Fulin almost lost his breath.
If Duduo doesn't come in nine months, he will probably die in the Qing Dynasty. Who will be able to capture Duduo and engage in military law at that time?
What is the use of this bullshit military order?
With a bang, Fulin had already dropped Duduo's military order on the floor.
"Your Majesty, calm down..."
Mulima shivered and knelt down in front of Fulin.
He also knows that Duduo's military order is worse than bullshit! But he still has to come to Beijing! Who made him a sinner of the Qing Dynasty? If it hadn't been for his mistake, winning the Battle of Yodo might not have been lost...so he had to atone for his sins! Taking the risk to come to Beijing to persuade Fulin to resist to the end was his way of atonement.
Of course, he also knew that Duduo would not be able to send troops to the pass in March next year.
Because Duduo's war in North Korea cannot be completely ended before the end of March next year - unlike Huang Taiji's two expeditions to North Korea, what Doduo wants this time is not North Korea to surrender and pay tribute, but to take over North Korea!
It is to become the master, not to perish!
Duduo was already preparing to create a "Jin Dynasty" in North Korea after the destruction of the Li Dynasty.
Creating a new dynasty in North Korea is much more troublesome than extorting hundreds of thousands of coins. The former only needs to trap Li Chao and force him to death, while the latter needs to pacify the Eight Paths of Korea, win over two groups of nobles, and form a hybrid regime that is half Jin and half Dynasty. At the same time, interference from the Ming court must be eliminated...
At present, Duduo's army has only captured the coastal plain area and the southeastern corner of the western coast of Korea from the Yalu River in the north to Hanyang in the south (Obai led his troops to capture it by sea). It is still early to completely pacify the Eight Roads!
It is simply a dream to completely defeat North Korea in nine months and to withdraw troops from North Korea and go to Beijing to rescue Fulin.
And Mulima's mission is to let Fulin have a good dream!
"Your Majesty," Mulima said, "Your Majesty will never ignore the city of Beijing... The situation in Beijing now is just like the war between Song and Liao in the past! If the Liao Kingdom gave up the land of Yanyun and allowed the Song Dynasty to unify Within the Pass, the Liao Kingdom could not last long outside the Pass. Without the taxes and property of the Yanyun Land, the Khitan would not be able to subdue the Jurchens and Mongols. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty today is not the Song Dynasty of the past. It was ambitious. He even covets the land on the other side of the ocean and wants to become a world empire like Japan. How can he let the prince separatize the country outside the pass and control the north? If the prince doesn’t save Beijing now, he will have to fight against the Ming Dynasty in Shengjing in the future! "
After hearing what he said, Fulin also felt that it made sense. He sighed and didn't want to say anything more. He waved his hand and said: "Mulima, go back and tell Duduo... My Beijing is impregnable and our reserves are also strong." It’s very sufficient and it won’t fall within a year. If it takes more than a year, it’s hard to say!”
Mulima quickly made a promise, "I must go and tell the prince and ask him to lead his troops to save Beijing as soon as possible!"
Fulin sighed: "Okay, I believe you, you should leave quickly... before the Ming army completes the siege, leave this death place in Beijing!"
Mulima breathed out softly and kowtowed to Fulin: "Your Majesty, take care, I will go and send a message to the prince..."
After kowtowing, he stood up and exited the "Tongtian Pavilion" of Meishan Fortress where Fulin was located. He walked in such a hurry that when he was going down from Tongtian Pavilion, he almost bumped into someone. When he took a closer look, it turned out to be Sony. He was in a panic. He knew something was wrong at a glance!
Mulima didn't ask any questions, and bowed her hands to Sony, then came down the stairs like the wind - something bad must have happened, so she had better leave quickly!
Sony was not in the mood to talk nonsense with Mulima, so he just entered Tongtian Pavilion with a grimace. When he saw Fulin sitting blankly on the throne, he knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, something happened... Prince Chahar Abu Nai betrayed the Qing Dynasty!"
"Isn't this expected?" Fulin didn't even raise his eyes.
"Nang Nang Dafu Jin and Prince Xiang also surrendered..."
"So what?" Fulin said, "Do you still expect them to die in the Qing Dynasty?"
Sony shook his head: "Your Majesty...the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty just made Prince Xiang Prince Gong!"
"What?" Fulin was stunned, as if he felt something was wrong.
Sony added: "Prince Xiang also recognizes Emperor Zhu as his father... Now he is His Highness Yu'erqian of the Ming Emperor!"
"What?" Fulin jumped up, "Bomu Bogor, he actually..."
This is the revenge of the father, irreconcilable!
Fulin has had three amahs before and after, and one Azig almost became his amma... But his amma was taken away, but this was the first time he met her!
I have never heard of my wife being snatched away. This is the first time I have heard of my wife being snatched away!
What should I do?
Fulin was so anxious that he started to tremble... Emperor Zhu was his amma, so his life was somewhat guaranteed. Tiger poison cannot eat its seeds!
But now that Ama has been snatched away, his life will be at stake!
"Your Majesty..." Sony still has bad news to say, "Your Majesty, the sentries sent to the city reported that the Ming army has arrived between Beijing and Tongzhou, and has begun to build artillery forts!"
"The fort?" Fulin asked, "How far is the fort from the city wall?"
"It's about five miles from the city wall!"
"Wuli!" Cold sweat broke out on Fulin's forehead. He doesn't think that the farther the fort is, the better!
The farther the fort is, the longer the range of the cannon is...and the longer the range, the more often the cannon's shells are heavier!
"Approximately how big a gun is it?"
"It should be, it should be 48 pounds..." Sony said, "There are rumors that Emperor Zhu imported eight 48-pound cannons from the Netherlands in order to deal with the city wall of Beijing!"
"Eight 48-pound cannons?" Fulin was so anxious that he almost burst into tears... Why import such big cannons? When father and son are fighting, do they need a 48-pounder? What a waste of money!
"Can Beijing's city wall hold up?" Fulin asked.
Sony nodded: "If you can bear it, you can definitely bear it, but..."
"but what?"
"But the 48-pound cannonball may cross the city wall and land in Beijing!" Sony said, "No matter who the cannonball falls on, it seems that no one can withstand it!"
...
"Feng Sizhong, how far can this cannon go?" At this time, Zhu Cixiang was on the dock of Tongzhou Canal with his hands behind his back, watching the artillerymen and baggage soldiers doing their best to drag a huge cannon off the ship.
"Your Majesty, the effective range of the 48-pounder is about 6 miles." Feng Sizhong, the artillery commander of the Generalissimo's Mansion, replied, "I will ask people to raise the cannon higher so that the shells can go over the walls of Beijing and fall farther. , maybe it can bounce a little bit.”
"That's only one or two miles inside Chaoyang Gate, right?" Zhu Cixiang frowned, "We can't hit Meishan!"
"Of course we can't hit Meishan," Feng Sizhong said, "Meishan is still six miles away from Chaoyang Gate!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded: "Beijing is still big... Isn't this cannon useless?"
"Your Majesty, this cannon can destroy the city wall first, and scare people secondly." Feng Sizhong said with a smile, "It was to scare Fulin... Maybe he was afraid and surrendered."
"Will you?" Zhu Cixiang looked at the bluffing appearance of the giant cannon and said to himself: If I had known better, I would have bought a 64-pound cannon. Maybe it could go farther!
"Yes!" Feng Sizhong said, "The Artillery Department made a batch of explosive shells according to His Majesty's instructions, and they also have wooden ammunition holders, which can blast the explosive shells into the city. It will be scary to see!"
Explosive bombs are actually not high-tech. They already existed in the 17th century, and the artillerymen of the Ming Dynasty especially liked to tinker with this stuff, but their reliability was not high. Two things are missing, one is the wooden tube fuse and the other is the wooden ammunition holder.
The former is a hollowed-out wooden tube with a fuse inside that can be ignited. The latter is actually a wooden tail, which can be used to stabilize the trajectory and make the projectile's landing point more accurate.
Emperor Zhu knew both of these things, so he got them out early in the morning. This time he just used them to deal with Fulin.
This is not only for scaring people, but can also be used to destroy the upper layer of the Beijing city wall - the Beijing city wall is very high and it is impossible to protect it all with sandbags, so the upper layer is still an old-fashioned right-angled brick wall, which can be destroyed with large-caliber explosive shells !
"Okay!" Zhu Cixiang clapped his hands, then looked in the direction of Beijing and said with a smile: "Son, let's see the power of my father's 48-pound cannon first!"
