Vol 2 Chapter 2913: When the time comes, the heaven and earth are all united, but when the time com

Chapter 2913: When the time comes, heaven and earth are all united, but when the time comes, the hero is not free when he is gone.

Chapter 2909: When the time comes, heaven and earth are all united, but when the time comes, the heroes are not free when they are gone.

Although Zhu Di's life was hanging by a thread at this time, he still did not regret starting this battle. However, he only regretted one thing, and that was that when he retreated into Ganyu City for street fighting, he did not burn the catapult on the city tower. So much so that the Qin army in turn used these catapults to launch fire oil cans.

There is naturally a reason why Zhu Di did not burn the catapult:

First, the area where the Ming army fought in the streets was in the center of Ganyu inner city. The catapults on the city tower could not project such a long distance, so naturally they could not threaten the Ming army fighting in the streets.

Second, the catapults on the Ganyu City Tower were all fixed and welded to the city wall. It was extremely complicated and inconvenient to dismantle them, and it would take a lot of time to wait for the Qin army to dismantle the catapults before reinforcements arrived.

Thirdly, when Zhu Di withdrew, he had too many things to do. Not only did he have to seize supplies, but he also had to seize favorable terrain. However, he only had 1,700 men and his manpower was extremely limited.

It was precisely based on these three considerations that Zhu Di did not burn the catapult on the city tower, but he did not expect that it would leave such a big hidden danger.

Facing Qi Jiguang's pressing step by step, Zhu Di knew that he was in a desperate situation. He was also prepared to die in battle. However, he did not expect that Chang Yuchun's death in the battle caused Chang Mao, who was already exhausted, to experience a big explosion. .

When he saw that Qi Jiguang was defeated by Chang Mao and did not dare to attack again, Zhu Di thought that he had escaped. After all, based on time, reinforcements would arrive soon, and Qi Jiguang would not be able to solve it even if he attacked again. Own.

 So, even if Qi Jiguang's fire can burn Zhu Di to death, it is not a merit for him, but it is still a fault, and there is a high probability that he will be held accountable because the nature is too bad.

When Qi Jiguang set fire to the city, there were still 600 Ming troops remaining in the city. Nearly half of them were drenched in kerosene because they had no time to react, and were directly burned to coke, including: Guo Xing, Guo Ying, Hu Hai , Zhang Long, Chen Huan and more than a dozen senior generals.

With Qi Jiguang's order, the entire street fighting area instantly turned into a sea of ​​​​fire and quickly spread to the entire city. This also turned the entire Ganyu City into a **** on earth, with crying and wailing everywhere.

The Qin army has always boasted that it is a benevolent and righteous army. It does no harm to the people wherever the army passes, and it has always strictly prohibited any behavior that harms the civilians.

Qi Jiguang believed that killing Zhu Di alone could save millions or even tens of millions of people, so he would do whatever it took, even burning the city with fire.

In order to ensure that Zhu Di could be burned to death, Qi Jiguang prepared four hundred barrels of kerosene, which was enough to completely cover the entire street fighting area.

He didn't expect that the Qin army not only dismantled the catapult welded to the city tower in such a short period of time without any damage, but also transported a large amount of kerosene and prepared to kill himself and the entire army. Ganyu City was burned to ashes.

So this made Zhu Di even more unbelievable. Qi Jiguang, who seemed to be easy to talk to, could be so cruel that just to kill himself, he let the entire Ganyu City be buried with him?

Zhang Yu dismounted, knelt down, and shouted angrily toward the city: "My lord, Zhang Yu is late."

He doesn’t have any grudge against Qi Jiguang, but does he hate himself so much?

“Dad, we’re late.” Zhang Fu said in a timid voice.

At this time, Zhu Di even hoped that Qi Jiguang would not retreat, but would fight him desperately to the end. After all, if Qi Jiguang did not retreat, once he was entangled by the 3,000 Ming army cavalry who came to support, the Qin navy would be weak after landing. With his strength, Qi Jiguang might not be able to leave even if he wanted to, and he might even be defeated by three thousand Ming army elite cavalry, or even be annihilated.

Therefore, Qi Jiguang is willing to take full responsibility on his own. Even if his career is damaged, even if he is held accountable after the war and is directly promoted to a big soldier, he will never let Zhu Di go back alive, otherwise all the soldiers who died in this battle will be Dead in vain.

 This may not be good for Qi Jiguang, but the Qin Empire will benefit from it.

But just when Zhu Di was dreaming of annihilating the Qin army, he learned that Qi Jiguang had set fire to the city, which shocked Zhu Di.

Zhang Yu, Zhang Fu and his son both thought Zhu Di was dead. After all, it was impossible to survive such a big fire. But what they didn't know was that Zhu Di was actually still alive.

You must know that Ganyu City is not an empty city. There are tens of thousands of people in the city.

 At the same time, outside Ganyu City.

Qi Jiguang was naturally not a general who killed innocent people indiscriminately. He made the move to burn the city with fire after weighing the pros and cons.

 Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu, father and son, who were famous generals in Jingnan, had led 3,000 iron cavalry to the outside of the city. When it was seen that the city had been reduced to a sea of ​​flames, both father and son were completely dumbfounded.

Once Qi Jiguang's fire was set off, the 600 remnants of the army led by Zhu Di would be dead with no way to go from heaven to earth. However, it would definitely affect a large number of innocent people and set fire to the entire city. Its nature is much worse than massacring the city directly.

But under the protection of the great master Zhu Wujue, Zhu Di took Chang Mao, Zhang Guiba, Feng Sheng and a few others to hide in a private house in time and then quickly dug out a simple cellar, hoping to To avoid being burned.

Although Zhu Di's approach was naturally correct, the fire was too big, and their location was at the center of the fire. In addition, the cellar dug could not be too deep in such a short period of time, so even though they could isolate Flame, but cannot isolate the temperature.

Zhu Di and others were basically injured, so naturally they could not withstand the high temperature. If Zhu Wujue's luck had not been used to shield everyone with Gang Qi to isolate them from the high temperature, everyone would have been roasted to death by the high temperature.

But Zhu Wujue's consumption in this battle was not small, and it was obvious that he could not always use his power to isolate himself from the high temperature. The moment his power was exhausted, everyone was naturally buried in the sea of ​​​​fire.

Zhu Di knew that a fire of this scale could burn for at least a few days. Looking at Zhu Wujue who was struggling to resist and might be exhausted at any time, he knew that he and others might not be able to escape this time.

　　"Completely lost."

With bitterness and despair on his face, Zhu Di said to himself: "Qi Jiguang, you are so cruel. This time I missed your move by one move. I am convinced that I lost to you."

Zhu Dita knew what his death meant, but he still did not regret his risky move. After all, this was his only chance to make a comeback. He just regretted not burning the catapult on the city tower immediately after entering the city. This was also the biggest mistake Zhu Di made in this battle. After all, without these catapults to project the fire oil tanks, even if the fire could burn, it would not burn so fast that it would block all Zhu Di's retreat routes. , giving him no chance to break through.

 “Everyone, it was Zhu Di who harmed you.”

After saying this, Zhu Di knelt down with a painful look on his face and wanted to express his apology, but was held back by Chang Mao.

 “My lord, isn’t it just a matter of death? After eighteen years, you will be a good man again.”

As soon as Chang Mao finished speaking, Zhang Gui said overbearingly: "Yes, Lord, none of us are afraid of death."

Looking at a pair of eyes that looked like death, Zhu Di suddenly smiled with relief. Being burned to death with these loyal ministers may be the best ending for him.

At this time, Zhu Di had the will to die and was able to die calmly. However, fate had a way with people, and God refused to let him die.

  【Ding dong, Zhu Di’s skill ‘Blessed Lord’ is activated;

 Happy Lord: Turn misfortunes into good fortune, and turn disasters into good fortune. Only kings who are famous in history, have deep luck, and have great merits will have a certain chance of awakening this skill.

 Effect 1. After this effect is activated, it can improve one's own luck and luck, and 100% survive a life-and-death crisis. (Note: This effect can only be activated once per year.)

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 Under the crisis of life and death, Zhu Di activated the skill "Blessed Lord".

‘Fu Zhu’, as the name suggests, is the king’s version of ‘Fu General’, but the awakening conditions are much more stringent than ‘Fu General’, so the effect is obviously much stronger than that of ‘Fu General’.

 It is reasonable for Zhu Di to have the "Blessed Master" skill. After all, his luck has been extremely good in history.

 Zhu Di is the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang is an extreme defender of the eldest son inheritance system, and he is extremely partial to his eldest brother Zhu Biao's father. Zhu Di, who is not the legitimate son, is theoretically impossible to inherit the throne.

However, the eldest brother Zhu Biao, who was in good health, suddenly died of illness, and then the eldest brother's direct descendant Zhu Xiongying also passed away. Only then did Zhu Yunwen, who was a concubine, pick up the slack.

Zhu Yunwen himself lacked talents and had no ability to recognize people. The people he relied on, such as Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Li Jinglong, etc., were all rhetorical and armchair talkers. In addition, he was eager for quick success and rough methods in cutting off the revenue. This gave Zhu Di the opportunity to rebel against Tiangang and replace him.

Zhu Di's process of launching the Jingnan Campaign was not always smooth sailing. For example, when he attacked Jinan, he fell into the trap of the defender Tie Xuan. If he hadn't been lucky and not hit by the iron gates, he would have been killed. He died on the way to Jingnan.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Zhu Di was able to sit on the throne was completely pushed up bit by bit by Zhu Biao, Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yunwen, Li Jinglong and others. There is a lot of chance in this. Any one of them If the link changes, history may be rewritten.

However, Zhu Di was unlucky and everything turned out for the better. This was the only case in history where local separatist forces defeated the unified central government and forcibly seized the throne.

 【Ding dong, Zhu Di’s skill ‘Blessed Master’ Effect 1 is activated to improve his own luck and luck, and 100% survive a life and death crisis...]

With the activation of the 'Blessed Lord' effect 1, the originally clear sky turned into dark clouds in the blink of an eye, and then large raindrops slanted down, quickly suppressing the monstrous fire.

As Zhu Wujue's power was exhausted, Zhu Di and others, who had closed their eyes and waited for death, suddenly found that the temperature around them not only did not increase, but actually dropped a little.

With doubts in his heart, Zhu Di took the lead and was the first to walk out of the cellar. When he saw the heavy rain, Zhu Di burst into tears of joy. He looked up to the sky and shouted excitedly: "If heaven does not destroy me, if heaven does not destroy me Zhu Di..."

 On the coast of Ganyu Coast.

After Qi Jiguang burned the city, he immediately led his army to withdraw to the coast, preparing to board a ship to support Zhou Yu.

When he saw dark clouds on the sea, strong wind and waves, and the possibility of rain, Qi Jiguang felt a little nervous in his heart and murmured to himself: "It shouldn't be so unlucky that it just happened to drift over, right?"

But when all the Qin troops boarded the ship, the dark clouds on the sea really floated over, and it started pouring rain in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this scene, Qi Jiguang didn't know what to say. He could only keep worrying about himself in his heart: "It has been so long. Zhu Di must have been burned to death. Even if God is not kind, he will not survive."

But the next second there was a burst of cheering from Ganyu City. Although it was not clear what was being shouted, if Zhu Di was really dead, the Ming reinforcements would obviously not be cheering, so Zhu Di was most likely still alive.

This also directly defeated Qi Jiguang's defense. After all, the Qin army not only suffered 17,000 casualties in this battle, but also lost more than a dozen generals including Wang Chongshi, Wang Shenzhi, Wang Chao, Yue Yuanfu, and Ma Zhongyi.

Other than that, Jiao Mo, who was the most powerful, had his hands and legs cut off, and Ao Shen was seriously injured. Even Qi Jiguang did not hesitate to risk being held accountable and set fire to the city.

Having paid such a high price, how could Qi Jiguang accept that when Zhu Di was about to be burned to death, a sudden heavy rain ruined the situation?

So Qi Jiguang, who lost his mind after breaking the defense, desperately pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted: "Get ashore all of them, I am about to fight with Zhu Di..."

“General, calm down, general, calm down...”

Before Qi Jiguang's order could be issued, he was stopped by Ao Shen and Tan Lun.

 After such a long period of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the Qin army are also very tired. Now let the navy go ashore and fight in the field with the Ming army's cavalry at its peak. What's the difference between that and dying?

Qi Jiguang had lost his mind and issued such a wrong order. Naturally, Ao Shen and Tan Lun could not watch him make a mistake.

After some persuasion, Qi Jiguang came to his senses. Although he was still extremely unwilling and aggrieved, he could only admit that he was unlucky. He immediately led his army to support Zhou Yu, preparing to vent all his anger on the United Navy. superior.

 (End of this chapter)