The family of the prince wanted peace talks, and the public called for unconditional surrender.

Jiaguang did not allow it, and then sent an envoy, saying that the shogunate could pay tribute to the emperor, and make peace with the Ming Dynasty, and lose millions of silver, thinking that the two countries would be friendly for ten thousand years.

Justice, so that the besieged Japanese army lay down their arms, but they can take their lives.

The family is suspicious of fraud, and the public hand book gives it, saying that it can form a brotherly alliance.

Jiaguang dispelled his suspicions and returned with everyone.

At that time, the wing captain Sanada Shinyan was a disciple of the shogunate flag and could not be kept.

After thinking about it for a long time, he made a crane sound, saying: "You will do it yourself." ”

At the end of the day, the incident occurred, and more than 5,800 Japanese soldiers were executed.

Historically, it is known as Changshiyuan Town. ——Excerpt from "Dongying Secret Files"

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In January of the 47th year of Wanli, it was so cold in Kyoto that the rivers and rivers froze over.

Tokugawa Iemitsu's surrender relieved Father-in-law Wei, because if this guy resisted stubbornly, it would still be very difficult for the imperial army.

The longer the time drags on, the more uncertain things will be.

After all, how could Tokugawa Hidetada watch his son being captured by the imperial army.

Regarding Jiaguang's sister and relatives, his father-in-law sneered: Why did you go earlier?

A little girl of eleven or twelve years old could not arouse any desire for conquest from her father-in-law in any way.

The imperial army is the teacher of justice, and the father-in-law is also the spokesperson of the image of the empire, so it is naturally impossible to do anything treacherous.

Therefore, he ordered Tokugawa Iemitsu and his generals to be resettled, and later, he personally went to see the surrendered Japanese army.

During the inspection, the staff officers analyzed the biggest weakness of the Japanese army, that is, they could not withstand too many casualties.

Usually the casualties are only one or two percent, and the Japanese army will be scattered.

In Li Yanzhao's words, the Japanese soldiers could not last, they were afraid of death, and they were not worthy of carrying shoes for the imperial army.

The father-in-law laughed at this, in fact, the current Japanese army is really bad, probably due to the influence of the Warring States period, usually a few dozen people die and the battle is over.

Throughout the Warring States period and the current Tokugawa Shogunate period, the Japanese army's battles were typical "village clusters", and often a few hundred casualties determined the direction of a battle.

In the Battle of Sekigahara, which established Tokugawa Ieyasu's unification of Japan, more than 100,000 troops were dispatched by the eastern and western armies, and the casualties of the two armies were only about 20%.

This battle was the largest battle in Japanese history.

Take Tokugawa Iemitsu and these soldiers as an example, in the previous battle in the Sanshanmu area, the imperial army cleaned up the battlefield only after more than 700 corpses were found, and the casualties accounted for only one-tenth or less of the Fanfang soldiers, but this kind of army collapsed, which is breathtaking.

In the Battle of Tsuneishi, more than 200 people in a squadron of the Imperial Army withstood thousands of Japanese troops alive, and finally forced them to surrender, which is also a strange story in the history of war.

"An army without faith is not much stronger than a rabble."

Hero Kojima was buried in Changshien by order of his father-in-law, and the soldiers found a coffin from the surrounding villages, and the father-in-law tearfully carried the coffin and buried the hero of the imperial army in the place where he fought before his death.

According to the customs of the Japanese nation, the father-in-law gave Kojima the title of "Oni no Hanzo" hero and changed Chang Shien to Kojima Prefecture to comfort the hero's spirit in the sky.

On the military side, Cao Wenyao, the commander of the Guards Division, had already led two wings to the north to defend with an offensive posture.

After the two major battles, the First Army was also exhausted and lost a lot of troops.

The 1st Infantry Wing, which suffered the greatest losses, lost more than 600 officers and men, and the 6th Wing, which suffered the fewest losses, also lost more than 100 casualties.

Since the landing in Tsu City, the Imperial Army has lost more than 3,000 soldiers, and the souls of these martyrs remain in Japan forever.

My father-in-law had ordered the establishment of a national shrine in Nara to enshrine the tablets of the soldiers of the Imperial Army who had died in Japan, so that they could have incense for 10,000 years.

The Engineer Wing also consumed a lot of gunpowder and equipment, and although the morale of the officers and men of the First Army was still high, it was already at the end of the military supply, which had an adverse effect on the imminent general attack on Kyoto.

Fortunately, the Youxi detachment and the Xuewen detachment on the left and right flanks made smooth progress and reported successes one after another, which largely dispersed the pressure faced by the First Army.

Intelligence shows that in order to avoid the road back to Kanto being captured by the Imperial Army, Tokugawa Hidetada had to divide a considerable part of the elite army to intercept the Gakubun detachment.

Chief of Staff Jiang Xifeng analyzed that Tokugawa Iemitsu's surrender would be the heaviest blow to the shogunate, and it was very likely to force the shogunate to split.

Of course, my father-in-law hopes to capture Kyoto quickly and safely, but his old man will not interfere with the specific deployment.

Previously, the Combined Fleet had moved in the direction of Edo, and Chief of Staff Shen Yourong organized a marine army to raid the coastal areas of Edo, leaving the nobles of Edo Castle like birds.

The officials left behind by the shogunate, fearing that the Ming army would capture Edo, reported almost three times a day, asking the shogun to return to the army.

This also exacerbated the suspicions of some feudal lords who had followed Tokugawa Hidetada to Kyoto.

From the perspective of interests, Edo is the source of their power.

Kyoto is really something you can give up.

Affected by the victories of the Imperial Army's attacks on Kyoto and Nara, the Shogunate Army was now full of vitality like weeds after rain, and under the organization of the Funaish, the Shogunate attacked the shogunate's baggage troops everywhere, and some even captured the castle and beheaded the officials appointed by the shogunate.

The "rebellion" of the two powerful feudal clans of Satsuma and Hizen made the situation even worse.

Now, not only are there rumors of "defeatism" circulating in the territory of the Rebellion Domain, but even the Edo side is already pessimistic and hopeless.

Of course, the help of Japanese Confucian scholars is indispensable.

These Confucian scholars went around propagating that Japan originated in China, that the Japanese nation was a branch of the Han Chinese, and that Japan should be integrated into China and fully neutralized.

Although the Japanese Confucian community is not dominant and the audience is limited, it has also caused a considerable number of Japanese to begin to examine the major issues facing the country today.

Things are going in a good direction, and if the Imperial Army can achieve a decisive victory in the decisive battle of Kyoto and realize the plan of destroying Hidetada in three months, then the situation will be good, not small.

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After a simple lunch with the officers and soldiers, my father-in-law couldn't hold it anymore, so he prepared to rest for a while in a makeshift tent.

Captain Sanada came to disturb his father-in-law at this time, and he made a grim statement to his father-in-law, that is, it was necessary to carry out a purge of the Tokugawa Iemitsu Department, otherwise these soldiers would still be oppressors who rode on the head of the Japanese people once they were released.

Moreover, these soldiers were all children of the shogunate's banners, and their loyalty to the Tokugawa family could not be changed, because everything they did came from the Tokugawa family.

Therefore, if they are not effectively purged, they will still be the greatest enemy of the Imperial Army.

"Sanada, how can you make me a man of my word?" The tired Father-in-law Wei half-propped himself up and looked at his most loyal subordinates in disbelief.