Under the leadership of Li Laiheng, the Kuidong coalition army finally arrived at the foot of Jiujiang City.

Jiujiang City was built along the river, so one side was the water gate, and the Ming army could attack only the other three city gates.

Li Laiheng did not immediately order an attack, but ordered the whole army to be stationed three miles away from Jiujiang City.

After hearing the news, Zhao Liben immediately took his henchmen to the city to inspect.

Wu Kuan saw that Zhao Li was gone, and said half sarcastically: "It's windy in the city, Zhao Fuzun should go down first, so as not to blow the wind for a while." ”

Zhao Liben said with a straight face: "Where is this mansion so delicate, the soldiers are working hard in the city, can't this mansion come and see it?" ”

Wu Kuan laughed out loud.

"Wherever and wherever you want, Zhao Fuzun can stay as long as he wants."

Zhao Li said in his heart that he and this Wu Kuan really did not deal with each other, and after defeating the Ming army, he must use the relationship between the DPRK and China to transfer this Wu Kuan away.

Otherwise, the two of them looked up and didn't look down, and they were too upset.

"Mr. Wu, what's the situation now? I think the black pressure outside the city is all people, there should be tens of thousands of people, right? ”

Although Zhao Liben doesn't know much about military affairs, he still has an intuitive feeling.

In his opinion, it is not an easy thing to deal with such tens of thousands of elites of the Ming army.

Because he was very worried.

"There are definitely tens of thousands. However, Zhao Fuzun doesn't have to worry too much, this Jiujiang City is impregnable, and there are several cannons, so there is nothing to fear. ”

Zhao Liben was suspicious in his heart, this was completely different from the appearance of Wu Kuan when he looked for him before.

At that time, Wu Kuan bluntly said that it was difficult to defend the city, and if the soldiers were not given some rewards to fiercely defend the city, it was likely that Jiujiang would not be able to defend it.

Why did it take only a few days to completely change the statement?

Zhao Liben now seriously suspected that the 50,000 taels of silver were not distributed to the soldiers at all, but were swallowed by Wu Kuan.

It is not uncommon for military salaries to be deducted. But Zhao Liben didn't expect Wu Kuan to be so black-hearted, and the enemy didn't forget to blacken a handful of money at present.

Now it seems that Wu Kuan has a plan for a long time, and is ready to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

Poor Zhao Liben was treated as a monkey and didn't know it, and he was panicked like an ant on a hot pot.

Ridiculous, ridiculous!

Zhao Liben is as disgusting as eating a fly, but what can he do?

Even if he broke his teeth, he had to swallow it in his stomach.

At this time, he fell out with Wu Kuan, and the consequences were devastating.

"Mr. Wu, what should we do now?"

Zhao Liben forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, squeezed out a smile and said.

Wu Kuan laughed and said, "Just do nothing." Haven't you heard a sentence in Zhao Fuzun, if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. ”

Zhao Liben was extremely aggrieved in his heart, he felt that Wu Kuan looked at him like a three-year-old child.

Hmph, he also took a look at how this Wu Kuan commanded the city guard.

"Come on, get a chair for the house. This house is here, not going anywhere! ”

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In the big tent of the Ming army, Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and others sat around a table to discuss the next plan.

In general, the siege principle they formulated was to outwit the city, and in that case they would not force it.

The general attack of the Ming army had to wait until Liu Xingming, who had mixed into the city in advance.

They agreed that when Liu Xingming lit fireworks, Li Laiheng would give the order to attack the city.

At that time, the inner city should help to cause chaos and take the opportunity to open the city gates.

Regardless of whether the city gate can be opened or not, it will be extremely beneficial to the Ming army attacking head-on.

Taking Jiujiang at the smallest cost is the only thing Li Laiheng has to do now.

"Little Tiger, I also took a look at the situation in Jiujiang City. The number of defenders in the city will not be small, it should be more than 30,000. Look at the Qing soldiers at the head of the city, densely packed. ”

Liu Tichun analyzed: "And the cannon, it is bound to cause great damage to the sons." ”

Li Laiheng bowed his head slightly in agreement.

"Yes, so we'll have to wait for news as much as possible. If you could open a gate, things would be much easier. ”

"But you have to be prepared for the worst."

Yuan Zongdi added: "If you can't open the city gate, you still have to attack it head-on. You can try the coffin bombing city, what do you think, little tiger? ”

His Majesty the Emperor has already taught the details of the coffin bombing city to the Kuidong Zhuxun, although they have not practiced it yet, but they feel that it should not be too difficult.

After all, they have seen His Majesty the Emperor use this tactic countless times, haven't they eaten pork or seen a pig run?

"That's a really good idea. It can cooperate with field artillery to cover the soldiers who are digging tunnels. ”

Li Laiheng has always felt that there is a dead hole in the coffin bombing the city, that is, when digging tunnels, if the enemy army at the head of the city bombards it with artillery, it is simply a target.

It's just that it just so happens that every time the Ming army uses this tactic, either the Qing army has no artillery, or there is already civil strife in the city, and it is too late to use artillery.

But this attack on Jiujiang, if Liu Xingming can't deceive the city gate at the first time, the Ming army will have to consider digging tunnels under the artillery fire of the Qing army.

The best way to do this was to retaliate by firing artillery at the gunners at the head of the city.

As long as the firepower of the Qing army is overwhelmed and they are left to take care of themselves, the soldiers who dig the tunnels can be safe.

Otherwise, the entrance to the cave will be blocked after a few shots, and the soldiers may be buried alive inside.

"There's nothing wrong with these guns, right?"

"There should be no problem with the artillery, but the shells have to be spared. Your Majesty left us these shells, and when they ran out, they were gone. ”

"Well, just wait until it's dark."

Lee Lai Heng muttered.

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It was getting dark.

Martial law was imposed in the city of Jiujiang, so the streets were empty, and there were hardly any pedestrians in sight.

Tianfu is very lively.

According to Liu Xingming's plan, tonight is the time for the incident.

The servants and guards of each family were all summoned to Tianfu in advance, and there were thousands of people gathered.

That is to say, a wealthy compound like the Tian family can accommodate so many people, and it is not easy to arouse suspicion.

Tian Ji's mood was still a little apprehensive.

For the Tian family, tonight is an extremely critical night, and whether they can further gain the name of the imperial merchant depends on tonight.

Liu Xingming was by his side, but he was silent and didn't say much.

It wasn't until Tian Ji took the initiative to call him that Liu Xingming said: "After a while, Tian Yuan will call for people to go out of the mansion, and we will go all the way to the city government according to the original plan to set fire to attract the attention of the government, and go all the way to seize Fengtianmen." I've seen that Fengtianmen is the closest to here, and it has the fewest Qing soldiers stationed there, so it's easiest to take it. If all goes well, I'll light fireworks and inform the army outside the city to attack the city. ”

Tian Ji nodded when he heard this: "There is no problem." But Grandpa Liu, can we really take the Fengtian Gate? ”

Liu Xingming said in a deep voice: "It is naturally difficult in normal times, but it is the middle of the night in the third watch, and the Qing soldiers are the most tired. But we have already recuperated and have a good chance of winning at this time. ”

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