Yang Buhui did not dwell on this issue, but Zhu'er who was not far away said: "Fortunately, the first one to go up was Uncle Yang. If Zhao Min had said that to my father just now, I would definitely have played tricks on her."
Zhao Min thought that the matter was over, but when she heard Zhu'er say that, she became a little angry. However, at this moment, Zhao Linger grabbed her ear and said, "Zhu'er, sister Min'er is the marshal now, and today is the day to capture Tokyo City. You'd better keep your mouth shut, otherwise, I am destined to take sides today."
Zhu'er felt a pain and wanted to say something, but when she saw Zhao Ling'er's sharp gaze, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
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Looking at Yang Xiao, although he had been killing people on the top of the city wall, he actually did not achieve much actual results. After fighting for half a day, he only cleared a small area on the top of the city wall. In addition, there were archers suppressing him on another city wall fifty steps away, so it was even more difficult to expand the results of the battle.
However, while Yang Xiao was still fighting hard, Hirohito Hiroichi had already led all the civil and military officials in the city to the second city wall.
Hirohito Hiroichi was a little shocked: "Damn, has my first line of defense been lost?"
The little Zhuge Abe Saburo on the side said: "Not yet. It should be that the Ming army caught us off guard. The first line of defense is still in a stalemate. We have 150,000 soldiers in the city who can continuously provide support to the first line of defense."
Hirohito Hiroichi shouted loudly: "Why don't you send troops quickly? Once the Ming army successfully captures the first line of city defense, they will definitely try every means to capture my second line of defense. We must not let the Ming army succeed."
With Hirohito Koichi's personal presence on the battlefield, the morale of the Japanese soldiers was naturally greatly boosted. However, at this moment, an old eunuch hurriedly ran to Hirohito Koichi and said, "Your Majesty, something is wrong."
"The fire is so big that even the Amaterasu Hall is on fire."
Hirohito was somewhat surprised. He knew the fire was severe, but he hadn't anticipated it would spread to the Amaterasu Hall so quickly. If this were to happen, would the court meetings have to be held elsewhere?
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Hirohito Koichi has not yet realized that his situation is actually very dangerous. Although the buildings in front of him are only burning in his palace, the fire is actually about to spread outside the imperial city.
Dongjing City was built during the Tang Dynasty in Central China, modeled after Chang'an of the time, though it was much smaller and entirely wooden. The imperial palace was separated from the city walls by a single wall. If the fire got even slightly bigger, it would surely spread outside the palace and, before long, would engulf the entire city. At that point, even if he still had a hundred and fifty thousand troops, would he be better off putting out the fire or engaging in a bloody battle with Zhang Wuji?
The result of this situation would definitely be that Hirohito Hiroichi would have to fight with Zhang Wuji while dealing with the fire in the city. In this way, his troops would certainly not be able to respond and use their full strength. In this kind of national war, the combat effectiveness of his soldiers was not as good as that of the Ming army. If the troops were consumed in other places, it would become a fatal mistake.
At this moment, the little Zhuge Saburo Abe realized something. He said to Hirohito Hiroichi with a nervous look on his face: "Your Majesty, the fire is so strange. We have been surrounded for several months, and the wind is the strongest today, so the fire broke out today."
"The Ming army's spies definitely have a backup plan. They will definitely not just focus on your palace. Be careful with the food in our city. If there is any problem with the food, we will have no capital to fight Zhang Wuji."
After hearing this, Hirohito realized the seriousness of the problem. With such a big fire, there were 147 granaries storing grain in the city. Those grains were the capital that he and Zhang Wuji would use up. Nothing could happen at this time.
After thinking about it, Hirohito Hiroichi immediately ordered the soldiers in the city to strengthen the vigilance around each granary and not let any granary be affected by the fire.
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In fact, Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min had already thought about the problem of the granaries in Tokyo City. However, there were too many granaries in the city. Even if they sent spies to burn down three or five granaries, it would not solve the problem. Therefore, when Zhao Min and Qianye Kong discussed it before, they had already come up with the plan of starting a large fire and letting the fire spread by itself. At least one-third of Tokyo could be turned into ruins. As long as the fire could reach a place, all the granaries would be reduced to ashes.
At the foot of the city, Zhang Wuji saw that Yang Xiao on the top of the city was having a harder and harder time dealing with the situation, so he said to Zhao Min, "Min'er, is it time for General Yang to come?"
Zhao Min shook her head: "Don't worry, he is the general who fought with you to conquer the world. Nothing will happen to him. Before the war, they had discussed it all. Each of them has his own plan for how long to fight. If Yang Xiao is allowed to withdraw now, he will lose face in front of the other generals."
When Zhao Min said this, she did not forget to glance at Yang Buhui: "No, sister, don't think too much. When Zhu'er's father and Xiangjun's father come up to me later, I will treat them equally."
After hearing this, a hint of embarrassment instantly appeared on Yang Buhui's beautiful face: "Sister Min'er, aren't you embarrassing me in front of so many sisters? We are at war now, how could I possibly think too much about it."
After hearing what Yang Buhui said, Zhu'er said: "Although I look down on my father, I also know that he is not the kind of person who is afraid of death. But you, Zhao Min, are feeling very relaxed now!"
There was a hint of sarcasm in Zhu'er's words, but after she said this, all the sisters present looked at her sideways, even Zhou Zhiruo. In the current environment, Zhao Min, as a marshal, had to remain calm at all times. If she was irritated by others and her judgment was affected, it would cause great trouble.
Zhu'er didn't expect that a casual remark of hers could cause such a big reaction. She seemed to realize her own recklessness, although she was rough on the outside but delicate on the inside. Fortunately, Zhu'er was usually shameless, so she quickly said to Zhao Min: "Sister Min'er, I was wrong. You are the marshal now, and you should be as still as a mountain. It was all because of me who said things that I shouldn't have said. Please be magnanimous and don't argue with me."
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