troops.
The Chu State's warships were delivered to the Qin State two months ago.
Now, it has reached the Quanzhou area.
All the food and fodder needed for the army's expedition has been prepared.
The scale of this expedition is indeed huge.
Marshal Huo Guang.
Military Advisor Guo Jia.
Military Supervisor Xun Yu.
Logistics Heshen.
Vanguard Zhang Liao.
Generals including Lu Bu, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, Huo Qubing, and Zheng Chenggong joined the war.
He led an army of 600,000.
Pointing directly to Yizhou.
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Xianyang.
Xuanzheng Hall.
Ying Yuan was looking at the map in the direction of Quanzhou.
According to the established strategy.
There are six armies in total.
This is Guo Jia's suggestion.
It seems that the troops are dispersed and will be defeated one by one by the enemy.
But as long as we move forward together, there is a way to successfully reach Yizhou.
Then the other four armies will be unstoppable.
After learning about this strategy, Ying Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
If Guo Jia had not died in the Battle of Red Cliffs in previous history, perhaps Cao Cao would not have been defeated.
If Cao Cao had been able to unify China at that time, there would have been no subsequent Five Barbarians Invasion of China.
However, since the formation of the Three Kingdoms, the continuous wars between them have consumed too much of China's vitality.
Cai Jing, standing before Ying Yuan, bowed and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think it's time to set a date for the expedition?"
The Qin Dynasty had been preparing for this battle for nearly half a year, and everything was ready.
The former slowly turned around and said solemnly, "On the first day of the Guyue month, at three quarters past midnight, I order Huo Guang to launch an attack on Yizhou on time!"
Hearing this, Cai Jing bowed solemnly and said, "Yes!"
Gu Yue is November.
November is also known as the 'Dragon Hiding Month'.
Because of the Japanese envoys, they did not return to Iju for several months.
Therefore, Japan has already noticed something unusual about Qin.
In recent days, according to the joint investigation of the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang, a large number of Japanese ninjas have been lurking in various places in Daqin.
Inquire about the internal situation of the Qin Dynasty.
It is estimated that Japan has already known that Qin is planning to attack Yizhou.
However, for some reason, Japan had no plans to send reinforcements to Izu.
Perhaps, they naively thought that when it came to naval warfare, the Qin State was no match at all.
What's more, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was personally guarding Ishu.
Of course, it is more likely that some worse situations have occurred within Japan.
This is something that no one knows.
Therefore, in order to achieve the effect of killing the enemy by surprise, and more importantly, to ensure that Ying Yuan's order could be safely delivered to Huo Guang who was far away in Quanzhou at that time.
Cai Jing planned to have the Embroidered Uniform Guard escort the imperial edict.
In fact, we can just announce it to the world. In this way, Huo Guang will definitely know when to go to war.
But if we do this, there will be no unexpected effect, and the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty will suffer more bloodshed and sacrifice.
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After Cai Jing left the Xuanzheng Hall, he came to the Jinyiwei Division.
He also brought three imperial edicts.
He planned to divide the Jinyi Guards into three groups to escort the imperial edict.
The Jinyiwei was sent out to guard against the Japanese ninjas.
Lai Junchen transferred all the Jinyiwei masters here.
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