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Unlike Hagi where the dark tide is gradually subsiding, Ariake Ryukyu Kingdom, thousands of miles away, has already caused an uproar. Not only was the Qing state defeated by Britain before, which led to the signing of the "Nanjing Treaty" that was humiliating and humiliating the country, but also because of the unfortunate experience of the Qing state, it has now become a crisis that the Ryukyu state urgently needs to face.

French Rear Admiral Secile is coming to Naha!

The nation of Ryukyu is shaken, and the new arrival of 1844 will be an unforgettable day for the residents of Naha and Shuri. In the center of the entire East Asia, the Qing Empire was defeated in the battle with the sun never set empire. The first chain reaction caused was that many vassal states in the East Asian tributary system had lost the tiger skin of the Qing Empire. Can no longer be shielded and protected by the "powerful force" of the Qing Empire.

The news of the signing of the "Nanjing Treaty" spread to the French colonial area of ​​Annan and also to the French colonial area of ​​India, making France, a European power that also tried to meddle in East Asian trade, very tempted.

However, in contrast to Britain, which has a military projection point like India, the French Indo branch (shield) in France has not yet been established, and it does not have the strength to attack the distant eastern empire. Therefore, France took the second place and focused on other small vassal countries.

It tried to expand its power in the Far East by establishing trade points and colonial areas in the small vassal countries, obtaining funds from trade, and then building colonies in the Far East, and finally accumulated enough strength to launch an attack on the Qing Empire.

The target that France is aiming at is Ryukyu!

The sailing battleship weighing a thousand tons was loaded with dozens of formidable cannons. Under the command of Rear Admiral Secile, they fired fiercely into the air, and the earth-shaking bombardment sputtered huge splashes of water. Subsequently, other ships in the fleet fired artillery warnings, and Naha Port was completely blocked by the French Navy.

The Japanese, Korean, Qing, Annan, and Siam merchant ships inside and outside Hong Kong were panicked for a while, and some of them even collided with each other, and the situation quickly collapsed.

The Shimadzu clan who stayed behind in the Shuri Royal Castle immediately organized the troops and asked the armed tribesmen of the Kume 36 surname to be ready for battle. The Ryukyu King also went to the city and slammed the bell to summon the scholars to prepare for the cage.

Seeing that the force of deterrence worked, Sesile immediately dispatched officers and general interpreters to the island to negotiate, and proposed conditions such as the opening of the port of Naha, the permission to build a Catholic church, the lifting of the ban on Christianity, and the establishment of a business hall area. At the same time, Sesile also said very arrogantly that with the strength of the French army in his hand, he could easily conquer Naha.

Shuri's ridiculously low city wall was completely unable to withstand a bombardment by the French artillery. If the Ryukyu side rejects his proposal, then prepare for the country's subjugation.

Seeing such a terrifying salvo of naval guns, don't listen to the Samo Falcons who are not afraid of death. That is the blow out. If people really encounter things that are more violent than him, then they will definitely be counseled. This is natural. Shimadzu sent out small boats overnight to report to Kagoshima, requesting that the island quickly dispatch reinforcements to help Naha.

If the reinforcements are not there, then he can only release the soldiers from the Shimadzu family back to the country, he himself apologizes, and then let the French capture Naha!

In Kagoshima's Shimazu Qixing, Shimadzu Qibin, Shigetomi Zhongjiao and others were shocked for a while. I was very panicked. Usually, five people and six like a person are the same thing. When a foreigner is really caught, he is also panicked.

The Kagoshima Castle screamed loudly, and the first batch of 128 Shimadzu samurai were dispatched to Naha. It's not that you can't send more, there are enough ships and transportation capacity, but for one thing, there are not so many people willing to send, otherwise there will be no single digits with eight people hanging on the tail of the crane.

Secondly, the French navy blocked the Naha port. You can't enter the port even if you come. The small broken ship that can only hold two or three hundred stones at the Shimadzu family will be destroyed by a single shot from the French army. So I can only send a small boat, relying on my familiarity with the terrain and trends, and sneak into Naha overnight.

Sesile came with a mission this time. Seeing that there was no one in Naha and Shuri who could be the master, he didn't wait any longer and was ready to bombard the port and the city under the royal city and prepare for battle.

Very good, Shimadzu persuaded!

Of course, the Ryukyu Kingdom was also counseled. He didn't have much military equipment himself, and he was deprived of it by the Shimadzu family. You can't beat the French for sure, so you can't fill the cannon with your body. So following Shimadzu’s intentions, he was forced to accept the request to open the country.

The two parties immediately signed a contract, and the French merchant ship was allowed to enter the Naha port for trade, but regarding the establishment of a Catholic church and the spread of Christianity. As well as the establishment of a commercial hall area and the dispatch of trade representatives, the Shimadzu clan and the Ryukyu government refused.

The main purpose of Sesile's visit is to ensure that French ships can enter Naha for rest and replenishment, and normal trade, in preparation for further entry into the Qing and Japanese markets. Due to lack of troops, I really didn't have the idea of ​​seizing the Ryukyu region. After the bottom line requirements are met, they will finally sign and agree.

Naturally, the news was also passed on to both the capital of the Qing Dynasty and the Edo shogunate. After receiving the news that Naha was besieged by the French and that the Shimadzu clan was unable to resist, Nagasaki was also terrified as he pursued Izawa's political justice, for fear that the French ships would drive straight in after leaving Naha and attack Nagasaki.

On the one hand, he immediately reported to Edo, on the one hand, he began to mobilize the soldiers of the Fukuoka and Saga domains from the quarantine station, and at the same time, he asked the Kuroda clan of Fukuoka and the Nabeshima clan of Saga to mobilize the army. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

The five names of Nagasaki Wenyu were also forced to mobilize. It is worth mentioning that there was a Wenyu who was born in Shimadzu at this time, who was called Matsukata Sukezaemon. It doesn't matter if you don't know him, you just need to know his son, and call him Song Fang Zhengyi.

When the news reached Edo, Sesile had actually withdrawn his troops from Naha, but Tokugawa Ieki and the elders headed by Doi Torii in Edo Castle did not know. At the same time, Shimadzu’s documents were also sent to Edo by flying horses, trying to state that the French navy’s powerful boats and guns would be shaken in the mountains and seas.

Frightened that Japan would soon follow in the footsteps of the Qing Dynasty, Tokugawa Ikeki was confused for a while, thinking that the French army would use Ryukyu as a springboard to attack Japan, and hurriedly asked everyone who sat down for countermeasures.

Hey, what countermeasures do you have to count on Doi's position?

He didn't even build a fort, and he had no countermeasures at all. Apart from shouting that he would follow the general's imperial order, even if his body was broken and bones, he would just kowtow.

Knocking, kowtow, kowtow, what's the use of kowtow? If kowtow can scare away the French army, what kind of battle will be fought. At this time, Tokugawa Isaiah once again read Mizuno's goodness, at least Mizuno dare to bear the burden!