"Zhu Zhanji is here?" Hearing this, King Han's hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, spilled a little wine in the glass on the table, and then drank it all, put the wine glass on the table heavily, and said with a sneer, "He's here to see this king's joke!" ”

"Lord Wang, the lower officials feel that the emperor seems to have come this time to persuade him to surrender." Zhu Heng groaned for a moment and said quietly.

"Persuasion?" King Han frowned slightly, and then the corners of his mouth showed a trace of disdain, and he looked at Zhu Heng proudly, "This king never knew how to write the word 'descend', and Zhu Zhanji wanted to make this king surrender to him, it was simply wishful thinking!" ”

"It's better for the prince to promise the emperor first to paralyze the garrison outside the city, and at night, Xiaguan and others will escort the prince to break through from the south of the city." Zhu Heng knew that the King of Han had already had the intention of dying together with Le'an City, and looked at him with a stern expression, "Lord Wang, the green mountains left behind are not afraid of no firewood, as long as the prince and the Weiguo Guild meet, they will be able to make a comeback!" ”

In Zhu Heng's view, Emperor Xuande left little time for the King of Han, and the only way out for the King of Han now is to go to Zhending Mansion, and there are still more than 100,000 rebels under Lu Zhongqian's command, which is enough for the King of Han to settle down.

"Zhu Shangshu, your kindness is appreciated by this king, as a dignified seven-foot man, how can he abandon his family and children to escape alone?" King Han couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard this, his smile was full of bitterness, and he looked at Zhu Heng with a gloomy expression, "This king crawled out of the pile of dead people when he was martyred, and he has already put life and death out of the way, but it's a pity for you who follow this king." ”

"Lord Wang, since we have followed Lord Wang, we have already thought of such a day, although I have died nine times without regrets." Zhu Heng hurriedly bowed his hand to King Han and replied with a resolute expression.

"This king really regrets it now, if he had obeyed your Jianyì and waved his army south to seize Nanjing, he would not have ended up where he is now!" Seeing that Zhu Heng was loyal to him, King Han suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart, and said with annoyance.

Before raising troops to rebel, Zhu Heng proposed to the King of Han to seize Nanjing first, worship the ancestors in Nanjing and then ascend the throne and claim the emperor, and then confront Emperor Xuande across the Yangtze River, forming a situation where the two dragons are chasing each other.

Zhu Heng's construction was an excellent move from a strategic point of view, which not only kept the Han King away from Emperor Xuande's control of Beizhili, but also was enough to compete with Emperor Xuande in terms of etiquette.

Taking a step back, even if the King of Han is not the emperor in Nanjing, then with his prestige, he will soon be able to control the Jiangnan region, and then have a stable rear, and then he will be able to deal with Emperor Xuande.

It is a pity that the King of Han was full of ambition at that time, and did not take the "cowardly" Emperor Xuande in his eyes at all, and under the attack of Lu Zhongqian, Bai Dexiang and Zhao Wang and others, he did not believe that Emperor Xuande could withstand this situation at all.

"Lord, it's not too late, as long as the prince and the prince of Wei conquer Nanjing, then the princes in the south will definitely respond in groups, and the prince can still compete with the emperor at that time!"

A gloomy look flashed on Zhu Heng's face, and then he bowed his hand to King Han and said in a deep voice.

"Don't mention those mercenary and timid villains, if they raise troops as promised, they will already be the king today!" It's okay not to mention those vassal kings, but when he mentioned it, King Han's face couldn't help but sink, and he gritted his teeth and said.

Originally, the king of Han had made an agreement with the vassal kings such as King Zhao and King Ning before raising his troops, so that they could raise troops in the domain one after another, and after the king of Han seized the world, he would follow the old system of Emperor Hongwu and return the military and political power of the vassal kings who were cut by the Yongle Emperor to the central part of the domain.

Those vassal kings promised well at the time, but now, including King Zhao and King Ning, no one responded to King Han's army, so he fought alone and was surrounded and suppressed by Emperor Xuande.

If King Zhao was too close to Beizhili, he was seen dead by Niu Shihao and Liu Fang, and there was no way to raise troops, but King Ning and others were far away from Beizhili, and they could raise troops to echo King Han.

Especially King Ning, it stands to reason that he is the vassal king who should respond to the King of Han the most, after all, the old King Ning was put on the side by Emperor Yongle, and he dreamed of returning to military and political power.

If King Ning rebelled in Nanchang and then led his troops north into Henan, then he would be able to break Niu Shihao and Liu Fang's flank attack on King Zhao, so that King Zhao would raise his troops.

Knock Knock......

Just then, a dull drum beat came from outside the window.

"Zhu Zhanji is here, go with this king to meet him!" Hearing the sound of drums, King Han's eyes flashed fiercely, and he got up and walked outside the courtyard.

There is a special etiquette system for the temporary music of the Son of Heaven, including the prince, if anyone dares to trespass without permission, it is a great crime of rebellion, so the king of Han knew that Emperor Xuande was coming as soon as he heard the sound of the drum.

The pennant in the north of Le'an City was crowded.

Emperor Xuande's imperial chariot stopped behind those firecrackers, surrounded by civil and military officials and guards, surrounded by dense personal soldiers, the momentum was huge and amazing.

The rebels on the city wall had already seen the imperial chariot, and they couldn't help but talk about it there, looking flustered, it was the first time they had seen the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Soon after, the King of Han led Zhu Heng, Wang Bin and Sheng Jian, the governor of the Right Army, to ascend the city gate tower and looked at Emperor Xuande from afar.

Wang Bin was very lucky, under the desperate protection of his own soldiers, he fled back to Le'an City, although he lost the battle, but the king of Han did not blame him, but reassured with kind words, after all, now is not the time to hold accountable.

Moreover, the bravery of the Xiaowu army in Heiniu Town was completely unexpected by the Han king, and the rebels led by Wang Bin and Wei Da had done their best.

Although Wang Bin fled back to Le'an City, Wei Da was not so lucky, and was surrounded by Du Sheng's soldiers on the way to escape, and then died in battle, serving the king of Han with all his loyalty.

"Pass on the king's order, and fire the cannon in the open space ahead." Seeing that the Ming army outside the city was in a strict lineup and its prestige was huge, King Han's brows furrowed, and then he issued an order in a deep voice, preparing to give Emperor Xuande a dismount, and at the same time to boost the morale of the rebels defending the city.

There are more than a dozen artillery pieces on the city wall in the north of Le'an City, which were ordered by the craftsmen after the Han King worked hard to get the drawings from the Shenji Battalion, although the quality and performance are not as good as the heavy artillery of the Shenji Battalion, but it is already an out-and-out killing weapon in the era of cold weapons.

"Lord Wang, do you use solid bullets or flowering bullets?" When a general on the side heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand and asked for instructions in a deep voice.

The so-called solid bullet is an iron lump in the shape of a ball, which is used to siege cities and destroy the walls guarded by enemy troops.

The flowering bomb is a spherical hollow bullet, which is wrapped with iron balls and iron sheets, etc., which can explode after landing, and the iron balls and iron pieces inside are **** out to kill and injure the surrounding enemy troops.

"Solid bullets!" The Ming army was out of range of artillery, and even if they used flowering shells, they could not be harmed, and King Han said as he looked at the imperial chariot in front of him expressionlessly.

At this moment, the king of Han really wanted to put a flowering bullet into Emperor Xuande's palace, so that the Ming army outside the city would definitely be in chaos, and he could go out of the city and defeat the besieging Ming army.

It's a pity that this can only be a conjecture of the Han King, and he now has to face the dilemma of the Ming army approaching the city.

Bang bang bang......

Soon after, a dull cannon sound sounded on the city wall of the north city of Le'an City, and more than a dozen small black dots flew out of the city wall, drawing a parabola in the air, and fell towards the Ming army.

"Protect the Emperor!" Seeing this situation, the pro-army general who was in charge of Emperor Xuande's security was taken aback, but he knew the power of the artillery, and hurriedly shouted at the soldiers around him.

With the general's order, the surrounding soldiers suddenly panicked, and they all raised their shields and rushed towards the Imperial Rim, and some ministers near the Imperial Rim also showed panicked looks, some of them dodged in all directions, and some of them rushed towards the Imperial Rim to resist the rebels' shells with their flesh and blood.

"Don't panic, those cannonballs can't hit here, don't crash into the Holy Driver!" Li Yuntian was standing in the ranks of civil officials on the left side of the imperial chariot, and when he saw that the situation at the scene had become chaotic, he couldn't help but shout.

Li Yuntian's roar was full of confidence, and the panicked crowd immediately quieted down, and they stopped there one after another, looking a little overwhelmed.

Soon, the cannonballs gliding in the sky fell one after another on the open space dozens of meters in front of the Ming army's formation, and smashed deep into the soil, far away from Emperor Xuande's imperial chariot.

It was only then that the people at the scene breathed a sigh of relief, and the situation calmed down, and the faces of the officials who tried to hide were all ashamed.

The rebels on the city wall were condescending, taking in the panic at the palace, and a burst of cheers broke out, and the morale was greatly boosted.

Emperor Xuande didn't expect the King of Han to be so stubborn, and he actually gave himself a dismount, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help revealing a sneer, and whispered a few words to Jin Ying, the eunuch who was serving in the imperial chariot.

"The commander of the Shenji Battalion listened to the order and shelled the city wall of Le'an City to boost the army's might!" Jin Ying then came out of the imperial chariot and shouted at the top of the platform in front of the imperial chariot.

Hearing this, the commander of the Shenji Battalion bowed to the imperial chariot, rode his horse and galloped to the heavy artillery position in front, conveying Emperor Xuande's will to the artillery soldiers standing next to the heavy artillery.

The soldiers immediately pushed the heavy artillery and slowly moved forward, which immediately attracted the attention of the rebels on the city tower, and they all looked at the scene in front of them with curiosity.

Under the command of the commander of the Shenji Battalion, the heavy artillery stopped more than ten meters in front of the shells previously fired by the rebel artillery, and began to reload gunpowder and shells in an orderly manner.

Since the heavy artillery of the Shenji Battalion was out of range of the rebel artillery, the rebels on the tower could only watch the soldiers go about their work.

King Han's brows furrowed tightly, he knew that the performance of the heavy artillery of the Shenji Battalion was superior to that of the rebel artillery, but he didn't believe that the range of the heavy artillery would be so much farther than the rebel artillery.

"Ignition!" When the shells and gunpowder were filled, the commander of the Shenji Battalion gave the order with a blank face, and the fuses on the heavy guns in that row were ignited almost simultaneously, burning with a sizzle.

The attention of both the Ming army and the rebels was attracted by the fuses burning on the heavy artillery, and they all looked at the heavy artillery, wondering what would happen next.!^!

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