If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 163
When Prince Ning excitedly took his three Duoyan guards and arrived in Fukuoka on a large ship of Zheng He's fleet as the second batch of Ming troops to land, what caught his eyes was a silent city, with a burning fire in the city. The charred city walls.

"What happened? Where is King Zheng? Why does it look like the city has been burned? Did King Zheng set fire to the city?" King Ning asked the people around him with some confusion.

But Prince Ning was just confused and didn't think there was anything strange about it.

He was Zhu Yuanzhang's personally appointed King of Sai, and he and Zhu Di had gone through the Jing Dynasty together. It was nothing new to set fire to the city after the army attacked it.

The only thing that made Prince Ning curious was probably why Zhu Zhanchun set the fire.

It was only when he walked into the scorched city wall that he discovered that it was not the scorch marks after arson at all, but was struck by lightning.

At this time, the people around King Ning also reported to him: "Back to the prince, this is not that His Royal Highness King Zheng set fire to the city, but that after the army landed yesterday, the Japanese not only refused to surrender, but also provoked our army. Your Highness In anger, he turned into a divine dragon and summoned thunder and lightning, destroying the entire city."

Hearing this, King Ning immediately remembered the day in the Fengtian Palace, when Zhu Zhanquan transformed into a dragon, and then a thunder struck to death the civil servant who had been fighting with him.

This made Prince Ning, who originally wanted to talk to Zhu Zhankun about why he put his Ningwang Fan's army behind and let Zheng Wangfan get all the military achievements, showed hesitation and hesitation on his face. He was a little worried that he would go to Zhu Zhankun like this. If you talk about problems with Zhan Yun, will you be struck by lightning from him?

At the same time, Prince Ning couldn't help but murmur in his heart: "We are all descendants of Emperor Hongwu, and I am still my biological son. How come his grandson, the fourth son, can transform into a real dragon, and I can only be an ordinary person? Is it true that he, the fourth son, is the real dragon?" My true destiny is that even my grandson is a real dragon?"

This muttering has no reason or basis. It is just a little complaint and slander in Prince Ning's heart when he saw Zhu Zhanquan's exaggerated performance.

After muttering, King Ning regained his original majesty, and then asked the people around him: "What about King Zheng? Isn't he in the city? Where will I stay tonight?"

As he said this, Prince Ning couldn't help but look around, with a look of disgust on his face.

The Japanese country of this era cannot be said to be very poor, but it cannot be said to be rich either.

In particular, the construction model of castles and castle towns was popular in the Japanese country. The local daimyo, who was the local lord, would build a castle with military defense functions as a residence, while ordinary Japanese people lived in urban areas some distance away from the daimyo castle.

Due to considerations of superiority and inferiority, construction technology and other reasons, as well as protection against earthquakes, the castle towns of Japan were basically low-rise bungalows built with wooden boards, and there were few tall buildings.

This is true even in later generations.

So to King Ning, this castle town, which was relatively prosperous in the Japanese country, looked as barren as a rural county. It was even more shocking than when King Ning was granted a title outside the customs and saw his fiefdom for the first time. strong.

After all, Prince Ning was the biological son of Emperor Hongwu. He was born and raised in Nanjing City since his childhood. He had never left the Forbidden City before becoming a feudal lord as an adult. "His Royal Highness Prince Zheng went to a nearby villa to soak in the hot springs. As for the prince's residence, His Royal Highness Prince Zheng has arranged for you a manor outside the city. The place has been cleared and is ready to welcome you." Prince Ning The people around him responded quickly and informed Prince Ning of Zhu Zhanchun's arrangements.

However, this answer made Prince Ning frown and said slightly dissatisfied: "Why did you go to the hot spring after a battle? Are you not afraid of the Japanese counterattack if you are so lazy?"

Prince Ning couldn't help but feel that this was a bit outrageous. There was still a war, so the coach ran to soak in the hot springs. It didn't look like he was here for a war at all.

Even if Zhu Zhanchen didn't take the Japanese seriously, he shouldn't go to the hot springs before the battle was over. At the very least, he should show off in the military camp.

Zhu Zhanchun went to the hot springs now. Did he think that the overall situation was decided?King Ning couldn't help but curse. Wasn't he afraid that the Japanese would send troops to attack the place where he was bathing in hot springs?
Just as he was thinking this, he turned around and saw the city wall that had been chopped into pieces of scorched earth. Prince Ning could only admit sarcastically that Zhu Zhanyu was really not afraid.

"Replying to the prince, His Highness Prince Zheng said that the military affairs of Zheng Fan will be handled by Fan Zhong. If the prince wants to use troops, he only needs to inform him." The person next to King Ning answered, and did not forget to add at the same time. : "His Royal Highness Prince Zheng also said that he is not feeling well and needs to rest during this period, so he will not see visitors. All matters, big and small, are entirely up to the prince."

Ever since that day when he turned into a divine dragon to attract thunder and lightning and split the entire Fukuoka City into scorched earth for an hour, Zhu Zhanquan found a hot spring outside the city where the former Fukuoka Daimyosu's annex was, and took a bath in the hot springs. He threw it to Fan Zhong and told him to eliminate the Japanese on Kyushu Island within a month and then stop taking care of anything.

King Ning was worried about Japanese sneak attacks, dissatisfaction of the soldiers, or problems such as trouble. On the premise that Zhu Zhanyu could transform into a dragon and destroy a castle with thunder and lightning, that was really not what Zhu Zhanyu needed to consider.

In fact, after Zhu Zhanquan showed his miraculous power, not only did the Ming army not have any dissatisfaction, but their morale was as high as a lock.

On the other hand, the Japanese, not to mention the Japanese army, even the Japanese people in the castle town who saw this scene were frightened and panicked all day long.

While worshiping Zhu Zhanquan as a god and Buddha, he showed great obedience to the Ming army's occupation of Fukuoka, without any intention of resistance or disobedience.

Even if Fan Zhong ordered the Japanese people in the castle town to send laborers to build camps for the Ming army, and asked the wealthy merchants in the castle town to supply food and grass for the army, he was very obedient and quickly sent food to the Ming army.

This shocked Fan Zhong. He checked the grain sent by the Fukuoka merchants several times to confirm that there was no problem before he dared to let the soldiers receive the grain.

It's no wonder that Fan Zhong was frightened. In fact, the obedience shown by the Japanese people was a bit abnormal.

Even if it is an honor to be the Ming Dynasty's dog in this era, it doesn't mean that the people in the city are so obedient to the Ming army, right?
Therefore, Fan Zhong was on tenterhooks in the past few days, fearing that the Japanese would surprise him, so he left the Tianjin left guard with only two thousand-household troops in the city after dividing his troops, and also kept the Qingyu Guard in the city. He was assigned to guard Zhu Zhanqun.

He himself only planned to bring the troops of Tianjin Central Guard, Tianjin Right Guard and Qingyu Guard's three thousand households to attack the Japanese. As for King Ning, Fan Zhong had no intention of using King Ning's troops to solve the problem on Kyushu Island. Japanese.

　Based on the backward calculation of the distribution of forces on Kyushu Island during the Warring States Period, and the comprehensive record of Mongolia's Japanese conquests, the four guard stations were equipped with matchlock guns and tiger squat cannons to attack Kyushu Island. It was really a cannon to fight mosquitoes.
　　
　
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