Chapter 770: The Last Samurai

The Choshu Domain, which had been betrayed once at the end of the Warring States period, was once again betrayed by its own allies. This time it was sold more thoroughly, the last time it was just a cut of Ishitaka, and this time it was the proudest samurai and warrior of the Nagasu Domain.

In the darkness, the sound of cautious footsteps was muffled by the sound of insects, and when they slowly approached the position, the night was pierced by flares rising into the air! The flares that took off the air one after another turned a large area in front of the position into daylight! The warriors and soldiers of Changzhou who were moving forward were collectively petrified by this sudden light.

After a brief period of brain stagnation, Mori Tsunahiro let out a hoarse and desperate wail: "Withdraw!" ”

But it was too late, and when more than 10,000 soldiers launched a surprise attack on five positions on a frontal area more than 1,000 meters wide, could they still be all exposed to the opponent's firing range? The air trembled with a shrill whistling, the predetermined ruler was covered in heavy artillery fire, and the soldiers fell in the midst of the artillery fire, and the ranks of the decisive assault were cut in two one by one, and the dense gunfire rang out from the position.

Tata Tower, the unique sound of Montini's machine gun, is like the sound of the wind when the Grim Reaper's scythe is wielded. The dense gunfire rained down, and the advancing ranks could not stop at all, and fell down one by one, like wheat falling under a sickle.

Mori Tsunhiro, who had shouted loudly, could no longer make any sound, because six bullets hit him in front and back, and when he fell to the ground, his body fell forward.

On a high ground in the darkness, Shimazu Tsunaki looked at the battlefield that was being slaughtered, and said to the people around him tremblingly: "Gentlemen, have you seen it?" This is the army of the Ming Empire that we are trying to contend with. ”

No one in the whole of Japan knew better about the fighting power of the Ming Empire's army than the Shimazu family, and the reason was that the Satsuma clan had always been the most active daimyo in foreign contact. Because of this, from the moment it was heard that the Ming army had entered the intervention. Shimazu Tsunahiro made a decision, he must not be able to compete with such a powerful opponent, it can only be a dead end.

When he learned that the old nest was ended, Shimazu Tsunahiro was even more firm in his previous judgment, but before that, he planned to gamble. It may be possible to use superior forces to achieve a local victory, and then ask the Ming Empire to surrender, so that it is unknown whether it can strive for a more decent end. As a result, he naturally lost the bet, and after his hopes were dashed, he betrayed his allies without hesitation.

In the face of despair, the Changzhou warriors did not retreat, but continued to rush forward, without exception, they were knocked to the ground, their convulsive corpses soaked in pools of blood, and the ground at the front of the position was soaked with blood. A puddle of blood was formed.

The massacre lasted more than an hour before the gunfire subsided, and under the torches, soldiers with rifles came out of the trenches to mend the dying wounded. Chang Shiren, who was also standing on a high place, put down the binoculars in his hand and said to Weng Zhengqing beside him: "Do you remember what my grandfather said to us when I was in the Jiading Academy?" ”

Weng Zhengqing thought for a moment and then gave the correct answer: "Of course I remember." The Battle of Korea, one of the three major expeditions of Wanli. Grandpa said at the time that although Dongying is a small country. But there is no shortage of ambitious people, once they are full-fledged, they will inevitably plot against my China. Therefore, it is enough not to have the slightest pity for him, but only to trample it under his feet and tell him who is the strongest in this world. At that time. This nation will know how to do it! ”

Chang Shiren took this and continued: "For Dongying, we should consume its national vitality, cut off its cultural inheritance, and dissolve its own culture with Chinese civilization. Eventually, it was incorporated into the Chinese territory. The same is true for Dongying, and the same should be true for overseas, Chinese is the most beautiful language in the world, and it must and should be the most popular language in the world. ”

Not to be outdone, Weng Zhengqing smiled and said: "Therefore, including the countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty into the Chinese-speaking circle is just the first step to conquer the world. ”

looked at each other and smiled, and their hearts were wiped out in the middle of this laugh because of the little bit of mustard that they had exiled to India. The two of them reached out in unison and shook each other tightly. A green flare flew into the air, and the two walked down together, returning to their command tent and standing, Shimazu Tsunhiro, who was not tall, with his son, just two people, appeared under the guidance of the soldiers.

"The minister of the foreign domain, I have seen the general of the kingdom!" Bowing, a deep bow of ninety degrees, the father and son duo are in one action, holding the katana in both hands. Torches lit up the scene all around, and the shadows of the two swayed in the firelight, long and short.

"You have two choices, the first choice is to go to Sakai Port overnight and ask Grandpa for forgiveness for your crime of resisting the Heavenly Soldiers. The second choice is to leave after dawn. All in all, your fate is not up to the two of us. Chang Shiren said very simply, and he didn't even pick up the knives of these two people.

Dawn breaks, the morning sun is like blood!

The smell of gunpowder smoke and the smell of blood in the air mixed together to create a unique, unbearable sense of smell. The mountain brigade, which was mostly recruits, many soldiers could not bear the scene in front of them, and there were many people who vomited on their knees, and soon these people were kicked in the ass by the officers and thrown into the operation of cleaning up the battlefield.

Mountains of corpses were moved to a deep pit dug in advance, thrown into them one by one, filled with soil, and a huge grave bag took shape. The final count is 3,338 bodies that are basically intact, and many incomplete ones are not counted. In the end, there was a pile of corpses, which attracted Chang Shiren and Weng Zhengqing.

"Maori father and son, the others are subordinate samurai." The death of the father and son was quite tragic, and Maori Ganghiro, who had six wounds in his body, was held in his son's arms, and the other subordinates formed a circle, and finally all died together.

Looking at the father and son surrounded by corpses, Chang Shiren silently took off his military hat and bowed his head in greeting. The officers and soldiers behind him also silently followed suit. The atmosphere was solemn for a while, and the wind blowing from nowhere circled a flag that was still erected near the corpse pile. There are a lot of bullet holes on the flag, and when it dances, it makes people feel an inexplicable sentimentality.

"Find some coffins and bury them!" Chang Shiren looked up and explained, and the adjutant asked, "How is it written on the tombstone?" ”

Chang Shiren looked at the sky and thought for a while before saying, "The last samurai - Mori Tsunhiro!" ”

Weng Zhengqing said: "For the heroes of this era, because of a person's existence, the outcome of being born at the wrong time is inevitable. Chang Shiren replied lightly: "Grandpa is not a hero, he is a saint!" A tragic scene will not happen to the grandfather, so the grandfather will not be a hero! ”

Weng Zhengqing thought about it and smiled, there is an allusion here, when he was in the Jiading School, Chen Xie mentioned the dispute between Chu and Han when he was lecturing, and he came here with a special sentence: "Xiang Yu is a hero, because he is tragic!" I'm not going to be a hero, because heroes don't end up very well. Because of this sentence, the class laughed. Looking back on this matter now, Weng Zhengqing agreed with Chang Shiren's statement.

The more than 23,000 Satsuma troops who surrendered laid down their arms, and more than 30 of them refused to accept this fate and chose to be disemboweled. What exactly awaits their fate is uncertain. All remained in the prescribed camp, with barbed wire outside, as well as muzzles and bayonets. Of course, it is impossible for so many people to be locked together, but don't work soon begins.

People with samurai status were quickly singled out, and they were locked up together. The ordinary people, after the identification, were given a piece of silver and a piece of dry food to let them go home. Before leaving, these people were instilled with an ear of news from their hometowns by the political workers with loudspeakers.

Of course, so many people can't be dealt with so simply, they must be escorted by the army to board a ship from Sakai Port and go home, otherwise they will just herd sheep like this, and who knows what will happen.

Shimazu Tsunaki and his son reluctantly accepted the fate of prisoners of war, and when they came to Sakai Port, they learned that Chen Xie had gone to Edo by sea. I didn't see Chen Xie, but I saw Yamauchi Fengchang, the leading party. The guy had changed into a Japanese outfit, shaved his head instead of his previous hairstyle, and wore clogs on his feet, replaced by a pair of big scalp shoes.

Facing Toyomasa Yamauchi, who was dressed in a black police uniform, both father and son fell into a temporary stasis.

"Two, the lord has a temporary emergency to go to Edo, and I entrust you to arrange your itinerary." Toyomasa Yamauchi was quite polite, but the slight nodding of his head showed that his current posture was different. If this was before, I would have to bow 90 degrees. Otherwise, it will be rude, and it will be cut into pieces of meat by Shimazu's guards and fed to the dogs.

Instead, the father and son bowed deeply and said, "Please take care of me!" ”

I hurried to Edo, not because there was a problem on the shogunate's side, but because there was a problem with the Su consul on the leased side. What's the problem? This guy slept with the daughter of a samurai, and promised that people would get on the ship and go to Nanyang and didn't do it, not because he didn't want to do it, but because the recent ship was relatively tight, and Liu Qingshan was unhappy with him, he united the navy and the garrison of the concession to empty his rights. Reason, it's okay to make money, but it's not okay to lack morality!

If the thing can't be done, forget it, people came to the door, this thing didn't have a good word, with a disgusted expression, let the family beat someone and dragged him out. For this matter, the samurai squatted for ten days before finding an opportunity, and stabbed the goods with a knife eighteen times in front of a tavern. Of course, this samurai was also beaten into a sieve by the guards, but the result could not be changed.

When such a thing happens, of course Chen Xie has to go over and deal with it urgently, Tokugawa on the Edo side was directly stupid, and the highest administrative civil official of the Ming Dynasty in Edo was stabbed to death, who knows what kind of revenge this matter will incur? It is not difficult to figure out the ins and outs of this matter, and Chen Xie is also very speechless after figuring it out. This bastard is not a human being, he made other people's daughter's belly bigger, promised other people's things, and didn't give anyone to do it for half a year, and even refused to recognize the child in his belly, and didn't give him living expenses, so he gave the little girl some cloth and food, and planned to end it like this. (To be continued......)