Domineering Daming

"No, there is no news from Izu Mamoru." The retainer said.

Itakura Shigemasa frowned. It was Tadatoshi Aoyama who kept him, he knew this very well, but now he lost the command of Tadatoshi Aoyama, which made him very disturbed.

Early the next morning, Li Dingguo selected two high places, heavy cannons were transported up, and boxes of ammunition were constantly transported.

This process took a lot of time, but Li Dingguo did it so blatantly, and even carried it out without arrogance or rashness.

On the top of the city, Itakura Shigemasu held a binoculars, his heart was burning with embarrassment, and he asked, "Can our artillery hit them?"

A retainer said: "Ours can't, the range of Xiyi artillery is half that of Ming Dynasty artillery, and the power of gunpowder is much less powerful."

Itakura Shigemashi breathed heavily from his nostrils, his eyes filled with hostility, and said, "Any other discoveries?"

The retainer said: "There are dense forests everywhere, and there are changes in the dense forests. We have confirmed that there is an ambush in one place, and it is estimated that there are also other places. The number of people may be [-]."

Itakura Shigemasa sneered and said, "As expected, what countermeasures do you have for the cannons of the Ming Dynasty?"

The retainer looked distressed, and said, "I haven't thought of it yet."

This kind of long-distance attack method is definitely the first time that Japan has encountered it. Unless they have equivalent firearms, there is no way to fight back. What's more, the opponent has set up ambushes outside, waiting for them to leave the city .

Itakura Shigemasa knew this matter well, asking was just to shirk responsibility, he snorted expressionlessly, turned around and forced himself down.

Not long after he went downstairs, Li Dingguo gave an order, and thousands of cannons were fired at the fortress in the Guanmen Strait.

A thousand shells were flying in the sky, expanding rapidly from small, dense black spots, since they hit the city.

Boom boom boom!

Thinking about the shells one after another, the huge fortress trembled violently like an earthquake, and the deafening explosion sounded like thunder, resounding through the world.

"fire!"

"fire!"

"fire!"

The flag commander waved the flag and shouted, and the gunner quickly filled the shells, ignited, cooled, and repeated.

The cannonballs were like raindrops, rushing and dense, falling into the city at high speed.

Huge explosions followed one after another. Amidst the terrifying sound of explosions, thick smoke was like mist and dust was like sand, covering the entire Kanmen Strait Fortress.

Even in Itakura Shigesho's battle house, shells would fall nearby from time to time, causing the bombed house to tremble as if it was about to fall.

I don't know when it got hot, the fires in the city are burning everywhere, and the summer is already scorching hot. Now the city is like a huge steam oven.

The smoke and dust billowed in the steamer, and the fire was everywhere, and countless screams sounded, drowned in the sound of the explosion.

There seems to be no safe place in the huge fortress. I don't know how many people shouted and panicked.

These shogunate warriors in the pass did not know the power of Ming's artillery, and despite their preparations, they were still frightened.

Even some daimyos ran to Itakura Shigemasa's ear, shouting crazily, this is terrible, what else can resist such an "artifact"?

Itakura Shigemasa looked very ugly looking at the gunpowder smoke in the city, the blood everywhere and the painful screams covered by the gunfire.

"Dian, why don't I take people to destroy their cannon formation!" A retainer said, he couldn't bear it anymore.

Itakura Shigemasu said decisively: "No one is allowed to leave the city!"

The purpose of the Ming people is very simple, that is, to capture the Kanmon Strait and cut off the support of the island of the country to the island of the nine countries.There are still ambushes outside, if the door is opened, it will be a trick!

A group of people were extremely unwilling, but they had no effective way to deal with it, and all of them were full of anger and resentment.

Not long after, a warrior ran over and said, "Dian, the navy of the Ming people appeared, and they seem to be entering the strait!"

Itakura Shigemasa's complexion changed, his eyes were filled with joy, he boarded a watchtower regardless of the danger, and looked at the sea with a telescope.

Although it was very vague, I still vaguely saw a fleet slowly walking towards here.

Itakura Shigemasu showed murderous intent, and said: "Order everywhere to prepare, and wait for their fleet to reach the encirclement before attacking!"

"Yes!"

The samurai left quickly, and the other daimyo also had an excited killing intent on his face.They can't do anything to those cannons outside the customs. If they destroy Mingren's navy, that would be a great achievement!

They braved the artillery fire and stared at the sea.

Outside the Guanmen Strait, Zheng Zhilong led the fleet to hover nearby, but did not approach, and kept observing.

The deputy general beside him said: "My lord, this strait is quieter than before."

Zheng Zhilong could hear the meaning, put down the binoculars, and said, "Li Dingguo is bombarding over there, and it's still so quiet here, obviously they have set up pockets, waiting for us to get in."

The lieutenant general said: "My lord, what shall we do?"

Zheng Zhilong put down the binoculars and said: "Closer, don't go in, pretend to go in, try to delay the time as much as possible."

The lieutenant immediately understood that this was firstly to delay time, and secondly to test, to see what kind of trap Itakura Shigemasa had arranged!

The fleet approached the strait, wandering back and forth, but never entered.

While enduring Li Dingguo's artillery fire, Itakura Shigemashi stared at the fleet on the sea. Time moved like ants, and the suffering was extraordinary.

Chapter 1360

Li Dingguo commanded the artillery formation, and kept observing the fortress in the Guanmen Strait with a telescope.

Although it ran like rain, exploded like thunder, like an earthquake, and faint screams permeated the air, the fortress stood still and showed no signs of collapse.

Li Dingguo's face was a little condensed, and he held the binoculars without letting go.

Not long after, his lieutenant also discovered the problem, and couldn't help saying: "My lord, this city is really strong. After so long, it hasn't suffered too much damage. I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture. According to the information of the Military Intelligence Department, there may be [-] people in it." Shogunate."

Li Dingguo put down the binoculars, thought for a while, and said, "How long can our ammunition last?"

The lieutenant general said: "According to this speed, it will be used up today at most."

Li Dingguo looked at the Guanmen Strait, and said: "Send a letter to Governor Cao, asking him to deliver ammunition. Also, send a letter to Dorgon, asking him to dispatch Hei Tianzhong to help!"

"Yes!" The lieutenant commanded.

Li Dingguo bombarded for several hours, knowing that going on like this would not have much effect, he said: "Retreat in half an hour, start tomorrow, slow down the pace, put deterrence first, and damage second."

"Yes!" said the lieutenant general.

Li Dingguo ended earlier, mainly to save ammunition and wait for reinforcements from Heitian Zhongzhi.