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"So that's it. It's not enough to form a coalition to conquer Yan. We actually want to form an Eastern-Turk Alliance. Your Highness, why is this Japanese always targeting us? We really deserve a beating!"

Zhao Xu explained to everyone, and Lu Chang's eyes widened, as if he wanted to kill someone. read

Chang Wei was extremely angry in his heart, but as the highest general of the royal family, he was much calmer, "So, they are trying to delay time to promote this bullshit Eastern Territory Alliance."

"Not bad." Zhao Xu nodded.

"Liang Kai has always thought highly of himself. Will he comply with Japan's wishes? Furthermore, Liang Kai has always been dissatisfied with Japan." Chang Wei said thoughtfully.

"There are no eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests. In order to fight against this king, this possibility is not small." Zhao Xu looked to the south.

Japan's plan is to make the Han family, Wang family, and Xie family resist themselves.

To promote an alliance, they will bring together three powerful families to join the Wu Kingdom.

This is tantamount to twisting the Dasong clan into a rope to deal with him.

According to the information disclosed by the Japanese, this idea was not only the Watanabe case, but also involved the participation of the Sam Country and the British consul.

In this world, a shit stirrer is still a shit stirrer.

In the contemporary eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in order to contain the rise of continental European powers, the United Kingdom has been pursuing an offshore balancing strategy of pulling one against the other.

To deal with Spain, Britain united with France

In order to deal with Napoleon, the British formed an anti-French alliance.

In order to prevent the Russians from gaining access to the sea, it joined forces with France to defeat the Russians in Crimea.

But now, the villains of the Eastern Territory, Japan, the big troublemaker of Britain, and the country of Sam, the future troublemaker, are mixed together, extending a dark hand to Dasong.

"I will let you understand that in the face of absolute strength, a group of rubbish are still rubbish together." Zhao Xu secretly said.

Then he said to Chang Wei: "The rest of the war will be left to you. Cooperate with Ma Han to capture the territory north of Jiujiang as soon as possible and unify the north of Dasong. If conditions permit, we will cross the river and go south."

He didn't know when this so-called Eastern-Turkish Alliance would be established.

But once this alliance is established, it will inevitably have an impact on his strategy.

Therefore, before this alliance is established and takes action, he must capture as much territory and population as possible.

As Chang Wei said, it is not unreasonable for Liang Kai to think highly of himself.

At present, the population of Dasong is more in the south and less in the north.

According to officials from the imperial household department who fled to Yancheng.

The current population of Dasong on the books totals more than 96 million.

Sixty-five million of them gathered in the south of Jiujiang.

There are only more than 30 million people in the north.

Of course, Zhao Xu would not completely believe this number.

Because in ancient times, due to limited conditions, household registration statistics were very imperfect, and there were many illegal households.

It is reasonable that the population of Dasong should be at least about 20 million more.

But even so, the population of the north still does not exceed 40 million.

After all, there have been years of war in the north, and a lot of people have died.

Especially places like Ningjin Dusi, Jinzhou, Qinzhou, and Yongzhou.

The number of soldiers he sacrificed can be counted, but the number of people who died at the hands of Beidi in the war cannot be counted.

Population means labor force, market consumption capacity, and is also a part of national strength.

Regardless of whether the Eastern-Turkish Alliance will be established or not, taking the north is the first step in his plan.

In this way, he will be able to control about 40 million people, and with the help of industry, no one will be able to stop his rise.

By then, all alliances will be in vain in front of him.

"Your Highness is going back to Yancheng?" Chang Wei asked.

He was a little reluctant to let go. He could learn a lot by fighting with King Yan.

Zhao Xu nodded, "The Yan Alliance is in pieces, and the remaining powerful tribes' armies are like lost dogs. The next war will be just a boring battle for the city, and I will not participate."

Looking east, he continued, "Back in Yancheng, I still have one big thing to do."

Japan spared no effort to deal with him, but he always had to retaliate.

How can there be any reason not to fight back when being beaten?

After destroying the Japanese Navy, the Yanzhou Navy is now invincible at sea.

He wants to take advantage of this moment to seize the islands that Japan has occupied in the Eastern Sea Territory over the years, including the Ryukyu Kingdom and Yizhou.

And according to the information provided by Fei Wen, the steamship technology of the Western Continent has long been mature.

If the Eastern-Turkish Alliance is established, the British will use steamships to pull their sail warships, and together with the warships of the Sam people and the Japanese, they will confront his navy in the Eastern-Turkish waters and intervene in his fight for the islands on the sea.

It will be difficult for him to win these two places again.

After all, according to the intelligence of the Japanese, the main purpose of establishing the Eastern-Turkish Alliance was to contain him.

Then they will block all actions that are beneficial to them.

Of course, once his own steamship was launched, he no longer had to worry about their warships.

But this will have to wait for a while.

Therefore, it is better to capture these places when you have a comprehensive advantage and station troops on them.

He believed that with the strength of the royal family's troops, they would never be able to take it back.

After settling the matter, he asked Chang Wei to continue marching to Lucheng, while he went to Yancheng.

Three days later, he returned to Yancheng.

Then, people called Zhou Yi from Jinghai.

There is another person, the Crown Prince of Ryukyu Kingdom.

After telling him his purpose, Ryukyu Kingdom Crown Prince Shang Bin suddenly trembled with excitement.

He knelt down with a bang and cried loudly, "Thank you for your great kindness, Your Highness. Thank you for your great kindness, Your Highness. After thirty years, the Ryukyu Kingdom will finally be restored."

As he spoke, he kept kowtowing to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu helped him up and said with a smile: "I promised you once, and I will certainly do it. However, you must not forget your promise."

Shang Bin nodded, "Your Highness, rest assured. The Ryukyu Kingdom will always be loyal to Your Highness. When I return to Ryukyu, I will dedicate the most beautiful Ryukyu women to Your Highness every year."

"Ahem, this is not necessary. I praise the natural treasures of nature and there is never a shortage of beauties." Zhao Xu said, "After defeating the Japanese soldiers stationed in Ryukyu, you must cooperate with the Yanzhou Navy to establish supply points and provide all necessary support. This enough."

For Zhao Xu, his ambition is to turn Ryukyu into the territory of Dasong.

After all, time is no longer in modern times.

If Ryukyu were an independent king, it might become a maritime fortress contested by external forces in the future.

After all, no one can guarantee whether the next Ryukyu king will remain loyal to Daisong.

But at the moment, he does not want to be an outsider and directly conflict with the people of the Ryukyu Kingdom like Japan.

It is most convenient and effective to support Shang Bin to restore his country.

In the future, he will ask Shang Bin to formally merge the Ryukyu Kingdom into Daisong by announcing that it will join Daisong.