The news of the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming ** team was soon detected by the Japanese troops trapped on Miyakojima and Yaeyama Islands, and Deputy General Hirata Masumune immediately reported the enemy situation to General Kayama Hisadaka.

"Your Excellency General, the fleet of the Ming people has brought a large number of Ming troops, and our spies estimate that the reinforced Ming army is about 20,000 people! The Ming people have launched a general attack on us, and in view of the fact that our army is less than 5,000 men, Your Excellency the General General, please order a retreat! ”

As the assistant of the general of Kayama, although Hirata Masumune was not a retainer of the Kayama family, as an important minister of the Satsuma domain, he had the responsibility to remind the general of Kayama that the current situation was very precarious, and it was a wise choice to safely withdraw thousands of troops from the Ryukyus to the Satsuma domain.

"Bastard!"

His Excellency, the sixty-year-old Shogun, was reluctant to retreat, because he had personally led his troops to attack the Ryukyus nine years earlier, and for this he was highly appreciated by the feudal lord Shimazu Tadashi, and was also affirmed by the Tokugawa Shogun, who named him Daisuke Jibu and Minomori.

It was also with the conquest of the Ryukyus that the Kayama family, who had been expelled, returned to the core of power in the Satsuma domain.

What's more, the effective control of Ryukyu Island has made the Kayama family a lot of money, how can they give up so easily!

"Your Excellency, it is necessary for me to remind you that neither the shogunate nor the main domain have sent any reinforcements, and we are fighting alone."

Hirata Masumune tried to persuade the somewhat stubborn Commander-in-Chief once again that since the Ming invasion of the Ryukyus, they had sent more than a dozen urgent letters to the Honkō and the shogunate, requesting that the mainland could send more troops to the Ryukyus.

However, neither the shogunate nor the main domain paid attention to this Ming invasion, believing that it was just a counterattack by the local government on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty against the Murayama fleet's attack on Taiwan, and that it was not worth sending a large army to fight.

In addition, due to the sudden death of Shogun Tokugawa, Hidetada, who succeeded him, was busy completing the succession of power, reorganizing the shogunate system, and suppressing the Catholics in the country, so he really couldn't spare his hand to help the Ryukyus.

It is said that General Hidetada decided to follow General Ieyasu's wish to "marry the Emperor" during his lifetime, and personally asked Emperor Gomizuo to marry his daughter and son as a concubine, but this move was opposed by the ministers around the Emperor, so at this juncture, it is even more impossible for General Hidetada to send a large army to Ryukyu and the Ming ** team to fight again.

The lessons of the Toyotomi period are very memorable in Japan. If it weren't for Toyotomi Hideyoshi's insistence, perhaps there would not be the current Tokugawa shogunate.

It can be said that avoiding large-scale battles with the Ming court and the Ming ** team was the unanimous decision of the shogunate and the feudal domains.

Under these circumstances, it is completely unrealistic to expect the mainland to send a large army to reinforce the Ryukyus in time.

If the Ming State had not sent reinforcements on a large scale, with the favorable terrain of Miyako and Yaeyama, Hirata Masumune would have been confident that he would have resisted the Ming army.

At the beginning, he and Hisaka Kayama also made the same judgment on the sudden invasion of the Ming army, that is, they were convinced that the invasion initiated by the Ming ** team would never last.

But now, Hirata Masumune has completely rejected the previous view, he believes that the invasion of the Ming ** team is the same as the entry into the dynasty more than 20 years ago, it is the Ming emperor and the imperial court to save the vassal again, and it is very likely to be a general mobilization like the last time.

Then, without the support of the mainland, Hirata Masumune completely lost confidence in holding Miyako and Yaeyama.

He couldn't wait to retreat.

It is not about the decency and dignity of the samurai, but about the actions and inactions determined by the wise.

"The Ming people have the support of Shangxian and those Ryukyu pariahs, their fleet can effectively blockade the islands, and we have not been able to provide any support, it is irrational to insist on it, Your Excellency General!" Hirata Masumune said earnestly.

"What's so terrible about the army of the Ming Kingdom, if they are really powerful, they won't be able to take Miyako Island for half a year!"

Kayama Hidaka, who was shorter than Hirata, still couldn't listen to Hirata's advice, he looked at a group of generals, and said proudly: "There's nothing to be afraid of, the people of the Ming Kingdom have a saying, call the soldiers to block, the water will flood, even if they transfer a new new force, they will definitely not want to take Miyako and Yaeyama!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the eldest son of Birakiyama Hisamori, held his samurai sword and said proudly: "Father is right, the people of the Ming Kingdom are not so terrible, are their generals still comparable to Yi Sunsin of Korea!" ”

The generals were all in good spirits when they heard this, yes, their general not only entered the DPRK to confront the Ming army, but also defeated the famous Korean general Yi Sunsin, so what do they have to worry about.

Hirata Masumune's brows furrowed, the optimism of his generals and the stubbornness of His Excellency the General General made it impossible to dissuade him.

"The occupation of the Ryukyus was a plan made by the Tokugawa Shogun during his lifetime, and this plan also included the occupation of Tohoban, but unfortunately because of my incompetence, the plan to occupy Toban failed, and my fleet was also destroyed by the Ming army, but I know that Japan can do without Toban for the time being, but it must not do without Ryukyu."

After the defeat, Murayama Akiyasu, who was stationed in Kayama Hidaka to plan for him, stood up, and he looked at Hirata Masumune calmly, "Your Excellency, the retreat you proposed can preserve our strength, but please don't forget how firmly General Hidetada's wishes for his father were during his lifetime!" ”

"This..."

Hirata Masumune was silent, the designated successor of the Tokugawa Shogun, General Hidetada, was a very cold person.

As a deputy general, he should not be interested in whether to give up the Ryukyus, because the crime of giving up the Ryukyus in the future will definitely fall on his head.

"Get ready for battle, the new forces of the Ming Kingdom will definitely show the Ryukyuan people their great military power."

Kayama Hisashi raised his hand, and said with a firm gaze: "My grandfather is Kayama Yoshihisa, my father is Kayama Tadake, I, Kayama Hisaka, is the thirteenth generation of lords, the governor of the Kayama family, as the elder of the Shimazu family, and the important minister of the Satsuma Domain, I will never give up the land occupied by the soldiers with blood, let alone insult the family style of my Kayama family!" ”

"Hello!"

More than a dozen officers of the main formation directly under Kayama Hisaka bowed down in unison.

.......

"The Ministry Father, the Kayama clan was originally a clan of the Shimazu clan, and Hidaka was the thirteenth generation of lords. In the early years, Hidaka married as the daughter of Tadamune, a retainer of the Shimazu clan, as an adopted son-in-law, but later divorced after Tadamune lost power and returned to the original Kayama clan. Hisashiyama's elder brother Gui died young, and his son died young, so he finally succeeded to the position of governor of the Kayama family.

After Shimazu Tadashi succeeded him as the governor of the Shimazu clan, Hidaka Kayama was appointed as the elder of the family, and was highly used by Shimazu, and accompanied Shimazu Yoshihiro to participate in the Wanli Korean War, defeating the Korean army of Yi Sunsin. ”

Miyakojima, the commander of the 1st Wing of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Guards Division, Ichiro Sanada, is introducing his lord to his lord the origin of their enemy, Hisaka Kayama.

Ichiro Sanada was excited, on the one hand, because he hadn't seen his lord for more than half a year; On the other hand, the lord is really going to lead them back to Japan to fight against the emperor!

"Nani? Someone who can defeat Yi Sunsin..."

Gonggong Wei's eyes narrowed, Li Sunsin's famous general was a little bigger, but he was indeed a character. The fact that this Kayama Hisataka was able to defeat Yi Sunsin shows that he still has two brushes.

Just as he was about to carefully inquire about the specific deployment of the Japanese army on Sanada Miyakojima, the commander of the engineer wing on the side, Ankokuji, raised his voice disdainfully:

"What is Yi Sunsin, and what is Birch Hill Hisagao! They're all little droplets! Our lord is Dadi, the strongest man in East Asia who works, and Tokugawa Hidetada is also dead when he comes! ”