Zhang Daojun is nearly forty years old and has already experienced calmness and grandness in the officialdom. When his father Zhang Quan died in Liaoyang, Zhang Daojun was only 27 years old. He was originally well-educated by his grandfather Zhang Wudian and his father Zhang Quan since childhood, and he intends to be an official in the imperial examination.

However, his father left early, for the sake of his family, Zhang Daojun had to give up his pen and join the army and was appointed as the "herited commander of the Jinyiwei" by Enyin. Because he was a loyal minister, he was later appointed as the commander of the capital by the court. These positions sound strange, but in fact the grade is not low.

The commander of the hereditary Jinyiwei was a fourth-rank hereditary military officer. At that time, Qi Jiguang's family was also a hereditary Dengzhou commander. In terms of power, he was a little worse than his hereditary Jinyiwei commander. As for the commander of the capital who was awarded the title, he was a third-rank military officer, who was not at all inferior to Zhang Shenyan, who was currently being held by Zhang Shun, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice.

When his father Zhang Quan was in his throne, he abandoned his pen and joined the army, and he was willing to volunteer. At that time, he was taken to meet the Liaodong ruling Xiong Tingbi by the young minister Deng Wenjie. He said loudly: "A real man will take the head of the Shanyu alone." Even the "Xiongman" Xiong Tingbi was quite strong, but because his father had just died, he advised him to return to his hometown to bury his old father. However, later he was promoted to commander and became the commander general of the first-rank left army, such as Tongzhi.

Therefore, although this person failed in the political struggle in the court, he was still exiled to Weiyanmen Pass as a hereditary fourth-rank military officer. When the Shaanxi peasant army fled to Shanxi, he was also brought to participate in military planning by the Shanxi Governor Song Tongyin Zheng to assist in the suppression of bandits.

This family had originally participated in military affairs as civil servants, but in his generation, they simply changed to military affairs. He himself was both civil and military, and had participated in major military operations of the Ming Dynasty court many times. In addition, Douzhuang had artillery and ammunition before, so he was not afraid of the siege and attack of the peasant army under the "Zijinliang".

On this day, he received a notice from his servants that the bandits had arrived again and had arrived with cannons. Zhang Daojun was very surprised and was about to go to watch, but his mother Huo called him over. His mother Huo was also a hero among girls. When Wang Jiayin led the peasant army to besiege Douzhuang last year, his son Zhang Daojun was not at home and there were no soldiers and soldiers fighting. She ruled out the controversy and led the villagers to decide to defend the city, and repeatedly defeated Wang Jiayin under Douzhuang.

Zhang Daojun did not dare to be negligent and hurried to pay homage to his mother. Although Huo was over fifty years old and still energetic, he asked, "My son is in peace, you can get a report from his servants that there are thieves coming with cannons. If this is the case, this city will not be easy to defend. I wonder if you have any countermeasures in your mind?"

This "Shenzhi" is Zhang Daojun's word. When he heard his mother ask, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, mother. My son has helped Sun Xiangguo cast artillery for many years. He knows the difficulty and power of the artillery casting. "

"The thieves are just imitating the enemy. Since they have no gunners and craftsmen, it is difficult to become great things. It is not a big problem! Since our Douzhuang built the city, the city has been three meters high and five feet thick. How can the thieves break it?"

His mother, Huo, smiled when she heard this and said, "I am old. I can hear the wind and rain, which is not as powerful as in previous years. Since Shenzhi knows it, then you can do it. Always wait for your good news in the bedroom."

After Zhang Daojun comforted his mother, he came out happily and his face suddenly became serious. Just now, he said to comfort his mother that his mother had never experienced a major war and lacked understanding of the power of firearms. As a senior military officer of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally had a clearer understanding of the peasant army who came from the Shaanxi Border Guards, and even more aware of firearms than ordinary officials.

This artillery is a decisive weapon. It can attack the city with live ammunition, and retreat can resist the enemy with a shotgun. It is all incomparable to swords, guns, swords and halberds. Fortunately, due to the financial difficulties of the Ming Dynasty, there were not many advanced artillery trained and equipped by the Shaanxi border guards. Most of the "bandits" in Shaanxi did not master artillery technology. Occasionally, the "bandits" carrying artillery were discarded due to inconvenience in carrying it. This is also Zhang Daojun's confidence in defending the city.

So when he heard the thieves, his first reaction was that his property was fine, and he leaked his secret skills in supervising the artillery. He immediately lived in his mother and asked his servants to take him to the watchtower in the four corners of Douzhuang Castle. The watchtower was five floors high and windows were set up on all sides, so that the mountains and rivers outside the building could be seen. If there was an invading enemy, he could also have nowhere to hide dozens of miles away.

Zhang Daojun climbed the watchtower and saw that the "Purple Gold Liang" unit was setting up cannons under the city. Zhang Daojun recognized it at a glance, which was quite similar to a tiger squatting cannon. He just took off the iron hoop and looked round and almost didn't recognize it.

Seeing this, Zhang Daojun was half relieved. This tiger squat cannon was designed by Qi Nantang and used to fire shotguns into the camp to kill soldiers. This weapon has long been eliminated and does not have much advantage over the new "imitation Western cannons" and "Fran's cannons". It is even more like a mosquito bite, and it can't hit the city walls.

Sure enough, "Purple Golden Liang" ordered people to fire under the city, hitting Douzhuang's walls, but only smashed some bricks, and could not destroy Douzhuang's walls. Zhang Daojun couldn't help laughing loudly: "Your Majesty, don't waste your energy. I have two or three thousand stones of grain in Douzhuang, and I will not be short of food in four or five months; I have glutinous rice in the walls of Douzhuang, and the wall is six feet thick, so you can bombard it day and night, and it cannot be broken. If you want to survive, you will surrender early. Otherwise, when the governor of the Song Dynasty leads the army, you will regret it too late, and it will be fine sooner or later."

The real name of "Purple Golden Liang" is Wang Ziyong. Although he was panicked when he saw that he was called out, he said angrily: "Song Tong Yin Yongcai was teased by me many times along the way. This person suffered a loss and was fooled many times along the way. I don't know how many shameful he has come to rescue him? If the person doesn't come, then if this person comes, my 36th battalion will come here, so he will never come back!"

The two of them went and whispered. Just as Zhang Shun had just stationed in the camp and came to the "Zijinliang" to report, he turned his head and asked Zhang Shenyan, "Who is this? He is so arrogant, but the owner of Douzhuang?"

After hearing this, Zhang Shenyan sneered and told Zhang Daojun some of the deeds to scare Zhang Shun. Who would have thought that Zhang Shun would hear it and sigh to Zhang Shenyan: "How many talents are there in my old Zhang family? Why can't we work together to win the world together? Instead, we are a lackey of the Zhu family and help the evildoers!"

Zhang Shenyan heard this and said sarcastically: "Xihu Lingtang has followed me and can't marry again!"

Zhang Shun was not angry when he heard this. You married Xia Yuhe, the mistress of the later Tartar emperor. What does it have to do with me, Zhang Shun?
Chapter completed!