Kekurakuji Sakaguchi is the main intersection in and out of Kamakura, and the road is wide and smooth, leading directly to Yamauchi Sakaguchi. There are hillsides on both sides, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Hojo Tokimune laid down heavy troops here, set up obstacles such as horse repulsion and fences, and dug a deep and wide trench to cut off the main road completely.

The defenders on the hillsides on both sides and on the front of the road were concentrated with a large number of archers, and the arrows were well prepared, and as for the stones and logs, they were indispensable. The trench was also lavishly filled with grease that was usually reluctant to eat, and could be lit if necessary to give it a chance to breathe. It can be said that Hojo Tokimune has used all the defensive means he can think of, and the importance he attaches to this Sakaguchi can also be seen.

Hojo Tokimura and Hojo Tokikoku stood tall on the hillside, with two rows of flags planted next to them, and 3,000 elite soldiers stood in full armor. The two of them each sat on a wooden bench and watched the Song and Yuan coalition forces coming towards Sakakou.

Song Jun turned the crossing, and a group appeared in their field of vision. Seeing that the coalition army was in a neat array, with swords and guns like a forest, and was murderous, Hojo Shimura couldn't help frowning, and said: "The Song army and the Yuan army are very elite, and they are not easy to deal with!" ”

Hojo Tokikuni sighed: "It should be so, otherwise how could we have lost so badly last night?" In the past 100 years, how could the Kamakura shogunate have suffered such a big defeat? ”

Japan's so-called war of princes, due to Japan's unique tradition of fighting generals, even if it is a melee of more than 100,000 people, the number of dead and wounded will not be too many. The annihilation of several thousand enemy troops is enough to go down in history and be listed as a famous battle. Like the Song and Yuan Dynasty coalition forces, tens of thousands of people were killed in one shot, and even the battle of Hakata Bay commanded by Cheng Yue completely annihilated 120,000 people, the Japanese have never even heard of it.

At this time, the artillerymen and spearmen turned the corner, and the huge return cannon followed closely behind and appeared in front of the Japanese troops of the shogunate. Hojo Tokimura hurriedly stood up and put his hand on his eyes to see clearly. Hojo Tokikuni also craned his neck to take a closer look, and couldn't help but be surprised.

At the same time, there was a commotion among the Japanese troops of the shogunate - were these weapons used by Angel in his attack on Chima Pass?

Hojo Tokimura exclaimed, "Oh my God, what a big guy!" Looks like it can throw things far away! ”

Hojo Toshikuni said enviously: "In the end, it is the craftsman of the Great Song Dynasty, and the things made are different!" ”

Hojo Tokimura frowned and said: "It's difficult to do now, such a huge weapon, even if the Song thief just throws a few stones at it, how can we stand it?" It seems that there are a lot of thieves of this kind of thing, what should I do? ”

Hojo Tokikuni couldn't think about it, so he had to comfort: "Just be careful, they will throw, won't we hide?" ”

Hojo Tokimura's eyebrows were furrowed, and he said helplessly: "Then let the soldiers move around more, shoot a few arrows and change places, don't always stay in one place." Also, try to hide under the trees as much as possible. ”

Hojo Tokikuni smiled bitterly: "Yes, it should be done, probably this is the only way." ”

Both of them were attracted by the huge return cannon, and the cannon covered with cannon clothing and the gun wrapped in a tarp did not attract much attention from them.

Angier held up the telescope that Cheng Yue had lent him to take in the Japanese arrangement. Angier is a general, and he has been fighting in the south and north for nearly 20 years, and the Japanese have seen these methods many times, and they have their own methods of restraint.

Wang Li leaned over and said, "Marshal, where to start first?" ”

Angier pointed to the dense Japanese soldiers on the slopes on both sides and smiled: "Since these guys are not afraid of death, I will help them, don't worry about the other side of the trench, anyway, their arrows can't reach us." ”

Wang Li saw the same thing as the hero of Angier, so he smiled and said, "If you want to capture the slopes on both sides, you will be willing to go." ”

Angel smiled: "Okay, let's try as much as we can today, and by tomorrow morning at the latest, we must pass through this sakaguchi." ”

Wang Li said categorically: "I must be able to pass today, and the last general dares to make a military order!" ”

Angel nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I'll attack the left, you attack the right, how about it?" ”

Wang Li saluted: "Yes! ”

The two men each took 1,000 spearmen, 300 return guns, and a large number of bombs, advanced to the foot of the mountain, and the return guns stood up and immediately began to load.

Hojo Tokimura stared at the return cannon and ordered: "Quickly prepare something to extinguish the fire, if there is a fireball, extinguish it immediately!" ”

The order was quickly transmitted below, and the Japanese army was also prepared. There was a bucket of water and a bag of wet sand under the feet of every ten people, and some people put their quilts aside so wet that they could not be injured if necessary.

Observing the Japanese precautions, and knowing that there must be deserters from Akama Pass, he returned to Kamakura to inform him of the power of the bombs, and immediately ordered the returning artillery not to be thrown too early, lest the bombs be extinguished and cause unnecessary waste.

At the same time, Japanese arrows had already been fired down from the hillside. The condescending archery gave the Japanese a natural advantage, but the protection of the return guns was very good, and the arrows could not hurt the gunners in the slightest. And the Japanese archers did not dare to shoot closer because they were worried about the Song army's crossbows and divine arm bows.

The hills on both sides of the road are quite gentle, and there are some trees on the slopes that the Japanese did not cut down to cover themselves. And because he still wanted to go down the mountain to kill the enemy, the hillside was full of heavy troops, so that the rolling wood could not be pushed down at this time, and it could only play its role when the Song army climbed the mountain to attack, so the return artillery was almost not disturbed much when it was operating.

After the reloading of the return cannon, Angier immediately gave an order, and the 600 return guns fired thousands of bombs in a short period of time, like meteors, and landed on the heads of the Japanese soldiers.

As soon as the return cannon was launched, Hojo Tokimura and Hojo Tokikuni were shocked, they didn't expect the return cannon to shoot so high and so far! The farthest bomb was shot only a dozen feet from the top of the mountain, so that even when they looked down from the top of the mountain, the fuse of the bomb burning was clearly visible!

The Japanese soldiers had never seen a bomb, so they were naturally not afraid, and instead of hiding, many people were waiting under the bucket with buckets, trying to extinguish the bomb as soon as it landed.

It was too late, but it was fast, thousands of bombs fell into the Japanese array, and the gunners were very accurate, and when the bombs landed, the fuse had burned to the end!

The Japanese soldiers carrying the water rushed forward to splash the water, but it was too late. Except for a few bombs that happened to fall into the bucket or were extinguished in time as soon as they fell to the ground, all the rest exploded, and some were still exploding in the air!

Hojo Tokimura and Hojo Tokikuni saw fires rushing up all over the mountains, and deafening explosions came one after another, followed by countless severed limbs and stumps, and heard a heart-rending scream! (To be continued.) )