"What are those guys shouting up there?"
While Toyotomi Hideyoshi was boosting morale, the Luzon Army below was also busy building artillery positions. Some soldiers heard the Japanese army's cry of "loyalty to the death to Lord Taikaku" on the city wall, glanced at it and asked.
"I don't know...it doesn't matter what they shout, just chirping or singing like birds!" The strong man on the side piled up the soil and said:
"It's useless to shout anything. After today, they will be gone... Come on, hurry up and help me."
After hearing this, the soldier no longer cared about what they were shouting and stepped forward to help build the fortifications.
Soon, the fortifications were completed, and the soldiers shouted slogans and pushed up the heavy cannons one after another.
The red cannon, as it is officially named at the Luzon Governor's Palace, is a type of cannon. This time it attacked Japan, the Luzon army brought a total of one hundred, of which twenty are now under Osaka Castle.
The black muzzle was aimed at the city wall, carrying an aura of destruction.
"put!"
The commander waved the flag in his hand fiercely.
Along with his words, twenty cannonballs detached from the barrel and hit the city wall in front of them fiercely. Their bombardment directions were very close, which made the damage even greater.
The earth-shattering sound of the cannon was accompanied by a violent vibration. The soldiers on the city wall were even a little unsteady. They looked down in horror and saw many large holes in the solid city wall, with rubble flying everywhere.
The artillerymen quickly reloaded their ammunition, and at the same time, Rumi muskets and flintlock rifles formed a continuous firepower, suppressing the Japanese army at the top of the city.
"Boom, boom!"
In the second round of shelling, more broken bricks flew out, and the city wall began to shake.
When the third round of shells hit the city wall, the city wall could no longer hold up and was blasted through!
And with the emergence of countless large holes, the city wall finally collapsed with groans. The city wall that Toyotomi Hideyoshi relied on as a barrier was destroyed overnight.
The Japanese army watched all this blankly.
The cannon sound that seemed to come from hell shattered their newly aroused blood and ravaged it to a trace.
The horn of charge sounded, and the Luzon Army began to charge.
The warriors in the city shouted and rushed forward. They waved their swords and tried to drive away the Luzon soldiers on the opposite side and block the gap.
But then, the sound of neat musket firing sounded from the opposite side.
Dozens of warriors froze on the spot, their bodies covered with blood holes, and then fell down. The eyes of the soldiers behind were also full of fear.
Even the samurai... let alone them?
The swords clanged to the ground, and the ordinary soldiers threw down their armor and pockets and fled in all directions.
Pairs of military boots stepped over the ruins, stepped over corpses, passed through the smoke generated during the battle, and poured into the city through the gap.
"This Xiaode-style flintlock gun is really good. It's easy to use, has a fast rate of fire, and is not very heavy."
"Let's not talk about it. Those armed with Rumi guns are still running behind them stupidly. Let's go, Commander-in-Chief. Whoever kills Toyotomi Hideyoshi will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and will be promoted to the third level!"
Several voices came out from the smoke, and they were still talking, looking very relaxed.
There was a sharp contrast with the corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere.
At this time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had just returned to his residence. He heard the sound of artillery outside and knew that the Luzon Army's attack had begun, but he was confident that he would be able to support the arrival of reinforcements.
"Sir, the city is broken, the city is broken!"
But not long after he sat down, his servants came running over, screaming.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi slapped him:
"Are you trying to shake my military morale?"
However, the servant ignored the burning pain on his face and said quickly in a tone full of shock:
"Sir, the opponent used a big cannon, a very powerful one, no, a terrifying cannon, and it directly blasted open our city wall! Now the enemy has entered the city, and our army has collapsed, collapsed!"
"Sir, run away!"
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was stunned.
Looking at the servant's expression and listening to the increasingly chaotic sounds in the city, he knew that perhaps what this servant said was true.
The city is really broken, and he is finished.
At this time, he no longer had any thoughts of victory. The opponent's ability to defeat his army head-on and enter the city had proven his strength.
Perhaps, from the very beginning, one should not have believed in the damn Luzon Governor's Palace. I believed that the treaty could maintain the peace between them. It was the Luzon Governor's Palace that had not shown much territorial control over Japan in the past hundred years. The show of need deceived him.
But in the final analysis, it can only be blamed on him for failing to restrain his ambition and being blinded by the fantasy of conquest, which led to today's disaster. If Japan's military strength remains at 300,000, even if it is as powerful as the Luzon Governor's Palace, it will not dare to take action against them easily.
Now, it's too late to say anything.
escape? Can you escape? And even if you escape...where can you escape to? This is already the final territory.
He let out a long sigh.
Deep in Osaka Castle, amid the sound of artillery fire, Toyotomi Hideyoshi raised his knife and stabbed himself in the abdomen. The servant behind him chopped off his head cleanly.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended here.
And Tokugawa Ieyasu soon learned of the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
As expected by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu was indeed on his way to help.
It was also because the strength of the Luzon Army was too strong. By the time Tokugawa Ieyasu realized that this was not a fight between snipe and clam, but a lion fighting a rabbit, the army had already arrived in Osaka, and by the time he set off, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was already dead. .
After receiving the news of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's suicide, Tokugawa Ieyasu's face was full of shock, and eventually, it gradually turned into depression.
The person he had always regarded as his greatest enemy died so easily.
No one could stop them, he knew it.
…
"What did you say? Say it again?"
Ukita Hideie stood at his command post and fiercely grabbed the collar of the signal soldier. His eyes were red and his tone was almost roaring.
"My lord, my lord..." The signal soldier stammered with a bit of slump in fear:
"A month ago, Lord Taikaku died in battle, the Tokugawa family leader surrendered, and all the five territories and seven provinces have been lost!"
Tokugawa Ieyasu was a man who was very aware of current affairs. When he saw no hope, he chose to surrender to the Luzon Army. The 30,000 Japanese soldiers laid down their weapons without resistance. The army under his rule belonged to the army without any bloodshed. Luzon.
Fortunately, he still had some conscience, so before surrendering, he sent out one last message to the Japanese troops in North Korea. The envoy spent a month in hiding before finally arriving in North Korea and delivering the news.
Ukita Hideie, on the other hand, was in disbelief. He pulled out his sword so fiercely that he was about to chop it down on the head of the signal soldier.
Fortunately, at this time, someone stretched out his hand to stop him.
It was Governor Konishi, who was still able to maintain his composure and restrain the young man's rage:
"General... now is not the time to vent your anger. I think what he said is probably true."
"We also have to consider our retreat. First, we must have a truce with Ming Dynasty."
(End of chapter)
