Zhu Youyu and Zhu Youning quickly picked up the exquisite horn bows, opened the bows and released arrows. The two arrows were fired accurately. Every time the bow string sounded, one person fell down, but there were many enemies, and no one cared about the dead man in front of him.

They stepped on the corpses of their companions and squeezed into the city gate, shouting loudly and charging towards the city.

At this time, the city gate could no longer be closed. More and more people were crowding towards the city gate. Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youlun each took out two five-shot revolvers from their arms and raised their guns to shoot. They were both masters of shooting.

, the palace has its own shooting training range, specifically for their brothers to practice shooting.

Therefore, their marksmanship is not weak. Even though this is their first actual combat, they are all headshots. Every time a gun is fired, an enemy's head explodes, and blood mixed with brains splashes far away. Although Zhu Youzhen and the others know

The power of the pistol is pretty good, but when I saw this brain-exploding scene, I was still a little nervous.

Zhu Youyu shouted to Captain Wang: "Quickly lower the Qianjin Gate."

The city gate captain surnamed Wang then realized that although the city gate could not be closed, the thousand-jin gate on the city gate could still be lowered. It was said to be a thousand-jin gate, but its weight was more than a thousand kilograms. If it fell, it would be enough to kill someone.

The people below were smashed into meat pies.

At this time, the defenders in the city had rushed over from all directions. They had bright armor and sophisticated weapons, especially the repeating muskets equipped by Xin.

The army shot and killed two to three hundred people, but the enemies continued to rush in. Many people had already rushed through the barbican and reached the inner city gate. If they had rushed through the inner city gate, the consequences would be disastrous.

Zhu Youyu was calm and commanding, and asked everyone to take turns loading ammunition. Under the intensive gunfire, in a short period of time, a thick layer of corpses had accumulated between the inner city gate and the outer gate of Wengcheng.

These corpses all belonged to the enemy, but the enemies didn't even look at their feet. They still rushed forward with wooden shields, but those wooden shields couldn't block the musket bullets at all. Rows of bullets roared and tore apart the enemy's bodies.

A wooden shield to knock down enemy troops near the city gate.

Zhu Youyu was a little nervous and a little excited.

He is seventeen years old this year. He originally wanted to follow his father in the Western Expedition, but his father did not allow him to take the risk. Before leaving, Zhu Wen said: "War is not as simple as you think, nor is it something that can be won by individual bravery."

, you still don’t understand many things. When you grow up, it won’t be too late to go into battle and make meritorious service. Besides, you are my son, even if you have no merit in battle, no one dares to look down upon you."

But Zhu Youyu didn't think so. Although he was Zhu Wen's eldest son, he was not his legitimate son. Zhu Wen now had several sons. Although Zhu Wen had always been very kind to him, he knew in his heart that Zhu Wen could be hereditary in the future.

The fourth brother Zhu Youzhen holds the position of county king, because Zhu Wen's legitimate wife, Mrs. Zhang of Wei State, only has one son, Zhu Youzhen, while his eldest son is a concubine, and his mother does not even have a title in the Zhu family.

He also knew that his mother had been married three times, and none of the three marriages were with his father. It could be said that he was an illegitimate child, and even outsiders did not know who his mother was. All these made Zhu Youyu feel a little inferior. He was afraid

He was looked down upon by others, so he usually worked harder to learn martial arts, study harder, learn the art of war, and often asked the generals in the city for advice on military matters.

So although he was facing a war for the first time and felt a little nervous, he couldn't hide his excitement.

Zhu Youning, Zhu Youlun, and Zhu Youzhen also joined the battle at this time. Each of them held a repeating rifle in their hands and shot at the enemy troops rushing into the city, but Zhu Youyu was the only one trying to control the overall situation.

More and more enemy troops rushed into the city. At this time, there were no less than two thousand enemy troops lying in a pool of blood at the city gate. However, they still rushed forward one after another. Faced with the sharp muzzles of the defenders' guns, they rushed forward without hesitation.

Come over, they know in their hearts that as long as some people rush into the defenders, they can use swords and spears to chop down and slaughter these people holding fire sticks, but it is such a short distance of less than a hundred steps, so that

Their elite troops fell down row by row, lying in a pool of blood.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, and the thousand-jin gate of the outer city gate fell, blocking the enemy troops outside the city. However, those who entered the city had not yet broken through the inner city gate. It can be said that most of the people who came in were in the urn city.

The back road was blocked, and in front were rows of dark musket muzzles, spitting out streams of fire and harvesting rows of lives.

These enemies from Qingzhou found in despair that except for killing five or six soldiers at the city gate when they first launched the attack, they had not killed any more enemies at all, but their own people had already lost more than 2,000 people.

In despair, they found that there were only more than 300 defenders on the opposite side. But these 300 people blocked the sudden attack of 20,000 troops at the city gate.

The inner city gate is not very spacious, only more than three feet long. There are more than 300 rifles aimed at such a narrow place. No wonder no one can successfully rush into the inner city. There are still about 3,000 people in the urn city, but

These three thousand people have no ability to break through the inner city gate, but they have no way to retreat.

They felt that this sneak attack was a joke. More than 300 enemies blocked their 20,000 troops from the city gate. Even if they opened the city gate, they could not break through the defense of 300 people. How could they fight this battle?

But they didn't know that Zhu Youyu was even more worried, because he knew clearly that the ammunition on these three hundred people had run out. If they persisted for a little longer, they could rush in and kill this company with no bullets.

Three hundred people, who were no better than fire sticks, were slaughtered, including several of their brothers. The chance of survival was not very high.

Fortunately, Lieutenant Wang lowered the Thousand Jin Gate in time, blocking the enemy troops that kept rushing in from outside the city gate.

At this time, more officers and soldiers defending the city came from all directions. Zhu Youyu asked them to separate more than 200 people from the horse path and climb the city wall to shoot at the enemy troops in the barbican city. The same five-shot rifles spit out tongues of fire.

While harvesting the lives in Wengcheng, the general Wang Zhongshi, who was responsible for temporarily guarding Bianliang, arrived belatedly...

Wang Zhongshi was seriously injured when he attacked Zhencheng in Puzhou. His health has not been very good since he recovered. He has been recuperating at home these years. This time, most of the other generals were stationed in the four directions, or followed Zhu Wen to the west, so Wang Zhongshi was left behind.

Although Wang Zhongshi is nominally the commander of the cavalry and infantry forces in Bianliang City, he still stays at home to recuperate most of the time and rarely interferes with the city's defense. Today he only came after hearing the sound of the alarm horn.

A little late.

Wang Zhong's division mobilized several catapults and opened fire on the city wall at the enemy troops who were using giant logs to smash the gates outside the city. Several giant bed crossbows at the top of the city had also launched an attack, and each huge arrow was shot out with the bed crossbow.

, will pin the enemy soldiers covered by the bed crossbow to the ground.

In just half an hour of fighting, all the more than 3,000 people who rushed into Wengcheng were killed.

Catapults, crossbows, and muskets were all powerful at the same time, killing the enemy troops outside the city with heavy losses. The enemy general knew that this sneak attack had failed, so he reluctantly issued an order to withdraw.

The rapid sound of ringing gold resounded through the sky, and the enemy troops retreated like a tide, leaving more than a thousand corpses under the city wall.

In this battle, only six people of the Bianliang defenders died, 60 were seriously injured, and 80 were slightly injured. Most of these wounded were injured by the enemy's bows and arrows. The defenders wiped out 6,000 enemies at such a small cost. It must be said that it was

A kind of miracle, but this miracle is based on the possession of repeating muskets. It can be said that in this battle, the repeating muskets made indelible contributions.

It can be said that if they were using single-shot guns now, just three hundred people would not be able to stop the enemy troops pouring in like a tide. In that case, the inner city might not be protected.

Wang Zhongshi, who was standing on the city tower, watched the enemy troops withdraw, and then went down to the city to greet the young masters, and apologized to them, saying that he was late, and hoped that they would not blame him.

After all, Zhu Youzhen was only fourteen years old. She didn't have time to think carefully in the crisis just now, and she didn't know how many enemies she had shot and killed. But now that she thinks about it, she inevitably feels a little scared.

As the eldest son of the county prince's palace, he was Zhu Wen's legal heir, so Wang Zhongshi was the first to greet Zhu Youzhen and express his gratitude to Zhu Youzhen and others.

Zhu Youzhen was so young, how could he know the truth? After listening to Wang Zhongshi's words, he looked at his elder brother Zhu Youyu. Zhu Youyu smiled and gave him a kind smile. Perhaps this was Zhu Youyu's encouragement to him. In fact, it was not just that.

Zhu Youyu felt a little inferior in his heart, and Zhu Youzhen also felt a little inferior in his heart, because he knew that no matter whether he used military skills or personal bravery, he could not compare with his brothers. The only thing he could be proud of was that he was Zhu Wen's legitimate son.

When Zhu Youzhen saw Wang Zhongshi asking him for instructions on the next move, he subconsciously looked at his elder brother Zhu Youyu and said: "This time we were able to stop the enemy in time because of my elder brother's good planning. I'm still young, what's the matter?"

Just report the matter to big brother."

Wang Zhongshi then used the same words to deal with Zhu Youyu. Zhu Youyu said: "General Wang, there are no fewer troops and horses in the city than the enemy. In addition, the city wall is strong, and our weapons are countless times more advanced than the enemy, so there is no need to worry about the enemy."

Attack again."

Zhu Youyu paused and continued: "What we are considering now is not how to defend the city. What we have to consider is how to get out of the city to defeat the invading enemy troops, or even annihilate them."

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Chapter completed!