Liu Bowen said: "Although the Japanese are hateful, we are about to go to war with Zhang Wuji."
"I hope Your Majesty will make a wise decision."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed helplessly: "Sir, what do you think we should do?"
After thinking for a while, Liu Bowen said, "Your Majesty, the most crucial thing now is the battle with Zhang Wuji."
"No matter how ambitious the Japanese are, they are nothing more than ants."
"I suggest that we put the affairs of the southeastern coast aside for now, and after we have pacified Zhang Wuji, we can turn back and destroy the entire Japan."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said, "Sir, what you said is different."
Zhang Wuji can't be dealt with in a day or two. This battle might last two or three years. By the time we turn around, what if the Japanese pirates have already taken advantage of our unpreparedness and established a firm foothold on the southeast coast?
"In everything we do, we must put the people first and never abandon them."
"I plan to send an order now, asking Wen Zheng to deal with the Japanese on the southeast coast, and leave him with 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses. With Wen Zheng's ability, it should not be a problem for him to defend the southeast coast."
"No matter what, we can't let the people live under the knife of the Japanese pirates. After I deal with Zhang Wuji, I will destroy Japan."
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Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude was the same as Zhang Wuji's.
The only difference was that Zhang Wuji did not expect that he would only deploy 20,000 to 30,000 troops on the southeast coast.
But even so, it is already a good result.
Because Zhu Wen was the enemy general that gave Zhang Wuji the most headaches. At the beginning, he only had more than 20,000 people to withstand the attack of Chen Youliang's 600,000 people, and held out in Hongdu for more than three months. What Zhang Wuji was most worried about was that he would encounter this person when he went south to attack cities and strongholds.
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Another half month passed.
As expected, a troop of several thousand men arrived in the southeastern coastal area, especially in Fujian.
Zhu Yuanzhang gave Zhu Wenzhen 30,000 people and asked him to wipe out the Japanese in the southeastern coastal area.
Zhu Wenzhen personally came to Fujian with several thousand people.
This is the largest gathering place of the Japanese, so Zhu Wenzhen plans to personally eliminate the Japanese threat here.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang knew the situation here a long time ago. In Fujian alone, there were tens of thousands of Japanese. How could a normal caravan be so large?
The reason why he was not in a hurry to get rid of these Japanese was, firstly, because he did not expect that the small country of Japan would be so bold as to covet Middle-earth. The second reason was that he was busy fighting a bigger and more dangerous enemy.
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At this moment, Zhao Linger and the other three are still active in Fujian.
When they hid in the dark and saw thousands of soldiers, they were a little panicked.
Su Tanmei said: "Sister Queen, the commander of this army is Zhu Wenzhen. Could he be coming for us?"
Zhao Linger said: "Why are you panicking? To put it bluntly, the three of us are just three women. Even if this army is coming for us, they don't need a general like Zhu Wenzhen to lead the troops personally."
"Now, the battle between the young master and Zhu Yuanzhang is imminent. At this time, there must be other reasons for sending Zhu Wenzhen to this place."
Yu Fei's eyes had become sharp, and she couldn't help but put her hand on the hilt of the knife.
Zhao Linger felt the murderous intent: "Junior sister, don't be impulsive. Zhu Wenzhen is surrounded by soldiers. If we kill him, we can't escape."
Yu Fei took a deep breath and finally suppressed the murderous intent in his heart.
"Senior Sister, it's this Zhu Wen Zheng. When we were still in Dadu, he shot me with three arrows and I almost died."
Zhao Linger said: "I know your revenge. I will remember it for you. Let's see the situation first."
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Su Tanmei's worries were completely unnecessary. Zhao Linger's judgment was relatively accurate.
Zhu Yuanzhang sent his good nephew to wipe out the Japanese in the coastal areas.
In order to avoid causing unrest, Zhu Wenzhen did not start killing immediately after arriving here.
He first sent an envoy to find the leader of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce.
Zhu Wenzhen meant that there was a big business he wanted to do with the Japanese, something like developing shipping to promote trade, immigration between the two countries to promote diplomacy, and so on. In short, he said a lot of things.
Of course, these words were all false. Zhu Wenzhen only brought a few thousand soldiers with him. In order not to cause unrest, he had to do this.
When he arrived in Fujian and all the Japanese leaders gathered together, he began to kill them.
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In Fujian, the head of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce is a man named Kuki.
This person is a top-notch ninja in Japan. He has mastered the Japanese sword technique to perfection. It is said that he also knows ninjutsu, especially in earth escape technique, which is quite high.
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Fujian, Japanese Chamber of Commerce.
Jiugui was a little surprised when he learned that Zhu Wenzhen had sent an envoy.
Because he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang did not have a very friendly impression of them in Japan.
Therefore, Jiugui also became alert.
However, at this moment, the staff officer beside Jiugui said: "Sir, there may be a trap. Some time ago, the emperor sent an envoy to Zhang Wuji, intending to join forces with Zhang Wuji to eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhang Wuji's strength is far inferior to Zhu Yuanzhang. Without our help, he would find it difficult to fight against Zhu Yuanzhang."
"Therefore, I think that Japan and Zhang Wuji's Ming Dynasty have reached an agreement. It's just because the journey is long and we Japanese are not familiar with the terrain of Middle-earth, so we didn't get the news."
Jiugui thought for a while and said, "Oh, so what you mean is that Zhu Yuanzhang has learned about our alliance with Zhang Wuji, so he specially sent Zhu Wenzhen to eliminate us?"
The staff officer quickly said: "Your Excellency is wise. Zhu Wenzhen was also a famous general of the time. At the beginning, he only had 20,000 to 30,000 people to resist Chen Youliang's 600,000 troops."
"This man's bravery should not be inferior to that of my Japanese generals."
"We have to be on guard."
Jiugui had a headache: "The Emperor does want to divide Zhu Yuanzhang with Zhang Wuji, but now the Japanese troops have not yet assembled."
"It will take at least half a year just to assemble an army of hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. It will probably take a year for our Japanese army to land in Fujian."
"In this one year, it seems that the 18,000 ronin we have now can't make much waves."
The staff officer said: "Sir, the Han people's territory is too large and boundless. It is indeed difficult to achieve anything relying on these ronin in our hands. But now, Zhu Wen's garrison in Fujian has only five or six thousand people."
"Our ronin are all skilled in swordsmanship and should be able to fight."
"Anyway, our plan of forming an alliance with Zhang Wuji has been exposed. We have nearly 10,000 ronin under our command. It is a pipe dream to withdraw from Fujian in time."
"I suggest that you should fight. If you win, you will definitely receive rewards from His Majesty the Emperor."
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