Chapter 169 Charming Edo Castle II
'Whoosh...'
Chen Cao stood up on his horse. Under his observation, the Dingwu soldiers who rushed over at this moment had suffered at least four to five hundred casualties, which made Chen Cao frightened.
"Ning Guoxing, get the Tiger Crouching Cannon and mortar, get close and hit me."
Chen Cao could no longer care about the momentum of a marquis, and all kinds of swear words came out. He immediately forced out the momentum he had in Liaodong, and immediately rode forward and rushed forward: "Follow me."
"Master Hou..." Zhao Xin saw that Chen Cao had already galloped over.
It can be said that the entire army was mobilized at this time. More than 30,000 cavalry rushed towards the gate of Edo Castle with a momentum like a rainbow.
Sakai Iehira quickly put away the telescope in his hand, and then shouted sternly at the retainers beside him: "The artillery team was immediately assembled in front of the city gate to prepare. The death squad bypassed the south gate and prepared to fight hand-to-hand with the Ming people. .”
"yes..."
At this moment, the Japanese firearms troops in front of the city gate have all been suppressed by the Dingwu Army. The combat effectiveness of the fierce fire oil and thunder cans is beyond the imagination of the Japanese gate guards. The fire has ignited all the ruined archery towers. Anyone who stops on the gate tower and horse path at this moment will only be burned as a human being.
"Shi Xiu..."
Song Che turned around and shook his head helplessly: "Master Marquis, your opponent's musket hits very far."
"Master Marquis, this is a turtle dove gun made by Hongmao Fan in Haojing." Zhao Xin picked up a Japanese firearm that fell from the city. The firearm has a range of two hundred steps and is so powerful that even a cart can easily penetrate it."
Chen Cao was immediately shocked. What surprised him was that the Portuguese had developed a firearm with such a huge range and power so early, but what made him happy was that after all, they could not compare with his own firearm design from time-travel. Master, otherwise in today's situation, he would be beaten dizzy by his opponent.
"Some people dismounted and prepared to attack on foot."
Riding horses and entering the city slowly would be a living target, and there was an urn tower in front of them. What they had broken now was only the outer city.
"Arrange people to go up the city wall and the horse path, take cover from a high position, Ning Guoxing, go up the city wall, and use mortars to disrupt the enemies in the urn tower."
After Chen Cao made arrangements, he looked at Song Che: "Use all the thunder jars and fire oil you brought. Don't save anything." Chen Cao had an ugly look on his face: "So many brothers have died. Send the order and enter." Once inside the city, anyone who resists will be killed without mercy, and all the valuables will be confiscated under the command of the regiment leader. No matter whether it is the common people or the officials and merchants in the city, they will not be spared."
"yes..."
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Sakai Iehira now relies on the new artillery and muskets purchased by the shogunate and the red-haired people a few years ago during the trade. The musket is a turtle dove blunderbuss, and the artillery is a three hundred kilogram copper cannon. As long as it fires shotguns, it can compete with Chen Cao. The Tiger Crouching Cannon equipped in the army is exactly the same, but this 300-pound copper cannon is much more powerful than the Tiger Crouching Cannon, and its range is also longer than that of the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
On the front, in front of the urn city gate, are four bronze cannons. Packs of shotguns and whole boxes of gunpowder are in front of the bronze cannons.
Sakai Iehira was right behind the firearms unit, placing a horse on the prepared high platform and looking straight at the doorway under the city gate.
'Shua...' With a wave of his fan, Sakai Iehira shouted: "Open the city gate..."
'Squeak...'
The city gate opened, and the soldiers of the First Division Ke Guangxian, who were preparing to rush in with a coordinated attack, stared at them. Four black gun muzzles in the distance inside the gate were facing them.
"careful..."
"Disperse quickly..."
'Dong dong dong dong...'
The four cannons rang out, and as long as the soldiers who appeared at the city gate were hit by shotguns without exception, a large number of them were killed by shotguns. Such a close range bombardment, even the soldiers of the Dingwu Army were wearing protective gear in front of them. The chest plate armor was still beaten and was unable to fight back.
"Iron artillery team, release..."
Seeing that the artillery had an effect, Sakai Iehira immediately ordered the soldiers holding the Ikaruga gun to continue the attack. In addition to the Ikaruga gun can fire large-caliber lead bullets, it can also shoot shotguns. At this moment, the shotguns are fired. .
"Spread out... Quickly spread out..."
Chen Cao watched what happened one after another. The opening of the city gate took the lives of at least more than a hundred of his subordinates. He couldn't help but burst into anger: "Ning Guoxing..."
A loud roar made everyone around Chen Cao startled.
Ning Guoxing could see the situation inside the Wengcheng, but he could only clearly see the infantry team behind Sakai Iehira. This was the time to test him as the artillery regiment commander.
"The impact point of the shells must be close to the city wall, and the muzzle of the mortars must be adjusted as high as possible," Ning Guoxing thought to himself, and then decided to go into battle himself.
"Raise the muzzle fifty-five..." Ning Guoxing was unsure, so he took the gun from the soldier's hand and put it in vertically.
'Boom...'
Smoke came out of the muzzle, and the infantry team behind Sakai Iehira exploded in an instant, killing twenty or thirty people on the spot, and the team was immediately in chaos.
"Captain, there is something missing..."
"I saw it," Ning Guoxing didn't have time to think about it. If he delayed for a moment, the opponent's artillery array would probably withdraw, and he didn't know where he would appear.
"Turn it up seventy..." Ning Guoxing turned the rotating support two and a half times. This was almost reaching the limit of the mortar. If he continued to turn it up, the shells would most likely fall into Chen Cao's military formation below. .
"Eighty-five is the limit... bring the cannonballs..."
Ning Guoxing took a deep breath and put the tail of the cannonball in one go.
'Boom...'
'boom...'
As the explosion sounded, five steps behind Sakai Iehira exploded. Dozens of people, including himself, fell to the ground. The footwear on his back was torn apart by shrapnel, and blood burst out.
"Lord General..."
"Quickly, cover the retreat of the general..."
"retreat..."
Chen Cao saw the chaos of the Japanese army in the gate, and he suddenly became confident: "Throw all the thunder cans in and blow up their artillery."
The smoking thunder cans were thrown in by Kong Wu's powerful hurlers along the door opening and the urn tower. Chen Cao was also worried. Once the door opening of the urn tower was blown open, they would have to climb the wall to get in.
My dignified Lord Marquis of Ming Dynasty asked me to climb the wall and get in. This is absolutely impossible.
'Boom boom boom boom...'
A violent explosion sounded, and the well-trained Dingwu Army rushed into the Wengcheng under the leadership of Song Che. Once they entered the Wengcheng, they were equivalent to entering Edo City.
Seeing this, Chen Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered behind him: "Send the order, at least one brigade of troops must block each gate of Edo City, and no gate can be let go."
"yes..."
To deal with the Japanese, Chen Cao did not need to "surround three but one". Under the power of powerful muskets, those samurai were no match for firearms, and Chen Cao did not believe that there were many Western muskets in Edo Castle.
'Bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...'
The Dingmu army that rushed into the city and the Japanese defenders engaged in fierce musketry exchanges. However, the Dingmu army knew how to find bunkers when firing volleys of muskets, while the Japanese troops stood straight and took turns firing. This kind of alternating three-stage shooting is absolutely impossible when both sides have firearms.
Of course, Chen Cao also taught them a unique trick to defeat the enemy, which was the musket formation used by the British for hundreds of years in later generations. They would approach the opponent thirty steps with a musket and shoot. In this case, as long as they fired, they would definitely die. It was also the key to the British dominating Europe a hundred years later.
Of course, the most important thing in this formation is the courage of the soldiers. They can step forward to face the opponent and fire at a distance of 150 steps. Once they reach 30 steps, only one volley is needed. The opponent's formation can fall apart, and they can directly use their bayonets to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Who can still exert superior strength in hand-to-hand combat when being blinded by a musket? Therefore, all that awaits the opponent is failure.
"Shield cover, step forward seventy steps in unison," Ke Guang, who was at the front, shouted first.
The two mortars just now had disrupted the formation of the Japanese army. The important reason for their panic was that the shells affected the commander Sakai Iehei, whose life and death were unknown.
But now the Ming army came forward with shields, causing heavy psychological pressure on these teams who still had firearms.
"What should I do?" a captain asked loudly.
No one answered. The commanders of the iron artillery team were already seeking death in the chaotic hail of bullets, and their opponents were walking towards them.
"Open the shield, fire volley..."
'Bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...'
Within seventy steps, they fired a volley at close range. The new flintlock guns, which were also front-loaded muskets, had a much greater advantage than the Japanese troops armed with dove blunderbuss and iron cannons. Although they could defeat the Japanese army after a wave, Causes casualties, but not lasting damage. The reload time of one minute determines that the Wujun can fire three rounds of paper-cased lead bullets.
After suffering another fifty or sixty casualties, Ke Guangxian's troops finally arrived in front of the Japanese 70-step formation. After two rounds of volleys, Ke Guangxian drew his sword and shouted: "Mount the bayonet, attack freely, charge." ..."
"Kill..."
The front line of the Japanese army collapsed completely, and those who survived had begun to flee. Who dared to fight under the opponent's firearms? Moreover, the battle has already reached this point. Fortunately, they are the direct troops of the Tokugawa family. If it were another vassal daimyo, the battle would be over after a round of shelling and the general fell to the ground, and it would be impossible to resist anymore. To the opponent's second charge.
"Master Marquis..." The messenger rushed out of the door: "General Song led a large group of troops to fight in."
Chen Cao breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the corpses of the soldiers under the war horse, and said: "Except Tokugawa Iemitsu and some important ministers, I will not accept the surrender of anyone. I will build a Kyoto in Edo Castle." ..."
Xin Zhao took a deep breath: "Master Hou, common people?"
"Adult men, kill as many as you want, women can stay, don't seal the knife..."
Chen Cao said coldly.
Xin Zhao nodded: "I understand, I will make arrangements now..."
