The Grand Imperial Grandson of Great Ming

Transmigrated into the body of Zhu Yunteng, the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, he is unwilling to accept a tragic fate for himself and begins to find ways to build power and prepare for rebellion.

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Chapter 374 Another Defeat

As expected, the soldiers of Chechi Kingdom suffered countless casualties this time. However, despite the heavy losses, the generals were still determined to have their soldiers continue to charge forward.

If this situation continues, the soldiers of Chechi Kingdom may eventually succeed in breaking through the defense line of Zimu River.

At this moment, Zhu Yunwen also realized that something was wrong, and he frowned and said:

"The Chechi Kingdom is really ruthless. They completely disregard the lives of their soldiers. Judging from the current situation, they may have already sacrificed one or two thousand soldiers."

Adding to the previous 20,000, the casualties were already enormous. Yet, even so, to still send these soldiers forward wave after wave seems excessive.

At this moment, Zhao Qingzhu spoke with some concern:

"This time, our Great Ming Dynasty sold a total of 100,000 bullets to the Women's Kingdom. So far, they have killed or wounded 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers, which means that at least 30,000 to 40,000 bullets have been used up."

Adding in the possible misses, a conservative estimate is several thousand to ten thousand bullets. So now they probably only have around fifty thousand bullets left.

"And right now, there are still about 140,000 soldiers from the Chechi Kingdom. That means we don't have nearly enough bullets to wipe them out. We should have sold them more bullets in the first place."

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said:

"Sometimes, if you help too much, people might not realize how important your help is. So, you need to do it just right so that they feel they need it even more."

They may have already realized this by now. Of course, given the current situation, it's time to find a way to help them avoid it.

Didn't you say before that you were going to tell the soldiers of the Women's Kingdom the solutions I suggested? Now is the opportunity.

Zhao Qingzhu chuckled, then quickly went over to the princess of the Women's Kingdom and said:

"Have your generals issue an order to those female soldiers who are attacking with rifles, instructing them to aim their guns at the ships and shoot them to break them."

In this way, a few bullets can destroy dozens or even hundreds of people on a ship, saving bullets and increasing efficiency.

Upon hearing Zhao Qingzhu's words, the princess of the Women's Kingdom's eyes lit up.

"Yes, those enemies on the ship were at least several dozen feet away from the riverbank on the Women's Kingdom side."

If the ship sinks, it won't be easy for them to swim over; most of them will likely drown.

Even if they wanted to survive and knew how to swim, they could only swim back, and there was absolutely no way they could reach the Kingdom of Women.

Besides, even if they swim over, they'll be exhausted from swimming, and when my Women's Kingdom soldiers attack them, they'll have absolutely no chance to resist.

At this point, the princess of the Women's Kingdom immediately went to relay the order.

After the order was given, the female soldiers of the Women's Kingdom took their rifles and began firing at the bottom of the ships.

Because they had chosen a high position, occupying a commanding height, it would be easy for them to attack the bottom of the ship from above.

They only need to fire a few bullets at a ship, and the wooden planks will quickly develop relatively large holes due to the massive damage from the bullets.

At the same time, due to the immense power of the bullets, many of the wood chips on the bed frame would still break.

Moreover, these ships are very large, and once a hole appears in the bottom, the water pressure will cause the hole to expand rapidly.

In this way, the boat will take in water much faster.

Hundreds of boats on the Zimu River were leaking, with water gushing out of the decks, which terrified the soldiers, who all began to try to plug the leaks.

The ship came to a standstill, and the boatmen and soldiers on board were in a panic.

At this point, the female soldiers with rifles stopped their attack.

All we need to do is wait for the ship to sink, then attack when we see swimming soldiers approaching.

There was no need to waste bullets for the time being. As time went by, almost all the boats on the river began to sink, and some were even submerged by the water.

Many soldiers could only desperately grab onto floating objects, trying their best to keep themselves from sinking into the water.

However, most of the soldiers had already sunk. After all, the waves and currents created by a sizable ship sinking to the bottom were something the soldiers on board could not contend with.

Unless they can grab onto a large floating object, which is almost useless, it is nearly impossible for them to swim to shore; they will eventually be exhausted on the water.

Even if someone can swim, they will run out of energy after swimming back a certain distance.

Some tried to swim towards the Women's Kingdom, but before they could get close, gunshots rang out and they were killed instantly.

Of the original 100,000 soldiers, nearly half were killed or wounded due to the sinking of the ship.

This made the Chechi Kingdom generals on the distant shore turn pale. They never expected that the other side would use such a strategy to deal with their soldiers.

The generals of Chechi Kingdom were at a loss for what to do, since the soldiers on the water were almost unable to provide any assistance.

Only a very small number of soldiers, relying on their excellent swimming skills, slowly swam across from the middle of the river.

After swimming over, they all collapsed on the ground, panting heavily. The general of Chechi Kingdom was trembling. This time the loss was so huge, he really didn't know how to go back to explain to the King of Chechi Kingdom.

He knew that such a heavy loss might cost him his current official position and could even result in severe punishment.

I never imagined that attacking a mere Kingdom of Women would be so difficult.

All of this can naturally be blamed on the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Yunwen. If the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Yunwen had not provided the Women's Kingdom with long-range weapons such as rifles, it would have been incredibly easy for the Chechi Kingdom to destroy the Women's Kingdom.

Thinking of this, the general decided to magnify the matter infinitely. Only by blaming the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Yunwen for the root of everything could the King of Chechi Kingdom not blame him too much as a general.

Thinking of this, he finally felt relieved that he had found a way to exonerate himself.

This concludes the second attack on the Women's Kingdom. It wasn't even a battle in the traditional sense, because, like the first one, the two armies didn't even have time to engage in combat.

The soldiers from Chechi Kingdom were on the road when the soldiers from the Women's Kingdom began to attack.

Before the soldiers of Chechi Kingdom even got close, they had already suffered heavy losses. It must be said that it was indeed an extremely sad story.