"What? What did you say?" Mi Nekiyo was stunned again and again, "Who called? Is it the shogunate?"

Because the Ryukyu Kingdom has become a gathering place for the so-called Toyotomi loyalists a few years ago, Nie Nekiyo has always been worried that the shogunate army will attack. So today I heard that someone was attacking, and I subconsciously thought it was the Tokugawa shogunate.

The soldiers are coming.

"It's not the shogunate, it's the Spanish. The Spanish fleet is here, with more than twenty large sailing ships, and they are shelling the Ryukyu forts!"

"What? Are the Spaniards crazy?" After all, Kiyoo Kiyo is a Japanese devil who has closed his country and has not opened his eyes to see the world, otherwise he would not have asked such imbecile questions. The Kingdom of Spain is quite crazy to begin with!

That Philip IV thought he was the king of the earth favored by Heavenly Father! If such a person is not crazy, are there still people in the lunatic asylum?

"Execution, I don't know if they are crazy or not. I only know that the coastal defense fort in the Ryukyu Kingdom is useless and will fall soon. And Ming Dynasty does not have much troops in the Ryukyu Kingdom. There is only a trade supervisor who came to the battle just now.

When we were in the house, we saw the motorcade of the Trade Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty heading towards Fengmi Castle in Shannan. It seemed that they were preparing to escape, so we might as well escape too!"

The main island of the Ryukyu Kingdom is divided into three parts: Shanbei, Zhongshan, and Shannan. Shuri Imperial Castle and Naha Port are both located in Zhongshan. The Commercial Supervision Office of the Ming Dynasty and the Jinya of the Satsuma Domain in Japan are also located in Zhongshan. However, the Ming Dynasty still had a presence in Shannan.

There is a stronghold, Tomi Castle. It is not a bastion, but a small earthen castle. It is located on the seaside. There is a small fishing port nearby. There is a small bird boat parked there all year round. It should be used for Ming Dynasty business supervision and

Used by businessmen to retreat.

"Baga!" Ni Nekiyo was furious when he heard what his subordinates said. "We, the noble warriors, were ordered by the feudal lord to protect Ryukyu. How could we fear death in the face of the enemy? Moreover, ships from the feudal clan only came once every two months.

, it’s still one month before my next visit to Hong Kong!”

I can't leave even if I want to leave

"Xingxing, our numbers are too small and we have no artillery. How should we protect Ryukyu?"

"Of course it's Cage City!" Nie Kiyoo stood up suddenly, "Gather everyone and retreat to Shuri Royal City together!"

"Hai!" Dongxiang intern responded loudly with a sad face.

He also knew that the Shuri Imperial City could not be defended, because his mission in the Ryukyu Kingdom was to closely monitor the Imperial City. It was unexpected that the Ryukyu Royal Family was not allowed to set up defenses in the Imperial City. In the end, it was not the Shang Royal Family who would defend the Imperial City in Shuri, but himself.

and the Satsuma clan warriors who protect Ryukyu.

This is really a bit like digging your own grave!

If you don’t dig your own grave, you have to crawl into it even if you cry!

Intern Dongxiang hurriedly bowed to Ni Nekiyo, then turned around and ran out to call someone. As soon as he left, Ni Nekiyo patted the tatami and muttered: "Baga, what are the Spanish crazy about? Ryukyu State-owned

What? There’s nothing, not even enough rice to eat, so why are they here?”

Of course you can't guess what the Spaniards are doing, and the behavior of a madman is certainly not easy to guess.

Moreover, Nie Kiyoo has been looking at Kagoshima and the Satsuma Domain in Edo all his life, and he has never thought that Japan has unknowingly fallen into the circle of the Celestial Dynasty.

The self-contained Japan ceased to exist from the moment the Celestial Empire moved toward the ocean. Facing China, which was rushing toward the ocean step by step, Japan had no choice but to integrate into it!

Japan's national gate was not blasted open by some Chinese black ship with cannons. That was what the Westerners did to Japan. They were far away and could only use cannons to scare people. And China is close enough to Japan. Once it rushes into the ocean, it will inevitably

Flood Japan!

The well-informed Spanish lunatic has a very clear view of the impact that the rise of the Celestial Empire will have on Japan!

Once the Chinese Empire submerged Japan, there would be no force that could stop them from rushing to the other side of the Pacific.

Because the Spanish World Empire, which owns the west coast of the New World, has only a population of over 5.6 million, while the population of the Celestial Empire is almost thirty times that of Spain!

Once they move east in a big way, sooner or later they will be able to take part of the New World away from Spain with their numerical advantage!

Therefore, in order to defend their new continent, the Spanish Empire had to make every effort to prevent the Chinese Empire from flooding Japan.

The person responsible for this task is Caballero, the ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the Ming Dynasty. Although he is the ambassador to the Ming Dynasty, he has been active in Edo in the past few months. In addition to meeting with figures from the Sendai Domain to discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Spain,

Possibly, he also secretly met with the samurai stationed in Edo of the Satsuma Domain, Nagasu Domain, and Kumamoto Domain, and tried to sell them "cheap and high-quality" Spanish artillery and the theory of the threat from the Chinese Empire.

However, these so-called powerful feudal lords were very cautious in strengthening their armed forces, for fear of offending the Tokugawa shogunate, which was powerful and could not be offended.

The remnants of the arbitrary political power of the previous generation are still there, and even the powerful southwestern feudal lords tremble in front of the general's power.

The rise of the Celestial Dynasty once touched the majesty of the Shogun family, but now it is reported that Matsudaira Takako of the Aizu Domain will become the adopted daughter of the previous Shogun Iemitsu, change her name to Tokugawa Takako, and go to the Celestial Dynasty to marry.

Although it was the Tokugawa family who presented beauties to the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, which meant substantial surrender. But today's Ming Dynasty heroes have never asked foreign vassals to donate beauties. If the Tokugawa family's eldest son can successfully enter the Ming emperor's harem, nothing will happen.

It's the first one

If the powerful Tokugawa family had the support of the Emperor of China, how could the upper echelons of the southwestern vassals dare to resist?

Therefore, Caballero's activities in Edo were not successful. Until de Velasco hurried to Edo on a Galen ship of more than 200 tons, he did not sell a single Spanish artillery.

"What did you say? The Chinese have a reliable explosive bomb?" Caballero was shocked when he learned the result of the Battle of Dinghai, "How could this happen? What on earth is going on?"

De Velasco, who saved his life in the Battle of Dinghai Anchorage, smiled bitterly and said: "Ambassador, let's talk about it on the way. We have to go!"

"Go? Where?"

"Leave Edo and go to Kagoshima." De Velasco said, "Admiral Garcia has decided to attack the Ryukyu Kingdom! We must have succeeded now, so we have to leave immediately. If we are late, we are afraid that the Tokugawa shogunate will detain us.

"

"Attack on Ryukyu? Why is this?"

De Velasco said: "Of course it is to show the power of the Spanish Armada in the East!"

"Powerful? Can determine the battle of sea anchorage"

De Velasco sighed: "Of course we won! Our fleet rushed into their anchorage, burned more than a dozen ships, and lost four of our own. Of course we won a great victory!"

Of course, twelve to four, of course Spain wins!

"What does the Admiral mean?" Caballero asked.

"The general hopes that we can support Japan's powerful lords against the generals who succumbed to the Ming Dynasty," de Velasco said. "Once Japan falls into civil strife, we can recruit mercenaries from Japan and use arms to support pro-Spanish forces.

and the Catholic lords. The most important thing, of course, is to use the civil strife in Japan to stop the Ming Dynasty from advancing eastward."

"I understand!" Caballero nodded, "These are exactly what I want to do. However, no matter how much civil strife there is in Japan, it will not involve too much energy of the Ming Dynasty, unless the Tokugawa shogunate faces the fate of failure. But

Judging from the balance of power in Japan, such a thing is unlikely to happen. If we are determined to defend the New World, we must prepare for the worse!"

"Worse plan?"
Chapter completed!