The artillery flashed with deadly fire.
Boom~
A cannonball disappeared in the piercing scream!
The massive artillery shell landed 50 meters in front of the Shanhaiguan City Gate Tower and exploded.
With a dull loud noise and flying dust, a deep pit appeared in front of everyone.
When the soldiers at Shanhaiguan saw the power of the bombardment, their morale was shaken and dropped to freezing point.
When the artillery instructor a few kilometers away saw the specific shooting position, he immediately cursed.
"You've all eaten so much food in vain. If you fire a cannon, you can go to grandma's house... After today's battle, everyone's food will be halved!"
After scolding people, the instructor continued to wave: "Adjust parameters and continue launching!"
"As you command!"
Hearing such punishment from the coach, the artillerymen of the New Army grimaced and continued to adjust the shooting parameters and prepare to fire.
Whoosh~
The second cannonball hit the city gate tower smoothly.
The Shanhaiguan garrison was bombarded by this era-defining weapon, and its morale was directly in chaos.
After a while, terrifying artillery bombardments began in turn.
Even though there were only more than 20 rounds of artillery shells, they blasted the Shanhaiguan defenders to pieces, and their morale was directly destroyed.
"God's punishment! It's God's punishment!"
"Uuuuuu~Mom~I want to go home."
"The emperor is punishing us!"
"Everyone come up shoulder to shoulder with me, General Wu Xiang has rebelled!"
Looking at the chaos at Shanhaiguan, the artillerymen switched ammunition without mercy.
Soon, tear gas and smoke bombs were thrown at the Shanhaiguan city wall.
The pungent smoke bombs concentrated in front of a section of the Shanhaiguan city wall, turning that section into an impossible stand.
The artillery attack caused chaos at Shanhaiguan again, and the defending Daimyo soldiers suddenly lost their combat capabilities.
Chen Mu led five people and started running mode under the watchful eyes of more than a thousand trained recruits.
After arriving at the pass, the steel rope flew and jumped up to the Shanhaiguan Gate Tower.
Da da da~
"ah!"
"don't want."
The shouts of killing and the sound of rifle fire suddenly resounded through the tower.
Five minutes later~
The Shanhaiguan city gate was opened from the inside, and Chen Mu and others, covered in blood, came out.
Shanhaiguan... broken.
Behind them were the bound Wu Xiang and a group of dejected generals.
Subsequently, the new army began to train and enter Shanhaiguan, taking control of various arteries and city gates!
Half a quarter of an hour later, some Shanhaiguan guards reported Amway and began to gather for street fighting and fight to the death.
"Wu Xiang colluded with Liaodong to create slaves and participated in the rebellion. He put down his weapons. We only killed the evil leader."
"Only kill the evil leader!"
Chen Mu held up a loudspeaker and continued shouting: "Also, those who captured the Wu family can use their merits to offset their previous crimes."
After shouting this many times, many generals and soldiers in the Wu Xiang family were shaken.
But many people choose to die rather than surrender.
Hundreds of Guan Ning cavalry rode towards Chen Mu and charged towards him.
"Kill to avenge the family master!"
"Avenge the master of the family!"
Seeing the cavalry rushing over rashly, Chen Mu sighed and shook his head: "If you are stubborn, kill!"
With a wave of his hand, three rows of musketeers struck and opened fire.
The firing speed of the new musket was almost the same as that of a bolt-action rifle, and the bullets fired by three rows of soldiers formed a death barrage.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The gunfire was continuous, and the forward Guan Ning cavalry fell to the ground screaming like wheat.
Blood splashed everywhere, and countless shrill screams resounded.
This 30-meter-wide street near the General Wu's Mansion has turned into a living hell!
Soon, hundreds of loyal Wu family members gave birth to children and turned into corpses!
The newly trained army also showed its fangs for the first time.
After winning the first battle, the confidence of these new recruits greatly increased, and then they acted as a unit of 100.
Line up to fire, and line up to kill any enemy who dares to raise a knife.
Soon, after the new army killed more than a thousand Guan Ning's cavalry and shouted numerous times to kill only the evil leader, the city of Shanhaiguan gradually returned to calm.
Subsequently, Zhang Jin led 1,000 new troops to carefully screen the Wu family's sons and ordinary soldiers.
Others buried pots to make rice and gathered the wounded.
In addition, there are hundreds of large households and small flags quickly enforcing discipline in Shanhaiguan City.
Kill the gangsters who take advantage of the chaos to steal and smash things.
Then, another officer sent an order saying that the money and food owed to everyone would be distributed to everyone tomorrow.
But it is necessary to report whether Wu Jia and Shanhaiguan generals embezzled public funds and military pay.
Of course, the more culpable the merrier!
Many Shanhaiguan grassroots soldiers were impressed by the name of the Great Mingqi and the powerful combat effectiveness of Chen Mu's new army, and soon returned home.
General Wu's Mansion.
Chen Mu sat at the head of the table, and below him knelt Wu Xiang and other direct descendants of the Wu family.
"Commander Wu, what a huge battle! You don't respect your Majesty, just attack the imperial envoys, and you dare to seduce the generals of Shanhaiguan to surrender to the slaves. Haha, you can be considered a celebrity in the annals of history."
"Pooh!"
Wu Xiang spat and looked at Chen Mu with hateful eyes.
"Little Huangkou, if you hadn't killed my beloved, how could I have done this?"
Looking at Wu Xiang who wanted to swallow him, Chen Mu sneered: "Hey, does that mean you won't rebel if you don't kill your son?"
While talking, he took out a ledger.
"General Wu, you are really a good general of the Ming Dynasty! You have been guarding Shanhaiguan in Liaodong for decades. Tell me what you have done?"
Chen Mu casually looked through the account book: "Tsk tsk, you are a small business who buys and sells sons and daughters. You have trained more than 2,000 famous family members and have children. Everyone is equipped with armor, bows, horses, and weapons, but you have a group of men like you! Tsk tsk, and...
He resold grain with Jiannu in exchange for valuables such as ginseng, oh ho~ and a large amount of ironware and salt. Do you think we should not be held accountable for these?"
"If you want to incriminate yourself, why bother?"
"You dare to quibble when you are about to die!"
After hearing this, Wu Xiang laughed loudly: "Is it time to die? Hahaha... You are the ones who are facing death! Hahaha... I am not at a loss anyway. As long as you kill me, the world will be in chaos. Hahaha..."
Looking at Wu Xiang who was laughing wildly, Chen Mu frowned slightly.
Is Wu Xiang crazy, or does he have nothing to rely on?
"Oh, tell me why we are about to die?"
Wu Xiang just laughed wildly, looked at Chen Mu and others fiercely, and said nothing.
Shen Lian, who was next to him, couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and saluted: "Uncle, our Jinyi Guards have many methods that we can use to give General Wu a try."
Chen Mu raised his eyebrows, and then looked at Wu Xiang: "General Wu, you should know the methods of the imperial edict and Dongchang fanzi, right? Should you suffer more, or should you say it happily?"
Wu Xiang squinted his eyes, looked at Shen Lian with a bad expression, and then looked at Dongchang Fanzi aside, feeling chilled in his heart.
The famous names of Zhaoyu and Dongchang Fanzi were well known to him.
He had long heard that if he entered that hellish place, he would not be able to come out decently.
Wu Xiang quickly figured it out: "Master Po Lupo, considering that I have done my job all these years, please give me some dignity."
Afterwards, Wu Xiang told why he ambushed Chen Mu and some of his back-up plans.
Before Wu Sangui arrived in the capital, he arranged several secret tactics to prevent himself from encountering any unexpected events. He let his father Wu Xiang know about his safety and asked Wu Xiang to come up with contingency strategies as quickly as possible.
Chen Mu is short of manpower, and the eunuchs have bad work habits.
Although they blocked the city gates of the capital, they did not block the lower-class people who poured night incense every day.
After listening carefully to Wu Xiang's answer and watching Shen Lian and others record his words in the book, Chen Mu waved his hand: "Okay, I understand. Tell me why we are about to die."
Wu Xiang sighed heavily and began to speak slowly.
The Wu family was originally a loyal family!
But the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were too indifferent.
Intrigue and greed for credit!
The battle was defeated and Jiangmen took the blame.
Winning the battle, grabbing the sergeant's credit
The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty did too many unpopular things!
In order to protect themselves and control their own power, the Wu family has done many things that have cost them a thousand knives over the years.
Not only the Wu family, but also most generals in Jiubian did this.
It’s nothing more than the difference between doing more and doing less!
The Wu family has been living with worry in mind these years.
A few days ago, Shanxi merchants were suddenly raided, and one-third of the border generals were wiped out. This left countless fallen heads and put everyone in the border army's corrupt generals at risk.
Secretly, a large number of generals guarding Liaodong united secretly.
And Shanhaiguan is an introduction.
As long as something goes wrong on Wu Xiang's side and something unexpected happens.
The other defense areas in Liaodong will definitely be in chaos.
Ming Dynasty's border defense will also be in danger!
After listening to Wu Xiang's words, the faces of the Ming people present turned extremely ugly.
The stability of border defense is the solid foundation of the Ming Dynasty. With the corruption of the guard system, the elites of the Nine Borders are the essence of the Ming Dynasty's border defense.
If all the soldiers from Jiubian rebelled, then the Ming Dynasty would really be in danger!
"Does that mean you all unite and join the rebel family?"
Wu Xiang nodded: "No, this is called Qing Jun Side!"
Chen Mu immediately laughed.
"You're going to pay off your side? Tsk tsk~ Mr. Wu, you're avoiding the important and taking the easy. You only said that the soldiers from the nine sides rebelled, but you forgot about the most important force, right?"
This chapter has been completed!