Mangui asked the artillerymen to push the small-caliber artillery fifty steps forward and fire at the houses inside.
He always remembered what the emperor said to them: "It is best if you can win the war with money.
I would rather spend ten thousand taels of silver than lose a soldier’s life.”
Large numbers of shells ripped off roofs or knocked down entire houses.
The Japanese troops who gathered urgently to prevent the Ming army from rushing in also happened to do so and were hit by artillery shells again, but they did not dare to leave for fear that the Ming army would take the opportunity to rush in.
But the Ming infantry still had no intention of coming in.
The artillery carts continued to push forward, and the cannons began to fire directly, destroying people and buildings in sight one by one.
The fan-shaped area more than 300 steps away from the city wall was already a piece of rubble.
At this time, the Ming army infantry finally moved, but they had just entered the city wall, and then began to defend on the spot, while the artillery carts slowly pushed in, and there was another artillery battle, and another artillery battle.
The Japanese We are all going crazy.
Can’t you have a little bushido spirit?
Can’t you charge?
Many infantrymen began to collect the fired artillery shells.
Some of the artillery shells were no longer usable, but most of them could be reused.
They were just big iron balls anyway.
Because they were easy to carry, they brought enough gunpowder, and The shells were too heavy, so they couldn't carry many.
This was the famous "Kagoshima Artillery Battle" in the history of later wars.
It was considered the most obscene artillery battle and was an example of using money to attack people.
Just like this, step by step, Shimazu Tadahashi actually already knew the final outcome, but he was unwilling to admit that he still had to make the final struggle.
He put his last hope in tonight.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the Ming army finally stopped shelling because there were no targets ahead that could be attacked.
The infantry finally comes into play.
Mangui gathered the two infantry battalions together.
He stood on a stone and said: "Brothers, the artillery brothers have almost done their work.
You are full.
Now it is time for us to make contributions."
He picked up his broadsword and said: "The first battalion will go straight to the feudal lord's palace with me, and the second battalion will go find their warehouse."
The first battalion followed Mangui towards the feudal lord's palace on the right.
Although Mangui said he was rushing, he was actually very cautious and chose a place with few houses on the roadside and a relatively wide view to ensure that he would not be attacked by a sneak attack.
When Shimazu Tadahashi saw that the Ming army did not wait until tomorrow to attack, he knew that the situation was over.
He sighed deeply and asked his men to start collecting gold and silver, and headed towards Kirishima through the waterway.
He believed that with the help of the shogunate, Kagoshima should be recovered soon, so he did not order the food in the domain to be burned.
So Mangui entered the Satsuma Domain without any resistance.
He couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the warehouse full of grain.
Whether buying or requisitioning grain, the quantity is always limited, and requisitioning food will also intensify people's resistance.
Now that there is so much food, not only does it not need to be requisitioned, but part of it can also be used to win over people's hearts.
Soon news came from the Second Battalion.
They also found a large warehouse.
In addition to grain, there were also other things, such as gold sand, pickled meat and fish.
At this time, all the samurai in the castle followed Shimazu Tadahashi, and the rest were peasants.
The Guards gathered them together, and then the pirates who knew Japanese served as translators.
Mangui said: "Everyone, we have been ordered by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to punish the Shimazu clan who captured our Ming Dynasty.
It has nothing to do with you.
I hereby promise that as long as you do not harm the soldiers of Ming Dynasty, the soldiers of Ming Dynasty will also I will never hurt you.”
"But, I have to say something unpleasant in front of you.
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If a Ming soldier here is injured not in combat but in your sneak attack, then a hundred of you will suffer the same injury.
I don't care if it is among you.
Whatever you do, I will just kill a hundred times as many of you, please keep this in mind."
"What you used to do, and what you still do, how much you gave to the Shimadzu family, now only half of it is given to us.
And we need someone to help us repair the damaged city wall.
As long as you are willing, we will provide you with food and drink.
And I will give you ten copper coins a day."
Under the rule of the Shimazu family, these peasants were the least powerful group of people and could be considered serfs.
They did not have the same aversion to the Ming people as the samurai.
When they heard that they only had to pay half of the tax, and that they would be provided with food and even wages for their work, which was unimaginable at first, everyone was in high spirits and shouted: "I am willing to serve the master of the Ming Dynasty. " Mangui was very satisfied with their attitude, so he asked the pirates to organize them into groups to repair the city walls that had been destroyed by artillery.
Of course, some Guardsmen are still required to serve as supervisors.
The remaining Guards went to sort out the supplies in the warehouse, or brought in the cannons from outside and placed them on the city wall.
These Japanese were very conscientious in their work, perhaps thinking that they needed to be able to afford their food and wages, so they were willing to work hard.
Two days later, the city wall was repaired, and at this time Zheng Zhilong's fleet also entered Kagoshima Bay.
He was a pirate, and the battle to capture Satsuma was originally promised to be plundering.
There was no military discipline to control it, so he robbed it all the way along the shore.
When he saw the larger fortress, he only fired a few shots to disperse the enemy.
They went ashore and started grabbing things.
When they saw the boat, they grabbed it directly.
For a while, the whole bay screamed and the Japanese fled.
By the time they arrived at Kagoshima City, they had already robbed a dozen larger fishing boats and a large amount of fresh fish and grain.
One side of Kagoshima Castle is the bay, so his boat can park directly at the castle pier.
He brought a large amount of gunpowder and lead bullets, which can be used at least two hundred times for each soldier's gun, including the gun carried by the artillery.
This should be able to meet the needs of the independent brigade in the Satsuma War.
Zheng Zhilong also provided them with a large amount of fresh fish they had snatched, and handed the snatched fishing boat to Man Gui, asking him to gather fishermen to fish.
Then he led the fleet and began to sweep along the coast.
In Kirishima, a large number of Satsuma navy fleets were preparing to go out.
Shimazu Tadatsune gathered all the ships he could find, a total of about sixty ships, and prepared to recapture Kagoshima City from the waterway.
Zheng Zhilong didn't know it yet, but he had brought two lucky ships and more than thirty smaller ships.
The ships were well-equipped and the personnel were well-equipped.
He planned to capture the entire bay along the coast, and then Stationed at Sakurajima, forming an antagonism with Kagoshima Castle, guarding this bay
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