Lu Xiangsheng held up the binoculars and looked at the tragic situation of the Satsuma Domain's water division, and his heart was shocked, the power of the artillery was so terrifying.

Just now, more than 400 warships rushed over in a dense manner, and in less than a quarter of an hour, there were dense fragments left, and then look at the military camp near the port, the foot soldiers of the Satsuma Domain, who were still majestic and high-spirited just now, have begun to scatter and flee in all directions!

He had a new understanding of muskets and artillery, and he understood that after having guns, more guns and more artillery were more important than more people.

Just when he was shocked, the herald behind him suddenly said loudly: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Governor has an order to order us to clean up the battlefield." ”

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he hurriedly ordered: "Order the wheels on both sides to quickly step forward to salvage the prisoners and clean up the sea." ”

At this time, the shells had not yet exploded, and although more than 10,000 shells had sunk more than 400 Satsuma Domain warships, most of the more than 10,000 Satsuma Domain's sailors were still not dead, and they were struggling desperately on the sea with the help of wood chips.

With Lu Xiangsheng's order, more than 100 wheels on both sides immediately slowly drove towards the middle.

The soldiers of the Ming army have been quite proficient in salvaging prisoners, for those who are not injured or lightly injured, they generally put a looper on the rope, throw it down, let people put it on the waist, several people work together, three or two times to pull it up, if the injury is more serious, they will throw a few hooks to lock down, let people hang on the belt, three or two can also pull people up, of course, immediately after pulling up, someone will immediately take the rope forward, tie the prisoner strongly, and throw it into the cabin.

Outside the port, Yu Chenglong also received an order to send 100 wheels out to clean up the battlefield, and more than 200 wheels were busy working together, and there were fewer and fewer prisoners on the sea, and even the oars, broken masts and larger planks were salvaged by them.

At this time, the soldiers of the Qi family army on the shore also began to clean up the battlefield, but it was only 5,000 carts of artillery, and the other 5,000 people were still chasing down the fleeing Satsuma clan foot soldiers.

The Satsuma Clan's infantry was much worse than the Satsuma Domain's navy, they were not overturned by muskets and cannons because the ship fell apart, but they were overturned by muskets and artillery.

Zhang Bin didn't care about this, after he gave the order, cleaning up the battlefield was the business of Lu Xiangsheng, Yu Chenglong and Qi Yuangong, and at this time he was already thinking about how to blackmail the Satsuma Domain and the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Bullied the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, simply eat a defeat and it's over, don't even think about it, the last Wanli Korean War was because the Ming Dynasty was unable to cross the sea to attack, this time he has the ability to go to the Dongying Islands to threaten, not to mention knocking down all their cities, at least they can vomit blood, don't pay something, this matter is not over.

What should the little devil pay for?

He thought all the way back to the tent, took out the map and looked at it carefully, and looked at it, his eyes couldn't help but light up, because he found a very good trade route.

If you start from Toban Defender, pass through Ryukyu Island, and then go to the Satsuma Domain in the south of Kyushu, and even Shikoku Island and Honshu Island; It is much closer than the original Hirado Domain, which started from Oin or Tsukiko and passed through the east coast of Daming and went around to the north of Kyushu.

The original trade route is at least five or six thousand miles, but the new route is only more than two thousand miles, and the merchant ships at this time are still sailboats, five or six thousand miles take almost two months, and more than two thousand miles, a month is not needed, in this way, the efficiency is at least doubled, and the profit in it, I don't know how much.

Of course, it is not so simple to take a new trade route, in the past, this trade route was dominated by the Satsuma Domain, and in order to monopolize this trade route, they even did not hesitate to risk the danger of provoking the Ming Dynasty to invade the Ryukyus.

After thinking about the map for a while, Zhang Bin finally had a general idea, he must force them to cede the islands in the south of Kyushu as a foothold, and he must also force them to open a commercial port, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Honshu must have them!

Huashan Jiushou didn't know that he was in trouble at this time, he was fleeing to the southwest with more than 2,000 people, behind, two hundred groups of Qi family troops were in hot pursuit, I don't know how many stragglers were stabbed to the ground by them, screaming and wailing, the voice was just like a life talisman, he had only one thought in his mind, run, run quickly, and definitely couldn't be chased by them.

Crazy fled I don't know how far, he felt that his chest was getting more and more painful, and his throat was even more dry and on fire, but the Ming army behind him was still biting, what should I do?

Suddenly, there was a panicked howl from the front: "Ah, what to do, there is no boat." It's over, it's over! ”

He looked up into the distance, it's over, it's really over, a big river blocks the way, and the north is the beach, unless you turn around and run south, but the south is full of uneven mounds, you can't run fast at all, the Ming army can have muskets, let them chase closer, and a few shots will break you out.

It may be a good choice to jump into the river and swim to the other side, but the mouth of the river at this entrance to the sea is more than a mile wide, and it is exhausting to run, and no one is sure to swim through, in case the river is washed into the sea, it will be dead.

Just when these people were crowded on the beach and hesitated, dozens of Qi family soldiers suddenly came out from behind the mound in the south, and the way to escape to the south was also broken.

At this time, there were suddenly several shouts from the Ming army: "Put down your arms and surrender, or we will shoot!" ”

There was a chaotic sound, almost everyone threw their weapons to the ground, and more than a thousand people immediately rushed out of the Qi family's army array, carrying ropes and tying them for a while, and there were still people shouting there while tying them: "Who is your commander, are you dead?" ”

Countless eyes instantly turned to Birch Hill Jiushou, who squatted on the ground in fright, hugged his head and said, "Don't kill me, don't kill me." ”

At this time, Qi Changfeng ran up and said, "Yo, it's still an old acquaintance, ask what is the origin of this guy, a general flag can command so many people." ”

Huashan Jiushou naturally didn't understand what he was talking about, but it turned out that the Dongying pirates under Zheng Zhilong heard it clearly, and they immediately grabbed a few tied captives and asked, and soon asked.

It turns out that this guy is the son of the general of the Satsuma Domain, and the future general of the Satsuma Domain.

When Qi Changfeng heard this, his mouth was about to laugh crookedly, and he finally caught a big fish, and he immediately said loudly: "Xiao Wu, tie him up, take your team, and escort him to the tent." ”

A team of soldiers from the Qi family army immediately pounced on him, tied Huashan Jiushou to a knot, and then pushed him back.

Zhang Bin is interrogating an old man who is like a chicken in the soup at this time, this old man is the general of the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma Domain, and the commander-in-chief of this invasion, Kayama Hisataka.

However, this guy was very hard-mouthed, and he didn't answer anything when asked, and he wanted to beat him up when he made Zhang Bin angry.

At this time, someone outside reported that the general of the Satsuma Domain, who commanded the foot soldiers, was also arrested, and Zhang Bin immediately ordered someone to escort him in.

Soon, the squad leader nicknamed Xiao Wu escorted Birshan-hisama into the ground, and he directly pushed Birshan-hisamori to the ground, and then arched his hand: "Report, Governor-General, this person is the son of the general of the Satsuma Domain." ”

Zhang Bin looked at it, acquaintance, it was the guy he humiliated last time, and when he heard the report again, it turned out that he was still the son of the general general, and he couldn't help but look at Huashan Jiu Gao with interest.

Biryama Hidaka's face was very complicated at this time, there was helplessness, despair, and even a little happy expression, it seemed that he was right, he should be glad that his son was not dead, and it was better to be captured than to be killed.

Zhang Bin looked at the father and son, and then asked Huashan Jiushou, "What's your name?" ”

Birch Mountain Jiushou was really scared this time, and he immediately replied honestly: "The villain's name is Birch Mountain Jiushou." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he nodded, one is called Huashan Jiugao, and the other is called Huashan Jiushou, it is a father and son.

He then asked, "How many warships and how many troops do you have in the Satsuma Domain?" ”

Kayama Kumori secretly glanced at his father, and then replied honestly: "We have brought all the warships over this time, and there are still 10,000 horses in this formation, and there are no others." ”

It's good, there are no warships, and as for the 10,000 horses, he doesn't care at all, because he doesn't need to land at all to threaten the Satsuma Domain and Toei, and he can just drive the Weiyuan battleship and bombard it everywhere.

Zhang Bin nodded, and then smiled: "Young man, you are very good, the official decided to let you go back." ”

When Huashan Jiushou heard this, he was so excited that he couldn't do it, he thought he would be dragged out and cut down, but he didn't expect people to let him go.

Zhang Bin then smiled and said, "After I go back, tell your feudal lord and let him come to Ryukyu Island to talk to the official, otherwise, the official will come to the Satsuma Domain and talk to him in person." ”

The meaning of this is obvious, either you come to Ryukyu Island to negotiate honestly, otherwise, you don't need to talk about it, and you will be wiped out directly!

Unexpectedly, Birchama Jiushou thought for a while, and actually said: "This, this, I'm afraid it's a little difficult." ”

A little hard? If he couldn't die, Zhang Bin immediately said with a straight face: "What, do you insist that this official come to the Satsuma Domain to talk in person?" ”

Kayama Hisamori hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, our Satsuma Domain doesn't have any warships at all at this time, and the head of the family can't come even if he wants to!" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he slapped his forehead and said embarrassedly: "Okay, I'll send a fleet to send you back, and the fleet will wait there for a day, if your lord refuses to take a boat over, then, don't blame the official for being polite." ”

Kayama Hisamoru shook his hand again and again, "No, no, I will persuade our lord to come by boat." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and then said aloud outside: "Quickly pass Lu Xiangsheng and Lord Lu over." ”

After a while, Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly walked in and arched his hand: "My lord, what do you command?" ”

Zhang Bin pointed to Huashan Jiushou and said: "You lead the fleet to take this kid to the Satsuma Domain, wait in the port there for a day, if their feudal lord is on the ship, you will bring it here immediately, if their feudal lord does not get on the ship, you will lead the fleet back in a day." ”

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "My subordinates understand." ”

Zhang Bin thought for a while, and then advised: "By the way, you ask Yu Chenglong to transfer twenty Weiyuan battleships to you, and bring them over together, so as to be strong and powerful." ”

Lu Xiangsheng arched his hand again and said, "My subordinates understand. ”

Zhang Bin was still not at ease, he shouted to the door again: "Zhao Ru." ”

Zhao Ru entered in response, and he confessed: "You take your ten teams of guards to go to the Satsuma Domain with Lord Lu. ”

Zhao Ru immediately arched his hand and said, "Obey." ”

Zhang Bin thought for a while, and then said to Sarufei Sasuke on the side: "You send ten people to act as translators for Lord Lu." ”

When Sarutobi Sasuke heard this, he immediately retreated, and after a while, he came in to report that the person was already waiting outside.

Zhang Bin said to Lu Xiangsheng at this time: "Jiandou, be careful, don't go ashore, they still have 10,000 foot soldiers, in addition, pay attention to the sea, but there are ships that dare to approach, all of them are sunk." ”

Lu Xiangsheng was moved: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will be careful." ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand and asked him to escort Huashan to guard for a long time.

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng left, Zhang Bin looked at the expressionless Huashan Jiugao again, and simply waved his hand to let this guy go down, otherwise he was really afraid that he couldn't help it, so he ordered this guy to be dragged out and cut down.

At this time, it was finally quiet in the tent, he took out the map and looked at it carefully, looked at it for a while, and then said aloud to the outside: "Zhang Cha, send someone to Shuri City and ask King Shangfeng to come over." ”

The location of this Ryukyu Island is not bad, it is just in the middle of Dongfan and Dongying, Naha Port is also a good natural harbor, it is very suitable for being a transit station, since they all want to open the port of trade in Dongying, simply let Ryukyu also open this place, in order to facilitate the merchant ships coming and going, he believes that this kind of thing King Shangfeng did not dare to refuse.

Shuri Castle was only a few miles away from here, and King Shangfeng soon came over, and as soon as he entered the tent, he arched his hand with excitement on his face: "Congratulations, my lord, for your victory." ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand, motioned for him to sit down behind the small table next to him, and then said directly: "Your Royal Highness, this official wants to open a new trade route, so that Ming merchants can go to Dongying through the Ryukyus to do business, this Naha Port is just a place to rest, why don't we build a city here together for the merchants to rest, how about it?" ”

In fact, doing business with Dongying is against the laws of the Ming Dynasty, but King Shangfeng didn't care about these at all, he has been tossed miserably by Dongying people over the years, and the trade of Naha Port is nothing compared to this.

He directly arched his hand and said: "My lord, you want to build a city in Naha Port Xiao Wang can't ask for it, but I don't know if the adults can leave some of the royal divisions to garrison here, Xiao Wang is really powerless to resist the Dongying Domain, if the adults leave, they run over again, then it's over." ”

Zhang Bin was stunned when he heard this, and dared to run over, they couldn't find death, if it wasn't for their lack of troops this time, they would have been wiped out, and they would have been arrogant, besides, the Satsuma Domain had no warships, how could they come over.

Of course, he wouldn't say that, and it would be best to send troops to control the port of Naha.

He pretended to think about it for a while, and then said, "Save it from embarrassment": "Okay, this official will send someone to build a fortress on the hill behind the camp, and then send a man from a thousand households to come and garrison it." ”

There are only more than 1,000 people in a thousand households, can they withstand Dongying's attack?

When King Shangfeng heard this, he pleaded: "My lord, I'm afraid that 1,000 people is not enough, we used to have more than 1,000 soldiers in the Ryukyus, but we were defeated by the Satsuma Domain at one time." ”

How can the soldiers under my command be comparable to those shrimp soldiers and crab generals under you, Zhang Bin smiled and said: "Don't worry, a thousand people are enough, this official will let people bring some artillery over, and when the time comes, even if they come tens of thousands of people, they will not be able to break it for a while." ”