Please ask me to be the emperor

Knowledge is power. Although Bacon, who had just died a few years ago, had said this sentence, it was obvious that Deputy Commander Ai Wannian had not heard this sentence.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ai Wannian, who built his career through military service, believes in a philosophy more similar to the saying, "Cannon is truth, range is justice." However, it turns out that although the cannon is large and has a long range, it sometimes fails to hit the target.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ai Wannian, guerrilla Zhao Guangyuan and others were a little confused, but as a time traveler, Zhang Shun was not confused.

In fact, the reason why the artillery failed to hit Ziweixing Castle is very simple. It is that the slope of the guard slope is very gentle, which is higher than the trajectory height of the artillery shell to the castle.

Therefore, these shells were either intercepted by the guard slope, or they crossed Ziweixing Castle and were unable to hit the castle walls.

Fortunately, Poe is dead and the man is alive. Under Aiwanian's order, the gunner took the risk to advance the artillery up the slope.

The King of Chaos took advantage of the city and quickly ordered the gunners in Ziwei Star Castle and the trenches outside the castle to fire.

Although these artillery pieces guarding the city were crudely made cast-iron cannons, they were much heavier than Li Shi'an's field artillery. Fortunately, these cast-iron cannons, as "defense guns", were not sensitive to excessive weight and did not affect the power of the artillery.

The distance between the two sides is only about a hundred feet, and they have entered a range with a relatively high hit rate. After two rounds of shooting, sure enough, a cannonball flew into the crowd of officers and soldiers.

Immediately, three or four gunners were beaten into several pieces of flesh on the spot, with blood and flesh flying everywhere. The shells penetrated several gunners in a row before bouncing out.

These gunners couldn't help but feel heartbroken and almost turned around and ran away. Fortunately, guerrilla general Zhao Guangyuan came over at this time and led more than ten guards to suppress the gunner's movements.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the rebel artillery to be loaded, guerrilla general Zhao Guangyuan quickly ordered: "Aim and fire at speed!"

The general's cannon had already been loaded with gunpowder shells, and the gunners quickly picked up torches and lit the cannon randomly. More than ten cannonballs finally flew out before the rebels fired again, and then actually passed the Ziwei Star Fort.

"Evil!" Guerrilla General Zhao Guangyuan was already frightened. Seeing this, he was even more convinced that the city was protected by ghosts and gods. He quickly abandoned the gunner and ran away. It didn't matter that he ran away, the gunners on the left and right also quickly abandoned their cannons and started running.

Zhang Sanbai saw clearly in Ziweixing Castle and couldn't help being overjoyed. He quickly ordered: "He Jin will lead the five hundred cavalry to attack and seize the enemy's artillery!"

He Jin had already been waiting impatiently under the city. Hearing this, he quickly got on his horse and rushed out with three to five hundred cavalry regardless.

When he got out of the trench and looked down the slope, he saw more than ten artillery pieces still scattered on the ground, ready to be picked up for free at any time. Then why is He Jin not happy? He quickly rushed over with his cavalry.

The rebel cavalry here rushed over, and the deputy commander-in-chief Ai Wannian was not a vegetarian. When he saw the guerrilla general Zhao Guangyuan leading the way and running back, he couldn't help but stamp his feet, cursed "coward, idiot!" and then personally led three to five hundred men in the opposite direction.

As a result, after he stopped Zhao Guangyuan, he felt the ground shake. Ai Wannian looked up and saw the rebel cavalry "rolling" down the guard slope like a mountain falling apart.

Ai Wannian's expression changed, and he couldn't help but shouted: "Follow me to counterattack, and be sure not to lose the artillery!"

The troops led by Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ai Wannian are all servants' personal guards, first-class elites. When they saw the general fighting for his life, they all rushed forward with howls and screams.

He Jin couldn't help laughing when he saw it, and quickly divided his cavalry into three teams. One group went straight to where the big general cannon was, and the other two pairs divided into two columns, one on the left and the other on the right, passing by the officers and soldiers who were repulsing.

The heavy waist knife only needs to be laid flat for one stroke. The sword borrowed manpower, and people borrowed horse power. This stroke was even more ferocious than the hard chop, and it immediately brought down more than ten elite Ming soldiers.

When the cavalry in front of him was all gone, Ai Wannian's vision widened again. He looked up and saw more than a hundred cavalry not far away tying more than ten artillery pieces with ropes and dragging them into Ziwei Star Castle.

Ai Wannian couldn't help but yell, still waiting to catch up. It was a pity that He Jin's two cavalry groups had already crossed behind the officers and soldiers. After adjusting their direction, they attacked again from the left and the right.

It turns out that He Jin has a huge appetite. Not only does he want to eat this batch of artillery, he also wants to eat this batch of servants and guards!

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ai Wannian is worthy of being a general who has experienced hundreds of battles. He was not afraid when he saw this. Instead, he shouted loudly: "Where are the officers, soldiers and cavalry? Come quickly to rescue us!"

It doesn't matter if Ai Wannian shouts, how could He Jin not know that there is a "big fish" here? He quickly led his cavalry to rush forward and entangled Ai Wannian, Zhao Guangyuan and others.

However, although this group of officers and soldiers is small in number, they are all elites with high martial arts skills and experienced in hundreds of battles. They are all wearing double armor, holding swords and guns, and they are fighting to the death.

Although He Jin's cavalry was brave, they were unable to do anything to this group of officers and soldiers for a while. Not long after, more than a thousand cavalrymen were separated from the officers and soldiers camp, galloping over. If they don't leave, I'm afraid I will be responsible for this today. He Jincai reluctantly abandoned the deputy commander Ai Wannian and fled back to Ziwei Star Castle.

Ai Wannian and Zhao Guangyuan have suffered such heavy losses, how can they give up? They quickly ordered five hundred soldiers to attack Ziwei Star Castle along the guard slope.

This time, King Jishi didn't even bother to waste the artillery shells. He just ordered his soldiers to move this wave of officers and soldiers to about eighty paces, and then fired blunderbuss and furlong machines. In a short time, it was easy to climb to about two-thirds of the height. The officers and soldiers fell like wheat.

The officers and soldiers fought back several times with their bows, arrows and firecrackers, but found that they were almost useless, so they had to abandon thirty or forty corpses and retreat in defeat.

Ai Wannian was still angry and wanted to fight again, but was unexpectedly stopped by the guerrilla general Zhao Guangyuan. Zhao Guangyuan said to him: "Commander Ai, this castle is heavily guarded and well organized. If there is no artillery, we can't attack it and nothing can be done!"

Ai Wannian stared at him for a long time, then kicked the guerrilla general Zhao Guangyuan to the ground and cursed "trash!" before helplessly ordering the entire army to retreat.

Ai Wannian's attack here was frustrated, and the officers and soldiers' camp there was not much better. It turned out that Nahe Renlong's cavalry failed to attack Li Shi'an's "Second Artillery Regiment", so the rebels pushed the artillery more than a hundred feet away from the officers and soldiers camp.

The rebels Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Luanshi Wang and others had already mobilized a large formation to protect them, and Li Shi'an and others safely launched an artillery bombardment on the "city with enough strength" for the officers and soldiers.

Regardless of whether they are officers and soldiers, or a "city with sufficient strength", after all, it is not an iron wall. How can it withstand such artillery fire?

For a time, the tanks were smashed by artillery, and the officers and soldiers became chaotic without fighting. Upon seeing this, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao and the King of Chaos rushed forward to kill him.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers could not resist, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, had no choice but to wave the flag and order the entire army to retreat.