Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

The situation on the battlefield is still changing.

As the Ming army's cavalry attacked, the Japanese samurai who fought their way out of the castle town and continued to pursue the Ming army were severely damaged and began to retreat helplessly.

At the same time, the defeated Korean troops, under the suppression of the Ming army's cavalry, began to reorganize their ranks and prepare to attack the castle town again.

Huang Changjun looked at the scene on the battlefield, his expression was inevitably a little ugly, but he still spoke.

"Send the order and ask our army's artillery troops to level their muzzles and prepare to project firepower on the castle town of Kirishima Castle to cover the troops' attack."

Seeing this, Fujiwara Tsune on the side asked.

"Admiral, do you need my assistance?"

When Huang Changjun heard this, he thought for a while, but finally nodded.

"it is good!"

"If that's the case, I'll be indebted to Mr. Fujiwara. I will ask the imperial court and the shogunate for credit for this matter."

Although Huang Changjun has a lot of face, he can still decide which is more important, face or victory.

The reason why Fujiwara Tsune took the initiative to ask for troops to assist the Ming army in fighting was that he hoped to get more arms from the Ming army...

How to put it, after the Battle of Xiaguan, he reported to the shogunate the Ming Dynasty's request to lease Xiaguan City in the form of arms mortgage rent.

The shogunate gave him a great commendation for this and asked him to obtain as many arms as possible from the Ming Dynasty.

Fujiwara Tsune was naturally concerned about this.

Hearing this, Fujiwara Tsune nodded and agreed.

……

On the battlefield, fighting broke out again.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the Ming army, led by Korean soldiers and assisted by the shogunate army, once again launched an attack on the castle town of Kirishima Castle.

Amidst the roar of heavy artillery, the buildings outside the castle town were destroyed one by one.

But in those ruins, people still appeared from time to time, shooting cold shots and shooting cold arrows at the Ming army.

When the Japanese samurai wanted to fight the Ming army in street battles, what they needed most was the building cover in the castle town. It didn't matter whether the building was intact or in ruins.

As long as it can hinder the Ming army's artillery bombardment and reduce the threat of artillery bombardment to them, it will be fine.

The Ming army advanced hard, and with every step forward, countless people fell to the enemy's ambush.

Hand-to-hand combat occurred from time to time.

An extremely fierce and bloody battle broke out in the castle town of Kirishima Castle.

Even the samurai and ashigaru of the shogunate army who entered the city with them could not get any favor.

Ambushed by the Satsuma clan and mercenaries, they suffered heavy casualties.

Although the Ming army was gradually advancing, every time it advanced, it had to pay a heavy price of casualties.

Although most of the large-scale casualties on the battlefield are Korean soldiers, Huang Changjun still finds it difficult to accept it.

After turning a very simple battle to conquer Japan into such a horrible state, Huang Changjun felt that instead of being unable to achieve military merit and be promoted to a higher position this time, Huang Changjun felt that he might be reprimanded by the court.

Taking a deep breath, Huang Changjun finally made a decision.

"Send the order and summon the quartermaster to come see me."

When the adjutant next to him heard this, he immediately clasped his fists and left.

Soon, with the sound of horse hooves, a quartermaster with a colonel's epaulettes came to his side and spoke.

"Su Qiang, the humble quartermaster, has met the admiral."

Huang Changjun nodded slightly when he heard this, and then asked.

"How much fuel does our army still carry with us?"

What is clear is that Huang Changjun is preparing to launch a fire attack on the castle town of Kirishima Castle.

Since the enemy wants to engage in street fighting, Huang Changjun will definitely not let them get what they want.

Aren't you going to have a street fight?
Watch me burn this castle town to ashes, how can you still fight me! !

Anyway, most of the buildings in Japan in this era are civil structures. In addition, it is winter and the weather is dry, which makes it easier to catch fire.

Huang Changjun felt that if he used fire attacks, it might be really effective.

As for the fire attack, will civilians be accidentally injured?
Haha, please, this is Japan. Does Ming Dynasty care about accidentally injuring Japanese civilians? Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even Fujiwara Tsune and other generals of the shogunate army didn't care much.

Because, in their traditional concept, Kirishima Castle is the territory of Satsuma Domain, and the people in Kirishima Castle are naturally the people of Satsuma Domain and have little to do with their shogunate.

At this time, Japan had not yet formed a unified national concept, and the divisions within the country and nation were extremely serious.

Su Qiang heard this, thought for a while, and then spoke.

"Returning to the Admiral, our army is carrying about 100,000 kilograms of fuel for this battle, half of which is gasoline refined from petroleum, and the other half is traditional kerosene."

This time the Ming army conquered Japan, they had made plans to use fire to attack the enemy. Naturally, they would carry part of the oil with them.

Huang Changjun nodded slightly when he heard this.

"Order someone to prepare a fire attack."

"Choose a weather with suitable wind direction and no precipitation, and launch a fire attack on Kirishima Castle..."

Su Qiang on the side heard the words and spoke.

"Yes, I humbly obey my orders."

"Let's prepare the oil."

Huang Changjun heard this and spoke again.

"Not only oil, but also ordered people to build a few simple trebuchets to throw oil for ignition."

As soon as Huang Changjun said this, Su Qiang on the side nodded and said.

"Well, I understand the humble position!"

After giving instructions to Su Qiang, Huang Changjun raised his head and looked at the castle town of Kirishima Castle where the fierce battle was taking place, and spoke.

"Send the order and tell the soldiers to withdraw!"

……

Time passed, and on just the next day, the Ming army rushed to make a batch of counterweight trebuchets.

Cans of oil were carried out.

Accompanied by a burst of shouting, the trebuchet started operating, and with a loud crash, a clay pot filled with oil was tied with a lit strip of cloth soaked in oil, and then thrown out.

The clay pot drew a beautiful arc in mid-air and shot towards the castle town of Kirishima Castle.

With a loud bang, the oil tank fell to the ground and exploded.

In an instant, kerosene flowed everywhere.

The next moment, the burning cloth ignited the oil flowing everywhere.

With a bang, fire shot into the sky.

It instantly swallowed up an area around it.

The wooden structure was instantly ignited in the fire, burning brightly.

collapse! Bang bang!

The trebuchet continued to operate, and oil cans were thrown out one after another.

In the castle town of Kirishima Castle, balls of fire bloomed.

The flames burned fiercely, and everything they passed was a sea of ​​fire.

Along with the breeze, the fire continued to spread.

In the sea of ​​​​fire, screams continued to sound.

Looking down from the sky, from time to time, a Japanese samurai with a blazing flame burning all over his body could be seen rushing out of the building screaming, and then turned into a conversation.

The fire was burning fiercely and expanding!

Inside and outside Kirishima Castle, the air was filled with a strong smell of burning corpses.

Standing at the top of Kirishima Castle, looking at the castle town that turned into a sea of ​​flames, and listening to the screams in the castle town.

Nomura Tsukaji's face was full of pain.

And a deep sense of unwillingness!

The moment the Ming army launched its fire attack, he knew it was over, everything was over. (End of chapter)