When the word "Breaking Army" appeared in Meng Zhaoxiang's ears, his heart flashed like a thunder, and his expression immediately became very nervous. He never expected that just two days after His Majesty left, the "Breaking Army" would come.
"Take me there quickly!"
In desperation, Meng Zhaoxiang immediately rushed to the city tower with some generals. When he rushed there, he did not forget to tell the Jin Yiwei to strengthen the supervision of Liu Zongmin, and even asked the people from the Wucheng Military and Horse Division to step up city defense patrols.
A group of people quickly rushed to the city tower. On the city tower, a group of city defenders were already discussing with some worry on their faces. One of the guards quickly reported: "Sir, the intruder is only stationed at a distance.
Not far away, there was no move to attack the city."
"Didn't you do any siege?"
Meng Zhaoxiang was a little suspicious of the sudden appearance of the intruders, so he picked up a telescope and looked into the distance. Sure enough, there was a large group of intruders about a mile away. He saw that they were just standing there, and their formation was somewhat scattered.
The weather in the past few days was not very hot. On the contrary, if there was a slight cold wind, the sky would be a bit cold. Therefore, they did not feel uncomfortable standing in the sun.
"What do they want to do?" Meng Zhaoxiang couldn't figure out the movements of the intruders at once. He couldn't handle this situation, let alone guess their intentions. But he was still very vigilant, and the soldiers were all ready to prepare.
"They don't just want to scare us, do they?" a guerrilla general on the side said tentatively.
"Do you want to lure us into a fight?"
Another person guessed, stroking his chin and thinking. Although none of them could guess Chuangjun's intention, without exception, everyone was very nervous.
"No, 10,000 people are also a big threat to the current capital." Meng Zhaoxiang thought in his mind, even if he couldn't figure out the movement of this invading army, it didn't matter, as long as they didn't leave the city and stayed within the high wall.
, why fear a mere 10,000 people?
"But if this intruder army lingers on leaving, it will be a great threat to the morale of the military and the people."
At this time, a general expressed his worries. Just as he said, when they saw this 10,000-man army, many of the soldiers guarding the city wall were already timid.
Even shrinking.
And the common people who accidentally learned about the appearance of the invading army outside the city spread the word among others. As a result, within an hour of the invading army appearing, many people already knew about it.
Each of them is worried, fearing that the siege of the city by the invaders will affect them. Of course, they are also afraid that the court will force them to recruit soldiers to go up the city wall to resist the siege of the city. For many ordinary people, the invaders are not scary.
, the scary thing is the imperial court.
After scanning the surrounding soldiers, Meng Zhaoxiang also discovered this problem very keenly. If this problem is not dealt with in time, if the intruders really attack the city, they will probably collapse without attacking.
"Someone is coming!"
Suddenly, Meng Zhaoxiang pulled out the Shang Fang sword given by His Majesty and shouted: "The red cannon is ready!"
After hearing Meng Zhaoxiang's order, the Hongyi cannon on the city wall moved slowly under the hard push of the soldiers, gradually adjusted its angle, and moved closer to the direction of the invading army.
"Artillery, obey my orders!"
He directly took the flag commanding the cannon, looked straight into the distance, looked at the arrogant and domineering intruders of tens of thousands, and shouted directly the next moment.
"put!"
In an instant, the ignition was completed, the twister quickly turned to ashes under the burning flame, and then quickly ignited the gunpowder inside, and the pressure accumulated from it instantly knocked the shell out of the barrel directly.
With a loud noise, the heavy and powerful artillery shells instantly flew into the sky, formed a perfect arc in the sky, and landed directly in the center of the invading army. At that moment, the soldiers who were hit by the cannons were left bloody.
Fly and die on the spot.
The surrounding soldiers were even frightened to the point of incontinence by the sudden shells. At that moment, almost all the soldiers within a few dozen steps were injured by the shock.
"what happens!"
The war horse Liu Ming was riding was also frightened by the violent sound. It couldn't help but fly up with its front legs, almost causing Liu Ming to fall off the horse.
The surrounding soldiers were so frightened by the sound of the shells that they didn't even notice Liu Ming's shouts. They all got into a mess and scrambled to retreat. The soldiers around the shells were especially frightened.
, almost everyone wants to escape.
Seeing the intruders in the distance being blasted by the four cannons on the city wall, the men fell off their backs and ran away with their heads in their hands. Meng Zhaoxiang couldn't help but laugh to the sky. This so-called intruders were nothing more than that.
Those who are so arrogant in front of the cannon are just rats.
Seeing this situation, they naturally wanted to pursue the victory. Without giving the intruder a chance to breathe, Meng Zhaoxiang ordered to continue loading and firing. The artillerymen quickly began to reload without re-turning the barrel. When they were ready, they fired immediately at his order.
The sound of artillery suddenly sounded again, and then the next second there were screams from the invading troops, and a large number of enemies were hit again. The situation was just like the time before, countless enemies were almost killed, and their blood and flesh were splashed.
This time, a large number of intruders could no longer hold out. They stood and bombarded the officers and soldiers on the tower. No fool would do this. Liu Ming was also very frightened. Regardless of any dignity, he immediately ordered
Retreat immediately.
After receiving the order to retreat, the intruders could no longer bear the fear in their hearts. In an instant, they panicked and fled backwards like frightened birds. No one could stop them from escaping.
Meng Zhaoxiang, who was watching all this on the city tower, became even more overjoyed, and immediately ordered the generals behind him: "Send the order and have people spread the news everywhere, saying that our army defeated the invading army without sending a single soldier, and made the enemy flee!"
"As you command!"
The general was also extremely happy. With just a few cannonballs, the intruders were defeated. This was also the only major victory since His Majesty personally went out to fight that day. Even today's performance was even more impressive than that day. News of such a major victory naturally spread to the public.
Everyone in the city knows it.
"Everyone!"
Meng Zhaoxiang looked at the soldiers around him and shouted happily to them about their victory: "We have won! The Chu army has been defeated!"
"Victory!"
"We won!"
The soldiers on the city wall shouted victory one after another, and everyone's face was filled with joyful expressions. They all cheered for this great victory, and their inner fear of the intruders also diminished a lot.
The once invincible army was defeated by a few shells and fled like a defeated dog. This scene of great victory naturally inspired them.
"Next time, if the Chu army wants to attack the capital, use cannons to tell them that we are not easy to mess with!"
"Also, the artillery reward is fifty taels of silver per person!"
"good!"
When they heard that there was a silver reward, the artillerymen were instantly elated and very happy. They cheered one after another, and they couldn't help but regret why they didn't fire more cannons faster, maybe they could get more money.
"I would like to inform you that for those who have made meritorious service in defending the city, fifty taels of silver is the minimum. It is possible to kill several more people and hundreds of taels next time!" Meng Zhaoxiang saw how excited the soldiers were, and immediately started again
encouraged.
Today's shelling not only boosted the morale of the army and made the people trust the court, but also inspired the soldiers' desire to kill the enemy. Killing two birds with one stone, the next time the intruders really want to attack the city, the intruders will have an even harder time.
.
"Bring out all the money your Majesty left for me. This money belongs to them."
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"Report to the general, the artillery, siege towers and siege vehicles have already set off and are expected to arrive in Beijing in one day!" A soldier knelt down and reported the situation to Luo Rucai.
At this time, Luo Rucai did not know the news of Liu Ming's defeat. He was very ambitious at the moment, thinking that he would capture Beijing quickly and the first victory would be his.
"Luo Rong, where are the 50,000 troops from the capital camp?"
"Reporting to General, we are stationed ten miles away from Beijing. It can be reached in half a day." Luo Rong, a general beside him, immediately bowed to report.
"Let the army set off quickly and capture Beijing within one day!"
[Author's digression]: This book has been written for more than a month, almost two months.
To be honest, I dare not say how much effort I put into this book, and I dare not say how hard I worked, but I dare say that I did not perfunctory, and I did not consume the readers' emotions.
I am preparing for exams, postgraduate studies, teaching qualifications, and junior high school. I also have to make up lessons for students. It is really tiring, but I have not given up on this book.
I want to write a truly finished book, which is also a novel that I like. Even if this book is average and not excellent, I am still willing to update it.
I hope this book will get better and better. Even if I don't work that hard, I really put in a lot of effort.
Thanks to the readers for their encouragement and corrections. I will definitely make this book better slowly and make this book known to more than just Tadu readers.