Soon, Yuan Laoba received a reply from the Japanese Satsuma Bo Daimyo, and they did not expect that in order to win over themselves, the Satsuma Bo Daimyo actually made a ruthless move, not only did not bargain at all, but also came with a batch of food and materials worth a lot of money together with the envoys to show their Samoa Bo sincerity.

Of course, the benefits of the Satsuma people were not so easy to take, and the Japanese envoy also brought Yuan Laoba a message from Shimazu Iehisa, asking Yuan Laoba to actively cooperate with the attack on Amami Hongtang's fleet a month later.

If it is put on other pirates, this ass is not hot yet, and you, the lord, let us go to work hard, isn't it a little ill-intentioned?

But on Yuan Laoba, he only hesitated for only half a day, and then asked the Japanese envoy to bring back a message, and agreed to the invitation of the Japanese Satsuma Bo Daimyo.

The Japanese people actually wanted to cultivate a relationship with these pirates who recruited Anlai, together with Yuan Laoba and his gang of pirates, the overall scale of the pirates recruited by Satsuma Bo this time was about 4,000 people.

There is no way, except for the strong strength of Yuan Laoba and his gang of pirates, most of the other pirates who can be impressed by Satsuma are those little pirates who are barely struggling among the major pirate gangs in the Yellow Sea, compared to other pirate gangs, Satsuma is naturally much more attractive to these little pirates.

And these 4,000 or so pirate gangs, together with more than 40 warships, should be able to confront the Hongtang fleet in the Shimazu clan.

Coupled with the fact that they sent about 3,000 samurai to attack the island, such a force was literally enough to crush the Hongtang warriors and the soldiers of the Ryukyu Kingdom on the five islands of Amami.

The reason why Shimazu Iehisa was so anxious to send troops to the west again was that in the battle report brought by his son Shimazu Hisao, it was mentioned that the garrison on the five islands of Amami was weak, and as long as Satsuma sent heavy troops over, there was a great chance that he would be able to recapture the Amami Walled City.

At the same time, a mysterious guest from the Daming firm also brought them a top-secret piece of information, saying that Hong Tang had less than half of the troops stationed in Huludao, and in Jilong Harbor and other places, Hong Tang once again launched the palace work of recruiting warriors, and it is said that when they developed Dayuan Island, they were fiercely counterattacked by the island's natives and suffered heavy casualties.

Although this information has a bit of a taste of chasing after the wind and shadows, judging from the weak performance of Hong Tang in the temptations of these days, this Hong Tang's successor is indeed a little weak.

In fact, the Shimazu family has not wanted to borrow the power of the pirates for a long time, but who let the pirates have ready-made warships that can form a fleet and maneuver around the sea with the Hongtang fleet!

In addition, although he is still quite powerful now, there are many strong enemies around him, and there are Edo shogunates watching him, and he Shimazu family has always been deferential to the Edo shogunate, but who can guarantee that this shogunate will not have any intentions against them!

Therefore, now the Shimazu clan can draw more than 3,000 troops, of which 2,000 have been taken by his son Shimazu Hisao in advance to test Amami Goshima, and then these more than 1,000 soldiers will also go west together after the pirates are called to Kagoshima and be sent to Shimazu Hisao's hands.

After receiving the invitation of the Shimazu clan, Yuan Laoba acted very actively, and at the same time, the fighting spirit and passion exuded by his whole person made him seem to be several years younger, not like an old man who was almost fifty years old at all.

Li Jin and Lao Yi did not stop Yuan Laoba's actions, for them, Yuan Laoba's henchmen, what Yuan Laoba thought in his heart, everyone knows without guessing at seventy.

However, before leaving, Yuan Laoba and the others still settled everything, and even several of Yuan Laoba's wives and concubines, as well as more than ten children, were sent by him to the land of Sanzhou, to which Satsuma belongs, in advance. went with Yuan Lao's eight wives and children, as well as Li Jin, Lao Yi and others.

However, their family members did not inform the Shimazu clan, and they did not even disturb them, they disguised themselves as the family members of a small group of pirates, and spent their own money to live in seclusion in the more remote coastal areas of the three states of Samoto.

As for Yuan Laoba's team, twenty-seven warships were ready to go, and only a few large ships and fishing boats that were not conducive to naval warfare were left in the old nest, as well as hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled caretakers.

From this kind of arrangement, Lao Yi and they can all feel that this time Yuan Laoba is afraid that he has already been let out, and he has not thought about what will happen after the defeat, although Lao Yi himself always has an ominous premonition in his heart, but when it came to him, he still closed his mouth and did not persuade Yuan Laoba.

A mighty fleet came towards Kagoshima, and even alarmed the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, and almost poured out of the Yuan Laoba gang, which gave Shimazu Iejiu face, and couldn't help but make Shimazu Iejiu's whole face full of brilliance, and even had a good face for Hisashi Hisayama, who was still in the cold palace.

Yuan Laoba was followed by a group of pirate gangs with one or two warships, they didn't dare to give it a go like Yuan Laoba, they didn't have a deep friendship with Satsuma, and they could bring one or two warships to meet the situation, which was already a lot of face for the Shimazu clan.

However, as of the deadline given by Shimazu Iehisa, there were still nearly forty warships gathered in the waters of Kagoshima, and they were sparsely docked in this sea area.

Looking at the fleet in front of him that was rapidly forming an army and had a certain combat strength, Shimazu Iehisa's eyes were full of anticipation, and their feudal kingdom had not had such a powerful fleet for many years.

Since 20 years ago, in response to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's call to send troops to Korea, and finally lost almost all the warships in Korean waters, their Satsuma Bo naval division has not had more than 30 warships in these years.

In addition, they were close to the sea, and after Shimazu Iehisa came to power, they invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom and included the Amami Godao into the territory, and their already scarce warships were torn apart, and the largest fleet was still the fleet of Kayama Hidaka stationed on the Amami Goshima Islands.

But in the end, this largest capital also made Kayama Hidaka, a loser, lose in the Amami Sea and become a trophy of a mere pirate, which is also an important reason why Shimazu Iega has not been waiting to see Kayama Hidaka for so long.

Now that the Shimazu family finally has a fleet of sailors with powerful naval combat capabilities, the Shimazu family is very confident that they can regain control of the Amami Goshima Islands, and even go west to the main island of Ryukyu again, so that the king of Shōnin will once again become his prisoner.

When the time comes, it will be difficult for the Ryukyu royal family to get out as easily as before!

(End of chapter)