At that time, the atmosphere among the senior members of the Japanese Army in Pusan was extremely desperate. There was only a little hope in everyone's heart, a little hope that Toyotomi Hideyoshi would come to their rescue. Because of this little hope, they had persevered until now, even if the Ming Army's artillery fire was fierce, even if the Ming Army's attack was sharp, even if the Ming Army had cut off all their retreat routes.
All this perseverance depended on the existence of one person — Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
And just now, an extremely shocking news came from the Ming Army.
Taige was dead.
An officer sent the Ming Army's leaflet to the General Headquarters, trembling with fear. Ishida Mitsunari, with sunken eyes and prominent cheekbones, snatched the leaflet. He glanced at the four words and directly tore the leaflet into pieces. Then he suddenly exploded, pulled out the knife from his waist, and cut off the officer's head.
"Ridiculous! How dare you spread lies to confuse the public! Taige is far away in Japan, how could something happen?! Spread lies to confuse the public! Shake the morale of the army! They deserve to die! "
Ishida Mitsunari's mental state was quite abnormal. On the one hand, he was extremely decadent, and on the other hand, he was abnormally excited. The decadent was because of the despair about the outcome of the war, and the excitement was because he did not allow anyone to promote a pessimistic attitude towards the war. Once discovered, he would immediately behead them to ensure the purity of the troops.
Under such an environment, the spirit of the Japanese troops was quite nervous and on the verge of collapse. Under the daily artillery fire of the Ming Army, their spirit was on the verge of collapse. However, the artillery of the Ming Army might not necessarily kill them, but the steel knives and iron cannons of their own people would definitely kill them. Therefore, the fear of their own people surpassed the fear of the Ming Army, and they had to persevere.
But once the only hope was shattered, then everything would become different.
Ishida Mitsunari did not hesitate to behead the man and announced to the public that this was the enemy's mental attack, this was the enemy's trick, this was the enemy's lie, so they had to continue to persevere and wait for Taige's reinforcements. The final victory would belong to them!
But in this situation where even salt could not be supplied in time, the influence of mental power was too weak.
As expected, the Japanese army began to waver. When the Ming army swaggered over with the "gift", everyone's eyes widened. When the news reached the headquarters of the Japanese army, Yukita Hideka's eyes widened. He, who had not spoken for several days, suddenly had a bad premonition.
The Ming Army's gift team came to the city of Wu and swaggered up the flag. Two Japanese pirates who had surrendered came forward to negotiate. Yukita Hideya ordered that the Ming Army's gift team was allowed to enter Wu. A large carriage was sent to Wu, and all the soldiers of the Ming Army who were transporting the gifts were turned away.
The large carriage arrived at the entrance of the General Headquarters. All the senior generals and civil officials came to the door to watch. They wanted to know what the Ming Army had swaggered over was. Although the previous few "gifts" from the Ming Army weren't anything good, there were at least some symbolic wine and meat. Everyone stared at the large carriage, thinking that there would be some delicious food inside to replenish their scarce oil and water.
The ominous feeling in Yukita Hideya's heart grew stronger and stronger. He squeezed through everyone and rushed to the front of the large carriage. Under everyone's gaze, he slowly opened the lid of the large box and peered inside. A ray of light gradually shone into the box as the lid was slowly opened. Yukita Hideya's nose twitched and he smelled a bloody stench.
The ominous feeling grew stronger and stronger. Yukita Hideya finally couldn't stand it anymore. He lifted the lid and the contents of the box were revealed to the world.
It was a bloody human head.
Everyone's eyes widened in an instant.
It wasn't an ordinary human head. It was the head of a person that everyone here had seen before. To some people, it was the head of a person that they were all very familiar with. It was the head of the person that all of them had pinned their hopes on.
"Tak … Tak?"
"This is Tak?"
"Am I seeing this right?"
A few people began to whisper among themselves.
Ishida Mitsunari stepped forward and closed the box, shouting, "This isn't Tak, this isn't Tak! This is a trick of the Ming Army! This is a trick of the enemy! This is a trick of the enemy! They are trying to shake our resolve! We can't fall for it! All of you, quickly go back and appease the troops! We must continue to defend Pusan! "
Everyone was stunned. They surrounded the box, thinking about what they had just seen, and couldn't speak for a long time.
Until Fukushima Masanori rushed out and punched Ishida Mitsunari hard on the ground, no one dared to open the box in front of Ishida Mitsunari to verify their conjecture again. Fukushima Masanori's eyes were red, and his face was cold. Without a word, he stepped forward and punched Ishida Mitsunari in the face. Then, regardless of whether Ishida Mitsunari was dead or alive, he directly opened the box, took out the bloody human head, and placed it in a place with a lot of light so that everyone could verify their conjecture.
The last time that familiar face appeared in front of them was during the pledge ceremony. At that time, this face was still full of vigor. Although there was a sense of exhaustion, it was far from that state. Unexpectedly, when they saw it again, it was already a completely different world, separated by yin and yang.
This huge gap caused everyone here to fall into a temporary state of stiffness. Their minds were greatly impacted, as if the faith in their hearts had collapsed in an instant.
Following the deathly silence in the command center, ripples invisible to the naked eye spread throughout the entire system of Pusan's Wojo. No one could avoid this impact.
This was not the end. Soon, with the arrival of another wave of arrows from the Ming Army, a new message was delivered.
"Toyotomi is dead, and Tokugawa is in power. The territory of Nippon belongs to Tokugawa. The old ministers of the Toyotomi clan are no longer tolerated by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Give up your weapons, open the city, and surrender.
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