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The sun rises in the east, and the golden sunlight reflects the entire sea, with the ripple of the microwave, as if a golden snake is jumping on the sea. Every time he watches the sunrise, Geng Jingzhong will have different feelings. He felt like the rising sun, who could rise to the highest place in the future. Geng Jingzhong took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was five o'clock in the morning, and this was the fourth sunrise he had watched in a few days. That is, it has been more than three days since they set off from Mawei Military Port!

"Shopkeeper Gu, we set off from Fuzhou on the 17th, and it is already the morning of the 21st, and the ship has been traveling for three and a half days, why hasn't this Ryukyu arrived yet? Is there a mistake in the route? Geng Jingzhong stood on the deck and calmly asked the shopkeeper Gu.

"Back to the world, this route has been passed more than a dozen times, there is absolutely no problem, calculate the time, it should be there. I assure you that you will arrive at Shurijo Castle in half a day at most. "Shopkeeper Gu knows the whole trip well, and there is no problem with the nautical charts provided to the navy. Like Geng Jingzhong's question just now, he has heard it five or six times in the past few days. It's no wonder that staying on one ship all day must be a little anxious, and the sailors who have been drifting at sea all year round don't feel that way.

"Shizi, you see the land!" As they were talking, the upper bucket on the mast shouted loudly. The highest telescope he stood on could see far away, and at this moment, Shangdou saw the land in the distance, and hurriedly reported it loudly to the prince and everyone. At the same time, the upper buckets on other warships also discovered land, and suddenly. Most of the people in the army knew the news. Wang Zhenbang and other generals who had been sleeping in the cabin also came out of the cabin one after another. Hear about the impending destination. Immediately sleepy, maybe the battle is about to begin!

"Good! Herald. Speed up and target the land in front of you! ”

"Wait! Shizi, I'm afraid I haven't reached the main island of Ryukyu yet, and it should be just some small islands to the west. We'll have to keep heading east to Naha Port! The shopkeeper Gu is very familiar with this place, and he clearly remembers that there are many islands here, among which Jiume Island and Jiaguo Island are larger.

"Okay, anyway, go all out to the east! Let the warriors prepare! Geng Jingzhong said to Wang Zhenbang.

"Yes!" Wang Zhenbang turned around. He shouted at the flag commander: "Order, march east with all your might, all soldiers check their guns and ammunition, and prepare for battle!" ”

In Naha Port, the soldiers in charge of the lookout patrol saw a large fleet of ships rushing towards them from a distance. Immediately raised the binoculars to take a closer look, and when he saw that most of them were Western sail warships, and there were dozens of huge ships that he had never seen before, he was very nervous and hurriedly sounded the alarm.

The entire port of Naha became nervous. The officers on duty hurriedly ran to the beach, raised their binoculars and carefully observed for a while, until they found that all the Western sail warships were flying the tiger flag with a blue background. Confused for a moment, then slightly relieved, but still no order to disarm the alarm.

It's morning. It was supposed to be time for breakfast, but now everyone is waiting for it. But. Wait until the huge group of battleships is getting closer and closer, and you can see more clearly. The more frightened they became. They had never seen such a huge warship, and they had never seen such a large fleet. However, for these officers in the port of Naha, they knew the flag flying on the mast of the fleet. A year ago, the Mawei Navy was active in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the South China Sea in order to clear the pirate training matters. Although the officer on duty was uncertain and quite scared, he still reacted immediately and ordered loudly: "Hurry up and inform the palace and inform the king that the king of Jingnan, who is guarding Fujian in the Qing Dynasty, has sent a fleet!" ”

At this time, the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, King Shoche, was having breakfast in the palace and was surprised when he received the notice! What does King Jingnan's Mawei Navy want to do? A huge fleet? What a huge fleet? Do you want to attack my Ryukyus? "Hurry up and recruit Doctor Ronglu Che Wanzhi and Young Master Tang Zhi to come and discuss!" King Shang Zhi commanded loudly to the guards in the palace. "Wait, tell them to join me at the docks!"

"Yes!" The guards immediately set off after receiving the order, and King Shang Zhi also hurried to the docks. Either way, you'll have to go to the dock to see what is going on. The Ryukyu Kingdom is a subject country of the Qing Dynasty, and it has been on the table more than ten years ago, so the King of Jingnan should not do anything to them. But if you really want to make a move, your own small country is really not enough for people to see, how many pirates at sea have been wiped out by the Mawei Navy? The total number is close to half of the total population of the Ryukyus Kingdom!

More than half an hour passed before the huge battleship actually sailed into Naha Port. Looking at the fleet that had already arrived in front of him, King Shang Zhi, the civil and military officials of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the soldiers in the port all swallowed a few saliva in unison. What a huge fleet this is! They recognize Western sail warships, but the warships in front of them are a little different, but on the whole they are still in the style of sail warships. Counting the number, there are sixty third-class giant ships, one hundred and eight other frigates of various types, but I am afraid that the total number of soldiers on this battleship will not be less than thirty thousand!

How many troops do I have in the entire Ryukyu Kingdom, I'm afraid it's just a fraction of what I can do! Many of the Ryukyuan people present thought so, including King Shochi. Their guess was really right, their total strength in the Ryukyus was less than 6,000, but the number of naval officers and men on this expedition was 36,000, which was just a fraction of the number of navies!

On the battleship that slowly entered the port, Geng Jingzhong, Li Guangdi, and others also stood on the deck and observed the dock with binoculars. It was ridiculous to see the people of the Ryukyus waiting for the battle so hard and making a fuss. "Hey, old king, guess what, this king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, King Shang Zhi, is not in the crowd, if he is, which one is it?"

Wang Zhenbang picked up the binoculars and observed it again, and said: "I saw a luxurious carriage here, and the style is similar to that of the prince, it should be the king's, what about others?" Could it be the fat old man on the edge of the docks? Yes, look at that posture a little like that! ”

The battleship went all the way to the shore, and the soldiers of the Ryukyu Kingdom did not make any move. The scale of this Naha port is not small, although there are not so many warships moored, but most of them are moored. Geng Jingzhong took a group of generals ashore, nodded involuntarily and said: "Yes, this port is good, it's about to catch up with Houyu Port!" ”

King Jingnan and King Shangzhi belong to the same rank, but one is a vassal king and the other is a prince of a vassal country. The same prince, this difference is not small, the Qing court still seems to have withdrawn the three feudatories from the bottom of their hearts, but it will not remove the throne of the Ryukyu Kingdom, after all, it is just a subject country, and the court only needs them to submit to pay tribute. When the group came to the shore, Yang Jian shouted loudly beside him: "Geng Jingzhong, the prince of Jingnan of the Great Qing Dynasty, pay a visit to His Royal Highness King Shangzhi, the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom!" ”

It seems that this King of Jingnan should have no hostility, and it was the prince of King Jingnan who came, so King Shangzhi also led a group of people to come forward with their clothes and clothes. Young Master Tang Zhi stood on the right side of King Shangzhi and replied loudly: "King Shangzhi is here, please come and speak to the prince of Jingnan!" ”

"I've seen King Shangzhi! This son passed by your place and came to ask for a glass of water to drink, I don't know if it's okay? Geng Jingzhong said with a smile.

"I can't ask for it. Can't ask for it! Please! ”

After the two parties exchanged courtesies, they prepared to go to Shuri Castle, the royal palace of the Ryukyus. "Slow down, my lord, this prince just saw that there are a lot of Japanese things in your land, and there are still many Japanese people hanging here, and the relationship between Ryukyu and the Japanese is not so good! What's going on? ”

"This, this," King Shang stammered in a bad reply.

"I'll tell you!" Geng Jingzhong continued. As far as I know, Ryukyu has just gotten rid of the control of the Satsuma Domain, but it is still repeatedly bullied by the Shimazu Satsuma Domain, and you Shang Zhi Wang dare not speak out, afraid of repeating the mistakes of decades ago, am I right! "The Satsuma Domain has sent a lot of ronin in the Ryukyus at the moment, as well as a lot of businessmen, most of these Japanese people are gathered in Naha Port, and they are all powerful and prosperous in the Ryukyus on weekdays, and they do their best to extort the local military and civilian businessmen, and the Ryukyu government is indeed afraid to be angry, and the small people of the Ryukyus can only swallow their anger and accept it.

The face of King Shoshi, the king of the Ryukyus, changed for a while, looked up at the fleet in front of him, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, and then said: "What the prince said is right, the Satsuma Domain has collected huge taxes from the Ryukyus for many years, and the Tokugawa family has also forcibly regarded my Ryukyu as a vassal state, forcing the Ryukyus to pay tribute, which is really miserable. I implore the prince to help the Ryukyus, and the Ryukyus must be very grateful to the Jingnan Palace, and your fleet can be parked at will again in the future! ”

After hearing this, Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but smile, this old man is really a ghost, he just said something, they understood what they meant. "Let's tell you the truth, this prince led the fleet here this time to exterminate the Shimazu Satsuma Domain. He has a big enmity with my Jingnan Palace, so we have to take revenge! ”

Shang Zhiwang's eyes lit up, and his posture was lowered. "His Royal Highness, at this moment, the Shimazu family has a team of sailors stationed in Jinwu Bay, are you?"

"I need you to lead the team!" Geng Jingzhong said directly.

King Shangzhi naturally knew what he should do, and said without hesitation: "There are a total of 5,000 soldiers in Ryukyu, all of whom are sent by the prince!" ”

"Good! Pass my order, the First Fleet will set off to exterminate the Wokos! Geng Jingzhong ordered loudly, and then said to King Shangzhi: "There are still a lot of Japanese people on this island, arrest them all, and it will be troublesome to run away from a few ventilation messages!" ”

Doctor Ronglu Che Wanzhi and Young Master Tang Zhi said almost in unison: "Come on, lead the troops to surround all the Japanese mansions, arrest all the Japanese people, and never miss a single person, if there is resistance, you will be killed!" (To be continued......)

PS: Chapter 2, it's too rushed!