Liu Lai was in the Wenhua Palace, waiting anxiously.

Self-recommendation is not as good as the recommendation of the cabinet and the ministry, and since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has not heard of any official who has been promoted through self-recommendation.

What's more, there is also a father who obstructs it.

"I hope Lord Yan can speak for me and transfer to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

This is the only chance to leave the Mandarin Palace.

At this time, Xiao Jing walked into the Wenhua Hall and looked at Liu Lai in front of the bookcase: "Your Majesty's dictation, Liu Lai will take the order!" ”

Canonization is only from the seven ranks, so there is no need to waste the holy decree.

Liu Lai's head was confused, he had only seen Lord Yan this morning, and the efficiency of Lord Yan's kind words was really first-class.

"Quickly receive the order, we will go back to the Heavenly Temple to serve Your Majesty." Xiao Jing urged.

"Minister Liu is coming, take the order!"

"Liu Lai, a scholar from the Chinese Academy, is smart and intelligent, and has the courage to dare to offend Yan Jin, which is ...... than Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty."

Liu Lai had written an edict, and he was very familiar with the words of the holy decree, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that it was Xiao Jing's decree, conveying the general will of His Majesty.

Even so, his body trembled with excitement.

Entering the middle school, it is almost the opposite of the official career, and although the chance of promotion in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is small, there is also a glimmer of hope.

For a person like him who can't pass the imperial examination, it's really the eighteenth generation of his ancestors who are all smoking.

"Minister Liu Lai, thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

Xiao Jing sighed, you are about to be persecuted by Yan Chengjin, and you are so happy.

"Your Majesty also said that Lord Liu is injured, so he can recuperate for three days, and after three days, he will be on duty in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Lord Liu will be on duty."

The officials of the middle school cast envious glances.

Even if he is transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he will be promoted.

Liu Lai was so excited that he burst into tears, walked out of the middle school, and came to the duty room of the Metropolitan Procuratorate: "The lower official wants to ask to see Lord Yan." ”

Jiang Wen hurriedly stood up and said: "I heard that Your Majesty has enshrined a Chinese scholar as the imperial history, so Lord Yan took a leave of absence, and he was on duty three days later. ”

……

On Koshiki Island, the sea breeze is gentle.

In the camp, piles of white smoke rose from piles of white smoke, and there were thousands of soldiers with coarse cloth wrapped around their hands and feet, and not far away, five large ships were moored at the shore mouth.

Coco Dong's face was clouded, and he won the battle, but there was no joy of victory.

"Lord Wang, there are 3,700 soldiers and dead, more than 2,200 people who are seriously injured and unable to fight, and only 2,500 people who can follow your lord to the Satsuma Peninsula."

He brought 10,000 men, and when he set fire to the ship, he lost more than 1,000 people.

This time in the battle with Okubo, although Okubo's army of 8,000 people was annihilated, it also lost more than 5,000 people.

Of the more than 2,000 wounded, many of the seriously injured have no medical treatment, and some are dying every day.

Although he won, Coco Dong regretted it a lot.

After great efforts to conquer the three retort islands and occupy half of the Satsuma country, the royal city was missing.

"Two thousand five hundred people, how to attack the Satsuma King City?" Adjutant General Liu Jin sighed.

The direction of defending the city to occupy the advantage, the ratio of troops is two to one, so that you can have an absolute grasp of the siege.

The guards of the Satsuma royal castle are probably 10,000 people.

Although the king has divided the Satsuma country and the Japanese Kou, there is still an island country!

Satsuma is allied with the daimyo of the island nation, and they face two powerful armies.

Wang Shouren pondered for a moment and said, "Recruit troops from the three retort islands. ”

Coco Dong and Liu Jin choked, this is the land of Satsuma.

And thou wilt conquer the people of the kingdom of Satsuma, and thou shalt conquer their royal city?

Only people with bad brains can come up with such ideas, but Lord Wang is definitely not a person with bad brains.

Coco Dong's face was embarrassed: "Lord Wang, these are the people of Satsuma, this move is like a rebellion, who would dare?" ”

Liu Jin nodded heavily, after these two battles, he had already regarded Wang Shouren as a Ryukyuan man: "What Lord Dong said is true. ”

Wang Shouren's eyes were firm: "When the official distributed the military rations, it was for today that the body of Okubo was moved, and the official marched with him for three days. ”

The soldiers tied Okubo's body to a stone frame, and the carriage moved slowly.

When the news came out, the Ryukyus defeated the Satsuma Kingdom, and those who enlisted in the army could keep their land and fields unchanged.

The people of Shangyong Island were ready to move, and they heard that Wang Shouren distributed military rations.

At night, figures from all over the villages approached the barracks.

On the lookout, the soldiers sounded the alarm, and the barracks were full of fire, and the sharp and bright silver rays surrounded them.

"Don't let go of the arrows, we're here to enlist!"

"Lord Wang said, you can come with your face covered."

Coco Dong suddenly realized, no wonder after Lord Wang landed on the island, he treated the islanders like a people.

They were not allowed to plunder, but they were to be given rations.

Okubo is the military god of Satsuma country, and the parade with his corpse is carried out, and the people of Koshikishima believe that Satsuma country is coming to an end.

For seven days, people continued to be drafted into the camp.

Wang Shouren returned to the camp and ordered someone to count the number of people.

Coco Dong shook his head with a bitter face: "My lord, there are only a thousand people." ”

The island is not suitable for farming, and the islanders living here are scarce, and recruiting 1,000 people is equivalent to transferring most of the strong men on the island.

The Ryukyus had no troops to call on.

At this time, the retreat of the army can still save more than 2,000 troops, and if the whole army is wiped out in the Satsuma Bando, the Ryukyus will be finished.

Coco Dong was very entangled, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.

Wang Shouren knew that it was time to open the old brother's letterhead.

"You wait a moment."

Coco Dong and Liu Jin saw that Wang Shouren took out the mysterious letterhead again.

But Wang Shouren deliberately avoided them, and went to the tent before opening the letterhead.

I saw that in the big letterhead, there were two small letterheads:

The first letterhead reads: Capture the castle of King Satsuma, please open this letter

The second letterhead reads: Life and death are at stake, please open this letter

It's still the old brother who is more skilled, and even these two situations have been taken into account.

Wang Shouren didn't think about it, so he opened the second letter:

black

A cloud-piercing arrow

"It's only six words, what does this mean, old brother?"

Wang Shouren frowned, unable to understand what this meant.

An hour later, before Wang Shouren came out, Dong Wen and Liu Jin walked into the tent and found that Wang Shouren was biting half of his thumb in his mouth, his face was extremely serious, and he seemed to be pondering.

"Lord Wang?"

"Don't bother with the official."

When encountering unsolvable problems, Wang Shouren will do so.

Coco Dong and Liu Jin looked at each other, whose letter could make it difficult for Lord Wang to be like this?

But they didn't dare to bother and quietly retreated.

Night covered the barracks, and there was a dead silence all around.

Wang Shouren fell into a deeper thought.

The old brother gave me the words, that is, I am sure that I can guess it, Li? There are only Li people on Hainan Island, but what is a cloud-piercing arrow?

This seems to be a five-character poem, and the old brother likes to use verses as code words.

It's a code word!

When the old brother exchanged letters with Xu Jinzhong, he often used code words for screening, which he knew when he led the troops in Hainan.

Wang Shouren's cottage suddenly opened, and suddenly he realized!

The old brother wants him to transfer to the people of Hainan, and this code word is an order for Xu Jinzhong!

The transfer of the Weisho army requires the approval of Emperor Hongzhi, but the transfer of the Li people is not.

"Brother Gao is really like a god."

"Come on!"

Dong Wen and Liu Jin were waiting outside the tent, it was a matter of life and death in the Ryukyus, and they didn't dare to leave.

Hearing a call from the tent, he hurriedly rushed in.

Wang Shouren burned the note and said to Liu Jin: "General Liu immediately took people to Hainan, and saw Xu Jinzhong, a thousand households in Hainan Weituntian, and requisitioned 50,000 Li people!" The code word is ......"

He approached Liu Jin's ear and whispered.

Coco Dong wanted to know what was said, but she didn't hear anything.

Wang Shouren looked at the first letter, took it back into his arms, and waited for the capture of the Satsuma Castle before opening it.