Matsuda Kenhide stood behind the battlements, looking at the huge fleet on the sea, his face turned pale, and he was speechless for a long time. The priest beside him stared at the sea, with a faint look of intoxication in his eyes.
The priest wore a black hat and a loose purple hunting coat. He kept fanning the small bat fan in his hand, which made Matsuda Kenhide become more and more panicked.
"Kumamoto Gonji-sama, can we... stop him?"
Priest Kumamoto Ichikuma flipped his fan, pointed at him and scolded: "Kentohide, please lower your voice! Do you want to be beheaded by that Inomata guy to show military discipline?"
Matsuda Kenhide suddenly became alarmed, shrank his neck, subconsciously looked back, and did not see Inomata Kuniken, who was given the order to stop the rebellion by the head of the Ujinao family, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and cheered himself up, saying: "Odawara is the world's leader.
This one of the most powerful cities cannot be conquered by manpower... right?"
Kumamoto Kazuma snorted: "Tenka? Kenhide, have you ever seen the world? In Akito's words, you are like a frog at the bottom of a well. You can only see the sky above you and think this is the world."
Matsuda Kenhide smiled apologetically: "You are the powerful palace minister of the shrine. You are well-informed. How can you compare with my subordinates?"
Kumamoto Kazuki pointed to the outside of the crenel and said: "This is a warship. Whether it is Hideyoshi Taiden's ship or the ship of the Lord of Qingqiu, it cannot be called a warship. By the way, Ming people call it a warship! Fleet
, what a majestic and appropriate title! At this moment, I want to recite a poem..."
Matsuda Kenhide hurriedly bowed to listen, while Kumamon shook his bat fan and chanted: "The sparkling photo-motor bay, thousands of ships gathered on the high wall, the crossbows were as powerful as thunder and lightning, and the spears and halberds were as dense as snow and frost..."
While Kumamoto Kazuma was reciting, Matsuda Kenhide was sweating. He said to himself, you just reminded me to be careful about Inamata, but you are not afraid of it? Yes, you are the chief minister of the Jingu Shrine, and you are indeed not afraid of Inamata, but I don't listen to this.
What should people do?
When the situation was extremely difficult, the fleet on the sea changed. A battleship and six heavy destroyers were separated from them, and they sailed towards the coast. The water depth in Sagami Bay is usually more than a hundred feet, and even as close as the shore, it is more than ten feet.
Therefore, this small fleet stopped directly and lined up five or sixty feet away from the shore.
In the center is the battleship Zhejiang, and on the left and right sides are the six heavy-drive ships Jinhua, Wenzhou, Quanzhou, Ningguo, Songjiang and Fengxiang. After the ships lined up, they aimed their broadsides at Odawara Castle, and opened their gun windows.
, launched seventy heavy guns.
Although there were only a few ships, each one was huge and moved like a mountain, bringing extremely heavy pressure to the people.
Matsuda Kenhide took the opportunity to interrupt Kumamoto Kazuma's poem and asked doubtfully: "What is the Ming army going to do?"
Odawara Castle is still more than one mile away from the seaside. Add in the dozens of feet of distance on the sea of the fleet, which is nearly two miles away. I have never seen any French crossbow that can reach such a distance. The round-tube French crossbow launched by the Ming army fleet
Although the shape is weird, it is thought to be nothing more than an improved variant of the French crossbow. So what?
Kumamoto Kazuma pointed to the farmland between the beach and Odawara Castle and said: "Of course it is to cover the Ming army's landing and prevent us from leaving the city."
It sounds reasonable, but Matsuda Kenhide feels that it's not that simple. He always has a bad feeling in his heart, but he doesn't know where the problem lies. Think about the Hakone stone walls, trenches, and thick stone walls in this city.
, as well as the Sacred Artifacts of Sagami Kingdom, the God of Hankawa and Tsuruoka Hachiman passed down from the Hojo family, and I feel much more relaxed again.
Soon, an order came from the castle tower in the city: the enemy troops were about to land ashore, and all ministries were not allowed to attack. They relied on the city walls to hold firm and waited for reinforcements from Kyoto. It was said that Hideyoshi Taiden had dispatched tens of thousands of troops for reinforcements. When the reinforcements arrived, they would gather together.
He joined forces with the Ming army and drove them into the sea.
Matsuda Kenhide was a retainer of the Hojo family, but he was not the most valued and trusted member of the family. He was ordered to lead three hundred ashigaru to guard the eastern section of the Hakone Ishigaki on the south side, so he inspected the Ishigaki again and kicked a dozen ashigaru.
ass.
Kumamoto Kazuma watched for a long time, shaking his head and fanning the bat fan. His eyes were full of intoxication. He called him back with long sighs and took out the sake: "Hakone Ishigaki is the strongest point of Odawara Castle. The Ming army will not be so stupid. Attack me the strongest.
After landing, we will head to Dongcheng. Xianxiu, don't be nervous. Come and have a drink with me."
Matsuda Kenhide sat down, lowered his head and said, "Excuse me, I feel relieved now that you are here." He raised his glass with both hands and paid tribute to Kumamoto Kazuma.
Just as the wine glass touched their lips, they heard a muffled thunder coming from the sea. Both of them were startled. They didn't care about drinking. They quickly stood up with their hands on the wall to take a look. They saw the tallest warship in the middle fired a "
"The ballista" fired a high ball of dust and gravel into the mud five or six feet away between the Hakone stone walls where he was stationed.
Immediately afterwards, the other six Ming warships opened fire one after another, spewing out streams of fire and smoke from the long barrels. The fire talisman was burning as a primer. What came out of the long tube was not a large French crossbow.
Instead, they are iron balls.
Kazukuma Kumamoto is a high-ranking priest, and Kenhide Matsuda is a high-ranking samurai. Both of them can distinguish the trajectory of iron balls flying in the air. With the naked eye, one can see the big iron balls crossing the sea, farmland and land, heading towards their own country.
The direction hit me.
A white light emitted from the castle tower. It was the head of the family who activated the God's Cold River. The white light swept across the Hakone stone wall, and ice crystals like jade blossoms were immediately frozen. The entire stone wall was as bright as an ice palace.
An iron ball hit the stone wall, causing ice to fly everywhere. It made a large dent in the hard ice wall and rolled down with several nearby stones.
At this moment, Kazukuma Kumamoto and Kenhide Matsuda were so shocked that their eyes almost dropped: Kamino Hankawa, who could easily block French crossbows and stone throws, could not block iron balls!
Kumamoto Kazuma was still in a daze, while Matsuda Kenhide was already lying on the ground, and then he rolled and climbed down the city wall.
When I looked up, more iron balls flew above at extremely fast speeds. Some were blocked by the ice wall formed by the God's Cold River, while others broke through the ice wall and flew into the city.
The tallest castle tower in the city became the focus of the attack. Thick iron balls struck one after another and hit the main tower of the castle tower. An octagonal flag floated on the seventh floor of the castle tower, and it flew towards it with great efforts.
But when the fifth or sixth iron ball was rolled up, it could no longer be held. Thick smoke rose from the flag, and the flag seemed to be broken.
More iron balls flew over and collided wildly on the castle tower. A loud "bang" was heard, and the castle tower collapsed from the third floor above, and smoke and dust suddenly rose.
After the castle tower collapsed, the iron ball shells no longer hit this direction, but concentrated in the southwest and southeast corners. Kumamoto Kazuma seemed to have suddenly returned to his soul. Regardless of the danger, he stood on the crenel, looking around and dancing to hide.
Matsuda Kenhide, who was at the base of the wall, said loudly: "It's over, Inomata Team, Ushimasa Team, so accurate and ruthless! So beautiful..."