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Kojiro immediately took out all the money he had brought with him, and after counting it and friendly negotiations between the two parties...

Kojiro agreed to use the southern part of Japan as collateral and paid a 10% down payment to purchase ten Ox-King-class battleships.

With the warship in hand, Kojiro immediately became more confident. When he returned to Fusang, he was even able to lead the fleet behind him and circle around Fusang.

Su Yuan's men naturally saw it, and needless to say, they all knew that these warships must have been obtained from Zhou Wu.

"Immediately issue the order: launch a full-scale attack on Kojiro!"

Upon hearing his subordinates' report, Su Yuan immediately ordered the entire army to launch an attack, determined to nip Kojiro in the bud.

. . . . . . .

When Kojiro returned to the south with his fleet, his subordinates rushed to report.

"Sir, the enemy army numbers 200,000 and is advancing towards us in three columns."

"Sir, the enemy navy has also split into two groups and is heading towards us."

"What~!"

Kojiro was furious when his subordinates brought him bad news.

Originally, with the purchase of the ships, the future looked very promising, but no one expected Su Yuan to act so quickly.

Kojiro now deeply regrets his boastful time leading his fleet around Japan.

"Immediately organize all personnel to prepare for defense against the enemy."

"Yes."

The warships had just been purchased, and the crew was not yet proficient in operating them. Just sailing was already difficult enough, let alone fighting.

Therefore, these ships are currently in Kojiro's hands and can only serve as showpieces. The only ships he can truly rely on are the army.

Su Yuan was determined to eliminate Kojiro this time because all signs indicated that Kojiro had the shadow of Kenjiro, and he feared that the regime he had worked so hard to build would be overthrown again.

This time, Dong Hu personally led 200,000 troops straight to the south.

Kojiro originally only had 100,000 regular troops, but after learning that the enemy had 200,000 troops, he urgently conscripted nearly 200,000 more, making the ratio 300,000 to 200,000.

Although Kojiro had thirty men, two hundred thousand of them were temporarily conscripted, and the remaining one hundred thousand were farmers who had only recently acquired firearms. In terms of individual soldier quality, they were certainly inferior to Su Yuan's soldiers.

A war between the two sides is about to break out.

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South China Sea.

"My lord, although Kojiro seems to have 300,000 men, which is 100,000 more than Su Yuan, if war breaks out, Kojiro will undoubtedly be defeated without any surprises."

Lin Niangzi's navy was constantly monitoring the situation in Japan, and she would inform Zhou Wu of any new developments immediately.

"Big brother, should we get involved? Otherwise, Kojiro, whom we've worked so hard to raise, will be wiped out before he even makes a splash."

Niu Er was also anxiously watching from the sidelines. Zhou Wu's plan and the core circle of the South China Sea were all known.

Zhou Wu supported Kojiro to disrupt Japan and let Da Long reap the benefits. Now that Kojiro has just started to make progress, he is about to be killed by Su Yuan, and the original plan will be completely disrupted.

"It's alright, don't interfere."

Zhou Wu wasn't as anxious as the two of them; instead, he smiled slightly. However, Niu Er and Lin Niangzi were even more worried. Had the master not understood what they had just said?

"What! Brother, what are you saying?"

"Sir, what are you doing?"

“I had a backup plan from the moment Kojiro asked me for a loan to buy a boat.”

"A backup plan?"

Zhou Wu had never mentioned this backup plan before, so neither of them knew what it was.

"This backup plan was just something I came up with on a whim. Do you remember what Kojiro used as collateral when he took out a loan to buy the ship?"

Zhou Wu gave them a hint, and the two of them immediately understood.

"Southern Japan, so what? I couldn't understand it at the time. What use was this collateral for, sir? If Kojiro could win against Su Yuan, he could naturally pay off the loan for the ship. But if Su Yuan won, then this collateral would be worthless."

Lin Niang's words were agreed upon by Niu Er and the others, indicating that everyone's vision was not broad enough or high enough, so Zhou Wu had to come out and explain himself.

“That’s right. If Kojiro wins, he will naturally conquer more land and cities and gain more people. Then he will naturally have money to repay the loan. But if he loses, it doesn’t mean we will lose money. At least Kojiro has mortgaged the south to us.”

"My lord, didn't Madam Lin just say that if Kojiro loses, will Su Yuan hand over the southern region to us?"

"Of course not."

Zhou Wu directly stated the answer everyone was thinking, but this only confused them more. The master knew that Su Yuan would not give the south to us, so what exactly did the master mean?

"With this mortgage agreement, we'll have an excuse, won't we?"

Everyone was stunned for three seconds, then showed expressions of joy.

"Yes, sir, you are so clever. This is exactly the excuse we have been looking for to send troops to Japan."

"As expected, it still takes the adults to handle this."

"Brother, that's awesome."

The imperial court had long approved Zhou Wu's request to send troops to the South China Sea and had also provided 500,000 militiamen. Although these militiamen were not very useful, at least the matter of sending troops to Japan was definitely approved.

Under Zhou Wu's leadership, the entire South China Sea region had made ample preparations. However, when everything was ready, they discovered that there was no reasonable reason to send troops.

That's why the puppet support plan came about. However, the puppet plan followed the same old path as Kenshiro's earlier plan, and at that time, the idea of ​​mortgaging was not yet in mind.

The idea of ​​mortgaging the ship was really a spur-of-the-moment decision made by Zhou Wu when Kojiro came to buy it.

The current situation is that if Kojiro wins, Zhou Wu can slowly control the lifeline of the entire Fusang without losing a single soldier. If Kojiro loses, then he can personally lead the expedition, and a small Fusang will be easy to capture.

Only then did everyone realize Zhou Wu's profound thoughts and strategies.

He usually seems carefree and nonchalant, but when it really matters, he's better than everyone else.

"Gentlemen, let's prepare for both possibilities. If Kojiro wins, he will definitely come to us again to purchase food, military equipment and other supplies. In that case, we need to prepare to infiltrate the people of Japan by providing them with economic, livelihood and food supplies. If Kojiro loses, then we will lead our troops to conquer Japan ourselves."

"Yes~"

Everyone immediately went down and began preparations as Zhou Wu had instructed.

The war between Kojiro and Su Yuan is causing anxiety not only on both sides, but also on the South China Sea side, who are closely monitoring the developments on the battlefield.

On the southern front, it has been raining for the past few days. Because this will affect the use of muskets and artillery, both sides have temporarily held back their troops. Everyone is waiting for the rain to stop so that another bloody battle can break out.