Yongren walked into the courtyard of the palace and saw the full moonlight, reflecting the green bamboo and wooden houses, small bridges and flowing water. It was really beautiful. Yongren felt a little better and started walking in the yard, thinking over and over in his mind about strategies to deal with it, but facing the current situation, he just couldn't think of a good way. Yongren was a little annoyed. It was clear that the enemy only had a few tens of thousands of people, so how could he suppress the entire Yamato nation so that they could not move? It actually gave me a feeling of cowardice that I couldn't resist? Then he thought about the three armies being wiped out one after another, and he couldn't help but feel panic and confusion. What's scary is that the 30,000 to 40,000 troops in the Ming Military Region can actually wipe out our own army of more than 200,000 troops in three directions; what's puzzling is how the Ming army achieved such a mythical record, and whether their tricks were too cunning. , or their combat power is too terrifying, or both.
Yongren stopped and looked at the bright moon reflected in the lake, unable to find the answer in his heart. I just feel that no matter what the situation is, it shows that my previous view is completely wrong. Yan Yunjun is an extremely terrifying opponent!
There were soft footsteps behind him. Yongren retracted his thoughts, turned around, and saw several beautiful wives and concubines in kimonos walking over. He bowed and said, "Your Highness!"
Yongren's mood immediately improved a lot, and he said: "You guys came just in time, come with me for a walk." Several concubines agreed. A few people strolled along the cobblestone path beside the lake. Yongren couldn't help but think of the current unfavorable situation, and couldn't help but ask the concubines: "Do you all know our current situation?"
Several concubines nodded, with sad expressions on their faces. The most beautiful concubine among them said: "We heard that the troops of General Shigeo Zuoshi and General Nobuo Uesugi were completely wiped out? "
Yonghito sighed and frowned: "The situation is very serious now. The main force of more than 200,000 people in our army has been wiped out by the enemy. I don't know whether I should continue to defend Kumamoto, or should I give up Kumamoto and retreat?" He stopped and turned around. Lai glanced at the concubines and said, "Come and tell me, what should I do?"
All the concubines looked at each other, as if they wanted to speak but were hesitant.
Yongren said: "You can say whatever you want. No matter what you say, I won't blame you."
A concubine couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, our army of more than 200,000 people was wiped out by the Ming Army in such a short period of time. This shows how terrifying the Ming Army is! The army of more than 200,000 people is vulnerable to a single blow. Now there are only a few people in the city. How could more than 20,000 samurai and ashigaru, as well as some useless militiamen, be able to withstand such a terrifying Ming army? Kumamoto must not be able to defend it anymore. We should retreat before it's too late! Otherwise, the Ming army Once the city is attacked, it will be too late to escape!" The other concubines couldn't help but nodded.
Yongren looked at this concubine with a very angry look in his eyes. When Concubine Ji saw His Highness's unkind look, she couldn't help but feel frightened in her heart, and asked tremblingly: "Your Highness, did I, did I say something wrong?"
Yongren shouted angrily: "You actually said such a thing, do you think the Ming army is stronger than our Yamato warriors?"
The concubine was startled and shook her head hurriedly: "No, no, Your Highness, I, I didn't mean that, I..."
Yongren asked with a gloomy face: "Are you impatient to surrender to Yan Yun?" The concubine was so frightened that she knelt down on the ground with a plop and said with great fear: "I, I never meant that!"
Only a clanging sound was heard, and Yongren pulled out the katana from his waist. All the concubines screamed in fright and took a step back. The concubine who was kneeling on the ground was even more frightened and turned pale. There was a look of madness in Yongren's eyes. He moved his hand forward, and the samurai sword pierced the concubine's chest with a soft hiss! The concubine screamed and looked at Yongren with infinite pain and confusion in her eyes. Her body fell limp and she was no longer breathing. The other concubines were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground, their bodies swaying constantly, their heads lowered and not daring to look at Yongren. Yongren's crazy emotions subsided, and when he saw the concubine lying in a pool of blood, he couldn't help but regret in his heart. However, this feeling of regret was fleeting, and he immediately put the samurai sword back into its sheath, called the samurai, and ordered the samurai to take the concubine's body out and bury it.
Yongren felt infinite exhaustion welling up in his heart. He dragged his exhausted body and soul into the bedroom, put his katana beside the pillow, and lay down in his clothes.
After several ups and downs in the mood of the soldiers and civilians in the city, they have now become very panicked again. When they learned that three lines of reinforcements were coming to support, their panic turned into excitement, thinking that the legendary scene of the divine army sweeping away demons would be staged. However, when the news came that the two armies of Zushi Shigeo and Uesugi Nobuo had been completely wiped out. After hearing this, their excitement fell to the bottom again. These days, the emotions of the soldiers and civilians in Kumamoto City are like riding a roller coaster. Sometimes they are thrown into the clouds, and sometimes they fall to the bottom of the valley in an instant. Sometimes they are in heaven and sometimes in hell. The soldiers and civilians in the city are exhausted from the torment.
The samurai and ashigaru on the wall looked worriedly outside the city. The samurai and ashigaru gathered around the bonfire were silent, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
In the middle of the night, the samurai and ashigaru on the city wall suddenly heard the noise of fighting coming from the city gate below. Everyone was startled and rushed to the inner wall to check. They saw many samurai and ashigaru chasing away the samurai and ashigaru at the gate of the city. Many corpses were lying on the ground. Everyone thought someone had rebelled, and they all screamed in alarm, and alarms sounded on the city walls.
Immediately, the city gate was opened, thrilling shouts came from outside the city, and countless Ming troops entered the city in the darkness. At this time, the Japanese soldiers were in chaos. Some people fled in fear, and some people spontaneously tried to stop them. There were murderous screams. The samurai and ashigaru who tried to stop the Ming army fell into a pool of blood. Immediately, the whole city was in chaos, with cries, shouts and screams turning an originally peaceful city into a pot of porridge.
Yongren, who was sleeping soundly, woke up with a start. He only heard chaotic shouts and screams outside, and the flickering firelight illuminated the windows brightly. He couldn't help but feel frightened and confused. He quickly jumped off the bed and rushed out of the bedroom. At this moment, Ono Satoshi rushed over in a panic. Neither of them expected that the other would suddenly appear, and they bumped into each other immediately.
Onochi hurriedly retreated to apologize, and Yonghi shouted angrily: "What on earth is going on?"
Ohno Satoshi said with fear on his face: "It's the enemy, they, they have entered the city!"
Although Yongren had somewhat expected it, he was still shocked when he heard Ohno Satoshi say this. He said angrily: "How is it possible? How could they suddenly enter the city?" "They were the defeated troops before. Those defeated troops There were many spies from the Ming Army mixed in. They raided the city gate just now and opened the city gate."
Yongren was so depressed that he couldn't speak. Only then did he understand why so many defeated troops were able to escape smoothly. It turned out that they were not lucky at all, or the Ming army was careless. It was clearly a trick of the opponent. Yongren couldn't help but said angrily: "Han people are so treacherous!"
ah! ...The panicked shouts came closer. Both of them were frightened, and Onochi said urgently: "Your Highness, leave quickly, the situation is already extremely critical!"
The situation had reached this point, and Yongren could no longer think too much. He hurriedly ran outside. Ohno Satoshi hurriedly followed, and at the same time called for his personal samurai to come and escort him.
The group of people rushed out of the palace in a panic. They saw the lights of fire flickering in the sky in all directions of the streets, and the shadows of people in the distance. Killing screams came from all directions. It seemed that there were enemies everywhere and there was no safe place. Yongren asked at a loss: "We, where should we go?" Ohno Satoshi said: "The enemies entered the city from the west gate and south gate. There should not be many enemies in the north and west." Yongren immediately said: "Just go to the north." Onochi cheered, and immediately led all the bodyguards to escort Yongren towards the north.
Suddenly, countless crowds of people turned up on the street ahead, including thousands of ashigaru, samurai, nobles, and civilians, running toward them in fear. Immediately, the mighty and terrifying Ming army appeared behind them, pursuing them fiercely. The screams kept ringing out. Yongren and others were shocked and overwhelmed. Before they had time to take countermeasures, the group was overwhelmed by the crowd shouting for their lives. I was rushed to pieces. Just as Yongren was being carried by the crowd, feeling dizzy and overwhelmed, he felt a strong hand grabbing him and dragging him out of the crowd into a secluded alley next to him. Yongren calmed down, and when he saw it was Ohno Satoshi, he felt as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and he was extremely excited.
Ohno Satoshi hugged Yongren and hid in the darkness of the alley, whispering: "Don't make a sound!" Yongren felt a chill in his heart. At this moment, on the street in front, the ferocious Ming army rushed over chasing the fleeing soldiers and civilians.
The two of them waited for a while after all the Ming army had passed before they dared to stand up and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Ohno Satoshi bowed to Yongren and apologized: "The matter just now was urgent, and my subordinates had no choice but to do it. Please don't blame me, Your Highness!" Yongren waved his hand and said: "Ohno-kun, don't say that. If you hadn't seen the opportunity quickly, I'm afraid I wouldn't be here now. If you die in the rebel army, you are captured! You have been very kind to me!" After a pause, he frowned and said: "What should I do now? I didn't expect that the Ming army also appeared in the north?" Ohno Chi said: "It's just that I can go to the east, I just hope the east has not fallen yet." Yongren frowned and nodded.
Ohno Satoshi pointed to the prince's robe on Yonghito and said, "Your Highness, your robe is too conspicuous, why not throw it away." Ohno Satoshi felt that what he said made sense, and immediately took off his robe.
Yongren ran towards the east gate under the protection of Ohno Satoshi. Along the way, he saw panicked crowds rushing towards the east. When they arrived at the east city gate, the two of them saw the city gate wide open, but the gate still praised their temperament, and their hearts that had been hanging around suddenly dropped. Not daring to delay, he quickly fled out of the city. Joining a group of warriors who had just escaped, the group of people ran towards the east. The noisy city behind him became farther and farther away, and Yongren's fearful heart gradually calmed down. Then depression and pain came to his heart. He never expected before the battle that he would lose so miserably!
The Ming army captured Kumamoto Castle in one fell swoop. Because the attack was so sudden and unexpected by the Japanese, they encountered almost no decent resistance and suffered minimal losses. However, the streets were full of corpses and the ditches were full of blood. This was not because Yang Peng ordered the massacre. In fact, the reaction of the Japanese civilians during the war was different from that of any other nation. When the city fell, families of all sizes were trying to escape with their families, and they were mixed with the defeated troops. When the Ming army was attacking and chasing, there was no way to distinguish who was the common people and who was the army, instead of rushing to kill them all. In the past, the result became what it is now!
The Ming army was cleaning up the battlefield in the city. The civilians and nobles who were lucky enough to escape fled home in panic, closing the doors and windows tightly. The family gathered together and waited fearfully for the judgment of fate; some families were even more frightened to the extreme. The whole thing committed suicide. Don't think that this is a sign of bravery. On the contrary, it is a sign of extreme cowardice and fear. Because you can't face the unknown future, you choose a dead end. Sometimes, it is easy to lead a knife to achieve success, but it takes incomparable courage to survive.
When the sun rose from the east, the miserable scenes of the past came into view. Corpses filled the streets, blood turned the whole city red, and Kumamoto Castle became a hell on earth.
Yongren and others ran all the way, not daring to take a break on the road. They were frightened when they heard the birds chirping, and panicked when they saw the wind and grass moving. Fortunately, the chirping of birds and the movement of wind and grass are just natural phenomena and do not mean that the enemy is coming. Yongren and his group ran wildly for a day and a night. This morning, the group was extremely sleepy. Although many of them were walking, they looked like they would fall down at any time.
Yongren felt that he should have got rid of the Ming army and wanted to stop and take a rest. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a shrill cry suddenly came from the front: "Enemy! Enemy!"
Everyone was horrified, and they turned around and ran away subconsciously. In their panic, they didn't even realize that if they fled along the original route, wouldn't they be returning to Kumamoto again?
Everyone ran wildly for a while, only to hear the rapid sound of horse hooves behind them. Thinking that the Ming Dynasty's war cavalry was chasing him, he ran away even more desperately, rolling, crawling, and using his hands and feet. This was completely regardless of image. He only had one thought in his mind, which was to escape for his life.
Ohno Satoshi looked back while running away, and saw that the people coming on horseback were only a dozen warriors on horseback, not Yan Yun's army. Ohno Satoshi was stunned, and then he realized that the group was heading east, and Ninomiya Kazuya was leading an army to support Kumamoto from this direction. As soon as he thought of this, he immediately stopped, raised his hands and shouted: "Don't be afraid, everyone! It's one of our own!"
Everyone who was running away with their heads buried in panic stopped when they heard this. Turning around and looking around, he saw a dozen warriors from his own side galloping towards him, not the enemy. Everyone let out a long breath, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when they thought about how frightened they had been.
The dozen warriors rushed to Yongren and reined in their horses. The leading senior warrior glanced at everyone from above and asked: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Ohno Satoshi took a step forward, pointed at Yonghito and said: "His Royal Highness is here, how can you be so rude!" All the warriors were startled and looked at Yonghito, seeing that he was a man in civilian clothes with a stained face. The unbearable young man did not believe that he would be the prince. The senior warrior sneered: "If you were the prince, wouldn't I be the emperor!" All the warriors laughed.
Yongren was very angry and shouted: "How dare you be so rude to me? Don't you even want to live?"
When the warriors saw that he was so impressive and he didn't look like a commoner, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. They stopped laughing and thought to themselves, "Isn't he really the Crown Prince?" 'I immediately discovered that the people around him were all wearing samurai armor and samurai swords. Although they were all in a state of embarrassment, they were undoubtedly samurai. After discovering this, everyone no longer dared to laugh and ridicule like before, and they couldn't help but show cautious expressions. The senior warrior got off his horse, walked up to Yongren, and looked at Yongren. Although I still didn't believe that this young man was His Highness the Crown Prince, he bowed slightly and said: "I have never met His Highness the Crown Prince. If you are His Highness the Crown Prince, please bring out His Highness the Crown Prince's seal."
Yongren said angrily: "Kumamoto fell, and we finally escaped, but how could we still bring out the seal?"
When the senior samurai heard that Kumamoto had fallen, he couldn't help being shocked and subconsciously said: "Impossible!" Yonghito said angrily: "Would I still tease you with such a thing? It doesn't matter if you don't recognize me, you are the second A subordinate of Miya Kazuya, right?" The senior warrior nodded.
Yongren said: "Very good, take me to see Ninomiya Kazuya!"
The senior samurai thought for a while, nodded, and immediately led the samurai under his command to lead the way, followed closely by Yongren and others.
When it was almost noon, I saw a huge army approaching, with the Ninomiya family emblem clearly embroidered on a large flag in the middle. The senior warrior first went to report to Ninomiya Kazuya. After a while, Yonghito and others saw the army stop, and a large group of warriors rushed towards them. The leader was the middle-aged general with a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and deep eyes, an eagle nose and a wide mouth. With a beard all over his face, a ferocious look on his face, and wearing Japanese armor, he looks like a fierce Japanese general. He is none other than the Great General of the Four Kingdoms, Ninomiya Kazuya. When Yongren saw him, he couldn't help but feel that he had support.
Ninomiya Kazuya led a group of generals and warriors to rush to Yonghito, dismounted from his horse, and bowed vigorously: "Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Yongren stepped forward to help Ninomiya Kazuya and said: "Ninomiya-kun, there is no need to be polite." Ninomiya Kazuya immediately ordered the army to camp on the spot. After the order was passed, the army set up camp on the spot, and a two-hundred-meter-long curtain surrounded an independent rectangular area. Yongren sat down at the top, and Ninomiya Kazuya once again led his subordinates to pay homage. After that, they lined up on the left and right sides. Ninomiya Kazuya stood on the left hand side, bowed and asked Yonghito: "Why did His Highness arrive suddenly and like this...? Just now I heard from my subordinates that Kumamoto was lost. Is this true?"
Yongren recalled his experience of narrowly avoiding death not long ago and sighed with lingering fear, saying: "The Ming Army is much more terrifying than we imagined! They are simply the devils of the abyss and are invincible!"
Ninomiya Kazuya, his generals and senior samurai all looked disapproving. Ninomiya Kazuya said proudly: "No matter how strong the Ming army is, we warriors from the Four Kingdoms can still defeat it!" The generals and warriors all echoed and shouted. From the looks of it, they didn't take the Ming army seriously at all.
Seeing this scene, Yonghito felt displeased and said: "General Zuoshi Shigeo, General Minamoto Yoshitsune, and General Uesugi, the three armies, totaling more than 200,000 troops, were wiped out in a short period of time. This is enough to show how terrifying the enemy is! If Ninomiya-kun underestimates the enemy so much, he will be defeated and die. If this puts our Yamato nation in an unprecedented crisis, there will be no redemption!"
Ninomiya Kazuya and others were unhappy when they heard this. Behind Ninomiya Kazuya, a young and arrogant senior samurai said: "Even if the Yamato nation is eventually destroyed, our Ninomiya family is by no means the biggest sinners. There were others before. The Uesugi family and the Zuo Shi family.”
Yongren was furious and shouted: "According to what you say, my original family is the biggest sinner, right?"
Ninomiya Kazuya said quickly: "Katsuto is young and ignorant, please forgive me, Your Highness."
The last thing Yonghito tolerates is for others to offend him, and he already has murderous intentions towards Ninomiya Katsuto. However, thinking that their respective armies have been defeated and must rely on the Ninomiya family's troops to turn defeat into victory, he temporarily suppresses the anger in his heart. . He asked Ninomiya Kazuya: "What do you plan to do, Ninomiya-kun?" Ninomiya Kazuya bowed and said: "Since His Highness said that the enemy is very strong, then I still need to make a serious plan! His Highness the Crown Prince has come all the way, and it has been very difficult to think about it. If you are tired, please rest first!"
When Yongren said this, he couldn't even open his eyelids and nodded. Ninomiya Kazuya immediately ordered people to take Yonghito and his samurai down to rest.
Wait until they leave. Katsuto Ninomiya couldn't help but sneered: "What a waste, so many troops can't defeat the enemy army! It really brings shame to our Yamato nation!" A middle-aged general with a pale face frowned and said: "I won't go into details about Minamoto Yoshitsune, but Seiyo Zushima and Nobuo Uesugi are both powerful characters. Even they were defeated so miserably. It shows that the Yanyun Army is indeed terrible!"
Ninomiya Katsuto was very displeased and said angrily: "Chosogabu-kun, how could you say such a thing?" The middle-aged general with a pale face was named Chosogabu Yoshimori. The contemporary head of the clan, the Chosogabe clan is one of the most prominent daimyo in Shikoku Island. Therefore, Chosogabe Yoshimori is one of the most important generals under Ninomiya Kazuya.
After hearing the question from Katsuto Ninomiya, Yoshimori Chosame said with a smile: "I'm just telling the truth. We have all dealt with Shigeo Sashima and Nobuo Uesugi, and we all know that they are powerful people. Even they were defeated. With such a misfortune, defeating their enemies is naturally very scary!”
Ninomiya Katsuto snorted and said: "I think this result is caused by His Highness the Crown Prince's blind command!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
