Chapter 55                                                             �

The battlefield was extremely lonely, making the breeze and the birds singing particularly noisy. The sea breeze blew gently, blowing the clouds and mist on Gao Qiansui Peak. It seemed that some gods on Gao Qiansui Peak wanted to bend down and take a look at this battle.

After the two sides made some adjustments, the Shimazu family began to attack.

The Shimazu family's iron gunners slowly approached. More than a hundred steps away, the iron cannons and muskets looked at each other, and their muzzles were also looked at each other.

For a moment, it seemed that the breathing of the whole world had stopped.

With a command, the musketeers on both sides opened fire almost at the same time. The explosion of gunpowder turned into the purest roar in the world. White smoke spread out, and the pungent smoke spread across the entire battlefield.

Countless shouts sounded, and countless feet rushed out of the smoke of gunpowder under the leadership of the warriors and rushed to the front of the Ming army.

There are many iron cannons in Shimazu family and have a wide range of use. However, Shimazu family has not used iron cannons as their main combat weapon. They are more accustomed to using cold weapons to win. This may be the norm in the entire period of alternating between cold weapons and fire weapons.

Even though Ming munitions are used more, they still hope to decide the outcome on the blade more often.

He opened fire near and rushed over after one shot.

The Ming army also decided to use cold weapons to decide the outcome.

Because Shimazu has a large number of people, it attacked from several directions. The Ming army has only 6,000 people. If the number of equipment is normal, there should be only 1,500 muskets. Now after strengthening, there are about 2,000 muskets. If it is used in several directions, if it is scattered, the firepower density is not enough and cannot stop the opponent.

Of course, this does not mean that Wu Weizhong has no intention of using a firearm. The firearm he wants to use is nothing else, just a thunder in the palm of his hand, that is, a grenade-bullet.

So when the Shimazu army rushed over.

Thunders in the palm of his palm were thrown from a distance from a high place. He landed among the Shimazu family and exploded in an instant.

It is true that the explosion performance of the palm thunder is not high, and there are very few fragments. However, there are still countless Shimazu samurai who were killed by forcibly blowing.

However, the Shimazu family army was centered on samurai and had a very high samurai. Even after encountering unexpected attacks, it still maintained a tenacious offensive. It rushed through this death zone of less than 100 steps and rushed to the front of the Ming army.

At this moment, the Ming army also successfully changed its formation.

The musketeer retreated to the back, and the spearman and the sword and shieldman came out in front of each other. They were arranged in an orderly queue.

This formation may not be as good as the Mandarin Duck Formation, but it is also the regular battle formation of the Ming army, including swords, shields, spearmen, and musketeers. It has a bit of the charm of the Spanish square formation.

The Ming army had a geographical advantage, coupled with the advantages of the firearm defense party, the Shimazu family could not catch up for a while.

Shimazu Yoshihisa can see clearly from behind.

Suddenly someone came over and said a few words softly in Shimazu Yoshihisa's ear. Shimazu Yoshihisa's expression became more and more serious.

He received the latest news that the Ming army in Kirishima Castle was dispatched. There were about 10,000 people.

Shimazu Yoshihisa was not surprised by this trend. Even as he expected, he had suspected that five or six thousand Ming troops were alone and had the nature of bait.

Now that I encountered such a problem, I just verified my own point of view.

However, Shimazu Yoshihisa discovered a problem. That is, the progress of combat against the Ming army was too slow.

The ambush failed, and the frontal attack was in a stalemate. It seemed that the Shimazu family was at a disadvantage if they were going to fight for a long time. And the time was not with him. The Shimazu family and the Ming army had a collision today, and they could not even chew on them evenly. Once the two sides were evenly matched, the number of winners and losses would be hard to say. In other words, Shimazu Yoshihisa would not want to think about it.

Shimazu Yoshihisa slowly brought a mask on his face. The mask seemed to be the image of a Japanese Tengou and looked extremely fierce.

He slowly said to Shimazu Yoshihiro beside him: "If I have anything, don't leak the news. Put on this mask and continue to lead the Shimazu family to fight, or not."

Shimazu Yoshihiro said: "Brother, I'll go, I can go on the battlefield for my brother."

Shimazu Yoshihisa said: "No need, as the head of the Shimazu family, I have to bear the responsibility of the Shimazu family. Today's affairs are also my reasons. This is my responsibility. You are the future head of the Shimazu family. The rest of the things should be borne by you."

The reason why the Shimazu family chose to oppose the Ming Dynasty without hesitation was certainly due to various reasons. However, the Shimazu family was too involved in the Japanese pirates.

Except for not directly dispatching troops, Shimazu did not actually participate in the Japanese pirates in all aspects, Chen Dong is the most representative. If Chen Dong is still there, he may be a member of the Shimazu family.

It is precisely because of the guilty thief that the Otomo family participated in the Japanese pirates because of the help of Wang Zhi, an intermediary. In order to protect his own interests, Wang Zhi was actually a little reluctant to participate directly in the Otomo family. It was as if the channel dealer did not want to directly contact him upstream and downstream.

Therefore, although the Otomo family occupies a large part of the Japanese pirates, it does not affect the blood of the Ming people. The Shimazu family is different. Shimazu intervenes deeply among the Japanese pirates, and the Shimazu family has the blood of the Ming people in their hands. This is also the knot of the Shimazu family.

The reason for this is that Shimazu Yoshihisa, as the head of the family, was attracted by the interests of the sea trade. It seemed that the impression before the Ming Dynasty made him judge that even if the Ming Dynasty cleared the Japanese pirates, it would not affect them. At most, he would send an envoy to scold him and demand that Japan restrain the Japanese pirates.

But that was also a matter of the shogunate, what was the matter with his Shimazu family?

But the current situation was something he could never imagine.

In his heart, he felt that he was responsible for the current situation of the Shimazu family. Therefore, he had a strong impulse to play his role in this decisive war.

Shimazu Yoshihisa asked the little surname around him to wear gorgeous armor. Although this armor is not as exaggerated as the Japanese armor of the peak period, it already has many characteristics of Japanese armor.

Although this armor is tailor-made for Shimazu Yoshihiro. As Shimazu Yoshihiro's younger brother, Shimazu Yoshihiro's body shape is similar to Shimazu Yoshihiro. Shimazu Yoshihiro can also wear this armor.

At critical moments, Shimazu Yoshihiro can be used as a substitute for Shimazu Yoshihiro.

"Brother." What else did Shimazu Yoshihiro want to say.

Shimazu Yoshihiro has already put on his armor and said to Shimazu Yoshihiro: "Remember, take your own responsibility. Choose to fight or not."

What Shimazu Yoshihisa’s implication is already very obvious.

Shimazu Yoshihisa was already a little desperate about defeating the Ming Dynasty. This was his last blow. If he could wipe out all the Ming army in front of him, it would naturally prove that it was possible to fight against the Ming army. If he died here in battle, it would be decided by the next Shimazu head, either continuing to fight or paying a price to exchange for the existence of the Shimazu family. Then this price would be exchanged for his Shimazu Yoshihisa's head.

Family is the priority.

Shimazu Yoshihiro is also a qualified Japanese daimyo. Historically, Shimazu Yoshihiro insisted on fighting against the Toyotomi family, and Shimazu Yoshihiro replaced Shimazu Yoshihiro to become the daimyo. Then he surrendered to the Toyotomi family. Finally, in the midst of the changes in Toyotomi and Tokugawa families, as the most powerful daimyo among the Western Army, he was not liquidated and saved Shimazu family.

Although he was not as mature as in history, he also understood Shimazu Yoshihisa's thoughts, so he stopped talking and could only kneel on the ground, buried his head deeply in the geography, and tears flowed helplessly.

Because he knew that if the course changes, someone must bear the blame. This person can only be the head of the Shimazu family.

Shimazu Yoshihiro slowly stood up, put several samurai swords on his body, and walked out slowly under the escort of a group of personal guards. Only Shimazu Yoshihiro was already kneeling.

Then he clearly heard the shouts of countless samurai in the Shimazu family. Shimazu Yoshihisa was not only the head of the Shimazu family, but also a famous general of the Shimazu family.

It was also the morale of the Shimazu family. Shimazu Yoshihiro's appearance made the Shimazu family's original morale suddenly become high. For a moment, the sound of shouting and killing was loud, the roar of thunder in the palm of his palm, and the roar of countless muskets and iron cannons almost suppressed the entire battlefield.

The battle suddenly became fierce for several levels.
Chapter completed!