"Haha......"

After returning to the residence, Shimazu Narumi branched out from the people around him, and then couldn't help laughing out loud, feeling that he had acted so well in front of those retainers just now, even he almost thought that he was staying for Shimazu Naruto's family, but he didn't know that he had already secretly had a connection with Li Yuntian, so he was naturally fearless.

Although Shimazu Naruto did not die in Red Bird Mountain made Shimazu Narumi feel a little regretful, Li Yuntian was able to force Shimazu Naruto to order the opening of the city gate to surrender, which saved him a lot of trouble, so that he could stay out of the surrender of Shimizu City.

Not only that, but Shimazu Narumi can also win a good reputation as a "loyal protector", which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Shimazu Narumi knows very well that Shimazu Narumu is completely finished now, not only losing the main force of the Satsuma army but also surrendering to Li Yuntian, which can be described as a complete reputation, even if he is not taken to the Ming Dynasty by Li Yuntian, I am afraid that he will not be able to become the lord of the Satsuma Domain.

Thinking that he was only one step away from the position of the lord of the Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Narumi couldn't help but feel overjoyed, he felt that the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty was too powerful, not only set a trap to deceive everyone in the three kingdoms of the Satsuma Domain, but also made Shimazu Mingyun lose his prestige and paved the way for him to ascend to the throne, he was a little impatient to meet Li Yuntian.

In fact, Shimazu Narumi not only wanted to meet Li Yuntian, but also wanted to take the opportunity to trade with the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuntian's transaction with the big merchants in Kyoto had been spread to the Satsuma Domain, and the only ones who could have the honor to trade with the Ming were those daimyo on Honshu Island, like Kyushu Island, Shikoku Island, and Hokkaido Island Daimyo could only watch with a blank eye.

In the Wa Kingdom, the shogunate had a wide range of relatives between the daimyo of each region, with the daimyo on the island of Honshu being treated the best by the shogunate, while the daimyo on the islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido were much worse.

For example, the island of Honshu is equivalent to the Gyeonggi region and the Gangnam region of the Ming Dynasty, while the islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido are equivalent to the southwest, northwest, and Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that the shogunate will sacrifice the interests of the Satsuma domain to make a deal with Li Yuntian, and a frontier power domain like the Satsuma domain has always been the target of the shogunate's suppression, and it is just right to use Li Yuntian's hand to weaken the power of the Satsuma domain, making it powerless to resist the shogunate.

Therefore, Shimazu Narumi wanted to trade with Daming through Li Yuntian, and in his opinion, as long as Li Yuntian was willing to nod, then this matter would definitely be achieved.

Shimazu Narumi is a person who is even more ambitious than Shimazu Narumo, and he is not satisfied with being the guardian daimyo of the Satsuma Three Kingdoms, that is, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, but wants to become the guardian daimyo of several countries like Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo, who can call the wind and rain in Kyoto Castle and be majestic.

However, although the power of the Satsuma Domain was strong, the power of the daimyo of Kyushu and Shikoku was not weak, and because of the poverty and backwardness of Kyushu and Shikoku, there were constant disputes between the various feudal states and even within the feudal states, and they all had a very considerable military power.

Now that the relationship between the various forces on Kyushu Island has reached a delicate balance, the Satsuma Domain has not yet broken this balance of forces, so it needs to rely on external forces, and the Ming Dynasty is a suitable external force.

So when Matsuyama came to him, Shimazu Narumi happily agreed to cooperate and quickly fell to the side of the Ming army, looking forward to ascending to the throne of the lord of the Satsuma domain with the help of the Ming army.

Now that Shimazu Narumi is only a stone's throw away from the lord of the Satsuma domain, he is naturally extremely excited, and it can be said that he has taken a big step forward in realizing his dream of dominating the Japanese kingdom.

Shimazu Narumi felt that he was the biggest winner in this war, not only using Li Yuntian to kill Shimazu Naruto and ascend to the position, but also preparing to use Li Yuntian to do business, which was too smart.

At this moment, Shimazu Narumi didn't realize that Li Yuntian's advantage was not so easy to take advantage of, if it was to be described in a derogatory idiom, it would be "seeking skin with the tiger".

In the early morning of the next day, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Shimizu Castle drove lightly and took their families to take refuge in Osumi Province with a frightened expression.

According to the experience of many years of war in the Wa Kingdom, once the enemy army breaks through the city, then it will definitely burn and loot in the city next, so how dare these high-ranking officials and dignitaries stay in Qingshui City.

Although those high-ranking officials and dignitaries wanted to leave quietly, because they dragged a large group of people with their children and daughters, they still made a lot of noise, which attracted the people in the city to go out to check, and gathered in groups to discuss the powerful people who fled in a hurry.

Because the people of Qingshui City still didn't know about the fact that the Satsuma Army was completely defeated by the Ming Army's sailors and the Red Wolf Army in the Battle of Red Bird Mountain, they all speculated wildly about what happened, and subconsciously had a premonition that something dangerous was happening, otherwise how would those powerful people leave Qingshui City?

With the flight of high-ranking officials and magnates, Shimizu Castle was quickly enveloped by a panic, and some of the people also wanted to leave but were stopped by the soldiers at the city gate, and under the order of Shimazu Narumi, Shimizu Castle was allowed to enter and not leave, which made the people even more frightened.

In order to stabilize the panic of the people in the city, Shimazu Narumi ordered to post notices on the streets and alleys, informing the people that the Ming army was about to arrive in Qingshui City, and that Qingshui Castle would open the city gate and surrender to the Ming army, hoping that the people would not panic.

After the initial panic, the people of Shimizu Castle gradually regained their calm, and privately talked with great interest about the Ming army's entry into the city, as if they were not afraid of the Ming army.

Moreover, many people are looking forward to the Ming army entering the city to distribute relief as in Shimizu Castle, and reduce taxes, which makes Shimazu Narumi can't help but feel a little crying and laughing, and feel a little uncomfortable in his heart.

In the final analysis, the Ming Dynasty was thousands of times richer than the Wa Kingdom, and Li Yuntian had abundant resources in his hands, and he didn't look down on the little taxes in Lidao County and Chushui County at all, and it was a piece of cake for him to use the resources in his hands to be responsible for the operation of the two governments.

However, the Wa Kingdom was different, taxes were the foundation of the Wa Kingdom's rule, and if the local daimyo did not collect taxes, then their local government offices would not be able to operate, and even the lives of some of the weaker daimyo would become a problem.

Therefore, Shimazu Narumi could not do anything about Li Yuntian's tax reduction, let alone exempting taxes, and it would be very difficult to reduce or reduce taxes a little, which would affect the financial operation of the Satsuma Domain.

It is precisely because Li Yuntian has financial resources that the entire Wa Kingdom cannot compete with, so Shimazu Narumi is looking forward to cooperating with Li Yuntian, in his opinion, as long as Li Yuntian plucks a little bit out of his fingers, it will be enough for him to govern the Satsuma Domain.

On the morning of the next day, the Red Wolf Army appeared outside Qingshui City in a neat queue, attracting the people of the countryside along the way to gather curiously on the side of the road to watch the excitement.

It is worth mentioning that this time it was Keiko Yamaguchi who came to Shimizu City to lead the team, Li Yuntian had already returned to Shuishui City, and he really had no interest in going to a "county town" as a victor to "show off his might", so he let Keiko Yamaguchi, who was born in the Japanese Kingdom, do it for him, so as to avoid causing hostility among the local people.

Keiko Yamaguchi will stay in the country in the future, and she will definitely have to deal with Shimazu Narumi, so she came to negotiate with Shimazu Narumi this time in order to lay a good foundation for the two to cooperate in the future.

Many children chattered along the side of the road with the Red Wolf Army, playing as they went, so Keiko Yamaguchi asked his men to distribute candy and meat buns to the children, causing the children to cheer and gnaw on the fragrant meat buns with relish, and the adults on the side swallowed their saliva, and they could not eat a few meat meals throughout the year.

Because of Keiko Yamaguchi's move, it immediately attracted the favor of the onlookers, and some even had the audacity to ask the people of the Red Wolf Army if they would not leave this time.

However, to the disappointment of those people, the Red Wolf Army only came to Qingshui City this time to arrest and loot the Japanese and their families who plundered the Songjiang Mansion in the south of the Ming Dynasty, and then they were going to return to Chushui City, and they would not give out relief, let alone reduce taxes.

Looking at the people with a lost expression, the corners of Keiko Yamaguchi's mouth showed a smile, she really admired Li Yuntian very much, and she was able to have the patience to subdue the hearts of the local people little by little, although it seems that this is a redundant move, but in the long run, it is undoubtedly a wise move, and it will help Li Yuntian to win the country in the future.

Shimazu Naruto rode a horse behind Keiko Yamaguchi, his face was expressionless, and his face looked a little blue, Li Yuntian considered that he was the lord of the Satsuma Domain after all, so he gave him preferential treatment and did not tie him up, which can be regarded as giving him the last trace of dignity, so as not to make him ugly in front of the people.

What made Shimazu Mingyun feel disappointed was that he was surprised to find that the people along the way did not seem to be hostile to the Red Wolf Army, but showed a gesture of welcome, which made him feel inexplicable despair in his heart, and truly realized that Li Yuntian was terrible, and he was able to win the hearts of the local people in Satsuma in such a short period of time, even if he was lucky enough to escape from Red Bird Mountain, there was no possibility of a comeback.

When Keiko Yamaguchi arrived at Shimizu Castle, the gate of Shimizu Castle was closed, and Shimazu Narumi stood on the gate tower with a stern expression, looking at the Red Wolf Army with a strict lineup under the city, and never thought that the Japanese who were originally a rabble could be trained so well by the Ming army, which impressed him.

It's no wonder that Shimazu Naruto will be defeated at Red Bird Mountain, and in Shimazu Narumi's opinion, even if he confronts the Satsuma army head-on on the battlefield, the Red Wolf Army will not be inferior.

The reason why Shimazu Narumi wanted to close the city gate was to finally confirm whether it was Shimazu Naruto who gave the surrender order, although he wanted to open the city gate to welcome the arrival of the Ming army and give Li Yuntian a big hug, but the necessary procedures still had to be followed, and at the same time, it would also enable him to get rid of the relationship and put the responsibility on Shimazu Naruto.

At the signal of Keiko Yamaguchi, Shimazu Naruto came to the city gate and shouted to Shimazu Narumi on the castle gate tower to open the city gate.

What made Shimazu Narumi feel a little disappointed was that Li Yuntian did not come to Qingshui City, but was replaced by a handsome female general dressed as a man, and he suddenly felt neglected in his heart.

However, when he learned that the female general in front of him was the commander of the Red Wolf Army, the unhappiness in Shimazu Narumi's heart was suddenly swept away, he knew that Keiko Yamaguchi had a close relationship with Li Yuntian, and he was in charge of the Red Wolf Army, and nine times out of ten he would be in charge of the Wa Kingdom, and the two would inevitably deal with each other at that time, and he was also counting on more benefits from Keiko Yamaguchi.

Besides, Li Yuntian is the dignified Ming prince, and Shimazu Narumi is just the name of the Osumi Province in the Three Kingdoms of the Satsuma Domain, to put it bluntly, he is a retainer of Shimazu Mingyun, and he is not qualified to see Li Yuntian at all, so that both sides can avoid suspicion.