My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 190: Quarrying Battle, Part [-]
Later, in order for Zhu Houcong to conquer the southwest, the Tenth Regiment Battalion was replenished and restored to a size of about 14.

After the war in the southwest is over, considering that we will have to go north to conquer Mongolia, the sharks in the east will also be pacified.

After that, the army would have to enter Tibet at the invitation of the Tibetan monks to clean up the evil spirits. By the way, it would be occupied during the Zhu Di period. It also needs to be put on the agenda when Ming Xuanzong would send troops to recover Annan, which was lost by Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, taking advantage of the civil strife in Annan.

And further away... Do we need to send troops to intervene in the troubled times of the Warring States Period in Japan? The control of the Western Region also needs to strengthen the garrison to prevent demons from outside the pass from flowing into the pass. There are also Rakshasa people who may arrive in advance. Do we need to explore the New World... and so on...

Thinking that there would be so many things in the future that needed to be dealt with during his reign, Zhu Houcong became cruel and decided not to abolish the ten regiments and battalions. Instead, he directly selected elite soldiers from the border army and reorganized the three battalions, allowing the number of Beijing troops to exceed 20. Guan, which is almost the same as the 207800 people in the Beijing army in the fourth year of Hongwu. In a sense, it really restored the old system of Hongwu.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion pointed their muskets at the shark soldiers clinging to the city wall in front of them. They didn't even need to aim. When the muskets were fired, there was a scream and the sound of heavy objects falling from the city wall.

With the assistance of Jinyiwei, as well as sufficient financial supplies and consultants from Xiyi, the Ministry of Industry carefully improved the quality of Mingting's firearms by several levels.

At least the Ming army would not be afraid of firing their own muskets or even firing far ahead of the enemy's muskets as before.

So much so that the fire cannon soldiers did not dare to fire their cannons at all in front of the formation. Those who dared to look up to the sky and fire three cannons and still survive were all Ming Dynasty supermen with the blessing of faith.

Ordinary people, let alone firing three blunderbuss, might go to see Grandfather Taizu to report.

Not to mention that it was also mixed with the enhanced version of the five-eyed gun specially provided by the Ministry of Industry that Zhu Houcong brought from another world.

In this expedition against the sharks, considering that the sharks' scale armor was comparable to steel, ordinary soldiers would suffer too much in fighting with them. Moreover, the south was mostly mountains and rivers with complex terrain, so most of the troops led by Zhu Houcong this time were fire gun soldiers. , heavily armored warriors and elephant soldiers captured from the southwest.

These were cultivated by Si Jia as monsters, and used as behemoths to browse the mountains and counterattack the Central Plains at any time. Their ability to adapt to the environment is far beyond that of ordinary giant elephants.

These black-skinned elephant soldiers are not only huge in size, but also very picky eaters. They can eat fruits, vegetables, pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep, and they are not afraid of meat or vegetables.

The Ming army who was responsible for taking over the training was dumbfounded and even boasted about eating.

Accompanied by the dull sound of the five-eyed cannon, one after another the sharks fell from the city wall. Especially those shark warriors hidden among the ordinary sharks received special care from the Ming army.

The enhanced version of the Five-Eyed Cannon looked at these large objects that were half the size of ordinary sharks and could not be resisted by ordinary Ming army soldiers. It was accompanied by bursts of sound like the exploding barrel of artillery and the sight of the cracked tiger's mouth. The Ming army cursed the pharmacist as he frantically added more medicine for fear of not having enough medicine.

These shark warriors were beaten into pieces one by one, and some of the unlucky ones had their skulls blown open by fist-sized solid iron bullets after being shot twice, leaving no bones left.

but--

Are there too many sharks?
Seeing that the barrels of the guns were already red, many of the firearms that the Ministry of Industry had worked overtime to produce were smoking, and they were reaching their limit.

But the sharks were still fearless and swarmed onto the city like a tide.

Li Changshou's face couldn't help but look a little solemn.

Don't these sharks know how difficult it will be to face the fully equipped Eastern Expeditionary Army and go ashore to annihilate the Ming Dynasty's Eastern Expeditionary Army, which is armed to the teeth and defends the fortified city since ancient times?What a huge sacrifice to make, and yet so little hope of success.This kind of fighting method did not take the lives of the shark soldiers into consideration at all, and it only came from the north along the river. It had no intention of defending the Ming army and annihilating them all.

It seems that they intentionally left an evacuation channel for the Ming army, so that the Ming army would voluntarily abandon the city amid worries——

But--there is no use for the sharks to seize the quarry!

If the Ming army withdraws, then there will be no people or supplies here, it will just be an empty city, and it is impossible for them to really settle here.

What are they for?
The more he thought about it, the more Li Changshou felt that there was something deceitful about it.

Then simply don’t think about it!Since the emperor has given the order to fight!Then wave your sword and staff, fight until the sword breaks, the armor crumbles, and slay the demons wholeheartedly!

As the Han-made heavy sword given by the emperor came out of the body with cold light flashing in his hand, more than [-] disciples behind Li Changshou who had been awarded the titles of "Guerrilla General" and "Ranger of the Ming Dynasty" by Zhu Houcong collectively stepped forward.

They were all gorgeously dressed in armor, raised their swords and roared loudly in the name of the Emperor!Kill the sharks who are ascending the city in front of you!
All those who have received the blessings of the Holy Grail have an unusual sense of closeness to Zhu Houcong.

After all, the perfect object evolution template used by the Holy Grail is Zhu Houcong's own blood. Seeing the ultimate evolution of this species, no knight-errant does not feel a sense of awe and obedience to Zhu Hou from the bottom of his heart.

Before the battle, they raised their swords and shouted.

This is the oath that the Emperor asked him to remember when he granted him the path to extraordinary evolution with the Holy Grail!It is also the battle cry of all Ming Dynasty knights-errant!

"I am the person appointed by the emperor! I should uphold the etiquette of righteousness, honesty and concession! Perform filial piety and loyalty! Don't be afraid of life and death! Destroy the demons! Share the wealth and help the poor! Help the orphans and the weak! Use the rest to repay the emperor!"

Saying this, he moved forward with his sword, following the man who was recommended by them as the most "heroic knight of the ancient Qin and Han Dynasties" and rushed towards the sharks who climbed to the top of the city in front of them with their swords.

Ranger——

Looking at the new rangers of the Ming Dynasty in the distance, who were chopping melons, slicing vegetables, and going to the wet market to buy goods among ordinary sharks, Zhu Houcong had a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

When I was in school, because I had just learned ancient Chinese, I read the historical records of a certain Tai Shigong.

Zhu Houcong was still young at that time, and he admired those assassins in the assassin biographies who did not regard their own lives as fate at all, who fulfilled their promises at all costs, repaid their kindness, and assassinated princes and nobles.

I also admired the knight-errant style of the Han Dynasty - although after reading more, I learned that these bastards not only cut off the heads of the powerful and powerful families at night and played them as footballs, but they also bought and sold people, loan sharked, robbed women of the people, and killed people for money. Zhongtian has also done a lot of evil things like striking five thunderbolts and wiping out his descendants——

They looked like a bunch of ancient underworld, with noble white gloves, and most of them had powerful families, which made Zhu Houcong emo for a long time.

But today, he is in power, and he can once again build the concept of knight-errant, which has been abandoned by aristocratic families since Yiguan's journey to the south, as a supplement to the power of local governments to protect the people.

(End of this chapter)