Wang Fugui saw all this in his eyes, and his stomach was churning.
Although he used to be a butcher who killed pigs, he often disembowelled pigs with a white knife and a red knife.
But killing people and killing pigs are completely different feelings.
Seeing so many people being shot into hedgehogs, Wang Fugui almost fainted.
This gang of traitors who have killed a thousand swords will force the strong men to fill the trenches, but they themselves will hide behind and shrink.
Wang Fugui didn't have a good impression of Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo to begin with, and now his teeth are itching with hatred.
What's the point of showing off one's strength to one's own people?
If one has the ability to lead his soldiers to fight the Tatars, Wang Fugui clenched his fists and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm.
The Shence Army's Xiaoguo Battalion has limited troops, and it is even more stretched when spread out on the four walls.
Chen Fu had no choice but to recruit young men in the city to help defend the city.
Fortunately, Jining Prefecture can be considered a big prefecture, with more than 100,000 people in the city, so it is easy to recruit a few thousand young men.
Under the urging of the Xiaoguo Battalion soldiers, these young men moved a large number of defensive equipment to the top of the city via the horse path.
Rolling wood, pounding stones, gold juice, tung oil and a large number of arrows.
Chen Fu even ordered people to move the only four crossbows in the arsenal to the top of the city.
Although this thing is not as sharp as a cannon, it is still very effective in dealing with intensive sieges.
Although there are no heavy artillery such as the Hongyi Cannon in Jining Prefecture City, there are still a few three-pound cannons.
Chen Fu ordered his people to distribute these cannons to the four walls of the city to provide fire support.
The strong men who were driven to fill the trenches had never seen such a posture before.
They dropped their chickens and carts and ran away with their heads in their hands.
But as soon as some of them fled back to the formation, they were chopped down to the ground by Liu Liangzuo's soldiers with knives.
The remaining people turned pale with fear and were forced to turn back and run towards the moat.
The three-pounder was ignited and shot towards these strong men.
Although the solid cannon would not explode, it could repeatedly jump up after landing for the first time to cause secondary and tertiary damage, which was a ricochet.
The bed crossbow was also triggered, and the huge crossbow arrow tore a hole in the dense group of strong men, causing great damage.
Liu Liangzuo, who was observing the battle situation on the small hillock, frowned.
The situation was very different from what he thought.
He originally thought that the Shence Army was just a showman like the Jinyiwei, and would be in chaos when faced with so many people besieging the city.
Who would have thought that these soldiers showed extremely high quality and execution ability, mobilizing all resources that could be mobilized for defense.
In order to attack the city, the moat must be filled in.
But judging from the current situation, it is not easy to do this.
Liu Liangzuo's army did not have heavy artillery, so it was impossible to blast through the city wall of Jining Prefecture.
Things are stuck here.
Liu Zeqing coughed and said, "Brother, why don't we change the game."
Liu Liangzuo turned around and said suspiciously: "Brother Zeqing has a good idea."
"Throwing corpses into the river" Liu Zeqing said without any emotion.
Jining Prefecture is surrounded by water systems, but the drinking water for the people in the city comes from a small river that meanders into the city from the southeast.
This small river passes through the water gate and enters the city.
The water is clear and can be used directly.
Liu Zeqing's idea was to dump the body in the river and pollute the water source.
Once the upper reaches of the river are polluted, the part flowing into the city will naturally not be spared.
There may be a lot of grain stored in the city of Jining Prefecture, but there is not much water stored in it.
It is all available for immediate use.
In normal times, they can also go out of the city to get water from the Grand Canal and Fu River.
But now Jining Prefecture City is surrounded by people, and the defenders in the city can only get drinking water from this small river flowing into the city.
There were two choices before them.
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Either drink water contaminated by corpses or endure thirst.
Under normal circumstances, people will become weak if they don't drink water for two or three days.
By then, the combat effectiveness of the defenders in the city will definitely decrease, and it will be much easier to fill in the moat and attack the city.
Liu Liangzuo was overjoyed and thought that Liu Zeqing was really a wonderful person.
"This is a great plan.
Let's go straight to the bottom of the cauldron to draw out the fuel and make them thirsty to death."
The plan has been decided, and the next step is to execute it.
The bodies of dead young men were scattered everywhere.
The soldiers of the Erliu tribe dragged these corpses and threw them into the river leading to Shuimen.
Some of the strong men were not completely dead, so they stabbed them with a cruel smile.
All this was seen by Chen Fu.
He clenched his fists tightly and looked grim.
"General Chen, these two traitors threw corpses into the river.
They are really vicious."
Wang Fugui gasped when he saw this.
must stop them Chen Fu said secretly in his heart.
But what to do?
"Commander, we have found out clearly.
There are only 30,000 Green Camp soldiers under Zukefa's command, and they are all the officers and soldiers of Henan."
In the Suizhou General Military Mansion, Li Chengdong shouted to Gao Jie with his hands clasped in fists.
Gao Jie raised his eyebrows and said, "Are there really only green soldiers?"
"I dare to guarantee it with my head" Li Chengdong said resolutely.
"good" Gao Jie was overjoyed.
He stepped forward and said, "I'm going to order you to cook at three o'clock tomorrow morning and set out at five o'clock.
I'm going to capture Zu Kefa alive, dig out a pair of his eggs and stuff them into the ditch."
Since the Qing army in northern Henan is really so small, Gao Jie will naturally not let go of this perfect opportunity to make contributions.
"Follow your orders" Li Chengdong accepted the order resolutely.
"Henan has experienced wars for a long time and is already riddled with holes.
The Tatars have gone against the grain again and issued two harsh orders: the land enclosure order and the escape law.
When the king's division arrives, all the prefectures and counties along the way will open cities to welcome the general."
Li Chengdong is not only brave and good at fighting, but also has the ability to flatter people.
In just a few words, Gao Jie was praised as if he was a god descending to earth.
Although Gao Jie didn't show anything on his face, he was very happy in his heart.
"If we can capture Kaifeng this time, I will definitely praise you heavily in the success report sent to Nanjing."
Gao Jie has always been very optimistic about Li Chengdong.
In his opinion, this person is very much like himself when he was young, brave and courageous.
Although his nominal heir is his son Gao Yuanzhao, he also understands that his son is weak by nature and it is difficult for him to shoulder this heavy burden.
Nephew Li Benzhen did have some tricks, but he was more than ruthless and lacked courage.
It seems that Gao Jie still thinks Li Chengdong is the most suitable.
Although Gao Jie is now in his prime, he cannot completely avoid planning his posthumous affairs.
After all, leading troops in war is extremely dangerous.
If he dies on the battlefield one day, the 40,000 to 50,000 troops under his command cannot be dispersed.
After thinking about it, Gao Jie felt that it would be a good idea to adopt Li Chengdong as his adopted son.
In the late Ming Dynasty, it was very common for a military commander to recognize his adopted son.
This move was also common among peasant armies.
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Both Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had many adopted sons.
In this way, he can subdue everyone and lead the entire army.
As for Gao Yuanzhao, he can still inherit the title and become a superior lord.
With Li Benzhen as his assistant, he probably won't be far behind.
Of course Gao Jie has not yet made up his mind.
He was prepared to wait.
If his son Gao Yuanzhao became enlightened, he would naturally prefer that his own son could inherit his mantle alone
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