Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 872
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September 22, the autumnal equinox.

The climate in the south began to fall into autumn from this solar term.

In the north, it was already very cold at this time, and it even started to freeze.

Wu Jie, Han Shizhong, Wu Lin, Guo Hao, Li Yanxian and others sat together to discuss how to conquer Shangjing City?
For more than a month, Wu Jie and others have been desperate. The casualties of the Eastern Route Army have even exceeded [-]. This is a huge casualty that has never been seen in the Chinese army in the past ten years. It makes Wu Jie and others feel distressed. Endless!

But what comes down from above is a dead order, which must be completed.

The point is, an army of 40 to [-] can't take down a city, and the proud Wu Jie and others can't afford to lose this man!

Therefore, Wu Jie said: "Everyone talk about it, is there any other way? How to fight this battle?"

Guo Hao said: "We have used almost all the methods we can think of, but these golden men are like crazy, and they will not give up a single step. Moreover, according to the news from the spies, the food, grass and soldiers in Shangjing are very poor. Sufficient, in my opinion... we may not be able to beat Shangjing in a short time."

Guo Hao has experienced hundreds of battles, and he is definitely a general who grew up from the flames of war. He is by no means the kind of person who admits defeat easily. Therefore, Guo Hao was able to force Guo Hao to say "I can't beat Shangjing in a short time", which shows that this is the capital of Shangjing. How hard to beat.

Wu Lin gritted his teeth and said: "No matter how difficult it is to fight, we must beat it down, otherwise, all our previous efforts will be in vain, and so many brothers will all die in vain!"

Han Shizhong said leisurely: "It is necessary to fight, but the question is how?"

As soon as Han Shizhong said this, everyone fell silent.

It can be seen from this that Wu Jie and others were really stumped by going to the capital.

Actually, this is normal.

Today, no less than 100 million people are crowded in the capital.

Moreover, unlike the original Bianliang City, nomads can fight regardless of men, women, old or young.

In other words, there are now 100 million soldiers in Shangjing, or at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers capable of fighting.

Yes.

Bows and arrows have less range and destructive power than muskets.

But when defending the city, the gap between them becomes less important—in order to capture Shangjing, the soldiers of the Chinese army who use muskets must take the initiative to shorten the distance between them and the city. On the contrary, the fast-firing bow and arrow had the advantage.

Some people may ask, doesn't the Chinese army have sharp weapons such as unconscionable cannons and flying gods, why don't they use cannons?
Boom.

The various guns of the Chinese army that can use black powder are not powerful enough to destroy the city wall. If you want to use black powder to destroy the city wall, you must reach a certain amount.

And to do this, you have to be close to the city wall.

In this way, the soldiers of the Chinese army had to come to the edge of the city again.

However, this is very difficult to do - as long as the soldiers of the Chinese army get close to the city, they will face overwhelming arrows from the golden men, and the soldiers with the explosive packs will rush to the city only after the soldiers of the Chinese army pay a high price. Near the city wall, there will be golden knights rushing out from the secret door to kill these soldiers with explosives. Some golden men see that they can't stop the Chinese soldiers from approaching the city wall, or see that there are siege machines protecting the Chinese soldiers. They even used the explosive packs they picked up to die with the soldiers of the Chinese army.

During the recent period, the weather has turned cold, and the Han people in the city offered Wanyan Wushu another idea—watering and building the city.

As a result, all the people in Shangjing City went out to pour water on the city wall, which made the city wall of Shangjing City several times thicker out of thin air.

This undoubtedly destroyed the confidence of Wu Jie and others to attack the city.

On the contrary, the people in the upper capital are more and more confident in defending the upper capital!
Just when Wu Jie and others were at a loss, someone came to report: "Generals, Master Yu Yunwen of the Transit Department asked to see him. He said that His Majesty asked him to come and give the generals a plan to break the city."

When Wu Jie and the others heard this, they were overjoyed and said, "Please come quickly!"

Not long after, Yu Yunwen walked in from the outside.

At this time, Yu Yunwen was just a junior, so in front of Wu Jie and Han Shizhong, who had been famous for a long time, he kept his posture very low, and said: "Hello generals, I obey your Majesty's orders, come Here is a plan to break the city for all the generals."

Guo Hao was the most impatient, so he was the first to ask, "What's the plan?"

Yu Yunwen said: "Your Majesty said that the law cannot be passed on to six ears, so all generals, please come with your ears."

Wu Jie and the others glanced at each other indiscriminately, and then all five of them came over with their own swords and sabers.

Seeing Wu Jie and others being so careful, Yu Yunwen felt amused, but also thought: "No one succeeds casually, but their cautiousness is something ordinary people don't have."

Fortunately-

Yu Yunwen really came to give Li Yan a wonderful plan.

After Yu Yunwen told Wu Jie and others about Li Yan's clever plan, Wu Jie and others all stared wide-eyed, and Li Yanxian said in disbelief: "This is true, the imperial court has really developed a flying machine. A god in the sky?"

Yu Yunwen said: "The generals have been fighting recently, so they don't know about airships. In fact, airships have been born for a while. Many people in Yanjing have witnessed airships flying with people, including officials."

Guo Hao exclaimed: "Hey, how did the official's head grow, even this kind of fetish can be imagined!"

Han Shizhong reprimanded him and reminded Guo Haodao: "Admonish the Tao, be cautious in your words, and discuss the officials in vain. Are you not afraid that the admonishing officials will impeach you?"

Hearing this, Guo Hao said in embarrassment, "I didn't do it on purpose, but I was too shocked, so I was a little quick-talking."

Yu Yunwen relieved Guo Hao's embarrassment and said: "What General Guo said is actually not wrong. The official's head is really extraordinary. We have all seen Kongming lanterns, but none of us dare to think that it can carry people to the sky. The officials not only dared to think, but also sent people to try and research, so this kind of fetish was born."

Guo Hao quickly said: "That's right, that's what I mean."

Li Yanxian also said: "In fact, there is no need to say more about the power of officials. If there were no officials, there would be no trains, no looms, no advanced and prosperous Dazhong!"

Wu Jie and the others all nodded.

At this time, Wu Lin felt a little itchy, and said: "Master Yu, can you take us to see the airship? I want to see with my own eyes what a fetish that can fly into the sky looks like."

Hearing what Wu Lin said, Wu Jie and the others were also a little itchy, wanting to see what the airship looks like?

Seeing this, Yu Yunwen said, "Then all marshals, please come with me."

Wu Jie and others heard the words, and followed Yu Yunwen out of the big tent.

Everyone rode south for a while, and saw hundreds of huge iron boxes brought in from afar.

Wu Jie and others wondered, "Could this be an airship?"

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(End of this chapter)