Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 737 The decisive battle between the two armies ends tragically, Xu Heng surrenders and takes over Kyoto

After some reading, everyone discovered that the letter was authentically written by the emperor. Others wrote regular script and Song style in their official documents. Only the emperor and the prince wrote Han li with elegant Zhu pen.

It turned out that the great internal affairs minister Hiro had personally sneaked to Beijing and negotiated with the emperor. The terms of surrender were agreed upon, but Masahiro Ouchi held on until he completely lost hope before fulfilling his agreement with the emperor.

This was a cunning act, but the emperor never took it seriously, so Xu Heng did not intend to pursue it further.

However, a slight punishment was still required. Xu Heng accepted Ouchi Masahiro's surrender, but ordered his envoy to go to Ashikaga Yoshimasa again to inform him of the news.

The special envoy came out of the Chinese army's tent with a dejected look on his face, as if he were mourning his heir. If he went to inform the shogun of his family's surrender, it would be strange not to be hacked to death on the spot. But there is no other way, I have to bite the bullet and go.

In the evening, Ashikaga Yoshimasa led his army to camp twenty miles away from Sakai Port.

As soon as the camp was set up, Ouchi Masahiro's special envoy came to report.

After Ashikaga Yoshimasa learned of Ouchi Masahiro's surrender, he was unexpectedly calm and no longer bothered to get angry. But in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he still waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to drag the envoy down and cut down the sacrificial flag.

On the second day of August, all the elites of the two armies came out and began to arrange their troops.

Xu Heng was not careless at all. He placed three heavy infantry phalanxes of 10,000 people in the front, and 1,500 heavy cavalry on each side of the left and right wings. The rear army is a heavy infantry reserve of 7,000 men.

It was agreed that it would be 40,000 to 40,000, and Xu Heng was the one who sent everyone.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa didn't care so much, he set up a crescent formation and let all his 30,000 elite troops attack, leaving only 10,000 rear troops.

Anyway, this is how the formation is set up, and there is no need to talk about tactics and tactics, just desperate efforts.

The Ming army was also a little stunned. This kind of light-armored skirmishers rushing into the heavy-armored phalanx was a meaningless death.

The two sides agreed to fight in a fair and decisive battle with equal forces, and no artillery or firecrackers were allowed. Otherwise, the Japanese army would die more tragically with such a charging method.

The Ming army was too embarrassed to bring out the crossbows anymore. They just relied on the phalanx, using shield soldiers to block the impact and spear soldiers to stab the enemy.

The Japanese army attacked the Ming army's hedgehog phalanx five times in a row without success. The Ming army soldiers were moved by this bravery and fearlessness of death.

At this moment, the Japanese rear column, armed with ten luxurious carriages, rushed straight to the Ming army's formation.

The Ming army's formation was miraculously dispersed by the Japanese army.

Because around each carriage, there were soldiers holding several dragon flags. All the officers and soldiers of the Ming army knew that their deposed emperor was picked up by troops sent by the Muromachi shogunate and re-enthroned as emperor.

Everyone knew that the emperor was a puppet at the mercy of others, but no one dared to stab the carriage with a spear.

The Ming army and the Japanese army fought together.

Seeing this, Xu Heng ordered the cavalry on both wings to fight out. The navy spent a lot of effort to transport three thousand horses, and their efforts could not be disappointed.

The Japanese forwards were completely entangled with the Ming army, but there were still more than 10,000 people in the rear who were exposed to the iron hoofs of the cavalry before they had time to join the melee.

I saw the most elite cavalrymen from the Xiaoqi Battalion charging back and forth. Wherever the troops went, the Japanese troops fell in pieces.

Xu Heng and others stood on a high platform to watch the battle. Seeing this scene, the civil servants felt very distressed.

Yue Zheng sighed: "It's like cutting leeks, one after another. Mr. An Guo, these are our precious miners. You must not kill them all."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement.

The emperor's mining task was very heavy, and Jiang Yuan and Yue Zheng both ordered the prisoners to dig.

Xu Heng spread his hands helplessly: "What should we do? We have to kill some, otherwise they won't accept it. Only by killing them can they be convinced, and it will be easier to manage when they work as miners in the future."

Jiang Yuan and Yue Zheng nodded, this makes sense. The two of them stopped talking and just looked at the battlefield quietly, becoming more and more worried.

It was indeed a decisive battle. The Japanese army had a strong will to fight. It was not until less than half of it was demolished that they gradually began to collapse backwards. Regardless of the defeat, the Ming army attacked Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa was too lazy to run away. What could he do if he ran back to Kyoto? There would be no food to eat when he returned.

In the end, Ashikaga Yoshimasa and more than 20,000 Japanese troops were surrounded.

Jiang Yuan and Yue Zheng didn't want to kill, but the Ming army soldiers still wanted to continue. A head means military merit, and military merit means official position and wealth.

Seeing the Ming army's attitude of killing everyone, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, at the urging of his retainers, hurriedly ordered his soldiers to hoist the white flag.

Killing and surrendering was an extremely serious matter. Although the Ming army soldiers were extremely reluctant, they still stopped the attack.

It was unlucky to kill prisoners. Bai Qi was really desperate because he had no food to eat and could not afford the Zhao army's 400,000 surrendered soldiers.

The situation of the Ming army is different. This year Annan, Champa, Myanmar and other places have a bumper harvest, and there is no shortage of food at all.

An hour later, Ashikaga Yoshimasa and Zhu Qizhen were taken into the Ming army camp.

It was the national policy of the Jingtai Dynasty to rule the newly occupied areas with gentle rule.

Xu Heng, Jiang Yuan, Yue Zheng and other civil and military ministers still followed the content of the last peace talks and received Ashikaga Yoshimasa with the courtesy of a Ming Dynasty prince.

Xu Heng drafted the memorial, and Ashikaga Yoshimasa drafted the surrender form and sent it to Beijing.

As for Zhu Qizhen, everyone also treated him as a prince and immediately sent naval ships to escort him back to Nanjing.

In the next few days, all the Japanese troops near Kyoto were dispersed and transferred away, and the prisoners were gradually transported to various places for mining.

The rest was left to Jiang Yuan, Yue Zheng and other civil servants. The vast amount of wealth in Kyoto that day, especially gold, silver, and copper, would all fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the food appearance, it looks pretty good. Exchanging grain for gold and silver was not an open robbery.

Within a few days, Jiang Yuan and Yue Zheng were extremely happy. The wealth in Kyoto is far greater than everyone imagines.

For hundreds of years, less than half of the gold, silver, and copper mined by Japan were concentrated in Kyoto. No wonder the emperor insisted on conquering Japan.

On the sixth day of August, Zhu Qiyu felt something in his heart. He got up early and sat at the coffee table to read the military newspaper.

Lin Xiangyu advised: "Dad, why are you up so early? Even if the decisive battle in Japan is over, the military report will not be transmitted for more than 20 days."

Zhu Qiyu sighed: "I have been fighting North Korea and Japan for two years. I have spent money like water but cannot see the benefits of the war. I am also under great pressure.

Relying on the prestige I had accumulated in the past, the government and the public, as well as civil and military officials, did not raise any objections. But they have already been scolding me in their hearts.

I also want to end the war as soon as possible and show the gold, silver, and copper mines to the government and the public as soon as possible.

At that time, my prestige will be even higher, and all the people in the world will truly admire me.

At that time, if someone said something bad about me, others would say it back on my behalf without me having to do anything. "

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "I'm worried, please scroll down and see if there are any military reports from Mongolia. Maybe they will start fighting again."

Zhu Qiyu was a little disbelieving, so he actually read it down once. After being stunned for a moment, he angrily said: "You slave, you have a crow's mouth, don't you let me tear it to pieces."

Alas, as expected, the two grandfathers, A La and Tuo Tuo Bu Hua, started fighting again. "

(End of this chapter)