In the end, the Ming army won a decisive victory in this encounter.
The gap between warships and artillery determines many things from the beginning.
And above the fighting sea area, there were floating corpses and broken walls of Japanese ships...
Many people at sea did not die, but they were seriously injured. Their wounds were soaked by the sea water, making them moan like ghosts and howls. The even more terrifying thing is that the blood attracted many sharks. They devoured the corpses of these Japanese people one after another, but the Japanese who were lucky enough to survive without being injured could not escape death on the vast sea.
After the victory, the Ming army's warships did not return directly to Ryukyu Island. Under the command of Zhu Yi, these huge warships entered the Daqi Strait for the first time, arrived at the Satsuma Domain, and fired a few cannons. Only then did I choose to return.
And when the Ming army entered the Ou Strait and reached the vicinity of Tsurumaru Castle, the entire Kyushu Island felt fear.
Their main fleet just set out a few days ago. Now that the Ming army has come in, it can be seen that their main fleet should have been completely wiped out.
The governor of the Satsuma Domain and the future Taizheng Minister is still uncertain about his life or death at this time.
The remaining retainers of the Satsuma Domain had no choice but to send people to Honshu Island and tell Shimazu Tachihisa's brother about the return. Shimazu made a meritorious service and asked him to return to Tsurumaru Castle as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation.
The people sent out here only last a few days.
Shimazu Tachihisa is back.
After the failure, the ship Shimazu Tachihisa was on did not dare to escape directly back to the Oo Strait, so it could only escape in the opposite direction. It took more than ten days to return to Tsurumaru Castle.
When he went on the expedition, he led a total of fifty-eight large and small warships, drawn from various places, and 7,300 samurai from his own headquarters. This can be said to be the last trump card of Kyushu Island.
But in this encounter, Shimazu Tachihisa failed again.
This time it was not just the Satsuma clan and the Shimazu clan that failed, but the entire Kyushu island.
Fifty-eight warships set out on the expedition.
But there is hope for the entire Kyushu Island to fight back.
But now they have gone out in force, and less than eight ships have returned. More than thirty warships have sunk in the sea area where the war broke out, and all the others have fled.
Thousands of people.
All fell into the sea to feed the fish...
Tsurumaru Castle, even the daimyo from various places on Kyushu Island, and even the retainers of the Satsuma Domain were full of dissatisfaction with Shimazu Tachihisa's maritime policy.
If Shimazu had not thought of annexing the Ryukyu Kingdom, it would have been impossible to provoke the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty, and the Satsuma Domain and even the entire Kyushu Island would not have to go through what is going on now.
Of course, according to the inertia of historical development, Shimazu Tachihisa's actions were not wrong. He clearly felt that Ming Dynasty was aggressive in maritime affairs.
Now that they are offensive, even if Kyushu Island is honest, it will be of no use. Sooner or later, they will still have to compete with Ming Dynasty. This is inevitable.
The only thing that can be done is to make preparations before the competition. By winning the Ryukyu Kingdom, Ming Dynasty's supply line will be lengthened and it will be in an invincible position.
But Zhu Jianshen was too sensitive. After learning what happened in Ryukyu, he immediately ordered the deployment.
This is seizing the opportunity...
No matter how forward-looking Shimazu Tachihisa was, he was a loser at this time. After his failure, some changes occurred in his Tsurumaru Castle.
And he didn't have any extra time to think about how to make a comeback.
A change within the Satsuma Domain began.
After learning about the great changes in the Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Ritsuhisa's younger brother, Shimazu Ritsuku, immediately left the main battlefield on Honshu Island and led more than 3,000 samurai back to Kyushu.
He secretly arrived at Tsurumaru Castle.
After discussing with the retainers, it was decided to launch a mutiny.
The first thing they had to do was to drive away the Japanese royal family and send them all back to their home state. Their game of hegemony, Satsuma Domain, could no longer continue.
The second thing is to remove their former wise and brave family governor Shimazu Tachihisa from the throne of power.
At this time, Tsushima Island is in the hands of the Ming army, and the Ryukyu Kingdom is also in the hands of the Ming army. Both the north and the south of Kyushu Island are under the attack of the Ming army. At this time, the attitude and policies of the Ming Dynasty It's about to change.
But Shimazu Tachihisa didn't want to change his position so quickly. He kept talking all day long, thinking about how to make a comeback. He shouted in front of his retainers that if we can't defeat the Ming army at sea, let's fight on land, Satsuma. The domain still has more than 10,000 men of the right age. They need to arm them. They need to make the Ming army defeated in Tsurumaru Castle and Hyuga Kingdom. They need to seize their warships and dominate the sea again. They also need to bring the entire After all the people of the Ryukyu Kingdom were killed, they wanted to start a full-scale war with the Ming Dynasty, invade North Korea, invade Ningbo, and let the Ming Dynasty know about Kyushu Island. Even a giant like him could not bear the anger of the Satsuma clan.
Shimazu Tachihisa's nagging words and way of thinking made his younger brother make up his mind, causing some retainers who were undecided to give up on him.
According to his idea, he would take these people to die.
At night, the bright moon hangs high.
Shimazu Tachibana led more than 300 samurai and broke into the power center of the Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Tachihisa's home. Of course, Shimazu Tachihisa also had his own shining points of humanity. The hundreds of samurai who guarded the family home were still In order to protect their master, they paid the price with their lives.
The shouts of death outside could not affect Shimazu Tachihisa who was thinking in the room.
He looked at the map in front of him, his eyes full of confusion. At this time, Shimazu was not as energetic, decadent and frustrated as he was a year ago. These things that should not have belonged to him have now become synonymous with him.
He stared at the position of the Ryukyu Kingdom on the map and murmured: "It shouldn't be. How could the Ming army use their navy for a small overseas country? They are coming for us. If Ryukyu If it is not in the hands of my Satsuma clan early, the entire Japanese country will always be under the shadow of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and the good situation that won the first battle and established the overall situation will never come back."
After the Meng Yuan expedition to Japan failed once and twice, they were no longer able to invade the Japanese mainland. The biggest reason was that they had no base near Japan, and the loss of Tsushima and Ryukyu gave Ming a base.
When the Ming Dynasty's army did not enter the Ryukyu Kingdom, they could not withstand a defeat, but now, the situation has been reversed.
They have taken root in Ryukyu Kingdom and will never leave.
They have a military port in Ryukyu, an army, and a stable rear area...
While Shimazu was staring at the map for a long time and muttering to himself, the shouts of death outside gradually stopped.
The room slowly opened, and the moonlight shone into the room.
Shimazu, holding a Japanese sword, performed a meritorious service and appeared behind his eldest brother.
Shimazu Ritsuke and Shimazu Ritshisa have the same mother, and are eight years younger than his eldest brother. The two of them also look quite similar...
He looked at Shimazu Tachihisa's back, paused for a long time, and then said: "Everything is over... We have been defeated... If you agree to me now, send people to the Ryukyu Kingdom, go to the Ming Dynasty, submit your credentials, and accept Failure, ending this war that we have lost, I can retreat today, but if you are still stubborn, I will have no choice but to attack you for the sake of the Satsuma Domain."
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