The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 229 Master Ye first resisted the Yuan Dynasty and then destroyed the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang felt ashamed, and the arrow rain blocked the melee attack!

Wang Baobao looked at the county government office facing north and south in the county seat of Yanmen County on the sand table, trying hard to portray Ye Qing's image in his mind.

As far as he knew about Ye Qing's appearance, he only had an age and general body shape.

As for his specific appearance, many business travelers who had passed by had never met Ye Qing, or had only met him once, and they couldn't explain why.

Even those representatives of Beiyuan merchants who are resident in the county have only met each other a few times!

Furthermore, there were almost no merchants in Beiyuan who were good at calligraphy and painting, so Wang Baobao had no way of knowing exactly what Ye Qing looked like.

But now, he is basically sure what Ye Qing will look like. He must be a treacherous and ambitious hero. He should look like Chen Youliang when he was young!
"This privately made cannon must be the reason why your agents are desperately trying to catch spies!"

"You are afraid that not only will you catch our spies, but you will also be guarding against the eyes of the Ming Dynasty!"

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Thinking of this, Wang Baobao has already made his own judgment on Ye Qing's ultimate goal.

At this very moment,
Nai'er Buhua looked at the mare milk tea bowl in her hand and placed it on the table with a force that was close to smashing.

Nai'er Buhua said fiercely: "No wonder the spies that Ye Qing has been trying so hard to catch us all these years must be for the cannon he made privately, so that he can catch us by surprise."

"But I have to admire him. This cannon really shoots far and is very powerful."

"After we break in, we will definitely take over his arsenal and use this cannon to attack the Ming court."

Wang Baobao just sneered and said: "You underestimate him too much."

"His purpose of building this cannon is not only to resist the Yuan Dynasty, but also to destroy the Ming Dynasty!"

"Mie Ming?"

Nai'er Buhua asked in confusion.

Wang Baobao was not in a hurry, but after taking a sip of the horse milk tea, he spoke slowly and carefully.

The reason why he has this understanding is definitely not groundless. He has his own set of reasonable basis.

First of all, would a military man with such talent be willing to be a mere seventh-grade border town magistrate?
As long as he presented this thing to the imperial court, he would start as a fourth-rank official, not to mention a third-rank official. However, Ye Qing did not do that. He was just willing to be a border town magistrate.

Did he really just want to be safe and sound, becoming such a small local emperor?
Obviously, Ye Qing's appetite would not be so small.

If not, I wouldn't have hid it from them and the court. You know, if the privately made cannon is discovered, the whole family will suffer the death penalty!
What was worth taking such a big risk on?

In this world, the only thing in the world to rebel and proclaim emperor is worth taking the risk of killing nine tribes and doing something to prepare for a rainy day!

Why did he, Ye Qing, set up such a special agent team? It was really just dedicated to arresting Bei Yuan spies.

In his opinion, he would definitely guard against the imperial court's eyes and ears, and even treat the imperial court's eyes and ears as spies of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

When Nai'er Buhua heard this, she nodded in realization.

Nai'er Buhua asked: "Then he killed Mahamu, and you still sincerely win over him, why is he not happy?"

"If he is the last general, he will definitely cooperate with you first, then find a way to kill you, and finally ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor."

"But he rejected you. Judging from his reply, he is quite enthusiastic!"

Wang Baobao stood up, looked at the county government in the sand table and said: "I did not say that his sincerity and passion were fake. He is very similar to me. He loves his colleagues and his country, but he He has no loyalty to the emperor, and even has thoughts of replacing him."

"So, he will definitely not cooperate with this king. His choice is to resist the Yuan first, and then close the door to destroy the Ming!"

"such a pity!"

Wang Baobao just sighed in a long and leisurely tone, and then closed his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, he immediately widened his eyes with murderous intent: "It's a pity that he can't be used by this king. It's a pity that he is too proud of himself. It's a pity that he is too arrogant of his cannon."

"Pass this commander's military order,"

"The armies of the two armies on the east and west are not allowed to withdraw even a single soldier, and observers are sent to observe the battle. Once they discover that my infantry and cavalry troops are attacking the city, and once they see my siege baggage and begin to attack the city, the whole army will attack!"

After receiving the order, the ordering soldier just knelt down on one knee, put his right hand lightly on his left chest to salute, and then quickly left the Chinese army's commander's tent.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Baobao returned to the commander's seat, his eyes looking at the sand table battlefield full of confidence.

The reason for his confidence is also very simple, that is, no matter how powerful the cannon is, it cannot fully cover the bombardment.

Moreover, the cannon is placed high on the city wall to shoot down low. Although it can increase the range, it also increases the blind area of ​​the range. In short, when the distance to the city wall is close enough, the cannon is useless!

Judging from his past experience, he can conclude that as long as his men and horses rush past the position four hundred steps away from the city wall, the cannon will become a decoration!

At that time, the Yanmen defenders will definitely do their best to resist the Beiyuan infantry soldiers under the city, so that their siege baggage can successfully reach within their range.

At that time, as long as their siege baggage begins to bombard the city walls, their entire army will press forward.

In this way, he can live in Ye Qing's mansion tonight!

At this moment, the sand table operators in Marshal Bei's tent began to place models according to the battle situation reported back and Wang Baobao's military orders. "Put it four hundred steps outside the city. They should rush there as well."

Under the intervention of Wang Baobao's order, the sand table operators laid out a bunch of infantry and cavalry models on the battlefield outside the east and west gates of the city, and also placed a small flag with the words "Four Hundred Steps Outside the City" words.

Wang Baobao and Nai'er Buhua just looked at these military models, as if they were seeing an actual battlefield.

On the city wall of the east gate of Yanmen Pass, at both ends of the corridors on the third and second floors of the city gate building, the artillery observers and crossbow bed observers waved the command flags in their hands at the same time.

"Four hundred steps, fire!"

"Four hundred steps, shoot the arrow!"

Below the city gate tower, Mao Xiang, Zhu Yuanzhang and the commander-in-chief General Chen all stood on the city wall with their hands on the hilts of their swords.

In their eyes, a hundred cannons that had been adjusted to the lowest elevation angle emitted a thundering sound almost simultaneously.

The powerful recoil acted on the city wall at the same time, but no matter how strong the city wall was, it was still enough to make everyone feel a clear tremor in the soles of their feet.

This feeling is no less than a momentary earthquake, but it is not enough to collapse the city wall!

Immediately afterwards, there were a hundred meteors trailing fire tails and black smoke, drawing an almost uniform parabola in the sky. They were almost on the same horizontal line and almost ten meters apart.

"Boom!"

Finally, when the enemy's remaining more than 2000 cavalrymen, who were charging flatly, had just rushed [-] steps outside the city, artillery shells exploded directly under their feet, forming an explosive blockade nearly a kilometer long.

The distance between cannonballs is only ten meters. This distance is enough for the wet soil produced by the explosion to intersect!

Of course, the blood of the flying humans and horses was also intertwined in the air, and even the stumps of the flying humans and horses collided with each other in the air.

Not only that, but the overturned men and horses collided with each other, and they were almost killed if they were not killed by the explosion.

Of course, the enemy is not a fool waiting to be bombed, but a living person and horse charging with all his strength, but in the end he can only consume half of it.

After a volley of artillery fire, they began to bombard the blockade freely. Whoever prepared the artillery shells first would fire directly.

As a result, a uniform horizontal explosion blockade can no longer be achieved.

But then Beiyuan Buqi didn't know which place would be bombarded next on this explosive blockade that was smoking black.

Random explosions on this blockade also randomly took away some Beiyuan soldiers and horses.

But at the same time, twenty crossbows were also shooting randomly, firing three armor-piercing arrows at once, and they also targeted the cavalry to shoot, which could also kill a lot of cavalry.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, the nearby crossbow bed fired three arrows at once. These armor-piercing arrows, which were half shorter and half thinner than the stilt arrows, were shot at a cavalryman quickly.

The speed was fast enough for Zhu Yuanzhang to hear the clear sound of breaking through the air!
The ballistic trajectory is so accurate that it almost ignores the influence of wind at this distance!

"Beautiful!"

"Ugh!"

People and horses screamed one after another, but they were essentially different from the screams after being bombarded.

In fact, very few people were actually killed immediately by the explosion. Most of them lost their arms and legs, or were hit by fiery fragments, lying there waiting for death for half their lives.

That kind of scream is painful to hear!
And the scream of being hit by the armor-piercing arrow can be said to be very simple, just like that!

Because either the horse was shot through, or the cavalry riding on the horse was shot through, and at the same time, it was taken off the horse's back with a strong force and directly inserted into the ground!
They died very quickly, and they died immediately after being unable to bear any more sins!
Under the double consumption of cannons and crossbow beds, there was a sharp contrast between the front and rear of the artillery blockade located [-] steps outside the city.

The density of Beiyuan's cavalry army that was charging was twice as dense as that of the men and horses that had already charged!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this scene, and there was a hint of horror in his eyes that was not easy to detect!

He has seen the power of cannons before!

He has also seen Ye Qing's 'Matrix Dislocation Cannon Array'!

He just never expected that he, Ye Qing, could not only make existing weapons better, but also be able to perfectly reproduce ancient weapons that had been lost for a long time.

Looking at the corpse of the Beiyuan cavalry who was nailed to the ground with his eyes wide open and blood coming from the corners of his mouth, and recalling the moment when the armor-piercing arrow penetrated the body, Zhu Yuanzhang could not conceal his horror.

Not to mention heavy armored cavalry, even cavalry wearing leather armor, they wear armor on the front and back and have a thicker body. Not only can they be shot through, but they can also take the cavalry off the horse's back and plunge them directly into the ground!
Looking back at the crossbow beds he built at the beginning of the rebellion, Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit that in terms of technology, he and his Imperial Arms Bureau were far behind Ye Qing and his arsenal!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but squint his eyes and look intently at the crossbow bed that was still shooting.

"wrong,"

"Not only a replica, but also an improvement?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the crossbow bed in front of him, and then recalled the crossbow bed in historical materials, and he immediately came to this conclusion.

But before he could think about it in detail, he heard General Chen, the commander-in-chief of the East Gate Defense, issue two general orders in succession.

"Archers, stop the rain of arrows!"

"Contradictory horse formation, sword and shield soldiers, prepare for close combat!".
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