Early the next morning, the Xuan Army left the 8th Infantry Squadron to guard the dock base and supplies. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The remaining four infantry squadrons, one reconnaissance and search company, two engineer companies, and three infantry artillery companies, marched towards Kagoshima Castle in a column, a specially trained way of marching for the Xuan Army, which could effectively resist enemy ambushes.

However, there were no obstacles along the way, and the army successfully reached 5 kilometers outside Kagoshima Castle.

An officer joked, "Did the two battles yesterday frighten the enemy's courage and not dare to fight us, and they want to surrender?" ”。

In the end, this good wish was not realized, and Kagoshima Castle was covered with flags, and it was completely a posture of refusing to defend the castle.

Fortunately, Chen Xin did not expect the enemy to surrender so easily, nor did he have any disappointment.

After the Edo shogunate seized the dominance of the Wa Kingdom, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Imperial Empire, issued a decree of "one country, one castle", which required that only one castle should be located in each daimyo fiefdom, and all other castles must be demolished.

However, this "city" is not the same thing as the Chinese "city", which is a huge city that can protect the population of the whole county from danger, while the "city" of the Wa Kingdom is a small fortress that can only live in the daimyo family and the retainers and servants who serve the daimyo family.

The "One Country, One City Order" has also created a special social phenomenon. The residential area outside the castle was called Joshita Town, and it was originally inhabited by samurai who belonged to the daimyo to receive annual salaries, but later because the entire daimyo domain, that is, the samurai, was located here, most of the merchants in the domain gradually gathered to live.

During the war, the samurai retreated into the castle to help the daimyo defend the city, while the merchants found ways to protect their lives and property.

When Chen Xin's army was besieging the city, these merchants had already embarked on the road of escape with the goods they could take with them.

"General, do you need to intercept?"

Chen Xin nodded, "All of them are imprisoned, but no abuse or robbery is allowed, send an interpreter to tell these merchants that they only need to be wronged for a few days, and if they take Kagoshima Castle, they will be let go home, and if the army lacks anything now, they will go to these merchants to buy it, and they must abide by discipline and trade fairly." ”

"Yes."

If you want to rule a country, you must have a class that supports you, and Chen Xin chose peasants and merchants in the Wa Kingdom, as well as some samurai, as his basic plate, and among these people, each layer has to be subdivided.

The landless tenants among the peasants were the easiest to win over, and in the Kitakyushu region, those tenants who had been newly allocated land were already the hardcore of the Xuan army, and the basic militia formed by them as the main force had begun to be responsible for maintaining order in the countryside, saving a large amount of armed forces of the Xuan army.

Among the samurai, those who have not been war, and the newly unemployed samurai have long been in Chen Shin's recruitment plan, and in the plan to conquer the southern island of Kyushu, the samurai company formed by these samurai has already impressed the captain, and yesterday the captain sent a report recommending an increase in the scale of recruitment.

This part of the personnel can also become Chen Xin's help to rule the Wa Kingdom, and after the occupation area is stabilized, as a factor of social instability, these warriors can also become Chen Xin's sharp sword to conquer Southeast Asia, as long as he has been expanding his territory, he is not afraid of having no place to place people of this class.

Finally, there were the merchants, after the establishment of the Edo shogunate, the samurai law was re-established, the hierarchy was stipulated, and the merchants were ranked at the bottom, although after more than a hundred years, these Japanese merchants would slowly begin to control the economy of the Japanese state, and try to seize power, and even support the overthrow movement to overthrow the current Edo shogunate.

However, in this period, the warring states that the village chief had fought for hundreds of years had just ended, and in this peaceful ten years, the Japanese merchant groups had not yet shown the slightest sign of rising, and now the Japanese merchants were still regarded as untouchables by the ruling class, and they had no rights at all, they were like cattle and sheep raised by the daimyos, just waiting to be fattened and slaughtered for meat.

Therefore, in Chen Xin's plan, the ordinary merchant class of these Wa kingdoms could also be temporarily united.

As for the future, there is still a long way to go, who can say.

After arriving at the place, Chen Xin immediately issued an order: "Arrange a squadron in each direction, surround the castle, and the reconnaissance and search company will cruise around, drive away all the peepers, and if there is a small reinforcement, you can dispose of it yourself." The artillery position was arranged in the south of the city, and the engineer company immediately began to build an artillery position. ”

After the siege of the city, the eight 10-pound long-barreled heavy guns unloaded from the warship were installed on the prepared artillery trucks, and with the cooperation of dozens of war horses, they were quickly transported to the artillery position 2,000 meters outside the city.

Looking at a 10-kilogram heavy artillery truck that more than a dozen war horses were struggling to pull up, Chen Xin's brows furrowed again.

In the end, the caliber of infantry artillery is still a little smaller, and there is no problem in dealing with a village or town, but it is a little powerless to go up to the city wall, and naval guns must be called every time they attack a fortified city.

Now it is only to attack the coastal cities, and the distance is not too far, but it takes half a day to transport these naval guns, and if you want to attack the inland cities in the future, it will be a big trouble.

"It seems that it is still necessary to equip the army model with light and high-power artillery as soon as possible."

Chen Xin took out a small notebook and wrote down this matter carefully.

At noon, after lunch, the naval artillery units, already prepared, began their first school firing.

A 10-pound round iron egg smashed on the city wall, and he never thought of facing the city wall with such a powerful artillery, and he was directly hit and collapsed a small piece of the wall.

Seeing that the first shot directly hit the city walls, under the command of the officer, the artillery came with a salvo.

In this earth-shattering volley, the short wall facing the artillery was filled with smoke and dust, and the brick-clad wall collapsed in large chunks, revealing the rammed earth wall inside.

The artillerymen quickly completed all the procedures for clearing and loading.

There was another earth-shattering show, and at sea, it was feared that a salvo would damage the hull, so the naval guns were fired in turns, although the sound was loud, but it could not be compared with the artillery salvo on land.

The entire Xuan army was deeply shocked by the heavy artillery salvo.

After 4 rounds of volleys, the opposite wall, in the stunned eyes of Xuanjun, directly collapsed, and the smoke and dust from the collapse of the rammed earth structure filled the earth, and the entire Kagoshima Castle was surrounded by yellow dust, and the outside could not see the situation inside at all.

"Is this still called the city wall? It's too much of a cut-corner, isn't it? ”

"You think it's all like the Ming Dynasty, the city wall is built high and thick, tell you, it's not bad, you haven't seen it, some places are poor, you can't even build this, you can only rely on logs."

"Logs? That's too casual, we only use logs when we're building makeshift camps. ”

Just as the officers were talking in amazement about the wall of the Japanese Kingdom, the squadron leader of the 7th Infantry Squadron came to Chen Xin and asked, "General, what a chance, the city wall has collapsed, and the enemy will definitely be in chaos, is it time for the infantry to rush once?" ”

Chen Xin looked at the castle that seemed to be quiet and abnormal, and slowly shook his head, "No, you listen, the outer city wall has been blown down, but there is no panic at all inside, the war of the Japanese Kingdom has been in turmoil for hundreds of years, although there is no experience in anti-heavy artillery, but in the street fighting in the city, it is an expert, I don't want my soldiers to fight for that big place." ”

Turning his head, Chen Xin ordered the herald, "Keep letting the artillery bombard, let me blow it all down, we don't need this bullshit castle." ”

"Yes."

After waiting for a long time, the dust finally slowly drifted away, and I was able to see the scene behind the city wall, as Chen Xin said, there was no chaos in it at all, and even after the Daming city wall was damaged, the counter-assault force that would inevitably appear was completely gone.

The artilleryman adjusted the angle of the gun, and after trimming the angle of one test shot, another salvo began.

Sure enough, the artillery fired another volley, and after penetrating a row of houses behind the city wall, a large number of iron cannons ran out from there, and they ran backwards.

The squadron leaders, who were observing with binoculars, gasped.

"This widow is really cunning, he actually hides in the house, it seems that he just wants to wait for us to go up, come ruthlessly, I just don't know if the body armor can prevent the iron cannon of these widows."

"When I was teaching martial arts, I did experiments, the caliber of the arquebus in the Japanese country is larger than ours, although the quality of gunpowder is a little worse, but such a large lead bullet, hit on the body armor at close range, will still penetrate the protective steel plate of the soldiers, that is, the better quality of the plug plate used by the officers, can be prevented, but it also has to rest for ten days and half a month."

"I calculated, there are at least more than 200 arquebuses, if this is rashly gone up just now, let them come at close range for a salvo, half of the squadron will be reimbursed."

"Therefore, when talking about martial arts, the general often said that you can't take any opponent lightly."

"What the general said is to despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically."

"That's right, that's it."

The buildings of the Wakoku are generally made of wood, but Kagoshima Castle has been hit by typhoons for many years, and many people use rammed earth houses.

As for the interior of the castle, it is originally for military use, so there are ravines and ravines inside, and there is no familiar person to lead the way, and entering it is simply walking a labyrinth.

Moreover, the various alleys are extremely narrow, and the troops cannot be used, and this kind of terrain is very conducive to the defenders.

Of course, Chen Xin will not let his army continue to consume it like adding fuel.

Now that the city wall has collapsed, the infantry artillery can also come in handy, although the destructive power of 3 catties of iron bullets on the city wall is not enough, but it can still be captured when used to hit people's houses and small strongholds in the city.

The three infantry artillery companies had 18 3-pound infantry guns, plus 1 for each of the four infantry squadrons, a total of 22 infantry guns, and under the cover of the infantry, they were pushed to a distance of 500 meters from the enemy city, and together with the naval guns, they bombarded the enemy together.

As the artillery bombarded the enemy's castle layer by layer, it seemed to peel off the shells of eggs, and after breaking them, they peeled off little by little, revealing the fragrant egg whites and yolks inside.

The Shimazu family has not sent anyone out to fight back, it should be that two consecutive battles yesterday consumed most of their troops.

And the reinforcements of the villagers in the outer city, the nearby ones, are being pinned down and eliminated by the Ranger Company, and they are unable to protect themselves, so I am afraid that they will not be able to come to their aid. In the distance, under the blockade of several cavalry units, I am afraid that there is no news yet.

Kagoshima Castle was filled with the rumbling of cannons, dust, and bricks and stones, and the Satsuma side, which had maintained its composure before, could no longer hold back, and the cries and screams kept coming from the castle, as if it were hell on earth, which made people feel creepy.

But the besieging Xuan army did not have a trace of sympathy, the war was so cruel, either killing the enemy or being killed by the enemy.

Unless, willing to surrender, to be taken by the other party.