The 5,000 troops of the Changxing Army were quickly assembled on the seaside, and they pushed 50 marching guns. There were two 12-pounder guns, and the rest were 3-pounder and 6-pounder cannons.

The guns were mounted on two-wheeled gun mounts and were pushed by soldiers like Minamisatsuma Castle.

At a distance of 3 miles from Minamisatsuma Castle, the Changxing Army stopped, and they began to check the artillery fire for the last preparations before the battle.

Governor Gao Song looked at the busy Changxing army outside the city is a burst of fire, this group of Ming people was too arrogant, and they didn't pay attention to the defenders in the city at all.

They sat there eating, drinking, and chatting, and a few soldiers took off their pants and urinated on the wall.

"Let's have a round of big barrels in the city!" When Konishi saw that Ming was so unscrupulous, he couldn't help but get angry. If the Ming people continue to be so arrogant, the defenders in the city must have no morale, and they will not dare to fight the Ming people at all.

Although he knew that the old barrel at the head of the city would not be able to hit that far, he still gave the order to open fire.

Regardless of whether he can kill or injure Akito, as long as he can scare Akito into panicking, he can also make the defenders find confidence.

"Boom! Rumble! "Several large barrels at the head of the city fell to the ground and opened fire, and the shells they fired lost power at a distance of two miles. After rolling forward for another hundred and ten steps, he stopped, and did not cause any harm to Akito at all.

The panic that Akito wanted to see did not happen, and the Akito continued their movements except for turning their heads to look at the castle.

Seeing this, Takamatsu's face was gloomy and almost dripping, and he knew that he was in big trouble! Satsuma Domain's big trouble!

There are only two possibilities for the Ming people to be so calm, one is that the Ming people know that the range of the big barrel at the head of Minamisatsuma Castle can't hurt them at all, and the other is that these Ming people are all veterans of the battlefield, and they have long been accustomed to the sound of artillery, and just by listening to the sound, they know that the cannonballs can't hit them at all.

Governor Takamatsu would have liked the first case, so that they would still have the strength to fight. If it is the second case, the combat power of 5,000 veterans can easily defeat Minamisata.

The soldiers pushing the artillery of the Changxing Army rested for a while and then got busy, and one by one the artillery was pushed forward for half a mile before stopping.

They then loaded the artillery with kits and pellets, and carried out the first round of shelling at Minamisata.

The salvo of fifty guns was not at all comparable to the sparse barrel of the head of the city of South Satsuma, and the first round of artillery bombardment alone knocked the head of the castle to a dead end.

Then half of the artillery of the Changxing army began to move forward, and it was not until a mile away from Minamisatsuma that it stopped and opened fire again. The artillery in the back also followed, joining the ranks of firing at close range.

The rest of the time became a show for the artillery of the Changxing Army, who kept loading shells and shelling Minamisatsuma round after round.

The shells that hit the city walls carried away bricks one after another, especially the 12-pounder guns, and each bombardment on the walls shook the walls a few times, and soon cracks appeared in the solid walls.

Governor Takamatsu had been staying at the head of the castle, and he was too frightened to stand up by the overwhelming artillery fire of the Ming people. At this moment, his heart was cold, and if he continued like this, the walls of Southern Satsuma would not be able to stop the artillery of the Ming people at all, and it would only be a matter of time before they were blown down.

Sure enough, the cracks in the city wall confirmed the guess in Governor Takamatsu's heart, and he didn't dare to stay at the head of the city, so he fled down the city with a crawl.

When he arrived at the castle, Governor Takamatsu noticed the tragic situation in the castle, and many of the Mingren's cannonballs crossed the walls and hit the castle.

Most of the Japanese buildings in the city were made of wood, and they could not withstand the shells at all. Often, when a shot goes down, the house collapses, and the people inside are buried underneath.

When Governor Takamatsu came to the castle, he shouted for the people in the castle to prepare sandbags and seal them as soon as the walls collapsed.

The walls of Minamisatsuma collapsed before they could hold out for even an hour, and a gap two feet wide appeared in Konishi's sight.

The Changxing army outside the city sounded a loud copper whistle. A group of soldiers armed with guns and shields and armed with firearms were in front of the artillery, and when they saw this, Governor Takamatsu gave an order: "Ashigaru goes to the city, and the people plug the gap!" ”

Immediately, thousands of Japanese soldiers armed with iron cannons climbed up to the top of the city and aimed at the Ming people a mile away. (The Wa Kingdom also had their own arquebuses, and their level of arquebuses was higher than that of the Ming Dynasty, and there were very few explosions.) Such arquebuses were uniformly called iron cannons by the Japanese people, and the large barrels were cannons. ）

There were also thousands of Japanese people who rushed to the gap with sandbags on their backs, and they ran back when they reached the gap and dropped the sandbags. Hope can close the gap in the shortest possible time, as long as the city is in them, there is hope of survival.

Takamatsu looked at the gap nervously, and if Akito attacked Minamisatsuma at this time, it would be difficult to hold it. Fortunately, the gathering of the Ming people was relatively slow, and they did not attack after a full pillar of incense.

The walls that were originally blown down have also been blocked somewhat, huh? How could Akito let go of such a great opportunity? Isn't it time to go all out to attack the city? Even if the Akito commander is unresponsive, he should have attacked the city?

Just when Takamatsu was puzzled, the cannon outside the city rang out again. The deafening sound of artillery bombarded the city again, and those who were preparing to resist the Ming attack at the head of the city all trembled under the artillery.

People were constantly being beaten to pieces, and some Japanese soldiers couldn't stand this torture and jumped from the city to learn about their lives.

For a time, the purgatory-like scene was staged at the head of the city, and the Japanese people were so frightened that they lay on the head of the city and did not dare to move. The area near the collapsed gap was the focus of the Ming artillery, and the people of the Japanese Kingdom who wanted to throw sandbags into the gap were killed one after another, and the places that had blocked them were blasted open again.

Even the walls on both sides were once again bombarded for a large part, and the defending Japanese fell down like dumplings from the head of the city, buried under the masonry.

The gap that was originally two zhang wide became six zhang, and now Amaterasu couldn't plug the gap.

After another half an hour, Akito finally stopped the artillery. At this time, there were no more Japanese standing on the head of the city, and there were no more people coming to throw sandbags in the gap opened by the artillery.

The entire Minamisatsuma had opened its arms to the Changxing army, and the Changxing army outside the city quickly rushed towards the collapsed city wall.

Tao Lei was the first to rush up the collapsed city wall with his team of 100 people, and when the two of them crossed the city wall, they saw a Japanese man covered in blood, holding a Japanese knife and rushing towards them.

After a bang, the widow fell to the ground and his body convulsed. More and more Japanese people rushed towards them, and Tao Lei shouted: "Spear and shield defense!" The firecracker shoots three stages to fire! ”

Soon the spear and shield man took off the shield from his back, half-crouched down, and pressed the shield in front of him with his shoulder. The spear was mounted on a shield, forming a spiked breastwork in front of the team in an instant.

Tao Lei shouted to the soldiers of his hundred-man team: "Kill all the Japanese people!" ”