"I originally thought that something happened in Japan would be fine, but now something happened in Goryeo is also happening at the same time. Didn't this intentionally cause trouble for me?" Chu Yun received the first telegram from Seoul, but he didn't expect it was Nelson about the situation of the Goryeo civil war.

From north to south, dozens of large and small forces rose up to resist the land nationalization policy of the new king Li Li. After Zheng Zhilong led the soldiers of the Beiyang Fleet to land, he assisted the Wangshi to suppress more than ten rebels. As a result, the number of rebels did not decrease, but increased, which made Zheng Zhilong very worried.

"If we want to intervene in the civil war in Goryeo, how many troops are expected to be used?" Chu Yun asked a group of senior officials from the military headquarters and the General Staff.

"The First Corps led by Yang Tai of our army is stationed in Liaodong City, which can cross the Yalu River and reach under Seoul within 12 days. In addition, an additional corps can be transported by sea to land from Seoul, and the joint combat between the two corpses will be achieved. Yang Tai's corps marched south, and the corps on the sea to support Yang Tai's corps with Seoul as the base, and it will definitely be able to pacify the Koryo Kingdom within three months."

General Staff Minister Zhao Youguang pointed a baton at the map of Goryeo hanging on the wall to explain his plan.

To pacify the Goryeo Kingdom within three months? Chu Yun always felt that what Zhao Youguang said was somewhat similar to what a certain army general said before. The more confident he was, the more worried Chu Yun would be about to capsize in the gutter.

"The two corpses, coupled with the increasingly high-level logistics supplies, need to be dispatched between 40,000 and 50,000 people. If the Beiyang Fleet needs to block all coastlines and land from ports in the southwest and other places, then the Beiyang Fleet needs 10,000 to 20,000 people." Zhang Yuan, deputy director of the General Staff, added.

"Just calling two corpses and a fleet requires the use of up to 670,000 combat personnel and logistics personnel. This scale is not small at all." Chu Yun rethinked the gains and losses of fully intervening in the Koryo Kingdom.

Supporting 60,000 to 70,000 people to launch a war will not have much benefit to the current domestic economic development, but will instead tighten various expenses.

"Yes, in fact, the number of combatants is about 20,000, and the rest are basically logistics personnel. They may not be able to maintain public order," said Zhao Youguang.

"If there were generals who had experienced the Japanese riots in Wanli, it would be much easier. Unfortunately, the Japanese riots in Wanli are now 40 years away. Almost all the soldiers who were in the first place have passed away or are old and unable to know the way." Lu Xiangsheng, who also participated in this discussion, said.

"As for the cost issue, because our firearms are very advanced, it increases the soldiers' dependence on firearms. The more soldiers rely on firearms, the greater the consumption of gunpowder. Moreover, our soldiers have high salaries, good food, and their own military uniforms, which also increases the expenses. If the war is delayed to winter, they have to prepare bedding and cotton jackets for winter. The worse result is that our two corpses are delayed in the local area indefinitely, and the annual military expenditure will be at least three million taels." The minister of the Military Control Department said an astonishing number.

The cost of maintaining the war requires three million taels per year!

When Chu Yun thought of this astronomical figure, he couldn't help but think of the American big head soldiers. The more developed the technology, the stronger the combat effectiveness of the troops, the higher the cost of launching wars. In the era of cold weapons, everyone's technology was similar. As long as they worked hard to accumulate lives, the treatment of soldiers was also very poor. Some soldiers also had to prepare their own clothes and equipment. Because Chu Yun implemented the strategy of simplifying military affairs, each corps enjoyed good treatment, which made the army grateful to Chu Yun. However, the problem was that these big head soldiers were dispatched, and logistics was a huge burden.

"I won't fight anymore, I won't fight anymore. Now entering Goryeo Kingdom will not do us any benefit!" Chu Yun immediately gave up when he heard that the cost of maintaining two corpses and a fleet for one year was 3 million taels.

In the past, when attacking the countries in the South China Sea, they could monopolize the spice trade with the West and mine local oil and other minerals. The output of Borneo refineries alone could make up for the cost of Chu Yun's launch of the full-scale Nanyang War.

But what can I get when fighting the Goryeo Kingdom? Everything that the Goryeo Kingdom has can now be obtained by trade means. Chu Yun really couldn't imagine that there was any reason to force the Goryeo Kingdom to be merged into it in order to expand its territory and completely merge East Asia into an ironclad piece.

"The civil war and rebellion in the Goryeo Kingdom are also a good thing for us to sell arms. In order to arm the new army, King Li Li of Goryeo purchased a batch of eliminated firearms from us, and our logistics department recovered a lot of blood." said the Logistics Minister.

Damn, it's really unscrupulous! Chu Yun strongly condemned the Logistics Department's behavior of selling arms in the Goryeo Civil War, but he still approved the proposal to sell firearms - the arms business is too profitable. It's just that he was pitiful to Li Li, who worked hard to support the constant rebellion in the Goryeo country.

"Then I won't participate in the civil war in Goryeo for the time being. I will give Li Li a little more arms to organize the new army to suppress the rebellion." Chu Yun didn't understand Li Li's physical condition and thought he could hold on for a while longer.

"The next issue is the issue of Japan. I am not worried about Goryeo. Their army is weak and trapped in a corner of the peninsula. If Japan is turned into a province, then Goryeo will be surrounded by our territory and territorial waters, and sooner or later it will be a thing in my pocket." Chu Yun wanted to let the landlord class and bureaucracy of Goryeo continue to make trouble for a while and give priority to Japan.

"Conquer Japan with force?"

The big bosses of the Military Department, General Staff Department, and Logistics Department were present, and they looked at each other and smiled. Since Chu Yun summoned several departments in charge of military affairs, Chu Yun's intention to use force was very obvious.

"Of course." Chu Yun could not refuse.

"Why did you feel heartbroken when you mentioned military expenditure when you were planning to use military funds in Goryeo, but you didn't feel heartbroken at all about using military funds?" The Logistics Minister saw that Chu Yun could not support enough military salaries to intervene in Goryeo, but was very interested in attacking the shogunate.

"One of the time, there are many silver mines in the Japanese country, and the shogunate is also very rich. We can get enough compensation from the spoils. Secondly, as long as we want to deal with the shogunate, a group of people will take advantage of the injustice. The Shogun coalition of the Southeast vassals and the opposition Huaxia Association, they all like the collapse of the shogunate. Third, they want to build my Tokyo branch, and the Tokyo branch's losses will be compensated from the spoils plundered by the shogunate." said Chu Yun Capital.
Chapter completed!