Zhu Gui's memorial caught Zhu Wenwen's attention, and he immediately sent someone to tell them that later, he would come to the military camp to inspect the competition in person, and would also serve as a referee.
When the imperial decree reached the military camp, Zhu Gui and Lan Yu were making their own preparations. Neither of them expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would come in person.
However, Zhu Gui didn't take it seriously, but Lan Yu was more cautious. He felt that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want Zhu Gui to embarrass himself in front of him, so if he wanted to defeat Zhu Gui, he would have to pay attention to his strategy.
Zhu Gui lost so humiliatingly.
Finally, an hour later, Zhu Yuanzhang arrived at the military camp with a group of guards and eunuchs.
Zhu Gui and Lan Yu personally went to greet him outside the camp.
"I didn't expect the two of you to compete over such a trivial matter, but I'm here. Then you must be willing to admit defeat. Whoever loses cannot default on the debt."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled at the two of them and said, this is also a rare happy thing since his birthday party.
The two naturally nodded in agreement, and then returned to their prepared team.
The red robe and black armor on Lan Yu's side looked unusually mighty and domineering.
Zhu Gui's team was divided into two colors. Twenty of them were wearing white robes and white armor. They were the nineteen thousand households in the military camp and an adjutant. The other eighty people were the same as Lan Yu's subordinates.
attire.
Seeing that both of them were ready, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded to the eunuch behind him, who immediately shouted at the top of his voice, "Start."
Due to the arrival of Zhu Yuanzhang, the soldiers around the school grounds did not dare to speak out, but it could still be seen that their spirits were very high, and they were obviously very concerned about this competition.
As soon as Lan Yu came up, he commanded all the cavalry to charge, trying to close the distance between the two troops. He believed that with his ability to command the army, he could break up the opponent's team at the beginning.
The distance between the two teams is not too far, and they can finish within one breath.
But Zhu Gui turned a blind eye to this and did not command his men to make any defensive moves. This surprised the soldiers on both sides and thought that the young prince was frightened by the scene in front of him.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "This kid Zhu Gui doesn't seem to know how to fight. What he said before was all bragging. Fortunately, he is self-aware. This time he should hand over the command of the border expedition to Lan Yu."
, Fortunately, he has promised to provide military pay, so there is no delay."
Just when everyone present thought that Zhu Gui had lost, the two rows of white-robed soldiers in front of him suddenly knelt on the ground and took out firearms from behind.
And without any action of loading the gun, it shot directly towards the opposite side.
After a burst of banging sound, a cloud of smoke and dust was stirred up, and then the sound of people tumbling on their backs was heard from the opposite side.
More than a dozen cavalrymen were knocked off their horses, and the cavalrymen who were charging behind were also blocked. Lan Yu's offensive was suddenly blocked.
But it wasn't over yet. The two rows of white-robed soldiers continued to shoot without reloading bullets. More and more cavalrymen on Lan Yu's side fell. In less than a breath, more than half of the one hundred cavalrymen were "casualties".
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Fortunately, these soldiers used blank ammunition, and the horses and soldiers were only injured. If this were really on the battlefield, they would have died already.
Therefore, the soldiers who fell off their horses did not continue to charge, but retreated to the side obediently. However, they all looked dejected, obviously unable to accept such a result.
The soldiers watching the battle on both sides were even more surprised. They guessed the beginning of the competition, but they did not guess the end. Firearms that were useless in their eyes actually played such a powerful role in a battle of this scale.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and looked at this scene, and secretly muttered in his heart, "Is this the firearm that Zhu Gui is studying? The power is so amazing, much more powerful than the firecrackers studied by the craftsmen in the imperial court. If it is equipped on a large scale
The army and the Mongols will not pose any threat."
Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking secretly in his heart, and he actually forgot his previous attitude towards Zhu Gui's research on firearms.
On the other side, there were only a few cavalrymen left around Lan Yu.
Zhu Gui waved his hand to signal to his men that they did not need to continue attacking. This time he only used twenty men to defeat Lan Yu's one hundred cavalry. Not only was the victory or defeat decided, but the victory was also very beautiful.
"General, do you want to continue the competition?"
Zhu Gui asked with a smile.
Lan Yu's face was as dark as water. He wanted to find a reason to save face, but when Zhu Yuanzhang sat aside, he could only dismount and said, "The prince's anger is indeed sharp, but this is only a battle of a hundred people. If the size of the army is
If it costs tens of thousands, the role of firearms will be very limited."
Even if he loses, Lan Yu refuses to admit the role of firearms.
"Well, it is true that Zhu Gui won this battle, but Zhu Gui actually used firearms, which seemed like a failure to win with force, so I decided that Lan Yu's remaining 10,000 cavalry would be under Zhu Gui's command, but Zhu Gui
Gui also wants to pay General Lanyu 50,000 taels of silver, so be it."
Zhu Yuanzhang had a good fight, which could be regarded as the final conclusion of this competition.
Phew, Zhu Gui almost vomited. Why did he have to pay 50,000 taels of silver when he won? What does it mean to win without force? But well, he was not short of this little money anyway, even if it was to give Lan Yu some face, originally
He didn't intend to save any face for Lan Yu.
So Zhu Gui asked someone to send a stack of silver notes to Lai Yu.
Lan Yu held the banknote and felt the insult to him this time, but Zhu Yuanzhang was staring at him. Even if he was angry again, he did not dare to show any sign, so he resigned from Zhu Yuanzhang and left angrily.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not leave immediately. Instead, he called Zhu Gui closer. At the same time, he asked the soldiers holding flintlock guns to come to him, and held the flintlock guns in their hands to observe carefully.
"Zhu Gui, this is the firearm you are studying? It's interesting, but this person told you before that this thing must not be allowed to flow outside. Do you understand what I mean? You are considered a foul this time, and I will fine you a hundred
About ten thousand taels of silver."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
"Ah? Father, please forgive me. Do you really think that your son is a money banker? Even if you are a banker, you can't always scrape the land like this." Zhu Gui said with a sad face.
"Come on, don't complain about poverty here. I've already understood it. The Datong Chamber of Commerce that you established, and now you've saved a lot of money in business. Do you want me to check your accounts?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a frown.
"Haha, then no need, no need."
Zhu Gui quickly called and said to himself, this old man is thinking about him. After this battle is over and the treasure ship design is obtained, he must find a way to sneak back to Yunzhou, otherwise he will eat him up sooner or later.