Ryukyu, Bagang.

The commander of the Northern Guard of Luzon and General Zhaoyong, Chen Bazhi, walked out of the flat deck cabin of the Dinghai ship. The thin young man's face was slightly raised, and the six-petal iron helmet with gun tassels made the shadow cover half of his face, and he raised his eyes to look at the shore.

The young commander was exquisitely armoured, six-petal iron helmets were decorated with Six Armor Gods, red tassels hanging on the helmet and guns, and the bronze spear seats were also carved with the Emperor Zhenwu; wearing a fine-forged breastplate covered with a layer of sharpened copper patterns, making the armor not reflective in the sunlight, and the steel neck guard hung an uncarved ghost-covered armor, which was majestic.

Beside him were Qi Zhengyan standing with his arms in his arms and several Nizi samurai led by Yokodo Hyogosuke. The young President Qi raised his father's Japanese sword with difficulty and looked at everything around him with wide eyes.

President Qi's eyes were especially concentrated on Chen Bazhi. He always heard his adoptive father mention the general and encouraged him with it, so that he could win the first level of the first formation in this battle following the major general.

When Chen Bazhi was still Wei Balang, he was as old as President Qi, stabbed his friend who fled to Qingyuanwei with his adopted father with his adopted father. Later, he became General Zhaoyong now.

This was like a ceremony for the young President Qi.

In the past, he knew about such a ceremony in the Japanese archipelago. The young samurai first formation was particularly important and could bode well for his life's martial arts fortune. Now this ceremony has a firmer belief, just like General Chen Bazhi!

In this story, no one cares about Chen Bazhi during the Wei Balang period, Qi Zhengyan who fled for the death of his life, or President Qi who listened to the story.

Who cares about your friends? Isn’t it the most important thing to live on your own in this troubled times?

"This is very similar to Japan." Qi Zhengyan once approached the port when he led his troops to the west and introduced to Chen Bazhi: "Look at the soldiers on the shore, they look like Japanese people, because their armor is traded from Japan, and the mat on his chest is the banner of King Shang's family. That's right, Zheng Ditou?"

Zheng Zhu stood aside, and Qi Zhengyan’s title came from his fiefdom, the territory of Urata Masaki Xieming Village. He nodded first, and then explained to several people: “The Ryukyu heavy sea trade, the Ming Dynasty, Japan, Korea, Siam, Luzon, Sulu and other places have traded, and the Japanese armor is cheap and easy to make, so the Ryukyu soldiers use Japanese armor.”

"Because the weapon is too long, it is not advisable to use shields alone, I bought many short swords more than two feet long, mixed with the long spears purchased by the Celestial Empire. Most muskets and three-eyed guns were purchased in the tribute. When the former king unified the islands, he also asked the emperor for twenty generals to cast a cannon. The Japanese called the Shihuo arrows and made great contributions."

Zheng Hui's respect makes people feel good, but Chen Bazhi has never been a good person to get along with. He can say anything and frowned and asked, "Even if the firearms in the Heavenly Dynasty, why not change the armor and knives together? If you pay tribute, you must change the firearms, and you must not change the armor and helmets?"

"The general is joking, it is not so. It has been tribute to the Celestial Empire for 200 years since the Three Mountains era. Whether it is shipbuilding, armor, or military strategy, they all follow the Celestial Empire. At the beginning, Emperor Taizu ordered Fujian to build thirty-six surnames to go south to Ryukyu to pass on the method of building huge ships. The Zheng clan of my family was in trouble with Japanese pirates. My father was at the beginning of the rescue of the clan and was able to survive by relying on the support of the clan. No one dared to forget the great kindness of the Celestial Empire."

"But Ryukyu also has Japanese descendants, including Japanese pirates looting, Shimazu trade, and there are Sansi in the country who are close to Japan, so this is how it turns out." Zheng Zhui explained: "Ryukyu is close to the Ming Dynasty, but is also very close to Japan, which is also a helpless move."

Chen Bazhi nodded, raised his hand and picked up the cover armor between his neck and looked at the patterns on it for a while, then turned to look at Zheng Hui and said, "It's okay, Japan is also very close to the Ming Dynasty - let the boat go!"

Chen Bazhi did not disembark. He and his flag army were both staying in the fleet. Only Li Dan and Qi Zhengyan were disembarkated and two hundred households.

In the words of the Eighth Master, he stayed on the boat and just sent someone to call him when there was a war.

They didn't take any money when they were fighting, and they didn't even need food and grass to support them, because even if they were allowed to support them, they could not afford them.

Ryukyu lacks food. Although Ryukyu has developed geographical and maritime trade, it is an indisputable fact that the land is barren and lacks food. Even if there is no shortage of meat near the ocean, it is difficult to survive with only meat.

Because of the lack of food, Ryukyu people often eat iron cycads, that is, the fruits of the iron tree. This contains starch. Although it can be eaten, it will be poisoned if you are not careful. Because in the Ming Dynasty, it was used as medicine to treat dysentery.

There are only a few thousand soldiers on the entire island, almost equal to Chen Bazhi's fleet. In addition to the Luzon Northern Guard Banner Army, Chen Bazhi also had pirates from China, Japan and the West led by Shi He, Qi Zhengyan and Farikat, with more than 7,000 troops. What is the result of suddenly giving them to Ryukyu with such a huge force - it will cause famine in Ryukyu.

So they brought the grain ship and prepared enough military rations prepared after the Luzon harvest.

Li Dan had only two important tasks when he got off the ship. One was to help Chen Bazhi see if the dispute over the prince in Ryukyu Kingdom had reached a mutiny. If so, let him wipe it out. If not, the second important task was to express to the officials of Ryukyu to borrow the northeastern part of the island to build a port to garrison troops and protect maritime merchants.

Chen Bazhi led his army to take root in Ryukyu. As the protected maritime merchants, they could not understand it. The court officials in Ryukyu were not very understandable, but they did not think much about it. The biggest misunderstanding was that the Heavenly Army had to be guarded against Japanese pirates, but they did not think that Chen Bazhi wanted to attack them.

No logic!

There is no need to fight at all. Looking at the Greater China Circle, Ryukyu is the most obedient among all the tribute countries. Since the Ming Dynasty, Japan has paid tributes more than ten times, Korea has paid tributes more than twenty times, Annan has paid tributes more than fifty times, and Ryukyu has reached this year - exactly one hundred times!

More than a tribute country overseas.

Although the Ming Dynasty's tribute sometimes has some relief and loss, it depends on what it means. The little brother on the island is famine all day long, and no one can ignore it, let alone this little brother is so obedient.

Only Chen Bazhi knew why Chen Mu asked him to bring his troops here. His main goal was not Japan, but to fight for maritime hegemony and prevent the Spaniards who came back to find a place.

Because Chen Mu didn't know whether the Spaniards would come from the east or the west, after all, they had declared war. If they came from the Western Barbarians from the east, they would be the first attacks in the north and south Zhili and Zhejiang areas. After all, they had declared war, and the Western Barbarians would not only focus on Luzon.

If the war really hits the country, Chen Muke will be very guilty.

This is the main reason why adopted sons lead the fleet into Ryukyu.

Chen Bazhi drew a circle on the chart. If the Philippine Governor would repay Madrid at the beginning of the war, the Spanish fleet should have set off now; if people were sent back only after the war ended, the Western royal family should also receive news, and it is in the preparation stage of the war.
Chapter completed!