Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 184 Stalemate battle situation, bloody siege battle!
"Guo Zongbing, please tell me."

Hearing Guo Qin's words, Yuan Chonghuan narrowed his eyes slightly. If possible, he would naturally be more willing to make some achievements first. Now the court is not peaceful, and Zhu Youjian is not a patient person. If it takes too long to get results, Zhu Youjian Youjian is likely to replace him.

If the first errand of returning to the court is ruined, his future official career will be difficult. Although he mainly wants to serve the imperial court, he does not want his life's hard study to be in vain, and his official career will be difficult. It's hard to show off your ambitions.

"Attack Jinan Fucheng."

Guo Qin said in a deep voice: "The false emperor Su Hao is in Jinan Prefecture. As long as he captures here, the pseudo Qi rebels in Dongchang Prefecture will lose their backbone. At that time, they can easily take down Dongchang Prefecture with a little persuasion."

"Jinan Fucheng is not so easy to win."

Hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan shook his head. Jinan Fucheng is surrounded by the Daqing River on one side and rugged mountains and forests on the other. Only two sides can spread the army. The difficulty of attacking is not much less than that of Dongchang Fucheng. The puppet Qi rebels in Changfu City attacked, and the tragic victory might turn into a tragic defeat.

Hearing this, Guo Qin took out a topographic map of Dongchang Prefecture from his sleeve, pointed to the canal and said, "Then what we can do now is to resume the water transportation. The biggest burden for the imperial court now is that the water transportation is cut off. If the canal is reopened, naturally It's a great achievement."

"This Hongyi cannon must be known by the governor. We only need to dig a section of river ten miles away from Dongchangfu City, connect this river to the original river, and then take down the two prefectural cities of Linqingzhou and Dezhou. Then the water transportation will be convenient. back to normal."

"In this way, don't we have to spend a lot of troops and experts to ensure the safety of the tank boat?"

Yuan Chonghuan frowned. He had thought about this method before, but in this way, a large part of their troops and masters had to be put on preventing the opponent from destroying the river and attacking the tank boats. If they wanted to suppress the rebellion, the difficulty would be extraordinary. .

After all, there are at least dozens or hundreds of tank boats each time, transporting nearly [-] shi of grain. Once sunk, the entire river will be blocked again. It is extremely laborious and time-consuming to clean up. The capital can't wait. rise.

"Governor, this officer wants to take this opportunity to lure the puppet Qi rebels out of the city."

Guo Qin said in a deep voice: "The puppet Qi rebels are all huddled in the city now, and the cost of attacking is too high. It is better to lure the opponent out. Even if the opponent continues to hide, we will not suffer."

After hearing Guo Qin's words, Yuan Chonghuan was also tempted, but the next moment, Yuan Chonghuan frowned again, and said sadly: "But Linqing Prefecture and Dezhou are not easy to attack."

As an important node on the canal, Linqingzhou, like Dezhou and Dongchangfu City, has extremely high city walls for defense. Zhang, five Zhang wide, not worse than the moat of ordinary Fucheng.

At the same time, there are still thousands of puppet Qi rebels stationed in the city, and they cannot be defeated in a day or two. Moreover, once they attack Linqing Prefecture and Dezhou, Jinan Prefecture will definitely send troops to support them.

More importantly, they can't send all 21 troops to attack Linqing Prefecture and Dezhou. They must leave half of their troops to block the puppet Qi rebels in Dongchangfu, otherwise they will be cut off by the rebels in Dongchangfu. I could only retreat in embarrassment.

"Even if it's hard to fight, you have to fight."

Guo Qin shook his head. This is how siege warfare is. You can either gnaw some bones that are not so hard, or gnaw the hardest bones. If you can lure all the powerful puppet Qi rebels out of the city, then the probability of their victory is very high. will soar.

"Then do it."

Hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan nodded, Linqing Prefecture and Dezhou are much easier to attack than Dongchang Fucheng and Jinan Fucheng.

...

Not far from the government office, in a four-entry mansion, Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi and many elders of the Confucian family gathered here. This mansion is the other courtyard of the Confucian family in Yanzhou Fucheng.

"Patriarch, this Yuan Chonghuan has already arrived in Fucheng, we really don't want to see him?"

Kong Yinyue, the elder of the Kong family, was puzzled. Before, Kong Yinzhi was very anxious about Su Hao's cultivation of various schools of thought to replace Confucianism. Now that Yuan Chonghuan came with an army, it was time for them to contribute their efforts. , but Kong Yinzhi remained motionless.

"It's not the time yet."

Kong Yinzhi said calmly: "Now Yuan Chonghuan has the upper hand, and there are enough food, grass and weapons, so we have nothing to contribute."

Su Hao's support of various schools of thought is like digging the roots of Confucianism. At the beginning when Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to abolish the Confucius family, they dare not forget that no matter whether Su Hao can succeed or not, these schools of thought cannot stay. Otherwise, once these schools of thought grow stronger, Confucianism will no longer be irreplaceable.

Now Confucianism spreads all over the Ming Dynasty, and their status in Confucianism is too detached. Any promising emperor will not tolerate the existence of Confucianism. If Confucianism is no longer irreplaceable, then It is the end of the Kong family.

However, their Kong family's status is supernatural, but they don't have much real power. It's impossible to wipe out all the schools supported by Su Hao. After all, there are not a few people who have learned from them, and it's impossible for their Kong family to kill them casually.

As for those who encourage all scholars to deal with all schools of thought, to be honest, the Confucian family has this prestige. After all, the Confucian family is still the foundation of Confucianism, but the imperial court is afraid of the influence of the Confucian family. The appeal of the Confucian family is waiting for more severe suppression, so if you want to exterminate these schools of thought again, you can only rely on the imperial court.

However, it is impossible for the imperial court to do this kind of thing for their Kong family. Whether it is the emperor or the officials in the court, they have long disliked the Kong family. Considering that Confucius has always been the ancestor of all Confucian children, and has been passed down for thousands of years, and his wealth is endless, it would be a bit false to say that the officials in the court do not envy and hate the Confucius family.

As for whether Confucianism will be replaced by various schools of thought, it is not a big deal for the officials in the court. , Mohism is not impossible.

They occupy a lot of resources, contacts, and wealth, no matter which one they change, they will not be able to shake their status. Without the Kong family, they will lose an ancestor who is on their heads.

Now Yuan Chonghuan's advantage is obvious, and their Confucian family's approach can only be icing on the cake.

...

Not long after, the army stationed in the capital of Yanzhou moved out again. At the same time, the scouts of Ming and Daqi fought fiercely on both sides of the canal.

.........

Dongchangfu City.

On the city tower, Tang Xiangjin and others raised their eyes and looked into the distance. Billows of smoke and dust were approaching tens of miles away.

Daming's army has arrived!
Not long after, the smoke and dust stopped ten miles away, and the army began to build a camp. No one would have the courage to build a camp too close to the city. Even if it was a siege, it would take time for the army to gather. If you build a camp too close to the city, once you are attacked by the enemies in the city, it is very likely that you will fall into chaos before the army gathers.

Especially in night raids, camp roars are more likely to occur. Once camp roars occur, even the most elite army may collapse instantly, so it is necessary to leave enough time for the army to react.

At this time, in the camp of the Ming army, a Ming army of nearly 10 people came towards Fucheng with a large number of siege equipment.

"Brother He, are they going to attack the city?"

Seeing the Ming army approaching slowly, Tang Xiangjin raised his brows. It was not like Yuan Chonghuan's style to advance so aggressively.

"Not like."

After thinking for a while, He Liu shook his head and said: "If they want to attack the city, they should cross the river now. Yuan Chonghuan should have known about our Hongyi cannon. If it is too close to Fucheng Crossing the river will only become the target of Hongyi's cannon."

Although the canal is not wide, it is not easy for a large army to cross the river, especially when the siege equipment is still being transported. There are 43 Hongyi cannons. Once they become the target of the Hongyi cannons, only a dozen rounds of volleys are enough to collapse the army.

Hearing this, Tang Xiangjin narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at the Ming army that was slowly advancing, and then turned his head to look at the direction the Ming army was advancing. Apart from Dongchang Fucheng, the only direction in this direction was Linqing Prefecture.

"Brother He, Brother Luo, Lao Liang, it looks like the Ming army is going to take back Linqing Prefecture and reopen the canal. Do you want to send some more people to support Linqing Prefecture?"

After thinking for a while, Tang Xiangjin asked, although Su Hao made him the commander, but now the soldiers and horses in the city are divided into four forces: him, Luo Yi, He Liu, and Liang Ping. Although as a coach, it is not impossible for him to act arbitrarily, but it is not good to be too domineering and cause internal discord.

"Then send 1 people there."

After thinking for a while, He Liu nodded. There are now 5 troops in Dongchangfu City. With the advantage of Dongchangfu City's terrain, [-] to [-] people are enough to defend the city.

Luo Yi and Liang Ping also nodded.

"Then please trouble Dudu Jiang and Dudu Peng to bring [-] soldiers and horses to support Linqing Prefecture."

Seeing this, Tang Xiangjin looked at Peng Guan and Jiang Shizhong who were on the side, and ordered.

"The last general takes orders!"

Jiang Shizhong and the two of them clasped their hands in agreement, and then went down the tower. About two quarters of an hour later, [-] soldiers and horses went out of the north gate and went straight to Linqing Prefecture.

...

Naturally, such a big movement in Dongchangfu City could not be concealed from others, and was quickly detected by detectives, and the news reached Guo Qin who was leading a hundred thousand Ming troops towards Linqing Prefecture.

"Chief soldier, do you want to send someone to intercept them?"

General Deng Kui frowned. This Linqing Prefecture was already difficult to attack. If another ten thousand were allowed to enter Linqing Prefecture, it would be even more difficult to attack.

"Can't catch up."

Hearing this, Guo Qin shook his head: "Order, the army will move on."

This situation has long been expected by him, but they are in the east of the river, and the other party is in the west of the river. Although the canal is not wide, it is also more than ten or twenty feet wide. It is not easy to cross the river. A bridge must be built before crossing The opponent set off on the road lightly, with only weapons and food for a day or two. When they built a bridge and crossed the river, and then rectified their soldiers, the opponent had already run away, and it was impossible to catch up.

...

The terrain of Linqingzhou City is like a swan's palm. There are two cities inside and outside. The circumference of the outer city is fifty li, which completely surrounds this section of the canal, including the water transport terminal. Usually, the outer city is not guarded by soldiers. After all, the outer city wall is fifty miles long. There are not a dozen or 20 people who can't stand it at all. Only a few city gates are guarded, and the city gates are never closed. On the ground, already heavily guarded.

The next day, at noon, Jiang Shizhong and Peng Guan rushed to Linqing Prefecture with [-] soldiers and entered the outer city smoothly. The two handed over the capital city of Laizhou to each other, and gained the trust of the officials of Daqi. Su Hao then entrusted him with the important task of guarding Linqingzhou.

Jiang Shizhong's official position was higher than that of Luo Hui, and with Tang Xiangjin's warrant, after entering the city, Jiang Shizhong took over the command of Linqing Prefecture logically.

.........

The third day, early morning.

Guo Qincai rushed to Linqing City with [-] Ming troops, but what he faced was the deserted outer city. Even the local people on the water transport wharf had fled, leaving only empty fields and houses.

"Chief soldier, the rebels have abandoned the outer city."

Seeing this scene, Deng Kui's heart suddenly sank. Compared with the inner city, the outer city wall is lower, only less than half of the inner city, and it is much simpler, most of which are only rammed earth. The difficulty is even lower. Now that the rebels have abandoned the outer city, it means they have to gnaw hard bones.

"Send someone into the city first to investigate."

Guo Qin said without changing his face: "After the army enters the city, let people start assembling the siege equipment."

The road from Xuzhou to Dongchangfu is relatively flat, and some relatively longer and larger parts of siege equipment can be transported. Therefore, most of the equipment parts have already been manufactured, and only need to be assembled.

Soon, dozens of reconnaissance cavalry rushed into the outer city and started searching. Not long after, some Ming troops began to slowly enter the city and began to deploy defenses on the outer city wall.

...

On the wall of the inner city, Jiang Shizhong, Peng Guan, and Luo Hui were on the tower looking at the Ming army who was building a camp outside the city.

"It seems that the other party is very afraid of our Hongyi Cannon, and there are many houses in the outer city, which is not good for us."

Seeing that the opponent had built their camp near Nanshuimen, and even left half of their troops outside the city, Peng Guan shook his head lightly. This distance was already beyond the range of the Hongyi cannon.

Moreover, there are too many houses and too many shelters, which is also very unfavorable for the attacks of bows and arrows and other artillery.

"fine."

Luo Hui on the side laughed lightly and said, "Although there are many houses and rivers in this outer city, it is not wide. It is difficult for the opponent to organize a large siege lineup."

The houses in the outer city are indeed obstacles to defending the city, but it is also the same for attacking the city. Without open terrain, troops cannot be deployed, and no matter how many Ming troops are, it is useless.

On the other side, Guo Qin and Deng Kui also looked at the inner city in the distance.

"General soldier, attacking the city from this inner city, I'm afraid the siege equipment will not be deployed."

Deng Kui frowned as he looked at the road leading to the inner city from the Water Transport Wharf. It is a good thing that there are many houses, which can provide cover for the army to attack the city, but it also hinders the use of siege equipment.

"That's better than giving up the outer city."

Guo Qin shook his head. The siege of a city has been the strategy of going down since ancient times. Sun Tzu's Art of War once said: the first is to attack the enemy; the city walls.

In the siege of Hongdu before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Youliang attacked Hongdu with an army of 60, and Zhu Wenzheng forcibly carried it for more than 80 days with [-] remnants, but the city wall of Hongdu was not as good as that of Linqing Prefecture.

Time passed day by day, and soon, all the ladders and arrow towers were assembled.

...

The sky had just dawned, and wisps of cooking smoke rose from the camp of the Ming army.

When the sky was bright and the drums sounded, the army crossed the bridge built earlier on the canal and gathered three miles outside the west gate of the inner city of Linqing Prefecture.

At this time, Jiang Shizhong and others had already prepared the walls of the inner city.

On the building car, Guo Qin raised the flag in his hand, and soon, the drums thundered, and artillery, large and small, were pushed to the front of the formation, and then began to be aimed.

At the same time, the siege ballista is also slowly moving forward. In front of the ballista, a large number of soldiers are carrying sacks and approaching the city wall under the cover of wooden chariots and shields. Arrow towers filled the moat.

Eight hundred feet!
Five hundred feet!
"fire!"

Looking at the Ming army approaching the range of the Hongyi cannon, Jiang Shizhong waved his flag and ordered more than a dozen Hongyi cannons to ignite at the same time.

boom!boom!boom!
There was a continuous rumble of cannonballs, and solid shells weighing twenty catties bombarded the Ming army below the city with a destructive momentum. The solid iron balls hit the ground, killing a soldier, and then bounced up and fell again. Bloody paths were plowed on the ground, and wherever the shells passed, even the wooden mantle chariot was smashed into pieces in an instant!
However, the rate of fire of the Hongyi cannon was still a little slower. Taking advantage of the gap in the firing of the Hongyi cannon, the Ming army advanced another hundred feet.

At this time, the booming cannon sounded again!

Under a wooden veiled chariot, Li Er's face was full of horror when he heard the sound of cannonballs, and he prayed in his heart for the protection of the gods and Buddhas in the sky, so that the cannonballs would not hit him.

He had watched his companion not far away being hit head-on by the iron ball, and was directly shattered, and his broken arm fell to his feet. Fortunately, a moment later, Li Er discovered that he had escaped again.

Three hundred feet!
Two hundred feet!
The cannons on the Wengcheng began to fire, a dozen tiger squatting cannons ignited at the same time, thousands of stones and iron beads rained down on the army outside the city, and there was another scream.

One hundred feet!

Countless sharp arrows shot from the city wall and fell like rain.

At this time, more than 200 soldiers armed with "swarms of rockets" emerged from the wooden mantle chariot of the Ming army. Several Qi army archers couldn't dodge in time, and were instantly shot into hedgehogs.

Fifty feet!
Li Er carried the sack on his back and rushed towards the moat with his head down. There was only one thought in his mind, which was to throw the sack into the moat and escape back under the wooden chariot.

Approaching the river, Li Er threw the sack directly into the river with a sudden force, and then fled to the wooden mantle chariot without looking back. Looking at the wooden mantle chariot close at hand, Li Er showed a smile on his face .

At this time, a sharp arrow fell from the sky!

puff!
A sharp arrow pierces the chest!

Looking at the sharp arrow in his chest, the smile on Li Er's face froze instantly, turned into disbelief, and finally turned into despair.

Struggling to climb under the wooden veiled chariot, Li Er's face was pale, cold sweat flowed out, and severe pain began to spread.

"Go away, the dead!"

At this moment, a rough voice sounded, and Li Er felt a sharp pain in his back, staggered, and was kicked out of the wooden chariot.

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