As someone from the future, Zhu Yijun knew what the slave trade represented. He also knew what kind of waves the slave trade would cause and how much blood would be shed.
However, letting others bleed was better than letting one's own people bleed.
How many corpses of his countrymen were buried under America's railways? How many corpses of his countrymen were buried in Japan's mines? In this era, it was a dog-eat-dog era.
The Great Geographical Discovery was followed by the global dog-eat-dog era.
In this era, it was impossible to be alone. Through colonization and the slave trade, domestic conflicts, and at the same time, plundering resources to speed up the process of modernization, this was something that must be done.
Zhu Yijun did not care about the evaluation of the future generations. Even if he cared, Zhu Yijun felt that he would not be too bad.
England was known as a country of gentlemen, but in reality?
That was a country of pirates. England's development was the infamous African slave trade and the infamous Opium War.
Elizabeth I, who awarded medals to pirates, was also respected. Those pirates who established England's colonies were also known as seafarers. Zhu Yijun did not believe that his troops would lose to anyone.
As long as the country's strength could keep up, the Daming would definitely be able to produce a navy of millions.
No country had the size of the Daming, and no place could stop the Daming's footsteps. Under the range of the cannons, it was all Daming's territory. Wherever his sword pointed, it would be the Emperor's subjects.
This road was opened by the Japanese Empire, and the Japanese Empire became the stepping stone for the Daming's colonization.
Li Xun, of course, did not know that Zhu Yijun had already made so many plans. He also did not know that the Daming Emperor had been preparing for this day for a long time. However, he was still very happy.
Attacking the Japanese Empire, robbing money, robbing women, Li Xun was very excited.
If Zhu Yijun wanted to use the North Koreans, he would naturally give them benefits. As for the combat power of the North Koreans, Zhu Yijun did not doubt it.
Facing the Japanese Empire's Sengoku elites, the Koreans might not be a match for them.
However, if they were to charge into the Japanese Empire, they would also turn into tigers and wolves, especially when it came to looting.
Zhu Yijun believed that the North Koreans would be more ruthless than Daming, and more ruthless than Daming.
In this battle, North Korea's pain was unforgettable. With revenge and riches, the North Koreans would definitely be able to unleash a shocking amount of power. This was also another reason why Zhu Yijun wanted to use the North Koreans.
After Zhu Yijun finished arranging the final matters for the Korean War, he prepared to return to Beijing. The Korean War had also reached its most crucial moment.
Outside Zhongzhou City.
Qi Jin looked at Zhongzhou City through his binoculars and asked Yu Zhigao and Li Shunchen beside him, "Have you found any traces of Japanese pirates?"
Ever since they arrived at Zhongzhou City, Qi Jin did not give the order to attack. Instead, he chose to surround the city and not attack. It was clear that he wanted to surround the city and attack the reinforcements.
However, after waiting for three days, the Japanese pirates' reinforcements had yet to arrive.
Qi Jin did not understand. Zhongzhou City was the southern gateway to Seoul. Did the Japanese pirates not want it?
Originally, Yukita Xiu's family was prepared to send reinforcements to Zhongzhou City. However, after knowing that there were nearly 100,000 North Korean and Daming troops in Zhongzhou City, the family gave up on sending reinforcements.
This time, the nine divisions that invaded North Korea had a total of only 150,000 soldiers. More than 10,000 died in the Battle of Pusan, and more than 20,000 in Pyongyang. Kato Kiyomasa had the most soldiers. Out of the 30,000 soldiers, only about 10,000 returned.
Out of the nine divisions, four had been annihilated, and nearly half of them had died.
Now, there were only 80,000 Japanese pirates gathered in Seoul.
How many should they send to reinforce Zhongzhou City?
If they sent too few, it would not even be enough to fill the gaps between the Daming and North Korean forces.
Yukita Xiu's family did not expect the Daming Navy to send out 50,000 people. Where did they get so many people?
Originally, they wanted to break through to the south and recapture Pusan. Now, it seemed that this strategy would not work.
With 80,000 against 80,000, it was impossible to break through in a short period of time. Once they were unable to break through, they would be attacked from both the front and back, and the result would be total annihilation. Rather than that, it was better to defend Seoul.
This was also why Qi Jin had waited for three days, but Seoul still had not sent reinforcements.
Yu Zhigao and Lee Sun-sin naturally knew what Qi Jin was thinking. They could only smile bitterly and say, "No, we sent scouts to report that there are no signs of Japanese pirates' reinforcements."
"Give the order to attack!" Qi Jin said after putting down the binoculars.
Three days was already the limit. Since the Japanese pirates had not arrived, there was no point in waiting any longer.
Following Qi Jin's order, the North Korean army and the Ming Army began to attack the city.
It was the same siege strategy. They bombarded the city with cannons, blew up the city walls, and rushed in.
Zhongzhou City could not stop the Daming and North Korean forces. The two armies quickly took down Zhongzhou City.
In the Ming Army camp outside Seoul.
Qi Jiguang listened to the report from his subordinates and said, "The Japanese pirates want to send people to negotiate with us?"
Everyone laughed when they heard this. In the eyes of the Daming generals, the Japanese pirates were at the end of their rope. Negotiate?
Only a fool would negotiate with them. Did they think that they were all fools?
"Tell the Japanese pirates in the city that they can only leave the city and surrender."
Qi Jiguang was too lazy to negotiate with the Japanese pirates. Once they started to negotiate, they could not fight. There were so many people in the Ming Army. Who would want to waste time with the Japanese pirates?
Before the war in Korea began, the emperor had said that the war in Korea was only the first stage.
They had to end this war as soon as possible and enter the second stage, which was to conquer the Japanese Empire.
The news quickly spread to the city. Yukita Shuka's face was gloomy. He glanced at everyone and said, "The situation is very critical now. We are trapped in Seoul by the Ming Army. What should we do?"
"Why don't you tell the Ming Army to let us go? Otherwise, we will slaughter the North Korean people in Seoul."
Maori Huiyuan said fiercely, "Force the North Korean people to the top of the city wall. Don't the Ming Army have cannons to bombard the city?
Let's see how they can bombard the city. If they don't let us go, we will die together. "
The people in the room had different expressions, but no one objected to Maori Huiyuan's words.
Now that things had reached this point, there was really no good way.
Although many people ran away with Li Xun when he escaped, there were still people who did not run away.
"Okay, let the North Korean people go to the city wall!"
Yukita Shuka said directly, "Tell the Ming Army that if they dare to attack the city, we will kill all the North Korean people in the city. We will die together."
When the North Korean people were forced to the top of the city wall, the Ming Army naturally got the news.
Qi Jiguang listened to the report of his subordinates. Although his face was gloomy, he did not lose his temper.
Along the way, he had also seen what the Japanese pirates had done. In addition, the Daming had fought against the Japanese before. Qi Jiguang was not surprised that the Japanese pirates could do such a thing.