I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 23 Capture Zhaozhou
Zhu Cixuan temporarily ignored the prompts in his mind, and rode into Longwei Pass. After Li Dingguo sent troops to clear the pass, he left 1000 troops to guard Longwei Pass.

At the same time, a messenger was sent back to Dali, and Mu Tianbo, Duke of the State of Guizhou, was asked to send troops to defend Longwei Pass, and ordered Qianhu who stayed at Longwei Pass to wait for the arrival of the Ming army from Dali, and then go south to chase after the large troops.Sixty-seven thousand Ming troops passed through the pass and went down the Pineapple River.

After leaving the Longwei Pass, Zhu Cixuan continued on his way on horseback, the two cards in his mind still glowing like glazed glass.

Concentrate your mental power on a card, "Skill card, Huashan swordsmanship, from the Huashan school. Do you want to use it?"

Zhu Cixuan didn't hesitate, and silently said 'use' in his heart.

The skill card of Huashan Sword Art turned into a golden light and flew into the depths of Zhu Cixuan's mind. For a moment, it seemed like an electric current swept through his whole body.In my mind, I was instantly swept by a terrible information storm.

Countless figures emerged in my mind.Everyone is concentrating on practicing a set of sword techniques.

"White clouds come out of Xiu", "Phoenix comes to the ceremony", "golden and jade-filled hall", "heavenly gentry hangs upside down", "white rainbow pierces the sun", "green pine welcomes guests", "golden geese cross the sky", "boundless fallen trees", "green hills There are thirteen types of swordsmanship, including "Yinyin", "Gubaisensen", "Bells and Drums", "Xiao Shi Riding the Dragon", and "Breezy Breeze".

One year, two years, ten years...

It seems that the vicissitudes of the sea have been changing for thousands of years, but it is only a moment of flicking fingers.

In just the blink of an eye, for Zhu Cixuan, he changed from a novice with no knowledge of swordsmanship to a swordsman with decades of hard work and exquisite swordsmanship. This is the power of skill cards Where...

Zhu Cixuan suppressed his excitement, and concentrated his energy on another card again, "Skill card, Nineteen Styles of the Jade Maiden Sword Technique, from the Huashan School, may I use it?"

Holy crap, isn't Yunnv's nineteenth style of swordsmanship the swordsmanship used by Ning Zhongze in Xiaoaojianghu?It is suitable for women to use. Why does it feel so unsuitable for a man like me to use the swordsmanship used by women.

Also, has this system just started with the Huashan faction?The martial arts performed by those who ride horses are all from the Huashan School.Forget it, the system is the uncle, if you can't afford it, don't get entangled, but you can't learn the [-]th Jade Girl Swordsmanship by yourself. I just don't know if this skill is stuck on the two little girls Qingchan and Qingyu. No, why not try it on them tonight, Zhu Cixuan rubbed his chin thinking.

Having made up his mind, Zhu Cixuan ignored the Jade Girl Nineteen Swords skill card in his mind.Going leisurely with the army,
At the time of You, the troops arrived in Zhaozhou. This time, Li Dingguo arranged for He Jiuyi, the Duke of Guangguo, to lead his [-] troops to set up camp for the army.

He, Prince Zhu Cixuan, Gongchang Wang Baiwenxuan, Zheledian Chief Chieftain Chieftain Mu Yi, and Yuanjiang Chieftain Nasong led a total of 2.5 people to the outside of Zhaozhou City to surround Zhaozhou City. Four doors with a thickness of 4 meters.

Li Dingguo and Zhu Cixuan led 6000 troops to attack the west gate, Bai Wenxuan led [-] troops to attack the south gate, Zheledian chieftain Si Tusi Muyi led [-] troops to attack the north gate, Yuanjiang chieftain Nasong led [-] troops to attack the east gate .

The 1000 Tartars defending the city sent [-] troops to each of the four gates, leaving [-] mobile troops to support them at any time.

Li Dingguo, King of Jin, Bai Wenxuan, King of Gongchang, Mu Yi, chief judge of Zheledian, and Nasong, chieftain of Yuanjiang, each set up dozens of cannons to bombard Zhaozhou City. .

Li Dingguo did not intend to let the soldiers step on the ladder to attack the city this time, but directly blasted open the city gate with cannons!This is not only simple and rude, but also protects the city wall and does not hurt the people.

The sound of shelling from below the city came one after another. Some shells hit the city wall, some hit the tower, and some hit the gate. There was no one alive within twenty or thirty steps from the tower. The Tartars had already stepped aside.It won't work if you don't flash aside!No matter how brave the Tartars are, flesh and blood can't stop the shells!

The four gates were bombarded at the same time, and the city gate had been hit by countless shells. The shells fell on the gate, only to make the gate thump, thump, thud, as if it might be smashed open by shells at any time.

Only then did the Tartars guarding the city remember that there were still artillery pieces from the Ming army they had seized on the city wall, so they yelled, "Fight back with artillery, fight back with artillery."

The tartars in Zhaozhou City brought gunpowder and shells, and began to reload and fire cannons in a hurry.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The artillery on the four gates of Zhaozhou City began to counterattack. Dutong Doni lay on the battlements and looked out of the city. He felt relieved when he saw the shells falling on the Ming army's position.

But after more than a dozen shells fell one after another, most of them only shot more than 200 steps, which was still some distance away from the artillery positions of the Ming army. Zhang, but eventually rolled into the ditch in front of the artillery formation of the Ming army.

Most of the artillery on Zhaozhou City is the Franco cannon, which is an iron rear-loading smoothbore cannon. The whole cannon consists of three parts: the barrel, the belly of the cannon, and the sub-cannon.

When firing the cannon, the gunpowder pellets are first filled into the sub-cannon, and then the sub-cannon is loaded into the belly of the cannon, and the sub-cannon fire door is ignited to shoot.

The belly of the Frang machine is quite thick. Generally, there is a rudder stock for steering at the breech of the gun, and there are front sights and rear sights on the barrel.But limited to the current level of technology, the shortcomings of the Frang machine cannon are also obvious, that is, the gap between the sub-cannon and the belly of the cannon is large, causing the leakage of gunpowder gas, so the range is far inferior to the Hongyi cannon equipped by the Ming army outside the city.

What the Ming army brought this time were Hongyi cannons weighing more than [-] pounds, which easily hit two or three miles away.The artillery of the Ming army outside the city continued to fire at the city tower, and the city gate was almost unable to bear it. Several large holes had been smashed in the middle of the city gate, and huge cracks had been smashed into the city wall around the city gate by shells.

Half an hour later, there was only a loud bang, and the city gate finally couldn't stand the continuous shelling, broke away from the city wall and smashed into the city gate hole.

Zhu Cixuan and Li Dingguo could see clearly through the binoculars, Li Dingguo immediately said to Zhu Cixuan beside him, "Your Highness, you can let your gunners attack."

"Okay." Zhu Cixuan agreed, and said to Mu Zhongliang who was standing by, "Mu Qianhu, you lead the gunners to obey King Jin's orders."

"Follow the order." Mu Zhongliang replied loudly.

Upon seeing this, Li Dingguo immediately gave an order: "Order, firecrackers line up to clean up the Tartars in the city! Dou Minwang, Gao Wengui, Wang Guoxi, Jin Tongwu, you lead the cavalry to follow!"

With the drums beating, Mu Zhongliang led [-] East Palace guards with Mauser rifles to stand in a neat formation and advance layer by layer. The shield soldiers guarded these East Palace guards and resisted the bows and arrows of the Tartars on the city wall.

Mu Zhongliang and three hundred Mauser riflemen rushed into the city gate under the guard of shield soldiers.

The other side of the city gate was full of Tartar soldiers, and three hundred Mauser riflemen pulled the triggers one after another. There was a "beep, bean" gunshot, and the Tartars blocking the city gate fell down like wheat.

A few Tartars shot their feathered arrows at the Mauser riflemen rushing towards them, but they were blocked by the shield soldiers on the two wings covering the Mauser riflemen entering the city with their shields.

Before they could shoot the next round of eagle feather arrows, the dense bullet rain of "ba ba ba" came oncoming, each of them trembling, being sieved by Mauser rifle bullets.For a moment, the blood mist filled the air, and a few tartars who were lucky enough to survive ran back like crazy.

Damn!The baby is scared to death. What kind of firecracker duck is this? It is so powerful that it is important to run for your life. They spread their feet one by one and run faster than rabbits. They are only afraid of running a step slower and stepping into the footsteps of their companions.

Under the cover of the shield soldiers, the Mauser riflemen took the opportunity to rush through the city gate and entered Zhaozhou City. Once they entered the city, they lined up in three rows and attacked the surrounding Tartars indiscriminately.

The Tartars were suddenly stunned by these sharp firearms, and began to disperse in various streets, using residential houses as barriers, and started street fighting.

The cavalry led by Dou Minwang, Gao Wengui, Wang Guoxi, and Jin Tongwu shouted and charged from behind the Mauser riflemen. The riflemen quickly dispersed the road, and the cavalry launched a full-scale attack, charging and killing the Tartar soldiers in all streets. .

The Mauser riflemen were divided into six teams, 50 people in each team, still three rows in parallel, and cleaned each street one by one. For a while, there were constant gunshots and horseshoes in Zhaozhou City.

Another half an hour later, the other three gates were breached by the Ming army, and the five thousand Tartars were wiped out. Then Dou Minwang, Gao Wengui, Wang Guoxi and Jin Tongwu led the people to clean up the singles from house to house. After dark, the search of the entire Zhaozhou City was completed. So far, there is not a single living Tartar in Zhaozhou City.

Zhu Cixuan had just entered Zhaozhou City on horseback. As soon as he entered the city gate, there was no accident, "Ding Dong, Ding Dong." Two system prompts sounded in his mind, and Zhu Cixuan clearly felt that there were two more cards in his mind.

He concentrated his mental power on a newly appeared card, "Skill card, Yangwu swordsmanship, from the Huashan School, may I use it."

"Use," the skill card of Yangwu Sword Art turned into a golden light and flew into the depths of Zhu Cixuan's mind. For a moment, it seemed like an electric current swept through his whole body.In the mind, countless figures emerged.Everyone is concentrating on practicing a set of sword techniques.

One year, two years, ten years...

With a flick of a finger, decades of sword practice were deeply engraved in Zhu Cixuan's mind.

He concentrated his energy on another card, "Skill card, lady swordsmanship, from the Huashan School, may I use it?"

Lady swordsmanship, another set of swordsmanship used by women, happens to be two sets of swordsmanship, the nineteenth style of the jade girl swordsmanship and the lady's swordsmanship, Qing Chan and Qingyu each have a set, it depends on whether these two little girls can use it tonight up.Putting down his thoughts, Zhu Cixuan rode into Zhaozhou City.

Li Dingguo immediately sent people to post Anmin notices everywhere, which read:

Don't take needles and threads from common people, buy things according to the market price; pay back what you borrow from common people; Molesting and insulting women; all captured spoils will be handed over, the lighter ones will be beaten with [-] military sticks, expelled from the army, and the more serious ones will be beheaded.

(End of this chapter)