Chapter 55 of Part II

  First of all, I apologize to everyone. Blood Sea really shouldn't get angry with those people. To show my sincerity, I've added an extra chapter today as a thank you for everyone's support. Blood Sea declares that for most problems, he is willing to listen and understand. However, when it comes to matters of principle, Blood Sea will never back down. Because we are all Chinese. In the book, those who should be killed will still be killed, and those who should be eliminated will still be eliminated. Can't leave a tumor to worsen. Okay, no more idle chatter, everyone please continue reading! Also, this book is recruiting character names, preferably with a surname and a given name. The name should be formal. Blood Sea will arrange the roles accordingly. Please include nationality clearly. Thank you, everyone.

  Li Lei gazed up at the seagulls soaring freely in the sky, his heart surging with excitement. After a long and arduous journey, they were finally close to the Ryukyu Islands. The phrase "taking advantage of an opportunity" involuntarily came to mind again, along with Zhu Xiao's eyes, which had seemed to hold a deeper meaning when she looked at him. The prolonged blast of the ship's whistle signaled that all the warships had stopped in the outer seas of the Ryukyu Islands. The King of the Ryukyu Kingdom also received news of the arrival of the heavenly dynasty's troops and hastily came out to greet them. Since they had conducted relevant naval training for the land army before setting sail, this bit of experience with sea travel was nothing to the soldiers. After all, this was going to be the foundation for their future visit to the Americas.

  The King of Ryukyu, who had been oppressed by Japan for a long time, was overjoyed in his heart. He had been petitioning the Heavenly Dynasty to restrain Japan, but the Ming Dynasty was busy with internal turmoil and did not have the military power or energy to care about the so-called king on this small island, and could only let the Japanese behave arbitrarily here.

  The welcoming ceremony was very grand, the king and all the dignitaries of the Ryukyu Islands personally came to the port to welcome the army of the Heavenly Dynasty. Many ordinary people also crowded to the port to catch a glimpse of the Heavenly Dynasty's troops. The local customs were different from those on the mainland, when the girls of the Ryukyu Islands saw the soldiers marching out of the port in neat and majestic uniforms, the maidens welcoming them along the road couldn't help but cheer. Some even threw their own sachets and handkerchiefs over, causing our soldiers' faces to turn bright red.

  The King of Ryukyu said to Li Lei and Commander Ma Yingcheng of the Second Fleet: "The king of the lower country welcomes the envoy of the heavenly upper country." After finishing, he grasped the shoulders of the two men and said: "I have been looking forward to it for many years. These years have been oppressed and bullied by the Japanese pirates, and the people of Ryukyu are really suffering."

  Li Lei, after all, was the commander of this mission, so he glanced at Ma Yingcheng and said to the King of Ryukyu: "Your Majesty is talking nonsense. It's just that a few years ago, our country was unstable, so we didn't send troops in time. Now our country has changed dynasties, I believe Your Majesty should have heard about it too. Coincidentally, Commander Ma's fleet is here. I think Your Majesty should also go to Beijing to pay respects to the Emperor in person and express your sincerity."

  The King of Ryukyu nodded repeatedly and said: "Indeed, indeed. In the past, due to the deep sea and high waves, I, the lonely king, did not dare to travel far. Now that I see the mighty warships of your country, as vast as islands on the sea, I can finally pay my respects in person." He then hastily introduced a group of ministers beside him.

  The host and the guest ended this welcome ceremony in a joyful atmosphere, walking into the hotel where Li Lei and his party were staying. Li Lei looked at Ma Yingcheng and said: "Commander Ma, there are only so many people on these Ryukyu Islands. It's completely possible to migrate them to the mainland and thoroughly sinicize them. I think this place is only suitable as a military base. What do you think?"

  Ma Yingcheng smiled and said: "Let's let Premier Song Yingxing in Beijing handle these things, our task is just to bring the king to Beijing. What do you think?"

  After more than ten days, the King of Ryukyu finally prepared everything to return to Beijing with the fleet to pay homage to Zhu Xi in person. Before leaving, he instructed the ministers who stayed behind to take good care of the military forces from the superior country, which was a great force to prevent Japanese oppression. With these troops here, Japan would probably have fled without a shadow.

  The news that the Chinese Empire was going to attack Japan had already reached Japan. The Japanese Emperor at this time was a completely powerless figure, and the current Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate was the eldest son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. In this regard, Japan still absorbed many traditions from the Chinese Empire, where many families only passed down to the eldest son and not the younger sons. But these people in our country will never learn about tolerance and courtesy.

  At this time, the consultation hall of the Tokugawa family was already brightly lit. Tokugawa Yūichi (fictional, I really couldn't find out what the eldest son of Tokugawa Ieyasu was called, who knows please tell me and I'll change it) was already furious and said: "Hachō, I want to know who is opposing us, have you found out who sent the ninja?"

  All the families lowered their heads and didn't dare to breathe, listening to Tokugawa Yūichi's speech. Tokugawa Yūichi slammed his hand on the table and said: "Akahide, you tell me!"

  The man named Myosho came out and said, "Yes, according to our detailed investigation, the only ones with major suspicions are the Oda family and the Toyotomi family. I think the main one is still the Toyotomi family. Since Toyotomi Hideyoshi died, the Toyotomi family has declined and been replaced by us, they are really not reconciled, so their suspicion is the greatest."

  Tokugawa Umon nodded in satisfaction and said, "Now the Chinese are about to attack. How should we respond? In the past, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi was in power, he had already strained relations with the Lee family of the Goryeo Dynasty. Now, according to reliable sources, the current Chinese Empire has agreed with the Koreans to transport grain and weapons through their territory, so from the Tsushima Strait to here is really very close." He glanced at the expressions of the crowd and continued, "Moreover, the navy of this Chinese Empire is incredibly powerful. With a great enemy approaching, how should we respond?"

  It was still the one called Mingxiu who stood up and said: "I think handing over the Toyotomi family's people and making amends to this Chinese Empire, we had already compensated some silver and gold to appease their anger before. I think as long as you show that he is the strongest, the Chinese will let us go, at that time we can secretly prepare and when our strength is strong enough, we can occupy China, at least we can hold out against them."

  Tokugawa Yuichi said with satisfaction: "Alright, it seems that you useless people can't think of a better plan, so this matter will be decided as Akihide said."

  Koxinga personally led the first fleet to Japan's Yakusima, advancing with a mighty momentum. Koxinga occasionally came out to check the wind direction and ordered the helmsmen to adjust their course.

  Looking at the horizon rising in the distance, Zheng Chenggong let out a sigh of relief, finally arriving in Japan. The white flag had already been raised on Yakushima Island. In the distance, some Japanese samurai stood at the bow of several ships. Zheng Chenggong gestured and said: "Wait, send a signal to the fleet, order them to wait for the flagship's instructions. Raise the flag language to ask what they want to do? What does this mean?"

  After the flag language was sent out, Japan responded quickly. Zheng Chenggong watched as the Japanese explained the reason for Shi Lang's death, and his anger rose in his heart. Suppressing the anger in his heart, he said to the warriors: "Tell them to send over 50,000 taels of gold and 100,000 taels of silver. And tell Tokugawa Yorizumi to kill all the men, women, old and young of the Toyotomi family without leaving one behind, and then bring me their ears."

  The Japanese are always good at handling such things, and they are always humble in the face of strong power. (Everyone can see that from the fact that American troops stationed in Japan often **Japanese women can be seen, and now more and more Japanese people like Americans, but after our great Premier Zhou Enlai exempted the Japanese from paying off their war debts for generations to come, they still hate us. It's a pity that I didn't write about Yasukuni Shrine in my book; if I had, I would have made all Japanese live there. Then no one could visit it.) A large quantity of gold and silver was sent over, not a single ounce short. There was also another box filled with ears. Zheng Chenggong said to the Japanese envoy: "Alright, go back and tell Tokugawa that we will borrow Ryukyu for a while. Our army will leave only 5,000 naval soldiers (actually marines) here. The fleet will withdraw immediately."

  Watching the Japanese envoy return with joy to report, Zheng Success said to the guard beside him: "Throw away these disgusting ears. After we are ready, we will go to Ryukyu to pick up Li Lei immediately. Our navy has promised not to fight. That is the navy and army, which we cannot control."

  Tokugawa Yuichi gazed at the massive fleet's receding shadow, letting out a long sigh. Turning back with an expressionless face, he said: "Get everyone back to prepare for training immediately. Increase investment in the navy, we must reclaim this humiliation."

  When the fleet had just entered the port of Ryukyu, Li Lei was already standing at the port, joyfully facing Zheng Chenggong and saying: "Commander, you've finally arrived. We were almost suffocated here. The girls in Ryukyu are passionate like fire! I had to strictly order the soldiers not to go out alone. You can rest for a bit, let's set off quickly. Leaving three thousand soldiers here is enough. Our first army still has more than 20,000 people who can fight."

  Zheng Chenggong gave Li Lei a white eye, saying: "Let me have a good rest for one day first. In order to rush the time, our navy has not had a good rest, and nutrition has not kept up. Are you not afraid that we will get sick?" As he spoke, ignoring Li Lei's words: "Take me to your military camp, General Li."

  Apart from the few supply ships that were to take these gold and silver back to their country, all the warriors once again sat on the ship. The soldiers of the land army even wiped their steel guns with joy. Finally, they were going to fight against the Japanese. The voyage seemed particularly long at this time. There were always warriors asking each other how much further they had to go and why they hadn't arrived yet.

  Zheng Chenggong and Li Lei stood in the captain's quarters, Zheng Chenggong handed Li Lei a telescope and said: "General Li, look ahead, that is Okinawa. Our marine corps has probably already converted it into a port where warships can dock. The islanders have probably been driven out too. A concession area, after all, should have the appearance of a concession area."

  Li Lei nodded and put down the binoculars, saying: "What concession or not. This time it's already our place. Isn't that right, Commander Zheng? I think we can submit a migration report to the Supreme Commander and Premier now."

  July 7, 1660. Let us forever remember this day when the Chinese Empire launched a war against Japan with the reason of a missing military dog and the Chinese Empire Army landed on Kyushu Island through the Bungo Channel. At the same time, it was also announced domestically that due to the lack of sincerity from the Japanese side, a formal declaration of war was made.

  The Tokugawa shogunate was caught off guard by the sudden attack of the Imperial Army and had no defensive measures. Within half a month, the Imperial Army swiftly occupied the three cities of Kagoshima, Makurazaki, and Kanoya without showing any mercy. The Sino-Japanese War quickly began. All Japanese civilians were expelled from the cities we occupied. Except for the clothes on their bodies, everything else was not allowed to be taken away.

  Japan, in a desperate situation, had its only naval force also opened to our army. The Tokugawa shogunate condemned Zheng Chenggong for being unfaithful to his words. Zheng Chenggong simply said: "Our navy indeed kept the promise and did not go to war with Japan. The army is not within his jurisdiction. Can only apologize." At the same time, he also warned the Tokugawa shogunate that if the Japanese pirates' naval forces engaged in battle, he vowed to bring out the level of fighting against the pirates in Taiwan and make Japan's navy history.

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