Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 247 Chapter 247, Zhu Cihong's cannon opened the way, and Nanyang City was breached in one day

The next day.

After breakfast, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty started to march out of the camp and lined up.

Zhu Cixiang sat in the commander's car with a relaxed expression, holding a small piece of chopsticks that broke during breakfast to pick his teeth.

Gao Dejie quickly came to report: "Your Highness, all the troops and horses are ready."

Zhu Cixiang nodded with a smile and asked Gao Dejie a question: "Old Gao, do you think the enemies in the city are ready?"

Gao Dejie was taken aback by this somewhat inexplicable question, and said, "It should... be done."

Zhu Cixiang shook his head and said: "No, they didn't. Lao Fang, get on the gun!"

Fang Gongqian, who couldn't wait to show his performance, immediately responded with a loud voice: "Your servant takes orders!"

Soon, under the stunned gaze of Gao Dejie and Qin Liangyu, thirty Hongyi cannons were pulled out.

Gao Dejie couldn't believe it: "Your Highness, this cannon..."

Zhu Cilang coughed: "Thirty Hongyi cannons that have just appeared on the scene are all good, and they are genuine."

Gao Dejie was surprised: "But, why have you never seen these cannons?"

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly, showing an inscrutable expression: "If I let you all know, what's the point of being the general?"

Gao Dejie was speechless. After a few seconds, he suddenly understood, and then his face was full of admiration: "Your Highness has a wonderful plan, I admire it, I admire it!"

Zhu Cihong stroked his bare chin and smiled.

Sure enough, you can’t speak too clearly, the key is to make up your mind!

Qin Liangyu was also very surprised. She was silent for a long time, her eyes kept moving on the thirty Hongyi cannons and Zhu Cixiang, not knowing what she was thinking.

Zhu Cilang didn't care what these subordinates were thinking, he waved his hand directly: "What are the artillerymen waiting for? Fire!"

Soon, under the watchful eyes of everyone, thirty Hongyi cannons fired in full swing.

"Boom boom boom!"

The shells fell from the sky and landed on the walls of Nanyang City, not only killing many defenders, but also causing a lot of chaos.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"There are shells, hide quickly!"

"You can't hide on the city wall, let's go down to the city!"

This situation was immediately reported to the defender's general Li Yan as quickly as possible.

"What, the imperial court actually has a large number of Hongyi cannons?"

When he heard the news, Li Yan suddenly felt that the world was really full of malice towards him!

Li Yan had learned the power of the Hongyi Cannon many times with Li Zicheng last year.

It was because he was sure that Zhu Cihong could not have such a heavy siege weapon as the Hongyi cannon, so Li Yan believed with confidence that Nanyang City could last at least a month.

But now...

Li Yan's face was ashen, and he roared: "Continue to send more soldiers and horses, and defend the city wall for me!"

Normally, Li Yan's order would be carried out immediately and resolutely, but today...

One of his subordinates asked Li Yan a question: "General, the enemy army is only firing artillery and not attacking the city. How can we defend?"

Li Yan: "..."

That's right, the Ming army didn't send troops to attack the city at all, they just kept firing cannons.

How do you keep this?
Li Yan fell into great confusion and entanglement.

The shelling of the Ming army continued.

Zhu Cihong crossed his legs, sat on the chariot very casually, and calmly ordered: "Tell the artillerymen, there is no need to save any money, just keep firing, firing, and firing, understand?"

If it is to engage in cold weapon warfare, some strategies and the like are indispensable.

But now, Zhu Cihong is using hot weapons to deal with cold weapons.

This wave has a huge advantage, just go over with A and push it flat!

As a result, a scene appeared on the battlefield that was very inconsistent with the war situation of this era.

Tens of thousands of Ming soldiers just stood and sat quietly, watching the thirty Hongyi cannons continuously bombarding the walls of Nanyang City.

Originally, when a war started, soldiers would bleed and even die, but today's war even made the soldiers yawn.

Even generals like Gao Dejie and Qin Liangyu are in very complicated moods at the moment.

This kind of war is really very different from what they imagined.

Qin Liangyu couldn't help but said, "How long does Your Highness think it will take to break through Nanyang City?"

By now, Qin Liangyu has actually been convinced.

She had been to the front line of Liaodong and fought against Jiannu back then, so she had seen the power of cannons, and she also knew the great reputation of the Hongyi Cannon, the "world's largest cannon".

So now Qin Liangyu's tone is not questioning, but asking sincerely.

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "Actually, I don't know, it mainly depends on the quality of Nanyang City Wall."

As soon as the words fell, a sudden earth-shattering sound came.

Zhu Cixiang subconsciously turned his gaze to the place where the sound came from, and happened to see billowing smoke rising from Nanyang City.

After a while, the smoke cleared and everyone could see clearly.

A certain city wall on the southeast side of Nanyang City could no longer withstand the power of the shelling and collapsed in pieces.

Zhu Cihong groaned, and came to a conclusion: "It seems that the quality of the walls of Nanyang City is indeed very poor."

In the past ten years, this city has been occupied by Zhang Xianzhong, the imperial court, and Li Zicheng back and forth, and wars broke out many times.

When yet another war broke out, the already battered walls were finally overwhelmed and the outright strike quit.

The next moment, Zhu Cihong waved his hand: "Everyone, what are you still doing in a daze? The shelling will stop immediately, beat the drums, and the whole army will attack!"

The gap has been opened, and now is the time for everyone to fight with real swords and guns!
Zhu Cihong's order made everyone wake up from a dream.

Soon, the thunderous drums sounded.

Countless soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were like a tide, waving their weapons and flags, rushing toward Nanyang City.

Everyone was in a very excited mood, with only one thought in their minds.

Go into Nanyang City and snatch more heads, prisoners and wealth!

Zhu Cilang casually threw the "toothpicks" for picking teeth aside, stood up and stretched.

"There is really no pressure to fight this battle!"

Relaxed and freehand, even a little sleepy.

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, the expressions of many generals of the Ming Dynasty next to him were also very exciting.

They clearly knew that His Highness the Crown Prince was pretending to be compared, but after much deliberation, they had to admit that this comparison was indeed pretended by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Qin Liangyu was silent for a long time and was the first to speak.

"The veteran has only heard about His Highness's fighting ability before, but now that he has seen it with his own eyes, he is truly convinced!"

Regardless of whether others are convinced or not, Qin Liangyu is indeed convinced!

(End of this chapter)