My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 231: A Shot in the Head

Zhao Hanzhong's face turned pale, and he glared at Yanlong and asked, "Is what Dao Han said the truth?"

"It's unfair, Lord Zhao. Dao Han is talking nonsense. It's nonsense. My master is loyal to the Ming Dynasty. How could he do such a treasonous thing!"

Yanlong cried out in injustice, and was horrified in his heart. Although he knew that Yanwen was going to start a rebellion, he didn't expect that it would be tonight!

"Master Zhao, what Dao Han said is true. Just the day before yesterday, Mr. Li and Master Ruan from Annan came to the village and have been staying at Yan Wen's house. Just today, they even dressed up as guards and came to Shiping to watch the moving pictures!"

The situation was urgent at this time, Dao Han hurriedly explained: "If you don't believe it, you can ask the others present, they all saw it!"

"Yes, I saw it. A few days ago, someone dressed strangely entered the chieftain's house." One of them stood up and said.

"Dao Han is right, I saw it too!"

At this time, more and more people in the village stood up and said,

Yanlong's face suddenly turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "You, you are rebellious, if you continue to talk nonsense, the chieftain will never let you go!"

Suddenly, an angry shout was heard, interrupting the Rock Dragon.

"Shut up!"

Following the sound, it was Sun Er, a small flag officer of the Xuanweisi Guard, coming over with a knife in hand. He frowned and asked Dao Han sternly:

"What you just said, that Tusi Yanwen wanted to destroy the magic tool that created the illusion, was it the projector that played the documentary today?"

Dao Han didn't know what a projector was, let alone what a documentary was, but he wasn't stupid, so he said quickly, "They want to destroy that moving picture. The people in it can move and talk!"

Sun Er was furious when he heard that. Their duty was to protect the priceless projector, but that chieftain Yan Wen actually set his sights on the projector?
After Zhu Yuanzhang launched the plan to bring movies to the countryside, each team responsible for showing documentaries in the fields and countryside would be escorted by one or two small flags.

Although each small flag has ten subordinates, which is not a large number, they are all equipped with needle-fired guns with strong firepower. Generally speaking, they are used to deal with emergencies on the road.

For example, there were bandits blocking the road, or thieves who were attracted by the treasure, but there had never been any emergency situation.

Unexpectedly, this time when he went into the mountains, he encountered such a big event as a rebellion, which also made Sun Er very worried.

"Master Zhao, I see that Dao Han is not lying. We are in danger right now. All of you from the Industrial Institute, follow me!"

Zhao Hanzhong nodded and said, "Everything is subject to Sun Xiaoqi's instructions!"

Zhao Hanzhong was the director of the Institute of Industry, a seventh-rank official, and Xiaoqi was also a seventh-rank official. Although the two had equal official ranks, the situation was urgent at the moment, and there was no time to distinguish who had a higher official rank.

Sun Er captured Yan Long and led his soldiers and officials from the industrial institute towards the bamboo building where the projectors and other equipment were stored.

He was aware of the distribution of power of the Yanwen Tusi. In fact, the Cheli Xuanwei Office had a clear grasp of the situation of all the Tusi under its jurisdiction.

Yan Wen's main troops were stationed in the two large villages of Balan Village and Muha Village. The nearest Muha Village was about a hundred miles away from here. Although it was not too far, the mountain road was rugged and it would take several days to go back and forth.

Therefore, if Yan Wen wanted to capture these people, he would only have the more than one hundred private soldiers in the village to use!
Sun Er quickly calculated in his mind. With the ten men under his command and himself, there were eleven people in total. However, he was not afraid of Yan Wen's hundreds of private soldiers.

Today, let these natives see the power of the needle gun!
As long as he occupied the bamboo building, using the advantage of being high above and firing needles at the gun, he would be able to defend against Yan Wen's attack!

At this time, Zhao Hanzhong shouted to the Dai people on Shiping: "My fellow villagers, Yan Wen is about to rebel. You should go home quickly or hide in the mountains. Be careful not to hurt yourself!"

Zhao Hanzhong's words moved everyone present. When did those high-ranking officials ever care about the lives of the mountain people?

On the stone platform, all the mountain people did not leave, but turned their eyes to Dao Han.

"Brother Daohan, what should we do now?" one of the young men asked. Daohan thought for a moment, then said loudly: "Do you think you are the people of the Ming Dynasty?"

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and then nodded.

"It's said in the picture that we are all part of China. This China is now the Ming Dynasty, so we are naturally the citizens of the Ming Dynasty!" said the young man just now.

"That's right. After the Ming Dynasty drove away the Yuan Dynasty, it exempted grain from taxation for three years. I think the Ming Dynasty is great!"

"Yes, yes, the Tusi masters only bully us, but the officials of the Ming Dynasty are very kind to us and treat us as family!"

Dao Han shouted, "If that's the case, let's go home, take our weapons, and work with Lord Zhao to overthrow the chieftain's rule!"

"it is good!"

"Brother Daohan, we all listen to you!"

"Overthrow Chieftain Yan Wen!"

Everyone shouted in unison and then rushed home quickly.

Zhao Hanzhong, Sun Er and others came to the bamboo building and quickly moved the instruments and equipment on the first floor to the second floor. Then Sun Er asked Zhao Hanzhong and other civil servants to hide in the corner of the second floor against the mountain, and he ordered the soldiers to guard the window of the bamboo building, waiting for Yan Wen's arrival.

The soldiers in the garrison had all followed Fu Youde and Mu Ying in attacking the Yuan court in Yunnan. They were all veterans with rich combat experience. Although they were outnumbered by ten against a hundred, they did not seem nervous but were instead extremely excited.

Although he had practiced the needle-fire spear very well, he had never used it in actual combat. But he heard that Xu Da, Duke of Wei, led the Northern Expedition Army and defeated the Yuan army with a smaller force, using only a battalion of 10,000 muskets and tens of thousands of cavalry to defeat the main force of the Yuan army of 300,000!

The absolute main force among them is the 10,000-man musket battalion!

The Musket Battalion swept across the desert and left the Yuan court defenseless. But when the news reached the garrison, almost all the soldiers exclaimed it was a miracle and only regretted that they could not fight in the desert themselves.

But now, the opportunity has come!
Each of the eleven people guarding the projector was equipped with a needle-fired gun, with more than 150 rounds in reserve, which was enough to deal with Yan Wen's private soldiers.

At this moment, Sun Er saw a group of people with torches and shining weapons walking towards the bamboo building not far away.

The leader was Yan Wen’s eldest son Yan Han, and Yan Wen also walked among the crowd.

Without Sun Er's orders, the soldiers blew out the oil lamps, loaded their bullets skillfully, and looked for their targets. In their eyes, the man holding a torch in the middle of the night was simply a moving target!

Arriving in front of the bamboo building, Yan Wen signaled the team to stop, and then shouted loudly:
"You dogs of the Ming court, it's no use hiding in the bamboo building, why don't you come down and surrender quickly, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

When Zhao Hanzhong and others heard this, they immediately became furious. This chieftain was really rebelling!
At this time, Yanlong, whose hands and feet were tied, became proud.

"The Tusi master is here, none of you can escape, let me go, surrender quickly!"

"Noisy!"

Zhao Hanzhong also got angry and slapped Yanlong on the mouth, causing his nose to bleed.

Sun Er didn't say anything, but a sneer appeared on his face. His crosshairs were already aimed at Yan Wen's head.

"If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished with alcohol!"

Yan Wen laughed arrogantly and said, "In that case, don't blame me for being rude. Come on, burn this bamboo house for me and burn them alive!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a crisp gunshot. Yan Wen's eyes widened and a black hole suddenly appeared on his forehead. Before anyone could react, he fell straight to the ground with a "thump"!
(End of this chapter)