The Shinoyama position on the south side of Osaka Castle is located south of Sanada Maruo and north of Tennoji Temple. It belongs to the rear of the first line of defense in Osaka Castle. It is one of the few high grounds on the southern plains of Osaka Castle. The Inverted Alliance deployed 3,000 garrison troops here, which can support the Tennoji, Chausuyama, and Okayama positions on the frontline.

The teaching steward sent by the Jiuzhou Army, Lu Xiangsheng, brought dozens of Jiuzhou Army musketeers who followed him, and the gunners came to assist in defending the Xiaoshan position. The Overlord Alliance also allocated an additional 500 garrison troops to him, equipped with muskets and 3 smoothbore field guns brought by Lu Xiangsheng with the ship.

Because the main force of the Jiuzhou Army was unable to come for the time being, Lu Xiangsheng only brought dozens of people. Even if he brought some muskets and three smoothbore cannons, the Overturning Alliance did not think that this team could play any role.

After looking at the defensive coalition's defense map, Lu Xiangsheng soon noticed the important highland of Xiaoshan.

"Entering here can support Tennoji Temple and Okayama, and retreat to Sanada Maru. And being condescending, it can cause major casualties to the shogunate army." When Lu Xiangsheng deployed the Shinoyama position, he carefully observed the water source and terrain of Shinoyama.

"Twenty years ago, the Toyotomi family was surrounded by the Toyotomi family. The Toyotomi family's army originally thought that the Toyotomi family would resist fiercely here. However, the Toyotomi family was facing the pressure of the shogunate army. They were so timid that they did not dare to defend Shinoyama in the danger of being isolated and helpless in Shinoyama. They all retreated to Osaka City, hoping to rely on the strength of Osaka City to resist the Toyotomi family's army."

The 500 garrison assigned by the Shogun coalition forces to Lu Xiangsheng, commanded by the nephew of the lord of the Rioriha vassal state of the Chihou Kingdom. Tadashi Tadashi Tadashi, who was only 23 years old. The Tadaki family also participated in the coalition forces that resisted the Shogunate.

"Shaoyama is a rare highland. If it occupies this place, it is equivalent to having an extra protruding part of Osaka Castle, which can greatly boost the morale of the army in the city. How can we give up easily? If we stick to Shioyama, the Shogunate coalition forces that attack Osaka Castle will be like bones and throats, which is extremely uncomfortable." Lu Xiangsheng patrols Shioyama's position and believes that the Shogunate coalition forces should deploy heavy troops here to delay the Shogunate's winter offensive.

"It's important, but once Tennoji Temple and Okayama's defense line are lost, the Xiaoshan position will be the first to be affected. No one is willing to risk his life to hold on outside the city and face the impact of the enemy like waves." Tadaka Tadashi said.

"I plan to stick to Shinoyama's position. Even if Tennoji and Okayama are lost, I can block the shogunate coalition outside Osaka Castle." Lu Xiangsheng said.

"No, are you really going to stick to Shinoyama?" Tadashi Tadami Takashi was frowning. He was assigned by Tadaoyi Yamauchi, the commander of the Osaka defense line, to assist Lu Xiangsheng. If Lu Xiangsheng intends to stick to Shinoyama, then he must stick to Shinoyama with Lu Xiangsheng, otherwise he may be ridiculed by other samurai.

"The wooden barrel is loaded with gunpowder. You must avoid collisions, otherwise you will have to worry about your life!" The soldiers brought by Lu Xiangsheng warned the people in the garrison.

The people in the garrison looked at the buckets of gunpowder and were sweating profusely. They were also afraid of explosions after the gunpowder collided.

"We have so much gunpowder, but few saltpeter can produce gunpowder. They are really rich."

"Not it? The entire sailboat is loaded with gunpowder and muskets. I heard that their soldiers don't have to worry about not having gunpowder."

After the deputy general of the garrison soldier who transported gunpowder all the way from the sailing ship to the Xiaoshan position, he was envious of the powder barrel.

At present, a considerable part of Japan's demand for saltpeter is to be imported from overseas, and China also has Folang Machinery. The years of war has made the demand for gunpowder even greater.

"What is this thing like a cannon?" Tachibana Takamao found that in addition to muskets, cannons and gunpowder, there was also a firearm that was also installed on an iron wheel.

"A hand-cranked machine gun is loaded on an iron wheel for easy transportation. The roulette on it is a magazine that can pour out all the bullets in an instant. I used paper-cage ammunition, but the air-tightness is not good, and metal bullets have been used. You can understand this way that a firearm is equivalent to dozens of musketeers shooting at the same time. The disadvantage is that it consumes a lot of ammunition and has low killing efficiency." Lu Xiangsheng patted two hand-cranked Gatling machine guns transported by him.

The reason why he was confident in defending Xiaoshan was because he brought two hand-cranked Gatling machine guns, three front-mounted smoothbore guns and hundreds of Dresses rear-mounted rifles. With these firearms, the 500-person garrison team members could help him defend Xiaoshan after a brief training.

In addition to Lu Xiangsheng's dozens of personal soldiers and 500 garrison members, there were more than 2,000 other anti-scene coalition soldiers in Xiaoshan's position.

Tachiha Takashiro circled the Gatling machine gun several times and saw its metal-textured machine gun body. He was surprised. He had never added such a strange firearm, and he could not understand it only after hearing Lu Xiangsheng's description.

"A firearm of this kind is equivalent to dozens of musketeers, can you demonstrate it to me?" Tadashi Tadashi Tadashi could not see any clues based on observation, but he was even more curious about the mobile machine gun and wanted to see the power of the mobile machine gun with his own eyes.

"This is not possible. The ammunition we bring is limited, and good steel must be used on the blade. If the shogunate coalition forces attack the Xiaoshan position, we will give them a headache." Lu Xiangsheng said.

"I want the shogunate to attack Shinoyama." Tadashi Tadashi Takashi saw that Lu Xiangsheng was planning to take the enemy and then use the power of machine guns and artillery. With new firearms in the war, it may not be difficult to stick to Shinoyama.

"Don't hold too much hope. When the gunpowder is used up, we will still withdraw to Osaka Castle... but by then we have successfully won a lot of time." Most of the dozens of people Lu Xiangsheng brought this time were machine gunners and gunners. The musketeers were garrison soldiers with short training time, forming a small force led by Lu Xiangsheng.

According to Lu Xiangsheng's idea, even if the shogunate army broke through Tennoji and Okayama, he led this small force to occupy the dangerous terrain of Shinoyama, which could greatly delay the Shogunate's capture of Osaka Castle and gain more time for Chu Yun to quell the domestic unrest. It seems that a ship of gunpowder wanted to completely change the battle situation of more than 100,000 people.

"The instructor sent by the Kyushu Army only took away five hundred garrison soldiers and was still guarding Shinoyama behind the first line of defense. He really came to help our coalition forces deal with the shogunate? There would be no trouble to escape into Osaka Castle, right?"

Tadaeyoshi Bee Suga, the lord of the Tokushima clan who was commanding the first line of defense at Tennoji Temple, learned that the place where Lu Xiangsheng chose to garrison was the rear of the Nishiyama position, and he could not help but wonder about Lu Xiangsheng's ability and determination.
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