Without the idea of temperance, you can't ask, Yi Yun waved his hand at Tachibana Chiyo: "Go, you go and help General Li Chengyu take down Takahashi Shaoyun's Iwaya Castle." ”

"Obey!" Tachibana Chiyo climbed up excitedly and stood behind Li Chengyu.

The army soon began to march, and the soldiers marched out of the city in a neat line, and Otomo Sorin, and the newly surrendered samurai, all followed Li Chengyu's army from a distance.

They all felt strange when they saw that Yi Yun didn't go to supervise the battle in person. You must know that this time Yi Yun dispatched 2,000 people, and these 2,000 people were his own descendants, so he did not call Liver Fu Kansu and Ito Yoshisuke as cannon fodder.

In Fuso, the one-time mobilization of 2,000 descendants is a very big deal. For example, the Shimazu family and the Otomo family fought several major battles in which the whole country was mobilized, and how many people did the Shimazu family send at that time......? 3,000 people! It is the power of the whole country, the strength of the whole country, 3,000 people! Another example, Oda Nobunaga's surprise attack on Imagawa Yoshimoto in the Barrel Gorge also brought with him all the troops of the Oda family, how many of them? 4,000 people! Well, many of these 4,000 people are cannon fodder, and the real descendants of Nobunaga's own army are only 1,500 people.

In this comparison, Yi Yun sent two thousand descendants at a time, which was really a major event at the level of national shock, and his family governor actually didn't go by himself, and sent a female general Li Chengyu to lead the troops, and then sent a female general Tachibana Chiyo to assist...... This is.

Otomo said that Yali is very big, is it really okay to surrender to such a person? This guy looks like a gentleman. Not only send women out to fight. Moreover, hundreds of artillery pieces were not used, and only 50 marine artillery pieces were pushed out, which was completely blind command.

A group of newly descended samurai were also very worried!

Only Tachibana Michiyuki was a little calmer, he leaned over to his daughter, and said in a low voice: "Chiyo, you have been in the Oda Nori family for a long time, right?

"I don't know ......" Tachibana Chiyo has actually been under house arrest, how can I figure out how much strength Iyun has. She just spread her hands and said, "Although he looks like a gentleman, he will let the women under him take power, that's all." I'll follow him. ”

Michiyuki Tachibana: "......"

He was silent for a while, and then said seriously: "I'll tell you, Zong Lin Gong and these warriors who are following behind. But if they see that you have led this army in defeat, they will immediately turn against you, and maybe they will kill you from behind. When the time comes, I will also be loyal to the Lord and fight with Zong Lin Gong, and I will not come to help you. ”

Tachibana Chiyo nodded and said, "I understand, but I have sworn to the new lord that I must also do what a samurai should do." ”

"Well, then I won't leave you alone. "There's no way about Tachibana Michiyuki.

The army marched forward, and the heavy sandcarts pulled the cannons. With a long trail of wheels dragging across the desert, a few days later, Iwaya Castle was already in sight.

Li Chengyu stood outside the city and took a closer look, this was indeed a city that was difficult to conquer, and it was built on a hill. The hill is a bit steep, and the slope of the hill has reached an inclination of 45 degrees, which is difficult for soldiers to charge up. The castle built on the top of the hill is very powerful, and the city wall has at least three layers, one after another. Outside the outermost ring of the city wall, there were several trenches, and outside were bamboo fences and some timber bundles of horses.

These fortifications make people's scalp numb at a glance, and it is really difficult to attack them with cold weapons, but Fusang in this era already has cannons, and these fortifications may not be impregnable in front of the cannons. So...... Takahashi was on the walls of Iwaya Castle and discharged sixty cannons, all of which had been given to him by Otomo Sorin. ...,

As one of the twin walls of the Otomo family, it is normal for him to hold one-third of the cannon of the main family in his hands.

These cannons were mounted high and had a clear muzzle, and if the enemy wanted to attack the city with artillery, they would have to face the attack of these cannons. You must know that the cannons of this era are not those giant cannons that can hit dozens of kilometers away in later generations, and the cannons of later generations are not very affected by the terrain, and there is not much difference between hitting high places at low places and hitting low places at high places. But the cannons of this era, which occupy high and low cannons, always have an advantage.

Iwaya Castle is protected by both the outer fortifications and the cannons at the top of the walls, and it can be said that it is a difficult city to attack.

Tachibana Chiyo couldn't help but want to ask Li Chengyu how to break through the city, but the two didn't understand the language, and several translators didn't follow, so she had to stare dryly.

"Set up the military formation!" Li Chengyu ordered: "Set up a defensive formation......"

Two thousand soldiers began to form a formation, and soon formed a square formation like iron buckets.

Otomo Zonglin and the others who followed behind were a little unhappy, you are attacking the city, and you actually set up a defensive formation? Is this looking down on the enemy or looking down on yourself? What kind of siege method does the defensive formation have?

Women really can't command armies!

A samurai quietly asked the samurai next to him, "How many troops does Takahashi-sama have in Iwaya Castle?"

"Seven hundred and sixty-three!" replied another samurai, worthy of the same family, and the strength of Takahashi Shaoyun was accurate to single digits.

"That's a lot. One of the warriors whispered, "Relying on such a fortified city, it should not be a problem to hold the attack of 2,000 men." ”

"yes...... Plus this leader is a woman...... I think Takahashi-sama can win this battle. ”

"Zong Lin Gong, this Oda Nori has so many cannons and giant ships, but the way they fight is simply a layman...... Are we really going to surrender to such people?"

"Yes, let's not descend, let's fight...... After a while, if Takahashi Shaoyun can gain the upper hand a little, we will immediately kill the Oda Seaweed Army from behind, and join forces with Takahashi-sama to defeat the Seaweed Army. ”

Listening to the suggestions of his subordinates, Otomo Sorin's mind was also a little moved, indeed, the Oda Seaweed Army didn't look strong. But as a daimyo who would not be easily deceived by the false appearance he saw, he whispered, "Don't act rashly...... Let's see first! We must confirm that Takahashi Shaoyun can win before we make a move...... You guys...... Well...... Prepare for battle, but no one is allowed to draw their swords without my orders. ”

"Hey!" the samurai responded in unison, their right hands unconsciously moving to the katana at their waists, gripping the hilt and preparing to strike.

At this time, Li Chengyu's army had already completed the defensive formation, and the whole army formed a large square circle, and the center of the square circle array was the fifty army cannons.

There are some differences between land warfare and naval warfare, during naval warfare, soldiers on both sides are on ships, fighting across the sea, and soldiers cannot easily board enemy ships, so the profession of close combat does not threaten the life of artillerymen, and artillerymen can open fire boldly. But when it comes to land warfare, it's a completely different story.

In the era of cold weapons, the range of cannons was not too far, and even if it was a cannon, it bombarded the enemy within visual range, so ...... The army's artillery positions are vulnerable to enemy cavalry or highly mobile infantry, and if they are close to them, the artillery is a lamb to the slaughter.

Let's take the era of Napoleon, or the era of the American Civil War, when the artillery positions were often broken into by the enemy with cavalry and killed cleanly. Even in World War II, there were examples of artillery positions in the rear being killed by enemy special operations squads. ...,

Before Li Chengyu went out of the battle, she was instructed by Yi Yun to protect the army's artillery position, so she simply set up a defensive formation and tightly surrounded the artillery with 2,000 people.

No one could understand what she was doing, only that the array she was setting up was too far away from the city, and it was already far beyond the range of the big tube, so what was the use of putting it like this?

Li Chengyu raised his hand high: "Artillery, prepare!"

"Ready!"

"Reload your ammo!"

"Ready!"

"Aim for the enemy city!"

The artillerymen shouted loudly.

Seeing their actions, Otomo Zonglin couldn't help but wonder: "It's four miles away from the city here...... If you aim at such a distance, can you hit it?" "In the Fuso Warring States, no one is more familiar with the big tube than Otomo, he is the first in Fuso to use the big tube, and the best use of the big tube, he knows very well that the range of the big tube is only about two to three miles, and it is not very accurate at this distance, and it will often float.

But now, the Oda Seaweed Army actually set up an artillery array four miles away, this is a fart, do you want to hit the moon with a big tube?

Otomo Zonglin once again confirmed that Li Chengyu was a waste and didn't know how to command, and he whispered to the samurai around him: "It seems that the enemy commander is really a fool, everyone prepare their swords...... We might really be going to turn against each other. ”

As soon as his words fell, the cannon roared...... Fifty cannons together spit out angry flames!

Otomo Sorin, sneering, waited for the cannonballs to land in the open space outside the city...... However...... It was unexpected, and the shells flew straight into Iwaya Castle, four miles away, and smashed the white castle.

Bumper bumper!

In the Iwaya Castle, which was still quiet and ready to go, there was immediately a cry of exclamation, several potholes were blasted out of the city wall, and two or three houses in the city collapsed, I don't know how many soldiers were injured, in short, all kinds of strange screams were boiling in the city.

"Oh my God!"

"Why did the shells fly here?"

"It's too far!"

"Where's our big tube?"

"Shoot back......"

"No, it's not in range yet, and it's just a waste of precious shells and gunpowder to return fire now......"

Corresponding to the panic in Iwaya Castle, Otomo Sorin, and a group of his subordinates, were all stunned...... This...... What the hell is this big tube?(Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )