The Satsuma Fan Shimazu clan claimed to be from descendants of Qin Shihuang and the descendant of the Ying clan of the East Japan clan, the Weizong clan, is no longer verified whether it is true or false.

During the Warring States Period of the Ultimate Warring States Period, Shimazu was not very famous, at least compared with Toyotomi, Tokugawa, Ouchi, and even Ototo.

However, in the Edo Shogunate period, the Satsuma Shimazu clan became famous. Especially in the late Shogunate period, it became one of the main forces of the fall of the shogunate. The Tokugawa shogunate was destroyed by the fall of the shogunate forces belonging to the Shimazu family.

Of course, these are all later stories, so I won’t be able to explain it for the time being.

The reason why Shimazu's family became stronger and stronger later is actually very simple, because they are relatively open-minded and dare to come into contact with new things.

For example, the Koshimazu family is one of the few princes in Japan who control the casting technology of iron cannons.

So, Wang Zhi said that Shimazu's family had no iron cannons, which was a lie. Shimazu's family just had never bought iron cannons from Ming vendors. There were still some iron cannons they cast themselves, and there were a lot of them.

As for how their iron cannon casting technology came from, it is also a big deal for Wang Zhi, because many of the pirates under Wang Zhi came from the Satsuma family, and Wang Zhi did not take any confidential measures when casting iron cannons. Some people who are interested learned the iron cannon casting technology from Wang Zhi, so they returned to the Satsuma family to show off, so as to gain the importance of the vassal lord Shimazu family. This is the source of Shimazu family's artillery casting technology.

However, the iron cannons they cast were still in the most primitive stage at this time, and they were basically unable to control their range or accuracy. Moreover, the iron cannons they cast had one disadvantage, that is, they were extremely bulky and could not lead long-distance marches at all.

Therefore, they did not sweep away Japan by mastering the casting technology of iron cannons in advance. Until later, their casting technology gradually developed and mastered the technology of making muskets, so they gradually became one of the strongest forces in Japan.

At this moment, they are not very strong, they are roughly a little stronger than Ryuzaoji.

Otomo Sorin didn't know that Shimazu had mastered the iron cannon casting technology, because Shimazu had not had time to use the iron cannons they had cast for actual combat. They just set up casting sites in various cities and cast iron cannons for city defense.

If the Otomo family did not come to attack the Shimazu family, it might take a few years or even more than ten years before the Shimazu family mastered the "secret" of casting iron cannon technology before they could be discovered.

However, Ototo Sorin was encouraged by Wang Zhi and led his army to rush over with silly. Shimazu had to show the hidden iron cannon in front of the world.

Hinata, outside Nagaoka Castle, and in the Otomo army.

Otomo Sorin looked at the dilapidated small city in front of him with contempt, hesitated for a moment, and then ordered loudly: "Send the iron cannon to set up a formation and prepare to bombard the city wall."

There were still two hundred iron cannons, or they were deployed about one mile away from the city wall. After the battle of Nagasaki Castle, Otoyo's army seemed to have suffered no losses.

In fact, they still have some losses, but the main loss is the gun mount, and the iron cannon has not lost anything.

The artillery mount is not very simple, even Wang Zhi himself would make it. Although he lied that the Ming Dynasty had no inventory of iron cannons, he would not be stingy with selling this artillery mount to Otomo Sorin. Therefore, the artillery mounts lost by Otomo army were quickly replenished, and Otomo Sorin's confidence seemed to be picked up.

Unexpectedly, reality made a big joke with him. The iron cannon on his side had just been installed and had not started to load shells, and a huge roar sounded on the city wall.

Ototo Sorin is very familiar with this sound, and Shimazu also has an iron cannon!

He was so scared that he almost fell down from his right away. It wasn't that he was so timid that the roar of the iron cannon was unbearable.

Baga is on the road, didn’t Wang Zhi say that Shimazu’s family doesn’t have iron cannons?

The scene outside Nagasaki Castle is still vivid in my mind. Although the iron cannon in his hand did not suffer any loss, the infantry who controlled the iron cannon suffered heavy losses. You must know that he finally cultivated thousands of skilled gunners, and in that battle, he lost hundreds.

This time, there will be no more than a hundred losses, right?

He couldn't help but look at his cannon formation with horror.

Surprisingly, there was no movement at all on our cannon formation, just like the defenders in the city did not fire at all.

What's going on?

He couldn't help but look at the team leader sent by Wang Zhi beside him with confusion.

He specially stayed to practice gunners. He usually brought this person with him when fighting, because this guy has much more experience in artillery battles than him.

Just now, he was frightened by the roar of artillery, and his eyes were almost blank, so he didn't see the specific situation at all.

The team leader was different because he could hear it at once that there were not many iron cannons in the city, and at most they were just over ten. Besides, he didn't have to fight in battle, so he was afraid of nothing.

Just now, he was looking carefully. The defenders in the city did fire, but the shells fired were like flowers scattered by the goddess, scattered everywhere, and they did not hit the cannon formation of the Great Friend at all.

He pointed to an open space next to the cannon array and said, "Master, their iron cannons seem to be accurate. The shells did not fall into our cannon array. Look, there is a shell they fired out there."

Otomo Sorin looked in the direction of the team leader's finger and found that there was a round shell lying on the ground.

Is this accurate too bad?

He subconsciously looked at his cannon formation and then looked at the landing point of the shells. This guy was at least half a mile away!

What's going on?

He looked at the team leader in confusion again.

The team leader smiled and explained: "It seems that Shimazu's homemade earth cannons, and the accuracy is not very good. Moreover, there are not many iron cannons in the city, at most, only more than ten gates."

When Ototo Sorin heard this, he suddenly realized that it was a homemade local cannon, which scared me.

He said in a fury and a angrily manner: "Fire the cannon and keep blowing me, and order Shiraku Yuki and Takahashi Shaoyun to prepare to lead the army to charge."

With his order, the artillery formation of Otoyo's army finally began to show its power.

As a result, there is no need to say much. Shimazu's local cannons are basically not accurate, while Otomo's iron cannons are extremely accurate. Although both sides are going back and forth, Otomo's side has not suffered much loss. Under the suppression of the barrage, the defenders on the city walls are like those of Kumamoto Castle and Saga Castle, and they can't raise their heads at all.

As soon as the two powerful generals Li Hanadao Xue and Takahashi Shaoyun led their troops to rush forward, the defenders on the city wall soon could no longer resist.
Chapter completed!