Dragon Sea Empire

In fact, there are still nearly 2000 Ryukyu Army defenders inside and outside Shuri Castle, including the elite remnants of Zheng Jiong's troops, and the Shimadzu Army's siege troops of Kawayama Gonzaemon Hisaka only have a total of more than 2000 people. The Hirata Department is trapped in the northern part of Naha and confronts the Chinese business hall. The occupied areas of Kitayama also need to be stationed. The Huashan Department has no reserve team. The aristocratic bureaucrats at all levels in Shuri have completely lost their fighting spirit after the defeat of Zheng Jiong's troops, and they only think about how to keep their status and life.

Due to the unscrupulous Japanese pirate army burning, killing and looting, countless Ryukyu refugees from the surrounding areas of Shuri flocked to the relatively peaceful Naha area.

From the reconnaissance report of the special battalion to catch the novice, Chen Zhongji and the leadership of the guards of the trade hall already knew about the surrender of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

However, the main force of the Shimadzu army did not show up. After seven or eight days, Chen Zhongji went up to the gate tower of the east gate early in the morning. He was startled by the scene in front of him. There were countless people, women, children, old and young, helping each other, and men carrying large and small parcels, all came in a chaotic manner. Tens of thousands of people rushed towards Naha Port. Surrounded, crying loudly, everyone asked the Chinese to open the door to let them in for refuge.

Chen Zhongji, Kutley, Luo Aquan, Zhang Hai, Mai Yangtian, and Zeng Xiren, Ryukyu director of the Ministry of Security, gathered on the gate tower. After looking at each other, everyone had a consensus in their hearts: never open the door to let people in.

Not to mention that among these refugees, there is no guarantee that there will be no Japanese pirates in disguise. Even if these tens of thousands of people are all refugees, the Zhonghua Commercial Center does not have such a large space for them to live in, nor does it have so much food to supply them.

Everyone's only choice is to put on a firm face and harden their hearts and resolutely refuse to open the door.

At noon, the Shimadzu army came from the direction of Shuri. The vanguard was 500 iron gunners. After they crossed the Naha River, they saw so many people blocking the entrance of the store. Flying down, the refugees fell to the ground in pieces, and more people fled in all directions.

Later, more than 1500 main Shimadzu troops led by Kawayama Kudaka's deputy general Ijuin Hisumoto arrived. They took control of the area on the north bank of the Naha River and began to send scouts to wander around the Chinese business hall.

An envoy carrying the Ryukyu royal family's sampa pattern flag walked cautiously within 200 steps of the east gate of the trading house, and shouted loudly in Chinese with a slightly shifted tone: "I am the envoy of the king, and I want to see your store manager." ,"

Chen Zhongji looked through the binoculars, and it turned out that he was an acquaintance, the abbot of the Wang family temple, Lord Yimoli. Chen Zhongji visited him before the war, and obtained some information about the Satsuma clan from him. Chen Zhongji waved his hand, and the east gate opened a small crack , ten soldiers from the special battalion rushed out quickly and surrounded Lord Yimoli.

"Master abbot, what advice do you have?" Chen Zhongji met the middle-aged monk Yimo Lizhu at the bottom of the east gate. He was not sure why this guy came here: "Why are you together with Japanese pirates?"

Master Yimo Li clasped his hands together and said, "Benefactor Chen, where is my eldest son?"

Chen Zhongji smiled: "He is fine, we have protected him,"

Lord Yimoli looked around the interior of the business hall, and saw that the main hall of the business hall and the square in front of the warehouse were filled with cannons, and people were coming and going, all of them heavily armed, carrying muskets, daggers and unknown strange weapons. The hall was filled with the atmosphere of war, and he couldn't help taking a breath: "Chen Benefactor, do you really want to fight the Japanese pirates in this tiny place?"

Chen Zhongji nodded: "There are 10,000+ taels of silver and countless silk brocades in the business hall, as well as sulfur and sugar from Ryukyu. Our responsibility is to protect these company properties from loss until our big boss sends someone to receive them."

"In this case, can you release the eldest son of my family's king? My family's king has already negotiated peace with the Shimadzu family."

"Negotiation, surrender is the right thing," Chen Zhongji thought to himself: I didn't expect King Shangning to be so useless, and he surrendered after only a few days of stalemate. It seems that the main force of Shimadzu's army should all come to Naha.

Lord Yimoli sighed: "Our country is just a small country overseas. There are no invincible soldiers in the country. How can we defend against the enemy? The great tomorrow is far away in the sky, and it is impossible to use swords for my little feudal country. We negotiate peace with the Japanese pirates." , That is also a helpless move, the grievances between the Chinese company and the Satsuma clan have nothing to do with us and other small countries, please return it to my family's royal highness." Lord Yimo originally had the task of persuading the Chinese business hall to surrender, but seeing the people in the hall Everyone was armed to the teeth, and all of them were full of murderous intent. Knowing that the words to persuade them to surrender would definitely become nonsense, they didn't mention it at all.

Chen Zhongji shook his head: "His Royal Highness Prince Shangfeng is a friend of our company. We will never hand him over to Japanese pirates. If you want him to leave, please ask His Majesty's army to pick him up." Waving his hands, the soldiers of the special battalion couldn't help but pick up Master Yimoli and drag him out of the east gate. Before going out, Master Yimoli struggled and turned around and shouted: "Benefactor Chen, you must protect His Royal Highness..."

Chen Zhongji boarded the gate tower of the east gate, and saw that 2000 Shimadzu troops had set up camp on the north bank of the Naha River, and the Hirata Masouzu Division in the direction of Kohama also sent troops to join the main force.

After listening to Lord Immori's report, Shimadzu Army Deputy General Ijiin Hisumoto shook his head and said, "The stubborn Chinese refused to surrender."

Master Yimoli thought in his heart: The Chinese simply ignored the topic of surrender. He smiled wryly and said, "I went on the order of the king, but they are not from my Ryukyu country, so I can't help it."

Yijiin Jiuyuan nodded: "Then, you should go to Yaliangza Mori Castle again. It's best to be able to persuade you to surrender successfully, otherwise..."

In the evening, Chen Zhongji sent several members of the guard team who taught the use of rockets in Yaliangzuo Morijo to the south gate in the dark. They were accompanied by Xie Yuanshui, the captain of the guard of Zheng Jiong, the third commander of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and more than a dozen Ryukyu soldiers. Royal Guard soldiers, they drove two carriages, carrying more than a dozen barrels of gunpowder and some bows and arrows.

It turned out that Lord Yimori came to Wuliangzuo Sencheng overnight to persuade him to surrender. When he took out King Shangning's handbook, he received almost no opposition. More than 100 soldiers of the Ryukyu Army in the castle surrendered. Only Xie Yuanshui refused to surrender. , with more than a dozen trusted Chinese soldiers secretly left Yaraza Mori Castle and came to the Chinese Commercial Hall. So far, the Naha Port area has fallen except for the Chinese Commercial Hall.

After defeating Zheng Jiong's last attack, the Shimadzu Army's Kawayama Kugao Division went straight to the foot of Shuri Castle, entered the outer periphery of Wangcheng from Ayamon Avenue, surrounded Neishiji, and confronted the castle guards at the main entrance Huanhui Gate. No less, with the continuous fall of the fortresses outside Shuri Castle, the main island of Ryukyu has no danger to defend, and Shuri Castle cannot be relied upon. The bargaining chip in the final negotiation would increase casualties in vain. Out of this consideration, King Shangning decided to open the city and surrender, which was in the hands of Shimadzu. In fact, Satsuma could not afford the long-term siege battle, and food and ammunition were no longer available.

The Ryukyu side sent Minghu Liangfeng (Ma Liangbi, the battle of Kitayama Nakijin Castle, surrendered without a fight, and was taken as a prisoner in the Satsuma army at this time), Shang Hong, Chicheng Anlai, Fengjian Castle Shengxu, Kikuin, Xi'an and others were the negotiators, while Daciji Ryuun, Shirai Jiazheng, and Murao Xiaosu were in charge of the negotiations on the Shimadzu side. In fact, there was nothing else in the negotiations. It was just the Ryukyu side's confirmation of surrender and the Shimadzu side's hostage taking. As a result, Shang Ning and his younger brother Chaocang Prince Shang Feng went out of the city as hostages. On May [-], after King Shang Ning paid homage to the ancestral temple, he left the city in sedan chairs with the queen and officials, and went to Nago Liangfeng’s house for a temporary stay. Transfer to Urasoe Palace.

Prince Shangfeng was not listed here, because he was still taking refuge in the Zhonghua Commercial Hall.

The next day, Kawayama Kugao and others drove into Shuri Castle, officially announcing the conquest of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The entire Ryukyu Kingdom fell, and the Shimadzu Army’s war of aggression has won a complete victory—except for the Chinese business house in Naha Port, which is still not on the island. Under the control of the Jin Army, the entire Ryukyu Zhongshan Kingdom has been completely controlled by Japanese pirates. In the following seven or eight days, Shuri Castle was looted by the Satsuma Army. Regardless of whether there are precious cultural relics in Japan or not, they are all numbered and packed by Satsuma soldiers one by one, ready to be transported back to the country, and even the big and small officials who enter and leave the royal city are searched to prevent their property from being taken out. This crazy robbery Looting was an unprecedented disaster in the history of Ryukyu culture. The Chinese treasures that were donated and traded by successive kings in the Shuri King City were all looted and no longer belonged to Ryukyu.

For the generals of the Shimadzu Army such as Kawayama Hisashi, the war has come to an end, but Prince Shangfeng has not been caught, but there is a major crisis lurking. Make trouble in the name, I'm afraid there will be big trouble.

While scolding the meddling Chinese (he forgot about the Satsuma clan's attack on Taiwan), Kawayama Kugao had no choice but to send the main force to Naha Port, preparing to use force to solve the Chinese business house. They were engaged in the work of robbery, rape, burning, killing, and looting, and they couldn't gather the troops for a while, so Chen Zhongji and others waited for seven or eight days before seeing the arrival of the main force of Shimadzu's army.

During this period, the Sea Soul sent 150 elite escort soldiers and 5 field guns. The defenders in the museum have reached about 450 people, with eight 36-pound cannons and 11 light field guns. Two bombardment cannons.

Yan Siqi was organizing the troops he brought to dig trenches in front of the warehouse, when suddenly a messenger came to send a message: "Chief Yan, shopkeeper Chen, please go."

Yan Siqi quickly ran to the upstairs of the south gate, patted Chen Zhongji on the shoulder and said, "Ji Zai, how is it? Is there a war?"

The two are about the same age, and they are both from Yin Feng's personal guards. Yin Feng also taught them some war theory courses, so the two have the friendship of brothers in the same school, and they are very close to each other. You sent it here, it seems that you are worried about me, afraid that I will not be able to complete the task, "

"Naturally, I have made military exploits under the city of Manila, and you just brought the local auxiliary soldiers to help move things. Without me, how could you accomplish anything," Yan Siqi said boldly.

Chen Zhongji smiled indifferently, pointed to the front and said, "The Japanese pirate army is stationed north of the Naha River, can you take someone to sneak attack at night?"

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