In early October, the Sixth Corps, which had disappeared for half a month, appeared on Amakusa Island on the west side of Kyushu, which was the site of the Shimabara Rebellion.
The strong wind blowing in the waters of Kitakyushu in mid-September blew Zhao Lingjiao and his Sixth Corps westward from Iki Island. The fleet deviated thousands of miles, perfectly missing the tragic battle in the early days of the Kyushu campaign.
It was probably due to the blessing of the gods that the damage caused by the demon wind was minimal.
Amakusa Island is only one step away from Nagasaki. On October 18, the Emperor ordered that the Sixth Corps be the main attacker, with the Southern Corps as cover, to launch an attack on Nagasaki Domain.
Before the Battle of Nagasaki began, the overall situation in Kyushu had been decided. After the powerful vassals of Satsuma, Hizen, and Shimabara were eradicated, the Japanese pirates were divided and surrounded across Kyushu, desperately waiting for the doomsday judgment.
Doomsday is crude and simple.
The Supreme Emperor said that he needed a clean Japanese country.
Only water and fire can achieve the purity desired by the Supreme Emperor.
Unfortunately, Liu Zhaosun is only a demigod (or a false god), so he cannot control the flood to cleanse the land for the time being.
Fortunately, this expedition carried enough incendiary bombs, so trial by fire is still possible.
In the past two months, fires as dense as showers fell from the sky many times, burning more than a dozen city-states that were enemies of Da Qi to ashes.
As for those vassal states that voluntarily surrendered and paid a "redemption fee" - usually one million taels of silver or the equivalent in grain - the Qi army would also make an exception and accept their surrenders as an exception.
Since the captives of Satsuma, Hizen and other feudal clans have been severely overloaded, and the factories and mines in Fujian and other places are already full of people, the captives of other feudal clans can only be sent elsewhere and used for other purposes.
As the saying goes, Japan is a brick of the empire, and it can be moved wherever it needs to be.
Regarding the final fate of the Japanese pirates who surrendered, according to historical records, the details are as follows:
The surrendered ronin samurai would be packed up on ships and sent to Korea and Ryukyu in batches.
There, the intern medical officers of each corps will fully "revere the royal teachings" on the prisoners - including but not limited to performing brutalist surgeries such as castration and limb removal.
Prisoners who survived the operation needed to continue to learn Daqi Mandarin. After passing the exam, they would be given the opportunity to serve in the Nanjing Imperial Palace, which is what we usually call Kaobei.
These father-in-laws who have passed the examination are mainly engaged in cleaning toilets, starching clothes, etc. for the rest of their lives.
Of course, those who are still hostile to Da Qi after being taught by the king, tested and landed, will eventually be sent to workshops in various places for testing the power of new weapons and equipment.
In short, all Japanese pirates have been fully utilized.
When things are put to their best use, people must also make the best use of them. This may be the so-called craftsman spirit.
What needs to be explained is that such an operation was not done on a whim or to satisfy some unknown psychology.
After repeated analysis and demonstration by the imperial civil affairs officials, compared with the occupation of Japan, the final economic benefits achieved by this kind of examination and compilation were significantly higher and more satisfactory.
As a not very qualified time traveler, the Supreme Emperor has a very good understanding of the psychology of the residents of the island country.
In Liu Zhaosun's opinion, all the chrysanthemum and sword samurai doctrines are nonsense. In front of strong men, the Japanese samurai ronin showed complete submissiveness.
The world is difficult and people's hearts are not ancient. For these Japanese pirates from Kyushu, it is better to be castrated or have their hands chopped off than to be burned to ashes in a fire.
Maybe this is life.
By the end of October in the fourth year of Guangde, more than 120,000 samurai ronin Ashigaru and officials of various vassals happily accepted the teachings of Daqi kings.
However, due to the rudimentary medical conditions on the battlefield (a piece of eucalyptus board and a pig knife) and the shortage of medical officers and butchers, less than 20,000 of these 120,000 people survived and got the opportunity to serve the empire.
Of course, all the Japanese pirates who could persist to the end had their wives, sons and daughters protected and sent to Fujian. As for those who did not persist, they could only survive on the ruins. What awaited them were ferocious beasts. and the threat of hunger··
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Across Kyushu, only Nagasaki is still resisting.
The reason why Baba Toshige was still resisting was not because the Nagasaki samurai were braver than other feudal samurai, but because Nagasaki was of great value and would serve as an important port for the future empire in Japan, so the Emperor never ordered it to be burned.
The Emperor showed great interest in the current Nagasaki minister.
During the Shimabara Rebellion, thousands of Christians around Nagasaki were tortured and killed by Rishige Baba.
There is no doubt that Nagasaki is an accomplice of the evil god.
Francisco, who was a missionary, suggested that the Emperor severely punish the accomplice of the God of Joy. He suggested that Nagasaki should be killed by car-breaking or anakou (hanging on a hot spring and steaming).
The Supreme Emperor was kind-hearted and could not bear to see blood on his hands, so he left the matter to the high priest.
At the same time, he ordered Zhao to lead the army and not delay any longer. He must capture Nagasaki as soon as possible, capture Baba Toshige, and hand him over to Francisco.
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Kyushu Island was captured, followed by Shikoku Island and Honshu (Hokkaido was already under the control of the Qi army). The Qi army was invincible, but the Emperor's heart was surprisingly calm.
He has already seen the road ahead clearly. When he kills the evil dragon in the East China Sea, it will be the day when he becomes an immortal. Judging from this war situation, there is no doubt that he is the seventh mandrill.
According to the theory of immortality explained by Zhang Yixing, those who kill mandrills can ascend, while those who are killed will fall into eternal hell.
Then the question arises, if Liu Zhaosun degenerates into a mandrill and kills himself, will he fall into hell or become an immortal after his death?
Since the Eastern Expedition, as the Qi army captured cities and territories, hundreds of thousands of Japanese people were massacred. Such questions lingered in the heart of the Supreme Emperor like a curse and could not be eliminated.
Sometimes the Supreme Emperor would comfort himself, perhaps only by achieving a perfect fusion of divinity and animality can man find his original intention.
In any case, the desire to become an immortal erodes people's hearts like poison, bewitching the Supreme Emperor and leading him into unknown territory.
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After Tokugawa Iemitsu fled Nagasaki, he huddled in Edo and lived in seclusion. The Emperor had not heard from the shogun for a long time.
Since Iemitsu succeeded to the throne, he not only blatantly abolished the "Treaty of Niuguan", but also supported the Kyushu vassals to continue burning, killing and looting along the coast of Daqi.
Not only that, this third-generation general who conquered the barbarians had an almost paranoid desire to conquer Qi in the west.
During the fifteen years he was in charge of the shogunate, he spent ten years planning how to attack North Korea and land in Qi.
It is a pity that Amaterasu failed to protect his people this time, and the divine wind could not blow.
The final judgment is coming.
Blood debt needs to be paid with blood.
In recent years, the number of coastal people killed by Japanese pirates ranged from 8,000 to 10,000.
Late at night on the first day of November, a group of ninjas appeared out of nowhere and sneaked into the Zuohe Domain Hall. While everyone was sleeping, they attempted to assassinate the Supreme Emperor.
Shurikens, as dense as rain, poured down from the dark beams and fell on the dragon bed. A Japanese singer who was sleeping was beaten into a bloody gourd.
The sharp shuriken hit the Supreme Emperor and was immediately ejected, splashing out bursts of sparks and making a pleasant tinkling sound.
The Supreme Emperor waved his hand like a fly, turned over, and stopped snoring.
The ninjas hanging on the beams looked at each other and then at the unharmed Tatar Emperor on the bed, with incredible expressions on their faces.
Several ninjas exchanged glances with each other, and soon they were hanging down like spiders. They suddenly pulled out their ninja swords and worked together to slash at the target on the bed.
Liu Zhaosun slowly opened his eyes, looked up at the sharp blade that suddenly appeared above his head, and opened his eyes slightly.
The next second, the four ninjas climbing down raised their swords, turned the handles upside down, and stabbed themselves violently.
When the blood flowers fell, the Supreme Emperor had already left the dragon bed and stood in the distance. He looked at the messy corpse in front of him and murmured:
"Kill so many of my people and flee back to Edo without saying a word. Now
I'm afraid it's inappropriate to still want to kill me. I think Iemitsu should leave something behind. "
At dawn the next day, in the Zuoga Domain Hall, the Emperor carefully played with the Hizen Domain Lord's wine vessel with a human head and glanced at everyone.
Zhang Dong and Liu Xingzuo stood on both sides, surrounded by Pei Dahu, Jiang Liuer, Li Zicheng, Wu Xiao and others.
Zhang Dong said bravely: "Your Majesty, forgive me for letting the thieves sneak into the palace. I deserve death!"
Pei Dahu also knelt down.
The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and said disapprovingly:
"The only person who can kill me is myself. Those assassins obtained the demon's magic and sneaked into the mansion. You didn't notice it, which is reasonable."
Zhang Dong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and heard the Supreme Emperor leisurely say:
"But we can't just let this matter go. As the saying goes, it's disrespectful to come back without reciprocating. If he comes to kill me, I will kill him too."
"Aki Asako, please make arrangements. Take Eryuji and the others to Edo and kill Tokugawa Iemitsu. It will definitely be more suitable for the shogun's head to be used to make drinking vessels."
