Chapter 32: No Cannons

Zhu Yuanzhang is a ruthless character, otherwise how could he become the emperor of the ages, so when he heard the last method mentioned by Chen Yang, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded without hesitation.

"What if it is to make the enemy's blood flow? As long as it can keep the country and the people of the Ming Dynasty, this is nothing at all. ”

"Let's think this is the best way, since this can make the enemy retreat, then there is no need to think about other methods."

"Let's call Zhu Youzhen over and ask how many cannons can be used here."

In fact, Chen Yang had other ideas, but now when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang and wanted to use the power here, he didn't say much.

He also wanted to see how many hole cards were still being played.

And whether these hole cards can play a role in turning the tide.

If the weapons here can still work, maybe this crisis can be resolved more quickly.

If the weapons here play an initial role and can't satisfy Chen Yang, then Chen Yang will think of other ways.

So now Zhu Yuanzhang is using this way to find out, and he agrees.

Not long after, the old eunuch came back with Zhu Youzhen, at this time Zhu Youzhen was still wiping the sweat on his forehead, obviously he was not busy during the time he went out just now.

And after he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's call, he immediately rushed back non-stop.

Now Zhu Youzhen knows that he is in a hurry.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang's tense face relax a little, after all, Zhu Youzhen knew that he cherished the country, which was a good phenomenon. Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Now I ask clearly, how many soldiers can be used in the capital, and how many weapons can be used? And how many cannons do we have? ”

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, his face showed a touch of bitterness, he shook his head very helplessly, but he still said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Now the four gates have not been lost, but the walls are somewhat damaged, so now there are soldiers gathered in the broken places of the city walls to block the attacking enemies."

"The number of troops that can be used now is about 100,000, and the enemy's strength has been counted, and it is about the same number as ours, so we have been able to hold out until now."

When Chen Yang heard this answer, he already shook his head helplessly.

Because anyone who knows a little military common sense knows a truth, as the side that guards the city, it has an advantage over the attacking side.

After all, there are walls and weapons that can be borrowed, so most of the time attacking a city, in addition to using conspiracy, there is also a problem to consider.

That is, the comparison of the strength of the two sides, at least three times more than the side holding the city, which means that Li Zicheng's side must invest at least 300,000 troops to successfully take the city.

But now Li Zicheng only dared to target Kyoto in the Ming Dynasty with 100,000 horses, which is enough to see how rotten these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have become.

Of course, there may be other factors in this, so Chen Yang has not yet opened his mouth to ask.

The old eunuch was beside him, still adding.

"This is the number of all the soldiers we can use to fend off the enemy, and if we add those who are wounded, there should be about 120,000 more."

"The number counted by the enemy side is also an estimate, and our secret agents are investigating, and there are still enemy men and horses moving in this direction in the farther away."

"Maybe in a few days, those people will also be transferred under the city gates."

The old eunuch sighed as he spoke, because everyone knew a result, and now these soldiers could not even stop a hundred thousand horses.

If more of the enemy's troops were to move in this direction, there would be only one possibility that the city would be breached.

If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang coming here this time, and Zhu Youzhen took the initiative to go to the barracks and give some encouragement to the generals who were still holding on there, it is likely that those generals would have chosen to give up.

But even so, those generals are just gritting their teeth and insisting, so all hope is on Zhu Yuanzhang's side.

If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't had a way to break the enemy, it was likely that Zhu Youzhen would still think of committing suicide to apologize.

Zhu Youzhen waited until the old eunuch finished speaking, the bitterness on his face became more and more intense, but he still responded to Zhu Yuanzhang's question with a hard head.

"Now the cannons are not in the palace at all, and all the cannons have fallen to those places around them."

"If there were still cannons to use here in Kyoto, they would have been used for a long time, so why wait until now."

When Chen Yang heard that there was not a single cannon that could be used in the capital, he couldn't help but feel that Zhu Youzhen was simply a stupid pig among stupid pigs.

Knowing that the other party might be attacking the capital, but now there is no backhand, leaving only these regular garrison soldiers.

Moreover, these garrison soldiers only have the most conventional weapons in their hands, which is tantamount to discarding the most powerful defensive tools.

He didn't know how to complain about Zhu Youzhen's current approach, of course, now that he already knew, Zhu Youzhen didn't leave a cannon here.

He could only think of a way from the system and himself, seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry, Chen Yang's face showed an indifferent smile.

Of course, his smile at this time was not mocking Zhu Yuanzhang, but because he felt that thanks to his system, he could now be promoted to this level.

And thanks to the fact that he made some preparations in the previous historical periods, otherwise he would have faced this thorny problem now.

He and Zhu Yuanzhang could only stare at each other, but he had to tell Zhu Youzhen how to do it before arranging it.

So when Zhu Yuanzhang was looking at Chen Yang, he said indifferently.

"Since there are no cannons to use here, forget it, anyway, I don't plan to count the cannons here, the cannons here are the kind of craftsmanship that are very poor."

"Even if the level of these cannons can still be used, the lethality of the enemy is not enough to achieve the effect of deterrence."

Chen Yang is also telling the truth, because in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the research and use of cannons actually began very early.

But I have to admit that some people are lying in place and feel very satisfied.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's time, there was already a magic weapon like a cannon.