Chapter 618: Begging

On November 2, the Ming army continued its offensive and captured another county, a total of eight cities.

On November 3, all of Kyushu except Miyazaki Prefecture was occupied by the Ming army.

There are no less than ten cities in Miyazaki Prefecture, and more than 600,000 Japanese people have fled into Miyazaki Prefecture as refugees, plus the 140,000 Japanese army under Takeda Hidemasa, there are nearly 800,000 Japanese in Miyazaki Prefecture.

"Marshal, the prisoner of war camp has captured more than 200,000 Japanese men over the age of 10, of whom more than 90 percent are between the ages of 10 and 15 and between the ages of 50 and 60, and there are only about 10,000 people who are really young and strong." A division commander was reporting to Yan Yingyuan.

Yan Yingyuan nodded, not surprising, because he knew very well that the really young and strong young men of the Wako had been forcibly recruited by the Tokugawa Shogunate long before the Ming Dynasty began to attack the Wakoku, and very few could stay.

However, he captured these 20 or so Japanese prisoners, causing a lot of pressure on the 60,000 Ming army. In order to successfully solve these Japanese invaders, Yan Yingyuan ordered the Ming army not to attack Miyazaki Prefecture first, wait for two days, wait for two days, and wait for the 140,000 garrison to also land, and then concentrate all efforts to attack Miyazaki Prefecture and quickly wipe out all the Japanese in Miyazaki Prefecture, and completely capture the entire Kyushu Island.

In the Korean Strait, thousands of ships are transported back and forth.

The 140,000 Ming garrison has landed here for two consecutive days, and at most today it will be able to complete the landing.

Shang Kexi was sent by Yan Yingyuan to command and arrange the 140,000 garrison.

The garrison that landed was sent to take over the cities captured by the Japanese and the more than 200,000 Japanese prisoners captured.

On the same day, Shang Kexi began to send soldiers from the garrison to the cities of Kyushu Island.

With the takeover of the castles in each prefecture and the handover of more than 200,000 prisoners, a large number of regular soldiers were finally freed up and continued to converge on the border of Miyazaki Prefecture.

On 5 November, the three corps of the regular army, 60,000 men, and 12 regiments formed an impermeable semicircle to encircle Miyazaki Prefecture into an iron barrel, and the final attack on the Japanese in Miyazaki Prefecture was about to begin.

In Miyazaki Prefecture, Miyazaki Castle had long been razed to the ground by the Ming warships because it was close to the sea, and Takeda Hidemasa and other Japanese wouldn't dare to stay in Miyazaki Castle, so they could only retreat and gather in the western capital not far from Miyazaki Prefecture.

There are not a total of 12 castles in Miyazaki Prefecture, except for four castles that were razed to the ground by Ming warships because they were close to the sea, and eight castles are intact.

More than 600,000 Japanese people and nearly 130,000 Japanese troops were all crammed into these eight intact cities.

After so many days of attacking by the Ming army, Takeda Hidemasa also led his army to resist twice, but unfortunately he only lost nearly 20,000 troops in exchange.

Hidemasa Takeda and other troops of nearly 130,000 Japanese invaders have experienced two more heavy defeats, and the morale of the whole army has been extremely low.

At noon on November 5, the Ming army launched a final attack on Miyazaki Prefecture.

The 12 regiments of the 60,000 Ming army's regular army launched an attack from three sides at the same time, and the six cities were the first to be attacked, because Takeda Hidemasa and other nearly 130,000 Japanese troops were always gathered together, and they did not disperse to defend these cities, close to the weak guards in the city, there was no possibility of blocking the Ming army's attack at all, and in just two hours, six cities were broken one after another.

All of a sudden, the hundreds of thousands of Japanese people inside faced the Ming army and had no escape.

"Bang! Bang" There were constantly Japanese who tried to resist and run away and were killed on the spot.

As usual, the Ming army broke through these cities, and began a large-scale purge, all the Japanese men over the age of ten were forcibly captured, and the rebels were directly killed, and under the deterrence of blood, a large number of Japanese men were captured and transferred to the garrison.

After eliminating the Japanese in these six castles, the 12 regiments of the Ming army continued to attack other castles in Miyazaki Prefecture.

Due to the continuous shrinking of the scope, the matter of nearly 130,000 Ming troops such as Takeda Hidemasa gathering in the western capital has been extremely clear, about eight regiments and 40,000 Ming troops killed the western capital together.

"General, the Ming army is killing the western capital!" Some Japanese soldiers reported to Hidemasa Takeda with pale faces.

Takeda Hidemasa's face was also pale, and after three contacts in a row, he had clearly understood the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, and it was impossible to defeat at all, and fighting with the Ming army was no different from being slaughtered!

From the beginning of the Ming army's attack on Miyazaki Prefecture, Takeda Hidemasa knew that in two hours, six cities were broken in succession, and his heart trembled.

Now the Ming army has finally attacked the western capital, and they finally have no way to escape, and they are completely forced to a dead end.

The Ming army attacked the western capital from all directions, and several other cities did not escape the attack of the Ming army, when the 40,000 Ming army launched an attack on the western capital, the other 20,000 Ming troops were also attacking several other Japanese cities.

"Boom Boom"

In the western capital, artillery fire was continuous, and Yan Yingyuan mobilized a full 200 cannons to bombard.

A city that is not very big has squeezed out an army of nearly 130,000 Japanese pirates such as Takeda Hidemasa, if it weren't for Takeda Hidemasa and others to drive out all the Japanese people in the original city, the western capital city would not be able to accommodate all the people of Takeda Hidemasa.

Of course, Takeda Hidemasa's behavior of driving out the Japanese people in the city and leaving them to be dealt with by the Ming army also made Yan Yingyuan feel extremely incredible, and finally realized how selfish the Japanese were inside.

Even if Takeda Hidemasa and other Japanese invaders drove out all the Japanese people in the original city, the western capital city could hold nearly 130,000 Japanese soldiers, but it was also extremely densely crowded, so that every shell of the Ming army that entered the city, no matter where it fell, could kill and injure at least a few Japanese soldiers.

Such casualties were terrifying, and there were constantly casualties among the soldiers of the Japanese army under the intensive bombardment, and soon more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded, and the number of casualties continued to increase rapidly.

A large number of Japanese soldiers crouched in the corner, shivering, praying that the shells would not fall on their heads.

To say that the Japanese are fierce and bloodthirsty most of the time, it does not mean that they are not afraid of death, in fact, the nature of the Japanese is to be weak when they are strong, and to become jackals when they are weak, and the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops under the command of Takeda Hidemasa are also different from the 150,000 real shogunate elites who landed in Korea with Tokugawa Ieoka.

The 150,000 Japanese who landed in Korea were also afraid of the fighting power of the Ming army, but they were able to surrender completely only when most of them were killed or wounded, not only because they were personally led by Tokugawa Ieoka, the shogunate's major general, but also because they were the real elite of the shogunate.

However, just like that, the Japanese were also constantly defeated under the attack of the Ming army.

The Ming army is undoubtedly strong, so strong that all the Japanese are desperate and completely crushed, and they can no longer resist after a few contacts, and they only want to flee blindly, but now they have no escape.

"The Ming army is too powerful, even Amaterasu has to retreat, it is really impossible to defeat, if it goes on like this, we will all be blown up, Amaterasu must not want to see us blown up like this, general, why don't we surrender to the Ming army!" A Japanese general said to Hidemasa Takeda with a pale face.

Originally, after the general finished speaking, he carefully paid attention to Takeda Hidemasa's expression, for fear that Takeda Hidemasa would be angry, but Takeda Hidemasa's actions surprised him slightly.

"Yo Xi, you're too right, if I am killed like this, Amaterasu will blame me for my ineffective command, in this case, General Ben agrees with your proposal, and we surrender to the Ming army!" Hidemasa Takeda said, and patted the Japanese general on the shoulder.

This Japanese general obviously didn't expect Takeda Hidemasa to agree to his proposal so readily, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, no matter what, as long as Takeda Hidemasa agreed.

Immediately, the Japanese began to organize the surrender of the Ming army outside the city. Soon, the Japanese invaders found a white cloth from somewhere, and made a white flag and waved it on the city wall to the Ming troops surrounding outside the city, which meant that they were going to surrender.