The retreat of the Japanese people at night was naturally not hidden from Xu Yingfei and Wu Daofu on the island, but at this moment the Japanese occupied the initiative on the battlefield, and the teams of Hongtang and the Ryukyu people were already remnants, even if they had the heart, they were powerless to stop the retreat of the Japanese people.

What's more, at this time, Hongtang and the Ryukyuan people did not know that the Japanese people had withdrawn, and thought that they were preparing for tomorrow's battle!

Therefore, in addition to the necessary precautions, Hongtang and the Ryukyuan people did not pay much attention to the movements in the Japanese camp.

It's just that after dawn, I watched the team of Japanese people who were still walking densely near the Amami Castle Gate yesterday, but they disappeared overnight, and even the cargo ships carrying the Japanese people to the island to fight in the harbor outside the castle were gone, not to mention those pirate warships with more flexible speeds.

Zhao Xingdou's Hongtang fleet, itself in the two-day naval battle, because of the lack of manpower in the relationship is at an absolute disadvantage, so it has been wandering in the open sea, not daring to approach the harbor at all, so in the retreat of the Japanese people overnight last night, they did not find this abnormal situation, let alone follow the pursuit.

Of course, at this time, Zhao Xingdou did not forget to hurry up and take the opportunity to contain the landed Hongtang soldiers on the ship, who knows which one of the Japanese people is making trouble, if they come back to me again, then Zhao Xingdou and they will not have time to cry.

The Hongtang soldiers in the landing operation suffered heavy casualties, and Zhao Xingdou's heart was like a twitch in pain, and hundreds of soldiers were killed, how could they still have so many veterans to fill the whale department!

At this time, Zhao Xingdou regretted that his intestines were blue, and even King Shangning suggested that he chase after the Japanese people to see if they returned to Samoto or not, but Zhao Xingdou refused.

It wasn't until Wu Shu rushed over with twenty Hongtang fleets that the reason for the retreat of the Japanese people was revealed in front of everyone, but unfortunately at this time, the Japanese people had long since lost their sight. If Zhao Xingdou was willing to catch up at that time, with the advantage of the speed of the Hongtang battleship, he would not be able to catch up with the tail of the Japanese fleet to see what was going on, but it was already too late at this time.

But fortunately, he finally thwarted the Japanese people's plan to retake Amami Island again, and the other party was sick and returned home, which was more than anything else.

And the thing that made King Shangning the happiest was that when Wu Shu and the others came, they recovered Shuri Castle, the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom, by the way, which also saved King Shangning from the embarrassment of asking Hongtang to lend a helping hand again.

It's a pity that the Ryukyu Prime Minister Feng Xilian and the Ryukyu prince who were captured by the Japanese and brought to Amami Island were also taken away by the Japanese last night. When the news arrived, King Shang Ning was stunned, and then said with a blank face that he knew, and there was no other opinion after that.

It is said that recovering the lost land, and the return of the royal capital to his own hands is also a great joy, but when Wu Daofu and Wu Shu accompanied King Shangning back to the capital of Shuri, looking at the large inner secret vault and the household treasury that the people had scraped away, as well as the scene of nine crying in ten rooms in the city, King Shangning still couldn't hold on to it with a long breath, and when he returned to the palace, he fell completely ill.

When he fled, King Shangning had some physical symptoms because of fright and long-distance travel, and he had been coughing incessantly. In addition, he himself has already arrived there at an age, and his physical fitness is not as good as that of a young man, and if he wants to support his aging body again, I am afraid that it cannot be made up for by the medicine stone.

After returning, King Shangning has been unconscious, and even the royal physician prescribed several pairs of medicines in a row, but there was no improvement, but the news of the king's illness soon spread.

Not long after, Prince Shang Zhiwu, who was the supervisor of Amami Castle, came back quietly, and Prince Shang Zhiyi, the eldest son of the king, who was divided by King Shang Ning to another island in the Ryukyu Kingdom, also returned, not to mention those who were favored, and when King Shang Ning ran away, he didn't forget to bring a few little princes with him.

For a time, the entire capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Shuri, fell into a strange calm, and under the calm, there was an undercurrent surging.

As allies, Hongtang Zhao Xingdou and Wu Shu were naturally treated cautiously by the Ryukyu royal family, without the slightest carelessness, and were placed in a palace to entertain them. And in the past few days, in the palace where they stayed, people came and went, and it was not lively, not only the figures of the ministers of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but also the princesses and the princes behind them.

For a time, Wu Shu and other high-level Hongtang officials became hot figures in the entire Ryukyu Kingdom.

Of course, this is naturally indispensable to the benefits of Wu Daofu, who was once a pawn in the Ryukyu Kingdom because of himself as a foreigner named Hong Tang, although the bureaucrats of the Ryukyu Kingdom are hindered by the relationship between their allies, and Wu Daofu is very self-aware, he rarely runs to the Ryukyu royal capital to walk around, but concentrates on the sailor team trained on Iriomote Island, everyone is not embarrassed by him, but to be honest, he is also very unkind to see Wu Daofu.

Everyone knows that although on the surface, King Shangning only gave the Iriomote Mishima to Wu Daofu as the residence of the sailor, but in the contract signed by King Shangning when he said that Li Tianyang and their Hongtang Department were dispatched, it was clearly handed over to Li Tianyang for their use and development, but on the surface, it was still under the jurisdiction of the Ryukyu royal family.

This seems to be very different from the Japanese people forcibly occupying the five islands of Amami and forcing King Shangning to sign the 15th Article of the Association, but inside, it is actually just a change of soup and not a change of medicine.

Therefore, these gentry who have long regarded the Ryukyu Kingdom as their own way of making money, who do not look at Hongtang are a little greedy, not to mention those gentry families who themselves have some foundation on Iriomote Mishima, and the whole industry has been lost all of a sudden, and who has no resentment in their hearts!

But now it's a good thing, the officials who originally ignored Wu Daofu one by one, but now they appeared in front of Wu Daofu one by one with cordial and even stammering faces, complimenting him and releasing their kind expressions, which made Wu Daofu a little confused.

Among them, the one who ran the most diligently was naturally Prince Shang Zhiwu, who had battlefield affection with Wu Daofu, and it was only a few days in the past, although he knew that he did not play a big role in the offensive and defensive battles of Amami City, but who made himself the overseer of the city at that time, and he still supported Wu Daofu at the last moment!

Prince Shang Zhiwu, who grasped this relationship, ran to Wu Daofu's mansion three times a day, and gave all kinds of gifts non-stop, so he wanted to have a good relationship with Wu Daofu.

(End of chapter)