First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 240

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Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng, together, carefully observed Hongdu City. After seeing it, Zhang Ximeng also somewhat understood why this city could create miracles and even decide the fate of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang.

As a prosperous city near the Gan River, Hongdu was built with a lot of bluestone bricks and tiles, and the structure is very strong.

Although there are eight city gates, it seems that there are many points of attack, and the defense must be divided to increase the difficulty. But each city gate is quite stable, no need to ask, there must be an urn inside.

Coupled with the abundant river water, the moat of Hongdu is 30 feet long!

This is a width that makes people a little desperate. Zhu Yuanzhang attacked the city and conquered the land. Even Jinling did not have a moat as wide as Hongdu.

Moreover, those who were in charge of garrisoning Hongdu were Tianwan's Changsheng elite soldiers.

Frankly speaking, if Chen Youliang is in charge, Zhu Jiajun really has no certainty of victory. Even if Chen Youliang is gone, it will not be easy to take down Hongdu.

"Mr. Zhang, can our Huihui artillery hit the city wall of Hongdu?"

"No problem." Zhang Ximeng replied simply. The Huihui Cannon made a big splash in the battle of Xiangyang. At that time, the moat in Xiangyang was a hundred feet long, and the Huihui Cannon fired a 150-pound projectile, which fell to the ground and could enter the ground seven times. The ruler, the power is great, it can be seen!

And now the Huihui Cannon has gone through a hundred years of development, and Jia Lu has also undergone many reforms, both in terms of power and range, and they are more powerful. .

In fact, it was precisely because of his recognition of the power of Huihui Cannon that Zhang Ximeng did not rush to tinker with the artillery.

This does not mean that there will be no development. In fact, Zhang Ximeng has been asking craftsmen to study firearms, but any new invention requires a process of continuous improvement and maturity.

Even more so with artillery.

As far as the material of the artillery is concerned, the effect of casting a cannon in bronze at the initial stage is definitely better, but bronze is too expensive, and copper is also a currency.

Does Zhu Jiajun really have no copper at all?

Naturally not. In fact, Tongling is an important town for copper production, and it is also named as copper.

But craftsmen are needed, resources are needed, and time is needed... And don't forget, Tongling is next to the Yangtze River, and Tianwan's navy is much stronger than Zhu's army.

If the safety problem cannot be solved, copper mines are mined on a large scale. What if they are attacked?

Therefore, the normal order of a country's development is always to solve the security problem first, and only when you have a dog-fighting stick can you consider eating better and dressing better.

If the order is reversed, the wealth in your hands is likely to be the prey of others.

Chen Bing was in the middle of the Yangtze River after the sky was over, and he was very aggressive.

Right now, the Zhu family's army has not been able to shine on firearms, but fortunately there is a master of equipment such as Jia Lu, who is enough to shake the fortified city in front of him with his sharp weapons.

When Hu Tingrui inspected the city defense, he found that after the Zhu family had built a circle of walls outside the city, they even dug a trench and pushed toward the city wall.

"They want to dig tunnels into the city, they are really delusional!"

Hu Tingrui said to the people around him: "I checked it out a long time ago. The moat in Hongdu is so wide, and the water seeps out within three feet of the ground. If you want to dig the tunnel, it will collapse. They are wasting their efforts and taking their own humiliation! "

Hu Tingrui was full of confidence, but he remained calm and ordered his subordinates to stand by.

A few days later, Hu Tingrui discovered that the situation might not be right.

Zhu Jiajun did not dig tunnels, but piled up mounds.

Are they going to attack the city?

"Pass my order to pull out the Huihui artillery that we captured in Xiangyang, and I want Zhu Yuanzhang to know how good we are!"

Almost all the generals of Tianwan are full of confidence like Hu Tingrui.

After all, in the past two years, they have been invincible, invincible, invincible in the world!

Come on, let the horses come!

On the 20th day after the Zhu family's army locked the city, in the southeast corner of Hongdu, extending in two directions, a total of 80 trebuchets with a height of 30 feet were placed on the pre-stacked pedestals.

The majestic machine has a full sense of power, like two rows of fierce beasts, eyeing tigers.

Zhu Yuanzhang was covered in armor and appeared on the mound. Zhang Ximeng was also equipped with a rare sword and stood beside Zhu Yuanzhang.

On the other side of Lao Zhu, there were Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong. It was interesting to say that other generals did not like to see these cumbersome things. Li Wenzhong was stuffed into the artillery team and became a thousand households.

Zhu Wenzheng was also hard transferred and made a commander.

In fact, Zhu Wenzheng's tragedy is also related to Zhu Yuanzhang. It is all blamed for him to lose his mind for a while, to hold Zhu Wenzheng too high, and to make him a great governor to control the military at home and abroad.

After getting this step, it's no wonder that nothing happened.

In the army, Zhang Ximeng had been pressing Zhu Wenzheng in a vague way, and young people should not be too arrogant.

If you really think that you are a small official, I will get you a general of the universe, the military governor of Liuhe, and go to Liuhe County to be stationed and serve as a barrier to Jinling.

Don't disturb the personnel arrangement in the army, the promotion sequence.

Lao Zhu also understood Zhang Ximeng's intention, and Zhu Biao was also born, so he was not so eager to support Zhu Wenzheng. But no matter what, as a nephew, Lao Zhu's preference for Zhu Wenzheng could not be concealed.

"Wenzheng, we know that your kid wants to take care of the cavalry, and he complains in private that Mr. Zhang brought you here... Don't be ignorant of good people, you kid. You can appreciate Mr. Zhang's painstaking efforts today."

Zhu Wenzheng's face was slightly red, not only shy, but also afraid, he quickly said: "Uncle, that was the nonsense of my little nephew for the first few days, these days training gunners, I have long known Zhang Xiang's kindness. I plan to show my skills today and let them know how powerful Zhu Jiajun is!"

Zhu Wenzheng said, and said again: "Uncle, you and Mr. Zhang can go down, just leave it to the little nephew."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, "Why? Is there still danger?"

Zhu Wenzheng said: "There are no guns and swords on the battlefield. Although most of the guns in the city can't hit here, you must always be just in case. Uncle, you should go down with Mr. Zhang and wait for the good news!"

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored him, but turned his head and said, "Mr. Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "How else can I see it, of course I watched it here! I still understand the return of the Yuan army..."

Before Zhang Ximeng could finish speaking, there was a sudden sound of breaking through the air, and everyone hurriedly raised their heads, only to see a stone pill crossed the moat and flew towards Zhang Ximeng.

At a distance of more than ten meters from Zhang Ximeng and the others, they smashed into the ground, and they almost saw Shi Wan.

The so-called seven feet into the ground, this legend is not false!

Frankly speaking, Zhang Ximeng's heart was suspended and his hands and feet were stiff the moment he flew over.

You are so courageous, you dare to "suck in", you don't talk about martial arts, so you can do it yourself!

"What are you still doing!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily, "Beat us hard!"

Zhu Wenzheng shuddered and concentrated, staring at Hongdu in the distance, his tongue fighting Chunlei, and he roared, "Shoot!"

The soldier swung the knife vigorously, cut off the rope, the counterweight stone fell quickly, and the solid projectile weighing 180 pounds flew into the air with a sound several times more violent than before, smashing into the opposite city wall.

A trebuchet was like this, and the rest were all like this. I saw the overwhelming projectiles, with anger, leaped over the wide moat and smashed heavily on the city wall.

With a bang, the masonry exploded, and the dust flew into the air.

The soldiers who were still standing at the top of the city only felt that the ground was shaking, and a powerful force shook them so that they could not stand firm and almost fell.

Hu Tingrui, who was personally supervising the battle, was even surprised to find a huge stone pill that crossed the city wall and smashed into the middle of several soldiers with an unparalleled momentum.

One of them was hit and lost his upper body, and the others also fell to the ground. Some were killed, some were injured, and the blood splashed on Hu Tingrui's pale face.

He stretched out his hand, wiped it slowly, opened it in front of his eyes, and told him something with warm blood, but it was only slightly worse. The trebuchet outside the city could completely hit him on the head. !

how come?

It's totally unreasonable, how can Zhu Jiajun's Huihui artillery be better than theirs?

Hu Tingrui's scalp was numb, and although he couldn't figure it out, it didn't prevent him from striding back and hiding in a safe place.

The other soldiers ran away in embarrassment as if they had seen a ghost.

Judging from the actual results, the salvo of the trebuchets was not too large. Only less than half of the projectiles fell on the city wall, and less than half of them cracked the bricks and stones, and the rest were just dusting dust.

As for the soldiers who were crushed to death, there were only a dozen or so.

But this is terrifying enough. The Tianwan soldiers in Hongdu City realized for the first time that their opponents had invincible strength, and maybe they would lose!

One blow knocked out most of the enemy's courage, and Zhu Wenzheng was overjoyed!

He yelled even more frantically, "Quick~www.mtlnovel.com~ reload, hit me hard!"

Zhu Jiajun raised the counterweight stone like a madman, fixed it with a rope, and then loaded the projectile to prepare for the second round of shooting.

At this moment, Tian Wan's soldiers rushed to the city wall, desperately trying to transport their back to the artillery. I have to say that the bravery of this group of people is also admirable.

Anything and people left in the city at this moment will become the spoils of the Zhu Family Army!

Before they could completely withdraw the Huihui artillery, another round of shooting arrived. The soldiers at the end of the day were so frightened that their parents screamed and ran away, leaving behind a few broken bodies again.

From this moment on, Zhu's army began to stabilize the output, constantly bombarding the city walls of Hongdu.

I don't know who built this city of Hongdu. It is absolutely impregnable. In the face of the crazy bombardment of Zhu's army, it has been standing for five consecutive days.

It's just that some of the city wall bricks have fallen off in pieces, and some cracks have appeared in some imperceptible places.

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This is the omen that the city wall can't support it.

The soldiers in the city were trembling and trembling, and every moment was like a great enemy.

But today's situation is a bit special. Near noon, Zhu Jiajun stopped shooting half an hour earlier.

Just when they couldn't figure out what was going on, a faint aroma drifted into the city with the wind. In the artillery position of the Zhu Family Army, a dozen huge iron pots appeared.

It was full of braised pork, and Zhu Wenzheng shouted excitedly, "Eat! Eat hard! There is some braised pork! Come back and hit me hard when you're full!"

Chapter end