The Ming army's naval division was still marching towards the Jiujiang River.

At the same time, Liu Xingming took a hot air balloon to spy on intelligence, and another sentinel rode to Xingguo Prefecture and Tongshan to inquire about the news.

Li Laiheng made all preparations.

His Majesty handed over Huguang to him before leaving, and he had to ensure that Huguang was not in any danger.

When he arrived at Chengzi Town, Li Laiheng found that the river had been blocked by sunken ships and iron cables, and the sailors could not pass through it at all.

In desperation, Li Laiheng had to order the whole army to get off the ship and take the land route to Jiujiang.

There's no way around it.

If they were still the same bamboo raft boat as before, they might still be able to pass, but now a large sand boat of this size can only look at the river and sigh.

It was easy for the soldiers to disembark, but it was not easy to carry all the food and grass to the shore.

In particular, the few cannons left by His Majesty for them, although they are much lighter than ordinary cannons, it is still difficult to rely on manpower to carry them.

Li Laiheng had no choice but to mobilize the strength of the whole army and keep cheering up the soldiers.

It took them more than half a day to unload all the grain, grass, baggage, and ordnance.

After half a day's work, Liu Xingming has returned.

Looking at Liu Xingming with a sad face, Li Laiheng knew that the situation was not simple.

"Xingming, you speak slowly, drink some water first."

Seeing Liu Xingming's eager look, Li Laiheng took the initiative to hand over a water bladder.

Liu Xingming grabbed the water bladder and drank it all, then wiped his mouth and said, "There are a lot of cannons in Jiujiang City. I didn't dare to descend too low when I flew over the city, for fear that the Tartars would see me. ”

"Cannons? How many doors are there? ”

"At least a dozen of them."

Liu Xingming scratched his head and said, "In this way, if we want to storm Jiujiang City, I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”

Li Laiheng said in his heart that the Tartars seemed to be well prepared, this was because they had long expected that they would come to attack Jiujiang.

First, a shipwreck cable was placed on the river to stop the advance of the sailors, and so many cannons were prepared at the head of the city...

"Little tiger, don't panic, let's take a look at how to attack Jiujiang."

Yuan Zongdi stroked his beard and continued: "Judging from the current situation, Tartar has already prepared. Judging from their arrangement, they were afraid that we would attack by water. If I'm not mistaken, the cannon at the head of Jiujiang City should also be aimed at the river. ”

"Uncle Yuan means that we are going the other way?"

"Not bad!"

Yuan Zongdi squinted his eyes and smiled: "Not only do you have to do the opposite, but you also have to try to avoid the eyes and ears of the Tartars." ”

"But our army is tens of thousands, how can we avoid the eyes and ears of the Tartars?"

"This requires dispersing the forces and dressing up."

Yuan Zongdi patted Li Laiheng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Little Tiger, you were still young at the time, and you didn't know how we attacked the city when we followed King Chuang. Lao Liu, do you talk to the little tiger? ”

If Zhu Youlang was in the army, Yuan Zongdi would not say it anyway.

After all, Li Chuang forced Emperor Chongzhen to death, and they were inevitably inseparable.

But now that the emperor is gone, some heart-wrenching words can be said.

Liu Tichun nodded and said: "At the beginning, King Chuang led us to attack the city and pull out the fortress, which was basically not a hard attack, but an outwitted attack. ”

He took a deep breath and said, "For example, before attacking a city, send some people to disguise themselves as ordinary people, and then go into the city to spread some songs. You must know the most famous one. ”

"Seeking ascension in the morning, seeking harmony in the evening, it is difficult for the poor to survive recently.

Open the door early to worship the king, and the discipline is happy for everyone big and small.

Slaughtered cattle and sheep, prepared wine syrup, opened the gate of the city to meet the king, and the king came and did not pay for the grain.

Eat his mother, her mother, and eat not enough to break the king.

If you don't pay for it, you don't pay for food, and everyone has a happy life. ”

Li Laiheng said casually.

"Yes, it's this ballad. As soon as this ballad came out, it was tried and tested. It doesn't matter if it's the poor people or the small traders and vendors, they are all scrambling to open the city gates. Even if the city gates cannot be opened, the hearts of the people in the city will be scattered. We are attacking the city as if we were digging for something. ”

Yuan Zongdi said with relish: "So, why can't we use it now?" ”

Li Laiheng patted his head and said loudly: "Yes, Uncle Yuan is really anxious, why didn't I think of it." ”

Although the identities are now reversed, the Manchu Qing Dynasty sits in the world, and the Ming Dynasty fights the world.

But it's the same thing.

Now the Manchu Qing Dynasty is brutal, and the people are struggling to make a living.

As long as you make up a similar song and sing it in the city, it will definitely win the hearts of the people.

At that time, the situation will not be under the control of the Qing army.

But the problem was that in the beginning, it was enough for the soldiers to disguise themselves as ordinary people and blend into the city.

But now is wartime, and the Qing army will definitely impose martial law.

It's not easy to get into the city.

"Hot air balloons, perhaps?"

Liu Xingming suggested a possibility.

"I used to take a hot air balloon ride into the city at night when I was playing Huguang. Although the hot air balloon can't bring too many people into the city at one time, a dozen or so people are enough to spread the ballad. ”

Li Laiheng couldn't stop pacing.

Although this method is very good, there are still a lot of risks.

Especially those who blend into the city need to stay in the city for at least a long time.

To get noticed, you have to shave your hair.

It's also a psychological challenge.

"Xingming, can you really accept shaving?"

"What's this, isn't this to take Jiujiang, not to mention that your hair can grow out if you shave, and you won't be bald if you shave."

As soon as Liu Xingming's words fell, he saw his father glaring at him fiercely, so frightened that he shrank his neck and didn't dare to say more.

"Little Tiger, I'll say a few words too. It's not that my uncle is selfish, do I really think I have to take such a big risk? ”

Liu Tichun turned to Li Laiheng and said earnestly.

Yuan Zongdi coughed twice and said, "Brother, this risk is related to the benefit. How is it possible to benefit without taking risks? ”

Liu Tichun and Yuan Zongdi are both Li Laiheng's elders, and the two of them have one attitude, so that Li Laiheng really doesn't know what to do.

"Maybe you can send someone else into town in a hot air balloon?"

Li Laiheng asked tentatively.

"That's not going to work, no one knows hot air ballooning better than I do."

Liu Xingming got his courage out of nowhere, and said with a stiff neck.

"Uncle Liu, look..."

Li Laiheng looked at Liu Tichun helplessly.

"Alas, you kid is really not worrying."

Liu Tichun shook his head and said, "Okay, since you insist on going if you want to go, go ahead." But you have to take good care of yourself and wait for Lao Tzu to enter the city. ”

Seeing that his father finally relented, Liu Xingming jumped up excitedly like a child.

He has always been strictly required by Liu Tichun, and it is difficult for him to have time to play by himself.

His Majesty the Emperor lit the candle in his heart, and now he couldn't wait to express himself.

"Rest assured father, son will definitely take care of himself."

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