Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 176

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting looked outside the city without looking back, but asked indifferently, "Why do you think the bandits are getting stronger and stronger after repeated battles and defeats?"

After a pause, he thought of something, and added: "Except for natural disasters and man-made disasters, it's just about fighting!"

After hearing this, Gao Mingheng and the others were silent for a while, and then Gao Mingheng replied: "But you can't die if you beat a snake?"

"Yes!" Sun Chuanting said this, looked back at Gao Mingheng, and then said to him, "No!"

"..." Gao Mingheng was speechless when he heard it.

Yes and no, is this a "yes" or a "no"?
This time, he didn't need to ask again, just listened to Sun Chuanting explaining to him: "If you can kill the snake once and die, then of course there is no problem. Difficult!"

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement!

After suppressing thieves for so many years, it is really difficult to wipe out all the thieves.Otherwise, why call them thieves!

Seeing that they were all nodding, Sun Chuanting continued: "The imperial army fought against the rogues, killing and injuring a large number of rogues every time. It sounds like the results are great, but are the rogues really hurt? Not necessarily!"

Hearing these words, Gao Mingheng thought for a while, and probably knew what Sun Chuanting meant.

Sure enough, I heard Sun Chuanting continue to say: "The most important thing in fighting the thieves is to kill the old thieves, that is, their elite. Only in this way can we hurt their bones."

Speaking of this, he pointed to the outside of the city, then continued with a sneer: "The thieves' usual trick is to drive the old and weak to consume the officers and soldiers first. For these old and weak, they die as soon as they die. They don't care at all, and they don't care. It will not affect their combat power at all."

Hearing his words, everyone turned their heads to look outside the city, at those people in ragged clothes who were filling the moat with soil on their backs.They even saw that many of those people, old and weak, were running staggeringly, and some even fell down while running, and it was very difficult to get up again.

While they were watching, they heard Sun Chuanting say to them again: "Killing these old and weak people does not make much sense. Instead, it is a waste of gunpowder and bow and arrow reserves in the city. If these old and weak people come to attack the city later, they will be killed directly." It won't take too much effort!"

Gao Mingheng nodded, and when he was about to agree, Sun Chuanting's words continued: "My official estimates, let them fill in the moat to show the enemy that they are weak, and those thieves will probably send elites to try to attack the city, and see if they can give Kaifeng a violent attack." Can we take down Kaifeng City in one hit? After all, they will consume more supplies than ours in besieging the city. If it can be decided in one battle, they definitely don’t want to delay it!”

Hearing this, Gao Mingheng saw that Sun Chuanting did not continue, so he took over his topic and said with joy: "In this way, let's give the elite thieves a hard blow, so that we can kill and injure the thieves in large numbers. The Liu thief has hurt his muscles and bones, so he has a fear of Kaifeng?"

"That's right, that's what I mean!" Sun Chuanting nodded slightly after hearing this.

When the others heard this, they immediately flattered him happily.

"Master is wise!"

"Kaifeng is controlled by an adult, so you can rest easy!"

"Yes, it is really a blessing for the people of Kaifeng that your lord can come to Kaifeng!"

"..."

Sun Chuanting's expression didn't change a bit in response to these flattering sounds, and he still had a dead fish face, without the slightest expression.

After a while, those civil and military officials saw that Sun Chuanting was like this, feeling a little flattered, so they stopped talking embarrassingly and stopped talking.

At this moment, I saw Chen Yongfu, the general soldier of Kaifeng, striding forward.

He gestured to Gao Mingheng, greeted him silently, then clasped his fists together and told Sun Chuanting: "My lord, the last general has selected archers and sharpshooters in the army, please show me!"

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting turned around, looked at him, and said in a cold voice: "You tell me, let them focus on shooting those who are shouting and commanding among the thieves, followed by the strong and capable ones!"

"The last general obeys the order!" Chen Yongfu immediately obeyed the order loudly.

In fact, as soon as he heard the military order that Sun Chuanting gave him before, he probably guessed what he was going to do!

After all, Chen Yongfu himself is an archer. In the previous battle, he captured the thief first and captured the king. He shot Li Zicheng blind in one eye and forced Li Zicheng to retreat.

But at this time, he pretended not to know, and honestly asked Sun Chuanting for orders. This is an attitude of doing things!

Sun Chuanting watched, his expression still unchanged, and he just explained again: "I leave it to you on the west side of the city. Remember, use binoculars to observe the enemy's situation at any time, and respond in time, understand?"

"The general understands!" Chen Yongfu heard this, clasped his fists in his hands, saluted again, and immediately took his orders and left.

Even if Sun Chuanting didn't mention the treasure of the telescope, how could he forget it in wartime?
Sun Chuanting did not watch him go, but still watched the battle outside the city.

However, in his heart, he was not thinking about what was in front of him, but worried about the court.

Just like what he said just now, the most important thing to eliminate the thieves is natural disasters and man-made disasters.

If the common people could live and work in peace and contentment, it would be impossible for the thieves to cause such a big disturbance!
If the people are going to starve to death, it is not surprising that they will take risks if they cannot survive.One after another, even if the thieves here are wiped out, the thieves will reappear elsewhere. Repeatedly, the court's money, food, supplies, military strength and prestige will be consumed, and finally the current situation will be even worse!

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but said in his heart: "Your Majesty must persevere and do the most important things well!"

Since then, the army of thieves outside the city besieged the city, and it was not easy to contact the imperial court.

Just thinking about it, suddenly, when he heard the movement, he came back to his senses and looked out of the city.

However, the moat outside the city has been almost filled, and the thieves have all withdrawn after the sound of gold in the rear.

Seeing this situation, Sun Chuanting stretched out his hand, and the guards beside him immediately offered his binoculars with both hands.

After Sun Chuanting took it, he immediately looked at where the thief leader was, and began to observe carefully.

At this time, Luo Rucai, nicknamed "Cao Cao", frowned and said to Li Zicheng: "Why do I feel something is wrong? Even if there is any internal strife in the city, the moat is too easy to fill, right?"

"So what? We can't stop fighting in Kaifeng, right?" Li Zicheng asked back, "No matter what, we have to try! You and I are responsible for a section, sending elites to feint to attack the north and south, and mainly attack the east and west. how?"

He and Luo Rucai belong to the alliance, not belong to the upper and lower levels, so they can only be discussed.

Luo Ru heard this, and although he was still frowning, he finally nodded and led a group of his men back to his camp.

Watching him go, Song Xiance suddenly suggested to Li Zicheng: "General, our army is mainly attacking the eastern section, we can make the old brothers cover up with old clothes to cover it up!"

After hearing this, Li Zicheng nodded in approval immediately.

This is the case with wars, where everything is used to the extreme, even if a means is used to increase the winning rate by a small amount, it may affect the final result of the battle.

Therefore, Li Zicheng's military order was passed on, and preparations for the siege began again.

Eating a full stomach is the basic, dispatching troops and condemning generals is a must, and the bandit camp is full of people shouting and neighing, and it suddenly becomes lively.

About an hour later, the thunderous war drum sounded again.

In all directions of Kaifeng City, the thieves all started to move. There was no such thing as besieging three or one, but attacking from all sides.

Those old and weak were driven to walk in the first wave, and behind them were the real elite thieves.

The bandits don't have much siege equipment, such as catapults, siege towers, and ladders. The only things they can have are light and simple siege tools such as flying ladders, bamboo flying ladders, and creeping flying ladders. This method of combat is also called Ant Attachment, and it is most suitable for thieves.

Of course, there are also artillery captured from the army, but there are no heavy artillery from afar, which is too inconvenient and not suitable for the thieves' fighting style.

Slowly, the thieves got closer and closer to the city wall, getting closer and closer, and when they were within a stone's throw of an arrow, with an order, no matter what kind of thieves they were, they all started shouting and rushing towards the city wall.

Except for the thieves with long-range weapons who approached and shot at the city wall, the other thieves were all thinking of ways to prepare for the ants to attack the city.

Suddenly, the sound of shouting and killing resounded over Kaifeng.

Li Zicheng in the distance frowned when he saw this.

Kaifeng city head, it is too abnormal!

If you use one word to describe it, it is quiet, or quiet!

In the previous two sieges, the artillery on the top of the city had already fired, and bows and arrows would also shoot and kill the front siege enemies in the first place.However, this time, none of this happened!
This abnormality made Li Zicheng a little uneasy.

It's like meeting a very stable person when playing chess!

But even though he thought so, he did not order to retreat.

As he said before, they are all here, so why don't they withdraw their troops?

Attacking Kaifeng, when he came, he was already prepared to bear the result of casualties.

Of course, Li Zicheng's so-called suffering casualties refers to his elite.As for those old and weak cannon fodder, they couldn't get into his heart at all.

Flying ladders, bamboo flying ladders and tiptoe flying ladders, etc. were set up on the city wall one after another, and the thieves rushed up immediately.

At this time, the counterattack on the top of the city finally began.

Gunpowder smoke rose, it was the firecrackers firing, and there were small Franco cannons, which could be heard from the sound.

Gold juice, poles and other city defense methods were also used.

Light ladders and the like were pushed down one after another, and the thieves on it fell to the bottom of the city.

Just at the beginning, there were a lot of casualties under the city wall.

Regarding this, Li Zicheng was still indifferent. What he cared about was the follow-up elite attack.

(End of this chapter)