I am not Song Qinzong

"Come on, help me~"

The rain of arrows covered the sky and the sun, rolling wood and beating stones continued, shouting and shouting, causing many casualties.

The originally majestic city wall was already full of potholes, covered with bloodstains and pieces of meat.

At the foot of the city wall, there were traces of burning flames, among which were many human-shaped imprints. It is unknown how many people died in the sea of ​​fire.

Outside the city, Lu Shinang, who had been in charge of commanding the siege, was sinking like water.

Being unable to attack for a long time, losing troops and losing generals is not a big deal, after all, rebellion cannot always go smoothly.

The key issue is that Runzhou is an important town along the river and one of the most important nodes of the canal.

If Runzhou does not go down, the imperial court's counter-insurgency army will come in an endless stream, and the transfer of food and grass will be extremely easy.

If you want to use a metaphor, Runzhou is probably a pair of hands stuck on the neck of Shengguo. As long as you continue to exert force, you will be able to strangle the newborn baby of Shengguo sooner or later.

"Commander, all the siege ladders have been destroyed. Do you want to order the troops to withdraw?"

Hearing Lieutenant General Gao Yu's reminder, Lu Shinang came back to his senses.

The city wall remained intact, the morale of the soldiers in the city was high, the supplies were sufficient, and Liu Kai commanded well, so he couldn't be defeated.

"Emperor Dog has already personally conquered the city. I don't know where he is now. If he enters Runzhou, it will be even more difficult to capture the city." Lu Shinang sighed.

"General, the Holy King has an order. If we can't take Runzhou, we must hold on to the place and never let the imperial army leave the city." Gao Yu said.

Lu Shinang was originally a big family in Shezhou. Since his father, he has supported Mingjiao activities, and it is especially important to help Fangla expand his power.

He is both civil and military. He first presided over Mingjiao affairs in Taizhou. Later, Fang Bo became the Holy King. He served as the commander of the imperial capital, and then came to attack Runzhou.

It's just that Runzhou is difficult, and Fang Bo knew it well, so he asked Lu Shinang to besiege the city.

For this reason, Gao Yu led five thousand civilian husbands to help out.

Because his father and Fang La had worshiped the master, strictly speaking, Gao Yu and Fang Bo are brothers, and their status is naturally very important.

Of course, there was no quarrel between Gao Yu and Lu Shinang, the reason why he reminded him again and again was just because he was afraid that he would get the upper hand.

"Brother." Lu Shinang sighed: "The imperial court has a vast territory and a large population, so its attacks must be endless.

If our army cannot maintain the spirit of expansion and sticks to it blindly, the morale will only become lower and lower.

The so-called long-term defense is bound to be lost. At that time, our lives do not matter, I am afraid that the great cause of the Holy Kingdom will also be destroyed in one fell swoop. "

"As long as I stop the Runzhou army from leaving the city, the Holy King will naturally expand in other directions, so why worry?" Gao Yu was quite optimistic.

"Forget it, Mingjin withdraws troops." Lu Shinang waved his hand.

The so-called expansion is easy to say, but it is not so easy to do.

"In the south, Li Gang has already established a line of defense along the Panjiang River. Although he is not aggressive enough, he is safe in defense, and the rebels going south is already an extravagant hope.

In the upper reaches of the great river, Teng He personally sits in Wuhu, and has the help of the mighty Zhan Tianshen.

As for other places, although it is impossible to strictly guard against them everywhere, the rivers are crisscrossed and the cities are densely covered. Let's see if the thieves can beat them one by one. "

On the top of the city, Liu Kai put down his binoculars and continued to talk to Liang Shuang: "Nowadays, the situation of offense and defense is easy!

When the sage enters the city, it's time for us to attack! "

Liang Shuang put down the binoculars and said: "It's just that the thief has dug a total of six trenches on the third floor and the third floor, and it may be difficult to break through."

While Lu Shinang was busy attacking the city, Gao Yu was not idle either.

He commanded the peasants to dig six trenches around Runzhou City.

It surrounds Runzhou City on three sides, and two sections connect to the river. If you want to get out of Runzhou City, you must first cross these six trenches.

It won't be easy.

Between the trenches, there are many arrow towers and fortresses, and there are many low walls and mounds, which bring great convenience to the defense, and the attack is naturally not easy.

Originally, the best way to deal with this kind of siege method is to take the initiative to attack and directly destroy the enemy's plan.

However, because the training of the soldiers in the city had not yet been completed, and because of Zhao Huan's order, Liu Kai held back.

"Your Majesty has already prepared, it's not difficult to break the thief." Liu Kai laughed.

He didn't say the specific method, and waited until the emperor came.

"Report~"

A soldier rushed to him, and said: "Bingxuanfu envoy, the Holy Majesty's royal driver has arrived in Jiangxin and is about to enter the city."

"Okay, it's time to put down the thieves!" Laughing loudly, Liu Kai said: "Come on, guard the city carefully, and I will personally pick you up."

After a while, Liu Wei arrived at Beicheng.

There are many white sails on the river, and thousands of boats are criss-crossing.

Numerous boats in the upper reaches travel back and forth to prevent the thieves from going down the river and impacting the emperor's dragon boat.

The dragon boat is resplendent and resplendent, and the bow is the dragon's head, which is extremely luxurious.

In the cabin on the highest floor, Zhao Huan looked at the report in his hand, and Long Yan was delighted.

"According to the instructions, Liu Fa contacted Tang Bin and others to take down Baodu Mountain in one fell swoop, kill more than [-] captive bandits, and capture the bandit leader Tian Biao alive. It is a great victory." Zhao Huan laughed.

"It all depends on His Majesty's advice, otherwise, who would have known that Tang Bin and the others were willing to respond internally?" Li Sheng grinned.

But Bian Xiang asked: "Your Majesty, what should we do with the [-] captives?"

"Most of them were ordinary people who rebelled because they couldn't survive, so they naturally wanted to return to their hometowns.

At present, the land of the two lakes is in urgent need of development, and it happens that all of them will be allocated there, and they will be used as labor to reclaim fertile land. "

With that said, Zhao Huan picked up a pen and issued an imperial edict to the Political Affairs Hall to prepare for this matter.

At this time, the world's granary is still in the southeast. As for the two lakes being familiar with the world, there is no such saying.

In the original track, in the early Ming Dynasty, due to Zhu Yuanzhang's decree and the huge profits of cotton spinning, more cotton was planted in the southeast. In order to make up for the food gap, the Ming Dynasty increased the development of the two lakes, and it was said that the world's granary.

Today, the rich returns of cotton spinning have begun to take shape. The rich merchants in the southeast have vigorously promoted the cultivation of cotton. Although the process was interrupted by Fang Bo's rebellion, the trend is difficult to reverse.

In this way, in order to ensure food security, of course, the development of the two lakes must be accelerated.

Agricultural development bears the brunt of labor.