Everyone in Shuri Castle was already in a deep dream, and from the moment the Japanese artillery began to fire, King Shotai and all the ordinary people deeply felt the cruelty of modern warfare.

A heavy projectile smashed on the city wall, and the entire imperial city began to tremble, and the dust on the beams of the house that had not been moved for hundreds of years fell down, and the timid palace ladies burrowed into the corners and screamed wildly.

"Is this the modern war? Is this the power of the change of the times that Mr. Xiao has always emphasized? Who can resist this kind of earth-destroying force?" At that moment, King Shang Tai actually sublimated in fear, and the heavy shell wrapped in the education of the Middle Ages for twenty years was shaken out one after another in the rumbling cannon.

"I want this power, and we in the Ryukyu Kingdom want this power...... Master, please tell me, how did I get this power!" King Shang Tai stood under the city wall, following Xiao Letian's figure and running like crazy, followed by a large group of people waiting.

In the rumbling cannon, Xiao Lotian didn't hear what King Shangtai was shouting at all, until King Shangtai's voice was about to shout, and the guards around Xiao Letian found King Shangtai running.

"Strategist, what are you shouting at King Shangtai? He has been chasing you for a long time......" When Xiao Lotian turned his head to look down at the young king, suddenly less than twenty meters in front of Xiao Letian, a heavy projectile of the Japanese smashed into the city wall, and a large landslide rolled down, and the city wall more than three meters high collapsed, revealing the rammed earth inside.

King Shang Tai was protected by a group of royal guards in the center, but by this time King Shang Tai had gone mad, and the young king had been stimulated enough by the blood and fire of this night, and now he had ignored the danger of a qiē.

"Prime Minister! Master...... Is this the power of industry that you talked about in your book? I want this power, and we in the Ryukyu Kingdom want this kind of power...... Please, we really don't want to be bullied anymore...... Please teach me ......" After speaking, King Shangtai, who was in tears, fell to his knees on the ground.

"I would like to regard the prime minister as a husband and ask the prime minister to give the Ryukyu Kingdom this kind of power......," said King Shangtai and wept bitterly.

It is said that Xiao Lotian should take a few steps back to avoid King Shangtai's bowing, which is really impolite. But today, Xiao Letian seems to be going to play all the roles of Bahu, and he wants to completely convince all the objections in the Ryukyu court.

Okay, after all, a young man in his twenties is still active and easy to accept new things, and a bombardment of artillery can make him feel the power of industry. But silly boy, you haven't seen the real power yet, and in a few years, when the ironclad warships on the ocean begin to cruise, when the 12-inch cannon roars in front of you, you, the little Shuri Castle, may not be able to withstand even a single shot.

Only when a person knows what fear is, can he have the desire to change, and only when he correctly understands that your kingdom has been abandoned by the times, can he have the motivation to change.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lotian shouted: "Do you think this is the power of industry depicted in my book......? Your Majesty, please climb the city wall, don't be afraid of danger, you'd better see with your own eyes this great change in the Ryukyu Kingdom!"

King Chantai rushed to the city wall despite his subordinates' obstructions, and by the time he held on to the wall and looked out to sea, the American merchant ships had already begun to enter the war.

"Master, that's the flag of the United States, right? Why did they go to war? And why did their artillery fire so fast and accurately? God, a ship was blown up and sunk......

Xiao Lotian is now about to get himself a feather fan, "Your Majesty, there are actually harbingers, and the Americans' participation in the war is not a momentary impulse, and there are still many considerations behind it......" Just when Xiao Lotian explained the small abacus in the hearts of the Americans to King Shang Tai, the last two Japanese ships on the sea finally hoisted the white flag and chose to surrender.

Xiao Lotian excitedly smashed a handful of battlements, "Okay, this is called crushing, this is called cross-era abuse, it's so refreshing." General Cai Mao hurriedly sent a flag to the Americans, saying that Xiao Letian, a citizen of the United States, asked the artillery to extend the attack and blow up those Japanese thugs on the hillside......"

Speaking of this, Xiao Lotian paused for a moment and suddenly added: "Sue the Americans, just say that the Ryukyu Kingdom requested the United States to intervene militarily, and this operation was not the unauthorized intervention of the Americans, but the Ryukyu State's initiative to request assistance...... Damn, I have to give them some steps, or businessmen from other countries will have to go back to China to sue the criminals......"

King Shang Tai listened to it for a long time and didn't know the purpose of Xiao Letian's words, but he only found that when the flag was sent, the firing frequency of the American battleships suddenly increased, and without the slightest hesitation, the muzzle of the gun opened fire on the main formation of Huashan Liyuan.

King Shang Tai watched as white lines were drawn in the sky, and his ears were full of rumbling roars, and then the Japanese defensive positions on the eastern slopes suddenly blossomed, and the smoke and dust rose into the sky, and the rubble fell like rain.

The brains of Kayama Kuriten and Yamamoto Kiyoshi have lost the ability to think, since the military intervention of the American merchant marine, they have nothing but despair in their hearts, they knelt on the stone and began to ask the little surname next to them to help remove the armor, and the ribs were in front of them, and the two were ready to disembowel.

"Yamamoto-san, we have already messed up, and now there is no other way than to use our lives and blood to reduce the guilt of the lord!"

"Lord Kayama, thank you for your kindness, it was my stupidity first, if I had been following your command, I don't think the situation would have collapsed to this point, I really caused you trouble......" After saying that, Yamamoto Kiyoshi kowtowed to Kayama Kurigen.

The two watched the fleet collapse completely, and watched the artillery explode in the military formation around them, and the two shook their heads helplessly and reached out to grab the ribs.

At the moment when the two of them wanted to start disemboweling, Takenaka Inoue's voice suddenly came from behind the main formation, "Yaga, you are too stupid, now death is to trap the lord for injustice, you two can't die, you must live...... All the samurai obey my orders, scatter the people and let the people go home and stop fighting, and we must admit defeat......"

Takenaka Inoue rushed up and raised his hand to snatch the rib difference between the two, "Yaga, as a samurai, it is valuable to die even if you die, although we lost this battle, but the subsequent diplomatic negotiations between the two of you are still useful...... If you want to die, you have to die in front of Xiao Letian, if you don't let him get angry completely, our Shimazu family will perish......"

Kayama Kuriten and Yamamoto Kiyoshi have never seen Takenaka-kun so angry for so many years, he is a civil official, and he has always been polite. But thinking about Takenaka's words again, the two had an epiphany.

Yes, death is inevitable, but where you die is particular. At most, he was killed on the battlefield by disembowelment, but if he apologized for his caesarean section in front of Xiao Letian in front of the negotiating table, he would be able to add points to his father-in-law's negotiation.

The two kowtowed to Inoue Takenaka and saluted, "Hai...... Takenaka-kun asked me for advice. ”

How could Inoue Takenaka have the kung fu to take care of them at this time, he turned his head and rushed into the military formation and began to command the chaos, "Put up the white flag, we will stop fighting, stop fighting immediately...... Idiot, do you hurry up and let the people go, are you waiting for Chinese to be killed?Everyone disperses, reduce casualties......" He was roaring, when suddenly a cannonball exploded not far from him, and the wave of air immediately knocked him to the ground.

"Takenaka-kun ......" Kayama Kuriten and Yamamoto Kiyoshi rushed over like crazy, hugged Takenaka Inoue in their arms, and watched carefully before they were relieved, Takenaka Inoue was still angry.

"Takenaka-kun, please don't leave us, we need your wisdom for negotiation!" It took a long time for Takenaka Inoue to open his eyes and said in a weak voice.

"Don't panic...... Before the conflict, I had already sent a letter to Ryoma-kun in Kagoshima...... I'm sure Ryoma-kun will be the first to come......"

"Ryoma-kun, do you mean Ryoma-sama-sama Sakamoto who accompanied Lord Morikai-kiyo in negotiations with Shikoku? This is Ryoma-sama-sama who promoted the alliance of the four feudatories in the southwest!" Kiyoshi Yamamoto and Kuri Gengen-sama almost jumped in shock.

Takenaka Inoue nodded, "It's one of the leaders of the Restoration, Sakamoto Ryoma......" Hearing this, Kayama Kuriten and Yamamoto Kiyoshi solemnly bowed to Takenaka Inoue, "Thank you Takenaka-kun for your strategy, if Ryoma-sama comes to save the crisis, I believe that there will be a turnaround, thank you, thank you......"

Takenaka Inoue is right, now directly north of Naha, about an hour by sea, a ship belonging to the Shimazu family is heading towards Naha with full sails, and there is a heroic young man standing at the bow of the ship, whose face is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, which is the age of heroic spirit. He is a very legendary figure in the history of the Japanese Restoration, Ryoma Sakamoto.

The tension in Naha Port is very clear to him now, although he doesn't know what will happen to Naha overnight, but he knows very well that the situation has become so strict that he can't control it, otherwise his friend Inoue Takenaka would never have skipped the lord and asked for help directly.

"Don't make a big deal out of things, you must restrain yourself, as long as you don't see blood, it's easy to negotiate......" Sakamoto Ryoma stood at the bow of the boat all night, and his eyes were already full of bloodshots. Behind him, several low-ranking warriors looked nervously at his back.

"Ryoma-sama, please take a break, you will be able to see Naha Port in less than an hour...... Look, Ryoma-sama, a black cloud is drifting in the south, like the black smoke of conflict...... "Before the samurai could finish speaking, he noticed a large piece of black smoke in front of the bow of the ship, which did not look like a dark cloud.

Experienced veterans and sailors could see at a glance that "it's the flames!" and the smoke and dust behind the fire...... Buddha bless, you can see it from so far away, what a big fire is this? Could it be that the whole of Naha has been burned down......

Sakamoto Ryoma's heart sank into the abyss, the most terrifying thing finally happened, such a big fire, how could there be no bloodshed, and now the negotiation will be tricky.

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