Yang Peng looked her over and asked, "What's your name?" The Japanese beauty turned her head and resisted silently.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "Are you resisting? What's the use of it? If I really want to destroy the flower with my own hands, can you resist?"
The Japanese beauty stared at Yang Peng with extremely hateful eyes and said, "You are an evil invader! You destroyed our home!"
Yang Peng said calmly: "Victims in wars always say this. Just like chickens and ducks slaughtered by humans, they always howl in pain or pleading before they die! What's the use of that! Human society is Just like the forest, the weak eat the strong. If you can't become a tiger or wolf that steals the flesh and blood of others, you can only become a tiger and wolf's blood food! It has always been like this! When you Japanese invaded and occupied Korea, what you did was probably beyond the reach of our Ming army. !” The beautiful Japanese woman frowned and had nothing to say for a moment.
Yang Peng said: "Actually, our Ming army did nothing else besides occupying the land. You may be the daughter of a local daimyo. Do you think that the miserable experiences you are experiencing today are all caused by us, but are we the ones who are really persecuting you? ? The people who rushed into your home were your own compatriots, and the people who killed your relatives and robbed your wealth were also your own compatriots. Our Ming Army did nothing."
The Japanese beauty lowered her head, and her tears rolled down like broken pearls.
Although Yang Peng didn't like Japanese people, he still couldn't help feeling pity when he saw such a weak beauty looking sad. He sighed and said: "The world is very cruel. Life is not easy for everyone. Don't think too much." Then he smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about what I will do to you? I have a wife and children. I have no interest in messing around outside!" The Japanese beauty looked at Yang Peng in surprise.
Yang Peng said: "You can live here with peace of mind. Don't worry about anything. When the situation stabilizes, I will find a suitable place to place you. Okay, I have finished what I need to say. You can rest early." Then he turned around and walked outside.
"Saga Xiyou!" Yang Peng suddenly heard the woman behind him saying. He stopped, turned around, and asked with a smile: "Is your name Saga Nozomi?"
Saga Nozomi nodded. Yang Peng said: "Saga is a local daimyo, and you are the daughter of a daimyo in Saga?" Saga Xiyou showed surprise and asked: "How do you know?" Yang Peng smiled and said: "This is not difficult to guess. .Okay, Miss Xiyou, you can have a good rest, I’m leaving." Then he turned around and left.
Saga Xiyu looked at the door in a daze, feeling unbelievable in her heart. She felt that the Ming Army was not as scary as everyone said. This general seemed to be a very good person. Then I thought of my father and became very worried.
Yang Peng returned to the hall, and the captain of the secret guard ran in, clasping his fists and saying: "Your Majesty, a Japanese came outside and said that he had urgent military information to report to the Ming Dynasty general here."
Yang Peng thought it was the nearby civilians who wanted to report something, but he didn't take it to heart and said, "Just go and ask."
The secret guard captain said: "My subordinates asked, but the other party refused to tell. He had to see the Ming general before he would reveal the truth."
Yang Peng chuckled, "Forget it, I have nothing to do now anyway, so let's bring him in." The secret guard captain clasped his fists in agreement and ran down. After a while, the secret guard captain came in with a middle-aged Japanese who looked ordinary but had a good temperament. The Japanese man looked at Yang Peng, as if he was taking a test, and then a look of wonder flashed in his eyes.
The captain of the secret guard shouted: "When you see us..." Yang Peng raised his right hand to interrupt the captain of the secret guard. He smiled and said to the Japanese: "I am the Ming general here. If you have any urgent military situation, you can always tell me I said." The Japanese bowed respectfully and said, "I am here to tell you that Prince Yongren has transferred reinforcements from Honshu, including 16,000 Dao troops and 30,000 warriors. Ashigaru.”
Yang Peng nodded, glanced at him, and said, "You know so clearly the number and composition of the reinforcements that Yongren has called, and you are definitely not an ordinary civilian. Who are you, and who sent you here?"
The Japanese said: "Please forgive me for not being able to tell you."
Yang Peng smiled, took a look at the Japanese, and said: "Since you don't want to tell, let's guess the identity of the person behind the scenes. It's not surprising to know that the reinforcements are coming. Any civilian who sees it can I know. But being able to know the number and composition is not something that ordinary people can know. This kind of thing should only be known to Yongren and his close associates. In other words, the person who sent you is most likely someone close to Yongren. Someone, and someone he trusts very much." The Japanese man showed surprise and looked at Chen Xiao in confusion.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "It seems that I guessed it right. There are only two possibilities for the purpose of this person sending you to tell me the news. One is that this is your plan to scare our army, but this It's unlikely, because our army has been delayed for so long, and you have enough time to mobilize reinforcements from this state. The reinforcements were already within our expectations, so this should be true. It seems like this , the person who sent you here was not in cahoots with Yonghito for conspiracy, but really wanted to stumbling upon Yonghito. Who has such a motive? Well, Minamoto Yoshitsune should be one. He is Yongren's younger brother, if Yongren is defeated and dies, he will naturally be the biggest beneficiary. In addition, those who were previously loyal to Taira Kiyomori may not be able to escape the relationship. Taira Kiyomori is also a hero, I believe some People must still be loyal to him, don’t these people want to avenge him?”
The Japanese stared at Yang Peng with wide eyes and said with a pale face: "You, are you a human or a ghost?!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "It seems that my guess is very close to the truth." The Japanese were silent.
Yang Peng said: "You go back and tell your master, thank you for his kindness, but I have already expected this."
The Japanese hurriedly said: "Your Excellency guessed that there would be reinforcements, but you couldn't guess the other situation."
Yang Peng felt a little curious, "Oh? What's going on?"
"Six Path Army!"
Yang Peng smiled and said, "The Six Paths Army, the elite force created by Shigeo Zuoshiro. Although it is a little stronger than the average samurai ashigaru, it is not enough to attract my attention."
The Japanese quickly said: "This Six Path Army is different from the previous Six Path Army. They are completely reborn and are very powerful! They are terrifying warriors who only know how to kill. Even you Yang Peng warriors may not be able to defeat them easily! "
Yang Peng didn't care at all and said: "Okay, I got it, you can go back." Seeing that the other party didn't take his words to heart at all, the Japanese couldn't help but think: 'If you don't believe it, you will know how powerful it is by then. . ’ He bowed to Yang Peng and left.
Early the next morning, the noisy and chaotic Kurume finally calmed down. Black smoke billowed in the city, and bursts of crying could be heard from many places; many corpses were scattered in the streets and alleys, which were the daimyo and their families who died tragically at the hands of the mob in the chaos last night. Although the Japanese civilians usually looked extremely respectful and humble towards the daimyo, I never expected that they could become so ferocious and cruel when given the opportunity! Almost none of those who died tragically were killed normally, almost all of them were tortured to death!
Yang Peng left 500 men to defend Kurume and led an army of 10,000 people towards Fukuoka. At the same time, the city of Fukuoka was under full martial law, all soldiers and generals were in place, and civilians were forcibly organized.
That afternoon, the sentry saw an army appearing on the horizon from a distance. He was frightened, rushed to the gong, and banged the gong with all his strength. In an instant, other gongs also sounded loudly, and the sound of gongs became a chorus. The soldiers and civilians in the city became frightened. The generals and samurai shouted one after another. Ashigaru and militiamen rushed to the city wall to prepare for battle.
When Yongren heard the siren, he hurried up to the highest point of the palace, with Tamamo Mae following closely behind him. Looking outside the city, I saw the dark troops and horses approaching from the horizon. Tamamo Mae was very curious and asked: "Is that the Ming Army?" Yongren nodded solemnly.
Tamamo Mae smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I think there are not many of them, and they will definitely not be able to attack Fukuoka Castle!"
Yongren shook his head and said: "You can't just look at the number of people. The number of people does not reflect the true combat effectiveness. Otherwise, our army of more than 200,000 people would not have been completely annihilated by them!" Tamamo Mae did not speak, thinking in his heart Very curious: 'This man is not even afraid of Ping Kiyomori, how could he be so afraid of the Ming army? Is the Ming Army really as terrifying as the legend says? 'When I thought about this, I became even more curious, and I couldn't wait to see how terrifying the Ming army was.
Soon after, the Ming army came outside the city and formed a battle formation. I saw a Ming Dynasty warrior rushing out of the military formation and shouting a challenge. The Japanese samurai and ashigaru, who had already suffered from the Ming army, only looked at them with horrified eyes, and no one dared to fight.
At this time, Tamamo Mae and Yonghito had already put on armor and came to the city wall. Seeing that no one on his side dared to challenge, Tamamo couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart, and said to Yongren: "If the other party challenges us, and no one dares to challenge us, wouldn't it greatly reduce our prestige? Our morale will be greatly affected, so what else?" Can you defend the city?" Yonghito felt that he had been underestimated by Tamamo no Mae, and he couldn't help but feel impulsive emotions in his heart, so he wanted to order the generals to go to war. At this moment, Zuoshi Shigeo said: "The Crown Princess said this because she has never seen the terror of the enemy. We have fought countless battles with the Ming army, and we are well aware of the terror of the Ming warriors! Whether we are daimyo or high-ranking warriors, It is difficult to compete with them, and the result of rushing into battle can only be a loss of life in vain!"
All the samurai and daimyo agreed with Zushi Shigeo's words.
Tamamo Mae smiled coldly and said: "I originally thought that even if we Yamato warriors could not defeat the enemy, we would never lose our momentum to the opponent. Unexpectedly, I was wrong. You have been frightened by the Ming people. Not only did you lose to them in martial arts, but you also lost to them spiritually."
Tamamo Mae's words stung everyone hard, and everyone felt ashamed. Immediately, impulsive emotions surged in everyone's hearts, even as several high-ranking samurai and daimyo clamored to fight. Yonghito was greatly relieved, but Zuo Shizuo frowned and looked at Tamamo Mae with a charming smile, and said to himself: "This is really a temptress who has confused the country, and she made everyone lose their calm with just a few words!" What she said seemed to make sense, but in fact it was not the case at all! We are not the opponent's opponent at all. If we go out to fight rashly, we will either be killed by the opponent's formation, or we will escape in embarrassment. No matter what the outcome is, it will only damage morale even more! ’ However, although he was thinking this in his heart, he felt it was difficult to say it out loud.
A senior warrior climbed down the city wall, then rushed out of the city on horseback to meet the Ming Dynasty warrior.
Amid the roar of war drums, the generals of both sides told each other to confront each other. The Japanese warriors held their swords high, while the Ming warriors held their spears and wore heavy armor with murderous intent. In the blink of an eye, the two sides met, and the Japanese warrior shouted, and the sword in his hand was used to chop off the head of the Ming Dynasty warrior. I saw the Ming Dynasty warrior sideways avoiding, and at the same time, the spear in his hand stabbed towards the Japanese warrior like a poisonous dragon. The Japanese people on the city wall only felt their eyes blurred, and then they saw their warriors being picked up from their seats by their opponents and lifted into the air, screaming miserably. Everyone on the city wall was shocked.
Ming Dynasty's warrior shook his arm and threw the Japanese warrior away. The Japanese warrior fell heavily to the ground, struggled and twisted a few times, but stopped moving. There was silence on the city wall. The Japanese were pale and frightened. They looked even more frightened than before. Yongren couldn't help but regret in his heart. But Tamamo Mae opened her beautiful eyes wide, showing an excited expression.
The war drums of the Ming army continued to rumble outside the city, and the Ming warriors continued to shout challenges. This time no one dared to fight again.
Yang Peng smiled and waved his right hand, and hundreds of warriors immediately rushed out of the military formation. All of a sudden, they saw iron hooves rushing forward with murderous intent. The Japanese on the city wall immediately became nervous and shouted loudly. Yongren urgently ordered the cannon to fire. The cannon mounted on the top of the city made a loud rumbling noise. In an instant, dust was flying in the wilderness outside the city, and the scene was magnificent. However, the attack effect was very poor. The hundreds of Yanyun warriors scattered far and fast, and the flying shells hit behind them without causing any damage to them at all.
Hundreds of war horses galloped to a position only a hundred steps away from the city wall, reined in their horses, raised their steel crossbows and fired several waves of arrows at the city wall. Then he turned his horse's head and returned to the military formation.
Arrows rained down on the city head and into the city. Unfortunately, he was hit by the parabolic arrows and fell to the ground, screaming in agony. Then someone shouted: "There is a note on the arrow!" The same shouts came one after another. People became curious, picked up the arrows one after another, untied the note, and read it. Someone read: "Japanese friends, we are not your enemies. We are here to liberate you. You have been cruelly oppressed by the daimyo, and you have not even a piece of paper that belongs to the Japanese." If you don’t even have your own land, why bother working for them. Come here and join us, so that you can be a real person and have your own land.”
Such sounds echoed on the city walls, and the ashigaru and militiamen couldn't help but have some thoughts in their hearts. However, all the famous warriors were frightened and shouted sternly: "Don't read it! Don't read the note!" Yong Ren urgently ordered Zuoshi Shigeo to collect all the notes. After a while of commotion, the city wall finally calmed down.
Yang Peng smiled and said, "Let them make trouble on their own. Let's have a good night's rest first." The army retreated seven or eight miles and set up camp near the mountains and rivers.
At night, the Japanese stood on the city wall and looked at the brightly lit Daming camp in the distance, each thinking about their own thoughts. It was very quiet on the top of the city, no one spoke. One night, Yongren couldn't sleep. He paced back and forth in the palace garden, looking very anxious.
The next morning, the Ming Dynasty's war drums dispersed the early morning mist. The Japanese who had just fallen asleep woke up one after another and looked outside the city, but they did not see any enemies. They couldn't help but be very surprised. Soon after, the drums ceased. All the Japanese people felt puzzled, but Yongren and the generals did not dare to neglect at all, and took turns coming to the city wall to supervise the battle. The whole day passed peacefully, and there was no movement outside the city.
Night fell, and the Japanese who had been nervous all day were exhausted, and they fell asleep on the city wall one after another, snoring loudly. Yongren and the generals also dragged their exhausted bodies back to their residences.
Seeing Yongren coming back, Tamamo hurriedly went up to him and asked nervously: "Is there any problem with the defense?" Yongren shook his head, walked to the bedding on the floor, sat down on it, and then his whole body Fell over on the quilt. With his eyes closed, he said feebly: "There was just a burst of war drums in the morning, and then there was no more movement!..." Then there was a soft snoring, and he actually fell asleep. Tamamo Mae came to the side, knelt down, carefully pulled the quilt from under him and covered him.
When it was over, Tamamo Mae gently came out of the bedroom. When I came to the garden, I sat on a stone bench and looked up at the bright moon in the sky in a daze.
Yongren was immersed in sleep when suddenly there was a loud rumble, as if a burst of thunder was crushing him. Yongren woke up from his dream and looked around in horror. At this time, only the sound of huge war drums was heard coming from outside the city in waves, resounding through the sky, as if the houses above them were about to be destroyed. Yongren was startled. He quickly got up and rushed out. He ran to the highest place of the palace and looked out of the city, but he saw nothing. It was a vast night and there was no human figure.
At this time, the residents in the city, the samurai, daimyo, ashigaru, and militiamen on the top of the city were also awakened, and everyone was looking around in fear. However, they found that nothing happened, and no one came to attack at all. By this time, the frightening sound of war drums outside the city had subsided.
Many people yelled and cursed, but they put their minds down when mentioning it. The city was noisy for a while, and then gradually fell silent again. People fell asleep again. But at this moment, the thunderous and frightening war drums rumbled loudly again, and the people who had just fallen asleep from the commotion were awakened again. They grabbed their weapons and looked around in panic, looking for the enemy. However, just like before, there are no enemies. People were relieved and yelled and cursed. They just felt that the Ming people outside the city were so hateful!
Sasuro Shigeo and Minamoto Yoshitsune came to Yonghito hand in hand. Sasuro Shigeo said angrily: "Another false alarm!" Minamoto Yoshitsune also said angrily: "The enemy has no intention of attacking at all, it seems that he is ready to attack." He made up his mind and prevented us from sleeping well!"
Yongren suddenly thought of an example of the Three Kingdoms morale Zhuge Liang's battle against Cao Cao in Hanzhong. In that battle, Zhuge Liang continued to use such tactics to disturb the enemy, so that Cao's army was so annoyed that he was finally forced to retreat. Yongren sneered: "They are imitating Zhuge Liang! But I am not Cao Cao!" (Can you compare to Cao Cao?)
Zuoshi Shigeo and Minamoto Yoshitsune looked at each other, not understanding what Yonghito meant.
Yongren said: "They want to use this tactic of disturbing the enemy to tire us out, so that we can retreat on our own initiative. Then they can easily seize the city. How can such a good thing happen?" He glanced at the two people and said, "Tell everyone. , the enemy will not attack, they just want to tire us out! Tell everyone to ignore what is going on outside and just sleep!" The two felt that what Yongren said made sense, so they agreed and ran down to convey Yongren's message. Order. In fact, there is no need for Yongren to give orders, everyone is thinking the same way at the moment, and everyone has made up their mind to just sleep.
The city became quiet, and soon there was a sound of snoring on the top of the city.
Dang, dang, dang, the gong sounded suddenly and loudly. However, this time everyone paid no attention to it and just slept with their heads in their hands.
"No! The enemy has entered the city!" A shrill cry rang out. At this moment, the Japanese felt that something was wrong and got up one after another. When they heard a loud rumbling sound coming from the direction of the city gate, they all looked towards the city gate. Suddenly I saw a rolling wave of soldiers entering the city. At this moment, everyone was shocked. Remembering how loud the chaotic shouts were, the Ashigaru and the militiamen abandoned their weapons and ran for their lives. Some warriors rushed to fight, and the result was self-evident.
Bang bang bang, bang bang bang, a strong knock on the door woke Yongren up. Yong Ren heard the exclamations and screams in the city, but he didn't react for a moment. At this time, Zuo Shi Chengxiong's anxious shouting came from outside the door: "Your Highness, it's bad, the enemy has entered the city! Take shelter quickly!"
Only then did Yongren react and was shocked. He hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out of the bedroom, shouting, "What's going on?"
Zuoshi Shigeo said clearly for a moment, shook his head, and said urgently: "Your Highness, come with me quickly, or it will be too late!" As if in response to his words, a fierce sound of fighting came, It's scary. Yongren's expression changed and he quickly followed Zuoshiro Shigeo out of the palace. A group of guards gathered around and protected Yongren as he ran towards the northern port of the city.
Yonghito didn't see Tamamozamae and asked anxiously: "Where is my concubine?" Seeing that Yongin was still delaying the time for the woman, Zuo Shichengxiong said urgently: "The Crown Princess will be fine! Your Highness, leave quickly. Time waits for no one!”
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
