The barrel of the cannon suddenly stopped moving, and Tatsujiro Uezaki saw the gunners retreat from their gun positions.

"What's going on? Hurry up and shoot! Seeing that the gunners were looking different, Kawaro Toshira yelled at them.

The gunners did not speak, but simply shook their heads.

"Bastard! Do you want to be traitors? Kawaro pointed the knife in his hand at the chest of a gunner and said sharply.

"We don't want to hit Mr. Nanzhou." The gunner's face changed and he replied.

"Saigo Yoshinosuke is a rebel! Are you helpers and don't want to die? Kawaro Liliang put the knife in his hand on the gunner's neck, and his voice became a little trembling, "Hurry up and open the cannon!" ”

"Mr. Nanzhou is not a traitor!" The gunner's eyes flashed with fear under the prestige of Kawaro Toshira, but he still replied in a defensive voice.

"Hurry up and fire! Or I'll kill you!" An inexplicable fear suddenly rose in Kawalu Liliang's heart, and he felt that the soldiers around him seemed to look at him differently, and he didn't dare to look back, and the roaring sound was mixed with a hint of trembling.

"No!" The gunner still stubbornly replied.

Kawaro Liliang subconsciously turned his head and glanced in the direction of the "Cross Pill" banner, and then he found that several other gunners and many soldiers were also looking at Saigo Takamori's "Cross Pill" banner like him, and their eyes unconsciously showed eagerness.

"Are you from Kagoshima Prefecture?" Kawaro Toshira turned his head sharply and asked loudly to the gunner in front of him.

"No, sir, we're from Saga Prefecture." The gunner replied.

Kawaji Toshira suddenly remembered the "Kamikaze Ren Rebellion" that happened in Saga Prefecture, and his face suddenly turned white.

"How dare you deceive me......"

"We didn't want to lie to you, sir, you forced us to do this!" The agitated gunner seemed to be no longer afraid, he straightened up, and said loudly, "If we had told us where we really came from, you would have been purged from the army long ago!" ”

When Kawaro Liliang heard the gunner's answer, his heart was cold for an instant.

Because Lin Yiqing's rebellion methods were too clever, in order to prevent the appearance of traitors in Kumamoto Castle during the war, Kawaji Toshira came to Kumamoto Castle and secretly counted the origins of the defending officers and soldiers, and cleared the officers and soldiers of Kagoshima and Saga from the defenders.

"They want to help the rebellion! Arrest them! Kawaro Liliang turned to his guards and shouted loudly, and several guards stepped forward to arrest the gunners who did not obey the order, but suddenly felt a violent vibration under their feet, and they all stood unsteadily, and almost fell to the ground.

Kawaro Liliang slammed his knife to the ground so that he didn't fall, and he was about to ask, but he heard a loud sound like the sky and the earth cracking!

Kawaro Liliang turned his head to look at it, and immediately saw a hellish scene!

Not far away, the strong walls of Kumamoto collapsed into a huge gap in the smoke and dust that rushed into the sky!

The soldiers of the Zhentai Army who were originally standing there were all buried under the bricks and stones, and the gap was still expanding, and as the large pieces of masonry continued to fall downward, the soldiers of the Zhentai Army who had not had time to run away fell into the billowing smoke and dust.

The defenders of Kumamoto Castle and the Satsuma army that had entered the castle were all stunned when they saw this terrifying scene, and the noise of the Satsuma army's golden drums disappeared in an instant, and the battlefield suddenly became quiet.

"Well done! Be brave! Lin Yiqing looked at the collapsed Kumamoto City Wall and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Hanpeng, this is the masterpiece of the brave and sapper children, isn't it?" Saigo Takamori asked, turning his head.

"Exactly." Lin Yiqing nodded and replied.

"So this is your plan to break the city!" Saigo Takamori looked at Lin Yiqing, his eyes full of relief.

"Without further ado! The whole army is attacking the city at once! Kirino Toshiaki said, and was about to raise the order flag to give the order, but was stopped by Saigo Takamori.

"Wait! Liqiu! I seem to hesitate when I look at the Kumamoto defenders, wait and see! Saigo Takamori said.

"Sir, this is the time to attack the city, otherwise, once the gap opened by the explosion is blocked by the enemy, it will be difficult to attack again." Kirino Toshiaki persuaded.

"With such a big gap, it is impossible to plug it immediately." Saigo Takamori shook his head and said, "I raised my army to crusade against the rebels, the Qing monarch's side, An Wanmin, Kumamoto is no longer defending now, if the defenders can do it anyway, wouldn't it be better to avoid the needless killing and casualties of our army's strong attack?" ”

Hearing Saigo Takamori's words, the surrounding samurai were all in awe. Lin Yiqing also sighed secretly in his heart.

"I hope it will be as the gentleman said." Kirino Toshiaki understood Saigo Takamori's intentions and put away the order flag as he said.

Saigo Takamori raised his binoculars and looked at the city, at this time the large cloud of smoke and dust raised by the collapse of the city wall had dissipated, and Saigo Takamori saw that above the castle tower, the defenders seemed to have raised an inner bar, pointing their rifles at each other.

After a while, there was a lot of gunfire at the head of the city, and before the Satsuma army attacked the city, the defenders began to kill each other at this time!

Kirino Toshiaki put down the binoculars and once again cast an inquiring glance at Saigo Takamori, but Saigo Takamori was still unmoved, Kirino Toshiaki pressed his anxious mood and turned his head to look at Lin Yiqing, hoping that Lin Yiqing could persuade Saigo Takamori to do so, but he didn't expect Lin Yiqing to just smile slightly, not only did he not persuade him, but he had the intention of beating the horse and leaving.

"Where is Hanpeng going?" Kirino asked in surprise.

"I'll wait for an old man, and I'll be back later, and there will be good news." Lin Yiqing smiled and said to Kirino Toshiaki, "If the Kumamoto defenders succeed anyway and open the city without blood, our army can enter with confidence, and there is still an internal response arranged by me in the city, if it doesn't work anyway, the city can be attacked." ”

"Okay." Kirino Toshiaki didn't understand why Lin Yiqing left at this time, but he had always trusted Lin Yiqing, and at this time, the Kumamoto City Wall had been blown up, and Kumamoto City had become a hard walnut with a broken shell, and the flesh was at his fingertips, so he didn't ask much, but nodded, and let him lead more than 100 people from the headquarters guard.

After a while, the gunfire at the head of Kumamoto Castle gradually subsided, shrouded in a cloud of gunsmoke, and after a while, Kirino Toshiaki saw that on the flagpole of the castle tower, the Japanese chapter flag was quickly lowered, and a white flag was raised.

Then, several more white flags were raised at the head of the city.

Seeing the white flag at the head of the castle, the Satsuma samurai under the castle realized what was happening and immediately let out a heaven-shattering cheer.

"Sir, may I enter the city now?" Kirino Toshiaki couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart, and asked Saigo Takamori again.

Saigo Takamori's fat body on his horse stood still, he let out a long breath and nodded, and Kirino Toshiaki immediately waved the flag, and the Satsuma samurai immediately poured like a tide towards the gap in the blasted wall.

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