Satsuma Domain, also known as Kagoshima Domain, Shimazu Domain, and Wai Daimyo Domain. The Shimazu clan, the lord of the domain, originally owned part of Satsuma Province, Osumi Province, and Hyuga Province, and was located in southwestern Kyushu, part of today's Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.

After surrendering to Hideyoshi, the Shimazu family became the main force of Hideyoshi's invading army because they were in Kyushu. However, this war of aggression itself exceeded Japan's national capacity, and under the heroic battles of the Ming army, the Japanese army fought many battles in the north, and finally returned home in defeat.

After returning to Japan, the Shimazu clan was forced to send troops again in the ensuing Battle of Sekigahara after years of war, but was punished after the war. Although the name of the family was not revoked, a lot of land was confiscated, and only Satsuma and a small part of Osumi Province remained. The Shimazu family, which survived the 200 years of war in the Warring States period, became one of the 300 daimyo of the Satsuma Domain and became one of the 300 daimyo of the Edo Shogunate.

The financial problem was one of the major problems that plagued the feudal domains during the Edo period. Then the situation of Satsuma can be the first among all the feudal domains. For a number of reasons, it is no exaggeration to say that the Satsuma Domain was on the verge of bankruptcy for 200 years during the Edo period. Due to the long-term shyness of the money and the remoteness of the location, the Satsuma clan was repeatedly discriminated against as a countryman.

In order to alleviate this situation of poverty. The solution of the Satsuma clan was to send troops to the Ryukyus. During the reign of Shimazu Tadatsune, the ancestor of the Satsuma domain, the Shimazu family conquered the Ryukyus, and the Shimazu family seized the land of 40,000 koku in Amami Oshima, and at the same time obtained the right to profit from the tributary trade of the Ryukyus. But this only alleviated the financial embarrassment, and in fact kept Satsuma in a state of half-starvation. The main reason for this was the continuous attack and weakening of the Satsuma Domain by the Tokugawa shogunate.

When it comes to the relationship between the Satsuma clan and the shogunate, it can be said that it is bitter and bitter. In the Battle of Sekigahara, the Shimazu family not only subordinated to the Western Army, but also wounded Naomasa Ii, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa, with a musket. This incident made the shogunate wary of the Shimazu family, and not only did he repeatedly reduce his territory. He also assigned the task of attending and assigning duties, and for 200 years, he has been continuously sent down a large number of laborers. The Satsuma Domain was originally one of the farthest feudal domains from Edo, and it was a huge financial burden to pay for each attendance and labor.

A compilation of various information shows that the Satsuma Domain is no longer as powerful as it was when it swept Kyushu, and that it has a bad relationship with the shogunate. Strike at it militarily. First, it will help the Ryukyus, and second, it will not turn into a large-scale war with the Wa Kingdom.

"A short and violent limited war against the Satsuma clan aimed at intimidating and teaching the other side will be beneficial to us in the long run." Zhu Yongxing became the first person in history to put forward the concept of limited war, and he could not help but feel a little proud, and his pen was like flying, and this theory will also enter the lecture hall and become one of the research topics.

"Get the most out of it at a limited price. It depends not only on complete victory in the war, but also on a strong military deterrent, and a diplomat who can speak well. Sometimes, we find that the benefits at the negotiating table are no less than those gained by a war in which the army is waged with a large number of people. After all, at the moment our great enemy is still the Tartars, and there is a large-scale war on both sides. It's still ...... be caught."

A military attack on the Satsuma Domain of the Wa Kingdom was imperative, not only to steadily acquire the sulfur of the Ryukyus. and to open up commerce and trade with the Japanese State, but also because Zhu Yongxing's confidence is getting more and more.

In a short period of time, the consequences of Zheng Jing's decisive killing became more and more severe, and in turn, Zhu Yongxing was fulfilled, and he got a powerful sailor out of thin air, and got many generals who were good at water warfare.

Fundamentally analyzed. The Zheng family started from sea trade, and there were many pirates and robbers under his command, from Zheng Zhilong to Zheng Chenggong, all of whom were ruthless and arbitrary. This is also due to objective conditions. Otherwise, it will not deter those unruly men. But when he came to Zheng Jing, his thinking and methods should have changed due to the different forms, but he didn't realize this.

The escape of Zheng Zhangxu and others did not sound the alarm for Zheng Jing, but made him feel that he must be further purged and all potential disloyal people eliminated in order to stabilize his position. He originally started to purge because of his weak heart, but as a result, everyone was in danger and defected, which made Zheng Jing even more weak-hearted, so that everyone looked like a traitor. And those former ministers and generals who had not firmly stood by his side in the father-son dispute before became his target.

First of all, after the victory in Xiamen, Chen Python, the governor of the Right Tiger Guard, was promoted by Zheng Chenggong by exception. The left and right tiger guards are equivalent to Zheng Chenggong's personal guards, but the establishment is larger. When recovering Taiwan, Zheng Chenggong took the left Huwei with him, and Chen Python's right Huwei stayed in Xiamen. For this fierce general who had made meritorious contributions but was suspected of being his father's letter, Zheng Jing decided to eliminate it.

But Chen Python refused to be restrained, resisted the order, and did not go to see Zheng Jing, but led the Right Tiger Guard to defect from Xiamen and defect to the Ming Court. Then, the chilling Zheng army generals had Du Hui, the governor of the capital, who led one hundred and two generals, two thousand and ninety-six soldiers, and sixty-two large and small warships, abandoned the garrison Nanao, and defected to the Ming army. And the chain reaction has not stopped, there is a tendency to expand, to aid the right town Lin Shun led the whole town from Zhenhai to Zhoushan, which was accepted by Zhenhai General Yang Yandi and directly incorporated into the Ming Army Naval Division.

So far, most of the heroes and heroes gathered by Zheng Chenggong in ten years and summoned from the four provinces have taken refuge in the imperial court with ships and families. As a result, the strength of the Ming army's naval division rose by leaps and bounds, completely surpassing the Zheng family, and deservedly became the first in Asia.

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History is really helpless, whether it is Zheng Zhanxu or Chen Python, they are all heroes in Zheng Chenggong's Xiamen victory, Zheng Zhanxu followed his father Zheng Tai to intercept and kill Dasu who tried to retreat at sea, and Chen Python was even more one to ten, so that the northern line turned dangerous.

But in the history that Zhu Yongxing remembers, these people all defected to the Qing court and captured the Jinxia Islands, which Zheng Chenggong had operated for decades, forcing Zheng Jing to retreat to Taiwan. It was also this force that broke Zheng Jun's control of the Taiwan Strait, and eventually became Shi Lang's main force in destroying the island of Taiwan.

"Fortunately, history has not repeated, this force still belongs to the anti-Qing camp, and will fight for the revival of China." Zhu Yongxing flipped through the report and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Although the factions of these former Zheng army soldiers who defected to the imperial court were complex, the military discipline with pirate legacy also needed to be rectified, and it would take time to integrate with the Ming army's naval divisions. However, their families are all settled in the mainland, and it is unlikely that they will recur.

A month should be able to complete the reorganization and reorganization, although this month is a month to adjust while fighting. But the real decisive action is better off a month later.

Zhu Yongxing counted the time and thought about the possibility of sending a sailor to re-enter the Yangtze River. Whether to take Nanjing directly, or to cut off the Cao Yun, or to join up with the Yangtze River Naval Division and the Shuo Army, and capture such important towns as Jiujiang, Yueyang, Changsha, and Nanchang......

The Ming Army's naval division became stronger. The big idea of using the sea to control the land can be fully launched, from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Liaodong, everywhere under the attack of the Ming army.

The transportation of troops by sea has existed for a long time, but there are some special problems in amphibious operations that can only be solved after land and naval warfare become more complex and highly specialized. More professionally, traditional ships are not suitable for the requirements of landing operations. But these difficulties can be overcome, mainly because the opponent's naval division is too poor, and the coastal defense is also extremely weak. is that sentence: "Don't be afraid of being weak, as long as the opponent is poor." ”

Tactical operations from the nature of the attack. Switching to a large-scale landing strategic operation, the mobilization of personnel, ships, and materials will be extremely huge. According to the current situation, the land war is raging, and it is really impossible to meet the conditions.

After examining the map for a long time, Zhu Yongxing reluctantly put away the idea of landing in Jingu and going straight to Beijing. But his gaze remained fixed on the Northlands, and another idea vaguely formed in his mind. Grab a charcoal pen and draw two small circles on the map. Then he took two steps back, squinting slightly.

"Jinxi (now Huludao area)", "Jinzhou". The two small circles are not conspicuous on the map, but in Zhu Yongxing's gaze, Jin Ge Iron Horse, artillery fire, shouting and killing the sky, a bloody battle to control the throat inside and outside the pass seems to be fighting fiercely.......

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Yongding River, known as bath water in ancient times, was called Sanggan River in the Sui Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty was called Lugou, and the old name was Wuding River. It is the largest river in Beijing and one of the five major tributaries of the Haihe River, which flows into Hebei through Beijing and flows into the Bohai Sea at Tianjin.

In the darkness of the night. The Yongding River seemed to be in a trance, and the waves occasionally tapped the side of the boat, and then fell silent again. A gust of evening breeze swept across the sleeping waters, causing slight ripples.

Li Shu crawled out of the cabin with his head probed, saw Fang Guangchen looking over inquiringly, and hurriedly said: "Sir, don't worry, it's all right, even if the medicine is over, it won't be silent." ”

Fang Guangchen nodded, looked into the distance, the folding fan in his hand shook quickly, and he couldn't wait to board the sea ship and sail away.

Li Shu opened his mouth and wanted to say: Sir, aren't you cold? Suddenly, a little light appeared in front of me, and I couldn't help but feel nervous.

"Sir, get out of the cabin, I'll take care of it." Gu Yinghui walked out of the shadow of the rudder, followed by two big men, both dressed in Qing military uniforms.

Fang Guangchen nodded, waved his hand and beckoned Li Shu to get into the cabin. The river defense patrol has already passed two checkpoints, relying on the military uniforms of Gu Yinghui and others, the forged customs defense, and the silver offensive, all passed safely, and this time it is estimated that there is no problem.

A small oil lamp flickered dimly, and several large wooden boxes could be seen in the middle of the cabin, firmly tied. But a few pairs of eyes were still firmly fixed in the shadows around them, as if they were afraid that the box would fly away.

Fang Guangchen and Li Shu got out of the cabin and silently leaned against the bulkhead, listening intently to the movement above.

After the sound of ships colliding, there was a stop. The sound of thumping footsteps sounded overhead, followed by the sound of unheard loud voices.

The cabin canopy was half lifted, and Fang Guangchen's heart rose sharply. Then there was a crisp slap in the face, a loud scolding, the lid fell again, and the cabin was darkened again.

Manchu? Fang Guangchen has been by Wu Sangui's side for many years, and he can tell it somewhat. Listening to the voice, it seemed to be made by Gu Yinghui, but I didn't expect this smiling Buddha-like guy to be very powerful, even Manchu.

The chaotic sound gradually disappeared, the hull of the boat shook, and it drove again, and Fang Guangchen let out a long breath.

After a while, the hatch was opened, and Gu Yinghui walked down, rubbing her hands, and said, "Damn*, don't give him a face, you have to shave him with big ears." After another scolding, he immediately behaved like a grandson. ”

"Boss Gu has good skills, I admire him." Fang Guangchen smiled and arched his hand.

"Huh." Gu Yinghui smiled, her face turned positive, and said, "One more clip." Let's abandon the boat and go ashore, avoid the inspection of the sea, and go around to the beach by land. Well, if the journey goes smoothly, we will be able to see the ship that picks us up at dawn. ”

"It's going to be a smooth journey." Fang Guangchen added, feeling a little more relaxed in his heart.

"Then Mr. Grievance will hide in the cabin for a while." Gu Yinghui arched her hand. Without waiting for him to answer, he beckoned to the shadow in the cabin: "Mao Lin, He Hu, you two go to the deck, the guys are ready." ”

The heavy voice answered, and the two sturdy men got up to clean up, and followed Gu Yinghui out of the cabin, and the top lid fell with a snap, isolating a ray of falling moonlight.

This guy usually smiles, but he is decisive and resolute when it is critical. Undoubtedly, it's a character!

Fang Guangchen sighed, took a few steps back, and wanted to sit down against the bulkhead, but he stepped on something under his feet.

"Look at it, go over there." A low-pitched reprimand sounded, making Fang Guangchen so embarrassed that he even said sorry.

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The fog that hung low on the waves had lifted. In the hazy morning light, the east was white. It was the dawn; Another white patch appeared in the west, and it was the sinking moon. These two whites are opposite, and on the horizontal line between the sea and the sky, they form two narrow bands of light.

Zhou Xi put down the binoculars in the wooden building of the mast, yawned, and rubbed his eyes. I moved my arms and legs, felt the urgency of urinating, and turned to one side and poured it on the side of the ship.

"*—" Someone at the bottom was blown by the wind and urine dripping in the face, and immediately scolded. and looked around, and finally found that it was the person on the head who was making a ghost, and his voice immediately became louder, "Zhou Xi, you bastard, come down to see if Lao Tzu doesn't beat you to death." ”

Zhou Xi didn't care, he grinned while tying his pants, and scolded back: "Scold Lao Tzu again, let you eat." ”

The people below were even more angry, and they wanted to climb up to settle accounts with Zhou Xi while scolding.

As soon as the hatch slammed, a man stepped onto the deck, and a deep and powerful voice reprimanded: "The more you learn, the more you go back, do you really think of yourself as a pirate?" ”

Zhou Xi immediately straightened his face, raised his binoculars and looked into the distance, looking conscientious.

The guy who was climbing the mast also wilted, accepted the scolding, ran to the chief to complain, and pointed at Zhou Xi from time to time, looking like a bitter master.

"yes, I see." The bearded chief nodded and said, "Zhou Xi violated the regulations and brushed the deck when he was on duty." ”

"Sir-" Zhou Xi was about to cry out when he stepped forward, but he only listened to the unhurried voice below, "It may not be clean once, right?" ”

"Report to the chief, Zhou Xi will be punished, and he will be cleaned up over and over again." Zhou Xi hurriedly agreed loudly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, then go over again, and you have to brush it to be able to show the human figure." The chief glanced up with a smile and said, "Look carefully, where are you looking?" ”

"This kid is not authentic." The guy who was drenched in urine was still complaining about the black, "When sailing near the shore, I always took the telescope to find the Shandong girl on the shore." When I went ashore to buy, I also rushed to go. ”

Changdao is the only island county in Shandong Province, located between Jiaodong and Liaodong Peninsula, at the confluence of the Yellow and Bohai Seas, named after Changshan Island in the territory, consisting of 32 islands and 66 Ming Jiao.

Shandong is far away from Fujian and Taiwan, and the scale and time of coastal relocation are relatively limited. Zu Zepu, the governor of Shandong, said: "Twenty islands such as Huangdao in Ninghai Prefecture and Haiyang Island in Penglai County are all far away in the sea, and the atmosphere is not calm, and the traitors are dangerous, and their people are temporarily moved to the interior." In other words, Shandong Province has only moved island residents.

Soon after Shandong relocated the islanders, a group of "pirates" occupied two of the ten small islands on Long Island that had once been inhabited by ordinary people. There were also small-scale sailors in Deng, Qing, and Lai Prefectures in Shandong, and after passing the buck to each other, they had dispatched to encircle and suppress this group of pirates. However, this sea war was quite fine, and there were more than a dozen artillery pieces, which made the Qing army dizzy, and three ships were sunk by the cold man, and they returned with a feather.

Seeing that this group of pirates did not go ashore to harass the place, it seemed that they only settled down or used the island as a transit point, and after the defeat, the government ignored it, and only regarded these people as if they did not exist.

The Qing Dynasty government would not have thought that these people dressed as Haikou were actually outposts sent by the Ming army's naval divisions. Occupy Long Island, first, to facilitate the investigation of news, pick up and drop off personnel; Second, it also shoulders the task of contacting Shandong Yuqi and transporting materials and instructors. This time, he was ordered to dispatch and was responsible for answering the problem off the coast of Tanggu.

"The half-year rotation period is almost over, so you should go back to see the southern girl, that's what Shui Ling is called!" The chief teased, understanding the loneliness of these subordinates.

"Twenty-three more days." Zhou Xi muttered to himself, the telescope suddenly froze, waited to look carefully, and said loudly: "Report to the chief, two ships were found in the northwest direction, five miles away." ”

"Honk, the crew is in position." The commander gave the order cleanly, walked briskly up to the helm, and raised his binoculars.

At the sound of the military horn, the three nearby battleships immediately became noisy. And in the midst of this clamour, a golden flame appeared in the east, and in the flames, the sun showed its forehead and an eye.

Gu Yinghui held the binoculars and looked at the flags displayed by the ships in front. A smile slowly appeared on his face, nodded, and said, "That's right, it's the sea ship that will pick up us." Quick, hoist the liaison flag and sail over. ”

Fang Guangchen breathed a sigh of relief, he had been running around all night on land and water, and he was frightened, and now when he relaxed, he only felt tired and sat on the deck weakly.

"It's a pirate!" With the sound of a weapon, the girl who had just come to the deck pulled out the sword at her waist, and it flashed in front of Fang Guangchen's eyes, so frightened that he hurriedly turned his head sideways.

"Don't panic, it's the Da Ming Shui Master who will answer us." Gu Yinghui stepped forward and pressed the girl's hand.

"Da Ming Water Master?" The girl was skeptical, slowly put away her sword, took two steps forward, straightened up, and carefully examined the approaching battleship.

"Girl, there's a girl." Zhou Xi, who was looking at the other side, shouted excitedly.

………… (To be continued......)