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Chapter 261 North or East?
After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere on the table immediately became warm.

Not to mention that people all over the world in later generations like to talk things over the wine table. Wine can indeed quickly bring people closer and eliminate barriers.

After chatting for a while, seeing that everyone else had almost finished eating, Chen Xun started talking about business.

"The Battle of Kaijing is over, and it is only a matter of time before the entire territory of Koryo is occupied."

"Yes, Goryeo is very mountainous. We can first take advantage of the waterways to occupy the big cities along the coast, and then recruit local people as auxiliary troops to slowly eliminate the remaining forces in the mountains." Han Shizhong continued.

"How long is it expected to take?" Chen Xun asked.

"The King of Goryeo still has at most [-] elite men. According to the early pace, excluding the influence of the Jin Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom, it is conservatively estimated that the entire territory of Goryeo can be conquered in three months." Han Shizhong replied, and after speaking, he looked at Ke Lei .

"Yes, three months is enough. If the King of Korea stops running to the Anbian Protectorate, this time will be shorter." Ke Lei added.

Anbyon Protectorate belongs to the eastern boundary, located in the northeastern corner of Korea. It is separated from the western boundary of Xijing by a mountain range. It is too slow to go by land. It is too slow to go by water to go around the entire Korean Peninsula to the northernmost point of the east coast. Time consuming.

"Since this has been considered, we will send people to occupy the checkpoints between the East and West in advance, and then attack Xijing after cutting off the way for King Gaoli to escape east." Chen Xun pointed out.

"What the Governor said makes sense, I'll do as you say." The two agreed immediately.

It is estimated that they did not consider the pros and cons of Chen Xun's suggestion, and they were all thinking of responding first and then talking.

This made Chen Xun a little embarrassed. He knew in his heart that this was the disadvantage of being deified. His subordinates would become less and less able to refute his decisions or even suggestions.

"After capturing the Kingdom of Korea, what are your next plans?" Chen Xun asked directly without giving any suggestions.

The two looked at each other and put down their chopsticks. They must have thought about it before. Finally, Ke Lei answered Chen Xun's question.

"According to the previous division, Wang Yuan and Lu Hui are responsible for the south of the Yangtze River, and the two of us are responsible for the north." This was to first delineate a rough range for them.

"That's right." Chen Xun said.

"There are only two major powers in the north near the sea, and that is the Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Japan. That means we have only two directions to choose from, either continuing north along the land route, or heading east across the sea." Ke Lei said.

"Yes." Chen Xun had a large appetite and continued to eat while listening to the two people's plans.

"We need an opportunity now. It depends on whether the Japanese country sends ships to support Goryeo first, or the Jin Kingdom sends troops south to support Goryeo. We can then take the opportunity to counterattack."

"Is it over?" Seeing that the two of them stopped talking, Chen Xun asked, "What if neither side sends people over, or if both sides send people over?"

The two of them were still somewhat passive in their plan, probably because they couldn't figure out what Chen Xun was planning.

"Speak boldly. We are all commander-in-chief now. I will not always arrange tasks and make plans for you." Chen Xun encouraged.

"Okay." Ke Lei continued after drinking a glass of wine: "Actually, we prefer to go north first."

"Why?" This answer was beyond Chen Xun's expectation. Logically speaking, Ke Lei's navy was far stronger than the army, so they should choose to cross the sea and head east.

"The Northland originally belonged to the Liao Kingdom. Before the Liao Kingdom, it was the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, most people in the Northland understand Chinese and it is easier to communicate with us. Although the east side has learned a lot of Central Plains knowledge, the people in the east have inherited a completely independent language. Text. So the two of us thought it would be easier to go north instead of east." Ke Lei replied.

This answer is far-fetched. The Liao Kingdom was founded more than 200 years ago. After the Khitan people established the Khitan Dynasty, in order to meet the needs of politics, economy and culture, they created two scripts based on Chinese characters to record the Khitan language.

Although the Liao Dynasty was destroyed and the Jin Dynasty prospered, Khitan characters, Jurchen characters and Chinese characters coexisted in the territory of the Jin Dynasty, but the main characters were Khitan characters and Khitan language, and very few people knew Chinese.

Similarly, the Japanese admired the culture of the Central Plains and had many people who knew Chinese and Chinese characters.The gap in communication between the two places is not very big.

"Tell the truth." Chen Xun did not believe this rhetoric.

"Captain, actually we two feel that the Japanese country is there. Whenever we attack it, we have to rely on our navy. Sooner or later, the credit will be ours." When Han Shizhong saw Chen Xun asking, he directly told the real reason: "The Jin Kingdom in the north is different. Both Lai Qingyun and Gan Ping may reach the Jin Kingdom's lair before us and seize the credit for destroying the country."

After Chen Xun left the Xuzhou Group Army and returned to Guangzhou, Gan Ping had become the de facto commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou Group Army.

"Well, this seems more believable." Chen Xun nodded and continued eating.

Ke Lei was a little embarrassed and took his men to drink.

He quickly swept away the food in front of him, asked the guards to clear the table, laid out the map, and the military meeting officially began.

"Judging from the map, the supply pressure for the next attack on Japan and Jin will be huge."

Chen Xun pointed at the northern part of the Japanese Kingdom and the heart of the Jin Kingdom with a long pole.

"But overall, the territory of Japan is still further south than that of Jin. What does this mean?" Chen Xun asked.

At present, the Japanese Kingdom has not yet occupied Hokkaido, and Hokkaido is still called Ezo Land, so in terms of latitude, the Japanese Kingdom's location is similar to that of the Koryo Kingdom.

"This shows that in winter, the Jin will be colder than the Japanese." An officer responded first.

"That's right, Jinhui is much colder than Waguo." Chen Xun nodded.

In fact, in addition to the latitude difference, there is also the influence of the climate of the Japanese islands.

The heat capacity of water is higher than that of land. In winter, the vast ocean will release the stored heat, making the temperature of the island country Wa higher than that of the mainland at the same latitude.

"If we attack Wa country first, how long will it take to complete the strategy?" Chen Xun asked.

"Depending on the amount of troops invested, if there are still only two of our armies, it will take at least a year. If we can increase some troops, or the governor can help us deal with the Japanese navy, this time can be shortened to six to nine months." Ke Ray replied.

These data had been calculated by the army's general staff. The military intelligence department, along with the caravan, had already conducted a thorough investigation of the Japanese military deployment.

In this era, all countries have minimal defenses against military intelligence spies.

"According to my naval calculations to help you deal with the Japanese country, we will conquer Goryeo in April and then march into the Japanese country. It will end in October at the earliest and it will be winter again." Chen Xun concluded.

"In winter, the difficulty of going north will increase sharply." Han Shizhong suddenly realized.

"What if we go north first?" Chen Xun asked.

"Then we can take advantage of the summer to advance quickly, and when winter comes, we will be free to go south to attack the Japanese country." Han Shizhong replied.

"This should be the reason why you chose to go north and then east." Chen Xun looked at Ke Lei and teased.

"Yes, the governor is right. In fact, that's what I thought in my heart, but I haven't straightened it out yet." Ke Lei immediately climbed up the pole and was quite thick-skinned.

"You guy..." Chen Xun rolled his eyes helplessly.

(End of this chapter)