Since the last time Satsuma suddenly raised troops to attack Amami Walled City, Zhao Xingdou had already focused all his attention on the hungry wolf of Satsuma in the northeast.

I learned from the mouths of the past maritime merchants about the movements of the pirates in the Yellow Sea, as well as the military movements of the three states of Samosa, and other issues, all of which told Zhao Xingdou that Samoto had a big plan.

Of course, King Shangning was not idle, compared to the disadvantages of the Hongtang people, the Ryukyu Kingdom was devastated by Satsuma over the years, and it was not without action. Big things can't be done under the surveillance of the Satsuma Japanese people, but they can still do it by planting some spies in Satsuma and buying some Satsuma Japanese warriors.

Therefore, when Zhao Xingdou and the others could only rely on the scattered and inaccurate information of the past maritime merchants, King Shangning was able to receive more detailed information from Samoto.

It was also these sources of information from King Shangning that allowed Zhao Xingdou and them not to become deaf, so that they could know the actions in the hinterland of the three states of Samosa, although these actions were likely to be outdated.

When the latest Samoto news went through a very secret channel and was difficult to send to Zhao Xingdou and them, Zhao Xingdou and they were shocked by the information in their hands.

In Kagoshima alone, the Japanese Satsuma gathered a fleet of nearly 5,000 people, and they were repelled by their Hongtang in front, but most of them still retained a complete team of about 3,000 Japanese people, and the entire Japanese army exceeded 8,000 people.

With such a large team, just for the purpose of an expedition to the islands of the Amami Islands, it really feels like killing chickens with a knife.

The envoy of King Shangning not only brought this shocking news, but also brought the last part of their military force on the main island of Ryukyu, the new army of about 1,000 and a half.

This was originally a living force used by King Shangning to protect the territory of the kingdom, but in the end, he sent it over, and at the same time, he sent it with 10,000 taels of gold and 50,000 taels of silver, just in exchange for Zhao Xingdou's words, that is, to quickly ask for help from Jilong Port.

The gold and silver of white flowers, yellow, orange and orange were placed in front of Zhao Xingdou, and Shang Zhong, who had not seen him for a long time, looked at Zhao Xingdou pitifully, just begging to get a positive answer from him.

But how did Shang Zhong know that the Hongtang headquarters of Jilong Harbor had lost most of its manpower due to a battle with the Dayuan natives almost a year ago, and now the Hongtang Headquarters that is staying in Amami Walled City can basically be said to be the largest team of the Hongtang Whale Division.

However, the news of the great loss of the Hongtang Whale Department is still an important piece of information kept secret by the Hongtang Headquarters, how can Zhao Xingdou confess to Shang Zhong! Who knows if there are any spies of the Japanese people in their Ryukyu Kingdom who will give them news!

At the same time, the king of Ryukyu Shangning was the head of the rat, and Zhao Xingdou did not dare to guarantee that after hearing the news, the other party would not feel that the victory was slim and suddenly turn around to deal with Hongtang, in order to get the forgiveness of the Japanese Satsuma.

Although this possibility is very low, any king with normal intelligence would not make this choice, but it cannot stand the one in ten thousand possibility!

"Lord Shang, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that now that our Hall Master Li is not in the Chicken Coop Harbor, no one can make a decision on a major matter like the transfer of troops." Fortunately, Li Tianyang's departure at this moment happened to give Zhao Xingdou an excuse to shirk, at least he didn't have to make some things clear to him: "If the Jilong Port side wants to discuss and come up with a decision, I'm afraid our side has already finished the fight, so it's better for you to ask Admiral Wu to come over and defend the Amami Sea together." ”

"Admiral Wu, His Majesty has already sent someone to invite you, I believe they will come in the near future." Shang Zhong's face was sad, Li Tianyang went north to the news of the Ming Jingshi, Hongtang's subordinates did not hide the king of Shangning and them, as early as when Li Tianyang and they had just set off from Yuegang, the king of Shangning got the news, so Zhao Xingdou said that the reason Shang Zhong and they could not refute: "Is there really no way to ask Jilong Port to send reinforcements again?" ”

Looking at Shang Zhong's eyes holding the only hope in despair, and then looking at the boxes of gold and silver that were opened and placed in front of him, Zhao Xingdou finally nodded, and promised to send a signal for help: "That's it, I'll send someone back to report for help now, as for whether the chicken coop port will send people to come, how many people will be sent, and when they will come, I can't be sure!" ”

"Thank you, Captain Zhao, thank you for finding Captain Zhao!!" Shang Zhong was overjoyed, although he knew in his heart that it was likely that the reinforcements from the Jilong Harbor would not be able to catch up with this big battle, but at least they could still see some light of victory.

At the beginning, the Japanese army was dispatched on such a large scale, and it only took about half a month to occupy the entire territory of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the memories of the past have not completely faded, and now the Japanese will once again have a team of the same size to the Ryukyu Kingdom itself, whether it is King Shōning, or those ministers who have also experienced that tragic experience, they are all restless because of this news.

Wu Daofu almost moved in the nest, and the number of troops left behind in the Iriomote Walled City was less than 100, and half of them were sick people with disabilities, and his actual combat effectiveness can be imagined.

But Wu Daofu and Xiao Xiurong also knew one thing very well, if they wanted to keep their current position, as well as the territory of Iriomote Mishima, they could not allow the Ryukyu King to make any mistakes.

Iriomote Island itself was in the rear of the Ryukyu Kingdom's battle line with the Japanese people, and as long as the Japanese were not stupid, they would never send troops deep behind enemy lines to occupy the stronghold of the Iriomote Walled City, because it was not of great strategic significance.

With the addition of the entire army of Wu Daofu's Ryukyu Naval Division, and the fact that King Shangning sent the only soldiers of the Ryukyu Kingdom regardless of the safety of his homeland, on paper, the troops stationed at this time in the Amami Walled City could basically compete with the large army of the Japanese people.

But is that actually the case?

The 4,000 new troops of the Ryukyu Kingdom, to be honest, are those pirate teams that have not had time to train by the Japanese people, and they can at least fight two of them, let alone even if they are pulled into the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese warriors who can be called elite combat power.

Wu Daofu's sailor warriors had only experienced one battle, and they had fought a big defeat and a miserable defeat, and the psychological impact on the new recruits of the sailor division could not have dissipated so quickly.

Therefore, in the end, the only team that can compete with the other party is the 1,89 warriors of Hong Tang. But in this intelligence, the Japanese recruited more than forty warships, more than twice the size of Hongtang's fleet, even if Zhao Xingdou has strong confidence in his team, but it can't change the fact that it is not possible to exterminate this pirate fleet in a few hours, or even a day or two.

(End of chapter)