Chapter seven hundred and fiftieth chapter Jingzhe
Two days later, on the morning of August 27, the sixth year of Tensho (1578), beside the ruins of the Shinyoshi castle tower.
"What the hell is going on here."
The Nizi Relics Regiment, the vanguard of the Hashiba Army, arrived at Kamiyoshi Castle on the morning of August 27. Hideyoshi Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide were still surrounding Miki Castle and Tamagawa Castle, so only the Nizi Relics Regiment's troops came. Yukimori Yamanaka
When he led the front army to arrive, Kaminichi Castle had already fallen. After he entered the city, he was immediately frightened by the shapeless castle tower that collapsed. He touched a wooden wall that was abruptly interrupted and looked at the shocking wounds.
I couldn't help but sigh again and again.
"That's Jingzhe Bei." Yu Qiuyou, who was following Yukimori Yamazaka, immediately understood who did this.
"Jingzhe Preparation? Is it the Otatsu Preparation Team?" Yamanaka Yukimori asked in surprise. Just as Yu Qiuyou was about to explain, Yu Qiu Shang, the captain of the Nirvana Preparation Team who stayed behind as a defender, hurriedly came to look for Yamanaka Yukimori. When Yu Qiuyou saw this,
His face darkened suddenly, and he looked away from his brother. Yu Qiu Shang glanced at his brother, and did not want to pay attention to him. Instead, he said to Yamanaka Yukimori, "Master Yamanaka, please trouble the Nizi Survivor Group."
Stay at Shenji Castle. The Red Leaf Army will continue to attack Mizhu Castle."
"Please rest assured, Lord Yuqiu." Yamanaka Yuqiu respectfully clasped his fists towards Yuqiu Shang, hesitated for a moment and then added: "I'm offended! Will the Otsutsu reserve team continue to fight?"
"Sir..." Yu Qiu Shang frowned when he heard this and glanced at Yamazaka Yukimori, with a slightly wary look on his face. Yamazaka Yukimori waved his hands in a hurry when he saw this, and whispered repeatedly: "Don't worry, sir! I'm here to tell you.
I don’t mean any harm, I just saw the ruins of Shenji Castle and wanted to experience the power of the red leaf army’s big cannon! If it’s inconvenient, I’ll just refuse it, but I won’t say anything more!”
Yu Qiu Shang pursed his lips and wanted to refuse, but Yu Qiu You, who was silent on the side, suddenly said:
"My lord, as our Yushiba Army is a friendly force, we will also cooperate with the Hongye Army in fighting in the future! If we don't know the power of the big tube, I'm afraid there will inevitably be deviations in the formulation of tactics! I hope your lord will allow us to watch the battle."
Upon hearing this, Yamanaka Yukimori glanced at Yu Qiuyou with great gratitude, and Yu Qiuyou responded with a smile. Yu Qiu Shang frowned and pondered for a moment, and finally relaxed, "Allow me to make an announcement on your behalf. Please wait a moment."
Not long after, Yu Qiu Shang came back with a message from Yu Qiuping, "Your Highness has promised, please follow this lord." Yu Qiu Shang pointed at Asahina Taihei who was coming over.
"Thank you!" Yamanaka Yukimori thanked Yu Qiu Shang repeatedly, causing Yu Qiu Shang to turn his head away in embarrassment. Yu Qiuyou looked at Yamanaka Yukimori's excited look, but his heart palpitated slightly.
It is a samurai's sincere yearning for all military weapons that can defeat the enemy.
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Soon after, Yamanaka Yukimori and Amaki Yu, led by Asahina Taihei, arrived outside the castle. The artillery of Jingzhe Bei had already dug out and set up a simple artillery position. Tokiwa Bei, Ming Dybei, and the special forces blocked the castle.
At the north and south gates, the Bronze Wall Bei is guarding the west gate of the city, while outside the east gate, Nirvana Bei, Liaoyuan Bei and Wanjun Bei are protecting Jingzhe Bei, and a large number of siege equipment are prepared. However, if the attack goes well, these attackers will
All the city equipment is useless.
"Those are our artillery." Asahina Taihei was riding on his horse and pointed at the large black cylinder that shone brightly in the sun.
"Artillery?" Yamanaka Yukimori read the somewhat strange pronunciation.
"It's the big tube you're talking about. Our Highnesses call it artillery, or cannon. I heard that the Chinese people called it that, and we later called it that." Asahina Taihei laughed loudly as he spoke, and at the same time nodded with his hand.
He pointed at a man in the Jingzhe Preparation position who was also patrolling on horseback, "That's Naoe Seigenmaru, Naoe Nobuhira, the major and commander of the first company of Jingzhe Preparation, my buddy!"
"When will the attack begin?" Yamanaka Yukimori asked eagerly.
"I don't know about this, but I guess it will be soon..."
"boom!"
Before Asahina Taihei finished speaking, an earth-shaking loud noise suddenly came from the artillery position! On Jingzhe's preparation position, 48 of his own artillery pieces and 15 artillery pieces from several surrounding reserve groups were assembled, for a total of 63 pieces.
The sound of cannon fire can almost deafen people's ears. Asahina Taihei hurriedly got off his horse and covered his ears, but Yamanaka Yukimori and Yu Qiuyou could not react so fast. They sat down and jumped up in fear at the sound of firing, which directly caused Yu
Qiu You was thrown off his horse, but Yamazaka Yukimori managed to avoid falling off.
"Fire." Asahina Taihei laughed awkwardly, but Yamanaka Yukimori and Amakiyu were obviously shocked, and their ears were still a little dazed, so they didn't hear what he said at all.
After Yamanaka Yukimori came to his senses, he immediately straightened up on his horse and looked towards the top of the Imperial Castle. He saw that large swathes of smoke and dust had risen from the walls and castle tower of the Imperial Castle, which was worse than the smoke and dust on Jingzhe's artillery position.
Yamanaka Yukimori couldn't help but regret that he missed the first round of shelling, but the second round of shelling came soon.
I saw a flash of fire in front of the artillery muzzle on Jingzhe's preparation position, a thunderous sound, and then dense smoke rose. Dozens of black iron balls burst out of the smoke at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to follow.
, and went straight to defend the city. Most of the cannonballs hit the city walls and city walls, stirring up rubble and dust all over the sky. Broken limbs and blood were vaguely visible, and the screams of the defenders were almost
Covering up the reverberation of the firing, four or five shells flew straight towards the castle tower. Two or three of them sank and stirred up flying dust. Two more shells hit the castle tower directly, causing stone and wood chips to fly and collide.
Sound and smoke rose together.
During the interval of artillery firing, the iron gunners and archers guarding the city tried to fight back, but their weak counterattacks could not reach Jingzhe's position - no one even paid attention to them. The artillery crew members of Jingzhe prepared according to their training
Repeating the action hundreds of times, he quickly changed the ammunition in an orderly manner, and then used the next round of artillery bombardment to rain down on the imperial city.
Although Yu Qiuyou had seen artillery military exercises, the scene of dozens of cannons pouring out firepower still shocked him. Just like the name "Jingzhe", the artillery bombardment was like the thunder of early spring, using the power of technology to wake up all the people who were still alive.
People who are sleeping in the old times.
After Yu Qiuyu came back to his senses, he turned to look at Yamanaka Yukimori - he felt that as a "bumpkin" from Sanin, Yamanaka Yukimori must have been frightened out of his wits at this moment.
"This city is too short and too small." However, Yamazaka Yukimori's expression was not as Yu Qiuyou imagined. Instead, he gave a very calm judgment, "The power of this big tube is very strong, but it is not enough to collapse the city wall. But the damage to the castle tower is estimated to be considerable... If it is a small city, the cannonballs can go directly over the city wall and hit the castle tower, making it impossible to defend it."
"This Yamanaka-sama has good eyesight." Asahina Taihei exclaimed in admiration. As the bodyguard of Yu Qiupei, he attended several military evaluations of Yu Qiu's family. Jingzhe reserve captain Senju Oshige emphasized many times that although artillery can effectively suppress It is very difficult to use artillery to blast open the city wall or even the thicker city gate. For a city with tall city walls, the role of artillery can only be used to suppress the shooters at the city head. However, for For a low and flat city like Imperial Castle or Shenji Castle, a nine-pounder cannon can wreak havoc.
At this moment, Nizi Shengjiu and other members of Nizi's legion arrived at some unknown time. They were so shocked by the power of Jingzhe's artillery that they could not speak. They all had their mouths wide open, and some even drooled. They all lay down on the horse's mane. Yu Qiuyou glanced at them with some disdain - those people were stunned for a long time before they managed to speak, but they all repeated words like "awesome" and "too strong".
"My lord!" Nizi Katsuhisa suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Asahina Taihei's sleeve, "I wonder if you can tell His Highness Jibu to lend us Nizi's family some big barrels! We are willing to pay for them!"
"Huh? Your Highness, what are you talking about?" Asahina Taihei laughed when he heard this.
"With this magical weapon, there will no longer be a city that cannot be defeated in the world!" Katsuhisa Nizi pointed excitedly at the artillery position and the top of the imperial city, gesturing with both hands, "What Yoshida Gunyama Castle?" , Bichon Mountain City, as long as these big cannons are placed in front of the city and blasted at the city, the people in the city will have to wait for death! There is hope for the revival of the Nizi family, and they only need to rely on these big cannons!"
"Your Highness..." Yamanaka Yukimori wanted to explain, but Asahina Taihei still jumped in front of him and refused: "Your Highness, Nizi, please forgive me for speaking frankly. First of all, the Hongye Army's military regulations stipulate that all ordnance supplies are not allowed to be used without authorization. Not to mention loaning it out. Secondly, do you know how much this gun costs? We have thousands of workers, experimenting and researching day and night, and it took so many years to come up with these land combat guns. And to train these guns The artillery crew members also spent an unknown amount of money on ammunition and gunpowder. Where can you afford it?"
The words of the outspoken Taihei Asahina made everyone in Nizi's family look very ugly. Yu Qiuyou was very embarrassed to be caught in the middle. He looked at Yukimori Yamanaka and found that the latter also had an angry look on his face.
"Asahina-sama, please be careful with what you say." Yamanaka Yukimori said to Asahina Taipei in a serious voice, "Please don't be so rude."
"Huh?" Asahina Yahei looked at Yamanaka Yukimori like a freak, "Sir, didn't you see it very clearly just now? Don't you understand what's going on with this artillery? Why do you still allow your highness to talk nonsense? ?”
"Those are two different things. But now, please apologize to my Highness." Yamanaka Yukimori said in a deep voice with eyes full of anger, and put his hand on the handle of the knife.
"You want to stir up trouble? In front of the Yuqiu family's position?" Asahina Taihei sneered when he heard this, and put his hand on the handle of the knife, "I have heard about the name of the Izumo Deer for a long time, and I would like to have a discussion."
"Matsuchiyo!" Yu Qiuyu saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to separate the two of them. He winked at Yahei Asahina first, and then pretended to scold, "Why don't you apologize to His Highness!"
In the eyes of the Nizi family, it seemed very strange that a member of the Hashiba family came to persuade Yu Qiupei's bodyguard, but Asahina Taihei knew that it was his second son who was on a mission. He took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and then
He bowed hastily to Nizi Katsuhisa and said, "Sorry, I was abrupt." Then, he glared at Yamanaka Yukimori, turned around and prepared to ride away.
"Please stay!" Yamanaka Yukimori suddenly took a step forward, took the rein of Asahina Taihei's horse, and whispered to him, "Thank you so much for bringing me here to visit earlier! I repaid you with kindness just now, and I was very offensive to you.
I should have apologized! But there are many inconveniences on the battlefield, so please give me a few whips to relieve your anger!" After that, Yamanaka Yukimori took Asahina Yahei a few steps aside, took out the whip from his waist and handed it to Asahina.
Peace.
"What are you..." Asahina Taihei looked at Yamanaka Yukimori with a look that looked like a freak, "You scolded me just now, and now you're scolding me? Is there anything wrong with your mind?"
After that, Asahina Taihei ignored Yamanaka Yukimori and rode away alone. Ame Qiyu took a few steps forward and walked to Yamanaka Yukimori - the latter still maintained the action of passing the whip until Asahina Taihei disappeared from sight.
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"Why are you doing this?" Yu Qiuyou had the same question as Asahina Taihei.
"It is your duty to humiliate your ministers and die. It is your duty to repay your kindness and atone for your mistakes." After Yamanaka Yukimori simply replied to Yu Qiuyou, he got on his horse and chased Hina Taihei, "These whips will definitely