Samurai of the Takeda Family

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Outside of Kitanosho Castle, Mount Asuba, where the Takeda Army Headquarters is located. --/--/

The thick fog in the early morning gradually dissipated, revealing the northern city of Zhuang, the gray and white wall, and the twin geese and golden flags flying across the city.

The dew penetrated through the armor, and felt slightly cold.

"fire!"

Li Xiaole tightened the buttons on his cloak, raised the monocular telescope in his hand, and looked into the city.

Behind Li Xiao, all the generals of the Fida Yuezhong Army Corps stood on the top of the hill, each of them scooped up a pair of monocular telescopes, and together looked towards the northern town of Zhuangcheng.

As Li Xiao's voice fell, the flag on Footu Mountain waved.

Immediately, the rumbling of the cannon sounded, and the earth began to shake, and the ground began to tremble.

The shelling continued to extend, and after a while, Li Xiao put down the monocular telescope again, pacing in place with his hands, his face solemn.

Li Xiao took off the cloak and threw it back. After a while, he scooped up the monocular telescope again and looked into the city again, this time his brows were frowned.

As the shelling continued, Li Xiao stretched out his hand and said in a deep voice, "Stop the shelling! Let Rui Costa come to see me immediately."

"Oh!"

As the flag danced, the shelling of the big tube subsided.

On the top of the Honjin hill, the generals of the Takeda family also put down the monocular telescope, their expressions showing thoughtfulness.

But how long, wearing riding boots and a Western-style saber, Rui Costa strode up the mountain, saluting in front of Li Xiao with his hands over his chest, and spoke in Japanese in an accent.

"See the lord."

Li Xiao stared at Rui Costa and asked, "How effective is the shelling?"

Rui Costa looked a little embarrassed. However, he reported it truthfully, saying: "Return to the lord, the cities our army attacked in the past were all built with earth and wood, but this city is different, it is built with large stone walls, and our shelling power is limited."

Even though the generals knew the result, his face was still cold.

Shima Shengmeng couldn't help but scolded: "Aren't you a city that you claim to be unbreakable? Why don't you scoop down this city that has only been built for two years."

"In fact, this city has been built for three and a half years." Rui Costa corrected his expression. "And I heard that the previous year, the enemy general had built the city to make the city stronger. The big tube is not invincible. Many strong fortresses on the Europa continent cannot be captured by low-caliber guns."

Li Xiao asked: "Rui, then you said how limited the power of shelling is."

Rui Costa replied: "Return to the lord. The shelling just now has proved that under the defense of the city, the shelling of the six-pounder gun is basically ineffective."

Li Xiao's expression stunned. He understood that the Hida Yuezhong Army Corps and the artillery units affiliated with each reserve team. And the big barrels under the jurisdiction of the flag heads are mainly six-pounder guns.

These six-pounder guns have different compositions, and the highest quality is caused by Nanban. Usually only Li Xiao, Li Zheng is directly in the reserve team and can afford it.

As for other flag-level retainers, such as Fujido Takatora, Kinoshita Hidenaga, and Jinbao Nagaken can only be used. The six-pounder guns that were eliminated from the equipment directly under the reserve team, or they were bought from the second-hand Mingguo Marine Merchants.

The last time was the six-pounder gun manufactured by Li Xiao's own military factory.

However, it is impossible to use cast iron for the six-pounder guns made in Japan. Most of them are made of copper, which is so heavy that it is more troublesome to transport them. And because of the lack of craftsmanship, there is an unexpected surprise that is easy to explode.

In addition, the copper cannon will cause the barrel to expand every time it is fired. The longer it is used in this way, the shooting accuracy and range will become less and less guaranteed.

No way, this book is not a science and technology flow. With the ability of a half-barreled science student like Li Xiao, it's only here.

From the effect of the bombardment just now, it can be seen that when building the northern village of the castle, the fortifiers designed the gate to be a concave angle to avoid the angle of direct fire.

Therefore, I wanted to use the old tactics to directly blast through the city gate with a big tube, which was no longer feasible.

"The nine-pounder, what about the twelve-pounder?"

Li Xiao asked Rui Costa.

Rui Costa replied: "Return to the lord, the effect of the nine-pounder gun is very limited, not to mention that the city is blocked by two rivers, which makes our army bombard the position slightly farther away. If you get closer and shoot, you can try it. As for the twelve-pounder gun, it has enough lethality, but there are only two, which is not enough to threaten it."

Listening to Rui Costa's words, Li Xiao nodded and said: "According to what you mean, if you want to break the northern village, you must be equipped with enough twelve-pounder guns, right?"

Rui Costa was very serious and said: "Yes, if there are another eighteen-pounder, I will have enough confidence."

Listening to Rui Costa's words, Li Xiao almost scolded the word fart.

Eighteen pounds Mo said that the Portuguese did not, nor did the Dutch East India Company.

Even if the Portuguese have it, 18 pounds is not a purchase for them.

It is said that forty years later, in the battle between Yuan Chonghuan and Houjin at Ningyuan, the red cannon at the head of Ningyuan city was an 18-pounder cannon.

It is said that it was a Portuguese who was salvaged from a British cruiser that was stranded in a storm off Macau and sold it to Mingguo.

With the national power of the Ming Dynasty at that time, only thirty gates were equipped, and there were only ten gates in the city of Ningyuan.

In this era, it would take Miura 20 years before he became the first Englishman to land in Japan, and the British forces could not reach it at all.

As for Rui Costa said that he had fired an eighteen-pounder as the first officer on the Pharaoh.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao looked at this northern village city, and couldn't help feeling thorny at the moment.

At this moment, the castle tower of Kitanosho Castle.

After hearing the shelling of the Takeda army, Shibata Katsura, who had been sitting in the castle tower drinking after it stopped, was slightly relieved, and calmly raised a glass of wine in front of him to take a sip.

Shibata Shengjia put down the wine glass, and Ashi, which was full of the country and the city, filled the glass with wine.

At this time, your Lord Tianshou heard the sound of footsteps.

Sakuma Morita pressed the sword, strode up to the castle tower, knelt down in front of Shibata's house, and said, "Northern Shoden, the Takeda army has stopped shelling."

On Shibata's wrinkled face, he calmly said, "I already knew it."

Moramasa Sakuma screamed, and then said: "It seems that Takeda's consistent sharp artillery is useless in front of the city. It seems that the method of fortification taught by those Nanbarians is really useful."

Shibata snorted and asked, "How can Li Xiao show signs of attacking the city after the shelling stops?"

Sakuma Morita replied: "No, the Takeda army retreated from all sides, obviously retreating in the face of difficulties."

"Li Xiao, but a cowardly rat."

Shibata Katsuya scolded.

Hearing Shibata's rude words, Oda City couldn't help but frown.

Shibata Katsuya smiled slightly, reached out and grabbed Oda City's hand in his palm, and said gently: "It's okay, retreat. If the Takeda army shows signs of attacking the city, please report again."

"Oh!"

Moramasa Sakuma saluted again, stepped back from the castle tower, and then descended to the stairs. He heard the peeling of his clothes behind him and the whispering of Oda City.

When Moramasa Sakuma heard this, he frowned and wanted to go back to persuade him, but he hesitated for a while or sighed and slowly went downstairs, when Shibata's heavy breathing was heard behind him.

"The lord is finally getting old."

Moramasa Sakuma couldn't help but smile wryly.

At this moment, Shibata Katsuya looked at the blush on Oda City’s cheeks and his body as white as mutton, slowly putting on his clothes, but his eyes flew outside the city, saying in his heart: "Come on, Takeda, This city is your land of flesh and blood."

"Lord, the ministers go to Maeda Toshiya to ask for a fight."

"Hashiba Hidenaga asks for a fight."

"Samurai, please fight."

"Fujido Takatora, please fight."

On Zuyu Mountain, Li Xiao watched all the top generals kneeling on their bodies, frowning, and saying, "What are you doing? Did I order the siege of the city?"

As Li Xiao’s penman’s retainer, Dao Shengmeng said loudly: "The lord, the army of his family has gathered under the city, and the force is five times that of the Shibata Shengjia. How can he retreat because of the strong city? , Also want to capture the northern city of Zhuang."

Dao's order to win the fierce, was echoed by the generals.

Hideo Kinoshita stood aside, saying: "Master, fifty thousand troops gather under the city. If you delay attacking the city, you will also feel tired and slack. Besides, it will be a huge delay if you are trapped in the cost of soldiers and food under the city. ."

Fujitang Gaohu said: "Master, when did you need to work together to attack the city in the past, you will not break the city anymore. It is not the time to cherish the military power."

Seeing the soldiers and seeing this strong city, Li Xiao was still unafraid to attack, showing his audacity.

But Li Xiao changed his mind, looked at Ben Duo Zhengxin, and asked, "Do you have any insights?"

Bendo believes in saying: "The lord, the subordinates feel that the goal of this family is the whole world, not one city and one region."

"The northern village can be besieged but not attacked. Some of the troops left by the family will be besieged. After that, the army will advance forward, and the nearby river will collect the land in the same way. When the time passes, after the northern village has run out of food, it can be done in one go. Capture."

After Honda Masabe finished speaking, Toroya Zongyi said on the side: "The words of Lord Honda~www.wuxiamtl.com~ are not considered. If the strategy of this family goes beyond the previous country, there is no problem, but if the Oda family comes to help. , Kinki Legion, Oda Nobuya came personally, and the family divided the troops in the front, didn’t they break it for each one?"

Honda Masaru confidently said: "Master Torya has been worried. I have already thought of this. I can come forward and ask the Tokugawa clan to attack Owari in order to distinguish the Oda army."

"What if the Oda clan ignored Tokugawa's invasion of Owari and went all out to fight the home?"

"Owari is the confidant of Oda's family, and Faithful does not dare to care about it."

"I said, what if it's just in case?"

Li Xiao waved his hand to stop the dispute between the two military divisions.

At this time, a samurai entered the military account and reported to Li Xiao, saying: "Report to Mr. Yagata, Mr. Chao Yue has led his own army, united with several famous figures such as Date, Satake, Utsunomiya, Yuki, and Hojo’s full-scale war.” (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (.) to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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