Chapter 1577: Don’t Get Involved

Later, the results of the interrogation of Zhao Liuliang and others came out.

The one they encountered this time was not Minamoto Nagamasa's main force.

In the past two years, Minamoto Nagamasa has been annexing other forces.

Minamoto no Nagamasa has defeated most of the lords of Yu Country and occupied nearly 70% of Yu Country's territory.

But where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Several lords in the southern part of Yu Country knew that they could not defeat Minamoto Nagamasa alone, so they formed an alliance at the beginning of last year to fight against Minamoto Nagamasa.

The ambitious Minamoto no Nagamasa also wanted to deal with these lords together.

Today, Minamoto no Nagamasa's main naval forces are still in the south to encircle their opponents.

The more than 80 warships in Minamoto Nagamasa's hands are the naval forces that stayed behind in Minamoto Nagamasa's old nest.

Its function is also to prevent the navy of other lords from sneaking around and stealing the home.

After learning that they were marching towards Yu Country, Minamoto Nagamasa rushed back from the south to lead the troops into battle.

As for Minamoto Nagamasa's subsequent plans, the prisoners were not able to know them.

However, Zhao Liuliang judged that Yuan Changzheng now has three choices.

First, take the initiative to make peace with those lords, and unite with them to fight against Daqian’s navy.

Second, Minamoto no Nagamasa withdrew his troops directly from the south and concentrated all the forces of the navy to prevent them from landing.

Third, abandon everything that exists and lead the navy to attack the coast of Daqian, forcing them to return to defend.

But based on Takeshi Sanada's understanding of Minamoto no Nagamasa, Minamoto no Nagamasa would probably not choose the third option.

It is impossible for Minamoto Nagamasa not to know that with his limited military force, it would be useless even if he harassed the coastal areas of Daqian, unless they could directly land in Daqian and attack the Daqian Imperial City.

Otherwise, they would have no choice but to launch harassment in the coastal areas of Daqian.

As long as Daqian makes careful arrangements, he won't even have the chance to go ashore.

Once they lost their base camp, they would not be able to obtain supplies through looting, and there would be no need to fight subsequent battles. Minamoto Nagamasa's army would naturally collapse.

Looking at the message sent by Zhao Liuliang, Yun Zheng couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"What do you think?"

Yun Zheng asked Jia Yao with a smile.

"See with your eyes!"

Jia Yao answered seriously.

"..."

Yun Zheng was speechless and secretly called out "little naughty boy" in his heart.

However, there seems to be nothing wrong with what she said.

Facing Yun Zheng's gaze, Jia Yao couldn't help laughing, "I don't know anything about naval warfare, so it's useless for you to ask me."

Yun Zheng shook his head gently: "You don't understand naval warfare, but you understand strategy!"

He doesn't really understand naval warfare!

Now, Zhao Liuliang’s attainments in naval warfare are definitely better than his.

Even Shen Kuan knows more about naval warfare than he does.

He doesn't interfere in the fighting at sea.

But the overall strategy will definitely depend on him.

strategy?

Jia Yao rolled his eyes at him. The war had gotten to this point, and there was still any strategy to talk about.

However, after thinking for a moment, she still gave her own judgment: "If I were Minamoto Nagamasa, I would definitely not continue to fight with other lords under this situation. I should promise them benefits, make peace with them, and unite against the outside world! At the same time, send a small number of warships to harass the coastal areas of Daqian..."

After seeing the power of Daqian's naval guns, Minamoto Nagamasa should not be able to confront them head-on again.

Takeshi Sanada's analysis makes a lot of sense.

There is no way Minamoto Nagamasa would abandon their old nest.

But this does not mean that Minamoto Nagamasa will not send troops to harass the coastal areas of Daqian.

"Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought."

Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, "To be honest, I'm not afraid of them uniting to attack the outside world! What I'm afraid of is that they will endlessly harass our coastal areas. Although I have made arrangements in advance, I'm still not at ease..."

Jia Yao was surprised, "You have so many generals who are capable of fighting on their own, are you still worried?"

"It's not that I don't trust them."

Yun Zheng shook his head slightly, "Our coastline is too long! With such a long coastline, there must be places with weak defenses!"

Their long coastline is their fatal weakness.

Even if he had a million soldiers, it would be impossible for him to defend every place.

If Minamoto no Nagamasa really sent troops to harass their coastal areas and successfully landed in places where their defenses were weak, they would definitely suffer losses.

He is a little greedy.

He just wanted to keep the battlefield within the territory of Yu State.

I don’t want the Yu Kingdom to cause any damage to the coast of Daqian.

In his eyes, Yu Country is now a dead fish.

Going to catch dead fish and getting splashed with smelly water by the dead fish may not have a big impact, but it is still disgusting!

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Jia Yao comforted him: "You are here now, and you can't control the situation in Daqian! If Yuan Changzheng really sends a small part of his troops to harass the coastal areas of Daqian, you can only choose to believe that those generals will take the right countermeasures."

Yun Zheng touched his chin and said, "I was wondering if there is any way for us to prevent the Yuan bandits from even having the chance to send troops to harass our coastal areas!"

Ga Yao was surprised.

He is so greedy!

Does he even want to control this?

Jia Yao lowered his head and thought for a while, then tentatively said, "How about waiting for our vanguard troops to land and then letting them spread the word that anyone who dares to harass the coastal areas of Daqian will be killed?"

“That doesn’t seem realistic.”

Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "According to the time calculation, it will take at least three or four days for the vanguard army to land in Yu Country! In these three or four days, the source bandits may have already sent their men out."

"This...is true."

Jia Yao nodded in agreement and racked his brains to think.

But after thinking about it, she couldn't think of any other solution.

In the end, Jia Yao just gave up.

She knew nothing about naval warfare, and now that they were at sea, there were many things she could not do.

Yun Zheng thought quietly for a while, then asked Lin Ji to bring pen and ink, quickly wrote a letter, and asked someone to send a speedboat to deliver it to Zhao Liuliang of the front army.

"Split the troops?"

When Zhao Liuliang saw the letter sent by Yun Zheng, he couldn't help but frown.

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Liuliang asked Sanada Takeshi again: "What do you think of His Highness's suggestion?"

Yun Zheng simply gave his judgment and provided some suggestions.

But the decision lies with him and Takeshi Sanada.

If he and Takeshi Sanada feel that dividing the troops is inappropriate, then they will not do so.

Sanada Takeshi thought for a moment and shook his head, saying, "I personally do not recommend splitting up the troops! Even if we split up the troops, we can just land in different places instead of sending a part of them directly around to the south."

"why?"

Zhao Liuliang continued to ask.

Personally, he didn't quite agree with dividing the troops.

From what they learned, the Yu Kingdom could concentrate at least two to three hundred warships.

Although they had strong ships and powerful guns, it was his first time to fight such a large-scale naval battle. He would be lying if he said he was not at all nervous.

He was worried that once their troops were divided, they would be attacked by the main fleet of Yu State.

Sanada Takeshi replied: "If we divide our forces, we will be easily attacked by Minamoto Nagamasa's main force. There are too many things we can use on the sea! Instead of us actively looking for them to fight, why not let them take the initiative to fight us!"

They did have strong ships and powerful guns.

But these are omnipotent!

Once they enter a specific area or encounter special weather, their advantages may not be brought into play.

Their army gathered together to fight against more unknown dangers.

Zhao Liuliang thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "Then I will summarize our opinions and report them to Your Highness!"