Chapter 150: Sincerity in Negotiation

"The Satsuma clan has been defeated, so go back and report to your lordship."

"More than 40,000 people..."

"The Ming army sees that there are 20,000 people, all of them are firearms troops, and this matter must be told to the adults in detail, so that the adults can make a decision as soon as possible."

"How can I say that?"

"Ming Guoyi is in the whole of Japan..."

"Shhhh I'll go back..."

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"Master Hou, the last general has not been able to complete the task..."

Chen Cao patted Lu Xiangsheng on the shoulder: "You did a good job, attacking their main force is the same as breaking Satsuma City, you are the first merit, the clerk will take note for the time being." ”

"The last will be terrified."

The ministries quickly arrived, and Tang Kainian and Song Che turned around to report the situation.

"Master Hou, the whole army lost 472 people killed and more than 1,600 wounded..."Tang Kainian spoke.

Song Che said: "More than 8,000 enemies were killed, more than 24,000 were captured, and the rest all fled. ”

"So much?"

Chen Cao was a little surprised that he had captured so many prisoners.

"Some of the samurai who led the team died by seppuku, and we didn't care."

Chen Cao didn't care about the life and death of these people, so he nodded: "Love death has nothing to do with us, pass the order, the whole army will assemble, leave a regiment to guard the prisoners, and the rest of the people will all march towards Satsuma City;

In addition, the horse went to the port to inform the people left behind to act according to the plan. ”

"Yes..."

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When Chen Cao's army arrived at the main city of the Satsuma Domain, the entire city was under martial law at this moment, and all the famous residences outside the city had already been ignited.

"It seems that there are many smart people in the Satsuma Domain."

Chen Cao immediately stopped in place, because the fire in front of him was a little hot, although it was winter now, the weather was good in the afternoon, and there was actually a sunset on the earth near the evening.

"Their approach is to stop the pace of our army, and the second is to cut off the desire of those people to survive, so that they can launch those people to fight to the death with our army."

Sun Chuanting frowned and analyzed, Xia Yunyi, who was with the army, nodded, and then interjected: "The intentions of the Japanese people are all cunning and vicious, if according to the previous words of the Toyotomi family, the students think that the Hou Ye can bring the Toyotomi clan here to see how they react?" ”

Chen Cao felt that Xia Yunyi's idea was very good, if the Shimazu clan decided to continue to be loyal to the Toyotomi clan, then he would not have to open their gate with artillery, not only saving military ammunition, but also entering the main city of Satsuma without blood, which was a very cost-effective thing.

"Well, what you said is very reasonable, Zhao Xin, immediately send a fast horse back, bring all the Toyotomi clan here, tell them that there are more than 24,000 captives here, and ask them if they want it."

"Yes..."

"Huh..."A herald arrived: "Lord Qiqi, the Satsuma army has a messenger." ”

The constant killing of emissaries seems to be inhumane enough, not to mention that the Shimazu clan is likely to use it for themselves in the future.

"Bring people."

The person who came was Hatano, and such a big general was in danger as a messenger, and he could also see the courage of this person, of course, Chen Cao didn't know him.

After the translation, Chen Cao turned his head to look at Sun Chuanting: "Bo Ya thinks they are delaying time?" ”

Sun Chuanting frowned, stared at Hatano, and said for a long time: "It's hard to say about this matter, but if I were them, I would definitely use this city to drag the opponent, and then wait for reinforcements, but now we are like a god general, and there is no response from the shogunate so far, I think they don't know the information yet, or maybe the shogunate will see the success or failure of the Shimazu clan;

According to Hou Ye, such a large feudal clan easily gathered 40,000 troops, which was indeed a big disaster for the shogunate. ”

Chen Cao felt that what he said made sense, and then stared at Hatano and asked: "If you want to negotiate, you have to be sincere, go, Benhou will not kill you, go back and tell your lord, if you want to negotiate, go out of the city in person, Benhou will build a pavilion on the high slope outside the city, if you come before noon tomorrow, everything is easy to discuss, if you don't come later...

Hey...

When the Marquis conquers your castle, the Shimazu clan will disappear from the history of the Wa Kingdom..."

Hatano is a military general, and when he was so excited by Chen Cao, his blood suddenly surged, if it weren't for the important mission he shouldered, he would have already had a seizure at this moment, Rao is so, and his face still turned red.

Chen Cao saw it in his eyes, sneered disdainfully, and then said: "Go quickly, time is getting less and less, maybe your lord will blame you if it's late." ”

Saying that, Chen Cao stretched out his hand towards Zhao Xin, and Zhao Xin handed Chen Cao a burden.

Chen Cao threw the sealed burden to Hatano: "This is a gift from Benhou to your lord, remember, let him consider it carefully." ”

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The center of power of the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma Domain, the castle tower is brightly lit, and even Chen Cao, who is far away from the castle, can see the lights in the sky.

The house is full of friends, all of whom are loyal fans of the Shimazu clan.

The governor of the family, Shimazu Tadashi, sat on the main throne with a sad face, the battle during the day can be said to have trapped all the strength of the Shimazu clan, even if all the people were recruited, the defenders in the city at this moment were less than 5,000 people.

"Everyone..."

Shimazu Tadashi was silent for a long time and finally spoke: "But what is the best way?" ”

The retainer of the Shimazu clan, the boss of the Shimazu clan, Kayama Hidaka, has died in the Ryukyus, and the boss inherits naturally his son Kayama Kuji, but he is just an ordinary general, and his resourcefulness is not as powerful as his father, so he can only sit cross-legged below and bow his head without speaking.

Lao Zhong Inoue Qianxin's eyes rolled, and then said: "Lord, the old minister has sent more than a dozen people to the countries of Kyushu, if the reinforcements of the two countries of Hizen and Higo, which are closest to my Satsuma Domain, are fast, they will arrive in two days, as long as we hold the city, the people of the Ming Kingdom are not afraid." ”

Shimazu Tadaro felt that Inoue was talking nonsense, he looked down on this old guy who could only talk on paper, after all, this person had not seen the sharpness of the Ming people's firearms: "The words of the old man also ask my father to think twice, the first time the son of the Ming army's firearms is fierce, even the general next to him has seen it when he was in Korea, and he shot one hundred and fifty steps away from our army, and my Satsuma warrior did not die on the way to the charge, but was killed by the firearms of the Ming army in this formation." ”

As soon as these words came out, the people in the room gasped, and Shimazu Tadashi leaned forward excitedly: "What you said is true? ”

"The son doesn't dare to deceive his father, the Ming army has a lot of firearms, even if the noble lord surrounds the Ming generals with all his strength, he can't come closer, and the son has a thousand iron artillery teams, none of them are spared."

Shimazu Tadashi looked at Shimazu Shigegui, this arrogant Satsuma general who would not bow his head even when he went to the shogunate, but at this moment, he was like a deflated ball, drooping his head: "The opponent is strong, our army is not an opponent, in my opinion, we have to raise the strength of the whole of Japan." ”

There was an uproar in the house, and Shimazu Tadashi saw that Shimazu Tadashi was serious, so he said: "So, the Ming people came here to march the Yuan Army?" ”

As an old man, Inoue Qianxin felt that he had the responsibility to take on Satsuma, so he said: "My lord, the old minister is willing to go to the Ming army to lobby them again, delay time, and contribute to the arrival of reinforcements." ”

Shimazu Tadashi was about to cry bitterly to bid farewell to Inoue's letter, but the guards outside the door announced loudly: "My lord, Lord Hatano is back." ”

The crowd was very excited, they thought that Hatano had gone to the Ming army and would never come back, and Shimazu Tadaro was even more excited, because Hatano was his close partner.

Holding a burden in his hand, Hatano walked into the castle tower in silence for a while, and saluted Shimazu Tadahiro: "My lord, this is the commander of the Ming army, Dingwu Hou, who asked the last general to bring it back, saying that it was a gift for the lord." ”

The crowd looked at the burden suspiciously, Inoue Qianxin took the burden and handed it over, and then asked: "Does the Marquis of Dingwu have any words to bring to the lord?" ”

"Yes..."

When Shimazu Tadahiro heard this, he put down his burden for the time being, and then asked, "Tell me carefully." ”

"They said that if I wanted to negotiate with the Satsuma Clan, I had to go out of the city and talk in a pavilion on a high slope outside the city."

After Hatano finished speaking, the people in the house scolded one after another, and the excited Shimazu Shigeki even stood up and asked for the order to lead troops to a night attack tonight.

"That's enough..."Shimazu Tadashi scolded his noisy subordinates: "What else? ”

"Say not to kill the last general, let the last general come back and pass the word, let me discuss it well, and instruct me to hand over the burden to the lord."

It seems that what is inside the baggage is the point.

Everyone looked at the ordinary burden that could no longer be ordinary, Shimazu Tadashi saw this, with a look of resentment, gasping and opening the baggage, everyone stretched their necks to look over.

After opening it, there was a stack of folded red cloth, with rare black ornamentation on it, Shimazu Tadahiro's heart jumped, and he grabbed one end of the red cloth with the nervousness in his heart, and slowly lifted it up.

"Ahh

Shimazu Tadashi, who had just mentioned half of it, screamed, threw the red cloth out of his hand, shouted, fell down and trembled and pointed at the red cloth: "This... This... No, it won't... It won't..."

Because it was night, and the lights of the castle tower were not so bright, the ministers sitting in the room did not see it very clearly, so when the people saw this, they took the lead from Inoue Kanshin, stepped forward and picked up the red cloth that was thrown away by Shimazu Tadashi, straightened it and observed.

"This..."

"This is..."

"Could it be..."

"Impossible..."

The people who were close to each other could see clearly what the black ornament on the red cloth was, and they all trembled as if they had caught a cold.

Hatano saw the ornamentation on the red cloth clearly, and trembled all over, "This is.... Tung pattern? ”

Shimazu Tadaro is not very old, and he is not very clear about the origin of the paulownia pattern, and he is the only one in the whole house who does not know what this paulownia pattern represents, but he knows that the paulownia pattern is the same as the chrysanthemum pattern, which is a pattern that can only be used by the emperor.

However, when he saw that all the elderly people trembled when they saw this ornament, he could think that the owner of this ornament was not simple.

Inoue Qianxin held the red cloth in a trembling voice: "Five... Five-seven tung pattern... This is... It's..."