The pain in his heart made Matsuura's body tremble, if it weren't for his hands supporting the ground and his will being strong, he would probably have fainted.

Matsuura understood that he could not pass out, and once he did, there would be no chance to wake up.

Even if he can wake up, Ming Jun will send him away very intimately.

Thinking about what happened today, Matsuura felt bitter in his heart.

It was a beautiful sowing day, but why did it become like this?

In the morning, he was still a high master, and at dusk he became a prisoner.

What made him even more depressed was.

He obviously had a chance to escape, but he sent it to the door himself.

Thinking of his stupidity, Matsuura wanted to slap himself twice.

Also, let him not understand why the Ming army still beat him when he had already surrendered.

Well, they are asking for intelligence.

But the problem is, how can anyone ask for information without asking first, but beating him first.

also let himself say Da Ming, Matsuura wanted to say it, but the problem was that he wouldn't.

Thinking of today's unlucky encounter, and the pain of being beaten by fat.

Matsuura's heart trembled.

Those guys were so brutal that they didn't treat him like a human being at all, they were completely beaten like dead pigs.

If it weren't for him kneeling on the ground and not kowtowing and begging for mercy, it is estimated that he would have been beaten to death by those guys by now.

"Greetings to Your Highness!"

The loud shout woke up Matsuura, who was a little confused.

"Stomp, stomp..."

A crisp sound of horses' hooves sounded from ahead, slowly approaching his side until it disappeared.

Matsuura opened his eyes hard, his eyes covered in blood, and wanted to look up to see who he had lost to, but his body was pressed to the ground, and he could only see a pair of very beautiful horses' hooves in front of him.

"Your Highness, this person is the lord of Hirado."

Wu Shan, who was waiting at the gate of the city, personally stepped forward to hold the reins of Zhu Gaoyu's sweaty and bloody horse, and helped Zhu Gaoyu get off the war horse.

Zhu Gaoyu nodded, didn't look at Matsuura, turned to look at the dense widows kneeling on both sides of the road.

"How many casualties did we have this time?"

Wu Shan, who handed over the horse to the guards, hurriedly took out the battle report from the scribe official and respectfully handed it to Zhu Gaoyu.

At the same time, he quickly reported: "No one in our army was killed in this battle, only five people were wounded, and the wounded were also skin injuries, and there were no serious wounded." ”

After talking about the casualties, Wu Shan said cautiously: "It's just that the consumption is a bit large, one hundred and thirty-seven barrels were used in one swarm, and nearly 180 shells were consumed." ”

When it was cool, he didn't care about anything, and after settling the account, Wu Shan was a little apprehensive.

The navy's expedition of thousands of miles seems to be very powerful and imposing, but only their high-level officials know the hardships.

In terms of food, it was decided to feed the war with war, and save a little, which would have no impact on the army.

But these firearms are different, they have to be transported from the mainland thousands of miles away, and one shot is missing.

From the time of the expedition to the present, after several battles, 1/3 of the firearms and ammunition storage has been consumed.

It is still unknown when the next batch of supplies will arrive.

There are still countless tough battles to be fought in the future, and Wu Shan is worried that he will be so wasteful that it will make Zhu Gaoyu angry.

"What's wrong? What's your expression? Zhu Gaoyu, who had finished reading the battle report, skimmed Wu Shan's worried expression and asked suspiciously.

"Your Highness, today is our first landing operation, and the general wants to have a good start, so I use a little more firearms."

Seeing that Zhu Gaoyu didn't seem to pay attention to the consumption of firearms, Wu Shanyi gritted his teeth and took the initiative to say it.

"What should I do?" Zhu Gaoyu shook his head with a smile and said to Wu Shan: "This is all a small problem, as long as the soldiers can survive in the battlefield, I can still afford this consumption." ”

Casually handing over the battle report to the left army beside him, Zhu Gaoyu patted Wu Shan's shoulder and said, "Old Wu, you are the commander, you have to remember one sentence." ”

Wu Shan immediately stood upright.

Zhu Gaoyu looked at the soldiers around him and said loudly: "The things are gone, we can continue to build, if the people are gone, then they are really gone, they are all raised by their fathers and mothers, and they have wives and children and parents at home, if we bring them out, we have the responsibility to bring them all back." ”

"In the future, the war will be fought like this, as long as you can ensure the safety of the soldiers' lives as much as possible while achieving victory, I will not blink an eye no matter how much it costs."

The soldiers around who heard this looked at Zhu Gaoyu with emotion.

That's who they should follow.

In the past, they were in the army, and many officers did not treat them as human beings at all, and in the eyes of those generals, they were just tools to earn credit for the officers.

In peacetime, when there was no war, they still had to do odd jobs for those officers, cultivating the land.

Thinking of the previous days, and then thinking about the days of following Zhu Gaoyu, the soldiers' hearts were full of determination.

After talking about the problem of combat consumption, Zhu Gaoyu looked at the prisoners, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he shook the horsewhip in his hand and said: "We don't have much food, we can't feed so many people, let's kill half of it!" ”

"What!"

Wu Shan, who was still moved by Zhu Gaoyu's words, didn't react for a while.

What does it mean to kill half.

Zhu Gaoyu didn't explain, and pointed to Matsuura, who was beaten in an inhuman shape and kneeling on the ground.

"Let him pick, and if he dares to refuse, he will kill his whole family first."

"By the way, spare him his life and let him tell the other masters about the matter and purpose of our visit."

"Tell them to hand over the Yan Shenggong and the children of the Confucian family within 10 days, and if the time is exceeded, we will go to find it in person, and if any city dares to resist, it will be dealt with accordingly!"

After speaking, without taking care of Wu Shan, who was still in a daze, Zhu Gaoyu took the guards and walked to the city where there was no gate.

Songpu is such a small role, Zhu Gaoyu didn't see it in his eyes at all.

Even if you want to be a dog for Daming, you have to see if you are qualified, otherwise you won't even have the opportunity to be a dog.

Looking at the back of Zhu Gaoyu walking into the city, Wu Shan gradually reacted.

After glancing at the captives, Wu Shan only thought about it slightly, and then beckoned to the five thousand households with a cold face.

A group of six people walked to a remote corner.

Wu Shan turned around and looked at the five people with his hands behind his back: "Your Highness's words just now, I believe you have all heard it." ”

The five thousand households nodded in unison, and one of the slightly chubby ones hesitated a little: "Captain, do we really want to do it, there are a lot of old and young women and children in there, let..."

But before he finished speaking, he was glared back by Wu Shan's indifferent eyes.

Walking in front of Qianhu, Wu Shan looked directly at each other: "This is the first time, I hope it is also the last time, remember that this is an order, not a consultation with you." ”

Qianhu, who was stared at by him, instantly broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, clenched his fists and said loudly: "The last general knows his mistake." ”

Turning back to his position, Wu Shan looked at the five thousand households.

"Although we have a structure in the imperial court, I believe you all know what kind of army we belong to."

Five thousand households nodded solemnly.

When Wang Jin first wooed them, he said that he was doing things for the imperial court, guarding the sea for the imperial court, and guarding overseas territories.

But the tone of the words, as well as the look of the other party's speech, all expressed another layer of meaning.

It's that everyone has ambitions.

After the Jingyan Rebellion, the situation in the imperial court has been settled.

A turnip and a pit, there is no backstage and opportunities, they are like this in their lives.

Although His Majesty has been expanding his territory, he doesn't seem to have much to do with them.

They sailed overseas with Zheng He, and it seemed that the scenery was infinite, but this life has actually come to an end.

Feng Hou will be crowned with his wife and son, this is the dream of every martial artist.

Following Zheng He, every time the reward given by the imperial court was a reward in kind, and there was almost no change in terms of official position.

They belong to Zheng He's fleet, and they can't surpass Zheng He and others if they are promoted.

And he goes to sea all year round, and he doesn't reunite with his family once in a few years.

The 1,000 households of the 1,000th house, their son was just born when they went to sea last time, and now when they come back, their son can already run.

When he went back that day, his son looked at him like a stranger.

If your status is not promoted, your family will not be able to accompany you, and if you encounter any special accidents, you may die in a foreign land.

This made many officers and soldiers of the fleet have the idea of wanting to be transferred.

But if you want to transfer away from Zheng He's fleet, it is not a simple matter to have no relationship.

The imperial court finally organized a force familiar with the sea conditions, and as long as the policy of going to the West was not changed, the team would not change until it was absolutely necessary.

It is precisely because of this that as soon as Wang Jin was wooed, he directly took away more than half of it.

The rest of them didn't leave, and they were embarrassed to let Zheng He down.

The benefits of following Zhu Gaoyu are self-evident.

Zhu Gaoyu was generous to the soldiers, and he never deducted the rewards that should be given, and even gave them higher than the imperial court.

If they unfortunately die in a foreign land, Zhu Gaoyu will also bring them back.

Wang Jinghong and others are the best examples.

His Royal Highness the King of Yue would rather pull a less shipload of goods and bring back the ashes of these soldiers, which shows the importance he attaches to the soldiers.

If nothing else, this alone makes many people in the fleet follow their hearts.

What's more, Zhu Gaoyu is a prince and a son-in-law.

Although the imperial court stipulates the primogeniture system, who is the winner in the end depends on his own ability.

The prince and their ordinary soldiers and officers can't reach it, and they also heard that the prince is not very concerned about martial affairs.

One can't touch it, the other is around, and they are warmly invited, so they will naturally choose the latter.

These ordinary soldiers and officers do not have all the concerns of those high-ranking figures, and they are all gambling anyway, and it is not a gamble to follow anyone.

Instead of following those who don't value them, it's better to sell your life to the lord who really treats them as human beings.

Looking at the five thousand households who nodded slightly, Wu Shan said in a deep voice: "You remember, there is only one voice in the navy, and that is our Highness, as long as His Highness gives an order, no one can change it." ”

The three words "anyone", when Wu Shan said it, accentuated his tone.

Five thousand households understand that this anyone also includes the person they think.

"Alright, that's it, go and carry out the order."

After unifying their minds again for the thousands of households under his command, Wu Shan waved his hand and let them carry out the order.

Looking at the officers under his command and began to gather soldiers to share the prisoners, Wu Shan fell into thought.

Zhu Gaoyu chose to do this, definitely not to vent his anger and kill people, of course, not for the so-called Yan Shenggong.

Judging from the behavior of His Royal Highness, the descendant of the Kong family, to feed Wang Ba, His Royal Highness has no good impression of the Kong family.

Wu Shan estimated in his heart.

Zhu Gaoyu chose to do this because he learned the Mongolian method, deterred other Japanese lords, and provoked their relationship with the common people.

However, Zhu Gaoyu is different from the Mongols in that in the face of resisting cities, after being breached, he did not kill all of them, but only half of them.

Think about it, my family was captured, and I thought I would survive, but I didn't expect to be half killed.

What's more, this number of people who were killed was not randomly selected by the enemy, but by their own masters.

Those people, whether dead or alive, resented the Ming army at the same time, in fact, they hated even more, and the fan who elected their relatives.

And once this method is spread, the resistance of other cities in the face of the Ming army's attack will definitely be greatly weakened.

Surrender all alive, resist and die half.

No one dares to bet that they are the living half or dead.

Rather than having only half the hope of living, they would rather fight for the chance to live full.

As for the consequences of the breaching of the city, what does that have to do with them?

Whether it is under the master or in the hands of the Ming army, the life is almost the same.

The real losers are the fans.

With this concept, the morale of the people in other Wa cities, after knowing that they were half of the resistance and killing, would collapse half of their morale in the face of the Ming army's approaching the city.

As for whether this will provoke the enemy's resistance, not only will they not surrender, but they will resist vigorously.

Just think about it.

Never underestimate people's inferiority, between death and living, the vast majority of people will choose to live.

In the midst of a burst of weeping and begging for mercy, the captive widows were separated.

"Yours, look at me!"

The head of the Tsushima clan stood on a high platform with an iron bucket horn in his hand.

When the crowd quieted down, the head of the Zong family said with a treacherous face: "The Lord of the Ming Dynasty came to our country of Ougua, not to start a war, without any malicious intent, but to look for some missing people. ”

"But your master, because of his stupidity, not only did not cooperate, but resisted, hurting several adults in the Ming Dynasty."

"The adults of Da Ming are very angry and want to kill you all."

"However, God has the virtue of a good life, and the Ming adults considered that there were innocent people among you, and they did not participate in the resistance, so they planned to give these people a way to live."

"But Lord Daming, don't you know who these people are? So let your fan decide your fate. ”

"In other words, whether you and your loved ones survive or not depends on the decision of your master."

After saying this, the head of the Zong family sneered and mocked: "Poor inferior people, you could have lived all, and even followed the Ming Dynasty to live a life without oppression and hunger. ”

"But the rebellion of your lord has ruined it all."

"Not only did they ruin it all, but they even decided your life and death."

The shouting of the head of the Zong family made the fear of the Japanese invaders even stronger, and they hugged their family members tightly, looking at Matsuura who was dragged over with pleading eyes.

Matsuura didn't want to do this, not because he loved the people so much, but because he knew that if he did, he would be hated by everyone and become a sinner for the ages.

No matter where you go in the future, you will become the object of everyone's spit.

But looking at the family members who were pressed out, and looking at the daughter who was trembling because of fear, Matsuura slowly closed his eyes, no longer looking at the pleading eyes of the captive.

Dragged by the Ming soldiers to a pile of captives, the head of the Zong clan urged Matsuura to make a quick decision, whether it was left or right.

In order to save time and effort, the Ming army was very considerate to gather two hundred captives in one pile, and then each hundred people stood aside.

"Lord Fan, please let me go, you just sowed seeds here with me in the morning, have you forgotten?"

Matsuura closed his eyes and was about to choose a side, when a woman's cry sounded from the position of his finger.

Struggling to open his eyes, Matsuura vaguely saw a woman among the crowd of people, waving vigorously at him, talking loudly about what happened in the morning.

Matsuura saw that they were acquaintances, and wanted to change sides, but the woman didn't know what to think, so she wanted to tell what happened to the two of them in the morning.

Seeing that he was about to reveal his secret, Matsuura shifted his hand and moved it back.

"This is it!"

As Matsuura confirmed, a soldier of a hundred households stepped forward, grabbed the captive and dragged him forward.

The dragged captives shouted in horror and begged the soldiers for forgiveness.

I don't know if it was because of the language barrier, or if their prayers didn't move the soldiers.

Regardless of men, women, and children, hundreds of people were pressed on the erected wooden piers, and hundreds of steel knives were waved in unison with the orders of hundreds of households.

The crying for mercy disappeared in an instant, and there was silence in front of Hirado Castle.

The surviving captives, looking at the people who were still standing in a pile with them just now, were now separated from each other.

Not only was he not glad to have survived, but he felt a sense of sadness for the sudden death.

They looked at Matsuura, who was dragged away by the soldiers and headed to the next pile, and there was no gratitude in their eyes for keeping them alive, only endless resentment.

It's all to blame on this damn guy, if it weren't for this guy's rebellion against Daming, how could they end up like this.

The adults of the Ming Dynasty have said that as long as they surrender, they can all survive, and even become the people of the Ming Dynasty and live a better life.

However, because of the selfishness of the owner, they lost all this, and they couldn't even decide their own lives.

"Alright, you guys look at me first."

Just when this group of people looked at Matsuura with resentment, the head of the Zong family stood in front of them with a smile, held a loudspeaker, and said excitedly: "Congratulations to you, as the first batch of lucky people, you not only got a chance to live, but you will not even become slaves. ”

"Here I want to announce the good news that Lord Ming has decided to let you go and set you free."

The first group of prisoners, who were full of resentment, were surprised when they heard this.

One of them looked at the head of the Zong family worriedly, "This lord, you mean that we can go." ”

The head of the Zong family nodded with a smile, "That's right, you're free." ”

Affirmed, the captives were so excited that they almost cried.

They were still thinking that although they survived, they might become slaves in the future, and work forever until they died of exhaustion.

didn't expect the surprise to come so suddenly, and the adults of Daming wanted to let them go.

After confirming it again and again, it is sure that it can really be left.

Without hesitation, the captives crawled and ran into the distance.

Looking at the captives who ran away, Wu Shan smiled slightly.

He felt that Matsuura was alone, and the speed of transmitting news was too slow, which seriously affected Daming's progress.

So he went in just now to report and say what he thought, and Zhu Gaoyu allowed him to let go of a random group of prisoners.

The reason for the Ming Dynasty's coming, as well as the fact that half of the resisters will be killed if they do not surrender, will be completely spread.

(End of chapter)