Chapter 169: War

The two of them, Kayama Masahsu and Ise Mayasu, walked away under the watchful eye of Muji and others, and walked very fast, and the sailors on the two boats slid their oars so fast that they wished to grow four hands, and it seemed that they didn't want to stay here for a moment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

Again, whoever is pointed at by the muzzles of hundreds of cannons will not want to stay here for long.

"My lord, do you really wait for them for a long time? What if they do make a reparation? Muji leaned over to Arnold's side and asked in a low voice.

"Don't you know your lordship's orders?" Arnold looked at Mu Ji with an expression of "Are you an idiot", "Since the adults said that they want to destroy the Satsuma Domain, we must destroy the Satsuma Domain." ”

"Then why..." Mu Ji scratched his head a little, this said that it was you who started the war, and it was you who had to negotiate again, what kind of game are you going to play.

"What do you mean to extinguish? That is, to be annihilated, what if you don't put away the net and let the family run away, when the time comes, is it you going to face the anger of adults? ”

Arnold looked up at the sky, "We're going to need time to set up our nets too." ”

When Mu Ji heard this, he immediately understood, because he remembered the several fleets that had been divided by Arnold before coming here.

On this expedition to Japan, Li Luwu used more than 400 warships of all kinds, but now look at how many warships led by Arnold? There are only a little more than a hundred, where did the rest of the battleships go?

The rest of the battleships were divided into three teams by Arnold.

The Shimazu family used to be a hero, almost unified the entire Kyushu Island, although under the suppression of the Toyotomi shogunate and the Tokugawa shogunate two generations of rulers, the vitality was greatly damaged, and had to spit out most of the territory of Kyushu Island, but still retained the entire Satsuma, Osumi and part of Hinata's territory, but because Osumi and Hyuga are many mountains, agriculture is underdeveloped, and food production is not high, so the population is small, and the two places together are not as good as Samo, so, the main strength of the Shimazu family is still concentrated in the Satsuma area.

Satsuma, Osumi, part of Hyuga, plus the Ryukyus, constituted the entire power of the Shimazu family.

So these three teams, one team went to the Ryukyus to exterminate the Shimazu family's 3,000 sailors there. One group went south and advanced from the direction of Osumi to encircle the Satsuma clan and at the same time defend against reinforcements from the Shimazu family from the direction of Osumi and Hinata, while the other pair was the largest group with the largest number of people, all the way north, blocking between Fatty and Satsuma, completely cutting off Satsuma's retreat, and also guarding against possible reinforcements from Fat.

As for Arnold himself, he attacked from the coast and went straight to the main castle of the Shimazu family, Tsurumaru Castle.

Surrounded on three sides, Arnold wants to destroy the entire Shimazu family in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the negotiation is just Arnold buying time to lay out the entire encirclement network.

Who said Arnold was stupid and had a head full of muscles?

Since following Li Luan, after understanding Li Luan's goal, Arnold and the others, like Glass, began to contact Muggle things, and after years of accumulation, Arnold is no longer the Arnold he used to be.

Of course, the main force that really exterminated the Shimazu family was these people led by Arnold himself, and the other three teams, not to mention the Ryukyu side, had other arrangements, but on the Japanese side, Arnold got a signal from Li Zhiwu before leaving.

Colony.

And it is not an ordinary colony, but an important production area for the entire country to become the Philosopher's Stone.

The Philosopher's Stone is a good thing, after seeing the power of the Philosopher's Stone, everyone has reached a unified understanding, but unfortunately, the raw materials used to make the Philosopher's Stone are too bloody, and Rao is a little unacceptable to Arnold, a dark wizard who doesn't take human life seriously at all.

This is not as simple as killing one or two, but a slaughter, the slaughter of Chiguoguo.

The Dark Wizard is not a murderer, and although he has some lives on his hands, he has not degenerated into killing for pleasure.

However, few people can resist the temptation of the Philosopher's Stone.

Therefore, in the world of Harry Potter, those condemned prisoners were completely killed, and it was no longer a bullet that ended their lives, but a formation of philosopher's stones.

But that's it, it's also a drop in the bucket, after all, there are still too few people who have actually been sentenced to death.

In this way, Japan in the Caribbean pirate world came into Li Zhiwu's eyes.

Compared with the indigenous people of Southeast Asia, who were still in the barbaric era, the occupation of Japan undoubtedly required a lot of effort in terms of manpower and energy.

Was Japan strong in this period?

To be honest, it's really not strong, just look at the combat power shown by Japan's strongest naval army now, not to mention the more than 10,000 so-called samurai on the coastline, they don't need to increase their strength, and these people led by Arnold alone can sweep the whole of Japan.

The generational gap in weapons is not so easy to bridge.

You don't see the Opium War, the British army of only 4,000 people fought tens of thousands of troops in the Qing Dynasty, and how many people did Arnold bring? 50,000 people. And it is still 50,000 people with even more weapons and equipment, and how many troops are there in the whole of Japan?

But what about being able to sweep? It is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to defend the country.

Japan itself is an island country, poor resources, poor people, living on this poor island, so that these Japanese have all developed a fierce habit, coupled with the ruthlessness inherited from ancient Huaxia who is not afraid of life and death, if Li Luwei really occupies Japan, there will definitely be the scene when Ming Chengzu Zhu Di occupied Vietnam, endless, fearless rebellion.

What the? No way?

A very simple example, is there still a small number of Ichika events recorded in Japanese history? (一揆, a Japanese word.) The original meaning is to work together and unite as one. Later, it generally referred to the group of ordinary people, indigenous people, local power groups and other non-governmental organizations assembled for certain goals, and it was also commonly referred to as the behavior of the common people rising up against the ruler. Among them, the one that has been fanned by the Buddhist sect is the most typical. If you look up the history of Japan, you will find that in ancient Japan, there was an outbreak of events almost every year, some large and some small, and the big ones could even affect most of Japan.

Could it be that these rulers of Japan are soft-hearted? Or is it too harsh and the government forces the people to rebel?

Neither.

Throughout the entire history, there are basically no uprisings like **** ancient people because they can't survive, all of them are a group of brainless idiots, who were lightly fanned by a group of careerists, and their brains exploded with a fever, burning and looting everywhere, but it's over? What to do or what to do.

A bunch of people are well fed.

However, it can be seen from this point that people still play uprisings every day when they rule their own people, and if this is ruled by an outsider like Li Luan, God knows how much turmoil this group of mobs will break out, maybe just suppressing the riot at that time can give Li Lunan a headache.

In comparison, it is still those natives who are easy to rule, and if they are hurt once, they will be honest.

Since there is no benefit to the complete occupation of Japan, and it may be necessary to expend more energy, should Japan be spared like this?

Of course not.

Anyway, this inferior people who are full of wolf nature in their bones are so unbearable, Li Luwei doesn't mind completely squeezing their value.

That's right, in Li Luan's eyes, this inferior nation is the best raw material for the Philosopher's Stone.

And Li Luwei will not dry up and fish, but to carry out sustainable development, not to destroy the entire nation at once, but to cut a stubble like cutting leeks, raise, and then cut a stubble, so that Japan will become the raw material base of the Sage Stone, and provide a steady stream of Sage Stone for Li Luan.

However, there is a premise for all this, that is, to occupy Japan, not to occupy it completely, but to establish a colony, and then support some agents to manage it for Li Luan, as long as these agents can hand in a certain amount of raw materials on time, Li Luwei will give them the treatment of a master, lord, daimyo, and even the emperor.

With the inferior nature of this nation rooted in the bones, I believe that this kind of Japanese rape will definitely be indispensable at that time.

Then, in this way, Arnold's action is very necessary, and it is necessary to build their prestige at one time, and not let these Japanese have the slightest luck. Only when this front station is well established, the next global deployment of Japan will be smoother.

Of course, this plan was only known to Arnold and a few of Li Luan's henchmen, and Li Luwei did not want to be exposed until his rule was fully established.

Not to mention the various dark and careful thoughts on Arnold's side, let's look at the Shimazu family's side.

Satsuma, Tsurumaru Castle, Shimazu family castle tower, assessment room.

Since the completion of the reunification of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Shimazu family has suffered a great loss of vitality and lost its ambition to compete for hegemony, and the assessment room that was full of **** in the past has undoubtedly been deserted, but today, the retainers of the Shimazu family have gathered together, however, this is not a summary meeting that only happens once at the end of the year, but because the Shimazu family has reached a critical juncture.

The entire assessment room is very quiet.

Mitsuhisa, the current head of the Shimazu family, sat on the throne with a gloomy face.

"Let's talk about it, what are we going to do?"

A word, but no one answered.

Looking at the retainers with different expressions, Shimazu Mitsuhisa's face became even more gloomy.

In the end, it was Shimazu Mitsuhisa's confidant, and Shimazu Hisashi opened his mouth.

"The head of the family, I, Shimazu Jiu, swear to live and die with the family."

"Swear to live and die with the family!"

Since someone expressed their attitude, others also hurriedly echoed loudly, and the chest beat loudly, and they almost came directly to a seppuku to show their loyalty.

I can't beat it, didn't I see the huge fleet outside Tsurumaru City, it's too scary, but it is absolutely necessary, although everyone has different thoughts now, but at this time, no one dares to touch Shimazu Mitsuhisa's moldy head, didn't you see the knife in front of Shimazu Mitsuhisa, it has been unsheathed, no one is a fool, if you don't hurry up now, just wait to be killed by Shimazu Mitsuhisa.

"Yo Xi!"

Shimazu Mitsuhisa nodded with satisfaction, "You are worthy of being the humerus of my Shimazu family. ”

"Master of the house, please give the order."

"Please go back to the army to fight, now is the life and death of my Shimazu family, everything is up to you, I wish you good luck."

"Martial arts are prosperous."

The retainers are all gone, leaving only Mitsuhisa Shimazu alone.

"Whoa!"

The angry Shimazu Mitsuhisa directly smashed one of his favorite vases.

The thoughts of this group of retainers, he Shimazu Mitsuhisa knows very well, don't look at the beauty of what he says, how many people can really contribute when the time comes, and how many people can live and die with his Shimazu family?

He Shimazu Mitsuhisa also knew that if he started a war, he would never be able to fight, but what if he just bowed his head like this? Do you want to give yourself up and make amends?

This is definitely the voice of most of the retainers, and it will not be them who will die, on the contrary, as long as the war is quelled, they will still be their nobles, and they can still live the current life of drunken dreams and drunkenness.

Retainers are just retainers, not family members, they are all foreign surnames. Since the Warring States period in Japan, this custom of "going down to the top" has continued to this day, and the samurai don't change the lord too often, and there are a few who are really loyal, and the Shimazu family has risen by killing the main family.

Therefore, if he could sacrifice his Shimazu family to save the other families, these retainers would definitely not hesitate in the slightest. The reason why there has been no rebellion until now is just that the strength of the Shimazu family is stronger than these families, and they are afraid that they will be exterminated by him Shimazu Mitsuhisa before they have time to rebel.

However, the more this is the case, the more it arouses the ferocity in Shimazu Mitsuhisa's heart.

"Since you won't let me live, I won't let you have a good time!"

Mitsuhisa Shimazu's eyes showed a fierce light. (To be continued.) )