Chapter four hundred and thirteen: artillery washing the ground
"Baga!"
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was so angry that the veins on his forehead popped out and the muscles on his face were twitching. He was really like a monkey at this moment. He turned around and pulled out the "Mikazuki Munechika" Japanese sword that represented conquest from the sword rest, and slashed three feet high with a leap.
He turned to the book of peace terms on the case.
"Crack!"
It has to be said that this "Mikazuki Munechika" is worthy of being written by a famous master. Even after hundreds of years, it is still extremely sharp. Under the angry hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the terms of the peace talks and the documents were directly slashed by him
Split in half.
Just as Qi Panzong and others expected, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi saw the terms of the peace negotiation brought back by Tokugawa Ieyasu, he was so angry that the Three Corpses Gods jumped out and almost stabbed Tokugawa Ieyasu with a knife.
"Instruct the whole army, I will personally lead them to attack these arrogant Ming troops and chop off their heads!"
After chopping up the peace talks documents, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was still angry, immediately ordered to take the initiative to leave the city and attack the Ming army camp outside the city.
"Lord Taige, please calm down! The conditions set by the Ming army commander are extremely harsh, but if we go out of the city to fight with him in the field, we will be attacking with a short blow and falling into the trap of the Ming army. It is better to rely on the city and hold on..."
Seeing that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was furious and wanted to leave the city to fight the Ming army in the field, Tokugawa Ieyasu stood up and opposed it, advocating relying on the terrain of Nagoya Castle to fight the Ming army in a defensive battle.
"Lord Taige, our firearms are not as good as those of the Ming army, but if the Ming army attacks the city, it will just rely on the advantage of the terrain. In this way, our iron cannons, large barrels and fire arrow tubes will not lose the power of the Ming army's firearms!"
"Lord, the field battle will benefit the Ming army, and the city defense battle will benefit me..."
Under the leadership of Tokugawa Ieyasu, a daimyo whose strength was only that of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Date Masamune, Kamao Clan and other Kanto lord daimyo also stood up one after another, using various reasons to oppose the "Monkey"'s outing of the city.
In fact, in addition to the obvious reasons, the main reason for these famous names of the Kanto Tibetan lords is because they do not want their own strength to be damaged.
You must know that most of the hundreds of thousands of reserve troops stationed in Nagoya are from the Kanto princes. Compared with the Kansai princes who are keen on conquering Korea and the Ming Dynasty in the west, these Kanto princes are more interested in this.
There is a lack of interest in the matter, which is why 'Monkey' made them a reserve team.
And now, seeing that the Ming army has landed on the Japanese mainland, what does this mean? Naturally, the leading army on the Korean Peninsula must have been defeated.
So at this time, how could they be willing to damage their own strength?
"You guys...you guys, just follow the advice of the gentlemen and rely on the city to defend it!"
Faced with the unanimous request of these Guandong princes, 'Monkey' had no choice but to agree at this moment, even if he was unwilling in his heart.
There is no way, who told him that most of his core forces at the moment have been sent to the Korean Peninsula?
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"Lao Zhu, haven't you always thought it was not enough? This time, use all your skills and let go of your hands and feet to beat me hard!"
Pointing to the Nagoya Castle built against the mountains outside the camp, Wang Bing ordered with a stern face to Zhu Dingchen who looked excited.
It was not Wang Bing's surprise that the terms for peace talks that he proposed were rejected by 'Monkey'. After all, 'Monkey' was also a generation of heroes who ended the Japanese Warring States Period. How could he give in so easily?
So facing this 'monkey' that was unwilling to submit, Wang Bing chose the simplest and crudest, but also the most effective method, beating! Beat it thoroughly until it hurts, until it has no choice but to agree!
"Brothers, damn it, it's time to have a dinner party, hahahaha!"
After receiving Wang Bing's order to let go and fight, Zhu Dingchen happily led his artillery team and got busy.
Different from what Tokugawa Ieyasu, Date Masamune and others thought, although it was an siege, Wang Bing did not think of sending a large army to attack directly with ants. Instead, he prepared to give the Japanese a wave of firepower first.
Let's talk about washing the floor.
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"Hiss! This Ming Dynasty is so rich!"
Naturally, the Ming army's preparations to attack the city could not be concealed from the condescending Japanese ears and eyes. So when Zhu Dingchen led his artillery team and began to make arrangements, the Japanese in the city also climbed up the tower to check.
However, when they saw the numerous artillery pieces of the Ming army outside the city, while they were frightened, they couldn't help but feel envious.
There is no way, the Japanese are not ignorant of the power of artillery, but the Japanese country is short of iron, so they can only use this iron on the 'blade' and vigorously develop iron cannons that consume less iron, that is, firecrackers.
Therefore, before Wang Bing came to this world, the Japanese weapons and equipment were generally superior to those of the Ming army.
"Can such a small artillery piece of the Ming army shoot so far?"
After lamenting the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese generals soon discovered a problem, which was the size of the Ming army's artillery.
In his opinion, the larger the artillery, the longer its natural range. At such a long distance, not to mention the Ming Army's artillery, which seems to be not much bigger than their "big barrel", it is their own small number of artillery that can shoot the furthest.
The 'fire arrow tube' can't reach this distance either.
"Replace all with new explosive shells, and shoot those Japanese cannons first!"
Just when the Japanese were still surprised by the number and shooting distance of Ming Dynasty's artillery, the Ming army, under the skillful operation of the artillerymen, more than 800 tiger squatting cannons were placed around the three sides of Nagoya Castle.
It's in place.
However, unlike the shotgun shells usually used in wartime, this time Zhu Dingchen used the new type of explosive shells that were recently trial-produced by the Bureau of War for the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
The reason why it is called a new type of blooming bullet is because this time, the shape of the blooming bullet has not only been changed from a spherical shape to a cone shape similar to the 'Nanwei bullet' used in flintlock rifled muskets, but more importantly, this new batch of bullets has
The detonation bomb did not have a fuse protruding from the outside of the missile.
You know, explosive bombs have actually been around for a long time in the Ming Dynasty, and they are not a new thing. But in the past, explosive bombs relied on the match rope extending from the shell to detonate the gunpowder in the shell. If you are not careful, the shell will explode.
Exploded in the barrel.
Therefore, whenever a shell is fired, a bucket of water is usually prepared next to it. This is so that once it is discovered that the shell has not been fired, a ladle of water can be poured into the barrel immediately to extinguish the fuse on the shell.
However, this method is not safe, so even under the influence of Wang Bing, Habayashi Wei, who suffers from "synthetic phobia of insufficient firepower", rarely uses this kind of explosive ammunition.
But this time the explosive ammunition sent by the War Bureau was a flintlock impact explosive ammunition newly developed by Zhao Shizhen, a firearms expert, according to Wang Bing's idea.
Although this new cone-shaped explosive bullet is not as refined as later generations of artillery shells, it is much safer and more advanced than the explosive bullets that are ignited by fuses.
"General Qi, the first team has been loaded!"
"The second team is loaded!"
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"Fire!"
Chapter completed!