Seeing that the emperor was moved, Otomo's relatives hurriedly added a fire and said: "Besides, being a vassal to the Ming Dynasty will not only not affect Your Majesty's revered status in the country, but will also make the Northern Dynasty dare not covet Your Majesty's three artifacts anymore!" ”

"You mean, please help us defend against the Northern Dynasty?" Changqing is really interested now. He was driven from Honshu to Kyushu by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and feared the Northern Dynasty far more than the Ming Dynasty.

"Of course." Shao Er Lai Cheng was very sure: "The naval army of the Celestial Empire can easily block the Guanmen Strait, and the Northern Dynasty can only sigh with admiration. ”

"Makes sense." Changqing patted his thigh and said: "With the protection of the Celestial Empire, the Northern Dynasty will not dare to make a mistake!" ”

As the three people said, the Ming Dynasty would eventually withdraw its troops, but the Northern Dynasty of Japan asked him to hand over the three artifacts and abdicate and surrender.

Will he surrender himself to the throne externally, or will he abdicate and surrender internally? Fools know how to choose.

~~

When Prince Kaira and Nijo Kyoyori returned to Ono Castle, they immediately asked to see the emperor.

But they learned that His Majesty was receiving the three people, and the two had to wait outside.

Not long after, a member of the royal family came out to speak: "Your Majesty, please ask Your Excellency Guan Bai to meet you." ”

"Okay." Nijo Kyoyori hurriedly got up.

"Didn't Your Majesty call me?" Huai Liang hurriedly asked the samurai.

"Never." The samurai shook his head and went in with Nijo Kyoyori.

Huai Liang had to wait alone under the porch, and waited for half an hour before he was finally summoned.

He hurriedly handed over his saber and followed the royal family into the palace, and saw Nijo Kyoyori sitting at the bottom left of the emperor, the younger two Yorisumi, Otomo and Shimazu Yoshiguro sitting on the right, all looking at him with serious expressions.

Huai conscience said that it was not good, and he hurriedly leaned over to salute, and before he could speak, he heard Changqing say coldly: "Huailiang, are you guilty?" ”

"What is the sin?" Huai Liang looked up suddenly.

"It's all because you can't measure yourself and insist on going your own way, which has led to the current situation." Changqing slapped a few small words with the handle of the fan: "Come on, take him down!" ”

"Yes!" The two samurai directly under the emperor, who had long been standing behind Huai Liang, immediately held down Huai Liang.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to their slander, they are all for their own plans!" As soon as Prince Huailiang heard it, he knew that it must be the three of them who persuaded Changqing first, and he raised his head excitedly and said loudly: "The minister is your own uncle, everything is for you!" ”

"......" Changqing looked unbearable, his father Emperor Gomurakami was the seventh son of Emperor Go-Daigo, and Prince Huailiang was the eighth son of Emperor Go-Daigo. These years have worked hard to support the Southern Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the pillar of the country.

"Your Majesty, you should continue to suffer from it!" Otomo's relatives hurriedly said in a deep voice: "The current situation is all caused by him!" ”

"Indeed." Changqing suddenly came to his senses, nodded and looked at Prince Huailiang and said, "If Uncle Huang is really for me, take all the responsibility." ”

"......" Prince Huailiang directly stuffed the whole sentence, and only after a while did he laugh miserably: "It seems that you have made up your mind to let me be this scapegoat." ”

"You're not a scapegoat, you're the culprit!" Shao Er Lai Cheng said coldly.

"Guan Bai, do you think so too?" Huai Liang looked at the two Jiaolai, hoping that this Guan Bai could say a fair word for himself.

"Hmm." Nijo Jiaolai bowed slightly, don't look over.

"Okay, okay......" Huailiang had no hope at all, and said with a sad smile: "Since Your Majesty wants the ministers to be loyal in this way, the ministers are obedient." ”

"Let's take him down first." Changqing held two bubbles of tears, waved his hand, and sold it with ten moves.

~~

Although Changqing was very reluctant to Huailiang, his actions must not be slow, and in the afternoon he sent an envoy with a white flag to Shuicheng, which was occupied by the Ming army, to ask for peace.

"Peace?" Wang Bi laughed when he heard this: "Both sides can't fight anymore, so it's called peace." Now that you can't fight unilaterally, can that call peace negotiation? ”

"And what do you mean?" The messenger asked.

"Surrender unconditionally first, and then say anything else." Wang Bi said categorically.

"What is unconditional surrender?" The messenger asked again.

"It is literal, to unconditionally stop military resistance, and to put all armies and fortresses under the control of our dynasty." Wang Bi replied in a deep voice.

"It's not the same as it was promised!" That young man Lai Pi was also one of the messengers, and when he saw that Yang Shiqi was also by Wang Bi's side, he said anxiously: "Brother Shiqi, as long as we handed over Huailiang as long as we agreed at that time, we can let us go!" ”

After listening to the words of the interpreter, Yang Shiqi suddenly changed color and said: "What I said clearly is that as long as you hand over Huailiang, return to the Ming Dynasty, and maintain absolute loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, the Shao Er family can rule Kyushu forever!" Fortunately, we talked with a pen at the time, and the black and white words are still left! If you don't believe it, I can take it right now! ”

"......" It's the turn of Shao Er Lai Pi to change his face and change color, and he is making him a close minister of the emperor.

"In addition, I said clearly at that time, all conditions are time-limited, until the time when our army captures Shuicheng." Yang Shiqi said with a straight face: "Now that Shuicheng is ours, we still want the previous conditions, and the door is gone!" ”

"That's right," Wang Bi echoed, "we have wasted so many shells and killed so many people, the original price is definitely not suitable." ”

Shao Er Lai Pi understood it, and hurriedly gave Yang Shiqi a look, and then waited outside.

After a while, Yang Shiqi really came out, and before Shao Er Lai Pi could speak, he scolded with his head: "How can you talk nonsense? I'm going to be killed alive by you! ”

While scolding, he wrote this sentence on the paper, and Shao Er Lai Pi hurriedly took the small notebook, full of words of apology, saying that in front of the emperor's close ministers, many words could not be said, and the head of his family was willing to be loyal to Daming Yunyun from generation to generation.

Yang Shiqi was discouraged at this time, and wrote as he spoke: "What I told you at the beginning was clear, before the army broke through Shuicheng, the surrender of the city, there was still something to talk about. Now that our army has occupied Shuicheng and defeated the reinforcements of the Northern Dynasties, and the morale is high, whoever proposes to negotiate at this time will be attacked by a group. ’

Shao Er Lai Pi took the pen and wrote and scribbled, scribbled and wrote, I don't know what to say. Could it be that we didn't expect you to be able to break through Shuicheng, and we didn't expect that the 100,000 reinforcements of the Northern Dynasty would end up like this.

At that time, the situation seemed far from so bad, so the three of them planned to take a look, but they didn't expect that the situation would take a turn for the worse overnight......

It took him a long time before he said: "It was the three of us who took the lead in withdrawing, and Huailiang had to abandon Shuicheng." Otherwise, once you enter street fighting, your army will also suffer heavy losses. ”

"Street fighting?" Yang Shiqi laughed and said: "Water City is full of wooden houses, and all the fires are burned to ashes!" ”

As he spoke, he wrote: "If you are still not convinced, then Ohno Castle will compete again, and this time don't retreat!" ’

After Shao Er Lai Pi finished reading this sentence, he turned around and went in, no longer paying attention to the young Er Lai Pi who was stunned.

(End of chapter)