Domineering Daming

A group of daimyos were extremely excited, thinking that he was really going to withdraw his troops, and he didn't have to face the artillery shells falling from the sky from the Ming Dynasty. They responded one after another and followed Aoyama Zhongjun down the watchtower.

What followed was the thunderous sound of the Ming Dynasty's cannonballs, and the rain of shells fell into the city.

Shocking explosions reverberated, filling the entire Guanmen Strait, tremors comparable to an earthquake, shaking even the mountains.

Chapter 1376 Fighting

Tadatoshi Aoyama was busy placating these suspicious daimyos who wanted to retreat, and the chaotic fortress was full of flames of war, and people's hearts were fluctuating.

Due to the artillery fire overhead and the mixed forces of the major names, it was quite difficult to implement the strict martial law demanded by Tadatoshi Aoyama.

The archers of the Ming Dynasty continued to shoot into Emperor Mingzheng's edict against the Tokugawa shogunate, and there were also some letters urging surrender. Although these letters were strictly confiscated, they were still picked up by some people.

In a gloomy basement, several warriors gathered, and they could tell by their clothes that their grades were not low.

The lights were dim, and the faces of several people were blurred, and the extremely low voices were whispering.

"The emperor's secret words have come, His Majesty has asked us to burn down one of the granaries, so as to give the Ming army a chance to break the city!"

"The emperor has determined to take back power and eliminate the shogunate. This is a great cause for thousands of years, and we must go all out!"

"It's not easy to handle. The people guarding the granary are all the shogunate vassals of Tadatoshi Aoyama, and their people come in and out. We can't get close at all?"

"There are not many guards. There are my people in the granary to the south. The number of guards is about [-]. There are layers of defenses. It is too difficult to go in to prevent fire."

"There is a way! You can guide the artillery of the Ming army and let them concentrate on bombing. No matter whether you can take the opportunity to rush in at that time, we will need us to fight the fire afterwards, repair and tidy up!"

"Okay! Let's do it like this! Gentlemen, this is the unworldly achievement of 'Respecting the King Xiangyi'. We must work together and spare ourselves!"

"Hayi!" A group of people responded in a low voice, their tone very firm.

The artillery fire of the Ming Dynasty continued, as if aimlessly covering the closed fortress, every place seemed to be bombed.

The incendiary bomb brought a blazing flame, coupled with the sea breeze, and the burning became bigger and bigger, but Shigemasa Itakura had encountered it before, and he made sufficient deployments, and did not affect the vitals.

Although the Guanmen Fortress was covered by the artillery fire of the Ming army, it was still stable, standing like a monster made of iron.

In the evening, the artillery fire of the Ming Dynasty finally weakened. The main reason was that the cannons needed to be cooled, and there was not enough maintenance.

In the Guanmen Fortress, Tadatoshi Aoyama took this opportunity to fill in the gaps, adjust the fortress, and inspire the army.

The granaries in the fortress are divided into three, which were specially built by Itakura Shigesho. They are strong, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and heavily guarded.

The granary in the south is built against the mountain, and it is extraordinarily tall, as if it was built in the middle of the mountain. The high and wide gate is guarded by heavy soldiers. Because of the mountain, it is a place that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty can't cover.

Taking advantage of the darkness, a man in black moved quietly along the darkness, but he didn't come to the granary, but a hundred meters away, Qingshan Zhongjun's battle house, they quickly separated, and released consecutively towards the black sky in several directions. Several soaring sounds.

This signal resounded in the dark night, exploding like gorgeous fireworks.

One by one, they illuminate half of the night sky, and they can be seen from no matter how far away they are.

This action instantly alarmed the entire Guanmen Fortress, and teams of warriors rushed out quickly to arrest these men in black.

But these people left after letting go, sneaked quickly in the dark, and then changed their clothes. In the already chaotic fortress, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, no matter how difficult it was to find.

Many big names rushed over to ask about the situation.

"Izumori, who is this?"

"Are they spies from the Ming Dynasty? How could there be spies from the Ming Dynasty in the fortress?"

"They must have sent a signal to the Ming army. Is this going to bombard the battle house? Izumori, you have to move away!"

Qingshan Zhongjun was still sitting in the underground battle room, his expression remained indifferent, and said: "The order will be passed down, the whole city will be under martial law, no one is allowed to move out without orders, pro-vassal warriors patrol the city, and if they find suspicious people, they will be killed!"

Some people behind him suddenly became alert. Perhaps the Ming Dynasty was not planning to bomb Qingshan Zhongjun's battle house, but to check the terrain in the fortress and carry out a focused bombardment!

"Yes!" A group of big names became nervous and went to make arrangements.

In the dark night, the Guanmen Fortress was adjusted again, strict martial law was implemented, and the brief analysis of the Ming Dynasty was being screened.

They didn't know that Emperor Gomizuo had given the Ming Dynasty a list, and they didn't know how many Ming army spies were here, but they still killed a hundred people in just one hour, severely shocking the entire closed fortress!

On the other side, Oboi on the big basket saw the signal in the city without using a telescope, and immediately said: "Quick, record it, and calculate the position!"

In the big basket, several staff officers were writing and drawing quickly on the small table in front of them, looking up from time to time for the signal that was about to disappear.

Not long after, a staff officer raised his head and said, "My lord, I figured it out. It's on the south side of the fort, 35 degrees southeast of the signal direction."

Obai had never been in the Political Yuan, so he didn't know what the staff said, so he said with a calm face, "Well, let's pass the order, and the artillery array will adjust its direction. At noon tomorrow, we will focus on taking care of this granary!"

"Yes!" The staff officer responded.

On the other side, Zuo Liangyu's [-] servants began to move forward. When the sky was bright, they stopped five miles away from the fortress. The army was full of murderous aura, ready to attack the city!

The Guanmen Fortress was tense, the city walls were crowded with people, martial law was everywhere, and the battle was ready.

To the surprise of the fortress, the Ming army did not shell again until noon, and Zuo Liangyu's [-] troops did not move forward, but sat down to eat.

They didn't pick up the cakes, but took out biscuits and taro cakes from their backpacks, and the canned food in front of them, eating them with gusto.

The shogunate soldiers in the city were suspicious for a while, observing carefully and vigilantly.

Standing in the watchtower, Tadatoshi Aoyama had some bad premonition in his heart, but he couldn't explain clearly, his eyes flickered, and he said, "Where is Shigesho Itakura?"

An elder behind him said: "It should have reached the designated position, but it is not enough to make things happen."

Aoyama Tadatoshi had an indifferent expression and did not speak.

He has done everything he can, and now he can only defend and see what happens.

"Dian, the Ming army has moved!"

Suddenly, a samurai rushed to report.

Tadatoshi Aoyama immediately picked up the binoculars and looked up at the artillery formation of the Ming army.

Just for a while, there was a sudden sound of cannonballs, and the shells came at a high speed visible to the naked eye.

But soon, they saw something was wrong, a retainer's face changed slightly, and said: "Dian, they are bombarding the barracks, it is very clear, it must be those signals from last night!"

Qingshan Zhongjun naturally thought of it, and said: "Let them pay attention to concealment and be careful. I suspect that the purpose of the Ming Dynasty is not this."

"Yes." A group of people responded, quickly descended the watchtower, and prepared separately.

Every bombardment by the Ming army brought great pressure to them, and they needed to be handled carefully.

There were [-] cannons in the Ming Dynasty, and they seemed to be concentrating on bombing the military camps of the shogunate, but there were still some small targets, including the three major granaries, but the shells were scattered, not so obvious.