Chapter 496, Shelling

The capital of Higo on Kyushu Island, at this time the entire capital has been surrounded by 10,000 troops led by Liu Jin, and on the low city wall, the samurai and soldiers of the Otomo family looked at the Ming army outside the city in horror.

The huge oppressive force brought by tens of thousands of Ming troops made the entire city panic all day, and the thing that made the Otomo family even more anxious was that the family governor of the Otomo family did not return, and at this moment, the entire Otomo family was leaderless and at a loss.

"What should I do?"

On the city wall, Otomo Masatin is anxious like an ant on a hot pot, he is the patriarch of the Otomo family, and when the governor is not there, he is the most powerful person in the Otomo family.

"The Dayou family privately levied heavy taxes on the Ming merchants, and ransacked the Ming merchant ship Kunlun Mountain, killed the Ming merchants, the crime is unforgivable, and the Dayou family was levied by the will of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, all non-Dayou family widows, please leave immediately, otherwise there will be no forgiveness~"

Outside the city, there are people who are proficient in the Chinese language and constantly shouting into the city with a big iron horn, the sound is very loud and deafening, and the small Higo National Capital can be heard clearly.

"It turned out to be the army of the Ming Dynasty, I thought it was the Shimazu family who killed it again."

When someone heard it, it suddenly dawned on them.

"The Dayou family actually ransacked the ships of the Ming Dynasty and killed the Ming merchants, and this retribution is over."

"Also, how can this Ming Shangguo be so easy to provoke."

"The Dayou family is so greedy that they have already made a lot of money by doing business with Daming merchants, and they even went to loot Daming merchant ships and kill Daming merchants."

"I also heard that some time ago, the Dayou family ransacked a merchant ship of the Ming Dynasty and killed the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect it to be true, the army of the Ming Dynasty has been killed in the capital."

"Hurry up, hurry up, if the Ming army comes in, it will be finished with the Otomo family at that time."

"Yes, yes, hurry up, hurry up~"

In the entire capital of Higo Country, the Japanese people have packed up and wanted to escape from this place of right and wrong, but at this time, the Otomo family is also in a dilemma, whether to let these people go or not.

"Shall we open the gates and let them go?"

The samurai of the Otomo family hurriedly came to the front of Otomo Masanobu and asked anxiously.

"Let them go, and let the core children of the family follow them out of the city."

Masanobu Otomo thought for a while and said.

"I told him a long time ago, don't move Daming's merchant ships, now it's okay, Dayou's family is over."

After speaking, Otomo Masanobu also looked at the mighty Ming army outside, the flags were fluttering, the military formation was solemn, the armor was shining dazzlingly in the sunlight, and the hundreds of doors lined up, the swarthy muzzles of the guns had been aimed here, and there was no doubt about the power of these cannons.

In the face of such a Ming army armed to the teeth, and the number is several times that of their own, what can the Otomo family take to resist?

Time was slowly passing, and Liu Jin was patiently drinking tea while admiring the capital of the Higo country.

The city wall is very low, and the city wall of any city in the Ming Dynasty is higher than it, of course, it can't be too high.

Although this Higo country is known as a country, it is actually the size of a county, how high do you expect the city walls of a county town to be?

"My lord, the hour has come~"

Soon, an hour passed, and Liu Jin gave an hour for the innocent people in the city to come out.

Revenge is revenge, lesson is lesson, Liu Jin didn't want to implicate too many innocents, so he also gave an hour to let the people in the city go out of the city by themselves, which can be regarded as reflecting the bearing of the Ming Dynasty.

"Hmm~"

Liu Jin took out the binoculars and looked at it, there were basically no people coming out of the city gate, and at the same time, the samurai of the Otomo family were also closing the city gate, and everything that should have gone was almost gone, and the rest were probably going to resist stubbornly.

"Start shelling~"

Liu Jin put away the binoculars and ordered coldly.

"Yes~"

The herald immediately began to give orders.

"Three Rapid Fire~"

Here in the artillery position, the person in charge of directing the artillery bombardment is also a graduate of the Tianjin Maritime College, and he has already calculated the firing parameters.

Liu Jin's order was also immediately to start shooting.

"Knock~"

With the waving of a small flag, a dense cloud cannon made a dull loud noise, and the flames spewed out, and the cannonballs also roared towards the capital of the Higo Kingdom.

"Boom~" Love books

The scene of hundreds of cannons firing in a salvo together was very spectacular, the terrifying sound was deafening, resounding in the sky, and the thick smoke of gunpowder flooded the artillery position, but soon accompanied by a gust of wind, the thick smell of gunpowder smoke also wafted on the battlefield.

In the capital of Higo Province, as if the end of the world was coming, cannonballs began to wreak havoc on this small capital, and houses were like rotten trees under the attack of cannonballs, and they were vulnerable.

The samurai of the Otomo family in the castle watched in horror at the cannonballs falling from the sky, and the houses fell under the attack of the cannonballs, the cannonballs kept beating on the ground, and everywhere they passed, everything was torn apart by the huge inertia.

"The distance is 300 zhang, the wind speed is level four, and the angle is lowered by 2 degrees ~ attack!"

After three rapid-fire shots, the parameters were quickly corrected, and this time they began to aim for the city walls, preparing to destroy them.

"Boom~"

Bursts of roars continued to sound, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, deafening, and wave after wave of cannonballs poured down on the walls of the capital city of Higo like a tide.

"Whew~"

"Ah~"

The cannonballs were as if they had eyes, and the high accuracy of the shooting was terrifying, and they fell on the city wall one after another, and in an instant, the samurai and warriors of the Otomo family who were guarding the city wall wailed, and the flesh and blood on the city wall flew everywhere.

"It's terrible~"

"Daming's artillery is too terrible~"

Otomo Masanobu's scalp was numb, just a cannonball almost hit him, the samurai next to him was not so lucky, under a cannonball, several samurai instantly turned into flesh, blood and broken flesh splashed all over him.

It's not that he hasn't seen artillery, and the Otomo family also has a few artillery, but the range of the Otomo family's artillery is very short, the power is also very limited, and the rate of fire is also very slow, so there is no way to compare with the Daming artillery that is roaring now.

At this moment, Daming's artillery didn't seem to have the intention of stopping, round after round, like a tide, pouring towards his side one after another.

This rate of fire, this range, and this terrifying power, in the face of such a terrifying artillery, no matter how high the swordsmanship company is, it has no effect.

"Boom~"

Another round of artillery bombardment came, and one after another shells smashed heavily on the city wall, which was not too tall and not very strong, and the city wall fell down in an instant, and a huge gap appeared, and the city wall was actually knocked down by cannons.

"I still have to find a way to make a flowering bullet, this solid bullet will be like this in the future~"

Liu Jin had been watching the shelling with a telescope.

To be honest, Liu Jin was not very satisfied with such an artillery effect, and took care of the vigor of the cannons in later generations, and now the shells of this Miyun cannon are simply drizzle, and children play like every house.

Later generations of howitzers, rocket artillery, machine guns, naval guns, cannons, etc., that is called too hard, just the air waves generated by artillery shells can lift people away.

The kind of shell in front of me, which can only rely on solid projectiles, seems to seem that as long as the luck is not too bad and it is not hit by the shell, there is basically no, and it is more dependent on this sound to scare and scare people.

"Continue the shelling and raze this capital of Higo to the ground~"

The city walls have been knocked down, but Liu Jin has no intention of stopping, since he wants to do it, he must do it thoroughly, and the small capital in front of him must be destroyed cleanly.

"Sand give~"

However, something happened that Liu Jin didn't expect.

As the wall was blown down, the army of the Otomo family in the city took the initiative to attack him.

I saw that there were about a thousand people, under the leadership of the samurai of the Otomo family, they quickly rushed towards the side of the Ming army, and the first people to take the lead were holding long spears one by one, with the flag of the Otomo family behind them.

This spear is very long, two zhang long (about five or six meters long), made of cedar wood, and this spear was a very common weapon in the Warring States period.

"Interesting, like some of the movies I've seen before the crossing, but we're not going to compare the length of a spear with you."

Seeing the army and samurai of the Otomo family who rushed over, Liu Jin couldn't help but laugh.

Liu Jin from later generations has seen some movies of the Wa Kingdom, some of which are movies that depict the battlefield scenes of the Warring States Period of the Wa Kingdom, where the armies of the two daimyo rushed together, and the first to fight was this kind of soldier with a spear, stabbing each other to see whose spear was long.

"Send an order to the cadets of the Daming Royal Military Academy, their opportunity to practice shooting has come."

Liu Jin thought about it and immediately ordered.

With Liu Jin's order, among the army, 3,000 students of the Ming Royal Military Academy wearing uniform and holding flintlock muskets came to the front with neat steps.

I saw that these academies were a little nervous, but they were very orderly and neatly arranged under the command of their respective captains.

Some crouched, some half-crouched, and some stood, forming three stairs, and the muskets, which had already been loaded with bullets, were also aimed at the soldiers of the Otomo family who were rushing over.

Three-stage shooting method, when the rate of fire is insufficient, the three-stage shooting method can greatly maintain the output and make up for the shortcomings of slow rate of fire, there is no doubt that this is also copied by Liu Jin.

This is definitely a good opportunity to practice design, and it is also a good opportunity for these new soldiers who have just been training for a few months, and Liu Jin will not let go of such a good opportunity.