Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 282 The Great Ming Frontier!The enemy is coming!
"You can share more land. For example, if you have ten acres of land at home, you will be given [-] acres of land in Liaodong. It will be exchanged at a rate of [-]:[-]. If you don't have land, you will get [-] acres of land for registration!"

It was Liu Bowen who had the fastest thinking, and both Zhu Han and Li Shanchang agreed.

"You can also exempt the tax for the first three years." Li Shanchang also thought of a way to benefit the people.

Zhu Han also thought of something, "There are still many barbaric tribes in the local area, such as the remnants of the barbarian Jurchens in the northeast mountains and forests. These sent troops to wipe them out first, control them all, and directly make them servants of the government. Serving the Han people who migrated there."

"Another one is to encourage the people who migrated to give birth. After all, the Liaodong and Western Xinjiang areas are still very large. The more Han people there are, the more it will help us control the frontier. Every Han man who migrated can get a Officially compensated Korean women, or Japanese women, try to solve the bachelor problem as much as possible!"

"His Highness Shengming!"

Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen said quickly.

At this time, Zhu Han and the others felt that the frontier was already peaceful after the Mongols had been beaten away, and the remaining thing was to find ways to enrich the northeast and northwest frontiers.

They didn't know that Yili City, an important frontier town in the northwest, was surrounded by heavy siege.

The Western Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty is also the Xinjiang of later generations.

Tens of thousands of troops from the Western Chagatai Khanate, led by the lame Timur, suddenly invaded Daming and surrounded Yili City, an important town in western Xinjiang.

The Ming army led by Xu Da had less than 5000 defensive troops. Facing an enemy ten times larger than his own, many local common people and merchants fell into panic.

While Xu Da sent his own soldiers to the rear to mobilize reinforcements, he calmly prepared to defend in Yili City.

Since Wang Baobao led the Mongolian Yuan army to migrate to the west, the lame Timur and other local Muslim forces in Hezhong took the opportunity to revive.

They quickly filled the vacancy left by Meng Yuan, and became more and more courageous, launching a sneak attack on the territory of Ming Dynasty without declaring war.

"As long as you take Yili City, you can go east to capture Yilibali and get the entire territory of Chagatai!" Timur, the cripple, looked at the surrounded Yili City with a smug smile on his face.

Now my army is ten times that of the Ming army, and it is easy to capture Yili City.

but.

There is a lot of wealth and food in Erie, if it can be persuaded to surrender.

Then all of these will become spoils of war, and for the lame Timur, the logistical supply problem can be solved immediately.

In order to achieve this goal, the lame Timur sent his own brother Hassan to persuade the Ming army to surrender obediently.

When Hassan came to the outside of Yili City under the protection of several personal shields, the Ming army at the top of the city had already aimed their artillery at him.

"You ignorant barbarian!"

Xu Da stood at the top of the city, staring disdainfully at the yelling general Xichahetai outside the city.

Then he picked up the torch and pointed it at the cannon's fire door.

boom!
A loud bang.

A solid bullet shot out!

Hassan, who was fifty steps away, never thought that the Ming army would open fire on him who persuaded him to surrender, and he was completely unprepared.

In an instant, Hassan and the guards around him fell to the ground gushing blood.

Timur, commander of Xichahetai, couldn't believe his eyes.

"Hassan!"

Timur only felt a mouthful of anger rushing straight to his forehead, and he felt dizzy for a while.

"My lord, my lord!"

"My lord!"

Timur fell off his horse with a thud, and the surrounding Xichahetai generals rushed up to help him.

Fortunately, Timur was as strong as a cow, and he was not injured when he fell from his horse.

However, the anger in his heart could not be vented.

"My brother, Hassan!"

Timur said harshly.

"Come on, give me artillery to attack the city, and send someone to take Hassan back!"

Xichahetai outside the city has mobilized its artillery.

Dozens of cannons, large and small, all pointed at the head of Yili City.

The Yili defenders and the young adults were shocked again.

The number of artillery in Xichahetai is much more than theirs. The Ming army only has ten artillery pieces.

"Hmph, don't be afraid, Ma Zilu took aim at me and hit me hard!" Xu Da ordered.

Ma Zilu is an artillery officer in Xu Da's army. He graduated from the Daming Artillery Military Academy. He is an elite in the army that Zhu Han has personally praised.

The artillery position of Xichahetai outside the city is very close to the city wall, which shows that their range is not far enough, and it is basically covered by the artillery range of the Ming army.

Although the caliber of the artillery of the Ming army is smaller, its accuracy and range are far above that of Xichahetai.

"Obey, my lord!" Ma Zilu immediately excitedly took the order and left.

The artillery of the Ming army not only has good accuracy and long range, but is also lighter and can move quickly on the top of the city under the traction of manpower.

The Xichahetai artillery outside the city has not yet set up its emplacement, but the Ming Army artillery at the top of the city is ready to fire.

Ma Zilu ran over and said.

"My lord, the artillery is ready!"

Xu Da smiled slightly, "Light it up."

Boom!

boom!
At this time, Timur, the coach of the Xichahetai Army outside the city, was full of confidence in Xichahetai, who was deploying artillery.

"The artillery this commander mobilized this time is the essence of all the heavy artillery in the river. This time we conquer Yili, we will definitely slaughter the city and avenge my brother!"

Hassan's body had been snatched back by the desperate charge of the elite Xichagatai cavalry.

The other Xichahetai generals also expressed their agreement when they heard what Timur said.

suddenly.

The sound of cannons above the city of Yili interrupted the speech of these people.

Timur and others turned pale with fright.

However, before they had time to react, they saw a few white smoke flying over the city of Yili.

boom!
Waves of loud noises sounded from the artillery position of Xichahetai.

Ah!
what! !

A sound of screams spread immediately.

A cannon weighing more than a thousand catties in Xichahetai was knocked over on the spot.

Several Xichahetai gunners had no time to dodge, and were smashed to pieces.

There was a panic in the Xichahetai position.

"How is this going!"

Timur could hardly believe his eyes.

According to Timur's experience in fighting the Mongols, it is impossible for ordinary artillery to be so accurate!
After just a few shots, seven or eight artillery pieces were knocked down by Ming army artillery.

"Why are you so accurate?!" Timur was shocked and angry.

The Xichahetai cavalry charged desperately just now and snatched Hassan's body back. They were about to launch a salvo of artillery to show the Yili rebels some color.

But I never thought that the Ming army would take the lead in launching the attack!

"My lord, the thief must be lucky!"

A Xichahetai general said beside him.

"That's right, my lord, as long as we speed up a bit, we will definitely make the Ming army defenseless."

The rest of the Xichahetai generals also spoke one after another.

The artillery they brought this time is almost a collection of all the elite artillery in Xichahetai.

Once they start launching, the little city of Erie is impossible to resist.

As long as the city wall of Yili is broken, nearly [-] warriors from the Xichagatai Khanate will flock in and kill.

"Command, hurry up and fire the cannon!" Timur shouted loudly.

"As ordered!"

Following a burst of orders, the Xichahetai Artillery, which had just suffered a round of shelling, began to do its best to arrange artillery and prepare to fire.

On the head of Yili City, the accurate hit just now caused the defenders to cheer happily.

"Daming Shenwei!"

"My Ming is blessed by God, the Western Thieves are vulnerable!"

"Haha, my lord can command well, and the western bandits will definitely lose in this battle!"

Xu Da ordered next to Ma Zilu to let the gunners continue to prepare to fire.

The artillery of the Ming army used advanced wide cannon carriages, which could be quickly reset for firing.

"My lord, the Xi thief is also ready to fire." Ma Zilu pointed forward with his hand.

I saw the Xichahetai gunners there, regardless of the wounded soldiers around them, and began to adjust the artillery.

at this time.

The artillery of the Ming army was ready to fire again.

"Since they don't know the danger yet, let's remind them again." Xu Da said disdainfully.

"Of order!" Ma Zilu replied excitedly.

Boom boom boom!
boom!
There was another roar of cannons, and five or six cannons in Xichahetai that were just about to be fired were knocked to the ground by Ming army's twelve-pound cannons.

This time it wasn't just the loss of artillery, a shell bounced off the hard ground.

It formed a ricochet that flew randomly, got into the infantry behind, and cut off the heads of seven or eight Xichahetai infantry before stopping.

The tragic casualties immediately caused a commotion.

The face of Xichahetai coach Timur was already blue with anger.

He was shocked and angry in his heart!
The artillery of the Ming Army at the head of Yili City and the artillery in his hands are simply two different things.

The artillery of the Ming army has already fired two rounds, but the artillery of Xichahetai has not fired even a single shot.

"Come here, send me an order. If our gunners have not fired before the Ming army fires again, all artillery teams with more than [-] households will be beheaded!" Timur ordered angrily.

With this order, all the artillery officers of Xichahetai panicked.

I don't care about the amount of gunpowder or the accuracy, and everything is about speed.

Boom!

boom!
Another burst of artillery roared.

Clouds of white smoke rose outside the city, and the defenders on the top of the city ducked down to avoid it.

However, after a burst of roaring artillery, the city wall of Yili was only smashed with a few white spots, not even the slightest dent.

"Hmph, these Xicha Hetais are in a hurry, it's shameful to dare to come out with such a little power."

Xu Da took a look and smiled.

"My lord, I see that the Xichahetai formation is already in a panic, and if we come back twice, there will definitely be chaos." Ma Zilu said.

"Haha, okay, Ma Zilu, if you can command the gunners and destroy ten Xichahetai artillery, I will give you credit and promote you to Qianhu." Xu Da said loudly.

Hearing this, Ma Zilu suddenly felt a sense of pride.

"Don't worry, my lord, the general will definitely complete the military order!"

"Damn it, if I, Ma Zilu, become a thousand householder, then I will be well-off!"

Several artillery pieces of the Ming army were quickly calibrated and aimed again.

"put!"

With an order, the roar of the artillery sounded again at the head of Yili City.

The formation of the West Chagatai Army suddenly fell into riots.

As soon as many gunners saw the white smoke coming out of Yili City, they immediately lay down on the ground and did not dare to move, or dodged to the sides to avoid the position of the artillery to prevent disaster.

After two rounds of artillery, eleven Xichahetai artillery were destroyed, and more than 20 people were killed.

In the entire Xichahetai formation, all the artillerymen were already panicked and did not dare to continue firing at all.

Seeing this, several Xichahetai generals had no choice but to persuade Timur.

"My lord, it's better to let the artillery back a little bit, the bandit army is too accurate, and no one dares to move forward."

"Yes, my lord, step back a little and increase the amount of charge, and you can still bombard Erie City."

"My lord, step back a little, or I'm afraid the morale of the army will be shaken."

Timur's face was pale, but he had to accept these proposals.

In just a few rounds of shelling, more than 20 Xichahetai artillery were destroyed. If there were another ten or eight rounds, the entire army might be wiped out.

"Eighty steps back!" Timur said unwillingly.

The distance of eighty steps is almost equivalent to 150 meters.

This is already beyond the effective range of the three-pound gun, and it is only luck to hit the target.

The only two twelve-pound guns were barely able to fire.

"My lord, it's too far away, should we continue?" Ma Zilu said while lying on the top of the wall.

Seeing Xicha Hetai retreating, Xu Da shook his head.

"No, I don't believe they can come from such a long distance."

The artillery of Xichahetai is not as good as the new artillery in Xu Da's hands in terms of craftsmanship and materials.

The shells fired at such a long distance can only scrape the city wall of Yili.

but.

The artillery of the Yili defenders stopped roaring, but Xichahetai refused to stop.

Regardless of the objections of the artillery generals, Timur forced the gunners to load more gunpowder, without any understanding of the bombardment.

The Xichahetai gunners had no choice but to risk more than half of the gunpowder.

"Whoever's artillery can't hit the city wall of Yili, the first time is the army club, and the second is to behead!"

A group of Timur's Xichagatai soldiers shouted loudly behind the gunner.

Even if the gunners were reluctant, they would not dare to disobey in the slightest. Timur's butcher knife was merciless.

With an order, Xichahetai issued an order to fire and fire.

Boom!

A loud noise sounded in front of the Xichahetai position, and huge smoke rose up.

"what happened!"

Coach Timur's ears rang from the shock.

He immediately turned his head to look.

I saw several artillery guns in Xichahetai were in a mess, and a group of soldiers were also blown to death with bleeding from their mouths and noses.

Many soldiers were seriously injured, wailing in pain on the ground.

"My lord, explode the chamber!"

A Xichahetai general held his helmet and said with fear on his face.

"Explode the bomb!?" Timur was instantly annoyed.

Because the distance is too far, if you want to hit the city wall of Erie, you must load more gunpowder.

However, the fragile barrel couldn't bear the excessive pressure at all, and it was blown to pieces in an instant.

(End of this chapter)