From the Sakurada Gate, the south gate of Edo Castle, he could vaguely see the Akito warships in Edo Bay. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The past half a month has been like a nightmare for Iemitsu, the shogunate fleet that had been waiting for a long time only came back one after another eight Nanban warships and more than 20 Xiaozawasaki ships, and all the other warships were not heard from.

According to the samurai who returned, the other warships were destroyed by the Mingren, and the samurai of the last small Nanban warship said that the commander-in-chief Mukai Tadakatsu led the flagship to engage the Mingren in a broadside battle and was killed.

At that time, Tokugawa Iemitsu was like falling into an ice cave, which was the strength accumulated over the years, but now it has been swept away, more than 200 shogunate sailors and various daimyo naval warships and more than 60 Nanban warships built with heavy money have sunk into the sand, which makes Tokugawa Iemitsu unable to accept it anyway.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was bedridden for two days on the second day, and his whole body was hot, and he even burned gibberish at night, rolling back and forth on the couch.

This made the Uchimaru a mess, and even Inaba Masakatsu, who was seriously ill and recuperating at home, reported his illness and rushed to the palace to visit and wait, and other important ministers also gathered in Oku, and the Kasuga Bureau was waiting day and night.

In an eventful season, the shogun could no longer do anything, and the future of the Tokugawa family was worrying.

Fortunately, after a few days of conditioning, Tokugawa Iemitsu was finally able to work again in the past two days, and he was discussing the aftermath with Naotaka Ii, Toshikatsu Doi, Tadashi Sakai and others.

At this moment, the small hayafune patrolling outside Edo Bay reported to the Navy, and the acting ship of the Navy, Mori Tian Teru, hurriedly entered the Uchimaru to report, and the Akito warship approached Edo Bay.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious and said that he wanted to go to Edo Bay, but the elders persuaded him to finally persuade Tokugawa Iemitsu to go to Sakurada Gate to have a look, after all, it was too dangerous to go to Edo Bay. The large cylinder can bombard the seashore for miles from the sea.

Once the shogun misses, it will be a catastrophe for the shogunate, so these old middle schools said that they didn't dare to let Iemitsu go to the seaside, and these old middle schools and a thousand banners surrounded Tokugawa Iemitsu to the south gate.

Here they saw the Akito warships soaring in Edo Bay, which was the first time in hundreds of years that a foreign warship came to the Wa Kingdom to wreak havoc, which slapped Tokugawa Iemitsu in the face. It was also a humiliation to the Tokugawa shogunate, and at the same time a humiliation to the emperor.

The roaring cannon roared in Edo Bay, and the two batteries on the south flank of Edo Bay, a total of twenty-four twelve-pounder and eighteen-pounder cannons, began to roar, which was built in recent years in order to prevent the giant ships of the Southern Barbarians from breaking into Edo Bay and causing trouble.

In the southwest of Edo Bay, the three Song-class battleships Yue Fei, Wu Lan, and Yang Yanzhao, 30 Tang-class warships, and more than 20 patrol ships lined up in two columns and drove slowly.

Li Hu looked at the two batteries that were emitting smoke from a distance with a telescope, these two batteries were more than three miles away from the nearest battleship of the Broken Army, and as long as the cannons above the 36-pounder cannon were not at such a distance, it would have little impact on the Broken Army's naval division.

It's just that Lord Zhao was ordered to come here for Yang Wei. How could the Japanese fort be so rampant.

Twenty warships, including the Cheng Zhijie, Xue Rengui, Li Guangbi, Wei Chigong, Heizhi Changzhi, and Gao Xianzhi, began to bombard the two batteries with their broadside guns.

Even though the range of the Thiago guns was insufficient, each ship still had more than ten long-barreled guns that could hit the Japanese forts, and the ten ships aimed at one, and when they landed, more than 100 cannons began to bombard one battery in turn, and when they landed, Edo Bay was covered in a large area of smoke, and the roar of the cannons echoed in the empty Edo Bay, alarming all the people of Edo Castle.

These two forts were built on two rammed earth steps. The top is made of stone mixed with ash and is divided into two layers. It's pretty strong, but unfortunately in the face of the twenty-four and thirty-six pounder guns, it's a bit inadequate.

There were constantly projectiles hitting the stones, and the stones began to shatter and fall one after another under the bombardment of the projectiles, and the entire battery was hit by the flying sand and stones, but fortunately it was quite solid. withstood the first shelling of the Broken Army Naval Division, and was still stubbornly fighting back.

The battleship of the Naval Division began to turn its bow, and after a meal, the battleship turned over the bow, and they began to bombard with more than a dozen cannons on the other side that had not been fired. And let the original side dissipate heat.

This time, more than 100 artillery pieces were shelled by more than 100 rounds, and the bricks and stones of the fort began to loosen, and some leaked large holes, and they could not hold on.

At this time, the shipwrecked warship began to turn its bow again, and began to bombard the battery with the side that had been dissipated, and so on, and so on, until by the fourth bombardment, one battery could no longer hold on, and the upper deck collapsed, burying all the artillery and ashigaru inside.

The other battery was also crumbling, the artillery fire inside had stopped, and many Japanese gunners ran out of it in confusion, preferring to brave the constant whistling and falling projectiles outside to get out of this dangerous place.

A third of the soldiers were killed or wounded by the projectiles or the sand and gravel caused by the projectiles, and howls and exclamations rang out everywhere, but there were still many people who escaped from danger, and it was better to be buried alive in them.

There was a loud bang, and shortly after the fifth bombardment, the last battery collapsed, and the barrier outside Edo Castle was completely lost.

There are more than ten large cylinders on the southern gate of Edo Castle, but the range is not enough to reach the sea several miles away, and these large cylinders are designed to bombard the enemy who dares to attack the castle.

After destroying two batteries, Li Hu ordered the entire fleet of battleships of the Naval Division of the Broken Army, turned the bow of the ship, and approached the shore of Edo Castle while allowing the artillery to cool down.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was looking at the rubble fort and the wounded and corpses scattered on the ground with a blue face, this was the Ming people's humiliation of him, because Japan is now the Tokugawa shogunate, thinking that in a few days today's scene will spread throughout Honshu, he can even think of some of the daimyo secretly gloating.

"The general will come with me." Iemitsu was still in a trance, someone dragged him and ran, he looked back angrily and saw that it was Doi Toshikatsu, who dragged him hard and walked towards the back.

The other people, the guards, and the little surname all looked at Doi in surprise.

"General go quickly, the Ming people will definitely fire cannons here, and it is better to retreat at this time." Toshikatsu Doi saw Iemitsu struggling, and the others hadn't reacted yet, so he was in a hurry.

Ii Naotaka, Sakai Tadashi and others came over in a trance, and the guards hurriedly hugged Jiaguang and walked towards the ladder, and Jiaguang came over in a trance at this time, can the Ming people be so much, definitely, this kind of revenge is necessary, otherwise why did the Ming people come.

Everyone left in a hurry, and even a small surname was crowded and fell to the ground, trampled and wailed by the crowd behind, and at this time the ladder was in a mess, crying and screaming.

They ran out three or four miles and gasped and slowed down, when they heard the roar of the sea artillery.

There was a thumping sound at the head of the city where they were, and they were shot, and these people looked at each other.

"Doi-sama, thank you, if it weren't for the wisdom of the adults, we would have put the general in danger." The old Ii Naotaka bowed deeply, and even Tokugawa Iemitsu's face eased a lot.

"It's a matter of your lord's responsibility, and your lordship is rewarded." The experienced Doi Toshikatsu returned the salute and slapped Iemitsu a little, which made Iemitsu very obedient, after all, at the beginning, he was simply forced to leave the south castle of Edo, which made him feel deeply humiliated, but now it seems that if he stayed in the castle and let the Ming artillery bombard, he would be faceless when this news spread.

At this time, there was a constant cry of the people outside the south city, these were the people inside and outside the south gate were hit by the Ming artillery fire, and many people were killed and injured, which made the whole south city panic.

The chaos has spread all the way to the south of the city, and the chaos is getting louder and louder.

At this moment, an even more high-pitched cannon roar rang out, and Iemitsu, who was almost to Uchimaru, turned around in surprise to see red fireballs flying into the city from the south, landing on the houses and streets, igniting the houses and trees, and knocking away the people and animals they encountered.

Thirty years after the construction of Edo Castle, it became the second most prosperous city after Kyoto because it was the town of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the daimyo and guardians from all over the world regularly came to visit the shogun and lived here for several months, and the merchants of Kyoto and Osaka also gathered here.

Now this prosperity and tranquility have been shattered by the Ming people's strong ships and cannons, and countless fires and thick smoke have risen.

Tokugawa Iemitsu entered the inner city, stood on the top of the city and watched the bright and dark projectiles fall into the city, he closed his eyes in humiliation, and even bit his lower lip.

But even if Iemitsu covered his ears and closed his eyes, it couldn't change the reality that the Ming people bombarded here, and the iron and fire still created blood and terror here, and this day will forever be remembered in the annals of Japanese history, and it is called the Kaneimei Rebellion.

Until dark, the Mingren's artillery fire continued to roar intermittently, until the evening, when the Mingren's fleet withdrew, Li Hu certainly could not leave the precious fleet in the narrow Edo Bay, if the Japanese sent a small morning and night attack, the fun would be great.

There was no cannon fire in Edo Castle, but there were rising fires and smoke everywhere, and the cries irritated Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was still standing at the head of Uchimaru Castle, and the old people behind him were also silent, and the atmosphere here was eerily silent, which was very disproportionate to the chaotic shouts of other places. (To be continued.) )

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