Bright Spring

"Ah!" Another group of people shouted in unison, rushing forward with all kinds of weapons.

"Bang bang bang..." The firecrackers of the Ming army who had just changed teams fired immediately.The Japanese soldiers continued to be killed and injured, and new corpses fell on the previous dead. They were fired from far to near, and they were fired three times in a row, and the remnant soldiers retreated again.

However, Wan Liang and others couldn't believe it, and then there was another shout, and another group of lively enemy soldiers rushed out!

A group of enemy soldiers held spears and Japanese swords high, staring at the formation of the Ming army and running desperately, as if preparing to start fighting immediately.However, the fight did not come. This time, the Ming army not only fired a volley of firecrackers, but also threw a round of pig iron mines.

The sound of "booming" explosions and the intensive blasting of firecrackers made the ruins feel like being struck by lightning, and the corpses on the ground were blown to blood and flesh.The shouts of the Japanese army also stopped.

Gunpowder smoke filled the front, and there was another "bang bang bang" sound of firecrackers in front of the Ming army formation, and white smoke shrouded the ground like mist.It wasn't until Wan Liang gave the order: "Stop! The firecrackers are withdrawn." Everyone finally stopped shooting|shooting.

The gunpowder smoke on the battlefield gradually spread in the lingering wind, and the previous loud shouts were gone, only a horrible moan remained.The soldiers moved forward slowly, only to see that the ground was covered with corpses, and blood was flowing everywhere.There was a very complex odor in the air, which mixed with the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke made people dizzy.

A Japanese soldier was struggling and crawling on the ground. He covered his stomach with one hand and scratched the ground covered in blood with the other. He said some painful words in his mouth. His face was stained with tears, and he had long lost his previous vicious expression.Another wounded enemy soldier was lying on his back on the ground, looking east, as if calling for someone repeatedly.

The Ming soldiers and horses began to straighten out the formation, forming a column with sword and shield soldiers, pikemen, and firecrackers, and the whole army marched towards the place where the Japanese army launched a charge.It was obvious that they had won a complete victory, but everyone did not chase and kill them without authorization, they were very cautious, and the atmosphere was a bit weird.The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, but the desperate momentum really left an impression on the soldiers.

After a while, the people in front shouted: "Thousands of households, the enemy soldiers have retreated, and there is no one here!"

So Wan Liang ordered the teams to keep in line and continue to advance towards "Honmaru".

The distance was not far, and soon Wan Liang led his troops to the front of Honmaru.Honmaru is a thick and solid looking courtyard with intact gates riveted with thick wooden boards.Inside are tile-roofed houses and pavilions built with rammed earth, and a corner has collapsed.There are archers behind the fence, and some people show up from time to time.

There is an open space in front of the gate, but it is not flat, there is a gradient in height, and the mud floor has been stepped down.Hundreds of soldiers of the Ming army came to this open space one after another, forming arrays and confronting each other.

Wan Liang rode his horse and watched from a distance for a while, then ordered: "Send someone to deliver the order to bring up the Hongwu Cannon."

"Order!"

After a while, Wan Liang had already made up his mind.It seems that the tactics of the Japanese army seem to want to charge and fight in a narrow place, so Wan Liang is unwilling to send infantry to attack.He planned to use mortars to blast the courtyard into ruins, and opened the gate, and then threw pig iron mines in, and finally sent infantry to clear it.

Unexpectedly, the door was opened by someone.

First, two teams of Japanese soldiers holding flags came out, lined up on both sides, and then a man in armor came out on horseback.A Japanese shouted in Chinese: "The city lord please talk to the commander of the Ming army."

The military commander next to Wan Liang immediately advised: "Wanqian households, beware of cheating. We can ignore it and wait for the cannons to come to us and blast them into pieces."

However, the general of the Japanese army was already walking forward, and he had only one entourage with him.Wan Liangqing knew that the soldiers in the army despised the timid and fearful of death the most, and when he saw this, he said, "Even if there is fraud, don't we still have Deputy Qianhu?"

After he finished speaking, he greeted the Korean monk who was not far away and said, "You follow this general and act as an interpreter."

The Korean monk's face was very ugly, and he said hesitantly: "The poor monk obeys."

The two sides rode to a muddy field in the middle and looked at each other.The Japanese general said "chiri wah la", and the Korean monk translated: "The soldiers of the Zong family are all obedient people. They have sworn to obey the will of the city lord. As long as I declare my surrender, the general will not be in Tsushima Island." There will be resistance again."

After hearing this, Wan Liang asked simply, "What conditions do you have?"

The Japanese general Zongshi seemed to understand this short sentence, and without waiting for an translation, he quickly responded in Chinese with difficulty: "Please, allow, I will interrogate my abdomen."

"Interrogation?" Wan Liang didn't quite understand the exact meaning of the word.

The Korean monk said: "It is self-cutting. Japanese warriors use this method to express their loyalty, or to get relief from crimes and failures. Interrogation is the meaning of the latter. After doing it, he thinks that his soul is broken." There is no guilt and shame|disgrace."

Wan Liang asked, "Is this the only condition?"

The Korean monk translated it.The general leaned forward, bowed on the horseback and said: "Yes."

Wan Liang said: "Deal. But the officers and soldiers will still punish those guilty according to the law."

When Zong heard the translation, he silently bowed to express his agreement.

Na Zong turned his head and said a few words to his followers.The Korean monk directly translated: "Taro, you come to help me. After I die, I order everyone to stop the useless fighting and obey the Ming people's disposal."

Wan Liang asked: "Is this person the eldest son of the Patriarch of the Zong family?"

The North Korean monk said: "Listen to the name, it seems to be."

Wan Liang said: "Then he will be his father-killer and enemy?"

The Korean monk said: "The poor monk once studied in Japanese temples. As far as the poor monk knows, if the governors of various countries die because of defeat and commit suicide, they have already admitted defeat, and it is not hatred."

Then the Patriarch of the Zong family went to a relatively intact house nearby, and then wrote a letter of surrender in it, preparing things to kill himself.The Patriarch wiped a dagger clean, put it in front of him, looked out the door, and muttered his last words.

Seeing this, Wan Liang went out to wait for the result.

Soon there was a painful moan coming from inside, just hearing the sound was unspeakably painful.And that Zongshi didn't die for a long time, and he screamed inside for a long time.

The standard bearers outside the gate of the mansion put down their weapons and flags, and knelt on the ground, facing the place where the clan committed suicide.After a while, the rest of the people inside the gate came out one after another and knelt outside the gate.

At this moment, Wan Liang remembered Zong's "last words" just now, and asked the monk beside him, "What did the Patriarch say just now?"

The monk said: "It should be a short song, to the effect of 'a place of oppression, a hopeless world'."

After hearing this, Wan Liang was speechless, and his ears were still ringing with less and less painful groans.At this time, he raised his head and looked to the east, his eyes crossed the front mountain, and the boundless sea was faintly visible at the end.

And when he turned his head to look to the west, he saw a mountain forest with no trace of human habitation.But the city on the hillside has turned into ruins...

As the head of the Zong family said, the soldiers and civilians who surrendered have no resistance, and they can do whatever they are asked to do, and they can work hard.This made Wan Liang feel a little unbelievable.

An official from the Pedestrian Department who had been to An Nanguo explained that in the south where it is hot all year round, there are many fruits, vegetables, birds and animals in the wild, and it is easy for people there not to starve to death.But the mountains and forests in Japan are cold and desolate. If most people are not tolerated by the crowd, they will almost die, so they are more obedient.Wan Liang felt that what the civil official said was quite reasonable.

The damaged city wall was abandoned by the Ming army, and the remaining "Honmaru" house was well repaired and became the property of Qianhusuo.

The stronghold of the Ming army followed the deployment of the imperial court and rebuilt the "Tsushima Guarding Thousand Households".The officials of the Ministry of Industry and Construction selected a relatively flat place near the bay.According to the "bastion" drawings they carried, people began to build polygonal fortresses using materials such as lime, pottery powder and crushed stone, as well as rammed earth.

The generals of the Japanese army who once resisted in the walled city, as well as that Sotaro, were all regarded as war criminals.They were "fortunate" to follow the navy fleet to Beijing and will become important personnel in the ceremony of presenting prisoners.

Chapter 776

In Annan in June, it is the rainy season.Today, however, the weather is fine and the sun is shining brightly.

A group of people from the Ming capital had already passed the area controlled by the Lang Son Guard, and the road under their feet belonged to Beijiang Prefecture.A group of people were wearing straw hats and riding horses. They were all sweating, and the sweat mixed with the dust from the post road, making people's faces covered with dust and dirt.In addition to Ruan Jingyi, there were also eunuchs and soldiers of Jin Yiwei in the team.

"Chichi..." The rice fields on both sides of the post road were filled with the noise of all kinds of insects and the croaking of frogs.There are no people under the scorching sun, but the environment is quite noisy.

The eunuch who accompanied him was named Meng Ji, a man of color, his face was quite different from that of the Han people, his outline was more three-dimensional, his hair was curly black and gray, and his eyes were blue and yellowish.With his comparison, Ruan Jingyi felt that the Han people and the Annan people looked alike.But Meng Ji spoke fluent Mandarin and had a very obvious Fengyang accent. Ruan Jingyi always felt a little strange for such a perverted person.

Meng Ji put his hand on the straw hat, looked up at the sky for a while, and murmured, "It won't rain today?"

Ruan Jingyi said: "It's hard to say, it's not uncommon for An Nanguo to rain heavily at this time of year."

The two talked a few words, but after a short while, the raindrops fell on the straw hat, and the rain became heavier and heavier in an instant.Immediately, there was a "cracking" sound on the post road and in the rice fields, and the surrounding scenery was also blurred.

"Eunuch Meng, there is a grass shed in front of you." A general said.

Meng Ji said, "Let's go and hide quickly."

Several people patted their horses and rushed forward, Ruan Jingyi was still caught in the middle by the Jinyiwei soldiers.They got off their horses and got into the straw shed by the rice field, but found no one inside and the place was not big, so they had to tie the horses outside to get wet in the rain.