Chapter 142: The Pirate Alliance
Shi Luosheng's original idea was to appoint Shi Pre as the lord of Naha Castle, but Naha was overseas, and he was a local citizen, and he was unwilling to accept the rule of an outsider.
Shigeharu Takenaka is different, he was originally a Naha man, and he became the lord of the castle at the age of sixteen, and he has been in the city for four years now. He also has a high reputation in Naha, is loved by the people, and most importantly, he is talented, and it would be a pity if such a person was not put under house arrest.
Besides, appointing Takenaka Shigeji as the city lord, on the surface, it looks like he will return the overlord city he just conquered to him, but in fact, Takenaka's rights are much less than before, at least the military power and diplomatic power are not in his hands, without these two things, he just wants to set off some waves, and it is not realistic.
As for Shigeharu Takenaka himself, although he is unwilling to accept the rule of Shi Luosheng, he also does not want his talent to be buried. He knew that if he refused this appointment, the best outcome would be to be under house arrest in Naha for life, and it would be too cruel for an extremely talented young man.
The news of Takenaka's reappointment as the lord of the city quickly spread throughout the city, and the people were still a little unbelieving at first, but then Takenaka Shigeharu simply came out directly to appease the people, which made everyone feel at ease to go back to work.
Shi Luosheng is also as he promised, all the government affairs in the city are handed over to Takenaka Shigeji, and he has no intention of interfering.
In order to reassure Shi Luosheng, Shigeji Takenaka also asked Shi Yu to be his deputy temporarily and assist him in governing together, and Shi Luosheng naturally would not refuse.
The people have been pacified for the time being, and the next thing to do is to defend against foreign enemies. Fortunately, this attack on Naha Castle did not destroy the original fortifications in the castle, which saved a lot of trouble.
Huang Songsheng and Niu Qingyuan led their troops back the day after defeating Naha, and Ni Yun temporarily stayed behind to assist Shi Luosheng in defending the city.
Now Naha's warships plus Jiang Huanyan's have a total of one hundred and thirty ships, if it is just to defend the city, these forces are enough.
The news of Naha's change of ownership has also spread throughout the Ryukyu Islands in the past two days, and the most powerful of them, the leader of Osumi Island, Kuki Yoshitaka, has been thinking about Naha for a long time, and now he is suddenly the first to arrive, so he is naturally furious.
He wrote letters to the major powers in the vicinity, inviting them to join forces and divide the castle in the name of clearing the outsiders.
Yoshihisa Shimazu of Anmi Island, Bukit of Daito Island, and Liu Suojing of Senthima Island all responded. The four major forces united and raised 280 warships to approach Naha Castle.
When the news reached Naha, Shi Luosheng gasped, you must know that Song and Yan did not have a hundred warships together. Now there are several overseas pirates, and nearly 300 warships can be dispatched casually, and Shi Luosheng and others have never seen such a large-scale naval battle.
Jiang Huanyan is the opposite, and he is still a little glad that he did not return to Jiaozhou, and he has not seen much of such a large-scale naval battle, which has a huge attraction for a naval war madman like him.
Shi Luosheng gathered everyone together to discuss how to deal with it. Ling Zhen said first: "This time the enemy army is menacing, and the strength is far superior to ours, I suggest that we still defend the city." Naha City has plenty of food, and it can be consumed with them. ”
As the lord of the city, Shigeharu Takenaka also opened his mouth unprecedentedly: "Although General Ling's suggestion is good, Naba City started by trade, and this time the nine ghosts and they jointly sent troops, the purpose is to carve us up, even if they surround us for three or five years, they will not retreat." We can defend these three or five years, but the merchants in the city can't afford to wait, most of their assets are pressed on the goods, and the goods in their hands are not sold as soon as possible, and after a long time, some of the shelf life are broken, then they will suffer huge losses. ”
Although Shigeharu Takenaka did not surrender to Shi Luosheng, in the past few days, it has also been seen that Shi Luosheng at least really wants to develop Naha City and wants to use this place as his base. And who are the Nine Ghost Jialong, they are authentic pirates, once they break through the city, the people in the city will be looted.
Shi Luosheng didn't want to defend the city either, he had been out for four months now, Xiao Daocheng had only given him half a year, he had to repel this group of pirates within two months, and then return to Jianye City.
Shi Luosheng asked Jiang Huanyan: "Third brother, what do you think, do we have a chance of winning if we fight?" ”
Jiang Huanyan has been thinking about how to fight this battle since he learned the news, although he has not been here in the Ryukyus before, he is very familiar with the sea areas in this area, and now there are many charts in the army.
Jiang Huanyan said: "General Ling and the city lord of Zhuzhong are right, you can't hold it for a long time, and you can only fight guerrillas." ”
Shi Luosheng was puzzled: "Guerrilla? How guerrilla? ”
Jiang Huanyan explained: "Luosheng, you and I will lead fifty warships to sea tomorrow, we will fight guerrilla warfare at sea, and the rest of the people will follow General Ling to defend the city, and Zixuan, Mr. Wang, and General Ni will stay in the city to assist." Lord Takenaka, you also need to come forward to appease the people during this time. ”
Ling Zhen was a little worried: "Your Highness, you only take fifty warships out, will there be a little less, if you accidentally encounter the main force of the enemy, then you will be in danger." ”
Jiang Huanyan said with a smile: "General Ling, don't worry, the terrain in this area is in my head, and their main force can't find me." As long as you can hold the city, we will take care of the fight against the enemy. ”
Liu Zixuan said: "Or I'll be with you, it's enough to have Teacher Ling and Mr. Wang to defend the city, if you need a master, the master is also here, and there are fewer good players on your side." ”
Liu Zixuan knew that Shi Luosheng would not generally show his martial arts in front of everyone, so he proposed that he also go to war with the army.
Jiang Huanyan said: "That's okay, Zixuan will follow us." ”
Jiang Wan'er saw that Jiang Huan Chu agreed to Liu Zixuan to go with her, so she also got up and said, "I will also go with you." ”
Shi Luosheng hurriedly stopped: "Wan'er, you still stay in the city to defend the city, guerrilla warfare is not safe." ”
Jiang Wan'er retorted: "Third brother and you are not afraid of danger, what am I afraid of, besides, I am also a disciple of the Tianluo Sect Chasing the Moon Sect, and when it comes to martial arts, I will not be worse than ordinary masters." ”
Everyone looked at Jiang Wan'er's usual appearance of a little girl, and they all forgot that she was also Hua Haoxuan's disciple, what kind of martial arts Hua Haoxuan was, and how bad the disciples he taught could be.
Hua Haoxuan also got up and spoke at this time: "Just let Wan'er go with you, you leave her behind, she may secretly find a boat to go out, and it will be more dangerous at that time." With her current martial arts, as long as you don't go into danger, there is no problem for her to protect herself. ”
Hua Haoxuan opened his mouth, what else could Jiang Huanyan say, he could only agree.