"Your Majesty the Emperor, hold your head."

"What?"

Before Yamamoto could react, Aragaki, who was seriously injured, pushed him hard, and he lost his balance and fell down the narrow mountain road.

The slippery slope could not help him regain his balance at all, and at the same time, this sudden situation also made him lose the ability to think all of a sudden.

Fortunately, Aragaki just reminded him that he instinctively protected his head.

At this time, the pursuers led by Yoshio Minamoto arrived, and he first glanced at the slope, and then quickly fell on Aragaki with his gaze.

Aragaki staggered to his feet, which had been hit several times, and then sank down, his right hand resting on the katana at his waist.

Aragaki Taira!

This is the first samurai of the empire, who has made great contributions to the establishment of the empire, and can be said to be a legendary figure of the empire.

After the large-scale appearance of thermal weapons, Aragaki Flata retreated bravely and became the personal guard of His Majesty the Emperor.

However, even a character who thought he was a legend was so weak at this time that even a small soldier could kill it with a bayonet.

However, Minamoto Yoshio did not do this, he first glanced at Aragaki Taira, who was holding strongly, and then said to the group of soldiers beside him, "You go after His Majesty the Emperor." ”

With that, he turned over and dismounted, his right hand resting on the katana at his waist.

"If I could, I would really like to play against you in your prime, not like this. It's a pity that in the current situation, it is impossible to let you go. It seems that this will be my lifelong regret. ”

For this, Aragaki flat's mouth snorted a few times, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't have the strength to speak now.

A few strong places on his body were making his blood continue to spill out, and he could feel that his life was being pulled away little by little.

Rao is the strongest man in his empire, and in the face of death, he can only give in.

As the clock ticked by, blood dripped uncontrollably down Aragaki Hira's wound.

His strength and consciousness were constantly being withdrawn, and if he continued like this, he would not even have the strength to stand.

In the next moment, Aragaki Taira slashed out.

On the other side, Yoshio Gen is close behind.

A cold light flashed, the sword light staggered, and the two stood opposite each other.

Poof.

In the next second, Aragaki fell to the ground.

Yoshio Gen slowly withdrew the knife into the scabbard, his face full of complexity.

Subsequently, he asked Aragaki Taira's corpse to be collected, as a legend of the empire, naturally he couldn't let his corpse lie in the muddy water of the mountain road like this, and he would take it back for a thick burial afterwards.

On the other side, Yamamoto Seven by Eight also failed to escape the pursuit of the soldiers and was directly arrested.

In the tent that was temporarily set up in the field, looking at Yoshio Gen who walked in, Yamamoto was stunned for a moment.

Suddenly, he really didn't remember who the officer in front of him was.

Before the emergency situation, he only knew that the army had mutinied, and as for the specific situation, he also knew very little. Although Yoshio Gen is also a colonel, but throughout the entire empire, there are many general-level officers, and as for colonels, there are even more, how can he remember them all one by one.

In addition, Gen Yoshio did not serve in the capital, and second, he was not a border general, so it is even more unlikely that he has much impression.

But despite this, he asked, "You traitor, why did you betray me!" ”

In the face of His Majesty's questioning, Gen Yoshio did not answer out loud, but put a handful of ribs in front of the other party's eyes.

Looking at the ribs, Yamamoto's face suddenly changed.

"You want me to seppuku?!"

In the empire, seppuku is a dignified way to die, it is a glorious righteousness, and the concept of seppuku was proposed by himself.

But Yamamoto never imagined that he would face such a situation one day.

"Okay, I got it."

Yamamoto took a deep breath, as if he was mentally prepared, his right hand trembled and picked up the rib difference in front of him, and at the moment when he pulled out the blade, a hideous flash flashed in his eyes, and then he suddenly burst out, and directly stabbed the rib difference in his hand to the side of Gen Yoshio.

"Give Me !! Death"

In the face of His Majesty the Emperor's actions, Gen Yoshio's face remained unchanged, and his right hand suddenly pulled out the katana at his waist.

The sword light flashed, and in the next moment, Yamamoto's seven-by-eight head rose into the sky.

Early the next morning, Minamoto Yoshio rushed all the way back to the imperial capital with his own soldiers and Yamamoto's seven-by-eight head.

Izuki, who received the news in advance, was already waiting there, and during the days when Gen Yoshio led his troops to hunt down the emperor, his task was to stabilize the situation on this side of the capital.

For them, who now hold the two forces of the Fifth and Tenth Legions, two-thirds of the forces on the entire island are under their control.

"Colonel, what are we going to do next?" Following Gen Yoshio into the temporary office located in the capital barracks, Izuki asked impatiently.

In this regard, Yoshio Gen directly and simply gave an answer.

"Next, surrender."

"What! Surrender? ”

Yoshio Gen is really speechless, this is the second time in a short period of time that Izuki has felt extremely shocked.

Originally, he thought that Yoshio Minamoto wanted to seize the world, but the emperor killed him, but he wanted to surrender?!

All of a sudden, Izuki really couldn't react.

Then, something suddenly occurred to him.

"Colonel, is this a ploy?"

"It's not." Gen Yoshio shook his head and said, "You think too much, second lieutenant. ”

"But, why?"

"Ensign, let me ask you, what did we do this for?"

As soon as this question came out, Izuki was suddenly asked.

Without waiting for him to speak, Yoshio Gen said: "It's for the people!" If we follow His Majesty's approach, we will have to sacrifice at least a million people because of famine, rebellion, and war, and we will choose to save those millions. ”

Speaking of this, Gen Yoshio paused for a moment, and then continued: "If I choose to continue fighting, won't everything we have done before in vain? These millions of people still can't escape the fate of death. What's more, even if I were to command this war, there would still be no certainty that I would be able to win it. So, surrender is the sensible thing to do. ”

"Of course, we can't just surrender and surrender. We need to negotiate with the other party, make demands, and in order to increase our voice, we have to increase our leverage first. ”

In the period that followed, Minamoto made contact with the First Legion and the other two garrisons on the islands, and through several newspapers, officially announced that His Majesty the Emperor had committed suicide and that they were preparing to negotiate with the Europa side.

As soon as the news came out, it can be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and countless people talked about it.

During this period, the reactions of the commanders of each legion naturally varied, some directly regarded Minamoto as a traitor, while others calmly understood the other party's approach, and some did not express their position.

At the same time, like the military, the people are divided into three factions.

The anti-war faction advocated surrender or peace talks, the main war faction clamored to fight to the death, and the neutral faction remained neutral and did not take a stand.

Among them, the anti-war faction is the most vocal.

But it's no wonder that at this point, as long as they are not fanatical war elements, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this battle has long been impossible to fight.

The country's economic development is already on the verge of collapse, and if it continues like this, it will only be millions of people at the bottom who will suffer first.

And the reason why it has been fighting until now is because His Majesty the Emperor has always behaved like a typical main battle faction.

And today, His Majesty the Emperor has committed suicide, and the biggest mountain of the main battle faction is gone, and for a while, the voice calling for a truce has become louder.

The voices of the people made Minamoto Yoshio's actions after that be said to be smooth, and the other two islands did not matter for the time being, at least the island where they are now has been completely unified.

Next, they sent a soldier to go out in a small boat to get in touch with the other side and ask for negotiations.

The Fish-Man Force, which was clearing the mines at the time, soon spotted the messenger.

After Jin Ming, who got the news, the whole person was stunned, even he didn't expect that the other party really surrendered with his casual move at that time.

"There's no deception here, right?"

After thinking about it, Jin Ming said: "Tell them that the place of negotiation is set at sea, and if they don't agree, then there is no need to continue this negotiation." And if I agree, let Lieutenant Colonel Tang Han and General Xiong go on my behalf. ”

It's not that he's cowardly, it's mainly because they're still pretenders as Europa, and he's a bit too glamorous as a goblin.

Regarding Jin Ming's request, Sakura did not doubt him and responded directly.

At the same time, there were three people on the Great Xia side.

As a representative of the naval side, attending this negotiation was Tang Han's adjutant, Captain Taklaya.

After all, they are now disguised as Europa's fleet, and it would be a little strange if the negotiating table was full of Chinese faces.

The representative of the army is Qingyang, and as for Xiong, this guy is not good at this situation at all, so he directly said that he would not mix.