Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

"Don't worry, we are not going to surrender. You can take these soldiers to guard the city gate and don't let the enemy really attack."

Zhu Yuanzhang said softly.

Geng Bingwen was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly realized that he had other purposes in making such arrangements. However, even so, it was still very dangerous to open the city gate on his own initiative. If they could not defend it, the enemy would really attack.

"Your Majesty, would you please reconsider this?" Geng Bingwen said hesitantly.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, without further explanation, and directly ordered: "Just follow your orders, go!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Geng Bingwen hesitated, and finally had to bite the bullet and bow his hands to accept the order.

Lan Yu's army, under the cover of Li Wei's artillery, continuously charged towards the city walls. Although the morale of the defenders on the city walls was greatly boosted by Zhu Yuanzhang's personal presence, they were still continuously attacked by the rebels and engaged in close combat.

At the foot of the city, Lan Yu, who was in charge of the central army, also saw Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Zhu Yuanzhang never looked at the rebel leader from beginning to end. After looking at Li Wei through the telescope for a while, he turned around and returned to the city gate tower.

Being ignored like this, Lan Yu couldn't help but feel angry!
After all, he is a duke in charge of five armies. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one military general in the Ming Dynasty. However, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, his position is far less important than Li Wei. Even after promoting him, he did not really put him on the same position as Li Wei.

"Send more troops and capture the imperial city with all our strength!" Lan Yu shouted with a gloomy face.

"Yes!"

The personal soldier beside him responded and was about to pass on the order.

However, at this moment, the city gate, which had been tightly closed, suddenly shook, and then slowly opened!
Lan Yu looked at this scene in shock, unable to believe his eyes for a moment.

Did Zhu Yuanzhang know that he was no match for his opponent and was ready to surrender?
This was his first reaction, but he immediately denied his idea because after the city gate was opened, he immediately saw Geng Bingwen leading his troops behind the gate and ready for battle.

"The city gate is open! Everyone follow me and attack!"

Lu Zhongheng and Tang Shengzong, who were leading the troops to attack the city in the front, also noticed this scene. Although they couldn't believe it, they immediately ordered their soldiers to attack the city gate.

Lan Yu frowned deeply, feeling puzzled for a moment as he watched them leading their troops to fight with Geng Bingwen who was defending behind the city gate.

Although he was resentful of Zhu Yuanzhang, he absolutely did not dare to underestimate this founding emperor. After Zhu Yuanzhang came here, he suddenly made this arrangement, which must have a purpose.

Lu Tang, who was five miles away, also noticed this sudden change and hurried to Li Wei again to report: "Master, the gate of the imperial city is open!"

Li Wei's face suddenly changed when he heard this. He snatched the telescope from his hand and observed. Then he saw the two armies fighting at the city gate.

Putting down the telescope, he couldn't help but look a little grim. After hesitating for a moment, he immediately gave the order: "Send the whole army forward immediately and destroy the rebels outside the city first!"

Originally, he wanted to wait until they had exhausted each other's strength and then annihilate the two armies in one fell swoop, but now Zhu Yuanzhang actually opened the city gate, he had to launch an attack in advance. He could not let the emperor fall into the hands of Lan Yu and others, because once that happened, Wei Mingjie and others would be able to successfully control the palace and hold the emperor hostage to issue orders.

This kind of false order may make vassal kings like Zhu Gang and Zhu Di disobey, but the imperial army has to obey. Now the army brought by Zhu Di has been defeated. If the imperial army falls into the hands of Li Shanchang and others, plus their own remaining troops, they will become the most powerful force. At that time, they only need to defend the imperial city and send an imperial edict to Zhu Chong to mobilize troops from all over the country, and they can successfully seize the throne.

Although Zhu Di, Zhu Gang and other princes who hold large armies would certainly resist, Zhu Chong was, after all, more qualified to inherit the throne than them. At that time, the troops from all over the country who were unaware of the inside story would certainly obey the imperial edict and support Zhu Chong in suppressing these "rebellious" princes.

Of course, with his current military strength and weapons, it is not impossible for him to directly defeat Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and others who control the imperial army, but even if he can win, he will suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, letting them attack the city is definitely not a good choice!

Lu Tang had no objection to this. He responded immediately after receiving the order, turned around and started to ask the artillery to adjust the angle and change the target of attack to Lan Yu and others under the city.

Immediately, Chen Su and others began to dispatch the army according to the order and advance forward.

Lan Yu, who was watching the fighting at the city gate closely, suddenly noticed that the cannon fire had stopped, and his heart skipped a beat.

"What's going on? Why did the artillery stop? Lord Wei!"

Lan Yu shouted and looked at Wei Mingjie who was resting not far away.

Wei Mingjie was also a little confused and turned to look at Li Wei's army behind him.

"Boom boom..."

Suddenly, the cannon fire that had stopped for a moment rang out again, but this time the shells did not hit the city walls to help them attack the city, but fell directly into their army.

Several large pits were suddenly blown out in the army that was originally lined up in neat formation, with blood and flesh flying everywhere and a large number of people killed and injured.

The soldiers were caught off guard and immediately fell into chaos, fleeing in panic!
Lan Yu looked at all this with eyes wide open, and roared, "Bastard Li Wei! I cannot stand with you!"

"Boom boom boom..."

He was responded with continuous artillery fire, and within a moment the army suffered heavy casualties.

Wei Mingjie was also dumbfounded at this time. He was stunned for a long time before he reacted. He hurriedly looked around, found a war horse, rode it and rushed towards Li Wei's army. When he was close to Li Wei's army, he waved his hand and shouted: "Lord Li, stop it! The King of Qin will give you the throne after he ascends the throne. We are friends, not enemies! Stop it..."

However, Chen Su and others ignored him and even ordered the soldiers to open fire immediately!
Before the war, Li Wei said that anyone in the capital is either ours or the enemy. Now they don’t care who is in front of them, they will kill anyone they see!
"Bang bang bang..."

At the sound of gunfire, Wei Mingjie, who was riding a horse, turned pale with fright. He quickly stopped his horse, turned his horse around and ran back.

However, it was too late to run now. The rifles in the soldiers' hands were more accurate and had a longer range than the flintlock rifles of the past. He had just turned his horse's head and ran back not far when he was hit by a bullet. First, the warhorse neighed and fell to the ground after being shot, and then he himself was unable to dodge and was hit by several bullets in succession, dying instantly.

The distance of five miles is neither close nor far. After Wei Mingjie died, Chen Su and others ordered the army to continue advancing. When they were about five hundred steps away, they stopped in formation and aimed their guns at the enemy ahead.

After Lan Yu cursed, he immediately mobilized his troops to defend the rear. He had been worried about Li Wei, so the earlier arrangements had been in place. However, facing the well-equipped Li Wei army, he could not resist even if he was fully prepared. (End of this chapter)