On December 26, the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, the countdown to the Wanli era began.

Compared with the scattered outer city, the defense of the inner city is more rigorous, and some of the preparations made to defend against the northern captives have shown their effectiveness at this moment, all kinds of city defense equipment are prepared on the city wall, and the soldiers seem to be waiting for the battle, but just from the momentum, you can see the huge gap between the two armies.

With 200,000 elite divisions facing hundreds of thousands of rabbles who have lost their fighting spirit, Xiao Ruxun doesn't know how to lose.

After fighting for so many years, he has always fought more with less, and he has never fought such a smooth battle.

This also made him deeply understand the weakness of the Boss Empire, why the snake swallowing the elephant can succeed, and why the barbarians outside the Cypriot can go on a rampage like entering no man's land, this is the reason, this is the reality.

The rabble will not be an opponent of a well-trained elite division in any way.

It was doomed from the moment the cannon roared out.

With the advantage of distance, Xiao Ruxun ordered the siege troops on all sides to bombard the city wall with Hongyi cannons, destroy some of the city's defense equipment, destroy the defense organization and fighting will of the soldiers on the city tower, further destroy their already not very firm fighting spirit, completely defeat them, and reduce the difficulty of the army to attack the city as much as possible.

After all, it is the besieging party, and it is normal to be hit with a wave of damage if you don't pay attention to it, and it is not so easy to climb the wall more than nine meters high with a ladder, just crossing the moat requires a lot of operations, in order to reduce the casualties of his soldiers as much as possible, Xiao Ruxun is also doing his best.

The rumbling cannon rang out, and the scorching solid bullets wrapped in the scorching air flow cut a graceful arc through the air before crashing down on the city walls.

The castle tower was in shambles.

"It's a pity, this cannon is not very easy to grasp the target, and I don't know when the artillery that can master the accuracy will be equipped with our army, otherwise it will be easier to fight in this city, and every cannon can hit the place to hit, what a situation it should be!"

Zhou Yao followed Xiao Ruxun's side and heard Xiao Ruxun's words as if he were talking to himself.

"Even if there is no advantage of artillery, Your Majesty's army is also brave and good at fighting, and the soldiers in the city have already been robbed of momentum by Your Majesty's army, and they can't support it for long at all, and this city will inevitably be breached in less than an hour."

Xiao Ruxun smiled.

"This is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the power of several generations of emperors has been built with all their might, and such a majestic giant city has been built, why is it so vulnerable in your eyes?"

Zhou Yao opened his mouth and said: "There has never been a city in the world that will not be breached, whether it is majestic or not, the solidity of the city has never been determined by the tall and thick city walls, whether it is the capital or not, since the history of history, there are still fewer capitals that have been breached?" ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"Of course, there are many capitals that have been breached, so in your opinion, what kind of city is the least likely to be breached?"

"A city where people's hearts are united must be impregnable."

Zhou Yao's answer was very orthodox.

"Hahaha, well said, well said, the city where people's hearts are cohesive is indeed indestructible."

After a pause, Xiao Ruxun said again: "Do you think this city can still be a capital master?" ”

Zhou Yao was shocked.

"Your Majesty means ......"

"I mean, this city doesn't seem to be suitable for being a Jingshi anymore."

Xiao Ruxun slowly spoke: "Zixian, I don't think this place is very suitable as the capital of the new dynasty. ”

"This ...... Your Majesty, although Yanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but after all, it is also the capital of more than 200 years, all the equipment is very complete, and it can be used with a little rectification. ”

Zhou Yao looked at Xiao Ruxun.

"This is negotiable, and I haven't decided yet, but, Zixian, don't you think the weather has been getting colder and colder in recent years?"

Zhou Yao was stunned for a moment: "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

"The colder the weather, the more north, the land will not grow food, Yanjing, as a Beijing division, is located in the country, food and other materials are completely self-sufficient, so we have to rely on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to supply demand, which gives me the opportunity to kill with one blow.

More than one million people live in Beijing, so how can there be a small number of food and various materials needed? The people in the south of the Yangtze River have been tired for a long time, and there have been many incidents along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal due to special circumstances, these are all malpractices, and I want to get rid of them.

The status of the Jingshi is of course important, but if it takes too much energy to support the whole country because of the Jingshi, I don't think it is good, if the Jingshi can move south to a certain area that can still support itself partially, and reduce the pressure on the people, will it be better? ”

Hearing Xiao Ruxun say this, Zhou Yao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty doesn't want to continue to keep Yanjing? ”

Xiao Ruxun shook his head: "Yanjing can continue to exist as the new dynasty Beijing, but I only retain its status as a military town, ordinary people need to move south, only the soldiers are stationed, as the base of the Northern Expedition, the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is only for military needs, so that the transportation pressure of the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Canal can be reduced, and the consumption of civil power can be greatly reduced."

In the past, Chengzu moved the capital to Yanjing, in order to make the Northern Expedition to Mongolia, and now in this situation, Yanjing has completely become the front line, not only to ensure the life of the people and officials, but also to maintain a large number of troops stationed, the consumption is too great, I do not want to keep the nine-sided system, and it is meaningless to continue to use Yanjing as the national capital. ”

In that case, it seems like a new idea?

Zhou Yao suddenly felt that what Xiao Ruxun said made sense.

The Jingshi is too close to the front line, the Son of Heaven is brave in defending the country, but the price is inevitably too great, and the Ming Dynasty has been threatened the national capital many times over the years, and it seems that it is indeed not a correct choice to put the emperor in such a dangerous situation.

If the capital is moved south, and Yanjing is completely turned into a military town, it seems that it is not impossible......

At least Xiao Ruxun is right about one thing.

The grain harvest in the north has been poor year after year, and it is completely unable to be self-sufficient, and it needs a large amount of supply from the south, not to mention the consumption of people's power, and it is easy to make mistakes, this time the reason why Xiao Ruxun can succeed quickly is that it cuts off the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal route and cuts off the food source of Shen's government, making them powerless to resist.

From this point of view, it is indeed not a good choice for the new dynasty to continue to set up Beijing as the capital, and if it is simply a military town to move a large number of people south, it can indeed reduce a lot of pressure and help the recovery of people's strength.

And the current new dynasty, how to say it, has been completely bound to Xiao Ruxun, the power that the previous dynasty can stay in is not enough to compete with the power in Xiao Ruxun's hands, if Xiao Ruxun plans to choose another place as the national capital, there will be almost no pressure.

At this time, if you really want to change the national capital, things are promising.

Zhou Yao looked at the battlefield with the rumbling of artillery and thick smoke, and he knew that this matter was really promising.

Under the artillery fire, the ancient and majestic city walls seemed to be somewhat crumbling, and it seemed that it was completely unable to resist such an attack.

And Xiao Ruxun doesn't seem to plan to wait any longer.

He gave the order to take the city.

"The herald, those who climb the city wall first to capture the flag will be rewarded with 10,000 silver, and the army of the first to capture the city gate will be rewarded! The one who captures Shen consistently alive will be crowned marquis! ”