The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 318 Watching the Fire from the Other Bank
At this moment, Qi King Zhu Fu watched this scene from a corner, his brows furrowed.

This can be considered a war.

They were probably much better than the rebels who rose up back then.

Marquis Jinghai, Wu Zhen, nodded.

"This is just an island nation; the people here have never seen much of the world, so it's normal for things like this to happen!"

"I heard they're imitating our Warring States period, which was also during the pre-Qin era. But in their Warring States period, a village with a few hundred or a few thousand people could be considered a state!"

"This is truly speechless!"

King Zhu Fu of Qi nodded.

"Both sides have no strategy whatsoever, and each side is only suppressing a few dozen archers, whose crossbows are really pathetic!"

"This is somewhat useful against the main force of the Japanese, but if it were to face the armor of the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid it wouldn't even be able to break through their defenses!"

At this moment, Prince Qi, Zhu Fu, looked at Wu Zhen beside him and said with a smile.

"Now that I've seen the enemy's fighting strength, I'm even more confident!"

"Order the troops at the front to hide and wait until they have fought enough!"

"Let's put our efforts into it!"

Wu Zhen nodded upon hearing this and began to make preparations.

The Shogun, wielding a long sword, slashed left and right, charging directly towards the Japanese Emperor. The Japanese Emperor, however, had never learned martial arts and was short in stature, requiring a group of guards to protect him. As a result, the Shogun's several attempts to break through failed. At this moment, he glared at the Japanese Emperor before him, gritting his teeth.

"You're truly despicable!"

"If you're so capable, fight me one-on-one! What kind of skill is it to hide behind these people!"

The Japanese emperor's eyes were full of disdain.

"Only a reckless fool like you would personally go to the battlefield. True generals command from the rear!"

"You spend all your time studying the culture of the Central Plains, hoping to integrate into the Ming Dynasty, yet you don't even know this much!"

Seeing that the Japanese emperor's army was about to be defeated, the Japanese emperor clapped his hands and a group of people carrying muskets came onto the battlefield.

Seeing these soldiers suddenly appear with muskets, the Shogun's face turned extremely ugly. These damned guys had actually mastered such a deadly weapon as the musket. Thinking of this, they immediately ordered their cavalry to charge forward and completely wipe out the muskets in the hands of these men.

Facing the cavalry.

These Japanese soldiers kept waving their guns, but they didn't fire in three volleys. In addition, the time it took to reload was too long. Before one wave of attack was completed, the second wave of fire had already reached them.

These charging warriors had no chance against the cavalry, and their formation was quickly broken. The fire tentacles behind them dared not resist at all and began to run away as well.

The Japanese emperor was very surprised to see this. He couldn't understand why, even though they both used arquebuses, and his arquebus had been around for a much longer time, even longer than the cannons invented in the Ming Dynasty, it was not as powerful as the Ming Dynasty's arquebuses.

Left with no other choice, the Japanese emperor could only send the knights he had assembled to fight, and the two armies clashed.

Ultimately, the Japanese Emperor had more troops at his disposal, and he quickly subdued them.

The Shogun was surrounded. It turned out that the Japanese Emperor had also invited the Emishi (Japanese pirates) from the north to join the effort. With this support, their strength greatly increased. However, the Shogun suffered a series of defeats. He watched as his remaining soldiers dwindled, and many of his troops either fled or surrendered.

Seeing his soldiers dwindling in number, the Shogun was at a loss for what to do. Just then, the sounds of battle filled the air, and more troops charged in from all sides. These troops were completely different from the Japanese army; they wore heavy armor and carried various firearms and cannons with extremely long ranges.

Looking at these soldiers, both the Japanese Emperor and the Shogun were filled with disbelief, because this army was the Ming army stationed in the south.

The Ming army charged in, surrounding them like a tidal wave, making escape impossible.

The Shogun's face was grim.

"How can this be?"

"How could the Ming Dynasty army appear in this place? Didn't they all retreat?"

The Japanese emperor's attempt to cover it up was extremely unsightly.

It seems that the Ming army has not retreated at all, but has instead reached their doorstep.

“The damned Ming people have not retreated, and have even attacked us. I will not let them get away with this.”

On the battlefield, the two armies clashed.

However, the battle was one-sided.

The Japanese emperor and shogunate general could no longer concern themselves with their own battle and could only order their men to retreat frantically to the north. After retreating for some time, they saw that the Ming army did not seem to have any intention of letting them go, which made them grit their teeth in anger.

"These Ming Dynasty troops are truly despicable; they're still chasing after us, like persistent ghosts!"

"At this moment, the Shogun and the Emperor of Japan stood together, and they both felt a little regretful."

If they had known that the Ming army was this strong, they should have joined forces and defeated the Ming army first.

At this moment, the Japanese Emperor looked in the distance and sighed.

"At this point, our only way out is to head north to the Hokkaido Sea and seek refuge with the Ezo!"

"Although the Ezo are extremely backward and weak in the whole of Japan, this is now our only chance to turn the tide!"

The shogun nodded upon hearing this, and then the two men's armies continued to run north.

King Zhu Fu of Qi was somewhat surprised to see this scene; it seemed these guys were trying to escape.

Marquis Jinghai, Wu Zhen, smiled and said.

"Don't worry, they can't escape. Now that we've taken over Korea, the entire ocean belongs to us!"

"His Highness Prince Jin and the Marquis of Jiangyin are already waiting for them at sea!"

Upon hearing this, King Zhu Fu of Qi nodded and stopped being in such a hurry. Instead, he began to slowly reclaim the territory he had in his hands to avoid any trouble.

To their surprise, the process of receiving the enemy went very smoothly. The battle between the Japanese Emperor and the Shogun was a brutal and oppressive affair throughout Japan.

The local people had long suffered greatly, and now the army of the Ming Dynasty had come to this place. The Ming Dynasty, in particular, was a celestial empire.

Being able to join the Ming Dynasty and become a part of it was a good thing for them.

(End of this chapter)