The Miyazaki Domain had fallen into the hands of Tokugawa Kayo at this time, and it could be regarded as indirectly controlled by Zhao Hongyu.

At this time, the preliminary military operation against Kyushu was quite smooth, and there were no major obstacles.

As long as Tokugawa Kayo and them have a period of rest, then they can start a strategy against Bungo and Kumamoto Domain.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

On Zhao Hongyu's side, he personally led 6,000 imperial armies, and temporarily hired 800 Portuguese soldiers to attack Shiliang Castle, an important town in the eastern part of the Satsuma Domain.

Shira Castle

It is known as the tribal city of Kyushu, and it is the eastern barrier of the Satsuma Domain of Gongwei.

If you want to enter the Satsuma Domain, then Shira Castle here in the east is a must.

Therefore, if Zhao Hongyu wants to conquer Shiliang City, then he must first conquer Shiliang City.

Facing Shiliang City, which is known as the city of Kyushu, Zhao Hongyu really had a headache at the beginning.

Because he observed it at the beginning, he found that the structure of Shira Castle was really not boasting.

However, even if Shiliang City's defense is very strong, Zhao Hongyu must gnaw this hard bone.

Therefore, he first let the artillery team led by him launch an artillery bombardment on Shiliang City.

After three rounds of shelling, Zhao Hongyu suddenly realized that Shiliang City was not as impregnable as he had observed.

In the face of powerful firepower, in fact, Shiliang Castle is not impossible to conquer.

Three rounds of artillery bombardment have already knocked the Japanese defenders who are three layers of defense down and have suffered heavy losses.

After seeing such a situation, Zhao Hongyu's confidence increased a lot.

Immediately, he ordered the mercenaries to be the vanguard, and at the same time sent a thousand-strong Imperial Army to charge Shira Castle.

Under the bombardment of three rounds of artillery, the gates of Shiliang Castle have been shattered. At the same time, the defenders on the city walls were already bombarded by shells, and there was no way to effectively organize resistance.

Therefore, when Viscount Roderny led his Portuguese mercenaries to storm Shiliang Castle, he immediately occupied the head of the first layer of the defensive ring and killed the defenders who were still conscious.

These adventurers from Europe are quite unambiguous.

They don't have any sympathy or anything like that, and they are more ruthless than the other.

I don't know if it's because they are fighting in a foreign country, so they are very crazy about fighting.

The kind of decency that used to fight on the European continent was simply abandoned by them at this time.

In Europe, in general. They would not kill the wounded.

Even, in the interval after the battle, they would send people to carry their wounded back for treatment, showing the morality of the medieval seventies.

But at this moment, Roderni and his men did not do so.

As soon as they took control of the head of the first layer of defense, they immediately found the wounded defenders who were badly wounded and had not yet completely died, and sent them to Hades with their swords.

The battle at the head of the first layer of defense was not so fierce, and the resistance of Rodelny and them was very slight.

It is estimated that it may be due to the previous three rounds of shelling. The defenders were bombarded by the bombardment, and when Rodelni and the others rushed to the city, they had not yet recovered from their senses.

So, Rodelny and the others easily dealt with the defenders. Quickly captured the head of the first layer of defense.

The bright five-star red flag slowly rose at the head of the city on the first floor, announcing the fact that the head of the city on the first floor had changed hands.

At this time, the Imperial Army brigade that rushed into the city behind the mercenaries also rushed to the city.

After the handover of both parties. Roderni led his men and began to attack the head of the second layer of defense.

The spiral mountain path in Shiliang Castle was very narrow, which was not conducive to the soldiers of the attacking side at the same time. Unfold their massive forces.

So, based on this situation, Roderni divided his mercenaries into several squads of ten, and then began to attack the second layer of defense.

Charging towards the Upper Reaches of the Circled Road is very physically demanding.

At the same time, some of the defenders of the second layer had already relieved themselves at this time and began to quickly enter the battle state.

They pushed the defense apparatus that had made them ready to be prepared to the edge of the city.

For a moment, stones, arrows, and hot oil made it difficult for Roderni and them to move an inch.

Fortunately, the first three rounds of artillery bombardment achieved remarkable results, and the defensive tools on the head of the lower three-layer defensive ring were basically destroyed in the shelling.

Therefore, the obstacles that made it difficult for Roderni to move an inch only stopped them from moving a little bit of time.

When the defenders of the second layer ran out of hot oil, arrows, and stones, Rodelny and his team seized the opportunity and rushed to the iron gate between the first and second floors.

Yes, in addition to the narrow circling road, there are nine passes and iron gates in Shiliang Castle.

Therefore, it does not mean that after rushing into the city, it can really be regarded as taking Shiliang Castle.

No matter what the enemy is, if they want to truly occupy Shiliang City, then they must fight all the way to the top of the mountain and destroy the Nine Passes at the same time.

Of course, Shira Castle was built on a mountain, and some of the houses and shops in the city were built on the streets carved out of the mountain above the sixth floor.

Therefore, as long as you can attack the sixth layer in one go, then you can bring effective damage to the defenders of Shiliang City.

However, in the face of such a city, it is difficult to do the above with only the army of the cold weapon era.

It is precisely because of this reason that Shira Castle has the reputation of 'the city that never falls', and it has been blown up to heaven by the Satsuma Domain.

If the army led by Zhao Hongyu is also an army that uses cold weapons, it is really not good, and there is really nothing to do about it.

Even if he can conquer Shiliang City, then he will definitely lose a large number of soldiers' lives and pile down Shiliang City with human lives.

However, the troops under Zhao Hongyu can be said to be the most advanced troops in this era. They can be regarded as the closest army to modern thermal weapons, and they are not comparable to today's cold weapons armies.

Therefore. In the face of Shiliang City, Zhao Hongyu did not say that he did not have the ability to attack fortifications.

And the defenders of Shiliang City did not expect that the enemy they encountered this time was not an ordinary enemy.

As the battle began, Zhao Hongyu's confidence became stronger and stronger.

On the contrary, the defenders of Shiliang Castle began to waver.

The previous three rounds of artillery bombardment completely shocked the defenders of Shiliang Castle, and they had no idea that the enemy still had such a sharp and powerful weapon.

And in just a few moments, the first layer of defense was broken. At the same time, they killed the defenders over there.

This was completely unthinkable to them.

According to the judgment of Saburo Toyoya, the defender of Shiliang Castle, if these enemies wanted to capture the first layer, they would have to lose at least 30% of their soldiers and horses.

However, the current development was completely beyond his expectations and judgments, the enemy did not suffer much loss at all, and in a short period of time, he conquered the first layer of the defensive ring city.

The current result is too far from the judgment he made.

Even, even his eyes widened, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

But right now. It was no longer time to think about these things, because the enemy had already begun an offensive against the defensive ring of the second layer.

"My lord, the enemy has begun to charge the pass of the second layer, and the defender of the second layer of the city wall has sent someone to ask for reinforcements. Because the enemy's 'thunder' just now had destroyed the city defense equipment at the head of the second layer of the city, they were now unable to resist the enemy's attack at all. ”

I'm really afraid of what's coming, it's really a blessing and a curse.

If this man is unlucky. Even drinking cold water will stuff your teeth.

"Let Otsuka lead five hundred young men to rush to the second layer of the city to reinforce, and at the same time let them tell the generals over there that they must hold the second layer of defense no matter what."

Saburo Toyoya quickly made a decision. That's reinforcements.

There are not many defenders in Shiliang City, but fortunately, he has organized all the young and strong people in the city, which can be regarded as alleviating the problem of insufficient troops.

Although these young men are civilians, they cannot be compared to the elite trained regular soldiers.

But at this juncture, who cares about that.

As long as he can wield his weapon anyway, then it's fine.

However, there is also a problem that is a bit of a headache for Toyoya Saburo, that is, there is no extra weapons in Shiliang Castle, so these young men who have been temporarily conscripted can only hold wooden sticks or bamboo spears to resist the enemy.

Originally, there were some stored weapons in Shira Castle.

However, these weapons were taken away by Shigenobu Yamaguchi, the lord of the Satsuma Domain.

Yamaguchi had re-acquired these weapons, which were used to arm his elite troops.

After all, at that time, Shigenobu Yamaguchi was heading to Maitreya with the army of the Satsuma Domain.

Therefore, Shigenobu Yamaguchi hopes to arm his soldiers to the teeth. Then to the other daimyos, show the style of the samurai of the Satsuma Domain.

Unfortunately, Maitreya was defeated in the first battle of the Kyushu coalition, and Yamaguchi Shigenobu went out with 20,000 men, but only fled back to the Satsuma domain with less than 2,000 soldiers and horses.

As for those weapons, needless to say, they must have been lost on the battlefield of Maitreya.

And Zhao Hongyu did clean up the battlefield of the Satsuma Domain, and collected a lot of armor and weapons.

These weapons were all given to Tokugawa Kayo by Zhao Hongyu, and Tokugawa Kayo was used for recruitment.

After all, those weapons and armor are very good, and it is a pity to discard them like that.

And Tokugawa Kayo has now begun to emerge, so it is necessary to form an army.

Then an army needs armor weapons in addition to people.

If Zhao Hongyu temporarily buys it from the Virtual World Realm, it will take time not to mention spending money.

Therefore, with these weapons and armor, it is much more convenient.

Zhao Hongyu is happy to save trouble, but the Satsuma Domain is unlucky.

Here in Shiliang Castle, because of the lord's mistakes, there are not even enough weapons now.

However, the enemy came so quickly that they simply did not have time to prepare anything.

Therefore. Saburo Toyoya could only bite the bullet and let the young men pick up the wooden stick and go to the battlefield.

There's no way around it.

At least, it's better than bare-handed.

After receiving the order from Saburo Toyoya, one of the generals immediately left in a hurry, and in a short time he selected five hundred young men and left.

Saburo Toyoya came to the edge of the castle and leaned out to look at the city. Because of the height below, the people look like little people.

And at this time, for the attack of the second layer of defense circle. It's getting hot.

Although the defenders were no longer able to use their equipment, they would pick up some of the items they could find and drop them in the hope that they would be able to inflict damage on the attacking Roderny.

On the narrow winding mountain road, one or two dozen men dressed in European attire and armor had fallen, all of whom were Portuguese mercenaries under the command of Rodelni.

Some of them had already died on the spot, and some had just been seriously injured and had fallen somewhere.

Around them, there were rocks and spears that seemed to be the damage they had inflicted.

Roderni stood in safety, watching both waves of attacking teams fall on the road. Therefore, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.

Damn the monkey of the Wa Kingdom, I actually lost twenty men.

However, if you want to make a fortune, you must conquer Shira Castle.

Under the domination of the desire for wealth. Although they have lost twenty of their companions, the mercenaries' morale is still very high.

Ahead, there is the pass gate leading to the second defense circle, as long as this gate can be opened. Then they can rush to the head of the second defensive ring and take out the defenders and take the second layer.

The problem is that the gate is very strong. At the same time, they have to worry about attacks from above when attacking. So in a short period of time, Roderni simply had no good way to solve this problem.

Therefore, Roderni can only take the oldest method now, which is to make people pile up.

However, this method will cause great losses.

But now, I can't care about that much.

They must now try to take down the three layers of defense while the enemy has not yet reacted.

If it takes too long, it will be difficult to get it right.

At this moment, the Imperial army in the rear sent thirty soldiers, and the leader of the squad came to Rodelny's side and asked, "Our general asked me to ask you, what is the matter with the current setback of the offensive?" ”

Hearing this, Roddellny explained.

After listening to Roderny's explanation, the squad leader said to Rodernny: "Tell your people not to attack for the time being, your attack will only lose your men, and the city gate will be handed over to us." When we destroy the gates, I don't think we will thwart your attack. ”

"As long as you can destroy this gate, then my men and I will definitely kill those defenders!" , Rodderny said categorically.

The leader of the gene man team waved his hand, and the gene man soldiers who followed him walked out of two people.

One of the arrows of the two genetic soldiers, carrying an iron pipe.

Rodelni was very curious, he didn't know what this thing was?

The leader of the genetic team raised his hand and patted Roderni on the shoulder, "Prepare yourself, that city gate can't be an obstacle." Wait a minute, and the enemy's defenders will be handed over to you. ”

I'll it, won't!

Could it be that these guys want to use this kind of iron pipe to destroy that city gate?

When Rodelni heard this, he immediately knew what these soldiers of the Song Empire were going to do.

However, after guessing this result, Roderni was very surprised.

He couldn't figure out what these people could do with such ordinary iron pipes.

If you want to destroy the gate, you can't think it's possible to use this thing alone.

This kind of iron pipe is not very powerful.

That's, isn't it.

It's not just Rodderney who complains about it.

The surrounding Portuguese mercenaries also felt that these people from the Song Empire were crazy.

But soon, the Empire's genetic soldiers opened their eyes...... (To be continued......)