The iron cannon is actually the most primitive earth cannon, which is to cast a pipe with one end with cast iron, then find a way to scrape the inner wall flat, and then open a lead port, and that's it.

This kind of earth cannon is simple to build, but it is not very useful. Not only is it troublesome to load ammunition, but the accurate head is extremely different because the inner wall of the barrel and the size of the shells are not very standard, and the shells fired cannot even control the range. How can we start with the accurate head?

The reason why Yu Dayou could tell at a glance that this was an iron cannon was because he had seen this thing on Wang Zhi's merchant ship.

Wang Zhi can be said to be the ancestor of iron cannons. With this iron cannon technology, Wang Zhi has been arrogant at sea for a long time.

There was no way. At that time, both maritime merchants and pirates used bows as their main attack method, and their range could not be compared with iron cannons. Even if the iron cannons were of inferior accuracy and the number was too large, it would be very terrifying.

Not to mention anything else, just shoot the iron cannon flat. When both sides are close to two hundred steps away, they aim the muzzle at you and shoot. That guy is really scary. Even if the iron cannon is not accurate, the lethality is not much worse.

The reason why all the princes in Japan cast iron cannons was thanks to Wang Zhi, because this thing is too simple. As long as you see the real thing and think about it for a little while, you can create something similar.

Wang Zhi has been doing business in Japan for many years, so this secret must not be kept. The Japanese people would have built iron cannons long ago.

After hearing Yu Dayou's introduction, Yang Cong couldn't help but laugh and cry.

Damn, it turned out to be a local cannon. It was scary. He thought it was a tiger squat cannon in the court.

If it is a tiger squatting cannon, it will be really troublesome, because the infantry on the Cangshan boat took turns to land for enough time for people to reload sub-guns and replace ammunition. No matter how many people are, they will be targets for them in batches.

The earth cannon is different. Not only is it accurate, but it is very troublesome to load. It cannot form a dense firepower net to prevent infantry from logging in.

After Yang Cong carefully observed for a while, and after confirming that the cannons on the city wall were all earth-based cannons, he ordered without hesitation: "Order all infantry to land in turn, set up a formation about two hundred steps outside Hirado Castle, and prepare to attack the city."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dayou said without hesitation and obeyed the order. Then he recruited a Cangshan boat, jumped up, led the team to command the siege.

Seeing this, Yang Cong couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

This guy is too fierce and is not afraid of the threat of firearms.

Fortunately, Yu Dayou's kung fu is really good. In addition, he is wearing armor, so ordinary muskets and cannons really cannot hurt him. Unless it is a cannon shell of more than a thousand kilograms, it is possible to hurt him.

However, this kind of thing is almost impossible, because Yu Dayou is too agile. At this moment, the artillery shells are not the kind that people can't see clearly. If he wants to avoid it, the shells will basically not hit him.

In other words, with Yu Dayou's skills and the protection of armor, the muskets and cannons of this era basically could not hurt him.

Yang Cong was too lazy to interfere with his actions. If this guy wants to go, let him go. With his leadership, he can still have fewer casualties when siegeing the city.

At this time, on the low gate tower of Hirado Castle, the contemporary head of the Matsuura family, Takanobu Matsuura, was also observing the situation on the battlefield.

He can also be regarded as a great master of his generation. Under his leadership, the Matsuura clan not only maintained its leadership over Japanese pirates, but also made huge profits through maritime trade, which led to unprecedented development of the entire Hirado clan.

This is also the reason why there are so many iron cannons in his hand. There is no way. He has money. This iron cannon is not a good idea.

Of course, no matter how many iron cannons he had, he was not so arrogant that he thought that he could compete with the powerful Ming Dynasty with just one's strength.

He really didn't want to fight this battle. With a population of more than 100,000, he was not so stupid yet.

So, when he learned that the Ming Navy's fleet had arrived in North Korea, he transferred all his warships to the Seto Inland Sea and hid.

The strongest one under his command was actually the navy. He had fifty or sixty warships alone. This was exactly the basis for him to maintain his leadership over the Japanese pirates. Because without the warships under his command, the Japanese pirates wanted to go to the coast of the Ming Dynasty, which was a dream.

However, the warships under his command were basically small sailboats, which were smaller than Cangshan boats. Each boat could carry at most 10 or 20 people. Compared with the Ming Dynasty's Fu Ship warship, it was a slag.

Therefore, when he learned that there were fifty or sixty Fukushi warships alone, he chose to retreat actively, and even had no hope for the defense of Tsushima and Iki Island.

The reason why Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong were able to defeat Tsushima and Iki Island so smoothly was also closely related to his passive defense.

He just took the mentality of luck and did not withdraw the defenders on the island. As for sea support, he had never thought about it, because he knew very well that if the Ming army launched an attack, Tsushima and Iki Island would not be able to defend at all.

As for whether Hirado Castle can be defended, it depends on the Ming army's firepower.

The only thing he could rely on was dozens of iron cannons under his command. If the Ming army was unable to transport the cannons because of the long journey, he felt that he could still gain one. After all, the range of the iron cannon was there. If the Ming army did not have artillery and wanted to attack the city, he would not know how many casualties would be paid.

Unfortunately, from the beginning, Ming Jun made him understand what despair is.

Seeing the dense fleet of Ming army naval forces, he felt a little worried. When the fifty lucky ships were lined up in neat formations, he even felt that he had difficulty breathing. When the Ming army's thousand-pound cannon fired, he only felt that his scalp was about to explode.

This guy, there are such powerful artillery on the Ming army warship. How can I fight this battle?

At that time, he had already begun to give up. The reason why he asked his men to set off a round of cannons was that he just wanted to try it out, which could scare the Ming army.

Unfortunately, the result was no effect, and Ming Jun then started to log in quickly.

Seeing countless chariots and artillery cars unloaded from the Ming army's warships, he felt very disappointed. This battle could not be fought at all. The number of artillery artillery in the Ming army was so scary that it was too late for him to run away once he launched an attack.

He frowned and pondered for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and waved: "Get away, everyone, follow me and go to Seto Inland Sea."

After saying that, he turned around without hesitation and rushed down the city wall, rode his pony, and ran south.

This guy is too cowardly, right?

The legendary Japanese pirates are all desperate for life? Why is he, the leader of the Japanese pirate, so cowardly?

Japanese pirates are indeed crazy people who are desperate for life, because the spirit of Japanese Bushido is prevalent at this moment and they are afraid of death, so they are not worthy of being a warrior.

The problem is that Takanobu Matsuura is not a samurai at all. He is a daimyo, a prince, and he is also a rich prince. He doesn't know how good his life is. He knows that he will die and fight with others. Isn't that sick?

Besides, even if he loses Hirado, he will not end up in the end, because he is also a top boss in the business district east of the Seto Inland Sea. He can live a very comfortable life just by relying on his sea business.
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