Since the Donglu army may launch an siege, even civil servants who want to follow the prince to patrol the city defenses need to wear armor to save their lives.
Xue Guoguan, the current chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, must not be left out of this matter. In order to win a crown princess for his daughter, which will be the position of the future empress of the Ming Dynasty, Xue Guoguan risked his life to accompany him.
If the prospective son-in-law really used his magic to defeat hundreds of thousands of Donglu soldiers and horses, and he heard and witnessed it without even moving a finger, he would be regarded as accompanying him with meritorious service.
Feng Quan had been in the limelight previously and had become the focus of talk in the streets. If he was missing this time and there were benefits to be gained from this guy, his position as the first assistant would be in danger in the future.
Before the daughter became the crown princess, she had to keep up with the prospective son-in-law. When the Xue family was notified by the servant, the whole family immediately got up and washed up, for fear that they would not be able to catch up with the crown prince to move to the city.
His prospective son-in-law is a little kid, extremely shrewd, and will not go to the city to inspect the city until he has reliable information. He might also use magic this time.
Xue Guoguan, who had been looking forward to this for a month, had to accompany him even if he wanted to witness with his own eyes an immortal magic that had never been seen since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.
According to historical records, the immortal method only appeared once in the Han Dynasty, and it was the flying fire meteor used by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu when he led his troops to defeat the New Python army.
Due to the long time, it is not known whether it is true or not, but it is true that Liu Xiu defeated the new python army, otherwise Wang Mang's rule would not have been overthrown.
Since Liu Xiu had used similar spells, there was no doubt that his son-in-law-to-be had been to the fairy world. Since he could build an unprecedented airship, he should also be able to cast spells.
However, Xue Guoguan hurriedly hurried, and when he arrived at Deshengmen, he saw that Shengjia had already arrived before him, because the prince and his party did not go in a straight line, that is, via Imperial City North Street to Deshengmen Street.
Instead, after coming out of Dong'anmen, take half a side street, passing through Gulouxia Street and Gulou Xixie Street to Deshengmen, where you can climb the city to inspect the city's defense situation, and look at the movement of the Donglu army outside the city.
"The first assistant moves very quickly!"
"I am procrastinating, and I hope Your Highness will forgive me!"
"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter! I just came to see the situation. If Donglu comes to attack the city, I will use the immortal method!"
When the prince said this, everyone's curiosity was immediately aroused. Everyone was hoping that the prince would use immortal magic to defeat the enemy.
Just relying on the soldiers to fight hard, everyone has no idea. Even if they can win, it will only be a miserable victory. If they can kill the enemy with magic, they will win a great victory.
"Hiss...it looks like there are a lot of people and horses!"
A certain prince saw through a high-power telescope that the mountains and plains opposite were filled with people. The number of braids north of the old city was not 80,000, but 50,000 or 60,000. No wonder the other party had the confidence to call him.
Stationing such a large force outside the city has only one purpose, and that is to attack the city and break into it. Since ancient times, the strong have won the world, and it is the same now.
"Okay! That's great!"
A certain prince saw through the telescope a general's flag embroidered with the three characters "Kong", "Geng" and "Shang". The three corresponding people should be old acquaintances of the Ming Dynasty. I'd be sorry if I didn't give them some color. The noble status of the old master!
"what time is it?"
"Return to Your Highness, six twenty-one!"
"Zhou Aiqing, send someone to measure the range and prepare for bombardment!"
"yes!"
The soldiers had meat added to their breakfast. This was something that had not happened before. Adding meat meant that they would have to fight Donglu. The people below were eager to give it a try and gear up.
Having battles to fight means there is money to be collected, especially since the artillery unit had made a good start before, which was extremely enviable by all infantry units.
Now it's finally their turn to take action. As long as Donglu Gan comes to die, there will be no return for them. The men are worried about having no money to spend.
"Report! Your Highness, the Donglu forward is about two miles and three hundred steps away from the city, and the middle army is about three miles and two hundred steps away!"
One mile is about 600 meters, which was divided into 400 steps by a certain prince. One step is one and a half meters.
Most of the observers in the East Palace Guard are veterans, and with proper training, the range measurement is relatively accurate.
It is still an average value, and the maximum deviation between the measured data and the true distance of the target will not exceed fifty steps.
Obviously, Braid believed that three miles away was a safe distance. Even if the defenders' artillery could hit that far, it would be impossible to hit it accurately.
"Install special warheads on the 'Scud' missile, and install all the special warheads you brought!"
"yes!"
There are only eighty special warheads, so they must be used wisely. The Donglu army is currently lining up and waiting, which is a good opportunity to make a formal move.
Each warhead is equipped with at least a thousand iron beads, and the total is more than 80,000.
Due to the long period of high-temperature fermentation, each iron bead was now contaminated with the deadly smallpox virus.
The "Scud"-III tactical missile newly developed by the Academy of Sciences has a range of up to four miles, and the braided Chinese army is within its range.
Although the cost of this thing is high, the manufacturing cost of one missile reaches 800 taels, but you get what you pay for, and it is expensive.
The charge is not the commonly used granular black powder, but a more powerful smokeless powder.
Because the manufacturing process of smokeless gunpowder is very complex and requires sixteen steps to produce, the cost of missiles remains high.
It doesn't matter, as long as it can hit the target as expected, it will be worth the money. Even if it is eight thousand taels, it must be produced in large quantities.
A "Scud"-III tactical missile weighs three hundred kilograms and requires eight strong soldiers to cooperate carefully with each other before it can be transported.
The warhead alone weighs fifty kilograms, and contains ten kilograms of oil, ten kilograms of gunpowder, and thirty kilograms of iron beads and biochemical agents.
Since the target range is smaller than the maximum range of the missile, the unburned fuel will become the charge required for the explosion.
Such a huge tactical missile will make others feel extremely sharp just by looking at it.
After it was installed on the launcher and debugged, the soldiers were ordered to install the special warhead.
The soldiers who installed special warheads were all selected, those who had survived smallpox. If they were replaced by those who had not, they would be bedridden afterwards.
The warheads of this era cannot be sealed, and the virus will leak to the outside world during transportation. A certain prince had no choice but to act like this.
"Report! Your Highness, the vanguard of the Donglu army has begun to march towards our city!"
"...?"
Nani?
I'm not ready yet?
You might as well cooperate a little bit!
How the hell can this be done?
Do we need to re-measure the distance?
"Can the Chinese army move?"
"According to the general's observation, it has not moved yet!"
"That's good! Aim at the Chinese army! Launch immediately!"
"yes!"
Accompanied by thick smoke and flying dust that were difficult to see directly, fifty "Scud"-III tactical missiles rose into the sky and roared towards the predetermined distance.
The future war will not only be an artillery war, but also a missile war!
First let the braids from afar experience the war mode centuries later for free!
A certain prince concentrated his firepower on the Qing troops deployed north of the old city, that is, outside Deshengmen and Andingmen.
If the impact is good, use the remaining thirty warheads to hit the braids outside Xizhimen and Fuchengmen.
"Master!"
"Look, the Dog Tartars are using this trick again!"
"..."
Du Du, who was responsible for leading the gray flag and supervising the attack on Deshengmen and Andingmen, was immediately watching the Tianyou Army and the Tianyou Army that had begun to advance slowly. He was suddenly reminded by General Ya and looked at the sky in shock.
There seemed to be dozens of giant arrows emitting green smoke, which were attacking at high speed at the headquarters. The speed of these arrows was so fast that Du Du was stunned and had already forgotten to give the order.
The respectful king Kong Youde, Huaishun king Geng Zhongming, Zhishun Gong Shang Keai and others were all supervising the battle near Dudu. At this time, the main forces of the three groups were not far apart, only a hundred steps away from each other.
Everyone was waiting for the guard army to contain tens of thousands of coated Aha to fill up the moat, but they never expected that the other side would actually pull this trick and come to their location.
I thought it would be safe after driving for three miles, but why did this happen again?
The artillery teams of the Tianyou Army and the Tianyou Army were also attacked by similar weapons before, but the distance was only two miles away.
Now it is much farther than when it was attacked before, but the range of Goumanzi's weapon seems to be that far!
"this……"
Geng Zhongming was a little dumbfounded. He was so frightened that even the commander who gave the order was speechless. After hesitating for a moment, he just said the word "this" and swallowed the rest.
The Goumanzi used such shocking weapons before, and Geng Zhongming still remembered them. He originally thought that the equipment was small in quantity and would be gone after being used, but the current situation was very different from what he had imagined before.
How far is it less than four miles?
As long as there is gunpowder to assist, it will be almost as easy as wiping off the sweat!
It was too late for so many soldiers and horses to retreat immediately. How could they be embarrassed if they were frightened by this thing and fled in all directions?
"withdraw!"
In the end, Du Du couldn't help it anymore. His Gray Flag had just been formed, and he couldn't be plotted by the barbarians before they attacked the city.
But from the order to execution, it took a long time for thousands of Eight Banners soldiers to move forward.
To say the least, even if Du Du saw something was wrong and gave the order, unless the Eight Banners soldiers chose to scatter and rush towards them, they would still be hit.
"boom……"
Violent explosions were heard one after another in the middle of the Qing army. Huge fireballs rose up, and the flames swallowed up hundreds of soldiers in an instant.
Even if the armor of these people is not ignited by the oil, the iron beads will penetrate the unarmored parts at close range. This thing falls from the sky, making it difficult for the Qing soldiers to guard against it.
Since it's a top attack, you can't use a missile to intercept or block it. If you just use a shield, the warhead will still contact the object, and the reaction force will cause it to explode.
Even if you are sitting on a horse, as long as you are close to the explosion location, even the person and the horse will be knocked to the ground by the flying iron beads, and they will be unable to get up even if they try hard.
There were nearly 5,000 gray flag soldiers at the junction of the Heavenly Blessing Army and the Heavenly Blessing Army. About two Niulu soldiers were enveloped in the flames and thick smoke generated by the explosion.
After the flames gradually dissipated, looking around, there were wailing wounded soldiers everywhere. Only two to three hundred people were directly killed. Most of them were hit by iron beads and suffered in unbearable pain.
Only eighteen "Scud" missiles directly hit the designated area, accounting for less than 40% of the launch scale. Counting the missiles that hit the edge of the team, there were no more than thirty-five missiles.
"Zhou Aiqing, according to your observation, how many Donglu troops can be killed or injured in this attack?"
"When we return to your highness, we may kill or injure about two to three thousand people!"
Fifty missiles, a total of 40,000 taels of silver, in exchange for two thousand braids, an average of 20 taels each, seems to be a good deal.
But it was just a one-time steal. After Braid suffered a loss, he would definitely retreat again, otherwise the beating would be in vain.
A certain prince also knew that Zhou Yuji was really comforting himself, perhaps the real result was only around 1,500.
This is enough, because a certain prince does not want to kill the braids in one fell swoop, but to injure and infect them.
"Send the next thirty special warheads to Xizhimen to attack the Donglu over there!"
"yes!"
"Zhou Aiqing, immediately take charge of guarding the city from the soldiers and strong men who have contracted smallpox from the Deshengmen and Andingmen garrison. The rest of the personnel who have not contracted smallpox are ready to receive diagnosis and treatment!"
"...this...your highness, the last general..."
"The one I just hit was my immortal magic!"
"...?"
"Haven't the civil servants and generals of this Palace always wanted to find out the inside information about the Immortal Magic? I will tell you today that what you just saw is the Immortal Magic!"
After hearing the prince's explanation, not only Zhou Yuji was confused, but also Xue Guoguan, Feng Quan and others who were thinking too much were confused.
Where is this?
Are the missiles and immortal magic mentioned by the prince the same thing?
Could it be that I was unable to react in time and the magic was cast too quickly?
"It's okay for me to speak frankly. Just now, I sent special warheads installed on missiles, which were filled with the deadly smallpox virus. The iron beads containing the smallpox virus were blasted into Donglu's body through explosion. It will take up to two weeks. , a smallpox plague will break out in Donglu Camp!"
"..."
All the civil servants and generals were frightened. Isn't using the smallpox virus an unethical act?
But no one dared to say it easily. The prince had already done it, and it was impossible to stop him.
In particular, the smallpox virus is an unusual disease. Once infected, no matter who it is, they will have to go to hell.
"Your Highness is wise! I will always admire you!"
It was Chen Guowei who reacted first and flattered the prince.
"Your Highness is wise! Donglu's crimes are so heinous that he must be severely punished with this object!"
Feng Quan changed his mind for the second time and chose to forget about smallpox.
He wants to use immortal magic to please the prince. In the future, he might be able to secure his position like Xue Guoguan.
With Wen Yiwu taking the lead, other civil servants and generals followed suit.
No matter what the move is, as long as it can kill Donglu, it is a great move!
"My dear friends, there is no need to worry. I have already obtained the method of preventing smallpox virus from the immortal world. I asked Dean Wu to come here to inoculate the garrison soldiers who have not had smallpox first to prevent them. Donglu does not have this Damn, if you get smallpox, just wait for death! Master Wang must defend the capital for twenty days. When the wounded soldiers from the East are sick, the capital will be able to turn the corner!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
When they heard that they only had to hold on for less than a month, the soldiers below immediately shouted long live. This was great, and it was almost not difficult.
No matter how powerful the Dog Tartars are, they will not be able to capture the capital in twenty days under their own stubborn resistance.
Not only will he not be able to fight this time, he will also be infected with smallpox and die in the end!
"Your Highness! Donglu is coming! Your Highness, please move!"
"Okay! I'm here to help you all!"
"The general will definitely wait until death without giving up!"
With the help of smallpox in the battle, the morale of the defenders was greatly boosted, and Chen Guowei and others were completely relieved. He was just waiting to collect corpses for the dog Tatars to earn money!
The packers who had already reached the halfway point stopped in their tracks when they saw the foreign object flying over their heads and heard bursts of explosions coming from behind.
Even the soldiers who followed them to supervise the battle were as stunned as the Baoyi soldiers. If something happened to the generals, would they still attack the city today?
A group of people froze in place, waiting for their superiors to issue new orders. The defenders did not launch an artillery attack. The entire battlefield seemed to be frozen at this moment.
"Everything is empty! For Donglu, only eating smallpox is the most economical thing!"
Before leaving, a certain prince looked at the situation outside the city and made a classic comment, which the officers and soldiers of the King's Division here will never forget.
