Chapter 858 Storm
Shimazu clan is the most typical exogenous daimyo. Although he escaped the end of the change by chance, the financial pressure of the Tokugawa shogunate to Shimazu clan is getting greater and greater. He likes to use Shimazu clan to take on labor service when Shimazu clan succeeded to the throne. When Shimazu Tadhoku succeeded to the throne, his debt was only 20,000 taels, but he has been out of here for several years.
Moreover, it is the Edo era when the world is unified. Tokugawa Tadhisattva feels that peace in the world will allow him to use martial arts against Ryukyu is an extremely difficult question.
Although Tadahoshi Shimazu was the most determined scholar of Seiriku, he was not sure about this key issue, so he could only vent his anger on Takakura Uno who escaped back to Satsuma: "Where is Ishida Kanan? Why did you run back, Ishida Kanan didn't come back!"
As Kanan Ishida's assistant, Takakura Uino naturally saw Kanan Ishida fall under the platoon of the Haibei Army. However, in order to shirk responsibility, he not only did not explain Kanan Ishida's ending, but instead poured sewage on Kanan Ishida's head.
"Your Highness, Ishida Jun said that he was leading us to break through, but as soon as he contacted the Haibei Army, Ishida Jun disappeared without a trace, so that our breakthrough was on the verge of failure from the beginning!"
This is not the result that Shimazu Tadaho wants to hear, but as a daimyo, Shimazu Tadaho still has to deal with the funeral of Ishida Kanan: "No matter what, Ishida Kanan was missing in Ryukyu's battle for my Satsuma clan. Let's send some silver and rice to his family first!"
Just thinking about the losses suffered in this battle, Tadaoshi Shimazu was in great pain.
Although the Satsuma Pharaoh is a top-notch daimyo with a height of 770,000 stones, the real output of the Satsuma Pharaoh has always been low. They even claimed that the maximum output is only 300,000 to 400,000 stones.
Although this is purely a cry for poverty, the Satsuma family is indeed a poor place with limited financial resources. Now he has lost nearly 600 people in the Ryukyu Kingdom at one time. Shimazu Tadaetsu didn't know how to explain it to the following.
You should know that during the Battle of Sekigahara, the Satsuma tribe had only mobilized 1,500 people, and the dispatch of Ryukyu troops was only dispatched 3,000 people. In this inexplicable Battle of Ryukyu, nearly 600 people were lost in one breath, and only twenty or thirty people broke through and fled back to the Satsuma tribe, which made Tadahoshi Shimazu feel that he had to borrow money from the Edo merchants again.
When he thought of the large debts he had borne, Tadahoshi Shimazu felt a little desperate, but in his despair he had a little more ruthlessness: "It seems that if we don't take away these Haibei barbarians, our Satsuma vassal will not have a good life. Gao Yu Kurano, are you willing to avenge Ishiyama Kananjun and the samurai who died in the sulfur ball?"
Even if Gao Yukura no has the courage to say "I don't want it". He immediately said: "Although Ishida Jun's performance in Ryukyu is too clumsy, as Ishida Jun's comrade-in-arms, I am willing to avenge Ishida Jun's shame!
But Takakura Uino asked quickly: "Is it necessary for us to continue the method of Ishida in Ryukyu this time?"
The Satsuma vassal's policy in Ryukyu Kingdom this time can be said to be aggressive, and did not give the Haibei Army any chance to ease the conflict between Xu Zichen. Instead, it pressed step by step, forcing the Haibei Army to a dead end.
I originally thought that the Haibei Army would give up the opportunity to intervene in Ryukyu because of the Liaodong war, but no one expected that Ishida Kanan would force Haibei Town too fast, and the result was that Haibei Town directly overturned the table.
Although Tadahoshi Shimazu gave Kanan Ishida the order to prepare to overturn the table, Tadahoshi Shimazu would not admit this. He insisted on defending himself: "Ishidahoshi's solution is my opinion. In the Ryukyu Kingdom's problem, there is no tolerance for two tigers!"
In fact, Tadahoshi Shimazu was not only concerned with the interests of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but also had more interest demands. In particular, the special trade between Haibei Town and the Ma Zong family seriously affected the profits Shimazu made at sea.
The larger the trade scale between Haibei Town and the Tsuma Zong family, the more profit it makes, the greater the attack on the Shimazu clan. Why did Shimazu clan always adopt the strategy of killing the Haibei army in the Ryukyu Kingdom? It is because it is necessary to attack Haibei Town, which has the closest connection with the Sect family.
However, there is another reason for Shimazu to deal with Haibei Town, that is, it is necessary to defend the Amami Islands, especially Amami Oshima. Since Tadhoven Shimazu ascended the throne, the entire Shimazu family has suffered from a continuous crisis of debt. When Tadhoven Shimazu ascended the throne, the entire Satsuma family's debt had reached 20,000 taels, and the debt had been several times higher than the soft and hard work of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
In this case, the Shimazu family must rely on the black sugar produced by the Amami Islands to survive. Once the Shimazu family leaves the Amami Islands, the black sugar will go bankrupt immediately. However, now the Haibei Army has taken over the Ryukyu Kingdom. Next, they may enter the Amami Islands north at any time and take away the most important source of wealth of Shimazu family.
Thinking of this, Tadahoshi Shimazu had made up his mind: "Takakura Uino, you go to Amami Oshima immediately, and take some soldiers from Samoto to strengthen the defense of Amami Five Islands. Also, we must figure out the arrangement of the Haibei Army in Ryukyu!"
The information that Takakura Uino and other Ryukyu battles can provide is still not accurate enough, so that Tadahoshi Shimazu still cannot figure out how much troops the Haibei Army has invested in this Ryukyu battle.
Although the Shimazu clan was sure that the Haibei Army had invested a large army in the Ryukyu Kingdom this time, otherwise the 600 army of Ishida Kanan would not have been completely wiped out so quickly, the problem is that the Shimazu clan would adopt completely different strategies based on the forces invested by the Haibei Army. Therefore, Tadahoshi Shimazu felt that it was necessary to figure out how much troops the Haibei Army had invested and what they were going to do in Ryukyu.
Takakura Uino immediately agreed: "I will immediately lead my troops back to Amami Oshima and strive to find out everything about the Haibei Army, but I must explain that this time the Haibei Army has invested at least 3,000 people in Ryukyu!"
This battle of Ryukyu was a complete nightmare for Takakura Uino, so he naturally did not want to repeat such nightmare, so he first avoided the issue of the Haibei Army's troops being deployed.
Shimazu Tadaemun immediately replied: "The main enemy of Haibei Town is not our Shimazu clan, but the Jurchen Aisin Gioro clan. Therefore, even if they invest 10,000 people, the number of troops they can stay in Ryukyu Kingdom will not exceed 1,000 people! The key to this battle is not how much troops the Haibei Army has invested, but..."
Tador Shimazu's expression became distressed, but he still expressed his thoughts: "General Yu Hidetachi's attitude..."
What kind of attitude does Tokugawa Hidetachi, the world's number one person, have towards the Ryukyu battle? This is the real key to the crucial battle of Ryukyu.
However, for the Guanning Army, the victory or defeat of the Battle of Ryukyu was not a key issue. They just saw that the Haibei Army had sent troops to the Ryukyu Kingdom without asking for instructions. This was simply a lawless monk holding an umbrella.
Ning Qiandao Yuan Chonghuan said directly: "If God doesn't take it, he will be blamed. Master Jianli, Governor, this time Yuan Keli's governor Denglai may not last long!"
Over the past year, Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, has taken a slant towards Haibei Town on all key issues related to the two war zones. As a result, the relationship between the two sides is getting worse and worse, and now it is already in a state of power.
Now that the Guanning Army saw that the Haibei Army dared to send troops to Ryukyu without authorization, they were all very happy. They quickly took the blame before talking. Sun Chengzong said half of the fair words: "Although Yuan Fuyuan is also kind, this fact is over, too much. I think Yuan Keli must explain this matter to the court!"
Ma Shilong, the general officer there, also said: "Well! Ryukyu has always been a loyal vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Haibei Town has been lawless to send troops to Ryukyu without even saying hello. Yuan Yuan Courtyard has to endorse Haibei Town in this matter. This is really shameful, it is simply indiscriminate right and wrong!"
Whether Haibei Town is lawless is lawless, Yuan Keli is not clear about right or wrong. Ma Shilong is not actually clear, but they are very clear that since the Haibei Army made such a fatal mistake, Guan Ning will step on Haibei Town and make the Haibei Army unable to turn over forever.
But the Liaodong Governor Zhang Fengyi also said a little fair sentence: "Yes, General Liu is really guilty of death now. I think his only way to protect himself is to send troops to Haigai as soon as possible to express his feelings!"
Zhang Fengyi naturally dug a big hole for Yunquan in Haibei Town. Now the garrison in Haigai is all the two red flags of Jiannu. After a year of rest and recuperation, the two red flags have basically returned to their peak scale. It can be said that they are strong and powerful.
Not to mention that the Haibei Army had taken all the Haigai, even if it attacked any of Haizhou and Gaizhou alone, it would be full of difficulties and crises, and even the entire army would be in danger of a major collapse.
Not to mention that once the Haibei Army attacks Haigai, Nurhaci in Liaoyang will definitely not sit idly by. At that time, Jiannu will inevitably come out in full swing. The Haibei Army's Haigai Battle will inevitably be in danger, and it will even reach a life-threatening situation.
But Zhang Fengyi specifically stated such a golden road because he knew that the Haibei Army had many crises to recover Haigai. Yuan Chonghuan said on the other side: "Yes, since the Haibei Army recovered Fuzhou, it has always been dependent on both ends of snakes and rats. Some even doubted whether Haibei Town had a peace talk with Jiannu. Now the major event of sending troops to Ryukyu has been made, and their Haibei Town must express their feelings."
Although the Guanning Army has always had a big battle with Jiannu in the past two years but no meaning, the Guanning Army has some friends in the court, including Sun Chengzong, Zhang Fengyi, Ma Shilong and even Yuan Chonghuan, who can submerge Haibei Town with just one order.
Chapter completed!