Inside the palace, Talu, the king of Shannan, was holding fine wine in his hand and was sipping it carefully.
Dressed in gorgeous court casual clothes, with bare feet, he sat cross-legged on the huge cushion that was more than an inch thick, with blurred eyes and a flushed face.
Since claiming to be the King of Shannan, although the King of Zhongshan in the north is eyeing him, there has been no major military action.
At this point, Taru was very satisfied.
Take advantage of this opportunity to develop your economy well. When you become stronger, you can destroy the King of Nakayama and then the King of Kitayama, and you will be the only king of Ryukyu.
However, in the process of accumulating strength, eating well, drinking well and enjoying yourself are the only way to be worthy of the title of King of Shannan.
After all, life is short, only a few decades.
"Boom, boom."
Continuous bursts of explosions faintly spread into the palace and reached the ears of Shannan King Talu.
"What's going on? Go out and take a look." Holding the wine bowl, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said to the guard beside him.
"Yes." The guard left in a hurry.
"Continue, continue, don't stop singing and dancing." Looking at the girl musicians in front of him who had stopped dancing because of the explosion, he waved rudely.
There were constant explosions outside, and the sky was filled with flames.
There was still singing and dancing in the palace.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good." A captain rushed into the palace hall in a hurry.
The short-eyed dancer swung her sleeves and hit the captain in the face.
"What time has it been? You're still dancing." The captain raised his right hand and pushed the dancer to the ground.
He walked straight towards King Talu of Shannan.
"How dare you, don't you want to live anymore? How dare you treat the king's dancer like this?" With a "crash", he suddenly dropped the wine bowl in his hand to the ground, his eyes blazing with flames, and he stood up unsteadily.
"Your Majesty, the city is surrounded by enemies. They don't know what kind of arrows they are using. Wherever they hit, they will explode and burst into flames. More than half of our defenders have been killed or injured." Regardless of Talu's accusation, the captain stood aside.
As he spoke, he looked back anxiously outside the hall.
"Even if the sky falls, you can't touch my personal dancer. Come here, drag her out and kill her." As the King of Shannan, a captain dared to push his own dancer. This was not a blow to himself.
Face?
If he is not killed, where will his prestige as the King of Shannan remain?
With his dull ears, he didn't hear the captain's report at all. In his eyes, he only saw the dancer who was pushed into him.
"Your Majesty, the enemy is imminent in attacking the city. Do you still care about these dancing girls?" The captain was stunned.
You are the King of Shannan, and you just enjoy yourself on weekdays. Now the enemy troops are approaching the city, and I came in to report, but you actually want to kill me?
The continuous explosions outside made all the guards in a daze, and kept looking outside the hall.
Hearing that Ta Lu suddenly wanted to kill the captain who rushed in to report the news, he thought he had heard wrong and looked at Ta Lu hesitantly, waiting for the other party to change his order.
"What are you doing standing still? Why don't you take action?" He Lu was furious. He pointed his right hand at the unsatisfactory captain in front of him and roared loudly at the guards.
There are only four captains in total in the city.
At this moment, if we encounter an enemy attack, we can count on them to lead troops to resist.
If he is killed, who will command the army?
However, how could I dare to disobey King Shannan's order?
The consequences of disobedience were that he and the captain would be executed together.
The guard hesitated for a moment, then walked towards the captain in front of him, reached out and grabbed the opponent's shoulder, trying to take him down.
"Your Majesty, the situation is imminent." The captain did not resist and said loudly to him.
For a king who only knew how to eat, drink, have fun, treat the people, and his subordinates were extremely cruel, the captain still had some illusions that he could be sober.
"Drag him out and behead him."
The one who answered him was that he was cold-blooded and did not say a word about old feelings.
"Your Majesty."
"You still have me as a king in your eyes? Stop talking nonsense and kill him." He waved his hand towards the guard and turned around.
The captain's eyes were filled with disappointment and even a hint of determination.
"Since your Majesty can't tell the difference between the important and the important, and is so heartless, don't blame me for flying away when disaster strikes." The captain said, his shoulders shaking violently.
The sudden burst of force knocked the guard holding his shoulders to the ground.
Turn around and head straight out of the hall.
Hearing the other party's words, the anger in Ta Lu's heart burned again.
He turned around and wanted to have another attack, but saw the other person's back throwing away the guard and pulling away.
"Rebellion, rebellion. These captains are really arrogant. I will kill them all." Helu roared angrily and took a few steps from left to right like crazy.
I saw my Japanese sword hanging on the wall and grabbed it.
With a "crack" sound, he pulled out the blade, threw the scabbard to the ground, and rushed out himself.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good."
Before he could rush out of the hall, three more figures came through the door.
It was the other three captains.
"The east wall was a sea of fire, and the military garrison under the wall was also surrounded by fire."
"The west city wall was lost and the army suffered heavy casualties."
"To the north, more than half of the soldiers were killed."
The three of them stared at him, ignoring the angry look of the other man holding a Japanese sword, and hurriedly reported the general situation of their defense area.
At this moment, Lu Fang just woke up from a dream.
There were raids from all three directions: east, west, and north, resulting in heavy casualties.
The captain who was in charge of the defense of the south city gate just now was almost pushed out and killed by himself.
The city is about to be destroyed, but I am still in the mood to enjoy singing and dancing?
He suddenly sobered up from the drunkenness and looked at the three of them in shock: "Who is the other party? Is he the King of Zhongshan?"
"I don't know, the other party hasn't shown up yet, but they are attacking the city overwhelmingly with arrows that explode and burn."
"Gunpowder arrows? Is this the Ming army?" Ta Lu's face suddenly turned pale.
When he first reached out to Daming, Captain Buqi of the First Battalion blocked him in every possible way.
He said that it was not worth it to exchange some trivial supplies for Ming's anger.
Because of this, I even got angry with him, saying that he was timid and afraid of getting into trouble.
Now it seems that he is the one with great wisdom.
"The Ming army?" The three captains were also shocked.
If the opponent is the King of Zhongshan or the King of Beishan, I still have the courage to lead the defeated army with the remaining soldiers, rush out of the city, and fight to the death with the opponent.
But if the opponent is the Ming Dynasty's army, even if they rush out today, they can take advantage of it.
What awaits you when you turn around will be a comprehensive and even more terrifying attack that is as powerful as God's.
Dancing with guns and sticks in front of the Ming Empire, isn't this just because you think you have lived too long?
"Your Majesty, what should we do?" the three of them asked in unison.
In fact, when they guessed it was the Ming army, the three of them had already made their decision.
Either leave the city and surrender, or run away quickly.
Apart from this, there is no other option.
"What should we do? Now that things have come to this, what else can we do? Now that Ming has come to the door, the Seventh Brigade must have fallen into their hands. Ming has come with hatred, and we can't hide. Gather now.
We have enough troops to fight them to the death."
At this moment, Ta Lu stood up straight, without any trace of decadence on his face.
He is like a man who is unyielding and upright in the face of danger.
But in the eyes of the three captains, this appearance was not only funny, but also funny.
At the beginning, when you wanted to reach out to the Ming Dynasty, everyone except the Seventh Brigade was against you.
Relying on your identity as the King of Shannan, you insisted on letting the Seventh Brigade go to the Ming Dynasty to plunder supplies as a bandit.
Ming Dynasty is rich, but you don’t understand, is Ming Dynasty even more powerful?
Do we dare to plunder the people of Ming Dynasty at will?
Now that the truth of the matter has been exposed, people are knocking on your door. You want us to fight to the death with you. Have you forgotten how you suppressed us after everyone opposed your reaching out to Ming Dynasty?
With military pay being deducted and the soldiers not having enough to eat, what could they do to fight the Ming army?
Use their dissatisfaction with your wrong decision, or their resentment for deliberately making everyone hungry?
You are our king. If you choose to avoid its sharp edges and preserve your strength, we will definitely do our best to protect your safety and fight a bloody path with our lives.
But if you choose to hit an egg against a stone, just to save your face, and to prove that your original decision was correct, what else will happen to us except that the entire army is annihilated and our families are destroyed?
"Your Majesty, we still don't know how many enemy troops there are outside. Otherwise, my subordinates will fight their way out and lead you to break out of the encirclement. The green hills will be left, so you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. We still have two cities, but it's really not possible.
We can retreat to King Nakayama’s territory. After all, we are all Ryukyu people.”
"Fart, in my Ryukyuan blood, there is no such thing as backing off?"
Tarulu roared loudly and raised the Japanese sword in his hand.
The angry look in his eyes was like immediately beheading anyone who disobeyed orders.
