Chapter 240. History repeats itself
Not only these bastards were excited, but Mao Jue was the same, Edo, Dongjiang in later generations, why did he come in?
There is no war law these days, and there is no intention to take into account civilian casualties. With the experience of fighting Nagasaki last time, the army of various troops marched and set fires, from Edo Bridge to Shibaguchi Gate, wherever they saw it, there was a light of fire. Some of the main forces of the shogunate Edo who had just arrived from Yukibashi Gate were divided and surrounded, and the rest was blocked by the fire. In the thick smoke, the proud samurai coughed and fled in panic.
The flanks were blocked with fire, and the forwards rushed forward. In the second hour of the war, the four thousand pairs of Dongjiang's main force had already penetrated randomly. It was considered the forged bridge gate of the inner city part. This was the most important part of Edo Castle. In front of the door, dense blacksmith shops gathered here one by one. After passing the door, they were all cloth shops and money shops. Going forward, Edo Castle Honmaru Go Temple, and the tall giant beasts crouched in their eyes.
But when we arrived here, it was Mao Jue's end point tonight. In front of us, the shogunate samurai who came to support the torches were becoming more and more dense. Under the Tenshou Pavilion, the strong city defense was much stronger than the Guo defense outside. In the perforations of the walls, there were dark iron cannons. After all, it was the capital of the Tokugawa family, and the core and defense were still unknown.
Besides, even if you risk shocking casualties to capture Honmaru, it would be impossible for the Tokugawa shogunate to be lost all of a sudden. Mao Jue was already very satisfied after fighting here.
As the sound of tiles falling, Dongjiang musketeers climbed up to the building and shot at the large group of warriors coming from afar. On both sides of the forging bridge gate, teams of elite soldiers kicked open the door one by one. When they saw people arresting people and packing things, the army began to turn to defense.
The team finally followed this kung fu, pushing the Japanese on the flat bluestone road, two big black guys emitted a wet and shiny glow.
Mori Sakura, who was in charge of the custody, was so excited that she was about to float away. She personally pushed the cannon to Mao Jue and then knelt on one knee heavily on the ground.
"Lord, the cannon has arrived, please give an order!"
No wonder this girl was so excited. In the battle of the demise of the Toyotomi family, in the Osaka Winter Formation, the Toyotomi family's Otsuka bombarded the Toyotomi family's Tianshou Pavilion. The forced mother and son of the Yododo made peace with the Toyogawa family and had to agree to the humiliating requests of filling the trenches. Now that the feng shui turns, it is her turn to bombard the Toyotomi family and avenge this arrow.
Not only her, but the entire Toyotomi family remained the same. These two cannons were dragged to the Tentengo Island by the Kumano pirates leaning on the boat.
With a rare opportunity to win people's hearts, Mao Jue naturally would not pour cold water on it. Looking at the cannon, he immediately drew out his knife and pointed at the magnificent Tianshou Pavilion in front of him.
"fire!"
"Hayi!"
While Sun Chun was muttering, the shaking handle shook the cannon body with a clattering iron chain. There was no need to consider aiming anymore. More than 500 meters were Tokugawa Imotomaru, and the huge Tianshou Pavilion stood in front of the muzzle. This distance could even be called flat shooting.
The one-foot-long Mao Jue became famous, and the shrapnel was stuffed into the cannon chamber. With a curse of gritting teeth, Mori Sakura personally moved the flintlock machine. The huge vibration made the nearby houses rustle and the tiles fell. As Mao Jue looked around, the representative of the highest power of the shogunate suddenly "screamed" twice, and two huge holes opened on it.
What Mao Jue didn't know was that his two cannons almost changed history and ended the war early. It was still the same Tianshou Pavilion. Several small-sized servants died in turmoil. Two Tokugawa retainers had broken one arm and the other had lost their legs. They fell to the ground and moaned in pain. The copper lamp beside them was smashed. The wide general's robe was covered with blood, and his face was a little jumping. Tokugawa Iemitsu looked in front of him incredibly.
He is really lucky. Mao Jue's shrapnel is usually used to hit targets of one thousand to two thousand meters, but this time it is only four or five hundred meters. The projectile smashed through several layers of the fragile wooden walls of the Tianshou Pavilion and smashed into the Imperial Palace, but the fuse had not yet burned to the ground.
This gave the little samurai around him a chance. More than a dozen personal guards immediately formed a wall to block Tokugawa Igami, and then the shrapnel erupted out.
But even so, Tokugawa Iemitsu was completely stupid, unlike his father Tokugawa Hidetachi. He was a real third generation official. The Battle of Sekihara was over when he was born. It was the first time he had not experienced that era of fighting every day.
Not only him, Aoyama Yukizuna, and Inaba Masatsugu's old middlemen were almost wiped. They were stunned for two or three seconds. Aoyama Yukizuna stepped forward and grabbed Tokugawa Iemitsu and fled directly to the back hall. Inaba Masatsugu's roared like a pig.
"Come here, find the Tang Zhe gunner immediately, destroy the Tang Zhe Datong, go quickly!"
Mao Jue's shot failed, but he actually caused trouble. The Qiben army of Tokugawa's family had been guarding Honmaru to death. As if he had dug an ant nest, thousands of troops immediately opened the city gates and rushed out with weapons. The puppet, which was arranged in defensive positions in front of the forge bridge gate, felt the pressure at the first time.
The shogunate army, who had just been suppressed by the muskets hidden on the wall, suddenly more than a hundred iron gunners rushed out of the street, and they were desperate. The dark muzzle directly hit the shops on both sides of the road.
After all, there were hundreds of shots! With a thud, I don’t know which unlucky cloth shop building collapsed directly. The pang Dahai also sat on the ground with a wheel and fell more than three meters. He almost broke his femur and covered his butt. He was so angry that he shouted and scolded.
"Where are so many short guys coming out of this! Ouch~"
There was another fire gun at the entrance of the alley. Taking advantage of the Japanese iron gunners loading, the Dongjiang flintlock gunners who were squatting in the house fought back and killed more than a dozen of them and shot them back. However, in this kung fu, a large group of flag soldiers wore white belts on their heads, held the sword and rushed up, forced to stand up, and held the knife in front. Pang Dahai's old face was also a little solemn.
He held the revolver in his left hand and fired several shots. He turned his head suddenly and yelled at the personal soldiers beside him.
"I informed the general that the Japanese reinforcements have arrived, please give me instructions!"
"Abide by the order!"
With a loud shout, he took out his red feather and inserted it into his helmet. The three personal soldiers turned around and ran back.
In this kung fu, Mao Jue had already made four holes for Tokugawa Datianshou. In the era of cold weapons, this high fortress tower was an invincible existence. He was shot from a high place, and many people had to hate him, but in front of the cannon, it was a big man.
Seeing that the fifth and sixth shells were brought out of the box, and as soon as they were about to be stuffed into the cannon barrel, the three Red Peel Messengers ran away, without them coming to report, Mao Jue shook his head in surprise.
"That's the piece!"
"Okay, stop fighting, order the withdrawal of troops!"
Two signal flares were sent out into the air. Maori Sakura, who was still unsatisfied, had to push the cannon and start to retreat. The Dongjiang army, who was still robbing nearby, immediately showed their extremely high qualities. Even if there was a cash cabinet in front of him that he had not turned over, he would immediately turn around and leave.
There is no way, conditioned reflex. I am afraid of sudden attacks. When the Dongjiang Army trains, there is often such content. When having lunch, the whistleman suddenly whistled and did not immediately put down his bowl to gather, so he had to squat the horse stance. Half a whistleman was impunity for the assembly without wearing pants. He was late for wearing pants, and then squatted with horse stance. The chiefs of each head blew the whistle, and the other head was not even through his brain. These Iron Rebels retreated.
However, this became a big misunderstanding in Mao Jue's command. What he was guarding against was the reinforcements of Honda Tada Dynasty. In desperate situation, 10,000 troops fought to the death with 70,000 or 80,000 enemies was called bravery. For no reason, he had to fight 70,000 to 80,000 people alone, which was called tiger. This time, the main purpose was to plunder Japan. Unless necessary, Mao Jue would not have to fight the main Japanese troops.
But the Tokugawa Shogunate Banner who rushed out gave him the illusion that the shogunate reinforcements had arrived. He retreated for about half an hour in advance, and only plundered for more than half an hour. When the time of the Honda Tadao arrived, the Dongjiang army had already retreated.
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When I woke up early the next morning, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who had been re-entered, was so angry that he shivered. The corpses and blood on the Imperial Palace had been cleared, but the holes on the wall could not be cleared. Looking east from here, half of Edo Castle almost turned into ruins in the wars of yesterday.
"Transfer to Honda Tadao, Naoto Ii, and ask them to come out immediately and kill all the Tang thieves for me, and don't let anyone go!"
But the general's voice echoed in the hall, but this time, even Yuzunari Aoyama, Tadaoka Sakai and others, who were the pro-war faction, remained silent.
The people were still the same people yesterday, but the location was definitely different. Mao Jue's army entered the city from outside the city, occupied Teng Island, and burned the Shijiguchi Bridge leading to Teng Island, and the Shikiya Bridge. The trench dug by the Tokugawa family has now become a defensive barrier for the Dongjiang Army. If he does not attack and the shogunate army attacks, he will have to force the rushing Sumida River to cross the turbulent Sumida River with muskets.
This has become the situation in Nagasaki's offensive and defensive battles. Although the shogunate army has a superior number of people, it is hard to say whether it can win.
Half an hour later, passing through Southeast Edo Castle, which was burned into scorched earth, Yuki Aoyama's sedan chair appeared in front of the Dongjiang Army's army again.
Yesterday, he laughed at others as a fool. Today, Dongjiang Jun, who was watching the other side of the trench and holding a gun, wanted to slap himself twice, but the matter had already happened. He finally waved helplessly, and the maid with black teeth on her side was also weak and shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!