On Ryukyu Island, Shuri Castle, in the study of the main hall of the royal palace, King Shoho of the Ryukyus sat at his desk with a face full of despair.

Tomorrow will be the last day of January, and the Toei people will send troops to occupy Naha Port, and at that time, this Shuri Castle is estimated to become the world of the Toei people, and he, the king, will become someone else's puppet.

Since the beginning of the five years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, for more than 200 years, Ryukyu has been a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, at the beginning of the annual tribute, even several times a year, to the back, according to the Ming Dynasty regulations every two years to pay tribute, Ryukyu has never slackened.

Because each tribute to the Ming Dynasty was returned according to the value of the tribute, and, because of the unique location of the Ryukyus, and the vassal of the Ming Dynasty, after the opening of Longqing to the sea, the Ming Dynasty authorized it to do business in Yuegang, and they became an important transit point between the Ming Dynasty and Dongying, and the trade was extremely developed, and they made a lot of money.

There are so many benefits of being a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty never forces them to do this and that.

Unfortunately, all this changed in the 37th year of Wanli, when the Toei Satsuma clan took a fancy to the trade interests of the Ryukyus, sent troops to kidnap his uncle King Shōning, and sacked Shuri Castle, and the Ryukyus were forced to agree to pay tribute to Toei, and Toei released his uncle King Shōning.

There was no double return to the Toei tribute, what they wanted was a real tribute, and more than half of the money earned by the Ryukyus every year had to be paid to them, otherwise the punishment would be lowered.

When he arrived, he was even more strict, and every year he would send a prince to Edo to worship as a sign of respect, and this pilgrimage was not as simple as a simple pilgrimage, and if he did not pay tribute according to their requirements or did not listen to their orders, the prince who went to worship would be detained!

Ryukyu has sent envoys to the Ming for help many times, but the Ming has not replied, so Dongying is getting more and more excessive, and this year they will occupy the entire Ryukyu Island and monopolize the trade of the Ryukyus, and the Ryukyus will exist in name only.

He knew that the reason why Dongying did not occupy Ryukyu Island at the beginning was that he was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would send troops to clean them up like Wanli had done in the 26th year of Wanli to support Korea, but the Ming Dynasty had not reacted for so many years, and they were no longer very afraid of the Ming Dynasty.

This time, they want to occupy the island of Ryukyu and enslave the whole of Ryukyu.

King Shangfeng sighed, and slowly pressed his eyes, it's over, it's all over, he was also detained by Dongying when he was a prince, that kind of life is worse than death!

Just when he was in despair, an attendant suddenly said excitedly at the door: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Doctor Lin is back." ”

Doctor Lin naturally did not refer to the doctor surnamed Lin, but the purple scarf doctor Lin Dehong who he sent to Daming for help.

Lin Dehong actually came back, could it be that the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty have arrived!

He hurriedly said aloud: "Xuan, Xuan." ”

After a while, Lin Dehong walked in quickly, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Weichen is fortunate not to be dishonored, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent the Governor of Fuguang to lead the army to support, and the royal division of the Ming Dynasty has arrived on Kume Island!" ”

When King Shangfeng heard this, he stood up and said excitedly: "Really, really, is the Great Ming King really here?" ”

Lin Dehong hurriedly arched his hand and said: "How dare Weichen deceive Your Majesty, the Ming King is really here, otherwise, let's go to Naha Port to greet you?" ”

When King Shangfeng heard this, he said excitedly: "Yes, go to Naha Port to welcome the Ming Dynasty, come, hurry, gather the civil and military ministers to welcome the envoys of the Heavenly Empire with this king." ”

When the news came out of the palace, the entire Shuri Castle was boiling, the Daming King Master was finally here, they didn't have to be bullied by Dongying, the civil and military ministers, and even the people of Shuri Hum were excited to follow the king all the way to Naha Port, and the entire Shuri Castle could be described as an empty alley!

Zhang Bin led the fleet to Kume Island and did not go to Kume Village, because Kume Village was in the east of Kume Island, facing Naha Port, if there were Dongying ships passing by, it would be easy to find his hidden fleet, he directly led the fleet to the southwest of Kume Island, found a relatively hidden harbor, and let Yu Chenglong lead 50 Weiyuan battleships and 100 wheels to hide here, while he himself led 20 Zhenyuan cruisers and 100 wheels to slowly sail to Naha Port.

After sailing for more than an hour, the fleet finally arrived at the port of Naha, which was also crowded with people, and although the number of people was far less than that of Fuzhou, it was unprecedented for the Ryukyus to gather so many people at one time.

King Shangfeng looked at the battleship that was comparable to a sealed boat, and suddenly showed a look of ecstasy, such a terrifying giant ship, those Japanese in the Satsuma Domain would probably tremble with fear when they saw it, and Ryukyu was worry-free.

Lin Dehong saw that the entire fleet was suddenly reduced by more than half, and he couldn't help showing a puzzled expression on his face, but he didn't say anything, at this time, he vaguely understood that the Governor might be trying to take care of the Satsuma Domain.

Naha Port is also a relatively large port, the Zhenyuan cruiser can barely dock and land, the flagship quickly docked, the suspension ladder was lowered, and a team of elites of the special operations battalion ran down from the flagship and quickly lined up on both sides of the dock.

As soon as Zhang Bin revealed his figure from the hanging ladder, Lin Dehong immediately attached himself to the ear of King Shangfeng and whispered: "Your Majesty, this is the envoy of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, Zhang Bin, the Governor of Fuguang, Lord Zhang." ”

When King Shangfeng heard this, he hurriedly took the civil and military ministers to kneel beside the hanging ladder and said loudly: "King Shangfeng of the Ryukyus greets the envoy of the Heavenly Empire, Lord Governor. ”

Zhang Bin posed with a solemn image, walked down the hanging ladder with his head held high, came to King Shangfeng, and said loudly: "King Shangfeng is polite, please get up quickly." ”

King Shangfeng saluted respectfully and said, "Thank you, Envoy." ”

After that, he got up from the ground and said diligently: "The envoy has worked hard all the way, do you want to go to the royal city to rest." ”

Zhang Bin looked around the port, then shook his head and said: "No need, this official came to defend against the Japanese invaders on the order of the emperor, so let's camp in Naha Port, as for the royal city, it is not too late to go after defeating the Japanese invaders." ”

King Shangfeng was moved: "The envoy has worked hard, the envoy has worked hard." ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand and said, "Okay, do you know where to camp near the port." ”

Hearing this, King Shangfeng pointed to a small hill south of the port without hesitation: "The terrain over there is relatively flat, and there is a small river, which is suitable for camping. ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he took out his binoculars and looked at it, the place was really good, the terrain was flat, there were mountains and rivers, and it was not far from the port, which was very suitable for camping.

He immediately praised: "I didn't expect that King Shangfeng also has a deep understanding of the art of war." ”

When King Shangfeng heard this, he said embarrassedly: "I don't dare to be an envoy to praise me so much, where does Xiao Wang know the art of war, but he was stationed there when the Japanese invaded my Ryukyus." ”

It turns out that this is the case, or it is better to occupy the place where the Japanese are camping for him, and he will be angry with them.

Zhang Bin looked at it for a while, put down the binoculars, and ordered loudly: "Order, the Qi family army will land immediately and camp in front of the hill over there, and the sailors and soldiers will be on guard at the port, and they will not be allowed to go ashore if they have nothing to do." ”

The guards behind him hurriedly went back to the deck to give orders, and with a wave of order flags, the Zhenyuan cruisers quickly approached the dock, and countless Ming soldiers quickly ran down from the Zhenyuan cruisers, and the tiger squat artillery trucks and grain and grass baggage trucks were also hoisted down from the ship through special hoists.

Because the Japanese did not have cavalry, the Qi army did not carry the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariot, but the equipment they carried was scary enough, not to mention the hundreds of tiger squatting cannons, just every soldier was a flintlock pistol with all kinds of cold weapons, both long and close combat, the people who were officials near the port were all amazed, and even King Shangfeng was envious when he saw it.

Da Ming is worthy of being the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, who can defeat this weapon and equipment!

The sky was getting dark, and the Qi family army quickly began to camp, Zhang Bin accompanied King Shangfeng to greet him for a while, and then told Lin Dehong again, and then waved them back to the royal city, while he walked towards the handsome tent that had been built.

The people along the way were so admired, I didn't expect the Heavenly Empire to be so young and handsome, heroic, just like a fairy-like figure, as well as the warships and weapons of the Ming army, they were scared to death when they looked at it.

As night fell, the common people gradually dispersed, and a huge military camp appeared not far south of Naha Port, and Zhang Bin led his army to station, only waiting for the Japanese of the Satsuma Domain to come and deliver food.

King Shangfeng is really called a deferential abnormality, early the next morning, before the dawn, he ran over to say goodbye, all kinds of vegetables and fruits, raw seafood, sent to the barracks, he even wanted to send Zhang Bin a few palace maids to come over to sleep, but Zhang Bin categorically refused.

On the first day of the second month, at noon, more than a dozen warships of the Toei Satsuma clan appeared outside the port of Naha, and I don't know when they departed, even if they were all sailboats, it would take at least ten days to rush from Kyushu Island.

According to the meaning of the Shimazu clan, the lord of the Satsuma domain, this Ryukyu will be assigned to their Kayama clan in the future, so Kayama Hidaka is quite active in this matter, and he sent his eldest son Kayama Kumori with a reserve of men and more than ten warships to take the lead, and as soon as February arrives, they will take over the port of Naha and occupy Shuri Castle.

However, as soon as Kayama Kumori arrived at Naha Port, he was taken aback, because at this time, Naha Port was already densely packed with warships, and there were also that kind of warships that were so big that they were terrifying, looking at the flag, it was clearly the Ming army!

More than 100 small warships, more than 20 large warships, this strength, I am afraid that it will take all the naval forces of the Satsuma Domain to fight, and the dozen or so warships under him are not enough to see at all, what should I do?

He was trying to figure out a way there, dozens of wheels had already surrounded him, and he hurriedly ordered his subordinates not to act rashly, to exercise restraint as much as possible, and not to clash with the Ming army.

He was not afraid of the Ming army, because according to the analysis of the Satsuma feudal lord, the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Dynasty had already fought inextricably, and they were no longer able to take into account the surrounding vassal states.

These Ming troops in front of him are estimated to be all the forces that the Ming can send, and that's it, their Satsuma Domain can still win with all their might, but he will definitely not be able to win with this little bit of men and horses now, so he wants to lie that he is a messenger, and first deceive the commander of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, there was already a wheel boat coming forward, and a Ming sergeant on it shouted in standard Dongying dialect: "The Ming Dynasty is here to warn you and other Japanese invaders, quickly withdraw all the garrisons in the Ryukyu country, and if you dare to bully the Ming clan again, you will not be spared." ”

At this time, many islands in the northern part of the Ryukyus had actually been occupied by the Satsuma Domain, so Zhang Bin would let people shout like this.

When Huashan Jiushou heard this, his nose was almost crooked, what kind of widows, they are serious feudal army members, not pirates at all!

He replied loudly, "The word Wako is really rude, and I am the Daimyo of the Satsuma Domain, and I am the chief executive of the Satsuma Domain. ”

The Ming sergeant sneered: "What is the Daimyo of the Satsuma Domain, aren't you Dongying people all Japanese Kou!" ”

When Huashan Jiushou heard this, he rolled his eyes, this guy looked like a Dongying person, did he scold his own people like this?

He said angrily: "Yaga, what about your commander, I came to envoy Ryukyu on the order of the lord of the domain, what do you mean by stopping here?" ”

The Ming sergeant said loudly: "Our Governor has an order, if it is an enemy who comes to attack, it will be destroyed directly, and if it is a messenger, go to the audience alone." ”

Birch Mountain Jiushou was really shocked when he heard this, when did the Ming army become so tough again, fortunately he said that he was a messenger, and he wanted to come hard, he estimated that he had been beaten to death by these Ming troops!

As for going to see him alone, he was not very afraid, he knew the rules of the Ming army, the two countries were at war, and they did not kill the envoys, as long as they were envoys, there was no difference between one person and a hundred people.

He pretended to be fearless and said: "If you go alone, you will go alone, and I am afraid that you will not succeed." ”

After that, he directly ordered his subordinates to pull the boat over, and jumped directly on the wheels of the Ming army.

Soon, he was taken to the military camp Shuai, and he was secretly observing along the way, this time the Ming army seemed to have come a lot, at least 5,000 sailors, tens of thousands of foot soldiers, and they were afraid that they would not be able to do it with the little men and horses under their Huashan clan.

For example, the last attack on Ryukyu was led by his father Kayama Hisada, so the Ryukyus were managed by their Kayama clan, and the Ryukyus were brought down by the Satsuma Domain, so half of the tribute from the Ryukyu went to the Satsuma Domain, and it was precisely because of this incentive method that they were so active.

However, now that the Ming army is coming, it is obvious that the thousands of men and horses under the command of his Huashan clan will not be able to defeat the Ming army, and if all the members of the Satsuma clan are to be dispatched, then this Ryukyu may not be under the control of the Huashan clan.

Therefore, he decided to scare and scare the commander of the Ming army, if he could scare them back, it would be best, if not, then there would be only war.

Zhang Bin's idea was just the opposite, not only did he not want to scare the Satsuma clan away, but he also wanted to provoke them to send troops to Ryukyu to fight him with all their might, and annihilate their main force, in this way, Dongying would have one less strong domain!

Huashan Jiushou walked into the handsome tent with his head held high with the intention of scaring people, but Zhang Bin was already ready to wait there, what kind of confrontation will the two have?