Chapter 915

“Kill!”

As the Great Yu Empire troop transport ships docked at the pier, fully armed Great Yu Empire soldiers stormed into the streets of Nagasaki.

Holding Falcon Rifles, the soldiers quickly assembled. While on the ship, they had already memorized the Nagasaki map collected by the secret guards. They were intimately familiar with the layout of Nagasaki City.

Thus, the soldiers appeared orderly after landing. After the first two thousand men assembled, they immediately headed straight for the daimyo’s mansion where Yamada Nobunaga resided.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

As Great Yu Empire soldiers landed, Yamada Nobunaga immediately mobilized the remaining soldiers in the city to counterattack.

Samurai wielding katanas and elites carrying flintlock guns surged from all directions towards Nagasaki’s coastal avenue.

Facing them, the Great Yu Empire soldiers decisively opened fire.

Many of the marines came from coastal areas and harbored deep hatred for the Japanese pirates. Especially these samurai, clad in their samurai attire, were the most ferocious in plundering. Countless elderly, weak, women, and children had died at their hands.

Therefore, the Great Yu Empire soldiers felt not an ounce of mercy for these beast-like Japanese soldiers; on the contrary, they felt a sense of revengeful pleasure.

After the first batch of soldiers landed, a second batch immediately came ashore. They quickly advanced to reinforce. Intense gunfire continuously echoed in Nagasaki.

At the same time, the cannon fire from the sea grew denser. Black shells formed a barrage, continuously bombarding the buildings on Nagasaki’s streets. The entire Nagasaki became a sea of fire.

“For Lord Yamada, charge!”

The charging samurai led the Japanese soldiers in a charge against the Great Yu Empire soldiers. Their faces were ferocious, their eyes bloodshot.

However, the Great Yu Empire soldiers showed no fear of the Japanese. They did not retreat. They firmly held their positions and fired, and soon, the streets were covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers and samurai.

To recapture Nagitsu, Yamada Nobunaga had transferred most of his forces. The remaining few thousand soldiers in the city were utterly powerless to stop the Great Yu Empire’s advance.

After eliminating the Japanese soldiers protecting the daimyo’s mansion on the streets, the Great Yu Empire soldiers immediately advanced towards the daimyo’s mansion.

However, upon entering the daimyo’s mansion, they discovered that it was already deserted.

“Report immediately to the General.”

The marine officer who stormed the daimyo’s mansion said.

The soldier, receiving the order, immediately relayed the news to the sea. Seeing the flag signals from the shore, Yue Yun had the flag signalman reply, “Confiscate all wealth in Nagasaki City!”

Upon receiving the instruction, the Great Yu Empire soldiers immediately proceeded to control Nagasaki City. At the same time, they began collecting useful supplies from every household in Nagasaki.

On the sea, Yue Yun calmly watched the flames in Nagasaki City.

While the decision to plunder certainly had some of Yue Yun’s personal feelings mixed in, his main purpose was to urge Japan to surrender and sign a treaty as quickly as possible. For Japan, a country that had never been invaded by foreign tribes, a painful and thorough beating would make them face reality.

Of course, he had also thought about completely destroying Japan, but now was not the time. It had to be said that Yamada Nobunaga still had some capability. The brainwashing of the Japanese common people had given the Japanese a sense of national identity.

In Nagitsu, he saw the resentment in the eyes of the common people who were driven out. In terms of strength, although they could destroy the daimyo led by Yamada Nobunaga, a Japan riddled with conflicts and unable to bring benefits to the Great Yu Empire would only become a burden.

After all, if that happened, they would have to station a large number of soldiers just to suppress Japan’s rebellions. Rather than that, it was better to use “Japanese to control Japanese,” extracting as much profit as possible from Japan and shifting the resentment of the Japanese common people onto daimyo like Yamada, for it was they who lost the war.

And the Great Yu Empire only needed to control these daimyo. Of course, to completely castrate Japan’s future development, they would design traps within this soft control to make Japan fall into, ensuring they would never rise again.

“Yamada will surrender to us soon. How can someone who has been at the pinnacle of power for so long bear to give it up?” A faint smile appeared on Yue Yun’s lips.

As he spoke, Yamada, protected by his samurai, had already escaped outside Nagasaki City. Looking at the continuously burning flames within the city, Yamada stopped.

“No more fleeing! Once Nagasaki falls, we will lose everything!” Yamada Nobunaga suddenly realized something.

In Japan, only the Nagasaki area was his sphere of influence. Leaving here would mean he would have to live as a guest in other daimyo’s territories. What dignity would he have left then?

The more he thought about it, the more afraid he became. Recalling how he rose step by step from a farmer’s son to where he was today, he was truly unwilling to lose everything like this.

“You return to Nagasaki now. Take a message from me to the Great Yu Empire people. As long as they withdraw from Nagasaki and support my rule over Japan in the future, I will agree to all their conditions!” Yamada Nobunaga said.

The samurai accompanying Yamada Nobunaga were extremely loyal to him. They never questioned whether Yamada’s decisions were right or wrong; they were only responsible for executing them.

As his words fell, a samurai volunteered and headed towards Nagasaki.

Watching his subordinate depart, Yamada Nobunaga sighed to the sky. This decision was very difficult for him, but he understood that Japan’s fate could not be worse than this. If it fell into a long-term war with the Great Yu Empire, Japan would forever be trapped on this isolated island.

Most importantly, he had now completely abandoned his contempt for the Great Yu Empire. He had once been a samurai, and the only thing he respected were those stronger than himself.

Clearly, the Great Yu Empire was now far superior to Japan. He sincerely submitted.

The samurai who went to Nagasaki returned that afternoon. He brought news that relieved Yamada Nobunaga: “If Yamada Nobunaga signs the instrument of surrender on the flagship at noon two days from now, hostilities between both sides will cease!”

“Let’s go. We should return now,” Yamada Nobunaga’s expression was grim. He had no choice now.

While the surprise attack on Nagasaki achieved brilliant results, the Battle of Nagitsu also reached its end.

In the brutal battle, the daimyo suffered heavy losses, while Nagitsu remained intact. Looking at the unyielding Nagitsu, Sato sighed slightly and led his feudal troops to retreat towards Nagasaki.

On the city wall, Liu Chen calmly watched the scene before him through his telescope. All they lost was ammunition, while the Japanese left behind a field of corpses. He believed the Japanese army would not be foolish enough to attack the city again!

As the war ceased, the heavy atmosphere gradually dissipated. Two days later, the defeated daimyo returned to Nagasaki. Upon learning that Yamada Nobunaga was signing the humiliating “Nagitsu Treaty” with the Great Yu Empire, not a single person came forward to object. Instead, they showed astonishing submission.

However, by this time, the name of the “Nagitsu Treaty” had been changed to “Instrument of Surrender of Japan.”