Han Bao saw hundreds of armored guards in the distance at a glance. That was all. The key was that the powerful crossbows were aimed at the section of the city wall where they were. This was what frightened Han Bao.
of.
Those were powerful crossbows, just one or two. He could avoid them with his own strength, but they were hundreds of powerful crossbows. When Han Bao saw those hundreds of powerful crossbows, he felt like he was on the spot.
The urge to curse.
This is simply cheating. After such a wave, I am afraid that not many of the hundreds of soldiers who finally rushed up to the city wall will be able to stand there.
Especially at this moment, a group of rebels were entangled with them, but Han Bao saw that the rebel generals did not care about these rebels at all, and were completely prepared to shoot everyone on the spot.
Han Bao immediately killed two soldiers, then used the bodies of the two soldiers as human shields in front of him and shrank into a corner.
Almost at the moment Han Bao ordered all the soldiers to lie down, a wave of arrows shot through the air.
Except for a few people who were quick enough to look for an opportunity to get down, others didn't react at all.
Pfft, pfft
The sound of arrows entering the body was heard, and screams were heard. Han Bao huddled in the corner and relied on the two corpses as human shields to block several incoming arrows. However, Han Bao could only watch helplessly.
Waves of arrows rained down, and 90% of the hundreds of soldiers who originally rushed up fell down.
Only a few people stood there with horrified expressions on their faces. As for the others, they were either shot on the spot or fell to the ground with arrows in their bodies and howling incessantly.
Not only were the imperial soldiers and horses who rushed up the city wall were shot dead on the spot, but even the hundreds of rebels who were originally besieging the city were directly covered.
As can be imagined, these rebels, who were treated as if they were abandoned, were shot dead on the spot by a hail of arrows without even reacting.
These soldiers probably never dreamed that they were fighting in front, but their own people behind them were shot down by a wave of arrows.
It has to be said that the power of the crossbow to clean the ground is really amazing. Just a wave of arrows came down, and the section of the city wall that was originally occupied by the imperial army was cleared.
King Ning was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene, and then he couldn't help laughing, high-fiving and praising: "Okay, okay, good kill! I have the imperial guards in hand, and only the imperial troops, so forget it."
What!"
It can be said that the Forbidden Army's strong crossbow team achieved great success with one blow, and King Ning even praised it loudly. Li Zhenshan's eyes flashed and said: "Your Majesty, the general will lead the imperial guards to drive down the imperial soldiers and horses who have climbed onto the city wall!"
Prince Ning laughed loudly and said: "Okay, I'll help Li Aiqing! Kill him hard for me, let that eunuch Chu Yi know that my guards are not easy to offend."
Li Zhenshan led this imperial guard, and whenever the city wall was occupied by imperial soldiers and horses, he would rain down arrows. It can be said that the effect was astonishing, and the city wall was cleared with a single rain of arrows.
It was just a short cup of tea. On the city wall that was almost several miles long, about ten sections of the occupied city wall were bloodbathed by this group of guards. At least nearly a thousand people finally climbed onto the city wall.
The elite soldiers of the imperial court were shot to death.
Han Bao had no helpers. Even though he had amazing martial arts, he was unable to resist the powerful crossbow and could only get off the city wall in embarrassment.
Under the city wall, Chu Yi couldn't help but frown.
The attack on the city was thwarted, which was somewhat beyond Chu Yi's expectation. After all, the situation was going well just now, and it was possible to conquer Nanjing today, but unexpectedly, this change happened so quickly.
Qi Hu's eyes lit up and he said: "Look, Lord Governor, Han Bao is down!"
Chu Yi said slowly: "It has been said that Han Bao came to see me. I want to see what kind of means King Ning has to force Han Bao, a powerful general, to defeat him in such a short period of time."
If he had not encountered an irresistible force, Han Bao would never have jumped off the city wall on his own.
Han Bao prostrated himself in front of Chu Yi, and said with a bit of self-blame on his face: "I will finally pay my respects to the general manager. Han Bao is incompetent, so please punish him by the general manager!"
After glancing at Han Bao, Chu Yi said calmly: "What exactly is going on on the city wall? Tell me in detail."
Han Bao immediately reported to Chu Yi that the elite army of guards under King Ning's command used hundreds of powerful crossbows to pass by.
Qi Hu couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard this: "What, Prince Ning actually has such an elite team under his command, and they even use hundreds of powerful crossbows at once. This..."
Chu Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, are they the three thousand guards commanded by the guard commander Li Zhenshan?"
With Jin Yiwei's abilities, he might not have the ability to open the city gate, but it couldn't be easier to get information.
Chu Yi still had some understanding of some of the capable officials in King Ning's small court, especially the generals under King Ning.
Li Zhenshan was in charge of three thousand imperial guards. This was indeed mentioned among the Jin Yiwei, but it was only mentioned casually.
Just like the imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty, they seemed to be elite, but in fact many of them were just show-offs.
That is to say, Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi paid great attention to the imperial guards, so the imperial guards in the Ming Palace did not become mere fagots.
But for a long time, everyone's impression of the imperial guards was that they were just fake. Even the Jin Yiwei who inquired about the information had the same view. Therefore, although they knew that there was such a team under King Ning, they did not take it seriously. More
I just regarded it as a showpiece and only mentioned it a little bit in the information.
With a slight smile on his lips, Chu Yi looked towards the city wall with interest and said, "It seems that I have underestimated Prince Ning a little. His three thousand imperial guards are not what they are!"
Qi Hu frowned and said: "Lord Governor, those are hundreds of powerful crossbows. If there is such a group of guards back and forth on the city wall to support them, I am afraid that the army will not be able to stand on the city wall!"
Han Bao even said with tears in his eyes: "General manager, those subordinates of the last general died unjustly. They did not die fighting with the enemy, but were killed by arrows..."
Chu Yi stepped forward and helped Han Bao up with tears in his eyes, patted Han Bao on the shoulder and said: "I will give an explanation to the dead soldiers!"
While speaking, Chu Yi said to Lin Pingzhi on the side: "Lin Pingzhi, pass on the order from this governor and order the artillery to continue bombarding for another hour."
Lin Pingzhi hurriedly went to deliver the order, but Qi Hu and Han Bao were still a little worried.
The rebels on the city wall were not fools. Chu Yi bombarded them with artillery. As long as King Ning hadn't lost his mind, he would definitely have made the guards hide. He couldn't stand on the city wall stupidly and be bombarded.
The city wall of Nanjing is really tall and thick. It would be impossible to blast through the city wall with artillery alone.
Therefore, if Chu Yi just ordered artillery bombardment, it would not solve the problem at all. At most, it would only scare the rebels.
Chu Yi obviously understood this, his eyes fell on Han Bao, and he sighed slightly: "You guys come with me."
Soon Han Bao and Chu Yi arrived at a heavily guarded place among the army.
This place is jointly guarded by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang personnel, and it can be said that it is heavily guarded.
Seeing Chu Yi approaching, the person in charge of the guard quickly saluted Chu Yi.
Han Bao and Qi Hu looked curiously at the things covered under the tarpaulins guarded by the Jin Yiwei and Dongchang people. They were very curious in their hearts. What on earth is here? It is jointly guarded by Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
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All I heard was Chu Yi said: "Open the tent!"
Immediately, several Jinyi guards came forward to open the tent, and they immediately saw iron balls neatly placed in the boxes. They were so densely packed that at a glance, there were at least thousands of them.
Han Bao said in surprise: "This... this seems to be an artillery shell!"
Chu Yi stepped forward and took an iron ball in his hand. He saw that the iron ball was sealed, and only a fuse remained outside. It was the one that Chu Yi ordered the craftsmen from the capital to transform.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty was quite advanced in the development and application of firearms. There were many types of firearms, such as the sky-thundering thunder similar to grenades, the rocket-like divine fire flying crow, etc.
This iron ball is filled with broken nails, iron and gunpowder. Once it explodes, the power can be imagined.
Sky-shattering thunder like this had already existed in the Ming Dynasty army, but because of the power of gunpowder, its lethality was not very great, so not many people paid attention to it.
However, after Chu Yi ordered the craftsmen to modify it, the power of the Thunderous Thunder increased tenfold, and it already had great lethality.
It can be said that the reason why Chu Yi stayed under the city of Nanjing for so long was, on the one hand, waiting for reinforcements, and on the other hand, he was also waiting for this batch of firearms shipped from the capital, including the dozen cannons that were shipped along the Grand Canal not long ago.
Come.
Almost a few hundred meters away from the pile of iron balls, Chu Yi lit the fuse on the iron ball in his hand, and then threw it out. After a few breaths, there was only a roar, a flash of fire, and broken iron.
Splash, within a radius of several meters, was almost completely covered.
"This...this is thunder!"
Looking at that scene, many generals couldn't help but open their eyes wide, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Naturally, they have seen Hongtian Lei before, and they also know the power of Hongtian Lei. However, they have only seen such astonishingly powerful Hongtian Lei in their lives.
Chu Yi looked at Han Bao and other generals and said, "If you have this thing in hand, are you sure you can capture the city wall?"
Han Bao said with excitement on his face: "I only need dozens of these sky-shattering thunders to capture that section of the city wall. I would like to issue a military order."
Soon Han Bao and several generals led their men to take away hundreds of sky-shattering thunders, and once again excitedly attacked the city.
Chu Yi sighed lightly. If he was given another period of time, the craftsmen in the capital would definitely be able to make stronger firearms. It would not be impossible to even produce enough gunpowder to blow open the city gate directly.
