Chapter 748: Attacking the Hand Gate
Wow... Wow... Hundreds of small morning boats were released on the sea, blocking the entrance to the sea in the inner city.
Motoyoshi Murakami stands on one of the small morning boats, next to the one-eyed dragon Date Masamune.
The entrance to the sea is very narrow, and can only accommodate three small boats side by side, but if you enter three boats at once, not only is it difficult to turn corners, but it is also difficult to control. So... The Hosokawa navy entered the river in two rows.
The first two small morning boats, one commanded by the Nine Ghosts Mototaka and the other commanded by Ataka Kiyoyasu. The next two were powder ships, commanded by Kurishima Dori, and then the main force of Murakami Motoyoshi.
"The enemy sailed from the sea into the river!" The lookout in the inner city shouted a warning, and the Hosokawa navy swam into the moat like a water snake.
At this time, in the large room of the inner city, Shimazu Yoshihisa was wearing heavy armor and sitting on the main seat with his eyes closed. The hall was empty, there was not a single high-ranking samurai, and it looked very desolate.
Stompe... Stompe... A servant ran into the hall and saluted Shimazu Yoshihisa on the throne: "My lord! Hosokawa Navy Attack Scratch Gate! Please announce it! ”
"Prepare for battle! Defend the door of the hand with loyalty! Shimazu Yoshihisa suddenly opened his eyes and burst out with stubborn unyielding.
"Yes!" The attendant received the order and trotted out all the way to deliver the order to Jili Zhongcheng, who was guarding the hand gate.
"Bring me my knife!" Shimazu Yoshihisa stood up from the main throne, and his majesty was undiminished.
"Yes!" The left and right surnames picked up the knife and the rib difference from the knife holder, and put it on for Shimazu Yoshihisa.
The style of the knife is mediocre, not a famous knife, but this rib difference is a famous knife "Eagle's Nest Sect Near"!
The Eagle's Nest is near, with a blade length of 1 foot 5 inches and 3 minutes, and it is a short knife from the hand of the famous craftsman Sanjo Sojin in the Heian period, and the sword is inscribed as "Sanjo". The most famous sword left by Sokin is the "Mikazuki Sokin", which is a famous sword in the secret collection of the Ashikaga Shogun, and at the time of the Eiroku Change, Ashikaga Yoshiki was wielding the Mikazuki Sect melee battle to death.
"Let's go!" Shimazu Yoshihisa took a big stride, walked out of Ohiroma, and turned and stepped onto the observation deck on the top floor of the castle tower.
Looking at the city from afar, the Hosokawa water and land army is densely packed, and the swords, guns and iron cannons are dazzling.
Rushing... The first small morning boat sailed into the inner ring bay and went straight to the Tsutemon.
"Bow and arrow ready!" Ji Li Zhongcheng shouted loudly, and more than fifty bows and feet immediately bent their bows and arrows.
Rushing... The first of these are two small ships, one of which can carry 20 sailors, 10 ashigaru and 8 iron gunneru.
"Archery!" Seeing that it was in range, Jili Zhongcheng immediately ordered a salvo.
Whoosh... Although there are not many bows and arrows, they are very narrow against the enemy, and they also form a dense attack force.
"Cover!" The Nine Ghosts Mototaka and Ataka Kiyoyasu saw the arrows shooting almost at the same time, and Ashigaru immediately raised his shield and protected the Shogun and the iron cannon Ashigaru in it.
Wow... The arrow was stuck in the shield and could not move any further.
Poof! "Uhh But the sailors rowing on both sides were unobtrusive, and three or four people were shot at once.
"Iron cannon ready! Elevation! "After the rain of arrows, the ships also traveled within range of the Hosokawa iron cannon.
"Shoot!"
Bang bang! The iron cannon was raised high, and it made an arc, passing over the city gate and shooting at the bowshigaru behind.
"Hidden!" Jili Zhongcheng turned back to warn, and bowed his feet and hid behind the large planks.
Cracking sound... Buckshot hit the planks and caused no casualties to the defenders.
"Bow and arrow ready!" Geely Zhongcheng has always been in the city gate turret, observing and directing back and forth.
Crunch crunch... The bow is wound again, at an angle of forty-five degrees.
"Archery!" An order was given, and a second salvo was fired.
"Cover!" The two small boats in front of the platoon completely attracted the attention of the enemy, because the two small boats behind were covered with weeds and looked like they had no means of attack, but rather pure troop carriers.
Whew... Poof! The casualties were mostly sailors.
"Hurry up! Splash! Hurry up and get up! Sensing that the speed of the ship was slowing down, he immediately urged loudly.
"Iron cannon ready!" And the attack can't stay, it still has to have a certain offensive posture.
Bang bang! Another round of cannon fire.
The two sides continued to attack back and forth, but the small morning boat in the lead had almost come to a standstill, and the sailors suffered heavy casualties and lacked power.
"Lean to the sides!" The one in the back saw that the depth was almost the same, and shouted loudly at the front.
Nine Ghost Yuanlong looked back, looked at the hand door in front of him, and decisively ordered: "Turn the rudder to the right!" ”
"Oh!" The remaining sailors all came to the port side, swung their oars and headed to the right.
"Turn the rudder to the left!" Kiyoyasu Yasu, who was next door, also began to move closer to the left, revealing the middle channel between the two boats.
"Boat One! Assault! "Lai Dao Tong gave the order to the boat next door, and the sailor above took the order, quickly slid the oars, and burst forward.
"Huh? Why did the troop carrier rush up? Geely Zhongcheng saw a lonely straw boat rushing towards the water gate, his face full of doubt.
"My lord! What are we going to do? Ashigaru, who was guarding the gate, asked for orders, they hadn't experienced sea battles, and they didn't know what this kind of ship meant, so they didn't pay much attention.
Bang bang! At this moment, the sound of iron cannons sounded again, successfully attracting the attention of the defenders.
"Hidden!" Geely Zhongcheng rushed to the back of the bow foot light warning.
Cracking sound... There were no casualties.
"Excellent! That's it! We'll be able to hold it! Bow and arrow ready! Geely Zhongcheng nodded with satisfaction, consciously finding the rhythm of defeating the enemy.
Crunch crunch... The bow comes out of cover and expertly bends the bow and arrows.
"Shoot..."Boom!! Suddenly, there was an earth-shattering loud noise, and the words in Geely Zhongcheng's mouth were blown into the sky along with himself!
The gunpowder ship successfully approached the water gate, ignited and self-destructed, and the power of the full warehouse of gunpowder suddenly exploded into a mushroom cloud, and the huge explosion shock wave scattered and raged.
"Wow!" The archbow in the back was knocked to the ground by the shock wave, and the large wooden planks covering were scattered.
Even the castle tower was affected, and Shimazu Yoshihisa on the observation deck held his arms horizontally in front of him to block the tide.
After the smoke passed, the black smoke dissipated, leaving behind... It was a terrible scene.
The hand door was blown away without a trace, as if it had never been. Honmaru was also a mess, with the defenders wailing on the ground, and there were many bloody corpses.
"It's... This..."Shimazu Yoshihisa was in a trance, unable to believe all this. The explosion just now was so shocking that I had never had it in my life.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Taiko drums in unison! It's Hosokawa Akata!
"Whoa, whoa!" The sound of shouting is getting closer...
duang! A small morning boat crashed into the shore.
"Kill!" The Hosokawa Navy attacked from the Te Gate and entered the Honmaru like a rising tide! I want to talk about "Mortals Through the Law of Survival" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~