Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

The army went south along the canal, and Zhu Di stood on the bow of the ship and looked into the distance with a complicated expression.

The changes in the world are like a dream. In the blink of an eye, Li Wei, a little person, has gone from a budding genius to an important minister in the court, and now he has become a rebel rebel. At the beginning, he never expected that he would be in this situation today.

"Your Majesty, further ahead is Yangzhou City, which is Li Wei's home base. Should we capture this city first and then go south to support the capital?" Zhang Yu beside him said.

Now he is no longer as immature as he was when he first became a vassal, and he has many loyal subordinates around him, and Zhang Yu is one of the main generals.

Zhu Di frowned slightly after hearing what he said. Yangzhou was indeed an important city, just blocking the position where the canal entered the river, but he felt that this city would not be so easy to fight. After all, Li Wei was responsible for building the city. It also uses the latest material called cement that he invented, which is very fast.

The situation in the capital is tight now, and their father has already given them an order to urge them. If they are dragged in Yangzhou, even if they can successfully break through the city, it will be delayed a lot of time. Rather than doing this, it is better to take a detour directly.

When Chen Youliang attacked Yingtian, he was stopped by Zhu Zhengwen in Hongdu. He just wasted three months, missed the opportunity to fight, and was defeated in the end. He didn't want to make such a mistake.

Moreover, Yangzhou is just an isolated city, and the surrounding state capitals are under the control of the imperial court. Although Yangzhou's location is a bit obstructive, it does not threaten them.

"Forget it, let's take a detour upstream and cross the river." Zhu Di took a deep breath and said softly.

Zhang Yu's mouth moved slightly, seeing that he was determined, he could only respectfully say yes.

More than 100,000 troops led by Zhu Di landed near Shaobo Town near Yangzhou, changed to the land route, and bypassed Yangzhou's obstruction.

Zhu Ping, who was behind him, quickly learned of his movements and couldn't help but snorted: "Huh, idiot, Yangzhou is such an important place, how can you let it go? Send the order, and the army will march straight to Yangzhou!"

"Yes!"

The great army led by Zhu Ping went down the river without stopping and approached Yangzhou City.

……

In the capital, Li Wei was rushing to instruct the soldiers to familiarize themselves with the new weapons.

The reason why he remained silent and on the defensive during this period was because he was afraid that the soldiers were not familiar enough with the new weapons. If something went wrong on the battlefield, he would be in big trouble.

However, the current situation does not give him much time to train soldiers, so he can only do his best.

At this time, Xie Feihu and several night guards hurried to the shooting range and walked towards him. They came to him and cupped their hands: "Teacher!"

Li Wei turned around and saw him, so he asked a few soldiers to get familiar with him first, and then followed him to the side.

"what's up?"

"There is news from Yangzhou. The armies of King Jin and King Yan are approaching Yangzhou. It is estimated that they will reach the capital in a few days. Lu Hong and the others will try their best to stop them, but if they take a detour, there is nothing we can do."

Xie Feihu reported in a deep voice.

Li Wei frowned slightly when he heard this, secretly thinking that he didn't have time to train. He had to capture the outer city of the capital before Zhu Di and the others came. It would be best to deal with Lan Yu and the imperial city in the city together, and then turn around and concentrate on dealing with Zhu Di. Fan, Zhu Di and the others.

"In that case, let the soldiers prepare and seize the outer city tomorrow!" Li Wei took a deep breath and said.

"Yes!"

Xie Feihu respectfully claimed that he was, but then he did not resign and leave, but looked like he was hesitant to speak.

Li Wei glanced at him in surprise and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"This..." Xie Feihu hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Lü Hong sent news that Her Royal Highness the Princess is missing!"

Li Wei's face darkened and he said anxiously: "What do you mean missing? Isn't she in the city? How could she disappear?"

Xie Feihu lowered his head and said hesitantly: "Yes, that's the case. A few days ago, the princess insisted on going out of the mansion to play. Her subordinates could not stop her, so they could only send some people to accompany her for protection. However, not long after she left the mansion, these people were Miss Duan Yu was knocked unconscious by a sneak attack, and then she and the princess disappeared. When we closed the city to search, we learned that Miss Duan Yu had left the city, and the princess probably followed her. "

Li Wei's face was extremely ugly, and he couldn't help shouting angrily: "Trash!"

Xie Feihu lowered his head and did not dare to say anything. This was the first time Li Wei had reprimanded them angrily.

Li Wei breathed heavily for a moment, calmed down his anxious mood, and shouted to him again: "Send someone to look for it, we must find it!"

"Yes! Don't worry, teacher, we have already sent someone." Xie Feihu said quickly.

Li Wei frowned deeply, forced himself to calm down, and pondered for a moment.

According to Xie Feihu, An Qing should have left on his own. Now that she suddenly did this at this juncture, she probably wanted to come to Beijing to stop what he was going to do next.

"Send the order and ask the night guards to focus on searching for the road from Yangzhou to the capital. If they find it, they will send her back to Yangzhou immediately." Li Wei ordered.

"Yes." Xie Feihu accepted it, then turned around and left in a hurry.

After he left, Li Wei couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Anqing had persuaded him several times before when he was in Yangzhou, but the current situation was that he had to shoot when the arrow was on the string. He didn't want to stop, and he couldn't stop.

Shaking his head vigorously, he suppressed the worries in his heart and continued to teach and practice.

After Zhu Di arrived in Yangzhou, he immediately mobilized troops and horses to launch an siege. However, as Zhu Di thought, Yangzhou was not that easy to attack, and there were troops stationed by the rear horses equipped with new weapons led by Lu Hong. Zhu Di's army Soon they felt the feeling of being suppressed by firepower. Not only did they suffer huge casualties, but many artillery pieces were also destroyed one after another, which can be said to be a huge loss.

On the contrary, Zhu Di, who took a detour early, lost a lot of time by taking the land route, but it was much better than being stopped in Yangzhou.

The next day, when the morning light had just risen and the streets and alleys in the capital were still empty and quiet, the Ordnance Bureau became busy. Except for the five thousand people left behind, all the others were mobilized by Li Wei, and the entire army moved out to attack Shen Cemen left.

When they arrived at Shence Gate, Chen Su and Wang Dazhi had been preparing for a long time. They immediately welcomed the army to the city and carried weapons and equipment upwards.

Li Wei's plan was very simple, which was to push all the way along the city wall. With advanced firearms in hand, Guo Ying and others could not stop their attack.

The reason why he chose this way was to achieve a quick victory.

In addition to defense, the city wall, which is more than two feet wide, can function like a highway, allowing soldiers on the city to mobilize quickly to deal with enemy attacks from different directions.

If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't done it deliberately before, it would have been difficult for Lan Yu and others' tired tactics to have any real effect even after ten days and a half.

"My lord, the soldiers are ready."

Chen Su cupped his hands to Li Wei with some excitement.

Lu Tang, Jiang Long and others also looked at him with burning eyes.

If the next battle goes well, they will be able to control the outer city, and then they can kill Lan Yu and the remnants of the imperial court in the city one by one, and the remaining imperial city will be theirs!

As long as the imperial city is broken and the ministers and the emperor are held in their hands, even if the vassal kings from all over the country arrive with their troops, they will not dare to act rashly.

Li Wei nodded slightly. Now that time was urgent, he didn't waste any time and said directly: "Then start the attack. We will capture the whole city within one day!"

"Yes!"

All the generals responded in unison, then turned around and began to take action. The sandbags used for defense were moved away by several soldiers. Soldiers armed with rifles rushed out and attacked the adjacent Jinchuan Gate.

The city wall between Jinchuan Gate and Shence Gate is about four miles long. When the two sides broke away from the battle, they were stationed hundreds of meters away. The unusual movement here at Shence Gate was quickly discovered by the other side. The guard on duty The army shouted a warning and sent someone to report the news to Guo Ying.

"Master Marquis, the enemy troops from Shence Gate are rushing towards us!"

A soldier rushed into the tower where Guo Ying was resting and shouted in panic.

Guo Ying, who was waiting for danger, immediately sat up in shock, looked at the soldier and shouted: "Assemble the troops immediately!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers hurried out to deliver the order, and Guo Ying also got up and rushed out of the tower.

Based on the experience of previous battle defeats, Guo Ying also blocked the city wall with sandbags. After Li Wei arrived with everyone, he couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw this situation.

The ancients were not stupid either. As long as they were given time, they could always figure out the tactics of firearms warfare. Simple things like sandbags could be figured out just by looking at them.

"Suppressive fire! The vanguard rushes over with shields." Li Wei ordered.

"Yes."

Chen Su responded in a deep voice, and immediately mobilized some soldiers, holding special multi-layered shields, and moved forward at a low profile. Behind them were more infantry, and after entering the shooting range, they immediately opened fire on the opposite side.

"Bang bang bang..."

Intense gunfire rang out, and the sandbags deployed by the pro-army side were beaten with pops. They also learned from Chen Su's men, huddled behind the sandbags and fired back.

It's just that the city wall is so wide, and the two sides have the same number of people to fight. In this case, the density of firepower on Li Wei's side is almost four or five times that of theirs, and they don't even dare to expose themselves.

The soldiers holding shields quickly approached the sandbags piled up by the opponent. After getting closer, occasionally someone was shot through the shield by the opponent's flintlock and fell to the ground. After all, these shields were only temporary modifications, although they were more bulletproof than the previous iron shields. Better, but still unstoppable at close range.

Fortunately, with their own fire cover, the attack they suffered was not too strong, and they were quickly pushed in front of the sandbags.

After Guo Ying arrived with his people, he immediately saw the soldiers on Li Wei's side holding up their shields and slamming open the sandbags blocking the front.

"kill!"

The two sides met in close combat and immediately fell into a fierce fight.

The flintlock guns were too slow to reload. After the formation was disrupted, there was almost no chance to reload and then fire. On the other hand, Li Wei's people could not only fight with bayonets, but also shoot and kill them, beating them back steadily. .

"Stop them from the front! Line up from the rear to fight back!" Guo Ying yelled anxiously.

To exert its power, the flintlock guns must take turns to fire, and there was nothing he could do if he directed them like this.

In accordance with his orders, some of the pro-army troops fought with the opponent in front, while others distanced themselves and reorganized.

But this style of play only slowed down the retreat.

After pushing down the opponent's sandbags, Li Wei waved to the machine gun team that had been waiting for a long time. Two people from the machine gun team carried their guns, and four or five people followed to carry ammunition, water tanks, etc., and immediately rushed forward.

"Get down!"

Guo Ying was commanding his troops to resist with all their strength when he suddenly heard a loud roar from the opposite side. Then he saw Li Wei's soldiers lying down one after another as if they had given up resistance, leaving him confused for a moment.

But when these people lay down, he immediately saw the heavy machine gun appearing behind them.

Although it was the first time he saw this thing with his own eyes, he immediately guessed that it was the terrifying firearm that sprayed rain of bullets a few days ago.

"Let's get down too, hurry! Hurry!"

Guo Ying roared in horror, and then he didn't care about anything else. He followed the same example and lay down.

The pro-soldiers who were about to take the opportunity to kill the enemy were confused when they heard his words and did not react for a while.

"Tattoo..."

Some familiar voices sounded, and dense bullets flew in. The pro-soldiers who had not yet reacted were immediately splashed with blood mist, and fell down one by one.

Now they finally understood. Some of them reacted quickly and immediately learned to lie down. Fortunately, they escaped. However, more pro-soldiers had no chance at all. They were beaten to pieces by machine gun bullets and fell to the ground helplessly. .

Guo Ying hid behind a corpse, his pale face pressed tightly to the ground, looking at the soldiers who were shot and killed, feeling horrified.

"It's over!"

Guo Ying thought to himself.

According to Li Wei's style of play, he can't stop him here, nor can other city gates. Soon the entire city wall will fall under Li Wei's control, and they will really have no choice but to retreat to the imperial city. .

But Li Wei is different from Lan Yu. Even if they retreat to the imperial city, can they really hold it?
The gunshots rang out for a long time, and there was no one standing hundreds of meters in front of where the machine gun was pointing. Even if the pro-soldiers lying on the ground survived, they would no longer be able to resist.

The gunfire stopped, and Chen Su led the soldiers behind him to rush forward past the machine gun squad. Several pro-soldiers who wanted to get up to resist were shot dead on the spot before they could stand still.

"Lie down, hold your head with your hands, surrender and don't kill!"

Chen Su followed Li Wei's instructions while shouting and commanding the soldiers to disarm the pro-combatants, and quickly took control of the city gate.

Guo Ying slowly got up from the ground. When a soldier saw him and was about to raise his gun to kill him, Chen Su quickly raised his hand to stop him.

"Haha, Marquis Wu Ding, we meet again." Chen Su came to Guo Ying and said with a smile, "Why did you bother to go to Yangzhou? Why didn't you just stay in Yangzhou?"

Guo Ying glanced at him and was speechless.

Chen Su didn't tease him anymore, and beckoned for him to be tied up too and brought to Li Wei.

Seeing Li Wei, Guo Ying couldn't help but look a little complicated.

Li Wei glanced at him and didn't say much. He just waved his hand and ordered: "Take him under custody."

"Yes!"

Two soldiers took Guo Ying down.

Then Li Wei immediately ordered: "Chen Su stays here and stays here, while the others continue to move forward with me!"

"Yes!"

Everyone should give up. (End of chapter)