Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 39

The cannons were rumbling, and the siege of Linhuai had been going on for two hours.

The Ming army pursued the town of Linhuaiguan last night and rested all night. They began to attack the city at midnight this morning. It is already the first quarter of noon and they still have not been able to break through the city.

Zhou Yuji held up the binoculars and watched for a long time, his face was very gloomy, and he said to himself: "I never thought that Liu Liangzuo's determination to resist is so strong, Linhuai has become a tough nut to crack!"

Liu Liangzuo fled back to Linhuai with the remnants of his soldiers, and immediately sent all the [-] soldiers in the city to the city wall, making preparations for a tenacious resistance.

In addition to the cavalry team that had been lost by more than half, and the residents of the city that were recruited temporarily, there were as many as [-] to [-] people guarding the city.

Liu Liangzuo has an advantage in terms of military strength, and has the upper hand in terms of geographical advantages, and Fengyang still has 3 horses, so he thinks he can fight to the death.

The firepower of the Ming army was fully fired, and the Hongyi cannon, the general's cannon, and the tiger squatting cannon fired in turn. The cannons rang all morning and did not stop.

The enemies on the city wall kept falling, but they kept replenishing their hands; when the city wall was smashed, they built it with sandbags and used wooden boards as shields.

Li Chengdong ran back and forth on the city wall, constantly giving orders and constantly boosting morale.

Through the binoculars, Zhou Yuji could see Li Chengdong showing his teeth and claws. He really wanted to shoot this bastard to death!

The city gate was broken, and Liu Liangzuo personally led more than 1000 people to defend it, and fought a cruel tug-of-war with the Ming army.In front of the city gate, corpses piled up like mountains, and blood flowed like rivers.

"General Zhou, Your Majesty ordered you to withdraw your troops and go to the Chinese army tent to meet him." Qi Dazhuang ran over and said loudly.

"Retreat? No, give me another hour, and I will definitely be able to break through Linhuai!" Zhou Yuji's eyes turned red.

Qi Dazhuang said: "Your Majesty guessed that General Zhou would say this, and asked me to tell you that this is a deadly order, and it must be executed immediately!"

Zhou Yuji let out a long sigh, and ordered the messenger to say: "Mingjin withdraws troops."

When we came to the tent of the Chinese army, the emperor smiled and asked, "General Zhou, seeing your complexion, are you complaining about my sudden order to withdraw troops?"

"I don't dare. I'm just angry at my incompetence. After fighting for so long, I still haven't won Linhuai."

Li Cunming said: "Linhuaiguan Town was created during the Hongwu period. It was originally intended to defend Fengyang, the central capital. After more than 200 years of operation, it is naturally not comparable to Suizhou City. Besides, Liu Liangzuo is not Xu Dingguo. He has to be tough. There are many more, and the soldiers in hand are more effective."

"No matter how difficult a bone is, I can chew it all up, and no matter how difficult a city is, I can also conquer it. Please give me some more time, Your Majesty!" Zhou Yuji said.

"I just said that you are unwilling, are you right?" Li Cunming smiled and motioned Zhou Yuji to sit down, "I decided not to attack Linhuai, but to surround it for a while before we talk about it."

"Why?" Zhou Yuji was puzzled.

"You should take a look at these two secret reports first."

Zhou Yuji received the secret report from the emperor, only to see a battle situation in the direction of Huai'an.Huang Degong was ordered to attack Liu Zeqing, and the two sides fought several vicious battles in Huai'an, winning and losing each other, and reached a stalemate.

Another secret report said that [-] Qing soldiers led by Duoduo had arrived at the boundary of Liaocheng and would soon attack Liaocheng.

Li Cunming waited for Zhou Yuji to finish reading the secret report, and said, "Now I understand why Liu Liangzuo is determined to defend Linhuai to the death, right? He is waiting, waiting for Fengyang's rescue, Liu Zeqing's rescue, and even more so for the Qing soldiers to go south!"

"From an overall point of view, this war storm was caused by the Qing soldiers going south. If the Qing soldiers didn't go south, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing would not be ready to move, and we would not come to attack Linhuai."

"Don't look at our fight here in full swing, but the center of the storm is not in Linhuai, nor in Huai'an, but in Liaocheng!"

Zhou Yuji said: "After listening to your majesty's analysis, I was enlightened. Your majesty is in a high place, and his thoughts are far-reaching and grand. I am not as good as one ten thousandth."

Li Cunming smiled: "My Optimus Prime of the Ming Dynasty, when did I learn to flatter?"

Then he restrained his smile and said seriously: "Those who don't plan for the whole world, don't plan for a moment; those who don't plan for the overall situation don't plan for a region. If the plan is big, we must consider the current situation as a whole."

"Liu Liangzuo has nothing to fear, so he will stick to Linhuai. He is patient, and we have to wear down his patience little by little. In fact, he is secretly more anxious than us, but because we are pushing too hard, he will of course do it when he is cornered. The battle of trapped beasts. Let's surround and not attack, tighten inside and loose outside, as time goes by, Liu Liangzuo and Li Chengdong may be the first to attack dogs."

"Liu Liangzuo pins his hopes on reinforcements from three parties. One is Liu Zeqing, we can let Huang Degong hold Liu Zeqing back; the other is Fengyang's [-] soldiers. I want to come to a siege to fight for reinforcements. First, we will eliminate Fengyang's reinforcements!"

Zhou Yuji nodded and said: "This is a good plan. I will immediately go out of the camp to explore the terrain and find an excellent ambush location. If Fengyang soldiers don't come, let it go. If they come, I will definitely wipe out the entire army."

After thinking about it, he asked again: "Where are the Qing soldiers? What about the Qing soldiers?"

Li Cunming put his hands behind his back, looked out of the camp, and said leisurely: "Then it depends on the abilities of Yan Yingyuan and the three of them. The sharp knife I planted should come in handy!"

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The Ming army surrounded but did not attack, and the battle situation seemed to be at a stalemate.

Liu Liangzuo heaved a sigh of relief, his scar healed and he forgot the pain, and he was very proud: "Brother Li, I think Chongzhen's three axes have also been played, but that's all. Use it up, use it up, I can afford it, it depends on him Can't afford it!"

Li Chengdong said: "As long as we grit our teeth and endure, victory will belong to us."

"That's natural. In a few days, Fengyang's soldiers and horses will attack the city. Let's attack from both sides. In a few days, the Qing soldiers will go south, and Chongzhen will be powerless to resist!" Liu Liangzuo laughed.

A few days later, thirty miles away from Linhuaiguan Town, there was a dense forest with towering ancient trees.

After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he was worried that people's production activities would destroy the feng shui of the old Zhu family, so he ordered Fengyang Mansion not to open mines or cut down trees.

Therefore, there are many forests growing in Fengyang area, which is a good place to ambush.

At this moment, 3 horses were rushing forward, and a general surnamed Zhao kept urging: "Pace faster, aren't you full? Hurry up, Marshal Liu is still waiting for us to rescue him! Save Marshal Liu, and you won't have to worry about being promoted and getting rich... "

Before the words were finished, there was a sudden burst of gunfire, arrows rained, and many huge stones rolled down from the hillside, blocking the way forward and back.

3 horses crowded in the narrow area at the edge of the forest, in a dilemma, and suddenly became a living target

"Get promoted and get rich, hum, I'll let you ascend to heaven first!" Zhou Yuji bent his bow and set an arrow, and shot an arrow at the general surnamed Zhao, which hit his chest.

The one surnamed Zhao yelled, rolled over and fell to the ground, and died of anger not long after.

When the general died, the soldiers suddenly lost their fighting spirit. The key is that they were made dumplings, so they could only be beaten passively.So many people immediately threw away their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Zhou Yuji shouted loudly: "Collaborate with the Tartars secretly, kill Wushe! Send troops to fight the emperor as an enemy, kill Wushe! Pick up your weapons and fight like a man. This general will not accept your surrender!"

(End of this chapter)