Ming Dynasty: The army is forcing the palace, you say that Lao Zhu faked his death

While Zhu Quan was explaining to the soldiers how to use rocket launchers and how to aim and launch, Zhu Di on the city wall received bad news from a scout.

His son Zhu Gaoxu died at the hands of Ning Wang Zhu Quan!

The moment he got the news, Zhu Di felt dizzy and chilled all over.

He stared at the scout in disbelief and asked:"What, what did you say? Are you saying it again?"

The scout had a sad face and had to repeat the news again.

Unfortunately, this approach just reminded Zhu Di of reality again.

Zhu Di felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

Among all the sons, the second son Zhu Gaoxu is the most like him.

Although he is young, he is very powerful and cunning, and he knows how to be flexible.

Therefore, when Zhu Gaoxu went to challenge King Ning, he still had a little hope in his anger.

What if his son shows off his bravery and wins?

What if King Ning underestimated the enemy and let his son seize the opportunity?

Although the possibility is very slim, Zhu Di still has a glimmer of hope in his heart.

But now, the cold reality has completely shattered his last bit of hope.

His son is dead! He actually died!

He was still easily killed by King Ning!

Killed in a one-on-one duel!

Zhu Di, who was extremely grieved, suddenly realized that his understanding of this seventeenth brother was too shallow.

In his previous impression, the Seventeenth Brother was good at military training and resourceful, but he had no outstanding performance in military force.

Even apart from riding and shooting, he had never seen Old Seventeen being good at using any weapons!

Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a master of martial arts!

Who would have thought that a person who has never used force would suddenly reveal this side of him?

Could it be that Old Seventeen has been hiding his strength?

Have you been pretending in front of the brothers?

If that were the case, that would be terrible!

Lao Shiqi is only fifteen years old now. If it's a disguise, when did he start arriving?

Since you were younger?

Martial arts training cannot be successful in just one or two days. It must take many years of continuous training to achieve success.

In this case, it means that Lao Shiqi has been consciously disguising himself since he was a child.

So is Old Seventeen still a human being?

It is clear that he has become a spirit!

The more he thought about it, the more scared Zhu Di became.

He felt that the opponent in front of him was not a brother at all, but a monster he didn't know!

It is really terrible to be an enemy of such a person!

Zhu Di clenched his teeth and felt blood in his throat.

Under the impact of the pain of losing his son and the deep fear, his whole body was on the verge of collapse.

Zhu Di's general, Zhu Neng, saw Zhu Di shaking and almost fainting, so he immediately stepped forward to help him.

"Your Highness, my condolences!"

Other generals also echoed:"Yes, Your Highness, now that the enemy is facing us, we must not panic."

"The enemy is deliberately disturbing the morale of the army. If His Highness is really like this, then he has fallen into their trap!"

Under the comfort of the generals, Zhu Di finally regained some of his sanity.

He looked at the generals and asked:"What do you think this king should do next?"

The generals looked at each other and said anything for a moment.

"Your Highness, we have sprinkled a lot of water on the city wall. The city wall has frozen and the opponent cannot easily attack..！"

"Peiping is surrounded by mountains, making it an excellent place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Your Highness, why not just continue to defend like this."

"Compared with the terrain of Peiping, we are more familiar with it, so it would be better to use Peiping as a base so that King Ning can never come back!"

When many generals were in high spirits, a general named Wang Cong looked troubled and remained silent.

Zhu Di noticed Wang Cong's performance and asked:"Wang Cong, what do you think?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Cong for a moment.

Wang Cong swallowed and finally expressed his opinion with difficulty.

"Your Highness, the general feels that King Ning has great momentum and high morale, so it is better for Your Highness to surrender temporarily just to plan for the future."

As soon as Wang Cong said this, he was immediately violently criticized by other generals!

"What did you say? surrender?"

"Why did you say such demeaning words before the war!"

"Wang Cong, why have you become a coward now?!"

Wang Cong had long expected that his words would be criticized by everyone.

However, the situation is critical and they are all sitting on the same boat.

If they don't tell the truth, the boat will sink. , none of them could escape!

So, despite the angry and condemning eyes of everyone, Wang Cong still expressed his thoughts

"Your Highness, the location of Peiping is indeed easy to defend but difficult to attack, but were the previous cities of Cangzhou, Dezhou, and Jinan easy to capture?"

"The fact that King Ning was able to capture these places quickly is enough to show that King Ning has a sure-fire way to attack the city. What's more, King Ning has fire blunderbuss and cavalry in his hands, which is not easy to deal with."

"The general thought that it would be better for His Highness to surrender for the time being, keep his position secret, and then find a way to start trouble when the time is right."

Wang Cong's words made Zhu Di fall silent.

How could he not know how terrifying King Ning was?

When he arrived at Yingtian that day, just King Ning's musketry team and the cavalry were enough. It frightened him.

However, he was forced to have no choice.

Where else could he go besides Peking?

Those kings were even weaker than him, and they would definitely not dare to take him in.

Even if he united with them, Most of the previous soldiers were handed over to him, and there were no extra troops at all.

Moreover, the other kings may not be willing to help him.

Maybe, in order to survive, they would hand him over.

In short, return to Beiping, with Beiping as his base, was his last choice.

If he didn't come back here and take a gamble, he would have no choice but to take his wife, concubines and children into exile.

How could he accept this?

The same dragon and phoenix Sun, why did he end up like this?

As for the surrender that Wang Cong said, after thinking about it, Zhu Di still couldn't accept it. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Prince Ning has come all the way here He didn't think Peiping would let him go easily.

Once he surrendered, even the last barrier Peiping would be lost!

So, after thinking for a moment, Zhu Di said:"No, you can't surrender. My son has already died in Ning." In the hands of the king, this king has already had a blood feud with him, and we will fight to the death!"

The generals who were originally worried about Zhu Di's surrender suddenly changed their faces and echoed:"Your Highness is wise! Once we surrender, we will all lose Beiping, the last gateway!"

"Yes, it would be better to have a fight with Prince Ning!"[]

The crowd was so excited that they wanted to go out to meet the enemy immediately.

Only Wang Cong among the crowd sighed.

If they don't surrender, they will have to fight to the death.

After the decision was made, all the generals immediately returned to their respective positions, preparing to deal with the attack from King Ning's army.

At this moment, everyone suddenly heard several huge explosions coming one after another!

Like a lightning strike, it landed on the city wall with a loud explosion!

And the moment the sound rang out, the city wall under their feet suddenly shook violently, as if there was an earthquake!

The generals immediately held on to the wall and then stood firm.

When the explosions ended, the generals looked frightened and didn't know why.

They all asked:"What's going on? What happened?""

"I don’t know. Listening to this sound, could it be from artillery?"

The generals immediately stood behind the city wall and looked forward as hard as they could.

Some of them with good eyesight finally saw the strange weapons pushed out by King Ning.

"Look! What are those things that King Ning's army pushed out?"

The generals looked around immediately following the sound.

They saw many square-shaped objects placed in front of King Ning's army.

The objects were the size of a trolley, with wheels underneath and barrels like artillery protruding from above. Those gun barrels were pointed at their city wall.

Smoke was obviously coming out of several of the gun barrels.

Obviously, it was these gun barrels that fired the shells at the city wall just now.

None of the generals had seen such a strange thing.

"What's this? Is it an artillery piece?"

"impossible? How come there is such a small cannon?"

"Yes, that tube looks so thin, how can it be an artillery piece?"

"However, such a big thing doesn’t look like a firecracker!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but frowned as he listened to his general talking about the rare thing that suddenly appeared on the opposite side.

He looked in the direction the general said and saw the magical thing Touman described.

Zhu Di He didn't know what that thing was, but he knew it was anything but ordinary! He suddenly remembered that when he was in the sky, Zhu Quan suddenly took out a bunch of advanced firecrackers.

Not only did they fire fast , , and with the cooperation of the soldiers, it can also fire continuously!

He thought it was Zhu Quan's trump card, but now it seems that it is far more than just that weapon!

Could it be that the thing below is also Zhu Quan's Is it a secret weapon developed in private?

If so, how should he deal with it?!

Zhu Quan, on his side, instructed the soldiers how to use the rocket launcher's wheel to adjust the angle.

Due to the simple operation, the soldiers quickly learned how to operate the rocket launcher.

Not only that, they also quickly mastered the operation of igniting and launching.

Because this operation is simpler than aiming.

The essence is just one sentence, after lighting the fire, just run. It is the same as setting off cannons during the New Year when they were children. There is no difference.

After Zhu Quan explained the evacuation distance to them, they all knew it in their minds. What surprised them even more than the previous continuous-fire cannon was that the rocket launcher could fire 12 shells at a time.

Although one shell The attack power is small, but the power caused by firing 12 shells together is also huge!

No, the test firing by a soldier just now directly punched many big holes in the city wall of Peiping.

Muchun, Zhu Can ( Good King) and others were so excited when they saw how powerful this rocket launcher was.

"Your Highness, is this a new type of artillery? It's so easy to operate! I stood aside and felt like I had learned everything! Zhu

Quan nodded and said:"This kind of artillery is called a rocket launcher. It is small in size but powerful. It can travel with the army.""

When Muchun and others heard the words"You can travel with the army," their eyes brightened even more!

In the past, one of the disadvantages of artillery was that it was too big and heavy.

It was very difficult to carry it with the army.

But it is different now. This rocket launcher can be pulled by a mule and can be brought to the battlefield to move with the army!

The power of this artillery is so great that no matter which city it goes to attack, it is absolutely no problem!

The thought of being able to carry such a lethal weapon in the future Using powerful weapons to fight, Muchun and Zhu Can looked at the rocket launcher with even more intense eyes.

Li Yuanba and Zhao Long were a little dazed.

The previous artillery that could fire continuously was already an extremely powerful weapon for them.

I didn’t expect that His Highness could come up with something more powerful!

Li Yuanba, who had always been proud of his supernatural power, suddenly felt insignificant at this time.

If he were the enemy of Prince Ning, facing such a weapon, even if he could carry the cauldron, There was no way to deal with this kind of weapon. Zhao Long was even more frightened when he saw this scene.

Fortunately, he surrendered early, otherwise His Highness would use such weapons to attack Dezhou that day. He would not be able to stop it. I am afraid that the entire Dezhou They were all bombed into a hornet's nest!

And his life will be directly bombed to death by this rocket launcher!.