"Yes. I'll be optimistic about the triple preparation for my brother. "Xiujing knows what I mean. If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost; If people lose land, people and land will survive. That's what I've always said. Compared to the territory of Kojima County, the triple reserve is much more important.

"With your words, I can rest assured that I will go on the expedition!" I stood up with a smile, walked over to Xiujing, handed him the folding fan, patted him on the shoulder, and walked out by mistake.

Walking down the castle tower, in the main hall on the ground floor, there are three people: Nobuhide Gamo, who is fully armed, Mitsu, who is holding his sister-in-law, Chiyo Tsuru, and Kenhide Gamo, who has recently stepped down as head of the family. Gamo Xuanxiu is the previous Gamo Fuxiu, he recently took over as the head of the family, took the opportunity to pay homage to my partiality, and changed his current name; On this expedition, he volunteered again and asked me to take up the post of military commissioner. Considering that he had been in charge of the preparation of the entire expeditionary force in the early stage, that he was extremely familiar with all the affairs, and that he had recently taken over as head of the family, and that he wanted to make a difference, I agreed to his request.

"Lord, everything is ready!" He bowed and said in a very solemn manner.

Lord? I looked at Chiyo Tsuru in Mitsu's arms, and then at Kenhide Gamo. The latter nodded, and bowed down as well.

"Understood," I nodded, this is the third generation of the Gamo family head of the family is officially allegiance to my Kira family, "I and Tadaburo go on the expedition, please support Xiujing a lot!" ”

"Yes. Your Majesty will do your best. Gamo Hyunxiu replied.

"Later, please tell Xiujing that I mean it, and ask him to help expand Uwajima Castle...... When I return from my expedition to the Ryukyus, I'm afraid I'll have to use troops against the Shimazu family. At that time, this Uwajima Castle will be the base camp of the family's expedition to southern Kyushu. I thought about it for a moment and said to Gamo Hyun-so.

"What, will you go to Kyushu soon?" Gamo asked, the expression on his face was both surprised and joyful.

"Yes! In this incident, the Shimazu family is also inseparable, and the main hall will definitely not let them go. Once you pull out your hand, you will definitely take revenge and take the opportunity to intervene in Kyushu," I nodded again, "At that time, the biggest reliance of the main hall will naturally be the main family...... And how much credit this family can achieve depends on your efforts. ”

"Yes. My Gamo family will work hard to expand the city, and if I make proper preparations, I will definitely live up to the trust of my lord. Gamo said excitedly. If they can use it as a base camp for the conquest of Kyushu, they will definitely have many opportunities to make meritorious contributions, and after pacifying Kyushu, it is not impossible for the territory to expand to a country.

"So be it...... Tadazaburo is about to go into battle. I said to Gamo Nobu.

"Please come back safely!" Mitsu looked at me, and then at Gamo Nobuhide, almost teary-eyed.

"No need to do this, Mitsu, I'll bring Tadazaburo back well," I couldn't help but laugh, "really, I actually cried...... It's not like you! ”

"Because His Highness said that this time I will go to a far place, and it is estimated that it will take several months......" Mitsu replied with some embarrassment.

"Don't worry, I'll protect my father." Gamo Xuanxiu hurriedly comforted her and said.

……，…… On the 8th day of February in the fifth year of Tensho, our side made landfall at Ryugo Bay on Amami Oshima Island in the Ryukyus. It is about 200 kilometers by sea from Tanegashima Island of the Shimazu family, and the distance from the main island of Okinawa is about this distance. Therefore, this island, which is one-fifth larger than Awaji Island, can be said to be the area where Akamoto and Ryukyu meet.

Previously, during the Kamakura period, Amami Oshima was owned by the Hojo Tokumune family, and was the land of the Tokumune family's official Senju clan, and the Anto clan managed the southernmost and northernmost points of the book for the Hojo Tokumune family, respectively. However, after entering the Muromachi period, especially since the Onin War, Samoto almost lost control of the island, and the local indigenous forces rose to prominence, and they successively pledged allegiance to the Kitayama Kingdom in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Kingdom to unify the main island of Okinawa. Six years ago, King Shomoto dispatched 3,000 men to pacify the island and reformed the island's administrative system in accordance with the local model of the main island of Okinawa.

The so-called transformation is to divide the administrative area into "makiri", and then set up a person (the administrative officer stationed in the central government), a mocha (a supervisor stationed in the central government), a tsuki (a deputy official of the feudal lord), and a lishou (an official selected by the local government) to manage it. Each "intercut", the territory is about three or four thousand stones, and you can set up a scholar clan, or divide a royal family as a hereditary territory - according to the Ming system, that is, a hereditary county king.

The entire Okinawa Islands, Amami Islands, and Sakishima Islands are divided into 57 Kakiri, of which 34 are on the main island of Okinawa, and seven are on Amami Oshima, which are called Kasari, Komi, Nase, Yamanai, Sumi, Western, and Eastern. In other words, the stone height of the entire Amami Oshima Island is about 20,000 koku. This bit of strength, and that kind of quality, is naturally not enough to stop us. Therefore, our side can be said to be overwhelmed, and we went south along the Ryukyu island chain, successively conquering Tokunoshima (three makiri), Oki Eirabu Island (Eirabu Makiri), and Yoron Island (Yoron Makiri), sweeping away the Ryukyu fan office on the island.

On 26 February, our side landed at Yuntengang on the main island of Okinawa and captured the castle of Nakijin in the north. This castle was the capital of the Kitayama Kingdom in the past, and it is larger than Shuri Castle and is second to none in the Ryukyus. After the first Shang inherited the Zhongshan Kingdom, it took a great deal of effort to capture the city, and the second son was the guardian of the Beishan Kingdom, and the hometown of the Beishan Kingdom was in charge. To this day, the castle was still an important town of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and now that it was captured by our side, the Ryukyu Kingdom was immediately shaken, and Shuri Castle gathered 4,000 troops, and marched north with the main general of Imagi Nin in Kyoto according to the Sho Chao (Goshigawa Goteni IV).

"Four thousand...... That's pretty much all the power of the Ryukyu Kingdom! I smiled and said to Gamo Nobuhide and Iwamatsu Jingding, looking very relaxed.

"Your Majesty thinks that there is really nothing to worry about," Fuyu Nobuhide was very optimistic, "Now Nakijin Castle is known as an important town in the north, but the combat strength of the defenders is hardly worth mentioning. From this point of view, the combat power of the Wang Cheng Army is not a threat to us. ”

"The key to the conquest of the Ryukyus is not military suppression, but diplomacy...... If the killing is too heavy, it will not be conducive to the next step, after all, it is impossible for us to stay in the Ryukyus. "I put a map of the administrative structure of the Ryukyus in front of the two of them. This is what I found out from a local merchant when I was investigating the detention of Janet.

On the basis of the founding of the country, Ryukyu was a commercial country, a transit point for trade between the Ming Dynasty and Southeast Asia, and also involved Korea and the Honhon. Relying on the transit trade, the Ryukyus made a lot of profits, which was the foundation for supporting the operation of the kingdom. As for the land, it was basically divided and controlled, and it was controlled by the prince's family and the royal family's family (called the palace), and the high-ranking scholars' family's family and the family's family (called the palace). At that time, the first Sho clan perished because of the rebellion of the various divisions, so the second Sho clan learned a lesson and concentrated all the divisions to live in Shuri Castle, thus initially completing the centralization of power.

In terms of government affairs, the assessment office is the highest organ in the country, and there is an idle regent, who is served by the prince or the secretary; A third-secretary officer, the general consul of government affairs, is jointly elected by all royal families and superior nobles, but can only be held by superior nobles; In addition, there are fifteen people, who are respectively the main and deputy positions of the seven major departments of the Thing Worship Office (in charge of land), to the place (in charge of personnel), to bring the party (in charge of wealth), and to the equal side of the Shenkou side (in charge of the palace), Bo Ditou (in charge of fortifications), Shuangzhi Kuli (in charge of commercial affairs), and on the side of the lock (in charge of culture and education, two deputies), to coordinate and handle state affairs, and then report to the three officials.

In addition, Ryukyu is also a country where worship and government are united, and ancestral spirit worship is prevalent, which is somewhat similar to the original book. However, the sacrificial duties in the kingdom can only be performed by the women of the royal family and the superior noble family, and the highest sacrifice is called the Great King, which is held by the king's female relatives, and is called the Imperial Palace, and the status is only below the king. For example, the current Wende Dajun is the concubine of the previous king and the mother of the current king Shangyong, whose god name is Meiyue.

As for the military, it's really not worth mentioning. None of the departments or personnel in the assessment institute are related to the military. Regarding this, whether it is Gamo Nobuhide or Iwamatsu Jingding, it is obvious that they both feel very incredible.

"So, my idea is to show our strength to the Ryukyu side and avoid causing too much killing. The ultimate goal was to force the Ryukyus to submit to the tribute and retain some influence in the country. I said to the two of them.

"In other words, the lord doesn't want to fight to the death with the Ryukyu Imperial Castle army?" Gamo Nobuhide roughly understood what I meant.

"Yes," I nodded, "just dispel them!" ”

"This is a bit troublesome...... "Gamo Xuanxiu muttered, "We are a guest army, and we are unfamiliar with life. If it's just to disperse, even if it does, the other side will soon be able to gather and launch a new offensive, right? ”

"If you want to achieve your goal, you can directly attack the Ryukyu Imperial Castle with a naval army." Iwamatsu Jingding made a suggestion. He hadn't said much, but as soon as he did, he got to the point.

"Not bad! Once Wangcheng is lost, Wangcheng's army will be completely defeated! Gamo Fushu also reacted, "And Shuri Castle is located on the hill above Naha Port, so it is indeed very convenient to attack through a naval army...... What is the Lord's will? ”

"Then it was decided," I quickly made my arrangements, "Tadazaburo led the Tsushima garrison to garrison the present-Naki-Nin Castle to resist the forces of the royal castle; I went with the three ships of Dinghai, Ningbo, and Anlan and the naval forces of the headquarters to attack the Naha naval forces and the royal castle. After I succeed, I will send the two ships Dinghai and Anlan and a small number of sailors to Yuntiangang to meet them, and when you see that the situation of the Wangcheng army is different, you will immediately defeat them, and then take the Dinghai and Anlan ships to Naha! ”

"Yes." Gamo Nobuhide and Iwamatsu answered loudly.

……，…… On the third day, our naval forces arrived outside the port of Naha, and the three ships of Dinghai, Ningbo, and Anlan fired a cannon at the same time, declaring war on the port of Naha. Seeing that the situation was not good, the ships on the sea fled in all directions, and the entire port of Naha also panicked, and through the clairvoyant mirror, you could see that many ships were fleeing to the shelter on the right, and in the innermost part of the haven was the huge Janet. She was locked to the dock by a few hemp ropes thick at arm's length, the ship's mainsail and auxiliary sail had long since fallen, and the auxiliary mast had been lowered, leaving only a lone mainmast standing on the ship, and a few triangular sails on the mast hung listlessly.

This is the lead ship of my Aeolus, and all the crew on it, including the Otomo family and the Kira family, must have been seized by the Ryukyus...... I suddenly felt very sad and angry. If, from a personal political standpoint, I do not want to conquer the Ryukyus, then as the head of the Kira family and as the commander of the navy, I have every reason to be angry at the detention of the Janet and its crew for no reason, and I must seek justice for them.

To hell with reason and politics at this moment! Let's teach each other a hard lesson first!

"Lord, the Naha Navy is out of battle!" Iwamatsu pointed ahead.

I moved the clairvoyant mirror to the front, where there were more than thirty warships, larger than our Seki, almost the equivalent of small Ataka ships. On top of each ship, there were about forty or fifty sergeants, and the total should have been more than fifteen hundred.

This is probably what Asari Kitan relies on! He thinks that with this power, he can act recklessly, and he is really arrogant...... Perhaps, he also thought that whether it was the Otomo family or the Oda family, the territory was nearly a thousand kilometers away from Naha, and no matter how angry he was, he would definitely have nothing to do with him.

"It's decided," I looked at the warship on the other side, but my voice was very calm, "Do you know how the Southern Barbarian Kingdom divides its territory?" ”

"Huh?" Hearing me mention irrelevant matters, Iwamatsu Jingding was obviously a little surprised, "Please advise the lord!" ”

"In addition to dividing the land, they also divided the sea on the edge of the land. The territorial waters of each country are within the range of attack of its coastal defense artillery...... Do you see that the coastal defense artillery of Naha Port in the Ryukyus can hit us? ”

"Lord...... There are no coastal defense artillery in the port of Naha. Iwamatsu Jingding reminded.

"Oh, then we have naval guns, let's measure them for him," I pointed to the watchtower on the shore, "and if you can hit that side, you can enter Naha!" ”

"Your Majesty understands." Iwamatsu Jingding issued a loud order, "Speed up!" All gun positions of the Dinghai ship are on standby! Prepare to attack Naha! ”

"Yes...... But my lord, what about the Naha Navy on the other side? The samurai who gave the order asked Iwamatsu to make a decision.

"Stupid, of course all of them are wiped out!" I rarely scolded someone, "Traveling thousands of miles, fighting all the way, and now I encounter the enemy, do you still need to say it!" ”

"Yes!" The samurai went down in shame.

"Lord, didn't you say before that you should kill less?" Iwamatsu reminded me.

"That's to the royal army that represents the entire royal family...... But what are these? I pointed in front of me, "These are Asari's private minions, and with them, Asari Kitaya took control of the royal city, and only then did he dare to detain our ships and arrest our people." Only by destroying them all will Asari Kitaya understand that our Kira naval army cannot be offended! Otherwise, no matter how far away you are, you won't be able to escape punishment! ”

(To be continued)