"Third, prepare all the ships, 10,000 scarecrows, and in a month, go north with me!"

Wang Shouren pondered for a moment, and then told King Shang Zhen.

King Shang Zhen and his ministers were surprised that the generals usually camped in the rear, and he actually had to go to the front in person.

"Why don't you command in Shuri Castle with this king?"

Wang Shouren shook his head: "This battle is not simple, we still need to see the heavens, and I need to go north in person." ”

Even to look at the celestial phenomena?

King Shang Zhen and the ministers were really shocked.

A day passed, Wang Shouren came to the school field to train a group of 500 soldiers.

The Mandarin Duck Formation can be used just right, and if an enemy lands on the shore, it can be used for defense.

The armament of the Ryukyu soldiers was extremely poor, and they were thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty.

There was a shortage of iron ore on the island, and there was no mature iron-making process, and many soldiers did not have iron armor and weapons.

King Shangzhen ordered that the whole dynasty enter a state of readiness, worship heaven and earth, and prepare to go on an expedition.

In addition to training, Wang Shouren also selected a few generals in the camp account.

Responsible for supervising the training of soldiers.

Counting Tuntian, there are only 8,000 people.

It was better than in Hainan, where there were 5,000 tuntian battalions against 100,000 enemy troops.

The training was carried out in an orderly manner, and Wang Shouren would go to the school every day to supervise the training of the soldiers.

King Shang Zhen ordered Dong Wen to take people to Naha Port and rebuild the walls of the two cities.

He was very popular in the Ryukyus.

At the sound of the order, the women in the market were old and decrepit, and they all devoted themselves to building turrets and making straw figures.

The Ryukyu islanders in the south went north and trained the Mandarin Duck Formation and the Fish Scale Formation under Wang Shouren's battalion.

At night, I pick up the light to see the records of the ships and the battles of the Ryukyus.

January time flies by,

Sixty small boats were ready, the baggage was carried to the large ships, and the people loaded the oil and spirits into earthen pots.

"Your Majesty, do you really want Wang Shouren to command an army of 10,000 people?"

"It's better to let the righteous doctor Dong Wen be in charge, and Wang Shouren will be the military advisor."

The hundred officials were not very comfortable handing over the army to outsiders.

If this person comes in chaos and defects to the enemy, won't the gain outweigh the loss?

Shang Zhen's face was as usual, and in the past few days, he was thinking about various emergency measures after the defeat.

But either way, the conclusion reached, can only win.

The Ryukyus invested too much national power in the Northern Expedition.

When the strong men of the south go north, the arable land may be barren, and a hundred large ships will be sent out at once, and the fishermen will not be able to fish, and the national treasury will have to maintain the military pay for the war.

If the Northern Expedition is defeated, Satsuma Province and Kume Island will land in the port of Naha, and with the strength and salary of the Ryukyus, it will not last long.

Where is the retreat?

King Shang Zhen took a deep breath and said firmly: "If you decide to attack north, this king must believe in Wang Shouren." ”

"The king is right, there is no way back."

Yonglu Doctor Lin Wei, who hadn't spoken for a long time, spoke.

Why did you take the initiative to attack Satsuma?

Satsuma is backed by an island nation, has a thriving economy and a large population, and the country is growing stronger and stronger.

They had long wanted to invade the Ryukyus, and often sent troops south to invade them.

Shang Zhen handed over the seal to Wang Shouren, led the Manchu officials, and stood at the dock of Naha Port to see off Wang Shouren and Dong Wen.

"Someone, bring wine!"

The guards served sake, Wang Shouren picked up a glass, and King Shangzhen himself picked up a glass.

"After drinking this glass of wine, Lord Wang is the younger brother of this king, and when Lord Wang triumphs, he will raise a glass to celebrate."

"King Shang is serious."

Wang Shouren was slightly surprised, King Shangzhen actually bowed to him before leaving?

Although there is a suspicion that catches people's hearts, it also makes him feel moved.

The soldiers began to land the ship, pulled up the anchor, lowered the first mast canvas, and slowly sailed from the shore.

Wang Shouren took out a monocular, which he had brought from the capital.

Hundreds of small boats go out to sea, which is extremely spectacular.

Wang Shouren said to Dong Wen: "The supplies on the ship are insufficient, and this battle must be ended within 20 days." ”

The army has enough food to eat for 30 days, but if it really consumes 30 days, it will be to the point of running out of ammunition and food, and it will be defeated.

It must not be delayed for so long.

Coco Dong was worried, and it would be difficult to win the battle on the 20th.

The only advantage was that Satsuma did not yet know that the Ryukyus were going to march north.

……

The capital, the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After Yan Chengjin became the imperial historian of the capital, Shangyi sent a new scarlet robe.

However, it was too eye-catching, and he still wore Qin's unicorn suit, supervising Jiang Wen and the three of them in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Zhu Houzhao heard that this guy had become the imperial historian of the capital, and after the lecture in Minglun Hall ended, he immediately came to the Metropolitan Inspectorate.

"What is Your Highness doing with the pot?"

"The banquet given to you by this palace, hurry up, there is beef."

The four little eunuchs moved the stove to the duty room, put a copper basin on the shelf, and carried a clear soup in the copper basin.

The palace maid brought in ten imperial dishes such as beef, cabbage, and mushrooms.

"Your Highness has something to ask for a minister, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Zhu Houzhao was elated, and talking to Lao Gao was to save trouble: "The 100 days of peace are coming, this is the second sister of the palace, what should I send?" ”

Unexpectedly, this guy is in love.

Yan Chengjin thought for a while and said, "Children like toys, so let's send nine links." ”

Zhu Houzhao blinked his eyes and said, "Old Gao, the sister of this palace is only a hundred days." ”

"Intelligence needs to be cultivated from an early age, how does Your Highness know that she doesn't like it." Yan Chengjin Road.

Zhu Houzhao felt that it made sense, the water boiled, and he began to feast.

Yan Chengjin didn't move at all, and he wouldn't eat the food outside.

"Lao Gao, can a nerd win? This palace saw Master Wang crying and crying today. ”

If you lose, you won't have a son.

"Brother Bo'an has been smart since he was a child, and please call him a nerd if His Highness asks His Highness to call him a fool."

He looked at the boiling soup and began to think of Wang Shouren, if this march could be won, he could go to the island country to move silver.

It is rumored that Shimazu Tadamasa is a descendant of Qin Shi Huang.

After the destruction of Qin, the Ichimai people moved to the island country and changed their name to the Shimazu clan.

………

The sea is magnificent, and the white light is floating in fragments.

After ten days of marching, the fleet hurried north, and docked on an isolated island.

Straw boats borrow cannons, and they need the right time, place and people.

After two days of observation on the island, Wang Shouren found that the wind would blow from the island to the sea at night, and during the day, the wind would blow back to the island from the sea.

"Lord Wang, there are warships of Satsuma Province on Shimokoki Island."

Shimokoshi Island is one of the islands of Satsuma Province, and it is about 20 miles away from this uninhabited island, and it is the first line of defense of Satsuma Province.

"An hour later, surprise attack!"

Wang Shouren commanded.

Satsuma did not know that the Ryukyus were going to attack, and this was the biggest advantage.

Soldiers, treacherous ways.

Taking advantage of the darkness of night, the accuracy of firearms will be lowered, which can minimize casualties.

Half an hour later, the sea was densely packed, and hundreds of small boats floated towards the lower retort island.

There were dense scarecrows standing on the ship, and in the night, the figures were crowded, exactly like real soldiers.

"My lord, there are six enemy ships ahead!"

Wang Shouren picked up the monocular and saw the icon on the sail in the distance, which was a circle, and there was a ten in the circle.

It's Shimazu!

Hurry up here and meet soon.

"I found out, as expected by the officer, the grass boat borrowed the cannon and went according to the plan."

Coco Dong nervously went to order.

Ten small boats formed in a formation, and the sailors rowed forward, taking advantage of the wind, to quickly approach the Shimazu ship.

This is the Star Scattering Formation, which is a common formation for cavalry.

At this time, Shimazu Tadaji looked at the fast coming black shadow and sneered: "Father is right, they really want to surprise me, turn the side for me, and prepare to fire!" ”

The big boat began to slowly adjust its direction, turning its side towards the small boat, and was about to line up and fire straight ahead.

Wang Shouren looked through the binoculars, he had used the Hongyi general, and was familiar with all the shortcomings of its range and the time it took to reload gunpowder.

"Drum beating!"

Suddenly, the drums of war at sea sounded.

Hearing the sound of drums, the boats scattered like stars in the sky.

Boom!

Artillery fire hits the sea, like a blind man, and can only fire by feeling.

"It's cunning, give me arrows!" Tadaharu Shimazu smirked.

Through the monoculars, Wang Shouren saw a faint fire in the sky, and rockets were falling rapidly.

Satsuma came prepared.

The boats scattered in all directions,

"Beat the drums again!"

The uplifting drums sounded again.

Hearing the sound of drums, the sailors quickly rowed closer to the big boat, threw chains, linked the small boats together, and surrounded the big boat.