In the 11th year of Tianwu, in the early morning of August 23, Xu Qingshan and Li Yu led 20,000 Ming troops to fight a fierce battle with 50,000 Japanese troops on the outskirts of Kyoto.

In less than half an hour, the two generals defeated 50,000 Japanese troops with an overwhelming victory, and beheaded the Japanese commander Tadaaki Abe.

At nine o'clock, the Ming army held a grand ceremony to enter the city, and hundreds of Japanese officials knelt down to greet them.

These were all officials who stayed in Kyoto, some royalists, and some shogunate officials who were not reused, and Sakai Tadakatsu left him behind, firstly, to treat them as outcasts, and secondly, to let them use their residual heat to drag down the Ming army.

The political consciousness of the officials will not be bad, and it is better to surrender voluntarily than to resist and be killed.

For the Japanese, Daming is a behemoth, what do you use with your little arms and legs to fight with others?

Therefore, these daimyo and shogunate officials ordered the gates of the castle to be opened and the Ming army entered the castle, and at the same time ordered all the defenders of Kyoto to lay down their arms and not to resist lowly.

On the city wall of Kyoto, there are soldiers of the Ming army, on both sides of the south gate, the Tianwu army with loaded guns is divided into two teams, holding their guns high, and at the forefront of each unit is the Imperial Forest Army holding the urn of the fallen soldier on his chest.

Zhu Cihong and other senior generals of the Ming army carried out the ceremony of entering the city on horseback.

In the music of the Ming national anthem "Ode to the Emperor Ming", the four-star golden sun flag slowly rose from the Kyoto castle tower, symbolizing the complete occupation of the Japanese capital by the Ming army.

Zhu Cihong drove his horse forward to inspect the Ming army, followed by the Ming generals and Wenchen, and behind them was a cavalry and horse team of four columns composed of 5,000 Imperial Forest Army.

Amid the deafening sound of military bugles, the Ming army let out crazy cheers.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

On his horse, Zhu Cihong looked at the thousand-year-old city, which for a thousand years had been the traditional economic and cultural center of Japan.

Although the political center of Japan moved to Edo with the Tokugawa clan, Kyoto, as the thousand-year-old capital of Japan and the residence of the emperor, is a large city, with a total population of nearly 500,000, which is larger than Osaka Castle.

However, Kyoto's defenses were very weak, which was due to the arrangement of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was afraid that the emperor would have the ambition to regain power, so he did not allow Kyoto to have strong castle defenses and a large number of troops.

As a result, Kyoto's walls were not tall and strong, and there were many gaps, and it had been an undefended city for decades, and of course no daimyo would attack Kyoto. (Mainly because he didn't have the strength to compete with the Tokugawa shogunate)

Rao was later Sakai Tadashi moved the shogunate to Kyoto, and he didn't have time to build a city defense, so he could only use Osaka as an important strategic point to resist the Ming army.

Zhu Cihong casually glanced at the Japanese officials kneeling on both sides of the city gate, and then rode into the city of Kyoto.

On both sides of the street, every house closes its doors and windows, and only a few Japanese people along the street carry incense burners on their heads, or hold the small national flag of the Ming Dynasty, welcoming the son of tomorrow into the city.

In the crowd, some personnel of the Special Service Department of the Japanese Ministry of Intelligence had a fierce glint in their eyes, staring at Zhu Cihong, who was arrogant on his horse.

A special agent touched his hand to his waist, suddenly burst out, and shouted: "The dog emperor takes his life!" ”

He just stood up, and the rotating pistol in his hand was not aimed at Zhu Cihong, only to hear a "pop", and the sound of the death call of a Ming army sniper came from the commanding heights of a residential house.

The Japanese secret service officer was shot dead on the spot, and a thick blood stain came out of his head, and he staggered to the ground.

In the face of the sudden situation, there was a burst of exclamations from the crowd, and the Imperial Forest Army surrounded Zhu Cihong with a hula, looking like they were facing a great enemy.

And Zhu Cihong on the war horse had a breezy expression, didn't even blink his eyelids, and continued to ride the horse forward.

Immediately afterwards, several figures flashed out of the panicked crowd again, some holding handcuffs, some holding daggers, all of them killing Zhu Cihong in the center of the street with hatred on their faces.

The sound of gunfire rang out, and the Guards crackled at the Assassins, and the crisp shots of snipers rang out from nearby buildings.

Xu Sheng, the general of the Imperial Forest, shouted: "The whole city is searching for the rebels!" Be sure to leave no one behind, kill them all! ”

Several teams of the Imperial Forest Army quickly led the order to attack, and Xu Qingshan also sent a brigade of Tianwu Army to search and capture the whole city.

The Japanese officials who surrendered were frightened and hurriedly ran to explain that this matter had nothing to do with them.

Looking at this Japanese traitor's face, Zhu Cihong just smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I will go and check, don't worry." ”

Then, he ordered: "Kill all the Japanese soldiers who have been defeated and surrendered!" Those who surrender directly without participating in the war, stay! ”

His meaning is very clear, as long as those who participate in the fight against the Ming army, no one is left behind, and those who take the initiative to attach themselves in advance can continue to live.

The Japanese officials who surrendered were both frightened and excited, afraid that the Ming Emperor was ruthless, but fortunately they had chosen the right one and could live for a lifetime.

After that, Zhu Cihong entered the imperial palace and gathered with the generals to drink the imperial wine.

During the banquet, Li Ting, who was lurking in Kyoto, came to meet him.

He told Zhu Cihong in his ear that the Japanese Empress Mingzheng was under the control of Jinyiwei and asked if he wanted to summon him.

It turned out that after Empress Mingzheng was secretly Chen Cang by the Jinyi Guard, she was not taken out of Kyoto, but hid in a Jinyi Guard intelligence point not far from the Imperial Palace.

Poor Taro Yamamoto of the Japanese Intelligence Department, a smart one, took people out of the city to chase him in a hurry, scattered all the people from the Secret Service Division to inquire, tossed for a day and a night, and did not expect that he was played by the brocade guard.

Regarding Taro Yamamoto's ability, Li Tingbiao gave an evaluation: "Ignorant children, Dong Shi Xiaofeng, class door axe, ridiculous!" ”

In order to stimulate Taro Yamamoto, Li Tingbiao also wrote a letter and sent someone to him, the content of which detailed a series of serial plans against the emperor by Jinyiwei and how they rescued Empress Mingzheng.

Li Tingbiao didn't know what kind of expression Taro Yamamoto would have when he saw this letter.

Zhu Cihong was not very interested in the Japanese empress, so he did not summon her, and asked Li Tingbiao to take Empress Mingzheng back to the imperial palace and take a look when he was free.

Zhu Cihong suddenly asked, "Li Tingbiao, has the Intelligence Department gained anything recently?" ”

Li Tingbiao, who had just entered the table, stood up again and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Jinyiwei found a large amount of grain in Kyoto, and unexpectedly, most of these grain bags were written in Chinese characters, and some were written in Dutch...... Chen felt that the Dutch and some Ming profiteers were secretly funding the Japanese, and Jinyiwei had been secretly following up and investigating! ”

"Oh? And what's going on? ”