Chapter 144: The Satsuma Domain also has smart people

"After conquering Satsuma, you can conquer the entire Wa Kingdom, although it takes a long time, but it will definitely take shape within two years, and after the Wa Kingdom is taken, we can show our strength."

Chen Cao's line was set up in a relatively large medical hall outside Sakura Castle, and by the dim candlelight, only Zhao Xin and Liao Yaowen were inside.

Zhao Xin handed the letter to Chen Cao: "This is sent by the foreign trade company by speedboat, it is the uncle's family letter, and this letter is sent by the Zhenfu Division." ”

There are two contents written at home, one is that the little sister Chen Qing gave birth to a big fat boy to Song Che, and the other is that Weng Meixin gave birth to a daughter to Chen Cao, and Chen Cao was excited to write the name of 'Chen Yongxiang' on the reply letter and handed the letter to Zhao Xin.

"Congratulations to Hou Yexi's daughter."

"My subordinates also congratulate Master Hou..."

Zhao Xin and Liao Yaowen said at the same time, and then Zhao Xincai spoke up again: "Wei Zhongxian arrested six members of the Donglin Party, and Gu Dazhang died in the edict prison." ”

"It's finally done..."Chen Cao sighed: "I took Lao Tzu's 40 million taels, hehe..."

Chen Cao's smile was a little oozing under the candlelight, but Zhao Xin, who knew the inside story, was not very worried: "The Donglin Party fought back, but the emperor didn't know why he didn't ask about the government recently, and the big and small affairs were first discussed by the court, and then let the celebrant directly approve it, but in addition to the major military affairs of Liaodong." ”

"The Donglin Party is going to kill a large number of people..."Chen Cao said indifferently.

"Is the eunuch really going to rise?"

Sun Chuanting walked into the house without knowing the current affairs, but he heard what Chen Cao said.

Chen Cao raised his eyes and looked at it, and then asked Sun Chuanting to sit down: "Isn't Boya never disliked party fighting?" ”

"Hey..."Sun Chuanting sighed: "Although I don't like it, it is also related to the national fortune of my Ming Dynasty." ”

"In that case, why are you following me?"

This question made Sun Chuanting speechless, deep in his heart, he didn't like party fighting, he didn't like the eunuch party, but Chen Cao, the backbone of the eunuch party, was suppressed by the party, he thought he could hand it over, how do you know that this person has never really been past the Ming Dynasty at all, for his own interests.

Chen Cao saw that his appearance was uncertain, so he asked again: "Do you think I am not the emperor's courtier?" ”

Sun Chuanting didn't speak, but Chen Cao could feel it: "When Liaodong landed that year, our army was a sneak attack, and our marching route was only reported to two people, one was the superintendent Sun Chengzong, and the other was the emperor, and Boya was afraid that he should know that on the night of the landing in Gaizhou, our army was wrapped in a big dumpling by Jiannu;

The other party has prepared tens of thousands of troops in Gaizhou, if it weren't for the speed of our army's actions, we wouldn't have the possibility of knowing each other.

However, such a big thing, the imperial court has not given me an explanation so far, of course, I have a large number of adults, I don't care, but from this matter I have come to a conclusion...

Court...

Believe it or not,

The only one who can believe is myself..."

Sun Chuanting was silent, and Chen Cao continued: "I built a city in Guangning, and the Donglin Party people in the DPRK did everything possible to obstruct it, I wanted to know why these people would be embarrassed by me for my sincere and benevolent actions for the country, and in the end, I realized that they didn't see me as the Donglin Party;

Do you know that even now, the grain in Guangning City is all supplied by me, and the court has not paid a penny, not even a false condolence, and is still suppressing Guangning City. ”

Hiss...

Sun Chuanting gasped, he heard a trace of something wrong from what Chen Cao said...

"Master Hou, do you want to rebel?"

Chen Cao waved his hand: "I just want to create a new system, and now I am in the Japanese country, so it is inconvenient to discuss it carefully with you. ”

Since he couldn't ask about the famous hall, Sun Chuanting gave up, and then his brain circuit turned around, and he remembered that he had something to do: "Big thing, according to the report of the scouts in front, the reinforcements of the Satsuma Domain returned to the army before they arrived at Zhiran Castle, and only 3,000 people came towards Sakura City, and they will enter the city tomorrow at the earliest." ”

Chen Cao stood up at the moment, Zhao Xin took the lamp, came to the map, and after looking at it carefully, he said: "It's not good, it must be Lu Xiangsheng's whereabouts that have been discovered." ”

"It is reported that they are walking in the very remote area of the Nagagawa River, where there are no people, and it is also the road that Hirata Zhao pointed out." Sun Chuanting explained.

Chen Cao shook his head: "There is only one possibility in this situation, either there are people in the Satsuma army who are familiar with our army's tactics, or they have discovered Lu Xiangsheng's traces and transferred their troops back to Kagoshima Castle." ”

"Jiandou only has 5,000 men and horses, and there are at least 20,000 people after the other party surrounds them, and their ammunition is not enough, Master Hou, make a decision as soon as possible."

Sun Chuanting's words were very reasonable, Chen Cao looked at the map again, and said: "Zhao Xin, immediately send the order, the whole army gets up and prepares, ready to attack the city." ”

"Yes..."

As soon as the order was given, the whole battalion was active, attributed to the good training habits on weekdays, the assembly speed was fast, and it was unusually quiet, and the most important thing was that the step of armor piercing was omitted, and the simple and fast plate armor only needed to be put on the body, and the time was at most half a minute.

The sudden lighting of torches outside the entire Sakura Castle startled the defenders on the Ishigaki of Sakura Castle, and then the sound of gongs and drums rang out, thinking that the opponent was preparing to attack.

Hirata did not take off his armor, he was worried that he would be attacked and killed because he did not show up when the opponent attacked, so after the warning drum sounded, he quickly put on his feet and came to the command platform with the help of the maid.

Chen Cao rode his war horse to the front of the trench, if the news of the scouts was correct, the reinforcements would arrive early tomorrow morning at most, and the Japanese people had the habit of marching at night, and they would arrive before dawn.

"Bring in the artillery, and blast the gates open first."

"The enemy has artillery ..."

The defenders on the stone wall shouted, and they were all thrilled.

Although the winter did not have the heroism of the bright moon shining on the river, the defenders with some common sense still shot dozens of rockets out, and took advantage of the firelight to see clearly the black artillery muzzles aimed at the gate.

"Reload..."

"Ignition..."

Boom...

There was a loud muffled sound on the ground, and a real // heart bullet came out of the fire door, and the red iron ball could be seen clearly after the disembowelment was discharged, and it hit the heavy wooden door.

Boom...

A large hole was pierced in the middle of the wooden door, and the defenders behind the door were smashed to pieces by the iron ball, taking advantage of the residual kinetic energy to hit the corner of the command platform in the middle straight to pieces, until the iron ball smashed into the stone wall behind the command platform.

Hirata was shocked, and after the main gate was broken, they had no need to defend the city anymore, so they could only retreat into the city and rely on the terrain in the city to fight a decisive battle with the opponent.

And now he also figured out the reason why the opponent had such a sharp weapon and delayed the war, he must be waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Song Che's army had already arrived in the evening, and the vanguard had rounded around the back of Sakura Castle to wait.

"Reload..."

"Ignition..."

Boom...

The second cannon was discharged, and this shot completely shattered the gate of Sakura City, and through the wide open gate, Chen Cao could clearly see the panicked defenders inside.

"Prepare the Fierce Fire Oil..."

After Chen Cao gave an order, the herald behind him immediately ran away, and the fierce fire oil sealed in the clay pot was plugged into the fire line at this moment, and after it was ignited, dozens of fierce fire oil were all thrown onto the stone wall.

The fire spread instantly, and the fierce fire oil was the first oil, although the combustion was not as thorough as the refined gasoline, but the fire that was stained with it could not be extinguished even with water, and could only isolate the air it burned.

The wails sounded, and the defenders who were affected by the fierce fire oil were running around crying and crying for their mothers, and the fire was already uncontrollable.

Seeing this, Chen Cao said: "The whole army is attacking in concert..."

Tang Kainian pulled out the long knife on his waist: "Attack..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

"Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

Gunshots rang out in an orderly manner, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers, and the soldiers lined up marched in a neat march towards Sakura Castle...

The killing was brutal, but in such an era, no one cared whether the slaughter of civilians was guilty or not, just like the horrific massacre carried out by the East India Company on the islands of the South Pacific, which seemed to the people involved to kill these aliens was still a glamorous affair.

The people of the city were not qualified to enter the inner city, so their shelter was the horse wall behind the stone wall and the open space outside the inner gate, and by the time the lead bullet of the musket flew in the night, these people had already been hit indiscriminately like the defenders, and all men, women and children who dared to stand up and run would all fall down again after the gunfire rang out...

The samurai covered Hirata Zengtaka and retreated into the inner castle, closing the small inner gate, thinking that this would stop the footsteps of the Dingmu army.

Chen Cao rode into Sakura Castle, and the cries and wails rang out, and the fire burned along the wooden structure of the stone wall, believing that it would soon encircle the entire Sakura Castle.

The sporadic gunshots rang out, presumably the companies were mending the dead defenders.

Looking at the already bright skykeeping pavilion, Chen Cao shook his head: "If you don't surrender until you die, what are you still thinking?" Tang Kainian, divided his troops to surround the entire Sakura Castle, and sent people to inform Song Che that he was ready to intercept the Satsuma army that came to support. ”

"Yes..."

Boom...

After a cannon fire, the inner city gate was blown open by earth// thunder canisters, like this kind of gate, two thunder canisters are enough.

The samurai behind the door were blown to a bloody pulp, and they lay alive on the ground wailing.

And those who are not dead still take advantage of this time to release arrows to resist.

The two unlucky men who were excited wanted to be the first to rush in were shot by the arrow, and they screamed and retreated.

The soldier behind him immediately squatted down and raised his gun, and ruthlessly released the gun inside...

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'