"rebel?"

Zhu Gaochi's little eyes suddenly widened a little, and he was confused and a little unbelievable, and he was unbelievable and a little surprised.

The changes in his expression were so wonderful that Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but want to stretch out his hand and squeeze it twice.

And then he did!

"Go, go, you kid..."

Zhu Gaochi slapped Zhu Zhanji's hand away with a look of disgust, then pulled Zhu Zhanji's clothes with some uncertainty and asked:

"Are you telling the truth?"

"You'll find out later when you look at it!"

After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, he turned around and walked to Dongchang and Yulinjun.

The Royal Forest Army is in charge of Jin Zhongzai, a veteran of the Jingnan period who is now sixty-one years old.

He has a high prestige in the court, and has defended the crown prince and the officials in the East Palace many times in front of Zhu Di. He can be said to be a proper princeling.

Zhu Zhanji walked up to Jin Zhong, glanced at the little snot beside him, and then asked Jin Zhong:

"How's the situation?"

Hearing this, Jin Zhong looked at Zhu Gaochi who had not recovered from Zhu Zhanji's words not far away, paused and said:

"Going back to His Majesty Taisun, the walls of Ji Gang's mansion have been reinforced, and the height is nearly ten feet higher than that of ordinary mansions. We haven't found out the number of dead soldiers inside yet, but I estimate that there should be no less than a thousand people. If we attack by force,

, I’m afraid there will be heavy losses!”

"Is it so troublesome? How about using Ji Gang to persuade him to surrender?"

Zhu Zhanji frowned when he heard this.

Jin Zhong glanced at Zhu Zhanji with a look of disgust, shook his head, and said something irrelevant:

"When the Emperor goes on his next Northern Expedition, His Highness Taisun might be able to go through some battles with the Emperor."

Zhu Zhanji: “…”

He somewhat suspected that the old man was looking down upon him for not having fought in a war!

Before Zhu Zhanji could think more, Jin Zhong said again:

"Although we can't see the situation in the courtyard yet, if the veteran guessed correctly, the majestic Yingtian City has such powerful defenses and dead soldiers. Ji Gang should have hidden a lot of secrets in the courtyard, and they were exposed.

It may be enough for Ji Gang to die several times. If Ji Gang wants to live, I estimate that Ji Gang will never let us in!"

"Then we can only attack by force?"

"At present, it seems that the only option is to attack by force!"

Jin Zhong nodded. When Zhu Zhanji saw this, he turned around and looked at the little snot who silently lowered his head and thought he was a little transparent, and ordered:

"Little Sniffle, arrange for a few people to go to the Ministry of Industry and ask them to bring four general cannons over. I don't believe that the wall of this courtyard can block the general cannons?"

With a bang, Zhu Zhanji finished his words. Jin Zhong on the side almost dodged his old waist. His old face suddenly twitched a few times, opened his mouth and said:

"Great Sun, I think this matter can be discussed further..."

"Huh? Aren't four general cannons enough?"

Zhu Zhanji touched his chin when he heard this and looked at Ji Gang's mansion. He found that the mansion was indeed quite large, with a courtyard wall alone no longer than a hundred meters tall.

If it were just four cannons, the gap created would be relatively small. Thinking of this, he immediately added:

"Four doors are not enough, then add four more doors!"

Jin Zhong:?_?

Jin Zhong opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Little Nose ignored him. He said "yes", called a few eunuchs from the East Factory, and walked to the Ministry of Works to raise the general's cannon.

Seeing this, Jin Zhong thought for a while and closed his mouth.

It's just a few general cannons. Although it's a bit wasteful, it's good to let this great grandson see them.

At this time, Prince Zhu Gaochi also came over with several ministers.

I don’t know what Zhu Gaochi said to these people. At this time, no one tried to dissuade Zhu Zhanji from letting Ji Gang go.

Instead, he looked vaguely at Ji Gang's mansion, which was like an iron wall. A trace of expectation flashed on his face, but there was also some hesitation.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty suffered from Ji Gang's despotic power. I don't know how many people were blackmailed by Ji Gang over the years.

If Ji Gang really fell today, it would definitely be something worth celebrating.

But similarly, if Ji Gang cannot be defeated today, everyone present must be prepared to accept Ji Gang's revenge.

Zhu Gaochi stood next to Zhu Zhanji, glanced at the back of Little Sniffle as he left, and asked with some confusion:

"how?"

"Just wait a moment. I'll let Little Nose move the things. Once the things are moved, this yard will be breached immediately!"

Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment, glanced at the direction where Little Sniffle was leaving, and said with a puzzled look on his face:

"Moving something?"

"Um!"

Zhu Zhanji nodded:

"Bring in some cannons!"

Zhu Gaochi: "???"

Before he could think about it, Jin Zhong on the side added:

"Eight, great general cannons!"

"Well……"

Zhu Gaochi's fat face froze for an instant, and even the expressions of some of the courtiers who had just followed him became very exciting at this moment.

Eight doors?

General cannon?

Are you sure it's not the second general?

Or maybe the three generals?

A group of people looked at each other.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but hold Zhu Zhanji's hand and said:

"Son, this... why don't you change the cannon? I think the third general's cannon is actually quite good, or the second general cannon..."

Before Zhu Gaochi could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhu Zhanji: "Dad, it's not like you haven't seen the second general cannon and the third general cannon. Compared with the general, they are just children's playthings. It is safer to use the general."

!”

Zhu Gaochi: "..."

Speaking of which, artillery before the mid-Ming Dynasty was still very leading in the world.

The most famous among these artillery pieces are undoubtedly the various general artillery pieces.

The influence of general cannons was so profound that hundreds of years later, the Qing Dynasty would occasionally name cannons after the invincible general or the mighty general.

Among all the general cannons in the early Ming Dynasty, the most famous was undoubtedly the great general cannon.

The whole body of the general's cannon is made of pig iron. It is more than three feet long and weighs 2,000 kilograms.

There is a star in front and a rear sight. The charge is more than one kilogram, and the lead (shell) weighs three to five kilograms. The range can reach one mile, and the longest range can be two miles.

The gun body has multiple reinforcing hoops, which are divided into three types according to size: large, medium and small. They are named General, Second General and Third General respectively. They can fire 7kg, 3kg and 1kg lead bullets.

It is carried on a vehicle, with the wheels high in the front and low in the rear, so it can be launched directly from the vehicle.

It can be said that Old Man Zhu relied heavily on these firearms and cannons to defeat the prairie.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't refute Zhu Zhanji for a while, he just felt like he was shooting mosquitoes with a cannon at this moment.

Soon, with the dull sound of axles, eight black iron cannons appeared in everyone's sight on the street.

"Your Highness Taisun, the cannon is coming!"

Little Sniffle ran over and came back to life.

"Pull everyone up, aim at the courtyard wall, and give me a round of blast first!"

Zhu Zhanji gave the order casually.

Soon the eight cannons were lined up in front of Ji Gang's mansion, and the ammunition was loaded.

Zhu Zhanji stepped forward with interest, took the command flag, and looked at the mansion that instantly became chaotic as the cannon appeared.

He grinned and waved the flag down fiercely:

"fire!"
Chapter completed!