"Pass the order, the back team will become the front team, and withdraw from Red Bird Mountain!" After a brief moment of stunned, Shimazu Naruto said to the round-faced retainer with a gloomy face, with a hint of eagerness in his tone.

As a veteran general, Shimazu Naruto naturally knew what the dead silence around him meant, and there was only one explanation why the birds were not in the forest, and that was that they had been scared away by something.

As for what can scare the birds of the mountains and forests away, then the answer is obvious, nothing but people can do it.

Red Bird Mountain is in the territory of Satsuma Province, and only the Ming army can cause such a situation except for the Satsuma army, so Shimazu Naruto realizes that he may have been ambushed by the Ming army.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, Shimazu Naruto decided to exit Red Bird Mountain first, and then send someone into the mountain to check if things were as he thought.

Unfortunately, Shimazu Naruto understood too late, and just as he gave the order, three red signal flares with a sharp whistling sound suddenly rose into the air from the top of Red Bird Mountain, causing the Satsuma soldiers in the mountain road to stop and look up, not knowing what was happening.

Bang, bang, bang!

Under the curious gaze of the Satsuma Army, the three screeching red flares exploded in the air, blooming like three flowers.

"Oops!" Although the fireworks in the sky were beautiful, Shimazu Naruto was not in the mood for appreciation, and there was a look of shock on his face, which meant that there was indeed an ambush in the surrounding mountains and forests.

Boom, boom, boom......

With the explosion of three red fireworks in the sky, the earth suddenly trembled, and a series of dull sounds came from the mountains on both sides.

"What's that?" Soon, the Satsuma soldiers who saw it noticed many small black dots flying in the air, so they pointed to those small black dots in confusion and said.

The soldiers of the Satsuma army had never seen those little black dots, so they craned their necks to look at them, and the marching queue stopped.

"Oh no, this is the artillery of the Ming army!" Shimazu Naruto also saw those little black dots for the first time, and he was feeling suspicious in his heart, when a middle-aged samurai on a horse next to him suddenly shouted to him loudly, with a frightened look on his face, "Lord, get off your horse and dodge!" ”

Saying that, the middle-aged samurai hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and quickly came to Shimazu Mingyun's horse to help him dismount, Shimazu Mingyun's big armor looked very good, but it was extremely bulky and needed someone to support him when he got on and off the horse.

The reason why the middle-aged warrior knew about the artillery of the Ming army was because he was the defender of the city of Izumi, and when the gate of the city was bombarded by the artillery of the Ming army's naval division, he was extremely shocked and led his soldiers to flee in a hurry.

Originally, the middle-aged samurai wanted to apologize in front of Shimazu Naruto because he lost the water castle and fled, but Shimazu Naruto did not punish him, thinking that the middle-aged samurai abandoned the city for forgiving.

After all, the Wa Kingdom had never seen such a powerful firearm before, and when the city gate was breached, the city had no value to defend to the death, so the evacuation of the middle-aged samurai retained the strength of the city, which could be regarded as a merit and demerits.

"Artillery!" Shimazu Naruto couldn't help but change his color when he heard this, and now the soldiers of the Satsuma Army are all stopped on the mountain road between the two mountains of Red Bird Mountain, and if the Ming artillery condescendingly fires, the soldiers of the Satsuma Domain will become a live target.

"Quick, retreat!" Then, Shimazu Naruto shouted at the surrounding Satsuma soldiers who were looking up at the small black dot falling, "It will be more dangerous to stay here for a moment now, and you must retreat out of the mountain as much as possible."

However, unfortunately, the soldiers of the Satsuma Army had not yet reacted to what was going on at this time, and the soldiers nearby turned their heads suspiciously after hearing Shimazu's shout, while the soldiers in the distance were still staring at the small black dots in the sky that were getting bigger and bigger.

Boom, boom, boom......

Under the shocked gaze of Shimazu Naruun, those small black dots fell one after another among the Satsuma soldiers in the mountain road of Red Bird Mountain, and then a series of explosions occurred, mud flew everywhere, blood splashed everywhere, and he could clearly see the stump and broken arm flying into the sky, and some people were even hit head-on by cannonballs and died in the violent explosion.

Li Zixi, who was standing on the top of the mountain, clenched his fists tightly, his eyes showed a look of excitement, the Satsuma army has now completely fallen into the encirclement of the water division and the red wolf army, and it is only a matter of time before it is wiped out.

Because of the condescending position, which allowed Li Zixi to have a bird's-eye view of what was happening on the mountain road, the artillery of the sailor division was like a fence ploughing through the ranks of the Satsuma soldiers, which made the originally dense queues of the Satsuma army become much looser in an instant, and many people were hit by the flying shrapnel and fell in a pool of blood and groaned in pain.

It is worth mentioning that the projectiles of the artillery battalion are divided into several types according to different uses, and according to the amount of explosives and the composition of the substance, they can be divided into two categories: solid bullets and hollow bullets.

Among them, the solid bullets are basically explosives, which have a huge destructive power to buildings and sea ships, while the hollow bullets are wrapped in a lot of shrapnel, which are specially used to kill and injure the enemy on the battlefield.

This time against the Satsuma army, the artillery battalion used both kinds of projectiles, the solid bullet was used to deter the Satsuma army, and the hollow bullet was to kill and injure the Satsuma army in large quantities.

Although most of the time the hollow bullets did not kill the wounded, they were the biggest blow to the morale of the enemy, and the groans of pain and blood flowed all over the ground caused the other soldiers to suffer psychologically.

Faced with the sudden tragic scene, the soldiers of the Satsuma army suddenly panicked, and one by one they hugged their heads and ran wildly, all trying to find a place to avoid the projectiles that fell from the sky and brought death.

Shimazu Naruto had already dismounted at this time, and hurried towards the mountain pass under the escort of the attendants beside him, and the attendants who opened the way rudely pushed away the people who were in front of him.

"Retreat, retreat!" Seeing that the formation of the Satsuma army was out of order, Shimazu Naruto hurriedly shouted at the soldiers who were dodging the shelling, he was sure that the Ming army must have ambushes on the mountains on both sides, because if it was him, he would definitely do the same, so the safest way now was to withdraw from Red Bird Mountain.

With the roar of Shimazu's clouds, the roar of artillery was heard again on the surrounding hills, which made the Satsuma soldiers in the mountain road even more panicked, and they hugged together on the mountain road, forming a panic.

Soon, shells rained down from the sky, and once again set off a bloody storm on the mountain road, which blew up the Satsuma soldiers and ran to the mountains on both sides of the mountain road, all trying to escape from the mountain road shelled by the Ming army.

"Come back, there's an ambush there!" Seeing this, Shimazu Naruto's face suddenly turned pale, he knew that this was exactly what the Ming army wanted to see, so he yelled at the soldiers who fled towards the mountain in all directions.

It's a pity that the Satsuma army has been dazed by the two waves of artillery bombardment of the Ming army, and it has already been in chaos, where can I still listen to Shimazu Mingyun's words, and only want to find a place to avoid the projectile that is as terrible as the scythe of death.

To tell the truth, the elite Satsuma samurai in the Satsuma army were not afraid of death, otherwise they would not have been able to exalt themselves to the Japanese kingdom, but they had never encountered such a battle, and they were hit with heavy casualties by firearms before they even saw each other's faces, so the only thing they could do now was to dodge.

"Lord, it's dangerous here, you better go first, and the little one stays and brings people back." Seeing the chaos at the scene, a close samurai looked anxious and said to Shimazu Mingyun, if the artillery of the Ming army came here and injured Shimazu Mingyun, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Be sure to bring them home." Shimazu Mingyun hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and then told the close attendant samurai with a stern expression, he had brought almost all his family wealth, and if he was destroyed by the Ming army, how would he gain a foothold on Kyushu Island in the future?

"Don't worry, the little one is to lose his life, and he will also take the warriors home." The attendant samurai nodded solemnly, and then shouted at the attendant on the side, "Quick, escort the lord out of the mountain!" ”

Hearing this, the attendants hurriedly hugged Shimazu Mingyun and ran in the direction of the mountain pass, and at this moment, the third round of artillery bombardment of the Ming army sounded, which frightened the Satsuma soldiers on the mountain road to rush to the mountains on both sides.

Boom, boom, boom......

Unexpectedly, the shells landed not on the mountain road but on the mountainside of Liangpan, which caused the Satsuma soldiers who had thought they had escaped the catastrophe to scatter and rush to the top of the mountain desperately to escape from this ghost place.

"Damn!" Shimazu Naruto looked at the Satsuma soldiers who were hit by the fragments of the projectile and rolled down the hillside screaming, his face turned pale in an instant, and two words burst out of his mouth viciously, he never expected the Ming army to be so "cunning".

To be precise, Shimazu Naruto felt that the Ming army was too terrible, not only did he calculate that the Satsuma army would flee up the mountain in the third round of shelling, but most importantly, he could guess his thoughts and set up an ambush on Red Bird Mountain in advance, making him plunge into the encirclement of the Ming army.

Shimazu Naruto would not suspect that someone had leaked secrets to the Ming army, because it was impossible from the point of time, and the Ming army would not have time to come to Redbird Mountain to set up an ambush after learning the news.

In other words, since he received the war letter, he had fallen into Li Yuntian's trap, and Li Yuntian guessed that Shimazu Mingyun would not be trapped in the lonely city, so he set up an ambush in advance on Red Bird Mountain, which was the most suitable ambush.

Shimazu Naruto now felt that he was simply too stupid, and he didn't even notice the trick that Li Yuntian had set for him, so that he almost brought all the main forces of the Satsuma army, and then fell into the pocket that the Ming army had already opened.

"If I catch you, I'll have you torn you to pieces!" Thinking that he was led by Li Yuntian's nose, and he was ashamed to say that he had seen through Li Yuntian's conspiracy during the discussion, Shimazu Mingyun felt that he was acting like a fool at that time, losing face in front of his subordinates, so he gritted his teeth and said.

Thundered......

As soon as Shimazu Naruto's words fell, a strange sound came from the mountains on both sides of the mountain road, and when he looked up, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he saw countless rolling stones and rolling logs rolling down from the mountain.

As a result, the Satsuma soldiers, who were already halfway up the mountain, could not avoid it, and many of them were hit by rolling stones and logs and rolled down the mountain with wails.

"Kill!" Immediately, the surrounding mountains resounded like a sea of shouts of killing, only to see countless soldiers wearing "Ming army uniforms" waving the weapons in their hands like tigers rushing towards the Satsuma army on the mountainside.

"It's over!" Seeing this, Shimazu Mingyun's face suddenly turned ashen, and he muttered two words in his mouth.

He knew that the Satsuma army was going to suffer heavy losses this time, after three rounds of artillery bombardment and the attack of rolling stones, the current Satsuma army can be described as demoralized, even the experienced Satsuma samurai have been greatly affected psychologically, and it is absolutely difficult to withstand the attack of the Ming army, which means that he will lose the armed forces that he relies on to gain a foothold on Kyushu Island.

"Lord, let's go!" Seeing this, the round-faced retainers on the side hurriedly beckoned the close samurai to hurriedly escort Shimazu Mingyun, who had an extremely ugly face, to leave, and now the most important thing is that Shimazu Mingyun can escape this catastrophe, and the so-called Qingshan is not worried about running out of firewood.

Shimazu Mingyun looked a little sluggish and was surrounded by everyone and ran to the mountain pass, his heart was extremely annoyed, if he had listened to Shimazu Minghai's construction at that time, how good it would have been, and he would not have ended up in the current situation when he was defending the city looking for fighters to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, but unfortunately there is no regret medicine in the world, and it is too late to regret it.

Li Zixi stood condescending on the top of the mountain, and noticed that a group of samurai on the mountain road surrounded a middle-aged man wearing big armor and fled towards the mountain pass, knowing that the person wearing big armor was the commander of the Satsuma army, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer: How could the ambush set by Li Yuntian allow him to escape?