"Da Ming, Da Ming, Da Ming!"

Seeing the Ming army cavalry looking towards him, Watanabe Taro knew that his words were understood.

"Are you from my Ming Dynasty?"

Looking at the ragged and skinny Taro Watanabe in front of him, Ye Yanggu couldn't help but frown.

"I, I... I want... I want to be a human being, Daming... be a human being!"

With a bang, he knelt down in front of Ye Yanggu, a newly naturalized commander of the Ming Dynasty. Taro Watanabe excitedly asked in stuttering and reversed Chinese.

"You are not from my Ming Dynasty? Are you a Japanese?"

Listening to the other party's Chinese, which was much worse than his own, Ye Yanggu's brows furrowed even deeper, and even his palm unconsciously touched the handle of the knife at his waist.

"No, no, no, Japanese, I won't do it, I want to be a citizen of the Ming Dynasty!"

Taro Watanabe, who didn't notice Ye Yanggu's actions, still kowtowed and begged.

"Lord Qianshi, this is the first Japanese who takes the initiative to become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. What if the Marquis is interested in this matter? Hehe!"

One of the guards who sensed Ye Yanggu's murderous intention suddenly smiled and proposed to accept Taro Watanabe, who wanted to be a member of the Ming Dynasty.

"You mean you want to be a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, right? How old are you and what's your name?"

Being reminded like this by his personal guard, Ye Yanggu couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, and his big hand that had already held the handle of the knife loosened.

"My name is Taro, I am fifteen years old, and I want to be a citizen of the Ming Dynasty!"

When asked by Ye Yanggu, although Taro Watanabe's words were still a little strange, they were much more eloquent than before.

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"Give him a sword and give him a Japanese horse!"

Seeing the excited little Japanese boy in front of him, Ye Yanggu asked someone to bring over the Japanese horse that he had just snatched for carrying things.

"If you kill ten Japanese people, you will come back to Ming Dynasty with me!"

…

"My lord, something bad is going on. In the direction of the town where Musashi, Taiwa, and Isemori live, smoke is rising from all over the place. It looks like a fire!"

Just when Ye Yanggu made a promise to Taro Watanabe that as long as he killed ten Japanese, he could be 'naturalized' in the Ming Dynasty, Shimazu Yoshi at the Tsurumaru Castle Castle was discussing with several retainers whether to fight or surrender.

After a long time, I received news from Yingwa Jiuhu that the territories of several ministers were on fire.

"Nani? Is our residence on fire?"

Upon hearing that their homes had been burned down, several retainers could not help but change their expressions. They quickly saluted Shimazu Yoshihisa and then prepared to go to the city to check.

"Everyone, the castle tower has a wide view, so check it out here!"

Seeing the anxious looks on the faces of several close retainers, Shimazu Yoshihisa immediately stood up and took the lead in climbing towards the roof of the building.

"Thank you so much, my lord!"

The castle tower, as the residence of the castle lord, is the tallest, most central and most representative building in the Japanese castle. It not only has the functions of observation and command, but is also a symbol of the identity of the castle lord and the people. Therefore, in general,

Your Majesty, these retainers cannot enter without permission.

…

"Could it be, could this be what the Jurchen cavalry that left earlier did?"

Looking at the billowing smoke not far outside Tsurumaru City, and thinking of the departure of the Jurchen cavalry reported by Yingwa Jiutora before, Shimazu Yoshihisa's expression suddenly changed.

"It's over, that's where we live!"

No one would fail to recognize their own home, so after just a short look, Shinna Tadashi, Ijuin Tadaro, Kamei Kakukane and other retainers immediately recognized that the smoke billowing place was their residence.

"Yingwa Jiuhu, immediately send people to various towns, towns and villages to inquire!"

Although he had already confirmed in his heart that this incident was the work of the Jurchen cavalry in the Ming army, Shimazu Yoshihisa, who was still hoping for a chance, sent out scouts to investigate.

"Lord, all the towns around Tsurumaru Castle... were all turned into a sea of ​​fire. Even the villages further away, it seems, it seems... As for the people, I didn't find any living people!"

Fortunately, the Tomei army did not besiege the city, and the time did not last long. A group of soot-covered scouts brought back to Shimazu Yoshihisa the bad news of the town and village outside Tsurumaru Castle being destroyed.

'I would like to advise you, it is best to beg the Marquis to be safe and sound. Otherwise, haha, the whole Japanese country will face a disaster greater than the sky... If anything happens to the Marquis, I can guarantee that the Samoan people will be

It is the first country to bear the wrath of our Great Tomorrow Army and fall into a situation of irreversible disaster!'

After receiving the news of the scout's report, Shimazu Yoshihisa couldn't help but recall what Guo Guoan said before.

"Come here, bring Guo Guoan... uh, bring Guo Sang over!"

Recalling Guo Guoan's previous warning, Shimazu Yoshihisa finally decided to try Guo Guoan again.

…

"Guo Sang, didn't you agree to give me a few more days to think about it? Why are your troops so unfaithful that they not only kill our Satsuma people, but also set fire to towns and villages everywhere?"

Looking at Guo Guoan, who had served as a junior officer in his own army for more than ten years before, and now became an official of Qianhu in the Ming Dynasty, Shimazu Yoshihisa couldn't help but asked angrily.

"Shimazu-sama, I just took a look and found that the Habayashi Guard army outside the city has not taken action. This matter should only be caused by the Jurchen cavalry of the Haixi Left Guard!"

Guo Guoan, who had already seen clearly the evil nature of Shimazu Yoshihisa, now looked calm.

"I have told you earlier that those Jurchen cavalry have just been naturalized and their wild nature has not been lost. Once they know about the assassination of the Marquis, they will definitely anger Samoa! If your Excellency had opened the city and surrendered earlier, how could what happened now happen?

"

With strong strength as his backing, Guo Guoan directly blamed Shimazu Yoshihisa for the cause and effect of this incident.

"Everyone, all you have lost this time is a residence and some servants. But if Tsurumaru Castle is 'attacked' by our Great Tomorrow Army, then you will lose more than these!"

Looking at these former high-ranking Shimazu-fan retainers in front of him, Guo Guoan couldn't help but feel proud of his status as a Ming citizen.

"Lord, we are not as good as us, why don't you surrender!"

After being blatantly threatened by Guo Guoan, several Shimazu retainers couldn't help but look at each other, and then looked at Shimazu Yoshihisa with embarrassed expressions.

There was no way, as Guo Guoan said, this time because they had already moved the backbone of their family to Hewan City, Ye Yanggu's Jurchen cavalry only killed some of their servants and side branches, and burned their residences, but they did not

Their muscles and bones were not injured.

But if Tsurumaru Castle is really forcibly breached by the Ming army, the Ming army's wrath they will have to endure will be their lives and their entire family.

Therefore, these Japanese nobles who talk about the spirit of "Bushido" all day long, but in fact are greedy for life and afraid of death, but also worship power, at this moment, under the power of the Ming army, they are very aware of the current affairs and choose to surrender.
Chapter completed!