Chapter 855: Harsh Environment
Tokugawa Kayo in the Miyazaki region had already begun a military campaign against the entire territory with the support of Yuji Kawabe, and it was only a matter of time before Miyazaki was captured.
Due to the defeat of Maitreyahara, which led to a great loss of vitality, and Fujita Gaoji was killed defending Okazaki Castle, the entire Miyazaki region has become leaderless and lacks troops.
Therefore, in the face of the attack of Tokugawa Kayo's army, the entire Miyazaki simply had no way to achieve an effective defense.
It can be said that Zhao Hongyu's plan in the Miyazaki area is going very smoothly.
On the west side, Zhao Hongyu personally led the Imperial Army and began the operation against the Satsuma Domain.
In the same way, because the lord of the Satsuma domain took all the elites under his command out of the army and joined the Kyushu coalition army. However, after the defeat of Maitreyahara, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, Yamaguchi Shigenobu, now does not have enough troops in his hands to fight against Zhao Hongyu's army.
However, compared to Fujita's sophomore who is unclear, Shigenobu Yamaguchi is smarter. He quickly made the decision to abandon the Satsuma Domain and leave this place full of right and wrong.
It's just that the middle and lower classes in the Satsuma Domain don't know about the plans of Shigenobu Yamaguchi, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, otherwise they would have mutinied a long time ago.
But even so, because everyone knew the results of the battle in Maitreya, many people had different thoughts.
The consciousness of the entire Satsuma Domain against Zhao Hongyu is not very strong, even if there are some people who are willing to stand up, but they have no chance of winning against Zhao Hongyu's army.
And Zhao Hongyu led the army, and he was about to start an attack on Shiliang Castle, which was known as the 'City of Immortality' under the Satsuma Domain, as long as he captured this Kyushu fortified city, it would definitely shake the entire Kyushu, and then trigger some chain reactions.
At the same time, the news of the collapse of the Fujita family in the Miyazaki area also began to spread over time.
These news will always make other Kyushu daimyo start to think seriously. What should they do in the future?
However, Zhao Hongyu can't take care of these things now.
Because he listened to the report of the immediate scout, as well as Hattori Chizuru's description of Shira Castle, he thought that he would lead a large army to fight a hard battle under this castle.
After all, just listening to the description, this city knows that it is not ordinary, and if you can't capture the city or have too much loss, it will cause a lot of trouble and threat.
After all, if such a thing really happens, then it will give hope to the other daimyos in Kyushu. It seems that they are not invincible, and then they will be united again. Wage a new campaign against yourself.
Therefore, he must find a way to capture Eshira Castle in a short period of time, and at the same time make the daimyo of Kyushu realize that they are invincible.
Only by constantly attacking their confidence will the next strategy against Kyushu become easier and easier.
As a person from another time and space, Zhao Hongyu understands the role of psychological suggestion too well.
What he has to do now is to erect an image of invincibility and strong combat effectiveness in front of the people of Kyushu. So that now and in the future, they will not dare to give birth to a little strange thoughts.
Of course. In addition to deterring the people of Kyushu, Zhao Hongyu is not hinting to Tokugawa Kayo and Yuji Kawabe to do this.
Zhao Hongyu not only thinks so, but also does it.
He led a large army to attack the Satsuma Domain. Along the way, several small villages have been slaughtered, and the heads of the villagers have been beheaded and hung on the branches at the entrance of the village, so that people know that the Song Empire is not a country that pays attention to benevolence and righteousness, and they will also kill the enemy people ruthlessly.
And after conquering Kirishima Castle in a short time. Zhao Hongyu concocted the same method to nail one hundred and fifty defenders outside the city and hung them on wooden poles.
This did make the people of Kirishima Castle feel afraid. It shocked a lot of people at once.
Zhao Hongyu doesn't think there is any cruelty or cruelty, after all, if you use gentle means to treat the Japanese people, they will not only not appreciate it, but will also think that you are weak and can be bullied.
Therefore, it is necessary to use this kind of thunderbolt cruelty to let them know some things, and also let them know the fate of going against themselves.
And this method is really useful, and it can be seen from this point that the Japanese people are really not ordinary cheap in their bones.
If you want to talk about the understanding of the Japanese people, there is absolutely no one who can compare with Zhao Hongyu in this era.
After all, in another time and space, in that era of developed Internet credit, you can always see overwhelming information about this from the Internet or other media.
So, how could Zhao Hongyu not understand.
And in that era, many of the people who posted on the Internet were angry young people, and they had long made it clear about the temperament of the Japanese people.
If Zhao Hongyu still engages in any pro-people actions under such circumstances, he is definitely brain-dead.
You must know that the Japanese respect the strong, and the more powerful and cruel the guys, the more they admire them. If you are pleasant, they will look down on you.
Look, it's such a national character, how could you let Zhao Hongyu not do such a thing ruthlessly.
If it were another country, Zhao Hongyu might not do it, but in the Japanese country, it would not be possible to do it.
In another time and space, the Japanese were blown up by two atomic bombs of the United States, how many people died. But the Japanese people not only don't hate the rice people, but they can't wait to lick the rice people's chrysanthemums, and then call the rice people father.
In Huaxia in that time and space, he was generous and did not pursue the losses caused by the war waged by the Japanese people, but did not ask for compensation or anything, but the end was that the Japanese people have always been dissatisfied with Huaxia.
Because Huaxia's approach is Huaxia's cowardice in the eyes of the Japanese people.
For cowardly people, the Japanese people have always been unconvinced.
But if you think about it, China in that time and space, as the victorious country of World War II, actually had every reason and confidence to demand reparations from the Japanese people.
After all, this is the right that belongs to the victorious powers.
I have never seen a nation do this after it has been victorious.
Therefore, how could the practices of the Huaxia Kingdom be looked down upon by the Japanese people.
Of course, such things have not happened in Huaxia.
When the wild boar skin ruled China, things like this kind of victorious country losing the land and silver of the defeated enemy were even more endless.
Such strange things seem to have only appeared in the East throughout global history.
As Zhao Hongyu, who understands all this, it is impossible for him to do this.
It is not necessary to treat the Japanese people so well.
Zhao Hongyu couldn't be clearer.
It is with such an idea that Zhao Hongyu has gone all the way, but whenever he encounters a village that resists and does not surrender, once it is conquered, it will definitely slaughter and destroy the village.
As an aggressor, you must have the consciousness of being an aggressor.
It is absolutely impossible to be an aggressor to take advantage of the other party's land and population, but to play the role of a righteous person.
So, it's better to be naked.
That's what Zhao Hongyu is doing today.
He just wants to seize Kyushu by force, and he wants to kill all the people who oppose him.
Besides, Zhao Hongyu is not without a name.
The court of the Japanese people also had a shogunate, and that was a contract.
Therefore, Zhao Hongyu is also a righteous person.
And with these righteous names, then he will not be merciful.
Because now nominally, he is already the lord of Kyushu.
Then, those who oppose themselves on this territory are all enemies and rebels.
Do you need to be polite when dealing with the rebels?
One word 'kill!' If you don't accept and want to resist, you can kill them all.
He didn't believe that the Japanese people were really so bold, and anyone who died in the whole of Kyushu would oppose him?
Obviously, this is unlikely.
If the people of Kyushu were really so kind, then Maitreya would not have been defeated and fled, but would have fought with them to the fullest.
Therefore, it can be seen from here that what the people of Kyushu say about martial arts and toughness is just boasting.
If you take these things seriously, you're the biggest fool.
As he got closer and closer to Shiliang City, the expression on Zhao Hongyu's face slowly became solemn.
Now the closer the army got to Shira Castle, the more he found that the surrounding environment was more and more harsh.
There are even swamps and small ponds in the vicinity.
There's really no way to set up a position on a terrain like this.
Therefore, I now start to have a disadvantage.
At the same time, thinking of the serpentine mountain road of Shiliang City that Hattori Chizuru talked about, as well as the so-called nine inner city passes, Zhao Hongyu couldn't help but feel a little big.
If there is no way to take advantage of the advantages of the artillery, and at the same time, it is really a big problem to deal with such a city.
Not far away, the outline of a city had come out, and Zhao Hongyu hurriedly restrained his mind and stopped thinking nonsense, ready to put all his experience into this battle.
Got, got, got...... A scout was riding a horse, but when the scout came to Zhao Hongyu, he grabbed the reins, but he did not dismount. The horse snorted incessantly under its crotch, then ploughed the ground with its front hooves, but finally quieted down under the scout's soothing.
After pacifying his mount, the scout said to Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness, Shiliang City has discovered the movement of our army, and now the other party has closed the city gate, and there are many defenders at the head of the city. ”
After listening to the scout's report, Zhao Hongyu was in good spirits.
"How many people are there?" , for the number of defenders in this city, Zhao Hongyu has always wanted to know the way. So as soon as the scout's voice fell, he hurriedly asked.
"Visually, there are about a thousand people, Your Highness."
The 1,000-strong defenders are really in trouble.
When Zhao Hongyu heard this, he thought to himself. (To be continued......)