Father can be an enemy to the country

Seeing the emperor's move, Otomo quickly added fuel to the fire: "Besides, surrendering to the Ming Dynasty will not only not affect your majesty's respected status in the country, but also make the Northern Dynasty no longer dare to covet your majesty's three artifacts!"

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

"Of course." Young Master Laicheng said with certainty: "Chinese navy can easily block the Kanmon Strait, while Northern Dynasty can only look forward and sigh."

"That makes sense." Changqing slapped his thigh and said, "With the protection of the Celestial Empire, the Northern Dynasty will not dare to make mistakes!"

Just as the three people said, the Ming Dynasty would eventually withdraw its troops, but the Japanese Northern Dynasty wanted him to hand over the three artifacts, abdicate and surrender.

Should he degrade himself to the position of king externally, or should he abdicate and surrender internally? Any fool knows how to choose.

~~

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

However, they learned that His Majesty was receiving a group of three people, so they had to wait outside.

Not long after, a member of the royal family came out to send a message: "Your Majesty, please give an audience to Your Excellency Guan Bai."

"Okay." Nijōri quickly stood up.

"Didn't your Majesty call me?" Huai Liang asked the warrior hurriedly.

"Never." The warrior shook his head and went in with Nijo Koyori.

Huailiang had to wait alone in the corridor for half an hour before he was finally summoned.

He quickly handed over his sword and followed the imperial family into the palace. He saw Nijo nori sitting on the lower left side of the emperor, the second son Yori Cheng, Otomo Akashi, and Shimazu Yoshiguro sitting on the right side, all looking at them with serious expressions. Own.

Huai Liang said something was wrong, so he hurriedly bent down to salute. Before he could speak, he heard Chang Qing say in a cold voice: "Huai Liang, do you know your sin?"

"What crime did I commit?" Huai Liang suddenly raised his head.

"It's all because you overestimated your capabilities and insisted on going your own way that led to the current situation." Changqing slapped the little girl with the handle of his fan and said, "Come on, take him down!"

"Yes!" The two emperor's direct samurai who had been standing behind Huai Liang immediately held down Huai Liang.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to their slander. They all have their own plans!" Upon hearing this, Prince Huailiang knew that the three of them must have persuaded Changqing first. He looked up excitedly and said loudly: "I am your uncle. , everything is for you!"

"..." Nagakei showed a look of unbearability. His father, Emperor Gomurakami, was the seventh son of Emperor Go-Daigo, and Prince Huairo was the eighth son of Emperor Go-Daigo. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the pillar of the country after struggling to support the Southern Dynasty over the years.

"Your Majesty, you must continue to suffer the chaos!" Otomo said quickly and solemnly: "The current situation is all caused by him!"

"Indeed." Changqing suddenly woke up, nodded and looked at Prince Huailiang and said: "If your uncle is really for me, then you should take all responsibilities."

"..." Prince Huai Liang was speechless. After a while, he laughed miserably and said, "It seems that you have made up your mind to make me the scapegoat."

"You are not the scapegoat, you are the culprit!" Young Master Laicheng said coldly.

"Guan Bai, do you think so too?" Huairiang looked at Nitiao Jiao Lai, hoping that Guan Bai could speak a fair word for him.

"Yes." Nijiao Jiaoyori nodded slightly and looked away.

"Okay, okay..." Huai Liang had no hope at all, and said with a sad smile: "Since Your Majesty wants me to use this method to fulfill my loyalty, I just obey your orders."

"Take him down first." Chang Qing waved his hands with tears in his eyes, and said it with emotion.

~~

Although Changqing was very reluctant to part with Huai Liang, he was certainly not slow in his actions. That afternoon he sent an envoy carrying a white flag to Shuicheng, which was occupied by the Ming army, to request peace.

"Negotiating a peace?" Wang Bi heard the words and said with a smile: "When both sides can no longer fight, it is called a peace. Now you are unilaterally unable to fight, so can it be called a peace?"

"What do you mean?" the messenger asked.

"Surrender unconditionally first, and then talk about other things." Wang Bi said decisively.

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

"It literally means to cease military resistance unconditionally and place all armies and fortresses under the control of our court." Wang Bi replied in a deep voice.

"This is different from what was promised!" That young man, Er Lai Pi, was also one of the envoys. When he saw Yang Shiqi was also beside Wang Bi, he said anxiously: "Brother Shiqi, we agreed at that time that as long as Huai Liang is handed over, we will You can let us go!”

After listening to the interpreter's message, Yang Shiqi suddenly changed his expression and said: "What I said clearly is that as long as you hand over Huai Liang, submit to the Ming Dynasty, and remain absolutely loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the Young Master family can rule Kyushu forever! Fortunately, we talked in writing at the time, and we returned it in black and white. Keep it! If you don’t believe me, I can take it and confront you now!”

"..." Now it was Shao Er Lai Pi's turn to change his attitude. The envoy was a close minister of the Emperor. If this word was spread back, how would Shao Er's family get along?

"In addition, I made it clear at the time that all conditions have a time limit until our army captures Shuicheng." Yang Shiqi said seriously: "Now that Shuicheng is ours, we still want the previous conditions. There are no doors!”

"That's right," Wang Bi agreed, "We have used up so many shells and killed so many people. The original price is definitely not appropriate."

Young Master Lai Pi finally understood, and quickly gave Yang Shiqi a wink, and then waited outside.

After a while, Yang Shiqi came out. Before Shao Er Lai Pi could speak, he cursed: "How can you talk nonsense? I will be killed by you!"

While scolding, he wrote these words on the paper. Young Er Lai Pi quickly took the small notebook and filled it with words of apology, saying that there were many things that could not be said in front of the emperor's ministers, and that the head of his family was willing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation. So much.

Yang Shiqi then calmed down and wrote: "I told you clearly at the beginning that before the army broke through Shuicheng and surrendered, there was still room for discussion." Now that our army has occupied Shuicheng, defeated the Northern Dynasty reinforcements, and its morale is at its peak, anyone who talks about negotiations at this time will be attacked by a group. ’

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

At that time, the situation didn't seem that bad, so the three of them planned to take a look before talking about it. Unexpectedly, the situation took a turn for the worse overnight...

It took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "It was our three families who withdrew first, and Huai Liang had to abandon Shuicheng. Otherwise, your army would have suffered heavy losses once they entered street fighting."

"Street fighting?" Yang Shiqi chuckled and said: "Shuicheng is full of wooden houses, and they will be burned to ashes in a fire!"

As he spoke, he picked up his pen and wrote: 'You are still not convinced, then let's have another battle at Ono Castle. Don't retreat this time! ’

After Young Er Lai Pi finished reading this sentence, he turned around and went in, ignoring the stunned Young Er Lai Pi.