"The Japanese army in the Ryukyus is the retainer of the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma Domain, the governor of the Kayama family, Kayama Hisamori, with a strength of nearly 3,000 people...... Cai Yuanji hurriedly said: "These Japanese troops are cruel and unscrupulous, and they are wantonly persecuting the people of the Ryukyus and even the royal family, general, you must drive them out." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Birch Hill for a long time? It sounds familiar," Zhang Long scratched his head.

"He is the son of Kayama Hidaka, thirty years ago, Kayama Hisataka was the general and cooperated with Deputy General Hirata Masumune to lead 3,000 troops to break through the Ryukyus!" Zhang Chaoming hurriedly added next to him.

I see, Zhang Long nodded: "How is the strength of the Ryukyu Kingdom?" ”

Unexpectedly, this question made Cai Yuanji and Zhang Chaoming stunned, and the two looked at each other: "General, there are no soldiers and no generals in the Ryukyu Kingdom!" ”

What's that? Zhang Long was stunned, how could it be possible without soldiers and generals.

In fact, the Ryukyu Kingdom was almost literally unarmed for most of the time, and of course there were exactly, but only the royal guards and the militia called the Makiri Army.

The Royal Guard team consisted of 20 people in a team and a total of more than 200 people in the 12th team, a total of three shifts, and each group of four teams was responsible for patrolling Shuri Castle, the area around the north shore of Naha Port, and the area from the south bank of Naha Port to Toyomi Castle. The area from the south coast of Naha Port to Toyomi Castle was guarded by the "Makiri Army", a militia organized by various southern Makiri organizations.

And the royal guards plus the militia total is only more than 1,000 people!!

It can be said that the military organization of the Ryukyus was basically used to maintain law and order and defend against Japanese invaders. Except for the time of King Shoqing and King Shomoto, who used these military organizations to expedition to Amami Oshima, Ryukyu did not use troops abroad. After the Satsuma invasion of the Ryukyus in 1609, the Satsuma clan counted the weapons of the Ryukyus and found that the Ryukyus had only 500 bows, 300 spears, 300 collars of armor, and a number of knives and spears......

After Cai Yuanji's words were finished, Zhang Long's eyes were already wide open, and he felt really incredible, no wonder that Huashan Jiugao swept the entire Ryukyu Islands with only 3,000 people, and when Lu Wang told him, he still felt incredible, and now he finally understands what is going on.

"So, how is the combat strength of the army of the Satsuma Domain?" After being surprised, Zhang Chao then asked.

"Fierce, brave!" Cai Yuanji and Zhang Chaoming spoke in unison, with cautious expressions.

When it comes to the Japanese army, we must first talk about the political structure of the period in which he is now, at this moment Japan is in the era of the three shogunates, the most perfect system, the richest and strongest national Edo shogunate, and the last samurai political organization in Japan, also known as the Tokugawa shogunate, at the helm at the moment is the third generation of shoguns, Tokugawa Iemitsu.

At this time, although the emperor enjoyed high prestige and was nominally the supreme ruler of the country, he did not have real power, and the real power was in the hands of the shogun.

The shogun was also the largest feudal lord, directly administering a quarter of the country's land and many important cities, and the rest of the country was divided into more than 200 "feudal domains", large and small, and the head of the feudal domain, the daimyo, enjoyed the hereditary rule of the feudal domain, but had to obey the shogun's orders.

Both the shogun and the daimyo (lords, large landowners, equivalent to warlords) kept their own retainers, the samurai, who received fiefs and rokumi from the shogun or daimyo but had to be loyal to the shogun or daimyo.

These samurai were generally professional soldiers with the privilege of swords, and they formed the basis of the shogunate's rule, thus forming a feudal system of rule consisting of the shogunate and the feudal domain, known as the shogunate system.

In order to cultivate the samurai as a pillar of ideology, the Tokugawa shogunate vigorously promoted the "bushido" spirit of loyalty, righteousness, and courage that the samurai should have to serve and die for them.

In short, these samurai are professional, in addition to training all kinds of fighting, killing and killing do not do any miscellaneous work, the so-called do a line of fine work, but also because of this, whether they are fighting alone or in a group, the combat power is explosive, by no means the ordinary army can resist, so three or five Japanese soldiers can scare away hundreds of Ming officers and soldiers, and even a few Japanese soldiers in later generations can take down a city is not apocryphal.

Cai Yuanji and Zhang Chaoming said a word, and Zhang Long's expression became solemn as he listened, it seems that things are not as simple as he thinks.

"General, how many men do you have?" Cai Yuanji asked with a relaxed expression, I saw so many ships when I came just now, I estimated that there must be nearly 10,000 horses.

Zhang Long smiled bitterly and shook his head gently, he knew that Cai Yuanji had mistaken those merchant ships for warships: "This general is not here to kill the Japanese."

What, Cai Yuanji turned his head to look at Zhang Chaoming with a puzzled face, he obviously heard that the Ming Navy came to Ryukyu to drive away the Japanese, after all, the life of one servant and two masters is too hard now, and the master of the Satsuma Domain is so fierce and very difficult to serve.

"Didn't the general come to restore the Ryukyus?" Although Cai Yuanji is a descendant of the Han people, he is a Ryukyuan after all, but he is more intimate with the Ming Dynasty than the Japanese, and he originally felt very excited and was poured cold water.

Zhang Long smiled slightly, lit a cigarette, before he set off, Lu Wang had told him some brief about the Ryukyus, such as more than 30 years ago, after the Satsuma clan conquered the Ryukyus, he forced him to recognize the master, but he was afraid of the power of the Ming Dynasty, and forced the Ryukyus to conceal the fact of serving the two masters, lest the Ming Dynasty send troops to interfere.

However, it is obvious that the Shimazu clan thinks too much, and the Ming Dynasty may not have known it at first, but after all, more than 30 years have passed, and it should have been known for a long time, but the Ming Dynasty itself has fallen into a quagmire, and how can I have spare time to help you tickle, and even in the Qing Dynasty, I turned a blind eye.

Think about the countries around China used to be vassal states, but now they are all white-eyed wolves, will it be because when we were the suzerain, we always only received gifts and tributes, and never took care of things.

Looking at Cai Yuanji's disappointed expression, Zhang Long smiled slightly, picked up the kettle and helped him add hot water: "If it's just to expel the Japanese people, then there's no need to think so long-term, the goal of the general is to annihilate them all" said with a cold expression.

"It seems that the general is prepared" Cai Yuanji immediately turned his worries into joy: "How does the general plan to ......" As soon as he said it, he immediately stopped, obviously he felt that he was reckless, how the military marched and arranged the formation was confidential, and it was impossible to tell him about this foreigner.

Zhang Long saw his embarrassment and smiled slightly: "It doesn't hurt to tell Mr., Ben Jiang actually came to Ryukyu this time to escort merchant ships on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was responsible for collecting information, and to be honest, he didn't decide to use troops before."

Merchant vessel?

Cai Yuanji was stunned for a moment: "The general is escorting merchant ships, then, are those big ships outside cargo ships...... disappointment rose again between words, and he couldn't help but want to ask how many troops this general had brought, but he was afraid of losing his words.

"Yes, most of the people outside are merchant ships, and Ben will come to escort merchant ships and collect intelligence on the orders of the God King, but since the Satsuma Domain is only more than 3,000 people here, Ben will want to knock with him." Zhang Long walked to the cabin window with his hands behind his back, looking at the stars and night sky outside, with a strange smile on his face.

Zhang Long is a young man, a confidant of Lu Wang, and a deputy commander of the navy, but he has never really led troops into battle, only killing some horse thieves on a small scale in the local area, and it is obvious that his resume and title are too different.

He didn't know what others said or whether there were rumors, but he believed that there must be, so the young man decided to do a vote to add a strong stroke to his resume.

"Your Excellency, General......"

As soon as the words fell, Cai Yuanji and Ye Tan got up in unison and had something to say, and it could be seen that the two people were very excited, but their expressions were completely opposite.

Zhang Long knew what Ye Tan was going to say, so he gave him a light look: "Let's talk about it later"

Then he turned his head to look at Cai Yuanji: "What does Mr. have to say?"

"Dare to ask the general how many troops he has?" Cai Yuanji finally couldn't hold back.

Thousand!

Zhang Long said with a relaxed expression.

Thousand!

Cai Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and then sat on the chair again as if all his strength was instantly drained.

"The general thinks twice, the enemy has more than 3,000 troops, well-equipped, and fierce combat power, I'm afraid that the general's 1,000 troops will be difficult to defeat!"

"I know!"

Zhang Long also sat down and gently tapped the table with his hand: "The disparity in strength is too large, the combat power is not at the same level, and more importantly, the combat experience of the general's subordinates is almost zero, so under normal circumstances, there is no doubt that the egg hits the stone."

"Then why should the general be so reckless, let's wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the Celestial Empire to fight, the province will make more killings......" Cai Yuanji sighed slightly with a bitter face.

No, Zhang Long laughed: "What I just said is a shortcoming, Ben Jiang has a big advantage, but this one is enough to win."

"What advantages?"

Cai Yuanji and Zhang Chaoming looked forward to it with the same face.

"That is, the weapons are very well-equipped! And this will be the navy, and it will not be stupid enough to go to the landing and fight with him! Zhang Long looked proud.

Cai Yuanji and Zhang Chaoming glanced at each other, they didn't understand how well-equipped Zhang Long's so-called weapons and equipment were, and they wouldn't tell them if they asked, but one thing was that the general was full of this confidence, the kind of confidence that was going to burst.

"General, what do your subordinates need to do?" Zhang Chaoming asked with his fists clenched.

"Intelligence, intelligence, intelligence! Ben will need a division of the Japanese army! ”

"There are six of my colleagues who are engaged in all walks of life in the Ryukyus, and the manpower sent by Lord Ye has also been arranged, if it is not difficult to just collect the Japanese army strength division, the subordinates can report one or two now: The Japanese army has a number of sailors at the dock of Naha Port, who are responsible for private affairs in peacetime, and in addition, they are responsible for monitoring the royal family by arresting a group of men and horses in Shurijo Castle, and as for the other branches at the northern tip of the Ryukyus, if you want detailed information, please give your subordinates a few days."

"Why the Japanese army is concentrated in the north, if I remember correctly, the northern tip of Ryukyu Island is called Okinawa, and the end is a mountainous area." Zhang Long asked with a frown.

"Yes, there are many mountains over there, Mt. Chiyou, and Mt. Naha, etc., the area where the Japanese army is heavily concentrated, mainly because there are their mines over there! Silver mines, copper mines! Zhang Chaoming said.

Oh, Zhang Long nodded slightly, looked at Cai Yuanji and asked, "Are the royal family's guards still there, who is in charge, can you trust them?" ”

"It's still there, it's just patrolling in normal times, and the guards are directly under the jurisdiction of the royal family, with one on the momentum of Qinyun as the captain, and one on the Zhudian Qinyun as the deputy captain......" Cai Yuanji hurriedly said, but was quickly interrupted by Zhang Long.

"Wait, what momentum is on the clouds, building a temple on the clouds...... What do you mean? ”

Hey, Cai Yuanji sighed: "These are the ranks of the Ryukyu Kingdom, divided into nine grades and eighteen ranks, and below the commoners, that is, the royal family, the ranks contained in the superior scholar clan and the general scholar clan, which are more complicated, and the title is completely different from the upper country, so I can't understand it for a while, but it is certain that it is definitely a person with a high rank and a royal family who can be trusted."

"How's that for combat? Forget it, just when I didn't ask! Zhang Long couldn't help but shake his head as soon as he spoke.

"After the two of you go back, Zhang Chaoming, you are responsible for collecting detailed information on the sailors at the port and wharf and the Japanese army in Shurijo, how many people there are, and where they are stationed! And whether we can get the whereabouts of Kashiyama Hisashi".

"Yes, General!"

Zhang Chaoming stood up and hugged his fist at Zhang Long: "The subordinates will collect this information as soon as possible, but it is not easy to get the whereabouts of Huashan Jiushou, this person is very low-key, and his whereabouts are even more uncertain, and I don't even know if he is in Ryukyu now!" ”

"Do your best, if you can get his whereabouts, this battle will be easy!" Zhang Long said and turned his head to look at Cai Yuanji.

"Mr. Cai, can you contact the palace, I want to meet with King Shangxian."

"This can be mediated, and the king can't be seen when the next position is low, but there is some friendship with the prime minister in the lower ......"

"Is it still prosperous? Can this person be trusted? Zhang Long asked.

"Rest assured, general, my Ryukyu Kingdom is united, the kingdom has been ravaged by the Japanese for many years, and it has long been miserable......" Cai Yuanji said and cried.

It seems that life is really not good, Zhang Long had to hurry to comfort this loyal and patriotic Ryukyu clerk, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, although Ryukyu has been ravaged now, but after all, the country has not been destroyed, but when the God King soldiers are pressing, where should you go.

Yes, this matter is not up to me, Zhang Long, Cai Yuanji, and Zhang Chaoming chatted about the arrangements and details again, and ordered someone to send the two back to Naha overnight.

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Poor poor recent subscription and a huge blow to motivation! In addition, because of the ancient place names in Japan and other places, the information is difficult to check, so all modern place names are used, and some of the same grades and official positions are also very complicated, quite difficult to understand, the text will be simplified, do not spray those who care! (To be continued.) )