Chapter 428: Heading to the Imperial City of Qi
After learning the truth of the matter, Mei Zhixing resolutely chose to join Jiang Chen.
Now with the passing of Tian Min, the entire royal family of Qi was secretly executed one by one by Zhu Hongwu.
However, all of this was buried by the hidden power of the Zhu family under Zhu Hongwu.
Even those members of the Qi royal family's Tian family who were eliminated by Zhu Hongwu were impersonated by his subordinates of the Zhu family.
The entire Qi State is ridiculous, a country that was once more powerful and older than the Ming State.
But now, an old ancestor of the Ming Dynasty has massacred the entire royal family...
Jiang Chen learned about these things through the "Ant" intelligence system.
For a moment, I sighed and felt a chill at Zhu Hongwu's methods.
Jiang Chen did not stop all this, but told Lin Xing, Xu Chengye and Mei Zhixing everything.
After learning about Zhu Hongwu's evil deeds, all three of them roared in anger.
"Your Majesty, please allow us to be the vanguard. I will take Zhu Hongwu's head to offer sacrifice to the Qi royal family!"
"Your Majesty, although I am only a civil official, I have also learned swordsmanship for a period of time. Let me serve as a vanguard!"
Listening to the three people's competition for the role of vanguard, Jiang Chen smiled helplessly.
"Alright, alright, stop arguing, you three!"
"After all the fighting, I have no one left. Should I let you be the vanguard?"
"I already have a plan in mind on how to capture the capital of Qi."
"Alright, that's enough for today, everyone leave now!"
Jiang Chen said, waving his hand and letting the three people retreat.
After the three of them retreated, Jiang Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed his aching head.
Gongsun Liang, who was standing aside, watched this scene and couldn't help but smile and said.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, these three people have only recently joined our Yan Kingdom."
"But the loyalty and devotion of these three people to Qi State are indeed commendable."
After listening to Gongsun Liang's words, Jiang Chen nodded in agreement.
"Gongsun, you are right. I also think that the three of them are useful people."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have told them such top-secret information."
Having said that, Jiang Chen sat up straight, his sword-like eyes looking towards the direction of the capital of Qi State.
After a while, he continued.
"Give the order and let Yuan Hao get ready."
"Use the artillery battalion to give Zhu Hongwu a great gift first!"
After receiving Jiang Chen's instructions, Gongsun Liang quickly bowed and accepted the order.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After conveying Jiang Chen's order to Yuan Hao, Yuan Hao took the artillery battalion to choose a good location.
After calibrating the artillery with 5,000 soldiers from the artillery battalion, Yuan Hao stood there waiting.
Not long after, Jiang Chen's figure slowly appeared in front of the artillery battalion soldiers.
"We are waiting to see His Majesty!"
When the soldiers of the artillery battalion saw Jiang Chen in person, they all fell to the ground and saluted Jiang Chen.
Facing the salute from the artillery battalion soldiers, Jiang Chen smiled and raised his hand.
"Okay, everyone, get up. I'm here to observe."
"Don't be so reserved, just play your best!"
After Jiang Chen finished speaking, Yuan Hao stood up with a group of artillery battalion soldiers.
Afterwards, a group of artillery battalion soldiers, under the command of Yuan Hao, launched the first round of bombardment on the capital of Qi!
“Boom boom—”
Accompanied by a deafening sound, countless artillery shells hit the city walls of the Qi capital.
In an instant, countless smoke, accompanied by flames from exploding shells and rubble all over the sky, covered the original city walls of the Qi capital.
Looking at the scene in the telescope, Jiang Chen couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
"Well done, the artillery battalion should be credited with this achievement!"
Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Yuan Hao on the side bowed happily.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Because the entire capital of Qi State was unaware that the Yan State army had arrived outside the capital of Qi State.
Therefore, this hour was exactly the time when the Qi army on the top of the city changed shifts.
It is precisely because of this that Jiang Chen chose to bombard the entire capital of Qi State at this time.
In this way, there were not too many casualties among the Qi soldiers defending the city.
At this time, the capital of Qi State was bombarded by the artillery battalion.
The eastern city wall of the entire Qi capital has completely turned into a pile of ruins.
Looking at the dilapidated city wall, Yu Shuo, who had already made preparations, couldn't help but smile.
"All-out assault!!"
Yu Shuo shouted loudly to the 50,000 soldiers of the Shenshu Camp behind him, then rushed out first.
Seeing their commander leading the way, all the soldiers of the Shenshu Camp raised their weapons and rushed into the city.
Behind the soldiers of the Shenshu Camp were the 150,000 surrendered troops from Qi State led by Lin Xing and Xu Chengye!
A total of 180,000 people, like a tide, poured into the east gate of the shattered capital of Qi.
The Qi soldiers, who had not yet recovered from the tremendous power of the artillery, fell in a pool of blood.
And more people chose to lay down their weapons after hearing Lin Xing and Xu Chengye's calls.
"Listen, men of Qi, the current emperor is dead!"
"The current emperor is a fake emperor. Put down your weapons immediately. We will not kill our compatriots!"
As Lin Xing and Xu Chengye finished their words, all the Qi soldiers were stunned.
After listening to it several times, the Qi soldiers began to discuss it.
"Is what Marshal Lin and Marshal Xu said true?"
"I think it's true, otherwise why would Marshal Lin and Marshal Xu surrender directly!"
"Yes, if the emperor is real, how could the two marshals surrender to Yan Kingdom?"
"Forget it, I don't care whether it's true or not, I've invested!"
"I surrendered too. The soldiers under Marshal Xu and Marshal Lin are all from my hometown. I can't bring myself to do that."
For a moment, countless Qi soldiers threw their weapons to the ground.
Even Shi Baifu, the general in charge of guarding the city wall of Qi's capital, chose to surrender.
Seeing that these Qi soldiers were so sensible, Yu Shuo did not stay any longer, but led the 50,000 cavalry of the Shenshu Camp behind him.
Fly straight to the imperial city of Qi!
Looking at Yu Shuo walking towards the imperial city, Lin Xing and Xu Chengye looked at each other.
"Brothers from Qi, follow me and General Xu to the Imperial City!"
"Today, I, Marshal Xu, will work with you to reveal the true identity of the fake emperor!"
After saying that, Lin Xing rode away on horseback with Xu Chengye.
Behind them, more than 100,000 Qi soldiers hesitated for a moment.
They made their own choices and followed the 150,000-strong army led by Lin Xing and Xu Chengye.
