Kowloon wins

Chapter 484

There are many reasons why the Japanese army came so quickly. It may be that the Daishimizu Division failed to capture Edo Castle as planned, or it may be that the Daiqingsui Division has just succeeded, and the Japanese army has not yet received accurate information. The striker killed by the Japanese army was just a feint, and the main force had already returned to aid Edo. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Japanese army was still determined to fight the Qing army despite knowing that Edo was lost. Let's see the outcome, come and die and live later!
"What do you think of this, Qing'er?"

The situation is different, and the way to deal with it is also different. The most urgent thing is to judge the real movement of the Japanese army. This point, the old thirteen knows it well, but it is easier said than done. Seniors, but it seems that in such a situation where the news is blocked, it is really difficult to make an accurate judgment for a while, so she frowns slightly and throws the question to Hong Qing, who is riding a horse and standing by the side.

"Thirteenth Uncle Mingjian, my nephew thinks that the Edo Army's move should be desperate. The planned plan may be implemented in advance to prevent any changes."

The difficulty of the expedition lies in obtaining information. Even though Hongqing had made arrangements several years ago, it was limited by the time and the situation of the Wa Kingdom—the middle and upper-level warriors of the Wa Kingdom were all hereditary, and those with unknown origins were basically It is impossible to squeeze into it, and it is even difficult to buy it. As far as the current situation is concerned, the intelligence system of the "Sharp Knife" in Japan is still in the lower class people, and it has not yet formed a complete network. The role it can play is really not great As far as the movement of the main force of the Japanese army is concerned, Hongqing knows that there is no essential difference from the old thirteen, but Hongqing dares to assert that there is no other, because Hongqing believes in the naval admiral Sun Mingxu It will definitely be able to complete the important task of completely destroying Edo. The Edo army that has lost its old nest has now lost the support of backup. It will be difficult to afford the consumption of 10,000+ troops only by relying on the supply of the various vassals along the way. The only way to defeat it as soon as possible Only the main force of the Qing army can solve this predicament, and because of this, even if it is not clear how Tokugawa Yoshimune stabilized the army's morale, Hong Qing can accurately tell the motive of his army's high-speed killing.

"Well, that's good, the general offensive begins, drag out all the heavy artillery, boom! Make sure to take the capital before dark!"

Hearing Hong Qing's words, Old Shisan did not express his opinion immediately, but after pondering for a while, he waved his hand and made a decision.

"twitter!"

When the old thirteen gave such an order, all the generals who followed him immediately agreed. Immediately after hearing the sound of horns, two heavy cannons were pushed out from the battalion. The heavy cannon moved forward together, and reached the city without any scruples, less than a hundred steps away.

"Fill, load, prepare, release!"

The Wengcheng had been bombarded to pieces by Qing army cannons a long time ago, and all the old-style artillery and large defensive crossbows on it had been destroyed long ago. Busily loading shells and propellant packs, the three heavy cannons fired almost at the same time, but after hearing three loud noises, the three huge shells roared straight towards the city gate.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The inner city wall of the capital city is stronger than the urn city. It is also made of blue stones. It is about the same height as the urn city wall, but its thickness is one-third more. The city gate has already been filled with sandbags. , It seems to be solid, but after all, it has been bombarded by the Qing army's heavy artillery for several days, and the Qing army's nearly [-] infantry artillery has also ransacked the city. After days of heavy blows, the foundation has long been unstable. After being hit three times in a row by such heavy artillery, the entire city gate trembled like waves, and the earth and rocks splashed in all directions, and it was already on the verge of collapsing.

"Come on! All the cannons are ready and fired!"

"Let it go!"

……

The artillery commander of the Qing army didn't care how panicked the defenders in the city were, and issued orders in an orderly manner. The three heavy artillery fired three rounds non-stop. Finally, the quantitative change turned into a qualitative change, and the seemingly majestic inner city wall finally couldn't resist it. Suddenly, with a loud bang, the entire city wall collapsed, rocks flew everywhere, dust was flying, and the defenders in the city were panic-stricken.

"Steady, don't mess up, the Chinese people dare to enter the city, the knife in our hands is definitely not a vegetarian, kill all the Chinese people!"

In the past few days, the Qing army has never launched a battle against the city. It only bombarded the city wall with heavy artillery and killed the defenders at the top of the city with light infantry. A few lookout posts were left at the top of the city to watch every move of the Qing army, and most of the rest of the troops were deployed at the barricades a little far from the city wall. It collapsed, and the Japanese samurai standing behind the barricade were in an uproar, and the military spirit was in turmoil. Seeing this, Tokugawa Misei's eyes were red, and he desperately waved the samurai sword in his hand, screaming crazily Then, suppress the collapse of the army's morale with the bomb.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

into town?Of course the city was going to enter, but the Qing army did not launch a raid on the city as soon as the gate tower collapsed. The door rifle launched an extended shot, and a round of rapid fire immediately caused a mess within a hundred steps behind the city wall. The soldiers and civilians in the city were killed and wounded. , Under the cover of artillery fire, the dead, the wounded, and the rest had no intention of fighting, and followed Misei Tokugawa in chaos, desperately fleeing to the imperial city in the center of the city.

"Attack!"

The gunpowder smoke from the extended artillery fire has not cleared away, and the old thirteen, who has been sitting on the horseback all the time, waved his hand and issued the final general attack order, and immediately saw countless Qing soldiers rushing out of the formation roaring like a tide Passing through the dilapidated urn city, he rushed into the city quickly. Amidst the sound of killing, the east gate fell, and the south gate and north gate soon fell into the hands of the Qing army. In more than two hours, except for the imperial city, all other important places were wiped out by the Qing army in one fell swoop!
"Fire the cannon, hurry up, give me a blast!"

The walls of the imperial city were tall and strong, and the surviving Japanese warriors resisted desperately. The Qing army rushed several times, but not only failed to break into the imperial city, but were shot and killed dozens of people by the Japanese crossbowmen at the top of the city. The angry Qing army immediately dispatched a heavy artillery from the rear to cooperate with dozens of light infantry artillery.

"boom!"

Under heavy artillery fire at close range, the seemingly incomparably strong copper-clad gate of the imperial city was really not much stronger than paper paste. With just one shot, the gate was shattered into pieces of wood flying all over the sky. The dozens of Japanese soldiers in the gate were even smashed into pieces of meat all over the place, and their appearance was so miserable.

"Rush in and capture the Japanese king alive!"

"Kill, capture the Japanese king alive!"

"Kill, kill!"

……

With such a hole in the gate of the imperial city, the last obstacle blocking the Qing army was completely destroyed. Before the smoke cleared, the soldiers of the Qing army roared and charged again, surging like a tide. After entering the imperial city, the Japanese warriors who dared to resist were killed and injured, and the gunshots were like bursting beans.

At the third quarter of the battle, when it was already dark, the entire Kyoto and the imperial city had fallen into the control of the Qing army. In order to protect Emperor Nakagomon and died on the spot, the right minister Misei Tokugawa led the remnants to surrender. So far, there is no organized resistance in the city of Kyoto. Only some sporadic stragglers are still fighting guerrillas with the Qing army, but they are just dying. , Not even ringworm and scabies. With all the large troops of the Qing army entering the city, none of the Japanese warriors who dared to resist escaped, and all of them were crushed and killed by the Qing army!
At the end of the unitary hour, the night was dark and the north wind was howling. Although there was no snow falling, the temperature was very low. The Wakayama Fort was completely silent. Except for a few sentry posts still sticking to their posts, more than two hundred marines Most of the soldiers were already immersed in dreamland. The reason why everyone was so relaxed was not without reason. There was nothing else. No one dared to challenge the majesty of the Qing army. In the past half a month, everything here has been calm and peaceful, and there is nothing to enjoy around the fort. Every night, all the officers and soldiers except for sleeping, He really didn't know what to do, but Li Shun didn't feel sleepy at all, he paced back and forth on the fort anxiously, even the biting cold wind couldn't quell his restlessness.

Li Shun is very annoying, what's annoying is the current level of peace, nothing else, all the wars are in full swing, but he has nothing to do here, since he took down the fort, he has only fought a total of one It was just a battle, and even though victory was won simply and neatly, it was just a child's play played by adults. To Li Shun, it meant nothing at all. Such a peaceful life was obviously not what he wanted. How could Li Shun, who was only thinking about making military exploits, be willing to lead his troops to be nailed to this stupid fortress honestly.

"Ah..., huh?"

Although he was extremely unwilling, Li Shun didn't do anything else, so he looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, but before the sound of the sigh came to an end, Li Shun suddenly heard the sound of the waves below, which was originally very regular. Wrinkled, and after listening for a few breaths, he hurriedly strode to the edge of the fort, lowered his head and looked into the strait, and his expression immediately changed—there was a fleet!Although the scale and flags are not clear under the hazy moonlight, those fleets marching silently are obviously not the Qing army, let alone fishing boats returning from fishing. In other words, this fleet can only be There is no doubt that the Japanese fleet is heading for Osaka!
(End of this chapter)