Ming Dynasty: The Jingnan Rebellion has just been successful, and Zhu Yuanzhang has been resurrected

Chapter 79: All members of Chuzhou were stunned

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Sun Qing took a deep breath and said, "Pass the order down. Everyone go to the city gate and stop the rebels from entering the city!"

"Yes, sir!" The deputy general nodded and ran away quickly.

"Alas," Sun Qing sighed deeply.

The good situation was destroyed by Zhu Yunhuan in an instant, but he had no place to seek justice.

The Ming Dynasty also had gunpowder, but compared with the gunpowder Zhu Yunhuan just used, the power of the Ming Dynasty's gunpowder was like a toy.

We were defending the city, but now the city gate is gone.

In such a situation, we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate.

"The archery skills of Emperor Yunhu's grandson, and his terrifyingly powerful gunpowder..." Sun Qing was lost in thought, frowned, and fell into deep silence.

"Brothers, follow me and stop the rebels from entering the city!" The deputy general roared and rushed towards the city gate with the soldiers on the top of the city.

We were defending the city, but now it has become a battle to defend the city gate.

"Boom!"

The charge of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry shook the earth and mountains.

All the soldiers in Chuzhou City showed fear on their faces.

Now they are like small boats sailing in the vast ocean. Just one wave can drown them.

"Kill!" Zhu Gaoxu's expression was cold.

With elite troops at his disposal and the enemy's city gate already broken, this situation was a perfect opportunity for him to establish military exploits. If he could break through the Chuzhou City in front of him and then the last barrier, Jiangning City, Yingtian Prefecture would be within his grasp!

The thought of the horse trampling on Yingtian Prefecture made him very excited.

"I didn't expect that Chuzhou would be breached so easily. Once the news gets out, it will probably surprise many people." Zhu Neng thought to himself.

Then, he suppressed his chaotic thoughts and looked at the city in front of him with burning eyes: "Kill!"

Zhu Yunhuan is determined to follow!

The Chuzhou City in front of him is his opportunity to demonstrate his abilities.

"What's that noise?" Tang He was startled by the huge explosion and looked surprised and suspicious.

With doubts in his heart, he walked up to Zhu Yunhuan: "Your Highness!"

"Grandpa Tang, are you scared?" Zhu Yunheng said with a smile.

Tang He nodded subconsciously and said, "Your Highness, what was that noise just now?"

Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Grandpa Tang. I just blew up the gate of Chuzhou City. It's all right now."

"Did they blow up the gate of Chuzhou City?" Tang He was stunned when he heard this. He then looked up at the gate of Chuzhou City. The next second, he was stunned: "No, where is the gate?"

I saw that the place where the city gate was originally had turned into a huge hole. The Snow Dragon Cavalry and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were entering Chuzhou City through the hole. The soldiers of Chuzhou City tried their best to stop them, and the two sides engaged in a brutal battle there.

"Your Highness, did you do this?" Tang He was stunned.

"Yes!" Zhu Yunhuan nodded.

Tang He smelled the lingering smell of gunpowder in the air, his eyes hesitant, and said, "Such a strong smell of gunpowder. Your Highness, are you using gunpowder?"

"That's right!" Zhu Yunhuan nodded again.

Tang He was silent, his expression changed, and he smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, where did you get this gunpowder? As far as I know, the gunpowder we have now in the Ming Dynasty is not this powerful."

During the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang realized the importance of firearms, so he used firearms on a large scale in battlefield combat for the first time. As an old man who followed Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang He had a certain understanding of the Ming Dynasty's firearms, gunpowder, etc.

He was very sure that the power of the current Ming Dynasty gunpowder was definitely not enough to blow open the city gate, not to mention that even the walls around the city gate had been blown apart. This was simply impossible.

To put it another way, even if the Ming Dynasty's gunpowder was able to blow open the city gate, the amount of gunpowder required would have to be an extremely terrifying number.

There were defenders in Chuzhou City. It was impossible for them to watch Zhu Yunhuan pile gunpowder in front of the city gate. Therefore, this assumption is completely invalid.

"I developed it myself." Zhu Yunhuan said softly.

"Ah? You developed it yourself?" Tang He was dumbfounded.

He thought of countless possibilities, but he never thought that Zhu Yunhuan would develop it himself.

No, as a grandson of the emperor, why would you develop gunpowder?

He choked a little and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

After a long silence, Tang He asked again, "Your Highness, how did you get the explosives to the city gate?"

Is the defender of Chuzhou City just a decoration?
"That's very simple!" Zhu Yunhuan shrugged.

"It's very simple?" Tang He looked strangely: "This is not simple, okay?"

Zhu Yunhuan casually picked up a longbow beside him, bent it and drew his arrow, saying, "Grandpa Tang, watch me, I'm going to shoot the flag on Chengtou Mountain."

"Whoosh!"

The arrow was shot from the bow, and the next second, the flag dancing in the wind on the top of the city fell down.

"What amazing archery skills!" Tang He was shocked.

"I just sent the gunpowder bags to the city gate one arrow at a time, and finally shot a rocket to detonate it." Zhu Yunheng said.

"This is fucking terrible." Tang He's mouth twitched and he felt a little numb.

A grandson of the emperor trained fiercely powerful troops like the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, created the telescope, an invaluable weapon for marching and fighting, and also engaged in scientific research and played with explosives, and his archery skills were also superb. Is this fair?
Is the gap between people really that big?

"Or, I might as well vote for the grandson of the emperor Yunhu!" A thought popped up in Tang He's mind, very strong.

After a long while, he suppressed the thought in his heart and said quietly, "Your Highness, your archery skills are really good!"

"Haha, not bad!" Zhu Yunhuan smiled.

His archery skills are actually quite average, but who made him sign a book on [Grandmaster Archery]?

"Is this okay?" Tang He didn't want to talk anymore.

Point wherever you point, and the arrow will arrive.

This is clearly a sharpshooter, okay?

"Grandpa Tang, how do you think people will evaluate me after I enter Yingtian Prefecture?" Zhu Yunheng suddenly asked.

"Ah?" Tang He was stunned and lowered his head in silence.

He didn't quite know how to answer this question.

Zhu Yunhuan shrugged and did not force Tang He to answer. He said, "The throne originally belonged to me. Now, I am just going to take back what originally belonged to me."

Tang He raised his head and looked at Zhu Yunhuan with a complicated look.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with what Zhu Yunhuan said. It is clearly written in black and white in the Ming Dynasty's ancestral precepts.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang finally passed the throne to Zhu Yunwen!
"The emperor is getting old and confused. If he were still alive, he should say thank you to me." Zhu Yunheng said.

Tang He was stunned. He looked up at Zhu Yunhuan with a puzzled expression, speechless. "Good boy, you really dare to think that His Majesty would thank you? Thank you for your rebellion? He is already considering the relationship between grandfather and grandson by not hanging you up and beating you."

Zhu Yunhuan didn't know, but he knew very well that Zhu Yuanzhang was not dead. Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry about Zhu Yunhuan's rebellion.

"What? Grandpa Tang, do you think what I said is ridiculous?" Zhu Yunheng said.

Tang He smiled wryly and said, "Your Highness, although you do have your reasons, it is undeniable that you are now rebelling."

Zhu Yunhuan shook his head and said, "Grandpa Tang, you don't understand. I am not raising an army to rebel, but to restore order and atone for the mistakes made by Grandpa the Emperor."

"Set things right? What a great way to set things right!" Tang He's mouth twitched. He hadn't realized before that Zhu Yunhuan was also an eloquent guy.

Zhu Yunxun said, "Grandpa Emperor has set a bad example by following his own whims and disregarding the Imperial Ming Ancestor's Precepts. Grandpa Tang, do you think that future emperors of the Ming Dynasty will follow suit and appoint whoever they want to the throne?"

"This..." Tang He was choked and remained silent.

This topic is not something he can talk about.

"If I don't put things right, won't the Ming Dynasty's ancestral precepts become a joke? Will my Zhu Ming royal family become a joke?"

"Without rules, there is no order. The royal family should set an example and be a good role model. For example, the Imperial Grandmother set a good example for the harem not to interfere in government affairs. In the future, if anyone in the Ming Dynasty harem wants to disrupt government, the Imperial Grandmother will be the highest mountain. No matter when and where, the court officials can use this as an excuse to attack."

Zhu Yunhuan spoke eloquently with an extremely calm expression.

Tang He was silent.

At first, he disagreed with what Zhu Yunhuan said, but as he listened, he felt that what Zhu Yunhuan said seemed to make some sense.

It is clearly written in black and white in the Ming Dynasty's ancestral precepts that the throne will be inherited by the eldest son and grandson. This was written by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not comply.

In this case, what is the significance of the Ming Dynasty’s ancestral precepts?
On the surface, naturally, no one dared to discuss it, but what about behind the scenes? Could they stop the gossips of the world?
"Your Majesty, it seems you really did something wrong!" Tang He said in his heart.

After a pause, he continued, "If Emperor Yunhuan can truly regain the throne, you should really say thank you to him."

Zhu Yunhuan patted Tang He's shoulder with a heroic look and said, "Compared with the Ming Dynasty, the little infamy I brought with me when I started the rebellion is nothing to worry about!"

"Grandson of the Emperor Yunhuan." Tang He looked at Zhu Yunhuan with a dazed look in his eyes.

In a trance, the figure of Zhu Yunhuan in front of him seemed to overlap with the Zhu Yuanzhang in his memory.

"Brother Huan, you have fulfilled your mission. We have captured Chuzhou City!" Zhu Gaoxu rushed over on horseback with an excited look on his face and covered in blood. When he arrived in front of Zhu Yunhuan, he dismounted and knelt down.

"Your Highness, this is Sun Qing, the defender of Chuzhou City!" Zhu Neng brought Sun Qing in front of Zhu Yunhuan and kicked Sun Qing in the calf, forcing Sun Qing to kneel down in front of Zhu Yunhuan.

Zhu Yunhuan smiled widely, stepped forward to help Zhu Gaoxu up, and then patted Zhu Neng on the shoulder, saying, "Well done!"

"Chuzhou City was destroyed just like that!" Tang He was speechless.

Everyone in the world was waiting for the Battle of Chuzhou, and they all thought that an extremely brutal fight would break out here. Who could have imagined that Chuzhou would fall so easily.

"The destiny is with the grandson of Emperor Yunhu!" Tang He couldn't help but feel emotional.

Zhu Yunwen looked at Sun Qing, who was kneeling before him, and asked, "Sun Qing, will you surrender to me, or will you be loyal to Zhu Yunwen?"

Sun Qing remained silent.

He neither wanted to die nor did he want to surrender to Zhu Yunhuan and be cursed.

"You can't keep silent. You can't have your cake and eat it too." Zhu Yunhuan shook his head slightly.

"Your Highness, why don't you just kill this man? He's a prisoner, but you're putting him on high pedestal." Zhu Gaoxu looked at him unkindly.

Sun Qing's eyelids twitched, and he bent down and knelt on the ground, saying, "Sun Qing greets His Highness!"

"You bastard." Zhu Gaoxu's mouth twitched and he felt a toothache.

This is so weird, I thought he was a tough guy, but he turned out to be a softie. "Haha!" Zhu Yunhuan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "General Sun, get up. We are all family from now on."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Sun Qing stood up with mixed feelings.

Not long ago, he was still helping Zhu Yunwen resist Zhu Yunhuan, but unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he joined Zhu Yunhuan's army.

"Let's go into the city!" Zhu Yunheng said softly.

Zhu Gaoxu hesitated and said, "Brother Hu, if we accept Sun Qing's surrender like this, there won't be any problems, right?"

When Sun Qing heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he felt a little uneasy.

"It's okay!" Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand.

What he wanted was the throne, not to overthrow and rebuild the Ming Dynasty, so he didn't care whether Sun Qing surrendered sincerely or pretended to surrender.

After conquering Yingtian Prefecture and ascending the throne, there was plenty of time to sort things out slowly.

"The magnanimity of the Emperor's grandson Hu Yunhuan is something that not everyone can possess." Sun Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

Before, he bowed to Zhu Yunhuan in order to save his life, but at this moment, he really admired Zhu Yunhuan.

Trusting those who surrender is not something that everyone can do.

If he were in Zhu Yunhuan's position, he would definitely not be able to be as calm as Zhu Yunhuan.

"The grandson of the Emperor Yunhu, he really has the qualities of a human emperor." Tang He said in his heart with deep eyes.

The more he came into contact with Zhu Yunhuan, the more he could feel the charm of Zhu Yunhuan, and he felt more and more that Zhu Yuanzhang had misjudged him.

For a moment, he even had a bad idea in his mind, wanting Zhu Yuanzhang to see how outstanding Zhu Yunhuan was. He wondered what Zhu Yuanzhang would think at that time.

Chuzhou City.

The war has ended, and the city is controlled by Zhu Yunhuan's troops, including the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, etc.

Soldiers kept running back and forth, dealing with the corpses on the ground.

Zhu Yunhuan brought Ma Sanbao, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Neng, Tang He and others to the city gate, paused for a moment, and then walked into Chuzhou City.

"Grandson Yunxun!"

"Grandson Yunxun!"

"Grandson Yunxun!"

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I don’t know who shouted first, but then the whole city shouted Zhu Yunhuan’s name.

"Sanbao, pass on my order. No one is allowed to disturb the people. Anyone who violates the order will be beheaded!" Zhu Yunhuan said lightly.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Ma Sanbao nodded, turned and left.

Sun Qing led the way in front, his expression respectful: "Your Highness, please!"

The news of Chuzhou's fall was immediately spread in all directions.

After receiving the news, everyone had the same expression: stunned and full of disbelief.

"Are you sure Chuzhou has fallen?"

"How is this possible? Chuzhou City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, how could it fall so easily?"

"How is this possible? Zhu Yunhuan's troops were all cavalry, and Chuzhou City's terrain was easy to defend but difficult to attack. How could it fall so quickly? It shouldn't be possible!"

"Gunpowder blew up the city gate? What the hell? When did Ming Dynasty gunpowder become so terrifying? How come I didn't know about it?"

"Damn it! Chuzhou City was breached like this. From now on, there's only Jiangning left before Zhu Yunhuan can break into Yingtian Prefecture. Even Chuzhou can't hold out for a day, so how long can Jiangning hold him back?"

"This is not good. Could it be that Zhu Yunhuan is really going to invade Yingtian Prefecture?"

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The whole world was shaken, and everyone had complicated expressions.

It has only been more than half a month since Zhu Yunhuan started his rebellion, but unexpectedly, Zhu Yunhuan is about to enter Yingtian Prefecture. The speed of his advance is a bit too terrifying.

Looking back to the time when Zhu Yunhuan had just started his rebellion, no one was optimistic about him and thought that he would be suppressed directly.

But in the end, Zhu Yunhuan was not suppressed, but instead he headed all the way to Yingtian Prefecture. Once Zhu Yunhuan entered Yingtian Prefecture, it would be like a fish leaping over the dragon gate. At that time, Zhu Yunhuan would transform into a real dragon, and the situation of the entire Ming Dynasty would undergo earth-shaking changes.

Yingtianfu, small courtyard!

Jiang Li hurried to Zhu Yuanzhang, his expression extremely complicated, and said: "Your Majesty, Chuzhou City has been captured."

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

"The grandson of the Emperor Yunhu used a terrifyingly powerful gunpowder to blow up the gate of Chuzhou City. Now Chuzhou has fallen into the hands of the grandson of the Emperor Yunhu." Jiang Lin said.

"How could this happen?" Zhu Yuanzhang was confused.

The current situation caught him off guard. Even if he was the one who started the rebellion, he would never be able to do what Zhu Yunhuan did, and advance all the way.

"What's going on with this kid Yunhu? Why did he suddenly become so ferocious?" Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, and then he felt a strong curiosity about Zhu Yunhu.

He suddenly realized that he actually didn't know his eldest grandson Zhu Yunhuan at all.

Jiang Li remained silent. He was also shocked. The easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Chuzhou City could not stop Zhu Yunhuan. Now, Zhu Yunhuan's hope of entering Yingtian Prefecture soared. If nothing unexpected happened, it could be said that it was a foregone conclusion.

"I understand, you can go down!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand somewhat dejectedly, he wanted to be alone and quiet.

"I'll take my leave!" Jiang Li bowed and turned to leave.

"Alas," Zhu Yuanzhang sighed deeply, his eyes somewhat confused.

The current situation made him a little unsure of what to do.

Show up?

Is it really useful to show up at this time?

It was inevitable that Zhu Yunhuan would invade Yingtian Prefecture. What could he do if he stood up at this time?

One sentence made Zhu Yunhuan give up fighting for the throne?

Is that possible?

By then, his fake death would most likely become real death, and the soldiers under Zhu Yunhuan would not recognize him as the emperor.

To take a step back, even if Zhu Yunhuan was willing, would the generals under his command agree?

Wearing the yellow robe is the destiny.

Zhu Gaoxu, Ma Sanbao and others would probably be able to carry Zhu Yunhuan onto the dragon throne.

"How did things turn out like this?" Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless.

He never dreamed that things would eventually develop in this direction. The path was off track, off track!
Kunning Palace!
Zhu Yunwen looked panicked and found Lu: "Mom, something big has happened!"

Mrs. Lu looked at Zhu Yunwen's appearance, frowned slightly, and said, "Wen'er, you are the emperor now, you must pay attention to your appearance."

"Mother, Chuzhou has been destroyed!" Zhu Yunwen interrupted Lu.

"What?" Mrs. Lu was stunned for a moment, then reacted and suddenly her eyes widened: "What did you say? Chuzhou was broken?"

Zhu Yunwen's face was full of bitterness, and he nodded and said, "Yes, the news just came that Zhu Yunhuan used gunpowder to blow open the city gate and has now entered Chuzhou City."

After hearing the news, he was completely dumbfounded.

The city of Chuzhou, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack, was unable to stop Zhu Yunhuan for a single day and was directly breached.

In panic, he didn't even summon Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and others, but ran to find Lu in a panic.

"How could this happen?" Mrs. Lu lost her composure and could no longer remain calm. She had placed great hope on Chuzhou City and felt that Zhu Yunhuan would be stopped.

Unexpectedly, Chuzhou City could not be held for even a day.

Her mentality collapsed.

"Mom, what should we do now?" Zhu Yunwen looked at Lu with a questioning look on his face.

Mrs. Lu frowned, her expression uncertain.

With the fall of Chuzhou City, there was only Jiangning City between Zhu Yunhuan and Yingtian Prefecture.

This means that Zhu Yunwen now has no way to retreat. He is on the cliff with a bottomless abyss behind him.

"Call the princes to the capital to support the king!" Lu said in a deep voice.

This is the only solution to the current situation.

Use the vassal kings to force Zhu Yunhuan to withdraw his troops. As for what to do after Zhu Yunhuan withdraws his troops, that is something to be considered later. Let's get through the current hurdle of Zhu Yunhuan first.

"Ah? Mother, if we ask for help from the princes, how will we proceed with the issue of reducing the power of the princes?" Zhu Yunwen frowned.

If he had asked for help from the vassal kings, the subsequent issue of reducing the power of the vassal kings would definitely have come to nothing.

"It's already this time, and you're still thinking about reducing the power of the vassal states!" Mrs. Lu was speechless.

The throne is about to be taken away, and you are still reducing the power of the feudal lords? What kind of thinking is this!
Let’s save our lives first!
"Mom, I understand." Zhu Yunwen looked lonely.

The massive reduction of power will probably result in a mess.

This was the first major project he presided over after ascending the throne, and now it seems to be a complete failure.

"By the way, Wen'er, when you write letters asking for help to the princes, you must be sincere and make it clear that you will no longer reduce the power of the princes in the future." Lu instructed.

In order to get the princes to send troops, you must promise them certain benefits. Otherwise, if others turn a blind eye, it will be a big problem.

"Oh!" Zhu Yunwen nodded.

"Go!" Mrs. Lu waved her hand.

"Your son will take his leave!" Zhu Yunwen bowed and turned to leave.

"How could Zhu Yunhuan be so powerful? If I had known this would happen, I should have killed him." Mrs. Lu's face looked ugly, with a hint of regret in her eyes.

Zhu Yunwen walked out of Kunning Palace and looked up at the gradually darkening sky. He looked bewildered and murmured, "Grandpa Emperor, should I really not reduce the power of the feudal lords?"

Since Zhu Yunhuan started his rebellion, up to now, no vassal king has spoken out, as if all the vassal kings have collectively become silent.

He knew in his heart that the princes were not silent, but were hiding and watching the show.

Faced with such a situation, he was very angry, but helpless.

He originally planned to use Zhu Yunhuan to rebel and let the vassal kings see the strength of the court, but Li Jinglong gave him a big mess and the situation got out of control in an instant.

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