Chapter 143: The First Castle Tower

"You see, even if the Satsuma clan is as powerful, the people are still living in water and fire..."

Chen Cao pointed to the wooden houses on both sides of the road with a horsewhip, if it weren't for the army's war horses, such a muddy road would be really difficult to walk, let alone those Satsuma troops wearing straw sandals.

"As soon as our Great Tomorrow Army arrives, isn't it just to rescue them from hanging upside down?"

Wu Chun smiled and agreed, although his armor did not fit very well, but it could be seen that the momentum of this eunuch was no longer the cowering appearance of the past.

The outer perimeter of the castle is less than two meters high, and there are iron gun emplacements, archers, and pikemen throughout the wall, and the main gate of the castle is made of curved arches, made of heavy pine wood, and there are small gates on both sides for horses to enter.

"The castle of the Japanese people is called 'Mountain Castle', mainly because their castle buildings are from low to high, please see, the house building at the top is the center of power around Sakura Castle, the castle tower."

Liao Yaowen became Chen Cao's narrator at this moment, not that he didn't like Hirata Zhaoichi, but that he needed a translator to talk to that guy.

Chen Cao looked up, and sure enough, the momentum of the castle tower was highlighted: "This is the first castle tower after we entered the Wa Kingdom, and Ben Hou wants to drink the first cup of celebration wine with you on it." ”

The people on both sides of the road all entered the mountain town, leaving only empty houses.

"It turns out that the 'three lights' policy has been in place since this time..."

Chen Cao muttered, thinking that the habits of these Japanese people from ancient times to the present day have been slowly passed down.

"Hou Ye," Zhao Xin rushed to the horse: "There is a trench outside the city, but there is no water, it is full of loess, it rained a few days ago, there is silt in the trench, and the enemy army is prepared." ”

"Let's go see what they're set up."

The suspension bridge of Sakura Castle is hung high, the surrounding moat is at least two meters deep, and the stone wall is full of Sakura Castle's Satsuma defenders.

"I'm just guessing that there must be their ninja warriors hidden under this trench cutting rampart, and as long as our army attacks from the trench, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses."

As soon as Chen Cao's voice fell, Sun Chuanting said: "Hou Ye's wisdom is afraid that he is too worried, who would be stupid enough to attack from the trench?" ”

Chen Caoha laughed, and Liao Yaowen said with a smile: "Lord Sun doesn't know, the Japanese people don't have a sharp weapon to attack fortifications, so they can only charge from the front, and the samurai rush down the trench to attack the stone wall, on the contrary, most of them will not go through the main gate, and they are not good at using shields." ”

Sun Chuanting sighed and said, "Hey, how can such a backward person stir up the chaos on my southeast coast for decades? ”

"The city of Nanjing was frightened by dozens of Japanese robbers from Songjiang and the whole city was closed, as if facing a great enemy, and let them show off and then leave with great strength, hundreds of thousands of garrison troops in Nanzhili, but not a single shot, not a single shot, it was really a shame..."

Only Chen Cao dared to say this, after all, the garrison of Nanjing was Wei Guogong, who would dare to trouble Wei Guogong?

"Master Hou, their messenger is here."

Chen Cao looked around, and his opponent ran out of the so-called horse out of the small door A samurai with a banner on his back, this person did not have a sword in his hand, that is, the identity of a messenger.

As the so-called two armies do not fight to make it, this word from the Tang Dynasty to the Wa State, by the Wa people uphold the ancestral precepts, where the war will be fought by both sides will send people to talk about the conditions, roughly that is, Lao Tzu will fight you today, you see what benefits you can give me to withdraw from the army, otherwise Lao Tzu will beat you and so on...

The person who came was quite arrogant, Liao Yaowen came forward to negotiate, and was about to let the person go back, but he knew that Zhao Xin rushed to the horse and commanded his Jinyi guards and said: "Take down this person." ”

The people who came shouted and screamed, and their mouths kept talking, but Zhao Xin ignored them and escorted them directly in front of Chen Cao.

"Master Hou, this person said that he would not kill him, and said that we are not trustworthy, and we are shameless." Liao Yaowen repeated all the words of the person who came just now.

Sun Chuanting was furious after hearing this: "You wait for the rats, forget the ancestors and the number of classics, do you know that everything you and others are passed down by me in China?" ”

Chen Cao laughed, and the performance of the literati in the face of this situation was roughly the same as that of Sun Chuanting: "You literati are just counting the words, you have to know whether people like them remember beating and scolding, Zhao Xin..."

"Yes..."

Zhao Xin dismounted, personally escorted the people to the edge of the trench, and then asked the interpreter to translate "If you don't open the door, this person will be your fate" to the defenders on the stone wall.

Swish...

Zhao Xin pulled out a steel knife and cut off the head of the human with a single sword, and then had the body thrown into the trench and threw the human head into it.

Hirata Zenggao was on the main platform behind Ishigaki, and when he heard that the person sent was beheaded by the other party, he knew that there was no room for today's events to turn around.

A cavalryman came to Chen Cao's side quickly: "Lord Qiqi, the scouts in front have reported that a large number of Satsuma Domain's troops have been found to be south to the north of Zhilan City, and the number is as many as 20,000, General Lu has already led people to bypass the past, and I believe that they will soon be able to reach Kagoshima City." ”

"Hmm..."After Chen Cao answered, he looked at Sun Chuanting: "Boya, the other party's reinforcements have only arrived in Zhilan City, according to their marching speed, it will take two days to reach here at the earliest, when do you think we will attack it?" ”

Sun Chuanting looked at the stone wall in the distance with disdain: "Such a native chicken and a dog, the lower officials think that it only takes half a day is enough, if it is according to the situation of the Hou Ye, after taking this place, they will completely surround their reinforcements." ”

Chen Cao turned his head and ordered: "Immediately send an order and let General Song act according to the plan." ”

"Yes..."

The herald left, and Chen Cao said leisurely: "Go and release the guns one after another, just don't attack, kill and injure their people first, let them be anxious, the faster we send people for help, the faster our goal will be achieved." ”

...

Shimazu Tadahiro, the third son of Tadashi Shimazu, the governor of the Kajiki Shimazu clan and a contemporary retainer of the Shimazu family, is riding a horse slowly down the muddy road, and is quite dismissive of the rescue of Sakura Castle for the general this time.

Deputy General Hatano participated in the Battle of Wenlu when he was young, and there is a shadow on the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, although the Japanese rebellion has nothing to do with them, but in the past few decades, there is still some fear of the general surnamed Li in the Ming Kingdom.

"Lord Zhonglang, or be careful and subtle, the Ming people were quite cunning on the battlefield, although our army won a big victory on the surface, but in fact our army was defeated, the Ming army cut off the back road of Konishi Yukinaga with cavalry, forcing our army to negotiate peace with it, and now the Ming people dare to land on our Satsuma Domain with 5,000 people, and the life and death of the naval army is uncertain, and there is no news from the old man for a long time, and this group of Ming troops in front of him must not be underestimated."

Shimazu Tadashi didn't think so, and the other party dared to come to the Satsuma Domain with only 5,000 people, thinking that he must have bypassed the fleet of Kayama Hisadaka, otherwise the Tsushima pirates would definitely send someone to Edo for help.

"Don't worry too much, I'm waiting for 23,000 troops, it's the first time since my Satsuma Domain entered the Tokugawa Shogunate, no matter how many people he comes, this battle will definitely drive all these Ming people who don't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth into the sea."

"Report..."A scout soldier rode his horse, ran to Shimazu Tadaro's horse, quickly dismounted and knelt down on one knee and said: "Lord Qiyu, Sakura Castle for help, the Ming army is attacking Sakura Castle." ”

"The shogunate has a lingering hall in Fangjin, are those people dead?" Hatano yelled.

Although Shimazu Tadaro was a little reckless, he was not stupid, and he was awakened by this sentence between Hatano, so he asked: "When the Yuan army attacked Tsushima Island and landed in Kyushu, it was also the strength of the whole country to fight together, and now that the Ming army has landed, the stay in the museum is actually ignored, could it be that he deliberately looks at our life and death?" ”

Hatano said: "The Tokugawa family is most jealous of my Satsuma, otherwise there would not be so many people around to monitor us, this time the Ming army landed, if you make a bold guess, I suspect that the shogunate and the Ming country colluded, deliberately took my Satsuma domain, so as to profit from it, and we are likely to be abandoned." ”

At this moment, another scout rode his horse and knelt down and said, "My lord, the mountain people from the Nagagawa River have come to report that they saw a large number of people in strange costumes on horseback a day ago, and they are heading for the city. ”

"Why didn't the visitor report it sooner?" Tadaro Shimazu frowned.

"Back to my lord, the mountain people think it's a ninja unit of an adult's family." The scout replied, "By the way, my lord, the mountain people also said that the horses they ride are different from the local horses of our Satsuma Domain, and they are all extremely strong. ”

Shimazu Tadaro's heart jumped, and he immediately exchanged a look with Hatano, and then hurriedly shouted, "How many of them are there?" ”

"The mountain people said they didn't know, so the little ones went to investigate."

After the scout left, Shimazu Tadaro always felt that something was wrong, and then looked at Hatano, and the experienced Hatano suddenly felt that this scene was a bit similar, so he said: "My lord, I participated in the battle of Bihokan back then, and General Li of the Ming Kingdom lured our army to a decisive battle in the front, but he sent troops to the retreat of our army from the side and blocked us in Bihokan. ”

"Ahh ”

Shimazu Tadharo came back to his senses and gasped: "There are only more than 1,000 people in this city now, if the Ming army rushes to kill it, the lord will definitely not be able to hold it, hurry..."

Shimazu Tadharo turned his horse's head and commanded loudly: "Senju Heiji, Watanabe Yu, the two of you will lead 3,000 people to support Sakura Castle, and after entering the city, you must not fall in love with the battle, just stick to it and wait for help." ”

The two replied in unison, and immediately rode their horses to the general.

Shimazu Tadaro looked at Hatanoma: "You take all the cavalry to follow their footprints from the Nagagawa River, if you meet them halfway, you are more experienced than me, decide for yourself." ”

Hatano nodded, and then said, "My lord, be careful..."