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Yu Ming also smiled bitterly, now that he has let his words out, it is not good to discuss it with Cheng Yanjin, Qin Qiong and others, otherwise this will be unfair to other troops. In fact, he really wanted to remind them that they could not be busy attacking the city first. Because now Li Tang is on the verge of extinction, all the people in Guanzhong are panicking. Li Jiancheng was also put back to persuade Li Yuan. If the Zhou army had stabilized at this time, maybe it wouldn't be long before Li Yuan would lead his army to surrender under pressure, saving a heavy casualty battle of Guanzhong.

And that's what he wants most to happen. Guanzhong is the most prosperous and wealthy place today, and Yuming doesn't want to make this fertile land deserted.

After seeing Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin and Xu Shiji leaving, Yu Ming prepared to go back to his big tent and sleep well. But at this moment, another hurried cavalry rushed from outside the camp gate, and he rushed to Yuming's side at a fast speed, then turned over and dismounted, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty: A king has come to the Ryukyu Kingdom, saying that they have suffered a Japanese attack, and even the king has been killed in battle. Now he has fled to Luoyang and urgently asked for help from our Great Zhou! said that if we don't send troops to rescue, they will only have one country! ”

"Ah what? Japan actually launched an attack on the Ryukyus? This news really surprised Yuming.

Although the Ryukyus and Japan are not far apart, because they are separated by four miles of sea, most of the people who come and go between the two countries are businessmen. And now Japan has unexpectedly invaded the Ryukyus, which really made Yuming a little unexpected.

You know, in history, Japan in this era was still relatively restrained. Their minds are more focused on internal contention than external expansion. In Japan, the emperor is nominally the supreme leader of the country, but he does not wield much power. The power of the country was seized by two daimyos, the Soga clan and the Monobe clan. It stands to reason that they are not flawed in their own care, so how can they suddenly expand to the outside world?

However, Umaki was not too worried, because Ryukyu was a vassal state that paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty, while Japan was not. And Japan's national strength is far from that of the Zhou Dynasty, and it can be said that it is not the opponent of the Zhou army at all. Their attack on the Ryukyus this time just gave the Zhou Dynasty an excuse to attack, so that he could justifiably send troops to attack Japan.

"Good! I will go back to Luoyang early tomorrow morning to discuss the expedition to Japan, and you will go and call General Qin, General Cheng, and Xu Junshi!" I'll give them an explanation, and then I'll leave! "Yu Ming is colorful.

Subsequently, Yuming convened a meeting of the generals of the Eastern Army and announced that Xu Shiji would temporarily assume the post of commander of the Eastern Army. Responsible for launching an attack on Tongguan.

However, thinking that Li Jiancheng had already been asked to return to Chang'an to persuade Li Yuan to surrender, there was no need to launch an attack immediately. In addition, Yuming announced before that he would reward the first troops to enter Chang'an, as well as the first warrior to open the gates of Chang'an...... And it will take time for this decision to reach the other army. Therefore, Yuming asked Xu Shiji and the others to attack after ten days.

If after ten days, Li Yuan did not send people to surrender, then resolutely launched an attack and did not wait any longer.

Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were also a little disappointed when they heard that it would take ten days to launch an attack, but considering that the Tang army in Tongguan was really strong, and the city walls were tall, and there were a lot of materials to defend the city, if they attacked strongly, they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties. So, they all agreed to act according to Yuming's will.

After Yu Ming handed over the work briefly, he ran to Luoyang under the escort of five thousand forest guards. He wants to start arranging a war against Japan, preparing to erase this island country that will cause great disasters to the Chinese people in the future.

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After a few days, Yu Ming rushed back to Luoyang City, and just walked into his own residence in the palace, he saw the eldest grandson Wuji waiting at the door of the imperial study. There was also a young man dressed in gorgeous clothes beside him, looking at the style of clothes and appearance, he did not look like a native of the Central Plains.

When the eldest grandson Wuji saw Yu Ming coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and saluted: "Weichen eldest grandson Wuji sees Your Majesty!" ”

And the young man in Chinese clothes beside him also immediately knelt down and said loudly: "Ryukyu King Dezhao pays a visit to the Emperor of the Great Zhou Kingdom, may my emperor live long live!" ”

Yu Ming hurriedly stepped forward to help the Ryukyu king and said, "Your Royal Highness, please get up quickly!" Now that my Great Zhou Kingdom has already abolished the kneeling ceremony, I don't have to kneel when I see the emperor! ”

After Na Dezhao heard this, he was also very moved, and he sobbed at this time: "The emperor of the Heavenly Empire is really extraordinary, magnanimous, and I admire the whole Ryukyu Kingdom very much. Now my country has been invaded by the wolf ambition of Japan, my father was killed in battle, my mother was killed, the country fell, and the Ryukyu surname was also sold into slavery, living in dire straits, please save me! ”

He was in a hurry, but Yu Ming suddenly became a chronic at this time, and he said slowly: "Your Royal Highness, I am very considerate of your feelings about saving the people from the iron heel of the Japanese invaders, and I also want to send troops to Ryukyu to help you expel the Japanese. But now my army is inseparable! I believe you also know that I am now fighting against Li Tang, and currently in Tongguan, Xiaoguan, Dasanguan and Wuguan, my 700,000 troops of the Great Zhou are fighting a bloody battle with 100,000 Tang troops, and I am really powerless! ”

When Na Dezhao heard this, he was immediately stunned, there are more people in the Central Plains! In one war, 10,000 people were invested, which is ten times more than the people in the whole of Ryukyu.

And this time, he was even more determined, no matter what, he would say that Yuming would send troops.

"Your Majesty, please save me Ryukyu no matter what! As you said just now, the Great Zhou sent an army of 700,000 to attack the 100,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty...... In fact, why do you need to send so many people? Do you think you can send 600,000 troops to attack, and then send 100,000 troops to rescue my Ryukyus? Dezhao hurriedly asked.

"This ...... It's not hard for me to bring in 100,000 troops from the front! The difficulty is that if the 100,000 troops go from the Guanzhong area to Jiangdu, and then board a ship from Jiangdu to Ryukyu, this will cause a lot of loss...... Do you calculate how much food 100,000 people will eat in a day? How many supplies will be used? How much military pay is consumed? Not counting the ships, weapons, arrows, and ......catapults built for them," Yu Ming snapped his fingers and told De Zhao one by one.

Dezhao was dumbfounded by Yuming's fooling. He now had nothing of value around him except for a few boxes of jewels, and the consumption of an army of 100,000 was a few days. He asked Zhou Jun to help him fight, and he couldn't supply food and grass and had to be sent out, right? But if the Ryukyu Kingdom were to pay out of its own pocket, it would not be able to scrape together so much food, grass and money anyway.

"Your Majesty, I beg you! Okay, okay! If you can send troops to rescue us, the whole country of Ryukyu will be grateful! At this time, Dezhao knelt down and kowtowed.

But at this time, Yu Ming no longer helped him up, but sighed and said: "Your Royal Highness, I also want to help you, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!" Although my army is brave and good at fighting, I can't fight without food...... And if they don't pay them, I'm afraid they will rise up and make trouble and stop fighting! ”

When Dezhao heard this, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, sweat was dripping on his forehead, and he didn't know what to do.

"Your Majesty, I wonder what you can do to save our Ryukyu Kingdom? As long as I can send troops, I am willing to be your slave for the rest of my life......" he said with an anxious expression.

Yu Ming saw that the fire was almost over, and Fang said helplessly: "Actually, Your Royal Highness, you don't have to be a slave, just be a citizen!" ”

"What? People? Dezhao was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes! If you and the people of the Ryukyu Kingdom are both from my Great Zhou, then Japan's attack on the Ryukyus is an attack on our Great Zhou. And my Great Zhou is the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, how can I allow that small foreign country to invade? If Japan dares to touch my Great Zhou Tiger beard, then I will naturally raise a national army and crush it! At this time, Yu Ming said what he really thought in his heart.

No matter how stupid Na Dezhao is, he can still hear what Yuming means. That is, if the Ryukyus are merged into the Zhou Dynasty, he will send troops to rescue.

His mind was racing, and after weighing the pros and cons, he finally decided to agree to Yuming's request. After all, if he insisted on retaining the national body, in the end Ryukyu could only be annexed by Japan, and he could only be a dead king.

As the saying goes, a phoenix with a falling feather is not as good as a chicken. He, the king of light poles, is in a foreign country, and he is afraid that he will be blinded and bullied by others, and his life is worse than death.

Although he was attached to the Central Plains, he could not become the king. But if Uaki wants to send someone to help him rule the Ryukyus, then he is one of the most suitable people.

After all, after the death of his father, he was the most prestigious person in the country. If Yuming wants to send someone to govern the Ryukyus, he must find someone who has prestige that day. As for familiarity with the situation in the Ryukyus, let alone myself.

If you agree to attach it, you will only remove the title of king and lose the opportunity to be the king of the Ryukyus in the future. However, he can become a hero admired by the people of the Ryukyus, and he can continue to govern the Ryukyus and become the de facto ruler of the Ryukyus.

So, he stepped forward, bowed to Yu Ming and said, "Your Majesty, I figured it out!" In fact, the Central Plains and the Ryukyus are one family! Now the Great Zhou army is strong, and it is powerful overseas! When all nations come to court, all the people of the world are full of admiration! I, Liu Jiangmin, am willing to represent the Ryukyus and solemnly propose to His Majesty to attach the Great Zhou! ”

"Your Royal Highness, please rest assured, since Ryukyu has this intention, then I can't sit idly by, so I reluctantly accept it! Since then, the Ryukyus and the Central Plains have become one family. Japan's attack on the Ryukyus was an attack on our Great Zhou. Of course, my Great Zhou will send sailors to fight with you and expel the Japanese invaders! Yu Ming immediately patted his chest and reassured.

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