Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 7 7, Huachun's minions blocked the prince, Cilang bombarded the army
Zhu Cihong jumped off the carriage, his boots fell on the muddy ground, splashing water.

Zhu Cihong looked up at the sky. Although it was still covered with dark clouds, the rain had obviously become much weaker.

This is obviously not good news for the Daming army guarding the city.

Wang Chengen has already surrounded him with a group of followers.

"His Royal Highness, the enemy army is attacking the city, so it is better not to go up." Wang Chengen spoke earnestly, with obvious worry in his expression.

Standing here, there is only a city wall separated from the enemy army outside, and the shouts of killing from outside the city wall can be heard very clearly.

On the ground not far away, a few arrows were sticking crookedly, obviously from the handwriting of the army outside the city.

Zhu Cihong laughed: "It's all here, does this palace still have a retreat? Let's go."

I haven't signed in successfully here, which means I can go to the city.

Zhu Cihong had just taken two steps when he was stopped by someone.

An officer led a few soldiers and said with a blank expression: "The admiral eunuch has an order that no one can go to the city except for His Majesty's order."

Wang Chengen, who was behind him, hurriedly opened his mouth and shouted: "You are blind, this is His Royal Highness, don't move!"

After hearing this sentence, Zhu Cihong's mood was a little delicate.

When Wang Chengen said it, why does it feel like Bengong has become that kind of bully villain?
Forget it, don't care about the details.

Zhu Cixiang's expression was gentle and he said to the officer in front of him: "I want to go up and take a look, please get out of the way. My father is also aware of it, but the matter is urgent and His Majesty's order has not been obtained."

The officer hesitated for a moment, obviously flinching, but still insisted: "His Royal Highness, please go to the city after getting the order!"

At this moment, there was a loud noise on the city wall, followed by a burst of exclamation.

"Cannonball! It's the cannon of the bandit army!"

"Hide!"

Zhu Cihong raised his head subconsciously, just in time to find a puff of smoke rising into the sky, and many stone fragments falling from the sky.

Zhu Cihong felt a little anxious, and said coldly: "Get out of the way!"

The officer said: "Prince, no!"

Wang Chengen said suddenly: "You are Eunuch Cao's nephew, right? Go tell Eunuch Cao, just say that I, Wang Chengen, and the crown prince are here, and Eunuch Cao will naturally let His Royal Highness go up."

Zhu Cihong looked at the officer in front of him, and then he understood.

It turned out to be someone from Cao Huachun.

That's fine.

Even if you think about it with your ass, this guy must have a part in Cao Huachun's great cause of surrendering the city.

and so……

Zhu Cihong drew his gun directly.

With a bang, the helmet on the officer's head fell to the ground.

The officer yelled, staggered back, his face pale.

Zhu Cihong blew on the muzzle of the gun, and said flatly: "Do you think that if I kill a guy like you, Cao Huachun and Father will hold me accountable?"

After saying this, Zhu Cihong strode directly towards the city wall steps.

The officer stood on his legs, completely daring to say another word.

Zhu Cihong stepped up the city wall quickly, and the moment he stepped on the city wall, the system sounded.

"Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in. He has obtained an AWM sniper rifle, [-] bullets, S-level sniper shooting skills, and A-level artillery skills. The sign-in task is open: Please ask the host to help the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers repel an invasion attack."

Zhu Cihong was slightly certain in his heart, and began to look around. When he saw the situation in front of him clearly, he couldn't help but gasp.

On the city wall, there are hundreds of guards scattered here and there, some with firecrackers, some with bows and arrows, and some with swords.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Wang Chengen and others followed.

Zhu Cihong turned to look at Wang Chengen, and said coldly, "Why are there so few people?"

You must know that there must be at least a few hundred or thousands of people in this section of the city wall. What is the use of these hundreds of people?

Wang Chengen blushed and was speechless.

Now that Li Zicheng's army is approaching the city, everyone in the capital is in danger, and [-] to [-] percent of the officers and soldiers in the capital camp are missing. Where did the people guard the city come from?
Zhu Cihong asked again: "Where is Cao Huachun, isn't he in charge of guarding the Changhua Gate? Why isn't he here to supervise the battle?"

Wang Chengen was still speechless.

Zhu Cihong's heart burst into flames.

Look at these people in front of them, their clothes are disheveled, they have no command and organization at all, and they hide behind the battlements timidly, lest they be shot by the bows and arrows and cannons of the invading army.

The worst part is that these are warriors who are truly willing to put their lives on the line to defend the capital!

Suddenly, someone shouted again: "The Chuang army has begun to attack the city again!"

Zhu Cilang looked up, and sure enough, outside the city, hundreds of intruders were shouting, holding ladders, and rushing over with siege vehicles.

In the center of these invading troops, a big flag with the word "Liu" is quite conspicuous.

"Liu? Who is that?" Zhu Cihong frowned slightly, and soon thought of a name: "Liu Zongmin?"

Liu Zongmin, that is the number one general under Li Zicheng's command, and also a murderous big devil.

But right now is not the time to worry about this, Chuang Jun is obviously planning to really attack the city, it can only be said that Zhu Cihong's timing is just right.

At this moment, Zhu Cihong suddenly heard a conversation between two officers and soldiers a few steps in front of him.

"Boss Li, let's run away too, there's no one here."

"Run? Where are you going?"

"Let's run wherever others run. Go home and hide with your wife. There is no one in this place, so how can we guard it!"

Zhu Cihong snorted heavily, and said coldly: "Why are you running? Don't worry, you won't be able to attack the army."

One of the soldiers glanced at Zhu Cihong and asked doubtfully, "Who are you?"

Zhu Cihong glanced at Wang Chengen, Wang Chengen immediately understood, and said loudly: "Everyone, our Crown Prince of Daming is here! Everyone fight hard and beat back all the intruders. His Royal Highness and His Majesty will naturally reward you a lot!"

When Wang Chengen yelled, all the officers and soldiers nearby turned their heads and looked at Zhu Cihong, with obvious surprise in their expressions.

"His Royal Highness?"

"The prince actually came here?"

Zhu Cihong took a deep breath, and also said loudly: "My palace is Zhu Cihong, the prince of Ming Dynasty. You are all warriors of our Ming Dynasty. As long as you guard the city well, my palace and father will naturally be rewarded a lot. Promotion and fortune are easy!"

Maybe it was Zhu Cihong's identity that played a role, or maybe it was Zhu Cihong's promise to get promoted and get rich was heard. All in all, although there are still few Ming officials and soldiers on the city wall, their morale seems to be better.

That's all.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said loudly: "The enemy army is coming, you all follow me to fight!"

On the battlements, many officers and soldiers began to lean out one after another, carefully shooting arrows and shooting.

But these people are sparse, and the damage caused to Chuangjun is like drizzle, what's the use?

Looking at the tide-like Chuangjun below the city, and looking at the two or three kittens on the city wall, Zhu Cihong's mood is also a little complicated.

Dignified Daming, has he come this far?
But fortunately, the palace is still there!
Zhu Cihong was about to take out his sniper rifle and find some generals who broke into the army to shoot their heads for fun, when he suddenly heard Wang Chengen's voice from beside him: "Come on, help me fire!"

Zhu Cilang turned his head and saw that Wang Chengen was struggling to carry a shell.

It was only then that Zhu Cihong came to his senses that there were still cannons on the city wall.

Zhu Cihong strode to the side of the cannon. This is a cannon from Portugal. The barrel is long and the wall is very thick. There are cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the cannon body. There are front sights and rear sights. The length is 3 meters, with a caliber of 110-130 mm and a weight of more than 2 tons.

This is the famous Hongyi cannon from Portugal, which is said to have killed Nurhachi in one shot!
This is a weapon of war, but no one is using it on the city wall at this moment, only Wang Chengen has thought of this.

Zhu Cihong took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I'll do it! You guys reload!"

Afterwards, Zhu Cihong began to skillfully operate the front sight and the rear sight, and began to give orders non-stop.

"Put less gunpowder, yes!"

"Okay, let's start the fire!"

"Attention, it's about to launch!"

With a bang, the cannonball shot out of the barrel in an instant, and with huge kinetic energy, it landed in the charging formation of the Chuangjun at the original place, sending more than a dozen Chuangjun to the Palace of the King of Hell in an instant.

Seeing this scene, everyone on the city wall cheered.

Zhu Cihong's eyes flickered, and he said in a deep voice, "Don't stop, keep reloading!"

He could see clearly that there were dozens of shells beside the cannon.

Wang Chengen wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at Zhu Cihuang in surprise: "Your Highness can still shoot/cannon?"

Zhu Cilang glared at Wang Chengen: "How can a man not know how to shoot!"

(End of this chapter)