Chapter 750, Nozomi Saga
Yang Peng glanced at her and asked, "What's your name?" The beautiful woman turned her head away and put up a silent resistance.
Yang Peng smiled: "Are you resisting? What's the use of that? If I really want to destroy the flowers, will you be able to resist? ”
The Japanese beauty stared at Yang Peng with extremely hateful eyes, and said, "You are an evil invader!" You ruined our home! ”
Yang Peng said lightly: "The victims of war have always said this. It's like a chicken or duck slaughtered by humans, and before they die, they will always howl in pain or pleading! What's the use of that! Human society is like the forest, the weak eat the strong, if you can't become a tiger wolf who takes the flesh and blood of others, you can only become the blood food of the tiger wolf! It always has been! When you invaded Goryeo and occupied Goryeo for a time, I am afraid that everything you did was beyond the reach of our Ming army! The Japanese beauty frowned, and for a moment there was nothing to say.
Yang Peng said: "In fact, our Ming army did nothing else except occupy the land. You may be the daughter of a local daimyo. Do you think that we are responsible for all the misery we are inflicting today, but are we the ones who are really persecuting you? It is your own people who have stormed your homeland, and those who have killed your relatives and plundered your wealth are also your own people. Our Ming army didn't do anything. ”
The beautiful woman hung her head, and tears rolled down like pearls with broken threads.
Although Yang Peng didn't like the Japanese people, he couldn't help but feel pity when he saw the sad appearance of such a weak beauty. sighed and said: "The world is very cruel, it is not easy for everyone to live, don't think too much." Then he smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about what I'm going to do to you?" I'm a person with a wife and children, but I'm not interested in messing around outside! The Japanese beauty looked at Yang Peng in surprise.
Yang Peng said: "You can live here with peace of mind, don't worry about anything, when the situation stabilizes, I will find a proper place to settle you." Okay, I've said everything I need to say, you can rest early. With that, he turned and walked outside.
"Nozomi Saga!" Yang Peng suddenly heard the woman behind him say. Stopped, turned around, smiled and asked, "Your name is Nozomi Saga?" ”
Nozomi Saga nodded. Yang Peng said: "Saga is a local daimyo, you are the daughter of Saga daimyo?" Nozomi Saga looked surprised and asked, "How do you know?" Yang Peng smiled: "It's not hard to guess. Okay, Miss Xiyou, you can rest well, I'm leaving. Then he turned and went.
Saga Nozomi looked at the door in a daze, feeling incredulous in her heart, she felt that the Ming Army didn't seem to be as terrible as everyone said, and this general seemed to be a very good person. Then I thought of my father, and I was very worried.
Yang Peng returned to the hall, and the captain of the secret guard rushed in, clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, there is a widow outside, saying that there is an urgent military report to the chief general of the Ming here." ”
Yang Peng thought that the nearby civilians had something to report, but he didn't pay attention to it, and said, "Just go and ask." ”
The captain of the secret guard said: "The subordinates have asked, but the other party refuses to say, and he is willing to tell the truth only when he sees the master of the Ming Dynasty." ”
Yang Peng smiled, "Okay, anyway, I don't have anything to do now, bring him in." The captain of the secret guard clenched his fists and ran. A moment later, the captain of the secret guard came in with a middle-aged widow with an ordinary appearance but a good temperament. The man looked at Yang Peng with the look of an examination for a school, and then a look of amazement flashed in his eyes.
The captain of the secret guard shouted: "See us ......" Yang Peng raised his right hand to interrupt the captain of the secret guard, and smiled at the man: "I am the chief general of the Ming here, if you have any urgent military situation, you can tell me." The Japanese man bowed respectfully and said, "The contemptible people have come here to tell you that Prince Yonghito has sent reinforcements from Honshu, including 10,000 60,000 troops and 30,000 samurai ashigaru. ”
Yang Peng nodded, glanced at him, and said, "You know so clearly about the number and composition of the reinforcements transferred by Yongren, you are by no means an ordinary civilian. Who are you, and who sent you? ”
"Please forgive me for not being able to tell you. ”
Yang Peng smiled, glanced at the widow, and said, "Since you don't want to say it, then let's guess the identity of this person behind the scenes." It is not surprising to know that reinforcements are coming, and any civilian who sees it can know. However, being able to know the number and composition is not something that ordinary people can know. This kind of thing should only be known by Yong Ren and his cronies. In other words, nine times out of ten, the person who sent you here is someone close to Yong Ren, and he is also a person he trusts very much. The Japanese people showed surprise and looked at Chen Xiao in disbelief.
Yang Peng smiled: "It seems that I guessed correctly." There are only two possibilities for the purpose of this person sending you to tell me this news. One is that this is simply your ploy to deter our army, but this is unlikely, because our army has been delayed for so long, and you have enough time to transfer reinforcements from Honshu, and the reinforcements were already expected by us, so this matter should be true. In this way, the person who sent you here didn't collude with Yongren to play intrigues, but really wanted to stumble Yongren. Who has that motivation? Well, the Genyi Sutra should be one. He is Yongren's younger brother, and if Yongren is defeated and dies, he will naturally be the biggest beneficiary. In addition, those who were loyal to Ping Qingsheng before may not be able to get out of the relationship. Ping Qingsheng is also a hero, I believe that some people must still be loyal to him, don't these people want to avenge him? ”
The widow looked at Yang Peng with wide eyes, and said with a pale face: "You, are you a human or a ghost?!" ”
Yang Peng smiled: "It seems that my guess is very close to the truth. The Japanese were silent.
Yang Peng said: "You go back and tell your master, thank him for his kindness, but these have long been expected by me." ”
The Japanese hurriedly said: "Your Excellency guessed that there would be reinforcements, but you couldn't guess another situation. ”
Yang Peng felt a little curious, "Oh? What's the situation? ”
"Six Dao Army!"
Yang Peng smiled, "The Six Dao Army, the elite troops built by Chengxiong Zuo, although they are a little stronger than ordinary samurai ashigaru, they are not enough to attract my attention. ”
The Japanese hurriedly said: "This Six Dao Army is different from the previous Six Dao Army, they are completely reborn, and their combat power is very strong!" They are terrifying warriors who only know how to kill, and even you Yang Peng warriors may not be able to defeat them easily! ”
Yang Peng didn't care at all, and said, "Okay, I know, you can go back." "When the Japanese saw that the other party didn't take his words to heart at all, he couldn't help but think, 'If you don't believe it, you'll know that it's great when the time comes.'" bowed to Yang Peng and left.
Early the next morning, the noisy and chaotic Kurume finally calmed down. Black smoke billowed from the city, and cries were heard in many places; The streets are littered with the bodies of the daimyo and their families who died in the chaos of last night. Don't look at the Japanese civilians who are usually extremely respectful and humble to the daimyo, I didn't expect that when they had the opportunity, they could become so fierce and brutal! Of those who died tragically, almost none of them were killed normally, almost all of them were tortured and killed!
Yang Peng left 500 men to defend Kurume, and led an army of 10,000 people towards Fukuoka. At the same time, the city of Fukuoka was under full martial law, all the soldiers were in place, and the civilians were forcibly organized.
In the afternoon of the same day, the sentry saw an army on the horizon from afar, and was startled, rushed to the gong, and struck it with all his might. In an instant, the other gongs also rang out, and the sound of the gongs rang out in one piece. The soldiers and civilians in the castle were terrified, and the shouts of the generals and samurai came and went, and Ashigaru and the militia rushed to the castle walls to prepare for battle.
Yuhito heard the siren and hurried up to the top of the palace, Tamamo following closely behind him. Looking out of the city, I saw black soldiers and horses coming from the sky. Yuzao was very curious and asked, "That's the Ming Army?" Yong Ren nodded solemnly.
Tamamo smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, I don't think there are many of them, and it will definitely be impossible to break through Fukuoka Castle!" ”
Yong Ren shook his head and said, "You can't just look at the number of people, the number of people doesn't reflect the real combat effectiveness. Otherwise, our previous army of more than 200,000 people would not have been wiped out by them! "Yuzao didn't speak in front of him, and he was very curious: 'This man is not even afraid of Ping Qingsheng, how can he be so afraid of the Ming Army?' Could it be that the Ming Army is really as terrible as the legend says? As soon as I thought of this, I became even more curious, and I couldn't wait to see what kind of terrifying power the Ming Army had.
Soon after, the Ming army came to the outside of the city and lined up in battle. I saw a Ming warrior general rushing out of the military formation, shouting a challenge. The Japanese warriors and Ashigaru, who had already suffered from the Ming army, only looked at it with frightened eyes, and no one dared to fight.
At this time, Tamamo and Yuhito had already put on their armor and came to the city wall. Seeing that no one on his side dared to fight, Yuzao couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart, and said to Yongren: "The other party challenges, if we have no one to fight, won't it greatly reduce our prestige?" Morale has been greatly hit, how can you hold the city? Yong Ren felt that he was underestimated by Tamamo, and he couldn't help but feel impulsive emotions in his heart, so he wanted to order the generals to fight. At this moment, Zuo Muru Chengxiong said: "The crown princess has never seen the horror of the enemy to say so." We have fought countless battles with the Ming army, and we know deeply how terrible the Ming generals are! Whether we are daimyo or high-ranking samurai, it is difficult for us to compete with them, and the result of rash battle can only be lost in vain! ”
The samurai and daimyo echoed Nario Samuro's words.
Yuzao smiled coldly and said, "I originally thought that even if we Yamato warriors couldn't defeat the enemy, our momentum would never lose to the other party. I didn't expect that I was wrong, you have been frightened by the Ming people. You have lost to them not only in martial arts, but also in spirit. ”
Tamamo's words stabbed everyone fiercely, and everyone was ashamed, and then all of them had impulsive emotions in their hearts, when even a few high-ranking samurai and big names were shouting to face the battle. Yongren was greatly pleased, but Nario Zuo frowned and looked at the smiling and charming Tamamo, and said secretly: "This is really a demon woman who confuses the country, and she actually made everyone lose her cool with a few casual words!" She seems to have a point, but it's not like that at all! We are not the opponent of the other side at all, and if we go out of the battle, we will either be beheaded by the other side or flee back in embarrassment, no matter which result it is, it will only hit morale even more! But even though he thought so, he felt that it was difficult to say it.
A high-ranking warrior descended the city wall, and then rode out of the city to meet the Ming general.
In the roar of war drums, the generals of both sides told the hedge, the Japanese warriors held high the swords, and the Ming warriors carried spears, heavy armor and iron armor were murderous. In the blink of an eye, the two sides met, and the Japanese warrior shouted, and the sword in his hand was cut down head-to-head at the Ming warrior. I saw that the Ming warrior turned sideways to dodge, and at the same time, the spear in his hand stabbed towards the Japanese warrior like a poisonous dragon. The Japanese people on the city wall felt only a flower in front of them, and then they saw their samurai being picked out of their seats by their opponents, and they were being lifted into the air, screaming miserably. Everyone on the city wall was shocked.
Da Ming shook his arm and threw the Japanese warrior out. The Japanese warrior slammed to the ground, struggled and writhed a few times, and never moved again. There was silence on the city wall, and the people were pale and frightened, and they looked even more frightened than just now, and Yongren couldn't help but regret it in his heart. In front of Yuzao, his eyes were wide open, revealing an excited expression.
The war drums of the Daming army outside the city continued to rumble loudly, and the Daming warrior would continue to shout challenges. This time, no one dared to fight again.
Yang Peng smiled, waved his right hand, and hundreds of war horses immediately rushed out of the military formation, and for a while, they saw iron hooves rushing and murderous. The Japanese on the city wall became nervous, and the shouts rang out, and Yongren hurriedly ordered the cannons to open fire. The cannon on the top of the city made a loud rumbling sound, and in an instant, the wilderness outside the city was dusty and the scene was magnificent. However, the effect of the attack was very bad, and the hundreds of Yanyun war horses scattered very quickly and quickly, and the flying cannonballs hit them behind them, causing them no damage at all.
Hundreds of horsemen galloped to a position only a hundred paces away from the city wall, reined in their horses, raised their steel crossbows, and shot several waves of arrows at the city wall one after another. Then he turned his horse and returned to the military formation.
A rain of arrows fell down on the city's head, and the unfortunate ones were hit by the arrows fired from the parabola, and fell to the ground, screaming and screaming. Then someone shouted: "There is a note on the arrow!" The same shouts rang out one after another. The people were curious, picked up the arrows, untied the note, and when they looked at it, someone read: "Friends, we are not your enemies. We have come to liberate you. You have been brutally oppressed by the Daimyo, and you don't even have a land of your own, so why bother with them. Come here, join us, you can be a real person, you can have your own land. ”
Such a voice echoed on the castle wall, and the ashigaru and militia couldn't help but have some thoughts in their hearts, but the daimyo and samurai were all terrified, and they all shouted loudly: "Don't read it!" Don't read the note! Yongren hurriedly ordered Zuo Muru Chengxiong to collect all the notes, and after a while, the city wall finally calmed down.
Yang Peng smiled and said, "Let them make trouble on their own, let's have a good rest for the night." The army retreated seven or eight miles, and set up camp by the mountains and rivers.
At night, the Japanese stood on the city wall and looked at the brightly lit Daming camp in the distance, thinking about their own thoughts. The city was very quiet, and no one spoke. One night, Yong Ren couldn't sleep, pacing back and forth in the garden of the palace, looking very restless.
The next morning, the sound of the Ming war drums dispersed the early morning mist. The Japanese who had just fallen asleep woke up one after another, and looked out of the city, but they did not see any enemies, which could not help but be very strange. Soon after, the drums of war stopped. All the Japanese people only felt inexplicable, but Yongren and the generals did not dare to slack off at all, and took turns to come to the city wall to supervise the battle. The whole day passed peacefully, and there was no movement outside the city.
As night fell, the Japanese people, who had been nervous all day, were exhausted, and fell asleep on the city wall one after another, snoring loudly. Yong Ren and the generals also dragged their tired bodies back to their residences.
Seeing that Yuhito was back, Tamamo hurriedly greeted him and asked nervously, "There is no problem with the defense, right?" Yong Ren shook his head, walked over to the futon on the floor, sat down, and then fell on top of the futon. With his eyes closed, he said weakly: "It's just that there was a burst of war drums in the morning, and then there was no movement!" ......" Then there was a thin snoring, and he fell asleep. Tamamo came to the side, sat down on his knees, and carefully pulled the quilt from under him and covered him.
It was over, and Tamamo gently came out of the bedroom. Came to the garden, sat on the stone bench, and looked up at the bright moon in the sky in a daze.
Yong Ren was immersed in a dream, when suddenly a loud rumbling sound came, as if a thunderclap had crushed him. Yong Ren woke up from his dream and looked around in horror. At this moment, I could only hear the sound of huge war drums coming from outside the city, wave after wave, resounding through the sky, as if the houses above me were about to be destroyed. Yongren was shocked, quickly got up, rushed out, ran to the highest place in the palace, and looked out of the city, but saw nothing, the night was vast, how could there be half a figure.
At this time, the inhabitants of the castle, the samurai, daimyo, ashigaru, and militia at the head of the castle were also awakened, and everyone was looking around in fear. However, it was found that nothing had happened, and no one had come to attack at all. By this time, the terrifying sound of war drums outside the city had calmed down.
Many people shouted and cursed, but their hearts were relieved. There was a commotion in the city for a while, and then gradually it fell silent again. People are falling asleep again. But at this moment, the thunderous and terrifying sound of war drums rumbled again, and the people who had just fallen asleep from the disturbance were awakened again, and they grabbed their weapons and looked around in fear, looking for the enemy. However, it is the same as before, there is no enemy. People put their hearts at ease and scolded, only to feel that the Ming people outside the city were really hateful!
Left room Chengxiong and Yuan Yijing came to Yongren together, and left room Chengxiong said angrily: "It's another false alarm!" Gen Yoshijing also said angrily: "The enemy has no intention of attacking at all, it seems that he has made up his mind not to let us sleep well!" ”
Yongren suddenly thought of the morale of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang dealt with Cao Cao in Hanzhong, and in that battle, Zhuge Liang constantly used this kind of trick to disturb the enemy, which made Cao's army overwhelmed and finally forced to retreat. Yongren sneered: "They are learning from Zhuge Liang!" But I'm not Cao Cao! (Is Your Excellency comparable to Cao Cao?) )
Zuo Muru Chengxiong and Gen Yoshijing glanced at each other, not understanding what Yongren meant.
Yong Ren said: "They want to use this tactic of harassing the enemy to exhaust us, so that we can take the initiative to retreat." They can easily take the city. How can there be such a good thing. He glanced at the two of them and said, "You tell everyone that the enemy will not attack, they just want to exhaust us!" Tell everyone to ignore the movement outside and just sleep! The two felt that Yong Ren was very reasonable, so they promised and ran down to convey Yong Ren's order. In fact, there is no need for Yongren to pass the order, everyone is thinking like this at the moment, and everyone has made up their minds to just sleep.
The city fell silent, and soon after, snoring erupted from the top of the city.
Dangdang dang, the gong suddenly sounded loudly and rapidly. However, this time, everyone didn't pay attention to it at all, and just hugged their heads and slept.
"Oh no! The enemy is in the city! A terrible cry rang out, and at this moment, the widows suddenly felt that something was wrong, and they got up one after another. And when they heard a loud rumbling sound coming from the direction of the city gate, they all looked towards the city gate. I saw a rolling tide of soldiers entering the city. At this moment, everyone was shocked, and remembering how loud the chaotic shouts were, Ashigaru and the militia abandoned their weapons and fled for their lives. Some samurai rushed to fight, and the results were self-evident.
Bang bang bang, bang bang, a strong knock on the door woke Yu-in up. Yong Ren'er heard the exclamations and screams in the city, but he didn't react for a while. At this time, there was an anxious shout from Chengxiong in the left room outside the door: "Your Highness, it's not good, the enemy has entered the city!" Hurry up and get out of danger! ”
Yong Ren reacted at this time, and was shocked. Hurriedly put on his clothes and pants and ran out of the bedroom, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Zuo Muru Chengxiong said it clearly for a while, shook his head, and said urgently: "Your Highness, come with me, or it will be too late!" As if in response to his words, a fierce battle came, which made people tremble. Yongren's face changed, and he hurriedly followed Zuo Chengxiong out of the palace. A group of guards surrounded and escorted Yongren towards the port north of the city.
Yong Ren didn't see Tamamo in front of him, and said urgently, "Where is my Aihime?" Seeing that Yongren was still delaying the time for that woman at this time, Zuo Muru Chengxiong hurriedly said: "The crown princess will definitely be fine!" Your Highness, hurry up, time waits for no one! ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.