954 No Choice
"Get on your knees!" After coming to Li Yuntian, a soldier kicked Shimazu Mingyun in the calf, and Shimazu Mingyun knelt on the ground, looking up at Li Yuntian with a surprised expression.
Although Shimazu Mingyun knew that Li Yuntian was very young, he was still taken aback by Li Yuntian's appearance when he saw Li Yuntian, in his opinion, Li Yuntian was completely an elegant young scholar, very different from the loyal warrior king who fought in the south and the north.
At the same time, Shimazu Naruto knew that he had just fallen into Keiko Yamaguchi's aggressive tactic, and mistakenly thought that Li Yuntian was leading his army to attack Shimizu Castle, so he forcibly broke through and fell into the trap set by Li Yuntian and was captured by Saburo Domoto.
"Lord Yu, the lowly people have lived up to their mission, and caught Shimazu Naruun, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, at the mountain pass, and ask the prince to send it down!" Keiko Yamaguchi bowed slightly to Li Yuntian and said in a coquettish voice.
At this moment, Keiko Yamaguchi's mood was extremely comfortable, originally she thought that she was going to have a hard battle with the Satsuma army in Red Bird Mountain, but the process of the battle was greatly unexpected by her, the Satsuma army was demoralized after successive blows, although it also caused a lot of trouble to the red wolf army when it broke through at the mountain pass, but it was finally defeated by the red wolf army.
This battle was very important to Keiko Yamaguchi, and the outcome of the battle of Mt. Redbird was more important than the course of the Battle of Mt. Redbird, and it would not be long before the entire country would know about her leading the Red Wolf Army to defeat the Satsuma Army, and no one would care about the process, and it would definitely evolve into many versions.
"Shimazu Mingyun, did our Ming Songjiang Mansion recruit you or provoke you, and you actually sent people to Songjiang Mansion to loot, kill my people, and rob my property?" Li Yuntian glanced at Shimazu Mingyun and asked quietly.
"You have a saying in the Ming Dynasty, called 'the king of victory and defeat', it is useless to say too much, if you want to kill, you have to listen to the respect!" Shimazu Mingyun's eyebrows were slightly raised, and a look of remorse flashed in his eyes, and then he stared at Li Yuntian viciously and said.
"What a 'victory and defeat', is this the reason for your plunder!" Li Yuntian couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, "Now that this king has arrested you, can you do whatever you want to your Satsuma Kingdom?" ”
"Although you defeated the main domain, the Satsuma domain is the Satsuma of Japan, and if you want to do whatever you want, you have to ask the daimyo in Kyoto and other places if you don't agree." Shimazu Mingyun looked at Li Yuntian coldly, and retorted, after all, the Satsuma Domain is also the territory of Japan, and if Li Yuntian goes too far, it will inevitably arouse the indignation of high-ranking officials in Kyoto and daimyo from all over the country.
"Haha......" Li Yuntian immediately laughed when he heard this, and then looked at Shimazu Mingyun meaningfully, "Shimazu, how do you think the people of Izumi County are doing now?" ”
"You...... What exactly do you want to do? Shimazu Mingyun was stunned at first, and then his face changed greatly, and he looked at Li Yuntian with a frightened expression.
After the Ming army naval division captured Chushui County, it did not burn and loot, not only opened the official warehouse to relieve the people, but also provided relief to those poor families, and also distributed medicines for free, so that the tense and panicked situation in Chushui County quickly stabilized.
Not long ago, Shimazu Naruto received news that the Ming army had posted notices in Izumi and Lidao counties that they would be exempted from taxes for three years, and after three years, they would implement a low tax policy of only half of the tax paid by the Satsuma Domain, and families with a population of more than a certain amount could also receive a special policy of reducing half of the tax again, and a series of measures to benefit the people, such as distributing farm tools to farmers as a family unit, caused a sensation in the entire Satsuma Domain.
Now that the Ming army announced that the living standards of the people in Lidao County and Chushui County would be improved after the tax exemption, and according to the policy of the second tax reduction and exemption posted by the Ming army, the vast majority of the people in the Japanese country echoed the request.
This means that three years later, the people of Lidao and Izumi will only pay a quarter of what they paid before, so that the people of both places have more food and money in their hands.
For this reason, some of the people of Satsuma have quietly run to Izumi County after hearing the news, and the Ming army in Izumi County not only did not commit any crimes against the people in the autumn but also vigorously helped the matter has already spread throughout Satsuma, so that the people of Satsuma have dispelled their fear of the Ming army.
Surprisingly, the Ming army welcomed the people who came to Izumi County and made proper arrangements for them.
Originally, Shimazu Mingyun just thought that this was a move by the Ming army to buy the hearts of the people, but now it seems that things are not so simple, Li Yuntian seems to have the intention of staying in these two places for a long time, which is extremely bad.
The port of Desuzu-gun was the most important port of the Satsuma Domain, and it was a rare natural harbor where the Satsuma Domain's ships docked, and it was used for trade with overseas countries and was also the largest maritime military force of the Watsuma Domain.
Once the Satsuma Domain lost its port of water, not only would its foreign trade routes be greatly restricted, but it would also lose the opportunity to build up its maritime armed forces, which would have a huge impact on the Satsuma Domain.
Although Shimazu Naruto suspected that Li Yuntian was trying to "occupy" Izumi County and Lidao County, this seemed too crazy, could it be that the shogunate would watch the Ming army "fight" to the doorstep?
"This king just wants to sue you that you have made a big mistake!" Seeing Shimazu Mingyun's shocked look on his face, the corners of Li Yuntian's mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile, and he looked at him quietly and said, "Now this king gives you a chance to make up for your mistakes, as long as you can make the people of Qingshui City surrender, then this king guarantees that there will be no offense against the people in the city, so that Qingshui City can avoid a military disaster." ”
"This king already knows that although there are still nearly 10,000 Satsuma soldiers in Shimizu City, most of them are just farmers in the countryside, and you don't want them to die in this doomed war!" As he spoke, Li Yuntian's voice became stern, "If you are obsessed, this king will definitely make you pay a terrible price!" ”
Shimazu Mingyun fell silent when he heard this, his face was blue and white for a while, and Li Yuntian was endeavor and exerted huge psychological pressure on him.
Li Yuntian knew that Shimazu Mingyun weighed the pros and cons in his heart, so he didn't rush and just waited quietly, which made the scene quiet all of a sudden.
"You...... Make sure that you don't do anything wrong with the people of Shimizu City? After a long time, Shimazu Mingyun broke the silence of the scene and looked up at Li Yuntian, looking haggard and gloomy, as if he had aged a lot all of a sudden.
"The prince has always been true to his word, since he promised you, then he will definitely do it." At this time, Keiko Yamaguchi, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but say loudly to Shimazu Naruto.
Li Yuntian bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and signaled to Shimazu Mingyun that he would not do anything to the people of Qingshui City, but those who attacked the Songjiang Mansion in the south of the Ming Dynasty would definitely be captured by him.
In fact, Li Yuntian wanted to give Shimazu Narumun this opportunity, not only to appease the people of the Satsuma Domain by killing less, but also to give Shimazu Narumi a step down, so that Shimazu Narumi would not be charged with losing Shimizu Castle.
Tong guò interrogated the prisoners of the Satsuma army, Li Yuntian already knew that Shimazu Narumi was guarding Shimizu Castle, since Shimazu Narumi had expressed enough sincerity to cooperate, then Li Yuntian naturally would not forcibly attack Shimizu Castle, but thought of using Shimazu Narumu to surrender.
Li Yuntian knew very well that as long as he took Shimazu Narumun to Shimizu Castle at that time, then Shimazu Narumi would definitely surrender, but in this way, the people of the Satsuma Domain would not be convinced, and Shimazu Narumi would also be criticized.
But if Shimazu Naruto ordered surrender, then it would be different, not only did Shimazu Narumi get out of this whirlpool of right and wrong, but also got Shimizu Castle openly, drawing a perfect end to this war.
"This clan is willing to persuade the people of Shimizu City to open the door!" Shimazu Mingyun knew that Li Yuntian, as the loyal martial king of Daming, would definitely not go back on his word in public, so he hesitated for a moment and said with a gloomy expression.
"That's great!" Li Yuntian bowed slightly when he heard this, and said to Lei Ting on the side, "Tell me to go down, treat the prisoners well, rest on the spot, and go to Qingshui City early tomorrow morning." ”
Evening, Clearwater Castle.
Shimazu Narumi walked back and forth in the room restlessly with his hands behind his back, with an anxious look on his face, according to the plan, tomorrow was the time when the Ming army arrived at Red Bird Mountain, and he didn't know if the Ming army could find the Satsuma army ambushed in Red Bird Mountain.
"Report!" Soon after, a stout samurai hurriedly ran in and said to Shimazu Narumi with a panicked expression, "My lord, one of the lord's attendants has returned, and our army has been ambushed by the Ming army at Red Bird Mountain, and the whole army has been annihilated!" ”
"What...... What the? Shimazu Narumi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he didn't react for a while, and looked at the stout samurai with a stunned expression and asked, "You mean that the lord of the domain was ambushed by the Ming army in Red Bird Mountain?" ”
"It is exactly like this, when our army arrived at Red Bird Mountain, the Ming army was already ambushed there, they used firearms, and it was difficult for our army to resist, including the lord, everyone could not escape."
Beads of sweat were already oozing from the forehead of the stout samurai, and he replied with a nervous expression, "The servant next to the lord of the domain was sent back by the Ming army to report the news, and according to the news he brought, the lord of the domain has promised to surrender in order to prevent the people in the city from being poisoned by the flames of war, and let the lord do the relevant surrender matters!" ”
As he spoke, the stout samurai couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead, he was a retainer under Shimazu Narumi, so he naturally called Shimazu Narumi "lord", and Shimazu Naruto "lord of the domain".
"How...... How so? Shimazu Narumi was stunned for a moment, and a look of surprise immediately flashed on his face, he forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked the stout samurai with pretended concern, "Is the lord of the domain okay?" ”
"My lord, the lord of the domain is not injured, and the Ming army is not embarrassed by his courtesy." The stout warrior shook his head at first, and then asked eagerly, "Lord, what should we do, the Ming army will come to Qingshui City soon." ”
"This matter is very important, and it must not be leaked out so as not to cause panic among the people in the city." Hearing that Shimazu Naruto was not injured, Shimazu Narumi's eyes couldn't help but flash a look of disappointment, and then he sternly told the stout samurai, "Bring that squire, I have something to ask him!" ”