"It's no problem for the last general to stay here for another three days." Wang Yingxian said with a smile.

"Zhongjiu-kun, what about you?" Yan Siqi asked.

"Lord, there is no problem on my side, I can hold on for a day tomorrow, but it will be difficult to say the day after tomorrow." Ijiin Zhongheng said without hesitation.

"Well, if you can't hold on tomorrow, ask me for help in time, but you must not retreat." Yan Siqi said.

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After the first day of testing, the battle on the second day was obviously fiercer than the first day, and the weakness of the left flank of Yan Siqi's army was also detected by Shimazu Tadashi, and the offensive on the side of Kayama Hidaka was obviously much more ferocious than yesterday, and the offensive hit the lineup of Ijiin Tadahisa wave after wave. On the contrary, Kamejuhime's offensive has weakened compared to yesterday.

The Chinese armies on both sides gave up yesterday's tentative attack early this morning, and Yan Siqi used artillery today. Yan Siqi's cannons are not many, some of them were bought from the Ming Dynasty, and some of them were dismantled from warships, but fortunately, Yan Siqi's gunners were all experienced gunners, and the number was not much, but the results achieved were good, and with the cooperation of cannons and muskets, they caused heavy damage to Shimazu Tadashi's musket team.

The battle lasted until the time of the unitary hour, when Ijiin Tadahisa's army began to break up under the huge pressure of Kayama Hidaka, and Ijiin Tadahisa's formation was broken into by Kayama Hidaka. In this battle, Ijiin Tadahisa can be said to be a last battle, he can't lose, if he loses, the Ijiin clan will never be able to rise again.

"Onboard!" Tadahisa Ijiin raised his katana and personally entered the battle.

Although Kayama Hidaka has an advantage in numbers, the numbers of both sides are very close in local areas. The fact that Ijiin Tadahisa took the lead greatly boosted morale, and all the people finally killed the army of Kayama Hidaka with a breath of blood. As night fell, the repulsion of Kayama Hidaka also brought the next day's battle to a close.

The battle of Jinfeng Mountain entered the third day, and the battle between the two sides became more intense, this time in order to ensure that the left flank was not lost, Yan Siqi transferred 5,000 reserve troops to Ijiin Tadahisa, and also allocated half of the artillery to him.

On the third day, Yan Siqi was completely on the defensive, but Shimazu's offensive in the middle and right was strengthened again. After two days of fighting, both sides are already a little tired, and the casualties on both sides are also increasing, the casualties of Shimazu Tadashi's army have reached three percent, and the casualties on Yan Siqi's side have also reached three percent (the casualties here refer to those who cannot go to the battlefield), especially the Dongying army on the left flank, many people are still wounded.

In a short time or so, there was a sudden commotion in the rear of Shimazu Tadashi. Wang Yingxian was the first to feel that Yang Tiansheng's army had arrived on the battlefield, and he took the lead in giving up the defensive and began to attack Gui Shouji.

Sure enough, the rear of Shimazu Tadashi was dusty, and the huge banner of "Yang" appeared on the battlefield. Yang Tiansheng's sudden appearance in the rear of Shimazu Tadashi was unexpected by Shimazu Tadashi, and Yang Tiansheng's appearance caused Shimazu Tadashi's entire army to fall into chaos. Yan Siqi's army also changed its defensive position at this time and launched an attack.

Wang Yingshen launched the attack first, taking advantage of the chaos, and almost completely defeated the army of Kamejuhime. And Kayama Hidaka saw that the situation was not good, and quickly moved closer to Shimazu Tadatsune, and Ijiin Tadahisa was a step slower, and was freed from his attack by Kayama Hidaka.

Shimazu Tadashi is now deeply surrounded by Yan Siqi, and the whole army is also in chaos. Shimazu Tadashi is also a battle-hardened person, at this time he did not retreat but advanced, and led the most elite troops to rush directly to Yan Siqi, Yan Siqi was also confused by Shimazu Tadashi. When the musketeers were attacking, the depth of the formation was not enough, and Shimazu Tadashi attacked desperately, and finally broke through the thin formation of the musketeers.

Yan Siqi hurriedly mobilized the army to rearrange the formation and defend the Chinese army. And Kamejuhime also broke out of Wang Yingshen's encirclement at this time and approached Shimazu Tadashi.

Just after Kamejuhime came closer, Shimazu Tadashi said impassionedly and loudly: "If you retreat, you will definitely die, there may be a way to live if you move forward, everyone will move forward with me, and kill a bloody way back to Tsurumaru City." Shimazu Tadashi suddenly turned around and broke through in a northeast direction.

The army of the Satsuma clan besieged a circle with Shimazu Tadashi as the core, risking death to rush forward, at this time Ijiin Tadahisa was pursuing Kayama Hisadaka, and a huge gap was formed between the Chinese army, Ijiin Tadahisa wanted to stop Shimazu Tadahisa, but it had become impossible, and Shimazu Tadashi rushed out of the gap between the two armies.

After Shimazu Tadashi broke out of Yan Siqi's encirclement, he rushed all the way to Tsurumaru Castle, and when Shimazu Tadashine's 100,000 troops returned to Tsurumaru Castle, there were less than 10,000 people, and the rest were either killed in battle, surrendered, or their whereabouts were unknown.

Yan Siqi didn't give Shimazu Tadashi a chance to rest at all, and after he repaired a little, he immediately sent troops to Tsurumaru City. At noon on the day after Shimazu Tadashi fled back to Tsurumaru Castle, Yan Siqi's army arrived at Tsurumaru Castle.

"Shimazu Tadashi is now like a lost dog, it is better for our army to launch an offensive immediately and take Tsurumaru Castle by chance." Yang Qi said excitedly.

"The last general thought that he would wait for the artillery to arrive before launching an attack, although Shimazu Tadashi was newly defeated, but judging from the momentum of their breakthrough, it will not be easy to take Tsurumaru Castle." Wang Yingshen suggested.

"Wait until tomorrow's artillery arrives before attacking the city." Yan Siqi thought for a while and said. Yan Siqi's target is not only the Satsuma Domain, but the entire Dongying, and the army in his hands is his foundation, and he can't be sacrificed in vain.

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Although Shimazu Tadashi was newly defeated and the morale of the army was low, the combat strength of the Satsuma Domain's army was ranked among the best in Toei, and even under this extremely unfavorable situation, Tsurumaru Castle still held out for a day.

Yan Siqi originally thought that this siege would be a matter of course, but he didn't expect that he would suffer a big loss, and even let him lose more than 2,000 people in one day. Yan Siqi said angrily: "Order, on the day the city is broken, the sword will not be sealed for three days." ”

The siege of the second day was presided over by Wang Yingshen. Wang Yingshen is from a professional class, and he has been on the battlefield for a long time, he is most familiar with how to use artillery to attack the city, he first bombarded the city with cannons for half an hour, and directly blasted the wall of Tsurumaru City out of a big hole.

"The city is broken, the city is broken!" The army cheered.

Yan Siqi's army rushed into Tsurumaru City along the gap. Yan Siqi not only has an advantage in numbers, but also has a rainbow of morale at this time. The offensive and defensive battle of Tsurumaru Castle entered the stage of street fighting. The whole war lasted at one time and did not end completely until noon the next day.

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(End of chapter)