The two wind speedboats sailed towards the shore, made a circle in front of Xinping Fort, stopped one on the left and the other on the right, and monitored and observed nearby.
Immediately afterwards, the first roar of Fulu's heavy artillery was heard on the battleship Guangxi. The shells flew out with a roar, passed over the fort, and hit behind Xinping Fort. A moment later, the second shell flew out, this time hitting Qingping Fort.
In front of him, a cloud of sand and dust splashed up.
A burst of cheers and jeers suddenly sounded in Xinpei Castle, drifting far across the sea, and even Matsuda Kenhide, who was preparing to land, could clearly hear it on the deck.
Before the cheers stopped, the roar of Fulu artillery suddenly became intensive. This was when the ships began to fire concentrated fire according to the cross-border shooting scale given by the battleship Guangxi. Suddenly, Xinping Fort was covered by Fulu artillery.
into the flying dust.
Kimura stood on the side of the ship, pointed at the Xinping Fort on the land and said loudly: "Matsuda-kun, look, look, our cannon! Oh, it is so powerful!"
Matsuda Kenhide kept nodding, looking at the Xinping Fort being ravaged by the fulu artillery, without blinking, he replied excitedly: "I'm looking at it, I'm looking at it, yes, our cannons are really powerful!"
With the roar of cannons, more than a dozen wind speedboats approached. Matsuda Kenhide ordered the third battalion to land ashore. The soldiers carried the large backpacks issued at Qinzhou Port, climbed over the side of the boats, and climbed down the fishing nets.
.Due to insufficient landing training, from time to time some ashigaru slipped from the fishing net and fell into the water. The sailors on the wind speed boat were very busy for a while. Several long poles were stretched back and forth to catch people. The landing process seemed a bit chaotic.
A moment later than originally planned.
After all the members of the third battalion came ashore, Matsuda Kenhide was very ashamed looking at these men who were like drowned rats. But this was not the time to be ashamed, so he could only curse a few times and ask everyone to form an attack formation and attack Xinping.
Fort assault.
According to the plan, Matsuda Kenhide's third battalion was the first to ascend the south bank of the Xiang River, and the first battalion was responsible for clearing the north bank. The two battalions marched together along both sides of the Xiang River to cover the fleet as they moved up the river to attack Xinpingfu.
The three rounds of shelling by the Fulu artillery had long ended, and Xinping Fort was in dilapidated condition. The battle that Matsuda Kenhide expected did not happen. With one attack, he rushed in from several large gaps opened by the shells in the east.
Seeing this situation, Matsuda quickly told his partner Kimura: "Don't activate the military armor formation talisman. Save some."
Kimura nodded: "Don't worry Matsuda, the military armor formation talisman must be used at critical times, I understand."
After a large group of soldiers poured into the stronghold, they stepped on the ruins and searched. Occasionally injured Li soldiers groaned and struggled, but they were also dealt with on the spot by the passing Kwantung garrison without hesitation. Some were stunned by Fulu artillery.
, were taken away one by one. More Li soldiers fled to the outside of the stronghold. Those who ran early ran out, and those who ran late were caught by the third battalion that surrounded the stronghold.
The third battalion of the Kwantung Garrison divided two general flag teams into Xinping Fort, and the remaining three went around the stronghold and formed a defensive posture from the north, west and south to prevent the enemy from ambush and kill them.
After intercepting the rebels who were still fleeing from the city, Du Yangchen, the commander-in-chief of the fleet who was stationed on the battleship Guangxi, nodded slightly and said to Kazuma Kumamoto, who was standing beside him: "The Sento of this battalion is a man who knows how to fight.
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Kumamoto Kazuma bowed and said: "Your Excellency's praise is the greatest compliment to our Kanto Garrison."
Matsuda Kenhide sneezed, took out the brocade handkerchief embroidered by Xizi from his arms and wiped his nose. Suddenly he heard a report from the front that he had encountered a prickly hand. He rushed over to take a look and saw that most of it had fallen down.
Under the wooden house, there is a lean enemy general who is calling for battle under the siege of more than a dozen soldiers of the third battalion. This man is tall, wearing a leather helmet and leather armor on his joints, and his skin color is fairer than that of ordinary Li people.
Quite a few. He was agile and armed with two sharp blades, one long and one short. He was surrounded by five or six spears with ease, and he kept shouting something, looking very excited.
The general banner warrior of the third battalion, Nishiemon Guard, became interested in fighting. He shouted back the soldiers and stepped forward to fight in person. After fighting for a while, he couldn't win. Matsuda Kenhide looked at it for a while and couldn't help but sneer.
The enemy's moves are all based on leg skills. The legs move forward and backward, striking alternately, and the blades in both hands are used as gateways. The tactics are weird, but very effective.
Nishiemon's guard is only a low-level samurai, and his training in Bushido is not yet deep. Although he has the upper hand, he often fails to defeat his opponent because of his opponent's strange fighting style.
But Matsuda was a high-level samurai, and this man was not enough to stand in front of him. He immediately ordered the Nishiemon guard to retreat, pulled out the tachi from his waist, poured mana into it, and a layer of sword light suddenly erupted from the blade, like a snake spitting messages.
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Amid the opponent's screams, Matsuda's human and sword merged into one, turning into a very fast light circle and spinning upward.
The ancestral skill of the Matsuda family - the Whirling Wind Slash!
In the Kanto Battle of Odawara Castle, Matsuda Kenhide once used this stunt in front of the formation, but was easily blocked by a Ming army monk. But here... a sinister smile flashed across the corner of Matsuda Kenhide's mouth!
The swirling light of the wind swept over and instantly cut the opponent into two pieces, including his body and armor. Matsuda Kenhide turned around, sheathed the sword, and looked at the opponent who was cut in two with a sneer, winning applause from the whole hall.
The military translator who had just arrived leaned over, listened to his opponent's last words before he died, shook his head, and reported to Matsuda Kenhide: "Senhu-sama, I'm afraid you are a madman."
Matsuda Kenhide didn't care at all and asked casually: "Why are you crazy?"
Translator Cong said: "It's incomprehensible. They said he died unjustly, and they said they could improve the artillery, and they talked about ironclad ships. I don't know what it means."
Everyone laughed, and Matsuda Kenhide said with disdain: "How can these uncivilized barbarians improve the Taoism of the Ming Dynasty? Where is he from?"
The translator shook his head: "The accent is weird and different from the local dialect. I can only barely understand the meaning."
Matsuda Kenhide looked at the two sharp knives on the corpse and put them in his bag. The garrison had taught them military regulations before the battle. All property was handed over, but the knives could be kept.
After Xinpingbao was captured, the rear battalion went ashore one after another and took over the defense of the river mouth. The third battalion served as the leading battalion and continued deeper along the south bank of the Xiang River. They also saw the first battalion on the opposite side of the Xiang River. The two battalions shouted across the river, and their morale
soar.
Not long after sailing, two frigates and ten patrol boats sailed up the river, keeping pace with the garrison troops on both sides of the river.
At dusk, the road becomes wider. After climbing over a hill, you can see a city surrounded by earth walls in front of you. This is Xinping Mansion in the central part of Li country. Standing on the hill, you can see that the city wall is covered with various flags.
, the big flag in the middle is embroidered with the five characters "Zhennan General Ruan".
Matsuda Kenhide grinned and said to Kimura: "Although the words are different, do they use different Chinese characters?"