open sea

377 Intercept
The Yang Xianglong flagship team was riding the wind and waves along the coast, and the land was not calm. Half a month ago, Ryuzoji Takanobu, who ruled the Hizen Kingdom, was full of ambition, and launched an offensive against the Matsuura family, the daimyo of the Hirado clan, with his iron cannon team and two Nanban large cylinders. .

Naomi Naoshima led more than a thousand troops, and Bai Wuxian led hundreds of rangers as the bannerman to escort Nanban Datong and launch an offensive against Kusano Castle.

The surname of Baiwu Xianjian is weird, it is the surname bestowed by Longxin of Longzou Temple, which means unstoppable courage by a hundred people.At the beginning of the battle, he did prove himself. The Matsuura clan's defenders were locked up inside the city, and Xian Jian rode out alone. He killed two enemy warriors in a row under the city with one horse, and strengthened the momentum of the Longzaosi army.

The Matsuura family is not an ordinary person. Repelling the Yuan army twice with the help of the kamikaze is enough for the Matsuura family, who is called the Mishima pirates in the Central Plains, to be brave for a lifetime.They were even the first daimyos to use iron cannons in the Japanese archipelago, because Wang Zhi, who introduced matchlock guns into Japan, was believed by the feudal lord Takashi Matsuura as a guest of honor here.

In terms of naval forces, they have a large number of Japanese pirates. The 200-year-long Japanese pirate business has enabled the Matsuura family to plunder a huge amount of wealth to build a strong mountain city and guard their own land.

But this is obviously not enough for the soldiers and horses sent by the Longzaosi clan.

Bai Wuxian stood up from the center of the formation, and said to the trusted samurai on the left and right: "Release the Nanman big tube and blast open the city gate."

The samurai led the order and ran to deliver the order. Hyakutake Ken smiled at Naoshima Naoshima. His high cheekbones made the smile look cruel, and the sword still in its sheath pointed at the mountain castle. It cannot be captured in March, but now it is under the big tube of the Nanman, it can be broken in an instant!"

The addition of artillery makes siege seem boring. No matter how strong the city is, it is also a wood and stone building, and the wood accounts for a lot of it. The Nanban big tube is not bad if it is bombarded. The past defensive tactics and defense methods are pale and weak.

Hearing the roar of the two cannons in front of the battle, the black iron cannonballs hung high parabolas to avoid the city wall and landed somewhere in the city. The defenders were startled and shouted. The castle town suddenly lost the interest to continue commanding this battle.

He got up and took a long breath, and said: "Break down the city gate, let Matsuura Takanobu surrender, and keep the land to accept control."

As he said that, Naoshima Naoshige stepped out of the formation, looked suspiciously at the side of the forest road, and said: "Before the battle, there was an foot light who said that he saw a fox fire in the forest at night, and that was the patron saint of the Shimadzu family. I am restless, and I will capture Kusano Castle as soon as possible."

Bai Wuxian and the leader responded with full morale, turned around and conveyed the command of the general, and inspired the fighting spirit of the Rangers under his command, preparing to attack the city with a surprise attack after the artillery blasted through the city gate.

The artillery roared for a long time, and again and again the parabola hung high and fell into the city, knocking down the houses. Naoshima Naoshima looked at the forest on both sides of the formation again, laughed a little self-deprecatingly, and sat firmly in the middle army. Waiting for the moment when the artillery hits the target.

What they saw was not foxfire, but matchlock.

On the mountain six or seven miles away from Caoye City, Chen Bazhi watched this absurd siege with relish through a telescope. In fact, this cage battle was very serious, but the inability of the artillery to hit it made Chen Bazhi feel absurd.

There is only an army of a thousand households around him, which is the limit that can be sent to the shore without arguing.

Nine days ago, his fleet arrived in Hirado, but the advance scout ship saw that the port was strong and there was a Xiyi fleet docked, so he didn't directly attack the port. It took two days to find it on the north side of Hirado Island. The wild beach, which can hide the fleet and facilitate landing, simply releases his subordinates to collect local intelligence.

He didn't collect any intelligence, but he got the news that the local Kusano City was fighting, and he learned that the attacking and defending families had his target this time, the Longzouji family's [-] troops.

"They are well-organized. They are veterans and generals. That is the most suitable terrain for besieging the city. Looking at the tents, they are the handsome tents. The surrounding situation can be seen at a glance." Chen Bazhi is running errands with Qi Zhengyan's adopted son President Qi , followed the general as a horse, and Xiaoba also wanted to give him some advice, telling him the main points of the formation, saying: "But they are new to artillery and don't know how to fire it, so they can't hit it accurately no matter what."

"Then they won't find us?"

Chen Bazhi handed the binoculars to President Qi for him to see, and said with a smile: "He is the best place to attack the city, and this is the best place for us to spy on them. Even if we advance three miles to the northeast, it is the best place to attack them." The place."

"This is called praying mantis catching cicadas and orioles behind. When setting up camp for generals, you can't just look at the target, but also deploy more scouts in places that threaten your own formation. First establish an invincible position, and then seek victory. .”

As he spoke, Chen Bazhi raised his hand and made a few gestures, and the small flag officers in the forest rushed to tell each other. Hundreds of artillery households off the mountain pushed the two-pound and five-pound cannons forward to the predetermined artillery position, and the bannermen carrying tigers and squatting cannons on their shoulders followed the crowd. The troops moved forward.

This battle is a good opportunity. Chen Bazhi's soldiers have not seen a big battle after the reorganization and drill, and they need a battle.

"Baye, are we going to attack them?" President Qi looked a little frightened, shaking his hand slightly, and said, "We only have a thousand soldiers, and how many of them..."

There are indeed many enemy troops, which are twice as strong as Chen Bazhi's. Such a gap is difficult to win in a normal field battle.

"In the world, it often happens that the less wins the more, but the weak never wins the strong. Less is not necessarily weak, and more is not necessarily strong."

As Chen Bazhi got up, he led the soldiers to the artillery position, followed by the trumpeters and said to Qi Xingchang: "Military struggle is the knowledge of constantly seeking to attack the weak with superiority and cannibalize the enemy's army in the midst of changes in the military situation. .”

"There are more of them now, but they will be few in a while—you don't need to understand it, just keep it in your heart."

President Qi didn't know how the number of enemies had decreased, but it was obvious to Chen Bazhi that Naomi Naoshima's army was almost on his face.

People are attacking the city, why don't they go in after conquering the city?

"A cannon general flag is aimed at the city gate, listen to my order to intercept the attacking troops; B cannon general banner is aimed at the enemy's formation to deter the enemy; C cannon general banner is ready to enter the field with the flag army, and the battle begins as in the past training, flat fire and heightened , Turn it up again to cover the infantry's advance."

The three artillery teams were sorted out in order by Chen Bazhi, as was the Banner Army. They formed a half-surrounded formation facing the Caoye Castle, divided into two divisions by fields and mountains. There were fewer people in the mountains and more people in the fields. He only planned to defeat the enemy. Just practice.

The two cannons of Longzuo Temple were still bombarding Kusano Castle at a long distance. This kind of shooting with rough aim and no ballistic made him extremely discouraged. It was such a waste of iron!
He originally thought that the artillery would blow open the city gate at the same time as he dispatched his troops, but unexpectedly his soldiers and horses were all ready to fight, but the city gate hadn't opened yet.

After waiting for a whole stick of incense, Chen Bazhi even wondered if all the flag soldiers he was ambushing in the field had fallen asleep. Finally, with a crisp sound, a shell bombarded the gate of the city, and the huge firepower shattered the wooden gate of the outer city. The siege army immediately let out a howling roar, and rushed out in unison.

Interestingly, they smashed the gate of Ninomaru of Kusano Castle. To attack this gate, they knocked down a scull tower, blasted an iron cannon scull, and by the way, knocked down the taiko drum in the outer gate. The door was broken.

What the outer city could stop the enemy army from was under the long, fierce and inaccurate artillery bombardment, and there was no danger to rely on.

The siege army rushed in one after another, fighting with the defenders in the city. Chen Bazhi stood up from the flag army crouching in the field, looked at the enemy attacking the city two or three miles away, the corners of his mouth gradually turned up, and finally opened his eyes. Shouting his hands, he ordered: "Jia Pao Headquarters Banner, cut off the enemy troops, let them go!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)