Chapter 111: The Dust Has Settled
Although Hideyoshi once called Hideho "Omi Dainayan" to distinguish him from Hidenaga, this title gradually disappeared as the Minami-Omi Territory was recovered.
However, it was precisely because of that cut, as well as the previous conflict, that people began to re-examine the sons of this Koriyama Castle, especially Hidebo's outstanding performance in Tokaido and Aizu, so that everyone had reason to believe that he would become Hidenaga's successor, and the aura of "Yamato Daiyana" naturally fell on the head of the second generation of the Yamato Toyotomi family, who was only eighteen years old.
As Chungsei said, the Five Seven Trees were given to Hideyoshi by the Emperor, and although Hideyoshi later figured out the so-called "Taiko Trees", the Five Seven Trees were still a glory that only the Toyotomi family could enjoy. Therefore, in addition to the Toyotomi clan in the world, only the Yamato Toyotomi family of the Xiuchang line can receive this honor. As for Gosankiri, it is a big road goods, as long as Hideyoshi is happy, even the small daimyo of Wanshi Zhiyuki can be obtained, not to mention a strong daimyo like Ieyasu, that is almost everyone's share, and it is precisely because of such a stark contrast that it is enough to reflect the dignity of the Toyotomi family.
"Father, not only His Royal Highness, but also the Zong family's sailors!" Chungcheong excitedly stretched out his hand and pointed to the Da'an Mansion on the right and said.
Mo You looked in the direction pointed by Chungcheong's hand, and sure enough, he saw dozens of warships printed with "one character and three stars", guarding the right side of the southeast naval army, coming with the large army treading the waves.
"Well, it seems to be the lonely island sailor army of His Royal Highness, now we have been saved." The excitement was indescribable, and a few tears oozed from the corners of his eyes, which was really embarrassing for him.
Compared with the morale of the Japanese army, the Korean navy army was like falling into an ice hole, all frozen, unable to escape, unable to fight, at this moment, their lives were completely in the hands of the Japanese army.
At this time, Shi Tianbai's face had long since disappeared from the arrogance just now, replaced by a wooden face, a deep fear, he stood on the deck like a wooden man, and did not react until Gao Hu shouted.
"This is Master Shi, right?" Gao Hu condescended and asked coldly. "It's Shi Tianbai below, dare to ask the general's name?" Shi Tianbai restrained the fear in his heart and reluctantly replied.
"I am the general of the Sacheon garrison and the Fujido Takatora under the command of Toyotomi Da Na Yan Xiubao, you and I are both martial artists, don't talk nonsense, please put down your weapons and go back to Sacheon with me." Gao Hu looked at Shi Tianbai seriously, and his tone was tough, and he couldn't bargain at all.
"Lay down your arms?" Shi Tianbai snorted coldly and said: "I am willing to exchange death for the life of my subordinates, but let me surrender, hum, Your Excellency still died of this heart."
"Sure enough, it's a man, it's really like Brother Ling." Gao Hu applauded lightly and pretended to praise.
Hearing him talk about Shi Tianhu, Shi Tianbai suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and asked, "What do you mean by this, what did you do to my brother?"
"Hehe, it's really brotherly love, we didn't do anything with him, but he couldn't think about it himself, he had to commit suicide and martyrdom, I just had to let him go, it's a pity." Gao Hu shook his head with a regretful expression, as if he was very familiar with Shi Tianhu.
"Brother was forced to death by you? Could it be that Xianshan Island has been paralyzed ...... "Shi Tianbai", he never expected that in just one day's work, the huge Xianshan Island would be lost, and the two brothers would be separated by heaven and earth.
Perhaps it was anger, Shi Tianbai frowned, spit out a mouthful of blood with a "poof", and lay down on the deck. Seeing this, the generals immediately stepped forward to help him up, and the soldiers were also angry, shouting insults at Gao Hu, saying that they were unwilling to surrender at anything.
Seeing this scene, Gao Hu laughed instead of anger, and teased: "Not bad, good, backbone, I Gao Hu admires, but why bother, think about it, don't you all marshals and the general surnamed Yan surrender, why are you still so stubborn."
"What do you say? Marshal and General Yan surrendered?! No way! Shi Tianbai's calm mood just now became excited again, he pushed away the generals beside him, stood up with difficulty, and refuted loudly: "How can they be greedy for life and afraid of death, and they will never surrender to survive, so don't mess with our army."
Seeing that Shi Tianbai didn't want to believe it, Gao Hu had to patiently persuade him: "Think about it, is it necessary for me to lie to you?" I don't look at these dozen ships at all, because I respect the general's loyalty and bravery, so I can persuade you not to be stubborn, so that we can't get off the stage, it's not good. ”
Hearing Gao Hu say this, Shi Tianbai really had a cloud of doubt in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "You said that they have surrendered, but is there any evidence?"
"Evidence?" Gao Hu understood that since he asked like this, he must have been a little shaken in his heart, so he hurriedly replied: "Your Marshal Quanzhen disguised himself as a Japanese businessman this morning and tried to sneak out of Qichuan Liang, but was captured by the left wing general of our army, Jiugui Jialong, and has now been escorted to Sacheon Haosheng to take care of him; As for the general Yan, it was indeed bumped into on the way here, and at first I resisted for a while, but after being surrounded by our army, I also chose to surrender, and half an hour ago, I had ordered the right-wing general Horiuchi Shizen to send him and his subordinates to Sacheon, and now it is almost time to go to Xianshan Island. By the way, I brought the dozens of warships under his command with me, and if you still have any concern, you can send someone to follow me to the remote island to check it out. ”
"No need," Shi Tianbai waved his hand, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision: "The main force is gone, the commander has surrendered, and there is no point in fighting again, in this case, I am willing to lead my subordinates to surrender to Lord Fujitang, and please let them live, Shi is grateful."
"General, you can't surrender!" As soon as Shi Tianbai finished speaking, the soldiers on the ship rushed to his side, persuading him to fight to the end and not to be a slave to the country.
Shi Tianbai was hard-hearted, and he didn't want to listen to them at all, but persuaded in a low voice: "We ended up like this, isn't it because of Yan Mengqing?" Now that he has surrendered, how can we die in vain? I surrendered this time, not for anything else, just to see him, to see why he did this, why he disregarded the national integrity, and was willing to be a lackey of the Japanese bandits, if he was really a traitor, I would definitely behead him for the imperial court. ”
"Besides," Shi Tianbai lowered his voice: "See if you can find a chance to rescue the marshal, this is the most important thing." As soon as these words came out, all the generals suddenly realized and nodded in agreement. Although Gao Hu couldn't hear clearly, when he saw Shi Tianbai's successful persuasion, the stone in his heart could be regarded as letting go.
In this way, Shi Tianbai ordered the soldiers to lay down their arms, board several prepared ships according to Gao Hu's requirements, and sail towards the waters of Sacheon under the supervision of the Japanese army.