Chapter One Thousand Six Hundred and Seventeen: Slaughter the Japanese Slaves
As soon as the Japanese slave soldier said this, the atmosphere instantly solidified.
Not only the Japanese slave soldiers were staring at Han Du, but also the Ming army officers and soldiers were quietly waiting for the father-in-law's words.
Along the way, Han Du suppressed the performance of the Ming army soldiers. Except for the battle of the fortress, he did not let them go into battle at all. As a result, the Ming army soldiers were able to obtain very few merits this time, and they did not even have the opportunity to make a fortune.
Handu Tongtong was given to the Japanese slaves.
Wealth touches people's hearts. It is unbearable for any person to watch others getting rich while he can only stand aside and cannot move.
If their past experiences hadn't convinced them that the father-in-law would never forget them about getting rich. I'm afraid some people would have been dissatisfied a long time ago, and they wouldn't be so calm now.
"Of course my promise counts."
Han Du put his hands behind his back and said calmly.
The Japanese slave soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately knelt down and begged, "Then please have mercy on Takeo Kamigawa, Your Excellency."
Han Du lowered his eyes and said, "Your name is Takeo Kamigawa? Were you the first to climb to the top of the fortress?"
"Yes." Takeo Kamikawa answered, raising his head, and then immediately crawled down again.
Han Du nodded slightly, "Since you have asked for a seal, I will naturally fulfill your promise."
"Bring me a lawsuit."
A soldier immediately went to the commander's tent, took a petition with the same effect as a letter of appointment, and thoughtfully polished Han Du's ink.
Han Du picked up the pen and brushed it, and in just a moment he had written the petition. He slightly dried the ink, stamped it with a large seal, and handed the petition to Takeo Kamikawa.
"Take it, from now on you will be a Qianhu of the Ming Dynasty."
"Thank you, Your Excellency, Duke!" Takeo Kamigawa trembled with excitement, raised his hands in the air and respectfully accepted the offer.
Han Du smiled and added, "From now on, these Japanese slave soldiers will be led by you, which will save me the trouble of inconvenient command."
"Thank you, Duke, thank you, Duke." Takeo Kamigawa was ecstatic when he heard this. He was originally just an ordinary Japanese slave, but now he has risen to the top and become the leader of the Japanese slave army. All these are due to the rewards from Duke.
"By the way, what else do you want?" Han Du said with a smile.
Kamikawa Takeo quickly stood up, bowed and replied, "Your Majesty the Duke, we still want our capture back."
The captured Japanese slaves were originally taken by each of them. However, Japanese slaves will die on the battlefield. What should we do if we capture dead Japanese slaves? We can’t just throw them away, right?
Therefore, Han Du ordered to collect the gold and silver treasures left by the dead Japanese slaves. Seeing that a large amount of treasures were taken away by the Ming army, the living Japanese slaves saw such a result. They were not stupid and naturally worried about their death.
After getting nothing, everything
All the treasures fell into the hands of the Ming army.
Han Du glanced at him in surprise, and then said, "There are too many things and they are too messy. I will return the things to you after this battle is over."
Takeo Kamigawa is not stupid. How can he rest assured that this treasure is in the hands of the Ming army?
"What? I just fulfilled my promise, what are you worried about?"
Takeo Kamigawa still refused to listen, looked at Han Du and said solemnly, "If the Duke does not agree, then please forgive me, Duke, for not moving forward any further. I will go back later!"
Han Du looked at Takeo Kamigawa with a calm face, and the atmosphere became increasingly solemn.
The nervous look on every Japanese slave's face appeared vividly.
The Ming army also quietly put their hands on the revolvers at their waists. As soon as Han Du gave the order, they would attack immediately.
Suddenly, Han Du chuckled, breaking the tense atmosphere.
"Since you want it, I will give it to you."
Afterwards, Han Du walked towards He Rong and said loudly as he walked, "Give them back their things and break camp tomorrow and continue moving forward."
Only He Rong could see the stern expression on Han Du's face clearly, and he understood Han Du's deep meaning instantly.
Takeo Kamigawa breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. He was worried that Han Du would lie to him at first, but when he heard Han Du order to break camp tomorrow, he believed it.
That night, both the Ming army and the Japanese slave soldiers were celebrating their victory. There were bonfires, roasted mutton, and fine wine, and the noise continued until late into the night.
Inside the handsome tent, facing the roasted whole lamb that was sizzling with oil, everyone present had no appetite at all and stared at Han Du with bright eyes.
"My lord, the Japanese slaves are so evil that they dare to ask your lord for this or that. I think they are tired of living!" He Rongdang spoke first.
Han Du smiled slightly, raised his eyes and glanced at everyone, "Then what do you think I should do?"
"My lord, if you can trust me, please teach me how to handle this matter. I promise that no Japanese slave will see the sun tomorrow." Cao Tai straightened his back and said seriously.
Han Du chuckled lightly, and after pondering for a while, he said, "The plains are thousands of miles away from the Black City of Bali to Samarkand. Timur can no longer defend it, and the Japanese slave soldiers are of little use."
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this. They had long disliked the Japanese slave soldiers.
It's not because the status of the Japanese slave soldiers is inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty people, but because these Japanese slave soldiers face stronger people.
They are groveling and flattering to the best of their ability; but when faced with those who are weaker than them, not only do they have no empathy at all, but they want to retaliate against the weaker ones with ten times a hundred times greed and cruelty.
Shameless!
"I obey the order." Cao Tai stood up immediately and turned to leave.
"Wait." Han Du raised his hand to stop Cao Tai.
Cao Tai turned around in confusion, "Master?"
Han Du smiled and said, "You all go ahead and kill them all, leaving no one alive!"
"Yes, sir!"
The bonfire in the Japanese slave camp has not burned out yet, and is still flickering.
Takeo Kamigawa was also self-taught, and even during such a carnival, he arranged for Japanese slave soldiers to patrol.
All the Timurids in the Black City of Bali had been killed by Japanese slaves long ago. Takeo Kamigawa was so vigilant that it was obvious who he was guarding against.
But Kamigawa Takeo didn't know that although his orders were issued, whether he could carry them out and how much he could carry out was a sign of whether a general was qualified.
Obviously, Takeo Kamigawa was unqualified. Although the Japanese slave soldiers obeyed his orders at first and kept patrolling, but after finding no abnormalities at all, facing others eating barbecue and drinking wine, the originally disorderly Japanese slave soldiers naturally
He put aside Takeo Kamigawa's orders and participated in the carnival.
After all the Japanese slave soldiers were drunk and lying on the ground, countless figures appeared in the surrounding night.
"kill!"
"kill!"
Of the more than 30,000 Japanese slave soldiers, at least 20,000 were directly strangled in a drunken dream. Although the rest were awakened by the shouts of killing, the drunken and swaying Japanese slave soldiers were not the mighty Ming army at all.
The opponent was killed with almost no resistance.
Han Du slept very sweetly with the wails of the Japanese slaves on his pillow.
Early the next morning, Han Du got up early for the first time, opened the curtain of the handsome tent and walked out.
Seeing the soldiers of the Ming army doing their own things in an orderly manner, they knew that the Japanese slave soldiers did not cause any trouble last night.
Walking towards the former camp of the Japanese slave soldiers, as soon as they arrived at the door, they saw He Rong and Cao Tai commanding the Ming army soldiers to clean up the camp.
"Master, did you get up so early today?" He Rong's sharp eyes lit up when he saw Han Du.
Han Du nodded slightly with a smile on his face, "Well, I slept very well last night. I wasn't sleepy anymore in the morning, so I got up."
Then he glanced at the soldiers who were carrying away the Japanese slaves one by one, and asked, "How was the battle last night?"
"Don't worry, sir, we will win a great victory. No."
A Japanese slave escaped, and they are all here." He Rong grinned.
Cao Tai laughed and said, "These ignorant bitches dare to offend the Lord. They are simply worthy of death."
Han Du didn't care about Takeo Kamigawa's offense. Anyway, he never thought about letting these Japanese slaves go back alive. The only purpose of these Japanese slaves was to consume the strength of the Timurid people and avoid the casualties of the Ming army.
That's all.
That's why Han Du would brag about Haikou casually and dare to promise anything.
Gold, silver, treasures, and official positions do not bring any distress at all.
Because Han Du knew that no Japanese slave could really take away these things anyway.
"Send the order, and the whole army will be rewarded with ten taels of gold. After the processing is completed, we will celebrate for another day, and then go to Samarkand."
Han Du ordered with a calm expression.
"Thank you sir!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
In the past, when they watched the Japanese slaves plundering everywhere, the ordinary soldiers were still jealous. Now they realized that no matter how many good things the Japanese slaves grabbed, they were all prepared for them, and there was no way the Japanese slaves could take them away.
Every bit.
This feeling that the Japanese slaves risked their lives and risked their lives, but the benefits they gained fell into their hands, was so good!
However, before Handu officially set off, an urgent report was received from Horumos that night.
"What? Jiayuguan Pass was broken?"
Han Du, who had always been confident, suddenly changed his expression.
He took a few steps forward, snatched the urgent message from the courier, and opened it.
Everyone else looked at Han Du nervously, only to see his eyes quickly glance at him.
After finishing it, he suddenly squeezed the emergency report tightly in his hand.
"Master, is the news true?" He Rong asked quickly with concern.
Han Du's eyes were red, he looked at him and said solemnly, "This is the emperor's personal letter."
"This is impossible. Jiayuguan is guarded by Liang Guogong, how could it be broken?" Cao Tai also looked puzzled.
"Perhaps Tamerlane has increased his troops? Apart from the resolute resistance in the fortress, we have not encountered strong soldiers at all in other cities along the way."
"Even if we increase our troops, it's impossible!" He Rong suddenly interrupted, "Timur has just been defeated by Liang Guogong. This is when the morale of our Ming Dynasty is high. Even if Timur can increase his troops, why should he break the Jiayuguan Pass?"
"My lord, what is going on? How is Liang Guogong? Did the emperor say something again?" Cao Tai asked with a worried look on his face.