my days with tyrants

Chapter 293
Of course, Yang Feng had nothing to say about His Majesty's personal expedition.

Just let him do it!
However, with the current level of His Majesty's guards, it is indeed difficult to be assassinated.

Now the guard system has been reorganized.

The first is the guard.

They are called bodyguards, a hereditary guard formation specially formed, and there are 1000 people on duty every day to protect the emperor. The ones selected are absolutely capable of playing.

The second brocade guard.

In fact, it is various ceremonial guards, intelligence along the way and other chores.

But it can also fight.

In fact, the combat power is not weak.

The third pro-army.

That is to say, the combat troops selected by the guards of the pro-army, including infantry artillery, the core is four infantry phalanxes, roughly equivalent to a brigade-level combat unit of the Shenji Battalion.

Just like when Yang Feng led the expedition to Samarkand.

The entire accompanying team was more than 1 people. Under this level of protection, it is really difficult to have a chance to assassinate the emperor. What's more, there are no real elites in Suzhou except those brought by Liu Rong.As for the reason why Wu Shouan was unable to break through for a long time, one reason is that his logistics has been intermittent, and the other reason is that he is likely to be bribed.

It's not to bribe him to defect.

Then Shenjiying would kill him without hesitation.

Instead, he bought him to procrastinate under the city of Suzhou, which was easy for him.

As for the money to buy him...

This is also very easy for Suzhou gentry.

This kind of thing is also very normal. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the gentry in Yangzhou still wanted to bribe us with 30 taels to not enter the city!However, Master Qing feels that this kind of money is worthy of receiving, so we might as well go in and get it for ourselves!

As for Liu Rong...

Zhu Di would not allow them to kill the emperor.

After all, if the emperor was really going to be killed by them, those who knew the truth would think that he ordered it. It is normal for him to send his subordinates to help Zhu Yunqi raise troops in Suzhou. After all, the current situation is to see who can last longer until the opponent's backyard catches fire.

But the nature of killing the emperor changed.

The latter was persecuted by his younger brother to help Zhu Yunqi, and he had already killed the king of Xiang. As the oldest living elder, he can be said to be the patriarch.But if he killed the emperor, it would only prove that he himself was the one who was really ambitious and tried to seize the throne of his nephew. In that case, it would be difficult for him to be supported.Especially the vassal kings who followed him to overwhelm the emperor. If they could be exchanged, they would have to exchange for Zhu Yunqi, who had promised to guarantee their interests, but Zhu Di became the emperor.A strong emperor like Zhu Di is also not a good thing for the feudal lords. Only weak emperors are in line with their wishes. Now their purpose of following Zhu Di is to change Zhu Yunxi from a strong emperor to a weak emperor.

But Zhu Di wants to be himself?
Then his younger brothers would abandon him without hesitation.

In short, Yang Feng is no longer interested in taking care of the affairs in the south.

He went south after Kaiping.

Before he arrived at the Xuan Mansion, Princess Gu had already sent someone to greet him, or rather to welcome Ambassador Yang. After all, we are all relatives, and this is also my brother-in-law. Although they are not married yet, since Ambassador Yang said that there is already a fact...

Uh, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, in this case, the natal family can actually beat him to death directly.

Daming laws like this try to gain recognition by cooking raw rice and cooked rice, the natal family has the right to kill Ambassador Yang directly, but since the natal family has no ability to kill Ambassador Yang, they have to accept the fact.In short, Princess Gu sent guards and generals to welcome her brother-in-law in Zhangjiakou Fort, and then Ambassador Yang and Ri Nanhou's army entered the Xuan Mansion. Before that, they raised troops against the court's Gu Fan guards and the three guards of the Xuan Mansion. .And Yang Feng also promised them that he would contract their military supplies in the future, and persuaded the emperor to abolish some of the guards, and then he would be responsible for the development of this area. In short, he would appease the six guards and let them continue to garrison.

I'll talk about the rest later.

And on the same day that Yang Feng arrived at the Xuanfu, His Majesty the Emperor officially started the imperial conquest.

And carrying the two giant siege cannons just made...

The shell weighs 24 catties.

A single shot can knock down a city wall.

Of course, the city walls of the capital are not included, but ordinary rammed earth-covered brick walls can indeed collapse in one shot. After all, this is already a 32-pound cannon, not only these two cannons, but also eighteen siege cannons Heavy artillery, in fact, the Beijing Ministry of Industry is still casting giant mortars.

It can hit hundreds of catties of stone shells four miles away.

His Majesty the Emperor is a believer in science. Any city that cannot be conquered is just because the guns are not big enough. Increase the caliber and increase the tonnage. As long as the guns are big enough, the mountains can also collapse.But the fact is also the same. During this period of time, the city walls of Kaifeng were bombarded into jagged shapes, and the city walls of Wuchang were also bombarded in many places, showing the power of artillery siege.But because the defenders used ditches, artillery forts, and even forts in the city, and a large number of cavalry took the initiative to attack, the besieging army still rushed in again and again, and then had to be driven out.The offensive and defensive battles in the two battlefields have greatly improved Ming's military technology, and now it has entered the era of bastions. Zhu Di quickly built a simple bastion in the biggest gap opened by Kaifeng, and then blocked the gap.

Then install the heavy artillery cast by dismantling the temple bell in the city and shoot at sapphire.

Sapphire's heavy artillery was far away, and it was impossible to blast this small bastion. Its city wall was three times thicker than Kaifeng's city wall. If it got closer, it would be hit by fire from the remains of the city wall.

Because these wreckages were not coherent, they became isolated forts.

Even the defenders have learned to carve out bunkers and shoot outwards.

But the city wall is no longer the main line of defense.

It's the second layer of defense behind the city wall, a little distance away.

Trenches, artillery forts, countless horse repellents, parapets to protect soldiers from shooting, stretched throughout the entire Kaifeng city to form a tight defense, even the maneuvers in the city were through tunnels, and the tens of thousands of elite guards inside even suffered very little loss. , the total casualties were less than [-]%.There were not many civilian casualties, because Kaifeng City was large enough and the population was not large. The civilians were directly evacuated to the original Prince Jin Mansion, and hoarded food and ammunition in it by the way.

As for supplies...

As long as there is money, someone will always send it to King Yan.

Those factory owners in Shanxi have all gotten rich in the past six months.

Yang Feng's tax package has already started to make money.

Suzhou.

Tiger Hill.

His Majesty the Emperor leaned on the binoculars, looking at the huge city ahead with great complacency.

This is currently the second largest city in Ming Dynasty after the capital city. Although Suzhou at this time has not overflowed like the late Ming Dynasty and turned into a super city with a population of 200 million, it is still huge enough at this time.Standing on this small high ground, which is actually a hill, His Majesty the Emperor can have a panoramic view of everything with a telescope.

but……

"Fire!"

He said.

"Your Majesty, do you want to tell me first that apart from the tens of thousands of Japanese slaves in the city, most of them are just coerced."

Wu Shouan said cautiously.

"Xiaoyu? The cannon is my Xiaoyu. Coercion? If it is really coercion, my canopy is standing here. Why is there no one to say anything? You have been fighting here for several months, and you have not seen any people to say anything. Fire the cannon. Blast away the city wall first, and then announce it with an imperial decree."

His Majesty the Emperor said.

Trembling, Wu Shouan hurriedly signaled the signal soldiers to wave the signal flag.

Outside the Pingmen, the two giant cannons that had been loaded immediately spewed out flames. Two 24-jin shells pierced the air at supersonic speed, and one of them hit the city wall a mile away.I saw that the city wall seemed to be bitten by something, and in an instant a striking crater appeared in the flying fragments, and then the upper part of the crater collapsed.The next moment was the eighteen heavy siege cannons. Almost all the shells fell around the collapsed area, and the collapsed area of ​​the city wall expanded rapidly under the impact of the shells.As for the two giant cannons, the artillerymen were busy reloading, because the tonnage was too large and the reloading was very slow, it took about a minute and a half to fire the second round of shells.

"Your Majesty, the giant cannon is so mighty, the guilty minister please give the name of the mighty Invincible General Cannon."

Fang Xiaoru next to him saluted and said.

Fang Daru's performance during this period can already be described as flattery.

As a result, many Confucian scholars scolded themselves for being blind in the past, and mistakenly regarded him as a strong man. Now that there is no such thing as a strong man, it is a fight between a servile servant and Yan Shenggong, who was terrified because of the unstable situation. , Just gave His Majesty the emperor a memorial of praise.

Among them, there is a saying that the eight wild and salty songs are flourishing, which disgusts the Confucian scholars.

And in order to avoid his family being involved in reforms that were obviously aimed at Confucian scholars, he also deliberately said that his ancestors showed their spirits and asked him to play.

All in all, do your best.

Since Fang Daru surrendered himself, he has been flattering the emperor.

As if suddenly awakened.

After decades of hard work and no rewards, he suddenly woke up and began to imitate those courtiers. This move has made him quite appreciated by the emperor recently, but he is still in shackles.As a criminal, he deserves to commit crimes and meritorious deeds, so of course he must be in shackles, otherwise His Majesty the Emperor is also afraid that he will suddenly draw a knife from somewhere and pounce on him.

Once the shackles weighing dozens of catties were worn, Fang Daru could sing praises beside the emperor like a royal clown.

"Shenwei Invincible General Cannon? It's a good name. The one that hit the city wall just now is named Shenwei Invincible General Cannon."

The emperor said with a smile.

Wu Shouan and several other ministers hurriedly touted the emperor's good name.

"This cannon is so powerful, if a flesh and blood body is hit, I am afraid that the whole person will be turned into dust, even the steel and iron bones will be smashed to pieces."

Fang Xiaoru said very meaningfully.

The emperor smiled lightly, as if he didn't understand what he said.

At this time, the two cannons fired again. This time because of the good adjustment, the two shells hit almost at the same time. One of them still hit the crater that had been severely damaged, and then saw it go straight through the top of the city wall with flying fragments. , The next moment the city wall collapsed directly, and there was a gap in the original complete city wall.

Then there are the eighteen heavy siege artillery.

During the impact of the shells, this gap expanded rapidly.

"Continue until it collapses!"

The emperor said with satisfaction.

At this moment, Zhang Xianzong walked up to him...

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Rinan made a report in Daning, and Ambassador Yang stopped the battle with Zouyu banners. At present, the two vassals of Liaoning have returned to their cities to be punished. The governor, Chen Heng, is an old minister of the Daxing Emperor, and is willing to follow Daxing with his death. He was the emperor, so he killed himself before the battle.

Marquis Nichinan and Ambassador Yang are heading towards Kaiping. "

He said.

At this time, because the key point of Beiping was disconnected, Yang Wen's memorial had to be sent to Jinzhou, then to Dengzhou by sea, and then to the post station, so there was a lot of delay.

"Kill yourself, hum!"

The emperor sneered.

Of course he understood that this suicide must have been forced by Yang Feng.

However, this did prove that Yang Feng's prestige in the army had reached the point where he could command tens of thousands of elite veterans with a single sentence, and he would rather kill himself than become an enemy of him.Although he knew that Yang Feng would not covet his throne, the existence of such an existence in his own country still made him feel awkward, but Yang Feng was helping him after all.

"Decree to Yang Wen, let him tell Ambassador Yang that everything in the north is up to him. In a few days, I will pacify Suzhou and Wuchang, and then I will join Ambassador Yang in Kaifeng."

He said.

Just then...

"Your Majesty, the gate is open!"

Wu Shouan suddenly shouted.

His Majesty the Emperor hurriedly leaned on the binoculars, and then saw a group of cavalry rushing out of the gate of Chang, but there were only a dozen of them, and a civil servant was in the middle.

The soldiers from the Shenji Battalion outside the city immediately stepped forward and led him to this side.

"It's Huang Yue, it's in progress."

Wu Shouan said.

"Don't bring him here, just ask him what he wants to do?"

said the emperor.

The signal soldier beside Wu Shouan immediately waved the signal flag.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion stopped immediately, and soon an officer came out from the inside, rode straight towards this side, and was brought over by Jin Yiwei.

"Your Majesty, Huang Yue, the rebellious party, said that he came here at the order of the false King of Guangze. The false King of Guangze wanted to invite His Majesty to meet at Fengqiao. He is willing to leave the city alone. If His Majesty is willing to see him, Suzhou will welcome you drop."

Said the officer saluting.

"Meet?"

Zhu Yunxi was surprised.

"How can a fake be qualified to meet His Majesty?"

Fang Xiaoru said quickly.

"Your Majesty, if you think about it, this generation knows that it will be unavoidable. If you want to ask Your Majesty to pardon his death crime, the Fengqiao area has long been controlled by the Shenji Battalion, and it is not within the reach of the city's artillery. It shows that His Majesty will always bow his head and wait for the crime wherever he goes."

Huang Guan who was accompanying him hurriedly said.

Several other accompanying ministers echoed.

His Majesty the Emperor looked in the direction of Fengqiao with binoculars. It was indeed the control area of ​​the Shenji Battalion, and it was indeed outside the firepower of the city wall. It was the fake King Guangze who carried a musket with him, but this was impossible, after all, he had to be searched before he could see him.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, let him take a boat under the bridge, and His Majesty will meet him on the bridge to show his dignity."

Fang Xiaoru said.

"That's not bad, let him take a boat and meet him under Fengqiao."

His Majesty the Emperor thought for a while and said.

This is even less dangerous.

(End of this chapter)