After the break, the Ming army did not immediately attack the city, because this was the icing on the cake, and in case of serious casualties, it would be self-defeating.

At present, the black light is blind and he can't figure out the situation inside, so Wang Bi ordered to continue to bombard the gap to prevent the Japanese from rushing to repair. On the one hand, wheelbarrows were used to dump earth and rocks to fill in the moat.

The death squads also feasted and prepared to go into battle to clear the way for the army.

When it was dawn, they found that there was not a single Japanese army left in the city......

Wang Bi sent people to cross the river to check, and when the scout carefully climbed through the ruins of the city wall, he saw that there was really not a single soldier left in the water city.

"Fuck." Wang Bi took a sip when he heard the report, and looked at Hu Quan Hu Bo with a wry smile, why is it so difficult to have a big victory?

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In fact, when the city wall was blown down, Huailiang still wanted to organize resistance. After seeing the gap in the city wall, Lai Cheng and Otomo exchanged glances, and then went separately to gather their own army.

Then he opened the east gate guarded by the young two family, and withdrew towards Ohno Castle, and did not forget to say hello to the Shimazu family before leaving. Shimazu was still in a coma for a long time, and several pen heads were summed up, so let's do it, and they ran together.

The three of them didn't greet Huailiang when they left, making it clear that they would no longer obey the dispatch of Zhengxi Mansion. Seeing this, the rest of the Kyushu tyrants also withdrew their troops one after another, without the three of them to fight the main force, who would stay to be cannon fodder for Huailiang?

Prince Huailiang's nose was crooked, but he was helpless. He and the local tyrants in Kyushu originally had a cooperative relationship, if they dared to stop them, there would be a fire on the spot, and it was not necessarily who died.

There was no way, so he had no choice but to lead the troops of the expedition to Xifu to withdraw from Shuicheng and prepare to return to Ono Castle to complain to the emperor. But the three people who returned to Ono Castle first had already asked to see Emperor Chokei overnight.

At this time, it was not yet the fifth watch, but Changqing had already woken up, so he summoned the young two Yoricheng and Otomo in the palace, as well as the old Shimazu Yoshiguro of the Shimazu family.

After the three of them bowed, they first pleaded guilty for disturbing His Majesty's dreams.

"How can you sleep if you are a military intelligence?" Changqing shook his head and said, "You guys retreated, because Shuicheng can't hold it?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty." Lai Cheng said respectfully: "The western city wall was blown up by the Ming army with gunpowder, and if the ministers do not withdraw, they can only rely on the buildings in the city for street fighting." ”

"Then why did you withdraw early?" Changqing's courtier asked.

"Because once the street fighting begins, we and the Ming army will be completely dead." Otomo said in a deep voice.

"The Ming army invaded Kyushu, looted Dazaifu, and disturbed His Majesty the Emperor, and the two sides have long been dead!" The courtier snapped.

"It's Da Ming and His Royal Highness Huailiang who don't die, not with us!" Shao Er Lai Cheng was angered by the attitude of this courtier, so he simply didn't hide it.

"It was his madness to kill the Ming envoy first, and to assassinate the Ming Emperor later, that attracted the revenge of the Ming Dynasty!"

"It was also he who ignored Daming's ultimatum and insisted on resisting, which led to today's defeat!" Otomo's relatives continued: "Now that our army has been defeated again and again, even the Northern Dynasty reinforcements led by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu have been wiped out in the Guanmen Strait!" ”

"Now it seems that the battle situation in Watertown is no longer important. Even if we stick to the end, we will not be able to change the disparity in power between the two countries...... The final outcome is predestined. Shao Er Lai Cheng sighed, he finally became a surrender faction.

"In that case, we should reflect on what caused this failure." Dayou's relatives raised their voices indignantly and said: "Han Feizi Youyun: 'The country is small but not humble, the strength is small but not afraid of the strong, the rude and insults the neighbors, and the greedy and clumsy friends can die!'" 'We have all four of them, how can we not be defeated?' ”

"National Elementary School, Lack of Strength, Rudeness, Greed......" Changqing chewed on these eight words, his mouth full of bitterness.

The courtier had no way to refute, so he had to say indignantly: "It's all at this time, why don't you have to surrender?" ”

"It's peace, not surrender." Otomo corrected.

"Isn't that all the same?" The courtier snorted.

"We've done everything we can, but the disparity in strength is too great, and we have no choice right now." Shimazu Yoshiguro said on behalf of the Shimazu family.

"Besides, it's all Huailiang's fault, the main responsibility should be borne by him, Your Majesty and the ministers don't need to suffer for him!" Shao Er Lai Cheng said in a loud voice: "The ministers implore Your Majesty to take Huailiang immediately and hand it over to the Ming army for disposal." In this way, we can eliminate the sword soldiers and retain our strength, in order to protect ourselves, Your Majesty! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, sooner or later, the Ming army will retreat, but the threat of the Northern Dynasty is with us, and if you lose too many troops on the Ming army, it will only cheapen the Northern Dynasty in vain!" Otomo said in a low voice: "The Ming army just wants us to hand over Huailiang, but the Northern Dynasty wants His Majesty to hand over the three artifacts, which is more important, we must carry it clearly!" ”

His Majesty the Emperor, who had been high up and silent, was finally moved when he heard this.

The so-called three artifacts are the Tiancong Cloud Sword, the eight-foot Qiong Hook Jade and the Eight Mirrors. It is said that when the Tensun descended, Amaterasu gave the treasure to the Emperor of Japan and inherited it from generation to generation. These three artifacts have been used as tokens of the Japanese imperial family for thousands of years, and they have the same meaning as the jade seal of China.

When the Northern and Southern Dynasties were divided, Emperor Go-Daigo fled Kyoto with the three artifacts, and the three artifacts have been passed down by the Southern Dynasties ever since. The emperor established by the Northern Dynasty has always lacked legitimacy because he did not have the three artifacts, which led many daimyo to believe that the emperor was orthodox in the Southern Dynasty.

Therefore, the Northern Dynasty has always been thinking about regaining the three artifacts to establish orthodoxy. But for the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty, the loss of the three artifacts was really nothing......

"But Ming Guo ordered His Majesty to go to the honorific title and demote to the king of Japan, which is unacceptable no matter what!" The courtier said with a dark face.

"Not really." Otomo's relatives shook their heads and said: "Looking at the history books, from the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, when our country paid tribute to the Celestial Empire, His Majesty the Emperor called himself the King of Japan. Meng Yuan Nai Di Yi stole from China, so he was not a minister, so the Song Dynasty also kept the festival. ”

"Now that the Great Son of Heaven expelled the Tatars and restored China, it is really the orthodoxy of the Celestial Empire, and our country will immediately resume tribute, and Your Majesty should follow the ancient system and continue to call himself the king of Japan."

"But that Huailiang cleverly deceived the king, on the grounds that His Majesty was not suitable to surrender his identity, he paid tribute in the name of the Western Mansion, and deceived the Ming Dynasty to canonize him as the king of Huailiang of Japan." Otomo then went on to talk eloquently:

"Huai Liang's house actually accepted it calmly, I don't know where to put Your Majesty? His unsubdued heart is clearly revealed, and now it has been seen through by Da Ming, and he came to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, we can only put the blame on Huailiang, and he is responsible for deceiving and concealing it alone! ”

"Indeed, Huailiang has mistaken the country and mistaken many times...... Changqing sighed, feeling that what he said made a lot of sense.

(End of chapter)