King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Bang bang bang!
The muskets fired in turns, piercing through Lee Seong-gye's men.

But there were only more than a thousand people using muskets, and only five hundred people were shooting at a time. With the one or two thousand people shooting arrows, Lee Seong-gye had thirty thousand people.

Lee Seong-gye even led the army to charge personally.

"Lee Seong-gye, this is the chance I'm giving you. Can you seize it? The rest of you, go to the city gate and fight. Otherwise, if Lee Seong-gye enters, you'll all be dead!"

Zhu Dan roared, rushed forward with a musket, and shot at Li Chenggui's soldiers.

Fire fight!

In the true sense of the gunfight, Zhu Tan did not step forward personally, but stood in a relatively safe place and watched the scene.

If he took action during this dark time, the possibility of death would be too high. Compared with what he was going to do, dying here was not worth it.

"Li Chenggui is indeed a famous general. I recognize you!"

Zhu Tan smiled and said that he had used up all the gunpowder on him and had no extra, so he could only watch here.

"Your Highness, if we really keep the city gate open, Lee Seong-gye will be able to break in easily!"

Tang Zuo couldn't help but say.

"The outcome has been decided. Lee Seong-gye is making his final fight. This is also the chance I'm giving him. If he can really succeed, I can let him live!"

Zhu Tan suddenly said with a smile.

Tang Zuo was puzzled.

Zhu Tan smiled unchanged and said meaningfully: "I am from the Ming Dynasty, the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and I represent the Ming Dynasty. Do you think I will die?"

Tang Zuo was silent, understanding the meaning.

Although Zhu Tan did all this, he was actually helping Wang Yu, or rather, it was what Wang Yu wanted to do.

While Lee Seong-gye seemed to be confronting Joo Dam, he was actually confronting Wang U.

If he failed, death would most likely be waiting for him. If he succeeded, Zhu Tan would have a much greater chance of letting him survive.

"I'm going back to the palace first. I'll leave the battlefield to you. No matter what the result is, you must bring Lee Seong-gye with you!"

Zhu Tan said slowly, and then left the east of the city with a few people.

Tang Zuo was stunned for a moment and continued to command his men to fight, but most of them were Koreans.

Lee Seong-gye continued fighting in the crowd and rushed to the city gate with his soldiers. He used shields to block in front of him and waved his spear continuously.

Lee Seong-gye roared, pierced the soldier holding the musket, and shouted: "I have succeeded, if you don't want to die, get out!"

"retreat!"

Tang Zuo's voice sounded, leading the Ming soldiers to retreat.

Lee Seong-gye continued to fight with the remaining men, while Tang Zuoze continued to command the remaining Goryeo people.

The battle was extremely fierce.

Tang Zuo watched Lee Seong-gye fall down several times but stand up again. He suddenly understood why Zhu Tan admired this general.

Lee Seong-gye was already covered in blood. Just as he was about to lead the charge, he was suddenly grabbed by someone and put on horseback.

"General Tang?"

Li Chenggui wiped the blood off his face and was a little dazed.

"If I don't save you, you will die!" Tang Zuo said with a smile, taking Li Chenggui to a relatively safe distance.

"Why?"

Lee Seong-gye swallowed.

"Consider this as a reward for letting me go!" Tang Zuo smiled.

According to Zhu Dan's opinion, whether Lee Seong-gye is dead or alive, he must be taken to the palace, but if this continues, Lee Seong-gye will definitely become a corpse.

Moreover, Lee Seong-gye could have killed him before. After all, at that time, Lee Seong-gye and Joo Dan were enemies.

Li Chenggui was stunned for a moment, watching his men continue to charge.

"I will win this battle, and I won't die!"

Li Chenggui suddenly whispered with a firm look in his eyes. Although he had many injuries on his body, none of them were fatal.

Tang Zuo was a little puzzled and looked at Li Chenggui.

"I don't know. I have a feeling in my heart that I will definitely win this battle. You have also fought in a war, so you know this feeling!"

Li Chenggui swallowed and spoke word by word.

Tang Zuo was stunned for a moment, understood Li Chenggui's feelings, and nodded seriously.

"So, I will win, let them stop, I don't want them to die!" Li Chenggui's voice became more and more hoarse.

Tang Zuo nodded as if possessed by a ghost and ordered someone to sound the horn at random.

Lee Seong-gye also ordered his men to stop.

The fierce fighting gradually stopped, and Lee Seong-gye looked at the battlefield with a murderous look on his face.

"Everyone, we have won. Send a message to Cao Min and tell them to stop attacking and wait for me to come out!"

Lee Seong-gye looked at his deputy general.

The deputy general looked at Lee Seong-gye in confusion.

"Even if we charge in, we still can't change the solution, so go ahead, have a good rest, heal your wounds, and wait for me to come back!"

Lee Seong-gye smiled and followed Tang Zuo step by step towards the palace.

A long string of bloody footprints was left on the road.

The deputy general was still confused, but he knew that they had won, so he sent someone to notify Cao Ming and others to stop attacking the city!
Tang Zuo also sent people to ask them to stop.

The battlefield just stopped, waiting for the final result.

Wang Yu, Cui Ying and others were all in the palace. Zhu Tan was sitting in a high seat and had been waiting for a long time.

Lee Seong-gye, dressed in armor and covered in blood, looked extremely scary and murderous.

When everyone saw the two of them, they were stunned at first, and then their expressions varied, but all were filled with shock.

Wang Yu stared at Lee Seong-gye with anger on his face. If Joo Tan had not taken control of the overall situation, he would have probably ordered someone to chop Lee Seong-gye to death.

"Your Majesty! Your Highness!"

The two saluted.

"It seems that all the protagonists have arrived. In this case, it's time to end it. Wang Yu, Lee Seong-gye, you lose!"

Zhu Tan said with a smile, gently shaking the cup in his hand.

None of the three spoke at this moment. It was unclear whether they had nothing to say or they did not want to be the first to speak.

Finally, Wang Yu looked at Lee Seong-gye and couldn't help asking, "Lee Seong-gye, I trust you so much, why do you want to rebel?"

All his plans were ruined by Lee Seong-gye. Now, not only did he have to please everyone, he almost became a lonely man.

"Your Majesty, I don't understand what you are saying. Cui Ying is indeed a talented old man and has a lot of experience in fighting against the Japanese pirates. I agree with this, but he is digging his own grave by persuading Your Majesty to use military force against the Ming Dynasty. I will definitely purge the emperor's entourage and make Your Majesty stop listening to slander!"

Li Chenggui opened his mouth slowly. He was so exhausted that he could only lean against the pillar.

"Ridiculous! How could I not know that Nahachu had occupied those territories of Goryeo before? Now that Nahachu is dead, those territories will naturally be taken back. What's the problem with that?"

Choi Young retorted loudly, not acknowledging Lee Seong-gye's words at all.

Lee Seong-gye sneered and said disdainfully: "If that's the case, why did General Choi ask me to attack Liaodong when I took back Wihwa Island?"

Cui Ying was suddenly speechless and could only look at Wang Yu.

"Cui Ying didn't mean that. She just wanted you to be careful so as not to cause misunderstanding to Daming!"

Wang Yu gave his reasons.

Although it is too late to say anything now, if Lee Seong-gye had not rebelled at the beginning, things might have been different.

Li Chenggui was too lazy to talk to Wang Yu. If it weren't for the two people's pressure, he would not attack Liaodong. He was not stupid. He looked at Zhu Tan and smiled calmly: "Your Highness, I didn't lose. I will definitely win this battle. I just lost to you, Your Highness!"

Everyone looked at Lee Seong-gye with some confusion.

Zhu Tan smiled, looked at Li Chenggui, and nodded seriously.

"That's right. If I hadn't come or taken action, you would have won!"

Zhu Tan agreed very much.

The original history was Lee Seong-gye's victory. Tang Zuo had just given him a brief account of it, which made him very impressed.

The atmosphere was a little weird for a moment, and everyone was feeling a little confused.

"We've seen enough of the show, let's go, everyone!"

Zhu Tan clapped his hands, and dozens of soldiers came into the hall, holding muskets and escorting everyone.

No one dared to resist because both Wang Yu and Lee Seong-gye had lost and were now prisoners.

"General Li, please!"

Zhu Tan looked at Li Chenggui and said something, then slowly stood up and walked out of the hall.

"Your Highness, you must tell us what you want to do. Even if it means you want to die, you must let me know the truth!"

Lee Seong-gye fought against the wall and gave a wry smile.

Since I was tricked and fooled, and even after a fight, I was still no match for my opponent, there was no need to continue resisting.
"Go to Daming!"

Zhu Tan didn't waste any time talking to them and just had him escorted outside.

"Tang Zuo, you stay here and take charge of the situation!"

Zhu Tan spoke up.

The reason why he kept Tang's works was very simple.

There are many people who want to climb up, and there will always be someone who wants to take that position on a normal day, not to mention when it is vacant.

"Yes, Your Highness, don't worry, I will do my best!" Tang Zuo nodded hurriedly, shocked.

He discovered all this, and Zhu Tan seemed to have already known the ending. Even though many things were beyond Zhu Tan's expectations, the ending seemed to be just as Zhu Tan said when he came, there would be a surprise.

"Set off back!"

Zhu Tan said something and had everyone put on the prison van.

"You three have special identities now, so please bear with me for a while!" Zhu Tan looked at the three of them with a smile.

The three of them gritted their teeth but said nothing. Knowing the outcome of the battle, each of them leaned in a corner, not knowing what they were thinking.

Zhu Tan didn't care. These three people were his greatest gain on this trip. After he returned, his old man would have no reason to blame him or even ask for money.

As for the other ministers, they were just incidental.

If the three knew that Zhu Tan captured them only to prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from asking Zhu Tan for money, they would probably be so angry that they would bleed.

The carriage moved forward slowly, and the people in the cages were covered with black cloth and headed towards the seaside.

After Zhu Tan left, Tang Zuo took charge of the situation and asked Cao Min to lead people to deal with the wounded and clean up the battlefield.

Cao Min looked at Tang Zuo, who was waiting for someone on the city wall, in a daze.

He didn't expect the solution to be like this.

Wang Yu, Lee Seong-gye, and many other ministers were taken away by Zhu Tan to the Ming Dynasty.

Because he attacked other places, he not only survived but also was fine.

A day or two later, Lan Yu led his army to Xijing. Looking at the cleaned battlefield, Lan Yu's heart couldn't help but skip a beat and he suddenly became nervous.

"Is it over? Where is His Royal Highness Prince Lu?"

This question popped into his mind, and he hurriedly ordered his men to prepare for the attack on the city.

After the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield noticed this scene, one of the soldiers carrying a musket suddenly stepped forward and saluted Lan Yu and others.

"General Lan Yu, the battle is over, General Tang Zuo is waiting for you!"

After the soldier finished speaking, he ordered his men to make way.

Lan Yu looked at the scene in a daze, not understanding how a 100,000-man siege on the city could be over in just two or three days.

He entered the city with a small group of people and saw Tang Zuo.

Tang Zuo stepped forward and saluted, then told the confused people what had happened.

"What? Is this the end? Only one or two thousand Ming soldiers died?"

Lan Yu was extremely shocked.

Tang Zuo nodded.

For a moment, Lan Yu was extremely depressed, but Zhu Tan was fine and had returned to the boat, ready to go back, which was also good news.

As for Zhu Tan, he took a leisurely walk along the way, feeling very comfortable.

The Goryeo side was handed over to Lan Yu to handle.

If someone really had bad ideas, Lan Yu would be happy to suppress them.

When they arrived at the beach, Zhu Tan had the black cloth torn off and put shackles on everyone.

When everyone saw the huge iron warship, their eyes were filled with shock.

“You haven’t seen it!”

A general's face was full of pride and honor.

"Why is this ship black? Could it be made of iron?"

Li Chenggui swallowed and couldn't help asking.

They had never seen such a ship before. It was so big, a little dark, and filled with a huge sense of oppression. Their bodies were like ants, and if they were crushed by this giant, they would probably be left with nothing.

"Almost. This warship was built under the supervision of His Highness. It is the strongest warship. His Highness said that this warship is the strongest in the world, but not only that, there will be even more powerful ships in the future!"

The general looked at the huge warship with anticipation, his words full of admiration and respect for Zhu Tan.

"You talk too much nonsense, why don't you say it on board?"

Zhu Tan's voice came with disgust.

Oh!
The scolded general smiled and took the three people onto the boat.

The three of them had shock and curiosity in their eyes and kept their mouths tightly shut.

Wang Yu was okay as he didn't understand much about it, but Lee Seong-gye and Choi Young had a lot of experience, especially Choi Young.

He played a very important role in Goryeo's previous fight against the Japanese pirates and had a lot of experience and knowledge about naval battles.

"My king, our loss is not unfair!"

Cui Ying stepped hard on the splint, heard the sound of iron, and smiled miserably.

The same is true for Lee Seong-gye, who is not as experienced in naval warfare as Choi Young, but also knows what it is.

Wang Yu was silent, and suddenly understood what this meant.

Although Lee Seong-gye rebelled, his talents were still there. The expressions on their faces were enough to show how terrifying this warship was.

How can someone who can create such a place and have such ideas be mediocre?
"If there had been a warship like this, even if there was only one, I could have suppressed the Japanese pirates for thirty years!"

Cui Ying suddenly said.

Zhu Tan, who was resting on a recliner, was attracted and curious. He remembered that Goryeo was also fighting against the Japanese pirates, and Cui Ying seemed to be one of the generals.

"Thirty years? What's the basis for that? The Japanese pirates don't seem to be stupid!"

Zhu Tan asked with a smile. (End of this chapter)