The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 247 This is Mr. Ye’s confidence, we are going to draw fire, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma are both shocked!

"Aerial fire formation?"

"Is this why he feels bored?"

"This not only gives him the confidence to feel bored, but also gives him the confidence to open the door wide to provoke the opponent!"

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Empress Ma thought so while looking at Ye Qing through the gap between the young men in Jinyiwei wearing personal armor.

In Queen Ma's eyes, Ye Qing could not see any signs of nervousness from head to toe when facing an enemy whose strength was more than ten times his own.

Not only that, there was no expectation in his eyes, as if he had already predicted the outcome of the battle.

Queen Ma knew that there was no such thing as prediction in this world, only prediction based on strength!

And the confidence in Ye Qing's eyes that he had everything under control gave her the feeling that the real result was exactly the same as what he had predicted!

It was precisely because of this kind of self-confidence that could be understood as arrogance that Queen Ma had to become suspicious.

Because no matter how you calculate it, the advantage does not lie with Ye Qing!

Not to mention that the enemy's strength is more than ten times that of our own. Just because Yanmen Guanzhong Gate, which is difficult to defend and easy to attack, does not have a single cannon, it can be concluded that there is no advantage.

"Is that aerial fire formation more powerful than a cannon?"

"is it possible?"

"Creating a sea of ​​fire in the sky, is it possible?"

"Besides, the enemies are all on the ground. Even if we want to attack with fire, we shouldn't create a sea of ​​fire in the air!"

Faced with the many questions before her, even though Queen Ma was smart and attentive, the more she thought about it in detail, the more question marks appeared in her mind.

In her opinion, the reason why Ye Qing was able to achieve victory in the first battle was not only because of his proper command, but also because of his far superior long-range weapons.

But now he was facing an enemy force that was more than ten times his own, and every one of them was in ruins. Still at the central gate of Yanmen Pass, which was easy to conquer but difficult to defend, he abandoned the cannon that was far superior to the opponent's!

Not only that, but he also directly provoked by opening and closing the door.

You must know that this method is tantamount to telling Wang Baobao in front of him, 'I have the door open, and you can't come in'!
This series of operations of his is completely because he, who is already weak in all aspects, despises himself for not being weak enough!

When she thought of this, Queen Ma became even more curious about this 'air-fire formation' that she had never heard of before!

Reason told her that this 'air formation of fire and sea', which had nothing to do with cannons, could not stop the enemy's offensive of 10,000+ troops!

But her reason also told her that he, Ye Qing, was a person who never made a loss-making business, and he was also a person who never fought an uncertain battle!

After getting along with him for such a long time, he found that Ye Qing was very smart in everything he did. Only when he got along with 'Master Guo', whom His Majesty the Emperor could talk to, he could be said to be very brainless.

It was as if Ye Qing had never considered that this 'Master Guo' might file a complaint against him to His Majesty the Emperor!
Thinking of this, when Empress Ma looked at Ye Qing again, her eyes became more complicated.

But just when Queen Ma was watching Ye Qing thinking, Ye Qing glanced at the direction of Yanmen Guanzhong Gate and started to close his eyes.

At the same time, Queen Ma also turned to look in the direction of Yanmen Guanzhong Gate, her eyes full of expectation and worry.

Because of Ye Qing's absolute confidence, she expected a result that could be called a miracle!

But precisely because of Ye Qing's self-confidence, which could be understood as arrogance, she was worried about the tragedy of the city being destroyed and people being killed!

But then she no longer worried, because Zhu Yuanzhang, who was now standing at the central gate of Yanmen Pass, facing the Beiyuan army, had already arranged his backup plan.

If there is any sign of that, soldiers and horses from Datong, Taiyuan, Yan'an, and Pingyang will immediately rush to help to ensure that Yanmen Pass cannot be broken.

But once the soldiers and horses from the four palaces rush to help, it means that Ye Qing is not far from death.

Thinking of this, Empress Ma walked outside the door and found herself in the square where it was still snowing heavily. She looked in the direction of Yanmen Pass with worry in her eyes.

At this very moment,
A large, snow-white eagle flew over the command room, followed Queen Ma's line of sight, and flew towards the Yanmen Guanzhong Gate.

In the eyes of the snow sculpture,

In the city wall of Yanmen Guanzhongmen, three hundred "counterweight trebuchets" that are much smaller than the "return artillery" used by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty to attack Xiangyang have already been lined up!

Within the city wall, which is nearly a kilometer long, three hundred trebuchets are arranged in a chessboard formation with thirty horizontal crosses and vertical crosses, forming a chessboard with a width of 1000 meters and a length of 300 meters, with a total area of ​​30 square meters. 'Trebuchet'!
On the side of each trebuchet, there is a pavilion-style tent to cover the snow for the kerosene bombs piled here.

Only the soldiers responsible for operating the trebuchets just stood in the wind and snow, letting the wind and snow blow.

"Shield soldiers, line up at the city gate!"

"Spearmen, line up at the city gate!"

"Sword and shield soldiers, line up at the city gate!"

Three Qianhu from three military types stood under the city gate. Although they were wearing Qianhu's standard armor, they also held shields, spears and swords.

As early as last night after returning from the banquet at Ye Qing's house, they had thought that in today's battle, they would be the frontline commanders, but they would also be the vanguard!

Soon, the [-] corresponding soldiers selected in advance gathered in formation under the city gate!
Their method of selecting people is very simple and rude, just based on a few simple principles: those with old parents will not go to war, those with only children will not go to war, those with a pregnant wife will not go to war, and those with children under three years old will not go to war!

But they found that after excluding these four conditions, 6000 people could not be selected at all!
They had no choice but to lower the conditions accordingly, but even if they lowered the conditions, they could not select so many people. It was not until these four conditions were eliminated that 6000 people were selected!

After excluding these four conditions, the only condition is that the younger ones stay and the older ones go!
Even when facing each other in the army, these Yanmen Erlangs wearing silver armor and red clothes still look like 'big brothers'!

at last,

When the formation of two thousand shield soldiers, two thousand spear soldiers, and two thousand sword shield soldiers was completed, the iron-wrapped gate built in the Tang Dynasty began to slowly rise.

On the city wall, four garrison soldiers with amazing arm strength were working together to turn the roulette wheels on both sides of the gate.

As the wheel rotates, the chain lifting mechanism inside makes a very obvious mechanical sound!
Just when the lifting mechanism was locked, three thousand households took their team and ran out of the city to line up!
On the city wall, whether it is the hundred crossbow beds spread across the city wall, or the 'ultra-long trebuchet' converted from a tower crane close to the city wall, they are all undergoing final adjustments.

It can be said that everyone inside and outside the city is acting according to Ye Qing's military orders!

Under the gate tower of the central gate of Yanmen Pass, Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang were standing next to the commander-in-chief of the defense at the central gate, General Li, the commander of the left guard of Yanmen Pass who was named the chief defense officer of Yanmen Pass!
In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang, all the general orders that General Li was issuing at this moment were implementing Ye Qing's military orders.

It could be said that he was completely clueless, or that he had no doubts about whether Ye Qing's military order was correct or reasonable!

But as for Ye Qing's series of military orders, in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang, the former 'Commander Zhu', they were all nonsense!

"General Li, after letting them line up out of the city, we should close the door immediately."

"You must not listen to Ye Qing. He keeps the middle door wide open and the war continues. Do you know what this behavior is like?" "This is just provoking and humiliating the other party!"

"Bei Yuan is indeed hateful, but they are definitely not weak. Such provocation and humiliation of their opponents will have no other use except to boost their morale and make them determined to fight to the death."

"If our military strength and logistics are several times that of the enemy, we can indeed do this."

"Because we can be sure that no matter how hard our opponents try, they are still hitting the stone with an egg!"

"But now we don't have cannons, we don't have enough troops, and the terrain is bad. If we do this, we are setting ourselves up for trouble!"

General Li and the 'Guo Shenjiang' in front of him can be regarded as acquaintances. He knows that General Guo has some abilities.

It was precisely because of this that he did not speak rudely!
General Li just smiled lightly and said: "I just want to remind you, no matter what your relationship is with Mr. Ye, even if you are his biological father, do not call Mr. Ye by his first name in front of me."

"This general will only say this once!"

Having said this, General Li turned around slightly and showed the leopard head and shoulders that symbolized the fourth-grade military attaché to General Guo in front of him.

His meaning is very obvious. He is a fourth-grade border town general appointed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. His words cannot be refuted!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this scene and regretted one thing. He should have come out wearing dragon scale gold armor and showed the dragon head and shoulders to General Li.

Of course, being angry because "Longyou Shoal was tricked by a shrimp" was just a momentary thought.

And at this moment,
Before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak again, General Li looked forward again, his eyes deep and firm, and said: "General Guo is right, Mr. Ye just wants their morale to be high, and he wants them to fight us to the death."

"If not, how could they still be waiting here for the arrival of General Xu Da despite suffering serious battle losses?"

Speaking of which,

General Li looked at the Contradictory Horse Formation formed two hundred steps outside the city, consisting of two thousand shield soldiers and two thousand spear soldiers, with a hint of unbearable color in his eyes.

At the same time, he said meaningfully: "Not only that, Master Ye also wants to make himself angry!"

Hearing this, Mao Xiang, who was standing behind Zhu Yuanzhang, also looked horrified.

Mao Xiang has been with Zhu Yuanzhang for many years, and he is the former Marshal Zhu's personal soldier. He has not only seen Xu Da lead battles, but also Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong and other famous generals in the world.

He was also a well-informed General Mao, but he had never seen this kind of fighting style.

Especially the sentence 'Master Ye is still trying to make people angry' made him feel that the words had a profound meaning.

Without any basis, just relying on the Jin Yiwei commander's intuition, he felt that these words had a profound meaning.

While Mao Xiang was thinking like this, Zhu Yuanzhang also followed General Li's gaze and looked at the soldiers who had lined up outside the city.

Two thousand shield soldiers and two thousand spear soldiers were positioned two hundred steps outside the city, and they had already formed a contradictory formation to resist the horses!
Two thousand sword and shield soldiers also lined up behind them, and three thousand fire gunmen also lined up in three rows 250 steps outside the city!

Looking at the nine thousand men of the Han family arrayed outside the city wearing silver armor and red clothes, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more frightened when he remembered the sentence "Master Ye is still going to make people angry".

A bad premonition really lingers.

And at this moment,
However, General Li saw obvious worry in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes. He just patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the shoulder and said: "Lao Guo, don't worry, you are right to listen to Mr. Ye."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, just because he knew that the soldiers here already regarded Ye Qing as a 'god', and no matter what he said, it would be useless.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't want to talk.

The sentence 'It's best to be right' was stunned and he swallowed it hard even when it reached his mouth.

Thinking of this, he looked at the Great Wall watchtower on Yanmen again. He knew that there must be a general watching the battle arranged by his eldest son Zhu Biao on the watchtower.

That is the last guarantee of Yanmen Pass!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang also made up his mind again. Once this last guarantee is used, he, Ye Qing, will be miserable!
"Pay attention to the essentials of the aerial fire sea array!"

"The debugging of the trebuchet must be precise. The formation on the ground is a net, and it must be a net when it is hit in the sky!"

"The kerosene bomb lashing net, check again!"

"The archer checks again to see if the bow in his hand is a strong bow!"

"Heating kerosene bombs is a technical job"

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking like this, the instructions from the corresponding generals came from behind. It was precisely because of these voices that he shifted his attention from 'city gates wide open' to 'air sea of ​​fire array'.

"Aerial fire formation?"

"Is this how he dares to open doors and provoke his opponents?"

"Is this why he abandoned the cannon and was confident of resisting the enemy and outside the city?"

"Is it possible that this could be more powerful than a cannon?"

"What does this aerial sea of ​​fire array have to do with what General Li said about 'burning yourself with fire'?"

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The more Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, the more questions he had in his mind.

At the same time, he glanced up and down the city wall again, feeling that something was going on. Everyone was getting ready in an orderly manner.

But before he could figure out these problems, the wild sound of horns came from the other side.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Mao Xiang, and General Li all lay on the female wall and looked at the Beiyuan camp six miles away.

Between them and Bei Yuan, there is only a platform and vast white!

If it weren't for the 'Stone Wall Maze Array' between [-] steps outside the city and [-] steps outside the city, there would really be no color at all.

Originally, you could still see the dark patch in the distance, but now you can only see snowflakes flying in the sky.

"They finally moved!"

"Observe your hands and pay attention to your distance!"

"Convey the news of the enemy's dispatch back to the command room using flag language!"

Just as General Li finished speaking, swarms of vultures once again flew over the battlefield that was about to be littered with corpses!
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