Zhu Yuanzhang is a ruthless character, otherwise how could he become an eternal emperor, so when he heard the last method mentioned by Chen Yang, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded without hesitation.
"Even if we just let the enemy bleed into a river, so what? As long as we can preserve the country and people of the Ming Dynasty, this is nothing at all."
"We think this method is the best. Since this can make the enemy retreat, there is no need to consider other methods."
"Let's call Zhu Youjian over now and ask how many cannons are available here."
In fact, Chen Yang had other ideas, but when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang and wanted to use the power here, he didn't say much.
He also wanted to see how many trump cards he had yet to play.
And whether these trump cards can play a role in reversing the situation.
If the weapons here can still function, this crisis may be resolved faster.
If the weapons here play an initial role and cannot satisfy Chen Yang, then Chen Yang will think of other ways.
So now Zhu Yuanzhang is using this method to find out, and he agrees.
Not long after, the old eunuch came back with Zhu Youjian. At this time, Zhu Youjian was still wiping the sweat from his forehead. It was obvious that he was not busy during the time he went out.
And after he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's call, he immediately rushed back without stopping.
Now Zhu Youjian knows that he is anxious.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang's tense face relax a little. After all, Zhu Youjian knew how to cherish the country, which was considered a good phenomenon. Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
"Now let me ask you clearly, how many soldiers can we use in the capital, how many weapons can we use? And how many cannons do we have?"
When Zhu Youjian heard this, there was a touch of bitterness on his face. He shook his head helplessly, but he still said it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"The four city gates have not been lost yet, but the city walls are somewhat damaged, so soldiers are now gathering at the damaged areas to block the attacking enemies."
"The number of troops that can be used now is about 100,000, and the enemy's military strength has been calculated and is similar to ours. That's why we have been able to persist until now."
When Chen Yang heard this answer, he shook his head helplessly.
Because anyone who knows a little bit of military common sense knows that the party that defends the city has an innate advantage over the party that attacks.
After all, there are city walls and weapons that can be borrowed, so most of the time when attacking a city, in addition to using conspiracy, there is another issue that needs to be considered.
That is the comparison of the strength of the two sides, which must be at least three times larger than the side holding the city. This means that Li Zicheng's side must invest at least 300,000 troops to successfully capture the city.
But now Li Zicheng only dared to target the Kyoto of the Ming Dynasty with a hundred thousand troops. This is enough to show how bad these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were.
Of course, there may be other factors involved, so Chen Yang hasn't asked yet.
The old eunuch was beside him and was still adding.
"This is the number of soldiers we can use to resist the enemy. If we add those who are injured, there should be about 120,000 people."
"The enemy's statistics are also an estimate. According to our spies' investigation, there are enemy troops moving in this direction further away."
"Perhaps within a few days, those people will be mobilized under the city gate."
The old eunuch sighed when he spoke, because everyone knew the result. Now these soldiers can't even stop a hundred thousand troops.
If the enemy moves more troops in this direction, there is only one possibility that the city will be captured in the end.
If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't come here this time, and Zhu Youjian took the initiative to run to the military camp and gave some encouragement to the generals who were still holding on there, it is likely that those generals would have chosen to give up.
But even so, those generals were just gritting their teeth and persisting, so all hope was on Zhu Yuanzhang's side.
If Zhu Yuanzhang still has no way to defeat the enemy, it is very likely that Zhu Youjian will also think of committing suicide to apologize.
Zhu Youjian waited until the old eunuch finished speaking, and the bitterness on his face became more and more intense, but he still responded to Zhu Yuanzhang's question.
"Now the cannon is not in the palace at all. All the cannons have fallen to the surrounding places."
"If there were still cannons available here in Kyoto, they would have been used long ago, so why wait until now."
When Chen Yang heard that there was no cannon available for use in the capital, he couldn't help but feel that Zhu Youjian was simply a stupid pig among stupid pigs.
We clearly know that the other party may want to attack here in the capital, but now there is no backup plan, leaving only these regular garrison soldiers.
Moreover, these garrison soldiers only have the most conventional weapons in their hands, which is equivalent to throwing away the most powerful defensive tool.
He didn't even know how to complain about Zhu Youjian's current behavior. Of course, now that he knew it, Zhu Youjian didn't leave a cannon here.
He could only find a solution from the system and himself. Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang still looking angry, Chen Yang showed a calm smile on his face.
Of course, his smile at this time was not to mock Zhu Yuanzhang, but because he felt that thanks to his system, he could now reach this level.
And thanks to him having made some preparations in previous historical periods, otherwise he would have faced this thorny problem now.
He and Zhu Yuanzhang could only stare at each other, but he had to tell Zhu Youjian how to do it before making arrangements.
So when Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chen Yang, he said calmly.
"Since there are no cannons here to use, forget it. I don't plan to include the cannons here anyway. The cannons here are of poor craftsmanship."
"Even if these cannons are capable of being used, their lethality to the enemy is not enough to achieve a deterrent effect."
Chen Yang was telling the truth, because in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the research and use of cannons had actually started very early.
But I have to admit that some people feel very satisfied just lying there.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's time, there were already powerful weapons such as cannons.
