Chapter 229: King Pingliang
"The cannon is stronger than you think!!"
Zhu Di said to Chu Zhen with excitement on his face.
After two rounds of firing, the Yuan army was forced to retreat a mile, and the nearby camp was also forced to retreat, so as not to hit the ground and bounce up and roll into the camp.
Chu Zhen smiled and said, "It just so happens that the width of this river is within the advantageous range of the Wanjun cannon. ”
What is Superior Range?
It is the range that the Wanjun cannon can shoot, but the cannonballs and trebuchets of the Yuan army are beyond the reach of the dust, this is the advantage!
"It's not in vain, we worked hard to pull them from the Yingtianfu military camp to Yunnan!"
Mu Ying also smiled.
The manufacturing process of the Wanjun cannon and the gunpowder formula used are all from Chu Zhen, which is the largest and most powerful cannon.
After Zhu Yuanzhang inspected it, he felt that it was powerful enough, but it was too heavy, and once it rained and the road was muddy, it would be difficult to transport this kind of cannon.
Therefore, the Ministry of Industry only built 20 Wanjun cannons, and this time to fight the King of Liang in Yunnan, Zhu Di and Fu Youde pulled half of it.
I didn't expect the width of the Baishi River to just make the Wanjun cannon work wonders!
By the way, Zhu Yuanzhang also named the other two kinds of guns Qianjun and Baijun guns.
But when Chu Zhen heard the people in the barracks mention it, they preferred to call the jack cannon.
"General Fu."
After seeing the movements of the Yuan army on the opposite side, Zhu Di handed over the telescope to Fu Youde, and said at the same time: "Originally, I wanted to let that submarine army cooperate with us to cross the river, but now it seems that it is better for us to cross the river directly, and then cooperate with them to attack before and after!" ”
Fu Youde held a telescope in his hand, looked at the Yuan army on the other side carefully, and saw that they were afraid to step forward, so he approved King Yan's suggestion.
Chu Zhen saw that the telescope was in Mu Ying's hands again, followed by Feng Sheng, and the Ming generals took turns using a telescope.
Let him cry and laugh.
Zhu Yuanzhang had at least twenty telescopes in his hands, but he estimated that he only gave Zhu Di three, and there should be one in the hands of the army generals who sneaked to the other side.
"I agree with Your Highness."
Mu Ying also agreed.
So, Zhu Di reported the decision to Ying Tianfu, and soon got his father's reply:
After getting in touch with the walkie-talkie of the submarine army, you can try to cross the river, and the ten thousand guns will be left in place and transported to the trouble.
Chu Zhen inexplicably thought of a certain transport captain.
Lao Zhu even thought that the Wanjun cannon was too heavy and couldn't transport it to the river! I was not dazzled by the power of the cannon.
It's really hard to ship.
The strategy of flanking the front and back was approved.
Zhu Di calculated the time for crossing the river and hurrying, and turned on the walkie-talkie.
Half an hour later, the pontoon bridge was almost built, and Zhu Di also got in touch with the Yuan army camp lurking.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Ming army accelerated the speed of building the bridge.
The Yuan army then sent a harassment fleet to set up cannon stone throwers on the river bank, and the Ming army fleet went down the river and fired back on the boat.
The two sides pulled along the riverbank, and the Ming army gradually occupied the river, drove all the Yuan ships away, and blew up all the trebuching cannons on the opposite bank.
Half an hour later, the vanguard army of the Ming army was ready to land.
The Yuan army sent tens of thousands of people to the river bank again in formation, trying to collapse the pontoon bridge with more artillery.
"Boom!"
Wan Jun cannon smashed the Yuan army array, smashing them into dodging, and the formation was a mess.
Zhu Di, Fu Youde, Mu Ying and others want this opportunity!
With the sound of the big drum, within the four or five miles of the riverbank, the Ming army landed one after another, and quickly formed a formation after going ashore.
The landing battle entered the stage of handover of troops.
More Yuan troops poured out of the camp.
Chu Zhen saw Zhu Di pick up the walkie-talkie and ordered, "General Zhang, can you hear it?" ”
"Yes, Your Highness!"
"I order you to immediately sound the Golden Tree Banner, attack the Yuan army camp, and cooperate with my main army!"
"The last general commanded, sounded the golden tree flag, and attacked the Yuan army camp!"
Both sides confirmed the order before putting down the walkie-talkie.
Zhu Di picked up the binoculars, observed the Yuan army on the other side, and when he saw that their riot began, he ordered the whole army to attack and force the Baishi River!
Chu Zhen rode on a horse and watched the Ming army rush to the opposite bank like a tide, and the pontoon bridge was not enough, so he held the planks and pontoons, and drove small boats to cross the river in groups.
The cannon fire continued, the horses neighed, and the shouts were loud.
Chu Zhen released five drones, crossed the river and flew over the head of the Yuan army, doing nothing, just adding to the chaos.
It's just that what was added was the chaos of the Yuan army led by Darima.
"Chu Zhenjun protects me and waits, Yuan Dog will die!!"
"It's Chu Zhenjun's treasure, attack with me and kill Yuan Dog!"
"Tiger, tiger, tiger!"
The five drones boosted the morale of the Ming army, forming a formation to continuously impact the Yuan army, and thousands of arquebus units took turns firing, cooperating with the artillery behind to bombard - the range of the Qianjun cannon was also amazing.
The Yuan army, which was flanked by the front and rear, soon lost its position, not only could not prevent the Ming army from crossing the river, but also could not stop the sneak attack in the rear.
After Zhu Di, Mu Ying and other main generals also crossed the river and began to lead the troops to attack, the great rout of the Yuan army began.
Chu Zhen used a drone to shoot the scene of King Liang's Yuan Dynasty army being defeated and fleeing in the air.
The barracks were stormed.
The cavalry fled in disarray.
A large number of Yuan infantry threw away their weapons and prostrate on the ground, took off their armor, exposed their arms and chests as a sign of surrender, and were driven aside by the Ming army.
Mu Ying led the cavalry to attack the most elite troops in the Yuan army, and after repeating it several times, the Yuan army was completely defeated.
A thousand-mile march, just for this half-day fight.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Ming army surrounded Qujing.
Dozens of thousands of cannons were pulled in front of the city gate, and before the cannons could be fired, the defenders in the city opened the city gate.
Darima tied his hands and walked out in a line with hundreds of Mongol Yuan troops, and the rest of the Yuan troops also went out of the city to surrender.
The Ming army cheered.
If this battle is won smoothly, there is no need to kill prisoners and sacrifice flags.
"You are the Yan King of the Ming Kingdom?"
Darima, speaking Mongolian, asked the youngest Zhu Di.
Someone in the Ming army who knew Mongolian was quickly translated.
"I'm King Yan!"
"Then I'll ask you."
Darima, who was still tied with his hands, asked directly: "In your army, who is the craftsman who makes cannons and birds?" ”
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Hearing his words, Zhu Di laughed, turned his head and asked, "What about Chu Zhenjun?" ”
"Chu Zhenjun has just crossed the river!"
"Come with me to meet Chu Zhenjun."
After a while, Darima and the others saw a very young, strangely dressed man who did not look like a battle, riding a horse.
He doesn't go to war.
But everyone, including King Yan of the Ming Kingdom, watched him approach on horseback.
"These are the Mongol Yuan Army?"
Chu Zhen saw several Mongolian generals shirtless with their hands tied behind them.
He wanted to cross the river as soon as possible, but the guards around him advised him not to cross the river until the battle on the other side was over.
Chu Zhen simply continued to fly the drone and took pictures of the Ming army cleaning up the battlefield.
Zhu Di smiled and said, "Darima said that he wanted to see you." ”
"See me?"
In front of Darima, Chu Zhen looked at the Mongolian general, who had the common braided hair of the Hu people, shaved the top of his head, braided his left and right ears, and wore earrings, which made him look very strong.
"He asked if you were a craftsman." Zhu Di said.
"Artisan?"
Chu Zhen's face was strange.
When the Mongols broke the city, they often slaughtered the city, but even if they did, the craftsmen would be left alive and captured to make armor and weapons for them.
A large part of Zhu Yuanzhang's craftsmanship was inherited from the Yuan Dynasty.
"Tell him I'm not a craftsman."
Chu Zhen said.
Zhu Di nodded, and said to Darima: "This is our Ming Yingtian Protector True Monarch, and the cannon that is shooting at you on the other side of the river is made by Chu Zhenjun!" ”
Chu Zhen hurriedly waved his hand, he was just a porter of knowledge.
The generals of the Ming Dynasty had no objections, and they all thought that he had made it.
Darima couldn't help but ask, "How did you build those flying birds?" ”
The cannon is still within the scope of their cognition, and it is nothing more than an improvement on the current artillery.
But the birds flying in the sky disturbed them deeply.
Although there were no casualties.
Chu Zhen didn't answer him, and entered the city with Zhu Di and others.
At dinner, treat the three armies.
In this battle, a lot of materials were captured, and the more than 100,000 soldiers who participated in the battle were given half a bowl of meat and a bowl of wine, and those who had not yet crossed the river, or who did not participate in the battle, also received a piece of meat and half a bowl of wine.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in Yingtianfu, received the battle report and was very happy, and called the prince Zhu Biao, who was thousands of miles away from Zhu Di, and chatted about the follow-up military while having dinner.
Chu Zhen stayed in Qujing City for two days.
On the third day, the army was rested.
Fu Youde led tens of thousands of troops to the north to aid Lanyu, and Chu Zhen, together with Zhu Di and Mu Ying, led the army towards Zhongqing Road.
Traveling to Banqiao, Yuan Youcheng Guanfu Bao came out to surrender, so the Ming army successfully entered Zhongqing Road, and after occupying the Liang Wangfu, Zhu Di and others learned that Liang Wang's son was only a Jin and a Val Mi, and had fled with his wife and children.
"History records that he would hang himself in Puning Prefecture."
Chu Zhen sat in the Liang Wangfu and drank tea, said to Zhu Di, and motioned for him to write this sentence to his father.
Zhu Yuanzhang quickly replied: "Since he is defeated, he doesn't pay attention to him a lot, and the Tusi in Yunnan don't listen to him, can he still escape back to the Northern Yuan?" ”
From this sentence, it can be heard that Zhu Yuanzhang is in a good mood.
Chu Zhen was also in a good mood.
After a big battle, sitting in the enemy's house and drinking tea, this taste is really good, no wonder Li Shimin was so proud when he said that he was drinking in Longxi.
Knowing that King Liang had fled, he was in a panic all day long, and this tea tasted even more fragrant!
Day 2.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who went to the early dynasty and discussed with the ministers, gave Zhu Di instructions:
"Change Zhongqing Road to Yunnan Mansion, place Yunnan Political Envoy Division, Command Envoy Division, and leave it to govern the land there in the future.
You sent troops to pass through each place separately, and issued an edict to persuade the Tusi to surrender, so that the Yuan Wanhu, Qianhu Mansion, the Changguan Division, the Xuanfu Division, etc., allowed them to continue in their original positions, and waited for the next year to come back to Yingtianfu to see me, and I discussed with them again.
The edict ordered the Duan clan to surrender, granted the command of the capital to Tongzhi, the hereditary general Dingyuan, gave Lu a thousand stones, gave iron coupons, and allowed the Duan clan to send ten jinshi, and all the children could come to the country to study. ”
This is where the future capital of Yunnan Province will be located.
King Liang fled, but the Duan clan still had more than 100,000 troops, and the Tusi and Yuan armies also had hundreds of thousands of troops in their hands.
Therefore, Chu Zhen saw that Zhu Yuanzhang offered generous conditions to let the Duan family surrender.
The hereditary three-rank martial arts position, gave the Duan family ten jinshi places, and allowed them to come to Guozijian to study.
Of course, these conditions are much worse than those in the Song Dynasty, when Duan was the king of Dali, and they are also worse than the position of Yunnan governor in the Yuan Dynasty.
But this time, the Ming army is going to include the entire Yunnan into the territory, and put the political envoys and envoys in Yunnan, just to tell them about it in advance!
To fight, or to fall, let them choose.
Zhu Di, who received instructions from his father, immediately gathered everyone in the army and began to convey his will.
Chu Zhen didn't mix.
He summoned the old servants of the Liang Palace, and as a historian, asked and recorded the "peacock gall" love story between Princess Agai and Duan Gong.
It turned out that Duan Gong's wife already had a wife, and he was twenty years older than Princess Agai, but fortunately, according to the old servant of Liang Wangfu, the two did love each other and trusted each other.
"I kind of know why historians like to use Spring and Autumn brushwork."
Chu Zhen shook his head when he heard this.
If Duan Gong is not famous, he doesn't mind using Spring and Autumn brushwork to make the love story complete.
But Duan Gong is the head of Dali, and his age is there, so Chu Zhen can only write it down truthfully and leave it for future generations to comment on.
After Zhu Di knew that he was doing this, he sent someone to bury the two together and prepared to build a shrine to commemorate it.
It's complete.
"Shall I go back first?"
The next morning, Chu Zhen planned to say goodbye and wait for Zhu Di to come back after beating the Duan clan and the various toasts, which was estimated to take at least two or three months.
“…… Chu Zhenjun walked slowly. ”
Zhu Di was very reluctant to bid him farewell, without Chu Zhenjun, where could he still send a message to his father in Yingtian's Mansion in time?
The rest of the battle can only rely on them.
Fortunately, the strongest Liang King has been pulled out, and the rest can be won with just care.
After Chu Zhen left, not only Zhu Di was reluctant, but Zhu Yuanzhang, who was far away in Yingtianfu, also felt uncomfortable.
In the past few days, he could know about the battle on the front line at any time, but now he can only wait for half a month to wait for the news to come back from Kuaima.
How can you bear it?
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