Domineering Daming

Naito Masakatsu was calm. In his opinion, the closed fortress had an army of [-], so it could be defended, right?

He glanced at Tadatoshi Aoyama, hesitantly said: "Izumoru, it doesn't matter if you can win one or two games, as long as you have it."

Aoyama Tadatoshi glanced at him and understood what he meant.The shogunate is now facing great pressure and needs a war victory to relieve it.

But Qingshan Zhongjun said without hesitation: "No, it's good to be able to hold on for the next month."

The Guanmen Fortress is not Shanhaiguan, and it is not as high as the city and the walls are thick.The Ming army is not Jurchen, and the thousand-plus cannons are not Xiyi cannons.

Even if the Ming Dynasty did not attack hard, they would not be able to survive for a month-the money and food were insufficient, and people's minds were chaotic.

Naito Masakatsu's expression was a little stiff. After all, he was a civil servant. He couldn't say much to the veteran Aoyama Tadatoshi, so he could only keep silent and continue to look outside the city.

The Ming army has a 2-strong army in a strict formation. Looking at the direction of the fortress from a distance, the artillery formations on three high grounds are undisguised. They are resting fortifications and may fire at any time.

Qingshan Zhongjun didn't look any more, turned around and said, "Let's go."

Itakura Shigemasa and Naito Masakatsu turned around silently and followed him downstairs.

Not long after they left, Dorgon appeared in a artillery formation, looked at the black muzzle, boxes of explosives beside him, looked at Oboi behind his eyes, and said indifferently: "This is the new gun from the Ordnance Bureau." The gunpowder developed? How powerful is it?"

Obai was quite respectful, raised his hand, and said, "My lord, it's newly developed, and it's extremely powerful."

Dorgon didn't say much, touched Guangjie's forehead with his thumb, and said: "Command, fire!"

Obai responded, and then said in a deep voice, "Fire the cannon!"

Bang bang bang!

There was a sound of cannons, and green smoke lingered out, rushing towards the closed fortress.

Daming's artillery has been pursuing the range, firing from several miles away, all in unison.

This kind of long-range attack is unsolvable for the shogunate army, and there is no other way but to be beaten passively.

As for the out-of-city battle or sneak attack hinted by Naito Masakatsu, it has been completely ruled out by Tadatoshi Aoyama.

The cannons roared, and the shells rained down on the Guanmen Fortress.

An explosion resounded through the sky, the ground trembled like an earthquake, and the entire closed fortress was shrouded in thick smoke, making it feel like hell.

Aobai watched carefully with his binoculars, and after a while, behind Dorgon, he said loudly: "My lord, in a day's time, more than 1000 cannons will arrive here, and the total number will exceed [-]. !"

Dorgon's eyelids twitched violently. He knew that Daming was powerful, especially firearms, but the exit was three thousand doors, which was far beyond his expectations.

Chapter 1374 Collision

The closed fortress has already been bombarded once, Itakura Shigemasa is very experienced, and he dealt with it calmly.Even though there were three artillery formations and the bombing reached some dangerous corners, Itakura Shigemasa still handled it like a duck to water, and he was able to catch it with his hands.

These things are not the ability of Itakura Shigemasa, he does things cautiously and dare not have any high-profile.

Aoyama Tadatoshi is like a shopkeeper who is throwing his hands away. He doesn't know what to study in his battle room, and he is indifferent to the bombardment outside.

Naito Masakatsu left soon, he needed to go to Edo to report the situation here to Tokugawa Iemitsu, and Tokugawa Iemitsu had too many things for him to do.

The artillery fire of the Ming army continued day and night, and the incendiary bombs burned the fortress brighter than daytime. The horrific explosions made the [-] troops in the fortress sleepless at night and uneasy.

Itakura Shigemasa had experience before. At night, when he came to the underground battle room where Tadatoshi Aoyama was, the sound of the explosion was still echoing in his ears. He looked at Tadatoshi Aoyama solemnly, and said, "Izumori, we can't go on like this."

Qingshan Zhongjun looked at the map in front of him and said, "Is this map detailed?"

Aoyama Tadatoshi glanced at Itakura Shigema, and said indifferently: "Did you check this map yourself?"

Itakura Shigemasa has been in the closed fortress for a long time, and he also made this map under the order of Tadatoshi Aoyama. Hearing this, he immediately said: "Yes."

Qingshan Zhongjun took a look at him, lowered his head and continued to look at the map, and said: "Not bad."

Tadatoshi Aoyama seldom praises others. If usual, Shigemasa Itakura must be very happy, but now, with a serious expression on his face, he said: "Izumori, no one knows the terrain here better than the lords and family governors of the Western Kaido countries. More detailed, now that most of them have surrendered to the Ming people, this map may not be of much use."

Aoyama Tadatoshi stared at the map without any response.

After a while, Shigemasa Itakura raised his head and said, "Everyone in the pass can't sleep now, and they can't eat or drink well. If this continues, we will be trapped to death."

"What do you think?" Qingshan Zhongjun said without raising his head.

Itakura Shigemasao was a little cautious, and said: "The villain suggested that the troops should be withdrawn in batches like the opposite bank. It is enough to stay here with [-] troops to ensure that the warriors will not be exhausted."

Qingshan Zhongjun looked at a point on the map, his eyes flickered, shook his head and said: "Don't count on it, if we withdraw our troops, it will shake the morale of the army, and the Ming people will not just bombard them. I estimate that it will take up to three days , they will start attacking the city.”

Itakura Shigemasa twitched the corner of his mouth, bowed his body, and said: "Izu's watchful eyes are like a torch, the villain is negligent!"

Qingshan Zhongjun raised his head, looked at him, and heard the rumble of cannons outside, said: "However, you are right about one thing, we cannot be trapped here."

Itakura Shigemasa looked up at Tadatoshi Aoyama, waiting for his next words.

They have an army of [-]. It seems that they blocked the Ming army's eastward advance and set foot on the road to the home island. In fact, their [-] army was also trapped here.You can neither go out to fight the Ming army, nor can you spend it indefinitely.

Aoyama Tadatoshi didn't keep Itakura Shigemasa waiting long, and said indifferently: "We need a big victory, which will severely dampen the morale of the Ming army and force the Ming army to stop."

Itakura Shigesho nodded. Not only did closing the strait need time, but also food and grass. Edo also needed time to sort out the disturbances in the Emperor's edict, strengthen the control of daimyo in various places, recruit soldiers, food and grass, plan the defense line of the home island, and so on.

After the desperate failure, Wa country has too many things to do.

Qingshan Zhongjun said: "I have a plan in my heart, and I need Itakura-kun's cooperation."

Itakura Shigemasao bowed and said, "Izumori just give orders."

Qingshan Zhongjun nodded, pointed to a place on the map, and said: "This is called Fenglin Gorge. If there is a big fire, it will be enough to destroy 3 Ming soldiers!"

This map was drawn by Itakura Shigemasa himself. He is very familiar with everything. He just looked up and knew where Aoyama Tadatoshi was talking about, but he frowned and said, "Izumori, it's a bit far away from here. It's not easy to get there. , It is too difficult to set up an ambush there."

The place Qingshan Zhongjun pointed to was fifty miles west of the Guanmen Strait. It was a stretch of high mountains and a gourd terrain.

But to go to this place from the Guanmen Strait, you have to go through the camp of the Ming army. Moreover, the Ming army has set up an ambush outside, how can they get out?

Qingshan Zhongjun looked at him with a stern gaze, and said: "If you go out by day and night, you can go out along the coast. The number of people does not need to be large, two to three hundred people at a time, and there can be more than 300 people in five days. A little bit of blindfolding will do the trick." Pretending to be 1000 people, the Ming army wants to make sure that nothing happens, at least they will send 2 people to strangle them."

When Itakura Shigemasa listened, he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, and said, "Izumoru just said [-]?"

Aoyama Tadatoshi said: "In Zhuhou Fan, Zhuqian Fan and other places, I still ambushed people. Those who surrendered to the Ming army were not all sincere, and there were also people I buried. When the time comes, they will cooperate with you and go in another direction. Rise."

Itakura Shigemasa frowned, his eyes flickered, and his face was very solemn.

He understood, Qingshan Zhongjun wanted him to leave the city and go to the Calabash Canyon!

Once you leave the city, you can never come back!

Aoyama Tadatoshi didn't have time to play charades with him, so he went around in circles and said directly: "Itakura-kun, I hope you can do well, this is your last chance."