Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 22 How to Siege a City!

"If we wipe out the Yuan army outside the city, Guo Zixing and others must be the first to seize the city inside the city."

"When we get to the city, Guo Zixing and others must have already occupied the city."

"Brother, if you want to tell me, who should be in charge of the house in Haozhou City at that time?"

Zhu Qiwu's words left Zhu Chongba and the others speechless.

His analysis is really reasonable.

First of all, it is impossible for the Yuan army to be so easily hooked.

Even if they were hooked, Zhu Chongba and the others desperately killed the Yuan army, Haozhou City would probably have nothing to do with them, and become the ultimate worker, which made Guo Zixing and others cheaper for nothing.

Tang He thought for a long time, then suddenly slapped his thigh.

"I'm afraid of a ball, if that's the case, let's play Haozhou again! Let Guo Zixing and the others go!"

Many people also agreed.

But this statement was immediately rejected by Zhu Chongba.

"That can't be done. We are all rebels. If we want to fight Meng Yuan Tartars with all our strength, how can we beat our own people? If we do that, our reputation will be bad!" Zhu Chongba waved his hand and said.

"Brother Chong is right, Brother Tang, don't be impulsive." Xu Da said beside him.

Tang He was just saying an angry word, and he didn't make a sound when he heard the words.

Zhu Chongba turned his head to look at Zhu Qiwu and said, "Qiwu, tell me quickly, what should we do, you must have already made up your mind, don't hide it!"

Hearing Zhu Chongba's words, Zhu Qiwu was a little embarrassed.

He originally wanted everyone to think and exercise again, but now Zhu Chongba noticed it.

"Hey, brother, if you ask me, the best way is to hit Haozhou City hard!" Zhu Qiwu said.

"Take Haozhou City hard, if you climb the city wall and grab it hard, many people will die!" Zhu Chongba worried.

In today's era, although there are various siege weapons, such as return cannons and cannons, they cannot be put into use quickly.

If you want to build a return cannon, you can't build it in ten days and a half months, and the accuracy of the return cannon is very poor. Without thirty or fifty return cannons, you can't even think about breaking through Haozhou City. Back then, the Meng Yuan stormed the Southern Song Dynasty In Xiangyang City, hundreds of return artillery were manufactured, but they failed to break through Xiangyang.

Thirty or fifty return guns, that is not a matter of ten days and a half months, it will take two months at the earliest.

At this time, the artillery was still very rough in manufacturing technology, and its power was not good enough. It was almost as good as a return cannon for siege.

Therefore, as soon as Zhu Chongba heard that he was going to attack hard, he immediately thought of using a ladder to charge the car and attack with his life.

"Brother, when I say hard attack on Haozhou City, I don't mean to fight hard, but to kill Haozhou City with open swords and sharp guns, so that the people of Haozhou know that our rebel army is coming, not only coming , and defeated Meng Yuan, and captured Haozhou City with unshakable momentum!"

Zhu Qiwu's words already made Zhu Chongba and others' blood boil.

Yes, if they can defeat the Yuan army very strongly under the city of Haozhou and take Haozhou, then Zhu Chongba and the others will be famous.

In the future, heroes from all walks of life will come in droves!

Zhu Qiwu continued, "We won by storming Haozhou, after that, even if Guo Zixing and others raise their troops to respond, they can't overwhelm us, they can only follow the lead of the elder brother!"

Zhu Chongba kept nodding when he heard the words.

Take the city of Haozhou with sharp swords and sharp guns, and defeat the mighty Meng Yuan army!

With such momentum, even if Guo Zixing and the others had more troops, they would never dare to underestimate themselves, let alone jump out to grab their own peaches.

"Qiwu, how do you want to destroy Haozhou City when you say that you want to fight hard?" Zhu Chongba hurriedly asked.

Zhu Qiwu smiled mysteriously, and then said:

"Brother, among the refugees we recruited, some of them are grave robbers, aren't they?"

"That's right, those people are thieves, so I'll let them dig a cesspit to fertilize." Zhu Chongba said with a look of disgust.

He always felt that this kind of tomb robbers digging up people's ancestral tombs was doing the most wicked things, and he didn't want to recruit them into the courtyard guards at all, but left them the dirty work of composting manure.

Well, speaking carefully, these tomb robbers can be regarded as professional counterparts.

The cesspit they dug is as good as the other, standard and beautiful.

"Brother, assign these people to my command, and it's up to them to break Haozhou City." Zhu Qiwu said.

Zhu Chongba and the others were suspicious for a while, and they thought it was impossible.

"Qiwu, do you want these grave robbers to dig tunnels?" Zhu Chongba asked immediately.

From the means of siege, digging tunnels to siege is also a commonly used method.

But digging tunnels is extremely dangerous and requires skill, and if one is not careful, it will collapse and bury his own people alive.

Digging tunnels to attack the city is also called 'hole attack'.

There are two methods of hole attack. One is to dig under the foundation of the city wall, hollow out the foundation bit by bit, and gradually use wood as pillars to support it. When the wood is burned, the city wall above will collapse due to its own weight.

This method of acupoint attack is labor-intensive and time-consuming, and at least two or three months of digging is required.

Moreover, the success rate cannot be guaranteed, and no one can guarantee that the city wall will collapse.

If it doesn't work, then two or three months of work will be in vain.

Another kind of acupoint attack is to dig a tunnel, directly enter the city, and then launch a sneak attack.

However, this kind of acupoint attack requires a lot of work, at least one or two months of digging, and the defenders in the city are not fools.

They will use the method of burying large tanks in the soil to listen. Once suspicious places are found, they will immediately dig horizontal ditches and water them. A dead end.

Even if the tunnel is successfully excavated, the ability of the narrow tunnel to transport troops is extremely limited.

With a high probability, a rebel army was finally attacked. The Haozhou defenders already had dozens of strong men grinning grimly at the entrance of the cave, ready to fight moles. Thinking that they might be beaten up by the Mongolian and Yuan soldiers, Xu Da, Tang He, etc. People are shaking their heads like rattles.

"Qiwu, no, point attack is not allowed!"

"Acupoint attack is even more unreliable, absolutely not!"

"That's death, let's think of another way!"

Regarding everyone's refusal attitude, Zhu Qiwu immediately understood their thoughts.

Zhu Qiwu chuckled, "I didn't say to attack the caves, I just wanted these grave robbers to dig the tunnel."

Zhu Chongba and the others were even more confused after hearing this.

"Qiwu, you want to dig a tunnel, but you don't want to attack acupoints. What are you doing?" Zhu Chongba asked suspiciously.

"Brother, this matter will be kept secret for the time being, and I will give you a surprise when the time comes, so you just prepare to raise troops and sweep away the patrolling soldiers outside Haozhou City first!" Zhu Qiwu said.

Zhu Chongba was already used to Zhu Qiwu's whimsical ideas.

(End of this chapter)