In order to ensure victory, the commander of the Japanese army was Shimazu Kutsu. He commanded two hundred warships and ten thousand army came to attack Ryukyu.

Originally, Shimazu Kuto was still very cautious in the face of the Ming army. He dispatched troops and planned for many days. Even the tactics on details were discussed with the people below.

Because he had to win this battle, and it would be better to destroy the Ming army, so that he could deal with the Tokugawa shogunate and argue with the Ming Kingdom, and even shock the Ming Kingdom to no longer send troops to Ryukyu.

It is also for this purpose that the army he led can be said to be the most elite army of the Satsuma clan, and even the weapons are the best. Some of the warriors' firearms are flintlock rifles. It can be said that in order to regain Ryukyu, the Satsuma clan really invested a lot of money.

The samurai below were also highly morale. Because when they went to Ryukyu, they were not only the request of the Shimazu family, but also what they wanted. The reason was nothing else, but the same word: interests.

However, what they never expected was that with such complete preparation, they were ready to fight, but the Ming army did not even dare to fight, and they actually fled after hearing the news!

It was as if they punched it hard, and they all thought about how hard the other party would be and that their fists would be injured, but they hit the cotton with one punch.

In this case, the morale of these Japanese troops was further stimulated.

It turns out that the Ming army is even worse than the previous Ming army! I thought it was a wolf, but it turned out to be a slut!

Shimazu Kuto's heart was relieved. Don't look at the Ming army coming in a fierce manner. In fact, it was a strong man in the internal and medium-sized man. They were also afraid of going to war with Japan!

Thinking of this, Shimazu Kudou hurriedly sent people back to Kagoshima to report the victory to Shimazu Kokura. At the same time, taking advantage of the high morale, he simply did not do anything, and just took a day off to launch an attack on the main island of Ryukyu.

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The people on the Ryukyu Island, except for the Ming army soldiers, and the Ming people in Kume Village, were always in panic.

For them, Japan is not right, it is not Japan, it is the Satsuma vassal's large-scale attack, and the shadow of war enveloped them. What's more important is that from the early stage, the Ming army seemed to be unable to defeat the Japanese army. In this way, once the Ming army was defeated, the Japanese would burn and kill and robbery like the previous time they captured Ryukyu!

Only one person was not worried. That person was King Shangzhen, who was undermined by Zheng Xiangming. At this time, he had no intention at all, just drank tea in the palace and watched the palace maids dance, a bit like Liu Chan who was happy.

As time passed, the possibility of the Japanese army coming was getting higher and higher, and some eunuchs who served him couldn't help it, so they said to him with concern: "Master, should you ask the Ming army to put a ship on the king? If the war is not going well, you can go to other islands in advance or simply go to the Ming Dynasty?"

"No need!" Shang Zhen answered without any hesitation.

The eunuch saw the king's eyes that had never left the palace maid dancing with her belly exposed, and immediately became anxious and reminded him: "If the Japanese return to Ryukyu and defeat the Ming army, they might invite you to the Satsuma vassal again! The previous king was invited, but when he came back..."

Hearing this, Shang Zhen sneered at the corner of his mouth: "It's okay to be alone!"

"..." When the eunuch saw him like this, he couldn't help but feel anxious and reminded him again, "Master, don't forget the blood letter, that's what the Japanese are cruel!"

"What are you afraid of? I still have another one..." Shang Zhen suddenly woke up and immediately stopped talking. He just lowered his face and scolded him: "Little Guizi, why are you anxious? If you talk nonsense, just slap your mouth!"

When Xiao Guizi heard this, she immediately didn't dare to say anything. Although he was a confidant, it was possible that Shang Zhen's expression would be really slapped.

For him, it was not that the emperor was not anxious about the eunuchs, but that if Shang Zhen was taken to the Satsuma clan, he would definitely be taken away, and he suffered as well. It is not certain whether he could come back alive.

Those Japanese might be concerned about the identity of the King of Ryukyu, but they would not be concerned about eunuchs like him.

At this time, Xiao Guizi could only stay by the side, praying that the Ming army would win!

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly someone strode in outside the hall. When I heard the singing and singing of the palace maids, my brows frowned.

When the people in the hall saw him coming in, they stopped to salute him and said, "I have met the Prime Minister!"

Zheng Xiangming ignored them, walked forward, came to Shang Zhen, and said dissatisfiedly: "King, now that the enemy is in front of you, the Japanese pirates will soon attack again. Do you still have the intention to eat, drink and have fun here?"

When Shang Zhen came over, he had already stood up. When he heard him, he smiled and replied, "What should I worry about? There is a prime minister in internal affairs and a heavenly soldier in foreign affairs. I feel relieved!"

In normal times, Zheng Xiangming was actually happy to do this. However, the Japanese pirates were about to attack, and the Ming army fled to the wind, so he was very worried.

If the Ming army was defeated this time, he would definitely not be able to survive, and even Kumi Village would no longer exist. Therefore, he was very upset. Seeing King Shangzhen eating, drinking and having fun, he was very annoying and couldn't help but say it.

At this time, when Zheng Xiangming heard Shang Zhen’s answer, he couldn’t find any problem, and he couldn’t help but feel even more irritable and left with a swing of his hand.

When he walked out of the hall gate, he suddenly stood up, turned around and looked into the hall.

Listening to the re-issued movement inside, Zheng Xiangming frowned even more: Such behavior is not like him!

As the doubts arose, Zheng Xiangming did not immediately check it out. Instead, he turned to look towards Naba Port, and his worried expression showed his mood at this moment.

Withdrew his gaze, Zheng Xiangming casually ordered his followers and said, "Go to the prisoner camp to see how it is going!"

To be honest, he was always puzzled that the situation was obviously wrong, but the Ming commander even asked about the prisoner camp. Sometimes, he really felt that the Ming commander had a problem with his brain!

Thinking of this, Zheng Xiangming sighed again, thinking to himself, why didn’t the Emperor of Ming send a reliable general?

Could it be that it was an exception to send troops to Ryukyu? Therefore, I don’t care who sent me?

He was thinking, and suddenly heard a sound coming from a distance: "Boom"!

Then, a series of sounds could be heard.

"Boom boom boom..."

It seemed that the thunder in the distance shocked Zheng Xiangming and his face suddenly changed: "Is it the Japanese pirates who are fighting?"

"That was the sound of cannons, it must have been the Japanese pirates who came here!" His entourage became nervous and answered quickly.

In fact, Zheng Xiangming was thinking so in his heart, so he didn't care about going to see the situation of the prisoner camp and quickly ordered the army to rush to Naha Port.

Because he knew that if Naba Port could not be defended, once the Ming army was defeated, the army relying on Ryukyu would definitely not be able to stop the Japanese pirates. Instead of doing this, it would be better to reinforce Naba Port and fight with the Ming army, and maybe you can stop it.

But who knew that as soon as he assembled his army, before leaving Shuri Castle, a quick horse came to report to him: "Major, the Ming army has left Naha Port to fight against the Japanese navy!"

"What?" Zheng Xiangming was shocked when he heard this, "The Ming army did not defend in Naba Port?"

The people next to him heard this and exclaimed anxiously: "Will you see the Japanese army have a strong momentum and the Ming army ran away?"

When many people heard this, they felt that it was possible, and suddenly they were scared to the point of being shy.

The person who reported the report was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head and denied: "No, it's just that the Ming Navy went to fight, and the army was not leaving at Naba Port!"

If so, then the Ming army would not have escaped.

Thinking of this, the crowd felt a little relieved.

However, Zheng Xiangming said in a hurry: "What's going on? The Japanese army is powerful, so the best strategy is to defend and counterattack against Naba Port! If the warship goes out, it loses its advantage on land. How could this battle be fought like this?"

While saying this, he pointed his finger at the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, Li Dingguo. Maybe this young commander of the Ming army was appointed by relationships, and was ignorant and commanded blindly. The situation was a bit bad!

The more I thought about it, the more worried it became. Zheng Xiangming quickly led the assembled army to Naba Port as soon as possible, thinking about whether he could do his best!

"Boom boom boom..."

The sound of cannons at the sea kept thinking about it and came from afar.

The Ryukyu people along the way packed their parcels and prepared to escape one by one. Because they already had experience, once they were attacked by the Japanese army, they would burn, kill, rob and stay at home and leave nothing.

It is safe to escape from the mountains first, wait for the limelight, or wait for the Japanese to retreat before returning home.

Zheng Xiangming didn't care about these things, but just urged the army to leave quickly.

Turning his head and looking behind him, looking at the poor army, he felt even more irritable. Because he knew very well in his heart that an army like Ryukyu could not be an opponent of Japanese pirates at all.

When Zheng Xiangming arrived at Naha Port amid the rumbling cannons, he saw that the Ming army camp on the port was still there, and the port was full of Ming soldiers, wearing red uniforms, very conspicuous.

After seeing this scene, he felt much more at ease for no reason. Especially Ming Jun did not look a little panicked, but he gave him peace of mind invisibly.

Seeing the Ming army commander flag flying there at the height of the port, Zheng Xiangming knew that it was the Ming army commander there. So he hurried over.

On the distant sea, warships intertwined, and it was obvious that there were fewer red Ming warships. Listening to the cannon, Zheng Xiangming was really worried, so when he rushed to Li Dingguo, he immediately asked: "General, what's the war?"

Li Dingguo turned to look at him. Seeing his panic look, he smiled and handed it to the telescope and said, "You can see it yourself!"
Chapter completed!