Han Bao saw the hundreds of armor-clad guards in the distance at a glance, and that's it, the key was that the powerful crossbow was aimed at the area of the city wall where they were, which was what frightened Han Bao.

That's a strong crossbow, one or two is fine, he can still avoid it with his strength, but it is hundreds of strong crossbows, Han Bao just had an urge to scold his mother on the spot when he saw those hundreds of strong crossbows.

This is simply cheating, after such a wave, I am afraid that few of the more than 100 soldiers who finally rushed to the city wall will be able to stand there.

Especially at this moment, the rebels around were entangled with them, but Han Bao saw that the rebel generals didn't care about these rebels at all, and they were completely in a posture of wanting to shoot everyone on the spot.

Han Bao immediately slashed and killed the two soldiers, and then used the figures of the two soldiers as a meat shield in front of him and shrank into the corner.

Almost at the moment when Han Bao ordered the soldiers to lie down, a wave of arrows broke through the air.

Except for a few people who reacted quickly enough to lie down, the others did not react at all.

Poof, poof

The sound of arrows entering the body sounded, and the screams came, huddled in the corner and relied on the two corpses as meat shields to block a few arrows that came from the fire, but Han Bao could only watch the wave of arrows rain down, and the hundreds of soldiers who originally rushed up actually fell as much as ninety percent.

Only a few stood there with horrified expressions on their faces, and the others were either shot on the spot or fell to the ground, screaming from the arrows in their bodies.

Not only were the imperial soldiers and horses who rushed to the city wall shot on the spot, but even the more than 100 rebels who were originally besieging were directly covered in.

As you can imagine, these rebels, who were completely treated as outcasts, were shot and killed on the spot by a rain of arrows before they could react.

These soldiers could not have dreamed that they were fighting in front, but behind them their own people were shot together with a rain of arrows.

I have to say that the power of the crossbow to wash the ground is really amazing, but a wave of arrows rained down, and the section of the city wall that was originally occupied by the imperial army was emptied.

King Ning was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene, and then couldn't help laughing, high-fived and exclaimed: "Good, good, good kill!" I have guards in hand, and I have soldiers and horses in the court, what is it! ”

The strong crossbow team of the forbidden army can be said to have made a meritorious contribution with one blow, and King Ning praised it loudly, Li Zhenshan's eyes flashed with essence and said: "Your Majesty, the last general will lead the guards to drive down those imperial soldiers and horses who have climbed the city wall!" ”

King Ning laughed and said, "Okay, there is Lao Li Aiqing!" Kill me fiercely, and let Chu Yi's eunuch know that my guards are not easy to provoke. ”

Li Zhenshan led this Praetorian Guard, but wherever the city wall occupied by the imperial soldiers and horses was a rain of arrows, it can be said that the effect was amazing, and a rain of arrows emptied a city wall.

It was just a short cup of tea, and on the almost mile-long city wall, about ten sections of the occupied city wall were washed in blood by this janitarian guard, and at least nearly a thousand elite soldiers of the imperial court who finally climbed the city wall were shot and killed.

Han Bao had no helpers, even though he was full of amazing force, but he was powerless to resist in the face of the strong crossbow, so he could only go down the city wall in embarrassment.

Under the city wall, Chu Yi couldn't help frowning.

The siege of the city was frustrated, this was a bit unexpected by Chu Yi, after all, the situation was still very good, and it was possible to break through Nanjing City today, but he didn't expect this change to come so quickly.

Qi Hu's eyes lit up and said, "Look, Lord Overseer, Han Bao is down!" ”

Chu Yi said slowly: "It is rumored that Han Bao came to see me, but this governor wants to see what means King Ning has to force Han Bao's fierce general down in such a short period of time." ”

If it weren't for the irresistible force, with Han Bao's temperament, he would never have jumped off the city wall by himself.

Han Bao bowed down in front of Chu Yi, and said with a bit of self-reproach on his face: "The last general will meet the chief manager, Han Bao is incompetent, please punish the chief manager!" ”

Glancing at Han Bao, Chu Yi said lightly: "What's going on on the city wall, you can tell me carefully." ”

Han Bao immediately dispatched the elite Praetorian Guard army under King Ning to shoot hundreds of powerful crossbows.

Qi Hu couldn't help but exclaim when he heard it on the side: "What, King Ning has such an elite team, and he also uses hundreds of strong crossbows at a time, this is ......"

However, Chu Yi raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, is that the three thousand guards in charge of Li Zhenshan, the commander of the Praetorian Guards!" ”

With the ability of the Jinyi Guard, he may not have the ability to open the city gate, but it is very easy to find out the news.

Chu Yi still knew a little about some of the capable officials in King Ning's small court, especially the generals under King Ning.

Li Zhenshan is in charge of the 3,000 Praetorian Guards, which is indeed mentioned in the Jinyi Guard, but it is only casually mentioned.

Just like the guards of the Ming Dynasty, they seem to be elite, but in fact, many of them are just appearances.

That is, Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi paid great attention to the guards, so the guards in the Daming Palace did not become a showman.

But for a long time, everyone's impression of the Praetorian Guards is that they are like goods, and even those Jinyi Guards who inquire about the news have the same opinion, so although they know that there is such a team under King Ning, they don't take it to heart, and they see it more as a kind of goods, just a little mention in the intelligence.

The corners of his mouth showed a little smile, Chu Yi looked in the direction of the city wall with interest and said, "It seems that this governor still underestimates King Ning a little, his three thousand guards are not good!" ”

Qi Hu frowned and said, "Overseer, that's hundreds of strong crossbows, if there is such a guard back and forth on the city wall, I'm afraid that the army will not be able to stand on the city wall!" ”

Han Bao said with tears in his eyes: "Grand Administrator, those subordinates of the last general died unjustly, they did not die in the fight with the enemy, but were shot by the rain of arrows......"

Chu Yi stepped forward and helped the tearful Han Bao up, patted Han Bao's shoulder and said, "This overlord will give an explanation to the dead soldiers!" ”

While speaking, Chu Yi turned to Lin Pingzhi on the side: "Lin Pingzhi, pass on the order of the governor and order the artillery to bombard for another hour." ”

Lin Pingzhi hurriedly went to pass the order, but Qi Hu and Han Bao were still a little worried in their hearts.

The rebels on the city wall are not stupid, Chu Yi bombarded them with artillery, as long as King Ning didn't have a bad brain, he would definitely let the guards hide, and it was impossible to stand on the city wall stupidly and be bombarded.

The walls of Nanjing City are really tall and thick, and if the artillery wants to blast through the walls, I am afraid that it is not possible.

Therefore, if Chu Yi just ordered the artillery bombardment, in fact, it would not solve the problem at all, at most it would just deter the rebels.

Chu Yi obviously understood this, his eyes fell on Han Bao, and he sighed slightly: "You guys come with this governor." ”

Soon Han Bao and Chu Yi came to the army, a heavily guarded place.

This place is jointly guarded by the personnel of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, which can be described as heavily guarded.

Seeing Chu Yi coming, the person in charge of guarding hurriedly saluted Chu Yi.

Han Bao and Qi Hu looked curiously at the things that were covered under the tarpaulin guarded by the people of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and they were very curious in their hearts, what was here, it was jointly guarded by Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

I only heard Chu Yi say: "Open the tent!" ”

Immediately, I saw several brocade guards step forward to open the tent, and suddenly I saw iron balls neatly placed in the boxes, densely packed, at a glance, there were at least thousands.

Han Bao said in surprise: "This ...... This seems to be an artillery shell! ”

Chu Yi stepped forward and almost took an iron ball in his hand, and saw that the iron ball was sealed, and only one fuse was left outside, which was transformed by Chu Yi ordering the craftsmen of the capital.

In fact, the development and application of firearms in the Ming Dynasty is already quite advanced, and there are many types of firearms, such as the thunder of grenades, and the flying crows of divine fire like rockets.

This iron ball contains broken nails and gunpowder, and once it explodes, the power can be imagined.

Such a thunderstorm has long existed in the Ming army, but because of the power of gunpowder, the lethality is not very large, so not many people pay attention to it.

It's just that after Chu Yi ordered the craftsmen to transform, the power of the Thunder Thunder has increased tenfold, and it already has great lethality.

It can be said that the reason why Chu Yi stayed under the city of Nanjing for so long was that on the one hand, he was waiting for reinforcements, and on the other hand, he was also waiting for this batch of firearms transported from the capital, including the dozen or so cannons, which were also transported along the Grand Canal not long ago.

Hundreds of meters away from the pile of iron balls, Chu Yi lit the fuse on the iron ball in his hand, and then threw it out, after a few breaths, only a roar was heard, the fire flashed, and the broken iron splashed, and within a radius of several meters, it was almost completely covered.

"This ...... It's thunder! ”

Looking at that scene, many generals couldn't help but widen their eyes, and their faces were full of disbelief.

They have naturally seen the thunder, and they know in their hearts how powerful the thunder is, but such a powerful thunderstorm is the only one they have seen in their lives.

Chu Yi looked at Han Bao and several other generals and said, "If you have this thing in hand, can you be sure of capturing the city wall?" ”

Han Bao said excitedly: "The last general only needs dozens of such thunderbolts, and he will definitely be able to capture that section of the city wall." The last general is willing to make a military writ. ”

Soon, Han Bao and several generals led his subordinates to take away hundreds of thunderbolts, and they were excited to attack the city again.

Chu Yi sighed lightly, if he was given some more time, those craftsmen in Beijing would definitely be able to make stronger firearms, and even if they made a sufficient amount of gunpowder, it was not impossible to directly blow up the city gate.

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