Chapter Fourteen, Mini War in a Teacup (Part 2)
After September, on this island with a population of only 80,000, there were a group of heroes standing together for a time. At the same time, the court of King Shanglong who fought guerrillas in the southern mountainous areas appeared, the "Ryukyu Republic" government entrenched in the "Shuri City" and the Naiseril Empire Concession government that occupied a corner of Naha Port. These three legal regimes could be called "areused".
In addition, there are also Satsuma samurai entrenched in the northern fortress of Guiren Castle on the island. They were driven to the remnants of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the old Tokugawa Shogunate, in Naha Port, and the members of the Shorou Empire Party, who also gathered in Naha Port, as well as the Shorou Empire Embassy Guards stationed separately in the official residence outside Shuri. Such four independent armed forces, a total of seven soldiers confronted each other, plus several bandits and neutral sub-subsidiaries were fighting.
In "The Storm in the Teacup - Personal Experience of the Ryukyu Civil War" written by a famous Easterner, the day when the war began was named "The Seven Heroes Contend for Hegemony" in a literary way.
However, the actual force of the "Seven Heroes" is less than 500 people even if they all add up. The casualties caused by a "battle" breaking out between them are usually only single digits, and there are even the "Seven Bears" with zero casualties...
From September to October, various troops fought several times on the island, but because no one could gather three-digit combat forces and lacked a clear strategic plan, they could not achieve the victory of decisiveness. King Shanglong continued to lead the way in the mountains; the rebels continued to argue in the palace of Shuri Castle; the permanent envoys of the Sholong Empire continued to hide in the official residence and became otaku; the most motivated Satsuma samurai warriors sent troops to attack Naha Port several times, and were all bombarded by the Xianglong Empire Party, the Naseril Empire Concession defenders and the remaining shogunate flag-man warriors.
God seemed to think the scene was not enough, and added a new election to the Miyou War in this teacup. In early October, a long-distance merchant ship belonging to the Dragon Witch Cult that was left behind in the Miyou Cult, sank in the northern waters of Ryukyu.
Although the ship sank, more than a dozen vital vampires, sailors and low-level necromancers survived. After these survivors were holding wooden boards, struggling to land on a raft, they actually seized a Guotou village with only a hundred people among the desolate northern mountains of Ryukyu Island, and were ambitious to occupy the mountain as king, announcing that they would turn Ryukyu into their own Far Eastern branch.
Now, the "Seven Heroes Contend to Hegemony" suddenly turned into a melee of eight companies.
However, before all the forces could react, the many Buddhist temples on the island received bad news of the fall of Buddha Shakyamuni, and they also learned that the culprit was the Dragon Witch Sect and the anti-scene warriors they supported...
So, the monks and nuns who had always remained neutral immediately rushed out of the monastery in anger, gathered more than 700 Buddhists in the countryside, and pulled the witches from several shrines on the island to form the largest "army" in this civil war.
This group of Buddhist coalitions, who were collectively trapped in a state of hysteria, beat the Satsuma samurai warriors who were showing off their power, frightened them so much that they were in a hurry to retreat into the city of Guiren. Then they surrounded the Guotou Village occupied by the Dragon Witch Sect and launched an endless offensive and defensive battle... The civil war on Ryukyu Island entered the most intense and most mixed nine-side strife stage.
After entering this stage, the royal family, nobles, shogunate flag-ben, Satsuma samurai, Naseriel garrison, Xianglong Empire garrison, ** party armed forces, Buddhist believers and monks and the undead of Dragon Witch Cult, all of them were all in a mess. No one knew how to restore order, nor did he know when this endless mi-might war would be fought.
At that time, the only hope to end the funeral was that the Far East Fleet sent troops to suppress the enemy. Therefore, the Naserel soldiers stationed in the Naha Port Concession sent people to Edo and Osaka for help three times in October. However, they were not sure whether they encountered a shipwreck on the way, or entered the war zone or the territory of the Anti-Suku faction, but in short, the Far East Fleet headquarters received no news at all.
Since we couldn't find foreign aid to come to the market, we had to continue the messy melee.
Divide-Separation-Line
Regarding the description of this period, in the book "Storm in the Tea Cup - Personal Experience of the Ryukyu Civil War", the author records many glorious battles that shocked the world, weeping ghosts and gods, ups and downs, and heart-wrenching. Among them, King Shanglong regrouped in the southern mountainous areas and led his army to the outskirts of Bi Shuri to fight the rebels for seven fierce battles and finally recovered the capital. This is the most brilliant story of King Shanglong.
In order to praise the king's wise and wise, a famous Eastern ** activist who wrote this book used many praises in his writing, praising him almost like a god of war. However, even with the support of several southern sub-departments, the royal army under King Shanglong was still only about forty. As for the rebels in the city, due to the lack of food supply and the rewards were not fulfilled, complaints arose for a while, most of them dispersed one after another, and only about fifty people were left... How to say it? It was even far less than the number of brothers under many gang bosses.
With such a small number of soldiers and horses, some of them have to be kept in the house. What would happen if the real fight would be like? Naturally, it is conceivable - isn't it just a street fight? It's not enough to watch than the scene of old farmers fighting for water and armed forces in the countryside.
In short, this extremely mixed war finally gradually ended in April of the following year - the "Ryukyu Republic" completely collapsed, and several northern sects that rebelled were roughly killed in battle, surrendered and fled. After King Shanglong and his wife and children camped in the mountains for half a year, they were finally able to return to the palace.
On the other hand, after the Buddhist coalition continued to siege for half a year and suffered huge casualties of hundreds of people, it finally conquered Guotou Village and eliminated the evil spirits of the Dragon Witch Sect. So after celebrating happily, they disbanded and returned home.
The envoys of the Xianglong Empire had been unable to stay there for a long time. They took a loophole and snatched a few ships, and then crossed the sea and returned home.
Then, in the fortress of Guiren City, the last dozen remaining Satsuma samurai received bad news in May that the feudal states were overthrown and the Shimazu family destroyed the clan, and they were very depressed for a while. Most of the guys with strong samsara gods chose to dissect their belly and sacrificed their lords under the rising sun by the sea. The remaining few who were greedy for life and fear of death took a sail on the boat and left without knowing where to end.
——The culprits of this war have gradually moved towards their own life endings.
Although King Shanglong, who survived the disaster, returned to the capital, and the situations in various parts of the island were gradually calming down. However, after so many six months, the already poor national economy of Ryukyu is now basically over, and the islanders have basically no food to eat. Seeing that the old ones have not stopped and new disasters have arisen, the tragic people on this tragic island had to put the last glimmer of hope on the head of the sect.
Chapter completed!