Because Zhu Youjian personally took away all the generals of the court, Cao Huachun became the supreme commander of the court's defender in the battle of defense of the capital.

In fact, Cao Huachun's military ability was still very good. Chongzhen in his previous life ordered him to command the Yongwei Camp. Cao Huachun lived up to the holy hope and led the Yongwei Camp into one of the few powerful troops in the Ming army.

However, Cao Huachun had never been on the battlefield after all, so as one of the few ministers who stayed in the capital who knew about the army, Yuan Chonghuan, who was originally sent to Xishan Military Academy to teach by Chongzhen, was appointed as the commander of the time being. Zhang Yan gave the important task of defending the capital and was the de facto commander of the capital defender.

On the city wall, Cao Huachun, Yuan Chonghuan, Wang Dehua, Xu Yingyuan, Zhang Yongjun and other generals looked at the rebels rolling like a torrent, and their faces showed a solemn look.

Judging from the rebel formation, it is obvious that it is far more than 70,000 troops, but this is not surprising. In the war era, both the official and the rebels have had the habit of catching strong men since ancient times.

Even the imperial court spent a lot of money to recruit 15,000 strong men during the preparations for the war, and used them as auxiliary soldiers to do some logistics transportation for the main force.

The rebels were obviously more crazy than the imperial court. Judging from the endless torrent of the rebels, the number of soldiers was at least 100,000.

Among the imperial guards, almost all the soldiers who had seen blood were taken away by Chongzhen. Most of the tens of thousands of troops left behind in the capital had never seen blood. Seeing the huge formation of the rebels below, some people were in panic, and some soldiers' legs trembled.

If the military had not been strict, I am afraid that before the rebels began to attack the city, some soldiers fled without fighting.

Yuan Chonghuan has experienced many battles, so of course he knows that he has lost three points before the battle is over. This is not possible. His morale can be boosted and the soldiers must be excited.

"Ahem..."

Yuan Chonghuan first asked Cao Huachun for instructions. After Cao Huachun nodded, he coughed, cleared his throat, and shouted loudly: "Sirs, the rebels are at the city, and we are deeply grateful to the emperor. We should do our best to protect the capital to the death. Do you have the confidence to fight back the rebels?"

"have!"

"some!"

"Yes."

Obviously, the soldiers were a little absent-minded, and they all felt weak when answering, and their voices were uneven.

"Didn't you eat? Answer me loudly!" Yuan Chonghuan roared angrily.

"have!"

This time he finally looked decent. Yuan Chonghuan nodded with satisfaction and shouted: "Very good. Since the soldiers are confident that they can defend the capital and repel the rebels, the court will naturally not treat you unfairly.

Empress Yi'an has an order. As long as you kill a rebel, you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, two, twenty taels, and so on. The more you kill, the more you will be rewarded."

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Sure enough, it is better to lure him for profit than to understand reason. When Yuan Chonghuan promulgated the reward pattern issued by Zhang Yan in front of the three armies, all the soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but shout, and the sound of killing shocked the sky.

The auxiliary soldiers under the city were stunned when they heard the shouts of killing. They couldn't understand why the soldiers who were still dead before suddenly became bloody. Until they learned about the rewards offered by the court, they also shouted.

For a moment, there was a sound of killing sound on the city and below, and almost the entire city of Beijing could be clearly heard.

In the Forbidden City, Zhang Yan, who received the news that the rebels were at the city, was discussing with Huang Liji and other important ministers in Wenhua Hall how to fight against the enemy. Suddenly, she heard a faint cry of killing outside the palace and hurriedly led the ministers to the attic and looked into the distance.

"Dear Qing's family, there were shouts of killing coming from the front. Could it be that the soldiers have fought with the rebels?" Zhang Yan asked uneasily.

A large inner guard with outstanding eyesight and ears reported: "Empress, we have not yet fought, but our army is very morale, and the sound of killing has shook the sky before the battle."

Zhang Yan was slightly stunned. Listening to the shouts of the soldiers in front of him, he suddenly felt as if he was listening to the fairy music. He said happily: "Okay! The soldiers are so motivated, what are the fears of mere rebels?!"

...

Zhu Yousong led a 100,000 army to the capital. Along the way, the rebels were exactly the same as those of later generations. Whenever they met a strong man, they all captured them in the army. In just a short time, the rebels' 70,000 troops expanded to more than 100,000.

When he arrived at the city of Beijing, Zhu Yousong looked at the huge city entrenched on the North China Plain from afar, and his eyes couldn't help but burst into greed.

Capital City, within a few days, I, Zhu Yousong, will become your master!

No! Not only the capital, I, Zhu Yousong, also want to become the master of the whole world!

A few days ago, Zhu Yousong fled from the capital in a hurry like a broken dog. Now he personally led a large army and a desire to conquer suddenly arose in his heart.

But at this moment, there was a loud shout of killing sound from above the city wall, and Zhu Yousong's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Zhang Pu said beside him: "Your Highness, you don't need to worry. It's obvious that the defenders saw the huge army's strength, so they used their shouts to boost their courage. In fact, they were already panicked in their hearts."

When Zhu Yousong heard this, he couldn't help but smile and suddenly said, "So they are so harsh and weak on the outside. You guys, are you willing to follow me to persuade the defenders to surrender?"

Zhang Shihao, Xu Yunzhen and others clasped their fists and said with a smile: "Your Highness has an order, but you dare not obey your order."

Zhang Pu was very proud of his life. He had already seen the sharpness of Ming army artillery when he was in Xi'an, so he returned to the Houjun camp on the grounds of a stomachache and would never show up with Zhu Yousong and others.

Zhu Yousong, Zhang Shihao, Xu Yunzhen and others were not concerned about it. They surrounded more than 100 personal soldiers and rushed towards the capital until they were about five or six hundred steps away from the city wall before they held the reins and stopped.

Of course, Zhu Yousong and others knew that many cannons were installed on the walls of Beijing, but the range was less than 500 steps. Therefore, they parked five or six hundred steps away, thinking that the distance was very safe.

Zhu Yousong took a trumpet from his personal soldiers, took a few steps forward, and shouted at the defenders on the city wall: "Listen to the defenders on the city wall, Zhu Yousong, the prince of Gu Naifu, is the closest cousin of Your Majesty's bloodline!

Now that Your Majesty is trapped in Xinxiang Fort, there is another Tumu Fort change. Once the Tartars use His Majesty’s troops to surround Beijing City, Beijing will be in danger! The Ming Dynasty is in danger! The world is in danger!

Although Gu is not talented, he is a noble family and is a descendant of Taizu with Your Majesty. Therefore, Gu is willing to stand up, take over the capital, lead you and others to defend Beijing, defend the Ming Dynasty, and defend the Han family!

If you understand the righteousness deeply, you should quickly open the city gate and welcome the lonely into the city. Otherwise, you should not blame the soldiers of the three armies for being ruthless in swords and swords, and kill you and others without leaving any armor!"

On the city wall, the imperial guards couldn't help but feel irritated when they heard Zhu Yousong's words. If, as Zhu Yousong said, Your Majesty was in danger at Xinxiangbao and was captured by the Tartars, the Tartars came to attack Beijing City, and there was no leader. Is it better if Zhu Yousong entered the capital and ascended the throne and led the Beijing military and civilians to defend the capital?

When Cao Huachun, Wang Dehua and others saw that the morale of the army was floating again, they couldn't help but panic.

Yuan Chonghuan was as stable as an old dog, and only asked the staff officer next to him: "Where is the artillery camp on the city wall?"

The adviser said: "Sir, right behind the left."

Yuan Chonghuan said unquestionably: "Take me to come."

The staff officer quickly responded: "Yes, sir, please follow the post of the humble position."

The staff officer took Yuan Chonghuan three or four hundred steps and came to a camp where artillery was placed everywhere. After finding the commander of the artillery battalion, Yuan Chonghuan said straight to the point: "Can the newly built Red Barbarian cannon be at a maximum range of 600 steps?"

Zhao Xiangyang, the commander of the artillery battalion, said: "Sir Hui, the newly built Red Barbarian cannons in the department are extremely powerful, and they can shoot more than one thousand steps."

Yuan Chonghuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered: "You can turn the gun quickly and kill the gang of people to death!"

Zhao Xiangyang immediately said excitedly: "As for orders, sir!"

Immediately, Zhao Xiangyang shouted at the artillery: "Change the gun quickly and aim at the rebels six hundred steps below!"

After receiving the order, the artillery soldiers immediately became busy, adjusting the elevation angle and shifting the direction of the cannons. One by one, the black guns pointed at the unprepared rebels below.

"Sir, the angle has been adjusted!" The artillery soldiers reported to Zhao Xiangyang.

"Reload the shells!" Zhao Xiangyang ordered, and a famous gunner immediately filled the prepared shells into the barrel.

Yuan Chonghuan looked at Zhu Yousong and others who were not prepared at all below, and couldn't help but show a little disdain in his eyes, and said to himself: "Nurhaci was shot into the West by me, Yuan, Zhu Yousong, Zhu Yousong, you are no exception. You deserve to be the advancement of me, Yuan."

The rebels five or six hundred steps away from the city wall were really rampant, and they were not at all prepared for the artillery on the city wall.

Obviously, they are still due to the old concept. They have no idea that the artillery manufacturing technology of the CSRC has already reached a higher level, and the maximum range has been increased to more than one thousand steps.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the power of artillery in the past is too small. The cannons are so loud that they are shocking, but in fact, dozens of shells are difficult to hit a person. At most, it is just used to scare people.

On the city wall, dozens of the latest cast red barbarian cannons had already targeted Zhu Yousong and others. The coverage of the artillery fire almost completely included Zhu Yousong and others within a hundred meters. Zhu Yousong and others had no idea at all, and they still waved their horse whips and pointed at the defenders on the city wall, and did not take the defenders on the city wall seriously at all.

After dozens of new red cannons were loaded with shells, Zhao Xiangyang shouted at the top of his throat: "Fire the cannon!"

"Boom boom boom boom..."

At Zhao Xiangyang's order, dozens of cannons on the city wall suddenly roared violently, and even the city wall was trembling.

The smoke of gunpowder rose up on the city wall, and both the defenders on the city wall and the rebels outside the city wall were shocked.

“Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo…”

Hearing the roar of cannons and dozens of shells roared from the air, Zhu Yousong and others suddenly felt a little bad in their hearts. The personal soldiers guarding Zhu Yousong, Zhang Shihao and Xu Yunzhen quickly surrounded them.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Dozens of shells fell from the sky, and several of them exploded directly less than ten meters around Zhu Yousong, and more than ten personal soldiers were bombarded into pieces on the spot.

Xu Yunzhen, the Prince of Dingguo, had no time to send out a scream, and the head was cut off by a shell. The Prince of British, Zhang Shihao, looked terrified. Regardless of Zhu Yousong, under the protection of the personal soldiers of the Prince of British Mansion, he fled.

It’s a pity that Zhang Shihao’s armor robe was too gorgeous. Zhao Xiangyang on the city wall mistakenly thought he was Zhu Yousong, so he ordered the artillery soldiers to concentrate artillery fire and bombard Zhang Shihao.

“Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo…”

After a while, dozens of shells quickly rose to the sky, digging a series of parabolas, and then smashing them hard towards Zhang Shihao and others.

"Ah, my god, run away!"

The fleeing rebels were caught off guard. With the sound of horrifying roars, balls of fire burst and exploded. Suddenly, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and flesh and blood flew everywhere, like the Shura hell.

"Uncle, I know I'm wrong, come and save me!"

Zhang Shihao looked back and saw a cannonball hitting his head. In panic, he felt very regretful and deeply hated why he didn't listen to Zhang Weixian's advice before and was pulled onto the pirate ship by Zhu Yousong.

It’s a pity that it was too late. Zhang Shihao and his men and horses were bombarded by shells into a pile of rotten meat. Human and horse meat was mixed together, and no one could tell which one was a human and which one was a horse.

On the contrary, because Zhang Shihao attracted the artillery fire for him, Zhu Yousong survived the disaster and was rushed out of the range of the artillery fire.

After confirming safety, Zhu Yousong found that Zhang Shihao, the good engine oil he had just made a few days ago, and Xu Yunzhen was buried in the fire of the defenders. He was furious and he was furious. He looked endless hatred in his eyes and roared: "Kill all the soldiers for me. Those who climbed the city first will be rewarded with one thousand taels of silver, and the official position will be promoted to the third level!"

...

"The Ming Dynasty has won thousands of victories!"

On the city wall, the morale of the defenders who were originally trapped in a low voice by Zhu Yousong's call. When they saw Zhu Yousong running away under the artillery fire of the Ming army, they were killed and injured, their morale was naturally shocked and they couldn't help but cheer.
To be continued...