Arrived at Weiyuan City.

Wang Shouren ordered people to put the Song astronomical telescope on the city wall, as well as artillery and boulders, and the boulders prevented the artillery from shocking.

One cannon weighs more than 1,000 pounds, and it is not easy to carry fifty guns to the city wall.

"If you're tired from the march, let's trim it first." Zhang Mao said.

Wang Shouren insisted: "No, the artillery transportation has been delayed for some time, and presumably the next offensive of the Tatars will come soon." ”

During the time when they came to Weiyuan, the defenders had been dealing with the Tatars, knowing that the garrison of Weiyuan City was getting weaker and weaker, and the Tatars would definitely take advantage of the situation to pursue.

Wang Shouren personally moved the Song telescope to the city wall, and the thing given by the old brother was simply an artifact, and it could be seen clearly from ten miles away.

At night, Wang Shouren hugged the quilt and slept on the city wall.

Early the next morning.

Zhang Mao and Wang Shouren were suddenly startled, it seemed that the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, it was the iron horse of the Tatars?

Wang Shouren leaned over to the Song telescope.

The sound of iron hooves stepping on the earth, the smoke and dust rising, the vast soup, where there are 20,000 people, at least 50,000!

It's coming!

Zhang Mao shouted, and the Shenji Battalion on the city wall cheered up.

"My lord, to fight or not to fight?" The adjutant asked.

Wang Shouren said: "Where to use so many cavalry to attack Weiyuan, what the Tatars really want to attack is Datong!" If Weiyuan retreats and defends the city, the Tatars will cross Weiyuan and attack Datong directly, and with Datong's troops, they will definitely be defeated! ”

The Tatars were getting closer and closer, and there were still six or seven miles to go.

"How dare the general lure the enemy!" Wang Shouren looked at Zhang Mao.

"We add up to only 500 people, and the other party has 50,000 people, how can we lure this enemy?"

Wang Shouren fell into deep thought.

At first, he didn't understand why Yan Chengjin didn't send cavalry to confront the Tatars head-on, but gave him artillery, but now after a glance, he finally understood that sending cavalry could not win.

The only one who had the strength to fight with the Tatars was the Ningxia border army brought out by Wang Yue, but falling from Ningxia to Weiyuan might lead to the loss of Hetao.

What Wang Shouren couldn't understand was, how could the old brother know the strength of the fire sieve in advance?

"The lower officials have a plan, even if the adults go to meet the enemy, even if the adults die, the lower officials can also keep Weiyuan City."

Zhang Mao's old face twitched slightly, and it seemed that there was no way out, "Tell me about it." ”

Wang Shouren and Zhang Mao discussed the plan, and Zhang Mao led a hundred cavalry out of the city to lure the enemy, and lured the Tatar army into the range of artillery, and the Tatars did not know that they were equipped with fifty artillery pieces.

Yan Chengjin vaguely mentioned Wang Shouren, how to use artillery and Song's astronomical telescope.

The use of astronomical telescopes to assist artillery aiming was practiced a hundred years later in the middle of Chongzhen.

At that time, the rogues invaded Anqing, and Zhang Guowei used the astronomical telescope as an observation to command the battle, and saw that it was as close as a hand at hand from 50 miles away.

Zhang Mao questioned: "Can this artillery hit such a long distance?" ”

"This ...... I haven't tried it yet, but I heard Lord Yan say that this cannon has been improved by Song Jing. Wang Shouren said.

Zhang Mao looked out of the city and sighed: "Ben will go!" ”

Zhang Mao selected two hundred elites from the Weiyuan garrison and the Beijing camp, rode fast horses, rushed towards the Tatars, and met the Tatars about three miles outside the city.

The Tatars, who were originally going to attack Datong, saw that such a small number of people as Weiyuan dared to come to fight, the horn sounded, and the army surrounded them.

A small stock meets a large stock.

"Withdraw!"

Zhang Mao didn't love fighting, after a charge, he rushed back, and there were still two miles away from Weiyuan City, and the fire sieve cavalry pursued hard.

It's about to catch up.

With a bang,

Several streams of fire rained down from the sky, and when they landed, they exploded, exploding in front of them, filling the air with smoke and dust.

On the defense of the city, Wang Shouren clearly saw the landing point of the cannonball through the telescope, and immediately shouted: "Didn't hit!" The second row raises the muzzle a little higher! ”

Depending on the angle at which the gun is mounted, the firing range will also be different.

The first row of artillery just now was only used for debugging, and at this time, the soldiers quickly raised the muzzle of the second row of guns that had not yet been fired a lot.

The fire sieve knew that the artillery was not on target, and continued to chase.

Zhang Mao saw that the sky suddenly became dumb, and he wanted to scold Wang Shouren and his father, how did he give birth to such a son......

can be instantaneous,

Several more streams of fire flew from the sky, and they fell into the Tatar army with a bang, and immediately flesh and blood flew sideways, and the armor mixed with the limbs flew into the sky.

Actually adjusted the artillery?

The fire sieve was shocked, this place was at least a mile or two away from Weiyuan City, how could it be possible for people to see clearly where the shells fell?

"Stop, stop chasing!"

The sound of explosions was endless, the soldiers were in chaos, the fire in the sky was like rain, and every time it fell, a large piece of fireworks exploded, shaking the eardrums.

He's late to give orders!

Zhang Mao galloped on his horse, and there was a rumbling sound behind him, and the power of this cannon was so startled that his jaw almost didn't fall.

When did Daming have such a powerful artillery?

"Zeng Jian's grandson, with such a strong artillery, he didn't say a word to the old man, hahaha"

The power of this artillery is much stronger than that of General Wankou, and the firing range is more than two miles, but in Yan Chengjin's opinion, it is far from enough, and the power of the Furlong machine gun is full of five miles, and there is still a big gap.

If it weren't for the fire sieve, Yan Chengjin would have asked Song Jing to study it for a while.

On the city walls,

Wang Shouren shouted: "Shoot out all the ammunition!" ”

The adjutant general asked: "My lord, if you don't leave some precautions, if the fire screen attacks again, how can you resist it?" ”

According to ordinary people's thoughts, they will definitely keep some.

But Wang Shouren won't.

There was not much ammunition brought, and if he couldn't defeat the fire sieve at one time, when the fire sieve attacked again, Weiyuan would not have the strength to resist.

This time it hurt them, and they didn't dare to come.

…………

When Yan Chengjin left the palace, he met Li Dongyang again at the dismounted monument next to the noon gate, "Hello Lord Li, the lower officials are also waiting for the sedan chair." ”

Li Dongyang looked sideways, it was Yan Chengjin, and said with a smile: "Well-dressed beasts." ”

Yan Chengjin was happy: "Thank you Li Gong for the compliment." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the well-dressed beast is not a curse word, and the clothes of officials have a variety of patterns of birds and beasts, so the well-dressed beasts generally say that people have become officials.

To truly understand it, we should read the words clothing, crown, bird, and beast separately.

Birds naturally fly in the sky, cranes, mandarin ducks, golden pheasants, etc., and beasts run on the ground, bullfights, unicorns, foxes, etc.

What he said was that he was wearing the Kirin skin that he had been given by Qin today.

Yan Chengjin became the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Li Dongyang couldn't help but talk about business: "Recently, has there been an impeachment?" ”

Yan Chengjin looked ashamed: "There is no one who wants to be impeached yet." ”

As an imperial historian, a dignified official, you don't even have anyone you want to impeach?

Li Dongyang sighed lightly: "This official should have told His Majesty to let you go to the Ministry of Rites." ”

Yan Chengjin thought for a while and said, "The lower official has a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

"Say yes!"

"Xiaguan...... Can Master Lee be impeached? ”

Li Dongyang was so angry that he flicked his sleeves, you stupid, let you impeach, not let you impeach your own official!

"If one day, the official is insatiable and lazy and derelict in his duties, even if you impeach the official to death, you don't have to show mercy! But...... Now, don't impeach. ”

Yan Chengjin was dumbfounded.

I wanted to tell Li Dongyang that the first impeachment of the lower officials could give the lower officials a training exercise.

Seeing Li Dongyang's warning on his face, he could only dispel this thought.

Li Dongyang knew that he was cautious and meticulous, and he was afraid of damaging his enthusiasm, so he comforted him again: "The good are virtuous, and the evil are fearful, you don't have to scruple, although impeachment is." ”

Yan Chengjin knew that if he wanted to impeach Li Dongyang, it was probably impossible in his life.

From the Hongzhi Dynasty to the Zhengde Dynasty, Li Dongyang did not make any big mistakes, but he could consider impeaching Liu Jian, and the people he repeatedly recommended were slapped in the face.