The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Ning Wang sent troops to launch a surprise attack, and he certainly didn't want to surrender.

Yan Chengjin ordered an attack on the city.

The drums of war were beating, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp and the local soldiers of Nanchang were divided into five posts.

Each post had 100,000 people, led by Yan Chengjin, Zhu Hui, Xia Zhong, Yu Hu and Yang Yangong, and attacked the four gates of Nanchang City.

Yan Chengjin attacked Guangrun Gate, which was the most difficult and important to defend.

"Order the Kongming army to clear the soldiers on the city wall, and prepare the ladder to climb the city!"

Yan Chengjin rode on his horse and shouted to the Tangqi next to him.

The Tangqi quickly rushed towards the Kongming army stationed in the southeast. About a quarter of an hour later, a group of Kongming army floated from the southeast.

Seeing this, the rebels on the city wall seemed to have been prepared and set up seven heavy crossbows.

There was a straight groove on the heavy crossbow to hold sharp and huge arrows, and the crossbow wing was a very elastic shoulder pole, which could be stacked with bamboo pieces on top.

The more you stack, the stronger the power, at least three, at most seven.

The rebel soldiers pulled the trigger, and the huge crossbow arrow whizzed out with great speed.

I saw a Kongming lantern falling from the sky.

The Ranger General Li Zhen was shocked and turned to Yan Chengjin beside him and said, "Sir, it's a seven-branch crossbow. This heavy crossbow can penetrate steel armor and has a range of more than a hundred steps."

I saw Yan Chengjin riding his horse back a few steps and hiding next to the chariot.

Li Zhen had a look of "Damn, you are too cowardly."

The guards and thousand households around him looked at Yan Chengjin with strange expressions.

This kid is wearing armor, riding a black horse, and wearing a sword. I wonder if he really thinks he has the talent to be a general.

Yan Chengjin has studied all the cold weapons of the Ming Dynasty and knows the power of the seven-branch heavy crossbow.

If it shoots this way, it may not be very powerful.

What if King Ning ordered the craftsmen to change it to nine or twelve? We have to be more cautious.

Li Zhen said: "Sir, what should we do? Kong Ming's army can't get close to the city wall at all!"

As soon as the voice fell, several heavy crossbows were fired. It was obvious that there was more than one heavy crossbow on the city wall.

Kong Ming's lanterns were driven by the wind speed and could not avoid it at all. They floated in the sky and became a living target.

In the sky, Wang Yanzhao looked at the city wall in shock.

On the wall of Guangrun Gate, one hundred heavy crossbows were arranged, and fifty heavy crossbows formed a team to fill the gaps of the crossbow arrows, almost hitting the target every time.

"Qian Hu, we can't retreat!" said the personal army next to him.

The sky lanterns under his feet gradually flew uncontrollably towards the city wall.

Wang Yanzhao looked at the ground with a monocular telescope and saw that the leader was Yan Chengjin, so he felt relieved: "Sir Yan will definitely have a way, don't worry."

On the ground, the soldiers did not move.

Yan Chengjin thought for a moment and said, "Bring the horse grass from the army and lay it all under the city wall. Light the cigarette."

The guards rushed over quickly, and tens of thousands of sword and shield soldiers held up steel shields and dragged the horse grass to the city wall.

When the horse grass was fresh, it was harvested from the pasture. After marching for more than half a month, it was neither raw nor cooked at this moment.

Pour kerosene on it, and thousands of bundles of horse grass were ignited. Huge white smoke rose instantly and submerged the entire city wall.

Yan Chengjin looked and saw a vast expanse of white.

In the sky, Wang Yanzhao saw a burst of white eyes rising up, which was blown away by the strong wind before it touched the sky lantern.

But it covered the entire city wall.

"Prepare to shoot!"

The soldiers on Kong Ming's lantern leaned against the rattan frame, pulled their bows and arrows, and shot at the city wall.

A rain of arrows fell from the sky.

On the city wall, wailing was everywhere, and the sound of whistling was heard all around the ears, and then they fell down with a plop.

Most of the soldiers were bandits and had not undergone years of training.

Before the garrison commander gave the order, he threw away his weapons and hid in the horse mask on the city wall.

Qi Yanming turned around and shouted, "Quickly report to the prince, the Beijing camp is attacking the city!"

The scout rushed down the city wall and rode on a horse to rush towards the Ning Wang Mansion.

At this moment, in the Ning Wang Mansion.

Early in the morning, Zhu Chenhao knew that Yan Chengjin was going to order an attack on the city when he learned that the Beijing camp was divided into four routes.

Zhu Chenhao stood next to the sand table, surrounded by counselors.

"Now Yan Chengjin's troops are divided into four routes, and the forces are scattered. If we can go out of the city to capture him alive and kill him on horseback, we will be able to easily defeat the Beijing camp!" said counselor Li Shiying.

Zhu Chenhao also divided the army into five sentinels, each sentry was divided into 28 teams, corresponding to the 28 constellations in the sky.

They were led by Ling Shiyi, Min Ershisi, Liu Liu, Liu Qi and himself.

The 120,000 troops guarded the palace and followed him to the battle at any time.

Liu Yangzheng believed that it was not a good idea to attack Yan Chengjin by force, as the main account must have the strongest military force, so it would be better to defeat the other four sentries first.

However, after Yan Chengjin delivered the letter, King Ning did not trust him as much as before.

At this time, the guards rushed into the hall with a hurried look: "My lord, Guangrun Gate is attacking the city, and the sky is all Kong Ming's army!"

"I expected that Kong Ming's army would be used to attack the city, and the court would suffer countless casualties, right?"

Zhu Chenhao's expression remained unchanged.

Hearing that Kong Ming's army played a decisive role in the battle to destroy the Tatars, he ordered people to make heavy crossbows to prevent Kong Ming's army from attacking the city.

The guards stammered: "After shooting down six sky lanterns, the court lit up white smoke, and the whole city was pitch dark, and arrows rained down..."

Zhu Chenhao's expression was stiff on his face.

Li Shiying asked hurriedly: "Who is the general who attacked Guangrun Gate?"

"No... I don't know."

Everyone knows the power of Kong Ming's army. If they drift into the city and pour kerosene, the consequences will be disastrous.

At this time, the north gate of Nanchang City.

Zhu Houzhao was wearing Yan Chengjin's chain mail, but he didn't wear the chain mail on his face. He reined in his horse and kept swaying in front of the army, with a calm and composed look.

The general who led this sentry was Xia Zhong, who wanted to tie up Zhu Houzhao.

But now, Zhu Houzhao is the emperor, and even Mou Bin dare not do so, he can only persuade.

"The new emperor, please go back to the camp, please don't embarrass me anymore."

Xia Zhong has old and young children, if Zhu Houzhao is crippled, he will definitely not escape the court's punishment.

What he is more afraid of is that Zhu Houzhao will blindly command and cause the soldiers of the Beijing camp to be defeated, and he will also be punished by the court.

He hates why Zhu Houzhao came all the way to him.

Zhu Houzhao is not a person who will listen to advice, and said happily: "Success or failure is mine, as long as you listen to me obediently, I can guarantee your innocence."

Hearing this, Xia Zhong's face turned green, and he looked at Mou Bin next to him, Commander Mou, you should take care of him quickly.

Mou Bin sighed lightly and could only protect Zhu Houzhao at all costs.

"But the north gate is extremely strong, and there are heavy crossbows guarding it. How can the new emperor attack the city?" Xia Zhong looked worried.

Just now, Yan Chengjin sent the Tangqi to pass on the order that there were heavy crossbows and archers on the wall.

To force his way onto the city wall was nothing but a foolish dream.

Zhu Houzhao was delighted: "Don't worry, I have my own way to get them out."

Xia Zhong and Mou Bin looked at each other, wondering how Zhu Houzhao would attack the city.

But the next moment, the two almost fell off their horses.

"Go to the city to inform the garrison commander that the dog emperor Zhu Houzhao has come to Nanchang, open the city gate and attack Zhu Houzhao."

The Tangqi looked embarrassed and looked at Mou Bin, not knowing whether to report.

Zhu Houzhao shouted: "Dog-like thing, go and give orders!"

Twelve Tangqi quickly mounted their horses and rushed to the city, shouting the words they had just ordered.

On the city wall,

Open the city gate and attack Zhu Houzhao? Zhang Bailing looked through a monocular telescope and was shocked when he saw the face of the garrison commander in front of the army.

"It's the new emperor!"

There is absolutely no mistake. When he followed the prince into Beijing, he went to the East Palace to plead with Zhu Houzhao.

This extremely confident temperament, and the face that always has a smile on his face.

It's Zhu Houzhao!

Liu Liu was overjoyed and snatched the monocular telescope: "Let me see, is it the man wearing silver-scaled mail in front of the army?"

"Yes, it's him, go and report to the prince, the new emperor has come to Nanchang."

Zhang Bailing ordered the personal soldiers behind him while snatching the monocular telescope back.

Liu Liu said impatiently: "Open the city gate!"

The second update will be later in the afternoon