The remnants of the enemy army finally retreated, and the few remaining ashigaru fled everywhere in the ruins.

The forward team of the Ming army was also very chaotic, some people took the opportunity to breathe, and before everyone had time to straighten out the queue, unexpectedly, next to the broken wall in front, suddenly a group of Japanese soldiers poured out. Someone shouted, "Chicken house!" A group of dwarf men screamed frantically and began to charge.

At this time, the sound of copper instruments sounded behind them, and someone shouted: "Thousands of households, the vanguard team retreats!" ”

"Withdraw!" The generals in the crowd shouted, and everyone immediately gave up fighting in formation and turned around and retreated. The two sergeants, who were holding the wounded, glanced at the fire team of their own people in the rear, and hurriedly dragged the wounded man to the side of the pile of earth and rocks to avoid it.

The Japanese troops swarmed in, and almost all of them were shouting fiercely. In the narrow roads of this place, and in the rugged ruins of earth and wood, one or twenty people rushed out of the raging battle.

Many people shouted "Daddy, ah", and the soldiers of the Ming army did not know what it meant, but they could see that the Japanese army was by no means begging for mercy. The enemy scrambled to be the first to rush to the reinforcements behind the Ming army with swords and spears.

The crowd of enemy troops was getting closer and closer, and they had already rushed to within ten paces.

"Bang bang bang ......bang" The spring cold light guns that lined the road and the mounds of earth suddenly made a dense explosion, and the volley of fire flickered everywhere.

The shouting of the Japanese crowd suddenly subsided considerably, and was replaced by screams of pain and horror, and many fell to the ground.

Only a short time later, the second team of the Ming army came up, and there was another "bang, bang, bang" volley. A Japanese samurai in armor knelt on one knee, and at this time, another drop of blood flew from his chest, and he trembled and finally fell to the ground. The remaining enemy soldiers stopped their advance and finally turned around and ran.

Unexpectedly, dozens of steps away, a day later, he waved his fan and shouted again.

"Ahh Another group of people shouted in unison, running with all kinds of weapons.

"Bang bang ......" The Ming army who had just changed the team immediately fired. The Japanese soldiers continued to be killed and wounded, and new corpses pressed on the previous dead, and they were fired three volleys in a row from far and near, and the remnants of the soldiers were defeated again.

However, to the disbelief of Wan Liang and the others, there was a shout again, and another group of lively enemy soldiers rushed out!

A group of enemy soldiers, armed with spears and swords, stared at the Ming army's formation and ran desperately, as if they were ready to start fighting immediately. However, the fight did not come, and this time the Ming army not only fired a volley with a fire gun, but also threw a round of pig iron mines.

The sound of the "boom" explosion and the dense explosion of the fire gun made the ruins like a lightning strike, and the corpses on the ground were splashed with blood. The shouts of the Japanese soldiers also stopped.

The front was filled with gunsmoke, and in front of the Ming army formation, there was a "bang, bang" sound of fire, and white smoke shrouded the ground like fog. Until Wan Liang ordered: "Stop!" Guns are retired. "The guys finally stopped shooting.

The smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield gradually spread in the wind, and the huge shouts of the previous were gone, and only a terrible moan remained. The soldiers slowly pushed forward, only to see that the ground was full of corpses, and blood was flowing everywhere. There was a very complex stench in the air, which was dizzying when mixed with the pungent smell of gunsmoke.

A Japanese soldier struggled and crawled on the ground, he was holding his stomach with one hand, scratching at the ground covered with blood in the other, his mouth was full of painful words, his face was full of tears, and he had long lost his previous fierce demeanor. Another wounded enemy soldier lay on his back on the ground, his eyes looking east, as if calling to someone repeatedly.

The Ming soldiers and horses began to reorganize their ranks, forming columns with sword and shield men, pikemen, and musketeers, and the whole army advanced to the place where the Japanese army had charged. Obviously, it was a big victory, but everyone didn't chase and kill without permission, they were all cautious, and the atmosphere was a bit weird. The Japanese suffered heavy casualties, but their desperate momentum did leave an impression on the soldiers.

After a while, the people in front shouted: "Thousands of households, the enemy soldiers have retreated, there is no one here!" ”

So Manra ordered the teams to stay in line and continue to advance towards the "Honmaru".

The distance was not far, and soon Manliang led his troops to the front of Honmaru. The Honmaru is a garden that looks thick and sturdy, with a gate intact and riveted with heavy wooden planks. Inside is a tiled pavilion built of earth rammed plates, which has collapsed a corner. Behind the walls there were archers, and from time to time someone showed their heads.

There was a clearing in front of the gate, but it was not flat, there was a gradient in height and low, and the mud ground had been trampled on. Hundreds of soldiers of the Ming army came to this open space one after another, and lined up to confront each other everywhere.

Wan Liang rode his horse and watched from a distance for a while, and then ordered: "Send someone to pass the order and bring up the Hongwu cannon." ”

"Order!"

After only a moment, Wan Liang had already made up his mind. It seems that the tactics of the Japanese army seem to want to rush and kill in a narrow place, so Wan Liang is reluctant to send infantry troops to attack. He planned to first blast the courtyard into ruins and blast open the gate with mortar cannons, then throw pig iron mines into it, and finally send infantry in to clear it.

Unexpectedly, the door was opened on his own initiative.

First, two groups of Japanese soldiers with flags came out and lined up on both sides, and then a man on horseback and armor walked out. A Japanese shouted in Chinese: "The lord of the city asks the commander of the Ming army to talk." ”

The military generals beside Wan Liang immediately persuaded: "Thousands of households, beware of fraud." We can ignore it and wait for the cannon to arrive and blast them into pieces of meat. ”

However, the Japanese general was already moving forward, and he only had one retinue with him. Wan Liang knew that the officers and soldiers in the army despised the cowardly and afraid of death the most, and when he saw this, he said: "Even if there is fraud, don't we still have a deputy thousand households?" ”

After he said that, he greeted the Korean monk not far away and said, "You follow the general and be a translator." ”

The Korean monk's face was very ugly, and he said hesitantly: "The poor monk obeys the order. ”

The two men rode to a dirt field in the middle and looked at each other. The Japanese general said "Woo Li Wow", and the Korean monk translated: "The soldiers of the Zong clan are all obedient people, and they have sworn to obey the will of the city lord. As soon as I declare my surrender, the general will no longer encounter resistance in Tsushima. ”

After hearing this, Wan Liang simply asked, "What conditions do you have?" ”

The Japanese general Soji seemed to understand this short sentence, and without waiting for a translator, he quickly replied with difficulty in Chinese: "Please, permission, I will cross-examine the abdomen." ”

"Belly?" Wan Liang didn't quite understand the precise meaning of the word.

The Korean monk said: "It is self-discipline, and in this way, the samurai of Japan show their loyalty, or get relief from their crimes and failures." Abdominal examination is the meaning of the latter, and after doing so, he confesses that there is no sin or shame in his soul. ”

Wan Liang asked, "Is this the only condition?" ”

The Korean monk translated. The general leaned forward, bowed on horseback, and said, "Yes." ”

Wan Liang said: "Deal." However, the officers and soldiers will still punish those who are guilty according to the law. ”

Hearing the translation, Zong silently bowed in agreement.

The Zong clan turned his head and said a few words to his entourage. The Korean monk translated directly: "Taro, you come to help me." After my death, I ordered everyone to stop useless battles and obey the disposition of the Ming people. ”

Wan Liang asked, "This person is the eldest son of the head of the Zong family?" ”

The Korean monk said: "Listen to the title, it seems to be." ”

Wan Liang said: "Isn't that going to be his father-killing enemy?" ”

The Korean monk said: "The poor monk once studied in a Japanese temple, and as far as the poor monk knows, if the governor of each country dies in defeat and self-determination, he has admitted defeat, and it is not hatred." ”

Then the head of the Zong family went to a relatively intact house nearby, and then wrote a letter of surrender in it, and prepared things for self-cutting. The head of the house wiped a short knife clean, placed it in front of him, and then looked out the door and muttered a last word.

Seeing this, Wan Liang walked out of the door and waited for the result.

Soon there was a muffled grunt of pain from inside, and the pain just by listening to the sound was unspeakable. And the Zong clan hasn't died for a long time, and has been calling inside for a long time.

The standard-bearers outside the gate of the big mansion put down their weapons and flags, and knelt on the ground, facing the place where the clan had cut itself. After a while, the rest of the people inside the gate also came out one after another, kneeling outside the door.

Only then did Wan Liang remember the "last words" of the Zong clan just now, so he asked the monk beside him: "What did the head of the family say just now?" ”

The monk said: "It should be a short song, to the effect of 'the place of depression, the hopeless way of the world'." ”

Wan Liang was speechless when he heard this, and his ears still rang with smaller and smaller painful moans. Then he looked up to the east, and his gaze crossed the mountain in front of him, and the boundless sea was faintly visible at the end.

And when he turned his head to look to the west, he saw no trace of the mountains and forests. The walled city on the hillside has been reduced to ruins......

As the head of the Zong family said, after the surrender, the soldiers and civilians did not have any resistance, and they did whatever they were told to do, and they did their best. This made Wan Liang feel a little incredible.

An official of the pedestrian department who has been to Annan explained that in the hot places in the south all year round, there are many fruits, vegetables, birds and beasts in the wild, and it is easy for people there not to starve to death. However, the mountains and forests of Japan are cold and barren, and most people are almost dead ends if they are not tolerated by the crowd, so they are more obedient. Wan Liang felt that what the civil official said was quite reasonable.

The ruined city was abandoned by the Ming army, and the remaining house of "Honmaru" was well repaired and became the property of a thousand households.

The stronghold of the Ming army followed the deployment of the imperial court and rebuilt the "Tsushima Guarding Thousand Households". The officials of the Ministry of Industry and Construction chose a relatively flat place near the bay. According to the drawings of the "bastion", people began to build polygonal fortresses using materials such as lime, pottery powder and crushed stone, as well as rammed earth.

The Japanese generals who once resisted in the walled city, as well as that Sotaro, were all regarded as war criminals. They were "lucky" to follow the sailor fleet into Beijing and would become important personnel at the ceremony of surrendering prisoners.