Chapter 70: Digging the Ground

When Zhang Hu heard Liren's concern for himself and the soldiers, he was suddenly moved and wanted to shed tears, but he held back his impulsive tears and looked at Liren strongly, "Bang~!" "A Suzaku military salute.

Rihito looked at his most intimate subordinate's straight and tense body, resolute face, and stretched his arm diagonally towards him. Li Ren also extended his hand to salute in return, and then ordered him: "Captain Zhang, now let the soldiers be fully prepared so that they can annihilate all the enemies in one fell swoop." ”

"No~!" Zhang Lei answered categorically, turned around and went out to arrange the safety of the soldiers.

General He of the official army looked at the smoke-filled thief army city wall, and talked with his lieutenant with confidence: "Haha~! Today I'm going to see how such a high wall could withstand our artillery (ancient trebuchets and explosive gunpowder shells became cannons, not artillery in the modern sense). ”

"Yes, the general is wise and powerful, and the small thief army wall will definitely be breached by the general, and we will definitely be able to make a big note in the credit book when the time comes." This adjutant was specially sent by Generalissimo Li to spy on General He, and he was fiercely patting General He's horses on the side. When he saw the siege weapons used by General He now, he had long been thinking about finding some benefits in the merit book.

A long burst of smoke from inferior gunpowder gradually dissipated, and General He opened his eyes wide to look at the gradually revealing wall of the thief army in the distance. But to his disappointment, the tall thief wall was still so tall and tall when the smoke cleared. He rubbed his eyes vigorously in disbelief, and looked at the thief army city wall fiercely, as if he wanted to see through the city wall, but everything was in vain, the city wall was still the city wall.

The adjutant general next to him also looked very surprised at this time, looked at the city wall and then looked at General He, his eyes suddenly lit up, he looked at the city wall carefully, and hurriedly said to General He: "General, you see, the city wall has been blown open by our cannons. ”

General He hurriedly asked, "Oh! Over there? ”

The adjutant general pointed to the place where a large layer of soil had fallen on the city wall, and hurriedly pointed to General He and said, "General, where do you look, a large piece has been dropped." ”

General He carefully observed and finally found the slightly different place, and was immediately overjoyed, and loudly ordered his subordinates: "Quick! Bomb me again, aim there, be sure to aim, as long as you can enter the city, everything in it will be ours, and then the gunners will be rewarded with five taels of gold each. ”

General Ho's mobilization of money immediately had a very good effect, the sergeants pulled the ropes of the stone throwers fiercely, used all the strength of the milk, and the gunners also aimed very carefully, and suddenly ten stone throwers consumed the reserve ammunition at a speed three times faster than before.

The walls of the City of Hope were suddenly attacked with nearly three times more fire than before, and the roaring explosions were suddenly connected, and they couldn't hear the loud words in their ears clearly, and the soldiers on the city walls couldn't raise their heads at this time. From time to time, the fortified towers were hit by bombs, and layers of ash fell from the roofs to the ground like snow. Rihito and the others, who had been observing, immediately became gray people.

There was no one in the castle tower for a while, and they ran out of it laughing, and at this time, the captains also ran to the castle tower for the safety of Riehito. Seeing that Rihito and the others were fine, everyone suddenly burst into laughter.

General He of the official army looked at his subordinates, firing every shell with his best efforts, he was very happy, and took off the wine jug from his horse and drank it boldly.

Generalissimo Li heard the sound of artillery in the distance three miles away, and he was not surprised at all, because these things were provided by him to General He, and the purpose was to try this weapon provided by the Northern Yuan people, whether it could see the city and attack the city, and it was unstoppable. The second is to see if the legendary thief army wall is as strong as the spies described.

However, he knew very well in his heart that the wall of the thief army could be captured like that, and even if it was captured, the 60,000 Vermilion Bird army of the thief army would be enough for him General He to drink a pot. Thinking of this, he believed in *** and said to himself: "Look at how big you are, you still dare to fight with me, hehe, no matter whether the city is broken or not, as long as your military order is there, you are finished." Ha ha~! "The anger that General He has given him for more than ten days, he can finally vent it now.

Several lieutenant generals next to him heard Generalissimo Li's self-talk, and they were all on the wrong path with General He, and they had long wanted to drive this old and rough He Da out of this crusade team. Besides, if there are few people, the things in the city will naturally have more evil, and they will have a lot of points for their own masters. With such thoughts, the lieutenants immediately became interested in the beautiful life of being able to marry a few more concubines after they got their finances in the future.

At this time, the spies who were exploring the way ahead hurriedly came to the front of Generalissimo Li, fell to the ground on one knee and reported in a hurry: "Marshal Qiqi, it is two miles away from the battlefield, may I ask if you have set up camp?" ”

Generalissimo Li was in the middle of a sexual affair with all the partial generals, when the spies came to report, and they learned that they had arrived at the predetermined place. He looked up at the invisible wall of the thief army not far away, which was already shrouded in smoke, and immediately instructed the spies: "Inform the battalions, stop the ranks, and set up camp on the spot." ”

There was a rush of chaos, and there were more than 200,000 people in each battalion, busy with fire and black sweat. With the enthusiasm of the troops fighting in the front, they finally set up their camps when the sun was in the west. At this time, Generalissimo Li, who was sitting in the tent of the Chinese army, sent spies to inquire about the current progress of General He's siege.

When General He received the marshal's inquiry, he was so anxious that his forehead was sweating and staring at the thief army city wall that was about to disperse the smoke. I almost saw it, and the adjutant general next to him was also pinching General He in a cold sweat at this time. "Huh~~" At this time, a cold wind blew, and the smoke covering the city was quickly blown away.

Stupid, General He and the deputy general were completely stupid, such a violent explosion did not put the wall of the thief army how. There were only a few shallow pits in the walls to illustrate how violent the explosion was. "Puff~!" General He suddenly fell to his knees and shouted loudly: "Why~~? Why~?? Why is it ~? ”

The herald saw that General He was now half-crazy, and quietly slipped away without saying a word, although the adjutant general next to him wanted to pull him now, but for the sake of his own future, he also slipped away with the herald.

Generalissimo Li knew that General He was the vanguard and had nothing to gain, and he lost 3,000 men who began to explore the way and attack the city, and the fire was immediately extremely great. Looking at General He, who was kneeling in front of him, he asked angrily: "General He, what do you say to do to you now?" ”

General He just had a lot of questions in his heart, and said to himself: "Why, why is this?" "I didn't hear what Generalissimo Lee said at all.

When Generalissimo Li saw that he was already like this, he immediately ordered his soldiers to arrive: "Come on, pull me down and lock him up." Wait for our class teacher to return to the court and let His Majesty convict him. ”

After the strategists who were observing from the sidelines and other soldiers dragged General He down, they frowned and asked Generalissimo Li: "My lord, don't you want to take his life?" Why are you letting him go now? ”

"Hmph~! Don't you see? He is now a wasted man, and instead of affecting our morale before the battle, it is better to wait until the class master returns to the dynasty and let His Majesty condemn him. Moreover, if a mad man does not want his life, he is no different from death. Now let him go and establish my prestige in front of the generals, the best of both worlds, why don't I do it? With a slight smile on his face, Generalissimo Li whispered to his advisers.

After listening to Generalissimo Li's words, the strategist immediately said in a loud voice: "My lord, Gao~!" You're really tall~! It's really high. ”

"Hehe, a little bit just doesn't deserve praise. It's just that the strength of the thief army in front of me is very worrying to me. Generalissimo Li was still complacent under the praise of the strategists at first, and suddenly thought of General He's attack on the city, and suddenly frowned again, worried.

When the strategist heard this, he also fell into deep thought, and after a long time, the two people in the tent stood up and sat down. Suddenly, the strategist stood up and said hurriedly: "My lord~! You think it's good. ”

"Huh? Do you have a way now? Generalissimo Li happily raised his head and looked at the strategist: "Say it quickly~!" ”

The advisor immediately said, "My lord, in my opinion, the thief army is now only relying on its own city to be high and solid, and we cannot attack from above, can we not attack from below?" ”

Generalissimo Li's eyes lit up suddenly, and he clapped his hands and said, "Yes, we can go from below, but is the terrain here conducive to from below?" ”

When the strategist heard this, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he really wanted to slap his mouth. But now that it's here, I have to catch the ducks on the shelves. He could only pretend to be on a certain side and said, "Your Excellency, you see that we still have a lot of gunpowder shells, and we will dig a tunnel under their city to the bottom of the city." Then start with the foundation and blast the walls open. ”

Generalissimo Li frowned and listened to what the strategist said, but there was nothing he wanted to hear. He interrupted the counsellor and said, "I ask you, is there a good place to dig underneath?" ”

"This~~? This one~? The strategist suddenly began to hesitate, unable to explain why.

Generalissimo Li was a little angry, and said to him sternly: "Say quickly, don't grind~!" ”

"Lord Qiyu, the small one hasn't been investigated yet, so ~~! So~~! Then the counsellor was in a hurry to tell the truth.

Generalissimo Li suddenly said to him angrily: "Now why don't you go to investigate~?" ”

"Yes~Yes~Yes~!" The strategist immediately hurriedly withdrew from the Chinese military tent.

Liren waited for the official army for two days and did not see the official army attack, he asked Zhang Lei suspiciously: "Zhang Lei, why don't you do it now?" ”

"Lord Qiqi, in the past two days, I have sent someone to investigate and learned that the officers and soldiers are digging the ground." Zhang Lei truthfully reported what he knew.

"Digging the ground?" Li Ren was a little puzzled for a moment, and immediately asked again: "Why are they digging the ground if they don't attack our city wall?" ”

"We don't know this, but we just sent people to the side to continue to observe." Zhang Lei is also full of questions.