Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Rumble!

Half of the city gate tower collapsed!

Xie Cheng, who was lying on his stomach, had no time to dodge and was buried directly inside.

Fortunately, although the others were gone, the surrender order he issued was spread. When the soldiers got the news and saw the collapsed towers, they no longer had the fighting spirit and dispersed one after another.

Outside the city, in the Ming army's formation, the soldiers watching the battle were shocked beyond measure when they saw the collapsed city tower!

"Is this a real artillery piece?"

Hu Hai's eyes were dull and he murmured to himself, seriously suspecting that all the general cannons he had used before were fake and shoddy products.

The continuous sound of artillery echoed in the ears of the Ming army generals. At this moment, they really saw what it means to blast their mother!

The Shenji Battalion's bombardment was not over yet. After reloading, the bombardment started again. Soon after, the originally good walls of Puding City had become pitted, a lot of the battlements were swept away, and the towers completely collapsed. .

Sun Lei roared at the top of his lungs and fired, his face turned red and he was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

"This is fucking fighting, have fun!"

Li Wei couldn't help but clap his hands and cheer. At this time, he felt like he was cheating in a game, killing whoever he saw and killing anyone who refused to accept it!

In the Chinese army camp, the messenger rushed in and shouted:

"Report! The Shenji Battalion shelled the city gate and now the gate tower has collapsed!"

"What? Really?"

Fu Youde stood up suddenly and asked in shock.

"It's absolutely true, I saw it with my own eyes!"

The messenger's face was filled with shock and he reported the report with great certainty.

Fu Youde couldn't sit still anymore and hurriedly ran to the watchtower. His personal guards quickly followed, and the orderly soldiers followed closely behind.

After a while, Fu Youde climbed up to the watchtower, and the pawns on duty on the watchtower quickly made room to pay their respects.

Fu Youde ignored him and walked forward to look at the gate of Puding City.

I saw that the city gate at this time was obviously shorter than what I had seen before. Dust was flying everywhere, and the scene was chaotic, making it difficult to distinguish for a while.

Fu Youde frowned and looked at it for a moment, then his heart moved, and he suddenly remembered a treasure that His Majesty had given him before leaving, which was said to be able to see through thousands of miles and clearly see the scenery in extremely distant places.

"Go get the wooden box next to my bed in my tent!"

Fu Youde shouted to the guards below.

"Yes!"

The guard took the order and hurried away. After a while, he took the wooden box, climbed up the watchtower and handed it to Fu Youde. Fu Youde opened the wooden box and took out the telescope inside.

Following the example of Zhu Yuanzhang at that time, he put this thing in front of his eyes and adjusted it back and forth. Through the lens tube, Puding City in the distance gradually became clearer, and he could also clearly see the ruins above the city gate!

In addition to the city gate tower, the battlements on that section of the city wall were also bombarded to pieces. Without the battlements, the defenders on the city wall no longer had cover, and they fled elsewhere in panic, or directly went down the city to escape for their lives.

Fu Youde put down the telescope and was extremely shocked.

He did not expect that the oil bottle given by His Majesty would be so powerful. This was not a oil bottle, it was clearly a big treasure!

"Looks like the war is about to change!"

Fu Youde took a long breath and sighed quietly.

Among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, his military ability was definitely among the best. Now that he saw the power of these artillery pieces, he immediately realized the changes brought about by these firearms.

Coupled with the flintlock guns that Li Wei showed before and the telescope in his hand, these things are all changing the form of war.

"Send an order for the Shenji Battalion to stop shelling, and order Hu Hai to enter the city and surrender!"

Fu Youde ordered loudly.

He had just seen that several white flags had been hung on Puding City. People had surrendered, and the Shenji Battalion was still bombarding them.

"Yes!"

The messengers who followed closely immediately took the order and left.

Ahead, the messenger in the Shenji Camp received the news and immediately reported it to Li Wei:

"Sir, the general ordered the attack to stop."

Li Wei was slightly surprised: "Why?"

"Uh," the soldier hesitated for a moment and reminded in a low voice, "Sir, there are already several white flags hanging on the city wall!"

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and quickly turned his head to look around, only to see that just as he said, there were only a few white flags floating on the city wall, and there were no more people on it.

"Stop fighting, didn't you see that the white flag has been raised?"

Li Wei immediately shouted to Sun Lei, who was yelling.

Sun Lei stopped shouting, turned around and said, "I saw it, I thought you didn't accept surrender, sir!"

"I, you..." Li Wei was so angry that he gave him a kick. What did he mean by not accepting surrender? He was not a person of deep hatred. As for killing them all?

"Stop fighting and ask Hu Hai to come out and wash the floor!"

Li Wei ordered angrily.

"Okay." Sun Lei agreed and shouted in the direction of Hu Hai: "Hu Hai, come out and wash the floor!"

The messenger was stunned. This was not in the flag language, and he didn't know how to deliver it.

After hesitating for a moment, he could only shout after Sun Lei. The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion heard it and were confused. Seeing them shouting, they knew that General Shenji was about to issue an order, so they all helped to convey it!

So in the end, many soldiers of the Shenji Battalion shouted to Hu Hai in unison: "Hu Hai, come out and wash the ground!"

Hu Hai, who was dazed in the distance, suddenly came back to his senses when he heard so many people shouting his name. When he heard what they were saying clearly, his face darkened instantly!

Fortunately, Fu Youde's order also arrived at this time. After receiving the order, Hu Hai ignored the people in Shenji Camp and immediately sent a group of soldiers to go forward and shout to the city.

In Puding City, Daru Huachi and Fu Yin Xie Cheng were gone, and now only a Tongzhi and two Qianhu officials were left. At this time, they were leading the soldiers guarding the city to shiver inside the city wall to avoid the bombardment.

Soon after the sound of artillery stopped, I heard another shout from outside the city. I knew that the other party had accepted surrender. I was overjoyed and hurriedly led people to open the city gate.

When Hu Hai saw the city gates opened and the defenders coming out of the city to greet them, he sent people into the city to disarm the defenders and then took over the city defense.

After confirming that everything was safe, Fu Youde led many generals into the city to surrender.

In the Fuyin Hall, Fu Youde was at the top of the list, with Mu Ying and Wang Bi standing on the left and right.

The other generals stood at the bottom, watching thousands of households shivering.

The process of surrender went smoothly. Without saying a word, the Tongzhi handed over the seals of Fuyin Xiecheng and Daruhuachi, denounced the cruelty of the Meng Yuan and praised the merits of the Ming Dynasty.

Fu Youde nodded lightly and put away the seal. After that, the Ming court would send someone to cast a new seal and issue it to the new prefect and take over the Puding City. After accepting the surrender, Tongzhi and Qianhu officials retired, and the generals continued to discuss matters.

"General Li deserves the most credit for capturing Puding this time. I will send someone to report to Your Majesty later to ask for credit for General Li." Fu Youde said softly.

Li Wei waved his hand quickly: "No, no, it's just a small town. Once the cannon is set, it will fire for two days and three days. It's not a great achievement. The general deserves the award!"

All the soldiers: "..."

Hu Hai's face was ashen, Zhang Yi was silent, Wang Bi pretended not to hear, and only Mu Ying smiled.

No one else could say any more sarcastic words.

There is no way. If you want to say that he took advantage of the firearms, then he also made this artillery. Regardless of whether it comes or not, it is still his credit.

Of course, before Li Wei bombarded Puding, Hu Hai had been fighting for several days. It is not impossible to say that he was taking advantage, but everyone has seen the power of the artillery with their own eyes. If you have to compare this with reality, then it is I'm kidding myself. Without Hu Hai's fight, Puding might not have been able to survive the two days. The result wouldn't be much different.

"General Li, there is no need to refuse, you deserve this." Fu Youde smiled.

"No, no, what I mean is that the siege of the city is not due to me alone. Governor Hu also contributed a lot!" Li Wei said seriously.

Hu Hai looked slightly better after hearing this.

"If it hadn't been for Captain Hu who fought like this for several days, I might have captured Puding City a few days ago. Thank you for your hard work, Captain Hu!" Li Wei continued, and after speaking, he cast a look of condolences at Hu Hai.

Hu Hai's face suddenly turned red and turned purple. In the end, he couldn't bear Li Wei's cynicism and said in a deep voice to Fu Youde: "General, I am not feeling well. Please excuse me first!"

Fu Youde glanced at Li Wei, and then nodded gently to Hu Hai: "That's fine, you have indeed worked hard these days. Go back and rest, and I will ask your Majesty to take credit for you!"

Although Hu Hai failed to capture Puding as promised this time, his performance in the past few days was still very good. However, Li Wei cheated and there was no comparison at all.

Hu Hai cupped his hands and left without looking back under the gaze of the generals. Li Wei glanced at him and snorted in his heart, telling you to talk too much!

Zhang Yi and others looked at Hu Hai who was leaving in despair. They were also in a very low mood. After seeing Li Wei's artillery, they all realized that in the future, these brave and skilled veterans might be gradually eliminated. .

"This general has seen the power of firearms in this battle. When I return, I will ask Your Majesty to promote these artillery in the army and distribute them to all armies. You should also ask General Li for advice on the use of artillery."

Fu Youde spoke softly.

Hearing this, the generals suddenly had hope again in their hearts. If, as Fu Youde said, artillery can be widely equipped in the army, then they can also rely on artillery fire to easily defeat them. As for asking Li Wei for advice, just focus on it as Li Wei did. Fire and bombardment have no technical content at all. As long as they can get the artillery, they are confident that they can use it better than Li Wei.

"I will finally understand!" Everyone said yes.

"Yes," Fu Youde nodded, and then discussed with everyone the next city ahead.

The next city is called Pu'an, which is similar to Puding. It is not a big city, but it must be attacked.

Of course, Li Wei had nothing to say, and he just said "fuck him" when he opened his mouth. The only difference is that no one laughs at him anymore.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss. Since the power of the artillery is already here, of course it cannot be wasted. Fu Youde also supports him in doing so, but like yesterday, he still warned him not to charge into the battle with long-range artillery.

It was because he was overthinking this matter. Li Wei had no intention of taking the lead and did not even intend to let his soldiers from the Shenji Battalion charge. He just said, "Let Hu Haihai!"

The army rested for a day, leaving three thousand troops to garrison Puding, and then continued its journey to Yunnan.

After Puding was captured by Li Wei's artillery, people loyal to Beiyuan reported to Pu'an behind him that day.

However, the reporter's description of the artillery was a bit exaggerated. The collapse of the city tower became the direct collapse of the city wall. The distance of the artillery bombardment also changed from one mile to three miles away. He wished that the cannonballs were described as meteors falling from the sky. They could destroy Puding in just a few times. To a pulp.

After hearing this, General Erhilek of the Northern Yuan Dynasty who was guarding Pu'an, said that the heroes of the grassland were fearless, and ordered all the soldiers in the city to stand ready and not retreat!

Then that night he secretly slipped out of the west city gate with a few personal guards. When the governor of Pu'an came to him the next day to discuss city defense, he found that his mansion was already empty...

On the Ming army's side, an army of 200,000 people was walking around, with some chieftains joining them. Fu Youde appeased them one by one and stationed people in dangerous places.

Five days later, the army approached Pu'an, which was still four or five miles away from Puding City. They saw Puding Fuyin waiting on the road with many fellow magistrates, officials and some government officials.

He didn't dare not go out to welcome him. The person who reported the news had said that this artillery could break through the city wall from three miles away. The Fu Yin of Puding was fired too late and was blown to pieces.

As for holding on, go to hell, Beiyuan's generals have all run away, and he is a civilian guarding nothing.

The Ming army took another city without any effort, and after leaving people to garrison, the army continued to advance.

The road was getting more and more difficult, and Li Wei lost his temper because of the jolt. He would occasionally get out of the car for a walk, and then get in the car when he was tired, otherwise he would really be unbearable.

As they conquered Pu'an Puding, the Northern Route Army led by Guo Ying and others also launched an attack on Wusha from Yongning Chubi.

The news that the Ming army had arrived spread quickly. King Liang quickly got the news and was immediately frightened. He quickly sent generals to lead troops to garrison in dangerous places.

To be honest, he did not want to go to war with the Ming Dynasty. The surrender envoys sent by the Ming court were also forced to kill by the envoys of the Bei Yuan Dynasty. According to his idea, it is best to hold on to Yunnan without offending the two sides. However, regardless of the Bei Yuan envoys, he did not want to go to war with the Ming Dynasty. Even Daming didn't give him this chance.

Now that the Northern Yuan Dynasty is declining in Xishan, although the chieftains in various parts of Yunnan still belong to the Northern Yuan Dynasty in name, they are actually working in tandem with each other, and no one will support him as the King of Liang.

As for the Duan family in Dali, they had a lot of troubles with him. It would be good if they didn't come to fight him, let alone help him fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Now, all he can rely on is the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands and the dangerous terrain of Yunnan!

In Qujing, Situ Pingzhang Dalima, under the command of King Liang, led more than 100,000 elite troops of King Liang to garrison here.

As Zhu Yuanzhang said, this is the choke point of Yunnan. If you guard this place, Yunnan will be safe. If you lose this place, everything will stop.

Errelek, who had sneaked back from Pu'an overnight, looked disgraced and looked like he had just experienced a great battle. He cried in front of Dalima about the thrilling process of the Battle of Pu'an:

"After I learned that Puding was lost, I ordered the entire army to stand ready. In addition, I sent a surprise force five miles outside the city to ambush the Ming army on the road..."

If the governor of Pu'an heard these words from him, he would be shocked and wonder how he knew that he was ambushing the Ming army five miles out of the city.

"However, the Ming army had artillery, and they started bombarding Pu'an ten miles away from the city. Within a moment, the city wall was blown down by them!"

"You fart!" Dalima was furious: "How can there be such artillery in the world? If you dare to talk nonsense again and disrupt the morale of our army, I will kill you!"

Erhilek was startled and quickly changed his words: "No, no, maybe the general's estimate was wrong. It should be seven or eight miles."

Dalima's anger did not diminish and he shouted directly: "Come here!"

"General!" Two soldiers immediately stepped forward and handed over.

Erhilek was horrified and quickly changed his mind again: "No, no, the general remembered it wrong. Our ambush was only three miles away from the city, and the opponent fired the artillery five miles away!"

"Drag him out and chop him down!"

"Three miles away, I will swear to heaven that the other party launched an artillery attack three miles away from the city. You have to believe me, General!"

In panic, Erzhilek did not bother to conceal anything and directly reported the "real" news he had received.

"Really?" Darima still didn't believe it.

"It's absolutely true! After the city wall was blown down, the general held on for seven days before being forced to retreat!" Erzhilek swore pointing to the sky. (End of chapter)