With the loud sound of the artillery, the hull of the wide signal trembled slightly.

Liu Guoxuan didn't hear the sound of the wooden planks breaking, he knew that his judgment was accurate, and the cannons on the Naha Fort couldn't shoot through the wide signal at all.

He calmly instructed the adjutant: "Immediately return fire on the battery." Also, pull the anchor and move slowly to dodge. ”

"Yes!"

Being in a constant state of combat readiness, the whole ship moved at once. The gun window on the starboard side opened at the same time, and a large cannon poked its head out of it.

The mainsail, which is most vulnerable, has long since been retracted, leaving only the stern sail for maneuvering.

The position of the Morijo fort in the Yaraza was not too high, and the cannon in the gun bay was able to shoot to the top of the fort before it could be raised to the maximum elevation angle.

Soon, the gun deck commander gave the order to open the cannon. At the same time as the third roar on the turret, the starboard side of the wide signal also shone with dense fire.

In just one salvo, a twelve-pound shell hit the middle of the battery, broken wooden beams and stones fell with a clatter, and even a Japanese gunner fainted from the battlement under the shock.

Shinroku Nagase was still shouting at the shore, for fear that the fort would destroy the Ming official ship and cause huge trouble, but the scene in front of him made him unable to shout a word with his mouth open.

Compared to the "official ship" of the Ming Dynasty, the shooting on the Morijo Fort of Yaraza was like fireworks. He suddenly felt a chill in his heart, with this monster ship, I am afraid that the entire Japanese warship in Naha Port is not its opponent!

Japan's shipbuilding level has always been the worst in East Asia, and the first half of the Zhejiang naval division was able to press the Japanese main fleet to the ground and rub it. If Nagase were to see the Shaowu anchored more than ten nautical miles away, I am afraid that he would not hesitate to advise Shimazu Mitsuhisa to abandon Ryukyu forever.

After four salvos, the fort on the side had already collapsed by a small half, and the Japanese soldiers on it had fled as quickly as the second round of shelling.

By the time Shi Lang, Cai Jin and others arrived at the dock, the battle had been over for a long time.

Liu Guoxuan dressed up as a housekeeper, wiped the ashes on his face, and found Shi Lang to "cry": "Master, let's stop on the west side of the port, and there will be thieves shooting at us." More than a dozen of the attachés and sailors died, and the hull of the ship was seriously wounded......"

He peeked at the Ryukyu officials around him and added, "I'm afraid of thirty or forty thousand taels if it's repaired!" ”

Shi Lang said coldly to Nagase: "Did you hear it all? Many of my attachés and guards were killed or wounded, and each of them was paid three thousand taels of silver, and forty thousand taels were repaired for my ship. Tell your general, a total of 300,000 taels of silver, and you must give it to me!" ”

Nagase was so frightened by the terrifying shelling of Fang Caiguang that he couldn't speak, and he only nodded subconsciously.

After this toss, the sky has been darkened.

Last night's events were spread throughout the port of Naha. The people gathered on the dock, sticking their necks to look at the signal, and Shi Lang was even more crowded around.

"Eh, did you say that the Celestial Empire is going to send troops to clean up the Japanese slaves?"

"Possibly! If you look at that big ship, I'm afraid it's a closed ship. ”

"What is the closure of the ship? I've seen ships sealed, old man, much more than that. "Every time the Ming Dynasty canonized the king of Ryukyu Mountain, he would come with a very luxurious ship, called the sealing ship. The current "king" of Ryukyu, Shangxian, has not been able to take care of him because the Ming Dynasty is busy fighting with Jianyu, so he is still the son of the world.

"Don't underestimate this ship, it is said that the fort on the west side has been blasted by it."

"Oh, no, the fort is missing a big piece ......"

"It's been more than ten years, and the Celestial Empire finally remembered us! Looking back, how are the Japanese slaves still rampant? ”

"I heard from the maritime merchants that the Celestial Empire is busy fighting with the northern Hulu, I'm afraid it won't be able to take care of us in the Ryukyus......"

"Who said that?! You see, the Celestial Empire has sent a big official! ”

Shi Lang did not delay in Naha, and went straight back to Guanghu, after all, it was the mission of this trip to attack the Bohai Sea area.

Cai Jin and others kept sending him to the gangplank, and pleaded repeatedly along the way, "Please also ask your Excellency to quickly play the vicious Japanese slaves to the Son of Heaven, and the people of Ryukyu are looking forward to it!" ”

"Don't worry, Lord Cai, if it's fast, it's a few months, and if it's slow, it's a year, and the slaves will be disciplined and retreated." Shi Lang said, "I hope that last night's incident can be written by the Ryukyu royal uncle or His Royal Highness the prince to the Tokugawa clan in person, and the reason must be explained, and the matter of the Ming Dynasty's proposal to compensate 300,000 taels of silver." ”

Cai Jin was stunned, although he didn't know why, he still said: "The lower officials will definitely do it." ”

On that day, until an hour after the wide signal disappeared from view, there were still Ryukyu people standing on the pier and looking out from the sea.

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The bow of the Shao Wu.

"Lord Admiral, we're leaving?" Liu Guoxuan said a little excitedly, "From the observation of my subordinates, the Japanese warship is far inferior to mine, and it can be wiped out in a moment." And I heard what the doctor said that there were only four or five hundred Japanese soldiers on the island, and they were not opponents of the sailors' infantry army.

"Why don't we just drive out the Japanese slaves and return the people of Ryukyu to the good world?"

Zheng Chenggong shook his head slightly, "One, it will take five or six days to destroy the Japanese soldiers on the island and stabilize the situation in the Ryukyus, even if it is fast." We can't afford to delay that much time.

"Second, the Japanese Shimazu clan is very close to the Ryukyus, and it is at this time that he is driven away, and when we leave, he will be able to make a comeback in a few days.

"Three, and most importantly, we can't beat the Shimazu clan too hard. How can a toothless dog expect it to bite its owner? ”

"Dogs? Biting? Liu Guoxuan wondered, "What do you mean, my lord?" ”

Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but think of the instructions of His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King before leaving-the ambition of the wolf son of the Japanese Kingdom, lying next to the Ming Dynasty is a big trouble, and he must pull out his teeth and break his claws to be safe. However, the Japanese people are brave and ruthless, there are not a few soldiers, and the terrain is quite complicated, so the price of directly fighting with the army is too great.

Fortunately, there was a great disunity within the Japanese people, and the large and small separatist forces had been fighting each other for hundreds of years, and although they were now barely unified by the Tokugawa clan, there were still many feudal towns with different intentions. And the Tokugawa shogunate also wanted to get rid of these "foreign daimyos" as soon as possible.

The Shimazu clan, which invaded the Ryukyus, has always been a thorn in the side of the Tokugawa clan, and has repeatedly used various excuses to reduce its strength, but it has never been wiped out. The Shimazu clan's dispatch of troops to the Ryukyus was a private act, not an order from Tokugawa.

If the Shimazu clan's subordinates had bad intentions towards the Ming Dynasty in the Ryukyus, and the Ming Dynasty had been vindicated, and demanded compensation from the Wakoku and threatened to stop trading with each other, Tokugawa would have been furious. The evidence of this matter is conclusive, and he will not let go of such a good opportunity to clean up the Shimazu clan, and he will definitely punish him with a heavy hand.

The Shimazu clan had been repeatedly suppressed before, and life was already extremely difficult, and if he was severely punished, he might fall apart, and at the same time, he must have hated the Tokugawa shogunate.

At this time, we tried to support the Shimazu clan, preferably to raise an army against the Shimazu clan, and to invite an alliance with the anti-Tokugawa forces even if it failed. In the future, if we stand with the Japanese state, we can use these Japanese forces as pawns, and we can get twice the result with half the effort!

It's just that these plans are extremely secret and can't be said to Liu Guoxuan, so he only smiled and said, "You will naturally know when the time comes." In my heart, I felt admiration for His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Minister, who knew everything about Wajima, which was thousands of miles away.