Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Afterglow of Kyushu (2)

Twenty bronze cannons were lined up, lined up two hundred and fifty steps outside the city of Rizhijiang, and only a thunderous sound of "boom boom" was heard, which was the sound of an explosion that shook the mountains, and these people on the city of Rizhijiang were all frightened. Before the www.biquge.info could figure out what was going on, twenty solid iron balls slammed into the exposed wooden towers of Sunoe Castle at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye. It was blown open several times on the spot, and the sawdust flew everywhere, hitting the heads and faces of the defenders around them, although it was not a big deal, but the scene of the cannonball blowing the tower to the ground was really terrifying.

Boom Boom!

Frightened, the second round of shelling was fired again, and in the blink of an eye, the city tower was finally overwhelmed and collapsed, the outer city was opened, and the city towers in two places were also cracked.

Arima Qingchun, who was hiding behind the battlement, turned pale, and kept muttering: "The country is collapsing!" The country collapses! In his eyes, the power of the bronze cannon is enough to make a country collapse, and it is a weapon of the town.

Katayama Hengchang's eyes were shining, his mouth opened, and he shouted: "The iron artillery team is approaching to attack, and the Taidao team is advancing step by step, and immediately after the three-stage salvo, they will attack and seize the outer city and annex the museum." Shoot! ”

Knock knock

The drums thundered like thunder, earth-shattering.

The 900 iron artillery team was divided into three columns, and the three sections fired at the soldiers of the Arima Army who wanted to plug the gap, and the lead bullets deformed in the air leap, often causing more severe wounds after hitting the human body.

After the three-stage salvo, no one dared to raise their heads at the gap, and the Taidao team immediately climbed up. Arima Qingchun still had a glimmer of luxury when he was besieging the city, hoping to get a miracle.

But when the cannon was fired, all that remained was despair.

The Taidao team carried the Taidao, quickly approached the gap, all brave, as if forgetting tiredness, forgetting thirst, and even forgetting life and death, like a tiger descending from the mountain, holding weapons high, roaring like thunder, carrying the momentum of thunder, killing without hesitation, regardless of the knife mountain or the sea of fire in front, the only thing left in the heart is the belief of winning the city, the belief of victory or defeat.

Arima Qingchun saw that the situation was critical, and he knew that once the outer city was captured, and then the copper cannon would be arranged in the *** city of the outer city, even if it was slightly higher than the outer city, but it was not more than a few zhang high, and the inner city could be attacked in an instant.

Arima Qingchun has been in charge for decades, not everyone is a white-eyed wolf, there are always loyal and brave people who fight to the end, and the same clan Arima Chunzhong led three hundred "Shimahara people" to stand up, fight at the forefront, and plug the gap.

At this moment, the people of the River City of the Sun were panicking, the soldiers fled without calculation, many people left one after another, and those who were in important positions and retainers were also shirking each other's responsibilities.

Only Arima Juntada led the Shimahara people composed of orphans to make a final effort, and during the Warring States period, there were endless wars and orphans everywhere, and Arima Harumi took in many orphans for decades and trained them to become his helpers. Arima Chunzhong is their leader, and he is also an orphan, and he has been with Arima Qingchun since he was a child, and he was raised by Arima Qingchun.

The battle at the gap was about to break out, and Arima Chunzhong shouted: "Date dog thief, let you see that the people of Shimahara are not all cowards, kill them, kill them, and the time has come to repay the favor." ”

Katayama Hengcho's eyes froze, and he ordered: "The head of the iron cannon gun is raised by one inch, and a salvo is fired!" ”

"Bang bang bang!"

There was a sound of iron cannons, and Arima Junzhong, who was rushing to the front, was hit several times as if he had been hit hard by a hammer, and knocked down two steps backwards before he staggered to the ground, and the smoke was billowing in front of him, and he couldn't see the color of the sky clearly.

There are more than 30 people with the same fate as Arima Chunzhong, but they did not intimidate them, and after a slight pause, they continued to charge without hesitation, they are indeed the elite who have been trained by life and blood on the battlefield for a long time, and a volley can only delay them for an instant, but it still does not stop attacking, but the speed is getting faster and faster. Hand-to-hand combat soon ensued.

The knives used by the Taidao team are all big knives, and the weapons of the Shimahara people are varied, some are short guns, some are small knives, but more are also big knives, and the two sides collided together.

As the saying goes, one person is desperate, and ten people are unstoppable. Shimahara was ruthless, desperate, and slammed into each other at a small gap, blocking the attack speed of the Date Guntaidao team, and the two sides collided together and fought together. The knife and knife crushed the flesh, the blood reflected the sky, the brains smeared the ground, the teeth were crushed, the eyes were bloody, the sky and the earth were lightless, and the mountains and rivers were colorless. The disadvantage in numbers made the Shimahara crowd smaller and smaller, and the casualties of the Taidao team were also quite heavy.

In a short period of time, both sides suffered more than 100 casualties, if it wasn't for the first round of salvo that slightly suppressed the courage of the Shimahara people, the Taidao team would have suffered more casualties, but as time went by, the side with the superior numbers gradually won the victory, and more and more Shimahara people could not hold it and died one after another. In the end, none of the original people of the 300 islands surrendered, and none of them exposed their backs to the enemy, and all of them fought to the end, and none of them were spared. However, it also caused more than 170 casualties to the Date Army's Taiken team, and these people were all the Samurai reserves of the Date family.

If it were in normal times, such heavy casualties would definitely be scolded by Date Mashiro, but today is different from the past, as long as you can break through the Japanese River Castle and annihilate the Arima clan, you will be able to gain forgiveness after a complete victory.

Arima Junzhong, who was lying on the ground, was not dead, but he watched more and more of his brothers fall to the ground, and fought for most of the hour, until at last he saw the Date army rushing up, but he did not see Ma's coming to support.

Katayama looked at the flags fluttering above the outer city, and a smile finally appeared on his solemn face. As soon as the outer city fell, the inner city was about to be broken, but he did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the soldiers to make persistent efforts, and victory was expected. As long as Hinoe Castle falls, and the Ma father and son are killed and captured, the Date Army will be able to control the West Hizen Kingdom and complete the victory of the first stage, and the price paid by the Date Army today will be completely worth it.

Iga Kutaka commanded the post headquarters, followed behind the Taidao team, rushed into the outer city one after another, searched for the enemy troops scattered everywhere, and prevented them from escaping to make waves again, and victory was in sight.

Inner City.

Arima Qingchun's face was pale, but the family governor for decades was not useless, he was not afraid, sitting at the head of the conference room, staring blankly at the door, waiting for Ali at the last moment.

In Arima Qingchun's decades-long career as a family governor, he has experienced too many wars, joys and sorrows.

Just when he was sentimental, Qianqianshi ran in and cried and said: "Father, the outer city has fallen, and the inner city is in danger, please make a decision." ”