The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 252 Zhu Yuanzhang actually let Mr. Ye rise to the top, three shots, and the final brutal collision!

In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang,
The first heavy armored cavalryman to rush into the stone wall maze array was directly pierced by three armor-piercing arrows, and was also taken off his horse by their powerful impact, and slammed into the first stone wall.

Due to the excessive force of the impact, when his back hit the stone wall, his spine was broken and he hung directly there.

But such a tragic situation cannot stop these charging cavalry who are determined to die.

These lucky ones who were not burned to death by the tens of thousands of enemies rushed into the maze of stone walls that was equivalent to a hunting ground one after another.

It's just that they are the prey who have to successfully complete dozens of right-angle turns, and the archers operating the crossbow beds on the city wall are the real hunters!
"When they turn the corner, they will definitely rein in the horses. The horses' hooves will slip on the snow, and the horses will stand up suddenly."

"If you can't shoot them while they're riding fast, seize the opportunity when the horses raise their heads!"

"Remember, the more cavalry you shoot to death, the more our brothers arraying in the city will die!"

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At this moment, General Li was speaking loudly about the essentials. After hearing these essentials, the messengers on both sides of him also ran away, conveying the essentials as they ran.

Sure enough, after mastering this essential, the crossbow shooter responsible for shooting the cavalry will be much more accurate.

Soon, most of the crossbow bed shooters who had modified three arrow slots and were responsible for killing the Beiyuan cavalry with armor-piercing arrows began to target major sharp turns.

In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang, it was the armor-piercing arrows that were constantly flying in front of them that actually changed their trajectory flexibly.

In their understanding, the crossbow bed can also adjust the elevation angle up and down, but it cannot adjust left and right. If you want to turn left and right, the entire bed must be moved together.

Undoubtedly, it was a cumbersome job that required many people to complete.

But they saw the nearby crossbow shooter, who could freely adjust his aim up, down, left, and right by holding the handle with both hands.

Of course, whether it is up or down or left or right, there is a certain limit. If it exceeds the limit, it cannot be adjusted.

But even a limited adjustment is a major technological breakthrough!
After Zhu Yuanzhang saw the new technology, he left Mao Xiang alone to watch the battle by the female wall, while he quietly came and squatted behind the nearby crossbow bed.

Finally, he saw where the technology lay.

In fact, it is not difficult to achieve limited free adjustment of the aiming and shooting mechanism of the crossbow bed, up, down, left, and right. With Zhu Yuanzhang's brain, he can definitely do it at a glance.

It is nothing more than a modern 'ball head steering' technology that can be seen everywhere!
Just use a round iron ball to connect the lower supporting mechanism and the shooting aiming mechanism.

In order for the lower support to be stable enough, the lower hemisphere can be blocked with a lock pin, and a hemispherical bowl is used to cover the exposed upper hemisphere under the upper shooting aiming mechanism.

Of course, this hemispherical bowl cannot be completely covered, and a certain height difference must be left.

If there is no room for a little height difference, you can only adjust it left and right, and there is no room for adjustment of the up and down elevation.

On the contrary, while realizing the left and right adjustment, it also takes into account a certain degree of up and down elevation adjustment space!

But even with such a simple technique, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that his Ordnance Bureau could not do it.

The reason is simple. With their current technology, it is very difficult to produce a smooth ball. It is even more difficult to produce an iron-wristed cover that can fit the ball.

If there is a slight deviation, it will not work even if it is oiled!

After understanding the problem, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frowned again!
"This guy must have the skills to make iron balls and bowl covers relatively easily!"

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After Zhu Yuanzhang realized this, the thought of wanting to kill Ye Qing early but not wanting to kill Ye Qing came to his mind again.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang started to have a headache, the crossbow shooter in front of him, who was responsible for controlling the crossbow to shoot the cavalry, immediately let go of the handle and began to move his hands to rest.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and glanced around, and then he realized that all the crossbows that had been modified with three arrow slots and used armor-piercing arrows to kill cavalry had stopped. Only one modified with one arrow slot was responsible for using javelins and giant arrows to find and annihilate enemy generals. The shooters on the crossbow bed of the banner bearer were still trying their best to aim.

He knew that all the cavalry that could be shot in the Stone Wall Maze had been shot, which meant that the cavalry that should have broken out of the Stone Wall Maze had also broken out of the Stone Wall Maze.

Zhu Yuanzhang lay down next to the female wall again. When the scene in the stone wall maze appeared in his eyes again, his eyes suddenly lit up.

As far as the eye could see, between the stone walls and the road between the stone walls, there were corpses of people and horses, as well as the dying Beiyuan people and horses lying on the snow, bleeding continuously.

Judging from the number of dead and injured people lying there, if it were summer and autumn, the road between the stone walls would no longer have any motley color, it would definitely be blood red.

But now it was a snowy and cold winter day, and the blood that flowed from their penetrating wounds had no chance to cover it, because it would start to freeze before it could flow very far.

Starting from the blood flowing out, it is directly 'frozen to stop the bleeding' all the way to the wound!
But this method of stopping bleeding will not save their lives, it will only speed up their death!

At this moment, hundreds of bold vultures suddenly descended from the sky, landed directly in the stone wall maze, and frantically pecked at the corpses of humans and horses.

Of course, in their eyes, as long as they are unable to move, regardless of whether they can make a sound or breathe, they are all corpses and their food.

The excited roar of the vultures is nothing in this battlefield that has already begun.

But those Beiyuan troops who were not dead, could still breathe, and could still make sounds, watched helplessly as the vultures pecked at them, and their screams echoed throughout the valley.

Even the mechanical sound of the ultra-long-range trebuchet still bombarding the distance, and the tens of thousands of enemies still exploding in the distance, could not completely cover up the heart-rending screams.

General Li listened to the screams and looked at this tragic scene, and he couldn't help but feel pity: "These Beiyuan cavalry still have the legacy of Genghis Khan's iron cavalry!"

"If they had been like our Mongolian soldiers, they wouldn't have ended up where they are today."

Mao Xiang just nodded beside him and said: "This day will come." "If Mr. Ye can rise to the top, there will be a day when the Han and Mongolian armies will open up the world and educate the world!"

When General Li heard this, he nodded in agreement and said: "General, I have always believed in Master Ye's point of view. Only by defeating them as soon as possible can we let them join us in opening up the battlefield further north."

"Of course, with Mr. Ye's current official position, it would be good to be able to defend the city."

"If we want to achieve this ambitious goal, the only way for Master Ye to become the next Xu Da is to see if our Emperor is wise!"

"But judging from the commendation decree issued by His Majesty not long ago, our Emperor is still a good and wise king!"

"Cough cough!"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

General Li looked at Mao Xiang who kept coughing, and asked with concern: "Brother Mao, would you like me to have someone bring you a robe?"

Mao Xiang's peripheral vision looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was 'watching the show' behind him, and he just smiled and said: "It's okay, but I'm still a little uncomfortable with the dry and cold climate here. Just cough a few times and it will be fine."

"General Li, look, there are still almost two thousand cavalry rushing out of the stone wall maze formation."

When General Li saw this, he immediately set his sights on the three thousand gunmen arrayed 250 steps outside the city.

And Mao Xiang pretended not to have seen Zhu Yuanzhang's strange and penetrating eyes. He was lying on the female wall and watching the scene in front of him.

And at this moment,
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the backs of the two of them, but the wind and snow outside could not dispel the anger in his heart.

Of course, it's not so much anger as he is a bit jealous!
Mao Xiang, whom he trusted the most, dared to say that he hoped Ye Qing would rise to the top?

But after thinking about it, he also felt that what Mao Xiang said was indeed very reasonable. He wanted Wanqianerlang of the Northern Yuan Dynasty to become his own people and to educate for him the principality of Tsarist Russia further to the north and the white slave countries further to the west. The scimitar is indeed the best result.

But who is most suitable to implement it?

Neither Li Shanchang nor Hu Weiyong or even Xu Da are qualified for this task that requires ability and foresight.

Of course, what they lack most is not vision and ability, but time!

They are all old. Even if they are all absolutely loyal to themselves, they don't have this time anymore!

And the only person who has the ability, foresight and time is this Master Ye who he wants to kill but is reluctant to kill!

But, is Ye Qing absolutely loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang?

Not really!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned again.

But just when he was about to think more carefully, the observer immediately gave the shooting order.

"Four hundred steps!"

"The fire gunner outside the city, after completing a round of three-stage shooting, withdraw immediately!"

"After the fire gunners withdrew, the archers on the city immediately launched a hail of arrows!"

At both ends of the corridor on the third floor of the city gate tower,
While the observers gave verbal orders, they also waved corresponding signals to the outside of the city and to both sides.

When the archers holding strong bows on both sides of the city wall saw this, they immediately drew their bows and nocked arrows toward the sky.

The leading general of the three thousand gunmen arrayed 250 steps outside the city immediately issued an order after seeing the flag.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang witnessed the real three-stage shooting method!

To put it simply, after the first row of Thousand Fire Gunmen completes shooting, they immediately retreat to the third row to continue loading, and then the second row becomes the first row to shoot.

By going back and forth in this way, you can maintain continuous shooting while also maintaining the relative distance between the enemy's advance and our retreat.

Of course, this is only for infantry with similar speed!

Facing the cavalry, these three thousand gunmen must retreat after one round of fighting!

Although the three-stage shooting is clever, it is not enough to shock Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang. After all, it is an action that can be seen at a glance and has no technical content.

What really shocked them was the tacit understanding of the Yanmen garrison!
Just as the gunmen retreated, two thousand shield soldiers holding square iron shields turned around, revealing two thousand roads for one person to pass through.

After the fire gunners quickly retreated, they all turned around and once again turned into an airtight steel city wall!
Zhu Yuanzhang had never seen blinds. If he had seen blinds, after seeing this scene, he would definitely think of the scene of opening and closing the blinds!
"This is military discipline under civilian rule!"

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Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became complicated on his serious face.

At this moment, arrows rained down from the city wall.

The original configuration of two thousand heavy armored cavalry and eight thousand light armored cavalry has been baptized by ultra-long-range trebuchets and ten thousand enemies, stone wall maze formations, crossbow beds, and rain of fire and arrows. Only five hundred light cavalry are left. .

And these five hundred light cavalry were only the last thirty steps away from the Contradictory Horse Rejection Formation.

At this distance, the crossbow bed on the city wall was really useless, and the archers did not dare to move.

So,
Everyone's eyes were focused on the soldiers of the Contradictory Horse Formation who were about to be brutally charged!
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