Under the city of Wuchang, the Han army dug a trench and advanced, and it took more than ten days to finally advance the trench to the bottom of Wuchang City.The Han army then advanced to the front to erect mortar artillery, and the soldiers approached the city wall from the trench, avoiding the defenders' artillery, killing and injuring the Han army exposed to the city, making the artillery of the city useless.From mid-April, the Han army launched a fierce attack on Wuchang, and the two sides fought fiercely under the city of Wuchang.Within a few days, the Han army lost one gunboat, more than 10 warships, and more than 3,000 casualties, while the defenders in the city, under the suppression of mortars, suffered even more heavy casualties, close to 10,000 people.This put the defenders of Wuchang under great pressure.At this time, in the eastern suburbs of Wuchang, artillery roared and gunpowder smoke filled the air.The head of the city exploded repeatedly, smoke and dust billowed out, and a column of water splashed into the moat.The Han soldiers, with shields, quickly passed through the moat from the floating ladder, and the splashed water column fell from mid-air, together with the arrows in the sky, and the head and face fell, and from time to time there were Han soldiers in the arrows, planted into the moat.In the trench, Li Chengdong waved his knife and shouted, "One more battalion of soldiers, charge this commander!"
”As soon as the general gritted his teeth and roared angrily, he led 3,000 soldiers and horses, carried the ladder, jumped out of the trench, and charged down the city.Three miles away, under the banner of the Han army, Zhao Ming stood on horseback, observing the battlefield with a clairvoyant mirror.Below the city wall, the Han soldiers are all over like ants, on the entire east city wall, nearly 100 cloud ladders are erected, the Han soldiers are on the top of the shield, the city head rolls wood and thunder stones, falling like hailstones, and the Han soldiers and soldiers scream and fall down one after another.Zhao Ming looked at the battlefield, the battle was extremely tragic, the fire pot at the head of the city was dropped, the hot oil and gold juice were constantly splashed, and the Han army suffered extremely heavy casualties.However, Zhao Ming was unmoved, after all, there were no immortals in the siege, and now the dead and injured are all newly recruited, and Zhao Ming is not very distressed.At this time, when the battle was raging, suddenly a fast horse rushed into the Han army camp.A moment later, Zhang Jiayu came out of the camp, beat his horse and came to Zhao Ming's side, whispering in his ear.When Zhao Ming heard this, he frowned, turned his head suddenly, and looked at Zhang Jiayu.Zhang Jiayu nodded, "Hu Weizong has already entered the camp!"
”"Ding Ding Ding" A sound of gold sounded.The Han soldiers who were attacking the city couldn't help but be slightly stunned when they heard the sound, and then retreated like a tide.A small number of Han soldiers rushed to the head of the city, hurriedly descended from the ladder, and the Han army musketeers who were originally afraid of killing their own people by mistake on the side of the moat immediately raised their muskets and shot at the head of the city, causing the city wall to splash gravel and fill the smoke and dust.The Ming army in the city was suppressed by the muskets and did not dare to take the lead, the Han soldiers immediately set up the wounded and hurriedly retreated across the moat, and when the attacking infantry retreated, the Han musketeers who suppressed the head of the city by the moat also retreated into the trenches.Yuan Zongdi, the guard general with a face full of gunpowder at the head of the city, stood by the city wall, looked at the trenches, densely packed with human heads, evacuated the city, and the defenders repelled the attack of the Han army again, and couldn't help but raise their weapons and shouted excitedly: "The rebels have retreated!"
”The Ming army at the head of the city cheered loudly, but with the sound of the Ming army's artillery array, the cheering Ming troops immediately squatted down and hid behind the battlements.In the camp of the Han army, the retreating Han soldiers were crowded in the camp either on or on their backs, and the doctors and soldiers walked among the soldiers, bandaging the wounds of the wounded soldiers and carrying away the seriously wounded.Li Chengdong wore armor and held a helmet in one hand, passed through the soldiers' room, and walked quickly to the tent of the King of Han.Outside the tent, a row of guards with muskets and bayonets, with their chests up, stood on both sides with their waists straight, and when they saw Li Chengdong coming, they immediately put their feet together and gave a military salute.At this time, Li Chengdong walked straight to the tent, picked up the tent and came in, and was about to ask why he collected the troops, but when he saw that the atmosphere in the tent seemed to be wrong, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, did not dare to say more, and stood silently in a corner.Due to the many defections and the fact that he is not well received, Li Chengdong is now like a little daughter-in-law, he doesn't dare to speak loudly, he doesn't dare to come out, and he is very low-key.At this time, Zhao Ming stood in front of a map, broke the wooden pole in his hand, and said angrily: "Wu Sangui, a clown who jumps off the beam, also dares to fight with Lone!"
”There was a person kneeling on one knee in the tent, it was Hu Weizong, the commander of the Military Intelligence Department, who reported in a low voice: "Wang, according to the news sent back by the Xi'an Military Intelligence Department, Guanzhong is already gathering troops, and troops will be sent to rescue Wuchang in the near future!"
”When Li Chengdong heard this, he was shocked, Wu Sangui also wanted to go to this troubled water?
Zhao Ming regained his composure and asked, "How many troops does Wu Sangui plan to send?"
”Hu Weizong said: "According to the transfer of grain and grass, it is estimated to be between 150,000 and 200,000!"
”The generals in the tent whispered for a while, and Li Chengdong was shocked, Wu Sangui was going to send more than 100,000 troops, could it be that he voted for the wrong person, and there were still variables.Without waiting for everyone to come back from their surprise, Hu Weizong threw out another message, "King, according to the news sent back by the secret spies, in addition to asking for help from the Zhou State, Wuchang also asked for help from the Western Army. ”The generals in the account heard the words and discussed, Li Chengdong couldn't add it, so he could only think about it alone, Zhao Boan, who was a mother, didn't miss the old feelings at all, and used Lao Tzu as a cannon fire, whether Lao Tzu should take the opportunity to change the owner.Zhao Ming looked at the people in the tent, and couldn't help waving his hand and shouting: "Quiet!
”Many generals hurriedly quieted down, and Zhao Ming immediately sneered: "Wu Sangui is just ugly, and the Western Army is just a group of remnants of defeated generals, and it is far away from Wuchang, what is there to fear?"
”Zhao Ming looked around at the generals and said in a deep voice: "Whether it is Wu Sangui or Li Dingguo, as far as Wuchang is concerned, it is far water that does not quench the thirst of the near, so you must use your life to beat down the lone general Wuchang!"
”When the generals heard this, they calmed down and clasped their fists together, "Oh!
”At that moment, Zhao Ming waved his hand to let everyone retreat, preparing to attack again tomorrow, while he stood in front of the map and thought about it.As he expected, as the Han army grows bigger, other forces in the world are very likely to join forces to suppress him.Hmph, since Wu Sangui and Li Dingguo sent troops to rescue Wuchang, how could King Gu give up taking Wuchang.In the next few days, the Han army continued to attack Wuchang, and the offensive became more and more fierce, and the elite of the main formation, who had been supervising the battle and watching the play, also began to participate in the siege.The fierceness of the battle made it difficult for the defenders of Wuchang to support.But at this moment, a team of cavalry escorted the envoys of the Jianwu Imperial Court to arrive.Zhao Ming did not go to greet the envoy, but sat in the big tent and waited.At this time, the curtain was raised, but it was Zhang Huangyan who came.Seeing this, Zhao Ming was a little surprised, and couldn't help but smile: "Why did Zhang Ge come here, hurry, please take a seat!"
”"Your Highness!"
Zhang Huangyan saluted Zhao Ming, then sat down, and said with a smile: "The lower official came this time to pass on His Majesty's will!"
”Could it be that Zhu Yihai wants to seal himself, Zhao Ming couldn't help but wonder: "Oh?
What will?
”Zhang Huang said: "Your Majesty has agreed to Zhu Linyuan's surrender, and Your Highness can attack Wuchang without spending troops!"
”"What?"
Zhao Ming slapped the seat and stood up, "What about peace?"
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