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Chapter 255 Troops Arrive at Edo

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    To say that the shooting accuracy of the Liaodong Navy is still good, at least eight of the fourteen shells hit three Guan ships respectively. One of the Guan ships was hit by three shells on the bow, bottom of the hull and guardrail.  A narrow room made of shield walls!

    Immediately, the collision angle of the ship was directly blown away. Several oarsmen at the bottom of the ship and gunners in the gunships were torn to pieces by the cannonballs. In fact, these three cannons looked tragic, but the actual damage caused was  It's not that serious!

    But the terrible thing is that the cannonball that hit the middle of the hull entered the hull diagonally downwards. The huge kinetic energy caused the cannonball to pass directly through the hull and into the vast sea!

    Suddenly, sea water poured in from the bottom of the boat like a fountain, and the oarsmen on the bottom could no longer care about paddling. They screamed and left their oar positions, scrambling to escape to the upper level of the cabin!

    The Kanban ship that lost power stopped directly on the sea, which caused chaos in the turning Japanese ship array!

    At this time, the Shen Yong also reached the best shooting position, and there was another roar, and still fourteen solid shells were blasted out, and a piece of blood mist and flying wood chips were once again set off in the Japanese ship array!

    This time, the lost power ship was hit by two more shells, which made it unable to change its fate. After making several harsh crackling sounds of planks, the hull was finally broken by the strong water pressure, and the entire ship was destroyed.  The ship broke into two sections and sank to the bottom of the sea!

    To the despair of the Japanese people, the Shenyong's attack not only sank one Guan ship, but also disabled the other two ships, because the Shenyong fired shells and managed to hit the two turning ships.  Off the rudder of the ship!

    At this time, the Japanese ship formation was completely lively. Soldiers who fell into the sea were calling for help. People on the Guan ship whose rudder was hit kept jumping into the sea and swam towards the other two Guan ships, and those two ships were still moving.  The capable Guanfeng is raising the mast and intends to raise the sail and escape!

    At this moment, the Fenyong and Shenyong took a circle on the sea and returned to a position parallel to the Japanese ship array. Moreover, this time the distance was even closer, less than a hundred steps. This made it difficult just now.  The still noisy Japanese ship formation suddenly became quiet!

    Immediately afterwards, two more rounds of artillery fire roared, and the four ships on the sea were reduced to rubbish in the blink of an eye. Only the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water were left, fluttering in the sea holding broken wooden boards!

    Of course, Cao Ling did not keep the samurai and soldiers who fell into the water. He ordered the ships carrying infantry to come forward and shoot all those people in the sea.

    The reason why Cao Ling did this was mainly because he didn't want to cause trouble before taking Edo Castle. In fact, he sent Kubo Matsudaira to Geng Zhongming for this reason. After all, people who are not from my race will have different hearts, and Cao Ling can't guarantee that.  There is no one among Matsudaira Kubo's men who is in Cao's camp and his heart is in Han!

    Because it was already late to arrive in Edo Bay, after wiping out the Japanese patrol fleet, Cao Ling ordered the fleet to anchor down and rest. Of course, there were also sporadic fishing boats that discovered the existence of the fleet during this period, but these  All fishing boats were sunk by cruising warships without exception!

    Early the next morning, Cao Ling's fleet officially set sail towards Edo Bay. When Cao Ling led the expedition fleet into Edo Bay, it was early in the morning, and hundreds of fishing boats in Edo Bay were just about to leave the harbor to catch fish.  Fish, but before these small fishing boats could hang up their sails, they saw hundreds of huge warships rushing into the bay!

    The fishermen looked at these huge warships at a loss. Before they could figure out where these warships came from, the cannons on the warships began to roar, and shells fell on the narrow fishing boats one after another.  Immediately blast these fishing boats to pieces!

    Although Edo Bay was later Tokyo Bay, it was just a fish port at this time. Apart from the pier where Kanfune docked, there were no large-scale port facilities at all, so there was not enough coastal defense firepower here!

    Cao Ling¡¯s expeditionary fleet easily blasted a channel among the fishing boats in Edo Bay, and then a large number of ships carrying soldiers and equipment docked, and used small boats to send the soldiers to the coast!

    It was not difficult to land when the enemy was completely unprepared. When Cao Ling saw through the telescope that the Royal Guards infantry of a town came ashore and built a simple defensive position, his heart was not too high.  It finally fell!

    As time went by, batches of soldiers, equipment, supplies, and war horses were sent to the coast. The combat effectiveness of the Royal Guards began to be revealed. The infantry quickly built camps, and the cavalry began to search and explore!

    When night fell, Cao Ling also appeared in his commander's tent. With a satisfied smile on his face, he smiled at Wang Hua and other expeditionary force officers and said: "Thank you for your hard work. The landing of the army went very smoothly today."  , we can attack Edo Castle tomorrow, but tonight we have toTake extra precautions and don¡¯t let the Japanese take advantage of you!  "

    Gesleng, as an old subordinate of Cao Ling, immediately stood up and said: "Don't worry, Commander, I have sent out three thousand cavalry to investigate the movements of the Japanese within fifty miles. As long as the Japanese dare to come, I guarantee that they will not be able to escape."  Eyes that never close at night!¡±

    As soon as Gesleng finished speaking, Ma Xianglin also stood up and said: "Commander, our 20,000 infantrymen have established 130 open and covert posts. At the same time, in order to cope with the unexpected incident, the lower officials and Commander Qi have ordered the soldiers to be on guard.  , I can¡¯t take off my clothes, and I can¡¯t take them away from my hands. I believe that even if the Japanese dare to sneak attack, our army can deal with them calmly!¡±

    Cao Ling nodded with satisfaction and said: "Everyone is ready, and I am relieved. I order the entire army to repair tonight and march to Edo Castle early tomorrow morning!"

    Everyone responded in unison: "Yes!"

    Although everyone was very nervous that night, the Japanese did not move at all, which allowed the expeditionary force that had just landed to take a rest!

    Early the next morning, after the army made food and had enough to eat and drink, Cao Ling personally led 10,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry towards Edo Castle, while the remaining 5,000 infantry stayed behind to guard the camp.  Prevent Japanese sneak attacks!

    Although we encountered a small number of Japanese scouts along the way, those Japanese did not come into contact with the expeditionary force. They just left quickly when they saw the shadow of the expeditionary force!

    But this situation also made it clear to Cao Ling that the other party already knew that they were coming, and also knew the movements of the expeditionary force well. It was only because of the huge difference in strength that they did not rush out to fight!

    After marching for half a day, the army finally saw the shadow of Edo Castle. Facing this current capital of the Japanese country, Cao Ling couldn't help but feel a surge of heat in his heart!

    This is a war to destroy the country, and he, Cao Ling, is the protagonist of this war. As long as he destroys the Japanese country and completes the mission of His Majesty the Emperor, it is not a problem to make his wife Yinzi. It is not impossible to become a marquis Dangdang.  !

    Edo Castle was built in the mid-fifteenth century. It was small at that time, with only more than a hundred households.  In the eighth year of Qingchang, which was the thirty-first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1603), after Tokugawa Ieyasu became the general to conquer barbarians and established the shogunate here, Edo became the de facto capital of the Japanese country!

    According to the original history, Edo has been the political center of Japan for more than two hundred years. It was not until the first year of Meiji (1868) that the Meiji army occupied Edo and ended the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate.  Edo was renamed Tokyo.

    But now it seems that Edo has no chance of becoming Tokyo, because it is destined to be destroyed by the artillery fire of Cao Ling's army, and the history of Japan will also go in another direction!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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