Thump!
The expanding gas rushed out of the cannon barrel and rubbed against the air, producing a deafening muffled sound!
The body of the cannon jerked back violently, causing dust to rise. Zhu Youjian felt as if the ground under his feet had been electrocuted. His legs were numb from the shock, and he almost lost his balance.
The cannonball screamed as it flew towards the city wall in the distance.
The civil and military officials who participated in the extermination knew that this was the last battle to pacify Xu Hong Ru and also the last chance to earn military merits. If they did not work hard, they could only watch as others were promoted and made a fortune.
"Your Highness Prince Xin wants to take down Teng County with a cannon and take the first credit, it's just a fool's dream!”Yang Zhaoji's son-in-law, Zhou Shixi, looked at the artillery position in the distance and said sarcastically.
"Brat, you think you don't know the immensity of heaven and earth just because you've read a few military books, and you still dare to command this old man to fight! Humph!" Yang Zhaoji snorted coldly. He hoped that the city wall of Teng County could hold on for a few more days to dampen the young prince's spirit.
But…
Boom!
A ball of fire exploded on the city wall of the west gate of Teng County. Then, the seemingly indestructible stone wall collapsed like paper!
"Impossible!" Yang Zhaoji hurriedly rubbed his eyes and snatched the telescope from his son-in-law's hand. He pulled it to its maximum length and narrowed one eye to observe the distance!
"Just one shot and the city wall collapsed?”
"This, this, how did the walls of Teng County get built? Why are they so brittle? They must have cut corners!”Zhou Shixi stomped his feet in anger." Commander Father, immediately give the order to charge in. If Xu Hongru escapes, we won't be able to get anything!”
"Report!"
Just as Yang Zhaoji was about to give the order to attack the city, a foreigner from the East Chamber rushed over from afar." Pass down the order of General Pinglu and Prince Xin. Don't stop the bombardment. Don't attack the city!"”
"This is too much!" Yang Zhaoji's eyes were about to spew fire. So we're not allowed to move, and you're just watching your own troops attack the city and snatch the credit?
Shameless!
"Cao Wenzhao, immediately lead the rifle team to the breach in the city wall. We must stop the fleeing rebel soldiers.”
"Yes, sir!" Cao Wenzhao received the order and led two hundred musketeers to the west gate.
Zhu Youjian's goal today was very simple. As long as he captured Xu Hongru, he would be done.
Snatch credit? Whether it was Yang Zhaoji or Zhao Yan, they were all subjects of the Zhu Ming Dynasty. He couldn't wait for these people to charge forward and kill the enemies to receive rewards and fight for a good future.
He did this because he was afraid that the army would surround him and cause chaos. The bandits would take advantage of the chaos to escape and poison the area. Secondly, he wanted to test Cao Wenzhao's commanding ability.
As expected, seeing the city wall being blasted open by the artillery shells, Xu Hongru panicked and ordered the rebel soldiers to repair it as quickly as possible!
However, the artillery fire continued to rain down, killing batch after batch of the rebel soldiers.
The other walls were quiet. Tens of thousands of Ming soldiers surrounded the small Teng County, but they targeted the west gate and bombarded it.
Even a fool would know why. The enemy commander's goal was very clear. He wanted to kill all of them!
"Your Majesty, if we don't take advantage of the chaos to rush out, once the western wall collapses and the soldiers charge in, we won't be able to survive!”Prime Minister Meng Xianhan urged.
"Prime minister, please be my vanguard!”Xu Hongru looked back at the past and sighed deeply.
If he hadn't dealt with Zhu Youjian in Dongchang back then and had directly sent his troops out of the capital, he wouldn't have ended up like this!
It was all Zhu Youjian's fault!
"Your Majesty, take care. I'm leaving!" Meng Xianhan knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to him. He turned around and left the Teng County government office. He ordered three thousand rebel soldiers to charge straight for the breach in the western city wall.
"Firearms Squad, get ready!"
Just as everyone took a step out of the city wall, countless bullets came flying at them. Like wheat being cut, they instantly swept away a large number of rebel soldiers!
"Don't be afraid, kill your way out!" Meng Xianhan knew that it was complicated to load a handgun, so he drew his saber and raised it in the air." There's a way out if we get out!”
However, before he could finish his sentence, a second row of bullets flew over!
Yang Zhaoji held his telescope and looked at the rows of soldiers that had been swept down. Although there were many soldiers, Cao Wenzhao's firearms were extremely fast, more than ten times faster than handguns!
Half an incense's time had passed, and corpses piled up below the western city wall. The three thousand rebel soldiers were all dead or injured, but not a single one of them had stepped out of the city wall!
"Prince Xin's firearms are invincible!”Yang Zhaoji wiped his sweat and put away the telescope. He finally made up his mind.
"Order the soldiers to attack the city!"
" But His Highness Prince Xin has ordered the cannon to continue firing…"
"If we wait any longer, the military merits we have will be gone!”Yang Zhaoji stomped his feet in anger, got on his horse, and drew his saber." Erlang, follow me into the city and capture the bandit leader, Xu Hongru!”
"Kill!"
When the western wall moved, everyone was shocked. All parties charged forward, wanting to capture Xu Hong Ru and take the credit.
At that time, he might even be granted the title of Marquis.
"Nonsense!" Seeing Yang Zhaoji's army charge forward, Zhu Youjian stomped his foot in anger. This disrupted all his plans.
Originally, he wanted to create an opening at the west gate and use it as a base point to continuously exhaust the enemy's effective strength. The surrounding Ming army could be used to monitor and prevent the rebel soldiers from escaping.
However, with Yang Zhaoji doing this, it would become a flower blooming in all directions. At that time, it was difficult to guarantee that there would not be rebel soldiers running out and harming the village.
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