Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 811

As he spoke, Lan Yu took out a map and spread it on the table. He calculated in his mind for a while before continuing.

"The distance between Yoshino Castle and Heian-kyo isn't far, but the road is difficult to travel on. It will probably take about ten days to get there."

"As for the Japanese pirates, although Heian-kyo is the capital, the city's resources cannot sustain a large army for a long time."

"They will also be anxious to start a war, so I suspect that the decisive battle between us will begin within half a month."

Within half a month?

After hearing Lan Yu's answer, Wei Wu fell into deep thought again.

In fact, for Wei Wu, it was a good thing that the shogunate summoned daimyo from all over the country to gather their troops in Heian-kyo.

In the final analysis, Wei Wu had only one purpose in coming to the Japanese pirates: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a massacre to repay debts with massacre!

Before this, he had originally planned to use the prestige of Hou Yuanrong and the Japanese pirate royal family to gather a large number of Japanese pirate people in Heian-kyo.

As it turned out, man proposes, God disposes. The Japanese pirate royal family was detained by the shogunate and charged with treason.

But now it doesn’t matter whether there is Hou Yuanrong or not. After all, the current actions of the shogunate are very much in line with Wei Wu’s requirements.

Anyway, as long as the Japanese pirates were massacred, it didn't matter to Wei Wu whether they were civilians or soldiers.

So, after pondering for a moment, Wei Wu looked at Lan Yu and asked:

"Then how long do you think it will take to determine the winner of this decisive battle?"

"Three days!"

Lan Yu looked at Wei Wu with pride, and then continued:

"Even if, as you suspect, the Japanese pirates recruited a large number of troops, it would be useless. Facing the navy's firearms, they would only be defeated."

After receiving Lan Yu's affirmative answer, Wei Wu turned to look at Heilang.

"You stay with me for twenty days. After twenty days, regardless of the outcome, I will go back to Ming with you. How about that?"

"I will obey your orders, my Lord!"

After reaching an agreement with Heilang, Wei Wu's frown relaxed, and he shouted outside the tent.

"Shen Lin, go and fetch your wife and mother-in-law. We will return to Daming in twenty days."

"I understand, Master!"

Shen Lin responded outside the tent, then randomly picked two team members and rushed to pick up his wife.

Hearing the footsteps gradually fading away, Wei Wu couldn't help but laugh in his heart: It's only been a short time since we've been apart, and you're already so impatient.

After two days, the navy had almost rested, so Lan Yu did not stay any longer.

The next morning, he gave the order to set off and led the navy slowly towards Heian-kyo.

However, what he didn't expect was that all the towns on the way to Heian-kyo were cleared out.

Because there were no obstructions, the march went extremely smoothly, and the distance that was expected to take five days was covered in just three days.

Seeing that something was wrong, Lan Yu immediately sent out a large number of scouts to investigate the situation ahead, and then brought back two pieces of news.

The first news is that their marching efficiency will be greatly accelerated because there are basically no people in the towns ahead.

The second piece of news was that according to the footprints, the scouts judged that all the Japanese pirates should have gathered in Heian-kyo.

But the specific situation still needs to wait for the subsequent scouts to bring back news!

As time passed, the scouts brought back more and more news, but they were basically the same.

However, the navy's marching speed was much faster. It was expected that the journey, which originally took ten days, would be completed in seven days.

As the distance to Heian-kyo got closer, the scouts found more useful information.

On this day, two naval scouts approached Heian-kyo and quietly climbed to the top of a mountain wall.

But when they looked over at Heian-kyo, they were shocked by what they saw.

The place was packed with people, probably hundreds of thousands of them according to a rough estimate.