In order to facilitate transportation, the new type of artillery has dismantled several large pieces.

After all, the Donglin Army has replaced the cannons with a bird gun. The one I used was a conscience-free cannon. Although it was easy to carry and powerful, it was also very powerful, but... the disadvantages were also extremely great.

Even if there is almost no accurate head, the range is limited, and no matter how powerful it is, it is not as high as this special artillery.

But this cannon is different.

This is a truly professional artillery. After repeated transformations and improvements, it finally began to be assembled into the Donglin Army in large quantities.

The so-called cannon fires, and gold is ten thousand taels.

This is by no means a joke.

Because this thing is expensive, the cost of a cannon is more than 1,700 taels of silver. Because of the complex craftsmanship, only when the craftsmen build six craftsmen can one pass. What is luxury? This is luxury.

Not only that, the shells of this thing are more expensive, because qualified shells... are indeed not easy.

This thing is too expensive.

Of course... the money spent on Emperor Apocalypse.

This time, the troops sent can be described as wealthy and powerful.

On this side, he was already holding a telescope and began to observe the movements of the military town in front of him.

This is a military fortress specially used to garrison troops. It covers a considerable area and all defense facilities are top-notch.

Judging from the observation on the city tower, Zhang Jingyi could already see that people were constantly increasing troops here.

In fact, this is understandable. After all, reasonableness is the gateway to Nanjing City. It is clear that after being caught off guard, these people were determined to fight the Donglin Army here and fight to the decisive battle.

Emperor Aoki came over with a knife on the other side and said, "What, I don't plan to attack."

"They are increasing their troops."

"If you increase your troops, you will increase your troops. What's the point? Let's go here and talk about it."

Zhang Jingyi looked at Emperor Tianqi deeply: "Your Majesty, we still have one and a half days of military rations..."

Emperor Apocalypse frowned and held his chin and said, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Jingyi said, "This is the military town. Your Majesty and me have raised their troops here. Either the decisive battle in Nanjing City or here. Why not give them some time, increase their troops here, and fight here. After all, there are not many people here. As long as these thieves gather here and then give them a hard blow, they can completely break their delusions. Otherwise, they will have a decisive battle in Nanjing City. There are too many civilians in Nanjing City, which involve too much."

Emperor Aoki couldn't help but say, "What do you mean is to let them increase their troops for one day?"

"That's right." Zhang Jingyi said calmly: "Although it's a bit risky to do this, the more thief troops there are in the same shell, the greater the lethality of ours. What's wrong with it? I just asked a team of people to search for nearby, attacked several gentry families, and searched for some food. It's really not possible. The military ration can last for another day or two. The most important thing now is to let the thief army think that we are trapped here and wait for them to dispatch troops and generals continuously."

Emperor Tianqi could not help but sneer: "These people issued notices everywhere, claiming that I was a bandit and ordered everyone to attack 'I', which is ridiculous."

Zhang Jing didn't find it strange at all, and said plainly: "As long as their fundamental interests are involved, it is common to refer to deer as horses and turn black and white. This is just like His Majesty said, Xu Jie was a famous minister of the generation, but what achievements did Xu Jie have in his life? In the eyes of these people, the greatest achievements are just to defeat the treacherous ministers. But what about Xu Jie himself? The Xu family has hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and tens of thousands of households have become their tenants, and cultivate land for them. There are many people in the south of the Yangtze River. Many people, even if they are paddy fields, even the dry land in the mountains, may not be able to have one or two acres, and they will die, and they cannot even find a place to bury people. But everyone still highly praised Xu Jie. So, don't you think the so-called fighting against the treacherous ministers is ridiculous?"

After pausing, he continued, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I think that it is useless to reason now. We can't win anyway. Since the truth cannot be explained and there is no chance of winning, then take what we are best at and speak with cannons!"

Emperor Tianqi nodded: "You come and arrange it, I will go there to observe again."

Xiaoling Weijun Town is at the foot of Zijin Mountain, guarding the throat. It is not only an important passage to Xiaoling and also a gateway to Nanjing City.

At this time... facing the Donglin Army, the city gate was closed, and countless people climbed up to the city tower and began to defend the city.

Facing the city gate in Nanjing, there were constant streams of people carrying gold, silver and food, and various people began to gather.

Nanjing is the most important city in the world. The Nanjing Ministry of War here controls all the military and horses in Jiangnan.

In the Nanjing side, it was said that the bandits entered Jiangnan, so they began to deploy defenses to defend Nanjing. The military town of Xiaoling Guard became the top priority.

Previously, Jiangnan Chengping, and the Donglin Army rushed all the way, and almost all important barriers were lost. After all, it was because everyone was unable to react and fell into a passive position everywhere.

Now, finally here, Nanjing City has begun to be prepared.

In order to stick to this, the Nanjing Ministry of War suddenly asked the Xiaoling Guards stationed here to go to Zijin Mountain immediately and ask them to guard the tombs.

After all, Xiaoling Guard is in the hands of eunuchs in the sacred palace in Nanjing, and it is not reliable for the Nanjing Ministry of War.

After transferring Xiaoling Guard, everyone gathered.

In just two or three days, there were more than 20,000 people.

And now... there are still a steady stream of people coming to help.

Military horses outside Nanjing came here one after another.

At this time, the city was as solid as a sacrificial ruler, and the one responsible for garrisoning here was Xinning Bo Tan Maoxun.

Tan Maoxun was also one of the great ministers in Nanjing. At this time, he was ordered by the Nanjing Ministry of War to allocate troops here.

Regarding the situation outside the city, Tan Maoxun also tried to send scouts, but any scouts who went out were soon driven back by the other party.

This made Tan Maoxun feel something strange.

Of course, Tan Maoxun also knew that the other party was an elite soldier, with very few people, more than thousands!

And they are defending the city, and now there are reinforcements one after another, and the number of people is nearly ten times that of the other side.

In this case, there is no reason to lose.

However, the other party's true identity was what Tan Maoxun was most worried about because he had already felt something vaguely.

But the Tan family has been in Jiangnan for several generations, and their involvement and connection with Jiangnan is too deep. At present, there is no other way except to bite the bullet and live and die with Jiangnan.

Fortunately, he is a descendant of the general and is quite proficient in military affairs. Now that all the military and horses gather here, the first thing is to make everyone perform their duties and be in order.

Therefore, he met one commander after another and thousands of households, and patrolted the camps everywhere to learn about the distribution of food, grass and money.

It’s time for this, and some people actually want to withhold military pay. In Tan Maoxun’s opinion, this is simply life or death.

Can the court's empty salary be eaten? Do you dare to eat the silver that Zhugongs in Nanjing used for rewards?

After this day, he was exhausted.

I was just tired all day and just wanted to take a break, but I heard someone say outside: "My uncle, some scholars are asking for a visit."

After hearing this, Tan Maoxun felt a headache. At this time, a group of scholars came to join in the fun?

But... he knew in his heart that in Jiangnan, the so-called scholars are not just those who are studying.

So he calmed down and said hurriedly: "Please invite them to the lobby, and I will come afterwards."

Tan Maoxun did not delay, and then set off. Xu Bu came to the lobby and saw more than a dozen scholars waiting in full swings.

Before Tan Maoxun sat down, the leader said, "A mere Wang Shimin, I have met Master Bo."

When Tan Maoxun heard this, he hurriedly turned his back and then replied: "Is it the king of Taicang?"

Wang Shimin smiled and said, "That's right."

Tan Maoxun suddenly felt that he was shorter.

This Wang Shimin is definitely not a simple scholar. This person is the grandson of Wang Xijue, a former cabinet minister, and the son of Wang Heng, a Hanlin editor. He is from a high school and is in Jiangnan... He is also very famous in literary places.

Before, he had been an official, but he became tired of it after a few years. Anyway, some of it was land and money. In Taicang, Suzhou, it was not an exaggeration to call the Wang family Wang Bancheng.

Facing such a person, Tan Maoxun was of course half short.

Wang Shimin is like this, and other scholars are afraid that their identities are not low.

So Tan Maoxun greeted them one by one.

Then Tan Maoxun said, "I don't know what you have to do when you come here."

Although Wang Shimin was over 40 years old, he was quite noble all over his body and spoke slowly: "We heard that the thieves came here to help the war. These thieves were all extremely vicious. We know a little about some military affairs and are willing to serve here to protect the millions of people in the south of the Yangtze River and provide advice for the general."

I am not afraid that scholars can’t do anything, but I am afraid that they know everything.

When Tan Maoxun heard this, his heart sank to the bottom. You guys who usually recite poems and essays have come to give advice?

Of course, these people have extraordinary identities. They are all top gentry in Jiangnan. All their ancestors have held high positions. This is definitely not something that an earl like Tan Maoxun can afford to provoke.

Tan Maoxun smiled and said, "I am short of staff here, but I didn't expect you to recommend yourself. OK, that's great."

The king Shimin was overjoyed and immediately said, "General Tan, our military strength is ten times that of the thief outside the city. Why not attack immediately?"

Tan Maoxun: “…”

Tan Maoxun hurriedly said, "I was ordered to stick here, and all the armies gathered. At this time, the horses of all the troops have not yet understood the details of each army, and cannot know themselves and the enemy, so it is difficult to send troops easily."

Wang Shimin smiled and said, "Zhuge Liang went to Qishan six times, just as the saying that the Han and the thieves were incompatible and Wang Ye was not biased. Although we do not have the talent of Zhuge, how can we sit in a troubled city of sorrow at this point?"

Tan Maoxun: “…”
Chapter completed!