Chapter 167: Kyushu Island

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Although Li Luwei is not yet the Son of Heaven, the power he now controls is no less than that of some ancient dynasties, so with Li Luan's order, the East Indies, which had just fallen into calm, became lively again, the war machine rumbled, and all kinds of eagles flew everywhere in the sky over the entire East Indies.

Wherever Shin Ying passed, the bells of the Governor's Palaces rang everywhere, and everyone, no matter what he was doing, could not help but stop what they were doing and looked in the direction of the Governor's Palace, for they knew that the moment when the bell rang was the moment when war came.

Lee's home base, Singapore Marina.

More than 200 warships of various types were neatly docked at the dockside.

The wharf was crowded with people, and countless colorful flags were displayed in the wind.

Groups of soldiers, heavily armed, were lining up in neat formations, one by one, on board. And next to them, the people are also constantly busy, transporting boxes of supplies onto the ship.

This is only a small microcosm, in the entire East Indies, everywhere under Li Lu's rule, a fleet will be sent out, and finally converge on an expedition to Japan.

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Japan, Kyushu, Satsuma-gun, Tsurumaru Castle.

This is a Pingshan city that has just been established not long ago, the following is a simple brick and stone structure, the wooden building cornices above, the style is actually a bit like the style of the Tang Dynasty in China, however, compared with the Chinese architecture of the same period, this Pingshan City is very simple.

Of course, if you put this Hirayama Castle in Japan at this time, it can be regarded as a very majestic mountain castle, and only those powerful wealthy feudal lords have the financial resources to build such a "giant" castle.

This Tsurumaru Castle is the residence of the Shimazu clan, the lord of the Satsuma Domain.

In the Battle of Sekigahara, the Shimazu family was defeated, and the original castle was also burned, and the former head of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Yoshihiro, resigned as the head of the family and was succeeded by Shimazu Tadashi, and this Tsurumaru Castle was built in the hands of Shimazu Tadatsune.

Although Tsurumaru Castle is a flat mountain castle, it is very close to the coastline, and standing on the high point of the castle, you can observe the situation on the sea at any time, which also realizes the determination of the Shimazu family to start as a naval army.

In the center of the castle is a castle tower, and at the height of the castle tower, two figures are sitting opposite each other playing chess.

One of them, with his hair in a high bun, black brocade clothes, and wide robes and large sleeves, was none other than the current head of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, while opposite him was a man with clogs and a samurai uniform.

The hair on all sides of this man's head is shaved well, and the long hair on the top of his head is tied into a cupola style, this man is none other than Shimazu Mitsuhisa's henchman, the old Shimazu family, Shimazu Hisatsu.

Mitsuhisa Shimazu is the eldest son of Tadashi Shimazu, also known as Torajumaru. After the Yuan service, he was named Zhongyuan. In 1624, he was sent to Edo as a hostage. In 1631, he accepted the bias of Tokugawa Iemitsu and changed his name to Mitsuhisa; He also received the name Matsudaira given by the Edo Shogunate, and called it "Matsudaira Satsuma Morimitsuhisa". In 1637, the Shimabara Rebellion broke out, and his father, Shimazu Tadashi, fell ill and went on the expedition on his father's behalf. The following year, he succeeded to the throne of the feudal lord.

During Shimazu's tenure, during the Edo Tokugawa shogunate's lockdown decree, the Satsuma clan lost profits from foreign trade and turned to mining gold and developing new fields to revitalize the domain's industries. On the other hand, he intensified his exploitation of the Ryukyus. During his tenure, Shimazu also killed his brothers-in-law Shimazu Hisaaki (the head of the Shinshin Shimazu family) and Shimazu Hisashi (who served as the elder of the family) to consolidate his rule.

To tell the truth, this Shimazu Mitsuhisa is also a ruthless person, ruthless, and for the sake of his own rule, he will not even let go of his own relatives.

"Kutsu, now that old guy from Tokugawa Iemitsu has actually ordered us to ban mining gold mountains, this makes the situation of our Shimazu family even more difficult."

At the end of the game, Shimazu Mitsuhisa picked up a celadon cup and drank all the sake in the small cup, but Shimazu Mitsuhisa's expression was extremely deep.

"The head of the house."

Shimazu Hisamichi knelt respectfully, "Please bear with the head of the family for the time being, my Shimazu family has been suspicious of the Tokugawa family since Yoshihiro-sama, and it is not appropriate to do something out of the ordinary at this time, otherwise, I am afraid that it will bring disaster to the family." ”

"Yes, it will bring disaster to the family."

Mitsuhisa Shimazu had already walked to the railing, "Think about how glorious my Shimazu family used to be... It's all damn Toyotomi Hideyoshi... And the damn Tokugawa family! Shimazu Mitsuhisa's face was furious, and the family kicked over the chessboard next to him.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa's angry appearance frightened Shimazu Hisatsu into a spirit, and quickly knelt down and buried his head deep in the ground.

"Forget it, the situation is stronger than people."

Sighing, Shimazu Mitsuhisa leaned out of the fence again, "However, in that place in the Ryukyus, their Tokugawa family won't say anything. ”

"How has that Shangning King been lately, are you honest?"

As if thinking of something, Shimazu Mitsuhisa asked seemingly casually.

"The head of the family, the subordinates see that the king of Shangning is not really attached, so shouldn't we..." As he spoke, Shimazu made a gesture to wipe his neck.

"Not yet, it's not ripe yet."

Shimazu Mitsutsu thought about it for a long time, and directly rejected Shimazu Hisatsu's proposal, "Hisatsu, you will go to Ryukyu tomorrow, you must bring more wealth to the family, and the great cause of my Shimazu family to revive the family depends on you." ”

"Yes!" Shimazu Hisatsu knocked his head loudly, and his expression was unusually excited.

"Jiutong, come here, I'll tell you, after you arrive in the Ryukyus, you can do this...

Just when Shimazu Mitsuhisa continued to teach Shimazu Hisashi face-to-face, a rapid bell suddenly sounded from the roof of the castle tower.

This is the first time since the Shimabara Rebellion more than ten years ago that the alarm bell of Tsurumaru Castle has sounded.

The alarm bell sounded again, which made the two bigwigs of the Shimazu family startled, and the body of Shimazu Jiutong who had just stood up was even more frightened and couldn't stand on his feet, and he fell down.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa is a little better, but his legs are also trembling, and he looks like he will fall at any time.

Obviously, these two big names of the Shimazu family were really frightened.

"Quick! Let's go and see what's going on! ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa's tone trembled, his voice was a little slurred, and his previous chic demeanor was completely gone.

In fact, this is not to blame him, the alarm bell on the castle tower will only be sounded when foreign enemies invade, and in Shimazu Mitsuhisa's heart, the only one who dares to do something to their Shimazu family now is the current Tokugawa iemitsu.

"The Daodaochuan family has begun to liquidate!?" Mitsuhisa Shimazu's face was terrified.

Since standing on the wrong side in the Battle of Sekigahara, the Shimazu family has not only donated a lot of money in order not to be liquidated by the Tokugawa family, but they have also been very careful on weekdays, just for fear of attracting the attention of the Tokugawa family, and have been liquidated.

Although Shimazu Mitsuhisa's tone doesn't seem to take the Tokugawa family in his eyes, and he is even very resentful, but when it comes to facing it, it's another thing, the current Tokugawa family is at the peak of their strength, and their Shimazu family, compared to the Tokugawa family, is simply the difference between ants and elephants, and it really angers the Tokugawa family, with these small fish and shrimp in his hands now, he really can't stop the anger of the Tokugawa family.

Unfortunately, what Shimazu Mitsuhisa didn't know was that his enemies were from time to time from the Tokugawa family, which he feared, but from overseas, but compared to the Tokugawa family, this enemy from overseas was even more terrifying.

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On the boundless sea, a huge fleet is moving slowly on the sea.

All kinds of warships are densely packed, not to mention hundreds, with sails spread and covering the sky and the sun.

"It's been five days, and it's finally here, and I'm almost getting lice."

Arnold stood on the bow of his flagship, looking at the coastline in front of him, and the nautical chart in his hand, and laughed loudly, "The order goes down, the cannon is discharged, and Lao Tzu is going to bombard the mother." ”

Arnold was the commander-in-chief of the operation, and now, after five days of sailing, Arnold's fleet had approached the Japanese island of Kyushu.

With Arnold's order, the entire fleet had begun to change formation, and a long line of huge sea battles capable of encircling the entire coastline had taken shape, gradually moving towards the coastline ahead.

At this time, on the coastline, a stone dam for defense is being built, the dam is five or six feet high, about one zhang thick, nearly 20 kilometers long from east to west, and now it is still intermittent, it seems that the entire amount of work has been completed less than one-third.

This stone dam is not used to defend against the military, but to protect against typhoons.

Japan is an island country, and there are many typhoons in a year, which I don't know anywhere else, but here, typhoons are known as kamikaze.

Why?

In 1272, Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty sent the Jurchen Zhao Liangbi to deliver a letter of state, asking Japan to pay tribute, and after many contacts between the two sides, Japan rejected the request of the Yuan Dynasty.

Genghis Khan led his army all the way to Europe, a generation of cattle people who drank horses and horses in the Mediterranean, and a small Japan actually dared to refuse Meng Yuan's request?

Eventually, the famous Battle of Bunyong broke out.

In June 1274, Kublai Khan commissioned Goryeo to build 900 large and small ships. In August, Kublai Khan appointed Xin Du as the marshal of the Eastern Capital, Hong Chaqiu as the right deputy marshal, and Liu Fuheng as the left deputy marshal, commanding the Mongol army, the Han army of 20,000 people, the Goryeo army of 5,600 people, plus 6,700 Goryeo sailors, (the Mongols were the core, the southerners were the most, and the first battle) a total of 32,300 people to expedition to Japan.

At the beginning of the war, the Mongol-Yuan coalition army landed on Kyushu Island and won a big victory, but unfortunately, because the Yuan army fleet that was not familiar with the local sea conditions and climate encountered a typhoon, collided with each other and mostly sank, with more than 13,000 casualties, which was much more than the death in the war.

The Japanese were ecstatic when the typhoon helped drive away the Yuan army, and the locals even called the typhoon a kamikaze.

In 1281, Kublai Khan conquered Japan again, this time directly dispatched 140,000 troops, crossed the sea with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, but it is incredible that it encountered a typhoon again, and the loss of troops was defeated and returned.

Since then, the kamikaze has protected the Japanese mainland 670 from foreign invasion, and it was not until the two atomic bombs of the U.S. military dropped on the mainland in modern times that this kind of thing was ended.

Of course, in this time and space, Li Luwei is about to rewrite history. (To be continued.) )