Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 141 Finally, Master Daming is here!

"I report to Commander Zuo, according to my observation, there are a total of [-] Shimadzu soldiers guarding the Ryukyu Kingdom, and [-] are stationed in Shuri Castle. The leader of the army is Kawayama Tadama, a retainer of the Shimadzu family." Chen Weiguo said quickly.

Zhu Tiangui nodded, expressing his understanding.

"Chen Baihu, how about the Ryukyu's own military strength?" A Qiang asked on the other side. He thought that the Ryukyu soldiers might be used as cannon fodder.

"Sir Guan Zhen, the Ryukyu Kingdom basically has no troops!" Chen Weiguo said dumbfounded.

This time, Zhu Tiangui and Pan Aqiang were taken aback, and they looked at each other in blank dismay.

Chen Weiguo had inquired about it before. Originally, he wanted to cooperate with Ryukyu King Shangzhen to directly incite the Ryukyu army to revolt and drive away the Japanese, so as to make great contributions and be promoted to Jinyiwei Qianhu.

As a result, he found that the Ryukyu Kingdom now only has the Shuri pro-army and the militia called the Jianqi army, and the number is very small.

When the Satsuma clan invaded Ryukyu in 1609, the peak strength of the Ryukyu Kingdom was only [-], which were [-] Shuri elite soldiers and [-] cut troops.

The number seems to be more than the [-] Japanese troops of the Shimadzu family, but the military equipment of the Ryukyu Kingdom is extremely poor. The soldiers lack training and actual combat experience, and the equipment is ridiculously backward. They mainly use bows and arrows, and there are also a small amount of old-style firecrackers from the Ming Dynasty. , It was simply not comparable to the new matchlock guns equipped by the Shimadzu family, so they were beaten to pieces.

After the Ryukyu Kingdom was conquered, the Shimadzu family only allowed the Ryukyu royal family to keep a pro-military guard of about [-] people, so there was nothing.

All the above, Chen Weiguo reported to Zhu Tiangui and Pan Aqiang one by one, leaving them in a daze.

After finishing speaking, Chen Baihu asked: "My lords, how many soldiers did the Guards bring this time?"

"Five thousand!" Pan Aqiang replied.

"Five thousand guards are enough, and the Shimadzu family has only 2000 members. It stands to reason that 1000 of our guards are enough to deal with them!" As a member of the secret service, Chen Weiguo is very clear about the combat effectiveness of his own army.

The guards were just so confident. In this era, East Asia is also a monster house. The army of the Japanese country is called a samurai. They are generally professional soldiers. They don’t do any chores except for training in various fighting and killing. The so-called fine line of work One line, so the combat effectiveness is not bad.

"Mere Japanese people, don't worry about it, let the brothers rest and start work tomorrow!" After finishing speaking, Pan Aqiang dragged Zhu Tiangui and Chen Weiguo to the camp to rest.

When the Minhai Fleet appeared on the waters of Naha Port, the capital of the Kingdom of Ryukyu, all the Ryukyu people who witnessed it were shocked!

They were terrified when they saw so many warships sailing across the sea. Where did these pirates come from? They are so ferocious!

Moreover, there are several large western plywood ships inside. What's the situation?
How can the small Ryukyu Kingdom withstand the damage of such a fleet.

But when they saw the sun and moon flags hoisted by the battleship, the older generation of Ryukyu people were stunned and burst into tears. Their own father, Daming, was resurrected?
It's great that Da Ming's father finally came to help them drive away the hateful Japanese.

As for the young fishermen of the Ryukyu Kingdom, they have only heard of the legend of Daming, and have never seen the Sun and Moon Flag, so they don't know what the old fishermen are excited about.

"Xiao Zeng, that's Daming's boat!" An old fisherman said excitedly in Ryukyu Mandarin.

"Da Ming? So this is the Sun and Moon Flag." The young fisherman muttered to himself.

Speaking of it, Ryukyu Mandarin and Hokkien are very similar.

When Ryukyu was in the Ming Dynasty, it had frequent exchanges with the southern Fujian region.

According to historical records, whenever a typhoon occurs in summer and autumn, many boats and fishermen in Ryukyu will be blown to the coast of southern Fujian by the typhoon due to strong winds and waves. Daming will rescue these fishermen and help them return home after the typhoon is over.

This also shows that it was very convenient to travel between the two places at that time.

At that time, many people from southern Fujian immigrated to the Ryukyu Islands, bringing the culture of southern Fujian to the Ryukyu Islands.

It is a pity that after the Shimadzu family took control of Ryukyu, the Japanese language began to enter Ryukyu. Since then, the Ryukyu Kingdom has added Japanese language proclamations when promulgating government orders.

Only when the Qing Dynasty sent people to Ryukyu, the Ryukyu Kingdom would temporarily remove traces of the Japanese language.

"Naha Port has a beautiful view! The Minhai Fleet's anti-Japanese branch can be set up here!" Zhu Tiangui said excitedly, looking at the sea in Naha.

"Captain Zuo, let's resolve the battle quickly. From now on, we will have the final say in Ryukyu. You can do whatever you want, just report to the king!" Pan A forced to get ready to kill the Shimadzu family.

There are actually quite a few sailors from the Shimadzu family near the pier, but they dare not move, because there are too many warships on the opposite side, and the cold muzzles on those warships make them tremble.

The Japanese are bullying and afraid of the hard, and the ship is obviously full of soldiers, which looks very difficult to mess with.

Seeing this kind of battle, they all backed away quietly and went to report the situation to Kawayama Masami of the Shimadzu family.

The shallowest part of Naha Port is five meters deep, the water quality is relatively clear, and the berthing conditions are quite good. The flagship of the Minhai Fleet sailed into Naha Port quickly and chose a place with a suitable water depth to anchor.

Then Zhu Tiangui, Pan Aqiang, Chen Weiguo and others prepared to land in Naha Port under the protection of the Guards.

As soon as Zhu Tiangui landed, he saw a Ryukyu official wearing a red-gold and five-color floating woven crown, a green robe, and a saber hanging around his waist, and dozens of civilians with strangely shaped "weapons" in their hands. Welcome the arrival of Zhu Tiangui and his party.

Seeing that Zhu Tiangui and his party had landed, the leading officials shouted loudly in Hokkien dialect: "Welcome to the Master of Ming Dynasty!"

Then he knelt down and worshiped with the militiamen.

Then the official introduced himself to Zhu Tiangui: "Generals of the upper kingdom, this is Cai Tongyan, the third officer of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and I came here specially to greet the generals."

It turned out that he was Shang Zhen's confidant, and also one of the 36 surnames of the famous Fujian people.

In the 25th year of Hongwu, that is, in 1392, in order to facilitate the exchange of tribute envoys, Zhu Yuanzhang bestowed 36 surnames on the Minzhong Zhougong of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The 36 surnames of Fujian people are originally from Fujian. Among the 36 surnames, there are Cai, Zheng, Jin, Lin, Chen, Mao, Wang, Liang, Ruan, Sun, Zeng, Wei, Cheng, Hong, Zhou, Li and other surnames. A person who is good at sailing in Fuzhou Prefecture.

"The 36 surnames of Fujian people" have a very high status in Ryukyu society. They have been responsible for navigation, shipbuilding, translation, diplomatic document compilation, foreign trade affairs, etc. for generations. people.

To say that being ruled by the Shimadzu family, they are the most uncomfortable. They have not forgotten that their ancestors were Ming people, and now they are being ridden by Japanese pirates, let alone how distressed they are.

"Finally, Master Wang is here! All the generals of the Shang Kingdom, please follow me to the palace!"

(End of this chapter)