Please ask me to be the emperor

"Commander Tang, Commander Tang, wake up quickly, wake up quickly!"

The commander of Pingyang Guard made Tang Yao feel as heavy as a mountain and his whole body ached, but when he heard someone calling him repeatedly, he couldn't help but struggle desperately.

"Ah!" He suddenly struggled out of his deep sleep and saw two familiar faces appearing in front of him.

"Prefect Wang, Deputy Ambassador Li!" He couldn't help but asked quickly, "What's wrong, but the thieves started attacking the city again?"

"Listen..." Li Yi'ao, who was also in charge of salt law, water conservancy and political participation in Hedong, smiled bitterly and pointed to his ear to signal Tang Jiao.

"What..." Tang Yao looked confused, but as soon as he opened his mouth, a deafening sound rumbled out.

He couldn't help being frightened, and asked stammering: "What...what is this sound? Hongyi Cannon?"

The sound sounded a bit like the sound of cannons, but the noise was too loud and disturbing.

"That's right, it's the sound of cannons!" Li Yi'ao said with a bitter smile.

"And it's a heavy-duty Hongyi cannon. It might be General Wujian!"

"General Wujian? No...can't?" Tang Yao was almost dumbfounded.

Wujian is a Buddhist term, which is the free translation of "Abi".

It is generally used in conjunction with hell, referring to the eighth hell of the hell realm among the six realms of the three realms - the endless hell.

The General Wujian named after him is said to be the secret weapon of the Ming army, specially used to deal with the powerful Northern and Western invaders.

No one in the world knew how big and heavy General Wujian was. Only Li Yi'ao accidentally heard mention of it when he was reporting on his duties in Beijing, but he didn't know whether it was true or not.

When Zhang Tianlin and Zhang Rukui were attacking the city, he had mentioned this in order to cheer up the Ming army defending the city, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a prophecy.

It is still unknown whether the Ming army has General Wu Jian or not. I am afraid that by this time, the "successful thief" General Wu Jian has already spread throughout the city.

"Let's go take a look!" Tang Yao finally put on his clothes and couldn't help but suggest.

Then Pingyang Magistrate Wang Shunzheng and deputy envoy Li Yi'ao came together this time. This was their intention, so why not?

Surrounded by everyone, the three of them arrived at the South Gate City in a short time. When they looked out, they were startled.

I don't know when, but more than 40 cannons were densely lined up outside the city, spread out in a straight line, with the muzzles pointing diagonally at Pingyang Fucheng.

Among them, there are seven more cannons that are particularly large and look particularly terrifying. Looking at the black holes at the muzzles, they are like tigers roaring silently, almost ready to bite people.

"Then...those gates are the legendary 'General Wu Jian', right?" Prefect Wang Shunzheng couldn't help but ask.

"No... no, 'General Wu Jian' is bigger than this..." Li Yi'ao said bravely.

Just kidding, at this time, if you say that is General Wu Jian, how can anyone in the city be determined to defend it?

While everyone was talking, the rebels' "Qingtian General Cannon" was loaded one after another.

The gunner had already corrected the parameters and ignited the fuse under the command of the officer.

"Boom~boom~boom!" With a deafening sound, seven huge iron balls hit the city wall of Pingyang Mansion one after another.

Wang Shunzheng, Li Yi'ao and Tang Yao felt as if the mountains were shaking under their feet and the city was about to be destroyed, and their faces turned ashen.

It turned out that Zhang Shun deliberately ordered General Qingtian's artillery to concentrate its firepower and launch a salvo. The loud noise and powerful power indeed had a huge frightening effect on the defenders.

"This...can this city wall still be able to stop it?" Everyone looked at each other, and a terrible thought came to their minds.

In fact, let alone these soldiers who had hardly been on the battlefield, even the old soldiers had never seen or heard such a powerful Hongyi cannon, and it was inevitable that their livers and gallbladders would be broken.

However, at this moment, from the perspective of the rebels, this artillery is actually even more terrifying.

It turned out that the four gates of Pingyang Fucheng were equipped with huge urns, which was not conducive to the rebel attack.

Therefore, the Qingtian General Cannon was used by the rebels to focus on one section of the city wall. After several rounds of strikes, this section of the city wall was severely damaged.

However, under a salvo, a horizontal crack appeared on the originally solid city wall.

Then the crack grew bigger and bigger, and then there was a loud "bang" sound, and a large piece of the wall fell down, including the bricks and soil.

The soldiers did not know that this kind of rammed earth wall was supported by structures and would not collapse easily. They just felt the impact intuitively.

The rebel soldiers couldn't help but feel greatly shaken in morale, and they cheered loudly.

I am happy and the other is worried, I am worried and the other is happy.

Hearing the loud noise at the foot of the city wall and the cheers of the rebel soldiers, Pingyang prefect Wang Shunzheng, deputy envoy Li Yi'ao, commander Tang Yao and the soldiers on the city couldn't help but look ugly.

"What should we do? Can't we just sit back and wait for death?" The prefect Wang Shunzheng was the first to lose patience and asked.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute!" Tang Yao said firmly, holding back his fear.

"Everyone knows that the Qin thieves are fierce. If Pingyang City is destroyed, you and I will both be sinners for the ages!"

Do you know why Pingyang Mansion is so stubborn and why it has such ability to defend the city?

It turns out that when the Shaanxi rebels entered Shanxi in the fourth year of Chongzhen, they successively captured Xizhou, Puzhou, Jishan, Hejin, Wenxi and other places. They also threatened Huozhou, killing and looting a lot, which deeply worried everyone in Pingyang Mansion. .

Therefore, after the Shaanxi rebels left, everyone in Pingyang Mansion learned from the pain, reorganized their troops, and repaired the city to prevent the rebels from coming again.

Fortunately, those who came to attack the city this time were "Guo Tianxing" Zhang Tianlin, "Chaodian Bing" Dang Shousu and "Soap Eagle" Zhang Rukui and others.

At best, these people are called "free and undisciplined"; at worst, they are "thieves who are hard to change."

Although Zhang Shun repeatedly issued orders, strictly enforced military discipline, and ensured adequate food, salary, and material support, some people still could not stop "old habits die hard."

For example, when you see someone's beautiful wife and daughter, when you see someone else's chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, when you see someone else's silk and silk, it's hard not to be moved.

As the saying goes: It is easy to learn bad things, but difficult to learn well.

Once most people taste the sweetness of getting something for nothing, it will be difficult for them to do some serious business.

Today, the soldiers under Zhang Tianlin's command are so virtuous. Although he continuously killed several people who violated military discipline, order was generally maintained.

But after all, there are still some places that no one cares about, and people are still sneaking around and taking chances.

With such a back and forth, it is difficult not to think of the "Qin thieves entering Jin" incident.

For this reason, Zhang Tianlin went out of her way to "refute the rumors." It turned out that it was okay if the rumors were not refuted, but once the rumors were refuted, it reminded people of the "Qin thieves" making money.

Unfortunately, Pingyang was neither in contact with Zhang Shun's rebels like Zelu or other places, nor was it close to Shaanxi like Puzhou and understood the rebels' style. Zhang Tianlin's propaganda backfired.

"First declare that you will neither torture nor kill, and then do whatever you want after entering the city. This is the old trick of the 'Qin Thief', and it cannot be trusted!" It was easy for everyone in the Pingyang Mansion to "see through" the treacherous plan of the "Qin Thief".

Of course Zhang Shun didn't know that he had already transformed from "the unmatched benevolent and righteous King Shun" to "the lewd and cruel Jie and Zhou".

However, no matter how the Pingyang government perceived it, given Pingyang's strategic position, this battle still had to be fought.

"Get ready for the dead first. When the fierce battle between the two sides is in full swing, follow our military orders!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but sneered as he looked at Pingyang City, which had a huge "scar" due to the wall falling off.

Taking advantage of others and obeying them is the natural principle. Is there any way in the world to conquer the world without fighting?