The efficiency of the Ming Dynasty was really extraordinary. Otomo Solin had just prepared more than 300,000 taels of silver, but Wang Zhi had already sent him the iron cannons, shells and the gunpowder he had given him.

By paying money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other, Otomo Sorin soon owned two hundred brand new iron cannons.

So, can he use these iron cannons to conquer and unify the Jiuzhou?

Of course it is not that simple. Let’s not talk about whether these two hundred iron cannons are enough for him to dominate Jiuzhou. It is still a question whether the people under his command will operate these iron cannons.

It didn't take long for this iron cannon to be introduced to Japan. Not only were there few princes from all over the world who could cast iron cannons, but there were not many people who could control iron cannons.

The Otomo family could not cast iron cannons, so naturally there was no veteran who could control iron cannons under Otomo Sorin.

For this reason, he also asked Wang Zhi to help him and asked Wang Zhi to send him some skilled gunners to teach his subordinates to control the iron cannons.

Wang Zhi was not vague and immediately sent him a small team of ten skilled gunners to help him train his men.

At this moment, it was so lively outside Xishan City. There were rumbling cannons every day from morning to night, and almost no interruption.

According to Wang Zhi's guidance, Otomo Sorin recruited a thousand clever infantrymen, five people in groups, divided into two hundred groups, and controlled two hundred iron cannons respectively.

It is difficult to control the iron cannon, and it is not easy to say it is easy. If you are a novice who has never been exposed to artillery, at least you have to practice it yourself. Only after firing a few shots can you barely master the basic skills of the iron cannon control.

So after a few shots, the ten shells that came with the artillery were almost consumed.

Of course, Ototo Sorin didn't care about this little money or this little shell. He ordered an additional 10,000 shells. Ten thousand shells were not enough, so another 10,000 shells were just there.

His men were becoming more and more skilled in controlling the cannons, but they soon discovered a new problem, that is, the fixing and moving the cannons were too troublesome.

Wang Zhi didn't equip them with gun chariots. Even if they were equipped with gun chariots, they didn't have so many war horses.

This iron cannon cannot be fired by just swaying to the ground. At least it must be fixed before firing the cannon. Otherwise, with a "boom", the shells will fly forward and the iron cannon will fly backward.

During the training, they can also think of some ways to dig a hole on the ground and then pass the pole of the spear through the gun ears and nail it to the ground to fix the iron cannon. That's not possible during the war, because the iron cannon must move with the army. Do they dig a hole temporarily whenever they run to a place?

In fact, Yang Cong had considered this for them a long time ago. It doesn’t matter if there is no cannon cart. The Ming Dynasty had a special gun mount, which costs 100 taels of silver. Although the main structure is wood, there are also a few small and exquisite iron pins and iron hoops where the iron cannon is fixed, which are both beautiful and durable. Moreover, four people can easily carry the iron cannon and the gun mount together.

This thing is so good. Ototo Sorin naturally bought two hundred sets without hesitation. At this moment, the carpenters in the Ming Dynasty had another job. For less than one tael, they sold one hundred taels per set, which was simply a huge profit!

In this way, after nearly a month of hard work, a thousand gunners finally got almost done. Ototo Sorin also assembled more than 10,000 troops, and the Ototo family's Kyushu conquest finally kicked off.

The first goal was to fight against the rebellion of Feihou Kingdom, which was his uncle Kikuchi Yoshiwu.

By the way, why is his uncle called Kikuchi Yoshito instead of Oto?

Although the surname of Japan is quite strange, it is also a surname. Why are the surnames different in a family, uncle and nephew?

What exactly causes this problem remains to be investigated. In fact, most Japanese people are similar to those of the Ming Dynasty, and their direct blood relatives are the same, but there are some special situations.

Just like the famous Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Japanese history, this guy was not originally called Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was originally named Kinoshita Fujiro. His father was the leader of the Oda clan, who was the lower-level samurai leader, named Kinoshita Yayaemon. In other words, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was originally named Kinoshita, but he was given a new surname after he became Guanbai.

This is also the reason why Yang Cong couldn't find out about Toyotomi Hideyoshi, because Toyotomi Hideyoshi was not called Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but Kinshita Fujiro.

For example, another hero of the Warring States Period in the Uttar Warring States Period, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was as famous as Tokugawa Hideyoshi, was not originally called Tokugawa Ieyasu, but Matsuhei Motoyasu. He was born in the famous Matsuhei clan of the Sanhe Kingdom. As for how it became Tokugawa Ieyasu later, it is unknown.

In short, Japanese people may not necessarily use patriarchal or matriarchal surnames. It is very likely that the surnames between brothers are different, which was particularly common during the Warring States Period of the Japan.

There is no way to understand why Ototo Sorin's relative uncle was called Kikuchi Yoshito. This is not the point. The current point is that this guy betrayed the Ototo family, so Ototo Sorin wanted to clean up the portal and use him to take action or sacrifice flags to lay a solid foundation for the Kyushu expedition.

At this moment, a vassal state in Japan is actually as big as a county in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, each vassal state basically has only one city, such as Feihou Kingdom, and there is only one city and about a dozen larger manors.

However, when it comes to this city, it is more famous because this city is the famous Kumamoto Castle in later generations.

Why Kumamoto Castle is famous? Due to some well-known reasons, I will not explain in detail here. In short, Kumamoto Castle was relatively famous during the Warring States Period of the Japan Warring States Period, and is famous for its easy defense and difficult attack.

This is also the reliance of Kikuchi Yoshitoshi's courage to betray the Otomo family.

The so-called "If you want to surround it, if you want to attack it, if you want to attack it, if you want to double it, if you want to fight it, if you want to escape it, if you want to avoid it." "The Art of War" is also quite popular in Japan. Under normal circumstances, the siege party must at least five times the strength of the defending party to attack the city.

Kumamoto Castle is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and he also has nearly 10,000 troops under his command. Even if Otomo Sorin is a powerful soldier, he can organize 20,000 troops and 20,000 troops to attack the Xiong Castle with 10,000 troops. What a joke?

Therefore, Kikuchi Yoshio was fearless and was not afraid of Oto's family coming to attack him.

Under normal circumstances, Ototo Sorin naturally dared not run to attack Kumamoto Castle, because the authority of the Ototo family has been seriously challenged at this time. Not only did his uncle Kikuchi Yoshito betray him, but most of the other rich families also had strange intentions. He couldn't even pull up 20,000 troops, so how could he attack Kumamoto Castle?

However, it was different now, because he already had two hundred new iron cannons, and he had seen the power of this guy with his own eyes, and it was better to use it to attack the city.
Chapter completed!