Yongren walked into the courtyard of the palace, only to see the moonlight like a wash, covering the green bamboo wooden house bridge and flowing water, which is really beautiful. Yong Ren's mood was a little better, and he walked around the yard, thinking about a strategy to deal with it over and over again, but in the face of the current situation, he just couldn't think of a good way. Yongren was a little annoyed, obviously the enemy was only a few tens of thousands, why did he suppress the entire Yamato nation so much that he couldn't move? It actually gave birth to a sense of cowardice that I couldn't fight? Then he thought of the fact that the three armies were wiped out one after another, and he couldn't help but be terrified. What is terrified is that the 30,000 or 40,000 horses in the Daming Military Region can actually destroy more than 200,000 troops on their own three routes; What is puzzling is how the Ming army managed to achieve such a mythical feat, whether their tricks were too treacherous, or their combat effectiveness was too terrifying, or both.

Yong Ren stopped and looked at the bright moon reflected in the lake, unable to find an answer in his heart. I just feel that no matter what kind of situation it is, it shows that my previous opinion is very wrong, Yan Yunjun is an extremely terrible opponent!

Soft footsteps could be heard behind him. Yongren retracted his thoughts, turned around, and saw several beautiful wives and concubines in kimonos stepping over with broken steps, and bowed to Yingying; "Your Highness!"

Yongren's mood improved a lot, and he said, "You guys came just in time, come with me." A few concubines agreed. A few people strolled along the cobblestone path by the lake. Yongren couldn't help but think of the current bad situation, and couldn't help but ask the concubines: "You all know our current situation, right?" ”

Several concubines nodded, their faces showing a sad expression, and the most beautiful of them said, "We heard that the troops of General Nario Zuo and General Nobuo Uesugi have all been wiped out?" ”

Yong Ren sighed and frowned: "Now the situation is very serious, the main force of our army of more than 200,000 has been wiped out by the enemy, I don't know whether to continue to defend Kumamoto, or should I abandon Kumamoto and retreat?" He stopped, turned around and glanced at the concubines, "You come and tell me, what should I do?" ”

All the concubines looked at each other, and they all looked like they wanted to speak and stopped.

Yong Ren said: "Just say whatever you want, no matter what you say, I won't blame you." ”

A concubine couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, our army of more than 200,000 was wiped out by the Ming Army in such a short period of time, which shows how terrible the Ming Army is!" More than 200,000 troops are vulnerable, and now there are only more than 20,000 samurai and ashigaru in the city, and then there are some useless militias, how can they resist such a terrible Ming army? Kumamoto must not be able to hold on, we should retreat before it's too late! Otherwise, once the Ming army attacks the city, it will be too late to flee! The other concubines couldn't help but nod their heads.

Yongren looked at this concubine with a very angry look in his eyes. Seeing that His Highness's eyes were not good, the concubine couldn't help but panic in her heart, and asked tremblingly: "Your Highness, I, did I say something wrong?" ”

Yongren shouted angrily and asked: "You actually said such a thing, do you think that the Ming army is stronger than our Yamato warriors?" ”

The concubine was startled, and hurriedly shook her head; "No, no, Your Highness, I, I didn't mean that, I ......"

Yong Ren asked with a gloomy face, "Are you already impatient to surrender to Yan Yun?" The concubine was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and said in great fear: "I, I never meant that!" ”

Only a sonorous sound was heard, and Yuhito pulled out the katana at his waist. All the concubines exclaimed in fright and took a step back, and the concubine who was kneeling on the ground was even more frightened. Yongren's eyes showed a look of madness, and as soon as he sent his hand forward, the katana smacked and pierced the concubine's chest with a soft snort! The concubine screamed miserably, looking at Yongren with infinite pain and incomprehension in her eyes, her body fell limply, and she was no longer breathing. The other concubines were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground, their bodies kept swinging, and they hung their heads low and didn't dare to look at Yongren. Yongren's crazy mood subsided, and he couldn't help but regret it in his heart when he saw the concubine lying in a pool of blood. However, this regret was fleeting, and he immediately inserted the katana back into the scabbard, called the samurai, and ordered the samurai to take the body of the concubine out and bury it.

Yuhito felt infinite exhaustion welling up in his heart, dragged his tired body and soul into the bedroom, put the katana next to his pillow, and lay down in his clothes.

After several ups and downs, the mood of the soldiers and civilians in the city has now become very panicked. When they learned that the reinforcements from the three directions were rushing to help, their panic turned into excitement, thinking that the legendary scene of the divine army sweeping away the demons would be staged, but when the news of the annihilation of the two armies of Nario Samura and Nobuo Uesugi came, their excitement fell to the bottom again. These days, the emotions of the soldiers and civilians in Kumamoto Castle are like riding a roller coaster, sometimes being thrown into the clouds, sometimes falling to the bottom in an instant, sometimes heaven and sometimes hell, and the soldiers and civilians in the city are tossed to exhaustion.

The samurai and ashigaru on the castle wall looked out of the castle worriedly, and the samurai and ashigaru gathered around the bonfire were silent, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

In the middle of the night, the samurai and ashigaru on the castle wall suddenly heard the noise of fighting coming from the gate below. Everyone was taken aback, and hurriedly ran to the inner wall to check, and saw many samurai and ashigaru dispersing the samurai and ashigaru at the gate of the city, and many corpses were lying on the ground. The crowd thought that someone had rebelled, and they all exclaimed, and the sirens sounded on the city walls.

Immediately, I saw that the city gate was opened, and a thrilling shout came from outside the city, and countless Ming troops entered the city in the dark. At this time, the Japanese soldiers were in chaos, some people fled in panic, some people spontaneously went to block the attack, the screams of killing were loud, and those who went to block the Ming army where could they resist, and they fell in a pool of blood. Then the whole city was in chaos, and the cries, shouts, and screams turned a peaceful city into a pot of porridge.

Yong-in, who was sleeping soundly, woke up to hear all the shouts and screams outside, and the flickering firelight illuminated the windows, and he couldn't help but be frightened and confused. Quickly jumped out of bed and rushed out of the bedroom. At this moment, Ono was rushing over, and neither of them expected the other to suddenly appear, and they bumped into each other.

Ohno hurriedly retreated to apologize, and Yong Ren shouted angrily, "What the hell is going on? ”

Ohno said with a frightened face: "It's the enemy, they, they're in the city!" ”

Although Yongren had already expected it, he was still taken aback when he heard Ohno Chi say this, and said angrily: "How is it possible? How could they suddenly go into town? "It's the previous rout. Those routs were mixed with many spies of the Ming army. Just now they raided the city gates and opened them. ”

Yong-in was so depressed that he couldn't speak. At this time, he understood why so many defeated soldiers were able to escape smoothly, it turned out that it was not their luck at all, or the carelessness of the Ming army, it was clearly the opponent's trick. Yongren couldn't help but said angrily: "Han people, it's really treacherous! ”

Yes! …… The panicked shouts came closer. Both of them were in a state of panic, and Ohno Zhi said urgently: "Your Highness, let's go, the situation is already extremely critical!" ”

The situation had reached such a point that Yongren could no longer afford to think about it, so he hurriedly ran outside. Ohno hurriedly followed, and at the same time beckoned the guards to come and escort him.

The group rushed out of the palace in a panic, only to see that the streets in all directions were flickering with fire, and there were figures in the distance, and the sound of killing and screaming came from all directions, as if there were enemies everywhere and there was no safe place. Yong-in asked, "We, where are we going?" Ohno said: "The enemy entered the city from the west and south gates, and there should not be many enemies in the north and west. Yong Ren immediately said, "Just go to the north." Ohno Chi sighed, and immediately led the warriors of the guards to escort Yonghito towards the north.

Suddenly, countless crowds of people turned around the street in front of them, ashigaru, samurai, nobles, and commoners, thousands of them, rushing towards them in panic. Immediately, the fierce and terrible Ming army appeared behind them, and was fiercely chasing, screams continued to sound, Yongren and others were at a loss for what to do, and before they had time to take countermeasures, the group was swept away by the crowd of people shouting for their lives. Just as Yongren was being swept by the crowd and was dizzy and overwhelmed, he felt a strong big hand grabbing him and dragging him out of the crowd and into the secluded alley next to him. Yongren froze down, and when he saw that it was Ono Tomo, he felt as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and he was very excited.

Ohno Zhi hugged Yuhito and hid in the darkness of the alley, and whispered, "Don't make a sound!" Yongren's heart sank. At this moment, I saw that on the street in front, the fierce Ming army chased and killed the fleeing soldiers and civilians and rushed over.

The two of them waited for a while before the Ming army had passed before they dared to stand up, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Ohno Chi bowed to Yongren and apologized: "The matter was urgent just now, and my subordinates had to do it as a last resort, please don't blame Your Highness!" Yongren waved his hand and said: "Ohno-kun, don't say that, if you hadn't seen the opportunity quickly, I'm afraid I would have either died in the chaos or been captured by now!" You have been very gracious to me! After a pause, he frowned, "What should I do now?" I didn't expect that the Ming Army also appeared in the north? Ohno said: "I can only go to the east, I just hope that the east has not fallen." Yong Ren frowned and nodded.

Ohno Chi pointed to the prince's robe on Yongren's body and said, "Your Highness, your robe is too conspicuous, it is better to discard it." Ono felt that what he said made sense, and immediately took off his robe.

Under the protection of Ono Tomo, Yuhito ran towards the east gate, only to see a panicked crowd rushing towards the east along the way. When they arrived at the east city gate, the two saw that the city gate was wide open, and the city gate was still praising their temperament, and the heart that had been hanging fell suddenly. Don't dare to delay, hurry out of the city. A group of samurai who had just escaped were assembled, and the group rushed towards the east. The hustle and bustle of the city behind him became farther and farther away, and Yongren's frightened heart gradually calmed down. Immediately depression and pain welled up in his heart, he had never expected that he would be so miserable before the war!

The Ming army captured Kumamoto Castle in one fell swoop, but because the attack was launched so suddenly and unexpectedly that the Japanese encountered little resistance and minimal losses. However, the streets are full of corpses and alleys, and the scene of blood filling the ditches, this is not because Yang Peng ordered the slaughter of the city, but it is really the reaction of the Japanese people in the war is different from any other nation, actually when the enemy army enters the city, large and small families are dragging their families and wanting to flee for their lives, mixed with the rout, the Ming army is attacking and pursuing, where to distinguish who is the people and who is the army, not rushing to kill the past, the result has become the scene now!

The Ming army cleaned up the battlefield in the city, and the civilians and nobles who were lucky enough to escape fled home in a hurry, closing the doors and windows, and the family gathered together to wait for the judgment of fate; There are even families who are so frightened that they all commit suicide. Do not think that this is a sign of bravery, on the contrary, it is a sign of extreme cowardice and fear, because you cannot face an unknown future, so you choose a dead end. Sometimes, it's easy to pull a knife into a quick one, but it takes a lot of courage to survive.

When the sun rises in the east, the previously miserable scene comes into view, with corpses filling the streets and alleys, blood turning the entire city red, and Kumamoto Castle turning hell on earth.

Yongren and the others ran wildly all the way, not daring to rest on the road, and were frightened when they heard the birds, and panicked when they saw the wind and grass. Fortunately, the birds and the wind and grass are just natural phenomena, not enemy troops. Yong Ren and his party ran wildly for a day and a night, and this morning, the group was extremely sleepy, and many of them looked like they would fall down at any time although they were walking.

Yongren felt that he should have gotten rid of the Ming army and wanted to stop and rest. At this moment, a terrible shout suddenly came from the front: "Enemy! Enemy! ”

Everyone was shocked, and they subconsciously turned around and ran wildly, and in a panic, how did they realize that if they fled the same way like this, wouldn't they be going back to Kumamoto again?

The crowd galloped wildly, only to hear the sound of horses' hooves behind them. I thought it was the Ming Dynasty that the war cavalry was chasing, and I ran even more desperately, even using the rolling belt to crawl my hands and feet, which was completely disregarding the image, and there was only one thought in my heart, that is, to escape.

Ohno Zhi looked back while running, only to see that the people who came on horseback were only a dozen samurai on horseback, not Yan Yunjun. Ohno was stunned for a moment, and then he thought that the group was heading to the east, and Ninomiya Kazuya was leading a large army to support Kumamoto from this direction. As soon as he thought of this, he immediately stopped, raised his hands and shouted, "Don't be afraid, everyone! It's our own people! ”

When the people who were running away with their heads buried in panic heard this, they stopped one after another. When he turned around, he saw that it was more than a dozen samurai from his own side riding horses, not enemy troops. Everyone let out a long sigh, and they couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when they thought of their panicked performance just now.

The dozen or so samurai rushed to Yuhito and restrained their horses. The high-ranking samurai in the lead glanced at everyone from above and asked, "Who are you?" What are you doing here? ”

Ohno Zhi took a step forward, pointed at Yongren and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, how can you be so rude!" All the samurai were startled, and they all looked at Yongren, and saw that he was a young man dressed in civilian clothes with a stained and embarrassed face, and they did not believe that he could be the crown prince. The high-ranking samurai sneered, "If you were the crown prince, wouldn't I be the emperor!" The warriors burst out laughing.

Yong Ren was very annoyed and shouted, "You dare to be so rude to me, don't you want to live?" ”

When the warriors saw that he was imposing, but he didn't look like a common person, they couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts, stopped laughing, and said secretly: "Is he really His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Then he found that the people around him were all dressed in samurai armor and wearing katanas, although they were all embarrassed, but they were undoubtedly samurai. Finding this, everyone didn't dare to laugh and ridicule like just now, and they couldn't help but show a cautious look. The high-ranking samurai turned over and dismounted, walked up to Yuhito, and glanced at Yuhito. Although he still didn't believe that this young man was His Royal Highness the Prince, he bowed slightly and said, "I haven't seen His Royal Highness the Prince, if Your Excellency is His Royal Highness the Prince, please take out His Royal Highness's seal." ”

Yongren said angrily: "Kumamoto has fallen, I finally escaped, where can I still have time to bring out the seal?" ”

When the high-ranking samurai heard that Kumamoto had fallen, he couldn't help but be shocked, and subconsciously said, "Impossible! Yong Ren said angrily: "Am I going to tease you with this kind of thing?" It doesn't matter if you don't recognize me, you're a subordinate of Kazuya Ninomiya, right? The senior samurai nodded.

Yongren said: "Very good, take me to see Kazuya Ninomiya!" ”

The senior samurai thought for a moment, nodded, and immediately led the samurai under his command to lead the way in front, followed by Yongren and the others.

When it was almost noon, I saw a huge army coming towards me, and a large flag in the middle was embroidered with the family crest of the Ninomiya family. The senior samurai went to report to Ninomiya Kazuya first, and after a while, Yongren and the others saw the army stop, and a large group of samurai rushed towards him, and the middle-aged general who led the way, with a national face, thick eyebrows and deep eyes, an eagle nose and a wide mouth, a bearded face, a fierce expression, dressed in Japanese armor, like the image of a fierce general in Toei, was the general of Shikoku Ninomiya Kazuya. When Yongjin saw him, he couldn't help but feel relied on.

Kazuya Ninomiya led a group of generals and warriors to run in front of Yongren, turned over and dismounted, and bowed vigorously: "Meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Yong Ren stepped forward to help Kazuya Ninomiya and said, "Ninomiya-kun doesn't need to be polite. Kazuya Ninomiya immediately ordered the army to camp on the spot. The order was handed down, and the army camped on the spot, and the two-hundred-meter-long curtain enclosed a rectangular independent area. Yonghito sat down on the top, and Kazuya Ninomiya led his subordinates to meet again, and when it was over, they were listed on the left and right. Kazuya Ninomiya stood on his left hand, bowed down to Yonghito and asked, "Why did His Highness come suddenly and ...... like this?" I just heard from my subordinates that Kumamoto was lost, is this true? ”

Yongren remembered the experience of dying in the world not long ago, and couldn't help but sigh with palpitations, and said: "The Ming Army is much more terrifying than we imagined!" They are simply abyssal demons, invincible! ”

Kazuya Ninomiya and all his generals and senior samurai all looked disapproving. Ninomiya Kazuya said proudly: "No matter how strong the Ming army is, our warriors of the four countries can also extinguish him!" The generals and warriors echoed and shouted, looking like that, they didn't take the Ming Army seriously at all.

Seeing this scene, Yongren was displeased, and said: "General Nario Zuo, General Gen Yoshijing, and General Uesugi, the three-way army, a total of more than 200,000 horses, were wiped out in a short period of time, which is enough to show the horror of the enemy army!" If Ninomiya-kun is so light on the enemy, he will be defeated and die, and if this causes our Yamato nation to fall into an unprecedented crisis, there will be no redemption! ”

Ninomiya Kazuya and the others were displeased when they heard this, and a young and arrogant senior samurai behind Ninomiya Kazuya said: "Even if the Yamato nation is finally destroyed, our Ninomiya family is by no means the biggest sinner, and there were the Uesugi family and the Samuro family before. ”

Yong Ren was furious and shouted, "According to what you say, my original family is the biggest sinner, isn't it? ”

Ninomiya Kazuya hurriedly said: "Katsuto is young and ignorant, please forgive Your Highness." ”

The most intolerable thing for Yongren is that others offend him, and he has already killed Katsuto Ninomiya in his heart, but thinking that now that their armies have been defeated, they must rely on the soldiers and horses of the Ninomiya family to turn defeat into victory, so he temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart. Said to Kazuya Ninomiya: "What is Ninomiya-kun going to do?" Ninomiya Kazuya bowed down and said, "Since His Highness said that the enemy is very strong, then I still need a solemn plan!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come all the way, and he is already very tired from coming here, so please rest first! ”

Yong Ren was told this, and he only felt that his eyelids couldn't be opened, and nodded. Kazuya Ninomiya immediately ordered Yuhito and his samurai to be taken down to rest.

Wait for them to leave. Katsuto Ninomiya couldn't help but sneer: "What a waste, so many people can't defeat that little bit of enemy army!" It's really a shame on the face of our Yamato nation! A clear-faced middle-aged general frowned and said: "I won't talk about the source of the Yoshijing, but Nario Zuo and Nobuo Uesugi are both powerful characters, and even they were defeated so badly, it can be seen that the Yanyun Army is indeed terrible!" ”

Ninomiya Katsu was greatly displeased, and said angrily: "Changzong and my minister, why do you say such a thing?" "The clear-faced middle-aged general is named Chomune Ibu Yoshimori, and he is the contemporary head of the Chomune Ibu family, which is one of the most prominent daimyo on Shikoku Island, so Nagamune Ibu Yoshimaru is one of the most important generals under Ninomiya Kazuya.

When Chozong and my department Yoshimaru heard Ninomiya Katsuto's question, he smiled and said, "I'm just telling the truth." We've all dealt with Nario Samuro and Nobuo Uesugi and we all know that they are powerful characters. Even they were defeated so badly, it was naturally terrible to defeat their enemies! ”

Ninomiya Katsuto snorted and said, "I think this result is caused by the blind command of His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.