Odawara Castle has a superior geographical location. Since the first generation of guardian Daming Hojo Saiyun established the Sagami Kingdom, he has set up the county town in Odawara Castle. After years of hard work, when Sagami Kingdom was passed down to the second generation of guardian Hojo Tsunade, Odawara Castle had become the economic and cultural center of Sagami Kingdom, and even the most prosperous city in the entire Kanto region.

Of course, prosperity is only compared to other cities in Japan. Compared with the Tongdu Dayi such as Hangzhou, Yangzhou and Nanjing, it is estimated that it is not even worth carrying shoes. Its scale is equivalent to the second and third-tier cities of the Ming Dynasty, with a permanent population of more than 100,000.

However, Odawara Castle's city defense should not be underestimated. The city wall, which is more than ten meters high, is about five miles in circumference. It is all made of bricks and stones. It is very strong. It has 30,000 defenders, so it is not easy to break the city.

Xie Sanqin wanted to take down Odahara Castle in one go, but he was stubbornly resisted by the defenders, causing many brothers to be killed and injured. After calming down, he decisively ordered the attack to stop, retreat to a safe distance to station, and then ran to Wang Liner to discuss countermeasures.

Xie Sangu rushed to the position of Shenji Camp and found that the brothers of Shenji Camp were building the camp in an orderly manner, and kept transporting supplies from the ship to form ladders, arrow towers, gunpowder for siege, and even dozens of ship-borne Flangji cannons were removed.

Xie Sanqin couldn't help but lit up, and at the same time he was ashamed. As expected, Jiang was still old and was too impatient to rush and attack. He was so anxious that he had violated a military taboo. Seeing that Lao Wang was calm and prepared, he was said to be the most stable of the three tiger generals under his brother-in-law. If he hadn't fought with Lao Wang this time, he might have suffered a great loss.

"General Xie Shen, come here and are about to find you!" Wang Lin'er waved in the distance, and the generals surrounded by Shenji Camp next to him were probably discussing the siege.

Xie Sanqiu quickly greeted him and saluted, "See General Wang!"

Wang Lin'er said: "General Xie led his army to land first. I have already remembered you the first merit."

Xie Sanqiu hurriedly said, "I failed to attack the city and was punished. I dare to be the first to be the best."

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but feel a lot of favor towards Xie Sanqiang. They were tall but not arrogant, and knew how to self-examination. They were a honest person.

Wang Lin'er said in a righteous manner: "My merit is merit, and fault is fault. The first one to land in your camp is well deserved. As for the attack, it is indeed rash. Fortunately, the loss is not great. The courage is commendable. If you have any wishes, I will not pursue it, but I will not take it as an example."

"General Xie Wang!" Xie Sanqi bowed and shouted loudly.

Wang Liner nodded and said, "Time is limited. Now let's discuss how to attack the city. The general only gives me ten days. Within ten days, I must take down Sagami and Kafai."

At that time, the generals gathered together, discussing countermeasures with one word and one word. Xie Sanqin was originally smart and clever. In addition, he studied under Wang Shouren for two years, had solid military theory and had certain combat experience, so he quickly proposed a complete offensive plan. Even Wang Lin'er couldn't help but nod and praised him after hearing this.

Seeing this, Xie Sanqin couldn't help but feel confident. Although he was the top scorer in the new martial arts, he was still the brother-in-law of the Grand Martial Arts. In addition, all the firearms of the 3,000 Beijing camps under his command would inevitably be labeled as a "relationship household" by those who were jealous. He was eager to prove himself that he was so aggressive today. At this time, his mentality calmed down and his true level was displayed. After all, after two years of studying under Wang Shouren, Lao Wang was not a false reputation.

After discussing the countermeasures, everyone dispersed and began preparations for the siege in an orderly manner.

After noon, at about two o'clock in the afternoon, the war drums sounded. The Ming army, who had eaten and drunk enough, opened the battle formation and prepared to attack the city. One cannon was pushed to the front of the formation, and there were also sharp siege weapons such as crossbows, cloud ladders, arrow towers, etc.

The defenders on the top of the city looked down at the city and were all frightened. The black muzzles alone were scary enough. How could they fight this battle?

boom……

The first thing to fire was not the Ming army artillery under the city, but the Red and Barbarian cannons on the Ming army ships, which have a long range and are powerful, can bombard the city walls directly on the ship. Unlike the Folang machine cannon, they have to be removed from the ship and transported to the city to obtain them.

Boom boom boom, three red cannons were exerted one after another. The shells weighing dozens of kilograms dragged the tail of the long flames, and like the hammer of the gods, slamming heavily on the city wall, smashing the bricks and stones on the surface on the spot, and a terrifying hole was sunk into pieces on the entire city wall.

However, the walls of Odawara Castle are thick enough, but they are not directly penetrated. If the shells hit the city gate, the gate would probably be destroyed directly. Unfortunately, the power of the Red Cannon is powerful, but the accuracy is not good. It is too difficult to hit the city gate on the sea five or six miles away. Just now, only one of the three shots hit the city wall, and two of them fell into the city, which only destroyed the city buildings.

Despite this, the defenders on the city were still frightened by these three heavy artillery pieces. Before they could fully recover from their horror, the Ming army's artillery and crossbow under the city also showed power. This was a completely devastating blow. The shells landed on the city like raindrops, causing the Japanese army to flee with their heads in their arms, with heavy casualties.

Dongdongdongdongdong...

Amid the intense sound of war drums, Ming troops rushed out and attacked the city wall from the south gate and the east gate respectively. Large equipment such as siege cars, arrow towers, and ladders were pushed out.

Bang bang bang bang...

The Ming army shot the defenders on the top of the city from a high place on the arrow tower, and the defenders fought back with arrows. Countless Ming troops rushed to the top of the city with cloud ladders, and were repelled by the tenacious defenders.

The Ming army's weapon advantage was undoubtedly crushing, but the defenders were numerous and had a good geographical advantage. This battle continued to fight at dusk. The Ming army finally failed to break the city. Finally, it retreated like a tide, returned to the camp to bury the pot and cook, leaving it to fight again tomorrow.

Early the next morning, the Ming army launched another round of artillery attack. Although the Ming army also failed to break the city on that day, it attacked the city more times than yesterday, and the resistance of the defenders was becoming weaker.

Early on the morning of the third day, just as the Ming army was bombarding and preparing to attack the city, the city gate actually opened, and a cavalry rushed out from inside and rushed fiercely towards the Ming army's formation. The target was obviously those artillery.

That's right, it's just a cavalry with a small number of people, only a few thousand people, but it's extremely fierce, with a long Japanese sword flashing a terrifying cold light under the rising sun.

The Kanto area is mainly plains, and Kanto is also famous for its cavalry. It just so happens that the Sagami Kingdom also has its own cavalry, which is the ace hidden under the command of the Hojo clan. In the past few days, the Japanese army in the city was scared by the artillery of the Ming army and suffered a lot. So the Hojo clan decided to send cavalry today to attack the Ming army's artillery array unexpectedly and completely solve the biggest threat.

However, Hojo's clan miscalculated. As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Wang Lin'er is an old fox who has been through the battle formation for a long time. How could he be so careless? He had already figured out the Hojo's clan's clan's clan's clan's clan's clan's clan's clan long ago, and naturally knew that the other party had cavalry under his command. The reason why the cannon formation was so reliable was completely a bait!

At this time, the person who led the cavalry was Hojo. He rode his horse and raised his sword. The Japanese sword pointed forward and shouted: "Kill the Ming army and destroy their artillery!"

At this time, the Ming army's artillery had already emptied shells, and the Japanese cavalry wanted to seize this gap and destroy the Ming army's artillery formation!

"Kill!" The Guandong cavalry shouted and rushed over, but suddenly a drum sounded, and two Ming troops suddenly rushed out from the two wings of the artillery formation. These Ming troops were infantry, but they were calm in front of the opposite cavalry. They quickly formed three teams, squatted down and shot, and immediately retreated to the two wings after shooting, revealing the second row of Ming troops. The second row of Ming troops fired immediately, and withdrew from both wings after shooting...

In this way, when the Ming army in the third row finished shooting, the Ming army in the first row had reloaded the ammunition and lined up to the end. This was the famous three-section attack.

This tactic was actually the first of its kind general Mu Ying in the early Ming Dynasty. It was not until nearly a hundred years later that a dwarf appeared in Europe, named Napoleon. He also swept across Europe with this tactic. However, people had long used this tactic in the distant Eastern countries.

Emperor Yongle Zhu Di also used this tactic to deal with Mongolian cavalry that were coming and going like the wind, but he used it in conjunction with artillery. First, it was a round of artillery attacks to disrupt the formation of Mongolian cavalry and shock the opponents. Then it was the musket-wheel shooting of Shenji Camp, then its own cavalry came out to fight against it, and finally the infantry pressed on it. After these three axes, even the most powerful Mongolian cavalry had to kneel down.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of your moves tens of millions, you are afraid of practicing the same move thousands of times. Zhu Di relied on these three axes to kill the Mongolian cavalry invincible. Although the Kwantung Army is powerful, it is obviously far behind the Mongolian cavalry.

Although there was no cooperation with the first axe of shelling, the Ming army's flintlock rifle is now many times stronger than the Fire Order in the Yongle period. With the uninterrupted shooting, the Kanto cavalry quickly collapsed, and even Hojo's clan was shot and dropped.

So when this fierce Kanto cavalry reached the vicinity of the artillery formation, only hundreds of horses were left, as well as the Japanese samurai who were panicked.

At this time, the cavalry of the Shenji Camp hidden behind the formation suddenly came out, and instantly wiped out the remaining Kanto cavalry and killed the melons and vegetables.

"Roar over!" Lu Deshui took the lead and led a thousand strong men from Shenji Camp to the city gate, rushing into the city like a mad dragon.

Hojo Tsun on the top of the castle was so scared that his hands and feet were cold and shouted: "Close the city gate, close the city gate!"

Unfortunately, everything was too late. Lu Deshui led a thousand cavalry into the city, rushed left and right on the street, and quickly controlled the city gate street. At this time, the Ming army behind flocked to the front of the city and quickly killed the city...
Chapter completed!