Therefore, instead of declining, the number of soldiers in Monobe Village has increased to 20,000. Although the remaining 15,000 are not veterans, and many are even farmers, they have equipment like Datang With the support of the emperor, they are on par with the emperor and other armies. After all, their army does not have any elites anymore.
The elites have been exhausted long ago, and what they have gathered now are just some troops that were coerced later. There are always some people in this world who think that the nobles can still defeat him. No matter why they choose, in the end they still choose these nobles and Emperor.
Mononobe Murashita doesn't matter, he has no mood swings, and he doesn't rule here. If you people join in, I will kill without any psychological burden. If you don't join in, then I will accept you.
Therefore, although more and more Japanese people are joining the army of Monobe Murakata, they do not have a high opinion of Monobe Murakata, or in other words, they do not have a high opinion of Monobe Murakata. Really His Highness, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, made them grateful.
If it weren’t for the support of His Highness the King of Qin, if it weren’t for the support of the Tang Dynasty, Monobe Village would not have had so many weapons and armors, nor would it have had so much food, nor would it have been possible to defeat the armies of the emperor and the nobles, and then Save them.
It is even more impossible to give them so much food and so many agricultural tools.
So they were grateful to His Highness the King of Qin, not Monobe Murakata, but they joined Monobe Murakata because he was the only one responsible for the Japanese war. If they didn't join, this person would fail.
Mononobe Murakata certainly knows and understands the thoughts of these people. Otherwise, why would he do this? Isn't that why he did this?
He doesn't need prestige or reputation. He is just a knife in His Highness's hand. Prestige and reputation belong to His Highness. Anyway, these things are of no use to him, and it is impossible to give him an extra cent.
So he doesn't care at all.
The city in front of them is already on the verge of final collapse, because this is the thirtieth day since they surrounded the city. The food in the city must have been exhausted long ago, and after a winter, there are things that should be burned here for warmth. It has already been burned out.
Inside the castle was the last nobleman and the emperor of Japan, but now... the situation inside was not caused by him. As for why there was such a situation inside, no need to think about Mononobe Village knowing that the soldiers inside must have mutinied. .
There are not many soldiers left under the auspices of these nobles and the emperor, and the number of people in this city is not large. In order to ensure enough food to the greatest extent, they will certainly not leave too many people inside.
Another reason is that the city cannot accommodate so many people. The Japanese country is not the Tang Dynasty. The Japanese country is composed of islands and there is not much land. In order to cultivate fields, the population is relatively scattered.
The scale of the upcoming war on the Japanese island is not large, so the scale of the Japanese city is not large.
It is impossible for a city as huge as Chang'an City to appear.
Naturally, there are far fewer people who can live here. Many of the people who can live in the city have some relationship with these nobles. For example, these people are managers of noble slaves, slaves of nobles, or It's the family of the soldier guard and so on.
But the people in the city in front of them are definitely not, because this city is where many nobles finally gathered.
Then it is very possible for the soldiers to mutiny.
After all, these soldiers were brought here from various places in the Japanese country by various noble families.
This... is probably the final madness.
But Mononobe Murakata did not take the opportunity to attack, because he knew very well that such a mutiny would eventually release the devil. Likewise, he did not even need to take the last step.
He just waited quietly. Sure enough, the screams in the city became less and less. A few hours later, the sun was about to set, and the city became completely quiet. Finally, the city gate was opened directly from the inside.
A white flag was erected on the city wall. Seeing the white flag representing surrender appearing on the city wall, Mononobe Murakami issued an order to have them all brought over.
Looking at the white flag, although Monobe Murakata didn't have much expression on his face, he was relieved in his heart. For more than a year, he was under great pressure. Although he once boasted about Haikou, he actually implemented it. It’s still very stressful to get up.
Even if he had the support of the Tang Dynasty, it would be difficult because the strategy he implemented was a strategy of extermination. From beginning to end, he did not retain any nobles.
Under such circumstances, he can almost be said to have destroyed all the nobles and cultural foundations of the entire Japanese country, because later, when those nobles faced failure, they would rather burn everything and not leave anything to Mononobe Village. Down.
He's going to die anyway, so why leave anything for him.
This also means that a large number of Japanese documents, materials, etc. were all destroyed. As for whether these things are useful, Monobe Murakata doesn't bother to care. Anyway, His Highness didn't ask for them. As for gold and silver, these things are anyway Burn it casually, but it's impossible to burn it.
Now, everything has finally come to fruition. The soldiers in the city have surrendered. This also means the complete destruction of all the aristocratic classes in the entire Japanese country, and the complete destruction of all the noble classes means that all the culture of the Japanese country has also been destroyed.
Because ordinary people do not have the ability to pass on culture, this can be seen from the nomadic people. They have no writing and no long civilization, and the nobles often change, so many of their records come from the Central Plains. dynasty.
They had very little left behind.
"General." Mononobe Murashita's men finally came to report after gathering the surrendered soldiers.
"explain."
"General, the total number of surrendered soldiers is 3,452. According to what they said, there are no more people alive in the city." Monobe Murakami's subordinates reported.
"Huh?" Monobe Murakami raised his eyebrows.
"They said that the emperor and nobles inside had ordered them to kill all the ordinary people because there was not much food, and they really couldn't stand the atrocities of these nobles and emperors, so they rebelled and killed these nobles, emperors and All the troops loyal to them were killed before they came out to surrender." Makura, the general under Mononobe Murakata, gave the answer.
Hearing this answer, a strange smile appeared on Mononobe Murashita's somewhat ugly face.
However, he didn't think much about it at all, but said directly and calmly: "Gather them all, and then organize them with our previous five thousand troops to supplement our previous army."
"Yes!" Makura took a deep breath.
