"Artillery?" Lei Ming was obviously stunned for a moment, and then said hesitantly: "Back to Your Majesty, I did have three artillery pieces in the Guanli before I turned my head, and they were added by Emperor Taizong when he was conquered Mobei. It's just that because it has not been used for a long time, there is almost no one in the army to make it, so it was moved off the city. ”

"Since there are cannons, then ask someone to move back to the city quickly." Zhengde immediately ordered, and there was still some complaint in his tone: "You are really, you actually abandoned such sharp weapons that can be used to deal with the Tartar return cannon." ”

"But......" Lei Ming still hesitated, as if he wanted to say that even if there was a cannon, no one would make it useless. But Zhengde saw through his mind at a glance, and said with a straight face: "You just have to do it, I have my own plans!" But he brought out the majesty of the Son of Heaven.

The emperor officially issued an order, and Lei Ming did not dare to postpone it again, so he hurriedly agreed, and ordered his soldiers to hurry down to the city to the barracks to carry the artillery to the city. At the same time, Zhengde was loudly cheering for the soldiers at the head of the city: "You don't have to panic, this kind of return artillery is just like this, and it is not vulnerable to attack in front of my Ming artillery." Just hold on a little longer, and we'll be able to fight back! ”

The words of the Son of Heaven were still quite effective, and those soldiers finally calmed down a little when they heard this encouragement, stabilized their formation, and continued to hold their shields in front of them, parrying waves of rubble that had been catapulted into the city.

Seeing this, Lei Ming's heart was also slightly relaxed, no matter whether Zhengde's proposal to take the artillery succeeded or not, at least for the time being, it reunited the morale that was about to collapse. This made him unconsciously look at the great tomorrow in front of him again, he was obviously far from being as ridiculous and unreasonable as the legend, at least in military affairs, he was much stronger than those civil officials who didn't know anything, only commanded and pointed fingers.

"Maybe with Your Majesty here, I can really hold the pass." At this moment, Lei Ming's confidence in his heart was unconsciously enough, and his eyes became resolute again.

And after seeing the city regain its footing, the little prince was a little impatient: "Kanlda, what are you doing?" Why did the guards of the southern barbarians at the head of the city become similar again? Why don't you give me more stoning? He couldn't help but urge loudly.

Kanlda was helpless for a while, and soon ran to the little prince: "Great Khan, we really don't have many stones, we must save some of them." Why don't you just let people throw a boulder, and use the boulder to smash down the city wall of the partial pass, and the city will be broken! ”

As soon as the little prince heard this suggestion, he immediately changed color: "Why didn't you say it earlier if there is such a way to break the city?" There is already a big problem with the wall of the partial head, and it can be opened in a few clicks, what did you bother to do before? ”

"Yes, yes, I see." Canda didn't dare to avoid being sprayed with saliva, so she could only nod her head in agreement. And the little prince became more and more anxious: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and order to go!" ”

Only then did Kanlda come back to his senses, and quickly ran to the returning guns, ordering the gunners to immediately change the stones, and use the 100-pound boulders he had prepared before as the main weapon for the next bombardment of the deflection pass.

However, this is much more cumbersome than the previous projectile of rubble, and it is not easy to carry the stones that are half a man high, let alone put them in a special net pocket for ejection. So, in the next period of time, the return cannon that had been throwing bombs at the head pass just now finally stopped, and I saw many Mongolian soldiers constantly running around its side.

Seeing this, the defenders at the head of the city cheered, only that the enemy had finished throwing the stones, and they could finally breathe a sigh of relief. There are only a few people who don't feel that things are so optimistic, including Zhengde and Lei Ming.

"Your Majesty, these Mongolian people should still have a hand to prepare. Look there......" Lei Mingyao said, pointing ahead.

Zhengde also nodded thoughtfully, and then said a little anxiously: "According to ancient records, the return cannon of the Tartars can break through the city wall, which has nothing to do with the gravel they shot at the city head before, it should be another means!" What about the artillery I wanted, why haven't you come yet? "It is worthy of being the emperor who was named Wuzong by later generations, and the records on the battlefield are quite clear.

As if in response to his urging, there was a sudden hey sound from below, followed by the sound of footsteps stomping the ground, and just listening to the movement, you could tell that the sergeants were carrying a heavy big guy up.

As soon as Zhengde heard this, he hurriedly ran to the stone staircase to take a look, and saw dozens of soldiers carrying the three guns with a thick layer of rust on their shoulders and carrying them up step by step. These cannons are really not small, looking at the height of most of the people, how long one person is, the muzzle of the cannon is about to catch up with the thickness of the human waist, each one should be above five hundred catties.

Seeing these artillery, Zhengde's eyes suddenly lit up: "Quick, hurry up." This is the way to break the enemy! He urged, almost rolled up his sleeves and ran down to help the soldiers resist the artillery, but fortunately he was stopped by Dong Qian and others, otherwise it would be too unseemly.

Seeing that even the Son of Heaven wanted to do it, it naturally stimulated everyone's enthusiasm, and in a shout, the cannon was moved up the stone steps to the city, and the speed was actually three points faster than just now in the flat ground.

The cannon was accompanied by several sealed powder kegs and several boxes of iron balls. This is the most primitive artillery, and it is also the weapon that the Ming Dynasty once used to destroy the enemy.

"You go a little more, go a little more...... The cannon was slightly to the left, and the muzzle of the cannon was slightly lowered...... "Zhengde was busy at this time, constantly shouting, asking the soldiers to put the cannon in the position according to their own intentions, and aimed the muzzle of the black hole at the Mongolian army under the city.

Lei Ming was still spinning around Dong Qian and the others, guessing which of these people could operate the cannon, but now seeing Zhengde's commanding appearance, an astonishing thought flashed out of his mind: "Isn't Your Majesty planning to fire the cannon himself?" ”

When he cautiously went over to ask, Zhengde nodded disapprovingly and said, "Yes, it's up to me to open the cannon." In the capital before, I had learned how to fire more accurately in the Shenji Battalion several times, and this time I can just apply what I have learned. ”

"Your Majesty, this is too dangerous. If it is ...... "Lei Ming is not lightly scared at this time, if you really let Your Majesty come by temperament, once something goes wrong, your own nine clans will not be enough to kill.

But Zhengde was not moved at all: "At the moment of the great enemy, don't get in the way anymore." It's a matter of the safety and survival of the Biaotou Pass, and the Great Wall has to be guarded by me. Hurry up and get out of the way, or the Tartar stones will be smashed! As he spoke, he made arrangements again.

After all, he is the Son of Heaven, and even if Lei Ming has more words, he can't say anything at this time, so he can only stand there with a worried face, watching the emperor happily give orders one after another. At this moment, he felt that his previous judgment was a little too optimistic, and His Majesty our Emperor was still very out of tune. But now, there is nothing he can do.

At this time, the Mongols under the city had also noticed the abnormal movement in the city, and also saw the artillery arranged, which made the little prince also feel uneasy, and immediately urged Kanlda again, so that he immediately threw stones at the bewildered pass.

In fact, Kanlda is not in a hurry, but there are a lot of parts that need to be replaced this time, and some parts of the gun body have also been damaged by the previous continuous fire, so they have to be replaced, and the time has naturally dragged on.

It wasn't until he received the order that he gave an order to one of the returning gunners, who had almost been prepared: "Don't wait, I'll smash it!" ”

With this order, the soldier behind the cannon immediately pulled violently, and under the pry of the lever, the boulder had already landed. Immediately, someone in front of him also pulled the bracket, and in a tooth-aching crunch, the entire lever fell together like a seesaw, and this force suddenly pushed the 100-pound boulder up sharply, with amazing momentum and roaring towards the city wall of the partial pass.

After seeing this scene, the Mongolian people were naturally cheering, and the Ming army at the head of the city changed color in unison, and in the screams, many people subconsciously shrank back, for fear that the boulder would fall up like Mount Tai pressing on the top, and then no shield would be useless.

However, this stone, which weighed twice as much, could not be smashed directly into the city from two miles away, and it quickly fell, and then slammed into the city wall, making a loud noise, and at the same time, it shook the whole fortress for a while, and the bricks of the city were broken and fell off, and even the soil inside began to fall down.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Ming army suddenly turned pale, this Mengren's weapon is too powerful, how can this be good?

Only Zhengde was still grim-faced at this time, and asked someone to put a few spoonfuls of gunpowder into the muzzle of the cannon in the middle, and then filled it with the barrel of the gun, took a heavy projectile and stuffed it into the barrel of the cannon, took the torch and put it on the lead that was pulled out early in the morning, and shouted loudly outside the city: "You Tartars have return cannons, and I have artillery in the Ming Dynasty!" Tartars, come and taste it, and see who's better! ”

As soon as his words fell, the fuse had burned to the end, and I saw that the cannon body trembled suddenly, the muzzle of the cannon flashed, and a loud thunderbolt followed, and the sound shook ten miles away.

Driven by the explosive force of gunpowder, a black shadow flew out at a speed that could not be caught by the naked eye, and quickly came to the place where the Mongolian people's return cannons were, falling, exploding, and bursting into flames!