Chapter 639: The Ryukyu Affair Wants to Dig Roots

Zheng Yong pointed to the sea boat in the reef area outside Naha Port and said, "You only saw that ship, but there was more than one ship that sank here back then.

Bai Zhengli once again expressed his disbelief with his glare, is Ryukyu so powerful?

Of course, the Ryukyuan people are not so powerful, the problem is that Xiao Sheng and Feng Jingyao have not seen the situation clearly. King Shokei shifted the blame to the Satsuma Domain, apologized and admitted his mistakes, and at the same time tactfully pleaded that the Satsuma Domain had been demagogic among the people for a long time, and that the Ryukyus had a great misunderstanding of the Chinese wife's personal visit, so it was not appropriate to sign any agreement that would be detrimental to the independence and integrity of the Ryukyus.

Where did Xiao Feng and the others understand why the Satsuma Domain needed to "bewitch" the hearts of the Ryukyu people? In the hearts of the Ryukyu people, even if they are not a family, they are related by blood, and the fight with the Satsuma clan is just a reluctance to live under the Satsuma domain, and the Ryukyus and Huaxia are not a family.

When the Satsuma clan invaded the Ryukyus, the army resisted, but the people only regarded it as a change of power, not as a foreign race. In Lee's previous life, from the formal annexation of the Ryukyus by the Satsuma Domain, to the subsequent annexation of the Ryukyus to the territory of Japan, and the transfer of the Ryukyus by the United States to Japan after World War II, the voices of opposition were all of some Chinese descendants, and the Ryukyu society was calm.

The newly arrived Zheng Yong and Feng Ding, as well as the officers and soldiers of Fubo, were even more confused about the situation, and the complex of the Celestial Empire in their hearts had not yet been lost, and they always thought that "the Ryukyuan people were loyal to the feudal kingdom with a strip of water and water from China", and the enemy of the British and Chinese was only "a small handful of pro-Japanese elements" loyal to the Satsuma Domain.

Reinforcements arrived, and plans were updated. Strictly speaking, Xiao Sheng and Feng Jingyao are not too arrogant, and the new plan is still a way to divide and disintegrate. Wooing the Chinese Ryukyuan people and narrowing the attack to the pro-Japanese faction on the surface. Of course, the most important thing is to hold the Ryukyu royal family.

The Battle of the Ryukyus, which was led by the navy in August of the fifth year of the Holy Road, broke out, and the Anglo-Chinese side dispatched two battleships, four cruisers, and about 20 frigates, plus 3,000 men from the left division of the Fubo Army, to attack the Ryukyus with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, and the main direction of attack was still in the port of Naha.

The Ryukyu army was so patriotic that they fought valiantly with the old artillery they had brought from Shurijo Castle, and several Anglo-Chinese naval transports, unfamiliar with Naha's hydrology, ran aground in the reef area to avoid artillery fire. Of course, this was all a result of the Ryukyu Army.

There was only so much the Ryukyu army could do, and the artillery fire was quickly suppressed and destroyed, and the Fuba army entered the port of Naha from Kume Island and took control of the entire port, and no one knew enough about the frightened and resentful gaze of the Kamito.

As far as purely military affairs were concerned, until the capture of Shuri Castle, the Fuba army was only a warm-up operation with no more intensity than the exercise. The Ryukyu royal family and government fled to the fortress of Nakihito in the north, gathered their troops, and put up stubborn resistance, which in the eyes of Xiao Sheng and Feng Jingyao was nothing more than a struggle at the end of the road. They were already waiting for the Ryukyu king's apology, and at the same time preparing a new treaty with more stringent conditions.

The terrain of the fortress is dangerous, but it did not play its due role in resisting the invasion of the Satsuma Domain more than 100 years ago, not only because the defenders were demoralized and most of them fled, but also because of the poor defense facilities, such as the lack of gun holes, which could not resist the musketeers of the Satsuma Domain.

When Anglo-Chinese merchant ships frequently traveled to and from the Ryukyus, the Satsuma clan already regarded the Anglo-Chinese threat and began to strengthen the fort defense through the Ryukyu royal family as early as possible. At the same time that Xiao Sheng gathered reinforcements on Kume Island, the defense of Nakijin Fortress was further strengthened, and it was strong enough to withstand muskets and small cannons.

After the Fubo army came to the fortress of Nai Nhon, they found that their four-jin cannon could not move the fortress, and the navy was not familiar with the hydrological steps of Yuntian Port covered by the fortress of Nai Nhon, and the steps of seizing the port were extremely slow, and they never transported the twelve-jin cannon to the fortress. …,

The reason why the Ryukyu king Shokei and the Ryukyu government were able to hold out and not collapse as quickly as they did more than a hundred years ago was because they still had the Satsuma clan to rely on, but they first waited for their own reinforcements, and that was the Ryukyuan people.

During this period of time, the top brass of the navy and the Fuba army treated the Ryukyuan people as compatriots and had a lax control over the city, until the Fuba army stationed in Naha Port and Shuri Castle was attacked and attacked, and they realized that they were wishful thinking.

Things have come to this point, Xiao Sheng and Feng Jingyao have not woken up, it is really stupid, they finally understand that this is not some day and Satsuma himself and the Satsuma clan are bewitching, this is simply ...... The navy of an enemy country is not fighting against the Japanese himself, the Satsuma Domain, the Ryukyu royal family, and the Ryukyu government, but against a country.

In view of the complete miscalculation of the situation, the Ryukyu affair has completely changed its course, and the navy has come to the Ryukyus to obtain maritime rights, not to occupy the Ryukyus as a country. Xiao Sheng and Feng Jingyao pleaded guilty to the emperor on the one hand, and on the other hand, they withdrew the Fubo army that attacked Nakihi and held on to Naha Port. With naval strength, it is not that they cannot fight the Ryukyus, but that Xiao Sheng and Feng Jingyao have no right to decide.

The top brass understood this defeat in this way, but the ordinary officers and soldiers did not think so, if it were not for the ineffectiveness of the Fubo army, they could have taken the fortress of Jingui Nhin as soon as possible, and the navy would not have pushed this mess to the emperor to decide. This is what Zheng Yong said, and the Fubo army lost face again in the Ryukyus.

Listening to Zheng Yong looking back at the ugly things of the Fubo Army in shame, Bai Zhengli said unconvincedly: "Our Fubo Army has a small establishment and no artillery, so attacking fortifications is not our strength...... Even so, if you really have to give a ruthless order, you are willing to shed blood, and you will beat the other party as a Tartar, this Ryukyu is a ball!? ”

Zheng Yong nodded, "That's true, the chief is reluctant to shed blood." He said, although this Ryukyu can't be a bird or, it can't get into the eyes of our Yinghua, and it is not worth much to shed blood for this shabby place, whether it is his own blood or the blood of the Ryukyuan people. We are a country of etiquette, and we always have to do things + speak rightly. Sending troops to destroy the country for no reason will lead other vassals to the side. ”

This is the tone of the Holy Martial Society, Bai Zhengli, as a member of the Heavenly Punishment Society, is very dissatisfied, the truth is so, but there is already blood, so forget it?

Zheng Yong grinned, "Won't the army come after that?" Now you're not here either? Of course, things will not be settled like this, this is still the final word of the official family. ”

Bai Zhengli asked eagerly: "What does the official family say?" ”

Zheng Yong's gaze turned to the sky, "After the letter of plea from the chief minister and Feng Saifang was sent back, I heard that there was a lot of controversy in the commander-in-chief, the Privy Council, and even the imperial court, all saying that our country is making enemies on all sides, and Jiangnan affairs are the top priority, so there is no need to waste energy in this place of Ryukyu." Everyone knows that if the strength of the Ryukyus is deep, it will be against the Japanese. ”

In the past few years, the Anglo-Chinese war has been fought on all sides, and the Ryukyu affair has been drowned in more eye-catching news such as Burma, Malacca, and Jiangnan, so this controversy is not known to outsiders. However, Bai Zhengli knew that Ryukyu itself really did not have much profit, the population was small, and the place was not large, and the value of being a transit point for Japan was gradually declining.

As the ships of the Anglo-Chinese countries became larger and larger, and the sea routes and hydrology became more and more familiar, the demand for a resting place in the Ryukyus was gradually decreasing.

A larger part of the reason why it is necessary to transit through the Ryukyus is that Japan is closed off from Japan, foreign trade is restricted, and even smuggling has to pass through the channel of the Satsuma Domain, which is more dependent on the Ryukyus to support this channel. Once the Anglo-Chinese opened a hole in the Japanese capital and could trade directly by air, the Ryukyus were expected to decline even more.

If it weren't for the fact that the Navy and the Fubo Army had encountered a wall here and lost face before, in all fairness, Bai Zhengli would not have felt the need to make a big fight for such a place. …,

So what exactly did the emperor think?

Looking at the current trend, the emperor has already made a decision and will not give up this place, but what did the emperor say at the beginning? Bai Zhengli was curious.

Zheng Yong said leisurely: "Your Majesty said...... On the side of the couch, will others be allowed to sleep peacefully? In the end, he threw out a word: Hit! ”

Of course, Zheng Yong didn't know, Li Xian's mind was spinning a lot at that time, and he wanted to instill the concept of "the first island chain", but later he felt that this statement seemed too mysterious in this era, and he reached out to the Americas, and he was planning for a hundred years later, and it was meaningless to say it now, so he held back such a sentence.

Bai Zhengli couldn't hold back his laughter, is it really appropriate for Song Taizu's words to be used on Ryukyu? This couch seems a little too big.

Thinking of the neat and neat word "typing" in the back, Bai Zhengli felt comfortable again, this is the style that our Yinghua should have. How can you be embarrassed if you don't fall into the teachings, and if you don't beat?

Bai Zhengli said: "Isn't this justified? ”

Zheng Yong also nodded, "So, Fang Tangheng is here with the right division of the Yulin Army, the army is different from our Fubo army......"

His face was full of emotion, and he was also a little unconvinced: "The momentum of the red tide is different, and it runs over in a mighty way, whether it is a Ryukyuan person or a Ryukyu soldier, the one who blocks it will turn into powder!" The Ryukyuan people suddenly became honest......"

"The Yulin army even brought thirty catties of cannons, and the fortress was collapsed in half a day, and the king of the Ryukyus, Shangjing, is said to have been frightened by the sound of cannons, and after surrendering to apologize, he died of illness on the third day."

It was at the beginning of the sixth year of the reign of Seichi that the Habayashi army captured the fortress of Nakihito, and it is said that they worked with the navy to annihilate the forces of the Satsuma clan that had "invaded", thus stabilizing the situation in the Ryukyus. However, the right division of the Yulin Army also squatted in the Ryukyus for three years and did not leave until recently, and Bai Zhengli came to the Ryukyus to fill the gap in the strength of the Yulin Army after it was withdrawn.

Zheng Yong said again: "But because Shang Jing died, the situation has also deteriorated." Although the chief and Feng Saifang made Shoko's fifth son, Showa, the king, signed the new "Treaty of Naha" and took away the sea power, political power, and military power of the Ryukyu country, the Satsuma clan has been secretly mischievous, and the local Ryukyuan people are always clamoring for the restoration of the country. ”

"We can't allocate enough manpower to stabilize Ryukyu from the government level, the local Chinese are not very reliable, and the industry and commerce are not profitable, so there is no investment here, and Ryukyu has been in such a mess in the past few years."

Bai Zhengli frowned and said: "I have to think of something, not only our Fubo Army, but also a division of the army, is it difficult to make this place a quagmire, and trap so many ships and so many soldiers of the army and navy here?" Seeing that there was another big battle around me, I heard that the guys in the Privy Council were all too tired to be human......"

Zheng Yongzhan smiled: "Yes, I transferred you and the army to solve the problem and solve the problem from the root." ”

Solve the problem at the root? The roots of the Ryukyus are in ......

Bai Zhengli had an understanding, and Zheng Yong pointed to the sea in the distance: "This root is still very deep and stable, and you have to work hard, so there is a new fleet!" ”

New fleet?

Bai Zhengli knew that the navy had just built a Western fleet before, targeting the maritime affairs west of Malacca and south of Tianzhu, and to solve the Burma problem, it was not enough to rely on the army alone, and the navy also had to exert its strength.

Now for the sake of the Ryukyus, and a new fleet is going to be established? This is a top-secret matter, so secret that he, the commander of the right division of the Fubo Army, does not know the inside story.

Following Zheng Yong's hand, Bai Zhengli saw that on the sea in the distance, the sails were spread, and the elegant and slender hull was breaking the waves, it was a group of river-class cruisers, heading northeast.

Zheng Yong's words were full of excitement: "The day is not good! The root of the affairs of the Ryukyus lies in the Japanese book! ”。 ）

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