Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Lan Yu led his trusted generals to charge out. This was his desperate struggle.

When Li Wei saw Lan Yu and the others rushing over, his eyes suddenly turned cold. He then stepped forward, came to a heavy machine gun, and patted the machine gunner who was shooting:

"let me!"

The machine gunner who was killing people with a machine gun was originally immersed in the pleasure of killing. Suddenly, he felt someone photographing him. He turned around unhappily, but it seemed to be Li Wei, so he quickly restrained his emotions.

"Yes!" The machine gunner stood up, bowed and gave up his position.

Li Wei came to his position, operated the machine gun with both hands and aimed at Lan Yu who was rushing over.

As the distance got closer, the sharp-eyed Lan Yu also spotted him, and immediately his eyes widened and he roared, "Li Wei, if you dare, come out and fight me to the death!"

Li Wei, holding a heavy machine gun, sneered and muttered, "What era is it now? Still fighting alone, idiot!"

After saying that, his eyes turned cold and he pulled the trigger without hesitation!
"Da da da……"

Gunshots rang out and bullets flew out. In an instant, a large number of guards and confidants following Lan Yu were killed or wounded, followed by Lan Yu!
First, his warhorse had one of its front legs blown off by a powerful bullet, and it fell to the ground. Fortunately, he was very agile and immediately turned over and jumped up with one hand.

But before he could steady himself, dense bullets fired at him.

bang bang bang...

A series of blood splashed, and in an instant, several bloody holes appeared on the body of the Duke of Liang, who was famous for destroying the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Lan Yu took several steps back, looking at the bloody holes on his body with a look of deep resentment.

Since Li Wei showed up, he had experienced ups and downs for several days and almost lost his title of marquis. Finally, with the help of Li Shanchang's betrayal, he destroyed the Northern Yuan Dynasty and was granted the title of duke. However, he was forced to board the pirate ship of Li Shanchang and ended up like this.

After all, all of this was caused by Li Wei. Even in the final battle, they were suppressed everywhere and ultimately ended up in defeat because of the firearms made by Li Wei!

"I hate it!"

Lan Yu yelled.

He regarded himself as Li Wei's lifelong enemy, but he didn't know that he was just one of the many chess pieces Zhu Yuanzhang used to restrain Li Wei. Even with so many chess pieces and so many nobles, they were ultimately unable to control Li Wei, forcing Zhu Yuanzhang to personally take action and defeat Li Wei with Xiaoqing's death.

Li Wei gritted his teeth, stared closely at Lan Yu in front of him, and pulled the trigger tightly. The area where he was was covered in dust, and mud mixed with blood formed a dark red mist that filled the air.

The sound of gunfire continued. After an unknown amount of time, the machine gun finally made a clicking sound and all the bullets were used up.

After a long time, the dark blood mist gradually fell down. There was no trace of human beings in that area. Only large pieces of flesh and blood were left on the ground. It was unknown which ones were from Lan Yu and which ones were from the war horse.

Li Wei stared at the bloodstain quietly for a long time without saying a word.

"Master! It's bad! The gates of the imperial city are closed again!"

Lu Tang hurriedly found him and interrupted his thoughts.

Li Wei came back to his senses after hearing this, took the telescope handed to him and observed it.

After receiving the order, Geng Bingwen immediately led his subordinates to launch a fierce counterattack. At this time, the rebels were in chaos, and Lu Zhongheng, Tang Shengzong and others had lost the will to continue the attack. After being attacked fiercely, they were quickly driven out of the city gate and led their troops to chase in the direction where Li Shanchang and others fled.

When Li Wei saw the city gate closed again, his face turned pale, knowing that he was being used by Zhu Yuanzhang!

Zhu Yuanzhang used himself as bait to force him to eliminate the rebels like Lan Yu in advance, and he transformed himself from a fighting party to a fisherman who reaped the benefits.

But so what?
Li Wei glanced at the heavy machine guns moving forward, sneered and said, "Order the troops to press forward!"

"Yes!"

Lu Tang bowed and left.

Lan Yu died, Li Shanchang, Lu Zhongheng and others fled, and the rebels were leaderless and immediately defeated and scattered. Li Wei, with Lu Tang, Chen Su and others, led the army to press towards the Xi'an Gate of the Imperial City.

After closing the city gate, Geng Bingwen returned to the city gate and came to Zhu Yuanzhang. Looking at the army led by Li Wei coming over, he subconsciously clenched his fists.

He had never been so nervous during the long siege by the army led by Lan Yu and others, because he was confident that he could hold the city firmly. But now it was no longer possible. With Li Wei's powerful firearms, it would not be difficult to break through their defense.

The army arrived more than a hundred steps away from the gate of the imperial city. The distance was already very close. If the imperial army still had artillery, they would have been able to attack them by now. Unfortunately, the artillery on the city wall had been almost destroyed in the previous bombardment. Now Geng Bingwen could only stare blankly as they formed their troops into battle array.

After Lu Tang, Chen Su and others had organized their troops, they came to Li Wei.

"Master, attack?"

Chen Su asked with a burning gaze, and Lu Tang also stared at him. Now the imperial city has become theirs. As long as Li Wei gives the order, it won't take long for them to break through the imperial city and take the Ming Dynasty court into their hands.

Li Wei rode on his horse and looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang on the city wall. Zhu Yuanzhang was also looking at him at this time. The armies of both sides were also staring at each other nervously, waiting for the order from their own generals to start the battle!
After a moment, Li Wei suddenly chuckled, exerted a little force with his legs, and rode his horse forward.

Lu Tang was slightly startled and quickly led his men to follow him.

When he arrived at the foot of the city, Li Wei raised his head and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang on the city wall, saying, "Your Majesty, I am late in coming to your rescue. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

Although he said he wanted to save the emperor, his posture and his disrespectful attitude showed no respect at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him and said calmly: "Not too late, you came just in time!"

When Li Wei heard what he said, he didn't know whether he was being sarcastic or what he meant, but it didn't matter.

"Haha, Your Majesty, you may not know yet, Lan Yu, Li Shanchang and others are actually colluding with your second son to help him seize the throne!" Li Wei said with a smile, "Ah, I really feel sad for Your Majesty, you actually gave birth to such a bastard."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuanzhang's face immediately darkened and he snorted, "We already knew it."

Li Wei looked at him in surprise and felt a little disappointed.

Then he said as if he had just remembered, "Oh, yes, there is also the fourth brother, he also has evil intentions, and he sent someone to persuade me to rebel yesterday. But how could I go along with him? I taught him a lesson on behalf of Your Majesty this morning!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him coldly with a gloomy face. After a long while, he said, "Well done!"

"Ah, I am really worried about Your Majesty now. The civil officials are corrupt, the military generals are rebellious, and the sons you have raised with great difficulty are all unfilial. How will Your Majesty live in the future?"

Li Wei sneered and mocked, looking as if he would not stop until he was pissed off to death.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said, "Humph, we still have a good prince consort like you!"

"That's true." Li Wei nodded seriously. "By the way, I have already made the muskets and cannons that Your Majesty asked me to make. Your Majesty, please open the city gate so that I can present all these firearms to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned pale, and he was too lazy to continue to argue with him. He said calmly: "Do you think you have won?"

"if not?"

Li Wei stopped pretending and asked back in a cold voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and didn't answer him. But not long after the two finished talking, Lu Tang and others around Li Wei suddenly made a commotion. Lu Tang approached him and reminded him softly: "My Lord, a group of soldiers are coming from the south!"

Li Wei was stunned when he heard this, and turned to look to the side. Sure enough, he saw an army of nearly 100,000 people rushing over. The leader of the army was Zhang Long, the Marquis of Fengxiang, who had been stationed at Jubao Gate.

Chen Su, who was leading the army from behind, immediately ordered the soldiers on the right wing to be on guard. The army formation was slightly adjusted, and the soldiers on the right pointed their guns at the imperial troops who had just arrived.

Li Wei took a look and then looked away, saying calmly, "That's all?"

People like Zhang Long alone cannot threaten him.

Zhu Yuanzhang certainly understood this, but Zhang Long and his men were certainly not all of them. Not long after, Zhu Gang and Zhu Di also arrived with their men. The densely packed rear horses surrounded Li Wei and his men from the north, south and west. Seeing this, Li Wei's face changed slightly, and Lu Tang and his men also looked grim.

"How about this, is this enough?" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

"Humph, that's not necessarily true!" Li Wei said coldly.

Zhu Gang's military strength was comparable to Zhu Di's. Although some of his troops were lost during the attack on Yangzhou, he still had more than 100,000 men. Together with Zhu Di's remaining troops, the total was nearly 300,000.

However, among these 300,000 soldiers, less than half of them have firearms. If a real fight breaks out, it is hard to say who will win or lose.

The most important thing is that he is now in front of the imperial city. He only needs to take the imperial city in one go. People like Zhu Gang and Zhu Di will not dare to act rashly.

After surrounding Li Wei, Zhu Gang suddenly felt full of vigor and confidence. After all, he was the one who would turn the tide of this turmoil!
"Bold Li Wei, why don't you put down your weapons and surrender immediately!" Zhu Gang shouted.

Zhu Di, who was not far away, glanced at him and couldn't help but curl his lips.

Li Wei didn't even bother to look at him. Although his talent and status were no worse than Zhu Di, due to preconceived notions, Li Wei still felt that Zhu Di was stronger.

Although princes such as Zhu Di and Zhu Gang were well-known figures in history books, in Li Wei's eyes they were just young men just starting out.

Zhu Di is just 30 years old now, Zhu Gang is two years older than him, and Li Wei is already in his forties. He has made great achievements among all the civil and military officials in the court, and now he has 50,000 elite troops under his command. He really does not take these two princes who have just gained military power seriously.

Seeing that he was disdainful of him, Zhu Gang's face suddenly became a little ugly, and then he sneered and continued: "Humph, you don't know yet, I took advantage of your Yangzhou City when I came here, but don't worry, Anqing and the children are fine, after all, we are a family, as long as you surrender obediently, I guarantee that they will be safe!"

Upon hearing this, Li Wei suddenly turned his head and stared at Zhu Gang. Lu Tang and others were even more shocked.

They are not afraid of the 300,000-strong army, but if Zhu Gang really threatens Li Wei's wife and children, then they will be in danger.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Gang's words, he frowned slightly and looked at Zhu Gang in the distance.

"Husband!"

Just at this time, An Qing also hurried over. After seeing that Li Wei and Zhu Yuanzhang were safe and sound, she was overjoyed and shouted to go find Li Wei. However, Zhu Gang immediately sent someone to stop her!
"Third brother, what are you doing? Let me go!" An Qing was shocked and anxious.

Seeing this, Lu Tang, Chen Su and others were all shocked and confused, and they stared at Li Wei closely, fearing that he would give up resistance because of Anqing.

However, Li Wei's eyes were extremely cold at this time. He turned around and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Is this your trump card?"

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and looked a little ugly. Anqing was his favorite little daughter. No matter how heinous Li Wei's crimes were, he would never use his daughter to threaten his son-in-law!

"What are you doing? Let Anqing go!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted at Zhu Gang.

Zhu Gang was shocked when he heard this, and then he said anxiously: "Father, this won't work, Li Wei hasn't put down his weapon yet!"

"That's your sister!"

"I know, Father, don't worry. As long as Li Wei surrenders, I won't harm Anqing in the slightest."

"Asshole! We told you to let her go!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily. When he was a child, his parents and brothers died one after another, leaving only a few people in his family. Therefore, he always attached great importance to family affection. Even Zhu Wenzhen, who had a rebellious heart, was imprisoned by him, and later he still made his descendants kings. He treated his rebellious nephew like this, so how could he tolerate Zhu Gang threatening Li Wei with Anqing's life!
"Father!"

"I'm not dead yet, are you going to disobey my order now?" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gang, although reluctant in his heart, had to wave his hand and let his men let An Qing go. An Qing then immediately ran towards Li Wei.

Lu Tang and others quickly sent people to greet and escort An Qing back to Li Wei.

"Husband, you're okay, that's great!" An Qing came to Li Wei, grabbed his arm, looked him up and down and said.

Li Wei also breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a complicated look.

He really didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would let Anqing return to his side so easily.

"Husband, didn't you promise me to come and save our father? Now that the rebellion has been quelled, we can withdraw our troops." Seeing the two men on the verge of a fight, An Qing hurriedly persuaded them.

After that, she explained to Zhu Yuanzhang on the city wall: "Father, Li Wei heard that the rebels were attacking the capital, so he gathered troops to come to the king in a hurry. Please don't blame him for his filial piety!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, looked at Li Wei and asked, "Really?"

Li Wei stared at him in silence.

An Qing turned around and looked at him anxiously, saying, "My husband, please explain it to the emperor quickly. He will definitely forgive you!"

Lu Tang and others were also looking at Li Wei. His decision at this time would affect not only himself, but also the fate of all the generals who followed him.

"Of course!" Li Wei said after a long silence.

"Master!"

Lu Tang's heart tightened and he shouted in a deep voice.

Li Wei raised his hand and gently pressed him to calm him down. He then said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Moreover, I saw that your majesty's imperial city was not well guarded, so I came here to help your majesty guard the palace. What do you think?"

The imperial palace has always been guarded by the emperor's personal army. Li Wei's request to take control of the palace is tantamount to saying that I am threatening the emperor!
"Your Majesty, you must not!"

Geng Bingwen, who was beside Zhu Yuanzhang, reminded him in a low voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Wei. He was silent for a long time, then suddenly chuckled and said, "It's up to you!"

Li Wei looked at him in surprise. He never expected that he would actually agree to such an outrageous request.

Geng Bingwen was also shocked and said quickly: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely not possible. If we hand over all the palace restrictions to him, wouldn't that be..."

"It doesn't matter. If he wants to guard it, let him do it." Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted calmly.

Geng Bingwen was immediately anxious when he heard this, and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice! I will never give up the palace to him!"

"If I don't let you, then guard with him."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he waved his hand and turned to leave.

Geng Bingwen glanced at Li Wei at the foot of the city, and then anxiously chased after him. (End of this chapter)