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Chapter 128 Reasons for Surrender

Blood splattered, Li Ke swung the scabbard in his hand, looked at the headless body in front of him slowly falling down, and the city lord's terrified and unbelievable face, then he looked at the remaining warriors present.

"I know you won't truly submit to me, but now, you either take a gamble or I'll give you two options. The first option is for you to rush forward and gamble on whether you can kill me before you die. After you kill me by chance, you will have to return home and fight on your own, and then be swallowed up by other daimyo, and your wife and children will be toyed with by others. Or you will be held accountable by the lord and forced to die? Admit that you are incompetent and have the sin of failing to take care of the lord and fighting poorly, which led to the lord's death? Come on, if you are willing to let yourself and your family face such a situation in the future, then fight me!"

Li Ke made some very hurtful remarks.

Because Japan is a country that does not allow admitting mistakes.

Yes, it is a country that does not allow mistakes, because Japan is a rather cruel place, whereas in China, if you break a rice jar, you will be beaten badly by your family, but they will not kill you.

But Japan can't do that.

Rice jars are quite expensive, especially sturdy ones. If you break it, it means that there is a high probability that your family will never have another rice jar to use again.

The food in the house will be destroyed by various small animals and mice, and there is no way to protect the food unless you guard it day and night.

So, if you are from a poorer family and you admit that you did it, then your fate is basically death:

If it is a child, it will be sold in exchange for a new rice jar; if it is an old person, it will be thrown away.

Yes, Japan’s supplies were so scarce.

In this land, there are many elderly people who have been abandoned in the mountains even though they have done nothing wrong, and many of them "voluntarily" go into the mountains and wait to starve to death.

The reason is simple. Even if he is not willing, the shortage of supplies will force his children to do it voluntarily.

Although China also had similar situations, except for some dark times, no era was darker than that of Japan, which constantly suffered from natural disasters and resource shortages.

This is a place where even a smaller daimyo would go hungry!

To admit one's mistakes means that one is willing to pay for them, and in this era, the price of paying is death.

This is why asking the Japanese to apologize is like killing them, because in an era of material scarcity, asking them to apologize is really like killing them.

Incompetence, not admitting mistakes, and not being sociable are the three things that will kill the Japanese.

The warriors who were about to fight Li Ke to the death were stunned. They looked at each other. They had already made up their minds to die, but at this moment they stopped and looked at the man in front of them who was so strong that he didn't look like a human being. They wanted to know what kind of path he could give them.

"What do you want to say, you bastard? It's you who put us in such a disadvantageous situation first. What do you want to do by saying this now?!"

The few remaining warriors with different family crests on their armor spoke up. Leading the way was a warrior about twenty years old, with fanaticism in his eyes.

Yes.

Fanaticism. Although Li Ke had pushed them into a desperate situation, Li Ke's gorgeous figure and violent power made these warriors unable to help but yearn for him.

The remaining warriors also echoed, but they were also secretly relieved because they didn't have to fight Li Ke. "That's right! It was you who killed the lord! It was you who put us in an unjust situation! What do you want to say!"

Li Ke just smiled, picked up a gorgeous spear from the ground, kicked the body of the original daimyo away, sat in this position himself, and then looked at everyone present.

"Follow me, kill all the people of the Kikukawa family, rob their property, and return with glory. Our daimyo, my father-in-law, was assassinated by the shameless Kikukawa family using ninjas. Because of this despicable act, you voluntarily launched a desperate charge, defeated the Kikukawa family, and plundered the Kikukawa family's land and property... Don't say you can't see it, if I lead you, I can do it... Moreover, in the future, the son-in-law of the Kikukawa family, that is, me, will forgive your sins, and make this a beautiful story, engraved on stone, and made into a sculpture, it will be called..."

Li Ke stretched out his finger and pointed at the remaining thirteen people present.

"How about calling it the Song of the Thirteen Loyal and Brave Warriors and letting it be passed down through the ages?"

After saying that, Li Ke thrust the spear in his hand in front of these people.

"Would you rather take a large amount of money and land and look to higher places with me? Or would you rather fight to the death with me and consume the power of your family for a dead person who cannot bring you victory and wants to abandon his entire family when facing death... You can choose for yourself, whether to choose possible victory or weakness."

This is a question that doesn't require much thought to answer.

If they chose to kill Li Ke, they didn't know how many more people would die. And just as Li Ke said, the Fengqi family would be in turmoil because of the death of the head of the family, and they all supported different people.

In other words, for a very long period of time, their Kazezaki family will become a target that they cannot resist with all their strength, and the result will be that they will be invaded by other daimyo.

At that time, how should they, who were already severely weakened, protect their families and their lands?
The results won't be good.

It can be said that when Li Ke killed the head of the Fengqi family and the two strongest warriors in the entire Fengqi force, the Fengqi family was actually finished.

But if you choose Li Ke...

Several warriors looked at each other. They did not want to worship Li Ke as their lord because Li Ke was undoubtedly a commoner. How could a commoner ride on the head of a warrior?

They looked at each other and broke out in cold sweat.

However, it was the warrior who spoke first. He looked at Li Ke and spoke with a conflicted look on his face.

"May I ask your name, sir..."

He asked while looking at Li Ke's casually tied hair, and Li Ke didn't think much about it. He gave up his original Buddhist name Tianfeng and called himself back.

"Li Ke, my name is Li Ke, what's wrong?"

Then, the warrior's face quickly lost its confusion. He threw away the knife in his hand, knocked his head heavily on the ground, prostrated himself, and shouted in the fanatical and immature tone of the Japanese.

"Greetings to His Highness Li Ke, the Ming Dynasty master!"

(End of this chapter)