Hizen Castle.

This has been the city where Jin King Zhu Gang has been stationed for three months.

If the Japanese people had come here before, they would certainly be very unfamiliar with this city.

As the saying goes, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Since the capture of this city, Jin Wang Zhu Gang, who paid great attention to life, began to transform this city.

Zhu Gang missed the life in the capital very much. Before coming here, he had already been accustomed to living a luxurious life.

In particular, some of Zhu Ying's initiatives in the capital were learned and moved here in a similar way.

The first step is to demolish and rebuild redundant buildings.

The streets of the capital are spacious and clean, but in Japan, except for the city lord's palace in the center of the city, other places can only be described as dirty and messy.

Sometimes, even the cavalry couldn't get through.

So just dismantle it.

Anything that obstructs traffic, no matter if it is a residence or a shop, will be demolished.

Then the Japanese people in the city were driven out.

In the words of the soldiers, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin is kind-hearted and cannot stand seeing too many rioters, so they had to be all expelled from the city.

Of course, these Japanese people who were expelled from the city were not allowed to move freely. They had to work under the arrangement of supervisors.

Whether it's work in the fields, felling trees, construction, etc., everything has to be done.

Two meals are provided every day. Of course, in order to ensure that these Japanese people do not starve to death, what they are given is just dry rice.

The Japanese people all believe in Buddhism, and thus have a custom of despising meat eaters, which makes it convenient to leave meat.

Rice, wild vegetables, and some fish and shrimps are the life of the Japanese people.

Sounds good.

The only difference is that the rice is the worst kind of brown rice, and you have to dig your own wild vegetables and catch your own fish and shrimp.

In today's Japan, there is no fresh fish or shrimp like in later generations. Because of the issue of preservation, the fish and shrimp they eat are basically the rotten fish and shrimp left over by the Ming army.

Of course, in this day and age, not starving to death is the best thing.

Such treatment is a big change from the current situation in Ming Dynasty. Today, food is relatively sufficient in Ming Dynasty, and even poor people can make a living by relying on high-yield crops.

In this way, enough food was transported to Japan to feed the 500,000-strong army.

Every two months, a batch of food would be delivered to ensure the soldiers' living needs.

This is how the Japanese people live now.

However, even in this situation, except for some samurai nobles, a large number of Japanese people were actually grateful to King Jin Zhu Gang.

Even though the language is different, it can be seen from their behavior that the Japanese people truly recognize the King of Jin.

There were even many young and strong people in Japan who expressed their desire to join the Ming army.

For this reason, even King Jin Zhu Gang felt a little unbelievable.

In fact, in this day and age, life is very hard for people no matter where they are from.

They don't have any other ideas. Their biggest dream is to have a full meal. Even that is a luxury.

If there is famine in the Ming Dynasty, won’t there be famine in Japan too?

In fact, the famine and various natural disasters in Japan were far more severe and frequent than those in the Ming Dynasty.

This also means that hunger is a very common thing for the people of Japan.

But now, as long as I work, I can have two meals a day.

Since the Ming army occupied the city, no Japanese people have starved to death.

What an unimaginable thing this is.

King Zhu Gang of Jin was a rather cruel person.

They would beat and scold the Japanese people at will, and even kill them on the spot if they met someone they didn't like.

However, the Japanese people seemed to be accustomed to this and did not feel disgusted at all.

Because the Prince of Jin of the Ming Dynasty only allowed himself to kill people, but did not allow his subordinates to kill people.

This is really good news for the people of Japan.

Although Japan learned from the Tang Dynasty and abolished slavery after the Taika Reform, when it came to the law, it was completely ruled by local aristocrats, who had the final say and various forms of oppression were extremely serious.

After King Jin Zhu Gang arrived, he naturally implemented military control. The laws in the army were strict. As for the Japanese, no matter if they were civilians, samurai, or nobles, they were all treated equally. They were all Japanese anyway, so why bother with them so much?

This immediately balanced the internal conflicts in Japan.

The hearts of the Japanese people were also balanced.

He saw that the great masters, samurai, and nobles of the past were also working like him.

Not to mention, I feel more energetic now to do any work.

That afternoon, when Zhu Di arrived at Hizen Castle, he could not hide his surprise in his eyes.

What a good third brother! He actually managed the Japanese city so well. It seems that I have underestimated him.

After receiving the notification, Zhu Di entered the city with several personal guards.

The wide avenue allows for smooth travel, and the surrounding houses are obviously newly built, looking neat and orderly with clear arrangements.

After walking all the way, we arrived at the center of the city.

At the door, Zhu Gang’s personal guards were waiting.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Yan."

Several guards clasped their fists and bowed.

No matter what kind of conflicts there are between the Prince of Yan and his own Prince of Jin, these are family affairs of the Ming royal family and are not something that ordinary soldiers can participate in.

If this causes any obstacles, not to mention the Prince of Yan, even my own prince will definitely not let it go easily.

As soon as I entered the door, a voice was heard.

"Fourth brother, you brought three thousand cavalrymen and suddenly came to Third Brother's place. What do you want to do?"

"Are you trying to show off to me, your brother?"

Zhu Gang originally planned to wait for Prince of Yan to come in the lobby, but when he thought of Prince of Yan Zhu Di, he became impatient. When he heard the noise, he went straight to the yard to start mocking.

Seeing this, Zhu Di could not help hiding his true feelings and said bluntly: "I came here this time to give my third brother some money."

Zhu Gang sneered without hesitation: "With your personality, what kind of money can you give me? It's ridiculous."

"Who knows what bad things you have in mind."

"Tell me what's going on. Let me make it clear first. I don't want to borrow any grain."

In fact, Zhu Gang was also very confused about the arrival of the fourth son Zhu Di.

Now that Japan is about to surrender and there is no war to fight, everyone is busy migrating their population. Why are they coming here at this point in time?

Zhu Di said, "Since Third Brother asked, I won't hide it. I came here this time to ask Third Brother to join forces and conquer Fengqian State."

Hearing this, Zhu Gang's originally mocking expression suddenly disappeared, his face became a little gloomy, and then he said: "Let's go inside and talk."

Zhu Di and Zhu Gang then entered the hall together.

Zhu Gang was the first to say, "Fourth Brother, you should know that Japan has already agreed to His Royal Highness's conditions, surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and paid compensation of 90 million taels of silver, as well as three cities."

"Are you going to attack Fengqian at this time to disobey the order of the Crown Prince?"

Zhu Di smiled and said, "How dare I disobey the order of the Crown Prince? But did you receive the order of the Crown Prince or the ceasefire order from the court?"

"Japan has surrendered. Not long ago, it was said that Japan had already signed the treaty and was just waiting for the imperial court to stamp it."

"But now, we can't tell whether the court has stamped it or not."

When Zhu Di said this, Zhu Gang of course understood the situation very clearly.

After a moment of contemplation, he said, "There are 100,000 Japanese soldiers in Fengqian City. Even if you and I join forces, it is not necessarily certain that we can capture Fengqian in a short period of time with 200,000 troops."

"If we forcefully capture it, there will inevitably be too many casualties. Even if we succeed, we will certainly be punished by the imperial court. The expedition against Japan will not only be fruitless, but also a sin."

"If we can't hold out, once the imperial court issues an order, not only will our efforts be in vain, but we will also be reprimanded by the court."

"This is because I didn't get to eat the mutton, but I got into trouble."

In the face of interests, Zhu Gang obviously chose to temporarily put aside some of the previous conflicts between brothers. He began to discuss with Zhu Di and also expressed his own ideas.

Zhu Di heard this and said, "Brother, please don't misunderstand me. I don't have 100,000 troops. If we join forces, we can only have 40,000 troops to attack Fengqian together with you."

Hearing this, Zhu Gang was about to lose his temper, but suddenly stopped.

Personally speaking, Zhu Gang's military talent was actually no worse than Zhu Di's.

Zhu Di's achievement in the Northern Expedition was not due to poor leadership.

He soon realized that the other 60,000 troops of the Fourth Prince Zhu Di must have gone to other places.

Thinking about the Goryeo army, which was led by Daoyan, who was once under the command of the fourth prince Zhu Di, the connection between the two became clear at once.

Putting down the teacup that he was about to smash, Zhu Gang picked it up and took a sip, then began to consider whether there was a chance of successfully attacking the city this time.

Zhu Di was not in a hurry either. He drank tea and waited for Zhu Gang's decision.

After a while, Zhu Gang asked, "Old Fourth, can you be sure that if Chikuzen Castle is attacked, the Japanese soldiers in Buzen Castle will definitely mobilize to support it?"

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, Third Brother. I am sure of it."

Zhu Gang snorted coldly: "Don't fool me. Since you want me to go to war with you, then tell me the details."

"You know my temper very well. If you dare to have any tricks, don't blame me for not showing brotherly love."

Zhu Di thought to himself: How can there be any brotherhood between you and me?

However, he still explained: "In the eyes of the Japanese, they have already surrendered, so naturally they will relax their defenses. Of course, this is only one of the reasons."

"Secondly, what does the Goryeo army's attack on the city have to do with our Ming army? Currently, it is Japan that surrendered to our Ming Dynasty, not to Goryeo. So when Goryeo attacked the city, the Japanese naturally wouldn't suspect me."

"The Japanese will think that our Ming army will not move, and they will definitely not abandon Chikuzen Castle. They will definitely transfer troops from the nearest Buzen Castle."

Zhu Gang asked in return, "How can you be sure that the Japanese will not be on guard against us? If the Japanese do not take action, all our efforts will be wasted."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, Third Brother. I have developed a few spies in Japan. Although they are not leading troops now, they can still have a say in Buzen Castle."

"For things like this, just a little guidance will naturally dispel other people's doubts."

Although Zhu Di did not spend all his time on city building like Zhu Gang, when developing espionage, he inherited the true skills of his father, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

Before coming to Japan, he had developed a Japanese spy. After coming, he recruited some Japanese warriors and nobles under his command.

Finally, deployment was also made in Buzen Castle.

In fact, even if Japan did not surrender and the situation dragged on, Zhu Di was confident that he could capture Fengqian City.

Zhu Gang thought for a moment and said, "The fortress of Buzen Castle is strong, and with the defenses deployed for so many days, even if tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers leave, it will not be a problem for them to hold out for two or three days."

"Even if Bungo Castle sends reinforcements, it will be difficult to capture it quickly."

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Isn't there still my seventh brother?"

At this point, Zhu Gang knew that Zhu Di had already planned everything.

He naturally knew the temperament of the seventh prince, Zhu Yuan, the King of Qi. He was the most arrogant and eager for quick success, so he would definitely attack Bungo Castle.

In this way, we can attack three cities at the same time and catch them off guard, so the chances of success are very high.

Zhu Gang could also guess that among all these, Zhu Di would definitely benefit the most from attacking the Japanese city.

The two castles of Chikuzen and Bungo will definitely gain a fortune.

After thinking deeply for a while, he said, "Three to seven. You have three and I have seven."

Zhu Di did not hesitate at all and said directly: "Okay!"

Seeing that the fourth brother agreed so readily, Zhu Gang felt a little regretful and thought he should have asked for more.

But they are all princes, and they still have to save their face. Now that the words have been spoken, there is naturally no room for regret.

For now, we can only hold our breath and discuss some specific battle plans for the next step.

The attack on the three cities was naturally not carried out at the first opportunity.

The Goryeo army first attacked Chikuzen Province, and then Zhu Neng led 30,000 troops to join forces with Qi King Zhu Gui to attack Bungo Province.

Finally, Zhu Di and Zhu Gang joined forces to attack Fengqian Kingdom.

Just as Zhu Di guessed, the Japanese in the three cities of Chikuzen, Buzen and Bungo had no idea that they would be attacked by the Goryeo army at this time.

As for Yao Guangxiao, it was naturally impossible for him to refuse after Zhang Yu arrived.

Even the generals of Goryeo were eager to try.

Everyone knew that Japan was going to surrender, so after the Ming army withdrew, the Goryeo army had no choice but to follow suit.

The only benefit to Goryeo was that Tsushima Island belonged to Goryeo after this battle.

However, there was nothing good to be gained from such a barren place, which made the Goryeo army very depressed.

Now that Zhang Yu had done this, not to mention Wei Guang, even Yao Guangxiao couldn't stop him.

Speed ​​is of the essence in war, and what we are fighting for now is time difference. On the day after Zhang Yu arrived, the entire Goryeo army was mobilized to forcibly attack Zhuqian City.

After hearing Zhu Neng's report, Prince Zhu Gui of Qi learned that his third and fourth brothers had already discussed the matter, so he, as the younger brother, should follow.

As expected, under the guidance of the spies arranged by Zhu Di, on the third day of the Goryeo army's attack on Chikuzen Castle, 30,000 Japanese soldiers came out of Buzen Castle to support.

When the news that Bungo Castle was also attacked spread, the Japanese in Bunzen Castle immediately realized that they had fallen into a trap.

Before they could react, the Ming army's artillery had already been set up at the gate of Fengzen Castle.