Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Li Wei did not wait for them to fire first. After letting the soldiers hide, he immediately asked the gunners to aim at them and start firing accurately at the artillery mobilized by Guo Ying.

The scene that Mao Xiang encountered yesterday was repeated again. Many artillery pieces had just been pushed forward and placed. Before they could be loaded, they were destroyed by Li Wei's artillery shells, killing and wounding the artillerymen beside them.

The precise strike caused the soldiers who pushed the artillery forward to panic, and they hesitated to move forward.

Guo Ying's face was ashen, and he had to forcefully order his own soldiers to supervise the battle and drive these artillerymen forward.

After a period of pressure from carrots and sticks, the artillery was finally deployed and began to fire back.

The roaring sound of artillery sounded continuously. Li Wei's side had the advantage of accurate shooting and rapid reloading, while Guo Ying's side had an absolute numerical advantage. The solid bullets hitting the Ordnance Bureau also caused a lot of damage. threaten.

Fortunately, Li Wei was prepared and had everyone hide behind a solid bunker.

Guo Ying and Mao Xiang felt increasingly heavy as they watched the artillery on their side being continuously destroyed, while the damage caused by so many artillery fires to the other side was almost negligible.

"This is not the way to go. While our artillery still has the advantage, let's send people up now."

Mao Xiang said in a deep voice.

"it is good!"

Guo Ying thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

Although he also knew that this would definitely cause huge casualties, he couldn't care less about it now. His Majesty would rather give up the plan of capturing the turtle in the urn at the city gate, but also want to seize the Ordnance Bureau first. This shows the importance of the Ordnance Bureau, no matter how much effort it takes. At the price, they all have to take down this weapons bureau as soon as possible!

Following Guo Ying's order, a vanguard army consisting of thousands of people rushed forward.

Li Wei, who was always observing the enemy's situation, saw this and immediately said to Lu Hong next to him: "Let the machine gunners prepare, and when they enter the range, shoot with all their strength!"

"Yes!"

Lu Hong took the order and left.

"kill……"

Guo Ying's vanguard of several thousand people shouted slogans and charged forward. However, when they crossed the artillery position and had not even finished half of the distance, they heard "ta da da da" sounds from several places in the Ordnance Bureau. The sound was followed by a rain of bullets sprayed out with fire!
The rain of bullets fired from the heavy machine guns was like a strong wind blowing by. Before the pro-soldiers could react, they fell down in pieces like withered grass. Anyone hit by the bullets either had their arms or legs broken, or A terrible bloody hole was punched in his body, and he screamed again and again for a while, and the speed of his charge suddenly stagnated!
"what!"

"Help!"

The people who had fallen to the ground howled in pain, while the survivors were so frightened by the horrific sight that they turned and ran away. Even the soldiers who were supervising the battle behind them stood there blankly, forgetting to stop these soldiers from escaping.

The terrifying battlefield harvester showed its ferocious face for the first time, and the damage caused by it made Guo Ying and Mao Xiang, veterans who were used to life and death, look pale.

"This... what kind of firearm is this?"

Guo Ying opened his eyes wide and swallowed hard.

In just a moment, nearly half of the advancing vanguard army had already been killed or injured. This was even if they escaped quickly. If they had rushed forward a little further, the entire vanguard army might have been wiped out!
Mao Xiang's face was also pale. Although he acted ruthlessly, he was horrified to see with his own eyes such a sight of human life being as worthless as grass.

This is no longer a war, it is even more terrifying than a unilateral massacre!
Thousands of people, even if they stand still and are cut down, it will take a lot of effort to kill them all. However, with this new firearm in front of them, they can kill them all in just a moment. This is completely beyond their understanding of firearms!
"Can we... still win?" Mao Xiang asked tremblingly.

Guo Ying glanced at him and felt worried.

Although Lan Yu and the others had conquered the outer city before, it was all done intentionally by His Majesty. In fact, they had always had an absolute advantage. Later, they easily recaptured Dinghuaimen and dared to confirm this.

But now facing Li Wei, they couldn't help but doubt whether they could win this battle.

After a moment of silence, Guo Ying ordered the soldiers on the side: "Immediately report the situation of the battle here to your Majesty, and ask your Majesty to make a decision!"

Now this situation can no longer be won by sacrificing a few lives. If this is the case, all tens of thousands of soldiers and horses may be killed here. This matter is of great importance and he cannot make the decision.

After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately left on horseback and reported the news to the imperial city.

In the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was discussing matters with the ministers, and the soldier sent back by Guo Ying was led in by the young eunuch.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Dingyuan sent someone to report the military situation."

The little eunuch said respectfully.

This is what Zhu Yuanzhang ordered. Those who report war incidents can be brought in directly.

"See Your Majesty!" The soldier also bowed to see you.

Seeing this, the ministers who were performing their duties calmed down and retreated to both sides.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the soldier who was being led in. Seeing that he looked panicked, and it was obviously not good news, he calmly waved his hand to the ministers and said, "You should retreat first."

"Yes!"

All the ministers responded in unison.

After they all exited the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang said to the soldier: "Speak."

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Dingyuan has led the army to besiege the Arms Bureau as ordered. However, during the trial attack, a new firearm appeared in the Arms Bureau. This firearm spits out fiery snakes and rains of projectiles. Thousands of me Nearly half of the vanguard soldiers were killed or wounded in just a moment. Considering that the casualties were too high, the Marquis did not dare to take action, so he specially sent a humble order to ask Your Majesty whether we should attack by force again."

The soldier said hurriedly.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression suddenly changed.

Although Guo Ying and others had reported yesterday that Li Wei's soldiers had been equipped with new firearms that could fire continuously, he was not too worried. After all, although those rifles had a great advantage, they were not invincible.

But what he didn't expect was that in addition to those repeating rifles, Li Wei also had this new and more terrifying firearm, which made him shocked.

He had seen those weapons of later generations on the computer, and knew how terrifying these things were. If Li Weizhen had built all of them, then this battle would not have to be fought.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was gloomy and uncertain, and he pondered for a long time before saying: "Let them withdraw first and guard the outer city!"

The situation in the capital is complicated now. In addition to Li Wei and Lan Yu, Li Shanchang and others are there. It would be dangerous if the pro-army forces suffered heavy losses and the situation got out of control.

"According to the order!"

After receiving the order, the soldiers secretly breathed a sigh of relief, responded respectfully, and hurriedly turned around and left.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked solemn. After the soldier left, he immediately summoned a guard and asked in a deep voice: "Where are King Jin, King Yan and others?" "Your Majesty, the last military report was that the two highnesses have arrived in Huai'an. It is estimated that we will arrive in Beijing in two or three days," the guard replied.

There is a canal connecting Huai'an to Beijing, so you can travel by water. Three days is enough.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly: "That's good, send an order to them to speed up their march!"

"Yes!"

The guard said respectfully, and Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and asked him to retreat.

The soldiers who entered the palace to deliver the message returned to the army and came to Guo Ying. Guo Ying immediately asked: "What did your Majesty say?"

The soldier raised his hand and reported: "His Majesty's decree is for the Marquis to withdraw the troops first, and the attack on the Ordnance Bureau will be discussed later."

After hearing this, Guo Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Mao Xiang and said: "In that case, let's withdraw our troops."

"It should be so." Mao Xiang also nodded quickly.

After tens of thousands of soldiers tidied up the battlefield, they hurriedly withdrew their troops and garrisoned on the outer city wall.

Li Wei and others also came out of the bunker and tidied up the weapons bureau.

Although Guo Ying's artillery was less accurate, the solid bullets were still very capable of damaging buildings. Many houses in the Ordnance Bureau were damaged, and these needed to be repaired.

In the silent night, the capital city was extremely quiet. The military disaster happened so suddenly that the people in the city had not yet reacted. They could only hide at home and dare not go out for the past few days.

Fortunately, most of the city was still under the control of the pro-military army. After entering the city, Lan Yu and others directly attacked the imperial city without bothering to harass the people. As for Li Wei, let alone Li Wei.

After a brief tidying up, Li Wei gathered everyone together.

"The pro-military troops should not attack again for the time being, but we cannot relax. You must quickly familiarize the soldiers with firearms. In two days, we will take the initiative to attack and seize the outer city!"

Li Wei said in a deep voice.

The longer they don't control the outer city, the more danger they will face. As the local guards receive the news and dispatch troops to serve the king, there will be more and more troops in the capital, and they will become more and more passive.

Especially the two people he was most worried about were Zhu Fan and Zhu Di. They had made a great victory in the Northern Expedition, their military power was at its peak, and they had firearms in hand. If he hadn't taken control of the capital by the time they arrived with their troops, it would be in danger.

Lu Tang, Xie Feihu, Jiang Long and others all respectfully claimed that they were right, and then he said to Xie Feihu: "Send people to patrol more in the next two days. If you find the northern army arriving, you will tell me immediately."

"Teacher, don't worry, I have already made arrangements." Xie Feihu replied.

Li Wei nodded lightly, and then asked everyone to retreat, leaving Lu Hong alone.

"Tomorrow you bring 10,000 troops, weapons and ammunition, and return to Yangzhou to garrison and protect Anqing and the others." Li Wei said solemnly.

Yangzhou New City was built by him. It is not large in area, but its city defense is no worse than that of the capital. It is enough to have 10,000 soldiers and horses armed with new weapons to garrison it. It should not be breached in a short time.

Although the capital is now a strategic location, Yangzhou cannot be lost. After all, Anqing and his children are still there.

Lu Hong understood his worries and immediately nodded in agreement.

Only then did Li Wei feel relieved and let him leave.

In a military camp in Xicheng, Li Shanchang, Lan Yu, Lu Zhongheng and others gathered here and temporarily used this place as their base.

During the day, they also sent people to inquire about the battle between Li Wei and Guo Ying. When they learned that Li Wei had used terrifying new firearms to repel Guo Ying's army siege, their emotions were complicated and difficult to understand.

At the beginning, they gathered an army of 200,000 to attack the capital. They were so majestic that the imperial army was forced to retreat to the imperial city. Then Li Wei, who came later, only had 50,000 troops and was not taken seriously by them at all.

However, just a few days later, the situation took a turn for the worse. First, they were defeated by the pro-army forces and had to hide in the remote West City and did not dare to fight. Then, Li Wei, who was ignored by them, showed a strong combat power that surpassed both sides. Scared all the pro-army troops away, and in a blink of an eye, they became the weakest of the three parties.

"Bang!" Lu Zhongheng slapped his palm on the table and said angrily: "What a shame, these people have taken advantage of their firearms to gain the upper hand, and we are the only ones who don't have firearms!"

When Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and others heard this, they all frowned and remained silent.

Indeed, in terms of military strength and command, they considered themselves no weaker than Li Wei and the imperial court, but they just suffered the disadvantage of not having firearms and were suppressed and beaten by others.

But it's useless to complain about this now. The only blame is that they underestimated the power of firearms and failed to prepare in advance.

"It's useless to say this now. After so many days, the guards in various places have probably begun to mobilize troops to serve the king. We are trapped in the city and are waiting to die. We have to find a way to leave quickly." Zhang Fengyi said softly.

At this point, they no longer expect to force Zhu Yuanzhang to pass the throne to Zhu Chong. The most important thing is to find a way to escape first. As long as they leave the city, they can first go to Shanxi to find Zhu Chong and use a way out of the country. No matter whether they run away from each other or hide, it is better than dying here.

Li Shan sighed, feeling a little frustrated.

He was already very old. Looking back on his life, he assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in establishing the country and was a very popular minister. However, he still could not escape the tragic ending.

Wei Mingjie's expression was also very disappointed. Zhu Ping was the prince and had never shown up. If the uprising failed, he, the palace chief, would have to bear all the blame for Zhu Ping, and he would not be able to run away even if he wanted to.

Zhang Fengyi cast her gaze on him and said softly: "We have to trouble Mr. Wei to make a trip and meet Li Wei again. Even if we can't convince him to join forces, at least we have to agree to let us use his Shence Sect to get out of the city."

Wei Mingjie glanced at him. Although he didn't want to go anymore, he still nodded under the expectant eyes of everyone.

The next day, Wei Mingjie went to find Li Wei again. However, this time Li Wei didn't even bother to see him and had people drive him back.

If he hadn't taken into account the threat from the pro-military forces, he would have even sent troops to kill Lan Yu and others first. After all, Lan Yu was the direct murderer of Xiao Qing.

No matter whether he or Zhu Yuanzhang wins in the end this time, Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and others will not end well.

Wei Mingjie didn't have much enthusiasm to begin with. After being kicked out by him, he never came back.

Zhu Yuanzhang was waiting for the vassal king to come to Beijing to strengthen his troops, while Li Wei was seizing the time to train his soldiers to use firearms, while Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and others had no choice but to take a chance and hope that both sides would lose in a fight, allowing them to find an opportunity to take advantage of it. machine.

The three parties temporarily reached a truce, and the capital city temporarily calmed down.

On the canal from Huai'an to Gaoyou, countless ships stretch for dozens of miles and go south along the river.

Zhu Fan and Zhu Di led part of the Northern Expedition army, and held imperial edicts to mobilize guards along the way. Now the number of troops has reached 300,000, marching toward Yingtian by land and water.

Now there are no such nobles as Sun Ke and Cao Xing in their army. When Lan Yu attacked the capital, they suddenly launched an attack and executed these nobles, leaving only Fu Youde and some young generals. (End of chapter)