Chapter 630: Attack on Nagano
Outside the city of Nagano, with the sound of rumbling, the earth gradually shook slightly, and a five-clawed golden dragon flag appeared first, followed by countless Ming army iron horsemen rushed out with an extremely compelling momentum.
Just like those cities along the way, the Japanese soldiers in Nagano were also dumbfounded by the sudden appearance of the Ming army's iron cavalry, as if in a dream!
At first, the Japanese soldiers in Nagano also thought it was an earthquake, and they were stunned for a moment.
"Bagaya Road, it's the Ming Army! Close the gates! The Japanese soldiers guarding the city gate finally reacted and began to urgently close the city gate.
However, although the Wako reacted quickly, the city gate was heavy and could not be closed in an instant.
When the city gate was only half closed, the Ming army's iron cavalry had already rushed to within 100 meters.
"Bang Bang Bang" first shot a round of gunfire, killing two exposed Japanese criminals, at the same time, the bullet hit the city gate, the sound of popping sounded, the city gate flew a lot of sawdust, although the bullet could not penetrate the city gate, but also completely into the wooden city gate.
The Japanese soldiers on the city walls began to return fire, firing more than a hundred arrows.
Although the Japanese are not good at bows and arrows, they still prepare some to defend the city, of course, the most are still rolling wood and masonry, so in the face of the approach of the Ming army's iron cavalry, they only shot more than 100 arrows, which is not a threat at all.
"Fire!"
"Bang Bang Bang" A group of Ming soldiers began to restrain their horses dozens of meters away and raise their guns to shoot at the city wall.
In an instant, a large number of Japanese soldiers who dared to show their bodies were shot, and their bodies fell from the city walls.
"Attack, blow up the gates!" A team of ten Ming soldiers rushed towards the city gate that had just been closed.
Nagano Prefecture was an inland city of the Japanese Invaders, and it was said to be quite sturdy, but there was no moat, and the Ming soldiers easily rushed to the city gate.
Two Ming soldiers pulled two bundles of grenades on their horses, threw them in front of the city gate, and then quickly whipped their horses, sat down and led them to rush to both sides of the city gate to avoid the grenades that were about to explode.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the city gate was immediately blown open, and even because of the power of the two bundles of grenades, the city wall above the city gate hole was cracked, and many bricks and stones fell.
More than a dozen Japanese soldiers behind the city gate were also blown away by the aftermath of the explosion, along with the debris of the city gate, and all of them died!
Not only this city gate, according to the plan, the Ming army had already divided three teams of men and horses to rush to the other three city gates, and soon, with three loud noises, the other three city gates were also blown open.
Although the four city gates were blown open, and the army could rush into the city without hindrance, Yan Yingyuan did not order this.
"Artillery battalion prepares, shelling Nagano!" Yan Yingyuan ordered indifferently.
Although the city gate was blown open, there were a large number of Japanese troops and a large number of buildings in the city, and if the army directly entered the city, there would inevitably be some unexpected casualties, so there was no need.
In this attack, Yan Yingyuan brought all the landed cannons, a total of 300.
The cannon can not only kill and injure the Japanese soldiers in the city and demoralize them, but also clear the large number of buildings in the city in advance, clearing the way for the army to enter the city.
Thousands of artillery battalion soldiers all dismounted, and at the same time unloaded the cannon parts tied to other war horses, quickly assembled, and built the artillery battalion position.
Three hundred cannons, thousands of soldiers at the same time, but in a hundred breaths all assembled, lined up in a row about four hundred meters from the city wall.
Shells loaded!
"Fire!"
"Boom Boom" 300 cannons fired a salvo and began to pour countless shells into the city.
The devastating blow began, as artillery shells exploded inside Nagano Castle, destroying houses and killing a large number of Japanese civilians and soldiers in the city.
Blood and fire enveloped the entire Nagano in an instant.
Nagano Castle, the seat of the new shogunate.
Ito had just received the news that the Ming army had suddenly appeared outside the city and blew up the city gates, and was angrily scolding, but after a while, the Ming army's shelling began, and two shells exploded in the new shogunate, destroying two houses and several unlucky Japanese soldiers.
"Baga, Da Ming doesn't talk about credibility! Dead, dead, drip! Ito scolded with a blushing face.
Ito remembered that at the moment when he led the coalition forces into Nagano to completely destroy the Tokugawa shogunate, he sent someone with the head of Tokugawa Iemitsu to ask the Ming army for merit and express his loyalty.
Could it be that the Ming army had no intention of withdrawing troops from the beginning to the end?
Ito was already stunned by his own guess, no matter what, the sudden appearance of the Ming army in Nagano was completely enough to show that his guess was the truth, it was really the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind! He ruined the calculations of the Ming army!
Ito's heart was like ashes at this moment, the Ito family and the 350,000 allied forces of each fan fought a decisive battle with the Tokugawa shogunate, and they had lost 180,000, and now there are only 170,000 left, and if they want to fight against the Ming army with 170,000 troops, there is obviously no chance of victory.
"Ito-kun! Didn't you say that you got the promise of the Ming army, and the Ming army would withdraw its troops! The head of the Takeda family, Takeda Shio, rushed in angrily and asked Ito Kamoto angrily.
It was precisely because Ito said that after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Ming army would withdraw its troops, so he agreed to unite with the Ito family to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate, and the same is true for each time, and now the Ming army not only did not withdraw its troops, but killed Nagano without anyone having time to prevent it, and surrounded them, how could Takeda Shio not be angry.
Originally, there was the Tokugawa shogunate, and there were no less than 600,000 troops to resist the Ming army, although it was not necessarily able to resist the Ming army, but there was still a lot of hope after all, but now, the Tokugawa shogunate was destroyed, but the 250,000 army belonging to the Tokugawa shogunate also disappeared, killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800, and the coalition army also lost 180,000, a total of 430,000 troops, and now there are only 170,000 troops left, how to resist the powerful Ming army!
Takeda Shio was also desperate, his anger almost swept away his reason, and stepped forward and grabbed Ito's collar fiercely, trying to get an explanation from his mouth.
It's a pity that Ito Kamoto is also blindsided, I don't know why, how can I explain it to Takeda Shio.
Not only Takeda Shio, but also other heads of the family also came to question Ito.
Although desperate, Ito still sent someone out of the city to ask the Ming army, even if he died, he would die to understand, why the Ming army broke its promise and played him with the Ito family, it was too despicable, he didn't accept it!
Outside the city, Yan Yingyuan did not avoid the envoy sent by Ito Mamoto, but summoned him generously, but when he summoned the Japanese envoy, the artillery battalion's shelling did not stop, and continued to bombard Nagano Castle non-stop.
This envoy was none other than Tatsuya Ito, the high-ranking member of the Ito family who had met Yan Yingyuan at the beginning.
Faced with Tatsuya Ito's questioning, Yan Yingyuan calmly agreed.
"Hehe, this marshal doesn't remember what he promised you at the beginning, this marshal just said that he would consider it, and now this marshal will tell you the result of this marshal's consideration, that is, the Ming army will never withdraw its troops, and the Japanese country will be destroyed!" Yan Yingyuan smiled sarcastically and said coldly.
Don't say that he Yan Yingyuan really didn't make any promises at the beginning, just say what morality! Do you use morality with the Wakos? During the Jiajing period, the Japanese invaded the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty for decades, killing how many Ming people, did they talk about morality in advance?
Yan Yingyuan is not one of those pedantic Confucian scholars, he has followed Zhu Ci for so long, under the influence of Zhu Ci Yuan, it is his cognition that the strong are respected, and it is his lifelong goal to continue to expand the territory for the Chinese nation.