The imperial capital of Japan, southwest.
Abe Yunxiao led his people to retreat, running all the way and already exhausted. Many soldiers even threw away their armor, because the lighter they were, the faster they could retreat.
Some soldiers even threw away their weapons because they thought the weapons in their hands were too heavy.
The entire army was demoralized.
Every soldier felt as if they were mourning for their heirs, their eyes were indifferent, they only knew how to retreat and had no other thoughts.
Shinsuke Miyamoto also retreated with him.
In fact, he wanted to evacuate halfway, but the problem was that if he escaped halfway, he would have nothing, which made him unwilling to give up.
This is exactly what Shinsuke Miyamoto has always insisted on.
The friction between Miyamoto Shinsuke's riding legs and the horse's back was already extremely painful. His waist was even stiffer and he couldn't lift any strength. He said loudly: "Your Majesty, there are no pursuers in the rear. Let's stop and rest."
Abe Yunxiao looked back.
He propped up his ears and listened carefully for a long time. There was indeed no sound of killing or chasing smoke from behind.
call! !
Abe Yunxiao let out a long breath and ordered: "Stop."
"Your Majesty has ordered us to stop retreating and rest where we are."
Miyamoto Shinsuke quickly ordered.
Yagyu Daizu also shouted the order, and everyone stopped.
At this moment, the tense string in the minds of the soldiers in the entire team completely relaxed, and they all stopped to rest.
Some soldiers were so tired that they didn't even bother to dismount sideways. They turned over and fell from their horses to the ground. They simply lay on the ground without moving and rested like this. In the blink of an eye, they heard snoring.
Fighting and escaping all the way were really exhausting.
Although Abe Yunxiao is proficient in bow and horse, the problem is that after being emperor for so many years, he has become accustomed to pampering and his physical fitness has declined drastically.
Previously, when faced with a life-and-death crisis, I had to retreat, gritting my teeth and holding on.
Now that the crisis has been lifted, the tense spirit in Abe Yunxiao's heart has relaxed. He can no longer hold on. After taking it off in one breath, endless fatigue hits him, making him very uncomfortable.
His whole body seemed to be falling apart.
He can no longer muster any strength, and just wants to lie on the soft dragon couch now, and have a few beautiful and graceful palace maids to serve him carefully, up and down.
It's a pity that now he is running away in embarrassment.
Abe Yunxiao's legs were trembling a little, and he pressed his hands on the horse. It took a lot of effort to get off the horse, and limped to the roadside to sit down and rest.
Abe Yunxiao glanced at the soldiers around him, and his expression became even more solemn.
The number of soldiers in sight was only a handful of more than a hundred. You know, he has more than 30,000 people, a group of the strongest Demon Sword Camp soldiers, and the strongest general Yamamoto Ichiro.
If Ruan Zhongxin's troops are included, there are still more than 30,000 men.
With so many troops, they were defeated.
It's too awful!
Abe Yunxiao took a deep breath, suppressed the anger and helplessness in his heart, looked at Miyamoto Shinsuke, and said proactively: "Miyamoto-kun, we have been defeated, what should we do next?"
Miyamoto Shinsuke said eagerly: "Your Majesty, with our current military strength, if we want to compete with Zhao Shan again, we will probably win. And with Prince Abe in the hands of Zhao Shan, Zhao Shan can definitely support an emperor."
"fart!"
Abe Yunxiao was furious.
He gritted his teeth and said angrily: "As long as I am still here, the emperor of Japan will be me and no one else."
Miyamoto Shinsuke said: "Your Majesty, the truth is like this, but now we want soldiers but no soldiers, we want people but no people, how can we resist Zhao Shan's power? This is the biggest problem."
Abe Yunxiao suddenly fell silent.
strength!
He needs more power.
Abe Yunxiao was frightened when he thought of fighting Zhao Shan. He had no fighting spirit and could not compete. However, Abe Yunxiao was not willing to give up. He thought that even if Yamamoto Ichiro died, he would still have a chance to live for him, so he could not give up.
He gave up, is he worthy of Yamamoto Ichiro?
If he gives up, is he worthy of the management he has worked so hard for so many years?
He gave up, was he worthy of the countless dead soldiers?
Thinking of this, Abe Yunxiao gritted his teeth again and said loudly: "Miyamoto-kun, although we are completely defeated. It is even difficult for us to confront Zhao Shan's army head-on. We still have so much territory, and we still have so much territory. There are numerous local forces.”
"We are going to Osaka now, and we will issue a Qinwang Order and notify people from all over the country to come to the rescue."
"Anyone who participates in the rescue, as long as he can help me defeat Zhao Shan and repel the invaders like Da Gan, I will not hesitate to make him a king and allow him to have local autonomy."
"Under the current situation, we don't care about anything else. As long as we can win over local people and get local people to serve the court, everything will be worthwhile."
Abe Yunxiao looked at Miyamoto Shinsuke and said, "Do you think this is feasible?"
Miyamoto Shinsuke said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be difficult. The reason is very simple. The death of Yamamoto Ichiro is enough to destroy our military morale and make our soldiers completely lose their fighting spirit."
Abe Yunxiao frowned.
He is a little dissatisfied!
Abe Yunxiao meant that he must fight to the death no matter what, and he must fight Zhao Shan to the end.
Shinsuke Miyamoto said that he couldn't stop him, and he clearly wanted to surrender.
Abe Yunxiao thought that he needed to unite now and not fight within himself. He ignored Miyamoto Shinsuke for the time being, looked at Yagyu Daizu, and said loudly: "General Yagyu, given the current situation, do you think we can fight again if we go to Osaka?" ?"
"We can't fight anymore."
Taizu Yagyu answered without hesitation.
After all, he was born as a warrior and had good physical fitness. Even though he was old and traveled long distances, he was still very active now. Moreover, Yagyu Taishu's heart was already set on capturing Abe Yunxiao.
This is an excellent opportunity.
Yagyu Taizu said directly: "Your Majesty, if you hadn't insisted on going to war with Okan and coveting Okan, so many soldiers would not have died in the battle, and General Yamamoto would not have died."
"Japan and Daqian have always been separated by a thin strip of water. They are vassals of Daqian. Because of your majesty's arrogance, Japan was destroyed."
"To put it bluntly, His Majesty must bear full responsibility for this defeat."
"Your Majesty, I recommend surrender."
Yagyu Taizu made the request directly and said solemnly: "If we surrender now, we can at least ensure the continuation of Japan and the stability of Japan. If we anger Emperor Daqian, I am afraid Japan will be completely killed."
"you you,……"
Abe Yunxiao was so angry that his body trembled.
He stood up tremblingly, gritted his teeth and said, "Yagyu Daizu, do you want to rebel?"
Yagyu Daizu looked around and looked at the embarrassed soldiers. All the soldiers had blank eyes. In fact, most of them were still asleep. They did not hear the argument between Yagyu Daizu and Abe Yunxiao at all.
Yagyu Daizu said loudly: "Your Majesty, ask all the soldiers if they are still willing to fight again?"
Abe Yunxiao looked over.
Every soldier avoided looking at Abe Yunxiao, and no one felt that Yagyu Daizu had offended the emperor because of Yagyu Daizu's words.
This made Abe Yunxiao suddenly feel lost.
How could this be?
How could this be?
Abe Yunxiao was unwilling to give in. He wanted to kill Daqian all his life. He looked down on Daqian all his life and believed that the Daqian dynasty had collapsed and Japan was about to rise.
Unexpectedly, it is like this now. You can imagine the gap in my heart.
Abe Yunxiao roared angrily, slapped him out, and said loudly: "Yagyu Daizu, you rebel."
Snapped!
Abe Yunxiao's hand was grabbed by Yagyu Daizu.
Abe Yunxiao wanted to struggle, but he felt that Yagyu Daizu's hand was like an iron pliers, tightly holding Abe Yunxiao's wrist, making Abe Yunxiao unable to move. Even Abe Yunxiao felt pain in his wrist, which was very uncomfortable.
"Let go, let me go!"
Abe Yunxiao shouted loudly.
With a wave of Yagyu Daizu's hand, Abe Yunxiao was knocked to the ground and fell to pieces.
Yagyu Daishou said disdainfully: "You, Abe Yunxiao, can you be stable without the big families like us in Japan? Without Prime Minister Miyamoto, without the generations of military generals of my Yagyu family, can you be stable?"
"You have been the emperor for so many years. It's not that you are too powerful. It's because you just encountered the decline of Daqian and you took advantage of it."
"When you rise up, your underwear will be completely exposed."
"That's what you're really capable of."
"Up to now, you still don't know how to hold back, hide and shrink, and still want to fight, and you still want to take Japan with you to death. Why don't you die yourself?"
Yagyu Daishu was extremely angry and said loudly: "You keep saying that we will fight again in Osaka and call on everyone in the world to be loyal to the king. Even the most elite Central Army under your command is no match for Da Gan, and even the demon sword battalions under your command are sweeping away all places. , have all been slaughtered, who dares to fight again?"
Abe Yunxiao's cheeks twitched with anger.
He was breathing heavily.
Anger arose, but there was nowhere to vent it, because there were no soldiers to help. In addition, he was a dignified emperor, but he was so humiliated, which made him feel even more uncomfortable and angry.
Abe Yunxiao was so angry that his throat suddenly felt sweet and he spurted out a mouthful of blood.
puff!
Blood sprayed out, and Abe Yunxiao looked up and fell to the ground, his face was like gold paper, and his body was trembling slightly.
Daizu Yagyu looked at Abe Yunxiao who fell to the ground, and ordered: "Come here, lift up His Majesty the Emperor and let Him have a good rest on the horse. All of us started to return to the city and returned to the imperial capital to see His Majesty the Emperor Daqian. "
As soon as these words came out, the Japanese soldier who was lying on the ground stood up and came directly in front of Abe Yunxiao. He lifted Abe Yunxiao and sat on the horse.
Abe Yunxiao was angry and angry, but there was nothing he could do.
Yagyu Daizu ignored Abe Yunxiao and ordered: "Wake everyone up, let's go back and return to the imperial capital."
The soldiers went into action and woke everyone up.
The group started to set off.
Compared to the panic when they fled, now that they knew it was a retreat, a return to the imperial capital, or a surrender, everyone let go of their nervousness, no longer had any burden, and felt relaxed.
Miyamoto Shinsuke followed Yagyu Taizu. He frowned slightly and said, "General Yagyu, were you too cruel to His Majesty just now?"
"ruthless?"
Yagyu Taizu sneered.
He shook his head and said disdainfully: "You literati just do big things and cherish your own life. You want to do things but don't dare to do them, which makes people disappointed. When doing things, you have to be decisive. Once you have made a decision, it doesn't matter. So hesitant.”
Miyamoto Shinsuke said: "This is also true."
The two of them chatted and rode back leisurely. When they arrived outside the city, night was still falling.
Daizu Yagyu and Shinsuke Miyamoto came to the city gate hand in hand, looked at the soldiers guarding the city gate, revealed their identities, and talked about capturing Abe Yunxiao alive and asking to see Zhao Shan.
The soldiers did not dare to delay and reported immediately.
The news reached Li Buyi's ears, and Li Buyi came to verify it before going to the palace to meet him in person.
Because it had just fallen into the night and the nightlife had not started yet, Zhao Shan was still looking through a lot of information about Japan.
When Li Buyi saw Zhao Shanhou, he quickly said: "Your Majesty, everything is as you expected. Abe Yunxiao has been captured. Now, Yagyu Daizu and Miyamoto Shinsuke ask for an audience."
Zhao Shan nodded and said, "Bring them in."
Li Buyi turned around to make arrangements, and not long after, Yasuo Yagyu and Miyamoto Shinsuke were brought in first.
Yagyu Daizu lifted up his robe, knelt on the ground without hesitation, and said loudly: "The sinner Yagyu Daizu, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven."
Miyamoto Shinsuke also knelt down and said loudly: "The sinner Miyamoto Shinsuke, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven."
