Lu Bing immediately dismissed the generals in the army, and appointed Qi Jingtong as the deputy commander-in-chief of the thief, and the overall military affairs of the whole army. Ren Yu Dayou commanded the newly returned soldiers and horses, cooperated with Li Du to train new soldiers, and served as the deputy commander in wartime, and his official position was tentatively commanded by the commanders. Emperor Tang Kekuan's personal army, cavalry and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, were also in command.

Lu Bing is now the chief military officer, although this chief military officer does not have an actual official rank, but he has great power, and before the expedition, Zhu Houxi personally wrote a recital, asking Lu Bing to be appointed at will from three grades to below the third grade, and only need to report to the capital after the appointment. are all in command of the three products, so Lu Bing can be appointed, which creates a fun situation, Lu Bing's official position is a thousand households, is the fifth product, and the generals under his command are all in command of the affairs, is the third product, the superior level is low, the subordinate level is high, this is also a great wonder in history.

Lu Bing did this, his old brothers were naturally very happy, although the current positions are all temporarily appointed, according to the administrative routine of demotion after the war, but even if it is demoted, it can be much higher than before, where is this to fight is clearly to gild, because this battle is not difficult at all.

Originally, he thought that he was going to fight in Japan, but Lu Bing was still worried that the enemy was outnumbered, but now he learned that it was just a small Yaeyama, and it was found that the total population of the entire island was less than 5,000, even if the island was full of soldiers and no civilian miscellaneous labor, it was less than the number of soldiers on his side, and he was more than twice as many as the enemy, as long as he commanded properly and did not make low-level mistakes, he would definitely win.

Of course, such a replacement of generals in the army, the act of changing the right to change troops will naturally attract resentment, so Lu Bing just replaced the command of more than 1,000 generals in the imperial court and returned it to Qi Jingtong.

For those thousand presidents of the imperial court, Lu Bing first promised that they would be rewarded for their meritorious deeds after the battle, and asked the Shen family to give them a hundred taels of silver, and also promised to give them military power after the war. Now you don't have to risk your life to fight, you still have money to make, and you can lie in the back and enjoy the happiness that you can get by fighting hard and bloodily.

The most important condition is that Lu Bing, a person who re-promises and is righteous, will definitely do what he promises, so there is no need to worry about the issue of military power. Besides, this is a good opportunity to get in touch with Lu Bing, an upstart, so several thousands of households in the imperial court swept away the haze in their hearts, happily accepted the silver, and handed over the military power to Lu Bing and others.

In the late autumn of the first year of Jiajing, Lu Bing received a reply from Shang Zhen, the third king of the Second Shang Dynasty of the Ryukyus, claiming that he had established an encirclement on the sea, surrounded Yonaguni Island and the Yaeyama Islands, and blocked the sea route under the ghost tiger and the pirates. Ask the Ming envoy to come to help quickly, and fight the thieves together. At this time, everything was ready and the training was basically completed, Lu Bing ordered to board the ship, and everyone marched towards Ryukyu in a mighty manner.

The coastal fishermen were moved to tears when they looked at the tall fortune boats, the nimble sentinel boats, the building boats that occupied the height, the small but combat-effective Haicang boats, and the dazzling Cangshan boats. My Da Ming is finally majestic, since Zheng He's last trip to the West, this is the first time that Da Ming has formed such a huge fleet. And this time it is not to go out to patrol, to explore treasures, not to do secret searches, not to let all countries come to the court, but to go out to suppress bandits, how can this not make the fishermen who have been harassed by the Japanese invaders excited.

There were more than 10,000 people on this trip, and the total number of warships was as many as 100, even though the Shen family was rich and invincible, they were also distressed, but they still insisted on it for the greater good. Because these warships were built at the expense of the Shen family, and the imperial court allowed them to be built without the intervention of the Ministry of Industry and the Ship Division, they were built extremely strong, without cutting corners and materials, and equipped with the most advanced artillery and ballistas. The fleet set off in a majestic manner, riding the wind and waves, the momentum was extraordinary, and Lu Bing suddenly couldn't help but chant with pride: The sea boat is like a mountain, and the war boy will not return in a day. It will sweep away hundreds of thousands of thieves, and it will be passed down in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Xiang stood beside Lu Bing and shouted hello, Lu Bing smiled and asked, "Where is it?" ”

Li Xiang smirked twice and could only admit frankly that he didn't know what to say, and everyone laughed and ridiculed Li Xiang for slapping his ass. Li Du shook his head and said: "What a hidden poem, the naval battle will be won, it is well said, we must make contributions this time and recite it for future generations and all generations." When they looked at the vast sea and the sun hanging high, a fire burned in their hearts, and the blood on their bodies seemed to be boiling.

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Fifteen days later, when the fleet arrived in the Ryukyu Kingdom, the king personally came to the dock to greet him, and Lu Bing, dressed in a brocade robe, with a tiger's head sword at his waist and a golden velvet drape, disembarked from a Haicang ship. That demeanor, coupled with Lu Bing's tall figure and heroic face, suddenly amazed the civil and military forces of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Looking at the guards behind Lu Bing, they are neat and well-equipped, and most of the soldiers selected are northern men, with long arms and the same height, and the bulging muscles can be seen even if they wear armor. The king of the Ryukyus Kingdom is still dumbfounded, where is this mortal, it is simply the reincarnation of the god of war under the gods, and the guards are all heavenly soldiers and generals.

In order to facilitate his actions, Lu Bing only ordered five Haicang ships, five sentinel ships, and more than ten Yecangshan ships to approach the Ryukyus. Even so, the king of the Ryukyus was still praising it, saying that the strength of the Ming Navy was unheard of, and Lu Bing was also confused, I don't know if Lu Daoshang really hasn't seen the world or is just a hypocritical politeness. Lu Bing snickered secretly, now Shang Zhen is talking about the sky, and when he sees the main force of his fleet, see how he praises him.

A group of people went to the banquet with Shang Zhen, during the banquet, Lu Bing said that he only took a short rest, and went to level the bandits together, Shang Zhen promised to come down, as a vassal country, the Ming Dynasty came to the top of the business. At the same time, Shang Zhen also asked his businessman to inquire about Lu Bing, knowing that this young man was a close confidant of the current Ming Emperor, so he naturally did not dare to offend, and he was eager to spend the whole country to curry favor with Lu Bing.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bing, the beautiful food prepared by Shang Zhen, didn't enjoy it, and hurriedly discussed with Shang Zhen the strategic issue of how to attack Yaeshan, which made Shang Zhen sigh in his heart, and sighed with emotion that the Ming officials' straightforwardness and honesty were indeed here to help themselves, not to go through the motions to cheer and cheer on the autumn breeze and leave. However, he secretly ridiculed Lu Bing in his heart that he was young after all, and his heart was too anxious. So the originally prepared banquet was hurriedly ended, and then the sea map was laid out, and the military generals of the two countries gathered around to discuss.

Lu Bing pointed to the sea map and said: "Your country has had many naval battles, and since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has rich experience in naval warfare, so we need to listen more to the generals of your country on how to command the fleet to encircle and suppress." ”

Most of the senior generals of the Ryukyu Kingdom can speak the official language, and they have also heard of Lu Bing's identity, thinking that this half-young man is in a high position and has the emperor's respect, so he should be a little arrogant, and he is worried that Lu Bing does not know how to pretend to know how to point fingers. Unexpectedly, Lu Bing was so humble, and he gave enough face to the generals of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and suddenly his good impression of Lu Bing doubled, and he felt a trace of admiration for Lu Bing from the bottom of his heart.

"Don't dare, don't dare." Shang Zhen said: "Since the envoy of the Heavenly Empire wants to listen to our humble opinion, let's talk about it. Now I have sent troops to block half of Yonaguni Island and Iriomote Island, thus cutting off the connection between the two islands and preventing them from escaping by sea. At the same time, a land defense line was established on Iriomote Island to prevent them from escaping to the west side of Iriomote Island, making it easier to search for them in the future, and at the same time eliminating the possibility of them escaping from the west side of Iriomote Island. ”

"For today's plan, I want to shrink the encirclement and first annihilate the bandits who are surrounded on Yonaguni Island and Yaeyama, and at this time our troops are not enough, we need the army of the country to help us hold the enemy troops trapped on Iriomote Island, and after we have eliminated the bandits on those two islands, we can go to Iriomote Island to suppress the bandits." Shang Zhen said.

Lu Bing shook his head and said, "The king is too polite, how embarrassing is it that you just let us defend and don't let us make efforts to fight for this." ”

"The main thing is that we are a small country, and we don't dare to bother the Heavenly Empire, if it weren't for the envoy writing to me, hoping to capture the thief Kou Sato alive, I would definitely do it for them, defeat them and escort Sato to to you personally." Shang Zhen said respectfully.

Lu Bing said with a smile: "Don't say it so politely, I am embarrassed, I was originally asking for your help, no soldier's soldiers want casualties, aren't they all born by their parents, it has nothing to do with the difference between high and low." On the public, the Ryukyu Kingdom is called a minister every year, every king is canonized by my Ming Dynasty, and it is a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty. In terms of personal interests, I don't hide it from Your Highness, my relatives and friends were taken captive by Sato, so I came here this time to find my relatives and friends. For both public and private purposes, we should send troops, so Your Highness, you don't have to be polite. Of course, Lu Bing is not a hot-blooded stupid and angry young man, let alone a selfless living thunder, the reason why he asked to send troops independently is for another purpose, which will be discussed later.

Shang Zhen nodded: "The envoy is really a cheerful person, this Sato is not too thick in the sky, and he dares to be the enemy of the Heavenly Empire, you think this is good, our plan is still the same, but the soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven will attack Iriomote Island." I think we should do this, let our ships take over the coastal defense that we left on the west side of Iriomote Island, and the sergeants of the country are good at land warfare, and they will land on the east side of Iriomote Island, and then fight the enemy troops stationed on the west side by land. I've just estimated that there should be hundreds of soldiers on board our giant ships, enough to defeat the rogues on Iriomote Island. ”

Lu Bing suddenly laughed, and then the generals of the Ming Dynasty laughed, and Lu Bing said: "Your Highness, we think that the entire fleet is not easy to dock, so we sent this person to visit Your Highness." Our entire fleet has a total of one hundred and twenty-three ships, of which ten are Fu ships and Lou ships, and the rest are mostly sentinel ships and Haicang ships. There are more than 10,000 people, and you see how these people should arrange the attack. ”

Ryukyu King Shangzhen thought for a long time before he understood, and then he was stunned with his mouth open, and all the ministers were silent, such a huge army was something they couldn't think of, and his own army could only reach half of the number of the fleet sent by the Ming Dynasty casually. After a long time, Shang Zhen swallowed his saliva and said: "According to the number of people and the size of the fleet mentioned by the envoy, I don't think we need to arrange troops, just press them up and fill them up, just fill these islands." Everyone was amused by Shang Zhen's humor and laughter.

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