We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

"Beep, beep, beep!"

The shrill sound of the trumpet pierced the sky.

The Fengtian Army's siege troops, which had been ready for a long time, were like a black tide of anger. They carried ladders and pushed battering rams, and rushed towards the city wall amid deafening shouts and screams.

Artillery fire also began to roar, aiming directly at the city gate.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The Japanese soldiers' shrill alarms resounded throughout the city walls.

The Japanese soldiers with their backs to the city wall were frightened by the sudden attack and turned around hastily to meet the enemy.

But their minds had already been completely disturbed by the absurd and humiliating scene outside the city.

When many people turned around, their eyes still involuntarily glanced at the open space. Seeing the embarrassed figure of their queen mother stumbling on the pig's back, how could they still have the will to fight?

Boom——

After a deafening roar, the seemingly solid city gate at the foot of the city shattered under the concentrated firepower of the Fengtian Army.

The air was filled with smoke and dust, broken wood was flying everywhere, and the Japanese pirates in the city were screaming in pain.

"The city gate is broken, charge in!"

The Fengtian Army soldiers let out deafening roars, and like a flood bursting through a dam, they rushed in through the broken city gate.

The resistance on the city wall was sporadic and chaotic. The Japanese soldiers had lost all morale and fled in all directions like headless flies.

The Fengtian Army encountered almost no resistance and quickly took control of the city gate area and penetrated deep into the city.

The Japanese garrison commander stood on a section of the city wall that had not yet been captured, looking at the black torrent surging in like a tide below, looking at the miserable state of his soldiers who were in disarray, and then looking at the open space in the distance.

A feeling of sadness and powerlessness instantly overwhelmed him.

The commander drew his sword from his waist, pointed the blade in the direction of Empress Fujiwara, and with all his strength, he uttered a cry of anger that was as bitter as tears:

"Fujiwara Akiko!"

"You...are a bunch of cowards. You have no dignity like the Japanese royal family!"

"Why should I live and suffer this great humiliation? Why not preserve the last bit of dignity of my country?! Why..."

The guard's eyes were bloodshot, tears were streaming from the corners of his eyes, and he roared in a broken voice:

“I won’t commit suicide!!!”

Before the roar ended, the guard had already turned the blade, gripped the hilt with both hands, and stabbed it into his own abdomen.

He did not choose the traditional seppuku ritual, but instead used his last bit of strength to cut a huge cross wound on his abdomen!

Blood gushed out like a fountain, and white intestines flowed all over the ground.

The guard's body shook violently, but he did not fall down immediately.

He still stared at the direction where Empress Fujiwara was. After a few breaths, his body slowly fell onto the cold bricks.

On the chaotic battlefield outside the city, Fujiwara Akiko seemed to hear the desperate roar.

She raised her head blankly, her face covered with dirt and pig bristles, her eyes empty and numb.

Gradually, the corners of his mouth formed an extremely strange arc, and he let out a low laugh like a dream talk.

"Hehehe, hehehehe..."

Qu Jinshan stood on a high slope nearby, watching all this.

Seeing the appearance of Empress Fujiwara, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

I'm afraid this woman can't hold on for much longer. Her mental endurance has reached its limit.

Come to think of it, the Queen Mother who was high and mighty a few days ago, has now become a "siege weapon" riding a pig around.

The Japanese royal family does not treat ordinary soldiers as human beings, and now the Japanese soldiers do not treat her as the queen mother either. This can be considered retribution.

Qu Jinshan sighed slightly, waved his hand and ordered the soldiers around him:

"Almost done. Bring back the pig and the queen mother. They'll be needed when we capture another city."

. . . . . .

In the following period, relying on the "Empress Dowager and Pig" tactics, the Fengtian Army captured several Japanese cities.

Gradually, the Japanese soldiers became numb, and riding pigs seemed to become less useful.

The Japanese soldiers began to learn not to look at their own queen mother, and occasionally arrows would fall in the direction of the queen mother. Kaibu Munemasa's orders were gradually accepted by ordinary soldiers.

The price paid was that the prestige of the Japanese royal family dropped to its lowest point.

Until one thing happened, which completely ended the usefulness of Empress Fujiwara.

During a siege, Empress Fujiwara and a group of Japanese officials had just been pushed out when an arrow shot towards them.

The general in charge of commanding the siege this time was Khal Khan.

As the former commander of the Liao Dynasty's Pi Shi Army, Khalkhahan's military prowess is very high, perhaps second only to the strongest fighters such as Hu Qiang and Yue Yun.

He also has a skill, which is that he can catch flying arrows with his bare hands.

Back then, at the foot of Xiangping City, it was he who caught the arrow shot by Jie Ming with his bare hands, thus preventing Jie Quan, who was taken hostage, from being killed by his own brothers.

Now the same scene is being repeated. Khalkhahan's martial power is still as strong as before. He can catch the arrow shot by the Japanese with his arms stretched out easily.

The tip of the arrow was less than an inch away from Empress Fujiwara's nose, and the tail feathers were still trembling in Khalhan's hand.

Empress Fujiwara seemed oblivious to this and didn't even blink.

Halehan looked at the woman coldly, shook his head, and threw the arrow aside.

Then he looked up at the city wall, only to see a Japanese general looking at him with cold eyes.

Halehan retracted his gaze and said to Qu Jinshan beside him: "This woman is useless. Let's just attack the city directly."

Qu Jinshan nodded, and neither of them wasted any more time on Empress Fujiwara, and directly commanded the soldiers to attack the city.

Although there was no support from the Empress Dowager, the Fengtian Army still managed to capture the city with the help of firearms and explosives.

After the city was captured, Qu Jinshan immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Li Che in the rear.

After receiving the letter, Li Che put it down helplessly.

He had known for a long time that Empress Fujiwara's card would be useless sooner or later.

Back then, Bao Zong also served as the "Emperor who knocks on the door", which once caused the morale of the Ming army to plummet.

But when the Oirat army marched towards Beijing, the imperial court immediately supported a new king and abandoned the overseas student.

In the face of national destiny, any personal gains and losses are insignificant, and the emperor is no exception.

What's more, Fujiwara no Akiko was just the queen mother.

No matter what, the Queen Mother did make a contribution. She helped the Fengtian Army avoid great losses and her name will surely go down in history.

Perhaps in the civil service exams of the future, she will be given a question:

Question: What was the Fengtian Army’s most powerful siege weapon during the war against the Japanese?

A. Cannon, B. Explosive pack, C. Musketeer, D. Empress Fujiwara

Thinking of this, Li Che's soft-hearted nature came back again.

He planned to spare the queen mother's life and escort her back to the imperial capital to accompany the Goryeo King Li Weiyou and his brother-in-law Yelu Yuan.

Of course, the failure of the "Empress Dowager and the Pig" tactic did not slow down the Fengtian Army's advance.

It just turned the mental torture that the Japanese soldiers endured into physical torture.

Because...the Dongfeng Army has arrived.