Chapter 307
Cheng Shijie continued to eat with relish.
Li Zhixiang said with some confusion: "Commander, are you going to surrender so soon?"
"Surrender ass!"
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said: "They don't give up so easily. These idiots won't look back until they hit their heads and get bloodshed!"
Li Zhixiang said a little puzzled: "Then why do they raise the white flag?"
"I was beaten for no reason. If it were you, you would have sent an envoy over to ask why you were beaten."
Cheng Shijie knew these little days too well. Cheng Shijie actually didn't want to talk to them, because there would be no results in talking with them. If they should fight, they would still have to fight.
The reason why Cheng Shijie fights in his small life is for Luzon. Whether the warriors in his small life went to Luzon voluntarily, or the Spaniards or the Dutch are fighting a proxy war, Cheng Shijie decided to solve the problem from the root first, or bring the Dutch to Luzon. Or the Spaniards led to the small days and fought a vigorous battle in the small days.
Anyway, in a big fight in Xiaoli, all that was destroyed was the pots and jars in Xiaoli's home.
Cheng Shijie finished dinner, drank two cups of tea, then took a bath, changed into casual clothes, and coaxed Cheng Jiayue to sleep, and then summoned the Little Life Messenger in Cheng Shijie's RV.
Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo came in with the Little Day Messenger. Cheng Shijie looked at the messenger and realized that I am really short. Cheng Jialong is thirteen years old and 1.7 meters tall. However, this Little Day Messenger is twenty centimeters shorter than Cheng Jialong.
It doesn't matter if he's short, the key is that he's still fat and looks like a gas tank.
"Shimazu retainer Kitago Tadora, pays his respects to the general of the Kingdom of Japan!"
Beixiang Zhonghu knelt down respectfully and made three bows and nine kowtows. He spoke Chinese very fluently and had a slight Jiangnan accent.
Cheng Shijie waved his hand and said, "Get up."
Beixiang Zhonghu kowtowed again and said respectfully: "We have seen the invincible heroic appearance of the iron-blooded army under the general, but we still don't know the name of the general of the country. Please enlighten me!"
"I won't change my name in office, and I won't change my surname in office, Cheng Shijie!"
"Duke Hai of the Ming Dynasty, Governor of Liaodong?"
When he learned that the other party was actually Cheng Shijie, Beixiang Zhonghu was extremely shocked. If it were said three years ago, no one might have known who Cheng Shijie was. After the Battle of Bali Bay, Xiaoli had already begun to pay attention to Cheng Shijie, because Cheng Shijie was known for his Twenty to thirty thousand men and horses, with a small number of enemies, killed Jiannu so much that his blood flowed and his vitality was severely damaged.
Even Liaoyang was lost.
Not to mention, Cheng Shijie is simply a crazy wolf, biting anyone he catches.
Their good friend Zheng Zhilong of the Satsuma clan has dominated the sea for more than ten years and has set his sights on Southeast Asia. Even the Dutch and Spanish have to pay protection fees. However, after Zheng Zhilong's men robbed Cheng Shijie's ship, Cheng Shijie led the Ning Navy southward. After more than half a year of war, the entire Zheng Group was wiped out. Even Zheng Zhilong defected to Cheng Shijie. It is said that Zheng Zhilong now walks his dog and plays with birds every day in Liaodong.
Spain carried out three massacres against the Chinese in Luzon. No one in the Ming Dynasty said anything. However, after Cheng Shijie found out, he brazenly sent troops to Luzon and drove the Spaniards out of Luzon.
The Dutch had a conflict with Cheng Shijie, and Cheng Shijie led Ning Haijun to attack Batavia and snatched Malacca from the Dutch. Now the Dutch also have to pay protection money to Cheng Shijie.
"Your Majesty, General Cheng, has great military achievements. Who doesn't know about it?"
Beixiang Zhonghu changed the subject: "It's just that I don't know that my little country has no quarrel with Cheng Shuai. On the contrary, there are many businessmen who maintain a good cooperative relationship with you. Why did you suddenly turn your back and lead an army to conquer the little people?" day?"
"Do you still need a reason to beat you up?"
When Beixiang Zhonghu heard this, he was so angry that his teeth chattered. From what he meant, Cheng Shijie was not prepared to lose face. That would be difficult, and a gentleman can be deceived. No matter what reasons Cheng Shijie put forward, he would always have a way to refute it, but it would be difficult if Cheng Shijie just acted rogue.
Kitago Tadora looked at the angry little samurai around him and quickly realized that they should be calm. Cheng Shijie made it clear that he did not want to negotiate with them. In fact, if the Shimadzu family had the absolute upper hand, they would not be here. It is time to negotiate. If you want to negotiate, you need to wait until the war is over and a complete victory is achieved before negotiating.
Now these days, the warriors use force in front of Cheng Shijie, which just gives Cheng Shijie an excuse to have a fit. Whether he wants to endure it or not, he must endure it now.
"Your Excellency General Cheng, please don't bully others too much! Although our national power in Xiaoli is not as good as that of Ming Dynasty, we are not easy to bully! Your Excellency General Cheng led a large army to Xiaori Kingdom to burn, kill and loot for no reason, so you are not afraid of all Is the world laughing at you?"
"Does it need to be so straightforward?"
"The villain doesn't understand what General Cheng means!"
"What I mean is very simple. You can shamelessly paddle a canoe to our Ming Dynasty to burn, kill, and loot. What more face do I need? Let me tell you, I am shameless. Do you understand?"
Beixiang Zhonghu's neck was thickened several times. If looks could kill, Cheng Shijie would have turned into a sieve at this moment.
Seeing that Beixiang Zhonghu was about to die of anger, Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "If you have to ask me to find a reason to beat you, I will just find one. That...you guys twenty-six years ago We sent troops to occupy the Ryukyu Kingdom, do you admit this?"
Beixiang Zhonghu's face turned from red to white, no good, he will have to settle the score after the fall! He said forcefully: "This happened more than 20 years ago, and Ming Dynasty didn't say anything at that time!"
When I invaded Ryukyu in my childhood, two main things happened. First, Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea and asked Ryukyu to provide 15,000 troops for support. Since Japan's opponent in Korea was China, and China was the suzerain of Ryukyu, they naturally could not agree to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's request and only provided logistical supplies for 7,000 people. The second incident occurred in 1603, the thirty-first year of Wanli, when Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan, and Ryukyu did not send an envoy to express his gratitude.
Ordinarily Ryukyu did neither of these two things wrong. They have no affiliation with Xiaoriyu. Of course Ryukyu can ignore the war in Xiaoriji. Xiaoriyu has changed its boss. Why should Ryukyu send people to express gratitude, but Xiaoriyu people don’t care. These. In 1609, the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, the lord of Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Iehisa, sent troops to attack Ryukyu with the permission of Tokugawa Ieyasu for the following reasons:
1. Ryukyu refused to send envoys to Xiaori to express gratitude; 2. Ryukyu obstructed trade between Xiaori and the Ming Dynasty; 3. Ryukyu did not support Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s military expenditure when he invaded Korea.
As a result, after the battle, the central governing body of the Ryukyu Kingdom, from the royal family to all civil and military officials, was transferred to Kagoshima by the Satsuma Domain. The Ryukyu King Shonin had to recognize the Satsuma Domain's control of Ryukyu. The Satsuma Domain not only demanded tribute from Ryukyu, but also seized the Amami Islands from Ryukyu.
Although Ryukyu was not subjugated, it had actually become a puppet state in its small days.
"We didn't say anything at the time because we were busy and couldn't take care of you! Now that I'm free, I naturally have to sort out all those bad things in the past, otherwise some people won't know who is the boss. Ryukyu is a barrier of the Ming Dynasty, and you are invading Ryukyu is just a slap in Ming’s face, and the consequences will be serious, you know?”
Beixiang Zhonghu's forehead was sweating. He did not doubt Cheng Shijie's words. After all, the boss of the Ming Dynasty was quite capable. There were also natural and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty at that time. The treasury was so empty that rats could starve to death. When he heard that the little brother invaded North Korea in his childhood, , Ming Dynasty directly sent troops to support North Korea without saying anything.
The Ming Dynasty tightened its belt and sent hundreds of thousands of troops, 40,000 in the early stage and 80,000 in the later period. In the early days, the first troop was 150,000 and the second was 140,000. The two sides fought for more than six years. Although this battle was indirect, Forcing the Jurchens to rise, it also led to the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate.
This war had a huge impact on the two countries. Kitago Tadora also knew that after the invasion of Ryukyu, he did not get much benefit from Ryukyu in his childhood. After all, Ryukyu was too small.
"I know, I know! When I go back, I will make sure that the governor of the family reflects on it and gives a big gift to the country to make amends!"
Cheng Shijie said: "You want to get rid of us with just a shabby gift? Do you think we are beggars?"
The sweat on Beixiang Zhonghu's forehead became even thicker: "Then what can we do to make General Cheng calm down and withdraw his troops?"
"You want us to withdraw our troops? Simple! First, you have to withdraw your troops from Ryukyu. Not a single soldier can be left behind!"
"This is impossible!"
Cheng Shijie ignored Beixiang Tadora's objection and continued: "After withdrawing the troops, you have to compensate the Ryukyu Kingdom two million taels of silver!"
"Why don't you go and grab it!"
"I'm snatching it! By the way, don't get excited yet. There is also the third item. This time I will send more than 50,000 troops. You have to compensate me for the military expenses of sending troops. Just pay ten million taels of silver!"
Cheng Shijie continued: "The last one is that you must pay half of the grain to Ming Dynasty every year as compensation for provoking Ming Dynasty... Those are the four for now. I haven't thought of the others yet. I will let you know when I think of them."
Beixiang Zhonghu took a few breaths, and his whole body swelled so much that Cheng Shijie was a little worried, wouldn't this guy explode? Fortunately, although Beixiang Tadora was so angry that he was about to explode, it was not a suicide bomb after all, and it did not explode.
Beixiang Zhonghu stared at Cheng Shijie, his voice was calm, but contained endless anger and resentment: "Is this the condition of General Cheng?"
Cheng Shijie said seriously: "Yes."
Beixiang Tadora gritted his teeth and said: "The general is determined to eat our Satsuma clan, isn't he?"
Cheng Shijie shook his head and said, "No!"
Beixiang Zhonghu was delighted: "What General Cheng means is..."
"How can a small Satsuma clan satisfy this handsome man's appetite!"
Beixiang Zhonghu roared: "We cannot accept such conditions!"
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? Hurry back and prepare your troops for war!"
Beixiang Zhonghu glared at Cheng Shijie and said, "Don't be complacent yet. The country has a kamikaze bodyguard in Xiaoli. The bones of the Yuan Kou at the bottom of Hakata Bay will be your fate!"
"Let's wait and see!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Beixiang Zhonghu's back and said to Sun Kewang: "Hopefully, you can see that Xiaoli has no sincerity in negotiating at all!"
Sun Kewang refreshed his understanding of Cheng Shijie. It was impossible for anyone to agree to the conditions proposed by Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Shijie was also reminded by Beixiang Zadahu that he remembered the Ryukyu clan captured by Xiaozhi. He hurriedly said: "Go to Lu'er City and ask if the Ryukyu royal family is still there!"
"This... war is in chaos, just in case..."
"As long as someone from the Shang family is here!"
Cheng Shijie actually didn't have much hope. You must know that the people in the death camp are not good people. It takes at least five heads to gain freedom. Now they are far from reaching their goal.
During Tsushima Island, not even a single young man was captured, but only more than 2,000 women and children were captured. Jin Zidian bought them from Ning Haijun at the price of five taels of silver each. They were to be regarded as war merits.
However, the truth is so magical.
At dawn, Sun Kewang finally found the Ryukyu royal family among the prisoners. Not only the Ryukyu king, but also the Ryukyu queen, the Ryukyu prince, two maids, and a eunuch.
When these six people were brought to Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie did not see the shadow of royal nobles in these people. They were well dressed, but they were all skinny, especially the eleven-year-old Ryukyu Crown Prince Shang Xian. The child was so thin that his eyes were bulging, a bit like a frog.
As for the queen and maids, the three of them together weigh no more than 180 kilograms, which is less than Cheng Shijie alone. Until this time, Shang Gong, the eighth generation king of the Shang clan, the second dynasty of Ryukyu, was brought to Cheng Shijie.
Shang Gong is the fourth son of Prince Shang Jiu of Jinwu (Shang Jiu is the third son of King Shang Yuan of the fifth generation) and the father of King Shang Xian and King Shang Zhi. King Shang Ning had no children, so he made Shang Gong his adopted heir. He succeeded to the throne in 1621, the first year of Tianqi.
Shang Gong seems to still be dreaming now. He has been captured by the Xiaoli people for more than 20 years. He has been living in the hostage house in Kaoji City, which was later renamed Ryukyu Palace. Huang Taiji's Shenyang Palace looks like a landlord's compound, and Shang Gong's mansion is not as good as the mansion Cheng Shijie bought for eight hundred taels of silver in Dengzhou City.
As the puppet king of Ryukyu, his provisions are only equivalent to the tenth level of the eleven levels of samurai in Japan, that is, the provisions of the ashigaru head, with an annual salary of four stones. That is 480 kilograms of rice.
Emperor Chongzhen's thinness was caused by his own hunger and overwork, while Shang Gong's thinness was due to abuse during his childhood. If he was given enough rice, it would not be a big problem to eat him. But, The problem is, he can only hold 46%, and he didn't learn from Ming Dynasty when he was young.
"Thank you, General Cheng!"
In terms of title, Shang Gong can be regarded as the prince of the vassal, while Cheng Shijie is only the Duke of Haiguo, which is quite different in rank. However, Shang Gong does not dare to act like a prince in front of Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Shijie watched Shang Gong's eyes fixed on the plate of snacks next to Cheng Shijie, and Shang Gong swallowed hard.
"Your Majesty, you haven't had your meal yet?"
"Use...no!"
Shang Gong's stomach growled unsatisfactorily.
"Come here, hurry up and prepare a meal for the King of Ryukyu!"
When the food was served, Shang Gong still looked like a man. He was not in a hurry to eat, but let his son eat first, then the queen, and finally it was his turn.
The family ate like refugees.
"Commander!"
Cheng Shijie asked someone to invite the King of Ryukyu to the ship. After all, the military camp was inconvenient and there was no way to make special arrangements. Just after Cheng Shijie made arrangements, the scout responsible for detecting Xiaori's movements came over and reported: "Here comes the reinforcements from Xiaori! "
"How many troops are there?"
"Thirty to forty thousand people!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Sun Kewang and said: "Bozoars are different from the Tatars and Jiannu. They have been in the habit of using cannons to bombard enemy positions a long time ago. This time they assembled an army of 40,000 people, with at least three large and small cannons." There are more than ten gates, so they should not be underestimated!”
Sun Kewang asked in confusion: "More than thirty artillery pieces...are they too few?"
"Don't underestimate it. The cannons used by Xiaori are all authentic Hongyi cannons. If you hit them, you will be killed and wounded! So when Xiaori is shelling, you all stay in the trenches. Their cannons are Let our artillery clean it up, and when our artillery has almost cleared their cannons, you can jump out of the trenches and use crossbows to kill the charging little warriors!"
"clear!"
Cheng Shijie patted Sun Kewang on the shoulder and said: "Pay attention to controlling casualties. The fewer people killed or injured, the better. I brought you to Xiaoli, not to let you die. There will be many battles waiting for you to fight in the future!"
Sun Kewang said in disbelief: "The commander-in-chief treats us as his own?"
"Bullshit, if I really treat you as cannon fodder, why would I arm you from head to toe? Isn't it okay to give you a knife and a spear?"
Cheng Shijie's words are very reasonable. Although the death camp is called death, in Sun Kewang's view, this level of equipment is much better than the Guan Ning Army, except for the regular Ning Haijun Army. If Sun Kewang was allowed to lead the death battalion to fight against Guan Ningjun, he would have absolute confidence to beat Guan Ningjun into a dog.
"The commander-in-chief is absolutely right, in the end he will judge the gentleman with his villain's heart!"
Cheng Shijie said: "This battle still has to be fought. When we defeat Jiannu in the future, I will not seal the sword. We can continue to expand and occupy all those flat and fertile lands. As for you, if you are interested If so, after we finish fighting, we will go to India to fight another guy, and the land we conquered will belong to you!"
"India?"
Sun Kewang asked doubtfully: "Where is that place?"
"This is the place where Monk Tang studied for Buddhist scriptures. I can tell you that there are fertile plains there, and the climate conditions are also very good, with long sunshine hours and abundant rainfall. As long as you are diligent enough, it is not a problem to grow three seasons of rice a year. Just cook it casually. There will be a good harvest.”
"Is there really such a good place?"
Sun Kewang didn't quite understand. The people of the Ming Dynasty had a desire for land that ordinary people couldn't understand, and the quality of the cultivated land in the Ming Dynasty was relatively poor. If there was a piece of land that could allow them to grow three crops of rice a year, and get a bumper harvest every season, They must be crazy about it.
The Ming Dynasty once gave up on Liaodong because of the Little Glacier weather. Cheng Shijie invested so much in Liaodong. If it weren't for sweet potatoes and potatoes, and if it weren't for the support of strong industrial manufacturing capabilities, he would have lost money in Liaodong.
It's really like a normal climate. The Jiannu wanted to occupy Liaodong, and they were so stupid. If it weren't for the fact that Liaodong didn't have enough interests at the time... it's hard to say what the outcome would be.
Cheng Shijie's words were conveyed to all the soldiers in the death camp by Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and Liu Wenxiu. Only now did these soldiers in the death camp believe that Cheng Shijie did not lie to them. They are full of hope for the future.
Soon, thunderous cheers came from the Ming army's position, especially the soldiers of the death camp, who were beating their chests and stamping their feet, impatient, hoping that the little Japanese army would come over quickly and fight fiercely, and chop off enough heads to redeem themselves. After returning to freedom, Admiral Ning wants to follow Cheng Shijie to open up new territories!
"Brother Liu, you have reached the sixth level of beheading, right?"
"It's level seven!"
"It's enough to reduce the sentence. Next...Brother Liu, can you give in to brother Rang!"
"Jean...how can you say such crazy words!"
"We brothers..."
"Brothers can't do it either. We are now enjoying the treatment of Ning Haijun in the death camp. We chop off a dwarf's head and are rewarded with ten acres of land. I am still waiting for me to earn money and marry a wife!"
"Who says it's not the case? If you want to beheaded, just use your skills to chop it off!"
Under the guidance of Naval officer Ning, the soldiers of the Death Battalion began to dig trenches in earnest. At the same time, the sailors of Ning Navy also removed the relatively easy-to-disassemble rocket launchers from the battleship and sent them to the front of the position. The dismantled ones were still there. There are a large number of three-inch naval guns and four-inch naval guns.
The rocket launcher has a short range. Compared with the Hongyi cannon, it suffers from a disadvantage in terms of range. If you want to win the battle, you also need naval guns. Rocket launchers one by one, driven by Ning Haijun, slowly came to the front of the formation. Artillery positions began to be laid out one after another.
The Ming army couldn't wait for the Xiaori Army to come over quickly and take the kill, but they had to wait because the Xiaori Army still had some things to deal with.
What needs to be dealt with is deciding who will own the command. The 40,000-strong army belongs to dozens of big names and numerous factions. They also have hatreds against each other, hatred across rivers and seas, and numerous conflicts. However, they are temporarily united under the pressure of the Ming army, but no one can He refused to let his old enemy and sworn enemy overwhelm him. Everyone wanted this command power.
Anyone who is not an idiot knows that if this battle can be won, the value will be much higher than those previous "joint battles" at the village chief level, county chief level, or at most the senior official level. As a commander, he will definitely overwhelm Oda Nobunaga. , Toyotomi Hidetomi and this group of talented people will be recorded in the history of Xiaoni forever. Who wouldn’t want such an opportunity?
But the problem is, there is only one position for commander, and everyone wants it, so what should we do?
We can only argue. Shimazu Mitsuhisa said that the battlefield is on my territory, and I will take up the position of commander-in-chief!
Maori Yuanhui said that you should save your time. Your territory has been destroyed by others, so why do you have the nerve to ask for command? let me!
Hosokawa Yuiji of the Kumamoto Domain excitedly asked me to come, with my Kumamoto army from the Hosokawa family as the main force.
Guaranteed to chop all Ming troops into pieces! Fukuoka Domain said that you all should have fun while...
The father-in-law said that the father-in-law was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right. No one would obey the other, and there would be a quarrel.
If they were asked to argue about the result, would it take years and months?
Cheng Shijie said to add fuel to their fire and make their quarrel more intense.
As a result, Ning Haijun's more than 160 three-inch naval guns, more than 80 four-inch naval guns, and more than 260 rocket launchers fired shells at Xiaori Camp, about two miles away from the Ming army's formation. .
"Boom boom boom..."
When the cannonballs fell on Xiaori's camp, Xiaori finally stopped quarreling, and it was just a quarrel. If the quarrel continued, there would be no need to fight this war.
As a result, Xiaori's army came up with a different solution. They divided their troops into nine groups and attacked each other.
(End of chapter)
