Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

After Jinchuan Gate was captured, the surviving pro-army troops immediately fled to Zhongfu Gate not far away.

"Sir, it's bad! The Jinchuan Gate is lost!"

The pro-army soldiers who fled to Zhongfu Gate gasped and shouted.

The commander stationed here panicked Zhou Chong and asked anxiously: "Where is the Marquis?"

"The Marquis has been captured!" Another pro-army soldier reported.

When Zhou Chong heard this, his face suddenly turned pale. After all, Li Wei was the former Duke of the country, and his prestige in the military was still very high. A marquis like Guo Ying still had the confidence to fight against him, and ordinary military generals were more or less weak against him. Terrified.

Zhou Chong really didn't want to face the Duke of Han with great military exploits, but he couldn't escape his responsibilities.

"Hurry up and set up defenses, and go to Dinghuai Gate to ask for help from Master Mao!" Zhou Chong said hurriedly.

"Yes!"

The generals mobilized quickly, setting up defenses and calling for reinforcements and warnings along the city wall.

Li Wei left several heavy machine guns and artillery pieces with Chen Su, and then led Lu Tang and others to attack Zhongfu Gate.

Jinchuan Gate is the focus of the pro-army's defense. With Guo Ying in charge, the defense is relatively tight. However, after passing Jinchuan Gate, the defense of the city gates behind is much worse.

Zhou Chong resisted for a while, but was quickly defeated by the firepower of Lu Tang's troops. He was beaten back again and again until he was forced to retreat behind the Zhongfu Gate. Lu Tang and others suspended their offensive. , and then Li Wei once again left a general and some heavy machine guns and artillery to garrison, and the others immediately launched an attack on the opposite side again.

After Mao Xiang got the news, he immediately came with a large number of soldiers and horses to support. However, the city wall was so wide that even if they had more troops, they could not take advantage of it.

"Master Mao, we can't stop them. Their firearms are too powerful."

Zhou Chong squeezed in from the front and came to Mao Xiang and said.

Mao Xiang's face turned livid and he shouted loudly: "You have to block it even if you can't. No one is allowed to retreat. Anyone who retreats will die!"

Zhou Chong said with a sad face: "It's useless, they have that kind of particularly terrifying continuous-shooting gun. There are dozens of us who can't shoot as many bullets as his one gun. If our people go up, they will die!"

Mao Xiang's heart sank, and he immediately thought of the terrifying firearms he encountered when he attacked the Ordnance Bureau. Facing such firearms, large numbers of people were of little use.

After frowning and thinking for a moment, Mao Xiang said solemnly: "In this case, I will lead people to attack from the bottom of the city and help you resist together! In short, we can't retreat anymore!"

Zhou Chong hesitated for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

Mao Xiang led his department officers around to Yifeng Gate at the back, and after descending from the city, they came to Zhongfu Gate.

When Li Wei saw their movements, he immediately made arrangements for Jiang Long and others to deal with Mao Xiang and others from the side who were attacking from the city.

There are no battlements on the inside of the city wall, but there is a circle of walls. The soldiers can also be used as bunkers after squatting down. Coupled with the superior vision and firearms from a high position, the troops brought by Mao Xiang were beaten so that they did not dare to show their heads. They could not help Zhou for a while. What a favor.

After the infantry pushed the pro-army troops back a certain distance, the heavy machine gun squad immediately stepped forward. After a burst of clicking sounds, the enemies within a hundred meters in front were quickly cleared. The infantry once again passed them and rushed forward, advancing alternately like this. , beating Zhou Chong and others back again and again, and soon pushed them to Yifeng Gate.

When Mao Xiang from the city saw this, he could only curse and quickly mobilized troops and horses to return to Yifeng Gate for support.

The two city gates are very close to each other, only about two miles apart. After Li Wei seized Zhongfu Gate, Yifeng Gate did not last long before it also fell into his hands.

Li Wei led his army to push through with overwhelming force. The defenders on the city retreated all the way to Dinghuai Gate. The city gates were lost one after another. Every time a city gate was captured, he would leave some soldiers and weapons to garrison them. .

Mao Xiang ran with them under the city. He almost reached the corresponding city gate before he had a chance to make a move, and he had to rush to the next one.

Dinghuai Gate, Qingliang Gate, Shicheng Gate and Sanshan Gate.

Li Wei and others pushed all the way to the Jubao Gate before being blocked.

The Jubao Gate is one of the main gates of the capital. If Zhengyang Gate was not located in front of the imperial city and has a special location, the Jubao Gate should be the main gate of the capital.

The Jubao Gate is far larger than other city gates. There are three gates in Wengcheng alone. The wall at the gate is more than three feet wide, finally giving the pro-army the terrain to take advantage of their numbers.

Li Wei and others approached the city gate from the west. Zhang Long, who was stationed here, mobilized his troops to cover the Wengcheng early, and stood ready for them with firecrackers.

There are a total of thirteen city gates in the capital, and more than half of them have been lost in less than a day. Li Wei's attack speed is terrifying.

You must know that this is more than 20 miles, and even just marching will take half a day. In other words, Li Wei almost kept seizing half of the city gates all the way.

Zhang Long and Mao Xiang stood at the top of Jubao Gate, their expressions solemn.

"Marquis Fengxiang, we must guard the treasure gathering gate. If it is lost again, the capital will really be lost!" Mao Xiang said worriedly.

"Don't worry, I will definitely stop him here and prevent him from advancing any further!"

Zhang Long looked at Li Wei's army approaching in the distance and replied in a deep voice.

Mao Xiang nodded slightly when he heard this, but the worry in his heart did not diminish. He never expected that the Ming Dynasty would be in danger of overthrowing so soon!
Li Wei looked at the pro-army troops waiting at the Jubao Gate from a distance, and asked Lu Tang softly beside him: "Can we capture it?"

Lu Tang observed the situation of Jubaomen and then confidently said: "Don't worry, my lord, as long as we attack with all our strength, we will definitely capture it at noon tomorrow at most!"

Li Wei frowned slightly. He understood that what Lu Tang meant by going all out was to do whatever it took to sacrifice.

Although the fighting was fierce before, their casualties were actually not large. The enemy troops often fled as soon as the machine guns were fired, and there was no tough battle at all.

But the treasure gathering gate in front of us may not be so easy to capture, and casualties are inevitable.

Li Wei thought for a while and nodded gently: "Then do it as soon as possible. Time is tight and there is no room for failure."

Compassion does not control soldiers, and even today, he is no longer the sentimental person he was before.

"Yes!" Lu Tang said yes and immediately began to mobilize the army to take action.

The two armies came within range and immediately opened fire at each other.

Now they were advancing along the city wall, but the Wengcheng on the opposite side formed a horizontal encirclement against them. The attack area was larger and they had a great advantage. Even though the fusiliers were far behind, they still showed strong firepower by relying on round fire.

Lu Tang divided the soldiers into two columns. The soldiers on the inside of the city wall facing the barbican were advancing while fighting against the enemy troops on the barbican, while the soldiers on the outside were advancing at full speed under their cover.

The charging soldiers soon suffered a large number of casualties, especially the soldiers on the side. They had to face the enemy troops on the urn city and a frontal attack, which was a huge pressure.

Li Wei frowned slightly when he saw this, and then sent a few heavy machine gunners to the front to support them, using strong firepower to pressure the enemy forces on the barbican city.

As soon as the machine gun fired, the soldiers on the barbican were beaten so hard that they couldn't even lift their heads. Zhang Long suddenly became anxious: "Don't retreat, keep fighting!"

Under his scolding, the soldiers who were suppressed and hiding could only risk their heads to fight back. Some of the unlucky ones were immediately shot in the head by machine gun bullets, while others hid in fear.

Seeing this, Zhang Long immediately ordered his troops to step forward to supervise the battle. The soldiers were forced to constantly raise their guns to fight back. From time to time, some people were hit by bullets and died, but they finally maintained their firepower.

The sun slowly set in the west amid the smoke, and Lu Tang withdrew his troops only when the sky was getting dark. After fighting for a day, all of them were exhausted and needed to rest. Zhang Long and Mao Xiang were relieved to see that they had temporarily ceased fire.

"I entered the palace to report to Your Majesty that you must be careful when stationed here!" Mao Xiang said to Zhang Long.

"it is good!"

Zhang Long didn't say much and nodded in agreement.

Then Mao Xiang led a few people and hurriedly got off the city wall and headed towards the palace.

The setting sun was like blood, and its rays of light slanted through Zhongshan towards the capital, illuminating the grand city slightly red.

At the foot of the mountain on the north side of Zhongshan Mountain, on a winding mountain road, An Qing was walking forward one step at a time, and suddenly stumbled and almost fell down. Fortunately, Duan Yu on the side had quick eyes and hands to catch her.

"Your Highness, are you okay?" Duan Yu supported him and asked with concern.

"I'm fine, let's go quickly!"

An Qing endured the severe pain in his feet and stood up, waved his hands, and continued on his way.

She had been pampered since she was a child, and the nearly hundred miles from Yangzhou to the capital was really tiring for her.

Duan Yu frowned slightly and couldn't help but persuade again: "Your Highness, why are you doing this? Now the war in the capital has begun, and even if you go, you can't change it."

"Then what should I do? Should I wait in Yangzhou to lose my husband?"

An Qing stopped, feeling bitter in his heart.

Although she also knew that Li Wei was very capable, she also knew how powerful her father was. She had grown up listening to various legendary stories about his father. In her opinion, Li Wei would definitely be defeated this time.

In fact, as a princess, even if Li Wei loses, Zhu Yuanzhang will not do anything to her, and her children will probably be fine. After all, they are also Zhu Yuanzhang's grandsons, but Li Wei, a traitor, will definitely have no way to survive.

She came out without authorization this time because she wanted to enter the palace to plead with her father and let him save her husband's life. Even if he was imprisoned for life in the future, it would be better than losing his life.

"But the war in the capital is raging now, and we can't get in." Duan Yu was confused.

She was able to bring Anqing out of Yangzhou before Yangzhou was closed. Now that the capital is undergoing fierce fighting, it must be heavily guarded and no one will be allowed in or out.

"Don't worry, let's take the Taiping Gate. The terrain there is special and there should be no fighting. Moreover, this city gate is right behind the Imperial City. We can enter the palace directly from there."

An Qing said confidently.

Among the thirteen gates in the capital, Taiping Gate is a special one. It borders Zhongshan Mountain in the east and Xuanwu Lake in the west. There is only one road in the middle leading to the capital. The terrain is dangerous, as its name suggests. Compared with other city gates, it is relatively small. Peace.

Duan Yu sighed helplessly and could only follow her quickly, supporting her and walking towards the capital together.

In the palace, Mao Xiang informed Zhu Yuanzhang in detail about the day's battle. There was no emotion or anger on Zhu Yuanzhang's frowning face, which made Mao Xiang a little uneasy.

After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang said softly: "We understand. Go tell Zhang Long and ask him to guard the Jubao Gate. King Qin's army will arrive in a few days."

"Yes!"

Mao Xianggong claimed that he was, and then withdrew.

After he left, Zhu Yuanzhang also got up and walked out of the hall and came to the imperial platform in front of the hall.

Seeing this, Xu Shou, who was waiting at the side, quickly asked someone to get a robe.

"Your Majesty, it's cold at night. Please put it on for you."

Xu Shou stepped forward and said respectfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at it and did not refuse. He raised his hand slightly. Xu Shou understood and quickly stepped forward to put the robe on him.

As night fell, the sound of gunfire that had been ringing all day finally stopped. The common people closed their doors early, and the entire capital fell into darkness and silence. Only a few locations in the imperial city and the outer city walls were patrolled at night. The light of warning.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the magnificent and empty palaces in the palace, and he seemed a little lonely.

"Actually, we really wanted to share this great country with these old brothers."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly sighed quietly.

Xu Shou was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty's virtue is known to the world, but it is these rebellious and rebellious ministers who have failed His Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him, shook his head gently, and then said no more.

He knew that Xu Shou might not necessarily mean what he said, but what he said was true.

No emperor wants to be a tyrant right from the start, and who doesn't want to leave behind a story about a sage king and a virtuous minister for future generations to praise.

Unfortunately, after the founding of the country, he soon discovered that he was too naive. These old brothers who fought together became princes after the founding of the country, but they were still not satisfied, repeatedly breaking the country's laws and oppressing the people.

Although the Ming Dynasty was established, in fact the uprisings in various places have not subsided. Corrupt officials and lawless nobles will force the common people to raise the banner of the rebel army again to resist the new emperor.

Therefore, he has to clean up these corrupt officials and nobles both in public and private affairs. Only by cleaning up these people can the world be peaceful and the Ming Dynasty be stable!
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were in a trance, and countless old faces from the past flashed through his mind, and finally a pretty boy appeared.

"And this brat, he doesn't know anything!" Thinking of Li Wei, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but curse in his heart.

The emergence of Li Wei brought great benefits to him and Daming. In addition to helping him create various rare firearms, the chamber of commerce and bank he founded also accelerated the recovery of various places. Various contributions He saw it and was very happy in his heart.

However, since he learned that Li Wei's men began to use tricks to gain credit during the Japanese conquest, he had to be vigilant.

As Li Wei's status gets higher and higher, more and more people follow him. Even if this kid has no ambitions, he can't stop his subordinates from fighting for success. In the future, some of these people will definitely push him to move up. Up, because only when his status is higher can the people below him move up. If this continues, one day someone will push him to covet the big position.

Just in case, Zhu Yuanzhang took action to weaken Li Wei's power.

But what he didn't expect was that this kid had been secretly cultivating his own power for some time. Especially the emergence of the Night Guard, an intelligence organization similar to the Jin Yiwei, made him intolerable.

To be honest, when he thought about it now, he couldn't figure out why it turned out like this. He was a high-ranking official with a generous salary and a highly respected minister. He gave everything he could. He felt that he had not treated this brat badly, but this brat... She was always angry with him for some inexplicable reasons, and even cultivated forces with the intention of escaping. Now she is leading troops to rebel. It is really unreasonable!

"Hey, it would be great if Biao'er is still here."

Zhu Yuanzhang exhaled a sigh of relief and sighed.

Although the capital was in chaos and was even in danger of being besieged by Li Wei, this was not what worried him the most. What worried him most was who should pass the throne to.

The second eldest son, Zhu Xi, is a bastard, so it will definitely not work, but if he passes him to the third eldest son, it will break the rules, and other vassal kings will definitely covet the throne, such as the fourth eldest son, Zhu Di.

According to what Li Wei told him in prison at that time, the second and third sons would not live long. The fourth son could successfully seize the throne and continue the Ming Dynasty. It was quite capable, but unfortunately, at least now he cannot pass the throne to him. , otherwise as soon as he leaves, these sons will immediately fight together and cause chaos in the world. (End of chapter)