"My Beloved Teacher's Wife (Walking with Love)" - Chapter 187: The Eastern Expedition Against Japan

Looking eastward at the vast sea, Ling Feng said, "I have decided that Li Cheng will personally lead two giant ships, along with the Empress Dowager, the Empress, the concubines, and all civil and military officials, back to the capital. The remaining warships will follow me across the sea. I will personally crush the Japanese."
"Huh?!" Everyone in the room was shocked.
Li Cheng advised, "Your Majesty, this campaign against the Japanese pirates is no ordinary undertaking. Our mere fifteen warships and ten thousand soldiers are simply insufficient to quell their rebellion! Your Majesty, please reconsider!"
Lin Jiancheng echoed, "Your Majesty, we need at least another six months of preparation before we can field 500,000 naval troops for a cross-sea operation. Now is simply not the time. Moreover... and we also need to perform the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai!!"
“Yes, Your Majesty, even if we are to go on an expedition, we cannot allow you to personally cross the sea… This… This is far too risky!” Yu Linglong couldn’t help but chime in.
"Look at your pathetic state!" Ling Feng snorted. "How many people did the Mongol cavalry have back then? Yet they rarely numbered ten thousand! When the Japanese pirates invaded the coast of our Great Ming, they only had a few warships and three to five hundred men each time! Does having more people make a difference?"
"A few small Japanese pirate boats can invade our seas, but now our Great Ming possesses an invincible fleet. What are you afraid of? After the battle just now, I understand perfectly well that with the Divine Dragon Cannon alone, the Japanese pirate warships can't possibly get close to our invincible fleet! We can completely destroy the Japanese navy and coastal defenses, and then we'll march straight to their capital! Hmph, to catch the enemy, first catch them in the head. As long as we breach the Japanese capital, with the continuous reinforcements from the Great Ming army, how can we not conquer Japan? Issue the order: the entire navy of the country, follow me to Japan! I want to catch them completely off guard! Toyotomi Hideyoshi never dreamed that while I was performing the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai, I would be attacking their heartland! Not only did Toyotomi Hideyoshi not expect this, but I believe no one in the world would have imagined it! Hmph, what is war all about? Surprise attack, striking where they are unprepared!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Jiancheng and Li Cheng were astonished by the emperor's boldness and courage, and even more impressed by his strategic vision. They immediately said, "Your Majesty, we are willing to follow you in conquering the Japanese!"
Ling Feng cursed, "Reckless! If you come with me to war, what about the Empress Dowager and the concubines? Who will escort them back to the palace?"
At this moment, Empress Dowager Zhou Shanxiang stepped forward and said, "Since ancient times, women have not been allowed to go to the battlefield, but there have been exceptions. In the past, Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying created the feat of women joining the army, and the women generals of the Yang family have shone brightly throughout the ages! Today, His Majesty has decided to launch an eastern expedition against Japan, which has truly given me and the concubines of the harem the opportunity to be recorded in history, allowing the three thousand beauties of the harem to follow His Majesty on the eastern expedition..."
"Mother...you...you must be joking, right?" Ling Feng said in astonishment.
The Empress Dowager said, "My son, do I look like I'm joking?"
"Mother, this is a major battle, and the enemy is far stronger than us..." Although Ling Feng was confident about the upcoming campaign against the Japanese pirates, he couldn't afford to be careless, considering that all wars have uncertainties. He was certain he wouldn't be injured or harmed, but the crucial point was that he was leading his harem of three thousand women on the expedition, which was a different matter entirely. The vast ocean was boundless, and to put it bluntly, even a leaky ship could lead to tragedy!
“My son, you are not afraid! What do I have to fear?” the Empress Dowager said firmly.
"Your Majesty, we concubines have already discussed it. Since Your Majesty is not returning to the capital, then we will not return either. We will follow Your Majesty on the expedition. Wherever Your Majesty goes, we will follow!" The Empress also stepped forward and said at this moment.
"Yes, Your Majesty, wherever you go, I will follow!" All the concubines in the harem bowed to Ling Feng in unison.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to follow you on the eastern expedition!" At this moment, the other warships also approached, and all the civil and military officials kowtowed to Ling Feng and shouted the slogan of the eastern expedition!
Seeing this situation, Ling Feng knew that unless he canceled the Eastern Expedition, everyone would definitely follow him.
Ling Feng then summoned all the civil and military officials to his giant warship and held a special court meeting on board.
Ling Feng ultimately decided to lead the imperial concubines on the eastern expedition. However, among the civil and military officials, almost all except the military officers had to return to land. The Ming Dynasty needed to function, and if everyone went on the expedition, there would be no one to handle any domestic crises. Ling Feng appointed Prime Minister Lin Zhenliang to oversee the government, along with Minister of War Deng Chaowu, who remained in the capital, to maintain order. Furthermore, after their return, they were to organize warships from the coast as a follow-up force to fight the Japanese pirates!
"Minister Lin, I entrust the domestic affairs to you this time." Ling Feng gazed northeast and said coldly, "My expedition against Japan will take at least three months, and at most six months, before I return." He then proceeded to give instructions, especially regarding the Ministry of War, instructing them to transport the 200,000-strong expeditionary force currently undergoing training to Nagasaki via the navy. Ling Feng then met with the reserve naval forces in Nagasaki.
Ling Feng excitedly commanded the warship and named it Tianlong. He piloted Tianlong from the Yellow Sea into the East China Sea, riding the waves and feeling incredibly refreshed.
The concubines had never been on a long voyage with the army before, which excited them greatly. In addition, the ship was huge, so life on board was not boring.
Due to the ship's enormous size, ample food and fresh water supplies were prepared. According to Yu Linglong's report, this food supply could sustain the Tianlong at sea for five months without any problems. In addition, the reserve army for the anti-Japanese campaign would need at least one or two months to fully land in Nagasaki.
After consulting with some veteran sailors on board, Ling Feng, commanding the invincible fleet, decided to first occupy the Japanese port of Kagoshima as a stronghold, which would allow for both offense and defense, and flexible movement.
Departing from the East China Sea at the speed of the Tianlong, it took only five days to reach the outskirts of Kagoshima. In fact, Kagoshima was the forward base for the Japanese pirates' attack on the Ming Dynasty, where many pirate ships preparing to sail to the Ming were concentrated! Therefore, Ling Feng realized that occupying Kagoshima port was an excellent choice, allowing complete control over the Japanese navy's movements! As long as the Ming Dynasty's invincible fleet was stationed in Kagoshima, the Japanese pirate navy would have no chance of entering the Ming Dynasty's territories!
The Tianlong, leading thirteen giant ships, sailed to the vicinity of Kagoshima and was immediately discovered. Dozens of Japanese ships left the port and rushed menacingly toward Ling Feng's invincible fleet.
Having witnessed the power of the Tianlong's divine cannons, they no longer took these outdated, cannonless Japanese ships seriously. The Japanese ships' attack methods were still limited to the primitive stages of crossbows, catapults, and hand-to-hand combat.
Ling Feng chuckled. Since those Japanese ships were courting death, he had no choice but to grant their wish. He then gave orders to sail out to sea after making a large circle on the outer perimeter. The dozens of Japanese ships, thinking Ling Feng was fleeing, immediately hoisted their sails to full capacity and gave chase at full speed.
After the Tianlong led them in a large circle, it then moved laterally from the outside inwards. The Shenlong cannons on the broadsides were already loaded and ready to fire from a thousand paces away.
Boom! Boom! Boom! A salvo ended. The sea paled in horror. Huge sprays of water rose into the sky. Before the Japanese pirates could even react to what had happened, another salvo followed.
Thanks to its ingenious design, similar to a revolver's loading mechanism, the Shenlong Cannon can fire six times in quick succession.
After these six salvos, the dozens of ships that had been lined up in formation were now reduced to a single lone vessel adrift on the sea. They never imagined that the Ming Dynasty navy could suddenly transform into a ferocious wolf in the blink of an eye.
Ling Feng maneuvered the Tianlong to dock with the last Japanese ship. The enemy attempted a desperate last stand, but a squad of Ming Dynasty sailors, each wielding a repeating crossbow, routed them. As a result, they captured dozens more ronin.
Ling Feng had his sailors move the armchair from his bedroom to the bow deck.
The sailors then brought the bound and gagged Japanese pirates before Ling Feng. The pirates tried to act tough, but Ling Feng's sailors kicked them in the ankles, forcing them to their knees on the deck. Several of them immediately began shouting curses in incomprehensible Japanese. He didn't understand anything else, but he did understand something like "baka" (idiot).
Ling Feng lazily lay back in the armchair and waved his hand lightly. Yu Linglong immediately led several imperial guards to rush forward and give the few Japanese ronin who dared to curse in front of Ling Feng a good beating. After they finished beating them, they picked them up one by one and threw them into the sea in front of everyone.
With this act of making an example of someone, the local Japanese pirates and ruffians immediately fell silent, kneeling obediently, daring not to make the slightest move.
Ling Feng nodded in satisfaction and said calmly, "Among you, is there anyone who can understand what I am saying?"
A moment passed. No one answered.
Yu Linglong said angrily, "How dare you answer the Emperor's question?" With that, she swiftly drew her sword, and the kneeling ronin was instantly torn apart! The speed of her attack astonished the ronin; no one had expected this Ming woman to be so powerful!
Yu Linglong sneered, "I know that among you Japanese pirates and ronin, there are quite a few who understand the language of the Ming Dynasty. Answer quickly, or I will kill you all one by one."
Still, no one answered.
Without a second thought, Yu Linglong killed those ronin one by one and threw them into the sea. It turned out that Yu Linglong, the Holy Maiden of the Demonic Sect, was absolutely cruel and ruthless in dealing with her enemies.
It wasn't until the fourth person was thrown that one of the Japanese pirates cried out, "Stop killing! I understand the Ming language!" His voice was, for some reason, somewhat shrill.
When the other ronin saw him speak, they hurriedly chattered at him, but it was unclear what they were saying.
Yu Linglong said disdainfully, "If you had said so earlier, none of this would have happened." At this moment, he was still holding a Japanese pirate in his hand, which he had placed on the side of the ship. However, he didn't put the pirate back; instead, he simply let it fall into the sea with a scream.
"You, are you even human?" the Japanese pirate ronin cried out in shock. "I already spoke, why did you throw him down?"
Yu Linglong smiled kindly and shrugged, saying, "Do you know why? Do you know who is sitting in front of you? He is the Emperor of our Great Ming Empire! The Emperor of the Great Ming Empire is personally leading the expedition, and you dare to openly defy him and not even answer a question. What else could it be but your own doing? Throwing you into the sea is already doing you a favor. Not tearing you to pieces to feed the sharks is already being very polite!!"
"You!" the man roared, then turned to look at Ling Feng with astonishment. "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!?"
"Hehe, why is your voice so shrill?" Yu Linglong revealed a malicious smile: "Could you be a eunuch among the Japanese pirates? Let me check. Even if you're not, I can help you become a eunuch."
"You dare!" the Japanese pirate screamed. "I'll kill you!"
"Consort Yu, have you made enough of a scene?" Ling Feng glared at him. "Bring him here. I want to interrogate him myself."
Seeing that Ling Feng had spoken, Yu Linglong dared not continue her commotion. After respectfully responding, she quickly brought the Japanese pirate to Ling Feng and chuckled, "Your Majesty, look at this Japanese pirate's delicate skin and tender flesh, could he be a rabbit?"
Ling Feng glanced at him sideways, then said calmly, "Raise your head and let me see you."
Still intimidated by the previous killing, the Japanese pirate dared not disobey and slowly raised his head. Ling Feng saw that he indeed had delicate skin and a translucent complexion. If it weren't for the grime left on his face from the smoke, he would actually be quite handsome. Ling Feng looked him over again and almost burst out laughing.
Although she wore a tight-fitting black ronin outfit, the slightly bulging chest betrayed her. No wonder her voice was somewhat shrill; it was a deliberate attempt to conceal it.
Interesting, interesting! I never expected to see a female Japanese pirate emerge.
"Your Majesty, what are you laughing at?" Yu Linglong muttered, "Could it be that Your Majesty has taken a fancy to this rabbit?"
"Consort Yu, can't you see anything suspicious about this rogue?" Ling Feng said slyly.
At this moment, Yu Linglong also noticed the Japanese man's protruding chest and immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Is it really a woman?"
Ling Feng glared at Yu Linglong again, then turned to the female Japanese pirate and asked, "Little beauty, what's your name?"
After Ling Feng and his men saw through her disguise as a woman, the female pirate trembled slightly. However, probably fearing Ling Feng's retaliation against the others, she could only bite her lip and whisper, "Oda Tsuruhime."
"Oda Tsuruhime?" Ling Feng's brows furrowed suddenly. He had previously read some information indicating that women in Japan held a very low social status. Aside from women from wealthy families who might be given a surname, ordinary women were mostly given a given name. In fact, many women didn't even have a name.
Judging from this, this female pirate must have a low status. No wonder she faced strong opposition from the other ronin when she stood up for them.
"Tell me your identity." Ling Feng revealed a kind expression: "Actually, I am a good person. Think about it, the Ming Empire has always been a land of etiquette. If it weren't for you Japanese pirates causing trouble in the Ming Dynasty every day, would I have bothered to personally lead an expedition for your small island nation?! Tell me, what does your father do?"
Oda Tsuruhime suddenly revealed a proud expression: "My father was Oda Nobunaga, the greatest daimyo ruler in history who unified the Sengoku period."
“Oda Nobunaga?!” Ling Feng frowned and shook his head, saying, “I’ve heard of him, but isn’t he dead? Isn’t it Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s world now?”
"Hmph, Toyotomi Hideyoshi!? He was just a small fry under my father back then. He deceived my father to gain his trust and seized military power. I never expected that he would be so ambitious and take advantage of my father's death to usurp the throne!! He doesn't deserve his current position at all!!" Oda Tsuruhime said with a snort.
"Oh, so you and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are mortal enemies? Then who are you working for now?" Ling Feng asked.
"As a descendant of Oda Nobunaga, I naturally aspire to fulfill my father's grand ambitions. Now that we have allied with the Tokugawa clan, we are determined to overthrow Toyotomi Hideyoshi's rule!" Oda Tsuruhime said with a snort. "As a member of the Oda clan, I am deeply proud to be able to contribute to the fight against Toyotomi Hideyoshi and share the responsibility for the clan!"
"Very good, very good." Ling Feng chuckled. "You seem to have some ambition. Unfortunately, from this day forward, you will no longer be doing what your family does! Because I have come here to punish Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Once I have eliminated Toyotomi Hideyoshi, you will have nothing left to do!"
Oda Tsuruhime asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, you've come to punish Toyotomi Hideyoshi?"
"Of course! Otherwise, what do you think I came all this way for? To sightsee?" Ling Feng chuckled.
"Your Majesty, you are truly wise and mighty! Not only are you a man of great talent and ambition, but you are also so tall and handsome that Toyotomi Hideyoshi cannot compare!" Oda Tsuruhime exclaimed in admiration as she looked at Ling Feng. The Japanese pirates were a small and short people, so the appearance of a man as tall and handsome as Ling Feng was like a god descending to earth to them! Especially after learning that he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, their admiration only grew!
For Ling Feng, this was exactly the effect he wanted! While conquering the Japanese pirates, he also wanted to capture all the beautiful Japanese women, leaving the rest for the Ming soldiers. Ling Feng wanted to completely integrate Japan into the Ming Empire. The best solution was to kill all the Japanese men and leave all the women to the Ming men. This way, the descendants of the Japanese would become subjects of the Ming! After all, the Ming Dynasty already had a large population; with a single order, it would be easy for millions of people to immigrate to Japan. Once the Ming subjects set foot on Japanese soil, Ling Feng would grant them the most open policies, exempting them from taxes and allowing them to settle down in Japan!
Ling Feng had already devised a plan to conquer Japan, but for Japan, especially for its pirates and ronin, it was the beginning of a disaster...

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