Traveling Through the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: The Ming Zun Zhang Wuji

Chapter 662 The Battle of Jinling
What Zhao Min and Li Siqi said was just helping Zhang Wuji justify his "cruel methods."

If you want to take down the tall and strong Jinling City, firearms are definitely indispensable.But once these siege equipment are used, the people in the city will inevitably pay a heavy price in casualties.

This will be criticized by everyone in the world, so we need someone who can take responsibility.

With these words from the two of them, Zhang Wuji's guilt was relieved a lot.However, the two of them were right. This time Li Siqi and Liu Futong joined forces and did not catch King Ruyang's main force in the decisive battle.Although Yuan Ting is injured now, his energy is still there.If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang, they wouldn't have let King Ruyang's army escape.

Afterwards, everyone discussed some specific details. After the discussion was completed, the general attack plan for Jinling City was also determined.

One is Zhao Pusheng's warship on the Yangtze River, using the artillery on the warship to constantly harass Jinling City.

Lan Yu was appointed by Zhang Wuji as the vanguard of this attack. He could capture Jinling at any cost.

In short, in one sentence, Jinling City must be captured within three days.

Now some people are happy and some are worried.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the wall of Jinling City, overlooking the Ming army troops surrounding him and the gunboats on the river.

His body was trembling and he said: "It's over! Everything is over! I regret listening to Hu Weiyong's words."

At this time, Princess Ma came to Zhu Yuanzhang with her children, and she put a robe on Zhu Yuanzhang.

Princess Ma said: "Your Majesty, it's getting cold. I need to put on more clothes."

Faced with his wife's thoughtfulness, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh.Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Madam, I have failed you eight times after all. If it were me"

Zhu Yuanzhang still regretted that he did not surrender to Zhang Wuji at that time.

When Princess Ma saw Zhu Yuanzhang like this, she raised her hand and gave him a loud slap in the face.

Zhu Yuanzhang covered his cheek and said angrily: "Are you crazy!? Why did you hit me?"

Seeing their parents "fighting", Zhu Yuanzhang's sons suddenly started crying.But Princess Ma ignored them.

Princess Ma said: "I was willing to marry you at the beginning because I admired your heroic spirit. How did you become like this now? After the city is broken, there is only death. A real man should act openly and aboveboard, so there is no regret or lack of regret. ?”

As she spoke, Princess Ma grabbed the hands of the two children beside her and said, "Your Majesty! If the city is broken, I will take the children with you on the road."

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more moved when he saw this, and then he hugged his wife and children tightly.This may be the last battle of his life. No matter what the final result of this battle is, he must take it seriously.

After Zhu Yuanzhang saw off Princess Ma, the horns from Zhang Wuji's side also kept ringing.Hearing the roar of the horn, the soldiers stationed in Jinling City were trembling with fear.

But soon everyone adjusted their status under the supervision of their respective generals, and planned to fight to the death with Zhang Wuji.

Lan Yu drank tea and stood on the general platform and commanded the army's attack in a leisurely manner, while Tang He panicked and commanded the army to defend the city.

Nowadays, the offense and defense have changed shape, which is quite emotional.

After a small-scale trial, Lan Yu had a general understanding of Jinling City's defense strength.With a wave of Lan Yu's hand, the real siege began.

The first to take action were the gunboats on the river. Zhao Pusheng ordered the gunboats to line up, and in an instant countless cannonballs poured down towards Jinling City.

Although the range of many artillery pieces is simply not enough, and cannot even reach the walls of Jinling City, Zhao Pusheng's artillery attack is not aimed at siege, but to completely overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum and psychologically shock the opponent. .

Although Zhao Pusheng's artillery rarely hit.But the purpose of shocking people was achieved. Many people were afraid that the Ming army's attack on the city would blow them up.

Zhao Pusheng's three-axe round was over, and it was Zhang Dingbian's turn.

Zhang Dingbian used all the siege equipment brought back by Liu Futong and others.

Returning to the cannon, the catapults continued to hit the walls of Jinling City, and some stones directly hit the houses in the city just like that day.Many people were killed because of the huge rocks and cannonballs thrown in by the Ming army.The shouts of killing outside Jinling City shook the sky, but inside Jinling City there were wailing sounds all over the place.

Zhang Wuji couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the fierce confrontation between the two armies.

The big scene in front of him was approved by him, but seeing countless people die because of it made him feel very sad.

Zhao Min stepped forward to comfort him: "Brother Wuji, don't look at it. There is nothing we can do about it. We were too gentle before, so that we only gained reputation but did not establish authority. This is a good thing. Let’s start. If you want to secure this world, you still need necessary iron-blooded methods.”

Zhang Wuji did not refute Zhao Min this time, but looked at the fire in Jinling City, and then said: "Maybe you are right."

Under Lan Yu's fierce offensive, it didn't take long for Jinling City's defense to be destroyed by the Ming army's equipment.But after prying out the flaws in the city wall, Lan Yu ordered the attack to stop.

Seeing that Lan Yu's offensive had stopped, Zhang Dingbian also stopped.

However, Zhang Dingbian was very puzzled by the behavior of Lan Yu's troops. Just as the troops were retreating to recuperate, Zhang Dingbian mounted his fast horse and quickly arrived outside Lan Yu's camp.

Zhang Dingbian stood outside Lan Yu's tent and dismounted gracefully.

Zhang Dingbian did not stop, and went directly into the tent and came to Lan Yu and asked: "General Lan! What's going on? Why did your attack stop?"

Seeing Zhang Dingbian's arrival, Lan Yu was also very polite. He stood up and said, "Commander Zhang, please be patient. If you have anything to do, sit down and talk."

Zhang Dingbian heard this and sat down with dignity.

But he still urged Lan Yu to continue the attack. He said: "Your Majesty only gave us three days to capture Jinling City. It is almost two days now. We have not yet broken through the outer city wall. If we delay any longer, we will But we will live up to His Majesty’s expectations.”

Lan Yu heard this and said: "Commander, there is no need to be anxious. Even if we fail to capture Jinling within the limited time, the Emperor will not blame us. On the contrary, if we continue to fight like this, there will be too many casualties among the people in the city. Your Majesty will I will punish our sins. Now I have dug several holes in the wall of Jinling City. There is no need for these siege equipment. Therefore, I came back to organize the troops. After recharging my strength, I personally led the troops to attack. In the city, I personally took off the head of Zhu Yuanzhang and presented it to His Majesty as a gift for his return to the throne."

Then Lan Yu truthfully informed Zhang Dingbian of his plan to enter the city and how he needed the cover of the army.

After Zhang Dingbian listened, he nodded silently, then raised his hands and said, "In that case, it's all thanks to the general. If this battle is successful, the general should be credited with the first credit."

(End of this chapter)