The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 358 The Fall of the Capital
He thought to himself, “I must show these cowardly generals what a true warrior is.” He snorted and shouted.

"I see you've all been terrified by the Ming army. Even if the Ming army is strong, not every soldier is made of bronze and iron. No matter how powerful their weapons are, do you think they can destroy my city? I don't believe that so many soldiers can do that."

"We couldn't even hold onto this tall and fortified capital!"

Before the King of Dai Viet could finish speaking, a barrage of cannonballs rained down on the city walls, instantly riddling them with holes.

Seeing the city wall smashed to this state, everyone gasped in shock, and even the king of the Great Yue Kingdom dared not utter any more harsh words.

He hadn't expected the Da Yue army to be so powerful, especially with this weapon, which they had never seen before. This was troublesome; they had offended someone they shouldn't have. Thinking about this, he felt extremely flustered, unsure how to resolve the situation.

All they could do was shout loudly.

"Hurry, hurry, protect me and get me out of here!"

But at this moment, apart from some generals who had a larger central command, no one else cared about him, especially the civil officials. When had they ever experienced such a bloody scene? Seeing the people around them being blown into a pile of mud by the shells, they no longer had their usual composure. They shouted loudly and desperately fled to other places.

At this moment, the entire city tower was in chaos, with the soldiers lying prone under the battlements.

When Duke Wang Bi saw this scene, he was extremely surprised. The army on the border of Da Yue was quite capable, and at least this situation should not have occurred. He did not expect that chaos would break out in the city first.

Seeing the people dressed in several sets of gorgeous clothes on the city wall, he guessed that there must be some important people up there. Thinking of this, he made a quick decision and said to the soldiers under his command.

"This is a great opportunity! Everyone, charge forward! Each of you can achieve outstanding feats!"

The cannons above continued to roar, and the musketeers escorted the infantry as they charged straight up.

The general defending the city wall was extremely anxious when he saw this scene. If the Ming army were to charge up, it would be truly beyond saving.

"Go defend! What are you doing hiding here? If the Ming army attacks, you'll all die!"

Despite his constant shouting, none of the men below were willing to obey his orders. At this point, they were just trying to save their own lives; who could care about anything else?

At this moment, the Ming army had already charged up, and those who tried to resist were riddled with bullets by muskets.

The others on the city walls no longer dared to resist, and soon the soldiers climbed the city walls. By then, the cannons outside had stopped firing, and the Ming army charged madly toward the capital. Before long, the city was breached again.

At this moment, the general defending the city was extremely frustrated. If their king and officials had not been there, he might have been able to defend the city with his own strength.

Who could have imagined that these people's meddling would directly shatter the morale of the generals?

Now things are really messed up; there's no chance to resist at all. Realizing this, he didn't dare to continue fighting and withdrew with the remaining soldiers.

Having captured the city, Duke Li of Wang Bi decisively closed all the surrounding city gates and began searching the entire city. Before long, almost everyone in the city surrendered.

What disappointed Wang Bi was that they did not find the king of Da Yue.

Wang Bi was extremely frustrated. This guy really knew how to hide things. Once he arrived, he stopped caring about these matters and could only make sure the others were settled.

Not long after, several extremely disheveled people appeared in a tunnel outside the city. They were the King of Da Yue and a few of his subordinates.

This secret passage was dug by them a long time ago, and not many people in the palace knew about it. This time, in order to survive, he didn't care about anything else and directly led a few of his most loyal subordinates into the tunnel. He didn't even bring his concubines and sons.

After the capital was captured, Duke Li of the State, Wang Bi, immediately led his army north.

At this moment, the general stationed on the northern front line was extremely puzzled. Previously, the Ming army would attack every day, but recently, for some reason, the Ming army had not held any celebrations. They just watched from afar. If he were not worried that the Ming army was too strong or that there was some kind of ambush, he would have already led his elite troops to launch a surprise attack.

However, during this period, no food had been delivered to their rear for a long time.

At this moment, a quartermaster walked in and looked at the commander-in-chief in front of him.

"Marshal, our food supplies have been completely exhausted. I'm afraid our soldiers will go hungry from now on!"

The commander sighed upon hearing this. A few days ago, their food supplies had started to be delayed. At that time, he thought it was because of the rain that made the roads difficult to travel, which was why the food supplies could not be transported in time.

But now so many days have passed, and the food still hasn't arrived. If it doesn't arrive soon, his army will have nothing to eat.

So he sent out several groups of people to urge the front line to provide food, but none of them returned, which made him suspect that something had happened.

Sure enough, at that moment, the men he had sent out to transport the grain ran over in a disheveled state and said to their commander.

"Marshal, this is terrible! The enemy has suddenly appeared behind us, led by Duke Li, Wang Bi. They have already captured our supply camp, and now they have also captured our capital. As for whether the king has been captured, we do not know!"

Upon hearing this news, the entire Dai Viet army in the camp was in an uproar. They never expected such a drastic change to occur in such a short time.

"What did you say? The Ming army actually appeared behind us? How is that possible? They were clearly in front of us!"

Upon hearing this, the head coach's face immediately turned extremely grim, as he suddenly realized something.

"I'm afraid the main force of the enemy that we've fallen for isn't even in the camp in front of us, but has already bypassed us from Nanzhang or somewhere else and launched a surprise attack on our rear!"

"Not only were the princes and nobles in the capital arrested, but they also looted all our grain. I'm afraid no more grain will be transported to this place!"

(End of this chapter)