Aoyama Tadashi was busy calming these suspicious daimyo who wanted to retreat, and the chaotic fortress was also full of smoke and people's hearts.
Due to the artillery fire overhead, and the mixed army of the major names, the strict martial law demanded by Tadashi Aoyama was quite difficult to enforce.
Ming archers continued to shoot into the edicts of the Ming Dynasty to crusade against the Tokugawa shogunate, and there were also some letters of persuasion to surrender, which were picked up by some people despite being strictly confiscated.
In a dark basement, there were several samurai gathered, and they knew that the grade was not low by looking at their clothes.
The lights were dim, and the faces of several people were blurred, and the extremely low voices were whispering.
"The code word of tiānhuáng has come, and His Majesty has asked us to burn down one of the granaries to give the Ming army a chance to break the city!"
"Tiānhuáng has been determined to take back power and eliminate the shogunate, this is a great cause, we must go all out!"
"It's not easy to do, the people guarding the granary are all Aoyama Tadashi's shogunate clans, and it's their people who come in and out, so we can't get close to it at all?"
"There are not many guards, there are my people in the granary in the south, the number of guards is about two hundred, and it is fortified layer by layer, and it is too difficult to get in to prevent fire."
"There is a way!
You can give the artillery guidance of the Ming army, let them concentrate on bombing, no matter whether they can take the opportunity to rush in at that time, we need to put out fires afterwards and repair and tidy up!
” "Good!
That's it!
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the immortal feat of 'Honoring King Xiangyi', we must work together and spare no expense!
” "Hayi!"
A group of people responded in a low voice, and their tone was very firm.
The artillery fire of the Ming Dynasty continued, as if aimlessly covering the fortress of Guanmen, and every place seemed to be bombed.
Ránshāodàn brought up a blazing flame, and the sea breeze burned more and more, but Itakura Shigemasa had encountered it before, and made sufficient deployments, and did not affect the vital points.
Although the fortress was covered by artillery fire from the Ming army, it was still stable, like a monster cast in iron, standing tall.
In the evening, the artillery fire of the Ming Dynasty finally weakened, mainly because the cannons needed to be cooled down, there was not enough maintenance, there were already explosions, and it was necessary to rest.
In the fortress of Guanmen, Tadashi Aoyama took this opportunity to pick up the gaps and make adjustments to the fortress to boost the morale of the army.
The granaries in the fortress are divided into three, which were specially built by Itakura Shigemasa, which is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and heavily guarded.
The granary in the south is built according to the mountain, exceptionally tall, as if built in the belly of the mountain, the high and wide entrance is guarded by this heavy soldier, because there is a mountain, here is a place that the Ming Dynasty artillery can not cover slightly.
Taking advantage of the night, there were black-clothed people who moved quietly along the darkness, but did not come to the granary, but a hundred meters away, the formation house of Aoyama Zhongjun, they quickly separated, and released several skyrocketing sounds in a row against the black sky in several directions.
This signal resounded in the dark night, exploding like brilliant fireworks.
One by one, they light up half of the night sky, and I don't know how far away you can see it.
This action instantly alarmed the entire fortress, and a group of samurai quickly rushed out to capture these men in black.
But these people let go and left, quickly sneaking in the dark, and then changing clothes, and the already chaotic fortress is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is difficult to find it.
Many daimyo hurried over and asked about the situation.
"Mamoru Izu, who is this?"
"Are they spies of the Ming Dynasty?
How could there be a Ming Dynasty spy in the fortress?
” "They must have sent a signal to the Ming army, is this to shell the formation house?
Mamoru Izu, I have to move out quickly!
” Qingshan Zhongjun was still sitting in the underground formation house, his expression was still indifferent, and he said: "Pass the order, the whole city is under martial law, no one is allowed to go out at will without an order, and the pro-domain warriors patrol the city, and if they find suspicious people, they will be killed!"
” Some people behind him suddenly woke up to the fact that the Ming Dynasty might not be bombing Qingshan Zhongjun's array house, but was surveying the terrain inside the fortress and carrying out a key bombardment!
"Yes!"
A group of daimyo became nervous and went to make arrangements.
In the dark night, the fortress was adjusted again, strict martial law was carried out, and a brief analysis of the Ming Dynasty was being screened.
They didn't know that Hou Mizuo Tiānhuáng gave the Ming Dynasty a list, and they didn't know how many Ming army spies there were, but they still killed one hundred and ten people in just one hour, and severely shocked the entire Guanmen Fortress!
On the other side, Ao Bai on the big basket saw the signal in the city without using a telescope, and immediately said: "Quick, record it, calculate the location!"
” In the big basket, several staff officers quickly wrote and drew on the small table in front of them, and looked up from time to time at the signal that was about to disappear.
Not long after, a staff officer raised his head and said, "My lord, it's calculated, it's on the south side of the fortress, thirty-five degrees southeast of the signal direction." ” Ao Bai had never entered the political courtyard, and he didn't know what the staff officer was talking about, so he said with an impassive face: "Well, the order goes down, the artillery array adjusts the direction, and at noon tomorrow, focus on taking care of this granary!"
” "Yes!"
The staff officer responded.
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On the other side, Zuo Liangyu's army of 20,000 servants began to move forward, and when the sky dawned, they stopped five miles away from the fortress, and the army was boiling with murderous spirit, ready to attack the city!
The fortress was tense, the city walls were crowded, martial law was everywhere, and they were ready to fight.
To the surprise of the fortress, until noon, the Ming army did not shell again, and Zuo Liangyu's 20,000 troops did not take a step forward, but sat on the ground to eat.
They didn't boil, they took out biscuits and taro cakes from their backpacks, and in front of them were canned food, and they ate deliciously.
The shogunate soldiers in the city were suspicious for a while, carefully observing, vigilantly observing.
Aoyama Tadashi stood in the watchtower, with some bad premonitions in his heart, but he couldn't say it clearly, his eyes flickered, and he said, "Where is Itakura Shigema?"
” An old man behind him said, "It should have reached the designated position, but it is not enough to succeed." ” Aoyama Tadashi's expression was indifferent and he did not speak.
He has done everything he can, and now he can only defend and see the moves.
"Palace, the Ming army has moved!"
Suddenly, a samurai came in a hurry.
Aoyama Tadashi immediately picked up the binoculars and looked up at the Ming artillery array.
In just a moment, a burst of cannons rang out, and one after another shells came at a rapid speed visible to the naked eye.
But soon, they saw that something was wrong, and a retainer's face changed slightly, and said: "Palace, they are bombarding the barracks, it is very clear, it must be those signals last night!"
” Aoyama Tadashi naturally thought of it too, and said, "Let them pay attention to concealment, be careful, I suspect that the purpose of the Ming Dynasty is not this." ” "Yes."
A group of people responded, quickly got off the watchtower, and prepared for each.
Every shelling by the Ming army put them under great pressure and needed to be dealt with carefully.
The Ming Dynasty had 3,000 cannons, which seemed to be concentrating on bombarding the military camps of the shogunate, but there were some small targets, among which there were three major granaries, but the shells were scattered and not so obvious.
Most of the Ming artillery fire was concentrated in the places where the shogunate troops were stationed, and despite their preparedness, there were large numbers of casualties. 80,000 people were concentrated in one fortress, and in the face of thousands of artillery pieces, they could not hide.
None of this is important, the artillery fire of the Ming Dynasty seems to be scattered, but there are gradually signs, especially in the granary in the south, the artillery fire is gradually becoming more and more intense.
The guards at the door had withdrawn into the door, but there were still ránshāodàn explosions at the door, and Mars rushed inside the door.