Chapter 148

"Hahaha, Great-Grandfather, Huang Taiji has lost his mind!"

Taizu Gao Emperor:

"What on earth are they doing?"

Sizong Lie Emperor:

"Building walls!"

"And building them in their ancestral home of Jianzhou."

"Judging from General Lan Yu's report, I'm afraid Huang Taiji has already stripped Liaodong of all its grain and supplies."

"Attacking our strength with his weakness; Huang Taiji does not have long to live."

Zhu Youjian did not notice at all that Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang in the group chat had fallen silent almost simultaneously.

Taizu Gao Emperor:

"Building walls?"

"Why are you, you brat, so happy about building walls?!"

Sizong Lie Emperor:

"Great-Grandfather, if Huang Taiji doesn't even want his own defensive skills anymore, doesn't that mean his fate has already run out?"

Chengzu Wen Emperor:

"@Emperor Yingzong Rui, look at the mess you've made!"

"Our Great Ming's future rulers have never touched military affairs because of you!"

"Look at how you've misled the child!"

Emperor Yingzong Rui:

"……?"

Sizong Lie Emperor:

"Great-Grandfather, what exactly do you mean? Does defending the city mean we can't win?"

Taizu Gao Emperor:

"The supreme art of war is to attack strategy; the next best is to attack alliances; the worst is to attack cities. Do you know what that means?"

"Even if he excels at open-field warfare, if he stands on the city walls, you will have to trade three lives of yours for one of his!"

"Look at the meager resources in your hands! These are two hundred thousand troops raised by the entire nation's strength."

"You can indeed win, but what comes after the victory?"

"Have you thought about it?"

"If your forces are insufficient to control all of Liaodong, even if you kill Huang Taiji, Liaodong will still be the Jurchens' territory."

"Sooner or later, they will return!"

Looking at the messages in the chat group.

Zhu Youjian immediately smiled and sent a message.

Sizong Lie Emperor:

"Great-Grandfather, you are overthinking this. Since the Yongle era, our Great Ming has established the Divine Machine Battalion to develop firearms."

"Moreover, your son has spent a great sum to buy many Red Barbarian Cannons from the Franks."

"Their power is several times greater than the cannons made by our Great Ming."

"If Huang Taiji cowers inside a single city."

"Then he is seeking his own death!"

Chengzu Wen Emperor:

"Western cannons are even stronger than yours, and you still have the face to speak?"

"Besides, even if they are several times stronger, what does it matter?"

"Have you truly seen what kind of power cannons have on a battlefield?"

"If you drag a cannon out right now and start firing, don't talk about attacking cities; just see if you can blast open the Embroidered Uniform Guard's prison!"

"If firearms were truly that miraculous, why did I, your old man, work so hard to build such thick city walls?!"

Admittedly, the Red Barbarian Cannon has a long range and great power.

But essentially, the Red Barbarian Cannon still uses black powder shells.

The thing fired by a single shot is still a lead ball.

It is true that firing a few shots can blast several gaps in the city walls.

But that is at most all it can do.

Scolded head-to-toe by Zhu Di, Zhu Youjian was momentarily stunned.

Sizong Lie Emperor:

"Great-Grandfather, wait a moment, your son will go and try."

Chengzu Wen Emperor:

"???"

"Hey, wait, is this child crazy? Are you really going to blow it up?"

PS: 'Biao' is an ancient Chinese word, first recorded in the Song Dynasty's 'Gui Xin Za Shi'. The proverb says: 'When a tiger gives birth to three cubs, one must be a Biao,' metaphorically describing a child with an extremely strange personality.

108, one saltpeter, two sulfur, three charcoal!

Midnight.

Zhu Youjian could not wait to sleep; he immediately issued an edict, took several martial eunuchs, carried a Red Barbarian Cannon copied by the Ministry of War, and hurriedly went to the prison.

And the reason Zhu Di mentioned the prison.

It is precisely because the ones imprisoned in the imperial prison are all high officials and nobles of Great Ming.

Among them, there are more than a few who keep large numbers of dead soldiers at home.

In this era, those dead soldiers truly dare to storm the great prison to rescue them.

Especially since once rescued, they really can survive.

After all, even someone as big an Emperor as Zhu Yunwen couldn't be caught and brought back, let alone these traitorous ministers and rebels.

Although there is a certain risk, the returns are indeed extremely high.

Therefore, starting from the Hongwu reign's Embroidered Uniform Guard imperial prison, it was always repaired and maintained according to the highest standards.

Moreover, the location was often chosen so that the Wucheng Military Police could rush to reinforce in time.

Looking at Zhu Youjian carrying the cannon.

Several Embroidered Uniform Guard guards of the imperial prison couldn't help but come over and advise,

"Your Majesty, this is...?"

Zhu Youjian's brows were tightly furrowed.

"I want to see the power of this Red Barbarian cannon."

The corners of the mouths of several Embroidered Uniform Guard guards twitched slightly.

They looked at Zhu Youjian in embarrassment and said,

"But Your Majesty, firing the cannon at the imperial prison, this... the prisoners inside can't be transferred anywhere in such a short time."

Zhu Youjian, who was personally holding a torch, was stunned upon hearing this.

"Prisoners?"

"Oh right, there are still prisoners inside."

Outside the imperial prison, there was instantly a deathly silence.

How refreshing.

If the imperial prison doesn't hold prisoners, could it possibly be raising pigs?

After a long while, Zhu Youjian looked at the brightly lit imperial prison in the distance and finally asked,

"Who exactly is locked inside?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is the deposed Duke of England Zhang Zhiji, the deposed Duke of Cheng Zhu Chunchen, Grand Secretary Wen Tiren, and former Vice Minister of Revenue Wei Zaode."

Listening to these names.

Zhu Youjian looked at the several Embroidered Uniform Guard jailers before him with a face full of confusion and asked,

"Are you saying that if I fire this cannon down, not only can I test the cannon, but I might also blast a few treacherous villains to death?"

Jailers: "..."