The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 400: If you have a brain disease, you can just get a beating

Kobayakawa Takakage, commander of the Japanese pirates' Sixth Army, also surrendered.

He even tied up Toyotomi Hidekatsu and his entire Ninth Army and handed them over to the Ming army as a token of his surrender.

Now the only Japanese pirates left in the vassal state of Korea were the Eighth Legion of Wangjing, the Fifth Legion of Wonju, and the First to Fourth Legions of Gongju.

If we talk purely in terms of military strength, it would naturally be easier to persuade the Japanese pirates' Eighth Corps and Fifth Corps to surrender first.

Because the Japanese pirates' Eighth Legion only had more than 10,000 troops, and the Japanese pirates' Fifth Legion only had more than 10,000 troops left.

The Japanese pirates' First, Second, Third and Fourth Legions have been replenishing their troops, and now their numbers have reached over 150,000.

It was precisely because the Japanese pirates' First, Second, Third and Fourth Corps had so many troops that Qi Jiguang chose to surrender this main force of the Japanese pirates first.

He was not afraid that these guys would counterattack and break out, he was worried that something tragic would happen in Gongzhou City.

There are more people and horses, so there is more food. If 150,000 people and horses are out of food, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At this moment, the First, Second, Third and Fourth Legions of the Japanese pirates were indeed running out of food.

However, they did not think of surrendering.

At least Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa and Kuroda Nagamasa didn't think about it.

Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa were Toyotomi Hideyoshi's confidants, and Kuroda Nagamasa was the son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's most trusted confidant, the General Inspector Kuroda Josui.

They are mentally ill and it is almost impossible to make them surrender.

Shimazu Yoshihiro might not be mentally ill, and he might have thought about surrendering, but he didn't dare to say it. He couldn't win in a three-on-one situation.

How can you persuade a mentally ill person to surrender?
Of course, you have to beat him. If you catch him and give him a good beating, his mind will return to normal. If that doesn’t work, then beat him again!
After Uesugi Kagekatsu, Gamo Ujisato and Date Masamune surrendered, Qin Liangyu, Ma Qiancheng and Yang Yinglong led them and 100,000 troops to Gongzhou.

Qi Zuoguo also took his 100,000 men and immediately boarded the navy's express ship and rushed to Haizhou City.

All the captives from Jinzhou City and the 10th, 11th and 12th Corps of the Japanese pirates were handed over to Chen Ce and his 100,000 troops.

Not long after Kobayakawa Takakage surrendered, Qi Zuoguo led 100,000 Sichuan troops to Haizhou City.

After Shenji Left Camp, Shenshu Left Camp and Shenwu Left Camp handed over the defense of Haizhou City and the prisoners, they boarded the navy's express ship and headed directly to Gongzhou.

The number of people and horses in Gongju City kept increasing.

There are 180,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp, 200,000 soldiers in the vassal state of Korea, and 100,000 soldiers in the Sichuan army, which adds up to a total of 480,000!

The area within dozens of miles outside Gongju City was filled with the Ming army's tents, and the mountains and fields were all white, just like a heavy snowfall.

It's summer now, how could it be snowing so heavily?

When Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa and Kuroda Nagamasa saw the posture of the Ming army, they couldn't help but reveal a trace of despair, and Shimazu Yoshihiro's face was even more full of despair.

They originally planned to lead their troops to try to break out at the risk of their lives when the food in the city was almost gone.

After all, dying in battle is better than being trapped in the city and starving to death.

Although there were more than 200,000 enemy troops besieging the city at that time, they were mainly from the vassal state of Korea, and the real elite Ming army was less than 100,000.

If they launch a fierce attack on the south or west side guarded by the vassal state of Korea, they still have a chance to break through.

But now there is no need to think about it.

There are enemies within dozens of miles outside the city. How can they break out?

At this time, the food in the city is almost gone. What should we do?
Surrender is impossible.

Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa and Kuroda Nagamasa are just mentally ill. The word surrender has never occurred to them.

Early in the morning at about 11:00 AM, the Ming army began to assemble. Suddenly, rows of black armored chariots appeared outside Gongju City, covering all directions, with three layers inside and three layers outside.

Next came rows of artillery carts and rows of cavalry, like a circle, extending outward in circles, with no end in sight.

At around noon, as the sun rose, the Ming army began to advance.

The rows of armored chariots were pushed up, and soon they closed in circle after circle around the city wall, more than a hundred steps away.

This time, Gongju City was surrounded like an iron barrel, and it was not just one iron barrel but several circles of iron barrels.

Immediately afterwards, a row of generals passed through several layers of iron barrels and came behind the first layer of iron barrels.

These guys were all wearing the armor of Japanese generals, and the flags behind them all had Japanese family crests, so they could be recognized at a glance.

The Mori clan, the Kobayakawa clan, the Kamisugami clan, the Date clan, the Tachibana clan, and the Takahashi clan!

These are all famous powerful families in Japan!
Did they all drop?

Seeing this, Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa, and Kuroda Nagamasa's faces changed, while Shimazu Yoshihiro's eyes rolled around. At this time, Mori Terumoto took the lead in persuading the enemy to surrender.

He shouted: "Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa, Kuroda Nagamasa, Shimazu Yoshihiro, surrender! We are surrounded by 500,000 Ming troops and you cannot escape.

The Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette. If you surrender, we will not kill you. We have all surrendered and are doing well now, as you can see."

surrender?

You dream.

Kato Kiyomasa, the most irascible of the four, immediately yelled, "Baga, you traitor! In my country, there are only warriors who died in battle, not traitors who surrendered."

This guy is really sick in the brain.

Mao Li Terumoto thought for a moment, then taunted him, "Are you a warrior who died in battle? I'm just asking you how many days the food in the city can last. If you're a warrior who died in battle, you'll just be a starving ghost.

The Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette. If you surrender, you will not be killed. Don't you see that the Ming Dynasty did not ask you to rebel? If you surrender honestly, there is still hope of returning. But you forced more than 100,000 soldiers to starve to death. What is your intention?"

I!
Kato Kiyomasa couldn't argue, so he could only say helplessly and furiously: "Get out, you traitor."

I'm afraid you're seriously ill.

Upon hearing this, Mori Terumoto simply looked at Tachibana Muneshige who was standing beside him.

Tachibana Muneshige helplessly shouted: "Soldiers of Kyushu, if you want to go home, surrender. Your wives and children are waiting for you to come home."

When Kato Kiyomasa heard this, his expression changed.

Tachibana Munege!

The unrivaled warrior of the West!

This guy was born into a genuine famous family in Jiuzhou, and he had a high prestige among the soldiers in Jiuzhou. The First Legion, the Second Legion, the Third Legion, and the Fourth Legion were almost all recruited from Jiuzhou, even the young and strong ones brought in later!
If Tachibana Muneshige opens his mouth, the Kyushu soldiers might mutiny!
Kato Kiyomasa turned his head and took a look, and sure enough, the faces of all the generals and soldiers from Kyushu looked a little abnormal.

He quickly shouted, "Tachibana Muneshige, His Majesty Taiko has been very kind to you, why are you betraying His Majesty Taiko?"

Tachibana Muneshige is so helpless.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi really valued him, and he didn't want to betray Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

The problem is that he has a better relationship with Mr. Kobayakawa.

He and Kobayakawa Hidetsugu were as close as brothers. Kobayakawa Hidetsugu was the youngest son of Mori Motonari and the adopted son of Kobayakawa Takakage.

Moreover, since the Mori clan surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he has been following Kobayakawa Takakage in his battles, and Kobayakawa Takakage has been treating him like an adoptive father.

Kobayakawa Takakage ordered surrender, and there was nothing he could do.

He could only helplessly say: "I didn't rebel, I just wanted to go back to Japan. The Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette. The Ming Dynasty said they would let us go back, and I believe it."

After hearing this, the expressions of the Jiuzhou soldiers became even more strange.

Who doesn’t want to go home?

Who wants to starve to death in a foreign land?
Upon seeing this, Maori Terumoto immediately shouted, "Soldiers of Kyushu, think carefully about why you listened to these guys who would rather starve to death than surrender.

The Ming Dynasty is impatient. Starting today, the Ming Dynasty will launch a non-stop bombardment on Gongzhou City. If you don't want to be killed by shells or starve to death, then tie up those guys and surrender outside the city."

After hearing this, the expressions of Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa and Kuroda Nagamasa changed.

There was a hint of fear in their eyes when they looked at Shimazu Yoshihiro and the Kyushu soldiers.

Shimazu Yoshihiro narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing.

At this time, Mori Terumoto, Tachibana Muneshige and others had already ridden away, and the Ming army was also issuing orders. Thousands of artillery pieces were aimed at the city walls at the same time and bombarded them in turns.

The roar of artillery really never stopped, but sometimes it was a row of shells hitting, sometimes it was one shell after another hitting, sometimes it was from the east, sometimes from the south, sometimes from the west, and sometimes from the north.

Anyway, the Ming army bombarded the city walls continuously and without any rules. The walls were covered with rubble and artillery shells. If you were not careful, you would be crushed to death.

The food in the city was becoming less and less. Every day when they drank porridge, they could only see water but no rice.

Who can bear to eat shells on an empty stomach?
The Kyushu soldiers couldn't stand it anymore. Shimazu Yoshihiro, Matsuura Shinnobu, Arima Harunobu and others discussed secretly, and they actually quietly raised an army on a dark night, tied up Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa and Kuroda Nagamasa, and then raised the white flag to surrender!
The same tactics were used to deal with the Fifth Legion of Japanese Pirates.

The Fifth Army of the Japanese pirates was originally composed of soldiers from four countries, and Chosokabe Motochika was the hero of the four countries.

Mori Terumoto brought more than ten surrendered daimyos to persuade the Ming army to surrender, but Fukushima Masanori still refused to surrender, so the Ming army immediately began to bombard him continuously.

Chosokabe Motochika couldn't stand it anymore, so he tied up Fukushima Masanori and raised the white flag in surrender.

At this point, the only remaining army left in the entire vassal state of Korea was the Eighth Army led by Ukita Hideie, which was besieged in the royal capital.

(End of this chapter)