And at this moment, not only Zhou Pu alone cheered, but also among the top command level of the Han army, there was also joy - after Nagasaki was completely divided and surrounded, yesterday morning the Han army assembled to launch a full-scale attack on Nagasaki City, and after less than a day of fierce fighting, the remnants of the shogunate in Nagasaki City were basically wiped out, and Nagasaki itself had been captured.

The fall of this city not only represents the elimination of many shogunate troops, but also represents the successful completion of the first step of the Han Dynasty's plan to conquer Japan.

And, judging from the current situation, the future will be very smooth.

However, at the moment, Nagasaki Castle could not be put to practical use as a trophy of the Han Dynasty - after the bombardment of the Han Dynasty and the deliberate burning of the defenders, Nagasaki was in ruins, and there were very few architectural remains, at least in the short term, and there was no way to use the port.

Under the orders of Naito Tadashige, the elder of the shogunate, the remnants of Nagasaki Castle began to set fire to Nagasaki after the siege, and they were already in despair, and they were very energetic in the burning of the castle, even more active than fighting the Great Han.

Even so, the top brass of the Japanese army was very satisfied with the capture of Nagasaki so quickly.

In the spring morning, Zhao Song, the commander of the Japanese army, and his senators walked out of the temporary headquarters on the coast and came to the castle of Nagasaki, although there were ruins everywhere and thick smoke billowing in some places, which made people gasp.

Everywhere they went, there were still weeping civilians, women and children, and even the bodies of the defenders, which were stained with brown and gray mud and dust when they stepped on the ground—some presumably freshly coagulated blood clots.

But this kind of tragedy did not affect the interest of Zhao Song and the others, although they are not very old, but they are all generals who have fought for many years, and they have long been accustomed to seeing more cruel scenes than this, and their hearts have long been unable to be touched by this kind of scene.

Led by an officer, they finally came to a place with relatively little smoke, perhaps because of the lack of time or lack of manpower, this small area was not seriously damaged, although some houses were burned to the ground, but they could be repaired as soon as possible.

It also became a place for the Han army to rest and recuperate, as well as to house prisoners and civilians.

Under the watchful eyes of Zhao Song and others, groups of soldiers escorted the captives and civilians in Nagasaki Castle here, and then gathered them together, these people were hungry and thirsty, and all their will had already been destroyed by the war, so they just numbly followed the soldiers who escorted them here, as if they were resigned to fate.

But as time went on, more and more people gathered here, and the buzzing voices began to slowly restore some of the spirits of these people, and gradually they began to fear—they were afraid that these fierce Han armies had specially gathered them to slaughter them all at once.

In order to arouse the will of the Nagasaki military and civilians to resist, the shogunate officials had been spreading rumors that the Han army was cruel and tyrannical, especially fond of slaughtering the city, and these rumors were easily accepted by the military and civilians, so they tried their best to evade the Han army, although the will to resist did not grow much.

When they saw Zhao Song's group of people who were obviously high-ranking officers coming here, the group of people became more and more frightened, they took this as a precursor to the beginning of the massacre, and the crowd began to surge towards him, and the Han soldiers next to him managed to stop these crowds with great difficulty.

The cries and begs for mercy were incessant, almost drowning out all the voices around them.

Looking at this chaotic scene, Zhao Song frowned slightly with displeasure.

"Let them be quiet." He calmly gave the order to the officer next to him.

"Yes!" The officer responded, and then gave the order to his own soldiers. "Shoot for warning!"

After receiving the officer's order, the musketeers, who had already prepared to fire, raised their guns and fired into the sky, and the roar of gunfire finally aroused the fear in the hearts of the group, and the crowd began to slowly retreat.

"The general of the Han Dynasty has orders to convey to you, and they all listen honestly!" At this time, a senatorial officer next to Zhao Song who could speak Japanese stood up, and then shouted at the group of people, "If anyone dares to speak again, they will be killed!" ”

Under the threat of knives and guns, the cacophony finally slowly subsided, and everything fell into dead silence.

Zhao Song walked up to the side of the senator officer and whispered a few words to him.

"The general has given the order! From today on, Nagasaki and you will be under the jurisdiction of our Han army! You have to do things for the Han, so that you can save your lives! The senator officer carried out Zhao Song's order to the letter, "The discipline of the Han army is strict, if you honestly work according to the arrangement of the Han army, then there will be no problem, but if anyone dares to disobey the orders of the Han army and disobey the assignment, it will be killed!" ”

Under the threat of another killing, there was obviously a commotion in the crowd, but no one dared to speak - although the order of the Han general was harsh, it did not seem to mean to slaughter the city, so many people were relieved.

"General Dahan knows that you haven't eaten properly for several days now, so General Dahan is merciful and plans to distribute food to you! From today onwards, you can pick up your food here twice a day! Under the horrified gaze of these people, the officer continued to shout, "However, this is what you need to exchange for your labor, and you have to serve the Han army, and if anyone dares to disobey or disrupt the order, you will be killed!" ”

Then, in front of them, the Han soldiers set up several cauldrons, began to light a fire, and boiled water, as if they were in a disaster area—but they were not going to distribute gruel, but bread and rations, and the water was only used for them to drink, so as not to choke to death.

As they watched the Han soldiers start to make fires, many of them began to swallow their saliva - as the officer said, most of them had not eaten for several days, and they were already hungry and thirsty.

"Listen! Line up and pick them up one by one! Whoever dares to disrupt the order will be killed! The senator continued to emphasize one side.

Then, in silence, several people stepped out of the crowd. Then, more and more people followed, and at last almost all of them came to the cauldrons.

Now that the captives and civilians gathered in Nagasaki are usually loyal to their feudal lords or shogunates, where do they have any concept of Japan? Under the ravages of hunger, the belly easily defeated the so-called national righteousness, and as long as they could live, they did not care who they were serving.

Even if there were some people who were unwilling to do things for the Great Han, they did not dare to show it in this situation, so they could only endure the pain in their hearts and obey the orders of the Great Han General, secretly hoping that the shogunate would come back as soon as possible and recover Nagasaki.

Under the threat of the Han army's swords and guns, they obeyed the order and began to line up one by one. Then, according to the previous plan, for every twenty people released, the Han soldiers stopped the crowd once.

The twenty men received the bread and were taken to the pot.

"A group of twenty! From now on, you will organize in this order, and you will all act in formation, and whoever dares to break away and slack off will punish the whole group! The senator explained to them, "Eat! ”

After receiving the order, they finally took the dry food and put it in their mouths, because they were so hungry that some even stuffed whole bread into their mouths.

After eating the dry food, they were very thirsty, but because there were no cups or bowls, they simply went to the side of the pot and drank the water directly, although the boiling water had cooled for a while, but it was still a little hot, so some people coughed hot when they drank the water, and looked very embarrassed.

However, looking at this scene, Zhao Song and the others all had solemn expressions and did not laugh at it.

"The defeat is really miserable, and it can only be driven by people, like pigs and dogs." Yan Guang was a little unbearable.

Then, as if afraid of being seen as sympathetic to the enemy, he immediately explained, "I don't pity them, but I am afraid that this kind of thing will fall on the heads of our great men...... Think about it, if it weren't for Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the people of Guannai might not have encountered such a catastrophe! Look at the tragic situation of Liaomin back then, right? I don't know if without us, Jiannu will go to poison the pass again...... If that's the case, I'm afraid I won't even have to pay a life's ration. ”

"So those of us who serve in the army have a responsibility to the Han court and the people, so that this kind of thing will never fall on the heads of the people of the Han Dynasty." Zhao Song said expressionlessly, and then he turned his head to look at the officers next to him, "Did you see it!" If we slack off for a moment, our brothers, our parents, our wives and children will fall to such a point, even worse than that! ”

Unlike the usual lectures, no one answered today, and everyone just watched quietly.

"Zhao Shuai is so right. Isn't the blood and sweat of the court and the people supporting us just for us to defend them? With such a generous salary, how can we not repay the country with death? After a long time, Yan Guangcai nodded, "So we must always be vigilant, not be complacent, maintain the most advanced ordnance and technology, and build the most advanced guns and warships, so that we can be worthy of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, and the people of the Han Dynasty!" ”

In silence, the Han soldiers continued to begin containing the civilians as planned. The civilians were grouped sequentially, and every 10 groups were placed under the control and surveillance of a team of engineers.

According to the predetermined plan, they will immediately devote themselves to all kinds of labor, first they will rebuild the port and houses of Nagasaki, to facilitate the transportation of supplies by the Han Dynasty, and at the same time to facilitate the camp of the Han officers and soldiers, when this highest priority task is completed, they will be assisted and guided by the Han engineers, they will build more roads and buildings, so that Nagasaki Castle will also become an important tool for the Han to influence Kyushu Island and even the whole of Japan after the war.

Zhao Song and others also regarded Nagasaki Castle as their new command post, and they chose a relatively complete residence in this area, which originally belonged to a wealthy family, and then lived in it - according to the long-term plan, after the war, a much more luxurious official residence would be built here for the use of the commander-in-chief of the Japanese garrison.

But that's already a matter for the future, Zhao Song can't care so much now, he will definitely be recalled to China after the war, and he will be of great use, I'm afraid he won't be able to stay here.

Because the officers specially arranged for someone to clean it, so there was no blood stains and meanings everywhere in this house, and he came to the deepest part of the house, which was obviously a study, so there were many scrolls of calligraphy and painting hanging on the four walls, and there were also many boxes containing scrolls, which were very well preserved.

It seems that the owner of the house escaped in such a hurry that he did not have time to clean it up - and it is even possible that the owner is still in the labor team, waiting to serve the Han army in exchange for daily rations.

After moving in, Zhao Song suddenly felt that his originally tense nerves were much more relaxed, but this was a traditional Japanese-style house, so there were many soft collapses inside, but there was no chair suitable for his height, which made Zhao Song feel a little inconvenient. He instructed the orderly beside him to cut down the trees in the yard and make a few chairs for himself and others, and then simply sat down on a coffee table unceremoniously and rested first.

And his chief senator, Yan Guang, simply sat down on the soft couch, then stretched his waist and yawned, without his usual serious appearance at all.

"Rest when you're tired, you haven't slept much these days, it's time to rest." Zhao Song didn't look at him, just looked out the window.

"It's a little tiring to say that I'm tired, but it's not yet time when I can't hold it anymore, what kind of sleep in the daytime makes it a joke for the people below to see it." Yan Guang didn't appreciate it, "I'm just going to take a break, and I'll have to make suggestions for the next step of the operation." Several of the subordinates have made their own suggestions, and I have to see who is better. ”

"Then continue to work hard for you." Zhao Song smiled, "Just take advantage of the time now, you can write two letters of success, one for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and one for His Majesty." The two of them didn't say anything, but they probably waited in a hurry, and our current results are so gratifying, and they are worthy of their joy. ”

"Okay, I'll write later." Yan Guang immediately agreed to his proposal, after all, he also wanted to show his merit in front of His Majesty.

Then, he suddenly changed the subject, "What you said just now is a bit interesting, and my colleagues and I have thought about a lot of things in this regard...... Hey, in fact, we have leveled the surrounding area in the past few years, and now the soldiers everywhere are a little slack, and few people are willing to think about the future. ”

"Actually, I didn't think much about it, I'll talk about it later, now I just want to finish Japan." Zhao Song smiled.

"It's just a little fight, let's be honest, what's the point of fighting a shogunate? It's just a bully of the little brothers around me, so I don't think it's a big deal. Yan Guang disagreed, "The army is like a knife, if you don't use it all the time, it will rust and slack, if there is no enemy in the future, there will be few people who will think about Ma Fang Nanshan, this is the most worrying thing." ”

After a pause, he added, "So we will have to fight with Westerners in the future, either we are our juniors, and we can't escape anyway, even if it is to sharpen our knives, we should fight with them from time to time." ”

"Is this what Your Majesty meant?" Zhao Song asked alertly.

Yan Guang suddenly laughed weirdly, avoiding the question and not answering.

Zhao Song, who had already aroused his curiosity, originally wanted to ask, but at this time, a senator suddenly came to report and told them that the envoy sent to Kyushu by His Majesty had already come, and he also brought a feudal lord who had come over with him.

"Bring them here!" After hearing the news, Zhao Song was overjoyed.

Since the attack on Kyushu, although the war has been going very well, Zhao Song and his senators have some hidden worries in their hearts - the wealthy families of Kyushu have not yet begun to surrender to them.

Their forces are too small to cover the entire island of Kyushu, even if they can beat the island of Kyushu to pieces and wipe out every wealthy clan, but if they want to firmly rule the island of Kyushu, they can't rely on soldiers alone, and they still need the help of these wealthy families in Kyushu.

So they have always been full of expectations for Zhou Pu, the official sent by the Son of Heaven, hoping that he can use his own efforts to solve problems for everyone, but Zhou Pu has not heard from him during this time, so they have to make some worst plans.

But today, Zhou Pu actually came over, and brought a Japanese feudal lord who was willing to surrender, how could this not make him cheer.

"The lord of the Yanagawa Domain...... It seems to be Tachibana Soshige, right? At this time, Yan Guang next to him suddenly came back to his senses, "This is the famous Japanese general of the year?" It's a lot of useful for us. ”

In order to better formulate a battle plan, Yan Guang naturally collected all kinds of materials and carefully studied the history of the previous Japanese conquest of Goryeo, and of course he was familiar with Tachibana Muneshige, so he was even more surprised.

"Let's write Mr. Zhou's name on the good news, he has helped us a lot." Zhao Song laughed, "Sure enough, Your Majesty didn't look away!" ”

Soon, Zhou Pu and Tachibana Somao were brought in by the guards.

Zhao Song and Yan Guang greeted the two of them together, of course Zhou Pu didn't need to say it, they were very respectful, even Tachibana Zongmao himself, Zhao Song was still very respectful in order to show the posture of Corporal Lixian, and said a few words of compliment against the normal state of not smiling, which made Tachibana Zongmao a little flattered.

In Tachibana Muneshige's opinion, this general sent by the Han to conquer the shogunate must be one of the most senior generals of the Han Dynasty, so he is also respectful. At this time, he did not know the specific number of the Han army, nor did he know his importance to the Han.