Chapter Thirty-Eight: Cannon Aiming (Collect, Recommend)
The task given to Tang Ruowang by Zhu Cihong was to use the red-clothed cannon mounted on the Fucheng Gate to bombard the yellow felt tent near the Diaoyutai platform. He estimated that Li Zicheng's Chinese army was there! It's an obvious target, and the distance is not too far, about four miles away, that is, about 2,000 meters. The redcoat cannon mounted on a high ground should be able to reach it!
I don't know if Li Zicheng didn't know the power of the red-clothed cannon, or if he was a little carried away, and he actually got an obvious target to hit people.
If you can kill Li Zicheng with one shot...... That's really the blessing of our ancestors!
However, with Zhu Cihong's understanding of ancient artillery, I feel that this matter is a bit suspenseful!
"John," Zhu Cihong finished training the gunner, then turned back to ask John Tang, "Can you hit that yellow felt tent?" ”
Hearing the crown prince Chitose call himself "John" instead of "John Tang" in the Western pronunciation, this bearded foreigner in his fifties was stunned.
"Your Highness, you call your ......"
Zhu Cihong smiled: "John. Adam, in Germanic language, is that what he says? ”
"You also know that the Germanic ......," the old priest looked at Zhu Cihong in surprise, "that is the hometown of the old minister. ”
"Hmm," Zhu Cihong nodded, "This palace was told by a birdman in a dream when I was sleeping a few days ago. ”
"Birdman?"
"It's the one with two big white wings on his back!" Zhu Cihong smiled, "He calls himself Gabriel...... He told the palace that you, the servants of the servants of the Lord from Germania, would help the palace to prosper the Ming Dynasty. ”
John Tang was completely stunned!
Zhu Cihong said it rightly, too ...... It's incredible!
The birdman with big white wings also calls himself Gabriel...... It's an angel! The crown prince dreamed of an archangel! Is this true?
And the archangel also called himself "the servant of the servants of the Lord"! This title belongs to the Pope of Rome!
Will he be able to become pope in the future?
Lord, is this true?
When Zhu Cihong was in college in Shanghai in his previous life, he soaked in a Shanghai girl whose family had been Catholic for generations, and followed him to Xujiahui Cathedral to watch the ceremony, and also participated in catechumens. In the end, the girl didn't make it, but she made a few friends who believed in God, and she also knew a lot about Catholicism, and now she just used it to fool John Tang.
Because he understands the Catholic way, he does not say that he dreams of God or Jesus, but only of birdmen. Because Jesus will come again, and it will be the great judgment of the end of the world! You have to quarrel with a Catholic priest about this!
But birdmen are different, and birdmen have the responsibility to protect and guide humans. Gabriel's words can be understood as Jesus asking John Tong to take good care of Zhu Cihong, an important human being, and if the task is completed well, let him be the pope. After waiting for the end of life, the soul must go to heaven and become a saint......
However, Tang Ruowang is an experienced old god stick in the end, and he will not be so easily fooled. Of course, he would not have thought that Zhu Cihong had a noble soul from the 21st century, and all he could think of was the temptation from the devil...... Maybe Zhu Cihong saw not an angel, but a devil disguised as an angel, so he had to stay by Zhu Cihong's side and observe carefully.
Therefore, Tang Ruowang bowed respectfully to Zhu Cihong: "His Royal Highness the Prince, it is a blessing for the ministers to be able to help you prosper the Ming Dynasty!" ”
"Good!" Zhu Cihong nodded approvingly, "Then let's talk about it now, can you hit that yellow felt tent?" ”
"Yes!" John Tang replied affirmatively, "That felt tent is within the range of the red-coated cannon, but ...... Chancellor is not guaranteed to hit the starter. ”
"It doesn't matter," Zhu Cihong nodded, "Do your best, wait for the day!" He paused, "There are six red-clothed cannons here in Fuchengmen, you go and aim them yourself, all the cannons are aimed at the yellow felt tent, and your disciple will be the cannon commander, let them wait for the red flag order of the main palace...... When the red flag is raised, fire a salvo together. ”
There were only six cannons in red, and there were no reliable flowering shells, only solid shells were available. Therefore, the possibility of using them to kill the anti-thief leader in the yellow felt tent is not high, but Zhu Cihong still will not let go of any opportunity to kill Li Zicheng!
"Chitose Lord, the thieves seem to have sent an envoy over...... It seems that there are two clans still in custody! ”
When Tang Ruowang took a few of his disciples to manipulate the red-clothed cannon, Wang Qi, the guard of the East Palace, who was holding a telescope to observe the situation on the front line, had already spotted Du Xun, Li Shuangxi and others who were approaching.
"Take a look at this palace." Zhu Cihong stretched out his hand to take the binoculars, put the eyepieces on his eyeballs and began to look around, and sure enough, two dejected guys wearing the regular clothes of the vassal king were escorted over.
"Your Highness, among the people who came with the two clans, it seems that one of them is Du Xun of the Xuanfu of the Prison Army!"
At this time, someone had already discovered Du Xun, Du Xun turned out to be Shang Shanjian's palm print eunuch, and his status was not low, and many of the eunuchs and East Palace guards who followed Zhu Cihong knew him.
"Hehe," Zhu Cihong sneered, he had already remembered the historical negotiations between Li Zicheng and Emperor Chongzhen, "Fire Gun Bureau!" Light the arquebus and reload your ammo! ”
"Whoa!"
"Your Highness, Du Xun seems to be with the two vassal kings!" At this time, Gao Yushun, the celebrant of ceremonies, reminded in a trembling voice.
Although the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty was a rich prisoner, he enjoyed a very high honor, and "trapping the domain" was a big crime in the Ming Dynasty!
Of course, Zhu Cihong is not afraid...... He is the crown prince, and he will be the emperor in the future! However, the six relatives did not recognize it, and the killing of the vassal king would still damage Zhu Cihong's good reputation.
"Is there one?" Zhu Cihong picked up the binoculars again and looked at it carefully, "No, how can there be a vassal king?" This palace didn't see it, so which of you did? Whoever wants to see the vassal king will sit in the hanging basket and go down to rescue him. Which of you saw it? ”
"Ah, I didn't see ......"
"How can there be a vassal king? No, ......"
Who dares to see it? Do you want to go down and die?
Zhu Cihong turned his head to look at Gao Yushun, "Gao Companion, why don't you go down and take a closer look?" ”
"No, no, no...... The old slave is dizzy, he is wrong, he is wrong! ”
Zhu Cihong smiled and nodded: "It doesn't matter if you see it wrong, you can change it if you know it...... Then you don't have to go down. ”
"Chitose Lord, the preparation for the Fire Gun Bureau is over!" Pan Shuchen, the chief eunuch of the Fire Gun Bureau, reported loudly to Zhu Cihong at this time.
"Wait!" Zhu Cihong said, "Wait for the order of the palace!" ”
"Whoa."
Zhu Cihong beckoned to Zhu Chunchen again, "Chengguo Gong, come forward, this palace has something to say to you!" ”
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Where did Du Xun know that he had met a demon-like little prince this time? There are two vassal kings as hostages, and he is quite determined.
In the entire city of Beijing, I dare to say that there is no one who lives or dies the vassal king, I'm afraid there is not a single one, right? Even Emperor Chongzhen is a master who wants to die to save face and suffer crimes. Nor will he bear the notoriety of killing his relatives......
However, Li Shuangxi, who came with him, was still quite vigilant, and he stopped moving forward a hundred steps away from the city wall. Instead, let Du Xun step forward and shout alone.
"Listen to the city, our family is Du Xun, the eunuch of Xuanfu, who came to negotiate on the orders of King Chuang, and there are also Qin and Jin clans with our family...... Don't shoot arrows in the city, if you hurt the vassal king, you can't afford to eat it! ”
Soon there was also a head in armor poking out from behind the battlement in the city, it was Zhu Chunchen, the head of the Beijing camp.
"It's really Du's father-in-law, I thought you were martyred! I didn't expect you to die......"
"It's Cheng Guogong, right?" Du Xun was relieved when he saw Chengguo Gong, and he trotted all the way forward, crossed the river from the stone bridge erected on the moat, ran to the bottom of the Fuchengmen Arrow Tower, and shouted at the city tower, "King Chuang asked our family to negotiate with the Shengshang...... As long as the saint agrees to the conditions of the king, he is willing to lead his troops to retreat. ”
"What? And such a good thing? ”
"Yes, Cheng Guogong, hurry up and put a hanging basket down, and let our family go to the city."
"Okay, okay, the hanging basket will be put down......"
After a while, a hanging basket was actually laid down on the city wall. Du Xun is so proud, where can those fools in Beijing compare their wits with the military advisors of King Chuang? It's so easy to deceive them, and the country should be destroyed! Fortunately, he was smarter than them, abandoned the darkness and turned to the light in time, followed King Chuang, and became the founder of Dashun......