novelhk Chapter 812
Chapter 812
After a brief moment of shock, one of the scouts reacted and immediately turned to look at his companions.
"Go, go quickly, we must bring the news back to tell the general!"
Then, without waiting for the scout to speak, he grabbed the other's clothes and the two of them quickly left the mountain wall.
At the same time, after several days of travel, the navy army had set up camp less than a day's journey from Heian-kyo.
That night, Wei Wu was chatting with Shen Lin and others in the tent when suddenly a report came from outside the military tent.
"My Lord, the general wants you to come to the military tent. He says he has something important to discuss with you."
"Got it, I'll go right away!"
Wei Wu responded casually and stood up and walked towards the tent door, and then Heilang followed him silently.
Both Wei Wu and Shen Lin were no longer surprised by this.
These days, no matter where Wei Wu went, Heilang would follow him silently, even guarding the toilet outside.
Although it was a bit strange, he neither made trouble nor talked much, he just followed, so Wei Wu let him be.
He brought Black Wolf to Lan Yu's military tent. As soon as he lifted the curtain, he saw Lan Yu and Zhu Chong with frowns on their faces.
"Why are you so sad? What trouble did you encounter?"
Hearing Wei Wu's question, Lan Yu and Zhu Chong looked at each other, and then Lan Yu spoke:
"We are indeed in trouble, and it's not a small one."
"What's going on?"
Hearing Wei Wu's question, Lan Yu did not answer immediately, but sighed lightly and asked back.
"Xiao Wu, do you remember what you said before: the shogunate and the daimyo will be recruiting soldiers crazily?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Wu's eyes narrowed, but he did not speak. Then he listened to Lan Yu continue:
"They are indeed recruiting soldiers as you said, but their craziness is far crazier than we thought."
"how many people?"
After Lan Yu finished speaking, Wei Wu immediately asked a follow-up question, and then saw Lan Yu's serious expression and said:
"According to what our scouts saw, there are approximately 500,000 people gathered in Heian-kyō, and even Suzaku Avenue is packed."
Although it sounds outrageous that more than 500,000 people are standing on one street, it is actually not an exaggeration.
Zhuque Avenue is nearly three kilometers long and eighty-four meters wide, which converts to an area of approximately 252,000 square meters.
Even if calculated based on the population density of later gatherings, 0.5 square meters per person is enough to accommodate 500,000 people.
Not to mention that it is ancient times now. Ancient military formations were very crowded, with one person standing in almost 0.2 square meters.
According to this data, Zhuque Avenue can easily accommodate one million people, and in extreme cases it can even accommodate two million people.
What Wei Wu didn't expect was that he had previously estimated that the Japanese pirates could recruit about 150,000 to 200,000 soldiers.
But now this number has more than doubled. No wonder Lan Yu called me to discuss it. This matter is indeed very troublesome.
Although the navy had rifled flintlock rifles, the difference in numbers between the two sides was too great, even reaching more than twenty times.
With less than 30,000 troops fighting against more than 500,000, the Japanese pirates didn't even need any military strategies or tactics. They just had to mindlessly let the 500,000 troops charge forward.
The rifled flintlock rifle is not like the automatic rifle in Wei Wu's hand. It can not only load more ammunition, but also fire continuously.
Even if the three-stage shooting method of changing guns without changing people can increase the frequency of attacks, it cannot make up for the disadvantage of insufficient numbers.
If you can't eliminate the enemy quickly, they will definitely rush in front of you, and with the advantage in numbers, they can break through the musket array in one go.
This is just a mindless charge. If the Japanese pirates also use military tactics to disperse and encircle the enemy, the navy's firepower cannot be concentrated in one direction.
At that time, it will be easy to overwhelm the navy's weapon advantage with the advantage in numbers, and winning will be too easy.
I'm afraid Lan Yu didn't expect the situation to be reversed so polarized. No wonder his expression was so solemn.
However, Wei Wu was not as desperate as Lan Yu. Although the number of Japanese pirates far exceeded expectations, there was still a way to solve the problem.
So after a moment of silence, Wei Wu raised his head and looked at Lan Yu.
"Old Lan, you just said that the Japanese pirates are all concentrated in Heian-kyō, occupying all of Suzaku Avenue, right?"
"Yes, according to the scouts' description, the Japanese pirates have gathered all their soldiers on Suzaku Avenue."
After Lan Yu finished speaking, Wei Wu immediately sneered, and then said in a cold tone:
"That would be perfect! I like them all to be together. If they were separated, it would be harder for me to handle the situation!"
"Alright, leave this matter to me. I can't guarantee I'll get everything done, but I can definitely get rid of over a hundred thousand of them."
Hearing Wei Wu's words, the black wolf standing next to him suddenly fixed his eyes and took a step forward, wanting to say something.
But when he saw Lan Yu and Zhu Chong standing right next to him, he seemed to have thought of something and retreated silently.
Lan Yu didn't notice anything strange about Heilang, because he had already walked over quickly while Wei Wu was talking.
"Xiao Wu, are you serious? Do you really have a way to deal with hundreds of thousands of people?"
"Don't worry, I mean what I say. The army will advance as normal tomorrow, but don't start a war with the Japanese pirates. The decisive battle will be the day after tomorrow."
Hearing this, Lan Yu did not even ask Wei Wu what he was going to do. Instead, he nodded trustingly and said:
"Okay, I will postpone the start of the war to the day after tomorrow as you requested. What else do you need from me?"
"No, that's all. I'll go back to the tent and make preparations. I'll take everyone out of the barracks tonight."
"Row!"
After receiving Lan Yu's response, Wei Wu didn't say anything more. He turned around and left the military tent with Heilang.
Not long after, Wei Wu returned to his tent, but he did not go in. Instead, he turned to look at Heilang and asked:
"Just now in the military tent, you seemed to be hesitant to speak. Is there something you want to tell me?"
Hearing Wei Wu's question, Heilang was quite surprised. He didn't expect that his small movement would be noticed.
However, he did not hide it, and nodded openly and admitted:
"Yes, my lord!"
Seeing Heilang so calm, Wei Wu continued to ask:
"You didn't speak just now because you were worried about King Qin and Lan Yu. Now that they are gone, you can speak boldly."
"I hope that the Marquis can return to the Ming Dynasty with me immediately!"