Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 367 The Death of Songjiang City

Outside Songjiang City, the Ming army camp.

Standing on a high observation deck, Taichang held up his binoculars and scanned slowly, his face full of thoughts.

Lu Xiangsheng and Yuan Keli stood behind him, one on the left and one on the right, but their faces were full of helplessness.

They can't persuade the emperor even if they live or die!

It's too dangerous here, but the emperor is coming.

They had no choice but to order the cavalry of the Shenwu Battalion to surround the place.

Fortunately, the cavalry didn't need to participate in the siege at all, and they didn't cause any trouble to the Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion.

At this moment, the temporary pier has been built, and the artillery has begun to move over.

However, the transportation speed of the artillery is quite slow.

There was no way, it was too time-consuming to hoist the artillery and artillery carriages from the Dragon Fang battleship to the Spike battleship, and it was even more time-consuming and laborious to lift the artillery and artillery carriages from the Wolf Fang battleship to the temporary dock.

After the artillery and artillery carts landed, it took a long time to push them outside Songjiang City.

Therefore, it is not bad for tens of thousands of sailors to push more than 1000 artillery pieces a day.

If it is necessary to push all the artillery on the sixty Longya warships over, it will take at least seven or eight days.

This speed is still a bit slow.

Taichang put down the binoculars and thought for a while, then said decisively: "Send ten thousand armored cavalry to help. It's faster to use horses than to use people to push, and it doesn't take much effort."

Uh, this.

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, but still cupped his hands and said "obedience", then hurried down the observation tower and went to find Cao Wenzhao himself to explain.

Ten thousand sailors and ten thousand armored cavalry worked hard all day, and finally they were able to transport two thousand five-hundred-jin Thor cannons.

Early the next morning, Taichang couldn't wait anymore, he didn't want to stand here and wait for six or seven days.

He stood on the watchtower and scanned the city with binoculars for a while, then asked, "Jiandou, why don't we start bombing now, just push the artillery up and bomb the city!"

Oh my god, blast the city!
At this moment, Songjiang City is densely packed with people, and if the shells hit it, the scene is unimaginable.

However, there are basically Japanese pirates inside, and there are not many civilians, and it seems that there is nothing to be sympathetic to.

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, and then resolutely cupped his hands and said: "The emperor is wise, it is indeed more useful to bombard the city directly than bombard the city wall."

Anyway, their goal is to take Songjiang City as soon as possible.

If they set up artillery and bombarded the city wall, trying to flatten the arrow stacks and parapets, it would be a waste of shells.

And it can't kill a few Japanese pirates.

It would be different if you bombed directly into the city, the densely packed crowd, at least a few shells could be killed or injured by a single shell!

It is estimated that the Japanese pirates will not be able to stand it after a few days of bombardment.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then gave the order: "Order, order Qi Jin to lead [-] Shenji Battalion infantry to push [-] Thunder God cannons one mile near the east wall, and directly bombard the city."

Soon, voices of orders sounded from various camps in the Shenji Camp.

Teams of Shenji Battalion soldiers quickly gathered towards the east of Songjiang City. In less than half an hour, the east side of Songjiang City was densely packed with neat square formations.

As soon as Qi Jin gave an order, the soldiers of the [-] Shenji Battalion guarded two thousand [-]-jin Thunder God cannons and slowly pressed towards Songjiang City.

When the Japanese pirates on the city wall saw this posture, they were so frightened that they retracted their heads behind the arrow stacks.

Of course they knew that the Ming army had a frightening number of guns and artillery, and they were all overwhelmed. If they didn't shrink their heads back, they would definitely be beaten with pits all over their faces!

After Maeda Toshino heard the news, he had to go upstairs to the east gate to have a look.

He really didn't expect that there would be so many Ming troops rushing over. The camp outside the city was filled with Ming army tents, so dense that there was no end in sight!

This is so similar to the scene he saw when he assembled the army in Shinano country.

In other words, there are at least three to four million Ming troops outside the city!

This time, they were definitely trapped in the city and couldn't get out. If they went out, they would really be looking for death.

He could only hope that his father-in-law would send reinforcements to rescue him, otherwise, the Ming army would besiege him for several months, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

The food in the city is enough to feed 20 troops for two or three months!
He really didn't dare to think about what would happen after the food ran out.

Of course, he was not worried that Songjiang City would be breached by the Ming army.

Because the city is full of people, the Ming army absolutely cannot afford to fight a war of attrition!
He still has a certain understanding of the offensive and defensive warfare of the city. Generally, the casualties of the attacking side are at least twice that of the defending side.

In other words, if the Ming army wanted to exhaust the 20 defenders in his city, it would have to pay at least 40 casualties.

Who can afford this price?
Therefore, he judged that the Ming army would definitely not be able to afford it.

As for the muskets and artillery of the Ming army, they should not have much effect if they are blocked by the city wall.

How could he have imagined that the Ming army would not bombard the city walls, but directly bombard the city!
The front of the Shenji Camp formation was only about two miles away from the city wall, so it wouldn't take much time to advance one mile.

Soon, two thousand [-]-jin Thor cannons were pushed to a position about one mile away from the city wall.

Qi Jin looked at the gate tower to the east, estimated the height of the cannons after they were fired, and then ordered decisively: "Two thousand Raytheon cannons are lined up in ten rows, avoiding the gate tower. .”

Ten rows of artillery arrays, that is, one hundred artillery pieces in each row, spread out about two miles wide, which is about as wide as the two sides of the city wall.

After the artillery array was lined up, Qi Jin ordered again loudly: "Order, all artillery, adjust the angle of the guns, starting from thirty degrees, every round of salvo, increase by two degrees, first salvo ten rounds!"

It is estimated that most of the area in the Boom City like him will be plowed by shells!
After a wave of command flags, the two thousand cannons quickly adjusted their angles and loaded shells.

The general in charge of commanding the gunners didn't need Qi Jin to give any more orders. He just waved down the command flag in his hand, and the two thousand cannons immediately let out a earth-shattering roar.

Maeda Toshitsune was taken aback by the roar of the artillery.

How many artillery salvos is this?
How many casualties would be caused by so many shells hitting the city wall?

He subconsciously shrank behind the arrow stack, and then quickly looked to the left and right.

Strangely, there was no sound on the city wall, and the shells of the Ming army didn't know where they flew.

This accuracy is too bad, right?

He was wondering, when suddenly there was a shrill howl behind him.

It's over, the shells have fallen into the city!
At this time, he realized that the shell falling into the city was more terrifying than falling into the city wall, because the city was full of people!

At this moment, the vicinity of the western city wall was like a purgatory. Two thousand shells smashed into the dense crowd of people. The scene was simply indescribable.

All in all, this round of shelling alone caused thousands of casualties.

Immediately afterwards, the roar of artillery outside the city kept ringing, and the howls in the city never stopped, and more and more, more and more horribly.

After ten rounds of shelling, not only the Japanese pirates in the city suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but the houses in the city were also smashed to pieces.

Because the Japanese people basically used wood to build their houses, they couldn't stop the bombardment at all.

Maeda Toshi saw this scene often, his face was pale and frightened.

Finished!

If the Ming army continues to bombard like this, the more than [-] troops in the city will be wiped out!
Will Qi Jin be polite?
of course not.

He just waited for about half an hour, and when the barrel was almost cooled, he ordered without hesitation, ten more rounds!

This time it was carpet bombing from east to west.

Although Qi Jin didn't know the term "carpet bombardment" yet, the effect he produced was similar to that of carpet bombardment.

Of course, the shells at this moment can't blow up the ground, and he can just plow the Japanese pirates on the ground.

Who can stand such a bombardment?

Ten rounds of shelling caused at least [-] to [-] casualties!

In another ten rounds, there may be fewer casualties, but at least [-].

Ten more rounds, ten more rounds, ten more rounds.

The tens of thousands of cavalry sent by the Shenwu Camp to pull the artillery were changed to carrying ammunition, and they happened to carry it in half an hour.

The ammunition reserves of the Dongyang Fleet and the Beiyang Fleet are both in the hundreds of thousands.

Therefore, Qi Jin didn't have to worry about running out of ammunition at all.

No one can stand such a bang.

However, the Japanese pirates were not fools. After thirty rounds of shelling, they realized that they would be fine if they squeezed under the east wall, because not a single shell fell under the east wall.

Seeing this, Taichang just smiled coldly, and then ordered Qi Jin to stop the shelling.

Is that the end?

of course not!

In the afternoon, when the number of cannons pulled over reached [-], Taichang ordered the Shenji Battalion to divide into three waves, and bombard the city in the southeast, north, and south respectively, with [-] cannons on each side.

Now there are no dead spots in the city, and it doesn't matter which side of the city wall the Japanese pirates hide under!

Three thousand cannons bombarded Maeda Toshitsune for ten rounds, but he couldn't bear it anymore.

At this moment, the casualties of the shogunate army exceeded [-]!
The city had already turned into a purgatory, and the howling sound was simply earth-shattering.

If the Ming army is allowed to bombard like this again, it will not be more than [-] casualties, but more than [-] people will be killed directly.

At that time, the city will not be a purgatory, but a dead zone!

It seems that there is only one way to surrender.

However, Maeda Toshinaka couldn't say the word surrender.

Because he is not alone, he represents the Maeda clan of the Kaga Domain!

The defeat was already unforgivable. If he ordered to surrender in such a humiliating manner, the Tokugawa clan would have to use this as an excuse to deal with the Maeda clan!
How to do it?

While he was hesitating, Horio Tadaharu's confidant suddenly stumbled and ran over, weeping and said: "My lord, our Patriarch was unfortunately hit by a shell, already, already..."

Ah!
When Maeda Toshitsu heard the words, he almost fell to the ground.

Zhongqing is dead!

In an instant, he was lifeless!

Perhaps, committing suicide and apologizing is the best choice.

When I die, I will take all guilt with me!
Thinking of this, Maeda Toshitsu said solemnly: "I tell the generals of the army that if I lose this battle, I will commit suicide as an apology. Where do you all go, please feel free!"

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly walked towards Horio Clan's feudal lord's mansion.

Zhongqing, you wait for me.

I will accompany you!

(End of this chapter)