Li Yong was a squad leader in the 3rd Battalion, and this was his first time fighting.

He was originally a Ming person, and when he fled the disaster with his younger brother, he was sent to Eastern Qin, and the two brothers were the earliest naturalized Ming descendants.

He was literate in the literacy class in the village, and although he only knew three or four hundred words, he learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, as well as some simple geometry.

In addition, I learned pinyin, so it is not a problem to write reports on a daily basis, and words I don't know can be replaced by pinyin.

At this moment he was writing a battle report, and they fought all the way to Shuri Castle, and there was only one minor injury, and this unlucky soldier accidentally broke his foot.

"Squad leader, am I disgraced you?" The stumbling soldier sat on the side.

Li Yong stopped his pen and said: "What kind of shame, there are those who fight without being injured!" ”

"That'...... Then this commendation, won't I have no share! ”

Li Yong looked at this tiger-headed young soldier and said with a wry smile: "Don't worry, as long as you participate in the war, you will be commended!" ”

"That's good, that's good!" The young soldier let out a sigh: "If there were commendations, if I didn't have them, my father would definitely say that I was not angry." ”

Li Yong smiled and continued to write.

"Eh, squad leader, then you said that after you have a commendation, will you send a daughter-in-law?"

"Daughter-in-law, who did you listen to?" Li Yong looked up in confusion and said.

"I heard my father say that there are some active taxpayers in the village, and they all have daughters-in-law, although these daughters-in-law are natives and widows, but their work is no worse than that of Ming women!"

Li Yong explained with a smile: "Our policy is to distribute the appropriate age, which means that single men between the ages of 19 and 30 belong to the first group. What your father heard, it is estimated that the village is actively paying food in order to deceive you! ”

"Is that so?" The young soldier was stunned.

Li Yong smiled: "Don't worry, you'll be nineteen in just two years?" I will definitely be able to assign one when the time comes. ”

"The squad leader, have you been assigned?"

Li Yong's smile froze for a moment, and he shook his head and said, "It's assigned, I didn't ask for it!" ”

"Why not?"

"Ahem, that time it was a Japanese woman, and when you are older, you will understand, you can't do it with a Japanese woman!"

"Why can't you do it? Is it because they can't work? The boy had the spirit of breaking the casserole and asking the end.

Li Yong was embarrassed, and his old face couldn't help but turn red.

"This ...... Well, well, ......."

Bang - just as embarrassed, the artillery positions in the distance began to fire, breaking the silence of the early morning.

"Get ready to fight! You'll have the Proxy Army carry you down later! Li Yong hurriedly took the opportunity to cover up.

In the overall relaxed atmosphere of the Huaxia Army, Shuri Castle suffered the first round of shelling.

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The next day, when Ansan arrived at the city with heavy baggage and heavy artillery, the shelling continued from time to time.

The entire wall was damaged in many places, and the three battalions were distributed around Shuri Castle in a semicircle, blocking it in all three directions, leaving only one east side empty.

The construction of the artillery position is also very methodical, in addition to attacking the city wall, but also on the extension line of the four corners, through the way of padding, so that the shells can form ricochets on the city wall.

In another plane, Vauban pioneered this tactic, which reduced the defensive power of bastions and walls, forcing the development of polygon fortresses.

Yasan first took the binoculars and observed for a while, and found that there were no more Ryukyu soldiers on the city wall.

With a wave of his hand, he let the Daiju army start filling the moat, and eight ten-pound cannons and four 220mm mortars were also pushed forward.

After the cannonfire stopped, the Ryukyu soldiers appeared on the head of the city, perhaps seeing that the moat was being filled, and it was taken for granted that the Eastern Qin soldiers were going to attack the city.

There were also scattered cavalry in the distance, and these people looked from afar, as if they did not intend to be discovered.

It's just that the scouts of the Huaxia Army are all looking forward to telescopes, and they have long been nowhere to hide.

After Ansan learned the news, he asked the two platoons to be on guard, and at the same time, he ordered each battalion to be careful.

It's just that when the construction of the heavy artillery position is almost completed, there is still no movement of these Ryukyu cavalry on the shuttle patrol.

"Doge, the heavy artillery position has been constructed! Please instruct. An artillery company commander ran over and saluted.

Ansan took out the binoculars and looked at them and said, "Concentrate on playing for a while!" The harder you hit, the better! ”

"Yes!" After the artillery company commander received the order, he hurriedly ran back to the position.

As a small red flag was raised, the artillery of the various gun positions began to prepare for firing.

"Put!" The red flag was waved down, and the gun positions were ignited in turn.

With the bombardment of the 220mm mortar cannon, four black iron balls arced in the air, and there were flaming tails on the tail.

After hitting the ground, it rolled a few times, followed by a thunderous explosion.

The mortar shells hit the flowering shells! This cannon has a short barrel and a very large caliber, somewhat similar to the unconscionable cannon.

The shell was charged about one-third of its weight, and although it was not as fierce as the flowering shells of later generations, a lot of debris was added to it. It is also the only flowering shell that is easy to make.

Although it has a short range, it acts like a mortar and can hit the wall in an arc.

The surviving Ryukyu soldiers on the city wall had no intention of fighting under this kind of blow, and one by one they cried with weak legs and called their mothers, and only cared about lying on the ground with their heads in their hands.

The ten-pound cannon smashed directly into the city wall, and the cannonballs made the city wall tremble.

After about a dozen rounds of bombardment, a section of the Shuri city wall, which was not built strongly, collapsed!

An San immediately ordered: "Stop shelling!" Command the battalions and prepare the soldiers for the attack! ”

He also said to the missionary, "Put the captured prisoners of war in and let them tell the king of the Ryukyus that they can send Zheng Bin out to negotiate peace with us!" ”

The selection of Zheng Bin as the negotiation object was personally instructed by Yan Zheng, and even the treaty had already been drafted.

The key to this battle is not to completely subvert the Ryukyus, but to open an opening in the Ryukyu country, and then use the method of layer by layer penetration to swallow the entire Ryukyus.

If it weren't for the fear of the Ming Dynasty, the Huaxia army at this time should be hanging Shang Zhen, and leading the Ryukyu Han people and natives to divide the land and land.

And what Yan Zheng likes the most is that in addition to the strategic location of the Ryukyus, there are also sugar and copper in the Ryukyus, which are all money!

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The Ryukyu Palace, full of civil and military forces, is trembling at the moment.

Who would have thought that the Eastern Qin people's soldiers were so sharp, and the cannon rang out in the second half of last night, and the entire Shuri City was in chaos.

By early morning, more than 100 houses had been hit by shells, and hundreds of people had been killed or wounded, including not only ordinary people, but also family members of many Ryukyu magnates.

And the battle report from the city wall made them even more frightened, and they couldn't defend it at all.

After the heavy artillery roared, the palace could clearly hear the sound of the heavy artillery hitting the city wall.

Shang Zhen and Queen Juren are both sitting in the palace at the moment.

The two clasped their hands, and the expression on their faces was not only frightened, but also sad.

"Wang ...... Your Majesty! The walls are falling! A military general, covered in blood, staggered in, and fell to the ground after saying this.

The wounds on his body were horrific, apparently scraped by iron filings, and the left side of his face was sparse.

Shang Zhen cried out, "Why bother me with Ryukyu, I have to suffer such a catastrophe!" ”

His Royal Highness's courtiers, all of them are looking at their noses and noses, and their noses are looking at their hearts.

Who would have thought that the stone city wall would be collapsed by the Eastern Qin soldiers!

This is something that goes against their concept, and they can't imagine why Dong Qin's firearms are so sharp!

Is this still an island barbarian?

Prime Minister Jin Cishan, who was still looking sick at the moment, knelt down tremblingly and said: "Your Majesty, the plan now is to stabilize the Qin thief first!" Then wait for the opportunity to inform the Ming Kingdom of this matter, and seek the intervention of the Kingdom of God, so that the Ryukyus can survive! ”

Queen Juren hurriedly answered: "Yesterday, Prince Pu Tian (Shang Weiheng) has gone to Shanbei!" ”

All the ministers looked at each other, and now they all had to kneel down in unison,

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

Just when the ministers staged the grief of the death of the country, an inner servant rushed in anxiously and shouted: "Commander of Eastern Qin, let us send someone to negotiate peace!" ”

"What!" Shang Zhen stood up fiercely: "This is true! ”

"Can't be wrong!" The chamberlain smiled flatteringly and said, "The commander personally released the prisoners of war and asked the prisoners of war to inform me and others that they are willing to negotiate peace!" ”

"Quick, Prime Minister...... No, the prince Shang Chaorong and the prince's uncle ......"

"Your Majesty, the boss named and asked Zheng Bin and Lord Zheng to go to the peace talks!" The chamberlain reminded.

The kneeling ministers were all shocked, and they were all full of joy when they saw the Zheng family being imprisoned.

But this Dongqin directly named Zheng Bin to go to peace talks!

"No king!" Ma Yishi, the counselor, raised his head and said: "This Zheng Bin and Dongqin are not clear, he went to peace talks, didn't he want to sell the Ryukyus?" ”

"Think twice!" Mao Wenying also answered.

Shang Zhen's anger is surging, it's this juncture, this group of people is still thinking about fighting in the nest!

Seeing this, Ma Bo coughed and said, "No matter what, stabilize the Eastern Qin soldiers first!" ”

Ma Yishi also reacted, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are abrupt!" Can...... But Zheng Bin has a good relationship with Dongqin, and it is okay to talk, but another minister must be sent to supervise! ”

"Then I'll have to worry about the doctor's trip!" Shang Zhen said angrily.

"Yes!" Ma Yishi said stiffly.

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