"What? What did you say? Qingxiong was stunned and stunned, "Who called?" Is it the shogunate? ”

Since the Ryukyu Kingdom has been a gathering place for the so-called Toyotomi loyalists since a few years ago, Kiyoo Younemo has always been worried that the shogunate army will come over...... Therefore, when I heard that someone was calling today, I subconsciously thought that it was the soldiers of the Tokugawa shogunate.

"It's not the shogunate, it's the Spaniards, the Spanish fleet is coming, more than two dozen galleons are coming, and they are shelling the batteries of the Ryukyu people!"

"What? Spaniard...... Are they crazy? "You are a Japanese devil who is closed off from the country, and he hasn't opened his eyes to see the world, otherwise he wouldn't have asked such an imbecile question...... The Kingdom of Spain is crazy!

That Philip IV thought he was the king of the earth favored by his heavenly father! Such people are not crazy, are there still people in the madhouse?

"Pursue, I don't know if they are crazy, I only know that the coastal defense fort in the Ryukyu Kingdom is useless and will fall soon, and the Ming Dynasty has no troops in the Ryukyu Kingdom, only a trade overseer...... When his subordinates rushed to Jinya just now, they saw the convoy of the Ming Kingdom Trade Supervisor heading towards Toyomi Castle in the south of the mountain, and it seemed that they were preparing to flee, so we might as well flee too! ”

The main island of the Ryukyu Kingdom is divided into three parts: Shanbei, Nakayama, and Shannan, of which Shurio Castle and Naha Port are located in Nakayama, and the commercial supervision office of the Ming Dynasty and the Jinya of the Satsuma Domain of Japan are also located in Nakayama. However, the Ming Dynasty also had a stronghold in Shannan, that is, Toyomi Castle. It's not a fortress, it's just a small earthen city, located by the sea, there is a small fishing port nearby, and there is a small bird boat parked there all year round, which should be used by the Ming commercial superintendent and merchants to retreat.

"Baga!" When you heard what his subordinates said, he was furious, "How can we be a dignified samurai who are ordered by the lord of the domain to protect the Ryukyus, so how can we be afraid of the enemy to death?" And...... The ships of the feudal clan only come once every two months, and now the next time they come to Hong Kong, there is still a month left! ”

I can't walk if I want to......

"Yes, we have too few people and no artillery, how should we protect the Ryukyus?"

"Cage City, of course!" Kiyoo stood up abruptly, "Gather everyone and retreat to Shuri Royal Castle together!" ”

"Hay!" The Togo intern replied loudly with a sad face.

He also knew that the Shuri royal castle could not be defended, because his mission in the Ryukyu Kingdom was to keep a close watch on the royal castle and not allow the Ryukyu royal family to defend the royal castle...... I really didn't expect that it was not the Shang clan who would end up in Shurigo Castle, but himself and the Satsuma clan who guarded the Ryukyus.

It's a bit of digging your own grave!

If you don't dig your own grave, you have to climb into it even if you cry!

Intern Togo hurriedly bowed to Kiyoo You, then turned around and rushed out to call someone. As soon as he walked with his front feet, Kiyoo Youyu patted the tatami mats and muttered: "Baga, what are the Spaniards crazy about?" What does the Ryukyu Kingdom have? There is nothing, not even enough rice to eat, what are they doing here? ”

Of course, Kiyoo you can't guess what the Spaniards are doing, and the behavior of a madman is certainly not so easy to guess.

Moreover, Kiyoo You寝, who has been watching Kagoshima all his life, and is watching the Satsuma Domain in Edo, has never thought that the current Japan has unknowingly fallen into the circle of the Celestial Empire.

Japan, which was self-contained, ceased to exist from the moment the Celestial Empire went to the ocean...... Faced with China, which is rushing to the ocean step by step, Japan has no choice but to blend in!

Japan's borders were not bombarded open by some Chinese black ship with cannons - that was what the Westerners did to Japan, they were far away, and they could only use cannons to scare people. And China is close enough to Japan that if it rushes into the ocean, it will inevitably drown Japan!

And the well-informed Spanish madman saw very clearly what impact the rise of the Celestial Empire would have on Japan!

And once the Celestial Empire overwhelms Japan, then there will be no force to stop them from rushing to the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Because the mainland of the Spanish world empire, which owns the west coast of the New World, has only a population of just over 5.6 million...... And the population of the Celestial Empire is almost thirty times that of Spain itself!

Once they march eastward, sooner or later they can take a part of the New World away from Spain by virtue of their superiority in numbers!

So the Spanish Empire, in order to defend their New World, had to do everything to prevent the Celestial Empire from drowning Japan......

In charge of this task was Caballero, the ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the Ming Dynasty. Although he was the ambassador to Damei, he had been active in Edo for several months. In addition to meeting with figures from the Sendai Domain to discuss the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations between Japan and Spain, he also secretly met with the samurai of the Satsuma Domain, the Nagasu Domain, and the Kumamoto Domain in Edo, and tried to sell them "cheap and high-quality" Spanish artillery and the threat of the Celestial Empire.

However, these so-called powerful feudal clans were very cautious about strengthening their armaments, for fear of angering the powerful and inoffensive Tokugawa shogunate.

The remnants of the arbitrary politics of the previous generation of the public are still there, and even the powerful southwestern feudal clan is trembling in front of the general's tiger might.

The rise of the Celestial Empire once touched the majesty of the shogun's family, but now it is rumored that Matsudaira Takako of the Aizu Domain will be the adopted daughter of the previous shogun Iemitsu, change her name to Tokugawa Takako, and go to the Celestial Empire to make peace.

Although it was the Tokugawa family who presented beautiful women to the emperor of the Celestial Empire, it meant substantial submission. But today's Ming Xiong has never let the foreign feudal lord sacrifice beauties, and if the high son of the Tokugawa family can successfully enter the harem of the Ming Emperor, how can he come out on top......

If the powerful Tokugawa family had the support of the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, where would the upper echelons of the southwestern feudal clans dare to resist?

So Caballero's activities in Edo were not successful, and he did not sell a single Spanish gun until de Velasco arrived in Edo in a two-hundred-ton Galen ship.

"What do you say? The Chinese have a reliable flowering bomb? Caballero was a little stunned when he learned the result of the Battle of Dinghai, "How can this be...... What the hell is going on? ”

De Belasco, who had picked up his life in the battle of Dinghai Anchorage, said with a wry smile: "Ambassador, let's talk about it on the road...... We've got to go! ”

"Let's go? Where to go? ”

"Leave Edo and go to Kagoshima." Deberasko said, "Admiral Garcia decided to attack the Ryukyu Kingdom!" It's definitely done now...... So we had to leave immediately, because we were afraid that the Tokugawa shogunate would detain us if it was too late. ”

"Attack on the Ryukyus? Why is that? ”

De Velasco said: "To show the strength of the Spanish Armada of the East, of course!" ”

"Powerful? Battle of the anchorage ......"

De Belasco sighed: "Of course we won!" Our fleet rushed into their anchorage, burned a dozen ships, lost four of them ourselves, and of course won a big victory! ”

Of course, twelve to four, of course Spain won!

"What does the admiral mean ......," Caballero asked.

"The Admiral wants us to support Japan's powerful feudal lords against the generals who have succumbed to the authority of the Ming Dynasty," said de Berlasco, "and we will be able to recruit mercenaries from Japan and support the pro-Spanish and Catholic feudal lords with arms." The most important thing is, of course, to use Japan's civil strife to block the pace of the Ming Dynasty's eastward advance. ”

"I see!" Caballero nodded, "That's exactly what I want to do...... However, no matter how civil strife Japan was, it was unlikely that too much energy would be involved in the Ming Dynasty, unless the Tokugawa shogunate faced the fate of defeat. However, judging from the balance of power in Japan, such a thing is unlikely to happen. If we are determined to defend the New World, we must prepare for the worst! ”

"What's going to be worse?"

Caballero was silent for a moment: "Maybe we should prepare to face the world empire of the East on the land of the New World!" This is what will happen sooner or later, and all our efforts now are only to postpone this day! ”