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  Chapter 641 638 [Intervention is very important]

  The two wild warriors fought, and it developed to the point where the duel was life and death.

   Li Dingguo recruited him to inquire, but a noble samurai from the Matsuura family died in battle, exploding a set of very gorgeous high-end equipment—armor.

  The Datong Army is not allowed to steal the spoils of war, and they will be distributed uniformly after they are all handed over. Of course these two wild samurai did not dare to take it for themselves, but they both said that they were noble samurai who had obtained it themselves, and they wanted to ask for armor for their merits there.

  Li Dingguo glanced at the corpse of the noble warrior, and instantly lost interest.

  The main body of the armor is two iron plates, which are pasted on the front chest and the back respectively, and then connected with cowhide and iron sheets, and decorated with bamboo pieces and painted patterns. The lower skirt of the armor is also leather inlaid with iron pieces. On the contrary, the helmet is very bluffing, with a U-shaped iron piece riveted on the forehead, which looks like a bull's horn.

  Find the body of another noble samurai, I don't know who killed it, then let two wild samurai touch the body, and pick it off if they want equipment.

  The legendary bamboo armor and wooden armor did not appear on the battlefield.

  The equipment of those peasants is only a bamboo spear, and the rest are not wearing any armor.

  Ordinary infantry is equipped with "half body plate armor", note that it is in quotation marks. In fact, it is similar to a breastplate made of wrought iron sheets, strung together with leather and worn as a vest. As for the lower body, it is a skirt made of leather with iron inserts. This stuff should be called "Ashigaru Pill".

  The wrought iron sheet of Ashgaru Maru is very thin, it can only defend against chopping, and it can also defend against bows and arrows at a long distance.

  The Datong Army is receiving prisoners, and by the way let the prisoners clean up the battlefield.

  In a battle of more than 20,000 people, the real casualties were only a thousand or so. Three or four thousand people fled without a trace, and the rest were taken as prisoners, anxiously waiting for the Datong army to be released.

   "Master, the enemy general wants to see you."

   "Bring all the enemy generals here."

  Shimadzu Tsunahisa, who had already had his seppuku on the battlefield, has not died until now. This guy didn't find the wrong person, he cut it all by himself, convulsed and fainted from the pain, and woke up again not long after.

   Li Dingguo saw that his intestines were leaking out, and there was a smell of excrement when he got close, so he immediately disliked him and said, "Whoever wants to repair a knife will suffer if he procrastinates."

   "General, let me come down to intervene!"

  The wild samurai knelt down and begged for orders one after another, as if they thought it would be honorable for the nobles to intervene.

  Li Dingguo pointed at Ghost Forty-Eight: "Go."

   "Thank you, General!" Kitou Forty-eight was overjoyed, looking triumphantly at Miyazaki Shiro.

   Miyazaki Shiro looked like an abandoned daughter-in-law, looking at Li Dingguo with aggrieved eyes, feeling sad that the general didn't love him anymore.

   Onitou Forty-eight pulled out his samurai sword and walked to Shimadzu Tsunahisa's side.

   Tsunahisa Shimadzu, who was about to die of pain, struggled to get up, barely knelt on the ground, and held on to the short blade stuck in his stomach, with a trembling and grateful voice: "Thank you, come on!"

brush!

  The sword is up, the head is down, this guy is finally dead.

Matsuura Shigenobu glanced at his head, and said to Li Dingguo: "Dear General Tang, I am convinced of the defeat. If you can release the warriors of the Matsuura family, the Matsuura family is willing to compensate Tang for the loss. However, the money is not enough for the time being, please Partial compensation is allowed every year."

   "I have to hand over the pirate Li Guozhu, or kill him, and promise not to plunder China and North Korea in the future! In addition, let Zheng's brother-in-law go back to the country." Li Dingguo added.

Matsuura Shigenobu said: "The Matsuura family can agree to these conditions, but please leave Tagawa Jiro. Tagawa Jiro is my brother-in-law, and my brother died. The youngest son is too young and needs my brother-in-law to serve as a retainer to assist the government. Of course, if Tagawa Jiro misses Parents, you can go to China to visit relatives at any time."

  Li Dingguo smiled and said: "You have a good plan. But this is the matter of the son-in-law's family. I can't decide. Whether to go or stay is up to him."

   "This is enough," Matsuura Shigenobu said, "How much silver do you need to compensate?"

  Li Dingguo said: "Compensation for military expenses is 250,000 taels of silver. As for the amount of compensation for the looted merchants, your Matsuura family will discuss with those merchants themselves."

  Matsuura Shigenobu sighed: "Thank you General for your accommodation."

  250,000 taels of silver, even if they tighten their belts, it will take at least five years for the Matsuura family to pay it off. This is because Matsuura Shigenobu worked hard and did not owe too much foreign debt, and the industry, agriculture and commerce in the jurisdiction are booming.

  As for the Shimadzu family, they have foreign debts and can only repay the money by digging gold mines.

  Matsuura Shigenobu bowed and kowtowed to Li Dingguo: "Since your Excellency has promised, I hope you don't break your promise."

  Li Dingguo said: "A real man says one thing."

  The seppuku ceremony began again. Matsuura Shigenobu stabbed his stomach with a knife and scratched himself on the spot. His younger brother, Matsuura Nobusada, made a mistake and chopped off with a single knife, ending his elder brother's suffering.

  Li Dingguo took the captured samurai, ashigaru and farmers towards Tsurumaru Castle.

  In the evening, meals were prepared for them, and they were treated equally regardless of class.

   After filling their stomachs, these prisoners were so grateful to Li Dingguo. They were defeated in a frontal battle, and their fear of the Datong Army quickly turned into obedience. Now that he is not being abused, he can still have enough to eat, and his obedience immediately turns into respect.

   In a word, I owe it to you!

  Just be nice to them, they just think you are easy to bully. Beat them up, and give them some benefits, then you will be their idol.

  The captured noble warrior even gave Li Dingguo an honorary title: Tang Guoの Wushuang General.

  The next day, Li Dingguo brought more than 10,000 captives to the outside of Tsurumaru City again.

Miyazaki Shiro was ordered to call the city, and carrying the head of Shimadzu Tsunahisa, he came to the city and shouted: "The 100,000 coalition forces of Shimadzu and Matsuura were defeated by General Li of the Tang Dynasty with 5,000 people. There are only a few remaining defenders in the city. To two thousand people, are you begging for death?"

  Shimadzu Mitsuhisa looked at the head of his eldest son, and his face turned pale.

  The reinforcements he was waiting for finally arrived, but as prisoners, they helped the Datong army come to attack the city.

  But Shimadzu Mitsuhisa really didn't want to die, no matter whether Li Dingguo killed him or not, he had to commit seppuku. Mitsuhisa Shimadzu has not lived enough. His holiday villa in Kirishima has not yet finished laying the foundations, and those beautiful concubines... It will be a day if it can be delayed.

   This guy was afraid of death, so he didn't dare to surrender. He even ordered the soldiers to defend the city, and then he took the time to enjoy it.

   The food and drink must be the best, let the young and beautiful concubine Ji come to accompany, enjoy the singing and dancing while feasting, and toss until you fall asleep at night before giving up.

  The defenders of the city were so angry that even though it was spring, the temperature was still very low. They guard the city with the cold wind, but the house governor is having fun inside the city, what the **** is this?

  Only enjoying the third night, a group of warriors opened the city gate to welcome the Datong army, and then rushed into Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's mansion.

  Shimazu Mitsuhisa died on the belly of the concubine Ji.

  This person has nothing to rely on for such a venting enjoyment. The eldest son has been killed, and the other sons must not be able to inherit, and the brothers must come to seize the throne.

  His father Tadahiro Shimadzu killed Ijuin Tadahito (the second person in the Shimadzu family) after only one month in office. And Yijiin Zhongdong was also highly praised by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. To use an analogy, the chairman has just been appointed as the general manager of a branch, and the first thing he does when he takes office is to kill the deputy manager of the branch, and the deputy manager is also the chairman's confidant.

  The son of Zhongdong Ijiin, to avenge his father's rebellion, was mediated by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Three years later, Shimadzu Tadahiro killed his son again, completely ruining the Yijuin clan, and later made his own son the city lord of Yijuin.

   And Shimadzu Mitsuhisa himself, after taking over the position, also killed his two brothers-in-law.

  This family is quite chaotic, so beware of mutual suspicion.

  That's why Tsurumaru Castle was besieged, and the Shimadzu clan's vassals stood still, waiting for their own governor to be killed.

  Occupied Tsurumaru City for several days, Li Dingguo kept his promise and released all the captives from the two feudal domains. When these prisoners left, they were already grateful to Li Dingguo, as if they had received great favor.

  The nobles of the Shimadzu family did not leave.

  Shimadzu Hisukuni, or Ijuin Hisukuni, came to visit at night with his belongings, knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, General, for getting rid of this villain for my Shimadzu family!"

  Li Dingguo was quite upset. The killed Shimadzu Mitsuhisa was the second brother of Shimadzu Jiuguo.

  The elder brother was killed, and the younger brother came to thank the enemy?

  Li Dingguo said: "Take the things back."

Shimadzu Jiuguo said: "The villain is licentious and innocent, and he is good at killing relatives. He has long been hated by humans and gods. The general wiped out the harm of my Shimadzu family. I should be grateful. These gifts are only to express my gratitude. Please be sure to accept it. Down!"

  Li Dingguo said: "I can accept the gift, but which of you will succeed the family governor is a matter for your Shimadzu family."

  Shimadzu Jiuguo said: "If I succeed to the position of family governor, I can give an additional 50,000 taels of money to compensate Tang soldiers. In addition, I will give the general another 10,000 taels in private!"

   After making an ambiguous statement, he finally sent the product away.

   Li Dingguo felt a little tricky, and he didn't dare to accept gifts. He said to the translator: "Be a witness, all these goods will be sealed and confiscated, and I will not take any money."

   Sure enough, Shimadzu Hisukuni was just the beginning, and other nobles of the Shimadzu family came to visit one after another.

  Even Beixiang Jiuzhi and Beixiang Weng Jiu, two people with hundreds of soldiers, came from the eastern fief in a hurry, saying that they wanted to help Li Dingguo attack the city, but it was a pity that the troops came too late.

  Beixiang Jiuzhi is Shimadzu Jiuzhi, the fourth younger brother of the deceased family governor, and his fief is of course in Beixiang City. Beixiang Weng Jiu was the brother-in-law of the deceased governor.

  Beixiang Jiuzhi also offered a very high price. Li Dingguo asked the Shimadzu family to pay 400,000 taels of compensation, but this guy took the initiative to increase the compensation to 500,000 taels. The only request is to let his Beixiang troops take over Tsurumaru Castle, and there is no need to trouble Li Dingguo for other things.

   What's even more outrageous is that Tadashi Shimadzu came to see him by boat. This guy is the son-in-law of the Shimadzu family. Because the fief is in Tanegashima, he is also called Tanegashima Tadashi.

   Regardless of bloodline or strength, Tanegashima's son-in-law is not in the position. This man is purely here to make a joke.

   After receiving a lot of presents, Li Dingguo sealed and confiscated them all, and then agreed to Beixiang Jiuzhi.

  The reason is simple, Kitago Hisao is the fourth child of the Shimadzu family.

  The boss, the second child, and the third child are all dead, and this should be the one in terms of seniority, which can save a lot of trouble.

  Li Dingguo handed Tsurumaru Castle over to Beixiang Jiuzhi for garrison. As for whether this guy can hold it, and how to persuade the shogunate to confirm his identity, then he really can't control it.

  Anyway, the purpose of sending troops has been achieved. Shimadzu's compensation is 500,000 taels of silver, and Matsuura's compensation is 250,000 taels of silver. Shimadzu recognized China's possession of Ryukyu, and handed over Xiangxian and other Ryukyu royal families, promising not to rob Chinese merchant ships. The Matsuura family handed over Li Guozhu and other pirates, promised not to plunder China and North Korea, and made Zheng Chenggong's younger brother a retainer.

  And this "Battle of Kagoshima" was also spread to the whole of Japan with added fuel and vinegar.

  According to the legend, the combined army of Satsuma and Hirado had 50,000 people, and the Datong Army had 10,000 people. The two sides fought in the dark, and each issued a mysterious method of warfare. The Datong Army finally resorted to the "Datong Lore Array".

  The big tube is the artillery. According to legend, the Datong Army dispatched two hundred artillery pieces.

  (end of this chapter)