But this tactic is extremely easy to use! Those who can be shot by short muskets must be the backbone of the broken army, who can fight. Moreover, their morale is already relatively low, and the leader is dead.
They even had no intention of fighting, so the sailors and pirates became more and more courageous as they fought, and in less than an hour they had sorted out the entire city!
Moreover, the pirates had a better memory this time and did not plunder privately. They just killed all the defeated soldiers and then patrolled the streets. It seemed that Liu Haojia was very useful in beating them up.
By the time the pirates and sailors occupied the castle, Liu Haojia had gathered the team chasing the enemy back and had them gather outside Tsurunomaru.
This castle tower is also built on a hill, which is the highest hill in this plain. There is a symbolic wall at the foot of the hill, and there is a real wall halfway up the mountain. It looks taller than the one at the foot of the hill.
The walls are much thicker.
Further up the mountain road, there is a circle of walls on the flat ground at the top of the mountain. Inside is the Shimazu family's castle tower - Tsurunomaru! Tsurunomaru is a completely wooden building on a stone base, with cornices and brackets.
It’s very gorgeous! It happens to be built on the highest hill in this small plain, making it look even more majestic!
According to the Japanese way of fighting, it is basically impossible to capture this kind of castle tower without paying a lot of casualties! However, this castle tower is just mediocre in Liu Haojia's eyes, because it has something that the Japanese don't have.
, that is artillery!
Standing at the railing of the second platform of the castle tower, Shimazu Yoshihiro was wearing full uniform, holding the hilt of his sword in his hand, with a very serious expression. Ever since he saw Shimazu Yoshihisa leaving, he knew that the key to guarding the castle tower was
The heavy responsibility fell on his shoulders.
However, he was very confident to complete this task. He saw that all the people in the Ming army below were only more than 2,000 people. According to past experience, it would be no problem to defend Tiange by himself!
At this time, he said to the samurai beside him: "Abandon the city wall at the foot of the mountain, withdraw all the guards there, and arrange them on the mountainside wall. In addition, send all the iron artillery ashigaru over and let them attack before the Ming army.
Give them a lot of damage! But tell them to be prepared to withdraw at any time.
The samurai bowed and agreed to convey the order, and then he called another samurai and said: "Place all the archery teams outside Tsurunomaru. Once the wall on the mountainside is lost, immediately coordinate the soldiers there to withdraw."
After the samurai left, he said to another samurai: "Nan Shengjun, you and the elite Ashigaru can continue to rest now. When the Ming army attacks, you will still need to fight back through the wall."
The samurai was not surprised when he received the order, because he had encountered similar situations before. Carrying out a counterattack when the enemy was attacking was an ideal way to effectively kill the opponent and reduce the opponent's morale.
In this way, Shimazu Yoshihiro called each samurai to his side and assigned them to them, mobilizing the entire Tsurunomaru to move quickly. After the deployment was completed, he was still not at ease, so he walked from bottom to top again to make sure that everyone was
I strictly followed his orders before returning to the second platform of the castle tower.
But just when he stepped onto the platform and looked down while holding on to the railing, his whole body stiffened instantly! The reason was not that the outermost city wall was lost, because the city itself was ready to give up. What frightened him was the Ming army's troops.
There are six more artillery pieces!
The Shimadzu family did not have artillery, because it cost too much money, and ordinary daimyo could not make it at all. But this did not prevent Shimazu Yoshihiro from knowing the terrifying power of artillery! Otherwise, these Japanese people would not have been particularly popular.
The name is called the collapse of the country!
Seeing the six artillery pieces pushed into the lowest wall, the horrified Shimazu Yoshihiro couldn't help shouting to the samurai beside him: "Why didn't you tell me immediately when the Ming army pushed out the country?"
The warriors around him were also running around with him, so naturally they didn't know about this situation. But when he was scolded by the superior, he could only bow and salute and said loudly: "I'm really sorry!"
Shimazu Yoshihiro also knew that he couldn't blame the samurai around him for this matter, so he snorted and turned around to stare at the artillery on the opposite side. However, he still thought with a glimmer of hope in his heart that such a national collapse might not be possible.
Go up the mountain, maybe they will try it and find out that there is no other way, so they won't use it.
But his hope was soon dashed, because some Ming soldiers below began to dig holes neatly, and some soldiers removed the wheels of the artillery, put the barrel into the gun case and buried it directly underground, leaving the muzzle
Pointing directly to the wall on the mountainside!
Seeing this scene, Shimazu Yoshihiro's cold sweat immediately started flowing down! But faced with this situation, he was helpless and could only watch those around him quickly completing the arrangements.
Judging from Shimazu Yoshihiro's position, the two cannons in the middle are aimed at the gate directly in front, and the other four cannons are aimed at the walls on both sides. Now it depends on whether the wall can withstand the test of the collapse of the country. Anyway, he
I know the door won’t be able to withstand it!
The soldiers set up their positions and immediately opened fire without hesitation! The six artillery pieces fired one after another. Shimazu Yoshihiro saw six iron balls flying out of the muzzle, flying through the air and hitting the wall in front! Especially when standing
You can see it more clearly from the side on the wall!
To them, those cannonballs seemed to be flying very slowly, as if they could stop them with their hands! But that was just an illusion, the cannonballs had already flown close in the blink of an eye!
The first cannonball did not hit any target and flew over the top of the wall. The second cannonball also did not hit the wall, but it hit an iron cannon ashigaru, smashing his upper body to pieces, leaving only two
The lower body of the leg still stood on the ground for a moment before falling down!
Before the soldiers could feel fear, the third and fourth shells accurately hit the upper part of the gate. The wooden door could not block the bombardment of the shells at all, and directly opened two large holes in the upper part! And the second
Five cannonballs hit the top of the wall, and the splashes caused the two iron cannon ashigaru to be covered in blood. They screamed and fell off the wall! And the sixth cannonball hit the top of the wall.
In the central part, the earthquake shook the wall!
It was only then that the fear of the Japanese soldiers came to their hearts, and they let out a series of screams! Especially when they saw the corpse with only the waist down, it made their hair stand on end! So driven by fear, these ashigaru
They fired at the artillery at the foot of the mountain regardless of whether the opponent was outside their range!