The Ming monarchs and ministers had to hold a court discussion again in the Fengtian Palace.

This time, Zhu Si's face obviously became nervous, and he hid in the deep palace for a few days, he also felt that the crisis was coming, but so far no one had figured out the details of the incoming enemy, let alone what its purpose was.

"Your Majesty, after Di Yi landed on the shore, he did not rush to my Ming Jing Division, perhaps his commander did not know where the Ming Jing Division was, or perhaps it was due to its lack of food, grass and soldiers and horses...... Our side can completely start by cutting off the connection between the landing troops and the sea fleet. ”

Now Wang Shizhong also sees it.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were sent over, and they were beaten so hard that they couldn't find the north in an hour, so rushing up to meet the battle was no different from sending them to death.

But the other party is not in a hurry to enter the army, either they don't know that the Ming capital is nearby, or the other party is not ready, under this premise, of course, it is necessary to make good use of the landlord's advantages and engage in some "crooked and evil" tactics.

Zhu Sidao: "Daming has a million heroes, in front of such a group of uninvited guests, sit back and watch the other party provoke, do you admit defeat?" How many of them are there? Ten thousand? Isn't it okay to use crowd tactics to pile it up? Even if they had firearms, wouldn't they become burning sticks when the ammunition was consumed? Hmph, I believe that consumption can also consume them alive! ”

Obviously, Zhu Si didn't want to accept Wang Shizhong's strategy of using troops.

The other party is clearly a small group of armed forces, jumping into my Daming's back garden, and even at the feet of the Jingshi Tianzi, actually let me avoid its edge?

Wang Shizhong's face was embarrassed, and he didn't know how to respond.

In fact, even if Wang Shizhong felt that he should use some ingenious tactics to engage these enemies, the military department did not have a specific plan to implement, mainly because this time the incident was too abnormal.

Liu Chun asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know who should lead the troops to meet the enemy?" ”

Zhu Si glared at Wang Shizhong angrily, it was originally the best choice to let the military department Shangshu command the troops, but now Zhu Si was very disappointed in Wang Shizhong, he asked with a dark face: "The people of the Northwest Qinwang, is there any news?" ”

Yang Yiqing went to report to the column: "The soldiers and horses in Sanbian, Liaodong and other places are on the way, the former army of Xuanfu has arrived in the capital, and has been on the battlefield, and now it is gathering the rout, and it is expected that the follow-up soldiers and horses will arrive in the next few days." The minister believed that it was a good strategy to defend the city and transfer the soldiers and horses of the Qin King from all provinces to gather in Beijing. ”

If Yang Yiqing hadn't come out to speak, Zhu Si would have almost wanted to say, the capital will be handed over to you, and I will go back to Anlu first to avoid the limelight.

But he thought about it again, even if the walls of several acropolis on the other side of Tianjin were blown up by those barbarians, wouldn't we also have explosives? When Zhu Hao was there, he used it to open mountains and build roads, and the steep mountains were blown up, why did he think that the imperial court had no chance of winning?

Zhu Sidao: "If you lead the troops with Yang Qing's family, and you are also the secretary of the military department and the imperial history of the left capital, you will lead the soldiers and horses of the kings of Qin...... At present, how many soldiers and horses can be mobilized around the capital division and can go to fight the thieves in five days? ”

Yang Yiqing was not too surprised that the emperor arranged for him to lead the troops, after all, he was the most experienced in actual combat among the courtiers in the center of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was resisting the Tatars in the northwest or pacifying the bandits in the local area, he was experienced and had outstanding achievements.

At a critical time, only an old minister like him can be of great use.

What Yang Yiqing didn't expect was that the emperor still insisted on sending troops to "send them to death", which would obviously greatly consume the few soldiers in the Jingshi area, and make the Ming Dynasty fall into great passivity in defense, after all, everyone is dead, where will anyone come to defend?

Yang Yiqing said: "Your Majesty, it is better to use all kinds of soldiers and horses to ambush the thieves on the main road to the Beijing Division, use artillery and gunpowder to form a barrier, or build a city fortress, or dig trenches, and speed up the consumption of ammunition in their hands." ”

Although the enemy army of unknown origin is strong, in the eyes of a veteran general like Yang Yiqing with rich experience in leading troops, this kind of firepower cannot last, it is simply a hammer deal, maybe the other party is here to rob?

When the robbery is over, the weapons and ammunition are exhausted, and they will retreat without a fight!

There is no need to send the main force to fight them, or even to clash with them head-on, even if they want to be eliminated and prevent a comeback next time, after they withdraw their troops, we should study their origins and intentions clearly, find out their background and the ways and means of making firearms, and then make a plan.

Zhu Sidao: "The matter of using soldiers will be handed over to Yang Qing's family." During this time, no matter what yamen, twelve hours a day must not leave people, and the military generals will not allow the slightest slack, I will summon them at any time! ”

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Zhu Si finally looked a bit like a responsible emperor.

Driven to a dead end by the invading enemy, he realized that he, the emperor, needed to be responsible for the people of the world and communicate with the ministers, of course, more because his life was in danger, and he had to put on the appearance of advancing and retreating with the courtiers and the army and the people.

The capital has been placed under martial law.

In order to prepare for the war, in addition to the regular army around the capital, even began to organize servants to go to the front line, the purpose is to build fortresses, except for the homes of dignitaries, the common people suffered at this time, and the vast majority of the men were assigned to conscription.

In the direction of Nanjing City, the advance of Zhu Hao's soldiers and horses was relatively smooth.

Everything lies in the fact that the Ming court can't take care of Nanjing at all, which means that Nanjing is left to fend for itself, and the soldiers and horses under Zhu Hao's command to attack Nanjing do not have much concern, and the troops are even more simple and direct, advancing violently, without stopping halfway, and the soldiers, horses, grain and grass can fully meet the needs.

In just four days, the soldiers and horses were killed under the city of Nanjing.

In the city of Nanjing, at this time, sixty or seventy thousand troops were gathered, but half of them were temporarily recruited, and it was simply false to say how much strength there was, which was related to the fact that Nanjing had not encountered a decent war for many years.

The soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing garrison lacked food and clothing, and the weapons and equipment were even more uneven, and many guards had to take sickles and hoes to accept the call and participate in the defense of the city.

The siege unfolds.

Simple and brutal.

It is to bombard indiscriminately, it is the city wall, there is no need to go forward to bury explosives, but directly bombard with artillery, the shells are all filled with yellow powder, the power after the explosion is huge, more than 5,000 shells are fired in an hour, and the direction is only in a certain city wall.

An hour later, the walls of the city in this direction were blown flat for a mile, revealing the dwellings of the city.

The defenders of the city had never seen such a level of indiscriminate bombardment, and many of the people on the city walls had run away. Fortunately, after the bombardment, the soldiers and horses outside the city did not take the opportunity to cover up and enter the city, but sent "messengers".

The envoy had yellowish-brown skin, high cheekbones, deep-set eye sockets, a broad nose, and thick lips. This man entered the city with a scepter, no one dared to stop him, he passed through the broken city wall, entered the city, and brought a letter written by Zhu Hao in advance, of course, not in the name of Zhu Hao, but as a descendant of Yin Shang, the Chinese Empire urged the Ming subjects to surrender in exchange for peace.

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The Battle of Nanjing came to an end after the city wall collapsed.

Don't fight!

Zhu Hao's army was stationed in the open area outside the Shence Gate in the northeast of Nanjing, while the main force of the navy cruised on the Yangtze River, blocking the Shangyuan Gate and the Waijinchuan Gate, as well as several rivers connecting the Jinling River.

At the same time, the southern soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty led by Lu Wanqin rushed over from Fujian.

Lu Wan gathered more than a hundred warships, and under the supervision of Luo An, the envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town, who served as the overseer, launched a sneak attack on Zhu Hao's fleet.

But they clearly overestimated their ability to hide their whereabouts.

In fact, Lu Wan's department has always been under the close supervision of Zhu Hao's navy, and after the war, Zhu Hao's side did not need to dispatch too many additional ships, and only sent one ship to meet the battle.

It's a giant ship of steel.

This big iron ship is equipped with heavy artillery, not a single soldier on the deck can not see, from five miles away to fire, the intensity of the shell obviously exceeds the range of the Ming warship, a cannon down, the ship is pierced, the soldiers on the ship only take a small boat to escape for their lives, not even a chance to remedy.

One boat against nearly a hundred ships of the Ming Dynasty.

When Luo An, who was on the warship in the rear, heard the news, he was greatly surprised.

Lu Wan also brought him very bad news: "Luo Zhenfu, according to the current situation obtained by this official, the city wall of Nanjing City has been blown down, and the Beijing division has also been invaded by thieves, and the weapons used are unheard of, and they do not harass the people. The city of Nanjing has received a document of persuasion, and I have transcribed a copy for you to see. ”

After Luo An read the persuasion document, his expression was complicated.

The battle ahead was still going on, and more than a dozen ships in their fleet had already been sunk, and they couldn't even rush through that ship within two miles.

The other side only used one boat, and they realized that this battle could not be fought.

"The ships of the thieves are made of steel, and they are not just wrapped in a layer of armor, so it is difficult to sink them whether they are attacked by fire or fired by our artillery. At present, I am afraid that the only way is to go ashore and go to land warfare. ”

Lu Wan saw that there was no chance of winning the water battle.

It is better to move the navy to the shore quickly, otherwise his soldiers and horses will be wiped out at sea.

Luo An said: "Lu Zhongcheng dispatched the people of Pingkou, and I don't dare to ask about the affairs of Jinghai, you can decide by yourself." ”

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Lu Wan immediately changed his tactics and ordered all the ships to turn around and flee to the southwest, heading to the nearest port, trying to take advantage of the lightness of his ship, the sail-driven and faster travel speed, and to dock before the opponent's steel giant ship came over.

But they underestimated the speed of the opposing steel warship.

Because the iron ship is driven by a steam turbine, the speed is more than twice as fast as the speed of the Ming ship, so that when the Ming side hurriedly turned the bow, the steel giant ship has already leaned over, and the bombardment continues, and whether it is a long artillery, but a medium and close range artillery, it takes turns.

From range to accuracy, as well as power, it is far above the artillery equipped with the Ming warship.

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When Lu Wan finally led the fleet into the harbor and the Ming soldiers landed, the steel giant ship almost sank all the ships of the Ming Dynasty on the sea.

In other words, if Da Ming wants to put together a decent naval army to fight, it is almost impossible to do it in a few months.

And the Ming side also suffered heavy losses.

There are more than 20,000 horses, and not even half of them are left at this time.

And after the steel giant ship completed the strangulation of the Daming Water Master, it turned back directly and quickly disappeared at the junction of the sea and the sky, which made Lu Wan, who witnessed all this, feel sad.