At this moment, all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty knew that the final stage of the expedition had arrived, but no one felt any pressure at this moment. The war had come to this point. Even if all the gods from Japan and the ancestors of Hirohito's family appeared together, there would be no possibility of a comeback.
At this moment, the Japanese who saw that they had no way to escape were also at the stage of collapse. Some of them knelt down and begged for surrender, but the Ming army officers and soldiers had no mercy on them. They only waved their butcher knives at them. So, seeing that there was no hope of surrender, the Japanese continued to resist, but how could they resist? So they tried to surrender again, over and over again, and they never got tired of it.
Some people who were mentally broken did even more crazy things. They actually used the weapons in their hands to try to dig a tunnel under their feet. Such actions were very rare on the battlefield, and it seemed that only the Japanese could do it.
What long-lasting martial arts fortune, what Bushido spirit, even the courage they had to fight before was just bluffed out. When they really face life and death, how can they not be afraid?
When Hirohito looked at the scene around him, the only word that could describe the feeling in his heart was collapse. The hundreds of thousands of troops that he was once proud of, the navy that he once thought was the best in the world, and his ideal of unifying the world, had all collapsed at this moment.
All fantasies are gone, and what remains are only the most practical things. Some people don't want to live, but no one is not afraid of death. No matter who it is when facing the issue of life and death, most people will choose to live in disgrace. After all, it is better to live a miserable life than to die.
At this moment, even Hirohito Hiroichi had the urge to kneel down and surrender on the spot, because apart from this, there seemed to be no other way, or nothing else to do.
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"Generals, how about we accept the Japanese surrender first? After they lay down their weapons, we will deal with them all together. If we continue to kill them like this, although we will definitely be able to kill them all, there is no guarantee that our own soldiers will suffer some casualties."
The one who spoke was Yang Xiao, and after hearing this, the other generals present also fell into deep thought.
King Yin Ye said: "It's not impossible to accept surrender, but if we accept surrender and then kill them, wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?"
Yang Xiao said: "There's nothing wrong with it. Since we went on the expedition to Japan, haven't we killed many Japanese civilians? Even in the previous wars, it seems that we killed quite a few prisoners of war."
"It doesn't matter this time."
Wei Yi smiled and said: "It seems that it is not impossible. We are the winners and we have the final say on the rules."
"What's more, we are just asking these beasts to lay down their weapons first. As for whether to kill them or not, we don't need to make any promises. In the end, even if we only let these beasts live for one more day, isn't that a kindness to them?"
The generals smiled at each other and actually felt that they were kind people.
"Drop your weapons, drop your weapons..."
Finally, there was an order to lay down arms, and the Ming army soldiers temporarily stopped the attack. None of the Ming army soldiers said anything about surrender and not being killed, but the Japanese did not think so. At this moment, they were all discouraged. The Ming army actually let them lay down their weapons, so they just regarded it as surrender and not being killed.
Large numbers of Japanese soldiers hurriedly threw their swords and spears to the ground, as if they were afraid that if they threw them too late, the Ming army would regret it.
The ministers and so-called nobles who conquered Japan also breathed a sigh of relief. They foolishly thought that the war was over. After the war, a new dynasty was coming. With the beginning of a new era, the monarch of the new era always needed some lackeys. As long as they performed well, they would still be rich and prosperous.
The ministers and nobles of Japan all knelt on the ground. They hoped that they could get Zhang Wuji's favor and become the rulers of the new era. At this moment, the most sober person might be Hirohito Hiroichi, because no matter what, the ministers and nobles of Japan might be forgiven by Zhang Wuji, but it was hard to say for him. After all, there seemed to be few emperors who could forgive another emperor after capturing him throughout the ages.
They all surrendered. The Japanese had put down their weapons and lined up in a long queue to accept the surrender, while the Ming army soldiers looked at them with a smirk on their faces. Everyone knew what the outcome would be, except themselves.
"Wait a minute," King Yin Ye, who was riding on a tall horse, suddenly shouted.
He pointed to a man dressed in noble clothes not far away and said, "Who are you?"
The person who was asked who he was was Hirohito Koichi. He was wearing a yellow robe and a soft armor woven with gold thread on the outside. The soft armor alone was definitely a treasure.
Hirohito also knew that he was doomed. Although he was a defeated military man and even his country had to change its name, he was still an emperor after all. Even at this point, he always wanted to save face. Perhaps it was his little bit of self-esteem that was at work.
"I, I am the Emperor of Great Japan."
"Alive, alive," Yin Yewang laughed, "it turns out that you are a person who is determined to survive no matter what. But I am really puzzled. Your country is destroyed, your family is ruined, and you have become a prisoner. How can you still call yourself the emperor?"
"There is only one emperor in this world, and that is His Majesty the Emperor of my family. As for you, you are nothing but a usurper. How dare you call yourself the emperor under the military force of my Ming Dynasty? Who gave you the right?"
What Yin Yewang said was so unreasonable that all the Ming generals around him looked at him sideways, but they didn't say anything. Moreover, after carefully thinking about his words, they actually felt that there was some truth in them. Who really gave Hirohito Hongichi the right and courage to call himself the emperor?
Many generals and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty looked at Hirohito Hongyi like a pet. Many of them were veterans who had followed Zhang Wuji for many years. Some of them had witnessed the surrender of Zhao Min and the surrender of Zhu Yuanzhang, but this so-called surrender of the emperor was undoubtedly the most disgraceful.
"I want to see Zhang Wuji," Hirohito couldn't stand the gazes of the Ming soldiers. After all, he was the emperor of Japan. When the Japanese people looked at him, they had to kneel on the ground and look up at him. The gazes of the Ming soldiers were full of ridicule. Obviously, his self-esteem was cruelly trampled upon again.
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