On August 17, the 11th year of Tianwu, the whole Ming army left the camp.

Zhu Cihong put on his armor and walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and there were layers of soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army outside, and when they saw the emperor, they all saluted him with guns.

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, and saw that the sergeants in the Chinese army camp outside the tent were busy, packing up their ordnance and preparing for the upcoming battle.

There was no nervousness on everyone's faces, and fighting was a matter of course for the Ming army.

At seven o'clock, the large and small arrays of the Ming army fluttering various flags began to spread to the south of Osaka Castle.

Li Yuqin, the commander of the Imperial Second Division of the Tianwu Army, led 10,000 horses to the north, quickly reaching the south bank of the Yodo River north of Osaka Castle to block the Japanese army that might cross the river for reinforcements.

According to the intelligence of the Ming army, the Tokugawa shogunate had sent 50,000 troops from Kyoto to the south to aid Osaka and cooperate with the 50,000 Osaka defenders to defend the city.

To this end, the Ming army was divided into three routes, 10,000 in the north city, 20,000 in the south city, and the third way was the navy, which was responsible for bombarding the west city with warships in the middle of the Yodo River.

At eight o'clock, the Ming army deployed artillery in the south of the city, and ten battleships also drove along the Yodo River into the vicinity of Osaka's Nishijo City, preparing to launch a full-scale attack.

In the south of Osaka City, 20,000 Ming troops were deployed in a strict manner, they crossed the main road and spread out their military formations, and it seemed that the entire wilderness outside Osaka City was covered by their banners and the sea of red.

The men and horses of the various units were waiting for the order of the general attack, and at this moment, time seemed to stand still.

Xu Qingshan stood at the forefront of the military formation as usual, looking at the sturdy Japanese city in front of him.

He knew that his incomparably dazzling talent would bloom at this moment!

At this time, Sakai Tadashi was supervising the battle on the city, and as he expected, the main direction of attack of the Ming army would be to the south.

In the face of a large number of Ming troops under the city, it would be a lie to say that there was no panic.

He has long heard that the army's training is excellent and its combat effectiveness is so strong that it can be said that it is rare in the world.

When they marched in formation, they all fought according to the principle of tactical combat, and they were meticulous and meticulous in their work.

But it's useless to panic, the battle still has to be fought, Sakai Tadashi doesn't want to commit suicide early, or be arrested by the Ming army and go to Nanjing to break his body.

Without allowing him to think too much, the artillery of the Ming army was already lined up, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the walls and gates of Osaka.

Knowing that the artillery was about to be fired, the artillery commander Sun Hedou suddenly became energetic, and ordered the artillery to hurry up and prepare.

After a while, a low horn sounded, the order flag of the Chinese army's imperial camp danced, and the herald shouted loudly: "Your Majesty's military order, all departments attack immediately!" ”

The first cannon shot exploded over Osaka Castle, and the order to attack was officially given.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of artillery pieces from the Ming artillery battalion launched a burst of indiscriminate bombardment of Osaka Castle, and the south side of the city was shrouded in a choking smoke of gunpowder, and the city wall made of gray bricks and bluestone was blown uneven, and stone chips flew and splashed indiscriminately.

After this round of shelling, the losses of the Japanese defenders were not much, but the artillery of the Ming army was very frightening, which frightened the Japanese troops defending the city and greatly reduced their morale.

Fortunately, Osaka's castle wall is not a tofu scum project, and it is still very strong, and it does not appear to have collapsed by shells.

Xu Qingshan then ordered an infantry regiment to form a three-section firing formation at a distance of 150 steps from Osaka Castle to shoot at Osaka Castle, and at the same time sent engineers to fill in the moat.

Cannonballs and bullets can fly, but people cannot, and if you want to break the city, you have to honestly climb the wall and get inside.

The Ming soldiers began to set up siege ladders and launch a fierce assault on the city walls.

At this time, the head of Nancheng City was cut off by the Ming artillery, and a large group of Japanese troops could no longer be seen, or they hid behind the surrounding battlements to avoid shells, after all, that thing was gone after a hit.

As long as the Ming army climbed to the top of the city and relied on personal bravery, they could torture and kill Little Japan and capture Osaka.

However, just as the smooth sailing Ming army climbed to the battlement, the sound of killing suddenly shook the sky, and a large group of obscene little Japanese reappeared and fired muskets at the Ming army under the city.

The Ming army was suddenly overshadowed, with many dead and wounded, and the attack was forced to stop and began to retreat.

Xu Qingshan waved his horsewhip and shouted, "What about the artillery battalion? Keep banging for Ben Shuai! And the warships on the Yodo River, don't give the imperial province cannonballs, bomb hard! ”

In Daming, a soldier's life is worth more than a cannonball, especially Xu Qingshan, who loves soldiers like a son, and when he sees the soldiers of Daming die in battle, he is distressed.

In the seventh year of Tianwu, the artillery technology of the Ming Dynasty was successfully localized, no longer using the Hongyi cannon, completely using independent research and development, using domestic materials and parts, filling the gap in the country, and large-scale mass production, reaching the international advanced level in the seventeenth century, its representative product is the Wuhuang cannon!

Daming's military industry researchers have proved with practical actions that the quality of Daming's domestic products is top-notch, and the technology is unsurpassable! Even the artillery is world-class!

Each artillery gun in the artillery battalion will carry a simple toolbox on the ammunition truck to carry out some simple repairs to the gun carriage, and each artillery will also carry a complete set of carpenter's and blacksmith's tools to carry out maintenance and complete some more complex repairs to the artillery.

Some artillerymen were even able to give their own horses to the troops, and even if they retired in the future, they could make money by opening blacksmith shops and carpenter shops by their craft.

With a deafening loud noise, the Ming artillery position roared again, and countless iron filings and lead fell from the sky and smashed on the top of Osaka.

The Japanese army did not expect the Ming army to shoot shotguns, and many people were killed and wounded on the spot without warning, and even Sakai Tadashi himself was injured in the shoulder by a piece of iron filings, and was helped to the side to bandage and rescue.

Under the attack of several rounds of artillery by the Ming army, the city was covered with black smoke, and the corpses of Japanese soldiers were all over the city wall, one by one like ghosts.

Seeing this scene, Sakai Tadashi returned to his post after a simple bandage, shouting loudly for the command, which can be described as loyal and dutiful.

After a brief period of panic, the Japanese army gradually restored order, and under the unified deployment of Sakai Tadashi, they began to redeploy with great discipline.

The greatest character of the Japanese is that they have one tendon and two poles, and they have a bad tendency to seek the glory of death, and they are biased towards outlaws.

It's not that the Japanese soldiers are brave, the main thing is that Sakai Tadashi just made a promise to kill a Ming soldier, reward ten silver yuan, and ten acres of land.

There is no way, Japan's currency is messy, and it can only use the currency of the Ming Dynasty, and as for the land, it is confiscated by the Ming Dynasty silk merchants.

With such good treatment, the morale of the Japanese army was greatly boosted, and at the risk of being killed, they poured boiling hot water on the Ming army who launched a second attack under the city, threw boulders, rolling logs, and constantly shot the Ming army with muskets and bows and arrows.

In the face of the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, the Ming army's will to fight was very firm, and they all fought hard to climb the city with red eyes like wild beasts, vowing to hack this group of small Japanese to death.

At first, the Japanese army took stimulants and fought very hard, and the Ming army's attacks were repeatedly frustrated, and a few heroic soldiers successfully climbed the city wall, but were soon killed by the Japanese army, or hacked to death with random knives.

However, the perseverance of the Ming army was far beyond the imagination of the Japanese, they bravely climbed the ladder to attack the city, and there were more and more Ming troops who climbed the city, and it was a slash to go up.

Seeing that the enemy was coming, the Japanese soldiers began to panic.

Some people felt that it was not easy to earn these ten silver yuan, and if they did not do well, they would die, so they retreated, and the Japanese army's defensive position was shaken.