When Zhao Xin and Li Cheng met their old friends, there were naturally countless things to say. For this reason, Li Cheng had prepared a banquet, and then the two of them had eaten and chatted. After talking about their own personal affairs, the two topics were involuntarily turned to the affairs of Japan. So Li Cheng asked: "Brother Xin, this time the march into Japan is a joint action of our Navy and the Imperial City Division, but the main thing is your Imperial City Division. Until now, I don't know what the plan is for this march into Japan?"

"Hehe, Brother Cheng, you are too polite. The main purpose of this operation is your navy. Although the plan of the operation seems very complicated, it is actually that the court has taken a fancy to the geographical location of Japan and wants to build several ports there. However, this will definitely arouse opposition from Japan, and the court is unwilling to spend too much money to occupy the entire Japan. Therefore, our mission this time is to first occupy a stronghold in Japan, and then our Imperial City Division will act in Japan with the stronghold as the center to provoke civil strife in Japan, so as to ensure that they have no time to take care of our actions in Japan." Zhao Xin briefly introduced the imperial court's plan, and after saying that, he gave Li Cheng a glass of wine.

At that moment, Li Cheng drank the wine in the cup, and then smiled and said, "So that's the case. The court is really careful and he is not willing to pay even this little money. However, we only occupy one place. Although we can provoke domestic fights in Japan, we also need to invest a lot of money every year. And if Japan counterattacks in the future, it may bring more trouble. So in my opinion, it is better to invest a lot of manpower and material resources at one time and directly destroy Japan, so that we can eliminate future troubles forever!"

"Brother Cheng, your concerns make sense, but the court also has its own difficulties. We just destroyed the Jin Kingdom some time ago, and although there was no war, we also needed a lot of troops to station in the local area to stabilize the situation. In addition, there are also Western Regions, Nanyang and other places, which require a large number of troops to be stationed. In addition, Australia south of the South Ocean has also been discovered, and the court is preparing to organize manpower and material resources to establish a stronghold in Australia. In this way, the court's financial resources are also a bit tight, so we have to be careful in everything, but there is no need to worry about the counterattack of Japan, because I will personally take charge of Japan and provoke internal strife in Japan, thereby weakening their strength. When their strength is reduced to the lowest point, the court should also take a break, and it is not too late to destroy them at that time." Zhao Xin explained helplessly at this time.

In fact, what Zhao Xin said is not entirely true. The real reason is that the capture of Japan was mainly to open up the Eastern route, but this was just Zhao Yan's statement, and it was not discussed by ministers in the court. Some people still had objections to this, so it was not realistic to ask the court to allocate more funds, even if Zhao Xu supported it. Therefore, after discussing with Zhao Xin, Zhao Xu decided to occupy a port in Japan first. Opening up an Eastern route, at least the court should see the benefits brought by the Eastern route, and they would not need to say anything else. The ministers in the court would definitely take the initiative to demand the destruction of Japan.

"That's true. The court has expanded too quickly in recent years. Not to mention, the Australian continent discovered in the South China Sea is almost nearly half of the Great Song Dynasty. And I heard that Australia has a lot of resources, but unfortunately, it takes huge investment to mine it. However, no matter how rich our Great Song Dynasty is, it is impossible for us to put out so much manpower and material resources at once. So we can only invest a little a year, and it is estimated that it will not be possible to completely occupy Australia if it is less than a few hundred years." Although Li Cheng is a genius general, he is not very familiar with politics. Therefore, he agrees with Zhao Xin's words very much.

After chatting about the main business, Zhao Xin and Li Cheng raised their glasses to each other again. In the end, both of them were drunk. It was not until noon the next day that Zhao Xin got up with his head covering his head. In contrast, Li Cheng had already woken up long ago. At this time, he had led the fleet to practice on the sea. He could become the most outstanding young general in the navy, and the rigor of the Han army was not comparable to ordinary people.

In the next few days, Li Cheng took Zhao Xin to get to know his naval fleet, and Zhao Xin also helped Li Cheng make some preparations. Because Li Cheng did not know the court's plan before, the fleet did not make corresponding preparations. However, this was not a big problem. The Imperial City Department was not just an intelligence department, but the energy they could use was also extremely large, so the fleet's preparations were completed quickly.

On a sunny morning, the fleet led by Zhao Xin and Li Cheng finally set sail from the Denshu Military Port. They first reached the waters of Koryoi, then crossed the Korean Strait and entered the waters of Japan, and passed through the strait between Kyushu Island and Honshu Island in Japan, and finally came to the southern part of the east coast of Honshu Island. There is a huge bay here, which is the Tokyo Bay of later generations, but now it is called Edo Bay, because the bay is surrounded by the fiefdom of the Edo family of the Japanese rich. As for the historical Edo Castle, the name of Edo Bay has been confirmed.

Compared with the later Tokyo Bay, the Edo Bay is still a virgin land that has not been developed. Except for some Japanese fishermen fishing here, there are no other people in the bay. As for the Edo family, which ruled here, it mainly lives in the inland, that is, in the northwest corner of Tokyo, where there are houses built by the Edo family, which is actually a gathering place for clans, and is still quite far from the bay.

Although the Edo clan belongs to a wealthy clan in Japan, its strength is actually very weak. They belong to the branch of the Chichibu clan, which is a branch of the Kagoe clan of the Musashi country. The Kagoe clan is a branch of the Hoshiyama clan, which belongs to a branch of the Hirashi clan. From the above, it can be seen that the Edo clan is actually just a small wealthy clan in the local area and does not have much power at all. Especially now that the Hirae clan has been destroyed by the Genji, the powerful clan belonging to the Hirae clan has also been greatly reduced. However, the Edo clan has not been greatly affected because they have no strength at all and are just ruling several small fishing villages around Edo Bay. There is no way to find a decent armor in the entire clan.
Chapter completed!