Geng Jimao was thus placed under house arrest by Hong Chengchou in the government office, along with his relatives.

Hong Chengchou claimed that Geng Jimao was accidentally injured in the government office, and his legs and feet were inconvenient and could not move.

Of course, Geng Jiajun didn't believe in this reason, and shouted to save the prince.

Hong Chengchou had expected it, and simply let out cruel words, if there was any change in Geng Jiajun, he did not dare to guarantee Geng Jimao's personal safety.

This frightened the soldiers of the Geng family's army, and no one dared to shout and kill anymore.

After all, the life of his own prince is in the hands of Hong Chengchou, and people can make Geng Jimao's head fall to the ground as long as they hook their fingers.

Now although the prince is under house arrest by Hong Chengchou, he has no worries about his life.

In case they really forced Hong Chengchou to be anxious, and Hong Chengchou ordered someone to end up with the prince, wouldn't they be doing a disservice?

According to Hong Chengchou's request, they began to devote their energy to defending the city.

Anyway, when the Ming army is repulsed, there is time to confront Hong Chengchou.

They didn't believe that Hong Chengchou would dare to be so arrogant at that time.

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In the camp of the Ming army, Zhu Youlang faced Liu Xingming, who blamed himself, and he really couldn't open his mouth to blame.

"Your Majesty, it is all the ministers who are not doing well, so that the old thief Hong escaped, and please punish Your Majesty."

Zhu Youlang shook his head and said, "It's not your fault, who would have thought that Hong Chengchou was not in the yamen at that time?" ”

Not long ago, Hong Chengchou appeared at the head of the city to boost morale, and Zhu Youlang observed this through a telescope.

There is no doubt that Hong Chengchou was not killed, but it is not Liu Xingming's fault either. Zhu Youlang can't put the blame on Liu Xingming.

"Your Majesty, although the old thief Hong was not killed, he must have had a disagreement with Geng Jimao after this incident. Has Your Majesty noticed that Geng Jimao has not appeared in the city recently? ”

Li Dingguo said on the side: "If the minister's expectation is correct, maybe this bombing and the previous letter of persuasion have had an unexpected effect. ”

Li Dingguo's analysis is still very reasonable.

Zhu Youlang thought about it carefully, and it was indeed very likely that the two were already incompatible.

"Is it possible that Geng Jimao has been placed under house arrest by Hong Chengchou?"

Although this is just a speculation, Zhu Youlang feels that the possibility is very high.

"Your Majesty is wise. If so, it is definitely the best news for Daming. ”

Li Dingguo said eloquently: "Hong Chengchou thinks that if he controls Geng Jimao, he can control Geng's army, which is simply a joke. Attacking the city at this time, we can do more with less. ”

Zheng Chenggong also agreed: "Your Majesty, you quickly order the siege of the city." The soldiers can't wait. ”

In fact, Zhu Youlang still wanted to blow up the hot air balloon again, but he thought that the Qing army would definitely make a series of targeted arrangements, and the effect of the hot air balloon would be greatly reduced, so he still forgot it.

"That's exactly what I mean. I don't know which gate do you think you should attack? ”

Liu Xingming scratched his head and said: "Your Majesty, although the minister didn't see too clearly when he flew to Nanchang City in a hot air balloon, he generally felt that Nanchang's defense was relatively even. If you only attack one place, the effect may not be good. It is better to attack from all sides to put pressure on the Qing army. ”

Zhu Youlang felt that Liu Xingming's analysis made some sense, so he nodded and said, "In this case, let's divide the main direction of attack." King Jin, you are responsible for attacking the south gate, how about it? ”

"Obey the order!"

Although the Son of Heaven said it very politely, Li Dingguo knew that he was not discussing with him, so he hugged his fists and led the order very wisely.

"King Zhong, Zhang Benbing, you attack the east gate, okay?"

"Command!"

"Obey the order!"

Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong received orders one after another.

Compared with Li Dingguo and Kuidong Zhuxun, they have not fought a battle all the way, and they have long been suffocated.

Now that the Son of Heaven has given them the task of attacking the East Gate, they naturally have to behave well and never disappoint the Son of Heaven.

"The Duke of Linguo, the Duke of Anhui, and the Duke of Jingguo. You have the strongest army, and I will order you to attack the north gate, which has the largest number of enemy troops. ”

Zhu Youlang now has more and more momentum as a superior, and he is not angry and self-authoritative as soon as he speaks, which is pleasing and convincing.

"Commandment!"

"As for this West Gate, I will lead the Tiger Ben Army to attack it in person."

If it had been placed more than a year ago when the Tiger Ben Army had just been established, Zhu Youlang would never have dared to boast of such a Haikou.

After all, at that time, the Tiger Ben Army was not enough to attack a city wall alone in such an important siege battle, both in terms of combat experience and the number of troops.

Now, after more than a year of training, the Tiger Ben Army has accumulated extremely rich combat experience, and now its number is close to 30,000.

There is no problem at all with such an elite main attack on a city wall.

Zhu Youlang also hopes that in the course of the war, the veterans can better lead the recruits and inherit the spirit of the Tiger Army.

Beyond that, it's a declaration. It is declared that the Son of Heaven has a very capable army in his hands.

As long as this army is there, no force will dare to underestimate Zhu Youlang.

Of course, Zhu Youlang knew that Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, Li Laiheng and others were very loyal. But there may not be no careerists in the army, and for the sake of insurance, there must be an army directly under the emperor and obeying the emperor's orders. Only in this way can we straighten our waists, and only in this way can careerists not dare to covet big positions.

Today's Prince Nanming family is basically dead, and there are no more children of the Zhu family who compete with Zhu Youlang for the throne.

This is undoubtedly a good thing, and Zhu Youlang should also take advantage of this to recover the lost ground as much as possible.

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"Hong Jingluo, look, the thieves are about to attack the city!"

On the city wall, Zhang Chaoxuan saw that there was movement in the Ming army camp, and his heart was extremely nervous.

Although he said that he was not afraid, his body was very sincere, his legs couldn't stop trembling, and his face was a little pale.

Hong Chengchou snorted coldly with disdain: "If Governor Zhang is afraid, you can go to the city tower to rest first." ”

"Ah, the lower officials don't dare."

Zhang Chaoxuan hurriedly said.

Hong Chengchou is really not pretending to be calm. It's just that there are too many big battles he has experienced in his life, and there are many more critical scenes than this.

Hong Chengchou didn't panic at that time, and naturally he won't do it now.

On the surface, at least, the scene is still open.

The Ming army wanted to use a stratagem to deceive the city gate, but he saw through it in time to stop it.

In addition, the firearms of the Ming army were greatly restricted due to the damp weather, which was extremely beneficial to the Qing army.

Now for Hong Chengchou, as long as he consumes as much as possible, it will be more and more beneficial to the Qing army.

The Ming army had limited food and grass, and as long as they dragged it until they ran out of food and grass, they would retreat on their own.

After all, it is a very terrifying thing for the army to run out of food, and hundreds of thousands of troops mutinied, even if the gods came to the world, it was impossible to suppress it.

"Pass the order, the whole army is on alert, if the Ming army attacks, it will shoot Benjing a little hard!"

Hong Chengchou deliberately cheered up and said aloud while waving his arms.

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