Win the Ding 1617

"Have you forgotten the compensation for the war dead?!"

The samurai and generals beside Kuroda Tadayuki shouted one after another.

Following this burst of shouting, the Kuroda family's flag was firmly planted on the head of the Ninomaru castle made of rammed earth by Kuroda Tadyuki.

"This is my burial place! Iron Cannon Squad! Go!"

Under the banner of Kuroda Tobamon, his two younger brothers, Kuroda Takamasa and Kuroda Changxing Yasai, who are also feudal lords, rushed forward like two ferocious wolves leading the soldiers of the feudal clan.

After a quick slaying, a barrier was created between the Kuroda family's main team and the volunteer team. The volunteer team faced the spears of the Ichikui army and the Kuroda family's supervisor. After receiving the pension, a fighting spirit broke out immediately, and someone in the team shouted loudly, "Let me fight to the death here today! Kill!"

The combat effectiveness of the volunteer army, which was determined to die for the two hundred shi white rice pensions, was far beyond the comparison of these religious fanatics who rushed forward with a moment of courage.

Both parties are not afraid of death, and both believe that death is a kind of destination.However, unlike the Ichikui Army, the ronin and bankrupt samurai of the Volunteer Squad even want to die!

Facing the long spears stabbing like a forest, several ronin even dropped the long knives in their hands, bared their chests, and rushed forward, allowing the sharp bamboo spears to pierce their bodies, and at the same time hugged those few spears tightly Bamboo spear, don't let those believers pull it out, blood will spurt out along the bamboo spear.Those believers were a little overwhelmed by this crazy move, holding bamboo spears in surprise, someone from the volunteer team jumped out and cut off the arms of these believers with a knife.In the blink of an eye, the cultist who was still killing just now suddenly became a crying and moaning person holding a severed hand.

"Let us fight to the death here!"

The rogues' offensive continued.

People kept shouting slogans and rushed into the ranks of Yi Kui's army, slashing fiercely, or letting the opponent's bamboo spear penetrate their bodies.

Leveraging the crazy offensive of the rebels, all the Kuroda family's main team rushed up to the Ninomaru, and threw the dead bodies under the castle, paving a ramp to the city together with those straw bags.

"Iron Cannon Squad! Line up! Fire!"

"Mr. Changxing! You go down to the city and report to Mr. Matsudaira that my Kuroda family has rushed to the Ninomaru, and ask him to transfer the big cylinder of the Celestial Dynasty to the top of the city! Bombard the Honomaru!"

Kuroda Tadayuki asked his younger brother to report victory to Matsudaira.Also ask for reinforcements.

"Let Kazu-kun go!" Kuroda Changxing commanded the samurai of the domain to charge forward violently without looking back.Ask my brother to arrange for veteran Kuroda Issei, one of Kuroda's 24 riders, to report the victory.

"My lord, do you dislike me for being old? Although Yicheng is old, he can still break through the enemy!"

The grey-haired veteran Kuroda Kazunari stared at his bloodshot eyes, holding the flag of the Kuroda family emblem in one hand.Holding a long knife in one hand.Shouting and leading a few royal family members toward the largest number of Yikui troops.The oar with the thickest formation rushed over, and was submerged by the crowd in a blink of an eye.

"Fire!"

Kuroda Tadyuki waved the military pendant in his hand, and spent a lot of money to build a team of [-] iron cannons.Pulled the trigger against the crowd not far away.

This distance is less than ten steps, even a blind man can hit the target.However, the dead and injured are not necessarily who they are.

It was the Volunteer Squad that got hit first, and then the Yikui Army.

After being baptized by the sudden rain of bullets, Yi Kui's army was a little flustered immediately, and their forward momentum was stagnated!

"Okay! Keep firing!"

Seeing the power of each of the iron cannons bought from Nanzhong for [-] guan, Tadyuki Kuroda immediately felt that the money was worth it!He ordered the second wave of Iron Gunners to fire forward!

After hearing the lord's order, the second wave of iron gunners immediately moved forward, replacing the iron gunners who had already fired their guns, and pulled the trigger on the crowded and panicked Yikui army.The sound of popping beans sounded again.After the iron cannon bombarded just now, in front of the Kuroda family's battle formation, a thick and narrow white smoke area rose.

"Lord! Have you unleashed the demons of hell?!"

Facing the dead and wounded companions beside them, the will of several Yi Kui soldiers immediately collapsed, dropped the bamboo spears in their hands, turned around and tried to escape.Immediately stopped by the ronin in the team, he was cut into two pieces with one blow!

"Traitor!"

Under the attack of the Iron Cannon Team, the Yikui Army began to show signs of decline, slowly and helplessly retreating towards Honmaru.

However, the artillery unit of the Nanzhong Army, which was lined up in the city, seized the opportunity very well. Seeing that the Kuroda family was launching an offensive towards the wooden bridge connecting Honomaru and Ninomaru, they quickly dragged the big Buddha Lang machine along with it. The uphill ramp made of corpses and flesh and blood piled up with difficulty.

Seeing Datong trying to climb the city, Yi Kui's army fought more and more desperately. They knew that once these big guys went to the city, there would be no room for everyone to survive!From Honmaru, there were also a large number of believers holding various weapons in their hands, and some even rushed over empty-handed.

Constantly releasing bows and arrows from the side towards the ramp of the upper city, from time to time, gunners of the South China Army were shot by those bamboo bows.

"Protect Datong! Protect Datong!"

The bannermen of the shogunate worked hard to climb up with the artillery team, while shouting wildly.

From time to time, Banners used their bodies to shield the gunners from the arrows that shot down from both sides. Although most of these banners were protected by armor, there was a muffled sound of arrows piercing the body from time to time.

"The Gunner! Fire on the city!"

In the ranks, a stern voice issued an order, and immediately more than a hundred gunners jumped out, lined up on both sides of the road where the artillery team climbed, and fired fiercely at the walls on both sides.

Dozens of Yi Kui soldiers were hit by the dense rain of bullets, and they went to see God without even humming.

Most of them were sent flying out, turning into a pile of rotten flesh and blood.

At this time, the Ichikui army on the head of Ninomaru Castle was running out, especially those stubborn and brave ronin were wiped out by several rounds of firecrackers.However, the fighting power of those ronin is indeed fierce and tenacious, except for the dozens of ronin who were overthrown by the firecrackers at the beginning.Howling, hundreds of Yikui troops rushed out from the Honmaru along the wooden bridge.

They shouted loudly and rushed straight to the Kuroda team and the volunteer team.Then, the deafening sound of firecrackers sounded again from the top of the city, interspersed with the sound of metal and iron clashing, the muffled sound of weapons piercing into the gun, and the wailing and screaming of soldiers on both sides before they were about to die.

Because the main force of the two sides fighting desperately on the front line are ronin, the ronin of the Volunteer Squad wants to die in exchange for a pension, and the ronin of the Ichikui Army is the samurai who followed the Arima family back then.They are the first batch of Catholics in Japan, and they belong to the core "ghost force and greed". (The title given to these Catholics by General Tokugawa of the Five Dynasties.) The belief is extremely firm.

For these ronin.The shogunate and the daimyos all had the same idea.That is consumption!

Just a few minutes passed, and the volunteer team that rushed to the top of the city first had less than 3000 people who could continue to stand there.Everyone was in a mess, and many people were injured.Holding the handle of the knife in his hand, he kept opening his mouth and panting heavily.

These ronin were under the attack of the ronin and peasants in the Yikui army who did not fear death.He was scarred by the joint attack of the sword and the bamboo spear.Seeing the surrounding companions fall down in groups.They were sad to find that it was very difficult to take a step towards the wooden bridge at the moment, and both sides were desperately persevering without any bells and whistles.

There was a slight commotion behind Kuroda's team.After paying the price of crushing, crushing and injuring more than a dozen civilians, Yamen Daifulangji was finally dragged to the head of Ninomaru Castle!

With an order, all the ronin of the Volunteer Squad secretly shouted luck!Like the ebb tide of the sea, it flashed to the sides, and gave way to the wooden bridge leading to the Honmaru.

"Fire!"

A cold voice overwhelmed Yi Kui's roar.

Dafolang cannon, all sub-guns have been replaced with shotguns.There are dozens of shotgun shells of different sizes in each sub-gun.After the muzzles of the four large Francophones ejected thick smoke and flames, dense shotgun shells whizzed past the ears of the volunteers, and the scorching air made them stick to the city as tightly as possible to avoid being hit by those bullets. middle.The rain of bullets smashed into the ranks of a Kui army who rushed forward, front, back, left, and right.People immediately heard the puffing sound of the projectile penetrating the body, the unbearable groaning of the earth and stone when it hit the top of the city, and the howls and screams of the Yikui army who had been hit and penetrated the body countless times in the team.

With a muffled puff, a leader of the Yikui army holding a cross flag in his hand was directly hit by several shotgun shells, and blood mist rose up, and his upper body and the cross flag in his hand flew to nowhere.

While at sea, those mortars had completed their second round of loading, and the huge shells passed over people's heads and flew towards Honmaru.

The main pill is also made of rammed earth, and the city wall added with glutinous rice juice is said to be extremely strong. There is also a castle tower, where you can observe the situation of the enemy army, and you can also send some troops to defend on each floor, condescending to attack the attack below. The enemy strikes.However, the city built by the famous fortress Matsukura has no problem in defending the iron cannon and bows and arrows, but under the bombardment of nearly [-] catties of mortar shells, the formerly strong city wall has become fragile.Several city walls unexpectedly collapsed in an instant with gaps.

The Yikui army on the top of the city, and the Yikui army in the barracks below the city are forming a team, ready to rush to the top of the city to fight with the officers and soldiers. Buried by mounds of earth and stones falling from mid-air, a large amount of earth and rocks fell from the top of the head, these members of the Yi Kui army below the city were buried alive in the bricks, stones and wood, and few of them could survive.

boom!Another cannonball hit the city wall, and the huge impact smashed open the crenels at the top of the city. The cannonball bounced and fell like the city, mixed with countless bricks and stones.Amidst the dust, clouds of blood mist dyed the dust red, and the Yikui soldiers facing each other were hit by mortar shells, and were beaten to pieces on the spot, with some fragmented limbs flying around in the mud.

A few more people were thrown to the ground by the passing artillery shells, each of them was covered in dust, their faces covered with dirt and flesh.A young man was about to take a step to escape, but was shocked to find that his two legs were under a few bricks not far away, but he couldn't die for a while.Painfully crawling on the ground, while wailing heart-piercingly.

boom!boom! ...

The mortar shells landed one after another on the head of Honmaru Castle.

"Isn't the shogunate full of loyal and courageous people? Why did you let people from the Ming Dynasty come? Have you forgotten the predecessors who died in the Korean War?!"

Amidst the smoke and dust of gunfire, the Yi Kui Army roared half in despair and half in mockery.

For such a roar.Kuroda Tadyuki pretended not to hear.He stared intently at the tactics of the South China Army beside him.

The tactics of the Nanzhong Army also seemed unremarkable. It was nothing more than bombarding the Yikui army with large barrels and shotguns, and then commanded the Kuroda family and the artillery guards of the Nanzhong Army's artillery team, and the iron gunners of the shogunate family. Cannon shoots.

After Datong blasted the Yikui army apart, the iron gunner's uninterrupted shooting killed and wounded the remaining Yikui army. The rest of the Kui army was killed.This cycle goes on and on, wave after wave of attacks, tried and tested.Gradually, the wooden bridge from Ninomaru to Honomaru was controlled by the Kuroda team, and the Mizuno team and Hosokawa team behind them also rushed to the top of the Ninomaru city.The flag of the Hosokawa clan of Marunouchi Ninothiri.Mizuno family flags in the Alisma pattern are everywhere on the castle.

For a while, I saw more and more shogunate troops on the top of the city getting closer and closer.Countless black muzzles were pointed and raised again, and a ronin in the Yikui army shouted in despair: "Believers of the Lord, let us fight to the death for God here today!"

Above the hills, with the help of clairvoyance.Matsudaira Nobuzuna, Tokugawa Yoshinao and others saw the battle situation clearly.This battle is over.At least a few thousand people will die on both sides.

The volunteer army formed by those ronin is not yet within the system of the shogunate army.Belongs to temporary workers.However, death and injury should be given high compensation.

"Such a person who is not afraid of death and uses force to violate the ban, he should have died earlier!"

"My lord, you can pass on the order. Anyone who takes a prisoner and hands it over to our South China Army will be rewarded with a uniform amount of money and two zhangs!"

Hua Yu has recovered from the shock of watching this bloody battle formation for the first time.He began to plan for the benefit of the South China Army.

Now that the South Central Army is undergoing massive infrastructure construction, what is lacking is these labor forces.

There are tens of thousands of people in this Shimabara city, no matter men, women, old or young, even if there are 2 casualties, there are still [-] people who can be used to add bricks and tiles to the construction of the Nanzhong Army and lubricate this huge machine with flesh and blood.

"Hey! Compared with Dad, it's still a lot worse!"

The smooth silk underwear glides over the skin, which makes people feel comfortable and delicate. Thinking about the sweat-soaked underwear that he quietly changed when changing clothes, Li Huayu is a little embarrassed. "Back when my father started the family business, he was only my age, and he was able to go into battle in person. Now I am so far away from the battlefield, but I am so timid, alas! I still have to learn a thing or two!"

"Handling! Your Highness has the virtue of being good at life, and he can't bear to kill more. If the soldiers of each army have prisoners, they can send them to the South Central Army, and His Highness will reward him!"

The elders of the Tokugawa family and the Banners shouted loudly together, and the shout was spread from near to far, and was repeatedly shouted by more and more people.The ashigaru, iron gunners, and generals of the Volunteer Team, Kuroda Team, Mizuno Team, and Hosokawa Team who were fighting at the front were extremely excited.These damned chezidans can also be exchanged for money and cloth!

As a result, the spears that were supposed to stab at vital parts such as the chest, abdomen, head, etc. became limbs.

"Order! Capture or kill Amakusa Tokishiro and other rebellious leaders alive, and those who capture or kill Kiriji Danzhong monks and above will be rewarded!"

"Whoever wins Amakusa will be rewarded with a thousand guan and five hundred shi of rice. One person will be enshrined with six hundred shi! A monk will be rewarded with a hundred guan and fifty shi of rice!"

The generous reward was passed on to Shimabara Castle again, and the soldiers and horses of the various ministries became more and more crazy. When they saw every boy around 15 years old, they would kill each other, and then ask others, is this person Amakusa?

"Young Marshal, let our people withdraw. This Shimabara Castle can no longer be defended."

Liang Kuan, who was by Li Huayu's side, had experienced battles for a long time, and had seen too much of this kind of battle for the city.The banners of the various divisions of the shogunate army were scattered all over the top of the city, and people kept jumping up the top of the city from the gap in the city wall, rushing into the city along the road to the upper city and fighting with the Yikui army in the city.

The flags of various daimyo emblems and family patterns were flying all over Shimabara Castle, and several clover flags quickly moved in the direction of the castle tower.As long as the flag of the Tokugawa family is planted on the castle tower, the time has come for this Shimabara Castle to declare its fall.

"Commander Liang, send a signal to order the navy to stop shelling. You lead the people forward. Take our artillery team out of the city to rest. Order the horse team to patrol around Shimabara Castle, and don't let a single person get away! Let the accompanying brothers Let's go to the city to practice!"

As the Nanzhong Army infantry rushed into Shimabara Castle, the last straw that weighed on the Ichikui Army fell.

The flag of the red cross flying on the castle tower was thrown from the fifth floor forcefully, and someone waved a long knife and shouted loudly on the tower: "I! Yamada Youemon, I have already captured the traitor Head!"

Seeing someone surrender, the offensive of the shogunate army and the Nanzhong army became more and more fierce.

"There is no question of victory or defeat in battle, it is all for the glory of God and for devotion to God."

"Thousands of Catholics and missionaries have been tortured innocently in the past, and today is our last hour! Let us resolve to die for our faith!"

Some believers began to howl in despair, slashing at their wives and daughters with knives, lest they be treated inhumanely after being captured by the shogunate army.

"kill!"

"Those who kneel down and abandon their weapons and surrender to our Nanzhong Army will not die!"

"Those who kneel down and abandon their weapons and surrender to our Nanzhong Army will not die!"

The [-] musketeers who rushed into the city shouted the slogan of surrender, and discarded the captured property to the soldiers of the shogunate, ordering them to tie up the captured followers of the Yikui Army and escort them out of the city to the Nanzhong Army. The horse team is in custody.

"Catch Amakusa!"

"Catch Amakusa!"

A burst of cheers came from the corner of the city, and dozens of blood-stained people were escorted out by the shogunate army, and deported to Huayu, Matsudaira, Tokugawa Yoshinao and others.

"Your Highness, please judge!"

"This is an internal matter of your country, and it is all decided by the shogunate. Our army will not interfere." Hua Yu laughed and kicked the ball back to Matsudaira Nobuzuna's feet.

"You are Li Huayu from the South China Army?"

Amakusa Tokishiro, who was about the same age as Huayu, raised his thin face and glanced at Li Huayu.

"I lost today, not to these heretics, but to your cannon! If it weren't for your cannon, this place would be filled with corpses! If I had your support, Japan would be a A country under the light of God!"

"Finished?" Li Huayu's voice suddenly became cold.

"My lord, send him to meet his God!"

A shogunate soldier swung a long knife in his hand, chopped off the head of Teishiro Tokiro Amakusa, and raised it high with a long spear.

Dozens of leaders with monk titles were beheaded along with it.

"Master Tiantong!" "Master Tiantong!"

Sadashiro was beheaded when he saw Amakusa, and the wailing and howling of the captives resounded through the sky.

"Come, come! Come here, if you have captives in your hands, come to our army to exchange for money and cloth!"

Several members of the South China Army galloped past each big name array loudly, announcing the kindness of the young marshal loudly.

A prisoner can be exchanged for money for Yiguan and cloth for Erzhang.This price has long been spread among the famous armies.

In Shimabara Castle, with the head of Tokishiro Amakusa falling to the ground, tens of thousands of believers became captives of the Nanzhong Army.

The Shimabara Peninsula fell to the shogunate. (To be continued..)