Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

As late autumn enters, the climate in the capital of the Ming Dynasty gradually begins to become cooler.

Every morning, thin leaves pile up on the streets.

When the wind blows, these golden leaves will flutter for a while and then fall again.

Sudden.

A fast horse galloped in from the capital city gate, stirring up the leaves on the street and flying quickly.

"Report!"

"Urgent report from Annan!"

"The great victory of Annan...the great victory of Annan!"

When they heard the call from the knight on the horse, all the people and merchants on the street were filled with joy.

"A great victory in Annan?"

"What a great victory in Annan..."

Although they didn't know how big a victory it was, the people who had no information were all extremely surprised and shared the good news with each other.

Many of the men in their families followed them to Annan.

As long as it is a great victory, then the male in their family may be alive!

Soon, the cavalry ran directly outside the imperial city gate.

dismount.

Under the leadership of the imperial guards, he quickly ran to Fengtian Hall.

"A great victory in Annan!"

In the hall, Zhu Gaochi, who was reporting some matters to Zhu Di, couldn't help but stop at the first noise outside.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi subconsciously, and then heard the voice outside the hall, and couldn't help but ask with some doubts.

"People outside the palace are shouting, Annan is victorious?"

Zhu Gaochi's face lit up and he nodded quickly, "Dad, this is what the child heard!"

Zhu Di quickly turned his head and looked at Yi Shiha.

"Go out quickly and see if the news of the success of the conquering barbarian army has come!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Yi Shiha responded and quickly walked out of the hall.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, couldn't bear it anymore and stood up directly, wanting to take a look.

but.

Just as Yishiha walked to the center of the hall, the shouts outside became clearer.

"A great victory in Annan!"

"Good, very good!"

In the palace, Zhu Di was already beaming with joy and couldn't help but praise, "We knew that Duke Cao Guo and Marquis Dinghai would not let us down!"

On the side, Zhu Gaochi also looked overjoyed.

He also knows the Ming Dynasty's plan for Annan best.

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, a great victory in Annan!"

At Yi Shiha's beckoning, the captains and guards outside the hall all walked into the hall with happy faces, saluted Zhu Di and reported.

"Bring it up quickly!"

Zhu Di couldn't wait.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Yi Shiha took the good news, checked it, and handed it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di quickly opened it, "With a division of 30,000, we used artillery reconnaissance and clairvoyance to search, and found the Annan army. They approached, and when the Annan people did not react, the Shenji Camp fired all artillery, and the Annan people were in chaos.

The Annan people rushed to kill, and the Shenji camp used muskets, hand-thrown bombs, and incendiary bombs to blow them up. The Annan people fell one after another like ripe rice...

This battle.

The 30,000-strong division killed more than 70,000 Annan troops and captured 20,000 Annan barbarians. Only 10,000 escaped... And our army only suffered 40 casualties! "

"As for the 20,000 captives, Marquis Dinghai led his people to tame them...and then let them go, in order to disrupt the hearts of Annan..."

"The Shenji Battalion is so brave!"

After reading it, Zhu Di sighed with shock and handed the good news to Zhu Gaochi who was standing aside.

Zhu Gaochi was naturally overjoyed after reading it.

"Dad, how powerful is Shenji Battalion?" "Yes!"

In Zhu Di's mind, he couldn't help but recall what Guo An had said to him before, "Chi'er, from now on, our Ming Dynasty has entered the era of hot weapons, and the barbarians around our Ming Dynasty still have cold weapons of steel knives and spears."

"Thermal weapons?"

Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment.

Zhu Di continued to think about himself and said: "Chi'er, Guo Qing has confirmed to us that after having the Shenji Camp, my Ming Dynasty will face the surrounding barbarians again and will use crushing methods to attack them at will!"

"Father Emperor Shengming!"

Zhu Gaochi quickly said respectfully.

On the side, Yi Shiha, as well as the captain and imperial guard in front of him, also had faces full of joy.

The Ming Dynasty became strong and prosperous, and they were all very happy!

"Your Majesty!"

Suddenly, the captain remembered something and saluted respectfully again.

"What? What's the matter?"

Zhu Di looked at the captain with some confusion.

"Your Majesty, this time, Marquis Dinghai also has a memorial requesting for help, which will be submitted to your Majesty!"

"Memorial for help?"

Zhu Di's eyes were even more curious, "Send it up!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The captain quickly took out a sealed letter from his arms and handed it to Yi Shiha who was standing aside.

After Yi Shiha handed the letter to Zhu Di, Zhu Di opened it with curiosity on his face and read it.

just.

At one glance, Zhu Di frowned.

On the side, Zhu Gaochi's expression tightened.

"father……"

"See for yourself!"

Zhu Di was not polite and directly threw the letter in his hand to Zhu Gaochi.

"This……"

Zhu Gaochi's eyes widened. "It has only been a while, but the teacher has already started to ask for help from my father. He still wants so many bombs, hand-thrown bombs, and incendiary bombs..."

Zhu Di said angrily: "I'm confused. Before he went on the expedition, he actually asked the Ordnance Bureau to make more bombs and hand-thrown bombs... I didn't expect that he had such a good plan!"

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but smile bitterly and hurriedly consoled him: "Father, please calm down. As the teacher said, exchanging artillery for the lives of soldiers can also completely scare those Annan people..."

Erchen believes that this strategy is also a good method! "

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Gaochi and said: "In that case, you will be responsible for this. Be sure to count all the bombs, hand-thrown bombs, incendiary bombs, and landmines, and send them to the conquering barbarian army as soon as possible!"

"..."

Zhu Gaochi was startled and reluctantly responded.

"My son obeys the order!"

Then, remembering something, Zhu Gaochi quickly asked: "Father, I don't know about Annan's great victory. Can you write a newspaper for me?"

"Can!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Father..."

……

At noon.

About the great victory of Annan, word spread throughout the capital and quickly spread to surrounding state capitals.

The entire Ming Dynasty was once again filled with joy.

Simultaneously.

Officials, gentry, and merchants in various state capitals also stretched their necks, hoping that the next newspaper would contain a chapter about Annan's victory.

In the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, Duke Xu Huizu of Wei State still led tens of thousands of soldiers, supervised hundreds of thousands of Tatars, carried various materials, and built the city in full swing.

The outline of the city has been revealed!

A straight and flat cement road has also begun between the capital of the Ming Dynasty and Shaanxi.

However, not even one-third of this cement straight road has been paved!

On both sides of the concrete straight road, there is a dense group of craftsmen, who are very skillfully laying...

Everything seems to be fine in Daming!

...(End of chapter)