Chapter 46: Death in the Ryukyus
Breaking out in adversity, the Shimazu family really exerted their strongest combat effectiveness. But even so, the Shimazu family still lost to the Kuroda family, and the difference in strength between the two families was too huge, and there was no way to reverse it.
Sometimes some things don't mean that you can achieve it if you have the courage.,That kind of plot can only happen in a hot-blooded anime in most cases.,A bunch of people were beaten down by the big boss.,The male protagonist shouted.,Minasan,Dry daddy.,After that, everyone came back to life with full blood.,Hang the big boss.,To be honest, it's all a lie to children.。
And facts are facts, not cartoons, not inspirational youth films. Now the Kuroda family and the Shimazu family are fighting on the battlefield, and winning or losing cannot be achieved by courage alone.
The soldiers of the Kuroda family cooperated tacitly, and they had an absolute overwhelming advantage in numbers, and soon suppressed the military strength of the Shimazu family, and began to continuously defeat the small wealthy families and the teams of the countrymen. Seeing that the situation was not good, some local wealthy clans and countrymen who were forced to submit to the Shimazu family immediately defected, or merged into the Kuroda family's team to attack the Shimazu family. Or just throw away the weapon in your hand and surrender to the Kuroda family on your knees.
The entire battle lasted for about half an hour, and the Shimazu family was completely defeated. It's just that there is one thing that Shigeharu Takenaka can't be satisfied with, that is, in the end, Shimazu Yoshihisa still ran away, and he took his two younger brothers before the end of the battle, he had been wrapped in nearly a hundred remnants of the defeated generals and left the battlefield in a hurry. Because of the resistance of the palace army loyal to the Shimazu family, in the end, even if the Kuroda family soldiers tried their best, they could only let him go.
Later, it was reported that the more than 100 people left Kyushu in the southwest of the battlefield in a large boat that had been prepared before the battle, and according to the fishermen who witnessed it, they fled all the way to the west.
Later, when Kuroda Vocational High School learned the news, he remembered that the Shimazu family had been heading west, and it was very likely that they had invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom.
They kept going west, which means that the Shimazu family probably knew about the existence of the Ryukyus at this time, after all, this is not very far from the time when the Shimazu family invaded the Ryukyu country in history, so it is not surprising that the Shimazu family knew about this country, and it is also very possible that the idea of fighting the Ryukyus after the defeat was also very possible.
Although the Ryukyu Kingdom is called a country, it is actually composed of a number of small islands, with a small population, weak strength, and backward weapons and equipment, which is a good target for the Shimazu family to bully. If the Shimazu family really gets the Ryukyu Kingdom, it is really possible to make a comeback again, and then it will be a big plaster for the Kuroda family.
The Ryukyu Kingdom is isolated overseas, and if it is really captured by the Shimazu family, it will inevitably be pacified quickly. If you want to conquer, you must prepare a lot, the most headache is that the Ryukyu Kingdom is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, and a bad one may attract the hatred of the Ming Kingdom, Kuroda Vocational High School does not want to go to war with his motherland.
It took nearly a year for the Tongxin people to find out the news from the Ryukyus, which was good news and relieved that Kuroda Vocational High School, who had been worried about the resurgence of the Shimazu family.
The Shimazu family did go to the Ryukyu Kingdom, and when the Shimazu family landed, they did not set off a small whirlwind because they were unprepared for the attack.
After all, Ryukyu is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, with such a thick thigh to hold, Ryukyu has not been invaded before, so the rule of the country is loose, and the life of the people has always been relatively comfortable, and now there is a sudden invader, somewhat at a loss.
However, when the panicked king Shoyong, until the enemy was only 100 people, immediately gathered 2,000 men and horses, in the face of the tired more than 100 people of the Shimazu family, there was no softness, although the Ryukyu army from iron cannons to Ming bird guns, from iron swords to rake plows, there were any weapons, but the people of the Ryukyu Kingdom showed confidence in defending their homeland in the face of the invaders, and the army of the Ryukyu Kingdom directly killed all 100 people of the Shimazu family on the land of the Ryukyus, leaving no one alive.
Historically, it was the Shimazu family that invaded the Ryukyus and occupied the Ryukyus, but in this life, it was the Ryukyu family who killed all the Shimazu families, which can be regarded as a kind of causal cycle!
As for the Ryukyu Kingdom, after receiving this news, many samurai of the Kuroda family proposed to occupy it, after all, it is also a country! If the Kuroda family can have more nominal countries, it means that among the Kuroda family's retainers, there may be one more retainer at the level of the lord of the country in the future, which is definitely a good thing for them.
However, he was rejected by Kuroda Vocational High School, saying that although the Ryukyu Kingdom was not far from the Wa Kingdom, the Ryukyus had been a subject country of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times, and if they invaded the Ryukyus, they would be dissatisfied with the Ming Kingdom and even cause the two countries to go to war, which was really not beautiful.
Some samurai said, we are not afraid of the Ming Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty is strong and strong, even if it is a fight, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Kuroda said, "Three million. ”
"What three million?"
"There are three million soldiers available in the Ming Kingdom, and they are all soldiers with complete weapons."
At this time, everyone stopped talking, the Kuroda family is currently the number one force in the world, and the army that can be mobilized is only 80,000 or 90,000 people, and the Ming country has 3 million soldiers, so don't fight it well.
When Kuroda Vocational High School said this, only Shigeharu Takenaka, Masayuki Sanada, Muneun Kai, Riyasu Kuriyama, Inoue no Fu, Yoshitsugu Otani, Yukinaga Konishi and others were thoughtful.
Because there are too many loopholes in Kuroda Vocational High School, too big, for the Ryukyu Kingdom, even if it is occupied, the Ming Kingdom itself is worried about internal and external troubles, whether it will come to the rescue for the time being, even if the Ming Kingdom wants to come, it is absolutely impossible to send too many troops, and if there are fewer troops, can it compete with Kuroda Vocational High School? This is another problem.
However, everyone knows that Kuroda yearns for the culture of the Ming Kingdom, and has a great affection for the Ming Kingdom in his heart, which is not a problem, and the meaning of the lord is not something that their subordinates can accuse casually. This is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.
When the news of the Kuroda family's defeat of the Shimazu family reached Beppu Castle, the Ryuzoji family was in a uneasy mood, if the Kuroda family attacked southern Kyushu, there were not many people in Kyushu who could see the Kuroda family's intentions, and if it was no longer possible to see that the Kuroda family wanted to take all of Kyushu, it would be a fool, even the Ryuzoji family, who has always been known for their martial arts, knew what the Kuroda family was going to do next, not to mention the old fox of the Ryuzoji family.