Soon after the Ming army department Shangshu gathered the army and was ready, he took a boat north near the Huanshui River through Nangong County, Jizhou, Hengshui County, Wuyi County and landed on the shore and walked overland through Raoyang County to reach the territory of Daning Dusi in Baoding Prefecture, due to the hurried northward retreat of the Ming Army Department Shangshu made more people flee along the way, and the soldiers led by him were less than 3,000 people! When they arrived in Qingyuan County, the capital of Baoding Prefecture, there were only some remnants of the defeated soldiers who could not walk and soldiers who were unwilling to flee.

And the Ming Baoding Mansion stationed in the Daning Capital Division: Shao Zongyuan, learned from the soldiers defending the city that a group of people came from outside the city? According to the soldiers' confessions, it seems to be the secretary of the Ming Army, Inspector Li? With curiosity, the Tongzhi of Ming Baoding Mansion thinks it is unlikely to be him? After all, Inspector Li is a person appointed by His Majesty to go on the expedition on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and it is unlikely that he will appear outside the city.

So Ming Baoding Mansion Tongzhi hurriedly climbed the city tower to watch, came to the city tower to take a closer look down, and sure enough, he saw hanging high next to the Son of Heaven (Qinglong Banner) a person wearing a golden fish scale armor and a bowl and a flag, before Ming Baoding Mansion Tongzhi spoke, the people under the city said: "The soldiers in the city, listen, this governor is the military department of Shangshu Li Inspector, you wait to open the city gate quickly." "Hearing that the other party reported to his home, it made Ming Baoding Mansion a little suspicious?

After waiting for a while, the secretary of the Ming army department saw that the soldiers guarding the city did not move, so he rode across the drawbridge again and shouted: "This governor is the secretary of the military department, Li Inspector, if you don't open the city gate, when will you wait?" I saw that Ming Baoding Mansion Tongzhi touched his beard and said with a smile: "Hehehe! You say that you are Inspector Li, do you have any credentials? The impatient Ming soldiers immediately took out the seal letter issued by the imperial court, held it high and rode around the city to show them.

Then he said, "Have you seen enough?" Hurry up and open the gates. After confirming the identity of Inspector Li, the Tongzhi of the Ming Baoding Mansion said: "You have received the great grace of the Son of Heaven, Your Majesty once personally ascended the Zhengyang Gate, gave you the sword of Shang Fang, and poured you wine to say goodbye to you, and now you do not represent Your Majesty to the west, but you want to knock on the gate to avoid thieves?" ”

These words just stabbed Inspector Li's sore spot, and he couldn't help but reprimand loudly, "Presumptuous! How dare you slander Bento? Since Your Majesty ordered me to go on the expedition, how to fight is the business of the Governor, and I don't need you to guide me, and if I don't open the city gate quickly, I don't blame the Shang Fang Sword in the Governor's hand for being ruthless! ”

After speaking, he pulled out the Shang Fang sword and pointed at the Ming Baoding Mansion Tongzhi, this Shang Fang sword given by the Son of Heaven, out of the sheath, pointed directly at the loyal ministers and good generals! Fortunately, Ming Daning on the side commanded the envoy: Ye Shengting, who had a relationship with Inspector Li, and he hurriedly comforted, "Since Inspector Li is here, then come in quickly!" Come on, open the gates. "Only then did I let in more than 2,000 soldiers from the city, otherwise with Inspector Li's temper, I am afraid that the farce of attacking Guangzong County will be repeated!

After entering the city, he went straight to the (Dusi Mansion) and sat on the public court, and ordered someone to bring a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to write a fold and pass it to the imperial court, while Inspector Li used the excuse of insufficient troops and stationed in the territory of the Daning Dusi to recruit troops and train the army, (in fact, it was to delay time and not want to go west!) It is true that there is no power to continue the westward expedition, after all, no one listens to him! ）。

On February 13th, the Cangshan ships of the Fujian Navy Division and the Ming Army, which were sailing in the waters of the East China Sea, docked on the shore, and the Ming Army of the various battalions of the Ming Navy Division landed one after another under the leadership of the Ming and Fujian Navy Divisions, and went down to the deck together with the Ryukyu Mission.

The Ryukyu delegation began to turn against the guest, saying, "Welcome to our Ryukyu Kingdom, come here, please!" I must give a good reception to the Fujian General Army and the generals. ”

But at this moment, the Ming Quanzhou Wei Zhenfu and the Ming Fujian Navy Counselor suddenly realized that the Ming Fujian General Soldier didn't seem to have gotten off the boat yet?

Sure enough, the Ming Fujian general soldier in the cabin hurriedly wrote a letter home, and asked the herald to take the letter and take the ship to the Tokugawa shogunate Hizen Province first? After explaining the matter, the general soldiers of Fujian and Ming also went down to the deck, and saw the Ryukyu envoy and the fourth brother Quanzhou Wei Zhenfu coming over and asked, "Lord General Soldier, you just now?" ”

The general soldier of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty diverted the topic and smiled: "Oops! I can't imagine that the scenery of this Ryukyu Kingdom is so beautiful! A large island in the middle of the vast sea stands majestically, and there are cranes living here nearby, indicating that this country is rich in products. Hehe! ”

The Ryukyu envoys then led them through the port of Naha to Shuri Castle, and the Fujian naval commanders first walked to the royal castle and passed through the first main gate (Zhongshan Gate), which was guarded by the Satsuma clan guards, because both sides had handles, both; The soldiers of the Satsuma Domain controlled the king of the Ryukyu Shoken gun in Shuri Castle, and the Ryukyu Tokitomi led the Ming army to arrive, so neither side dared to tear their faces easily.

After passing the Zhongshan Gate, everyone came to the (Shouli Gate), when the Ming Fujian soldiers looked up at the plaque given to them by the Ming Empire, the Ming Fujian soldiers paused for a moment and said with a smile: "I can't imagine that your country can still put the plaque given by my dynasty on the main gate, which is really commendable!" ”

But the Ryukyu envoy modestly said, "Where, where!" The things given by the Ming Empire are invaluable to our country! If it weren't for the help of the Ming Dynasty, my country is probably still just an island, thanks to the Ming Taizu Hongwu Gao Emperor His Majesty gave our lord as the king of the county and this "state of etiquette", to bring civilization to our country, with Chinese clothing, so His Royal Highness has been thinking about the Ming Dynasty! ”

As soon as the words fell, the Ryukyu envoy looked around and saw that there were no soldiers from the Satsuma clan standing guard nearby, so he continued to lead the Ming Fujian general army into the inner outline and came from the left gate to the main hall Guangfu Gate.

Since the Satsuma Domain did not allow the Ryukyu Shangxian County King to move around without permission, he could only be guarded by soldiers in the Guangfu Gate, and the Ryukyu envoy whispered to the Ming Fujian General Soldier, "Lord Commander, further forward is the place where His Royal Highness the King is imprisoned, we have to find a way to solve the Satsuma Domain soldiers in the Guangfumen area to see His Royal Highness!" ”

So the Ming Fujian General turned around and tried a look at the Ming Fujian General, and he led a team of soldiers to retreat after realizing the intention, and the Ming Fujian General Army continued to say to the Ryukyu envoys, "Let's go over there and have a look?" ”

At this moment, the Ming Fujian Navy Division General took the soldiers to quietly lurk behind the pillars of the Guangfu Gate attic, and also used sign language to direct the soldiers to act separately, the Satsuma Domain soldiers standing guard were covered by the Fujian Navy Ming Army one by one without knowing it and cut their necks one by one, several Satsuma Domain soldiers heard the movement with sensitive ears, and just wanted to draw the knife was stabbed to death by the Fujian Navy Ming Army, so that the Satsuma Domain guards in the east attic area immediately shouted when they saw this, "Yamato: If there is a situation, go and see!" ”

Immediately, a row of dozens of Satsuma Domain soldiers drew their swords and charged over, and the Ming Fujian Navy Commander asked the soldiers holding tridents to come forward to resist, and most of the swords that came over were caught by the tridents in the hands of the Ming army of the Fujian Navy Division, and some of them were slashed to death by the Ming Army! At the moment of crisis, some Ming troops were ready to raise their guns to shoot, but they were stopped by the Ming Fujian Navy General and said: "This is the inner palace of the king of Ryukyu County, and you can't use firearms!" so as not to provoke a big panic. Therefore, the Fujian sailors and Ming soldiers could only use Yanling knives, Qi family knives and Satsuma clan soldiers to slash and kill in the attic, and the sound of fighting between the two sides also alarmed the king of Ryukyu Shangxian who was resting in the palace.

After hearing the voice, he slowly got up and summoned the palace maid beside him and asked, "What's going on outside?" Get out there and check it out! The palace maid walked out, but before she left the palace gate, she heard the sound of fighting with weapons colliding outside? Frightened, the palace maid screamed and hurriedly ran back, she didn't pay attention to one under her feet, stumbled and fell to the ground, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Royal Highness, something is wrong!" There was a fight outside, presumably it must have been the Unusatsuma clan that fought with our soldiers? Do you want to be disrespectful to Your Highness? ”

Hearing this, King Shangxian hurriedly got up and said with some frustration: "It's really come to this point? Come and help the widow change into regular clothes, even if the widow is dead, he is also a dignified and upright king of the Ming vassal country, and he will die with style! "King Shangxianjun, who changed into his regular clothes, really still has a bit of a kingly temperament, he straightened up and sat on a chair in the palace, quietly waiting for that moment to come...

After half a pillar of incense time, the palace door was slowly pushed open, only to see that the king of Shangxian County closed his eyes helplessly, he didn't want to see the bloody scene, who would have thought that the next moment, the palace maids said in surprise: "Your Royal Highness, look at the doctor, they are the doctors, but next to them?" ”

At this time, the Ryukyus Doctor who came over: Jin Yingyuan, saluted to the king of Shangxian County and said, "The minister sees His Royal Highness, oh, this is the Fujian general soldier sent by the Ming Empire, just now he led the soldiers to kill the guards of the Satsuma clan who were standing guard, and the ministers can come in to see His Royal Highness!" It's been three years, since His Royal Highness the King ascended the throne, the old minister is still the second time to see His Royal Highness, it's really ashamed! ”

Knowing that it was the reinforcements sent by the Ming Dynasty made the king of Ryukyu Shangxian very happy, he hurriedly came over and held the hand of the Ming Fujian general soldier, knelt down and said, "Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Tomorrow for sending a large army to rescue the widow, please accept the widow's worship!" ”

This made the Ming Fujian General Soldier a little unbearable, he quickly picked up Shangxian County King and said, "His Royal Highness the County King doesn't need to be polite!" Ben General was instructed by His Majesty the Emperor to visit the vassal country, but I didn't expect this Satsuma Domain to be so hateful, and he actually took advantage of the "Wanli Joseon no Knight" to wait for the opportunity to invade the Ryukyu Kingdom for decades, and today Ben will definitely ask the Satsuma Domain for an explanation. As soon as the words fell, he ordered the Fujian Navy Ming Army to leave Shouli City to go to the sea to prepare to board the ship, and the king of Shangxian County, who had been trapped in the palace for three years, did not know anything about the situation outside, but when he heard the Ming envoy say this, he had to order the Ryukyu Doctor to send the Ming Fujian General Soldier for him.

At the same time, the herald who sent the letter to the Forbidden City, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, was sending the letter into the yamen of the Tongzheng Division, and in the Ming Ming transcription Huang Youtongzheng: Yu Zhikun, sent the letter into the Wuying Hall of the Imperial City, Ming Yizong, who was wearing a red (over-the-shoulder sleeved dragon robe) wearing a black gauze winged crown, was reading the military newspaper of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, he opened the military newspaper very seriously, looked at it and asked, "Why has Dongyu Jiannu been so quiet recently?" Are you planning something to deal with me? ”

The eunuch Bingbi, who was standing next to him, replied, "If you go back to the Long Live Lord, this old slave doesn't know!" However, since Jiannu has not moved, maybe there is no food to eat, right? Or maybe there's something wrong with it? ”

These words made Ming Yizong take a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Wang Chengen! Wang Chengen, your mouth is still so good at making me happy, go make me another pot of tea. Eunuch Bingbi hurriedly lowered his head and walked over, picked up the teapot and slowly retreated to the main hall facing Ming Yizong, and then turned around and was about to withdraw, but he almost bumped into Mingyu Huang Youtongzheng, but fortunately, Eunuch Mingsi Rite Supervisor Bingbi quickly dodged his eyes.