The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 598 Retaking Ryukyu
The next day, on July [-], the sixth year of Chongzhen, the battle for the forced landing began.

The first to land on the beach was Ge Chengjie's [-] Koryo musketeers and stormtroopers, and they stole the limelight.

These 800 people are selected from the 5000 people who surrendered in the post-Golden Army and the Eight Banners of Koryo. They are all tough people, and they have played matchlock guns for more than two or three years.

Ge Chengjie recruited them, and each paid one or two taels of silver, and four buckets of rice and grain, telling these people that this is the military salary during the probationary period, and if they perform well in combat and become soldiers, their salary will be doubled.

Next, Huang Jiayong's ordinary equipment flintlock muskets were issued to train [-] Koreans. These people survived such a difficult situation in the Houjin Army and they are definitely at the level of Xiaoqiang.

Ge Chengjie gave the preferred eight hundred Korean matchlock gunners food and equipment, and the food was the same as that of Huang Jiafu soldiers.

These Smectas seem to have come to heaven from hell. Their obedience and discipline are impeccable. They practice hard every day, but they have achieved little success after a month of training.

Now everyone can skillfully reload and shoot on the go without panicking.

This is because they have obtained protection that they have never had before. The flintlock musket in their hands is much easier to operate than the matchlock gun. Not only is the range ten steps farther, but the power is much greater. The most important thing is that no one has discovered that the gun has blown up. Safe and secure.

Ge Chengjie gave a lecture just before landing, telling all the Koryo muskets that they were about to attack the Satsuma clan of the Japanese country, and that the Duke of Nanguo would see with his own eyes whether they fought the enemy bravely or not on the "Duke of Huaxia".

After two months of working with Mr. Nanguo, they eat well, dress well, and earn money. It is said that they will marry their women after making military exploits.

These Koreans who have lost their motherland have returned their hearts long ago, and now they all want to gain military merits and become soldiers, so that they will naturally become citizens of the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, the enemies they face are Japanese pirates who have a feud with Goryeo. Of course, they don't mind paving the way to promotion with the blood of Japanese people.

Eight hundred Koryo musketeers also wore helmets, visors, goggles, and light rattan armor to maintain their mobility.

Under the cover of the battleship's heavy artillery, Smecta lined up to attack in a three-stage formation without any accidents. The Satsuma warriors who tried to prevent the landing of the Ming army were beaten by Smecta's platoon guns and cried.

Immediately, the private soldiers of the Huang family who were armed to the teeth also landed in Kagoshima one after another. Quan Yong, Ge Chengjie and others received a strange mission from the Patriarch.

The Ming army could let go of other Satsuma soldiers and civilians who did not resist, and selectively targeted the two surnames of Satsuma, striving to kill them all. Of course, they chose the two surnames "Sanben" and "Dongxiang".

The invading army did all kinds of murders and looting in Kagoshima. The private soldiers of the Huang family only carried out massacres against two surnames. Li Guozhu's pirate army did not have any rules. Generally, they would kill any man they saw, and they would grab everything they saw. null.

This is nothing, the most cruel is about 100 Smecta, they probably killed less than [-] people when they landed on the beach, and now they are killing each of them with bayonets.

More than half of Kagoshima was laid down. Neither Huang Sheng nor Li Guozhu had any intention of occupying the place for a long time.

Later, in the history of Japan, this catastrophe was called "Kagoshima 30th." According to their statistics, [-] soldiers and civilians were massacred.

Huang Sheng didn't know if this number was correct, because Quan Yong and Ge Chengjie didn't count the murders, and they really didn't know how many they killed. They only knew that more than 3 women of the right age were captured and brought back. Address personal life issues for them.

In the next few years, whenever July [-]th came, the alarm bells would ring throughout the Wa country. When everyone was mourning the innocent and tragic death of the Satsuma compatriots, they would curse the Ming army's executioners for their brutality and inhumanity, hoping to hide at home and scold the Ming army. It will let them die one by one.

After almost destroying the Satsuma clan, it will be easy to solve the problem of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The purpose of attacking the Satsuma clan is to take the Ryukyu Kingdom back from the Satsuma clan and make it a county of Ming Dynasty.

In history, the collective name and common name of the two dynasties of the First Shang Dynasty and the Second Shang Dynasty is the Ryukyu Kingdom. In the early Sanshan era, the three kingdoms of Shannan, Zhongshan, and Shanbei were also called the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Due to its special geographical location, the Ryukyu Kingdom is known as a transit point for trade in Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. Its trade is developed, and it is known as "Tianjin Liang of All Nations".

After the Satsuma clan invaded Ryukyu, the clan sent officials to measure and allocate fields, draw a clear border and formulate taxes. The Ryukyu Kingdom has become a puppet in name only.

The Satsuma army that stayed in the Ryukyu Kingdom to deter this small country with force was limited. In fact, in the 37th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, when the Satsuma captured Ryukyu by force, only 3000 troops and more than [-] warships came.

However, with this little force, they easily defeated the Ryukyu Kingdom and surrounded their capital, Shuri Castle. King Shangning was forced to surrender, and more than a hundred people including princes and officials were escorted to Kagoshima by the Satsuma army.

King Shangning was forced to sign the "Fifteen Articles" with the Satsuma clan in Kagoshima, acknowledging the control of the Satsuma clan over Ryukyu, before he was released and returned to the country.

Hundreds of large ships of the Ming army rushed to Okinawa, the main island of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The coast of this island is strongly cut, with many natural harbors and coral reefs.It has a tropical maritime climate, warm and humid.

It is a pity that the island is poor in resources, the soil is barren, and the food cannot be self-sufficient.

Huang Sheng chose to win here to obtain Iwo Jima, which is a small island of only [-] square kilometers. It is currently just a deserted island that no one cares about, but it is blessed with sulfur, the most important raw material for making black powder, with huge reserves in the open air. Just mine.

Although Iwo Jima is a small island, it is at a strategic point.Huang Sheng wants to manage Okinawa and Iwo Jima well, build port warehouses on the islands to stockpile supplies, and then use this place as a springboard to seize the Hawaiian Islands and directly face the North American continent.

The disparity in strength made the Satsuma army left in Okinawa vulnerable to a single blow. Their number was too small, less than 500, and more than 100 were killed or beheaded, and more than [-] were captured by the Ming army.

King Shangfeng, who was pleasantly surprised, saw that the Ming dynasty sent troops to attack the Satsuma clan, of course he greeted him.

Last year, the Satsuma Domain occupied Okinawa Island and established a building, and it is clear that they are planning to completely annex the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The puppet king who has no military power can only cry secretly and has no other choice. Now the arrogant and domineering Satsuma soldiers will either become corpses or be tied into rice dumplings. King Shangfeng is full of grief and joy.

(End of this chapter)