Chapter 564: Defending the City 1

After occupying Nakajin, Jianglang left 10,000 troops to guard, and then took advantage of the night to use the maneuverability of the warship to raid Kitakyushu from the sea.

At the same time, Tang Qihan also received a secret report from Jiang Lang, quickly turned the direction, intending to attack inside and outside, and completely eat the Mu soldiers.

After receiving the information, all the soldiers went up to the city wall and watched closely the movements around them. At this time, the artillery on the city wall had already set up wooden sheds to prevent rain. If the troops of the Kogi Army arrived here soon, it would take two days.

On the afternoon of the next day, the Kogi Army's troops arrived outside Fukuoka Castle. However, at present, Daimai still has a large number of warships on the sea surface, and through the sea surface, warships can support three aspects. If the Kogi Army wants to avoid these warships, there is only one direction of attack, which is to go east without facing the sea.

The main forces of the Ming Dynasty were also concentrated here.

In addition to the artillery on the city wall, artillery is also equipped in the city. The main reason is to prevent all the fire points on the city wall from being noticed by the Komu Army. After all, they still have artillery. Although they are solid bullets, they will still kill people when they fight.

Although night attack is a good choice, it also has a big blind spot. To a large extent, it is because of its ineffective command. So after arriving outside Fukuoka Castle, the Kogi Army did not rush to attack, but set up camp.

However, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not relax and paid attention to Kou Mujun's every move.

The weather at the beach changed as soon as possible. It suddenly started to rain in the middle of the night. As soon as the rain came, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty became alert and were careful not to attack the Komu army in the rain. However, until the heavy rain stopped in the early morning, the Komu army did not attack.

At this time, smoke from the tent of the Kogi Army had already risen, and it seemed that they were having breakfast. The Ming soldiers in Fukuoka Castle also took advantage of this time to have a good breakfast.

After breakfast, Komu Jun's camp suddenly remembered the sound of a horn.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty immediately got ready and lay under the protective wall of the city wall. Then they looked out the shooting hole. The rifle was very large, so that people did not need to stand up and shoot, so that they would not be exposed to the remaining firepower. For bows and arrows, they had good defense.

Amid the sound of the horn, the Komu Army formed several platoons and walked towards the city wall. At the front was a high collision cart, and high logs were erected to make baffles, just like a moving wall, and behind it was a Komu Army carrying a ladder, with the last archers and no cavalry.

Judging from the formation in front of you, it is a normal way to attack the city.

However, the current war is no longer the usual war of the past. For these baffles, bullets may not have much effect, and the rifle bullets can only shoot at any time. However, the Ming Dynasty has been equipped with artillery. Although it is not very powerful, it is okay to blow up these things in a dense manner.

For the Komu Army, the siege, there were only more than 5,000 troops dispatched, which was obviously a tentative attack, which meant to find out the details of the Ming soldiers.

However, it doesn’t mean much to the Ming Dynasty if you can figure it out. The number of enemies is more than that of your own. Even if one hundred people come, you have to defend with all your strength.

The soldiers on the city wall told the city artillery through flags and words the distance and direction of the enemy from the city wall. Based on these situations, the soldiers in the city quickly adjusted the shooting angle and then entered the shooting state. They were waiting for the soldiers in front to give themselves a signal.

The soldiers in charge of command on the city wall were also carefully selected. They must be very familiar with the cannon and know where the position should be the position of the cannon shooting.

The five thousand Gumu Army advanced carefully. They had never contacted the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty at present, so they did not understand what kind of enemy the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were.

The entire team advanced very slowly. Finally, the Komu Army was close to 300 meters of the Ming Dynasty wall and was within the range of the artillery.

However, the Ming Dynasty did not fire artillery. The only place where the shell hit was the Komu Army in front was probably not reaching the Komu Army behind.

The Komu Army advanced more than 100 meters again. During this period, they saw that the Ming soldiers on the city wall did not open fire and became more courageous.

The Komu Jun carrying ladders were already planning to charge.

And this is, the flag in the hands of the soldiers on the city wall waved violently.

After a few seconds, a sudden loud rumbling sound suddenly rang through the sky, and the whole earth seemed to tremble.

Then, the shells all over the sky fell like hail.

Bright sparks bloomed.

Being beaten by this sudden attack, the Kou Mujun suddenly became in chaos. The iron sheets splashed everywhere made many Kou Mujun scream at the dying squeal.

The Komu Jun leaned against the front and hid behind the huge baffles. Although some shells hit it, they were not penetrated.

The cannons on the city wall did not fire, and their purpose was naturally not to expose their firepower to Kou Mujun's eyes.

The shells fell one after another, and the entire city wall was filled with raging fires caused by the explosion, and the Komu Jun fell on the ground in a mess.

The rest of the Komu Jun couldn't help but lowered his body to avoid the cannons, and in front they hid tightly behind the baffle and moved forward slowly.

Because of the city wall, the cannons in the city are blind, so once the Komu Army forces enter, these cannons will stop, otherwise they may accidentally injure the soldiers on the city.

Obviously, Kou Mujun also discovered this and couldn't help but speed up his pace.

"Bang bang bang..."

The soldiers on the city wall opened fire at this time, and screams came again under the originally calm city wall. The baffle potentially blocked some bullets and protected the soldiers in front, but there were only a dozen people hidden under each baffle. And when they got closer, the more Mu Jun was exposed to the firepower of the soldiers on the city wall, and they were also very powerful for the soldiers on the city wall.

In addition to the rifle, the Ming archers also began to fight back at this time, but they could not use the soldiers who had the gun to hide themselves behind. They had to stand up half of their bodies, otherwise they would not be able to shoot at all. Because of this, in the counterattack of the Komu Army soldiers, the Ming soldiers suffered casualties.

The number of soldiers siege by the Komu Army quickly decreased. Just as they were about to get close to the city wall, the sound of a horn suddenly came from behind, which was a signal to ask them to retreat.

The Komu Army, who had temporarily saved his life, would he hesitate at this time? He spread his legs and retreated to the back, fearing that he would lose two legs. He attacked just now as slowly as a snail. Now they were running all at a speed of 100 meters. However, this run completely threw their backs to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the soldiers would not miss such a good opportunity. With the banging gunshots, the Komu Army was shot in the back and then fell to the ground. In the end, there were less than 2,000 Komu Army who could escape back.

This battle was the first contact between the two sides and the temptation of the Komu Army. Although thousands of people were lost, their purpose was achieved. The Ming Dynasty's fierce firepower had blind spots. As long as it rushed through this area, the powerful artillery could not exert its power.

Of course, they did not know that the Ming Dynasty had also arranged artillery on the city wall, and did not fire for the time being, and the range of those artillery just now was also controlled. Once fired, the coverage length was at least more than twice that of now.

Moreover, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty also discovered such a problem. The artillery on the other few city walls was pushed out from the small sheds that could shelter from the rain, and then aimed at the east.

Not long after the Komu army evacuated, the horn sounded again, and the Komu army gathered again. This time, their number was far more than 5,000, but a scale of tens of thousands. Their posture was to plan to capture the city in one go.

So many soldiers from the Ming Dynasty were nervous and just holding the weapons in their hands. They had just received the notice that as long as they stay here for two days, the reinforcements would arrive and then jointly defeat the Komu Army in one go.

There are only seven or eight thousand soldiers on the eastern city walls now, and the slightly narrow city walls can not be squeezed by 20,000 people. If the rest were either waiting to reinforce under the city walls, or they would stand on the north and west city walls, and they would rush over to join the battle at any time.

In addition to the city wall, the city gate is now full of sandbags, blocking the city gate. After all, in addition to the city wall, the city gate is also the place where the enemy wants to break the most.
Chapter completed!