Wu Yizhou nodded to show that he understood, and went directly to arrange the pre-war preparations. As the negotiations enter the tenth day, they have entered a very difficult stage. The two sides can be said to be competitive, and they are almost talking about it for a penny.

On this day, Abe Mid-Autumn was about to leave the camp with a tired body, but was stopped by Liu Pei. Liu Pei looked at Abe's face full of tiredness in the Mid-Autumn Festival and said, "Mr. Abe has worked hard these days!" When the matter is over, I think Mr. Lai will be more respected by the Tokugawa shogun! ”

Abe Zhongqiu said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency the Dragon King, this is a joke!" I am also familiar with the history books of China, and all the ministers who signed such defeated treaties will be reused! ”

Liu Pei knew what Abe Zhongqiu meant. In Chinese history, especially during the Warring States Period, those who signed the surrender agreement were often angered by the monarch and the people after returning to China, and were rejected and even had no good death.

But how could Liu Pei say such a thing at this time? He smiled and said, "Where is the agreement signed between you and me, what is the defeated agreement?" It's a mutually beneficial agreement! What's more, Shogun Tokugawa is also a big-minded person and won't care! ”

Abe Zhongqiu shook his head and said, "Your Excellency the Dragon King, let's not say these words. I just don't know what happened when His Excellency the Dragon King came to me? ”

Liu Pei said: "Mr. Abe knows that I have built a city wall, right? ”

Abe Chukaku nodded and said, "That's right, I do know!" You're so unkind! This wall, in my opinion, is definitely a humiliation to the Tokugawa family! ”

Liu Pei said: "This is not humiliation. Rather, I want some people to see the facts! You can inform the Tokugawa Shogun that he will send a few people to observe the actual combat exercises tomorrow. That's when you know it's definitely not humiliating! ”

Abe Tadaaki's etiquette in the past was very thoughtful, but this time he didn't say goodbye to Liu Pei without any regard for etiquette, but left the camp directly.

The next morning, some people from Edo Castle mixed in with the crowd. These people are dressed like ordinary samurai, but if you look closely, you will see that they are vaguely centered on a few people, protecting them.

When the group arrived, they were like ordinary samurai and civilians roaming around the perimeter of the city. However, they always lingered not far from the wall that Liu Pei had built. The other samurai and the common people also noticed the difference between these people and turned away from them.

Soon after these people arrived, the gate of Liu Pei's camp was opened. The spearmen who appeared first guarded the camp gates, and then the sword and shield men began to drive away those who were too close to the camp. Then more than 30 artillery pieces poured out of the camp gate. Four of the guns were exceptionally huge.

As soon as the guns left the camp, they stopped and began to set up their gun emplacements. One of the most people in the crowd watched the gunners in amazement. He said to the people around him, "Don't you have to bury these big cylinders in the ground?" On the city wall that day, I only saw these people arranging artillery very quickly, but I didn't expect them to arrange the artillery positions so simply! ”

The person next to him bowed slightly and said, "General, we didn't expect their artillery to be so easy to place, so we suffered a big loss!" ”

It turned out that this person was the governor of the Tokugawa family, the tomb general Tokugawa Iemitsu! He personally appeared here in disguise this time, just to intuitively feel the power of the opponent's artillery! At the same time, you want to see how strong your walls really are?

A moment later, the positions of the artillery were arranged one after another, and the artillery commander gave the order to fire the artillery on his own initiative. Because Liu Pei guessed that there might be people with higher status in Edo City, he simply avoided it and did not appear here, so as not to embarrass everyone to meet.

But if Liu Pei knew that Tokugawa Iemitsu would appear here in person, maybe he would have led the team to rush up and arrest people!

With a single order, the loaded guns were fired almost simultaneously, and all the cannon sounds merged into a loud bang! The shock made the surrounding widows take a step back, and even their faces changed!

Then they saw a batch of iron balls streak across the sky and hit the fence in the distance! The walls trembled as they hit the flying iron balls!

Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't let himself take a step back with his strong willpower, but his heart was already like turning over the river and the sea! Everything in front of him subverted his cognition, especially when he saw the shaking city wall, his heart was even more terrified!

Because that half of the castle wall represents the castle tower of Edo Castle! If the wall could easily be breached, it would mean that his castle tower would be broken with a single poke of paper!

As the artillery continued to fire, the rate of fire of the individual guns gradually increased. The sound of the cannon became messy. The faster rate of fire were the Napoleonic guns, and the slower rate of fire was the four heavy siege guns.

But those four siege guns were the most powerful! Other shells smashed on the walls, which at most dropped a little dirt. And the shells of the four cannons hit the city wall, but the city wall was shaking violently!

The dull sound of those cannonballs hitting the walls of the city seemed to hit Tokugawa Iemitsu's heart! He had realized that under the artillery, the walls had gradually become useless. If Liu Pei really planned to attack Edo Castle, he only needed to concentrate all his artillery and bombard the city walls, and sooner or later he would be able to succeed!

As the artillery fired, the wall shook and trembled more and more, and it was feared that it would collapse at any moment. When the artillery hit the 33rd round, the four siege guns fired a salvo and the shells hit the city wall almost simultaneously! The already crumbling city wall collapsed with a "bang" under this heavy blow! For a while, the masonry and stone fell, the smoke and dust lingered, and I couldn't see the specific situation clearly!

Tokugawa Iemitsu's heart almost forgot to beat when the walls fell. So he was more anxious to know what was going on? How long did the walls fall? But the scene was dusty, and it was impossible to see clearly.

It wasn't until the dust fell a moment later that he could see clearly. The top half of the wall collapsed completely, and two slopes were piled up inside and outside the wall!

Tokugawa Iemitsu looked at the collapsed city wall, and the veins on his temples jumped high! It's also "buzzing" in my ears! This time he knew that the Edo fortified castle he relied on was really vulnerable under the artillery!

In fact, not only Tokugawa Iemitsu was scared, but also the important ministers and samurai around him were all pale and glazed! Moreover, among the wandering samurai who were attracted by the war, there were also many well-informed people who saw the actual situation clearly.