Kobe Castle is the gateway to northern Ise and the gateway to Ise Jingu Shrine.
The Taoist army has already arrived at the city.
However, unlike the traditional antfu siege, Daomen's position is far away from the city wall, and you can only see the artillery that has been prepared. The barrels are like a forest, and the dark muzzles are aimed at the city wall of Kobe, gathering momentum.
Ready to go.
The spring breeze roared, blowing all kinds of flags, and although the soldiers on the city were holding blunderbuss and a few artillery pieces, they still felt hopeless. .??.
The ones under the city were not catapults, but heavy artillery.
Can cannonballs and rocks be compared?
As for their artillery, they still use traditional solid bullets. The so-called solid bullet is a solid iron bullet, while Daomen's artillery uses exploding bullets, which are shells that can explode.
In addition, the Donghai Navy's fleet has approached Kobe City from the sea, and their naval guns can cover less than half of Kobe City.
But this is not the most desperate thing. Regardless of the heavy artillery on land or the naval gun at sea, after all, there is still a city wall as a cover. Even if it cannot block all, it can always block most of the artillery fire.
Kobe Castle is different from Kuju Castle. Kuju Castle is essentially a Jinya-level city with simple walls and can easily be bombed into ruins. However, Kobe Castle is a large city that has been run by Tianmen for many years.
The thickness of the city wall can be seen from the depth of the city gate opening. It is not just a thin layer of bricks like the courtyard wall. The top of the city wall is as wide as a thoroughfare, with an average width of about four feet. It can accommodate six horses running parallel without being crowded. It is the only way.
The city wall can be used to store artillery, crossbows and other defensive equipment. The essence of the city wall is rammed earth wrapped with bricks. It is not difficult to destroy the outer bricks with artillery. It is quite difficult to penetrate four feet of rammed earth. It will take at least an hour and a half.
It won't be destroyed in a moment.
The most despairing thing is the sky above. Daomen finally sent out flying boat troops this time, which can directly cross the city wall and attack the city.
The huge "Yinglong" is parading over Kobe Castle, casting a huge shadow on the ground, making the atmosphere in the city particularly depressing, as if a dark cloud has enveloped everyone's mind.
Many cranes and boats accompanied the boat, like stars holding the moon, and they also cast shadows, like a school of fish.
This is really a dark cloud over the city.
Concerned about various impacts, Taomen did not use the powerful "phoenix eye" that could directly destroy Tso Wenbu's workshop, but instead released numerous rockets.
This was not a ignited arrow, but more like a large firework, but it was definitely much more powerful than fireworks. Fire rain fell from the sky, and the buildings in the city were mainly made of wooden structures, which immediately burst into flames. And
Dao Sect is very targeted, mainly aiming at the areas where nobles live in the city to launch rockets, igniting those luxurious mansions and turning them into huge fires.
In fact, no matter it is
From the perspective of the people's righteousness or from the perspective of military affairs, attacking the areas where nobles live is the best choice. Only by making people like them feel fear can it be possible to force Kobe City to surrender, otherwise there will be more casualties among civilians.
, those nobles are just a number.
As the rockets fell, the sound of gongs rang out in the street, and all kinds of noises came and went. Some people were running away, and some were putting out fires everywhere.
Among them, there were many richly dressed people, surrounded by servants and guards, leaving the burning houses and running to escape.
The rockets falling from the sky made these nobles feel a huge fear that they had never experienced before. In the past, as long as they hid behind the thick city walls, no matter what kind of bloody storm was outside, they would not be able to invade their heads. But now, it seems that tall and tall
The city walls cannot stop Daomen's rockets, and death will come to them at any time.
Before the war, many warrior nobles clamored to fight until there was no more houses and no more pure land.
As a result, the rocket had just landed on their heads, threatening not only them but also their families. It was no longer the same thing immediately.
There was a lot of crying and calling for mother.
This rain of fire lasted for a long time. Judging from its momentum, it almost burned the aristocratic area in the city to ashes before it stopped.
After finally waiting for Feizhou's rocket baptism to end, the heavy artillery outside the city roared again.
The cannonballs landed on the city wall almost at the same time. The city wall that stretched for several miles trembled loudly, and countless dust rose from the gaps in the city wall. Although the cannonballs could not penetrate the city wall, they still blasted huge potholes on the city wall.
Exposing the rammed earth under the wall bricks.
The old-fashioned artillery on top of the city was shot down by Daomen's artillery before it could fire. The soldiers guarding the city were even more miserable. Their bodies were completely gone and they were blown into blood mist, and the blood mist was burned by the flames.
Almost exhausted.
Some of the cannonballs also crossed the city wall, landed inside the city, and exploded.
The continuous shelling was like an earthquake.
The continuous sound of artillery was like thunder.
The city was filled with thunder and fire.
At the same time, the Donghai Navy Fleet at sea also began to bombard Kobe Castle.
The power of naval guns is even greater than that of land heavy artillery.
The city of Kobe was baptized by the rain of steel and fire, whimpering silently.
The three thousand mysterious heavy cavalry did not go into the siege, but were still waiting.
At the very least, we have to wait until a big enough gap is blown in the city wall.
The timing of the end of the army.
Kashen Lingguan and Jiachen Lingguan stood side by side on a high ground outside the city, looking at the battle situation in Kobe City with telescopes.
Jiachen Lingguan put down the telescope in his hand, turned to look at Jiachen Lingguan beside him, and asked: "Do you want to simmer over low heat?"
Jia Shen Lingguan still held up the telescope in his hand, and his tone did not fluctuate at all: "There is no way, if you want people's hearts, you can't let go and attack. There are many orders from the camp, so we have no choice but to obey them."
Jiachen Lingguan said: "Then let's stew it and steam the rice bit by bit. In the end, it will all be cheaper for Fenglinzhou Taoist House."
After a while, Jia Shen Lingguan said: "I think the heat is almost done, it's time to add some seasoning."
Jiachen Lingguan took out the "Dragonfly Cut" and put it on his shoulder casually: "I know you didn't have good intentions when you gave me this spear, so you are waiting for me here. Anyway, who asked me to owe you a favor?
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Jia Shenlingguan said concisely and concisely: "Thank you."
Jiachen Lingguan said nothing and turned to leave.
Soon, more flying boats appeared in the sky above Kobe City.
What was dropped this time was not rockets or "phoenix eyes", but dark figures one after another.
These figures are covered with armor, with almost no gaps visible. There are metal discs similar to Tai Chi Bagua hanging on their backs. As they fall, the metal discs rotate on their own, decompose and unfold, giving birth to wings transformed by divine power.
At a glance, it was densely packed, at least hundreds of people.
It was the high-ranking spiritual officials of the Dao Sect who were dispatched.
The leader was none other than Jiachen Lingguan who was holding the trophy "Dragonfly Kiri".
The warriors in the city surged up like a tide. Jiachen Lingguan just waved the spear in his hand casually, sweeping away the power, cutting dozens of people in half, and pushed back the tide with his own power, and appeared around him.
A circular no man's land.
At the same time, after adjusting its position, "Yinglong" also aimed its naval guns at the city wall in front. Although it did not load the "Long Eye A-2", with an earth-shattering sound, the four-foot-thick city wall was blasted open.
A huge gap.
The siege method of using ladders to climb the city wall is outdated. It is foreseeable that the city wall will withdraw from the stage of history sooner or later.
The Jiashen Lingguan finally issued the order to attack.
The black cavalry began to advance. Different from ordinary cavalry, these cavalry were like walking steel behemoths. In addition to their powerful mobility, they also had terrifying defense capabilities comparable to those of gods. Behind them were various infantry.
Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu also participated in the war, but they were not
There is no position outside the city, but on "Yinglong".
Overlooking the battlefield from a high altitude is another feeling.
The "Yinglong" had just fired its cannon, and Qi Xuansu took the initiative to participate in it. If the artillery is a large firecracker, then the "Yinglong" naval gun is the largest mobile firecracker in the world.
Qi Xuansu likes firecrackers, so he has no regrets this time.
Under the suppression of "Yinglong", no heavenly beings have ever taken to the air to fight in Kobe City.
Not only were there no air battles, there were no naval battles, and there were no field battles outside the city.
This war cannot be said to be tragic, or it can only be said to be tragic for one side.
It can even be said that this was a completely one-sided war. From the beginning to the end, Kobe City only did one thing, and that was to be passively beaten.
Ise has two port cities, Tsujo was opened without blood, but Kobe's future is uncertain.
The sound of artillery has stopped, replaced by the fierce sound of gunfire, as rapid as rain, and continuous.
The Donghai Navy's fleet approached the coast, and the men in black began to land.
When discussing matters at Mount Suzuka, Master Qingwei made it clear: "Because of the concern for civilian casualties, we seem to be dancing in shackles. However, considering the strength of the Taoist sect, I still feel that the battle can be ended within six hours and we can win
Go to Kobe Castle."
Six hours, that is, twelve hours, that is, a whole day. Launch the offensive in the early morning and end the battle before dark.
The order in Kobe City is collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the fire is spreading rapidly.
The resisting warriors were retreating steadily.
At this time, Master Qingwei was not on the front line, not even in Suzuka Mountain.
In fact, after the Suzuka Mountain discussion, Qingwei Zhenren left Ise directly and returned to Hidekyo to camp.
It's not because Master Qingwei doesn't pay attention to the Ise War, but because there are more important things.
News came from the Qizhou base camp that the Imperial Army's ship had set sail.
Although Master Qingwei is the master of the army, he is obviously under the three deputy masters. In fact, because the position of the chief master is vacant, the three deputy masters have taken away many of the powers belonging to the chief master.
The power is even greater than that of the previous deputy head masters.
Many people did not expect that the "rumor" turned out to be true.
The Imperial Master is really going to visit Fenglinzhou in person.
From this, we can also see the determination of Taiping Dao and the Li family, and there is no room for failure in the Fenglinzhou war.
The siege of Kobe was just an appetizer, and the attack on Ise Shrine was the main meal.