At the beginning of September in the fifteenth year of Hongxing in the Ming Dynasty, the Spanish cannonballs accurately smashed on the outer wall of the Benxun Temple. Six Spanish 6-pounder field guns were being fired, and although they did not penetrate the outer wall of the temple, they still loosened the rammed earth, and the mud on the wall fell straight down. In this case, there was no way to stand on the wall of the temple, and the defenders had to come down from the wall and guard the shooting port open on the wall.

Zhu Cihuan also felt that it was not a big deal, before the Shimazu army was emptying the gun, and the crackling was very lively, but no one could be killed, and they only released the gun and did not charge, in fact, they were releasing water. The prince was quite happy at that time, and felt that it was still possible for him to hold out until the reinforcements arrived—the messenger for help had already been sent, and the Shimazu army had indeed not stopped him. The one who was sent out by Masaaki Baoshina for help was a "flying foot", which was the "express" in ancient Japan, and he did not ride a horse or drive a car, but ran on two human legs, and it is said that he ran no slower than a horse.

On the way south of the army, Baoke Zhenghui built a temporary "flying foot station" every fifty or sixty miles, and there were more than a dozen stations along the 800-mile mountain road, and it was possible to reach the riverside fort in three days at most. There is an expedited 600-mile service from the riverside fort to the castle of the Americas, and the news can be delivered in two days at most.

Three days plus two days is five days. It would take at least three days for the Ming army of the Americas to complete the assembly at Fort Riverside before setting off from Fort America...... Even if Zhu Cihuan's department opened the road first, these 800 miles of mountainous land are still not easy to pass, and no matter what, it will take 20 days, right?

Therefore, Zhu Cihuan has to hold on to this temple for at least a month...... If the little lady of Shimazu is willing to release the water, of course it will not be a problem. But now the little lady turned her face and didn't recognize anyone, and even the cannon was pulled out!

Zhu Cihuan, who was sitting in the main hall of Honfu Temple, originally had a little bit of affection for Shimazu Nayoshi, no, a lot of good feelings, but now there is no more at all, and there is only gritted hatred left!

Outside, the cannon roared, and he cursed in a low voice in the hall: "Damn little girl, if this king escapes this fate, he will definitely arrest you and rectify it severely...... Don't be afraid of the pain! ”

When he was having a good time, Baoke Zhenghui suddenly called out to him: "His Royal Highness! Can you make that clear? ”

To be clear? What do you mean?

Zhu Cihuan looked back and found that Baoke Zhenghui was holding a notebook and a brush in his hand, as if he wanted to record something? Is it to record your own words?

"What, what's to make it clear?" Zhu Cihuan suddenly felt a little weak-hearted, what he just said was not a good thing, it would be a bit embarrassing to record it and pass it on to future generations.

"Of course it's a death poem!" Bao Ke Zhenghui shouted, "It's too noisy here, Your Majesty can't hear it clearly!" ”

It's rumbling outside, and it's still firing! So Baoke Zhenghui didn't hear what Zhu Cihuan was talking about clearly? I thought he was reading a farewell poem.

"What? What is a Death Poem? "Zhu Cihuan doesn't understand this.

"It's the poem that the military general left before he died!"

"Nonsense!" Zhu Cihuan stood up suddenly, and said angrily to Baoke Zhenghui, "Why is this king dying? This king will live a long life! ”

"Your Royal Highness," Bao Ke hurriedly explained, "This, this death poem was not written in advance, it was written in advance and brought with it...... On the battlefield, there are no eyes for bullets and bullets, and you can be killed at any time, if you don't prepare in advance, it will be too late! ”

"You, you, you're cursing this king!" Zhu Cihuan is about to explode, Baoke Zhenghui has always liked him very much, why is he talking nonsense now?

Masaaki Baoke didn't know what to say for a while, what time was it now? Why doesn't this prince have a little consciousness of "passing away"?

At this moment, the sound of artillery outside suddenly stopped.

Zhu Cihuan's face looked a little better, and said to Baoke: "Did you hear it, they won't shoot anymore!" ”

"His Royal Highness," Masaki Hoshina's face turned pale, "it must be that the outer wall has been blown down for a while, and the musket samurai of the Shimazu family are about to charge!" ”

The artillery is finished and the infantry is charged!

Zhu Cihuan's face instantly turned pale as paper, and he didn't have the time to talk nonsense with Baoke, so he rushed out of the hall with a single step.

When he got outside, he saw that the earthen wall in front of him on the left had collapsed for a long time, and it was twenty paces wide—this earthen wall was not very strong!

However, the samurai defending the temple did not appear to be flustered, and behind the uncollapsed earthen wall, a group of samurai with arquebuses had already formed a team and were checking their firearms.

Baoke Zhenghui also rushed out at this time, and brought a few samurai to Zhu Cihuan's side, and saw Zhu Cihuan standing there like an iron tower, and he had a little more admiration in his heart - Zhu Cihuan is a big man, and he stands out from the crowd of dwarf warriors in a group of dwarf warriors!

The enemy must know the king's name!

Thinking of this, Baoke Zhenghui pulled up Zhu Cihuan and ran to the gap, and the "flag books" of Zhu Cihuan behind him also ran forward with this big man.

When Zhu Cihuan went to the battlefield for the first time, he was also a little confused, and he dragged him up a gentle slope made of a collapsed earthen wall, and then he didn't know who stuffed a spear in his hand.

What does that mean? When Zhu Cihuan was wondering, Masaaki Hoshina had already shouted in Japanese.

"The first warrior king of the Ming Dynasty is here! Who would dare to come to war! ”

Following Baoke's banner, he also shouted: "The first warrior king of the Ming Dynasty is here!" Who would dare to come to war! ”

Well, it's obviously a fool king, but now it's been blown by Baoke as a warrior king! But this fool king doesn't know Japanese and doesn't know what's going on. Moreover, the infantry of the Shimazu family is still far away, two hundred steps away, so Zhu Cihuan was not scared - he was frightened, so he was not timid, and if he was timid, he would not speculate in stocks and become American!

And as soon as Baoke blew like this, the morale of the defenders, who were originally a little low, immediately rose and cheered loudly: "Hey, hey, hehe......"

The hundreds of Shimazu troops who were advancing in a phalanx formation on the opposite side also stopped and looked back at their own main formation.

The general of the family came out to "ask for it together", is His Royal Highness Naiji going to send someone out of the battle?

Shimazu Nokichi was holding a telescope to look there, and he was almost stunned, and he almost drooled......

"Your Highness, please allow me to go out to fight for the king of the Ming Dynasty!"

Someone's going to fight!

Noji had no choice but to put down the binoculars and look at the man, who turned out to be the swordsman Togo Shigetada, a swordsman from Satsuma, who was an expert in slashing people, and was also proficient in spears and bows and arrows. If he is asked to go and fight Zhu Cihuan alone, Zhu Cihuan will really be ready to write a poem.

Of course, Shimazu Naiji couldn't let this Dongxiang go and cut down Zhu Cihuan, and hurriedly said: "Chongzhong, that is the king of the Ming Dynasty, how can you be qualified to ask for him?" ”

You have to talk about the door when you ride it!

Dongxiang Shigetuda is just a low-level samurai, what qualifications does he have to go to Zhu Cihuan alone? Even if he goes out, Zhu Cihuan can find someone to do it for him.

Noyoshi said, "We are the only ones here who can fight in the name of the Shimazu family's superintendent. But I'm a woman, how can I be the opponent of the warrior king of the Ming Dynasty? ”

In fact, Zhu Cihuan doesn't know martial arts, he is a big head, and he has a few pounds of stupid strength. If you really go head-to-head with Naji, you're probably going to lose...... Although Nayoshi is a female streamer, she also practiced the swordsmanship of Satsuma Shinryu with Togo Shigetada.

"So what now?" Togo asked.

Shimazu Nokichi thought for a while and said, "Order the first time to stop advancing, and then send someone to ask the governor of California for instructions, and ask him if he is willing to fight the Ming warrior king alone?" ”

She's actually stalling for time...... She wasn't sure if there were any reinforcements behind Zhu Cihuan? If there is, her fate with the Warrior King may not be over.

And she didn't want to throw the little strength left by the Shimazu family here at Honshoji Temple. In case the Ming army really came in, the more than 1,000 people she had on hand might be of great use.