Chapter 177: The Tsuneishi Town Incident (Part II)
"It's about the overall situation of the empire against Japan, so what is the loss of the lord's personal reputation?"
Sanada insisted on his opinion, and he asked his father-in-law with a little excitement, hasn't his father-in-law been calling on the Japanese people to stand up and defeat the evil shogunate, as well as the nobles of the common people. In that case, why leave the lives of these noble children behind!
"Does the lord believe that these soldiers will obey the command of the imperial army? Could it be that the lord believed that Tokugawa Iemitsu would persuade his father to surrender to the Imperial Army? Or maybe you have forgotten your promise to us, to build a new Japan, to build a true royal paradise! ”
Sanada, who was excited, still somewhat understood, and did not directly say that the lord might go against his original intention and had the idea of colluding with the shogunate to fish the Japanese people together.
My father-in-law was silent.
Yes, when Tokugawa Iemitsu proposed that he would be willing to marry Daming forever with a million dollars, his old man was really moved, especially heartbroken.
In Japan, it's all about money.
With money, a lot can be done.
If Tokugawa Iemitsu could convince his father to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, why should the Imperial Army continue to fight.
People want to be comfortable.
My father-in-law is no exception, and he has been very tired since the conquest.
Not to mention the wind and rain, I haven't eaten a few delicious meals, so why bother with myself.
With Japan's huge amount of filial piety, the emperor is not a matter of words!
Pack up, take the imperial army back to China, sit and wait for the emperor to die, the concubine is secretly summoned, the red robe is added, and the thin return to Beijing, with a strong army to shock the Beijing division, with an iron fist to make the court, isn't it happy?
However, in this way, Sanada will be cold, Oshima will be cold, and thousands of Japanese people who are willing to serve the emperor will be cold.
The fate of the empire is all in one battle, is this battle a collusion with the shogunate?
Will Japan, which cannot be completely reformed, become China's henchman again after a hundred years?
The father-in-law touched his pocket, pinched a flower and lit it in his mouth.
Recently, because the logistics line has dragged on too long and the shipping materials have been too long, my father-in-law has not had many flowers. The latest batch of cigarettes will not arrive until next month, so my father-in-law will save on smoking this time. The rest of the roots have to be attached to the new ones and continue to be drawn.
In the smoke, the father-in-law remained motionless like an old monk.
Those who know the father-in-law know that the father-in-law must be thinking about something.
Indeed, justice is thinking about the fate of the Japanese people, the fate of the empire, and even more so the great fate of the people of the world!
"My lord, please get rid of traitors for Japan!"
Sanada knelt down and begged his father-in-law to think about the poor Japanese people, resolutely overthrow the evil shogunate, and eliminate all the poison of the shogunate, so as to completely integrate Japan into the imperial territory, and make them the former prisoners of the Japanese invaders return to their homeland as heroes.
"Ichiro!"
The father-in-law, who knew Sanada's mood well, snuffed out the cigarette butt, he stood up and walked in front of Sanada, put one hand on the other party's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "I have never violated my original intention, and my deep affection for the Japanese people is evident from God!" However, you are embarrassing me, don't you know that I have just formed a brotherly alliance with Iemitsu! ”
The word "integrity" is still relatively important to the father-in-law.
If a person has no faith, he will not stand, and if he accepts the surrender of others on the front foot, he will kill them on the back foot, which is really against the temperament of justice.
Once the news of the killing and surrender incident came out, wouldn't it make Tokugawa Hidetada even more crazy, and it would make those Japanese troops and imperial troops in the shogunate fight to the death.
"If Tokugawa Iemitsu hadn't been cornered, would he have formed a brotherly alliance with his lord?"
Sanada looked at things from a different angle than his father-in-law, and he could no longer control his emotions, and he even exclaimed: "The covenant between the lord and the brothers of Iemitsu is really chilling to us!" ”
"Why?" The god of the gods was solemn.
"No, a general of a defeated army can be so valued by the lord and become brothers, so what are we who are born and died for my father-in-law! What do the dead imperial army heroes think of this, my lord, they will die blindly! ”
Sanada looked at his father-in-law sadly.
My father-in-law's heart trembled.
"I'm not convinced!"
Sanada knocked his head heavily, both to express his dissatisfaction with the lord's kindness to Iemitsu, and to express his unease about the lord's bold and outspoken words.
"I'm not convinced!"
More voices came from outside the tent.
As Lao Jiu lifted the curtain of the tent, his father-in-law saw Li Yanzhao, Yamamoto, Li Shauji, Zhao Ming and other imperial generals standing outside.
"Let the noble children of the shogunate become part of the imperial army, we can't accept it!"
"The fundamental decision against Japan is to bring down the shogunate, and any compromise with the shogunate will not be tolerated by the imperial army!"
"Please think twice!"
The generals knelt behind Sanada together.
"Father-in-law, the surrendered Japanese army is close to six thousand, they are all the elite directly under Tokugawa Hidetada, these people's loyalty to the shogunate is the biggest explosive barrel of Japan's stability, if they are let back, they will inevitably become enemies of the imperial army! The last general implores his father-in-law to give an order immediately to kill the surrendered soldiers! Li Yanzhao said heavily.
"I implore my father-in-law to give an order to kill the surrendered soldiers!" The generals agreed.
"You are forcing me, you are trying to make me leave a reputation for eternity," the father-in-law's heart was shaken, as Li Yanzhao said, even if the surrendered soldiers really surrendered, their origins and positions were destined to make the imperial army unable to trust them.
But, is that really going to happen?
"All the consequences and infamy will be borne by us!" Sanada looked at his lord with almost begging eyes.
"So,"
Father-in-law glanced at the campfire in the distance, and he sighed, "I'm tired. ”
Sanada and Li Yanzhao glanced at each other when they heard this, both got up and saluted their father-in-law, and then withdrew silently with the generals.
Looking at the departing figures of the generals, my father-in-law felt a chill.
It's really cold in Japan this year.
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The 6th Infantry Wing was responsible for housing more than 1,000 Japanese surrenderers, and in the middle of the night, these Japanese surrenderers were suddenly asked to gather and then split into several groups and headed northeast.
The Japanese army did not know where the Ming army was going to send them, but they could only be driven numb by the Ming army after losing their weapons.
On both sides of the line, there was a soldier of the Ming army standing in about a dozen steps, and there were many Ming soldiers on horseback with swords watching them.
"Tian Jianjun, where do the Ming people want us to go?"
In the crowd, a courtier's son couldn't help but look back, and then looked around, always feeling that something was wrong.
"Matsui, don't speak."
The officer in the field was called to remind Matsui that they were no longer the general's soldiers, but prisoners of the Ming army, and although Iemitsu-sama had reached an agreement with the commander of the Ming Kingdom, he still did less to provoke the Ming people.
After walking for more than 20 miles, the team in front suddenly stopped, and then the team began to stir, accompanied by the shouting and whipping of the Ming army and those Japanese traitors who served the Ming army.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know."
None of the Japanese soldiers in the team knew what was happening in front, only what the people in front were shouting and swearing, mixed with screams and coaxing.
This made the hearts of the Japanese soldiers behind them lift, and they were very uneasy.
It didn't take long for the team to move again, although the Japanese army didn't want to go any further, but under the threat of the Ming army's sword, they could only continue to walk hard.
After walking for a few miles, Matsui saw a lot of Ming soldiers with torches in hand, and they seemed to be in a large circle.
What is in the circle, Matsui does not know.