Although Boyan's Chinese army tent was full of people, it seemed silent, and even Pingzhang Ashu, the most amazing person on weekdays, was silent. Because everyone knows, don't look at the expressionless face, but the anger in his eyes is visible at a glance.

His anger was not because of the dead pawns, but because he had shown enough sincerity, but the city responded to him with provocations again and again. Fortified City? Boyan doesn't believe it, it's just a matter of paying a lot of price.

He was very reluctant to fight a brutal siege war, there were not many strategies available in that kind of war, and it was only about strength and determination. Even if the city is destroyed, in order to appease the soldiers, a slaughter of the city is inevitable, so the gains outweigh the losses.

It was a big city with a population of hundreds of thousands, with countless wealth, and in Boyan's heart, there was the heartache of destroying his own fruits. But if it is a long-term siege, not to mention the food consumption of so many people, it is about to enter the rainy season in April, and staying in the wild is prone to epidemics, Boyan weighs the gains and losses in his heart.

"Urgent!" While thinking about it, I suddenly heard someone shouting outside the tent, and everyone looked at it, but it was a military envoy. Boyan opened his eyes suddenly, watched the visitor hurriedly step inside, knelt down on one knee, and clenched his fists.

"What? Where is Dong's participation in politics? After listening, Boyan pushed away the seat and stood up, asking loudly.

"Commander, the banner of political participation is already in sight, and the people will arrive soon." This military envoy was sent by him to the upper reaches of the river to urge food and reinforcements, and when he heard that the reinforcements were coming so quickly, Boyan's brows relaxed, and he walked out quickly, regardless of everyone.

This Dong Senzheng's name is Dong Wenbing, although he is a Han Chinese, he is very trusted by Kublai Khan, and once served as the commander of his guards and pro-army, Peijin Tiger Fu. In this southern expedition, he was also ordered to suppress the two Huai and firmly contain the heavy troops of the Song people.

"See the big handsome, Dong is late, and I hope the big handsome will forgive the sins." Dong Wenbing is more than ten years older than Boyan, and he looks even older after a long battle.

"Where Yan Ming said, it came at the right time, with you here, I can have no worries." Boyan hurriedly picked up Dong Wenbing, and didn't dare to accept his full salute, patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said happily.

Boyan only looked at the back and knew that Dong Wenbing only brought a light horse to come at night, looking at its scale, it should be the appearance of a Han army Wanhu Mansion. was not in a hurry, and took his hand and walked towards the Chinese military tent.

"When a certain arrived in Ezhou, Ali Hague Pingzhang led the army to attack the north road of Jinghu, so he rushed to Tongling, where he saw the envoy of the marshal, and brought the grain and grass military materials by the way."

Hearing Dong Wenbing's words, the smile on Boyan's face became even stronger, he brought 70,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry troops on this trip, which was originally intended to be used in the direction of Lianghuai. What's more, these are all the northern Han army, not the newly surrendered "new annexed army", they are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles.

"The navy carried part of the grain and grass and all the siege equipment down the river, and it should be about to arrive, and Buber's tens of thousands of households are among them. I was afraid that the handsome man would be useful, so he came first, and luckily did not make a mistake. ”

Dong Wenbing's last words made Boyan lean back in his chair easily, there are people, there are equipment, and soon, the city will experience the baptism of the Mongolian storm that is rampant in Europe and Asia. Boyan seemed to have seen the story of Xiangyang City repeated, and Lu Wenhuan in the tent was trembling at that time as if he was right in front of him, and he couldn't help but smile.

On the Niushou Mountain outside Jiankang City, a mountain rock protrudes in the mountains, and there is a small cave behind it, and the front is directly facing the river in the distance, and the scenery in the distance is in full view. Farther on the ground, there were tents all over the place, and people the size of ants could be vaguely seen, and Li Shiyi knew that it was the Tartar camp.

He and his two brothers had been here for several days, and they had eaten up all the dry food they had brought with them, but fortunately there were some wild fruits in the mountains, and occasionally some game, and they did not worry about not having food. As for the water, it is not a problem, there is rock water flowing out of the cave behind.

"Write down, the Tartars have newly arrived with a cavalry team of 10,000 people, well, not about touching, at least 10,000 people, not much in and out. The leader of the team should be a senior official, and many people in the big camp came to greet him, and his clothes and appearance were not clear. Don't be in a hurry to report it first, record it, and wait until the evening. ”

Hearing Li Shiyi's words, one of the sergeants in the cave drew a mark on the stone wall. They now know how long the walkie-talkie will last, and they are trying to save talk time, usually reporting at most once a day, and they will not turn it on immediately if it is not urgent.

The view of this place selected by Li Shiyi is excellent, the entire river bank is unobstructed, and the deployment of the Tartars is almost in front of him. Although it is impossible to see a specific person, even a little larger action cannot escape their surveillance, and even the golden pole of the Tartar army can be seen.

After observing for a while, nothing of value appeared in his sight, Li Shiyi put away the telescope and handed it to the person who had just recorded. Walked into the hole, picked up the military crossbow leaning against the corner, stroked twice, put a pot of crossbow arrows on his back, and kicked the guy who was still sleeping on the other side to wake up, so that the two of them could continue to watch, and he was ready to try his luck to see if he could shoot a hare or something.

All the spies sent out were in small groups of three so that they could take turns resting, and the same group was scattered in the high mountains around Jiankang City, which was the only place where it was possible to avoid the Tartar Scouts. The Tartars couldn't think of such a black technology as walkie-talkies, so they didn't send people to search the mountains or anything.

"What, no firewood sold?" Hearing Hu Sanxing's words, Liu Yu couldn't cry or laugh, but after besieging the city for five or six days, the firewood in Jiankang City was robbed by the people, and there was nowhere to buy it if he didn't grab it.

"Exactly, there have been reports from the servants that someone wants to secretly cut down the trees in the city and use them as firewood." In ancient times, the greening in the city was still good, not only on both sides of the streets, but also in the open spaces in the city, and there were almost every household in the courtyard.

Liu Yu didn't feel sorry for those trees, but this kind of disorderly felling would only lead to waste, so it was better to let the government come forward and manage them in a unified manner. Thinking of this, he already had a plan in his head.

"Is Meng Taishou still in the Shuai Mansion?" This Meng Taishou refers to Meng Zhijin, who originally knew Taiping Prefecture, and since he was coerced by Liu Yu to Jiankang, he has nothing to do.

"Well, it's fun to play chess with you every day." Hearing Liu Yu's question, Hu Sanxing didn't turn a corner, and the jump was a little bigger.

"I also have to take a trip to see if Meng Taishou is willing to help, I want all the people in the city to cook in one place, and the firewood is from the government, but it is not given in vain, how should it be collected, let him wait for a charter."

Liu Yu thought of the big pot rice system in later generations, but at that time it was labor for work, and it is the same now, he doesn't care about this money, but he doesn't want the people to develop the habit of eating for nothing. As for paying according to work, and getting more for more work, that should be implemented in a system.

Given the idea, he won't care about specific things, except for Meng Zhijin, Tao Juren, who entered the city the day before yesterday, is also a civil official who has been in the city for a long time, and he can just help do some things. Yuan Hong, who was originally in charge of civil affairs, is currently serving as the city guard, and now the city is basically in a state of self-government for the people.

In the evening, spies from all over the world brought up the day's military information, and when they heard the news reported by Li Shiyi, Liu Yu placed a model soldier on horseback on the sand table. This should only be the first batch, the Tartars have not moved in the past two days, and they must be waiting for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.

Spies in the vicinity of Shishou Mountain, near the river, reported that the Tartar fleet had come from upstream and were unloading their cargo day and night on the wharf. And not long ago, a brigade of Han Chinese foot soldiers was sent down the mountain, carrying what appears to be large pieces of stone. Liu Yu felt that Tartar should be brewing some big action, and it was just in the past few days.

On the morning of the second day, when Liu Yu, who slept late last night, woke up, the sunlight had already entered through the window and shone on the city tower where he was resting. He slept well this night, got out of bed and put on his underwear, put on an official robe, pushed open the door and walked out.

I was about to ask my own soldiers to wash up with a basin of water, and suddenly found that there were many guards gathered on the city wall outside, Liu Yu returned to the inner room and took out the binoculars, and came out to look outside the city, and saw that the Tartar camp in the distance was very lively.

In his shot, countless soldiers are erecting large wooden shelves in the camp, the shape of which is strange, two triangles standing side by side, and the bottom is made of horizontal logs to form a rectangle, which seems to be equipped with wooden wheels, while another group of people is fiddling with a long wooden pole.

Liu Yu put down the binoculars, his eyes suddenly became very solemn, he had already guessed what this thing was, before the appearance of the god of war in modern times, this was the biggest weapon for attacking the city. In terms of ordnance and equipment in ancient China, which were often measured in thousands, Jiankang City will usher in the biggest challenge in the next few days.