I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 543 Deception
Jiang Bin understood what Shi Wanshan meant. The red cannons on the Beijing city wall were still accurate in hitting targets within 3,000 meters, but hitting targets beyond 3,000 meters was purely a matter of luck.
"Duke, do you want to try it?" Shi Wanshan asked.

Jiang Bin did not speak, but picked up the telescope and looked again.
"It won't be very effective if we don't use it. These cannons on the city wall are quite new and well maintained. We can't waste their best condition on them." Jiang Bin said.

At all times, artillery has a lifespan, and the same is true for today's muzzle-loading smoothbore cannons. When the lifespan of an artillery piece is exhausted, it does not mean that it can no longer fire shells, but that the range and accuracy of the shells will be greatly reduced.

However, these cannons on the walls of the capital city have not been used much yet. They are at their most accurate, so it would be a waste to use them to hit targets outside the effective range.
"But we still have to stop them!" Jiang Bin looked at the glaring red outside the city with a gloomy face.

"And quickly! While they are still struggling to gain a firm foothold! No matter what they want to do by building the railway, we must stop them." Jiang Bin said firmly. He now fully understood the interests involved.

"We can't let them build the railways so comfortably. We have to rush out and tear down those railways!" Jiang Bin continued.

"Rush out? There are so many enemy troops outside. Do we really have to give up the city and rush out?" Shi Wanshan asked in surprise.

"Yes! The sooner the better!" Jiang Bin's thoughts are becoming clearer and clearer.

No matter whether the troops outside wearing Guards uniforms are retired veterans of the Guards or employees of the Royal Group, they all need time to train. He does not have an advantage in numbers now. His advantage is that the Guards in the city are well-trained and have rich combat experience, so he must give full play to their advantages and win a few battles while the enemy's training is insufficient to weaken the enemy's military strength.

"Take 6,000 men out of the city and attack the enemy right now!" Jiang Bin looked at Shi Wanshan seriously.

"Ah? As you command!" Shi Wanshan replied with some difficulty.

"Have confidence. The Guards are the most elite army in the world, while those below are just a mob and don't have any armor. As long as you six thousand people engage in battle with them and then enter close combat, they will most likely collapse. You can then chase them and kill them, just like you did before in the Western Regions." Jiang Bin looked straight at Shi Wanshan.

"I understand, but," Shi Wanshan said with some embarrassment.

"Just what? Just say it out loud! Don't be hesitant!" Jiang Bin scolded.

"The soldiers are not in the right mood, and their morale is not high now." Shi Wanshan whispered. Jiang Bin was startled, then looked around and found that just as Shi Wanshan said, the morale of the guards was indeed not high. The scene under the city just now had such a great impact on him that he did not notice this.
He also understood why the guards in the city behaved like this, because the enemy soldiers below were all dressed in the uniforms of the guards, and they were also flying the Three Stars Flag and the familiar red-bottomed black dragon flag. Such an army surrounded the capital and made a gesture of attacking the capital. Before that, the capital had been closed for 15 days. Anyone who saw it would be suspicious, and everyone knew that something big had happened.
That’s why the morale of the guards in the city is low. They are usually under closed management in the barracks and are not well informed of news from the outside world. They feel like they are being kept in the dark.
Jiang Bin knew that he had to make things clear today, otherwise the guards in the city might refuse to carry out his orders.
"Call all the guards nearby! Especially the ones you are going to take out, I have something to tell them! There are some things they need to know," Jiang Bin said.

"Yes!" Shi Wanshan was excited. He didn't know what major events had happened recently, so he also wanted to know.

As the military order was conveyed, many Guards gathered on the city wall of Anding Gate, and the surrounding streets were densely packed with Guards.

Jiang Bin did not let the soldiers wait too long, and soon appeared on the tower. He looked at the guards soldiers under the tower, and tens of thousands of guards soldiers also focused their attention on him.
These gazes were filled with a variety of emotions, which made Jiang Bin feel quite a bit of pressure.
Jiang Bin took a long breath. This was not the first time he gave a speech to the guards, but it was the most important one.
He raised a tin trumpet to his mouth and shouted, "Guardians of the Imperial Guard, I am your admiral. I am sure you have heard some bad rumors recently and are curious about why the entire army entered the city and sealed it off for half a month. You are even more curious about what is going on with those people outside. Today I will tell you all the reasons."

The soldiers below the tower were a little commotion, but their strong discipline soon calmed them down. They all waited patiently for Jiang Bin to continue.
"First of all, I have to tell you a piece of bad news with a sad heart." Jiang Bin put on a sad expression.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the mighty general, the Duke of Zhenguo, the supreme commander of the Imperial Guards, was assassinated twenty days ago. He is seriously injured and is still in a coma." Jiang Bin's eyes turned red as soon as he finished speaking, and tears came down.
Jiang Bin's words were like pouring a bowl of water into a boiling hot oil pan. The soldiers of the Imperial Guards below immediately became excited. Needless to say, Zhu Houzhao's prestige in the Imperial Guards was great.
"Who is the murderer?"

"Who did it?"

"How is your Majesty?"

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Jiang Bin wiped his eyes vigorously. His eyes were now red. The grief on his face was not all fake. He pressed his hands down, and the soldiers below slowly calmed down. However, he could feel the suppressed anger and rising fighting spirit of the soldiers from this calmness.
"The murderer is Wu Wang Zhu Houxuan! He has evil ambitions. Your Majesty said he competed with the people for profit and persecuted the gentry, so he had a big quarrel with Your Majesty. Your Majesty was very disappointed with him and was ready to remove his power as regent. As a result, he sent someone to assassinate Your Majesty, intending to replace you and become the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty. However, he was stopped by the guards. Knowing that he had failed, he fled the capital."

"But the treacherous king was too powerful in the court. The Queen Mother had no choice but to order the ministers to block the news and ordered me to mobilize troops to block the capital, waiting for the troops from all over the country to arrive, and then announce the treacherous king's crimes. Unexpectedly, the treacherous king still did not repent, and even instigated the people around the capital and the employees of the Royal Group to surround the capital, and wanted to capture the capital and murder Your Majesty and the Queen Mother."

(End of this chapter)