I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Catherine watched the Ming Dynasty's new artillery roaring loudly. The powerful projectiles hit the city wall with thunderous force one after another. Every time a shell fell, it would cause huge damage to the city wall.

To be fair, the walls of Nanjing City are considered to be very strong when they cover the entire Ming Dynasty. The only city that can compare with them is probably Beijing City. If it were placed in Europe, there would be no city as tall and solid as Nanjing City, and I'm afraid it would only be in the legend. The city of Constantine can be compared.

However, the problem is that such a strong city is no different from an earth wall in front of these six new cannons. Now these terrifying giant cannons are concentrating on demolishing the walls. I'm sorry if they don't burn out all the cannonballs that have been transported so hard. The hardships along the way!
If it was a real offensive battle, hundreds of artillery pieces should be firing together now. You must know that there are as many as five or six hundred artillery pieces concentrated under Nanjing City. But the problem is that this is not actually a general attack, but an experiment. Actual combat conditions Experiments with new artillery.

Serin stayed near the six cannons. The roar of the cannons when they fired made her ears buzz and stars in her eyes made her feel very uncomfortable.

Cheng Shijie advised her to leave, but she refused to listen. The artillerymen advised her to leave, but she shook her head and refused. There, she sometimes watched without blinking as the artillerymen manipulated these huge cannons to destroy the city wall fortifications, and sometimes used binoculars to observe the situation after the city wall was hit. Very busy.

She had collected information about the city walls of Nanjing and judged based on the civil engineering knowledge she had learned. Even if [-] of the most elite Spanish legions were mobilized, equipped with heavy artillery, it would probably take three or even five years. You can take it down, the damn wall is too strong!
But now, I was horrified to see that under the fierce bombardment of six heavy artillery pieces of the Ming army, the indestructible city wall was melting at an alarming rate like ice washed by warm water.

"This is the power that only gods can possess!"

Catherine murmured to herself: "Only Zeus, the father of the gods, has such an ability, and the Ming Dynasty actually did it! Once their invincible legion arrives in Europa on a battleship with a large number of heavy artillery, looking at the entire Europa, who can Can you resist them?"

Giovanni, who was next to Catherine, had actually heard what Catherine, who was not close at hand, was saying. He could no longer hear the sound.

Now Giovanni has been promoted to colonel. If placed in other countries, a colonel can only be regarded as a mid-level officer. But in the city-state Republic of Venice, Giovanni is now a high-ranking general. There is no way to make the country of Venice too small. Woolen cloth?
The population of Venice is not as good as that of a large county in the Ming Dynasty. With its territory and colonies, it can barely be regarded as a large mansion. The Ming Dynasty has more than 200 mansions so far, and it is still increasing.

Giovanni's face was a little pale. He was not as excited as Catherine. He was thinking further. At this time, only three or four hundred years had passed since the Mongols conquered Europe. Mongolian knights were wearing heavy armor and leaping on horseback with swords and swords. The galloping figure has not yet gone far away. The mountains made of heads, the rivers dyed red with blood, the cities submerged in blood and fire, and the wastelands covered with bones are all still vividly left behind. in the memory of Europeans.

It is the darkest and most terrifying memory deep in their hearts, not only in Venice, but also in the whole of Europe.Nowadays, the Golden Family has long declined, and Mongolia's rule in Europe has long been bombarded by artillery. There is no possibility of a comeback. With the discovery of the New World, Europeans have every reason to believe that the darkness has passed forever, and the era of Europe is coming!
Giovanni once firmly believed in this, but now, a terrible force has gathered in the east of Eurasia. This force is more destructive than the original Mongols. Once it becomes like the Mongols, Let's do a Western Expedition like that and sweep across the Eurasian continent...

This possibility makes people shudder just thinking about it!
The terrible sound of artillery finally stopped. Because this was an experiment, there were not many artillery shells prepared, only 120. In other words, only twenty artillery shells were prepared for each artillery. When all the artillery shells were fired, the shells were fired. Naturally it stopped.

However, when the smoke cleared, several huge gaps appeared in the Nanjing city wall. There was no need for Cheng Shijie to issue an order, and there was no need for Wu Sheng to issue an order. The soldiers of the Ming Royal Army looked like the soldiers of the Nanming Army who were lost. Looking at the gaps one by one, the soldiers of the Ming Royal Army , rushed towards the gap like a tide, and a fierce street battle began immediately.

At the same time, there were loud killings in Nanjing City. A large number of ordinary people who were unwilling to continue to work for the Jiangnan Jingentry Group attacked the Nanming Army soldiers from behind with swords and axes, trying to use their heads in exchange for a chance to survive.

Every street and alley in Nanjing was involved in the bloody battle. The Qinhuai River was dyed red with blood. The once prosperous streets were covered with corpses. The luxurious mansions and civilian huts were reduced to ashes in the fierce fire. The dignitaries and peddlers alike ran screaming in all directions to avoid the butcher's knife.

On this day in Nanjing, there is no distinction between high and low. In the face of death, the scholar-bureaucrats who have been aloof for nearly a thousand years are no different from the peasants, peasants, and businessmen they despise. They either hide in chicken coops or smelly ditches. Escape or become a bloody corpse!
On the Yangtze River outside Nanjing, twelve Sea Wolf-class battleships guarded the Chang'an Giant Shark-class battleship. Cheng Shijie stood on the bow of the ship, looking at Nanjing with flames soaring into the sky, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Ever since he jumped onto the stage of history to prepare for a big fight, he had made countless assumptions about the future. He even thought about escaping to Burma with his family in case the Ming Dynasty fell. However, he never thought that one day he would The legion he created single-handedly captured Nanjing.

This city persisted for 17 years after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, but now the destroyers have changed from the Qing army to the Ming army. The black humor of history really left Cheng Shijie speechless.

Cheng Shijie had a wry smile on his face: "It's really unpredictable..."

Zhou Ning smiled faintly and said: "Your Majesty, this is because they themselves failed to live up to their expectations, and no one can do anything about it. You have been letting them off the hook and giving them opportunities, but they are seeking their own death. Who can blame them?"

"That's right, the fall of Nanjing is a certainty!"

Song Xiance couldn't conceal his excitement: "The next step is to build the prison, follow the clues, and throw all the gentry groups who have always been against the king into prison. The strong backbone of the Jiangnan Jin gentry group will soon be transformed into ashes under the iron fist of the king. Jifen. This is the last obstacle standing in the way of the king’s pursuit of the great road!”

"Ugh……"

Cheng Shijie let out a long sigh and said: "This is not my original intention. I originally planned for everyone to go on the road and go to different sides. They can continue to hold on to their old ideas, while I command the Liaodong area to develop according to my vision. In the last ten or eight years, when they realize the power of science, they will accept my proposition sooner or later. These stubborn gentry are indeed a huge obstacle, but I have never thought of using this method to destroy this obstacle... "

Song Xiance was a little puzzled when he heard Cheng Shijie's words. Ordinarily, Cheng Shijie had experienced so many conspiracies and bloody events, but he was still so naive.

However, Song Xiance still put forward his opinion to Cheng Shijie: "Your Majesty, you want to go separate ways and develop according to their own political opinions, but you can't stand it and they don't want to! It's your single-handed management that makes you appear like this. situation, you know very well that your proposition is no less important to the Ming Dynasty than reforming the old and reforming the past. Which reform is not a bloody one? "

Cheng Shijie also understood how terrible his reforms were to the gentry group who carried the stench of corpses wherever they went.

For the gentry, since Song Taizu made an agreement to share the world with the scholar-officials, this unspoken rule has been deeply rooted in the hearts of all scholar-officials. They believe that they, the scholar-officials, are the masters of the world. The chief ministers of the cabinet are their agents, and the officials are also their agents. agents, even the emperor was their agent.

If officials and emperors are disobedient, they will also change the emperor, or let the emperor die in an unknown manner. For example, Zhu Zhanji was in power when Zheng He went to the West. He died at the age of 47 even though he was not seriously ill. The cause of death unknown.Then, the Ming Dynasty quickly began to ban the sea and destroyed the construction materials of Fuchuan.

Zhu Qiyu was forced to succeed and died when he was 30 years old. The cause of death is unknown.

Zhu Jian had a deep Oedipus complex and favored Concubine Wan Gui, who was 17 years older than him. At the age of 41, he died of illness due to the death of Concubine Wan.

At the age of 31, Zhu Houzhao fell into the water and died of an illness while traveling south.

Zhu Zaijing died of an illness at the age of 36 due to overdose.

Zhu Yijun died at the age of 58 due to excessive indulgence.

Zhu Youxiao died after drowning at the age of 21.

None of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty died well, but the two emperors who drowned were both very strong. Zhu Houzhao was a fierce man who could kill people with a knife, and Zhu Youxiao was also a man who could do carpentry work and was highly skilled. They all died unexpectedly.

All these signs made Cheng Shijie suspect that there was something fishy.

Seeing that Cheng Shijie was not in a high mood, Zhou Ning tried to ask: "Your Majesty, now that the dust has settled, are we going to..."

"celebration?"

Cheng Shijie shook his head and said: "It's not that easy. Even if our army invades Nanjing, this war will not end so easily!" "How is this possible? Generally speaking, once the city gate is breached, a battle is over. Very few generals would mobilize the entire city at the last moment to resist to the end, and they would be too late to prevent the common people."

Cheng Shijie smiled bitterly and said: "This is a group that has dominated the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years. They will not fall so easily. Even if they fall, it will be extremely tragic!"

"how can that be?"

"Do you think Jiangnan gentry and officials are all fools?"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "They are all smart people. They naturally know who is their own. What's more, as the saying goes, Qin Hui has three lovers, not to mention these gentry officials?"

As Cheng Shijie expected, the street fighting in Nanjing was extremely fierce. Many unarmed scholars climbed onto the roofs and threw bricks and stones at the Ming soldiers, because they all knew that this was their last chance. Even if they raised their hands to surrender, Cheng Shijie would not Bypassing them, Cheng Shijie wanted them to surrender unconditionally. They did not want to lose their privileges and status.

Even if they die, they are not willing to give up. There are also some gentry, with their wives, daughters and children, who are guarding their homes under the protection of loyal servants and servants. Only when they enter Nanjing City do they find that Nanjing City has appeared unknowingly. There were a lot of reinforced concrete buildings, and the gentry and officials occupied some sturdy buildings and fought to the end, refusing to surrender no matter how much they were persuaded.

What's more, the Ming army had no experience in street fighting at all. Since its establishment, Ning Haijun had been pursuing victory in field battles and destroying the enemy's main force with the most powerful offensive in field battles, but it had never considered how to fight in street battles.In the past few years, they have won almost every battle in the field. There were a few critical battles, and there were no street battles. After breaking the shell, the opponent surrendered, which went smoothly.

Now the entire city of Nanjing is like a hornet's nest. Every house is a fortification, and every street is a Shura battlefield. He has such a strong military advantage but cannot use it. This feeling really makes Ning Haijun a little crazy. .

However, the equipment of the garrison in Nanjing City is really not bad. Nanjing, like Beijing, has a military staff bureau, and the right minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War is Bi Maokang, who is a famous weapons expert in the Ming Dynasty.Although Cheng Shijie used Gao Qiqian to abduct Bi Maokang, who was the right minister of the Ministry of Industry at the time, to Liaodong.

But the problem is that history has a strong inertia. As early as July [-]th, the seventh year of Chongzhen, he was transferred to Nanjing as the right minister of the Ministry of War, responsible for weapons. Nanjing Jinyiweinan Town Fusi is also a key unit responsible for the research and development and production of weapons. , I wouldn’t know until the fight started. Once the fight started, I discovered that a large number of firearms appeared in Nanjing.

Like flintlock guns (called self-generated fire guns in the book "Illustrated Weapons" published by Bi Maokang in the sixth year of Chongzhen), hundreds of tigers running together, flying crows with divine fire, and pear blossom guns burning with fire. What made Cheng Shijie very speechless was that Nanjing Liaodong standard equipment actually appeared in the city, such as grenades and thunder guns, and they were improved.

The weapons of the Ming Dynasty were rotten because of corruption, and the materials and wages allocated from above were seriously insufficient. But the problem was that the gentry in Nanjing were rich. Last year, Cheng Shijie started land reform in the north, and a large number of gentry began to go south. They brought a lot of money and technology with them. Craftsman, hardcore servant.

Because they have been influenced by Confucian culture for more than 2000 years and are influenced by the concept of repaying kindness by a drop of water, many people do not ask whether there is reason or not. They help relatives but not help.The untrusted troops in Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and the surrounding cities of Nanjing either surrendered or rebelled.

Those who remain in Nanjing now have no way out. They know that they will inevitably die, so when they fight, they are not afraid of death. The result is that the Battle of Nanjing spirals out of control from the moment the city is broken.

In order to avoid indiscriminate killing of innocent people, Cheng Shijie immediately ordered not to massacre civilians. But the problem was that he clearly told the civilians and armed servants that if they put down their weapons, they would avoid death.

As a result, few people will lay down their weapons, most of them are die-hard die-hards.

The entire city of Nanjing is like a hornet's nest that has been poked open, filled with scholars, scholars, tenants, and craftsmen.Even the women, the prostitutes of the Qinhuai River, desperately attacked the Ming army and tried to drive them out of the city.

Control of every building and every street had to go through several fierce battles to gain control. The streets and alleys were littered with bones, and blood soaked their ankles. It was extremely tragic.

This battle was very painful for the Ming army. The defenders of the Nan Ming army suffered extremely heavy casualties. They were completely using their flesh and blood to fill the holes in the defense line.Relying on this desperate fighting spirit, they survived the first night. The Ming army failed to achieve decent results, and the battlefield continued to see-saw repeatedly near the city wall.

Seeing this situation, Cheng Shijie was anxious.

Human life is not a leek, and a head cannot grow back if it falls off. Others in Nanjing City may not care about human life, but Cheng Shijie cannot.

The night was already deep, and the shouts of killing in Nanjing showed no signs of weakening. On the contrary, they became louder and louder. The blazing fire illuminated the sky. Under the fire, countless soldiers were fighting like wild beasts.

There is no suspense about the outcome of this battle, but it does not mean that the Ming army can win easily.

This battle also opened Catherine's eyes. She had always thought that in the entire Ming Dynasty, only the army under Cheng Shijie had a strong will, skilled combat skills, and superb combat effectiveness. Now, she was wrong.

The Ming Dynasty is the real fighting nation.

It seems that the men, women, and children here are all good at fighting.

Song Xiance saw Cheng Shijie's intolerance and asked: "Your Majesty, how about... you issue a pardon? Can we pardon them now? What's the big deal, we will settle the accounts later?"

Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "That's fine, those bugs deserve to die, but the problem is that they dragged more than 20 people in the city to die together. I can't sit idly by and ignore it! Come here, convey the decree of this prison country, and the entire army will withdraw from Nanjing." , if you surrender before dawn tomorrow, you will be spared the death penalty!"

Cheng Shijie's order was issued. Although the Ming soldiers who rushed into the city were unwilling to take the credit, Cheng Shijie's order had to be carried out.

In this way, the Ming army began to retreat slowly.

However, what Cheng Shijie did not expect was that after one night, not many people put down their weapons and surrendered, but the Nanming defenders took advantage of the midnight effort to repair the city wall to pieces.

What Cheng Shijie didn't expect was that the method they used to build the city wall was reinforced concrete, and it was quick-drying cement for construction.

Cheng Shijie was also angry: "If you don't give me face, then don't live anymore!"

Cheng Shijie was very angry now, and the consequences were very serious. The Ming army used more than 600 artillery pieces of various types and began to bombard them indiscriminately.

The hastily built city wall did not last a day under the artillery bombardment of the Ming army. The brutal street fighting continued for five days. After five days, the street fighting was over. The city of Nanjing was already full of corpses. I don’t know how many people there were. The splendid buildings were destroyed by artillery or rocket launchers, countless dignitaries committed suicide in despair, Qinhuai was stained red with blood, fireworks and willow alleys were filled with unlucky people who committed suicide by hanging from beams, and the whole of Nanjing was like a hell.

But even so, the Ming army that invaded the city was still stunned by the prosperity of Nanjing. Many soldiers were muttering: "They are so rich, why do they have to go to the opposite side of the empire step by step in order to pay less business taxes? In the end, they even colluded with foreign enemies and almost ruined the entire country? Are they thinking about soy milk? "

PS: It’s not the end of the book, just the title. (End of chapter)