Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 366 The city is full of people

Maeda is annoying, he is really annoying.

Because all the shogunate troops suddenly ran to Songjiang City.

In one day, more than [-] shogunate troops poured into Songjiang City!

This Matsue City is not a big city. Originally, there were only tens of thousands of residents in the city. After he and Horio Tadaharu squeezed in 5 people, the city was already a bit crowded.

At this moment, more than [-] shogunate troops poured in again, and the entire Songjiang City was about to be overwhelmed!

Almost in a blink of an eye, the houses, streets, and even the feudal lord's mansion were crowded with people, so crowded that his head almost split open.

The problem is, no matter how much he scolds, these people still refuse to leave the city.

Because they were all frightened by the cavalry of the Ming army.

These people all said in unison that the whole body of the cavalry of the Ming army was covered with iron armor, and even the horses were wrapped in iron armor, which was too terrifying.

They have nothing to do with them at all, they go out of the city to die!
Are the cavalry of the Ming army really so terrifying?

The iron cavalry of Shenwuying is indeed so terrifying!
When Cao Wenzhao led the army to charge with his head covered, he hadn't gone to count the results of the battle. When he came back from the kill and didn't see the Japanese pirates, he remembered to ask his generals to count the results of the battle.

When the result came out, he was shocked.

Because in less than an hour, they killed more than [-] Japanese pirates!

Are they really that good?
it is true!
They have a total of 5 horses. If one person kills two pirates, that is 15 pirates. If one person kills three pirates, that is [-] pirates.

This result is really normal for them.

Because the Japanese pirates were stunned when they saw them and then ran away in fright. They could stab one to death with a single shot, and they could kill one with a single knife. It was like cutting melons and vegetables. Simple.

Even, many people have no chance to use a knife or a gun!

Because the horses wrapped in iron armor hit the Japanese pirates directly, and the densely packed iron hooves stepped over, and the Japanese pirates on the ground would be almost as if they were not trampled into mud. No need to use any knives and guns to knot them.

That is to say, they killed more than [-] Japanese pirates without any effort at all. On average, each person only stabbed or slashed a few times. Most of the rest of the time they were galloping on horseback. It hurts to be idle!
Of course, they can only kill Japanese pirates so easily when they encounter this kind of Japanese pirates who have never seen armored cavalry before. But anyone who has seen iron armored cavalry, they would never have imagined that they could easily achieve such brilliant results.

After all, people know that armored cavalry are powerful, and they will run away if they can't beat them!
The enemies they encountered either shrank into the city fortress to hide, or they ran away when they heard the sound of iron hooves like rolling thunder, and some even set up chariot formations to stop them, so that they could not run.

Who would stand there stupidly like these Japanese pirates, waiting for them to rush over before running away in all directions!
The next step is simple.

Because all the troops of the shogunate were frightened by the iron cavalry of Shenwuying, almost all those who could run went to Songjiang City, and there were almost no traces of Japanese pirates outside, they just had to rush all the way.

Therefore, the next day, the entire Izumo Kingdom was almost occupied by the infantry of the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion.

On the third day, Qi Jin, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao had already gathered outside Songjiang City.

At this time, they also had a bit of a headache, because the walls of Songjiang City were densely packed with Japanese pirates!
It is true that they have muskets and artillery, but the problem is that muskets cannot penetrate the arrow stacks, and the artillery they are equipped with is only a small Thor cannon, and they cannot penetrate the arrow stacks.

In this case, if they attack hard, they will suffer a big loss. There are so many people on the city wall, they probably won't be able to squeeze in!
They had no choice but to send someone to ask the emperor for instructions.

Taichang also had a headache when he received the news.

Because he synthesized the battle reports of Qi Jin, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao and found that there may not be 20 Japanese pirates in Songjiang City!

In other words, the city of Songjiang was full of people, not only the city walls were crowded, but the city was probably also full.

At this moment, the Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion outside Songjiang City have less than 30 infantry in total, so a hard attack is definitely not enough.

No matter how advanced their weapons and equipment are, they have the advantage of a city wall!

The city walls are densely packed with Japanese pirates, and the city is also full of Japanese pirates. It's no wonder you didn't suffer heavy casualties if you ran to attack hard.

They wanted to take down Songjiang Castle at the lowest cost, but just like Tsurumaru Castle, they used artillery to flatten all the arrow buttresses and female walls on the city wall, so that Japanese pirates could not stand on the city wall!

The problem is that Songjiang City is not on the seashore, and the Dragon Tooth battleship can't hit it at all, and the small Thunder God cannons equipped by the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion are, to put it bluntly, an improved version of the Tiger Crouching Cannon. Can't move!
How to do it?

Taichang, Lu Xiangsheng, and Yuan Keli sat there frowning and pondering for a long time, but they couldn't think of any solution.

I don't know how long it took before Lu Xiangsheng sighed slightly: "Your Majesty, we really have no choice but to besiege. After all, Songjiang City is so big, and there are hundreds of thousands of grains stored in it at most, and 20 pirates at most three The food inside was eaten up in four months, and they had no choice but to surrender, or they would starve to death in the city.”

This is indeed a method. When a city cannot be captured, the only way is to besiege it. The besieged city will run out of ammunition and food, and people will not be able to surrender unless they surrender.

Question, Taichang doesn't want to waste three or four months in a small Songjiang City!

He stared at the map of Izumo Kingdom for a long time, and suddenly said crazily: "How about we move the artillery on the Longya Battleship to the outside of Songjiang City to bombard it!"

This!
Lu Xiangsheng and Yuan Keli couldn't help being dumbfounded when they heard this.

However, they quickly reacted.

Not to mention, although this idea is a bit crazy, it is not impossible.

Because the cannons on the Longya battleship have gun carts that can be pushed, and Songjiang City is only ten or twenty miles away from the coastline, so it is not difficult to push the cannons there.

The only problem at the moment is how to move the artillery and cannon carriage down.

Izumo Kingdom doesn't have any large ports and wharves, and the Dragon Tooth battleship can't dock at all, and the [-]-jin Thor cannon plus the artillery cart weighs [-]-[-] jin, and it takes at least ten people to lift it.

There is no way for the Dragon Tooth battleship to dock at all, so how can the Thunder God Cannon be lifted down?

Yuan Keli couldn't help sighing and said: "Your Majesty, if you can lift the [-]-jin Thunder God cannon and the cannon carriage, it will not be a problem to move it outside Songjiang City. The problem is that the Dragon Tooth battleship can't dock. How will the car be lifted to the shore?"

This is indeed a problem.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly asked: "How heavy is the anchor of the Dragon Fang battleship?"

this?

Yuan Keli said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, this humble official really didn't ask in detail, I can only make a rough estimate. Compared with the anchors of the Cangshan ship and the Haicang ship, the anchor of the Longya battleship is a little bit less. It weighs a thousand catties."

Isn't that all right?

When the ship anchors, it is basically on the sea. If there is a dock, then there is no need to drop the anchor, just tie the cable to the big pile of the dock.

These anchors weighing several thousand kilograms can be lowered and then retracted at sea. What is the artillery weighing several hundred kilograms plus the cannon carriage?
Taichang asked again: "Is there a special winch for anchor retraction?"

Of course, an anchor weighing several thousand kilograms cannot be moved by a man, and can only be retracted with a winch.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Keli couldn't help but suddenly said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, we use a winch to hoist the cannon down?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, the Dragon Fang warship cannot dock, but it is very simple to dock the Spike Fang warship and the wheels. We only need to build a few temporary docks. We can use winches and The cables hoisted the cannons and carriages to the Spike, and then to the shore."

It's really a bit troublesome to do this. It will probably take a day or two to hang the more than 100 cannons and gun carriages on the Dragon Tooth battleship.

However, compared to the siege time of three or four months, one or two days is nothing.

(End of this chapter)