Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

After Guo Ying recaptured Dinghuai Gate, he immediately launched an attack on Shence Gate occupied by Li Wei. Guo Ying directly led people along the city wall to kill Shence Gate through Jinchuan Gate, while Mao Xiang led those who The army that ambushed Lu Zhongheng attacked Shence Gate directly from the city.

However, when they arrived, Chen Su had been waiting for a long time.

Both the city wall and the stairs to the city were blocked with sandbags, and Li Wei's soldiers, who had been equipped with new firearms, were behind the sandbags and pointed their guns at them.

Guo Ying and the others have never seen this kind of fighting style. In the past, the two armies used to line up their troops in battles, and the emphasis was on uniformity, but now Li Wei's soldiers are completely different from the past. They hide so tightly. If you don't have the ability to pierce the enemy with a hundred steps, it may be difficult to shoot these enemies with only half of their heads exposed.

Seeing this situation from a distance, Guo Ying immediately frowned. He did not dare to underestimate Li Wei. Past experience told him that some of Li Wei's unique arrangements had profound meanings and could always produce unexpected results. Effect.

"Send a team of people to test it out!" Guo Ying ordered the soldiers around him.

"Yes!"

The soldier respectfully claimed that he was, and then he led a small group of soldiers forward in formation, and when they entered the shooting range, they raised their guns and fired a volley.

At the same time, Chen Su also ordered the soldiers to shoot.

After Guo Ying's side fired a volley, they immediately began to take turns, but then they discovered that the gunfire from the opposite side couldn't stop at all since it started. The banging gunfire kept ringing, and the firepower of a few people was dozens of times greater than theirs. The soldiers were still more violent, and the small group of soldiers who came forward soon suffered more than half of their casualties, and the remaining soldiers quickly withdrew without bothering to change their ammunition.

"What's going on?" Guo Ying looked at the enemies hiding behind sandbags in front of him in shock, and asked the queen who fled back in panic.

"Master Marquis, their guns seem to be able to shoot continuously, and they are more accurate than us!" The soldier said with a pale face.

If he had run slower just now, he would have been killed.

"How can it be……"

"boom!"

Guo Ying was about to ask, but at this moment the gunfire from the opposite side rang out again, and the soldier in front of him suddenly had a bloody hole in his head.

Guo Ying was shocked and quickly retreated again under the protection of other soldiers. A group of soldiers fell down with the continuous sound of gunfire. It was not until they retreated nearly a hundred steps away that the gunfire from the opposite side stopped.

Only then did he realize that the opponent's gun was not only capable of continuous fire, but also more accurate and had a longer range.

On Chen Su's side, when he saw Guo Ying and his men retreating a hundred steps, he ordered to stop shooting. In this short confrontation, they didn't even hurt anyone, and there were more than a dozen dead on the opposite side. This is the weapon. The gap caused by generational differences.

Although the rifle they are using now cannot truly fire continuously, it only takes less than a breath of time to pull the bolt to unload and reload. However, it took almost ten breaths to reload the flintlock guns in the past, even with the platoon. Using the alternating formation tactic, it also took five or six seconds to fire a shot. In this time, they had finished firing a magazine.

"Let someone charge!"

Guo Ying's face turned pale. He didn't expect that he would be in the same predicament as Fei Ju. Due to the gap in firearms, he could only let his soldiers rush forward at the risk of their lives and try their best to close the distance and engage in close combat.

The soldiers received the order and immediately conveyed the order to attack.

Although everyone knew that those who rushed to the front would definitely die early, but under the heavy reward, these pro-soldiers still rushed forward without fear of death.

Seeing this, Chen Su was not polite and directly ordered to open fire with all his strength. The pro-soldiers who rushed forward fell one after another on the way to the charge. At the same time, some people shot back while charging, but after they fired one shot, it was difficult for them to fire again. Opportunity to fire the second shot.

While Guo Ying and Chen Su were fighting, the people led by Mao Xiang also came to the city wall. Compared to Guo Ying, these soldiers were even worse. The people led by Wang Dazhi and others on the city were condescending and opened fire before they could get close. The guns were fired, preventing them from even getting close to the city wall. Even if they had the upper hand, the two of them could not break through the defenses of Chen Su and others.

Seeing that the gun was useless, Mao Xiang had artillery brought in.

Seeing this, Wang Dazhi from the city also had new artillery brought over, and the two sides immediately began an artillery battle.

But soon Mao Xiang was shocked to find that compared to guns, the gap between their artillery was even greater. When they bombarded the city wall, they basically aimed at a general direction and fired randomly, while the opponent's artillery fired with purpose and precision. Cannons can easily destroy their artillery.

Mao Xiang's pro-army troops brought many artillery pieces, and Wang Dazhi on the city only had less than ten artillery pieces. At the beginning, the artillery fire below the city violently bombarded the city wall, while the artillery fire on the city was sparse, and it seemed completely useless. .

What's different now is that as time goes by, Mao Xiang's artillery was continuously destroyed and soon stopped, and every hit of the artillery on the city could hit their vital positions, destroying their After the artillery was destroyed, it began to bombard their densely populated areas. These artillery shells were all real shotguns. The damage caused by the explosion after landing was far greater than the previous solid shells, causing their casualties to increase rapidly.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and it was not until nightfall that Guo Ying and Mao Xiang led their troops to withdraw.

They suffered heavy casualties in this battle, but the damage caused to the enemy was minimal, which made them feel very heavy.

After the battle, Guo Ying and Mao Xiang hurried into the palace to report the situation to Zhu Yuanzhang while the night was still dark.

Zhu Yuanzhang in the palace was also waiting for news and summoned them immediately after they entered the palace.

"Your Majesty, Dinghuai Gate has been successfully retaken. Fei Ju and his men escaped, and Lu Zhongheng who went to support us was also beaten back, but..." Guo Ying paused and continued: "But we are going to attack. When Li Wei occupied the Shence Gate, they were repulsed and failed to make any progress. "

"Why?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"They seem to have bought new muskets. Not only can they fire continuously, but they can also shoot farther and more accurately!" Guo Ying said respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Not only are their guns, their artillery is also different from before. They can hit us accurately even from a long distance. Our artillery was destroyed one by one by them and was unable to function at all."

Mao Xiang also followed suit.

Hearing the word "continuous fire", Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked. He looked at Guo Ying and asked, "You mean their guns can fire continuously?"

Guo Ying thought for a while and replied: "Although it is not continuous, it only takes one pull to ejaculate again, almost without stopping."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression suddenly became serious.

The repeating gun he wanted was finally made by this kid, but what he didn't expect was that the gun was now being used against him!

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again: "In this way, let's leave it at Shence Gate first, and tomorrow you will gather your forces to attack the Ordnance Bureau first!"

Li Wei did not have these firearms when he attacked Shence Gate. After entering the city, he directly occupied the weapons bureau.

Then there were these new firearms. It didn't take much to figure out that there must be many secrets hidden in the Ordnance Bureau that he didn't know about.

When they retreated to the Imperial City, all the firearms and main craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau were transferred to the War Bureau in the Imperial City. However, Li Wei still obtained these firearms. It was obvious that someone deliberately concealed these items.

No matter what, the most important thing is to take back the Arms Bureau first and collect these firearms!
"Yes!"

Guo Ying and Mao Xiang respectfully agreed and then left.

After the two left, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned the eunuch again and ordered him to go to the Arms Bureau to bring over Lu Ti, Tao Sheng and others who were temporarily placed in the Military War Bureau.

"See Your Majesty."

Luti and others went to pray together, feeling a little uneasy.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at them and said calmly:
"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone stopped their hands and stood with their heads bowed respectfully, waiting for instructions.

"A few days ago, we asked you to transport all the firearms from the Ordnance Bureau into the Military War Bureau. Did you do it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly.

"Your Majesty, we have transported all the firearms into the imperial city in accordance with the holy will." Luti replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, stared at him and said, "Really? Then how come we heard that there are some more advanced firearms hidden by you in the Ordnance Bureau?"

Lu Ti's face changed slightly at that moment, and he glanced at Tao Sheng cryptically. He saw Tao Sheng's expression was dull, as if he didn't know anything about it.

Tao Sheng is responsible for developing those advanced firearms for Li Wei. As the ambassador in charge of the Arms Bureau, of course he cannot know everything. However, he is also one of Li Wei's close subordinates and has been helping to conceal this. Otherwise, these advanced firearms The firearms had long been discovered.

Everyone in the Ordnance Bureau, from ordinary craftsmen to him as the ambassador, was grateful to Li Wei. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang sent some managers after taking back the Ordnance Bureau, it was impossible to completely understand the situation of the Ordnance Bureau.

Especially some of the things made by Li Wei's students, they couldn't tell what they were used for. Before the firearms were assembled, the parts appeared in front of the stewards countless times, and they couldn't find it. The true purpose of the things was deceived by Tao Sheng and others in a few words, so they had so many weapons and ammunition hidden in the cave.

"I don't know. I have never heard of more advanced firearms in the bureau. Please enlighten me!" Luti replied in panic.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him and noticed his small movements. He ignored him and focused on Tao Sheng: "What about you?"

"I'm just an ordinary craftsman. Mr. Lu doesn't know about it, and I have no way of knowing." Tao Sheng replied softly.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him, his eyes gradually became sharp, and he said coldly: "Your teacher has already obtained those firearms, you don't have to hide it anymore."

When Tao Sheng heard this, his expression instantly relaxed a lot, but he did not admit it and just remained silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his changes and suddenly understood.

"Hmph, you are so brave! You hide weapons secretly and fund rebellion. Aren't you afraid of killing everyone in your family?" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted.

Tao Sheng raised his head and looked at him calmly: "My father has passed away, and my mother also passed away due to illness a few days ago. I am the only one left in the family. If your majesty wants to kill me, please kill me!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression suddenly became extremely gloomy.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "You definitely can't do these things by yourself. If you are not afraid of death, aren't everyone else who works with you afraid of death?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the other people behind Tao Sheng.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this, and they knelt down in fear and begged for mercy:

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, we didn't know anything about it!"

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

Everyone begged for mercy, some of them really didn't know, and some of them knew and wouldn't admit it.

Tao Sheng's heart also sank. He didn't want others to die with him, so he immediately said: "I am the only one to blame for this matter. Your Majesty can just kill me without affecting others!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him and said calmly: "We can give you a chance. You take these people and make those firearms for us again, and we will spare you."

"It can't be done!" Tao Sheng shook his head and said, "Making these things requires a lot of equipment and tools, and they are all in the Ordnance Bureau. Without these equipment, it is impossible to make these things."

"Hmph, it doesn't matter. We will get the weapons bureau back soon, and then you can do it."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

Tao Sheng's lips twitched when he heard the words, but in the end he didn't dare to say any more.

"Come here, take them all down and keep them under strict guard!" Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the guards.

"Yes!"

A group of guards came in and took Tao Sheng and others down together with Lu Ti.

Early the next morning, Guo Ying and Mao Xiang gathered their troops and launched an attack on the Ordnance Bureau together.

In the Ordnance Bureau, Li Wei found out their movements in advance and immediately began to make arrangements.

When Guo Ying led the army to the Ordnance Bureau, he immediately discovered the changes here.

The enemy on the opposite side was still hiding as tightly as they had on the city wall. The only difference was that they were lying behind sandbags before and now they were lying in the trenches.

Seeing this scene, Guo Ying suddenly felt a headache.

As a veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years, he has rich combat experience, but he still has no idea how to deal with Li Wei's never-seen fighting methods.

In addition to these trenches, Li Wei also pulled up four or five circles of barbed wire around the Ordnance Bureau.

Although this thing is simple to make, it is very effective, especially in preventing the opponent from charging. It can have a miraculous effect and buy enough time for the heavy machine guns and artillery deployed in the rear to kill.

Mao Xiang frowned while looking at these things. He looked at Guo Ying and asked, "What should I do?"

Guo Ying sighed and said, "Let's attack with artillery first."

There is no chance for them to shoot at each other with muskets. Now their only advantage is that they have more artillery and the range is far enough to cause a certain amount of damage to the opponent.

Mao Xiang was a little worried when he thought about what happened yesterday, but now he had no better way.

"Damn it, I have been on the battlefield for decades, and I have never fought such a frustrating battle!"

Guo Ying cursed while ordering the mobilization of artillery.

How happy he was when he followed Li Wei in the Japanese expedition, he felt so frustrated now. No matter whether it was weapons or tactics, he was suppressed everywhere, his hands were tied, and his troops, which were several times larger than the enemy's, could not take advantage of him at all.

In the Ordnance Bureau, Li Wei used a telescope to see the other party's movements, and knew their plan, and immediately ordered them to go down and let everyone avoid them.

There is a huge difference between hot weapons and cold weapon wars. Cold weapon battles focus on morale and bravery. To exaggerate, in the cold weapon era, as long as there are more people who dare to fight and charge, there is no unwinnable battle.

But hot weapons are not enough. Although numbers and courage are also important, they are no longer the fundamental factors that determine victory or defeat. Weapons and tactics are the most important.

Facing the enemy's attack, the right thing to do is to lie down, lie down, and dodge. If you really want to rush towards the enemy's gun at all costs, there won't be enough people to send him away.

The emergence of heavy machine guns has greatly weakened the numerical advantage.

Ancient generals like Guo Ying had just started to come into contact with firearms and had not yet figured out the differences. Facing Li Wei, an opponent who had grown up watching anti-war dramas, was like a primary school student meeting the strongest king, being suppressed at every turn. (End of chapter)