The iron cannon is actually the most primitive earthen cannon, that is, a pipe with one end closed from cast iron, and then find a way to scrape the inner wall flat, and then open a lead opening, and it is done.

This kind of earthen cannon is simple to build, but it is not very useful to build, not to mention the trouble of loading ammunition, and the accuracy is extremely poor, because the inner wall of the barrel and the size of the shell are not very standard, and the shells fired out cannot even control the range, so how can the accuracy start?

The reason why Yu Dayou could tell at a glance that this was an iron cannon was because he had seen it on Wang Zhi's merchant ship.

Wang Zhi can be said to be the ancestor of iron artillery, and with this iron cannon technology, Wang Zhi has been arrogant at sea for a long time.

No way, at that time, both maritime merchants and pirates used bow loss as the main means of attack, and the range could not be compared with the iron cannon at all, even if the iron cannon was worse and the number was larger, it was also very terrifying.

If nothing else, just shoot flat with the iron cannon, and when the distance between the two sides is close to two hundred paces, shoot straight at the muzzle of the cannon at you, that guy is really scared to death, even if the iron cannon is accurate, the lethality is not much worse.

The reason why the princes of all walks of life in Dongying will cast iron cannons is also due to Wang Zhi, because this thing is too simple, as long as you see the real thing, you can make a similar thing with a little pondering.

Wang Zhi has been doing business in Dongying for many years, this secret must not be kept, and the people of Dongying will already be able to make iron cannons.

Yang Cong listened to Yu Dayou's introduction and couldn't help crying and laughing.

Nima, it turned out to be an earthen cannon, it was scary, he thought it was a tiger squat cannon of the imperial court.

If the tiger squats on the cannon, it will be really troublesome, because the time for the foot soldiers on the Cangshan ship to take turns to land is enough for people to load and replace ammunition, no matter how many people there are, they are all targets for others in batches.

The earth artillery is different, not to mention the accuracy, the loading is very troublesome, and it is simply impossible to form a dense fire network to prevent the foot soldiers from landing.

Yang Cong carefully observed for a while, and after making sure that the artillery on the city wall was all earthen cannons, he did not hesitate to order: "Order all the foot soldiers to land in turn, and set up a formation about two hundred paces outside Hirado Castle to prepare for the siege of the city." ”

When Yu Dayou heard this, he obeyed the order without hesitation, and immediately summoned a Cangshan ship, jumped up directly, personally led the team, and commanded the siege.

Seeing this, Yang Cong couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

This guy is also too fierce, and he is not afraid of the threat of firearms.

Fortunately, Yu Dayou's kung fu is really good, plus he is wearing armor, ordinary muskets and artillery can't really hurt him, unless it is more than 1,000 catties of artillery shells can it be smashed.

However, this kind of thing is almost impossible to happen, because Yu Dayou's skills are too agile, and the artillery shells are not the kind that fast human eyes can't see clearly, if he wants to dodge, the shells basically can't hit him.

In other words, with Yu Dayou's skills and the protection of armor, the muskets and artillery of this era basically couldn't hurt him.

Yang Cong didn't bother to interfere with his actions, if this guy wants to go, let him go, with his leadership, there will be fewer casualties when attacking the city.

At this time, on the low gate tower of Hirado Castle, the current head of the Matsuura clan, Matsuura Takanobu, was also observing the situation on the battlefield.

Under his leadership, the Matsuura clan not only maintained its leadership over the Wako, but also made huge profits from maritime trade, which led to unprecedented growth of the entire Hirado Domain.

This is also the reason why he has a lot of iron cannons in his hand, no way, he has money, this iron cannon is not a powerful one.

Of course, even if he had more iron cannons in his hands, he was not arrogant enough to think that he could compete with the powerful Ming Dynasty with the strength of his own family.

In this battle, he really didn't want to fight, with a population of more than 100,000 people vainly trying to compete with the Ming Dynasty of the Celestial Empire, he was not so stupid.

Therefore, when he learned that the fleet of the Damei Navy Division had arrived in Korea, he transferred all his ships to the Seto Inland Sea and hid.

The strongest under his command is actually the navy, and he has fifty or sixty warships alone, which is why he maintains his reliance on the leadership of the Wakos, because without the warships under his hands, the Wakos want to go to the coast of Daming, which is a dream.

However, the warships under his command are basically small sailboats, smaller than the Cangshan ships, each of which can carry at most one or twenty people, compared with the Ming Dynasty's Fuchuan warships, it is a scum.

Therefore, when he learned that the fleet of the Daming Navy Division alone had fifty or sixty Fufune battleships, he chose to take the initiative to retreat, and he didn't even have much hope for the defense of Tsushima Island and Iki Island.

The reason why Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong were able to take Tsushima Island and Iki Island so smoothly also had a lot to do with his passive defense.

He just took a chance and didn't withdraw the defenders on the island, and as for sea support or anything, he didn't think about it at all, because he knew quite well that if the Ming army launched an attack, Tsushima Island and Iki Island would not be able to hold it at all.

As for whether Hirado Castle can be defended, it depends on the firepower of the Ming army.

The only thing he can rely on is the dozens of iron cannons under his hands, if the Ming army can't transport the artillery because of the long distance, he feels that he can still win a game, after all, the range of the iron cannon is there, if the Ming army does not have artillery, if it wants to attack the city, it does not know how many casualties it will pay.

It's a pity that from the very beginning, the Ming army made him understand what despair is.

Seeing the dense fleet of the Ming army's sailors, he was already a little hairy, when the fifty Fu ship battleships pressed up in a neat formation, he even felt that he was a little difficult to breathe, and when the Ming army's thousand-pound cannon fired, he only felt that his scalp was going to blow up.

This guy, there is such a powerful artillery on the Ming warship, how can this battle be fought?

At that time, he had actually begun to retreat in his heart, and the reason why he let his subordinates release a round of artillery was just to try to deter the Ming army.

Unfortunately, it turned out to be ineffective, and the Ming army began to land quickly.

Watching countless chariots and artillery trucks unloaded from the warships of the Ming army, he felt that he was pulling out the cold, this battle could not be fought at all, the number of artillery of the Ming army was simply terrifying, once he launched an attack, he was afraid that it would be too late to run.

He frowned and pondered for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Withdraw, everyone, all follow, follow me to the Seto Inland Sea." ”

With that, he did not hesitate to turn around and rush down the wall, mounted his bantam horse, and ran all the way south.

This guy is too cowardly, isn't he?

Aren't the legendary widows all dying, why is he, the leader of the widows, so cowardly?

Wako, those are indeed madmen who don't want to die, because at this time, the spirit of Bushido is prevalent, and they are afraid of death, so they are not worthy of being samurai.

Question: Matsuura Takanobu is not a samurai at all, he is a daimyo, a prince, and he is still the kind of prince who is so rich that he doesn't know how good his life is, and he knows that he will die and still fights with others, isn't that sick?

Besides, even if he loses the Hirado Domain, he won't be exhausted, because he is also a top boss in the business district east of the Seto Inland Sea, and he can also live a prosperous life just by relying on the business at sea.

He didn't want to fight with others in order to hold this bit of territory, so he ran away without hesitation!