At Shimazu's orders, a samurai with a bandage on his head and covered in blood was quickly carried in on a stretcher.

When the Satsuma army arrived at Mt. Redbird, they were tired and hungry, and they had fought fiercely with the Ming army, and they were already exhausted, and it was a miracle that this close samurai beside Shimazu Mingyun was able to ride a horse to Shimizu Castle to report the news while he was injured.

However, after arriving at Shimizu Castle, the close samurai, who was already at the end of the crossbow, could no longer support it, and after briefly reporting the battle situation, he fainted, so he was unable to come to see Shimazu Narumi.

"My lord, he's overworked, just take a break." Shimazu Narumi asked a doctor to check on the unconscious samurai.

"I want him to wake up as much as possible." Shimazu Narumi now wanted to know more details about the Battle of Red Bird Mountain, so he commanded the doctor with a blank face.

"Adults, small ones do their best." The doctor knew that the situation was severe, so he glanced at the unconscious close attendant samurai and bowed and replied.

"Go, inform the retainers in the city, and let them come quickly." The annihilation of the Satsuma army that went to ambush on Red Bird Mountain was the most important event of the Satsuma Domain, and Shimazu Narumi naturally couldn't make up his mind alone, after all, he was not the lord of the Satsuma Domain, so he said to a personal samurai on the side.

Although Shimazu Naruto took the elite of the Satsuma army to Mt. Red Bird, some of the retainers of the three kingdoms of the Satsuma clan remained in Shimizu Castle, and now Shimazu Narumi wants to discuss countermeasures with them.

Since it was already dark at night, the retainers of Shimizu Castle were now ready to go to bed, and they were surprised to learn that Shimazu Narumi had something important to discuss with them, and rushed to Shimazu Narumi's residence with a puzzled look, not knowing what was important.

"Your Excellency!" When the retainers whispered in the council hall about the reason why Shimazu Narumi had come to them, Shimazu Narumi walked in expressionlessly, and everyone hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why this official summoned you overnight is because there is an important matter to announce about the life and death of my Satsuma Domain!" Shimazu Narumi sat cross-legged behind the long table in front of him, and said to the retainers who were looking at him with a stern expression, "Just now the official got a message that the lord of the domain was ambushed by the Ming army at Red Bird Mountain, and the whole army has been wiped out!" ”

"What?" As soon as these words came out, the retainers at the scene were all dumbfounded, looking at Shimazu Narumi in amazement, and it was hard to believe this fact for a while.

"The Ming army guessed the intention of the feudal lord, so they set up an ambush on Red Bird Mountain in advance, and the feudal lord was unprepared, and then entered the ambush circle of the Ming army."

Shimazu Narumi glanced around at the stunned retainers with a grim expression, and announced an even more shocking piece of news, "The lord of the feudal domain sent people back to the city to spread the word, in order to save Shimizu Castle from the poison of war, so he decided to surrender to the Ming King Zhongwu, King Zhongwu promised to do nothing to the people in the city, you don't have to worry about being plundered by the rebels!" ”

Hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the retainers present were even more shocked, no one thought that Shimazu Mingyun would surrender to Li Yuntian, you must know that Shimazu Mingyun has always been conceited, and he should rather die than surrender, so this news was really beyond their expectations.

"This is impossible, the lord of the feudal lord regards the honor of the samurai as his life, and even if he is captured, he will not surrender to the Ming army, let alone sacrifice Shimizu Castle!" In astonishment, a round-faced retainer stood up suddenly, and said to Shimazu Narumi with a red face, "Lord Narumi, who is spreading rumors, after finding out, you must break it into pieces!" ”

"That's right! Someone must be spreading rumors, the lord of the domain went to ambush the Ming army, how could he be ambushed by the Ming army? After the vegetarian, another tall and thin retainer stood up and said excitedly.

As the two spoke, the people at the scene suddenly became commotion, whispering to each other, and to be honest, they couldn't believe that the news was true.

"Be still!" Shimazu Narumi quietly glanced at the two retainers who stood up, and then said in a deep voice, these two retainers are Shimazu Naruto's subordinates, so they naturally don't want to believe that this matter is true.

The scene fell silent, and everyone looked at Shimazu Narumi to know where his news came from.

"Come, bring him up." Shimazu Narumi knew what everyone was thinking, so he clapped his hands outside the door.

With Shimazu Narumi's action, the retainers looked at the door curiously, wanting to know who Shimazu Narumi wanted them to meet.

After a while, the samurai of Shimazu Narugumo, who had come to report the news, was helped in by two subordinates, his body was wrapped in bandages, and his clothes were stained with blood, making him look extremely weak.

When they saw this close samurai, the two retainers standing there couldn't help but change their faces suddenly, their expressions were shocked, they had already recognized the identity of the close samurai, and knew that he was the samurai who personally guarded Shimazu Naruto, they never expected him to appear here, let alone that he would be such a wolf.

"Do you know him?" Shimazu Narumi glanced at the two retainers who were standing there with a greatly changed expression, and pointed to the close samurai and asked quietly.

He ...... He was a samurai at the side of the feudal lord. The round-faced retainer who spoke at first replied to Shimazu Narumi in some panic, then looked at the close samurai with a look of disbelief, and asked eagerly, "Say, what happened?" ”

"Old family, after we arrived at Red Bird Mountain, we were attacked by the Ming army in ambush, and all the troops have been wiped out, and no one escaped!"

The close attendant warrior pushed away the two subordinates who were supporting him, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said to the round-faced retainers, "The Ming army is about to attack Qingshui City, and the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty promised the lord of the domain, as long as Qingshui City surrenders, then he will only take away those pirates who have plundered the Songjiang Mansion in the south of the Ming Dynasty, and will not harass the people in the city, otherwise he will kill a chicken and dog when the city is broken!" ”

"The lord of the feudal domain wanted to kill himself to avoid being humiliated, but for the sake of the people in the castle, he decided to open the castle and surrender after careful consideration, so as not to suffer a heavy blow to our Satsuma Domain, and then the surrounding daimyo will definitely take the opportunity to attack."

As he spoke, the close attendant samurai looked at the round-faced retainer with a sad and angry expression, "Elder of the family, please save the lord of the domain, our Satsuma clan can't be without the lord of the domain." ”

Hearing this, Shimazu Narumi's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and the corners of his mouth showed a sneer of disdain, obviously he didn't think that Li Yuntian would say that if Qingshui City didn't surrender, he would kill all the people of Shimizu City, it must be that this close samurai was exculpating Shimazu Mingyun's choice.

"Where's my family?" Without waiting for the round-faced retainer to speak, an emaciated retainer sitting in the first row couldn't help but ask.

This emaciated retainer is from the Hyuga Province of the Three Kingdoms of the Satsuma Domain, and is the elder of the Hyuga Kingdom's daimyo Shimazu Naruyama, who followed Shimazu Naruto to Mt. Red Bird, and it is not known whether he is alive or dead.

"Lord Naruyama has suffered some minor injuries, but he has been bandaged and is out of the way now." The close samurai bowed to the emaciated retainer and replied in a deep voice.

This made the emaciated retainer breathe a sigh of relief, and then looked at Shimazu Narumi with a complicated expression, now that Shimazu Naruyama is in the hands of the Ming army, if something happens, Hinata Kuniko will be finished.

In fact, Li Yuntian's war letter said very clearly, and now the close attendant warrior reminded them again, that is, the Ming army only came this time to arrest those Japanese who had plundered Songjiang Mansion, and would not deal with them.

That is to say, Shimazu Naruyama is likely to be released back by Li Yuntian, but the premise is that Shimizu Castle surrenders, otherwise the consequences are unpredictable.

Due to the confirmation of the defeat of the main force of the Satsuma army led by Shimazu Naruto at Mt. Red Bird, the atmosphere at the scene became extremely depressing, silent, and the retainers were stunned by this sudden scene, and their minds were in chaos.

Since even the main force of the Satsuma army was no match for the Ming army, how did these peasant armies in the city contend with the Ming army, which was equipped with sharp firearms.

Moreover, nine times out of ten, the Ming army will choose to besiege the city, and they will be able to hold out for a few months at most, and finally they will have to open the city gate to face the Ming army

"My lord, Shimizu City can't hold it, let's retreat to Osumi Province!" In the silence, a retainer sitting in the first row broke the calm on the field and said, "If the Ming army doesn't keep his word, our Satsuma Domain will be finished." ”

This retainer was Shimazu Narumi's subordinate, and now Shimazu Narumi was the only one of the three daimyos of the Satsuma Domain who was not captured by the Ming army, so he naturally wanted to keep Shimazu Narumi safe and leave Shimizu Castle and retreat to Osumi Province.

"We can't evacuate, the wife and children of the lord are here, what will happen to the lady if we leave!" Immediately, an elder of Satsuma Province in the first row immediately retorted.

Shimazu Naruto's wife and children could not go to Osumi Province, because the Ming army's previous war book had already said that Shimazu Naruto's wife and children would also go to Daming with Shimazu Naruto to be tried, so they had to stay in Shimizu Castle, otherwise the Ming army would not give up and would definitely turn to attack Osumi Province.

"Now there are only three ways to go, one is to trap Shimizu Castle, the second is to go to Osumi Province, and the third is to surrender Kaejo." Hearing this, the retainer of Osumi Province pondered for a moment and said in a loud voice to everyone present, "Which path do you think we should choose?" ”

The scene was silent, no one could answer the question of the minister of Osumi Province, it was obvious that trapping Shimizu Castle was a dead end, and going to Osumi Province was equivalent to leaving Shimazu Narukumo's family, and the surrender of Kaesong seemed unwilling and disgraced.

"Okay, this official has decided that for the sake of safety, no one will evacuate to Osumi Province, and this official will stay to protect the family of the lord of the domain, and open the castle and surrender according to the order of the lord of the domain, so as to protect the people in the city!" Seeing that the scene was quiet, Shimazu Mingyun knew that it was very difficult for these retainers to make a choice, so he stood up after a deep groan and said loudly.

......Seeing this, the people in the room were taken aback, and hurriedly got up, trying to persuade him to take back his fate, after all, Shimazu Naruto is the only remaining daimyo of the Three Kingdoms of the Satsuma Domain, in case he is also detained by the Ming army, then the Satsuma Domain will be leaderless.

"You don't need to say much, this official has made up his mind and decided to live and die with Qingshui City to repay the trust of the lord of the domain!" Without waiting for everyone to open their mouths to persuade them, Shimazu Naruto stopped them with a wave of his hand, and said with righteousness.

Subsequently, Shimazu Naruto walked away quickly, leaving only the retainers in the house to look at each other, no one could have imagined that Shimazu Naruto would risk leaving the family that accompanied Shimazu Naruto, which made his image in the minds of everyone suddenly taller.