"Woo, woo, woo......"

In the face of the black flag army of the Japanese kingdom rushing wildly, more than 300 Qing officers and soldiers who had just experienced a fierce battle had not yet eased their breath at this time, and they couldn't help but be a little panicked, but at this moment, the horn on the head of the city suddenly sounded, and it was an order to withdraw the army.

"Fire, fire!"

Seeing that the Qing infantry had withdrawn, and the artillery was still trying their best to stop their own charging team, Tachibana Nosuke refused to let go of this great opportunity to destroy the Qing artillery position, and shouted wildly and ordered the remaining 60 or so old artillery pieces to be fired with all their might, until the smoke billowed from the Qing artillery position, and from time to time some soldiers fell to the ground with a miserable howl.

"Reserves go to the city, hit me, hit hard!"

Although the rapid artillery attack killed the Japanese army in the charge, it was obviously impossible to block the desperate charge of the Japanese army, and the infantry outside the city had not all withdrawn into the city, and the Japanese cavalry had already rushed to the edge of the Uji River.

"Sudden ......"

The Qing army reserve was originally deployed behind the city wall, and it was very fast, but the problem was that the front wall of Uji City was less than two hundred steps, and then it was squeezed by six heavy guns, and there were not many positions left, so it could only be twelve machine guns in a seamless manner, as for the other soldiers, they could only crowd together, and take turns to shoot, but fortunately, the fire of the machine guns was fierce enough, and under this wild sweep, the Japanese cavalry that slowed down because they had to cross the frozen river was suddenly swept down a lot, and the momentum of the charge was also suffocated.

"Enter the city, retreat!"

Although the dense rain of machine guns can effectively curb the charging momentum of the Japanese cavalry, it is only to contain, and it cannot really block the onslaught of so many cavalry, and it will not be long before the Japanese cavalry army that paid the price of nearly 100 cavalry losses finally rushed to the west bank of the Uji River, and at this time, the Qing infantry has basically withdrawn to the city, only the artillery is still fighting with the Japanese gunners, and when he saw that the enemy cavalry has been killed, Lu Chengzhong was in a hurry, and he waved his hands and ordered his officers and soldiers to retreat quickly.

"My lord, the dog is coming, you should withdraw quickly!"

Hearing Lu Chengzhong's order, a group of gunners did not dare to delay any longer, they threw down their artillery, jumped off the traffic trench, and rushed towards the city gate at high speed, but Lu Chengzhong himself did not leave.

"Little Liuzi, you can also withdraw, hey, these cannons are all good cannons, how can they fall into the hands of the dogs, the master will accompany the cannons on the road together."

Lu Chengzhong smiled freely, walked to the stacking place of the propellant pack hidden in the traffic trench in a few big strides, bent down and picked up more than a dozen packs of firing gunpowder, and then walked unhurriedly to the back of an intact rifle cannon, casually threw the propellant bag on the gun mount, clapped his hands with a smile, and said with a look of nostalgia.

"My lord, you go, and I'll leave this matter to the little one!"

Hearing that Lu Chengzhong planned to live and die with the cannon, the Gosh Harden was in a hurry, hurriedly rushed forward, grabbed Lu Chengzhong's arm, and admonished with red eyes.

"Heh, I'm old, you're still young, go, go, if you don't go, I'll just kill you!"

Lu Chengzhong smiled, took out the revolver on his waist, forced the loyal Goshha, and scolded him loudly.

"Take care, my lord!"

Seeing that he could not do anything, he did not dare to insist any longer, nodded in response with tears in his eyes, then gritted his teeth, rushed to the traffic trench, jumped down, and rushed down the trench towards the city gate.

"Shut the gates!"

Goshha was the last to rush into the city gate, just as he jumped into the city gate hole, he heard a broken shout, more than a dozen strong Qing soldiers were already shouting and shouting to close the two city gates, and added iron bolts, completely isolating the inside and outside.

"Up, kill that *** dog, grab the cannon!"

As soon as the city gate was closed, the Japanese cavalry had already braved the rain of bullets and bullets of the Qing army to rush to the artillery position, but when they saw a Japanese flag roaring, they led several cavalry under their command to rush towards Lu Chengzhong and kill him.

"Grandma is a bear, there are only a few dogs here, this time I have a big loss!"

Lu Chengzhong took advantage of the fact that the Japanese army had not yet arrived, and moved a few flower bombs to arrange around, at this time he himself sat on a flower bomb, facing the Japanese cavalry rushing wildly, Lu Chengzhong grinned at the corner of his mouth, smiled and muttered, stretched out his hand, he already held a grenade inserted in his waist, pulled the string, and looked at the Japanese cavalry rushing at high speed with a smile.

"Boom ......"

The Japanese cavalry really didn't understand what the middle-aged Qing army officer was laughing at, and they didn't plan to understand, all they wanted was to quickly hack Lu Chengzhong to death, and then grab the Qing army's intact guns, this wish is undoubtedly good, but unfortunately the reality is cruel, just when several Japanese cavalry raised their knives at the same time and prepared to split, the lead of the grenade was already burning to the momentum, but after listening to a loud noise, the explosion instantly became a piece, and the detonated shells and gunpowder launch packs exploded into one piece, and countless shrapnel flew sideways, and in an instant, the cavalry swept down to the ground, even with men and horses.

"Lu Chengzhong, you stupid, you have a life, it's not better than a cannon, damn it, you're all stunned, hit me, hit me hard!"

As soon as the scene of Lu Chengzhong's martyrdom came out, the defenders at the head of the city were all shocked by this tragedy, and Qiu Shan's eyes were also red, and he stomped his feet angrily and scolded fiercely.

"Sudden ......, Boom, Boom, Boom......"

The Qing officers and soldiers who came back to their senses were all holding back a fire in their hearts, desperately pulling the trigger, and spreading their anger on the heads of the Japanese officers and soldiers, and the dense rain of bullets swept the Japanese cavalry off their horses one after another, and when they saw that there was no Qing army outside the city, the Japanese cavalry did not want to be beaten in the same place anymore, and turned their horses' heads one after another, and then withdrew to the other side of the river, and at the same time, the infantry of the Japanese Black Flag Army who had rushed to the river also retreated.

"Gun soldiers press forward, bombard the city, white flag armament ladder, ready to storm the city!"

Although this charge failed to take advantage of the situation to enter Uji Castle and may drive the Qing army outside the city back to the city, Tokugawa Yoshimune was already satisfied, but he did not intend to stop there, but waved his hand and gave the general order again!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Taking advantage of the fact that the Qing army outside the city was cleared, the Japanese army transferred more than 30 old-style artillery pieces from the rear army, together with more than 60 remnants of the previous artillery battle, gathered enough 100 artillery pieces, and began to advance under the cover of their own infantry, braving the sporadic bombardment of the Qing army's heavy artillery, until it advanced to a place less than 30 steps away from the east bank of the Uji River, set up an artillery array, bombarded the defenders at the head of the city, and suppressed the Qing army's heavy artillery with numbers. The Japanese gunners did not get any better, and again lost more than 30 pieces of artillery.

"Well done, don't stop the artillery, keep booming, the White Flag Army will attack!"

Although after several artillery battles, their own losses were great, but in the eyes of Tokugawa Yoshimune, it was worth it, this time seeing that the heavy artillery of the Qing army had been silent, Tokugawa Yoshimune did not want to delay for a moment, waved his hand, and issued the order to attack the city with great pride.

"Go to the city, defend, block the dogs!"

Although the remaining more than 60 artillery pieces of the Japanese army were slow to fire and the power was not great, they could not stand up to a large number, and under the repeated bombardment, the defenders of the city were so stunned that they could not raise their heads, and they could only be cats behind the city wall, dodging the fierce bombardment of the Japanese artillery, until the Japanese infantry rushed to the city head, and the artillery fire stopped for a while, Akiyama dared to pull the defending troops up to the city.

The battle of storming the city has always been tragic, whether it is for the attacker or the defender, it is so, as the ladder of the Japanese army leans against the city wall, the battle has reached the level of white heat in an instant - the defenders of the city machine guns, rifles are desperately firing, and the Japanese army under the city is to bow and crossbow at the same time, constantly transfer troops to climb the ladder, a set of dead and never go up, constantly impacting the defense line of the Qing army, this battle will rise, it is more than an hour has not stopped, with the Qing army casualties gradually heavy, the consequences of insufficient troops have begun to appear, Fortunately, the front of the city wall is not wide, and the Qing army can still hold on, but if it goes on like this, it is a matter of time before the city wall is lost, whether it can hold on to the three days stipulated by the old thirteen, Akiyama really has no certainty in his heart - this is only the second day, more than half of the two thousand soldiers have been lost, and there are still many wounded people left, the war is obviously a little tight, and as a last resort, Akiyama can only send a messenger to find the old thirteen to ask for reinforcements......

"Reinforcements? No! Tell Akiyama that he can't stay until noon tomorrow, so let him come and see him! ”

Facing Zhang Miao, who was sweating and running for help, Lao Thirteen's face was gloomy as water, and he didn't give any face, so he blocked his request for help with a cold voice.

"Marshal, although General Qiu led his troops to defend to the death, the enemy was too large, and there were less than 900 brothers left in Uji City, and the artillery was destroyed, which was really unsustainable!"

Hearing that Lao Thirteen's answer was so unkind, Zhang Miao became anxious, and secretly gave Hongqing, who was standing aside, a look for help, and pleaded bitterly.

"Hmph, I don't care about the casualties, as long as Uji Castle, go back and tell Akiyama, if you can't keep it, you have to defend it, otherwise, the military law is ruthless!"

The thirteenth child didn't have the slightest room for accommodation at all, his eyes widened, and he had already reprimanded Zhang Miao unceremoniously.

"Wow!"

Zhang Miao waited for a while, and saw that Hongqing didn't have the slightest intention of opening his mouth to help, so he didn't dare to mess around anymore, so he could only respond respectfully, reluctantly turned over on the horse's back, and led two of his subordinates to ride their horses again in the direction of Uji City......

"Uncle Thirteen, that person in Akiyama is not a cheating person, it seems that he is really tight, or he will make the plan a little earlier."

When Zhang Miao was there, in order to maintain the face of the old thirteen, Hongqing would not speak out, but as soon as Zhang Miao went, Hongqing had no worries, so he suggested softly. "Well...... it's better to stay first, and wait until tomorrow to see the situation." Lao Thirteen frowned and thought about it, but still insisted on the original plan, Hongqing saw this, and it was not easy to persuade again, so he could only smile and make a stop.