The Ming Dynasty started with caution

"Sir, I have benefited a lot from following you. I can go to Shu as an envoy." Zheng Qian recommended himself again.

Yan Chengjin's face was calm: "In my eyes, you are no different from them."

Zheng Qian blushed and felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Jiang Wen and the other two did not dare to speak. Sir Yan was always strict in his actions.

Yan Chengjin fell into deep thought. He would give the list to His Majesty in four months.

Excluding the round trip, it means that the matter in Shu must be investigated within a month.

What happened in Shu to make Min Gui like this? No one knows.

Although it was mentioned in the memorial, we cannot listen to one side and believe it. Maybe there is something big, and we can't say for sure.

"Sir, I can go too." Jiang Wen bowed slightly and pursed his lips.

"I will test you. How to verify it after going to Shu?"

Zheng Qian was at a loss. Would Sir Yan's test questions be too simple?

"I will go to your house and thoroughly investigate the officials on the list."

"The Chief Censor has no office in Shu. How can you investigate alone?"

Yan Chengjin shook his head in disappointment.

When officials went to inspect the local area, the court could only send two attendants to arrange the post stations along the way.

Jiang Wen and the other two looked at each other. Shouldn't they investigate directly when they arrived at the place?

Yan Chengjin pondered for a moment and looked at Zheng Qian: "You go to the Northwest Great Wall and convey my order: Fang Xue goes to Shu, you supervise the construction of the Great Wall."

When the Great Wall of Alashan is completed, the northwest defense line of the Ming Dynasty will be as strong as a copper wall.

The refugees are used to building the Great Wall in exchange for food, so they will not cause chaos again.

It's just right to transfer Fang Xue to Shu and then return to Beijing.

Zheng Qian didn't expect that he could change people like this, and bowed quickly: "Your subordinate obeys your order."

...

Shangzeng Island, the military camp under Pengshan

The flags fluttered in the sea breeze, and corpses lay scattered for miles. The muddy yellow gravel was dyed red, and the surroundings were filled with a disgusting smell of blood.

The battle continued.

The island country was constantly fighting, and traded iron tools with the surrounding vassal countries through silver mines.

Satsuma was adjacent to the island country and had to equip itself with military equipment.

In contrast, Ryukyu, as an isolated island, had no chance to trade with its neighbors, and the silver mines were barren, so it was extremely difficult to trade iron tools on a large scale.

Okubo's army, relying on the advantages of armor and weapons, had the upper hand.

The deputy general saw the trend of retreat, so he came to persuade: "Lord Wang, will you retreat?"

"If you don't retreat, although you may lose, you may not be unable to win."

The deputy general was Liu Jin, a military general arranged by Dong Wen to be beside Wang Shouren.

He was brave and good at fighting, and had outstanding military exploits among the many military generals in Ryukyu.

"Sir Wang, if we continue to fight like this, everyone will be killed."

Looking at the Ryukyu soldiers falling one after another, Wang Shouren remained unmoved: "Without my order, you are not allowed to retreat a step!"

Liu Jin gritted his teeth, and soldiers were slaughtered wherever he saw.

The two armies fought together, and the firearms and heavy crossbows looted were unusable.

Dong Wen looked at Wang Shouren and urged him urgently: "Sir Wang?!"

Wang Shouren looked calm.

"I have an important task to give you, which is related to the outcome of this battle."

"Sir Wang, please speak!"

"The Satsuma Peninsula and Kamitsune Island are separated by the sea. The Satsuma people must have come by boat. I want you to burn their boats."

Dong Wen felt that although it made sense, he felt something was wrong.

If Okubo won this battle, they would all be wiped out, so what was the use of the boats? It didn't matter whether they were burned or not, the key was to resolve the crisis at hand.

"Sir, why don't we retreat?"

Wang Shouren insisted: "There's not much time left, go quickly."

If they really retreated, it would give Satsuma a chance to recuperate, and it would be difficult to win again. And the soldiers would become afraid.

The difference between the two armies lies in the half-day rations.

The soldiers of Satsuma got up in the middle of the night to fight. At this time, more than half a day has passed, and their stomachs are empty. They will soon be exhausted.

Although the Ryukyu are not well-equipped, they still have strength. The soldiers of Ryukyu are a little worse, but not much worse.

Giving Okubo a chance to rest the army and arrange the troops will not only make the battle more difficult, but also make the soldiers who died earlier die in vain.

Dong Wen led two hundred soldiers to the northern coast in a panic.

At this time, Okubo waved his Japanese sword, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

After fighting all night, they were already hungry, but the Ryukyu soldiers bit them tightly and refused to let go, even if they showed signs of decline, they would not withdraw.

The hands of the Satsuma soldiers holding their weapons trembled, and they felt panic and fever.

The cold sweat flowed down their noses, and their eyes were heavy, as if they would faint at any time.

The Ryukyu soldiers were also exhausted, but they still had some strength compared to the Satsuma soldiers.

Wang Shouren's sharp eyes saw the change in the situation and shouted: "From now on, if you cut off one enemy head, you will be rewarded with two taels of silver! If you cut off ten enemy heads, you will be rewarded with a house and farmland."

The soldiers' eyes were red, just like jackals hearing the call of the leader of the wolves. Their momentum changed completely, and they chopped at the enemy's head regardless of their lives.

The situation on the battlefield had obviously changed dramatically.

The originally weak Ryukyu soldiers were extremely excited.

Okubo swung his sword and chopped off the chest of a Ryukyu soldier.

He squatted down and found that half of the uneaten dry biscuits were exposed on his chest.

Suddenly he was stunned. All the strategies started from the fire attack on Pengshan.

"Withdraw!"

The best strategy is to withdraw and rest at this time.

The soldiers of Satsuma State seemed to have been pardoned. They threw away their weapons and fled to the coast.

Okubo was not willing to fight, so he mounted his horse and ran towards the north coast.

Wang Shouren naturally couldn't let him succeed and ordered his soldiers: "Hurry up!"

With two taels of silver as a reward, the soldiers were all in high spirits and still had unfinished business, just like hunters who were afraid of their prey escaping.

More than ten thousand people chased them on Shangzeng Island. The soldiers at the back were killed, but the soldiers at the front successfully reached the coast.

Okubo was stunned. Four three-masted ships and dozens of small boats on the sea were burning.

despair!

Despair spreading from the deepest part of my heart.

The soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor and ran to the coast thinking they could escape. When they saw the blazing fire, they were desperate for life.

Although there are more than a thousand soldiers in Ryukyu than them.

But before coming, firearms and heavy crossbows were prepared, and the troops were well equipped.

He never expected that he would die here.

"Come down, I will surrender!"

Okubo dropped his weapon, took off his armor, and threw it aside.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and the soldiers followed suit.

Wang Shouren mounted his horse and shook his head: "Kill them all!"

He knew that these people were not surrendering sincerely, but were forced by the situation and wanted to compromise and find another opportunity.

On this island, if you make a little mistake, you will lose everything.

He couldn't gamble with the lives of thousands of people in Ryukyu that Okubo would do good, so he could only kill them all.

The sky was full of arrows and heavy crossbows. The soldiers of Satsuma tried to pick up their armor, but found that it was too late.

A heavy crossbow, as thick as a shoulder pole.

It was incredibly fast and shot through Okubo's chest.

In just a few moments, the coast was bleeding profusely and stained red, and no Satsuma soldiers could stand up anymore.

Dong Wen couldn't calm down for a long time, and she won again... again!

Wang Shouren is really a military god!

Wang Shouren ordered: "Take off their armor and weapons and distribute them to the soldiers."

Dong Wen and the deputy general were stunned. In just one hour, the battle situation reversed.

When they first went to sea, they had nothing but large ships and rations.

But now, heading north, we have the enemy's firearms, the enemy's heavy crossbows, the enemy's rations, and the enemy's armor and weapons.

An army that could only equip half of the armor became an army that was fully equipped.

Wang Shouren sighed softly: "Count the casualties and attack the Satsuma King's City in two days."