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The shells rained down on both sides as if they were free.

However, it was clear that Kenjiro's side had more artillery, forcing Su Yuan's troops to temporarily find cover and retreat.

"My lord, the enemy's artillery is too powerful. Why don't I take the cavalry and take out their artillery positions?"

"Well, be careful."

Dong Hu, Su Yuan's most loyal subordinate, volunteered for the mission.

The enemy's artillery was the only thing Su Yuan feared. As long as he could destroy the enemy's artillery positions, the rest of the battle would be a matter of each side relying on their own abilities.

After receiving the order, Donghu waved to the rear and gathered his cavalry. Although these cavalrymen, like Gao Liguo before, were few in number and of varying quality, it was still a very rare thing to be able to gather a cavalry force of a thousand men in the island nation of Fusang.

Donghu led a cavalry force of a thousand men, making a large detour and quietly arriving at the enemy's rear.

On Kenshiro's side, everyone's attention was also on the other side. Who would have thought that Su Yuan would have such a big heart and dare to do such a risky thing?

"Charge!"

Donghu seized the opportunity, looked at the artillery position in front of him, and gave the order to charge.

At this point, the difference in skill between the two sides became apparent.

Even when surrounded by enemy troops, the cavalrymen on Donghu's side showed no fear and continued to charge forward.

Meanwhile, on Kenjiro's side, the soldiers in the artillery position were stunned and at a loss when they saw the cavalry charging towards them from a distance.

"Damn it, pick up your rifles and get moving, get moving!"

The commander kept whipping the soldiers around him, trying to wake them up. By the time they came to their senses and picked up their muskets to organize a counterattack, the cavalry had already charged in and started wielding their butcher knives.

At Kenjiro's command post in the distance, he suddenly heard that the cannons had stopped firing. When he looked at the artillery position, he felt like the sky had fallen.

Cavalrymen, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, were now wreaking havoc and slaughtering their own soldiers in their artillery positions.

"Rescue the artillery positions!!!"

His roar was tinged with a slight tremor; the artillery was Kenjiro's only reliance, and he could not afford to lose it.

. . . . . . .

"Quickly, bring the explosives."

The artillery positions were either dead or fled, and had now been cleared out by the Eastern Tiger cavalry.

The most urgent task is to destroy the artillery positions as soon as possible, because Donghu has already seen that the enemy's reinforcements are rushing towards them in the distance.

After igniting the explosives, Donghu led his cavalrymen frantically toward their position. Moments later, a deafening roar came from behind them.

"Boom~~~~"

Su Yuan looked up at the clouds rising from the sky, as if celebrating his victory in advance, while Kenshiro was like a deflated balloon. If it weren't for his subordinates supporting him, he probably would have collapsed to the ground.

"attack"

Before Kenshiro could react, Su Yuan launched the first attack, with soldiers carrying muskets advancing in an orderly manner.

Caught off guard, Kenjiro quickly realized what was happening and frantically launched a counterattack.

The great battle lasted for a full month, and as expected, Kenshiro was forced to retreat to an independent island in southern Japan. Only with the help of the Bull Demon King warship he bought from Zhou Wu was he able to slightly resist Su Yuan's attack.

Thus, the political landscape of Japan changed once again. Su Yuan occupied the main island of Japan, while Kenjiro eked out a living on a southern island.

When the battle report from Fusang was delivered to Zhou Wu, Zhou Wu was stunned.

"This Su Yuan is really awesome."

Back when he was in Gaoli, Zhou Wu had always heard that Su Yuan was the number one war god in Gaoli. He didn't really understand it, but he never expected that after his country was destroyed, he would run to Fusang, start from scratch, and almost destroy Fusang.

Zhou Wu had expected Kenjiro to come to him for help soon, but for some reason, Kenjiro was unusually calm this time.

. . . . . . .

Originally, the war in Fusang was an internal conflict, and the Great Dragon Kingdom had no reason to interfere. However, a secret letter from Crown Prince Li Junren made Zhou Wu realize that things were not so simple.

"The Tubo Kingdom has recently been making frequent moves in the border region with the Great Dragon."

The Crown Prince's letter mainly informed Zhou Wu of the recent unusual activities of the Tubo Kingdom. Although this matter was not directly related to Zhou Wu, Li Junren noticed that Zhou Wu seemed to have a particular aversion to Tubo, considering Zhou Wu's previous insistence on a marriage alliance with Tubo.

Before there was any progress on the matter in the Tubo Kingdom, news of Kenjiro arrived.

Zhou Wu had assumed it was a request for help, but this time the letter didn't mention it. It only told Zhou Wu that Su Yuan's warships had been frequently active in the eastern waters of the Great Dragon recently, and that Zhou Wu should be careful.

"Damn, what does this mean? Is it a coincidence, or did the two sides agree on it? Or is it Kenshiro's scheme?"

Zhou Wu's head was a little numb; why did things always seem to come together at once?

"Sir, the imperial army is stationed on the Tubo side, so we don't need to worry about it. But we are the navy, and there are people spying on us in the East China Sea, so we have to take it seriously."

As the leader of the navy, Lady Lin naturally had to shoulder the responsibilities of the navy at all times.

Zhou Wu also felt that what Lin Niangzi said made sense. It was not his place to manage the local land, but the East China Sea was his responsibility.

"Lady Lin, immediately order the navy to strengthen coastal patrols along the Great Dragon Pass, especially in the East China Sea."

"Yes, sir, there is one more thing."

"speak."

“Our Great Dragon’s coastal border is too long, but our naval base is only in the South China Sea. The original Niujia Town port has now become a trading port. If we are only responsible for the waters near the South China Sea, it is barely enough. But now we also have to patrol the East China Sea, so it is a bit too far to reach.”

After Lin Niangzi revealed the current state of the navy, Zhou Wu suddenly realized that he had indeed forgotten about the navy's most important base all along.

In Zhou Wu's era, a certain superpower also relied on its global navy to dominate the world. The biggest contributor to the fact that their navy could appear in any corner of the world was the naval bases that were everywhere.

“You’re right. That was something I didn’t consider. I’ll submit a memorial to His Majesty immediately to request the construction of more naval bases.”

Since the topic of bases has come up, Zhou Wu naturally had some ideas. In addition to his own Great Dragon Empire, he could also establish naval bases in other countries. He would learn from the plans of future superpowers and simply copy them.

However, the immediate priority is to resolve the issue of the domestic base.

Zhou Wu looked at the map of the Great Dragon. Although its level of detail could not compare with maps of later generations, it was still a rare find in this era.

"Sir, I suggest we add at least one more naval base."

Lin Niangzi's suggestion was still somewhat conservative, but she was probably worried that reporting too much would put Zhou Wu in a difficult position.