Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 419 The city is broken!chant song!

As always, a wave of fire coverage will come before the siege.

For this process, the Ming army can already be said to be familiar with it.

The bombardment covering the sky can not only put great psychological pressure on the enemy, but also reduce a lot of casualties in the siege later.

It's just that the difference from before is that because it has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Japan, the logistics supply station has been stretched extremely long, and the supply of ammunition today is far from being as sufficient as before.

Therefore, the attack on Edo Castle lasted less than half an hour and stopped, and some ammunition was still left to solve some tough bones in the city.

And Edo Castle is worthy of being the city used by the Tokugawa family to control the entire Wa Kingdom as the actual capital of the Wa Kingdom. It can be regarded as the upper city with high walls and thick defenses.

Even after being bombarded by the artillery fire of the Ming army for nearly half an hour, it still stands tenaciously, if you don't look at the tattered wall full of cracks and shell craters.

Before the defenders on the wall could react, as soon as the artillery fire stopped, the vanguard of the siege Ming army used trench bridge vehicles to directly fill up the moat of Edo, making it completely useless.

Immediately afterwards, various large-scale siege equipment also took turns to attack Edo Castle.

The siege ladder, the siege hook ladder, the siege vehicle, and Lu Gong's vehicle were all pushed over!

The densely packed Ming army outside the city was charging crazily, using various siege equipment to climb to the top of the city and fight with the Edo defenders.

Edo Castle is the base camp of the Tokugawa family, and the troops stationed here are naturally the most powerful group of the Tokugawa family.

But that's compared with other Japanese armies, and compared with Daming, it's inferior.

The two sides fought desperately and achieved a battle loss ratio of three to one. On average, three Japanese soldiers were needed to contend with one Ming soldier.

It is necessary to be cautious in order to barely contend.

The troops that Bai Polu brought to attack Edo this time were all elites, most of them were top fighters who had participated in the Liaodong Campaign, and the command system was composed entirely of elites from the former Yongwei Battalion. In terms of equipment and training, it can be said that it is the first-class level in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it can naturally suppress the Japanese soldiers.

However, from Bai Polu's point of view, these Japanese soldiers can be regarded as elites, and it is remarkable that they can fight against these elites in a three-on-one manner.

Although according to the current situation, it is possible to slowly and completely crush the enemy army if it continues, but the casualties on my side may not be acceptable to me.

These are the elites of hundreds of battles, how could they suffer too much loss when attacking the mere Wa country?
So after a little thought, Bai Polu ordered the ascending troops to gradually push back above the siege facilities, and all kinds of siege equipment that were originally below the upper ranks also retreated, leaving only a few high-ranking siege equipment like Lu Gongche and others. The downward-suppressing siege facilities continued to suppress the Japanese soldiers from top to bottom with bows, arrows, fire systems and even crossbows.

As a result, the Edo defenders naturally felt the pressure was greatly reduced. Although they didn't understand why the Ming army had the upper hand but retreated back, they relaxed a little.

Naturally, Bai Polu didn't give up on the siege. After withdrawing all the personnel responsible for the close combat with the opponent, he immediately waved his hand, and hundreds of crash cars all wrapped in fine iron were thrown into the air one by one. Pushed by the soldiers of the Ming army, they slammed into the walls of Edo City.

Before withdrawing his troops just now, Bai Polu asked the craftsmen in the army to inquire about the current defense of the Edo city wall.

And the old craftsman directly patted his chest and assured: "Marshal, you can rest assured that the city wall of the Japanese pirates has already reached the critical point after our previous bombardment. As long as you send him a modified crash car, hey hey, hit it back and forth a few times. Next, the little old man promises, the city wall will be smashed to pieces in a few strokes!"

With the assurance of professionals, Bai Polu immediately ordered people to start rebuilding and crashing the car, and at the same time, the retreat of the Ming troops who ascended the city just now happened.

But it's just a little modification. For the craftsmen who accompanied the Ming army, it was just a piece of cake. The soldiers had just withdrawn, and the car was almost remodeled.

After the soldiers were selected in the army, all the cars had been remodeled. Immediately after eight people per car, thousands of people pushed more than 100 fine iron cars and rushed up!

The Edo defenders on the city wall could see the Ming army's movements, but they didn't retreat.

On the one hand, even though the large troops of the Ming army have withdrawn, the long-range troops of the Ming army standing on the siege facilities such as Lugong vehicles are still attacking them. .

What's more, those siege vehicles that had been modified by the craftsmen and added bearings ran really fast. Before they could react, the vehicles reached the wall, and immediately all the defenders standing on the wall could clearly feel After shaking for a while, the crash cars underneath crashed into the city wall!
boom!boom!boom!boom!
"One-two-three! One-two-three! One-two-three!"

Following the loud chant of the Ming army controlling the cars below, the cars crashed into the city wall of Edo City one after another, and the defenders on the city wall seemed to be standing on a boat in the rough sea. Like the wooden boat, it kept shaking violently with the impact of the Ming army, as if it would be swallowed by the boundless sea in the next moment.

"One-two-three! One-two-three! One-two-three!"

"Hey brothers - woohoo!
We hit it hard - ouch!
Crashing and crashing - ouch!
The city of the Japanese pirates fell down—oh wow!
Who doesn't work hard-oh wow!
- It's a coward!

Hit hard with your feet - you will get the military exploits - oh wow!
The military merits are exchanged for silver rewards! — Hey hey yo wow!
The mother-in-law at home is happy to bloom - ouch! ! !
Blossoms of joy - oh wow!
Just give birth to a baby-oh wow!
Give birth to a big fat baby - ouch!
Hey hi hi yo wow! ! ! "

The collision started, I don't know which group started first, the Ming soldiers who hit the wall actually shouted like they did in the village before.

With the climax of the chant, the vigor is getting bigger and bigger!
In the end, the defenders who had already panicked on the city wall shouted in fear.

The walls of Edo City, which were already crumbling, collapsed with a loud roar!

Boom!Boom!Boom!
The smoke and dust all over the sky instantly covered the entire sky.

By the way, Edo Castle, the last line of defense of the Tokugawa family, was nakedly displayed in front of the strong and strong man of the Ming army.

There is no trace of defense, and there is no cover up...

(End of this chapter)