There was chaos in the city, and as the Ming army rushed into the city like a tide, the soldiers of the First Legion who were directly bombarded by the Ming artillery fire reacted immediately.

But even if they reacted and rushed forward to try to block the breached city gate, they were greeted by more than a dozen tiger squatting cannons that had been pushed up.

The soldiers of the 1st Regiment that had just rushed up were worthy of the 1st Regiment of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, definitely the elite of the elite.

However, when these soldiers rushed forward, they saw only a dozen black holes in the distance aimed at them, and on both sides were soldiers from a distance rushing into the city.

Groups of soldiers rushed into the city, some of them escorting a dozen artillery pieces and slowly marched towards the soldiers of the 1st Regiment on the opposite side.

One of the leading generals drew his knight's sword, held his long sword high, and with a bit of determination, he led his corporals to rush up with a long roar.

Even if you know that you may be dead and have no place to be buried, as a soldier, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of you, you must rush.

At the moment when this team of elite men and horses rushed forward, more than a dozen tiger squatting cannons opened fire in unison, and the soldiers who rushed to the front were as if they had been smashed by someone with a punch, and dozens of people fell to the ground on the spot.

Thousands of people came to support the city gate, but before they arrived at the city gate, they were bombarded by the Ming artillery that rushed into Chengzhong.

The threat of more than a dozen artillery pieces is big and big, and it is laughing when it is said that it is small, but the real casualties caused by more than a dozen tiger squat guns are less than 100 people, but the deterrence brought to the soldiers of the First Army is very great.

The soldiers of the First Legion, who had been imposing, were holding back their strength from top to bottom, wanting to prove that they were the most powerful legion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

As a result, before they could make any moves, they were stunned by the artillery fire.

By the time the soldiers of the 1st Regiment who were rushing into formation reacted, the artillery on this side had already completed the second reload.

"Open fire."

At the moment when the artillery was filled, a general gave a decisive order.

Suddenly there was another bloody storm.

One time was enough, and under the second artillery fire, the soldiers standing at the front fell a large number of them at once.

The most courageous soldiers in the army have always been at the forefront, and it is impossible for every soldier in the first army to be fearless of death, but relatively speaking, the proportion of that kind of brave warriors is higher.

However, after such two cannons, among the thousands of people, the most brave soldiers, who could boost morale, stabilize the morale of the army, and even lead the rest of the soldiers to fight a smooth battle, died at once.

The ones who rushed to the front must be brave soldiers, and as a result, the backbone of this small army was broken, and it is conceivable that it is not easy for the remaining soldiers not to collapse.

However, at this time, more and more Ming troops rushed into the city, especially when a group of cavalry swept like a torrent, and in an instant, the remaining hundreds of people collapsed all at once.

The gates fell completely, and as a large number of soldiers poured into the city, the resistance of the First Legion in the city became weaker and weaker.

Although the combat effectiveness of this first legion is indeed very strong, the Ming side occupies an absolute numerical advantage.

The difference in strength between the two sides was several times, even though the First Army Corps had 30,000 troops, ranking first among the major armies of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, but compared with the 1230,000 soldiers and horses on the Ming side, the difference between the two sides was as much as three or four times.

In order to avoid too many casualties in this final battle, Cheng Xiangwu and Lu Dazhu gave the order to enter the city with artillery.

Even if the speed is slowed down, it must be opened with artillery, but fortunately, ninety percent of the guns carried by the Ming are light tiger squat guns.

A few soldiers were able to serve a tiger squat cannon, so that hundreds of tiger squat cannons slowly entered the city.

Whenever they encountered a group of soldiers of the First Legion, the generals of the Ming army first bombarded with tiger squatting cannons, and then took advantage of the fact that the other party was stunned by the bombardment, and it was a burst of charge.

Such an artillery bombardment, a rush, although the routine is simple, but the effect is very good.

It is really that the improved tiger squat cannon is too convenient, the power is moderate, and it is easy to move, so it is equipped with a large number of weapons in the Ming army, and in less than ten years, the Ming Dynasty has built nearly 10,000 tiger squat cannons.

You must know that the Ming Dynasty is now full of calculations, even if you count the local garrison, it is only six or seven hundred thousand, but this tiger squat cannon is equipped with nearly 10,000 guns.

Not to mention anything else, in this expeditionary army alone, the Tiger Squat Cannon is equipped with about 1,500 pieces, which means that there is almost one Tiger Squat Cannon for every 100 people.

Artillery, firearms and other firearms are equipped in the army in a large proportion, so that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is high, if not, it will not be pushed all the way to this place.

After all, at this time, the combat effectiveness of the Grand Duchy of Moscow is really strong, although I dare not say that it is the first in Europe, but it is enough to enter the top three.

Even so, the Ming soldiers and horses were still defeated, and they were defeated for a while.

After about three or four hours, the huge city, which was originally filled with shouts of killing and shelling, gradually fell silent.

A group of soldiers of the First Legion slowly walked out of the city under the guard of the Ming soldiers, and it was obvious that these people had become prisoners of the Ming Dynasty.

The embarrassed Vasily III tried several times under the service of the attendants, but he did not have the courage to pull the trigger of the short-handled firecracker, and the result can be imagined, Vasily III fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty and became one of the many kings captured by the Ming Dynasty.

Compared to the captured kings, Vasily III was not very prominent, after all, during this period, the Grand Duchy of Moscow had just risen and had not yet become a great power in later generations.

In the gorgeous palace, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu and some high-ranking military officials were sitting there discussing the harvest and what to do next.

It is obviously very difficult to get a steady stream of grain support from Daming, it is really too far away from Daming, and the reason why Cheng Xiangwu and them are rushing to the lair of the Grand Duchy of Moscow is also a helpless move in the final analysis.

If they could not break through the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the shortest possible time, once Vasily III reacted to Cheng Xiangwu and Lu Dazhu and implemented the policy of cutting off food, once the phenomenon of a shortage of grain and grass appeared in the army of more than 100,000 people, the consequences would be very serious.

However, now the crisis of grain has finally passed, after all, the city of Moscow has been breached, as the lair of Vasily III, there is no help but here can not help but have all kinds of gold and silver wealth looted by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the past hundred years of foreign expansion, in addition to mountains of grain and grass.

Because the Grand Duchy of Moscow has been busy with foreign expansion in recent years, it has a large amount of grain stored in the city all year round.

It was precisely because of these grains that Lu Dazhu and Cheng Xiangwu were completely at ease.

The grain they collected and found alone was enough to supply the consumption needs of hundreds of thousands of troops for half a year.

After solving the problem of grain and grass, Lu Dazhu, Cheng Xiangwu and others were able to gather here with peace of mind to discuss what to do next.

Several generals subconsciously looked at Cheng Xiangwu, and even Lu Dazhu looked at Cheng Xiangwu and said, "General Cheng, I don't know what Your Majesty's will is." ”

The generals are not subject to foreign military orders, but Lu Dazhu is not the kind of general with strong opinions, to a certain extent, Lu Dazhu is where to fight, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect him to be able to take charge alone.

It is also because of this that after discussing with the cabinet, Zhu Houzhao sent Cheng Xiangwu, who was acting in charge of the navy, to let Cheng Xiangwu take over the army, but he was worried that Lu Dazhu did not have enough vision of the overall situation.

Cheng Xiangwu smiled at Lu Dazhu, the two of them were both drawn out of the army by Chu Yi back then, and then they came to this day step by step with their own abilities, although the two belong to the Navy Division and the Army, but this does not affect the comradeship between the two.

Although the name of the widely known eunuch party has gradually been mentioned by no one for many years since Chu Yi left, in the minds of some people, the former eunuch party, that is, the Wuwang party, still exists today.

It's just that these former Wuwang Party are now in high positions, and almost more than half of the civil and military officials above the fourth rank above the court are members of the Wuwang Party.

With such a relationship, it is conceivable that it is not a problem for Cheng Xiangwu to take over the army smoothly, if Lu Dazhu does not have such a relationship with Cheng Xiangwu, even if it is the will of the Son of Heaven, it is really not so easy for Lu Dazhu to hand over the power in his hands.

Cheng Xiangwu stroked his beard, groaned slightly, and said slowly: "Actually, Your Majesty gives you two choices, one is to return to the division, and the other is led by the marshal, all the way over, and join the sailors led by Qi Jingtong and Yu Dayou. ”

Everyone was stunned, obviously many generals didn't know where Qi Jingtong and Yu Dayou were.

After all, if you are not a real high-level in the military, it is impossible to come into contact with these, even if you are a general in the army, in fact, there is no channel or qualification to know this.

Among the generals present, there are only a few people who really know that Qi Jingtong and Yu Dayou are wreaking havoc in the West now, and there are only a few people such as Lu Dazhu and Cheng Xiangwu, and the total will not exceed ten.

Looking at the bewildered looks of the generals, Cheng Xiangwu nodded at Cheng Yu and said, "Cheng Yu, hang up the world map." ”

Immediately, I saw a huge world map taken out by Cheng Yu, and then hung it up with great care.

This map of the world universe is jointly drawn by the Ming Dynasty Qin Tianjian and the six departments, which records all the countries and regions explored by the Ming Dynasty, although it is said that it is more accurate than the map of later generations, this map of the world has some distortions, but in this era, such a picture of the world is really accurate, I am afraid that after looking all over the world, except for the Ming Dynasty, no country can come up with such an accurate map of the world.

As a general in the army, the world map is naturally no stranger, but when they saw this latest world map, everyone looked at the land range of the Ming Dynasty marked above, and their mouths opened wide, and their eyes almost fell off.