On the Rokko Mountain Fort, the smoke of gunpowder did not disperse for a long time.

On the fortress and in the trenches, there were corpses lying everywhere, some covered in flesh and blood, and some of them hung on the cannons.

Xu Qingshan stood on the deck of the battleship, watching the entire landing operation with a telescope, he did not participate in the specific command, and let his subordinates arrange everything.

Because in his heart, the officers of the Ming Dynasty are all excellent, and each of them has the potential to become a general!

And the star needs to be cast, not like a puppet to obey the arrangement of the superiors.

The commander of the Pioneer Brigade rushed over and reported the results to Xu Qingshan: "Great marshal, all the 2,000 people of the Miyagawa Domain in Little Japan have been wiped out by our army!" ”

"Are there any captives?"

The general of the Pioneer Brigade had a smile on his face: "I caught a lot of alive, these dog-day little Japan drank into mud, and the artillery didn't wake them up, and some stupid people woke up when they were dragged away, and they jumped up and scolded who woke him up!" ”

The generals laughed, all amused by Little Japan's strange behavior.

Xu Qingshan didn't smile, just nodded and said, "What are the casualties of our army?" ”

The general replied: "The nine soldiers were unlucky, they were hit by the bird guns that were randomly placed by the little Japan, and they are still being treated, and there is another guy who is red-eyed, and when he uses the Wujiu Thunderbolt, he can't wait to turn the rocker and explode the bore." ”

“.......”

Xu Qingshan let out a long breath, won the first battle, and fought quite beautifully.

This fully shows that the equipment and tactical literacy of the Ming army far exceeded that of the shogunate army, which led to the one-sided slaughter of this battle.

But if the military discipline of the shogunate army is stricter, it can also kill and injure some Ming soldiers, but unfortunately they are very wasted, and they drank like this before the war, who will die if they don't die?

Zhu Chenggong beside him put down the telescope in his hand, sighed, and said: "They are too weak, I thought that in the past few years, the Tokugawa shogunate should have grown a little, but I didn't expect that compared to back then, they are like pigs in a pigsty, and there is no progress at all!" ”

Zhu Chenggong's mother used to be Japanese, he was also born in Japan, and spent the happy time of his childhood, he has no bad feelings towards Japan, and he has some hatred for iron and steel.

Of course, the Hirado Domain of Kyushu Island, where Zhu Chenggong was born, has long become the land of the Ming Dynasty, and is now called Hirado County, the capital of Kyushu.

His younger brother, Tagawa Jiro Saemon, was the representative of the Zheng family in Japan, engaged in Sino-Japanese trade, and was recently arrested by the Tokugawa shogunate in Kyoto for Nishikiwei.

Xu Qingshan didn't say much, but said lightly: "Victory will always be reserved for those who are prepared, they don't deserve to win the war." ”

Zhu Chenggong retracted his thoughts and said with a smile: "It seems that we don't have to camp on the beach today." ”

Xu Qing nodded, looked at the increasingly dim sky, and immediately ordered: "Pass the order, the vanguard brigade does not have to be busy establishing a beachhead on the shore, continue to advance, and launch an attack on Kobe overnight!" ”

Five hundred years ago, the Heian period of Japan's Heian period forcibly announced the relocation of the capital to Fukuhara-kyo (Kobe), but due to the strong opposition, the capital of Japan was moved back to Heian-kyo (Kyoto) after only half a year.

Later, the Taira regime quickly collapsed, and Kobe became a battlefield in the process of the collapse of the Taira regime, and the castle that had just been built was half-destroyed, and later it was not repaired much, and it was converted into a port.

Kobe Castle was only a half-drawn castle defense, and even the castle's core castle tower was only one floor left, and the shogunate had to add a cover to it in order to cope with the war, and it was barely used.

The castle tower is like this, and the city walls are even worse, but the place can only be repaired with earth.

Xu Qingshan ordered an attack on Kobe overnight, first, to look down on Kobe's city defenses, and secondly, he was worried that when he waited until the next day, reinforcements from Osaka would arrive, making the battle of Kobe more difficult.

After all, Kobe and Osaka are too close to each other, only a few dozen miles away, and Osaka is garrisoned by tens of thousands of shogunate troops.

The Rokko Mountain Fort was only ten miles away from Kobe Castle, and after the 30,000 Ming troops set out, it took less than half an hour for the troops to descend from the city.

Xu Qingshan did not rush to attack the city, but sent an envoy into the city and issued an ultimatum to the Japanese, demanding that they surrender and that they have a time limit of half an hour.

Of course, Xu Qingshan is not a good man of pacifism, and he does not expect the Japanese to come out and surrender honestly.

His purpose was simple, to let the army rest and recuperate before fighting.

There is also the siege of the Martial Emperor Cannon, which is still on the way.

In this expedition to Japan, in order to adapt to the international environment, the Ming army was specially equipped with 20 Wuhuang cannons to try the siege power of this new product.

However, not long after, the envoys sent by the Ming army were thrown down from the city by the Japanese army and fell to their deaths.

Naito Tadashi, who was in charge of Kobe's defense, stood at the head of the city and chattered for a long time, which probably means: Who am I, Naito Tadashi? Surrender is impossible! If you have the ability, you can kill me and throw me off the wall!

"The officials of Little Japan have a bit of integrity."

Xu Qingshan just smiled at this, not caring about the tragic death of the messenger, he didn't expect the messenger to come back alive at all.

Because the messenger was a Japanese soldier captured by the Ming army, he drank so high that he couldn't even wake up with a cannon.

Then, Xu Qingshan sent another envoy into the city to persuade him to surrender, but he was still a Japanese prisoner.

As expected, the second Japanese soldier was thrown down again, and the flesh and blood of the fall were blurred.

Xu Qingshan sent people to persuade him to surrender again, Naito Zhongxing continued to throw, Xu Qingshan also sent, Naito Zhongxing also threw ......

Tossed back and forth eight times, Naito Tadashi was already angry, and his voice was almost hoarse.

This time, he changed his trick and did not continue to use wrestling, but hung the Japanese soldier who was so frightened that he peed his pants on the head of the city and hanged him, and by the way, he made propaganda for the Japanese troops defending the city.

Naito Tadashi, who was the age of the sixtieth birthday, personally put on the battle, and said in public that he would defend Kobe with the determination of jade crushing and wait for reinforcements!

Xu Qingshan and other soldiers of the Ming army were not in a hurry at all, nor were they angry, they continued to eat, drink and trim, and just watched the Japanese army play at the head of the city from a distance.

In their opinion, the small Kobe Castle is not to be feared at all, and a little breath can blow Kobe Castle down.

"The cannon is coming! The cannon is coming! ”

After resting for a while, the cheers of soldiers were heard in the distance, and I saw a battalion of artillerymen pushing the Wuhuang artillery cart slowly coming.

Little Japan did not have the habit of building roads, there were potholes everywhere, and artillery was moving very slowly.

The terrain in Kobe is not bad, and the route that Li Shaoyou is quite close to is basically mountainous, and the artillery can't go at all.

Xu Qingshan was still not in a hurry, and asked the remaining Japanese prisoners to be sent over one after another to continue the work of persuading them to surrender.

Naito Tadashi was completely out of temper, and without saying a word, he ordered to shoot the comers, and killed one by one to show his determination.

This time, it completely annoyed the honest man Xu Qingshan.

In response to the other party's uncivilized behavior of completely dishonoring face, he immediately ordered the whole army to launch a full-scale attack on Kobe City!