"Remember, gentlemen. What we are stepping on under our feet is the city of Kyushu. It had resisted the siege of an army of 100,000 without falling, so it was impossible for these enemies, who had only a few thousand men, to let this city fall. You must have a strong belief in this, and you must not be intimidated by the enemy and lose your courage. ”

Saburo Toyoya said very seriously to the generals around him.

There is no doubt about the strength of the enemy, after all, these enemies defeated the Kyushu coalition army of 150,000 people on the side of Maitreya with less than 10,000 troops.

With such combat effectiveness, looking at the Wa Kingdom, it is absolutely strong.

Because in a battle like Maitreya's, there will definitely not be a big name or famous general here in the Wa Kingdom, and I dare to say that they can also achieve such a result with so many troops.

But even then, they could not be scared to death by the enemy.

If they didn't fight the enemy, their own side would lose their courage first, and at the end they wouldn't have to fight at all.

How can a group of defenders who have lost their courage be able to hold a city?

Saburo Toyoya understands this truth very well, which is why he said so many words to the generals and subordinates around him.

He just wants to let his generals understand such a truth.

That is, as long as their courage is not lost, then with the defense of Shiliang Castle, they are not necessarily the opponents of those enemies.

"Look at it, the enemies outside the city are actually just like us, they are flesh and blood, and there is nothing to fear. They weren't the demons from hell that people say they were talking about, and there were some blue-faced fangs as terrifying. ”

In order to restore the courage of his subordinates, Saburo Toyoya kept pointing to the imperial army outside the city and talking to his subordinates.

Yo, isn't it?

Those enemies outside the city looked at the past, they were ordinary people like themselves, and there was nothing strange about it at all.

If there's really anything different about them, it's that their military uniforms are very luxurious and beautiful. It's not like I'm wearing such a shabby dress.

But the problem is that this is going to war, what are you doing wearing so luxuriously?

This is not a beautiful fashion show.

It's like if you dress nicely and win the war.

In the end, it still depends on whether the weapons in the hands are sharp or not, and whether the soldiers' will to fight is so high.

As long as the fighting spirit of the soldiers is high, coupled with the courage that continues to burn, then what is impossible with this city that does not fall.

As the defenders of Shira Castle, they are very familiar with the fortification of the castle and some of its facilities.

If there are many enemies, it may be another matter, but these enemies are only a few thousand people, then they are really not opponents.

Anyway, the enemy field battle may be strong. But siege warfare doesn't have to be that powerful.

With the guidance of Saburo Toyoya, the confidence of the generals around him gradually recovered a lot, and at the same time, they also thought of a lot of things.

It was clear from everyone's faces that they were no longer as scared and scared as before.

"Lord Castle Keeper is right, these enemies don't look any different. They are not those blue-faced and fanged demons, nor are they monsters with hellfire burning on their bodies, in fact, they are mortals and flesh and blood just like us. God knows what caused the defeat of the Kyushu coalition army in the original Maitreya Plain, and there may be some other reasons. Anyway, everyone knows what those big names are. I don't know, they spread the matter of Maitreya Yuan so terriblely. It's also to cover up their incompetence, not necessarily. ”

One of the generals beside Saburo Toyoya opened his mouth at this time and said something.

His words resonated and approved with many people.

Indeed, it is clear to them what kind of goods those daimyo are.

Maitreya's original 150,000-strong army was actually defeated like this. It's hard to believe.

And the enemy who defeated them had less than 10,000 troops.

People who have a little thinking ability in this matter will not believe it all at once.

First of all, everyone thinks that this matter is probably a joke.

Otherwise. There's a certain amount of inside information in this.

In short, everyone is very confused about this matter.

"Well, it seems like that's really the case." Many generals nodded their heads one after another, agreeing with the appearance of the colleague who had just spoken. "Maybe the battle of Maitreya is really something else, but we don't know very well."

Saburo Toyoya raised his hand at this time and stopped everyone.

"Okay, no matter what the situation was during the battle of Maitreya. But now that it's turned out to be like this, let's not explore anything. ”

Although Saburo Toyoya is also very puzzled and confused about this, he still doesn't believe it.

But he knew that his lord had indeed been defeated and returned to the Satsuma Domain, which was an indisputable fact.

"Prepare a lot of rolling wood, stones, and oil pots, the winding mountain road in the inner city will become a graveyard for the enemy, and every step they want to move forward will have to bear a great price, this is our greeting gift to them."

"Oh!"

After saying that, Saburo Toyoya turned and left.

The generals who followed him also dispersed to their posts.

The inner city of Shiliang Castle is divided into a total of areas, and each area is placed on the edge of the mountain road with rolling logs and throwing stones, as well as a large iron pot burning boiling oil.

It can be said that once an enemy passes through the mountain road below, then they can easily attack the enemy from above, and use these things to inflict heavy losses on the enemy.

On the contrary, on the narrow mountain passes, the enemy simply could not dodge. They can only accept such an attack stubbornly, and there is no way to resist.

This is very good for the defending side, but very bad for the attacking side.

In the history of this time and space, when the initial Liangcheng was besieged by an army of 100,000 troops, it was by virtue of this means that it stood tall, and finally let the enemy consume too much and retreat to win the last victory.

At that time, the enemy who attacked Shira Castle left tens of thousands of lives on the roundabout of Shira Castle, which can be described as a heavy loss.

There are even white bones outside the city, and even now you can occasionally see them.

After those generals left Saburo Toyoya, they came to their respective posts. They carefully inspected the defenses on their respective defensive passes, and then carefully explained what was going on with their soldiers.

At the same time, there were constantly men with weapons in their hands, but there were no men in soldiers' clothes, and groups flashed in the buildings.

These are the young men of the city who have been temporarily conscripted, and they will also join in the upcoming battle.

Therefore, it seems that there are not many defenders in Shiliang Castle, but in fact, this is not the case at all.

As the garrison of Shiliang City on the defensive side, they actually still have a certain advantage.

After all, it is a city defense, which is completely different from field warfare, so the defenders of Shiliang Castle as the defending side will also be very different from the people on the attacking side psychologically.

Hurry up, pile up all the stones!

The stone was put over there to make room for the archers.

Put this wooden barricade on the mountain road, where you can block the enemy and delay their attack, and at the same time make it convenient for the brothers on the upper mountain road to throw stones down.

You, come here, lay out some nails here, yes, this is it.

Shira Castle also began to get busy, the men took up arms, and even the women did what they could.

Zhao Hongyu could clearly see through the binoculars that the women were sharpening some wood to make improvised weapons next to the buildings built on the hill in Shiliang Castle.

Hehe, the whole city is mobilized.

Zhao Hongyu put down the telescope in his hand.

"Your Highness, the artillery is ready, do you want to test fire now?"

At this time, the three artillery pieces that were transferred by Zhao Hongyu earlier had been prepared at this time.

Zhao Hongyu nodded: "Let's start!" Take your time, don't rush, I'm going to see where the artillery can hit the city, and how powerful it can be, before I can think about anything else. ”

"Your Highness!"

The gunner, who had come to inquire, answered, then turned and returned to his gun position.

Load the leads!

Ignition!

Rumble!

One of the three guns finally fired.

The loud noise immediately aroused the minds of everyone in Shiliang Castle.

They stopped what they were doing and looked at them with a hint of fear in their puzzled expressions.

Peng! Whoa!

It's a flowering bomb.

This shell, at a distance of several tens of meters from Shiliang Castle, produced a violent explosion.

The fragments of the exploded shells covered in an umbrella shape, and most of the fragments hit the city walls, but did not do much damage to the defenders on the walls.

Because when the shells exploded, the shells had already fallen too low.

In this way, some of the stones on the city wall were also broken a lot, which frightened the defenders on the city wall.

What kind of weapon is this, how can there be such a loud noise, and it can still shatter the thick city wall so much.

When the defenders glanced at the walls of the city wall that had been covered by shells, their eyes widened in disbelief.

A whole large area of the city wall has become potholed and miserable.

Fortunately, the city wall is made of large stones piled up on the mountain, so it is very strong.

If it were an ordinary city wall, it would have been crumbling a long time ago.

And if that thing still falls on a person, just with such a flesh and blood body, it is simply impossible to resist.

At that time, the faces of the defenders on the battlements of the first layer of defense circle all turned pale. (To be continued......)