Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Because the conscienceless cannon has a large caliber, even if it is loaded with black powder, it is very powerful.

Our army, which was short of guns and artillery, relied on this thing to conquer bunkers one after another and destroy the enemy's strongholds one by one.

The range of the heartless cannon is an uncertain impact point within 300 meters, and the absolute killing diameter is 20 meters in radius...

If iron nails are mixed in - it is very likely that this is an artifact with a killing diameter greater than the weapon's range...

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What Zhu Youjian had people make was an enhanced version and a weakened version of the heartless cannon.

He didn't need to conquer a strong fortress, so he reduced the caliber.

And because the heartless cannons in history ran too thin, they were just disposable weapons.

So he came up with an idea and rolled up several layers of iron sheets to enhance the toughness of the pipe wall, just like making a musket.

"Let's go and give it a try!"

……

In the Wang family compound, the smell of blood still lingers.

Among the four families in Xincheng, the Jia family is the richest and the Ya family is the strongest.

It is said that the Jia family, which controls the position of boss and boss, has the most money; the Ya family has held the job of the yamen leader for generations and controls the most young men.

The Wang family’s courtyard is the largest.

The Wang Family Courtyard directly connects two streets, from the southernmost end of the courtyard to the northernmost end, which is a full half mile.

Just in time, it can be used to experiment with the killer weapon of the heartless cannon.

After Zhu Youjian placed the gunpowder with his own hands, he was frightened by this thing.

This thing is so powerful!

If the whole thing explodes - he will die without a chance to survive!

"Come, come!"

Zhu Youjian waved over a tall and strong recruit, the same guy who had reacted slowly in the yamen before, causing everyone to worship the emperor three times.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you calling me?"

This guy is tall and thick, but he is naive and naive. It seems that all the nutrients that should be given to the brain are supplied to the muscles.

"Wait and look at my gestures. When I asked you to light the fire, you lit it!"

Zhu Youjian pointed at the fuse at the tail of the heartless cannon, fearing that the guy wouldn't understand it.

Dahan looked at Chongzhen with an incomprehensible look for a long time before nodding.

Zhu Youjian took out a ball of cotton, asked the guy to plug his ears, waved his hand and led everyone back to the corner of the street.

……

The recruits held torches and stared at the Heartless Cannon for a long time. They didn't even seem to see the emperor's hand that he waved several times.

His eyes shone brightly under the light of the torch, changing his usual silly demeanor.

At this time, there was no trace of stupidity in him!

From the corner of his eyes, this guy was carefully looking at the distance between Emperor Ming and this strange-looking artillery piece.

‘Should we kill Emperor Ming? ’

In his heart, heaven and man were at war.

He was originally a strong general in the peasant army. Because of his natural strength, he was selected as the flag bearer as soon as he was coerced into the invasion army.

People call him Hao Yaoqi.

When Li Zicheng defeated Shangluoshan, Hao Yaoqi wanted to take his troops away, but he was afraid that Li Zicheng would kill him like he killed others. Somehow, the news leaked to Li Zicheng's ears.

Li Zicheng originally wanted to kill Hao Yaoqi to rectify military discipline, but he was persuaded by his left and right sides and told him about his powerful relationship.

Not only did Li Zicheng not kill Hao Yaoqi, he even gave him some of his few supplies...

At the beginning of this year, Hao Yaoqi followed King Chuang to attack the capital, but unfortunately met Zhou Yuji.

Zhou Yuji's [-] Ming army killed [-] elite troops of the Chu army, including his subordinates.

That battle chilled King Chuang, and he even had to return several times...

As for Hao Yaoqi, in order to prevent Wang Qiu from settling his accounts, he was injured and fled to Xincheng County...

……

Hao Yaoqi was thinking when he suddenly heard people cheering from the direction of the county government office.

Hao Yaoqi's heart moved:

It was Emperor Ming who was sending people to deliver grain.

Anyone, young or old, can go and receive a bag of food.

Emperor Ming said that the Tatars outside the pass were about to come in, so he asked the people to get the food and escape quickly...

Turning his head to look at Emperor Ming who was about to come over to check, Hao Yaoqi had a wry smile on his face.

‘That’s all, that’s all, I, Hao, raised the flag to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, not because I couldn’t live any longer! ’

'Now that you, Emperor Ming, are not as unbearable as the official said, I will take a look first...'

Hao Yaoqi lowered the torch and lit the fuse before Zhu Youjian came to urge him.

Looking at the burning fuse of Chi Chi, Hao Yaoqi made up his mind: If Emperor Ming was just pretending, he would kill him the moment his fox tail leaked out!

Let’s take a look first…

Hao Yaoqi was thinking when a sudden violent wave of air came, pushing him back a few steps.

"boom!"

I saw the iron barrel-like muzzle suddenly spurting out a ball of blazing flames, and a deafening roar sounded. Hao Yaoqi's ears suddenly buzzed and buzzed.

"Oh!"

"Crash!"

The loud sound of walls collapsing and houses collapsing, along with the buzzing noise in his eardrums, entered Hao Yaoqi's mind.

Hao Yaoqi shook his head vigorously, rubbed his stinging eyes, and looked intently.

I saw that the five bright halls built with blue bricks had become a pile of ruins.

Only half of the broken walls on both sides persisted despite the swaying. Zhaoxian was originally a good house...

"Damn it, what is this?"

Hao Yaoqi was shocked...

……

Not only was Hao Yaoqi stunned, but Wang Chengen and others were also stunned from ear to ear.

They had just inspected it and found that this house was built with large green bricks up to one and a half feet wide.

As long as someone repairs the roof tiles to prevent leakage and damage to the beams and rafters, a house of this size can be passed down for generations!

Even ordinary artillery can't do anything with it.

If you want to demolish such a house, you may have to use the Hongyi Cannon for more than ten rounds!

however……

Is the scene before me real?

Everyone couldn't help but rubbed their eyes vigorously again.

However, the smoky ruins, the pungent smell of gunpowder, and the choking smoke all tell everyone that this is true.

"Your Majesty, this, this, this..."

Wang Chengen was trembling and speechless.

Even though he was very capable, not only able to lead the army in battle, but even personally fire cannons to bombard the enemy, he was still frightened by the scene in front of him.

My mother-in-law, you are so powerful!

"Daban, do you know why this thing is called a heartless cannon?"

The corners of Zhu Youjian's mouth curled up.

"Your Majesty, this..."

Wang Chengen's face was pale, and there was a roar in his ears.

"Come here, stand a hundred steps away, put up a wooden plank, change the shotgun and try again!"

Seeing that the heartless cannon he had modified could be used normally, Zhu Youjian was reassured.

……

While Zhu You was reorganizing his army and preparing for war, intending to rescue Baoding, Liu Fangliang, who was besieging Baoding, also learned that Xincheng County had been captured by the Ming army.

Liu Fangliang's peasant army was quite powerful, ranking among the top ten among the peasant armies in the late Ming Dynasty.

During the period of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, many peasant armies were eliminated, and Liu Fangliang became more and more prominent.

After Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, he stipulated that the five camps originally established in Xiangyang were the front, rear, left, right, and middle camps, with black, yellow, white, red, and cyan as the colors of the banners of each camp.

Liu Fangliang was appointed as the general of the Zuoying system. He was one of the five highest-ranking people in the army camp, except for the two generals, Tian Jianxiu and Liu Zongmin, who were the chief and deputy generals.

Under the two-foot-high white banner, there are many tall tents.

Liu Fangliang was sitting in the main seat, listening to the scout's report.

"General, our department has discovered that Xincheng County was captured by a group of Ming troops of unknown origin yesterday afternoon."

Liu Fangliang raised his eyebrows.

Xincheng County?

This is right between Baoding and the capital!

Could it be the troops of King Qin of the Ming Dynasty?

No, spies from all over the country have not reported any signs of large-scale Ming army mobilization!

Even the spies on both sides of the Yangtze River reported that Zhijiang Jiangnan was still in a state of intoxication.

"How many of them are there?"

Captain Niu Chenghu asked with a frown.

The spy wiped the sweat from his face and replied: "There are less than a hundred people."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, but the Ming army, which only numbered 100 people, must be the scattered remnants of the defeated generals.

Because Xincheng County was not on the way forward for King Chuang, and they were blocked in Baoding along the way, there was no Chuang army stationed there.

It is not surprising that a hundred Ming troops were able to capture Xincheng County.

Everyone was about to let out a long sigh of relief when they heard the spy swallow hard and moisten his hoarse throat. As soon as the words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

"They attacked the city very fiercely. According to the accounts of the surrounding people, they heard that the war started, but in just two sticks of incense, the new city was taken away by the Ming army.

The humble official asked people to check in the surrounding counties to see if there was any news about the Ming army's large forces.

When I arrived, I had not received any news about other enemies.

Therefore, it is not known whether this unit is the vanguard of the Ming army. "

As soon as these words came out, even Liu Fangliang's expression changed.

He hurriedly asked:

"Have you ever found out which route the people are on?"

The scout hesitated for a moment and then said: "The Tai Chi flag of the Ming Court Army is hanging on the top of the city..."

Chinese military flag?

Liu Fangliang burst out laughing.

"That kid is just showing off!"

How long has it been since the Chinese military flag of the Ming Dynasty was unveiled?

Since Zhu Houzhao was killed, when did the emperors of the Ming Dynasty leave the capital?

It seems that it must be a small army of Ming Dynasty who is just showing off!

"A cow becomes a tiger!"

Liu Fangliang laughed and picked up the order sign on the table:

"I order you to bring five hundred horse troops and one thousand infantry troops..."

"Kill them all for me!"

……

Even though Liu Fangliang was a big man, he also understood that a lion should fight a rabbit with all his strength.

Facing the [-] Ming troops of unknown origin in Xincheng County, he directly dispatched [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to conquer.

The battle of Ningwuguan was so tragic!

Facing the overwhelming force of the Chuang army, a mere 5 Ming troops were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Chuang troops and killed more than [-] elite Chuang troops...

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The western part of Xincheng County is the Taihang flash flood alluvial plain, and the eastern part is the river alluvial plain.

The terrain slopes gently from northwest to southeast and is a plain area.

There are no big mountains here, only some small earthen mounds that are not very high, with patches of peach trees planted on them.

There are many kinds of peach trees in Xincheng County, and there are even winter peaches.

At this time, the cold winter in the northern country has not yet passed, and the peach blossoms have not yet bloomed.

Looking around, everywhere is bare, except for the wheat seedlings that cannot cover the ground, stubbornly spitting out a trace of green.

On this unknown hillside, there was a large Kongming lantern floating at this time. Looking carefully, it was the hot air balloon made by Zhu Youjian.

Eunuchs Wang Lian and Qin Zhien were guarding the official road leading directly from the north to the south of the new city, one in the south and one in the north.

"Ancestor, there seems to be movement ahead!"

The little eunuch on the hot air balloon poked his head and shouted to Wang Lian.