Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 285 Chapter 285: The battle situation is getting increasingly tense, and Zhu Xifeng has a new idea!

After a morning of purges in Saga Castle, basically everyone who was still resisting had been cleared away by the Ming army!

And this city has been completely reduced to a dead city. It can be said that except for the Ming army, there is no Japanese!

Zhu Xifeng was not idle either. In the afternoon, he asked all the soldiers to start cleaning up the ruins in the city, mainly the piled up corpses. All must be burned, otherwise the plague will inevitably spread over time!

After all, this city will belong to the Ming Dynasty from now on. They are not going to leave after killing everyone, but they want to completely occupy this place!

As for the scattered troops outside the city and the Japanese people who were fighting guerrillas with the Ming army, Zhu Xifeng did not personally deal with them, but sent the Huaixi nobles out!
One hundred thousand troops began to clean up the area around Saga City on a large scale. Only 50,000 people followed Zhu Xifeng to clean up the mess in Saga City.

After nightfall, Zhu Xifeng had someone clean up a relatively good house and prepare to rest here at night.

Although the war situation in Saga Castle was very miserable, it was also for the Japanese people.

There were not many casualties on Daming's side, mainly due to the crushing of equipment!
However, after the soldiers counted the Japanese people killed in the city, Zhu Xiafeng's brows furrowed!

The nearly 100,000 Japanese troops who were stationed there did not have much of a problem in terms of numbers.

"I really asked them to kill people, but they became afraid!"

"It seems that these veterans from Huaixi have lost the temperament they had when they were young!"

The good news of the first battle in Japan was quickly transferred by sea and land to Tanggu, from Beiping Prefecture to Xi'an Prefecture, and then transferred to train in the meantime. When it arrived in Xi'an Prefecture, it only took seven days!

But the situation on Lan Yu's side is better than that on Zhu Xifeng's side!
Because Zheng He also captured tens of thousands of Japanese prisoners, and collected several cartloads of gold and silver treasures!

Those Japanese who left Saga City early, no matter what the reason, did not have the courage to directly face the attack of the Ming army!
However, Japan is just an island country that is neither too small nor too big. Even if these people run away, where can they go?
It was only a matter of time before he was met by Zhu Xifeng!

But the content written by Lan Yu and other Huaixi nobles are actually quite different.

Although all visible Japanese people, whether they were troops or civilians, were basically killed, a large number of people had also fled north before that!

However, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others also had their own memorials sent to Zhu Yuanzhang.

But the common people obviously only account for less than half of the army, which means there are only about 30,000 to 40,000 people!

In the palace.

After Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yue read the good news sent back by Zhu Xifeng, they both had a look of satisfaction on their faces!

But similarly, Lan Yu also mentioned the general situation of Kagoshima in the battle report, which was basically similar to Zhu Xifeng's estimate!

The result of this first battle was pretty good, and Zhu Xifeng's handling method was quite satisfactory and relatively calm!

That night, the good news from Lan Yu also reached Zhu Xifeng in Saga City!
Lan Yu and Zheng He's 150,000 troops launched a landing operation from Kagoshima Port.

In the next ten days or so, the armies of Zhu Xia Feng and Lan Yu began to join forces and clean up the entire Kyushu Island!
Here, it will also become the bridgehead for the Ming Dynasty to advance from south to north and sweep across the entire Japan!
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Saga Castle is also one of the most densely populated cities in Japan. According to the information obtained previously, it must have a population of at least hundreds of thousands!
Even if it were to massacre the city, it would take several days to finish the killing!
But in the current situation, it is obvious that the number of people is definitely not enough!
In other words, most of the people in Saga City have actually been transferred to other places in advance!
After thinking about this, Zhu Xifeng had a disapproving sneer on his face.

"But Feng Sheng and his gang don't know what's going on, so it's hard for these murderers!"

As for Saga City, Zhu Xifeng also asked people to count the collected finances, but compared to Lan Yu's side, it was obviously much less!
But Zhu Xifeng doesn't care about these small details. Anyway, Japan is such a big area, and the meat will be rotten in the pot. From now on, the entire Japan will belong to the Ming Dynasty. It's just a matter of time!

With the abilities of Lan Yu and Zheng He, it would be easy to capture Kagoshima.

"There's nothing wrong with Lan Yu. After all, he traveled through time with us and knows what's going on!"

He thought the bones of Japanese people were so hard, and it looked like there was no shortage of cartilage!

After Zhu Yuanzhang read the memorial table sent back by Feng Sheng and others, he couldn't help laughing.

In fact, it is a question of whether to use a high-pressure policy to deal with Japan, such as the control of the entire Kyushu. If Zhu Xifeng's orders are completely implemented, it will actually be equivalent to a massacre, and no scrap will be left!

Of course, the main reason is that most ordinary people in the Kyushu region fled north before the war started, so those who can still stay in Kyushu are basically a group of people who are determined to fight the Ming Dynasty to the end!

When dealing with this group of people, whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Yue, they both feel that there is nothing to be polite about, so just kill them if they need to!
But who could let a murderer like Chang Yuchun serve as a warning to others?

Both Lan Yu and Zhu Xia Feng have traveled through time, but Feng Sheng and other Huaixi nobles have not had such experience!

Chang Yuchun's massacre of the city left a huge stain in the history books, one that could not be washed away even if he wanted to!

Feng Sheng and others went to the battlefield more to establish meritorious deeds, and not to become human beings, so when they do things now, they feel somewhat restrained!
"You can write a reply to them all and let them do whatever they want without having to worry so much!"

"The person who gave the order is Zhu Xifeng, they just execute it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to speak to Zhu Yue.

"Okay, I'll reply to them tomorrow!"

"But in Jiuzhou, I estimate that Feng'er and the others will be able to completely capture it in about half a month at most!"

"But further north, it won't be as easy as before!"

Zhu Li nodded and said in a different direction.

The Kyushu region was the first front for the Ming Dynasty to attack Japan. Japan had also been prepared for it long ago. This can be seen from the large-scale flight of ordinary people to the north!
In the future, the further north you go, the more densely populated you will be, and the resistance the Ming army will encounter will naturally become more violent!
"This is no longer a problem for us to worry about. I believe Feng'er can handle it well!"

"Otherwise, how can we unify Mobei in the future?"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand disapprovingly, obviously very confident in this grandson!
After all, this Lord is the future founding emperor of Beida Ming! Wouldn't it be a joke to lead 20 Ming Dynasty elite naval forces if they couldn't even conquer Japan?
Even though Zhu Xifeng is only fourteen years old now, he still lacks both ability and intelligence. At most, he only lacks a little practical experience!

Isn't the reason why Zhu Xifeng was asked to lead the attack on Japan this time just to gain experience for him?

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As Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yue expected, on the Japanese side, after Zhu Xifeng and the others took complete control of the entire Kyushu Island, the war began to enter an anxious state!
Zhu Xifeng divided the army into two groups. One group continued to be led by Zheng He, heading out to sea from Saga and advancing northward along the coastline. The purpose was not to attack the city, but to prevent the Japanese from escaping by boat!
Now that Kyushu in the south has been controlled by the Ming army, if the Japanese want to escape, they have few options!
What is left to them is the northwest sea area!

Because further east or northeast is the vast Pacific Ocean. If you go deep into this ocean with a small Japanese ship, you are basically looking for death!
What's more, winter is about to begin, and the further north you go, the colder it will be!

On Zhu Xifeng's side, he and the generals from Huaixi began to advance from south to north, towards the Japanese island!
Zhu Xifeng also discovered at this time that these Japanese people advocated the spirit of Bushido, and that was not just lip service. Their fighting will was indeed very strong!

There are even some who start risking their lives directly, with the mentality of dying together. Even if they die, they will still charge without hesitation!
What made Zhu Xifeng even more speechless was that every time a town was conquered, the people in it were either killed by the Japanese soldiers guarding the city, or committed collective suicide!
This also shocked Zhu Xifeng deeply!

You know, this kind of spirit of preferring jade to pieces rather than ruins, in the Han Dynasty, only the real nobles would do this!
Because the Han nobles were also afraid that their wives, concubines, and children would be humiliated after the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed, so they would kill their entire family before the city was destroyed to preserve their chastity!
But in Japan, not only the nobles, but also many ordinary people do this!
I would rather all be the ghosts of Japan than be slaves to the subjugation of the country!
Although his stance is different, Zhu Xifeng will still take a high look at such people, and if he really meets them face to face, he will also give them a good time!
Of course, these people only account for a part of them, or at most only 30%!
About 70% of Japanese people are still afraid of death!
It’s already pretty good if three out of ten can stick to their Japanese so-called bushido spirit!

Seeing that the battle was getting more and more intense and his own casualties began to increase significantly, Zhu Xifeng began to slow down his offensive momentum!

Again, he wants to win this Eastern Expedition at the smallest cost!

"Commander, if you call us all back, do you have any ideas?"

Soon, Lan Yu and other Huaixi nobles were recalled by Zhu Xifeng to the main camp of the Chinese army.

"Not bad!"

"You should have noticed that the further north you go, the more fierce the Japanese resistance becomes!"

"The casualty rate of our soldiers has also begun to rise. We cannot continue like this!"

Zhu Xifeng nodded and said with a serious face.

"What does the commander think we should do?"

Feng Sheng and others continued to ask.

Since Zhu Yue replied to the letter, letting them have nothing to worry about and everything will be subject to Zhu Xifeng's orders, it can be regarded as a reassurance for these Huaixi nobles!

Now basically, they will do whatever the commander-in-chief Zhu Xifeng says, and fight wherever directed!

"Didn't many so-called daimyo secretly send people to come to you to ask for peace?"

"According to my commander's wishes, just agree to them!"

"Instead of letting our soldiers continue to suffer casualties, wouldn't it be better to support these weaklings and let them serve as the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty and fight dog-eat-dog with those die-hard Japanese people?"

Zhu Xifeng simply stated his general thoughts.

Japan also has no shortage of people who are afraid of death, and there are also people who are undecided. They will only think about themselves or their family!

If these people are gathered together to form a large army and used to engage in a war of attrition with the Japanese army, then no matter how they are consumed, the only ones who will be killed or injured in the end will be the Japanese!

To put it bluntly, these so-called famous names in Japan are just like the aristocratic families in the Han Dynasty.

There is a saying in the Han Dynasty that it is a dynasty of flowing water and a family of iron and steel. This is the truth!
The concept of country is actually not particularly strong for these aristocratic families. What they care most about is their own interests. As for who is in charge of the world, they don't care. Whoever gives them benefits, they are naturally willing to follow!
To put it bluntly, this is a wall-riding faction!

For them, whichever side is strong, they are willing to join this side, and then help this side deal with the other weak side in order to maximize the benefits they can obtain!

"This method is feasible, but these famous names are all unprofitable owners. If you want to recruit them, you have to give them enough benefits!"

Lan Yu frowned, but she agreed with Zhu Xifeng's method, but at the same time she also raised a question.

"If the benefits are enough, then it depends on how you give them!"

"Even if we give them benefits, we don't give them now!"

"After conquering the entire Japan, are you still worried that there will be no benefits for these big names?"

"At this time, we can draw a pie for them first!"

When Zhu Xifeng heard this, he waved his hand disapprovingly.

Promising empty promises and drawing big pie, this kind of thing, in the later era of more than 600 years, capitalists have long been tired of it!
Although he, Zhu Xifeng, knew little about this, he had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running away!

At least it's enough to deal with these Japanese people!

"The commander is really smart!"

"Then according to what the marshal said, we will immediately find a way to temporarily gather these Japanese famous names who are willing to surrender. As for how to draw the pie, I am afraid that the marshal will have to do it himself!"

Feng Sheng and others immediately flattered Zhu Xifeng!

But it’s true that they can’t do this kind of thing. They really can only place their hope on Zhu Xifeng!

After all, Zhu Xifeng is the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty. Their status is not qualified to make any promises!

(End of this chapter)