Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

City head.

The soldiers were already ready.

Divided into two rows.

The soldiers in the first row squatted half-crouched with their waists crouched, and their muskets were placed on the parapet. The muzzles of the muskets were slightly tilted downward, aiming outside the city.

At the rear, there is a row of soldiers, two in a group, with horns containing gunpowder and bags containing projectiles placed next to them.

One soldier is squatting half-crouching while holding a gun, and the other is standing.

This is the best way to defend the city after repeated simulation exercises in Dongfan, the first town of the Army.

Two soldiers working together to load ammunition can load a firecracker within five breaths.

Two firecrackers, and one firecracker in the hands of the first row of soldiers responsible for shooting.

With three muskets, you can almost guarantee that the shooting will never stop.

Passive, in a defensive battle with bunkers.

This tactic can shoot more projectiles per unit time and cause greater damage than three-stage volley shooting.

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Zhu Di stood in the clearing of the city tower cleared by the soldiers after the collapse, looking at the Beiyuan cavalry who began to approach in the distance.

Order: "Let the soldiers raise their shields to defend..."

As expected, the Beiyuan cavalry sent out by Naha should use the mobility of the cavalry to quickly approach, stick to the city wall for about fifty steps, and shoot at the top of the city.

"As long as Naha does not attack the city, we will always defend."

He doesn't know now how long it will take for the main force to arrive.

And when they attacked, they brought more gunpowder and projectiles than artillery projectiles.

But it is also limited.

If at the end of the fight, there are no more gunpowder and projectiles.

The soldiers could only engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Beiyuan Army.

Passive defense is nothing.

A strong army can fight a war with pride and arrogance.

We must also possess the tenacity to endure passively and wait for the best opportunity!

Simply, we conquered the outer city before and collected many shields.

When the craftsmen accompanying the army arrived in Naha with their troops, they also seized the time and used the wood from the city tower to make many wooden shields.

"Your Majesty's order! Raise your shield!"

"Raise your shield!"

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The order was issued to the back of the sheds at all levels.

The soldiers in the first row beside the female wall cooperated with each other and raised the wide and heavy wooden shields on the female wall.

The soldiers in the second row raised the standard shields that captured Bei Yuan.

Rumble…

The deafening sound of horse hooves sounded.

Several soldiers raised shields to protect Zhu Di.

Zhu Di is looking at...

The first group of more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalry rushed towards the city wall and went straight to the eastern section they were defending.

It was just as he guessed.

After the Mongolian cavalry approached seventy steps, more than ten thousand cavalry suddenly drew a beautiful arc, about seventy steps away from the city wall, parallel to the city wall, rushing from east to west...

At the same time, the Mongolians who were good at shooting on horseback bent their bows and set arrows.

Whoosh!

The sound of howling sound was heard, the darkness was overwhelming, and the overwhelming rain of arrows crossed a parabola and fell down.

The soldiers in front of Zhu Di quickly raised their shields.

Bang bang bang...

The sound of arrows hitting the shield clearly reached his ears.

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Two miles away.

Nahachu frowned slightly when he saw this scene, "The Fourth Prince of Ming Dynasty actually wants to be a turtle?!"

Not a single shot was fired.

Passively withstand their rain of arrow attacks.

This is not like the style of the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Whether it was in the eleventh year of Hongwu's campaign across the grasslands, or in this northern expedition, they conquered Zhangbei and the Lower Three Gorges.

The four princes of the Ming Dynasty all showed active aggression.

Mahamu looked solemn and said: "Your Majesty, this is exactly the most terrifying thing about the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty. This man leads the troops and is never affected by emotions. He is always extremely calm and makes the best choice for himself."

Observe when they use cavalry to harass and try to weaken their combat effectiveness with dense arrow rain.

Just choose to be patient!

Nahachu nodded slightly and turned to look at the general behind him, "Did you see the demonstration just now? Just use this to rush and shoot with all your troops! Get closer to the city wall step by step..."

At seventy steps, the first army retreated into a turtle shell, causing limited damage.

He did not believe that after shortening the distance, it would not cause significant casualties to the Army's First Town.

Ever since.

A strange scene appeared.

There was no sound at the top of the city. On the Beiyuan side outside the city, cavalry units of ten thousand people rushed towards the east section, and then rushed past parallel to the city wall, while firing continuously.

Bang bang bang...

The soldiers hid behind wooden shields and listened silently to the dull sound of arrows hitting the shields.

The Beiyuan cavalry outside the city tentatively approached the city wall little by little.

Seventy steps, sixty steps...

inner city.

Haitong and several captains of ten thousand men could not help but frown as they observed the battle situation.

A captain of ten thousand men murmured in a low voice, "Such a fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty is really uncomfortable."

Haitong smiled, but his eyes were fixed on the Army's First Artillery Battalion, which was waiting at the top of the outer city.

The artillery of the Army's first town was light.

Moreover, the artillery operation ability of the Army's First Town Artillery Corps is also very excellent.

At noon, in a short period of time, he asked the Army's First Town to use shelling to damage five artillery pieces.

There weren't many artillery to begin with.

Even the number of artillery in the Army's first town cannot compare.

He didn't want to move to the city and suffer unnecessary losses.

At a distance of a hundred steps, the excellent artillery maneuvering ability of the Army's First Town Artillery obviously completely crushed them.

Rather than doing this, it is better to transport the artillery outside the city.

When the distance is three or four miles.

The power of the Ming army's artillery and the excellent artillery handling capabilities of the artillery.

All of them will be significantly lowered due to the inherent shortcomings of artillery performance.

On the other hand, look at them.

The artillery does not need to be aimed at the army's first town artillery, as long as it is outside the city, it can be aimed at the city wall.

The fourth prince of Ming Dynasty looked like he didn't expect that they had already transferred the artillery outside the city.

It was a plot against the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it's of no use.

The heavy nature of their artillery made it impossible to use artillery carts. Before attacking, they had to build mounds and then the soldiers set up the artillery on the mounds.

Such a long time was enough for the army's first town artillery to turn its muzzle.

This little calculation.

At best, they failed too much with the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty to satisfy their own sense of spiritual superiority.

"Haitong, should we also launch an attack?" a captain of ten thousand suggested.

Haitong shook his head, "Except for the passage leading to the outer city, shooting directly across the Wengcheng will not be of much use..."

The purpose of building the inner and outer cities.

It is to ensure that the enemy can capture the outer city, and the defenders can also rely on the inner city to stop the enemy.

So when building the inner city.

The distance between the inner and outer city is a hundred steps.

At this distance, the power of the bow and arrow dropped sharply.

Their Mongolian bows are not as good as the standard bows in the Ming Dynasty army.

The force a hundred steps away is even weaker.

In fact, even the bow of the Ming Dynasty had very limited lethality beyond a hundred steps.

Of course, the three-stone bow is not included in the calculation.

But how many lieutenants in the army can use the three-stone bow?

"As for attacking from the passage leading to the outer city, don't worry, wait until the prince is outside and the attack on the city becomes fierce before taking action..."

They also thought of some ways to break down the obstacles placed on the passage by Army No. 1 Town.

But this method requires killing with one blow.

Once used, it cannot break down the defenses of the Army's First Town, and it will be even more difficult in the future.

We have to keep taking human lives to fill it!

Therefore, this attack must be the most dangerous in the Army's First Town.

When the captains heard Haitong's plan, they immediately laughed, "The fourth prince of Ming Dynasty is indeed powerful, but this time he fell into such a desperate situation and met you Haitong again, it is a setback!"

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Outer city.

Zhu Di looked at the Beiyuan cavalry, approaching within thirty steps little by little, and turned to tell Tan Yuan: "Let the soldiers in the second row also take fire blunderbuss and push them against the city wall. When the Beiyuan team fires in the next round, all 10,000 blunderbuss will be fired." volley!"

"yes!"

Tan Yuan was slightly stunned. After accepting the order, he left with a smile.

Not to mention the Beiyuan cavalry who were becoming more and more arrogant and lax outside the city.

Even he thought that the prince would endure it forever, thinking that the prince was just consuming the arrows of the Yuan army.

"Your Majesty orders, approach the female wall and fire a volley!"

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The order was given.

In the second row in the middle of the city, the soldiers in groups of two, responsible for loading projectiles, picked up firecrackers and leaned close to the city wall.

"not good!"

Hai Tong was in the inner city, watching the actions of the soldiers of the First Army Town on the outer city wall. His face changed instantly, and he turned around and shouted: "Blow the trumpet! Blow the trumpet to warn the prince!"

too suddenly.

There was no agreed upon secret code.

Now we can only hope that blowing the trumpet as a warning will work.

Woo woo woo...

Rumble…

Urgent horn blasts sounded from the inner city.

Outside the city, a cavalry group of 10,000 units rushed towards the sound of horns without any pause, running parallel to the city wall, bending their bows and charging with arrows from east to west...

"Release the shield!"

One of the camp management leaders who was observing shouted orders.

Immediately, the heavy wooden shield leaning against the female wall was lowered.

Outside the city, Nahachu and the others, who were still suspicious when they heard the sound of the horn, their eyes widened instantly.

"Quick! Blow the trumpet and withdraw the troops!"

Bang bang bang...

As soon as Naha's roar rang out, the sound of fried beans came from the city wall.

Jets of fire.

Smoke rises.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

The dense barrage, before the Beiyuan cavalry could shoot the arrows, was like hail pouring down from the sky.

For a moment, the neighing of war horses and screams could be heard endlessly.

A team of ten thousand people, visible to the naked eye, shrunk by half in an instant.

The surviving Beiyuan cavalry released the arrows hastily, urged their horses desperately, and rushed timidly to evacuate the city wall.

Thirty steps!

The distance is too close!

The soldiers of the First Army Town looked out from behind the parapet wall and looked at the miserable scene below the city. They couldn't help but be stunned.

It was the first time for even them to witness the fire cannon volley with such great lethality!

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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

The captain who was lucky enough to escape with his life rushed back, dismounted from his horse, cried and rushed to Naha, knelt down and choked with sobs: "I have lost more than half of my soldiers because of my humble duty and incompetence!"

The corners of Naha's lips twitched fiercely.

This is not a herdsman cavalry.

They are the elites under his command who specialize in receiving military pay!

There are only three such elite knights under his command!

In this battle, more than half of one of them was killed.

In terms of the number of elite cavalry, no one knew that the Fourth Prince had many cavalry along the way!

Why!

Mahamu sighed silently, "Your Majesty, we have become mentally retarded by the passivity and confusion shown by the fourth prince of Ming Dynasty!"

Before, there were teams of 10,000 people who rushed directly to about twenty steps to shoot.

The fourth prince of Ming Dynasty endured it.

Everyone thought that the fourth prince of Ming Dynasty would endure it like this and consume their arrows.

After all, that captain who disobeyed orders boldly charged in for about twenty steps without causing the fourth prince of Ming Dynasty to fight back!

Who would have thought.

When the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty selected his elite cavalry and approached again, he suddenly launched a volley of fire.

Thirty steps away, too close.

Naha's eyes twitched, and he gradually came back to his senses. With a dark face, he waved his hand to let the defeated commander Wan Fu, who had suffered heavy losses, go down.

Angrily, he said coldly: "Stop the cavalry maneuvering and shooting, cooperate with the cavalry and infantry, and start attacking the city!"

As he spoke, he turned to look at Mahamu, "Mahamu, you will personally command the siege. All generals can be killed if they disobey orders!"

Observe through him.

Mahamu is definitely one of the best generals in the grassland.

Not only the ability to lead troops.

His political ability is also outstanding.

Even if they defeated the Ming Dynasty this time.

It is impossible for the grassland to overtake the Ming Dynasty.

The future grassland needs a strong leader to resist the Ming Dynasty.

He can't.

He is old.

He wanted to give Mahamu a chance to exercise and grow.

Mahamu was slightly stunned, but soon understood Naha's good intentions, and solemnly clasped his fists: "I humbly obey my orders!"

Woo woo woo...

The dull horn sounded solemnly.

Under the command of Mahamu.

A group of Beiyuan infantrymen rushed out first with shovels.

As Zhu Di and others watched, mounds of earth were built and compacted.

Then, dozens of Beiyuan soldiers carried black and heavy artillery and set it up on the mound.

Infantry formations came out from behind the cavalry formations one by one.

"The prince is about to launch an attack on the city!"

"This moment has finally arrived!"

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In the inner city, the captains beside Haitong were talking excitedly.

It was just a warm-up.

It’s just that we don’t know how much the Army’s First Town suffered, but on their side, although the outer city is blocking the way, we can’t see the damage, but I’m afraid it’s not small!

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Zhu Di looked away, waved his hand and dismissed the soldiers around him, "Beiyuan is about to attack the city, let brothers start preparing!"

The order was given.

The soldiers in groups of two at the rear returned and began to load ammunition nervously and orderly.

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Outside the city, Mahamu rode his horse to the artillery position.

He drew his sword and pointed at the city wall, and ordered the general in charge of the eighteen artillery pieces, "Have you seen Zhang Beiqin attack the first army town? Learn from the army's first town and think of ways to knock down several sections of female walls to prepare for the army to attack the city." "

The general smiled bitterly. After accepting the order without confidence, he turned around and ordered: "Let go!"

Boom boom…

Eighteen projectiles roared towards the city.

Seven or eight fell outside the city, four or five flew over the outer city to the inner city, and the rest hit the city wall.

And only one hit the female wall.

Only one dent was made.

The corners of Mahamu's lips twitched fiercely, and he turned around and shouted: "This is how you learn from the Army's First Town!"

Zhang Beishi.

He sees clearly.

The Army's first town only used one artillery fire.

It was done very quickly, with more than 40 artillery pieces and a very high accuracy rate.

The artillery battalion general smiled bitterly, "General, our artillery does not have artillery carriages, and I have long suspected that the artillery in the Army's First Town has achieved some kind of standardization, such as the amount of firing charge, the muzzle elevation, etc... So, our artillery Artillery can only be fired by one school."

Mahamu frowned slightly.

Glancing at the artillery battalion general.

This general is obviously a Yuan soldier of Han origin.

He didn't understand what the standard was.

But it sounds reasonable.

"School shooting as soon as possible!"

Bang bang bang...

Before Mahamu could finish his words, the sound of artillery shelling rang out from the top of the city.

More than a dozen projectiles landed in front of the artillery position.

A cannonball landed not far to the left of Mahamu.

Flying sand flew everywhere.

The war horses were frightened and the men stood up and neighed.

Mahamu finally calmed down the war horse.

He glanced at the crater on the left, his eyes twitching, and then looked towards the city head.

Then he rode his horse to the infantry formation.

He is not afraid of death.

But we don’t have too many expectations for our own artillery.

I'm afraid it won't be long before the artillery position will be enveloped by the army's first town artillery and will be completely lost.

Bang bang bang...

as expected.

While the artillery of the Yuan Army was still firing, round after round of artillery shells hit near the artillery position of the Yuan Army.

The bullet points continued to approach the Yuan army's artillery positions.

Finally in the fifth round.

Seven or eight projectiles fell on the Yuan army's artillery position.

After the Yuan army suffered huge casualties, no matter how the artillery battalion generals shouted, the artillerymen ignored them, abandoned their artillery and fled to the rear for their lives.

Bang bang bang...

Mahamu witnessed with his own eyes that after three more rounds of shelling, the artillery position was completely ravaged.

He shook his head helplessly.

Especially this new type of highly technical military unit.

Things are getting worse on their side.

Look away.

Turning to look at the city, "Fourth Prince of the Ming Dynasty, if we win this battle, I will go to the Ming Dynasty, go to your Dongfan rule, and study hard for a few years!" ’

The battle for supremacy on the grassland allows others to bite each other first.

He wants to go to the Ming Dynasty and study under the rule of the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty first!

Thinking of this, Mahamu gathered his thoughts and pointed his sword at the city: "Send the order, attack!"

Woo woo woo...

The horn sounded more and more urgently.

When I hear it, I can't help but feel restless, anxious, and excited.

"kill!"

Tens of thousands of herdsmen cavalry, led by a few elites, took the lead in rushing out.

Twenty thousand infantry followed.

"Raise your shield!"

At the top of the city, without Zhu Di's orders, Xietong, Biaotong, and Guandai all shouted.

The soldiers in the first row huddled and hid behind the parapet.

The soldiers in the second row grabbed their shields.

After the Beiyuan cavalry rushed fifty steps, tens of thousands of arrows rained down intensively.

The cavalry continued to hit, and the infantry began to approach.

Holding the ladder to climb the city, he passed through the gap between the cavalry and the cavalry, and rushed towards the city wall.

"stand up!"

When the infantry and cavalry were mixed together, the Xietong and Biaotong who were observing the battle situation seized the opportunity and issued orders.

The soldiers in the first row stood up.

Bang bang bang...

The sound of a firecracker hitting the parapet was heard.

"Let it go! Let it go! Let it go!"

Bang bang bang...

While the pipes were giving orders, the fire was blowing out, and the sound of beans being fried was heard.

After the soldiers fired the blunderbuss, they held the blunderbuss backward without looking back.

The soldiers in the second row who were responsible for holding the guns quickly handed over the loaded fire guns.

At the same time, he took over the empty fire gun.

Bang bang bang...

When the sound of firing sounded again, the rear had already started loading projectiles.

A dense barrage of barrages rained down on everyone.

The infantry of the Yuan army happened to be interspersed among the cavalry and rushed towards the city.

For a time, the horses were frightened and the cavalry was confused, blocking the infantry attack.

rear……

Mahamu frowned slightly.

He gave an order coldly: "Order the cavalry to continue shooting and cover the infantry! Order the infantry not to pass through the cavalry, bypass the cavalry and rush towards the city head!"

"Supervise the battle team, go! Anyone who retreats will be killed!"

The fourth prince's army in the Ming Dynasty dared to form a formation and rush forward seventy steps away from the city.

Then the array fired alternately and advanced.

The Mongols must possess this kind of bravery if they want to defeat the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty.

No?

Then kill!

Those who are timid and timid are not worthy to be the descendants of Genghis Khan!

"My lord, you can't fight like this!"

"Your Majesty, I don't feel sorry for Mahamu because he's a bastard. This is not his soldier, so he doesn't feel sorry for me!"

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Behind Mahamu, the generals around Naha looked at Mahamu's 500 elite cavalry, as a supervising team, rushing out, slashing and urging the attack, and they all shouted urgently.

"Shut up!"

Naha shouted coldly, "Aren't these herdsmen and cavalry the reserve troops of the Oara tribe?"

His eyes coldly glanced at the generals around him.

Naha cast his sight forward again.

He supported Mahamu in doing so.

If the descendants of Genghis Khan don't even have the blood and courage of the first army town.

How to capture the fourth prince of Ming Dynasty?

How to win this battle?

Xu Huizu stood beside Zhu Di, waving his sword from time to time to block the incoming sharp arrows.

Looking at the cavalry of the Yuan army outside the city, they suffered heavy casualties, but under the supervision of the war team, they did not retreat even half a step. The infantry held up the ladder and was already close to the city wall.

His face gradually turned solemn, "Brother-in-law, this battle has heated up too quickly!"

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