Chapter 501: God’s Mighty God Controls Ten Thousand Juns
Just as Zhu Qingyan was still considering how to persuade Yan Xiuyun, he suddenly heard a loud noise like a mountain collapsing and the ground cracking.
"boom!!!!!"
Zhu Qingyan's face suddenly turned pale.
Oh no, the earth is shaking!
Zhu Qingyan's first reaction was to protect the emperor.
She didn't care about the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects, and grabbed Yan Xiuyun's sleeve and rushed down the observation tower.
"Your Majesty, the ground is shaking, hurry down here, it's dangerous!!!"
Yan Xiuyun staggered when she pulled him and almost fell to the ground.
"Congratulations, my dear! Don't panic!"
Zhou Da also hurried over to hold Zhu Qingyan, pointed to the distance and said with a smile:
"Master Zhu, look over there."
Zhu Qingyan looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a thick black smoke spreading in the distance, swirling up into the sky.
Zhou Da raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of boasting in his tone:
"How powerful is this artillery?"
Zhu Qingyan was dumbfounded, looking at the three lumps of iron in disbelief... no, cannons.
She glanced at the billowing smoke in the distance again, and a look of fear slowly grew in her eyes.
This guy’s shooting range... is actually over a hundred feet away!
She swallowed hard and was unable to speak.
Then she suddenly remembered what she had done just now, and quickly knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty, I was rude just now. I offended Your Majesty..."
"It's okay, your loyalty is commendable, get up."
Zhu Qingyan hung his head in embarrassment, secretly cursing himself for being ignorant. His face felt hot as if it was on fire, and he wished he could dig a hole right there and bury himself in it.
Yan Xiuyun didn't care. He glanced at Zhou Da, nodded, and said:
"Yes, it is much more powerful than the last time I came here."
There were three cannons in total, but only one was fired just now.
Yan Xiuyun said that the power of the other two doors also needed to be confirmed.
Zhu Qingyan was regretting that he was distracted just now and didn't see clearly what was going on.
Hearing Yan Xiuyun's words, he immediately became excited. This time he stared at the cannon intently, making sure to see it clearly.
"boom!"
Second shot.
Zhu Qingyan saw it clearly, and the shock in his heart was even greater than before.
"boom!"
The third shot.
Zhu Qingyan was finally completely convinced.
For the first time, she felt so intuitively what "the earth collapses and the mountains collapse" and "the thunderbolt" meant.
Once such a horrific thing is moved to the battlefield, the consequences... are simply unimaginable!
Yan Xiuyun also stared at the smoke in the distance for a long time, then turned around and said to Zhou Da:
"Thank you for your hard work, my dear minister. These three cannons are so powerful that I named them 'Tianwei', 'Shenyu', and 'Wanjun'.
With them, our Daliang soldiers will be invincible on the battlefield.
I order you to gather the trained gunners immediately. Three days later, you should be ready to follow Lord Zhu to the northwest for support!"
Zhou Da was startled, "Your Majesty, these three cannons still have defects..."
"It's too late." Yan Xiuyun said decisively.
"Danzhou is under siege right now. Once Danzhou is lost, Yunzhou will be in danger."
He hesitated for a moment and said:
“The world has never seen a weapon with such terrible power. Even the battle-hardened King Zhenbei could never imagine the power of artillery.
The remaining twenty-seven shells should be enough to intimidate them."
After saying that, Yan Xiuyun looked at Zhu Qingyan.
"We have a limited number of shells. Whether we can lift the siege of the northwest depends entirely on how we make good use of the remaining 27 shells."
Zhu Qingyan said solemnly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely live up to your trust!"
…
Three days later, Zhu Qingyan, with a team of men, transported food and three cannons, and set out again on the road to the northwest.
She couldn't help but look back, except for the capital.
That is the direction of Jiangzhou.
My mother is waiting for me to return home.
Further away is Lingnan.
In order to get Zhu Lan back to the court as soon as possible, she had been busy preparing for the Jiangzhou Women's Gathering, but the progress was not very smooth.
The situation in the northwest is urgent now, so Zhu Lan has no choice but to stay in Lingnan for some time.
Zhu Qingyan turned his horse around and put away the lingering look in his eyes.
The setting sun illuminated the unyielding determination in her eyes.
"Set off!"
…
Outside Danzhou City, dark clouds were looming.
The army of King Zhenbei has besieged Danzhou City for nearly a month.
The granary was burned down, and the once vibrant Danzhou City was now filled with only despair spreading in people's hearts.
Wang Youya, dressed in a white linen robe, sat in the main hall of the prefectural yamen. His eyes were red and his gaze was fixed in the direction of the yamen gate.
Behind him was a table with a tablet placed neatly on it.
The position of Wenquan, the general of Danzhou.
Even though his heart was filled with grief and indignation that was about to burst out, Wang Youya knew that he must not show it.
Now that Brother Wen has died a martyr, I am the backbone of the entire Danzhou City and I must not panic at all!
Finally, a figure hurriedly came into the yamen. It was Wu Jiang, the Sima of Danzhou.
Wang Youya was in high spirits, and immediately stood up and asked, "Any news of reinforcements?"
Wu Jiang shook his head painfully:
“No, the King of Zhenbei sent twelve brave guards to occupy Xiaoyao Mountain in advance and cut off our contact with Longyou.
None of the people we sent out... returned."
Wang Youya slowly sat back in his chair, and the little hope that had just ignited in his heart was extinguished again.
"How long can the remaining food in the city last?"
"Less than ten days." Wu Jiang said.
Wang Youya felt even colder.
Wu Jiang suddenly said loudly:
"If we go out of the city to meet the enemy now, we will die. If we stay in the city, we will also die.
If it doesn't work, I'll lead my troops out to fight them!"
"That's like throwing an egg against a rock."
"Even if I die on the battlefield, it's better than being trapped and dying in the city!"
Wu Jiang clasped his hands together and asked:
"Lord Wang, let me lead my men out to fight them!
Although I am a civilian, I have also been in the military for a period of time before..."
Wang Youya stood up and said, frowning helplessly: "Sima Wu, don't act on impulse!"
"We don't know what's going on with Master Dong now. If you rush out today and reinforcements arrive tomorrow, wouldn't that be a waste of strength?"
Wang Youya asked him to sit down, suppressed his anxiety, and advised him gently:
"Listen to me, the most important thing right now is the lack of food. Go and gather all the surplus food from the people in the city into one place and distribute it in a unified plan every day.
"Mr. Dong is not an ordinary man, he won't be held back so easily. We must hold out for another half a month, and once the reinforcements from Longyou arrive, we will be saved!"
(P.S. There are a lot of things going on in the company recently, so the updates are not very stable. I will resume as soon as possible!)
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