The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 329 Decisive Battle in the Country of Sakura (2)

The next morning, the soldiers and horses of the shogunate coalition began to gather at the foot of the mountain after breakfast.

This time they have a total of 1 soldiers and horses, including 9000 cavalry and more than 500 infantry. Most of them are swords and guns. There are more than [-] birds and a small amount of artillery.

There are a small number of artillery, and the artillery is similar to that of the Ming Dynasty General, which is relatively backward.

There are also a small number of Franc cannons, all of which were bought from foreigners.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, the soldiers and horses of the shogunate circled the mountain, went east for a few miles, then went south, went around the mountain for a while, and then went east again, and finally came to four miles west of Ishijianyin Mountain. Under the city of Yadao, less than three miles away from the city of Yadao, they could see the castle with their naked eyes.

Along the way, the coalition forces drove away all the local common people along the way, and those who refused to leave directly burned their houses.

Chimu Shenghewei, as the local Tibetan lord, hadn't come for more than three months. Looking at it now, the front has been completely unrecognizable, and he can't believe it.

A low wall, only about two meters long, is more than 500 meters long. It cuts the road in front of it in two, and penetrates to both sides, covering all the places where they can stand in front of the mountain. Behind the wall is their Yadao City.

There used to be mountains at the end of the road, but the Ming people built a fort at the foot of the mountain. If you want to climb the mountain and attack upwards, it is very difficult.

The low wall is also covered with densely packed sandbags. Behind the sandbags is the Yabai Castle, and there are many black-holed artillery on the top of the city.

Ota Zizong took a look through the binoculars and clearly counted more than a dozen cannons, but the muzzles of the cannons seemed to be small, not as big as their general's cannons.

The Ming people on the opposite side should have noticed that they were coming, and there was no sound at all on the battlefield, as if there was no one there.

"Fight?" A subordinate asked anxiously.

The defense facility on the opposite side is too simple. The wall more than two meters high plus sandbags is less than three meters high. It can be attacked casually without ladders.

What is really difficult to fight is the Yadao Castle in the back. There is something wrong with the Ming people. There was a castle guarding it, but they actually built a wall in front.

"Don't worry, send someone to ask, why do you take my stone to see Yinshan?" Ota Zizong planned to salute first and then join the army, so he found a man who was proficient in plain language from the entourage, and walked forward slowly holding a white flag.

On the opposite side soon someone climbed out of the wall, walked to the front along a straight line in the middle, and talked with Ota Zizong's people. Unexpectedly, after saying a few words, Ota Zizong's people came back angrily.

"Shameless, robber, bandit, dare to claim to be the king of heaven." The man yelled.

Ota Zizong hurriedly asked what was going on.

This human being, on the other side, claims to be Liu Xiang, the great crown of the Ming Dynasty. He has hundreds of warships and fifty thousand soldiers on the sea.

Because he came to Nagasaki to do business, he was sunk. Now he demands that the shogunate apologize to him and compensate him with 100 million taels of silver, and they will withdraw their troops.

As soon as Ota Zizong heard it, he knew that the other side was talking nonsense.

"There is nothing to talk about. We can only teach these robbers a good lesson and let them know that anyone who dares to challenge our country will be punished with blood." All the generals shouted loudly.

At this time, the Sentinels sent by Ota Zizong to Iwami Castle and other places came back and told Ota that the same was true for other cities, and the Ming people built walls in front of the city.

That being the case, hit this side.

"Pass me an order, no matter which feudal lord's army, whoever is the first to break through the defense of the Ming Dynasty will be promoted to three ranks and will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver."

The news spread to the shogunate coalition forces, and the whole army rejoiced.

Now that he decided to fight, Ota Zizong immediately started to arrange.

They quickly selected the place. The ancient mountain on the right was more than two miles away from the front, and more than 60 general guns from the whole army were arranged.

Some people were afraid that the Ming army would fire when the cannons were deployed, because they didn't know how far the Ming army's cannons could hit, but after they tried it, they found that the Ming army did not respond.

As a result, the coalition forces hurriedly deployed artillery.

There was no reaction from the other side.

After they calmly arranged the cannon, Ota Zizong became more confident.

It seems that the artillery of the Ming army is not good, otherwise it will not stop firing.

"Show the Ming people a little bit of power." Following Ota Zizong's stern shout.

Boom, the cannons of the coalition army were the first to sound.

Cannonballs flew towards Ming's position.

Bang, bang, bang, the shells sometimes landed in front of the formation, sometimes on the low wall, and some hit the fort built by the Ming people, and even hit the Yadao City behind the fort.

The Ming army's position was completely quiet. They fought for a full ten rounds, hundreds of shells poured over, and there was no reaction at all.

Ota Zizong's face was slightly heavy. The walls and forts of the Ming Dynasty were well built, and they did not collapse under such fierce artillery fire.

In comparison, in Japan at this time, most of the cities are made of mud and mud, and many of them are sandwiched with wooden boards, which are really not so durable.

After ten rounds, the cannons of the coalition can no longer fire and must be cooled down.

All the generals looked at Ota Zizong excitedly.

In their view, since Mingren was a pirate, it would be easy to defeat him in one battle.

"My lord, please order the attack." One of Ota Zizong's subordinates excitedly said.

Ota Zizong hesitated, and quickly ordered.

Akame led [-] cavalry to swim eastward on the left wing of the headquarters to look for opportunities, and to prevent the enemy from ambush by soldiers and horses outside.

Nakata led [-] cavalry to swim northward on the right wing of the headquarters in search of opportunities, and pay attention to the Ming army's battleship navy in the direction of Tomonoura Port.

Ono led the infantry to attack from the middle, and broke through the Ming army in one go.

"Woo..." With the long sound of the horn, a large number of coalition forces began to gather in the middle, and the forward three thousand infantry began to charge forward in a panic.

Ming army position.

Ding Yi looked around and suddenly said, "It's still gratifying."

"The humble job is here." Shang Kexi hurriedly said.

"You will command this battle, and I will watch from behind."

"Ah." Shang Kexi couldn't believe it. The other generals Xiao Yongqiu, He Liangwu, Song Fei, etc. all looked at Ding Yi strangely, but no one spoke. They were used to listening to Ding Yi, and they all felt that as long as it was Master Ding's words , always makes sense.

Shang Kexi soon realized that he was overjoyed: "I obey."

After the joy, Shang Kexi looked at the generals and rubbed his hands together in embarrassment: "Then brothers, I'm sorry, hahaha, let's go, let's start the fight."

Song Fei and others quickly followed.

Zhao Dashan was thoughtful on the sidelines, why did Mr. Ding let Shang Kexi take command?

He hesitated for a while, and then said: "Sir, isn't it his credit for winning this battle?"

Ding Yi kicked his ass and cursed: "You will beat around the bush when you speak now, so just ask why you want him to lead the army instead of other brothers."

Zhao Dashan laughed dryly, he couldn't hide anything from Ding Tou, and he had to tell the truth in front of Ding Tou.

Ding Yi said indifferently: "You bastards, including Xiao Yongqiu and He Liangwu, although you are the first group with me, but what kind of virtues did you forget?"

Zhao Dashan: "..."

"At the Luojiadun battle back then, when they heard that the Houjin soldiers were coming, a group of people jumped around and fled in all directions."

Zhao Dashan grinned and said, "Song Fei and I didn't do that at the time."

"You still have the nerve to laugh. You wanted to surrender in Daxingbao."

"..." Zhao Dashan touched his head in embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)