Two minutes ago, both Tokugawa Kyotoku and the ministers here all had strong expectations for the letter of persuasion written by Aoden himself.
Two minutes later...they changed color and "expected" turned into "sad" and "anger".
As soon as the reading fell, a man shouted in anger:
"It's too much to deceive others! It's really too much to deceive others!"
With this man's lead, the rest of them cursed:
"We still have a strong city to defend! We still have thousands of soldiers available, why should we surrender?!"
"What is he?'In the name of General of the Conquering the Wild"? Why does he represent General of the Conquering the Wild!"
"I would rather die than beg for mercy at Ju Qingdeng!"
Although the book of persuading surrender written by Qingdeng himself did not use complicated classical Chinese, it happened to be this simple and direct plain language that gave Mido a great stimulation to the monarch and ministers!
This is both a tough persuasion to surrender and a naked humiliation!
It is no exaggeration to say that Qingdeng is almost like "Don't mess around, you have no chance of winning, just surrender" on their faces.
His contempt for Mito was beyond words.
Such a straightforward humiliation, even Tokugawa Kyotoshi, who has a good cultivation, cannot bear it.
Then he stood up, his hair was angrily rushing, his cheeks flushed, and the blood vessels in his temples on both sides jumped like earthworms:
"Defend the Mito Castle to the death! Swear to fight against Kirikurato!"
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One hour later—
Outside Mito Castle, the besieged position—
"Qingdeng, everything is ready."
Kondo Yuki said to Aoden gently.
Qing Deng asked expressionlessly:
"Did there be a response from the other side?"
Kondo shook his head:
"No."
"It's such a pity, it's a waste of my kindness."
"Are you going to start the attack?"
"Then we need to say that since the opponent has shown his 'backbone', we must respond. Send an order to the 11th Team! Blast the walls of Mito Castle!"
"Yes! Team 11, prepare for shelling!"
Regarding how to capture Mito Castle, Aiden's plan is quite simple and there is no need for any conspiracy.
In the era of cold weapons that lack the ability to attack - such as the Warring States Period three hundred years ago - it was indeed particularly difficult to attack a strong city like Mito Castle.
If the troops are more than countless times, they can only rely on "soldiers and food warfare" to drag down the enemy.
Nowadays, with the rapid advancement of technology, these castles made of bricks, stones and wood are no longer worthy of fear.
Can these backward castles block the cannons?
As the order was delivered, the shelling positions of the 11th Team immediately became busy.
The muzzles of these frames point diagonally to the sky, aiming at Mito Castle, and cannon bombardment at any time.
After receiving the order to "start the attack", the artillery soldiers who were already ready to take action immediately.
Send instructions one by one.
Fill in with gunpowder.
Then--
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
One round of shells rushed out, cutting through the atmosphere and landing towards Mito Castle like raindrops!
In an instant, flame waves and shock waves swept across Mito Castle!
Even Qingdeng and others who were far away in this formation felt the ground under their feet trembling.
Mito Castle, which was just peaceful, was dominated by turmoil.
Of course, the Mito Army is not without the power to fight back.
Just a few minutes after the new group started the attack, the opponent launched a counterattack.
The shells flew in arcs.
However, all of these shells fell outside the besieged positions and made no achievements except to stir up countless dust.
The cannons used by the Mito Army are still the old antiques.
The rate of fire, accuracy, and range are all not as good as the new cannon used by the new selection group.
Therefore, it is only natural to happen in such a situation.
Strangely, from the surface, the number of artillery opposite is very considerable.
The walls and oars of Mito Castle Minomaru are covered with small black dots.
Although it is difficult to see clearly because of the distance, from the shape, these should be all cannons.
But these cannons did not launch bombardment and were just placed there for decoration.
Seeing this, Kondo Yuki looked confused and murmured involuntarily:
"It's so strange... the enemy's counterattack was much weaker than we expected."
Qingdeng frowned slightly, thoughtful, and then he seemed to think of something and bent the corner of his mouth:
"This is probably the old trick of Mito Jun, who disguises himself as a cannon with a bronze bell."
When Kondo Yuki heard this, he immediately showed a clear expression on his face.
After the outbreak of the "Black Ship Incident" (1853), the former lord of the Mito family, Tokugawa Shiaki, who was still alive, sent a large army to aid.
Because of the lack of cannons, the Mito army brought a large number of copper bells and placed on the coast.
In this way, looking from a distance, these bronze bells are like cannons.
The original intention is to bluff and shock the US ships - of course, it has no effect at all.
Regardless of the facts, the Mito Army's counterattack was indeed far less than the expectations of Aoden and others.
The shells of the Xinxuan group covered Mito Castle Minomaru, but the shells of the Mito Army were unable to hit the siege positions... an extremely unequal war.
The soldiers of the Mito Army were extremely distressed.
On the other hand, the soldiers in the newly selected group were very comfortable.
Qingdeng sat leisurely on the stool, staring quietly, and waiting silently.
The soldiers of the 11th Team kept firing artillery, as if these shells were all worthless.
It is true that the soldiers of the 11th Team cannot win every single shot.
If one of ten shells hits, it would be lucky.
Although the hit rate is not good, it cannot withstand the number of shells and the target area is large!
Sannomaru's wall is very long and wide, making it an excellent target.
The advantage of Japanese castles is their complex design, not known for their materials and wall thickness - anyway, they will definitely not be able to withstand the continuous bombing of shells!
The first thing that was destroyed was Mianomaru's oar.
Just now, a shell was impartially hitting Miannomaru's oar, like rice cut by a sickle, and it was cut in half.
Immediately afterwards, Sannomaru's wall gradually collapsed.
After being bombarded by countless shells, Mianomaru's city wall began to shake.
Countless pieces of slag and pieces splashed out... The cracks continued to extend and deepen.
Finally, with a bang, Mito Castle Sannomaru's wall completely collapsed! A huge gap was revealed!
Qingdeng issued further orders indifferently:
"Prepare to suppress Mianomaru!"
His military order was soon passed to the positions of the Second Division, Third Division and Sixth Division.
By the way, Aoto did not allow Serizawa Ya to participate in the attack - this was mainly because Serizawa Yato was born in the Mito family.
It would be too cruel to have someone attack his hometown.
Although Serizawa Ya did not mention the "Mito Conquest", for various reasons, Aoden decided to let him and his fourth team serve as a reserve team and stay in the rear.
Nagakura Shinhara, Saito Ichi and Inoue Genzaburo each took their place, ready to go.
Qingdeng did not immediately order them to move forward.
He asked the 11th team to continue shelling and launched saturated bombardment into Sannomaru, which is "aircraft fire to wash the floor".
After several rounds of bombardment, most of the defensive facilities inside Sannomaru were blown up, and Aoden let Nagakura Shinhara and others start to march.
"Second Team! Follow me!"
"Trim team, move forward."
"Sixth Team! Attack!"
Three troops rushed to the gap in the city wall like a tide, attacking the broken Mianomaru.
To be honest, it was a boring battle.
Have the soldiers of the Mito Army ever seen such a violent rain of artillery?
The newly selected group did not take a single soldier, but only used a few shells to destroy the city they relied on... The impact this brought them was like a bolt from the blue!
They were already not very morale. Facing the rushing tiger and wolf men, they were defeated without even making decent resistance.
In fact, even if we don’t talk about the equipment gap and only talk about personal courage, the Mito Army cannot compete with the new selection group.
When the Xinxuan Group fought bloody battles in Gyeonggi and successively fought against the peasant army, Changzhou army, and the Fazhu army, the soldiers of the Mizuto army stayed in the comfortable Kanto and were never baptized by the war.
Their understanding of war is only in the mouth of the storyteller.
A group of new recruits met veterans with hundreds of battles... The result is self-evident.
The offensive of Nagakura Shingao and others was like taking a puppet. They only encountered sporadic resistance on the way, and only suffered extremely minor casualties, they completely suppressed Mianomaru.
Immediately afterwards, the artillery position extended forward and began to bomb Ninomaru's walls.
The next process is nothing more than repeating everything that happened just now.
Bombardment, collapse of city walls, artillery fire washed the ground, the army advanced, Ninomaru fell...
At this point, Mito Castle's Sannomaru and Ninomaru have fallen one after another, and it took 2 hours!
It has only been 2 hours since the war started!
It took only 2 hours to kill Mito Castle with only one lonely Honmaru... It is the best interpretation of the word "out of power"!
Qingdeng coldly ordered:
"Continue! Don't be stingy with shells! Bomb Hiramotomaru!"
He has given Mito monarch and ministers the opportunity to surrender early so as not to waste time on both sides.
He wrote very clearly in the book of persuading surrender: If you want to fight, you will be warned!
Since Mito's ministers intend to oppose him, they will use absolute force to make them realize the reality as they wish!
He will not send anyone to persuade him to surrender again.
Next, either they opened the door and surrendered, or they bombarded Hiramotomaru, drove them out like a rat out of a hole, or pulled out their bodies directly from the ruins.
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Mito Castle, Honmaru—
Bang...!Bang...!Bang...!Bang...!Bang...!
The muffled sound of shells bombing the city walls came one after another.
There was a sound of broken bricks and rotten tiles falling to the ground in the middle.
Tokugawa Kyoto sat dejectedly on the ground, his eyes unconscious.
A group of ministers surrounded him with a blank expression.
Two hours ago, they looked angry, their eyes were glaring, and they shouted slogans like "Never surrender" and "Swear to fight to the end".
And now... they are all depressed and depressed.
This strong contrast is both funny and sad.
In just two hours, they deeply experienced the despair of "falling straight into hell".
The castle they held with ardent hope was on the verge of falling if they could not hold on for half a day!
Now, they are helpless...
Unless they have the magical power of "summoning meteorites" and "summoning the wind", it is impossible to break the deadlock.
Bang...!Bang...!Bang...!Bang...!Bang...!
The muffled sound of shells bombing the city walls was getting heavier and closer.
The sound of broken bricks and rotten tiles splashing on the ground is getting more and more intense.
In this way, it only takes 20 minutes at most, their last stronghold will also be lost.
At this moment, the suffocating atmosphere was circulating between Mito monarch and minister...
In this dead silence, Tokugawa Kyoto said softly:
“…Surrender…Surrender to Juiceng…!”
The last few syllables are squeezed out from the gap between the teeth.
Surrender... If it were two hours ago, when the ministers heard this word, they would be angry and as if they were in a panic.
Carve it out...
After Tokugawa Keitaki finished speaking, no one spoke at the scene.
Quietly...no one expressed objection.
Even if someone opened his mouth and was about to say something, he quickly shut up.
The defeat is imminent, and no matter how unwilling or indignant they are, they cannot change this established fact with their spiritual power.
"Woo...woo..."
Someone shrugged his shoulders and made a low sob.
The rest of the people who had been holding back could no longer stop after witnessing this scene and cried out.
The sobs are getting more and more densely, and gradually ringing.
They all lowered their heads and looked at their toes, not daring to look at anyone around them, as if they would find sin on each other's faces.
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Mito Castle, outside of Motomaru—
Qingdeng looked at Honmaru who was on the verge of collapse with a calm expression.
The Mito Army's counterattack ability has been completely destroyed and it is no longer able to fight against the newly selected artillery team.
Therefore, the soldiers of the 11th Team were able to put the cannon in front of the city wall of Honmaru and bombard Honmaru at close range.
By the way, as Aoden expected, the Mito army did play an old trick - they brought a bronze bell and piled it on the city wall as cannons, bluffing.
After attacking Sannomaru, looking at the bronze bell on the city wall, the soldiers of the newly selected group all laughed.
This move not only did not shock the new selection group, but also helped boost morale.
Looking at Honmaru who was about to fall, Kondo said lightly:
"It's going to end."
Qingdeng nodded gently to show his agreement.
At this moment, he had a sharp eye and suddenly noticed something strange - but he saw that the door of Honmaru slowly opened.
Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man in white rushed out:
"General Orange! We are willing to surrender! We are willing to surrender!"
He lay on the ground, trembling, and repeated the words "We are willing to surrender."
Seeing this, Qingdeng ordered:
"Stop the shelling."
Soon, the continuous sound of artillery fire stopped.
After sending someone to ask about the situation, Kondo sneered:
"Hmph! Isn't it going to be so much trouble if I surrender earlier?"
Aodo didn't say a word - because Kondo had already acted as his "mouth substitute" to express what he was thinking for him.
Although the moral character of Mito's ministers who do not see the coffin and do not shed tears is very funny, no matter what, it is always a good thing to be able to end the war as soon as possible.
So he accepted the surrender with pleasure.
Then, Tokugawa Kyotogata, wearing a white robes, led a group of ministers to slowly walk out of Honmaru, like a prisoner rushing to the execution ground.
After a while, they knelt in front of Qingdeng.
Tokugawa Kyoto took the position of "seating from the ground", his forehead was about an inch above the ground, and said in a trembling voice:
"General Orange, we are willing to surrender... Please give me a gentle resignation..."
Upon hearing this, a coldness flashed in Qingdeng's eyes:
"'From the light'? You Mito has committed so many evils. Now you touch your lips lightly and want to make your light's light. Isn't that too unreasonable?"
In fact, in terms of "hate value", Qingdeng's hatred for Mito is even more than Changzhou.
Changzhou never forced him into a desperate situation.
However, Mito actually caught him, Tianzhangyuan and others in a dead end and almost died.
Faced with Aoden's reprimand, Tokugawa Kyoto was stunned for a moment, and then opened his mouth to argue.
But he immediately thought that he was a prisoner, so he immediately shut up and did not dare to say more.
Qingdeng was too lazy to talk to Mito's ministers, so he waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to take them all down and give them a date.
The city has been destroyed, the monarch and ministers have surrendered... At this point, the "Mito Conquest" that lasted only three days ended with the complete victory of the newly selected group!
Although this battle took advantage of "the vitality of Mito's family was severely damaged", it was worthy of the "strong" comments to break through Mito Castle in just 2 hours!
The battle has ended, and the next time is nothing more than cleaning the battlefield and accepting the Mito family's treasury's treasures.
It is worth mentioning that when the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, they found that there were more than a dozen bodies in Honmaru who committed suicide by separatism. After verifying their identities, they found that they were all ministers of Mito's vassal.
It is not difficult to guess that they must be unwilling to surrender, so they committed suicide to show their ambitions.
Although he is an enemy, Qingdeng has always respected such a fierce man who dares to use his own life to stick to his ideas.
Therefore, he specially ordered that his relatives be allowed to retrieve the bodies.
After handling a series of aftermath, the orange sunset was almost falling into the horizon.
Looking at the sky dyed red by the sunset, Kondo said with half joking and half helplessness:
"Although I had expected it, the battle will end so soon... It's really unhappy."
This is unintentional.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Qingdeng beside him smiled slightly - a thoughtful look was revealed in his smile.
"A coincidence, I think so too."
"It's a rare trip here. It would be a waste to go back to the court like this."
"So...continue to push north! I want to stabilize the north in one breath!"
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