Under Tsurumaru Castle, the sound of cannons roared, and the sound of shouting could be heard everywhere, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the entire world. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the defeat in the field battle outside the city, Shimazu Mitsuhisa was rescued by his retainers back to Tsurumaru Castle, and he is still unconscious, or his henchman, Shimazu Hisatsu carried the banner, gathered the remnants of the army, closed the city gate, and guarded it strictly.

Arnold took advantage of the victory to pursue, and 10,000 troops blocked the main gate of Tsurumaru Castle, and more than 50 large and small artillery pieces kept bombarding, and there was a great posture to bombard Tsurumaru Castle to pieces.

"That's it! Refreshing! ”

Arnold waved his thick arms, his face was full of fanaticism, and he looked like he had been beaten with chicken blood, "Go back and continue to adjust the cannons, I want to make up enough for a hundred, no, two hundred!" Rumble! Give Lao Tzu a hard bang! Joyfully! It's so exciting! ”

Although with Arnold's strength, with only a simple magic, the gate of Tsurumaru Castle could not stop them, but compared to his own shot, Arnold preferred to watch the scene of the city wall being blown apart by his own artillery, and the huge sound of cannonballs and the violent scenes of cannonballs exploding objects made Arnold extremely adrenaline.

Compared to the morale-boosting Arnold side of Tsurumaru Castle, the soldiers and civilians in Tsurumaru Castle were trembling.

Tsurumaru Castle is the home town of the Shimazu family, the base camp of the Shimazu family, the Shimazu family has ruled here for hundreds of years, and the soldiers and civilians in the city have long integrated themselves into the Shimazu family and Tsurumaru Castle in their bones, and they are proud to be residents of Tsurumaru Castle.

Tsurumaru Castle did not disappoint these residents either.

The Shimazu family was originally a wealthy family, ruling the entire Satsuma region, and once was the overlord of Kyushu, as the Shimazu family's own home city, Tsurumaru Castle is naturally the core of the power of the entire Kyushu, prosperous and rich, and powerful, even when the Shimazu family's strength was at its lowest, the enemy never broke through the defense of Tsuruma Castle, and in the hearts of the soldiers and civilians of Tsurumaru Castle, Tsurumaru Castle is a city that does not fall.

But today, the rumbling of cannons outside the city told these people that the city in their hearts seemed to be about to be destroyed.

The cannonballs flying in the sky smashed down with the sound of the wind, and each cannonball must have brought up a large area of stone chips, and the impregnable city wall in the eyes of the soldiers and civilians of Tsurumaru Castle became crumbling under the bombardment of countless cannonballs.

On the city wall, the remnants of the Shimazu family desperately scraped together hundreds of shields, hoping to resist the bombardment of cannonballs, which was the strongest means they could get their hands on, but unfortunately, the facts told them that cannonballs were not so easy to defend.

The cannonball bombarded the oar shield, the oar shield was torn apart on the spot, and a ashigaru who was hiding behind the oar shield and carrying the shield was also directly torn to pieces by this cannonball, and the rest of the ashigaru who carried the oar shield was also under the huge impact, was overturned out, fell off the city wall on the spot, and vomited blood after landing, and saw that he couldn't live.

The shelling continued, especially as time went on, and there was a tendency to become more and more violent, and these hundreds of shields that were desperately put together by the Shimazu family were destroyed one after another under this fierce shelling, and every time the shield was hit by a shell, it was directly torn apart, and even the ashigaru who carried the shield behind the shield were also shocked by the blood in their mouths, and they were killed and wounded.

Some smart ashigaru simply stood up directly, standing on both sides of the shield and holding the shield, saying that they didn't dare to stand behind the shield anymore, such a large area of the shield and their own small body, the hit rate of that one is even lower, at a glance.

As the casualties got bigger and bigger, the bigger and bigger ashigaru felt scared, especially when they saw the cannon on the opposite side hitting hard and accurately, they were shocked and frightened in their hearts, and just now they thought that it would be safer to hide behind the shield, but after seeing those who stood up, this idea no longer existed, and they were scattered, saying that they would not hide at the back door of the shield, and some of them simply abandoned the shield and fled.

Some of the ashigaru generals and generals present also had ugly faces and wanted to regroup, but when they saw the sloppy military spirit and the cannonballs flying in the sky, some swallowed the words that came to their mouths.

That's it, you can't keep it, and you can do your best to obey the destiny of heaven.

It's not that they didn't think of using artillery to fight back, but the only ten big barrels they have, not to mention the range that is far inferior to the opposite side, and they can't even touch a single hair of the enemy, even if they return fire, they only fired one round of artillery, and they were wiped out by the overwhelming shells on the opposite side, which made the representatives of these martial arts factions want to cry without tears.

It's not that we don't work hard, it's that the other side is too cunning.

The shelling continued, this time it was not a small-caliber land artillery, in order to enjoy it, Arnold directly removed a batch of 42-pounder guns from his own fleet, especially Arnold was very pursuing large-caliber, and actually equipped his flagship with five very impractical 60-pounder guns, this time all of them were pulled.

With the addition of these heavy artillery, the already crumbling walls of Tsurumaru Castle suddenly became precarious.

If only the largest 24-pounder cannon can cause damage to the opposite city wall, then these 42-pounder guns are a pit or a big pit, and the five 60-pounder guns directly smashed through a city wall, and even took away more than a dozen lives behind the city wall.

Under the continuous bombardment of more than 100 heavy artillery, less than half an hour passed, only to hear a "boom", the walls of Tsurumaru Castle collapsed, and a large number of ashigaru on the city walls were buried alive, and there were shouts and wails everywhere.

With the collapse of the castle wall, there was also the determination of the Shimazu family to resist.

After the city wall collapsed, the remaining remnants of the army were suddenly scattered, no matter how those ashigaru generals and general shouted threats, it was useless, at this moment, no one still had the courage to wait here for death.

"Don't stop the shelling, the shelling continues, and the shelling will be carried out for another half an hour."

"The whole army is ready for a surprise attack, and the offensive will begin in half an hour."

"Don't take prisoners, don't live your mouths."

"Anyone who resists will be killed."

The order was quickly conveyed, and from the moment on, the musketeers, who had been watching the bustle, immediately began to check their weapons, their bayonets loaded, ready to strike at any time.

Soon, the order to set off came, and under the leadership of one squad leader, a team of more than 10,000 people marched into the base camp of the Shimazu family, Tsurumaru Castle, with neat steps.

The Tsurumaru Castle was already in complete panic, and there were people running everywhere, and after seeing these musketeers in uniform clothes, it was as if they had seen evil spirits, and they fled in all directions with terror on their faces.

In the face of these panicked crowds, each of the musketeers ignored them, and they all held their muskets, constantly scanning the resistance that might appear at any time.

Although most of the soldiers and civilians had fled, the Shimazu family still had some die-hard loyalists, all of whom hid behind various buildings, armed with knives and guns, or armed with bows and arrows, hoping to deal a fatal blow to these enemies.

A longbowman of the Shimazu family hid behind the door, quietly showing his head, raising his attack, aiming...

But before he could release the string of the arrows, a volley of bullets came at him, not only in his head, but also in his body, which passed through the wooden door and turned into a hornet's nest.

Arnold's army was no new recruit who had not been on the battlefield, and for several years they had been encircling and suppressing natives all over Southeast Asia.

Those natives who live in the rainforest are not good at stubble, and they can't fight head-on, but when it comes to sneak attacks, no one can play with them, drill into the mountains and forests, and blow all kinds of poisonous arrows to greet them, if you are not careful, you will die directly by these poisonous arrows.

In order to deal with those possible sneak attacks, these soldiers are also experienced in a hundred battles, experienced, a team of more than a dozen people, forming a circle formation with each other, not letting go of any corner, as long as there is a trace of the possibility of a sneak attack, it is a burst of random gun greeting, if the ammunition on the body is enough, there is no need for muskets, direct grenade grenade.

What the? Hand grenade? Are there already grenades in this era?

That's right, there were, but unlike modern grenades, the grenades of this period were just iron balls filled with gunpowder, for which a branch of the army was born, the grenadiers.

When fighting, these grenadiers, with shields in one hand and grenades in the other, charged ahead, and were the elite and best of the infantry.

In the face of these musketeers who are experienced in dealing with sneak attacks, the diehards of the Shimazu family did not cause much trouble and were stifled.

As a large number of Shimazu diehards were wiped out, the advance of the musketeers became faster and faster, and soon, the resistance in Tsurumaru Castle was wiped out, and the army continued to advance towards the center of Tsurumaru Castle, the Shimazu family castle tower.

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Shimazu family castle tower, assessment room.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa has been rescued by the doctor, but unlike the previous spirits, at this time, Shimazu Mitsuhisa's eyes are bloodshot, his face is full of ashes, and he looks like he is about to die.

There was silence in the assessment room, which witnessed the glory of the Shimazu family, but at this time there was an air of decadence.

There are only two people in the assessment room, except for Shimazu Mitsuhisa, only Shimazu Hisatsu.

The rest of the retainers had fled, some ambitious had sent envoys to contact Arnold, and Shimazu Mitsuhisa had already rebelled.

"Jiutong, why...

Shimazu Mitsuhisa's eyes were deep, his face was gray, and the whole person was a little nervous, revealing a sense of checkmate.

"The head of the house..."

Shimazu Hisatsu looked at Shimazu Mitsuhisa and looked at each other speechlessly.

"Ancestor of the Shimazu family, what did I do wrong...

Shimazu Mitsuhisa stood up, his face full of horror, "Hisahara (Shimazu Mitsuhisa's cousin, brother-in-law, head of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Mitsuhisa conspired to kill him in order to consolidate his rule. Why are you here!? ”

"Who gave you the guts!?"

"That's not right! Didn't I kill you!? ”

"Don't come here! Don't come here! ”

"I was wrong, I was wrong...

Shimazu Mitsuhisa fell to the ground, crying bitterly, and then, Shimazu Mitsuhisa's face changed, his face was full of madness, and he pulled out his saber, "I'm not wrong!" I'm not wrong!! It's you who is wrong! It's you who is wrong! Needless to say, Shimazu Mitsuhisa slashed with a knife.

"Head of the house!"

Looking at Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who was in a frenzy, Shimazu Hisatsu hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"Jiutong? Jiutong! Are you going to betray me!? Looking at Shimazu Hisatsu, who was hugging him, Shimazu Mitsuhisa raised the saber in his hand.

Listening to the sound of "poof", Shimazu Hisatsu was pierced through the chest.

"The head of the house..."

The corners of his mouth were bleeding, and with a heart full of unwillingness, Shimazu Kutsu fell to the ground.

"Bang!"

The door of the assessment room was kicked open, and Ise Mayasu walked in with a dozen samurai, and looked at Shimazu Kumichi who was lying in a pool of blood.

"It's Zhenkang, what? Has the enemy already been repulsed? Shimazu Mitsuhisa wiped the katana in his hand, his face full of cruelty.

"Shimazu Mitsuhisa, just take it down, Lord Arnold has already issued a killing order for you."

"Tied up!?"

Mitsuhisa Shimazu raised his katana again, "Traitor! Traitor! You all deserve to die! Damn it!! ”

"Puff p

There was a series of knives stabbing into the flesh, but this time it was Mitsuhisa Shimazu who fell.

With a disgusted face, he glanced at Mitsuhisa Shimazu, who was torn apart by a knife, and Ise Mayasu waved his hand.

"Cut off the head, I will report to Lord Arnold, the rise of my Ise family is at this time." (To be continued.) )