Section 75 Breaking the Bamboo

Shang Feng and Abatai were a little dumbfounded.

Didn't you say that the samurai of the Japanese country was barbaric and perverted? Why did this Satsuma Domain not only not resist, but even the fact that the ancestor was a descendant of Qin Shi Huang of the Great Qin Empire came out?

After being cold for a while, Shimazu Mitsuhisa and Shimazu Mitsutsu had cold sweat on their faces, fearing that the two princes of the Ming Empire would not accept their surrender. In particular, Shangxian, the king of the Ryukyus of the Ming Empire, still had a deep hatred with the Satsuma Domain.

Shang Feng and Abatai really didn't know what to do for a while, and their previous strength was to suppress the Satsuma Domain and make the Shimazu clan lose the psychology of resistance. It's just that this surrender is a little more simply.

Zhu Yunwen's voice sounded in Abatai's ears at the right time: "Since the Shimazu clan has surrendered, Abatai, you can quickly take over the Satsuma Domain, use the Satsuma Domain as a base, recruit civilian warriors, speed up the attack on Kyushu Island, and bring Kyushu Island into the arms of my Ming Empire."

If it is found that the Shimazu clan did not play a role in the death of the Ryukyu king Shotoyo, they can make compensation to the Ryukyu king Shoken, and then ask the Shimazu clan to send selected samurai to assist your marines in conquering the other daimyo on Kyushu Island. ”

Abatai hurriedly stood up and bowed to the void: "Abatai respects the order of the Ancestor. ”

Shang Xian was shocked, and quickly stood up and bent down in the direction of Abatai's salute. After Abatai stood up, he asked quietly: "Master Hou, just now Jianwen Ancestor sent a message?" ”

Abatai looked at the confused Shimazu Mitsuhisa and the others, nodded to Shang Xian and said, "The ancestor has an order, let me and others accept the surrender of the Satsuma Domain." The matter of Lingzun, the ancestor confessed, if the Satsuma clan did not do anything in it, the Shimazu clan could be ordered to compensate the Ashō clan.

In addition, the Shimazu clan must also select family samurai to join our Ming army, assist our Ming army to conquer other daimyo on Kyushu Island, and accept Kyushu Island into the arms of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa hurriedly said: "The foreign minister will immediately gather the family warriors, and he will definitely obey the orders of the prince and the prince, attack the other daimyos, and bring Kyushu into the territory of the Ming Empire." ”

Abatai sneered and said: "A small island the size of a sesame seed in the small country of Wa also dares to have the same name as the land of Kyushu in the Central Plains. From today, the name of the island of Kyushu in the Japanese country should disappear.

Well, your Satsuma Domain, as the first daimyo of the Wa Kingdom to surrender to my Ming Empire, this Kyushu Island, let's change the name to Kago's Oshima. As for the location of your Satsuma domain, it will be called Kago's main island to show that it is well distinguished.

Besides, Prince Shang's father died of illness and Kagoshima, and you Satsuma Domain can't shirk the responsibility. How to compensate, you Shimazu clan can negotiate with Shang Wangye, and you must obtain Shang Wangye's understanding and permission. ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa and Shimazu Mitsutsu hurriedly crawled to Shangxian's feet, and the servants complained and prayed.

Abatai shook his head, ignored the Shimazu clan, turned around and walked out of the Daimyo's mansion, and raised the banner of recruiting civilian samurai.

The civilians of the Satsuma Domain, who had seen the huge ironclad warship invading Kagoshima, thought that war had come, and they all hid in their homes in fear.

Unexpectedly, before the war came, the voice of the requisitioned civilian samurai sounded outside. Only then did the commoners dare to quietly open the door of their homes, and when they saw that the wind and waves were calm outside, they went out and came to the square in front of the Daimyo's Mansion in search of the sound.

There were already samurai of the Daimyo Shimazu family in the square, holding unknown tools, shouting in a loud voice: "Civilians who join the army of the Ming Empire will immediately get ten taels of silver and one stone of rice."

Those who fought in the army of the Ming Empire and had military merits could be given a surname and a katana. Those with outstanding military achievements can choose the family emblem, and they can choose ten acres of fertile land in the territory of the Ming Empire......"

The civilians were in a commotion, and at this time, the commoners basically couldn't even have their own surnames. Joining the army of the Ming Empire, as long as you are not greedy for life and afraid of death, you will have military merits.

That is to say, as long as you join the army of the Ming Empire, you can have your own katana, have your own surname, and you can also choose ten acres of fertile land in the territory of the Ming Empire.

All of a sudden, the registration office on the square was crowded with civilians.

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Zheng Zhibao, who left Kagoshima, led the aircraft carrier fleet to ride the wind and waves, and it took only three days to come to the Kanmon Strait between Kitakyushu Island and Honshu Island, the main island of Wakoku.

The garrisons of the Wa Kingdom in the area of Kitakyushu were not on guard at all, and the army of the Ming Empire, which was clothed with water, would suddenly appear on the land of the Wa Kingdom.

From the very beginning of the war, the army under the command of Zheng Zhibao was like a bamboo, and it never encountered decent resistance at all. It was not until they advanced to Fukuoka, an important town in Kitakyushu, that the Wakoku woke up from their panic and resisted heavily under Fukuoka while begging for help in all directions.

The daimyo on the island of Kyushu united as never before and sent reinforcements to Fukuoka. It's just the Shimazu family, the largest Satsuma domain in Kyushu, but there have been no reinforcements.

It is said that blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular. The daimyos, who had united like never before, brought the news that the Edo Shogunate was also under siege by the Ming Empire before they could figure out why the Ming Empire suddenly invaded the Wa Kingdom and sent the samurai to the Edo Shogunate on the island of Honshu to ask for help and report the news.

What shocked these daimyo even more was that instead of sending reinforcements, the Satsuma Domain raised the banner of the Ming Empire, which was killed from Kagoshima, and the Ming army that was attacking Fukuoka was attacking on both sides, attacking the city and plundering the land all the way, and it seemed that it was about to hit Fukuoka.

Due to the lockdown decree issued by the Edo shogunate, these daimyos lost the opportunity to understand the Ming Empire, and they did not know that the Ming Empire was no longer the old central empire, and was conquering and expanding its territory.

The only Satsuma clan that knows about the Ming Empire has now become a lackey of the Ming Empire, and is assisting the army of the Ming Empire to attack cities and plunder land on Kyushu Island.

What frightened the daimyo on Kyushu Island the most was that the Ming Imperial army attacking Fukuoka seemed to have crawled out of hell, using terrifying firearms, and the ammunition fired by the firearms was already killing the brave and fearless samurai of the Wa Kingdom several miles away.

Especially the kind of artillery they used that had never been seen before, the hit rate was extremely high and extremely long. Even if they had already hidden in Fukuoka Castle, the Ming artillery, which was more than ten miles away, had already entered the city.

If it weren't for the good luck, I'm afraid that the Ming army would have sent these daimyo to meet Amaterasu with just one shell.

The Ming army besieged the city for seven days, not because it couldn't capture Fukuoka, but because Zheng Zhibao and Abatai's offensive was too fast and urgent, and it was necessary to divide forces to pacify the captured territory and set up the administrative system of the Ming Empire.

Moreover, Zheng Zhibao also intends to attract all the resistance forces on the island of Kyushu in the Japanese Kingdom to Fukuoka, defeat these resistance forces in one fell swoop, take over Kyushu Island in an all-round way, and incorporate Kyushu Island into the territory map of the Ming Empire.

The Satsuma clan was entrenched in the southern part of Kyushu, and Abatai's army, like its counterparts, was rapidly advancing towards Fukuoka, driving the remnants of resistance from southern Kyushu into Fukuoka.

In the fear of all the daimyo in Fukuoka, Abatai finally joined forces with Zheng Zhibao, who was besieging the city, which means that in addition to Fukuoka, the entire island of Kyushu has been included in the territory of the Ming Empire.