Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

On a section of the city wall between Dinghuai Gate and Qingliang Gate, the pro-troops led by Guo Ying fought fiercely with Fei Ju who was stationed at Dinghuai Gate.

The pro-army had the advantage of firearms. At first, they used formation tactics to defeat Fei Ju and the rebels. However, when thousands of rebels died and finally rushed forward, the firearms suffered a lot. Due to restrictions, in order not to accidentally injure friendly troops, Guo Ying could only ask the soldiers behind him to use firearms to assist.

But even so, the advantage of firearms is still very obvious, and the casualties of the Fei rebels are much greater than them.

"You are not allowed to retreat, you must stop them!"

Fei Ju shouted and asked anxiously to the soldiers beside him: "Have you informed Lan Yu and the others about the situation here?"

"Go back to the Marquis. He has already sent someone."

"Then why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?" Fei Jingzhong shouted impatiently.

"This...should be on the way already."

The soldier said with some uncertainty.

"Send more people! We must ask them to send reinforcements quickly!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers hurriedly went to kiss him, and Fei Ju turned his head and focused his eyes on the battlefield again.

On the city wall more than two feet wide, soldiers from both sides came and went. The clash of swords was mixed with the bang of gunfire, but the gunfire came from the opposite side. As the gunshots were heard, their side continued to Some people fell to the ground wailing.

Fei Ju was mentally instructing the soldiers to respond with all their strength, but he was secretly alarmed. When they fought with the pro-army before, they didn't feel how powerful firearms were, but now that Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the pro-army to attack with all their strength, he suddenly felt huge pressure.

While Fei Ju was struggling to resist, Lu Zhongheng had already led nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses along Xi'anmenwai Street towards the direction of Dinghuai Gate.

However, when he led his troops passing by the foot of Qingliang Mountain, the sound of gunfire suddenly rang out on the small deserted mountain in the city.

Lawrence Lu was immediately shocked: “No, there’s an ambush!”

Following his loud shout, his soldiers immediately looked towards Qingliang Mountain in horror.

I saw pro-army troops all over the mountain suddenly appeared on the mountain. They raised their firecrackers and started shooting at them.

"Marquis Ji'an, you are fine!"

Among the pro-army troops on the mountain, Mao Xiang stood under the banner and shouted loudly to Lu Zhongheng.

Chen Zhongheng saw him from a distance and cursed angrily: "Mao Xiang, you lackey will be killed by Zhu Yuanzhang sooner or later!"

Mao Xiang's face suddenly darkened, and he waved his hand fiercely: "Fight me, leave no one alive!"

After the continuous gunfire, the rebels who could not escape were immediately killed and wounded. Lu Zhongheng also immediately ordered a formation to resist and organized archers to fire arrows to fight back.

It's just that the other party sneaked up on them and was condescending, killing them in a mess.

While the Qin army was fighting with Lu Zhongheng and others, Chen Su also followed Li Wei's instructions and took 10,000 soldiers who were already familiar with rifles to the Shence Gate they occupied. After arriving, they immediately organized a defense and were ready.

The Shence Gate is located a little far away, and the pro-army troops have not attacked them yet, but they will definitely attack them once they recapture the Dinghuai Gate occupied by Lu Zhongheng and the others.

Fei Ju and Lu Zhongheng led a lot of troops, both around 50,000, but when faced with the pro-army forces led by Guo Ying and Mao Xiang, they were still beaten to the point where they were almost unable to fight back. Only now did they truly understand Come here, after all, they underestimated the power of firearms.

Fei Ju was beaten and retreated again and again, and was soon forced back to the vicinity of Dinghuai Gate.

In addition to attacking from the front on the city wall, Guo Ying also sent people to go around the city and attack directly from the stairs to the city. They attacked from the front and back, which put great pressure on Fei Ju and others.

"Master Marquis, it's not good! The reinforcements led by Ji'an were ambushed and cannot support us temporarily."

The soldier who had left just now came back in a hurry and spoke to Fei Ju eagerly.

When Fei Ju heard this, his heart suddenly sank, and his face instantly turned pale.

The soldier glanced at his own soldiers who were retreating, and asked anxiously: "What should we do, Lord Marquis? We can't hold on any longer. We can't retreat!"

Now they have retreated to the city gate. If they retreat further, they will be driven off the city wall.

Fei Ju's eyes flickered and he gritted his teeth and said, "No, if we withdraw, it will be all over this time!"

"But we can't hold on if we don't withdraw. There may be a glimmer of hope if we withdraw now. We can keep the green hills without fear of running out of firewood!"

The soldier continued to persuade.

Fei Ju looked at the soldiers who were still fighting fiercely, pulled out his sword and shouted: "Come with me! We must defend!"

With that said, he rushed forward at the lead.

The morale of the rebels was boosted and their decline was temporarily stopped.

On the pro-junior side, Guo Ying looked at Fei Ju who rushed forward, sneered, raised his hand and said, "Aim at him and hit him. Whoever hits him will be rewarded with a thousand sticks!"

When the soldiers around him heard this, they immediately shouted his words loudly, and the muskets in the soldiers immediately focused their fire and shot in the direction of Fei Ju.

Fei Ju had just slashed an enemy soldier to death with his sword. Before he could catch his breath, he heard a burst of intense gunfire. Then he felt pain in his body and was shot in the shoulder.

"Master Hou!" The soldiers around him were shocked and quickly stepped forward to protect him.

However, they are all made of flesh and blood and can block a few bullets.

As the gunshots rang out, the soldiers around Fei Ju continued to fall down. The remaining soldiers no longer cared about killing the enemy and quickly protected him and retreated.

"Fei Ju is dead, why don't you surrender quickly!" Guo Ying shouted immediately when he saw the opportunity.

Others also reacted and immediately started shouting.

The rebels immediately fell into chaos. Fei Ju, who was shot, was not dead yet, but when he heard the other party's shouts, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

"I'm not dead yet, don't retreat!" Fei Ju endured the severe pain and shouted with anger, and his soldiers also shouted a few times.

But many rebel soldiers saw that he had been shot, and his soldiers were also retreating. Relatively speaking, they believed what Guo Ying shouted more.

The rebels' morale soon collapsed, they began to flee backwards, and were driven out of the city.

Although Fei Ju saved his life under the escort of his own soldiers, his face became even more pale when he looked at the fleeing soldiers.

"Master Marquis, nothing can be done, let's retreat first!"

The soldier said while protecting him.

Fei Ju waved his sword angrily and ordered helplessly: "Withdraw!"

After hearing the order, the soldiers around him finally breathed a sigh of relief. Without further delay, while the city gate was still under their own control, they immediately opened the city gate and rushed out of the city with him and the cavalry.

Seeing this, the other infantrymen were even more disinclined to fight and either fled with them or were captured by their own troops.

At the same time, Lu Zhongheng also suffered heavy losses from Mao Xiang's ambush, and finally had to retreat back the same way.

Under the Xi'an sect, Lan Yu also stopped attacking the city early. Now that the defenders on the imperial city were firing fierce weapons, and his strength was reduced by nearly half, it would be futile to continue the attack. He had to think of countermeasures before attacking.

In the mansion where everyone gathered for a temporary meeting, Lan Yu, Li Shanchang, Zhang Fengyi and others all looked sad.

"Don't be discouraged, Mr. Wei has already gone to find Li Wei. As long as he can convince Li Wei to join forces with us, and we have firearms, we will definitely be able to capture the imperial city!"

Zhang Fengyi saw that everyone was demoralized and comforted them.

Li Shanchang nodded, and everyone felt a little better.

When everyone was silent, Wei Mingjie finally walked in from outside.

"How is it?" Li Shanchang asked directly.

Everyone looked at him, their eyes full of expectation.

But when they saw Wei Mingjie frowning, it was obvious that things were not going well.

"Hmph, what? Did he make any excessive demands?"

Lan Yu asked with a cold snort.

However, what surprised him was that Wei Mingjie shook his head and said softly: "No, he didn't make any request, he just doesn't want to join forces with us."

After the words fell, everyone's expressions immediately changed.

"What? Why doesn't he agree? Doesn't he know the current situation?"

Tang Shengzong asked.

Others were also puzzled.

Judging from the current situation, they can only win if they join forces. Otherwise, no matter which side loses, the other side will have no choice but to escape from the capital and live in exile.

This is still a good situation. If one of them is not serious and is blocked in the city, they will not even have a way to survive!

Wei Mingjie hesitated for a moment, but finally told everyone what Li Wei had said truthfully.

"Arrogant! Huh, does he want to make enemies of the whole world? Who does he think he is? He dares to speak nonsense even with his mere tens of thousands of troops!"

Lan Yu immediately scolded, and the others also cursed angrily.

Li Wei's last words scolded Zhu Yuanzhang and everyone including them. It was obvious that everyone didn't take it seriously.

While everyone was angry, there was a sudden commotion outside, and Lawrence Lu also walked in after a while.

Seeing him, Lan Yu was suddenly shocked: "You...why are you back?"

Lu Zhongheng went to support Dinghuaimen, but now he suddenly turned back, I'm afraid something might be wrong.

Sure enough, Lu Zhongheng glanced at everyone and said: "We were ambushed by pro-army troops on the road and were beaten back."

Li Shanchang immediately stood up and asked eagerly: "What about Dinghuai Gate?"

Lawrence Lu sighed helplessly and said: "Lost it!"

Li Shanchang looked at him with dull eyes, and sat back dejectedly after a moment.

Zhang Fengyi, Lan Yu and others also looked pale.

"It's over." Tang Shengzong murmured with a pale face.

Although the others did not speak, their expressions showed that they had the same idea as Tang Shengzong.

The room fell silent, and everyone looked ashen.

After a long time, Zhang Fengyi spoke again: "Actually, we don't have no chance. There is still Li Wei in the city. If the imperial army captures Dinghuai Gate, they will definitely attack Shence Gate occupied by Li Wei immediately. We only need to You need to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, waiting for the opportunity, maybe you can find an opportunity to turn defeat into victory!"

When everyone heard this, they disagreed in their hearts. With so many soldiers and horses, they couldn't stop the attack of the pro-army, and Li Wei naturally couldn't either.

Although Li Wei has firearms, the pro-army also has them. With the 50,000 horses in his hand, he will probably be defeated by the pro-army soon!

"Now we can only count on this Li Wei. I hope he is really qualified to be arrogant." Li Shan sighed. (End of chapter)