"This is a violation!"
Seeing Xia Jun's actions, Shen Yuanzhi trembled all over and tried to maintain it.
Beside him, Shen Tingyang was very content.
How many years!
China was either repeatedly detained by the nomads in the north, or was ravaged by Japanese pirates along the coast.
The foreign invasions again and again really made the people all over the world angry, sad and helpless.
Now you can show off your power overseas, how fun it is!
There is only Xia Kingdom.
Only Xia Guo can do this.
"Hand over the murderer, otherwise these people will be the murderers."
Shen Tingyang pointed to the dock.
Over there, Xia Jun was escorting the captured Satsuma navy to the shore one by one, and then ordered them to kneel by the water.
Xia Jun's cold bayonet could fall at any time.
There were thousands of prisoners, and the scene was spectacular.
Shen Yuan was honest but extremely desperate.
Of course he understood that if Xia Jun really let these Japanese warriors be executed in public here, it would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to Japan.
The Japanese people who saw this scene were afraid that they would never be able to hold their heads up again from now on.
"This matter is too big for me to make the decision. Please allow Mr. Shen some time, and I will report the matter to General Da'ao."
Shen Tingyang stretched out five fingers.
"Five days, you only have five days. If there is no reply after five days, then there is no need to reply."
Shen Yuanzhi left in a hurry.
When things got to this point, they were far beyond his authority.
His only remaining hope was that Nagasaki would not be bombarded by the Xia Navy again.
It would be a shame if this beautiful city was destroyed.
Will Xia Gui wait patiently for five days?
Obviously not.
Zhang Keda just circled around Nagasaki, and then led a squadron north along the coast of Kyushu Island.
Soon, the entrance to a narrow strait appeared in front of him.
Japan has already deployed fortifications on both sides of the entrance, and there are patrol boats on the water.
Obviously, the merchant ships passing by here will never be able to pass if they don't leave something behind.
The Xia Navy decided to follow this tradition and left something behind.
But what they left behind was...
Cannonballs.
During the wild bombing, Xiaguan was razed to the ground.
Countless Japanese people fled in panic, and the panic news would definitely spread throughout Japan.
Zhang Keda didn't care that the Japanese pass was destroyed.
He led his army through the Shimonoseki Strait and entered the Seto Inland Sea.
Only one year has passed since the Battle of Tsushima.
But just this year, the difference in strength between Xia State and Japan has become even bigger and bigger.
It's not that Xia's strength has improved too quickly, but that Japan's strength has been reduced more seriously.
Without the Satsuma clan's navy, although Japan is an island country, its power on the water is negligible.
In addition, the reason why Zhang Keda dared to advance so boldly was that through more than a year of operations, Xia Guo had already figured out the details of Japan.
Although Shen Tingyang and others arrived in Japan, they were only stationed in Nagasaki and had not been to other places.
But many times, obtaining and collecting intelligence is not very difficult.
The businessmen coming and going are enough to reveal information about Japan.
The Xia Kingdom has long known that Japan's maritime power is completely gone. Therefore, the navy can rush into Japan's inland sea unscrupulously without worrying about encountering any accidents.
Now Japan finally knows how big the trouble is.
Zhang Ke led his army straight towards Beppu Bay and was on the verge of Oita.
Just this one move made Matsudaira Nobutsuna's soul appear.
The shogunate army he led landed in Oita, preparing to quell the Shimabara rebellion.
As a result, although the vanguard unit he led had completed the landing, the other daimyo troops that followed were completely blocked by the Xia Navy and could not get through at all.
Not only that, the Bizen Fukuyama Domain's army also encountered bombardment from the Natsu Kingdom Navy. More than twenty ships were sunk, and more than a thousand soldiers were killed or fell into the water.
In addition to the inability of follow-up troops to arrive, the logistical supplies that the shogunate army needed most were also cut off by the Xia Kingdom.
Now let alone quelling the Shimabara riot, whether so many troops can be maintained has become a big problem.
Matsudaira Nobutsuna really wanted to take action against Xia's army immediately to show Japan's majesty.
However, all Xia's troops were on the battleships, so he could only look at the ocean and sigh, and he was unable to use his strength.
Bad news comes one after another.
Just when Matsudaira Nobutsuna had not figured out how to deal with the Xia Kingdom Navy, the situation on Kyushu Island further deteriorated.
After defeating the Kumamoto clan, Yuan Shengsheng immediately led his army back to the division. After joining forces with Amakusa Tokisada, they launched a fierce attack on Saga Castle.
With enough artillery to help, Zuohe Fan's city defense was completely ineffective.
Three days later, the Shimabara rebel army entered Saga Castle.
Nabeshima Katsushige only had time to send someone to deliver the last letter for help to Matsudaira Nobutsuna, before he was killed by the Shimabara rebels within the domain.
At this time, the situation on Kyushu Island was completely out of control.
The Shimabara rebel army has completely rushed out of the Shimabara Peninsula and is dominating the Saga Domain. To the south, the Kumamoto Domain can be spied on.
The Nagasaki and Fukuoka domains were also surrounded by soldiers, and there was no peace anymore.
Counting the troops at hand, Matsudaira Nobutsuna suddenly realized that, let alone quelling the Shimabara riot, he might die in Kyushu soon.
When the situation collapsed, Matsudaira Nobutsuna had no choice but to bite the bullet and write a letter about the situation, hoping that Tokugawa Iemitsu could understand the situation and make the right choice.
However, before his letter could be sent, Tokugawa Iemitsu's messenger rushed over.
Tokugawa Iemitsu only conveyed one sentence to Matsudaira Nobutsuna.
"Counterinsurgency comes first."
Just four words made Matsudaira Nobutsuna let out a sigh of relief.
Although this choice is very humiliating, it is the most correct for Japan and the Tokugawa shogunate.
"Inform Nagasaki to implement it and agree to Xia Guo's conditions."
Matsudaira Nobutsuna conveyed Tokugawa Iemitsu's attitude.
Kanhara Shizhi was the most depressed.
He knew very well that he who presided over this matter would probably leave an indelible black spot in the history books and become Japan's eternal sinner.
But he had no choice but to appear humbly in front of Shen Tingyang.
"Master Shen, what happened before was all a misunderstanding. We have found the culprit and now leave it to you to deal with it. For the sake of the good relationship between the two countries, please put an end to the matter and eliminate the possibility of war."
Looking at Yamada Yurong who was tied up and brought in front of him, Shen Tingyang had a smile on his lips.
"In order to protect the safety of our Xia Kingdom's merchants, from now on the waters in the western part of Kyushu will be maintained by our Xia Kingdom's navy. Is that okay?"
Now that things have happened, they have chosen to give in anyway. What else can Japan do?
"Can."
