Massive shelling began again, and the rebels collapsed.

After the 18th transport group returned to the battlefield again, the 4th and 5th brigades of the Tiance Army led the other four brigades of the public security army to attack the back of the rebels from the mountains on the left and right, and the demoralized rebels began to flee on a large scale.

The Fuyu Mountains are full of rebels fleeing, and it is impossible not to run. Wherever there are many people, air raids will fall. Wherever there were many people, the shells fell, and the rebels could not gather their ranks at all, so they scattered and fled for the battle.

"Super Kumamoto Castle, report to the Heavenly King!" Dongwang An accompanied the three major scriptures and shouted.

The situation on the battlefield changed at an incredible speed, and the rebels were defeated too quickly, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of the casualties had already been lost, and a large area was scattered.

In fact, the biggest blow to the confidence of the rebels came from the air. This is an army of faith, and the air raids have shaken their faith, so they are flustered and dazed.

The rebels in the Ukiwa area fled in the direction of Kumamoto Castle all over the mountains, and the Tence army chased after them.

On the escape road of 100 kilometers from Fuyu to Kumamoto Castle, there were corpses and horse corpses of the fallen rebels everywhere, scattered with all kinds of weapons, and many of the rebels did not die under the guns of the Tiance army, but were exhausted to death.

On 7 March, after two days of fighting and pursuit, three brigades of the Tence Army and six brigades of the Public Security Army surrounded Kumamoto Castle from three directions.

At this time, the rebel army was already like a frightened bird, and more than 100,000 defeated soldiers poured into the city, and the news of the enemy's arrival in the city added to their panic.

"Great official, quickly go and report to the Heavenly King, my Heavenly Army has been defeated, let the Heavenly King make a decision!!" An accompanied Jingsan has been waiting outside the Tianwang Palace for a day, and Amakusa Shizhen still hasn't come out, and in the end he simply can't kneel, and the current situation can only let Amakusa Shizhen come to take the idea.

The other kings who fled back one after another also knelt outside the Heavenly King's Palace with An and Jingsan, and many of the princes of these rebels were still injured, and all of them looked embarrassed.

"Rise up, all the princes, the king of heaven announces that all the princes will come to see you!" After the head of the Heavenly King Palace came out again, he finally announced the long-awaited news.

"Long live the King of Heaven, long live the King of Heaven!" An accompanied Jing San and the others excitedly.

……。

Outside Kumamoto Castle, the temporary headquarters of the Tence Army.

"Report to the commander, after two days of fighting, preliminary statistics show that more than 285,000 rebels were killed and 11,322 were wounded and captured. According to the General Staff, the strength of the rebels in Kumamoto Castle was estimated to be no more than 120,000, and there were 80,000 to 90,000 rebels in other areas.

Judging from the situation of the rebels killed and captured this time, the rebel army was filled with a large number of female soldiers, and the ratio of men to women was about seven to three. Li Zixiong made a report on the battle situation.

Feng Yuanshan said: "Commander, the task of attacking the city will be handed over to the humble position, right?" The lowly pledge to take Kumamoto Castle within a day. ”

Zhou Yan said dissatisfiedly: "Old Feng, what you said is not right, right?" Could it be that our second brigade is inferior to your fifth brigade? ”

Feng Yuanshan's eyes widened and said, "Hey, did I say that?" ”

"I think that's what it means." Zhou Yan turned his head to Wang Hongwu and said, "Hongwu, Lao Feng is going to swallow Kumamoto City alone, you can also express your opinion." ”

Wang Hongwu smiled and didn't take a stubble.

Wang Yue opened his mouth and said: "Okay, Kumamoto Castle is temporarily fenced, and there are no plans to attack at present." ”

Li Zixiong said: "Commander, the so-called soldiers are fast, although our army has a strong supply capacity and the support of the Hirado Domain, it will not be small if it consumes for a long time." ”

"The chief of staff is thinking from a tactical point of view, and he is right." Wang Yue said: "But I don't have the intention to completely solve the rebel army, and it is the shogunate and the peace of the clan that are happy to solve the rebel army, which is not in line with my strategy towards Japan." I would prefer to see a divided Japan, and the-stirring stick of the rebels still has his role. ”

Under non-extreme circumstances, Wang Yue would not take action to solve the army's logistics through another plane, which would easily make the Tiance army dependent.

Li Zixiong said: "We defeated the rebels this time and also collected a lot of grain, so it is not a problem to surround it for ten days and half a month." ”

……。

Kumamoto Castle Tenno's Palace.

"The Celestial Army is defeated? The Tence army besieged Kumamoto Castle? Amakusa Shisada, who was sitting on the top, said with a hint of panic in his tone. The current Amakusa Shizhen is no longer Amakusa Shiro in the original castle period, and the high-ranking and drunken gold fans have consumed too much of his will.

An Ao, who was kneeling and sitting on three knees, walked two steps to Amakusa Shizhen touched his head to the ground and said: "The subordinates are incompetent, so that the army is defeated, please punish the king of heaven." ”

"The subordinates and others are incompetent, please punish the king of heaven!" The other kings followed suit.

"Flatten! Qing and others are not guilty. Amakusa Shizhen raised his hand and said, the so-called law does not blame the public, and this is an extraordinary period, and he has ignored the government for a long time, of course he can't easily ask who is to blame.

"Thank you for your magnanimity." The kings said in unison.

Amakusa Shizhen said: "Is it because this king did not meet with that Wang Yue as promised, that he incurred a rebellion against the Tiance army?" ”

An accompanied the three scriptures: "That's right. ”

Amakusa Shizhen asked again, "How many enemy troops are there?" What are the losses of our army? ”

An accompanied the three words: "The strength of the Tiance army is less than 30,000, and our army has lost about 300,000 people. ”

"What?" Amakusa Shizhen's eyes widened and asked, "The Tiance Army is so fierce?" ”

An accompanied Jingsan and nodded: "My Heavenly Army has no power to fight back against the Tiance Army, just like a child facing a giant." Now that our army has suffered heavy losses, its morale is low, and it is trapped in a lonely city, I also ask the king of heaven to have an idea. ”

"Please ask the Heavenly King to have an idea!" The kings said in unison.

Amakusa Shizhen was speechless, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "Let's surrender Kaejo." ”

"Heavenly King...!" The Road of Kings.

Amakusa Shizhen interrupted with a wave of his hand: "From this prince to the outside of the city, I will ask Wang Yue Wang Shaobao for the guilt, or I can save my heavenly army." ”

Of course, he understood that the purpose of the kings was to get him to clean up the mess, and that this conflict was caused by him.

On March 8, the rebel army surrendered in Kaicheng, and Amakusa Shizhen led the four kings of the southeast, northwest, and northwest to the Tiance army camp to ask Wang Yue for his guilt.

When Amakusa Shizhen was brought in, Wang Yue did not greet him, but sat in the Zhongjun tent drinking tea.

"Amakusa Shizhen, a subordinate of the outer domain, please surrender to Lord Wang Shaobao!" Amakusa Shizhen raised his matching knife above his head with both hands and bowed to Wang Yue.

Wang Yue didn't pick it up, but sat upright and asked, "Outer domain?" Has your Heavenly Army been founded, and when did it become the foreign vassal of the Ming Dynasty? Have you paid tribute to His Majesty the Emperor? ”

Amakusa Shizhen said: "The Heavenly Army has been established, called the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is willing to be a subordinate of the Ming Dynasty forever. ”