Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Xu Shiying hated these traitors from the bottom of his heart. They were simply the scum of China.

The wise emperor was clearly aware of the dangers of silver as currency. As a result, this group of people not only blocked the imperial court's ban on silver, but also colluded with the Japanese to mine silver mines. They simply wanted to help the Japanese plunder China's wealth.

In fact, he had already found out all the crimes committed by Jiangnan Company. Hou Haotian in front of him had to kill the nine tribes to relieve his hatred, so he had Hou Haotian detained.

As for the other members of Jiangnan firms, they naturally want to catch them all and prepare to escort these traitors and Hou Haotian back to Ming Dynasty for the harshest sentence.

After dealing with this gang of traitors, he started on other important matters.

Although it took one day later than Wang Zhi to capture the defensive inner city, it did not cost a single soldier to capture the city, and it was easy to control the surrounding villages that were in food shortage.

As for Otomo Chiji coming with 5,000 men, the nearly 10,000 soldiers were still a little regretful, but now they can just use this to fight an ambush.

Now the weather, location, and harmony are all on Xu Shiying's side.

Even if the Ming Dynasty's army could not completely annihilate the five-man mob led by Otomo, it could at least inflict heavy damage on them. This would be a war that was sure to win.

In the middle of Kyushu Island, Fuuchi City is also not peaceful.

When Wang Zhi's Central South Army captured this place, they captured many prisoners one after another.

Although these Dayou soldiers did not have armor or decent horses, many of them were stubborn and seemed very uncooperative.

"Kill if you want, we will never surrender to your Ming Dynasty!" Hundreds of Dayou's soldiers were escorted over, and the leading retainer shouted very toughly.

Wang, who was wearing a bullfight uniform, smiled and even cast an approving look at the retainer.

He was notorious for his ruthlessness in Xichang, and he was famous for his ruthlessness in the army, and he was even known as "the ruthless man".

Wang Zhi slowly glanced at all the Otomo soldiers present, with a thick smile on his face and a chilling look in his eyes.

"no, do not want!"

Some of the soldiers originally looked as though they were dead, but when they noticed Wang Zhi's cold eyes, they were frightened out of their wits and shook their heads one after another.

A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Wang Zhi's mouth, as if he was enjoying this life-and-death game: "Don't... stay!"

As the last ruthless word was uttered, the swordsmen and axemen from the surrounding Central and Southern troops immediately stepped forward and pushed the tied soldiers to the ground, while some were kicked to the ground.

"Spare my life!"

"I...we can discuss it!"

"No, no, we...we surrender!"

…

Some people wanted to struggle, but they couldn't do it at all, so they had no choice but to cry out and beg for mercy, but everything was in vain.

puff! puff! puff!

The sharp knives fell one after another, and blood spurted out. The lives of these soldiers were disappearing one by one, and soon they left piles of corpses in the open space.

"Anyone who refuses to submit to me, the Ming Dynasty, will be killed without mercy!" Wang Zhi stood on the high platform and announced in an extremely cold voice.

"I surrender!"

"I obey!"

"Long live the Ming Emperor!"

…

Although some stubborn species were indeed beheaded for resisting, more Otomo soldiers saw the situation clearly and surrendered and obeyed one after another.

Not to mention that they will become military slaves in Indochina in the future, even if they are asked to be eunuchs, they don't dare to say "no" now.

In the end, under the baptism of blood, not only the inner city surrendered, but the surrounding small lords also came to surrender one after another with great awareness of the current affairs.

In the next few days, the forces in the southern part of Kyushu Island also took the initiative to surrender.

They also fell into the food trap set by Zhu Youtang. Now they cannot survive the food crisis at all. The only way to survive is to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

The Hyuga clan has done a good job in restoring autumn grain production this year. Just looking at the rice that is about to mature in the fields, they know that if they don't take the initiative to surrender, they will never see the day when the crops mature.

Following the Hyuga clan, southern forces such as Sagara, Arima and Shimazu all came to surrender.

Kyushu Island has a special geographical location. It faces Japan's Honshu Island across the sea and is relatively close to China. Therefore, it initially served as a transit point for the spread of Chinese civilization to Japan.

According to records, around the fourth century BC, Chinese rice farming technology passed through Kyushu Island and then was introduced to Japan’s Honshu Island.

It's just that Honshu Island is ultimately stronger than Kyushu Island. Kyushu's indigenous Hayato people were initially regarded as aliens, and then were slowly absorbed by today's Japan.

Now that the Ming Dynasty wants to occupy the entire Kyushu Island, there is no strong resistance from the local people, and there is not even any national sentiment.

The Ouchi clan may be very disgusted, but some traditional forces don't have a strong sense of belonging to Japan, so they don't have much emotion.

They all want to hold their thighs anyway, and the Ming Dynasty is obviously a hundred times more powerful than Japan, so why not find a thicker one?

Refers to Yueshan Mountain and Yamaguchi Castle.

Masahiro Ouchi was sitting in the conference hall, facing the results of the battle delivered from Kyushu Island, the air around him seemed to be a bit colder.

His chest rose and fell violently, and every breath was accompanied by a heavy gasp, as if he wanted to vent the anger and unwillingness in his heart. His fists were clenched tightly, and the joints turned white from excessive exertion.

Hated, he hated it, and didn't understand how this could happen.

"Failed?"

"It's surrender!"

"This is so embarrassing!"

…

Ouchi Yoshihiro and his retainers were kneeling on both sides, bowing their heads and not daring to speak, but they seemed to be able to communicate spiritually.

Since the head of the family returned from Ishimi Country, their head has categorically stated that he will not surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he asked Ouchi Kageyuki, who was stationed in Kitakyushu, to lead the Ouchi family soldiers to fight to the end.

It's just that the Ouchi sect stationed in Kitakyushu didn't want to fight to the death, but he refused to fight at all, and actually handed over the territory of Zhou Defense Ouchi Castle and Kitakyushu.

"That is the territory of our Ouchi clan!" Masahiro Ouchi finally couldn't help roaring, his voice echoing in the meeting hall, "How can I give up the territory that my ancestors of the Ouchi clan worked so hard to give away to others?!"

A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he was unwilling to accept this result.

In particular, he had chosen to start a war with Daming openly regardless of the consequences. As a result, his clan uncle gave up Northern Kyushu without even saying hello.

"Master, the matter has come to an end, let's think about what to do next, shall we?" Tao Hongquan reminded him kindly to prevent Da Naizhenghong from losing his composure.

In fact, he had already guessed this result, and once persuaded Ouchi Masahiro to give up Kitakyushu and repair the relationship with Ming Dynasty. However, Ouchi Masahiro was too obsessed with Kitakyushu. A more accurate statement is that the head of the family was too obsessed with Kyushu Island. .

The Ouchi clan is located in the west of Honshu Island. Now if they want to expand their territory, they can only go east and west. It's just that the forces in the east belong to the Eastern Army camp, and each force is not a strong enemy, so the best target for expansion is Kyushu Island across the sea.

It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty was too powerful, even unstoppable. This time not only did Kitakyushu be captured without a single blow, but a secret army was also secretly mobilized to take over the Otomo family's lair.

"Dad, let's build a ship immediately and kill all those Ming people!" Ouchi Yoshihiro, still a young man at heart, suggested immediately and enthusiastically.

Kurada Masayori and other retainers did not rush to express their stance, but took the opportunity to silently observe Ouchi Masahiro's reaction.

The angry Ouchi Masahiro really wanted to fight, but when he heard his son's suggestion, he glared soberly: "Don't talk such mindless nonsense! What are we going to fight for now? Do you want to destroy the Ouchi family?" In the father’s hands?”

"I..." Ouchi Yoshihiro originally followed his father's wishes, but now he had to scratch his head.

Tao Hongquan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Now that Ouchi Hong had such a clear understanding, it meant that this overestimating war could not be fought.

To be more precise, the Ouchi clan will not take the initiative to cross the Guanshan Strait to attack the Ming Dynasty this time, but it is hard to say about the Ming Dynasty.

They were the first daimyo to be favored by the Ming Dynasty, but in the end they chose to go back on their word, and they still owe them the mining rights of an Iwami silver mine.

If Daming used this as an excuse to beat them, they really couldn't refute it.

"Master, I believe that the top priority is to solve the food problem we are facing!" Tao Qiandao was lucky enough to escape last time, but now he also suggested loyally.

Kuroda Masayori and Ishibashi Kuro exchanged silent glances. In fact, this proposal was equivalent to pushing the Ouchi family to repair the relationship with Daming.

After all, if the Ouchi family now wants to obtain a large amount of food, there is no other way except the Ming Dynasty, which has the world's wealth.

food?

Although Ouchi Masahiro was saddened by the loss of Kitakyushu, he knew that the Ouchi family's difficulties were not over now, and he couldn't help but feel a headache secretly.

This time, the Ouchi clan was subject to the economic blockade of the Ming Dynasty, but they had to untie the bell and have to tie it. Only if they take the initiative to repair their relationship with Ming Dynasty can their family reopen trade with Ming Dynasty, so that they can trade a large amount of grain from Ming Dynasty merchants.

Originally, he didn't want to give in to the scheming Ming Dynasty, but when he thought about the hungry people, he knew that he was no longer qualified to challenge Ming Dynasty.

If the food problem is not solved well, even if the Ming Dynasty does not send troops to conquer the Da Nei clan, the Da Nei clan may fall apart internally.

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly walked into the meeting hall.

Tao Hongquan and other retainers knew that they were not allowed to intrude on non-urgent matters, so they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the letter in the hand of the soldier, knowing that something unexpected might have happened.

"Could it be that Ming Dynasty is calling?"

Ishibashi Kuro's heart thumped, and he immediately had a bad association.

Tao Qiandao also had the same idea and couldn't help but swallow with difficulty.

After Masahiro Ouchi received the information, veins suddenly appeared on his forehead, and his face looked particularly gloomy.

"Father, what happened?" Ouchi Yoshihiro didn't have much scruples, so he asked directly.

Ouchi Masahiro glared at his son, and then slowly looked at the retainers present: "Information just came from Iwami Country that Nizi's family has taken over our Iwami Silver Mine!"

Nizi clan, this is a force located to the east of the Ouchi family, sitting on Izumo Kingdom and Oki Island.

The Nishi clan is a side branch of the Kyogoku clan, and the Kyogoku clan is the guardian daimyo of Kitanomi, Izumo, and Oki.

At that time, because the Kyogoku clan was busy with the war against the Minami Omi Rokkaku clan and had no time to take care of Izumo Kingdom and Oki Island in the Western Kingdom, Nizi Qingding was sent to govern Izumo Kingdom and Oki Island.

Nizi had outstanding ability to settle matters, so he gradually became independent from the Kyogoku family. In 1478, he passed the position of family governor to his son Nizi Jiujiu, who was in his twenties at the time.

In 1484, because Nizi ignored the shogunate order for a long time and even withheld some money, the shogunate issued an order to conquer Nizi for a long time and launched troops to attack Tsukiyama Tomita Castle.

Nizi was exiled after a long defeat. He chose to join his grandfather's family, the Maki family, and lived in seclusion for nearly two years.

On New Year's Day in 1486, more than 70 members of the Hema Party, wearing performance costumes and armor and weapons hidden inside, went to Yukiyama Tomita Castle to perform the Thousand Years Long Live Dance as usual.

Nizi Jiujiu and his retainers hid in the Hema party and sneaked into the city. After entering the city, Nizi Jiujiu led his people to set fires everywhere and raided the city guards.

The twenty-nine-year-old Nizi quickly recaptured Tsukiyama Tomita, reunified the Izumo Kingdom, and took a solid step towards the path of the Warring States Daimyo.

But who would have thought that after years of recuperation and recuperation, the guardian of the Izumo Kingdom, Nizi, nicknamed the Wolf of Yunzhou, would suddenly take over the Iwami Country, the leader of the country, and occupy the Iwami Silver Mine, which holds hundreds of millions of silver.

When Tao Hongquan learned the whole story, he couldn't help but sigh: "Nizi Jiujiu is trying to take advantage of the situation!"

If the Ouchi clan was in its heyday, even if Ouchi had long been famous for his strategy, a small guardian of the Izumo Kingdom would not dare to offend the Ouchi clan.

Even the Kyogoku clan, the main family behind Nizi, had to sell their Ouchi clan's face.

But now that the Ouchi clan has lost Kitakyushu and is facing a serious food crisis, this clown dared to take the opportunity to occupy the Iwami Silver Mine.

"Let's send troops to kill Nizi Yuku now!" Kurada Masanoori had an impulsive temper and immediately expressed his stance.

Ouchi Masahiro hesitated for a moment, but then added: "Nizi said for a long time that he had no intention of invading our Iwami country's territory! Because the Ming Dynasty occupied their Oki Island and mined gold on Oki Island, they wanted to Seize Ming Dynasty’s Shijian Silver Mine as compensation!”

Oki Island is the Dongji Island renamed by the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, Nizi was not very interested in that island, but after learning that there was a steady stream of gold mines on it, his whole mentality exploded.

He knew that he did not have the strength to go to Oki Island to conquer the Ming Dynasty, so he settled for the next best thing and chose to go to the isolated Iwami Country to seize the Iwami Silver Mine that "belonged to the Ming Dynasty".

When Kuro Ishibashi and others heard this explanation, half of the anger in their hearts disappeared.

"Although the mining rights of the Iwami Silver Mine belong to the Ming Dynasty, how can he station troops in our Iwami Country?" Ouchi Yoshihiro did not sympathize with the Nizi family, but expressed his attitude.

Tao Hongquan hesitated for a moment, but expressed his opinion: "Master, since the Ouchi family is not trying to seize the stone to gain power, we can put this matter aside for now. It is better to prioritize solving the food problem now."

"I think we can send the young master to lobby this time. This can better show our sincerity!" Tao Qiandao knew that he needed to increase the chips to break the ice, so he said it as a suggestion.

Yoshihiro Ouchi frowned and finally chose to remain silent.

Da NaiMasahiro closed his eyes silently, as if he had made great determination and said: "The eldest lady has always yearned for Chinese culture, let her follow her this time!"

"Yes!" Tao Qiandao's eyes brightened slightly, and he said with genuine joy.

The next morning, the sun shines on the sparkling sea.

"Sister, haven't you always said that the Tu Qing Bow of the Ming Dynasty is very powerful? When we went to the capital of the Ming Dynasty this time, we secretly bought two of them. Each of us, my sister and my brother, happened to have one!" Ouchi Yoshihiro was full of expectations for this mission. It’s also about telling your own plan.

Ouchi Saeiko wears a traditional Japanese kimono, like a peony blooming in midsummer, which is both noble and delicate.

Her long hair was as smooth as silk and gently pulled back, revealing her slender white neck. Those eyes were as deep as the sea, shining with wisdom and courage.

Ouchi Saeiko smiled slightly at her beaming younger brother, and then nodded gently.

When the ship was getting further and further away from the coastline of Honshu Island, she suddenly looked back, her beautiful eyes filled with tears.

Because the Ouchi family wanted to have peace talks with the Ming Dynasty, Huo Guangming, who was patrolling the Guanshan Strait, did not embarrass them and allowed them to go to Zhou Fang's house to meet the general Xu Shiying.

After Xu Shiying saw Da Nai Zhenghong's letter, he arranged a ship to send this delegation to the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the direction of this sea-going ship is quite surprising. It is not heading northwest towards Tianjin Port, but after leaving Kyushu Island, it is heading towards the Yangtze River estuary. (End of chapter)