Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 329
The Kumamoto and Fukuoka domains on the western front sent 3000 commandos, that is, two preparations.

"The concentrated use of cannons is really powerful! It's as if the sky is falling apart." Tadatora Hosokawa admired. This is the Shimadzu family. Other daimyos simply don't have so many royal ships, so they can't make up so many cannons.

The North Navy's position was still silent, without firing a single shot.

Suddenly, a whistle unique to the Northern Navy sounded in the trenches of the Sendai Army.

"Iron Cannon Team, follow me!"

No one spoke. After more than a month, the North Navy relied on its super combat effectiveness to make the ashigaru of the Sendai domain instinctively believe and obey.

The iron cannon ashigaru held their arquebus guns, and under the guidance of a Sendai samurai, they quickly followed the traffic trench to the west side of the first trench.A platform was dug out every one meter here, one meter above the ground, and steps were built.

The commandos of the Saga Domain in the north were also dispatched. They used the formation of the spearmen in front, the archers and iron artillery teams in the rear, and the cannons followed.

Nabeshima Zhishige wanted revenge, to avenge the battle of Nagasaki.How did the Thunder God bombard him back then, he is going to bomb him back today.Before the start of the war, he threatened the other three families: "I want to eat the flesh of that surnamed Zhao!"

The Shimadzu family in the southwest pushed the cannon to a distance of one mile, and began to bombard the trenches of the Northern Navy.

The iron artillery team was already in place, and the ashigaru stepped onto the platform and stood up. A samurai waved his military equipment and said loudly: "Everyone, step up! Aim at the enemy commando and shoot!"

The thin matchlocks on the ashigaru's muskets had been clamped, the powder cap was opened, and the triggers were pulled together.Gunpowder smoke rose, and the sound of gunfire shook the sky.There were several screams from the Kumamoto clan's spear team walking in the front.If the matchlock gun can hit people at a distance of two or three hundred steps, it is a victory. As for how much it can kill, it is hard to say.

After finishing shooting, the ashigaru turned around and got off the platform, and followed the chief general of the Iron Cannon Team to retreat.

Seeing that the reaction from the North Navy's position was nothing more than that, the generals of the four allied forces immediately felt relieved.

"What's the use of hiding in the ditch? If you don't fight a battle, I think Tang Yi is nothing more than that without the support of the big ship."

Cannons without wheels are really not mobile. As the commandos of the Allied Forces of the Four Domains approached, the distance between the front team and the artillery team continued to widen.

The long whistle sounded almost simultaneously on the three positions, and the North Navy opened fire.Although the gunshots were sporadic, they were very accurate, and people in the commandos of the four domains kept falling down.

A retainer of the Satsuma clan brandished a knife and shouted: "Forward! Rush over and kill them!"

There are two hundred steps left, as long as we work harder, we can break through the enemy.The cavalry in the rear has already been dispatched, trying to outflank the left flank of the Northern Navy position. We must not give up at this time!

"Hey, it's really boring. Finish the fight early and go home early, that's it." Behind the North Navy position, Zhao Xin saw that the enemy's cavalry had already dispatched, so he put down his binoculars, and said to Wang Yuanfang beside him: "Let the artillery let's start."

Wang Yuanfang understood the meaning of Zhao Xin's words, and immediately turned on the walkie-talkie and ordered loudly: "Start!"

The camouflage nets of the eight anti-aircraft guns have been removed, and the muzzles have been leveled. Following the order of the observers, one of the anti-aircraft guns was aimed at the artillery team of the Kumamoto Domain.

In another time and space, there is a saying that is called "anti-aircraft guns to kill mosquitoes - overkill and useless".The reason why Zhao Xin said it was boring was because hitting infantry with a weapon that hits planes is not the same as hitting mosquitoes.Fortunately, there are quite a lot of "mosquitoes" today.

With a loud bang, the Sendai Army on the second line of defense was startled.

The sound came from behind them. Many feet stood on tiptoe and looked behind. They noticed the eight big guys before entering the trench. The two long barrels looked murderous.

Don't worry about the height of 1.4 meters. The anti-aircraft guns firing are located on the earth platform 20 meters behind them.

It is said that a lot of effort was put into building these platforms a few days ago, not only to tamp the accumulated soil, but also to pick up a large number of large stones from the Ridang Mountain in the east to build them on them. It took a foot of soil to get down and it was over.

boom!The flames mixed with mud exploded in the artillery team of Kumamoto Domain, and [-] ashigaru members of an artillery team disappeared from the sight of the observers in an instant.

A test shot.

At this moment, Tadatora Hosokawa, who was in the rear of the Kumamoto domain, was taken aback.Before his subordinates reported the damage, a sharp whistling suddenly flashed across the sky, and there was another rumbling sound from the right wing of the rear formation 50 meters away.The splashed mud fell from the air into the formation, hitting Hosokawa Tadatora's helmet with a rustling sound.

Mortar test firing.

"What kind of weapon can hit so far!" Fukuoka's rear immediately panicked.

Hosokawa Tadatora ordered: "Go and send someone to check!"

When I was young, there was a more violent roar from the sky, and the roar of the shells made many people look up.

what happened?People in the rear of the Allied Forces of the Four Feudal Kingdoms thought so.

boom!boom!boom!
Before Hosokawa Tadatora had time to react, a burst of flames suddenly rose from the formation of the Fukuoka Clan, and a shock wave accompanied by a heat wave hit him, immediately throwing him backwards from the horse.

In front of the formation of the two armies, with the firing of eight anti-aircraft guns, the artillery team of the Allied Forces of the Four Domains soon suffered heavy casualties.Those bronze-imitated Francophones rolled and jumped in the air by clusters of flames. The wood used to make the gun mounts became the best helper of the North Navy after being shattered and splashed, harvesting the lives of the nearby Ashgaru.

In the trenches, the Northern Navy troops huddled on the earth platform finally opened up their firepower. Countless bullets poured out from rifles and light machine guns. The commando team was like a wheat field harvested by a huge scythe, and patches of soldiers fell down.

"Presumably next year, the land on the Kokubun Plain will be more fertile because of the blood of these people." Date Village murmured.

The cavalry sent by the Saga and Satsuma domains to outflank and attack looked back and saw the gunpowder smoke rising and falling on the front line, and they panicked immediately.When more than 2000 people in the two troops were at a loss, rumbling explosions began to roar and wreak havoc in the ranks.

The cavalry at the center of the bombing point, whether men or horses, were all blown to pieces.The horses were startled and panicked, and the cavalry teams were in chaos. The long formation of two people was scattered like a flock of chickens being driven away.

Shigeho Shimazu, who walked out of the screen to check the situation, was stunned, no matter how Qingxiang Komatsu yelled, he didn't hear him. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind-how could this be!
This is not a battle, but a unilateral massacre.

The Kuroda Haruyuki wearing the Kuroda family's "Ichinoya-shaped pocket" finally understood how the Beihai Navy conquered a mountain city in another county in one day.

(Ichinoya-shaped pocket, the armor of Kuroda Nagamasa. It is like a large silver plate standing on the top of the head, plated with silver foil.)
"Retreat! This battle is defeated!"

As soon as Kuroda Haruyuki finished speaking, a shell fell in front of him.In the rising flames and splashing soil, Kuroda Haruyuki and the five black suits on his body were blown up and scattered in all directions.

The Kumamoto domain is about to become extinct again, so let's choose another son from the Hitotsubashi family to adopt.
Not only the Allied Forces of the Four Families, but also Date Cunchang and Tian Cunzi, who came out of Ridangshan Command Headquarters, were excited and applauded loudly after seeing the shelling of the Beihai Navy, but after a while, their backs began to sweat coldly.

This scene was unforgettable for the two of them for a lifetime, and the killing of [-] chickens was not so fast.

(Don't doubt the use of chickens as a metaphor. In the Edo period, neither pigs nor sheep were raised.)
Harushige Nabeshima of the Saga domain has no time to think about revenge. This one was injured again and broke a calf.Several feudal vassals of the Nabeshima family and the Ryuzoji family supported the head of the family and ran northward without thinking.

The impact point of the anti-aircraft guns began to extend to the rear of the Allied Forces of the Four Families. Those civilian husbands recruited from the countryside had never seen this before, and they were all frightened as if they had been immobilized.Many people simply lay on the ground and pouted their buttocks, trying to escape in this way.

Wang Yuanfang put down the binoculars and said to Zhao Xin, "You can charge now."

Zhao Xin nodded, and then gave the order.

The urgent whistle began to resound through the trenches of the Northern Navy, the light machine guns stopped firing, and the position seemed to be boiling, and the soldiers jumped out of the trenches one after another, and began the final "harvest".

Monk Zhou exhorted his subordinates loudly: "Keep your eyes on the bright spots! Don't let anyone who wears a strange and ancient helmet be spared! Don't live!"

"Don't worry!" After the first platoon leader finished speaking, he rushed out in a blink of an eye.

"Go! Kill!"

Seeing that the Northern Navy began to charge, Date Village Chang immediately issued an order to the Sendai Fan troops: "Assault!"

The conch hummed, and the troops of the Sendai Domain stepped out of the trenches one after another, but by the time they charged, the North Navy had already run hundreds of meters away.

Shigego Shimadzu gradually came to his senses, and he shouted to his deputy Qingxiang Komatsu: "Take out all the gold!"

The boss obeyed the order, and Qingxiang Xiaosong, who was in charge of the cash drawer of the inkstone box, revealed all the gold coins in the box.Shigeho Shimadzu got off his horse, pointed to the gold coins wrapped in mulberry paper in the box, and said to the surrounding soldiers: "The Shimadzu family is defeated, so you don't have to die with me, share all the gold and silver, and run away for your life !"

"President Shang!" The surrounding soldiers all knelt down.

"Let's go!" Shigeo Shimadzu roared loudly, leaned over and took a bag of gold coins and handed it to a vassal.

The shouts of the Northern Navy were getting closer and closer, and both mortars and anti-aircraft guns stopped firing.The ministries of Kumamoto, Fukuoka, and Saga were all abandoning their ranks and began a big rout.

There are really few people who can compete with the Beihai Navy these days, so the Shimadzu family in the southwest became a lone army, and thousands of people were surrounded by 1000 people.Intensive bullet rain sounded from all directions, and the troops of the Shimadzu family had completely collapsed.

Seeing the approaching Beihai Navy, a member of the Shimadzu family raised his spear and shouted: "Everyone, who is willing to die with me in order to repay the great favor of the Shimadzu family for 200 years?!"

"I!"

"And I!"

"Count me in."

Shigeho Shimadzu burst into tears.If God gave him another chance to choose, he would definitely let Date Shigemura live well.

"President Shang, we will cover you and kill you!"

Shigego Shimadzu sighed, glanced at the surrounding soldiers and said: "Although aspiring people can achieve ten defeats, they can achieve their ambitions in the last battle. But facing such a powerful enemy, it is really beyond human power!"

The Satsuma warriors were desperate, but most of them stayed where they were.The poor mountains and rivers, the difficult livelihood, now only the face of the samurai is left.That being the case, then fight to the death and seek dignity!
The hundred or so people around Shigego Shimadzu decided to make a final charge. They jumped on their horses, chose the northeast direction, and began to advance on horseback. Among the remnants of their own soldiers who were dispersed, some turned around and held guns, and followed the vassals.

These men were not so much fighters as suicides.

Seeing the Northern Navy not far away, a Satsuma vassal in full clothing and wearing a ghost mask galloped forward and shouted: "I am Shimadzu's retainer Ming Ya, who dares to fight with me?" One-on-one!"

The only answer to him was gunfire.

"boom!"

Seeing the samurai in gorgeous military uniform fall from his horse, the Beihai soldier who shot the gun said contemptuously: "I'm sick!"

At this time, a platoon of Bei Haijun also followed up, and without saying a word, they shot directly at the horse-riding warriors rushing over.Those gorgeous armors that can withstand bows and arrows are like paper in front of bullets.

Occasionally, a few long arrows were shot from the crowd and knocked the two North Marines to the ground, and the angry companions rushed up with bayonets and kicked them fiercely.

"Don't hit the horse! Keep it!"

Not far behind, several cavalrymen from the Sendai Domain ran over and shouted loudly at the soldiers of the Northern Navy.

A Henan soldier turned his head and asked, "Then what is Guisun calling?"

No one paid attention, leaving two people to look after the wounded, while the others rushed towards the place surrounded by the blue curtain.

Shigego Shimadzu with a decadent expression sat on the Mazha, with his servant beside him.

"Back then, Toyotochi Sumo (Shimadzu Yoshihisa) defeated the Otomo Clan in the Battle of Otogawa, and then severely damaged the Ryuzoji Clan in the Battle of Okitawan. My Shimadzu Clan became the 'Guardian of the Three Prefectures'. The road is ragged, and it has been 200 years in a blink of an eye!"

As soon as the words fell, several soldiers from the Beihai Navy walked in.Shigego Shimadzu's side servant held a knife in front of his master, glaring at each other.

Shigeho Shimadzu smiled and said, "The head is here, who would dare to take it?"

"Third brother, what did he say?"

"How the hell do I understand it? These days, I have learned '両手で头を抱える'."

The side servant holding the knife was stunned, thinking what is the rule of covering the head with both hands?
Several soldiers were hesitating whether to kill the two enemies in front of them or not.There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and several warriors from the Sendai clan in full armor came over.

They first bowed slightly to a few North Navy soldiers, and when they saw Shigego Shimadzu sitting upright in the formation, they all showed incredible expressions on their faces.

"Are you the chief guardian in person?"

"It's the old man!"

The samurai of the Sendai Fan suddenly showed joy on their faces.

Shigego Shimadzu didn't want to be a prisoner, he suddenly shouted in a deep voice, "Eemon!"

The side servant Xin Naemon suddenly twisted his body and swung the knife, the sharp blade flashed past, and a head with white beard and hair fell to the ground.

A samurai from the Sendai clan saw Uemon suddenly approaching with a knife, and hurriedly stopped him loudly: "Don't!"

"Bang! Bang!"

In the headquarters of Ridang Mountain, Wang Yuanfang, who was in contact with the front troops, walked up to Zhao Xin and said in a low voice, "Guess who we caught?"

"Shigego Shimadzu?"

"There's no news about Shigego Shimadzu. It's the daimyo of the Saga Clan. I heard that you injured him in Nagasaki before?"

"Oh! It's him." Zhao Xin remembered.

　The so-called Sanshu refers to the three countries of Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)