The Most Powerful Man in the World

Andre's expression changed, although he said that Wadkin didn't say a few words, but from Wadkin's words, Andre could be sure that the army of Mingren was not what he thought and only had tens of thousands of people.

"Does it mean that reinforcements have arrived? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible..."

Just when Andre was lost, his chief guard came forward and said to Andre with a bit of worry, "Sir, it's very unsafe here, we must leave as soon as possible."

Andre took a deep breath, looked up and glanced around, and nodded slowly.

Soon Andre and his party disappeared into a cloud of gunpowder.

Just as Andrei returned to the camp, he immediately took the remaining thousands of troops under his command and headed straight for Moscow City, almost dozens of miles away from Andrei's troops. The swaying army is rushing towards the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow like a rolling torrent with the momentum of victory.

With the help of Cheng Xiangwu's army of nearly [-] people, even with Shetel's stability, he was still caught off guard.

As Wadkin said, the artillery fire on the Ming side was too fierce, and even Shettle was killed on the spot by the artillery fire, which established the victory of the war in one fell swoop.

The [-]-strong army of Cheng Xiangwu was brought together, and the Daming side had more than [-] people. Although there were tens of thousands of the Second and Sixth Army Corps combined, the death of the two commanders, coupled with the coverage of artillery fire, created chaos. The two legions of the position were actually defeated like that.

This defeat is the eternal fall into the abyss. Under the pursuit of hundreds of thousands of troops, except for a few people who escaped, almost [-]% of the army was lost in one battle, and the second and sixth two were erased. big army.

Second, the third and sixth legions account for about half of all the troops and horses of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, but after a few battles, most of the troops and horses of the Grand Duchy of Moscow were annihilated by the Ming Dynasty, which interrupted the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The momentum of external expansion has also cut off its terrifying national fortune that spans two major states and builds a huge empire in the future.

Three months later, the Ming Expeditionary Force, which once again defeated the [-]th and [-]th Corps of the Grand Duchy of Moscow who came to block them in a hurry, appeared under the city of Moscow.

This city made of boulders is also an extremely magnificent and majestic city in the heart of Europe.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow is expanding outward step by step with this as the center, and even in the future it will become a huge empire with a vast territory.

However, all this became illusory as the Daming soldiers and horses approached the city.

In just half a year, Vasily III seemed to have been severely hit.

No matter what Vasily dreamed of, he could not imagine that his family was expanding wildly, and he was about to build a tyrannical country, but the sudden blow almost made Vasily go crazy.

He has no grievances or enmity between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Ming Dynasty, and the two countries are separated by thousands of miles. He has thought that the Grand Duchy of Moscow will be defeated by the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire, but he has never imagined that one day You will be approached by the Ming Empire soldiers thousands of miles away.

Standing on the top of the city, Vasily felt infinite unwillingness in his heart when he looked at the dark and endless Ming army formation under the city.

But no matter how unwilling it is, all the legions that the Grand Duchy of Moscow can fight have been sent out. The second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth legions are almost all destroyed, and now only the first legion is left in Moscow. .

Although there is still the First Legion, Vasily does not have much hope in his heart. Although the First Legion is strong, it is limited in strength compared to the Second and Third Legions. Several major legions of the Grand Duchy were destroyed. Only one thing can be said, that is, the fighting power of the Ming people's army is too strong.

When the artillery was pushed out and aimed at the city gate and the city wall, the last hope in Vasily's heart was shattered.

Although it has long been known that the Ming army carried many terrifying cannons, when he really saw it, Vasily III finally understood why the major legions under him were defeated.

How powerful is the artillery, as a monarch, Vasily III is still very clear, and the ghost is clear, but to make Vasily spend a lot of money to equip the army with heavy and troublesome artillery, Vasily would rather spend more money Recruit a group of soldiers.

The troops of the Grand Duchy of Moscow are invincible, and there is no need to equip artillery, which looks amazing, but is inconvenient to move. Now Vasily III is paying the price for his shortsightedness.

Rumble

Following Cheng Xiangwu's order, he saw hundreds of artillery fire in unison.

One after another shells blasted towards the city gate, and in the blink of an eye, the city gate fell into a cloud of gunpowder smoke.

In the smoke of gunpowder, the originally thick city gate gradually shattered under the bombardment of shells.

Even if it is a gate made of pure iron, if it is bombarded by artillery, it will be shattered sooner or later, not to mention that it is just a city gate made of extremely thick wood.

The screams came, and the thick gate collapsed with a bang. A dozen soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Moscow who were hiding at the gate of the city did not have time to escape, but were stunned by the gate.

"kill"

Seeing that the gate collapsed, Lu Dazhu roared loudly, and he took the lead, leading the army straight to the open city gate.

Riding on the war horse, Cheng Xiangwu, who saw this scene from a distance, stroked his beard and said with a smile on his face: "It's just the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and that's all."

I am afraid that Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and the others would never have dreamed that a country that would span continents in the future and be called a world power was just smothered in the bud by them.

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Chapter 2 The World Map [[-] More]

The city was in chaos. As the Daming army rushed into the city like a tidal wave, the soldiers of the First Army Corps, who were stunned by the fire of Daming's artillery, reacted immediately.

But even if they reacted and rushed forward to try to block the breached city gate, they were greeted by more than a dozen tiger squatting cannons that were pushed up.

The soldiers of the First Army who just rushed up are indeed the First Army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and they are definitely the elite of the elite.

However, when these soldiers rushed forward, they could only see a dozen black gun muzzles aimed at them from a distance, while on both sides, the soldiers were rushing into the city from a distance.

A group of soldiers rushed into the city, and some of them were guarding a dozen artillery pieces and slowly moved forward to meet the soldiers of the first army on the opposite side.

One of the leading generals drew out the knight's sword, held the long sword high, and led his men to charge up with a somewhat resolute roar.

Even if you know that the person who rushes to the formation may be dead without a place to die, but as a soldier, even if the front is a sea of ​​swords and flames, you must rush.

At the moment when this team of elite men rushed forward, more than a dozen tiger squatting guns fired in unison, and the soldiers who rushed in the front were like being smashed by someone with a punch, and there were on the spot. Dozens of people fell to the ground.

Thousands of people came to support the city gate, but before they reached the city gate, they were bombarded by the artillery of the Ming army that rushed into Chengzhong.

The threat of more than a dozen artillery pieces is big and small, but the real casualties caused by the dozen or so tiger squatting cannons are less than [-], but the deterrence brought to the soldiers of the First Army is very large.

The soldiers of the first legion, who had come in a mighty manner, tried to prove that they were the most powerful legion in the Grand Duchy of Moscow from top to bottom.

In the end, before they could do anything, they were stunned by the artillery fire.

By the time the soldiers of the First Army Corps came to react, the artillerymen here had completed their second reloading.

"fire."

At the moment when the artillery was filled, a general gave an incomparably decisive order.

Immediately it was a bloodbath again.

It was just one time. Under the impact of the second artillery fire, the soldiers standing at the front fell down a lot at once.

The most brave soldiers in the army have always been at the forefront. It is impossible for every soldier in the First Army to be brave and not afraid of death, but relatively speaking, the proportion of such brave soldiers is higher. Just some.

However, after such two-way artillery, among the thousands of people, the bravest warriors who were able to boost morale, stabilize the morale of the army, and even lead the remaining soldiers to fight against the wind, all of a sudden died.

The brave warriors must be the ones rushing to the front. As a result, the backbone of this small army was broken. It is conceivable that it is not easy for the remaining soldiers to not collapse.

However, at this time, more and more Ming troops rushed into the city, especially when a group of cavalrymen seemed to be swept in by a torrent. In an instant, the remaining hundreds of people collapsed.

The city gate was completely lost, and as a large number of soldiers poured into the city, the resistance of the first army in the city became weaker and weaker.

Although the First Corps' combat effectiveness is indeed very strong, Daming's side has an absolute numerical advantage.

The strength of the two sides was several times worse than that of the two sides. Even though the First Corps had a total of [-] troops and was at the head of the major legions of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, compared to the [-] troops and horses of the Ming Dynasty, the two sides had no difference. Three or four times worse.

Even in order to avoid too many casualties in this final battle, Cheng Xiangwu and Lu Dazhu ordered the artillery to enter the city.

Even if the speed is slowed down, artillery must be used to open the way. Fortunately, [-]% of the guns carried by Daming are light tiger squat guns.

A few soldiers were able to serve one tiger squat gun, and as a result, hundreds of tiger squat guns slowly entered the city.

Whenever encountering groups of soldiers of the First Legion, the generals of the Ming army first bombarded them with tiger squat cannons, and then took advantage of the other party's stunned head to charge.

Such shelling and rushing, although the routine is simple, the effect is very good.

The improved tiger squat gun is really too convenient, moderate in power, and easy to move, so it has been equipped in large quantities in the Daming army. In less than ten years, Daming has built nearly [-] tigers. Squat gun.

You must know that Daming is now full of calculations, even if the local garrison is wrong, it is only [-] to [-], but this tiger squatting cannon is equipped with nearly [-].

Not to mention the rest, in this expedition army alone, there are about [-] tiger squat cannons, which means that there is almost one tiger squat cannon for every [-] people.

A large proportion of firearms such as artillery and firearms were equipped in the army, which made the combat effectiveness of the Ming army soar. If not, it would not have been pushed all the way to this place.

After all, at this time, the troops and horses of the Grand Duchy of Moscow are really strong. Although they dare not say that they are the first in Europe, they are enough to enter the top three.

Even so, against the Ming army and horses, they were still defeated like a mountain, and they were defeated again and again.

About three or four hours later, the huge city, which was full of shouts of killing and shelling, gradually became silent.

A group of soldiers from the First Corps slowly walked out of the city under the custody of the soldiers of Daming. Obviously, these people became prisoners of Daming.

The embarrassed Vasily III tried several times under the service of the attendant, but he didn't have the courage to pull the trigger of the short-handled firearm. As a result, Vasily III fell into the hands of Daming and became Daming One of the many kings, big and small, captured.

Compared with the captured kings, Vasily III was not very prominent. After all, during this period, the Grand Duchy of Moscow had just risen and had not yet become a later power.

In the gorgeous palace, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu, and some high-level military leaders were sitting there discussing the gains and what to do next.

It is obviously very difficult to obtain continuous grain support from Daming. It is too far away from Daming. The reason why Cheng Xiangwu and the others rushed to the old nest of the Grand Duchy of Moscow non-stop was a helpless move.

If they cannot defeat the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the shortest possible time, once Vasily III reacts and implements a plan to cut food supplies to Cheng Xiangwu and Lu Dazhu, once the hundreds of thousands of troops are in shortage of food and grass, the consequences will be very serious. .

But now the crisis of grain supply has finally passed. After all, the city of Moscow has been breached. As the old nest of Vasily III, there can be no help here to find all kinds of gold and silver wealth looted during the expansion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow over the past hundred years. In addition, there are mountains of grain and grass.

Because the Grand Duchy of Moscow has been busy with external expansion in recent years, a large amount of grain has been stored in the city all the year round.

It was just after getting these grains that Lu Dazhu, Cheng Xiangwu and the others were completely relieved.

The grains they collected and discovered alone were enough to supply the hundreds of thousands of troops for half a year.

After solving the problem of food and grass, Lu Dazhu, Cheng Xiangwu and other talents can gather here to discuss the next step with peace of mind.

Several generals looked at Cheng Xiangwu subconsciously, and even Lu Dazhu looked at Cheng Xiangwu and said, "General Cheng, I don't know what His Majesty's intention is."

The generals are not subject to orders from foreign troops, but Lu Dazhu is not the kind of general with strong opinions. To a certain extent, Lu Dazhu is referring to where to fight, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect him to be on his own.

It is also because of this that after discussing with the cabinet, Zhu Houzhao sent Cheng Xiangwu, the acting navy officer, over and let Cheng Xiangwu take over the army. What he was worried about was that Lu Dazhu's overall situation was not enough.

Cheng Xiangwu smiled at Lu Dazhu. Both of them were drawn from the army by Chu Yi, and then they have come to today with their own abilities. Although they belong to the navy and the army, this is not the case. Affect the comradeship between the two.

Although it is said that the well-known name of the eunuch party has gradually disappeared after Chu Yi left for many years, but in the minds of some people, the former eunuch party, the Wuwang party, still exists today.

It's just that these former Wu Wang Party have now been ranked high, and more than half of the civil and military officials above the fourth rank above the court are members of the Wu Wang Party.

With such a relationship, it is conceivable that Cheng Xiangwu's success in taking over the army is not a problem. If Lu Dazhu and Cheng Xiangwu do not have such a relationship, even if there is the will of the emperor, he really wants Lu Dazhu to hand over the power in his hands. It's not that easy.

Cheng Xiangwu stroked his beard, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Actually, Your Majesty gives you two choices, one is to return to the division, and the other is led by the commander, fight all the way, and join forces with the naval divisions led by the generals Qi Jingtong and Yu Dayou. ."

Everyone was stunned. Obviously, many generals didn't know where Qi Jingtong and Yu Dayou were at all.

After all, if you are not a real high-level military officer, it is impossible to get in touch with these. Even generals in the military have no channels or qualifications to know about them.

Among the generals present, only a few people, such as Lu Dazhu and Cheng Xiangwu, really knew that Qi Jingtong, Yu Dayou and the others were wreaking havoc in the West, and there would not be more than ten people in total.

Looking at the confused appearance of the generals, Cheng Xiangwu nodded at Cheng Yu and said, "Cheng Yu, hang up the world map."

Suddenly, a huge world map was taken out by Cheng Yu, and then he hung it carefully and very preciously.

This map of the world map was drawn by Daming Qin Tianjian and the six departments jointly. It records all the countries and regions that Daming explored. Although it is said to be more accurate than the map of later generations, this map of the world map There are still some distortions, but in this era, such a world map is really accurate. I am afraid that I have searched all over the world. Except for Daming, no other country can come up with such an accurate map. The world map comes.

The eyes of everyone turned to the latest version of the world map. As a general in the army, the world map is naturally familiar, but when they saw this latest world map, all the When people looked at the territory of the Ming Dynasty marked above, they all opened their mouths and their eyes almost fell.

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