Daming Military Empire

Chapter 220 Zhen Guowei's Ryukyu Battle against the Strong Fan
Zheng Zhilong wiped out the 12 troops of the Tokugawa shogunate in one fell swoop with a sneak attack with strong ships and guns. This incident can be said to be a coincidence among coincidences. Many coincidences combined to create this incredible record.

Relying on the advantages of thermal weapons to massacre backward indigenous people, almost all the great powers have done such a thing. In the Age of Discovery and the colonial period, hundreds or thousands of great powers defeated or annihilated tens of thousands or even 10,000+ indigenous people.But Dongpu is not a backward native. They at least know the power of muskets and artillery, and they can also make bird guns and earthen cannons. Logically, such a one-sided massacre should not occur.

This kind of thing can only be blamed for the carelessness of the chief general of the shogunate, Matsudaira Nobuzuna. He knew that there was a huge fleet nearby, but he was not prepared at all. This was a fatal mistake.You must know that even pirates have artillery. In order to avoid the artillery of the rebel army in Shimabara Castle, he knew to set up the camp far away from the city, but he never thought that camping near the coast would be easily attacked by naval artillery, and he was wiped out in the end. , who can blame?

With such a record, even Zheng Zhilong feels a little unreal. Of course, no matter whether he thinks it is true or not, this battle has passed, the shogunate army has been wiped out, and the next plan can be implemented.

The next plan is to provoke the princes from all walks of life to get rid of the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, let Dongying return to the Warring States Period, and then take advantage of the chaos to unify Kyushu Island, and then march to Shikoku and Honshu.

Tianchuan Yuhuang can only do things to provoke the princes from all walks of life, and Zheng Zhilong cannot come forward. If he does, even an idiot will know that this is Daming's doctrine of fighting against Japan. At that time, all the princes will unite to resist Daming. It's troublesome.

As for how to provoke the princes from all walks of life, this has long been planned, and he doesn't need to worry about it. On the contrary, the subsequent unification of Jiuzhou is a bit troublesome, and he needs to work harder in secret.

It is said that now Tian Chuan Yuhuang has nearly [-] troops under his command, once the Tokugawa shogunate army is wiped out, who else in Japan can compete with it?
In fact, the 2-strong army of the Tian Chuan family is nothing more than a motley patchwork of improvised troops. The most powerful are the [-] pirates under Hong Xu and Gan Hui. That is to say, the overall combat effectiveness of the [-]-strong army It's not as good as a hundred thousand pirates!
Therefore, although the Tagawa clan has a large number of troops, their combat effectiveness is not very strong. Let alone the entire Dongpu, there is a force on Jiuzhou Island that can steadily defeat the [-] army of the Tagawa clan. The Shimadzu clan who guarded the Satsuma Domain of the Ming Dynasty.

During the Warring States period in Kyushu, there were three major powers, namely the Ryuzoji clan of Hizen, the Otomo clan of Chikugo, and the Shimadzu clan of Satsuma. At that time, the Matsuura clan of Hizen was just a younger brother of the Ryuzoji clan.

After the Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan, Hizen’s Ryuzoji clan and Chikugo’s Otomo clan became extinct one after another. The Otomo clan’s territory was torn apart, and there was nothing to fear. The Ryuzoji clan was also replaced by the Nabeshima clan. The Shimadzu clan of the feudal clan, not only did not decline in strength, but it more than doubled!

The Shimadzu clan of the Satsuma domain is famous for being able to fight. It once defeated the 4-odd army of the Otomo clan with less than 25 troops, and even defeated the [-]-strong army of the Ryuzoji clan with [-] troops. In the end, Toyotomi Hideyoshi It was defeated with a total of [-] troops, including Mori Terumoto, Kobayakawa Takakage, Ukita Hideke, and more than ten princes. It is evident from its strength.

The Satsuma Clan now has nearly [-] troops, and they have defeated and controlled the Ryukyu Kingdom by themselves, and their power is in full swing. In their eyes, the [-] troops of the Tagawa Clan are not even a fart!

Why do you say that?You must know that the Ryukyu Kingdom at that time was not a small vassal state in Dongying, but a country independent of Dongying. The Ryukyu Islands stretched for thousands of miles, larger than any vassal state in Dongying.Directly defeating an independent kingdom with the power of one clan can only be achieved by the Satsuma clan.

This Satsuma domain is so powerful, even if Tianchuan Yuhuang recruits another 10 horses, he may not be his opponent. What should we do?

After much deliberation, Zheng Zhilong couldn't think of any solution, so he had to write a memorial, report the results of the previous battle, and more importantly, ask the emperor how to deal with this Satsuma clan.

About half a month later, there was no progress in Tian Chuan Yuhuang's sowing dissension, but Zhu Cijiong's edict had already been passed on, and a copy of the "Da Ming Fan vassal state order" was attached.

What Zhu Cijiong meant was very simple. Ming could not directly send troops to Dongying, but he could send troops to Ryukyu, because Ryukyu was originally a vassal state of Ming. Help them expel Satsuma.

Of course, this expulsion is only a superficial statement. What Zhu Cijiong wanted was not to expel the Satsuma clan's garrison in Ryukyu, but to try to lure the main force of the Satsuma clan to come to Ryukyu and annihilate them in one fell swoop.Dongying can't fight directly, but in Ryukyu, they have to fight hard. The harder the fight, the better. They have to show momentum and national prestige, so as to frighten the princes of Dongpu, let them see how powerful Ming is, and in the future they will be defeated. There won't be too much resistance when you become a vassal.

After Zheng Zhilong received the imperial order, he immediately began to make arrangements. To annihilate the main force of the Satsuma clan, he might need 10 troops. He decided to transfer the entire Nanyang Navy to the Satsuma clan.As for Shi Daxuan’s more than 2 foreign pirates, it’s better to let them go to Geoje Island to protect Yi Tianchuan’s clan. This time, they will fight the Satsuma clan in the name of Daming. up.

A few days later, Shuri Castle, the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom, unexpectedly ushered in an envoy from the Ming Dynasty. The envoy arrived in such a hurry that the Ryukyu King was not even notified in advance.

King Shang Qing of the Ryukyu Kingdom was caught off guard. He didn't even have time to go out of the city to meet the envoys.The envoys of the envoys seemed to be in a hurry, and after a hasty cutscene, they followed King Shang Qing into the palace, retreated to the left and right, and began to discuss secretly.

In such a scene, the garrison of the Satsuma clan naturally saw it, but they did not interfere. The Satsuma clan did not intend to go to war with Ming Dynasty, so they have always adopted a tacit attitude towards the "one country, two territories" of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The diplomatic mission of the Ming Dynasty Come and come, anyway, the current Ryukyu King is just a puppet.

Naturally, this envoy was sent by Zheng Zhilong, and they had only one purpose, which was to ask King Shang Qing whether he would abide by the "Decree System of the Subordination of the Ming Dynasty" and be willing to be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

What is King Shangqing unwilling to do? Now the entire Ryukyu trade has been controlled by the Satsuma clan, and the Shimadzu family has also set up "Zaiban Fengxing" in Ryukyu to monitor his every move. He is like a person who is pinched A puppet who doesn't even have freedom in life, it's better to be a vassal of Ming Dynasty than a prisoner!
As long as he agrees, it will be fine. The envoys of Ming Dynasty immediately went to the Shimadzu's "Zaiban Fengxing" hall and strictly ordered them to withdraw all the garrisons immediately, pack up their bags and leave, or they will bear the consequences.

The commander of the Satsuma clan's garrison in Ryukyu, Shimadzu's general Kawayama Kudaka heard about this, he laughed three times, what a joke, just go away if you tell me, when did the Ming Dynasty become so powerful, he doesn't believe in the Ming Dynasty He would go to war for a small vassal state and the powerful Satsuma clan, so he took it as a joke and ignored it at all.

Daming was not kidding this time. A few days later, hundreds of Fuchuan battleships sailed to Ryukyu Island in a mighty manner. The soldiers on the battleships were like dumplings. They came down wave after wave, and soon assembled Nearly 3 horses.

Huashan Jiugao was shocked by this. He had only 2 people under his command, and there were nearly 3 people who landed in Damingguang, and there might be another [-] to [-] on board. Would it be possible to do it?This is a problem.

Just as his heart was pounding, Ming's envoy came again and said directly: "You have to withdraw your troops within ten days, otherwise you will be impolite."

Hearing these words, Huashan Jiugao felt relieved, this Daming should be here to scare people, if he really wants to call, just call him directly, what cruel words are there.

He was really not sure of winning the [-] to [-] Ming army, so he immediately sent someone to notify the family governor Shimazu Tadahiro, asking for support.

Shimadzu Tadahiro received the news and weighed it over and over again. He really didn't want to go to war with Daming, but he didn't want to give up the interests of Ryukyu. What should we do?Looking at Da Ming's posture, it seems that he doesn't want to start a fight, but just wants to overwhelm them from the momentum.

To talk about this momentum, sometimes it has a lot to do with the number of people. Shimadzu Tadahiro does not think that his army is inferior to the Ming army. He even Huashan Kugao's 2 horses can completely overwhelm the 2 to 2 Ming army. Satsuma's army is famous for being able to defeat the strong with the weak.It’s just that the momentum of [-] people in front of [-] to [-] people is always inferior, so let’s send another [-] people to confront each other. Who is afraid of anyone? After all, Daming is much farther away from Ryukyu than Satsuma. After a long time, it will definitely It was the Ming army who couldn't hold on first.

As soon as the 2 people arrived, Huashan Jiugao went crazy. He was aggrieved for a few days, and today he was finally able to vent his anger. He directly sent someone to the Ming army camp and said: "You are limited to withdrawing troops within three days. , or you’re welcome.”

Hey hey hey, you're welcome, it's still three days, Zheng Xing and Zheng Ming, who led the team, sneered at the same time, and it won't take three days for you to know what it means to be polite.

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu had already led fifty super battleships to wait near Ryukyu Island. Hearing that the reinforcements from Satsuma had arrived, Zheng Zhilong immediately gave the order to start the fight!
Therefore, Zheng Zhihu commanded fifty super battleships to approach Ryukyu Island, and bombarded the Satsuma army on the island.However, the effect of running and bombing this time is not as good as last time. The Satsuma army did not station on the seashore. They were stationed in a small city called Naha on the island. The artillery on the Ming army's warships could also hit Naha. It is a city, but people are protected by city walls, basically causing no casualties.

Zheng Zhilong was not in a hurry to attack. He asked Zheng Zhihu to command the warships to bombard them continuously for five or six days. It was almost piled up to the position of the female wall, so he ordered Zheng Xing and Zheng Ming to lead an army of [-] to charge directly under the cover of artillery.

There is nothing to say about this battle. The army of the Satsuma clan is more than a little stronger than the motley army of the Tagawa family. They are even stronger than the army of the Tokugawa shogunate, but they are still not enough in front of the powerful Ming army.

The army of the [-] Satsuma clan didn't even have a full range of bird guns, but the Ming army had a revolver in their hands, and they also had artillery support, as well as grenades. The difference in strength was not ordinary.

The Satsuma army didn't hold on for long. The Ming army threw a grenade, and then the revolver rifle slammed, and most of the Satsuma army was beaten and rolled all over the ground. The remaining 1 people were considered brave, and they directly pulled out their samurai swords. There was a scuffle with the Ming army, but the rifle plus the bayonet was longer than the spear, and the Ming army's stabbing skills were well practiced. It was basically difficult for the short katana to reach the Ming army, so the 1 people did not It did not cause too many casualties to the Ming army.

In less than two hours, the siege battle was over, and the 1 Satsuma troops almost lost their casualties. Of course, most of them were wounded. At this time, the bullets and grenades were not enough to kill. They were stabbed to death by bayonets, while the Ming army only killed a few hundred people and injured less than [-] people.

So far, the powerful Satsuma, which is famous in Japan, is almost abolished. The number of Shimadzu Tadahiro's men is less than [-]. No matter how strong they are, they are not enough to resist the [-] Tianchuan army.

(End of this chapter)