In the war in the Ryukyus, the casualties of the Daido army were only in the single digits.

And only wounded, no one was killed.

On the island of Qijie (Kikai Island) around Amami Oshima, the Datong army didn't even bother to send troops, and directly asked Shang Hong, Shang Kun, Hideo Yamamoto and other captives to persuade them to surrender. The Ryukyu royal family, clans, and Japanese on the island were all taken away, and only the local natives were allowed to stay.

After resting for a few days, the Datong Navy and Army continued to the northeast.

Along the way, I encountered a chain of islands, and there was no population at all, so I ignored it for the time being.

Further ahead are Yakushima and Tanegashima, which used to belong to Japan's Osumi Province and were later annexed by the Satsuma Domain.

Leaving it alone, the navy and army went straight to the old nest of the Satsuma Domain.

As soon as they arrived at the mouth of Kagoshima Bay, more than a dozen Japanese ships came up to meet the invasion of the Ryukyus by the Satsuma clan decades ago, and hundreds of ships of all sizes were dispatched. But now there is not much left, and if the Chinese navy suddenly kills him, even if he leaves enough time for the Satsuma Domain to gather troops, he can at most make up twenty or thirty decent sea ships.

The reason for all this was that the shogunate closed off the country and did not issue seals to the feudal lords.

The Satsuma clan could only do business on the sly, and as Chinese and Dutch merchants brought goods to Nagasaki for centralized sales, the smuggling business of the Satsuma clan also declined. Slowly, old ships were too lazy to repair, and shipwrights and sailors were massively unemployed.

The more than ten ships of the Satsuma Domain in front of him are actually armed merchant ships, that is, the rumored Zhuyin ships. The largest is more than 200 tons, and the small one is only about 100 tons, which is one size smaller than the Datong Navy.

Shi Daxuan and Hong Xu, each commanding the naval formation, planned to bypass and surround the enemy ships.

The fleet of the Satsuma Domain, feeling that the momentum was not good, retreated without firing a single shot, and all of them retreated to the innermost part of Kagoshima Bay.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The Datong Navy marched to the narrowest part of the bay, and the Japanese batteries on both sides of the strait suddenly opened fire.

"Flag order, retreat!" Shi Daxuan shouted.

Several naval warships were damaged by artillery, but they managed to withdraw to safety as a whole, and then lowered the small boats on the warships, and the army and navy of the Datong Army landed in small boats.

Thousands of people landed on both sides of the strait, and those forts were pulled out first.

"What? Tang Bing didn't count the occupation of Ryukyu, but he actually fought here? ”

Before the fight broke out on the fort side, Mitsuhisa Shimazu received the news and was shocked by the situation.

Shimazu Hisatsu: "Don't hesitate any longer, you should prepare with both hands." While sending people to negotiate with the Tang people, he also sent people to Edo to ask for help. I also have to order the army to be called, and if I can't do it, I will fight with the Tang soldiers to the end! ”

The Satsuma clan privately annexed the Ryukyu Hachishima, and although it was done behind the shogunate's back, the conquest of the Ryukyus was approved by the shogunate.

At this time, I don't care about anything else, so I ask the shogunate for help first.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa said: "You go to negotiate with the Tang people!" ”

"Yes!" Shimazu Hisatsu could only take on this drudgery.

This guy didn't dare to go out on a warship, so he took a small boat near the sea and approached the Datong Navy with trepidation.

When he came to Hong Xu's ship, he was met by diplomat Liu Xiangke.

Shimazu Hisamichi knelt on his knees: "Meet Lord Godiko!" “

Liu Xiangke's nostrils turned to the sky, and he said disdainfully: "You go back first, and then wait until the battle is over." ”

Shimazu Hisatsu asked, "Dare to ask your country, why did you send troops to attack the Shimazu family?" ”

Liu Xiangke sneered: "Wait for the ambition of the wolf, and the Yin and Ryukyu Kingdom is only one of them. In recent years, the warships of the Satsuma Domain have plundered Chinese merchants many times, killing and kidnapping hundreds of people. If you are allowed to continue to provoke, will China not be allowed to send troops? ”

Shimazu Hisatsu defended: "My lord, sending troops to the Ryukyu Kingdom is just some misunderstanding...

"Don't talk nonsense," Liu Xiangke interrupted, "no matter how you quibble, you can't reverse black and white." The big soldiers and ships are here, and you can make my country withdraw with a few nonsense words? If you want to talk about anything, don't talk about it on the boat, this official will take the troops to the city to talk! “

Shimazu wanted to explain something, but he didn't speak again after all.

Just like Liu Xiangke, the warships have all been killed in Japan, and a few words of sophistry can you withdraw the troops?

After a moment of silence, Shimazu Hisatsu asked, "Dare to ask your lordship, how can we withdraw the troops?" “

Liu Xiangke: "First, this battle was caused by the Satsuma Domain, and the Satsuma Domain must compensate 200,000 taels for military expenses; second

For the Chinese merchant ships plundered by the Satsuma Domain, the deceased shall be compensated with one hundred taels each, and the lost cargo ships shall be compensated according to the price;

Third, the Ryukyu Kingdom had been incorporated into the Ryukyu Prefecture of Datong China, and the Satsuma Domain was no longer allowed to send troops to harass it; Fourth, let the lord of Satsuma or his eldest son personally go to Nanjing to plead guilty to the emperor. “

Shimazu Hisatsu was dumbfounded, and the first request could not be met.

The annual financial income of the Satsuma Domain is only more than 100,000 taels. The feudal lord and his family are all extravagant and hedonistic, and they have to be exploited by the merchants, where can they get 200,000 taels of compensation?

"My lord, I really don't have that much money." Shimazu Hisashi cried poorly.

Liu Xiangke: "If you don't have any money, you can pay it slowly, reopen the Nagano gold mine, and pay it in ten years." However, the compensation for the delay must be paid with annual interest. “

This Nagano is not Nagano, but the Nagano region of Kagoshima. Seven years ago, the Satsuma clan developed gold mines here, and gold mining was banned by the shogunate for only three years.

The reason for the ban is simple, once the Shimazu clan has gold mine income, won't they be able to raise more troops, and what if they rebel one day?

Shimazu Hisatsu: "The shogunate did not allow gold mining. ”

Liu Xiangke sneered: "Is the Satsuma Domain so obedient? ”

Historically, as soon as Tokugawa Iemitsu died, the Satsuma Domain reopened the Nagano gold mine, although Liu Xiangke liked to pretend to be forced and like to be an envoy and scold. But he did his homework very well, and before going to sea, he asked the Fujian maritime merchants for detailed information about the Satsuma Domain.

After losing the profits of the sea trade, the stable source of wealth of the Satsuma Domain was the brown sugar of Amami Oshima and the Nagano gold mine. Of course, there is also the tribute income in the territory, which is all grain and other physical goods, which can only be exchanged for money by Osaka merchants.

The current situation is okay, and in a few decades, the Japanese feudal lords will be tired and tired, and they will all be working for the big merchants.

At the height of the Satsuma Domain's struggles, the annual revenue was only 150,000 taels, and the interest on the debt to be paid to the merchants was 250,000 taels. How did you solve it in the end? If you can rely on the debt, you can rely on it, and if you can't do it, you will sell your samurai status, and finally sell the franchise of local specialties.

Amami Oshima's brown sugar franchise was the key to getting the Satsuma clan out of debt.

Now that Amami Oshima has been reclaimed by China, it is estimated that the children and grandchildren of the Shimazu family will be in debt.

Seeing that the other party was no longer talking, Liu Xiangke sneered: "It's best to give the silver directly, or you can give it again after a battle." But by that time, the military expenses that need to be compensated will be even more. Drop-off! ”

Shimazu Hisatsu went back in despair, and heard rumbling artillery on the way, but it was the Datong army attacking the forts on both sides of the strait.

Seeing the head of the family, Shimazu Hisashi went out of the conditions offered by China.

Shimazu Mitsujiu was so angry that he roared angrily: "Tang Guo is bullying people too much, this is forcing my Shimazu family to death." Gather troops, gather the warriors of the Satsuma Domain, and all go to Tsurumaru Castle (Kagoshima Castle) within half a month, and I will fight to the death with those Tang people! ”

The Satsuma Domain had not fought a naval battle for a long time, and even the bay forts were in disrepair, and even some of the gunpowder in the fort warehouses had been cemented together by moisture.

The Datong army lost two men killed and eleven wounded, so they took all the forts on both sides of the strait.

The next step was to build a military camp, and Sakurajima, on the other side of Kagoshima Castle, became the military camp of the Daido Army, and piles of military supplies were brought down from the ship.

There is no hurry to attack the city, Kagoshima Castle is built on a mountain, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so you have to prepare for a long-term siege and bombardment.

Until the third day, the navy soldiers stayed in the barracks, and 10,000 troops arrived in the castle town of Kagoshima, a city outside the castle.

The Datong Army still had strict military discipline and did not rob wantonly. They even posted notices to protect the people, fearing that Japanese civilians would not understand, and asked soldiers to escort interpreters and go door to door to explain the situation.

It probably means that the Satsuma clan annexed the Ryukyus without authorization and secretly plundered Chinese merchant ships, so the Chinese emperor sent troops to punish them. The civilians of the Satsuma Domain are innocent, and the Daido Army will not rob and kill. However, the fighting is relentless, and the houses that are too close to Tsurumaru Castle may be shelled, and it is hoped that the residents will move to a safe place in advance.

Half of the people living in the castle town have fled, and the rest are hiding in their homes and dare not come out.

After several days of explaining to the people, and punishing a few ronins who took the opportunity to loot, the people here finally believed in the Datong army.

So a strange situation happened, shops opened one after another, and the residents who fled heard the news and returned. There were even peasants who tried to sell their local products to the Datong army, and after several fair trades, the surrounding farmers flocked to bring grain.

This brings us to the agricultural policy of the Tokugawa shogunate, which prohibited the sale and purchase of land and the prohibition of arbitrary cultivation. The government arranges what crops the peasants plant. And after paying the tax, the remaining crops must be sold to the corresponding merchants. If your family grows rice, you can't sell it to a merchant who collects beans.

Such a system of monopoly on seeds, revenue, and monopoly has led to extremely serious exploitation of the peasants by merchants.

The surrounding peasants found out that they were trading with the Datong Army; You can get more money, where can you still sit still?

Moreover, Japan has been using Chinese copper coins on a large scale since the Tang Dynasty, and the copper coins of the Datong New Dynasty are very popular here.

In Tsurumaru Castle, the grass and trees are all soldiers.

Outside Tsurumaru Castle, it is happy.

The people of the Satsuma clan began to complain about the Shimazu family, thinking that the Shimazu family should not anger the Chinese emperor.

A few days later, when Shimazu Mitsuhisa learned of the situation outside the city, he was so angry that he scolded: "They are all traitors, we must find out after the war, and all those who do business with the enemy will be arrested and questioned!" ”

On Li Dingguo's side, he was meeting with a few wild warriors.

It's a samurai, in fact, it's similar to a flower child, and a knife at his waist can prove his identity.

A samurai named Shiro Miyazaki is estimated to be the head of these people. He knelt down in front of Li Dingguo and said respectfully: "The soldiers of the Celestial Empire are real warriors and will not use force against innocent civilians. After the Shimazu family closed off the country, the oppression of the people in the domain became heavier and heavier, and we are willing to serve the general and kill the Shimazu family! ”

On the one hand, the country was closed to the country, the income of the feudal lords declined, and they stepped up their exploitation of the people; On the one hand, there have been years of drought and severe harvest failures for the peasants, and now is the peak period of the Japanese uprising.

And every time there is an uprising, it is the samurai in the field who leads the series.

These wild warriors just want to be full. Listening to China's troops, he actually took the initiative to surrender, as long as he gave his mouth food.

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