Ashigaru put the package on the ground, swallowed, stretched out his trembling palms, and took a long time to open the buckle. Ashigaru thought he would encounter some powerful mechanism, and his heart was in his throat. However, when he opened the Slipknot, nothing happened. Zuo breathed a sigh of relief, and others also breathed a sigh of relief. Ashigaru then opened the package, and suddenly saw half of the bloody face with eyes wide open. He was horrified and fell to the ground with a scream!
Ueno Mamoru was shocked when he saw him like this. He rushed forward and asked, "What's going on?" Then he was shocked when he saw the bloody and terrifying half of his face. After calming down, Noda Yoshihiko became angry, kicked the ashigaru, and cursed: "It's just a head! He was so scared, what a waste!"
Taro Ryumoto stepped forward, squatted down, and opened the package completely, revealing a human head in front of everyone. The timid man couldn't help but exclaimed, his face turned pale. Noda Yoshihiko said angrily: "What do the Yanyun people want to do? Do they think a dead head can scare us? It's simply inexplicable!"
Tatsumotoro suddenly exclaimed: "No!" Everyone was startled. Noda Yoshihiko asked angrily: "Ryumoto-kun, what are you yelling at? What's wrong?" Tatsumotoro pointed at the head, his face pale. He said authentically: "This is Mr. Ping Chongsheng!" Everyone was shocked and looked carefully, and then they saw that it was indeed Ping Chongsheng! Noda Yoshihiko looked pale and said: "Why, how could this happen?"
Taro Tatsumoto frowned and said in a deep voice: "There is only one explanation for this. Heishong Shengping was not blocked, but was premeditated by the Yanyun Army! Heishong Shengren's army was probably completely annihilated. !" When the people around heard this, they couldn't help but change their colors in horror. Noda Yoshihiko shook his head nervously and said: "This is impossible!" Tatsumoto Taro glanced at Noda Yoshihiko, pointed at Taira Shigemori's head, and said angrily: "Taira Shigemori's head is right here. The matter is very clear. Noda-kun, please stop deceiving yourself and others!" Noda Yoshihiko's expression changed several times. He knew that what Tatsumoto Taro said was true, but he just didn't want to believe it.
Ueno Mamoru looked straight at Ryumotoro, frowned and asked: "What on earth is going on?" Ryumotoro pondered for a long time and said: "Now that I think about it, I'm afraid the Yanyun Army set a trap for us from the beginning. Three days ago, the Yanyun Army defeated our main force. If the Yanyun Army had taken the opportunity to attack with all its strength, we would have been unable to withstand it! The whole army would have been crushed! But the Yanyun Army did not continue to attack. They just surrounded us!" He glanced at Ueno Morinao and said, "Sir, we have been grateful that the Yanyun Army did not attack for three days! Now that I think about it, I'm afraid they did this on purpose!"
Noda Yoshihiko said angrily: "There is no reason to deliberately not attack when you can attack!" Taro Ryumoto glanced at Noda Yoshihiko, turned back to the frowning Ueno Mori Nao and said: "Sir, this is one of the thirty-six strategies. We are laying siege to the city for reinforcements! The Yanyun army deliberately did not completely annihilate us, just to lure His Excellency Ping Chongsheng to lead his troops to come to the rescue, and then they ambush halfway and annihilate Ping Chongsheng's army in one fell swoop!" Everyone was shocked. No one spoke, the scene was very quiet and the atmosphere was very depressing.
Ueno Mamoru looked at Tatsumotoro and asked, "Tell me, what should we do now?" Tatsumotoro sighed, shook his head, and said, "There is no other way! Even His Excellency Taira Shigemori has been wiped out. , we, although I don't want to admit it, but I have to say that we have been locked in an iron cage and cannot escape!" Everyone was silent, and even Noda Yoshihiko did not refute his words.
At this moment, the sentry responsible for looking down the mountain suddenly screamed: "The Yanyun Army is attacking! The Yanyun Army is attacking!..." Everyone was startled and rushed to the hillside, only to see a war horse rushing up. . When everyone was feeling depressed and confused, they suddenly saw such a scene and couldn't help being frightened. Without thinking about it carefully, they hurriedly ordered the troops to prepare for battle.
Yan Yun's cavalry rushed a hundred paces in front of the Japanese's first line, suddenly reined in his horse, shot a hail of arrows into the middle of the Japanese, then turned his horse's head and ran back.
When the Japanese saw Yan Yun's cavalry leaving, they couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. Then they discovered that the arrows shot by Yan Yun's cavalry had notes tied to them. Out of curiosity, they all picked them up and looked at them. A samurai presented a note to Ueno Morinao. Ueno Mamoru passed the note and read it. His expression was suddenly startled and he exclaimed: "No! This is a trick of the Yanyun people!" It turned out that the note was written in Japanese characters: You have no way out. Escape, if you want to survive, put down your weapons and surrender, otherwise you will only die, just like Taira Shigemori and his men!
Ueno Mamoru hurriedly ordered the generals and senior samurai to collect the note, and issued an order: Anyone who dares to hide the note privately or spread the contents of the note will be punished as a collaborator and will be killed without mercy!
The notes were collected, but the content of the note had already been widely known among the Japanese soldiers. At the same time, it also spread about Ping Chongsheng's head! The Japanese officers and soldiers were panic-stricken, and one after another some people secretly left the military camp and fled down the mountain to surrender to Yan Yun's army. Ueno Mamoru was horrified when he received the report of the above situation. He immediately led his trusted samurai to patrol the camp. Only then was the momentum of the escape slightly curbed. However, it was impossible to stop it. What frightened Ueno Mamoru the most was that the escapees In addition to the ashigaru, there are actually samurai, including many intermediate and high-level samurai.
Ueno Mamoru returned to the tent, feeling exhausted mentally and physically, and sat down heavily on the chair. Taro Tatsumoto walked in, glanced at the exhausted Ueno Morinao, bowed and said, "Sir, how do you want to deal with the current situation?" Ueno Morinao raised his head, with a confused look on his face. He murmured: "How to deal with it? I don't know how to deal with it!" He sighed, supported his head with both hands, and said in a fearful tone: "We are dead! We are all dead!"
Tatsumotoro walked next to Ueno Morinao, bent down, and whispered: "Sir, it is not shameful to lose to the powerful Yanyun Army!..." Ueno Morinao did not understand what Ryumotoro said and turned to look at him. He frowned and asked: "What do you mean?" Taro Ryumoto didn't answer and asked: "Do you want to die here, sir?" Ueno Mori Nao remained silent. Naturally, he didn't want to die, but his words did not It's easy to say it out. If you say it out, it won't look like you're afraid of death. That's disrespectful to your dignity!
Tatsumotoro saw Ueno Morinao's expression in his eyes, and he knew what he meant. He said cautiously: "Sir, the arrow book shot by Yan Yunjun..." Ueno Morinao was stunned, and then he understood what Ryumotoro meant. , couldn't help but look at him. Taro Ryumoto was heartbroken when Ueno Mamoru looked at him. Ueno Morunao frowned and said: "What Ryumoto-kun means..." Ryumoto Taro said quickly: "I don't mean anything! No matter what your master means, I will definitely follow it!" He kicked the ball back first to avoid Ueno Morunao's intention. Fall out.
Ueno Mamoru hesitated. …
Early the next morning, the Yanyun generals gathered in the big tent to discuss matters. Xiang Danian said loudly: "Lord Kou, your strategy doesn't seem to be working! One day and one night have passed, and there is still no movement from the Japanese! I think we don't have to wait any longer, and we can take advantage of the power of the Pingchong Sheng army that we just wiped out, and go up the mountain in one go. , destroy them!" Xiao Duoli agreed: "Yes, we can't wait any longer, we must destroy the Japanese as soon as possible! The situation in the north is unclear now, and the court in the south may have sent troops. We must free up our hands to deal with others as soon as possible. enemy! Even if you pay a little more, it’s worth it!”
Li Tian, Wan Chun and others also expressed their approval. Everyone's eyes fell on Kou Yan. King Yan ordered Kou Yan to fight for the commander-in-chief, so it was up to him to decide what to do in the end!
Kou Yan thought for a moment, frowned and nodded, looked at the generals, and said: "What you generals said is absolutely true! We can't wait any longer! I will..." An officer suddenly rushed in from the big tent and reported urgently: "Lord Qi, the Japanese have sent an envoy and they have arrived at the gate of the camp!"
Kou Yan suddenly stood up and said excitedly: "Here he comes!" Then he ordered: "Bring him in!" The officer promised and ran down. After a while, he led a Japanese general in. All the generals lowered their heads and looked down at him. Because the Japanese were short, they could only look at him like this. The name "Japanese" was not an insult, but they were just casually called out after seeing the characteristics of the Japanese. Of course, the Japanese regarded this title as contempt and insult to themselves, and hated it very much.
The Japanese general who came was Ryumoto Taro. He was tall among the Japanese, but he looked very short in front of the Yanyun generals. Although he could not be called a dwarf, the gap between the two sides was really too big. . Taro Ryumoto suddenly saw these many Yanyun warriors and couldn't help but feel nervous. Seeing Kou Yan sitting high on the throne, he quickly bowed and said, "I have met Lord Yanyun!" He didn't know Kou Yan's identity, so he had to call him that.
Kou Yan looked him over and said, "My name is Kou Yan, and I am the governor of the Hebei region under the throne of King Yan!" Taro Ryumoto couldn't help but be in awe, and quickly saluted again: "I have met the governor! I am Ueno Morinao. Your Excellency’s envoy, Taro Tatsumoto, is here to negotiate peace with you on the orders of His Excellency Nomori Nao!”
Kou Yan said calmly: "It's not peace talks, it's your surrender!" Taro Ryumoto said with some embarrassment: "This, I'm afraid this is a bit embarrassing!" Kou Yan snorted coldly, "You'd better not be embarrassed, our army doesn't have time to follow. You guys are soaking mushrooms! If you don’t come down from the mountain before noon today, disarm and surrender! Our army will attack immediately!" Seeing what Taro Ryumoto wanted to say more, he waved his hands impatiently and said: "This is an ultimatum, there is nothing to talk about. , you go!" After hearing this, Taro Ryumoto knew that no matter what he said, it would be useless, and he couldn't help but feel aggrieved. However, although he was aggrieved, he did not feel angry at all. Instead, he felt that the other party was treating him like this. It is quite normal, because the other party is the strong one and oneself is the weak one. He bowed respectfully to Kou Yan and left.
Taro Ryumoto returned to the mountain and spoke out what Kou Yan said. Ueno Morunao frowned, and Noda Yoshihiko shouted: "Baga! Damn Yanyun people! Do you really think we are afraid of them!" Turning to look at Ueno Morunao, he said: "Sir, the Yanyun people are really rampant. We fought with them!"
Taro Ryumoto frowned and said: "You definitely can't fight..." Yoshihiko Noda glared at Taro Ryumoto and asked: "Ryumoto, are you still a samurai of Yamato? You actually said such a thing!" Taro Ryumoto closed his mouth and stopped talking.
Ueno Morinao said: "This may be an opportunity..." Neither Tatsumoto Taro nor Noda Yoshihiko understood what Ueno Morinao meant. Ueno Mamoru glanced at the two of them, and smiled sinisterly: "Ryumoto-kun, Noda-kun, this is a great opportunity for us to turn defeat into victory!" After hearing this, the two became even more confused, and had no idea what was going on at the moment. Great opportunity? Yan Yunxiaorui has already surrounded his own side, and his several breakthroughs have only resulted in the loss of troops, and all foreign aid has been lost. How can there be any chance now?
Ueno Morunao laughed twice and said: "Since the Yanyun people want us to surrender, then we will surrender!" Taromoto Taro and Noda Yoshihiko were stunned. They did not expect Ueno Morunao to make such a decision. Noda Yoshihiko was furious. He said in a cross voice: "Sir, what are you..." Ueno Mamoru raised his hand to stop Noda Yoshihiko's words, and said in a creepy tone and manner: "I will surprise the Yanyun people who think they are great! We Yamato The nation will never surrender!”…
Taro Ryumoto once again came to the Yanyun Army's tent, saluted Kou Yan in a more humble manner than the last time, and said: "Lord Ueno Morinao is willing to surrender. At noon today, he led his men down the mountain to surrender."
Kou Yan smiled and nodded, saying: "You have chosen the right path, good!" Taro Ryumoto was obedient. Kou Yan said: "Go back and tell your lords, I will greet him personally!" Seeing that the other party was completely unprepared, Taro Ryumoto was secretly happy, and quickly thanked him, and then said: "If you have no other instructions, lord, I will go back to resume my duties." !" Kou Yan nodded and said: "Go." Taro Ryumoto bowed again and left.
Taro Ryumoto returned to the mountain and relayed Kou Yan's words, and the three of them laughed at the same time. Noda Yoshihiko said sarcastically: "I thought Yanyun's generals were so cunning, but it turned out to be so stupid. It's really disappointing!" Taro Ryumoto said to Ueno Mamoru: "Sir, since Kou Yan wants to greet us in person , I think we can completely change the plan..." Ueno Mamoru looked at Ryumoto Taro and asked: "What are your ideas?" Ryumoto Taro said: "Yanyun's 200,000 troops are around, even if they are unexpected It is definitely not easy to succeed in a raid! Kou Yan is the commander-in-chief of the Yanyun Army in this area and the governor of Hebei. His status in Yanyun is very high. If we can kidnap him, we will have no problem in escaping! "
Ueno Morinao and Noda Yoshihiko understood what Tatsumotoro meant. Ueno Morinao asked, "Do you mean to take advantage of the opportunity when he comes to greet us and capture him by surprise?" Tatsumoto nodded. , "Yes! Kou Yan must not have any defenses. We only need to select a thousand elite warriors. When the time comes, we can make a surprise surprise attack!" Ueno Mamoru thought and nodded, and said resolutely: "That's it! "Looking at Taro Tatsumoto, his eyes immediately fell on Noda Yoshihiko, and he ordered: "Noda-kun, you immediately select a thousand elite warriors, put on Ashigaru clothes, and then act according to my eyes!" Noda Yoshihiko excitedly agreed and ran down. Taro Tatsumoto felt a little dissatisfied when he saw that although Ueno Morinao had adopted his suggestion, he asked Noda Yoshihiko to implement it, but he did not show it.
Near noon, tens of thousands of Japanese came down from the top, led by Ueno Morinao, Tatsumoto Taro, and Noda Yoshihiko. At this time, tens of thousands of Yanyun infantry were waiting at the foot of the mountain. Kou Yan led hundreds of soldiers to stand at the front of the army and wait for them.
The Japanese came to the foot of the mountain and stopped. Then Ueno Morinao, Tatsumoto Taro, and Noda Yoshihiko led a thousand elite warriors disguised as ashigaru toward Kou Yan and came to Kou Yan. A soldier officer who immediately stood next to Kou Yan shouted at the Japanese: "Don't kneel down when you see your Excellency!" Ueno Morinao and the other three showed strange expressions, and Ueno Morinao turned his head and glanced at Noda Yoshihiko next to him. Noda Yoshihiko understood, suddenly pulled out his samurai sword, and shouted in Japanese: "Fight with me!" The thousand samurai pulled out their Japanese swords together, shouted fiercely, and followed Noda Yoshihiko and rushed towards Kou Yan and the others. The incident happened suddenly and fiercely! At the same time, the tens of thousands of Japanese who were originally staying at the foot of the mountain also roared and surged over!
Kou Yan only had two or three hundred people around him. He was unable to return to the army for a while, and he was about to fall into a group of enemies!
At this moment, an unexpected scene happened. Kou Yan and others got off their horses and pulled their horses to the ground. The Japanese were stunned when they saw this scene, and then they were shocked to find that Yan Yun's army behind Kou Yan had raised their crossbows and pointed them at them. Their crossbows had already been cocked! The Japanese stopped subconsciously, and then heard a loud buzzing sound. At the same time, they saw darkness in front of them, and a powerful rain of arrows flew in, covering the sky and blocking out the sun! The Japanese's face turned pale instantly, and he didn't know what to do for a moment! In the blink of an eye, a dense rain of arrows flew in, and there was a loud pop-pop-pop sound. The Japanese were hit by arrows and fell down, and screams came one after another!
A round of arrows rained down, and more than half of a thousand Japanese elites were shot down. Thousands of feathers formed a forest on the ground, and corpses were everywhere. Ueno Morunao and the remaining Japanese warriors saw that Yan Yun's army had been prepared for a long time and dared to stop here, so they turned around and ran towards their own army.
At this time, the second round of arrows flew, and many Japanese were shot down, and the remaining ones were even more panicked. Boom...boom..., a loud roar like thunder suddenly came from my ears, and the earth seemed to be shaking! Everyone subconsciously followed the sound and were shocked to see the Yanyun War Cavalry rolling in from the east, with smoke and dust swirling and murderous intent! The Japanese officers and soldiers were horrified, and then a chaos broke out. Everyone rushed to rush towards the mountain. The scene was chaotic. In the panic, Ueno and Morunao, the three of them, also rode their horses and ran towards the mountain, regardless of everything.
In the blink of an eye, Yan Yun's war cavalry pierced the enemy group like a sharp knife. In an instant, the corpses were covered with blood and the people were overwhelmed. Yanyun's war cavalry surged forward, unstoppable, as if they were entering an uninhabited land, splitting the Japanese army into two pieces in one fell swoop! Most of the Japanese were intercepted at the foot of the mountain, and only a few were able to run up the mountain!
Seeing that their retreat was blocked, the Japanese soldiers subconsciously wanted to escape in other directions, but they were shocked to find that the murderous Yanyun elite had surrounded them from three sides. They saw that the formation was like a mountain and the momentum was like a rainbow. They were simply invincible! The Japanese soldiers did not dare to fight and subconsciously gathered in the middle. In the end, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers were surrounded by tens of thousands of Yanyun Legions. They were terrified and felt that there was no way to go from heaven to earth!
Yan Yun's army stopped advancing, and the thunderous footsteps stopped. At first glance, there was a murderous atmosphere. The Japanese soldiers were frightened and didn't know what to do.
At this time, a Xiang Danian rode his horse to the front of the army. The Japanese soldiers were even more frightened when they saw the majestic Xiang Danian. Xiang Danian waved the mace in his hand and shouted loudly: "Those who surrender will be spared death, and those who do not surrender will be killed!" The word 'kill' was like a thunder, frightening the Japanese soldiers. After hesitating for a moment, one samurai first threw away the katana in his hand and knelt down. Seeing this, the others naturally followed suit and threw away their weapons, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. It is hard to imagine that the Japanese army, which was extremely cruel in massacring the people, looked like this!
At the same time, thousands of people including Ueno Morinao had fled halfway up the mountain. Suddenly, there seemed to be a surge of people on the top of the mountain. Everyone subconsciously stopped and looked towards the mountain. Their expressions changed drastically. They saw thousands of people standing on the top of the mountain, all of them were Yan Yunjun! Noda Yoshihiko widened his eyes and said in disbelief: "What, what is going on?" The Japanese were smart and thought they could deceive Kou Yan by pretending to surrender. In fact, Kou Yan felt that the Japanese were very insincere at the time and expected that they would be seven out of ten. The ninth is a conspiracy to fake surrender. The reason is very simple. Anyone who comes to negotiate surrender will put forward the lowest conditions such as ensuring life safety no matter what. But when Taro Ryumoto came to negotiate before, he didn't mention any conditions. He just said that he would lead his troops down to surrender before noon and left. This was too careless! There is only one explanation, and that is that the Japanese surrender was not sincere, they were pretending to surrender! Therefore, Kou Yan made some arrangements. In addition to the arrangements for the surrender site, he also sent a group of elite troops to ride the Japanese down the mountain from the north of Linhe and then climbed up the hill!
Taro Ryumoto looked pale and said with fear: "We, we fell into a trap! They, they didn't want to surrender us at all!" The stupid Japanese, at this time, didn't even know that their 'clever trick' had been discovered. , will fall into the current predicament.
Thousands of people gathered on the mountainside, terrified and at a loss. Noda Yoshihiko looked crazy and said loudly: "Fight with the Yanyun people!" However, no one agreed with him. Everyone looked at each other with fear on their faces. Seeing this scene, Noda Yoshihiko was very angry, "You, you..."
Taro Tatsumoto whispered to Ueno Morinao: "Sir, the matter has come to this, the only way is to surrender!" Noda Yoshihiko immediately jumped up like a rabbit whose tail was stepped on, and shouted loudly: "No surrender! Yamato nation How can a brave warrior surrender! I would rather be broken into pieces than surrender!"
After all, what happened next will be explained later.
