The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 274 Conquering the Entire Kyushu
Wu Zhen did not doubt these things. In the past, they never killed prisoners of war on the battlefield.

After all, not everyone has the same hobbies as Chang Yuchun.

But this time it was different; the people in front of them were Japanese.

The Japanese treated the people of their southeastern region with extreme cruelty, even more so than the Mongols at the time. Naturally, there was no need to let them live, since the Ming Dynasty would eventually send people to take over this area. After thinking about this place, they began to send troops to land.

Subsequently, the Ming army began to charge continuously toward the shore.

When the local officials saw this, their eyes lit up. The Ming warships were simply too big for them to handle. But now that they were on their territory, the Ming army might not be able to defeat them.

Thinking of this place, he shouted loudly.

"Brothers, the Ming army has now reached our shore. This is our territory. Amaterasu will protect us. Follow me and wipe them all out, then take their heads to exchange for a reward!"

Upon hearing this, many Japanese people were instantly excited.

They usually can't get enough to eat, and the government doesn't care about their lives at all. If they can really get some reward money this time, it would be a good thing for them.

A group of Japanese soldiers wielding forks and broken knives charged directly at the Ming army.

However, the Ming army was now equipped with a large number of firearms.

They were killed before they even got close.

Occasionally, a few people would be seen carrying bows and arrows, but the arrows they carried only had broken iron tips, and such inferior arrows could not possibly penetrate a defense.

The fighting lasted a long time, but it was impossible to have a significant impact on the Ming army.

The Ming army conquered the entire area.

At this moment, one of them shouted loudly, somewhat unwilling to give up.

"We have no past grievances with your Great Ming Dynasty, nor do we have any present troubles. Why are you attacking us!"

“You are the lord of this place. This is my territory. I want to protest to the Ming Dynasty. I protest your behavior. Your Ming Dynasty is a celestial empire. Is this how you treat your vassal states?”

At this moment, a general from the Ming Dynasty saw this man acting so recklessly and slapped him across the face.

"What's with all the nagging? Since you've said you're a vassal of our Great Ming, then you should act like one!"

Before the man could say anything more, he was slapped several times. He immediately became obedient, his face contorted with anger as he glared at the general in front of him.

"I want to see your commander!"

At this moment, Wu Liang stepped forward and asked the person in front of him.

"I heard you want to see me?"

Upon seeing the general before him, the man spoke angrily.

"Your men are utterly unreasonable! They dared to attack me! Everyone says the Ming Dynasty is a land of etiquette, yet you attacked without prior notice. Isn't this a bit too presumptuous of you?"

After hearing this, Wu Liang picked at his ear.

“That’s not right. We came to this place to catch Japanese pirates. Recently, there have been many more Japanese pirates on the seas of the Ming Dynasty. We followed the five of them to this place. Do you think this place is protecting the Japanese pirates?” The man was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and finally lowered his head and said.

"Nonsense! We have absolutely no connection with those Japanese pirates. This is clearly just your excuse. Those people are defeated and are our enemies. How could we possibly help them!"

Wu Liang seemed completely unconcerned about this explanation.

"Whether something happened or not is not up to you to decide, but up to us. If I say it happened, then it happened. Alright, now you are my prisoners. Men, take them away. They only need to eat once every two days. Also, gather all the grain in this area and manage it properly!"

"Could it be that all of this group of people have been suppressed?" a general standing nearby asked in confusion.

"My lord, didn't we say we wouldn't take prisoners? Why keep them alive? I don't think any of these people are good. Why not just kill them all with one stroke?"

Wu Liang said with a smile at this moment.

"Don't worry, the reason why our Great Ming spends so much money to build a navy is not just to seize his territory and silver mines. The key is that although they are useless, we can still make use of them. Wouldn't it be better to throw them into this mine and have them dig silver for us?"

"We don't care if they die anyway. We can just bury them in any hole after they're dead, and then we can arrest a bunch more!"

Upon hearing this, General Min's eyes lit up.

Although they all knew there were many silver mines in this place, they didn't want to expend their own energy to mine them. They simply let these people mine them; after all, they would all die, and it wouldn't have much of an impact on them.

After capturing this place, Wu Liang and Wu Zhen immediately defended it and then divided their forces to attack other places.

Soon, all nine southernmost countries were destroyed.

After they occupied the island, Wu Zhen and Wu Liang were very depressed.

"Their countries here seem quite large, but who would have thought that each one is so small? It's unbelievable!"

Wu Liang sighed. They were very well prepared, with not only food and water, but also a lot of gunpowder.

The concern was that there were too many enemies to kill. Who would have thought that these countries were so weak? It was already a rare feat for a country to be able to muster 10,000 soldiers.

Moreover, the armor worn by these people was almost entirely made of broken bamboo with one or two iron nails stuck in it.

Such a thing has absolutely no defensive capabilities, let alone their muskets.

You could easily injure them with just a random stone.

This resulted in the entire area being occupied before the shogunate of Japan on the other side learned of the matter.

The shogun of the shogunate was furious when he heard the news.

He was vying for power with the Emperor of Japan, and he was about to succeed when this unexpected thing happened.

"Damn the Ming Dynasty! How dare they send people to attack our great Japan? Have they gone mad? Don't they know we have the protection of Amaterasu?"

"Counterattack! Order all samurai in every region to assemble. We must fight back and show them that our great Wa nation is invincible!"

Looking at the fierce-looking Shogun, the daimyo below all frowned.

(End of this chapter)