Since it is the emperor who wants to pretend to beep in front of himself and outsiders, of course Liu Yu will not continue to brush his sense of existence stupidly.

How far can I hide, how far I can hide, I feel that I can't hide on the ground, and I have run to the sky.

With the telescope in hand, the hot air balloon flew high, and the artillery configuration of the Russian army in the fortress was clearly visible.

A total of seven slightly larger caliber guns were still hidden at this time, and they never fired. I guess I want to hide it and use it during a melee siege to cause a little more damage.

After the hot air balloon flew up, the Russian artillery began to rush to reload the gunpowder.

They knew that it was useless to hide at this time, and they would definitely be destroyed, so it was better to take advantage of the fact that before they were destroyed, they could reverse a siege cannon and reverse one.

The artillery position chosen by Liu Yu for siege cover is in the shape of a concave moon as a whole, and the best gunner in the Beijing camp is waiting for the deployment of Russian artillery after Liu Yu's observation.

Taking advantage of the observation of the hot air balloon and prioritizing the destruction of the Russian artillery, this is the first step in the siege of the city.

Under the hot air balloon, Du Feng, steamed buns and others, as the emperor's imperial election, "do not ride at night", according to the previous reconnaissance and deployment, pretending to be obeying the emperor's edict, but in fact, according to Liu Yu's deployment in advance, he led people to prepare to insert the landmark flag as a digging tunnel into the specified position.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp, who had changed into French military uniforms, pretended to make a big show of fanfare, "pointing the country" right under the noses of the Russians, and from time to time took out their binoculars to observe and point.

The gypsy musicians recruited by Liu Yu were not idle, and were playing the "New Dynasty Yale" that gave the Russians a headache and brought tears to their eyes—the military song of Ottoman Turkey, and the classic Mehtl repertoire: CEDDIN DEDEN.

For a time, the Rakshasas in the city saw the most bizarre scene they could imagine.

The hot air balloon floated in the sky, and all its moves were clearly seen by the enemy.

The French royal family's blue fleur-de-lis flag, the white background flares curtain, the French royal flag with three irises and a crown, and a group of French officers are pointing in the distance.

A band dressed in gypsy costumes plays the military anthem of the Turkish Janissaries. Some Cossacks who had participated in the Third Russo-Turkish War were already trembling with fear when they heard this military song, and they did not dare to recall the nightmare of those years. In that war more than ten years ago, Russia was defeated and lost the mouth of the Don River in Crimea, and the Turkish Janissaries launched one charge after another to this military music.

The commander in the city was even more stunned.

A Trans-Eurasian Confederacy?

France, Turkey, and China, the three biggest enemies of Russia's three strategic directions, have formed an alliance?

The devout Catholics, the Green Christians who stormed Constantinople, the Confucian Son of Heaven who believed in everything and nothing...... An unbreakable alliance was concluded in order to oppose the last glory of Orthodoxy?

Quite a few Cossacks have begun to draw crosses on their chests, and some are crazy and point to the hot air balloons floating in the air and shout: "This is the apocalypse!" Apocalypse! Apocalypse! ”

While they were shouting, the first wave of shelling beneath the city began.

At the same time as the shelling, Du Feng Mantou and others held the flag, galloped wildly, and planted the flag at the turn of the Z-shaped trench according to the predetermined position, dividing the entire battle line to be excavated into dozens of parts.

The heavy earththen carts used to block lead bullets began to take place, and the veterans who had dug pits in the east with Liu Yu dispersed into various digging teams.

Dozens of boxes of blind silver were thrown in front of the battle: Your Majesty has an order, dig up a zhang, one or two pieces of silver, settle on the same day, and no credit will be owed! If you dig the most every day, you will be rewarded with ten taels.

The guards who didn't look down on these thousand taels of silver at all, or didn't dare to embezzle them under the emperor's nose, wore brocade clothes and military uniforms, and stood next to the silver.

After Liu Yu determined that there were only seven cannons in the city, and that there were hot air balloons to observe enough to counter the Russian artillery in two days, the first trench he chose was only 250 meters away from the fortress wall.

Under the cover of the earth-wheeled cart and inspired by the white flowers, the scattered four-person team of more than eighty people broke out with an astonishing speed of digging pits.

If you dig one zhang, you will have one tael of silver, and the four-person team will be able to dig at least one zhang a day, and the full salary for a month as a soldier will only be two and a half taels of silver. Of course, he will not let go of this opportunity to make a fortune under the emperor's nose.

The woven wicker baskets were filled with dirt, and a defensive position was piled up in front of the trench, and the mobilized musketeers were already in place to prevent the Russians from going out of the city to counterattack.

Seeing that the siege below was proceeding in an orderly manner, Liu Yu motioned to the people below to pull the rope, and he wanted to go down.

Replaced by someone else, and continued to observe the deployment of Rakshasa artillery in the city.

Liu Yu squatted in a dug pit on the front line, bored.

Siege warfare, it's just so boring.

The key is that you can't talk nonsense at this time, and it's best not to put one more fart.

This battle was personally commanded by the emperor, not him, Liu Yu. He Liu Yu just served as a guard for a while, and His Majesty thought it could be used after the Holy Judge, and revised a few "key points" with the imperial pen, and then ordered the whole army.

The key to this, Liu Yu thinks very clearly.

As a result, he was very embarrassed in front of the battle.

He can't go to the front-line command, for fear of being "unprovoked" by someone with a heart.

Drinking with the emperor and Khalkha Mongol nobles later, he is not qualified.

The front line rushed to kill, and the emperor was reluctant.

People ate and watched themselves, standing guard on both sides of the emperor like other guards, and the emperor specially rewarded Liu Yu without going.

It's not okay to hide and sleep, you have to let people watch him Liu Yu didn't command, instead of hiding behind the emperor as a staff member, lest someone chew his tongue.

Liu Yu, who was bored to a certain extent, could only catch grasshoppers everywhere on the grassland, and after pinching them to death, he found an ant nest and watched the ants eat grasshoppers and play.

The only advantage is that he can "use his power for personal gain" and arrange some good jobs for some of his acquaintances, which is enough to be promoted when he is rewarded for meritorious deeds after the war.

Groundhog-like tactics that don't seem drastic at all.

The cannon went off for five days, and no one on Dashun's side died, not even injured.

With the help of hot air balloons, the artillery in the city has been completely suppressed; The first trench was deployed; The close-range gun emplacements clinging to the first trench were also dug up; The pit digging team under the responsibility system under the silver bounty dug the pit overnight, and the Z-shaped trench had been extended close enough that it had even begun to dig the second trench as a gathering point for the sortie.

On the high platform, the emperor also drank wine with those Mongolian nobles for five days, watched five days of drama, song and dance, and Shaanxi shadow puppetry.

At this time, the Mongol nobles did not understand the benefits of this siege tactic, and they did not have the slightest respect for the emperor's command, and only felt that digging a pit like a mouse could dig the Rakshasa to death? These Han people just have a lot of guns and guns, and they seem to lack some blood when they fight.

The emperor, who knew what kind of grand curtain call Liu Yu had prepared for that Rakshasa Castle, was not in a hurry, and still drank with the nobles and Mongolian nobles every day.

In the evening, it starts to get really busy. Constantly send people to urge and ask.

When will the elephants and lions transported from the capital arrive?

Did the Rakshasa captives escorted by Handoliwei teach them to kneel and chant the slogan "Long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live"?

According to Hannibal's dictation, is the Russian brigadier general's dress finished?

Liu Yu is bored, and the emperor is also bored.

He had never seen a war like this.

Liu Yu wrote tens of thousands of words of accident disposal plans, but he didn't have a chance to use any of them.

The Rakshasas just stayed in the castle, and after attacking once, they were beaten back by the musketeers and child soldiers deployed in front of them, and they have been squatting honestly ever since.

The number of casualties was reported every day, and the emperor wanted to show benevolence, go and visit, and no one was killed or injured for several days.

Looking at this posture, Liu Yu's previous military order was twenty-five days, and now it seems that it can be won in fifteen or sixteen days at most.

After the second trench was dug up, the Rakshasas finally sent men to hold on to the protective slope outside the fortress, ready to use the huge damage in this section to fight for a decent surrender with personal belongings retained.

However, even this part is a boring battle.

The guns deployed in the first trench emplacement, after adjusting the muzzle inclination angle and reducing the charge, bombarded the slope.

The bouncing iron ball hit the slope and flew around, all in Brownian motion.

Stunned, relying on some direct-fire cannons to hit the effect of curving fire, the Rakshasas who were guarding the protective slope only lasted a day, and then they all ran back.

The slope was undefended, and the artillery began to routinely bombard the position of the bulge fort every day to cover the infantry.

The infantry, carrying branches, mud, and baskets on their backs, under the cover of artillery, filled the moat in only one day, and the whole fortress was already close at hand.

On the tenth day, the elite hand-to-hand fighters prepared for the final siege had been assembled at the sortie point of the second trench.

The digging battalion has also finished digging the tunnel where the gunpowder is buried, and in order to prevent the power of the gunpowder from being dispersed, the tunnel takes on a "匚" shape. As early as when Liu Yu came to investigate, he had dug a pit and knew that the groundwater was very deep.

In order to let the Mongol tribes see the shocking effect, and in order to give this fortress a gorgeous curtain call, a full 4,000 catties of gunpowder were buried in the tunnel, and the final closure has been completed.

Now, just wait for the emperor's final order.

On the evening of the thirteenth day, the emperor finally waited for the good news he wanted.

Elephants and lions will arrive tomorrow.

The Rakshasa captives of Handoliwei had also learned to shout long live, and the Russian brigadier general's gown, cut according to Hannibal's dictation, had been completed, and were waiting to perform a great drama of "Beidi submission" in front of the emperor.

The next day, the emperor went against the grain and changed into a military uniform.

The Mongolian nobles who thought they were going to watch the lively Shaanxi shadow puppets and watch the women dance as they usually did noticed the abnormality and didn't know what it meant.

The emperor said a word in Mongolian.

"There is no singing and dancing today. However, it can still be served with wine. What could be better than the blood and fear of the enemy to drink in the steppe? ”

Lightly finished filling the beep, and with a slight wave of his hand, the guard beside him shook the big flag in his hand.

Front.

The officer who finally checked the fuse lit it.

The elite hand-to-hand infantry who had been waiting in the sortie position for several days were all half-squatting on the ground, strictly forbidden to lean against the pit wall, pressing their hands on their ears and opening their mouths slightly.

Rear.

The time-counting procession was in the final "dress rehearsal", and the elephants and lions, which are highly symbolic in Buddhism, were fed. Silk, porcelain, brocade, and even sugar cane and pomelo that were to be given to the Mongol nobles were also loaded with carts. The leader took out his Western pocket watch and stared at the time on it, preparing to complete the last leg of the journey at the scheduled time.