The next day, the Han army marched to Yancheng again, and the Huaihai Sea was covered with a dense water network, and hundreds of thousands of people from the Han army headquarters rushed to Yancheng, a famous city in the world, for several days.

Yancheng is a city that mainly boils salt, and it can be said that it is rich and rivals the country. If Yancheng stops production, Daming's salt will be in short supply, and then the price of salt will skyrocket. Yancheng is controlled by the great family of Xu Huai, and it can be said that it is the most eye-catching place in the Ming Dynasty.

Yancheng, with an annual output value of at least tens of millions of taels, should have been a strong agent for the Ming Dynasty, but the tax silver that the Ming Dynasty could collect was only about 200,000 taels. It should be all rich and poor, but Yancheng is rich and poor. In this case, it stands to reason that the people of Yancheng should be well-off and wealthy, but in fact, the poor will always be poor. However, the life of the people of Yancheng is indeed much better than that of other places, at least they can already have food and clothing without hunger.

The First Battle of Huaihai ended unexpectedly very quickly, and only the Han army itself knew whether the Han army suffered heavy losses.

However, according to the estimate of the Min prefect, the Han army should also have suffered heavy losses. After all, the 5,000 cavalry of the Zuojia Army is also a very strong force, and these thousands of people at least cost the Han army a few thousand casualties. The total number of prisoners of the Han army was 34,000, even if a few thousand people were scattered, that is to say, the infantry of the Zuojia army lost more than 10,000 or 20,000 people. 20,000 people were at least exchanged for 10,000 casualties of the Han army, and based on this estimate, the Min prefect concluded that except for 10,000 cavalry and some people, the rest of the elite of the Han army had been disabled. And the cavalry is not able to get on the horse to have combat effectiveness, so it is estimated that the combat effectiveness of the Han cavalry is also very doubtful.

The battle report of the Han army's strength estimation of the Min prefect's mansion was quickly transmitted to two places. One is Jingshi, and the other is Nanjing.

The Jiangnan family who got the battle table was relieved, and even the guards and commanders of Yancheng were full of confidence.

The seven-meter-high Yancheng can be as big as the big city in the world, with 20 medium guns and 50 small guns. There are even two forts in the city gate, with a total of four Hongyi general cannons. There are thousands of firecrackers, all of which are durable barrels. There are 20,000 elite soldiers in the city, and now they are armed with 20,000 young men. There was enough food in the city to last a winter, and there was a moat. There are still 40,000 troops in such a strong city, and Yancheng is safe and sound in the face of the bloody Han army.

The siege cavalry could not be used, so Chen Xiong first sent cavalry to investigate the enemy within a radius of 100 miles. After all, the two or three hundred thousand horses of the Zuo family army are not falsely reported.

Under the sunny city, Chen Xiong personally took Zuo Zongwei, the commander of the Crime Cleansing Army, and others to watch this ancient city.

Yancheng is full of guns, soldiers are dense, and what is more troublesome is that there are moats everywhere. There are three city gates in Yancheng, and there is a four-meter-wide moat outside the city wall. Yancheng is a large salt river and a small wharf in the direction of the sea. But this is an inland river, and it is difficult for sailors to enter it, so they can't carry the boat over. The banks of the river were very long, and the walls were only three meters high, but the artillery was much denser than the others, and it was guarded by many firearms archers. The only gap should be the foothold of the docks, but it will be difficult to withstand the cover of the many fires.

After walking around, Chen Xiong returned to the big tent and discussed with the army commanders.

There are so many solid artillery pieces in Yancheng that the Han army has never seen. The commanders of the army all felt that it was difficult to do, and it seemed that they could only exchange their lives.

This time, the crime cleansing army was the main force, and when Chen Xiong saw that everyone was speechless, he asked: "How can the left commander be sure?" ”

Zuo Zongwei frowned bitterly, such a fortified city must have 100,000 people to take turns to grind slowly. There must also be a large number of artillery attacks, otherwise the siege can only cause the city to collapse without food.

"My lord, if you want to fill the river, you must use thousands of people and nearly 10,000 people to exchange, and then you must rely on the will of the defenders to attack the city. There must also be a large number of wooden carts for sacks and bulldozers. "The cannon fodder of the Crime Washing Army, if it goes well, one or two thousand people will die and capture the city wall. If the defenders do not retreat, they may not be able to capture even if they are dead.

The three elders of the headquarters have no understanding of the army, and everyone has no better way. After all, they can't command the Han army, and they can only fight with human lives.

Seeing that everyone can't help it, Chen Xiong is not surprised, these commanders are not geniuses. Of course, the most important thing is that they can't command the Han pro-army, and they can only fight hard with the combat effectiveness of the local Han army.

"Since there is no opinion, then the generals will listen to the order."

"It's the lord." Everyone received the order, and the left commander trembled even more.

Chen Xiong smiled: "The sin cleansing army charged with ox carts, filled in the earth under the three city walls, and also arranged archers to disturb the Ming army on the ox carts. ”

"Honorable Order." The left commander received the order, and he felt very strange about this order, how many precious ploughing cattle would die in this way!

"Commander Zuo, your main task is to fight with the Ming army and consume the energy of the Ming army. The time lasted for two days and nights, paying attention to reducing casualties, and the cattle were sent back for treatment if they were injured. ”

Chen Xiong's words were very plain, but Commander Zuo's heart couldn't help but tremble. The Han army lord didn't let them die!

"The Fifth Army of the Han Dynasty and the Sixth Army of the Han Dynasty must also march under the city, and take turns to contain the Ming army day and night."

"It's the lord." Chen Changlin Hu received the order.

The plan of the tired soldiers is attacking the east and west~ Everyone has already understood the arrangement of the lord. But Zuo Zongwei never understood how the Han army would deal with the Yunyan River and those dense artillery archers.

There are no redundant government agencies in Yancheng, and it is obviously managed by the salt production supervision, but Yancheng is actually managed by the Huai Salt Chamber of Commerce. It shows that there are also some nominal generals in the general army, but the real commander of the army is the twenty thousand generals. In order to deal with the Han army, the Xu Huai family elected a temporary governor of Yancheng.

Qiao Ting, a young celebrity who is approaching thirty, is talented and talented, and he is more familiar with the art of war and military strategy, and he is a great talent that the Huaihai generation once in fifty years. He supervised the battle in Yancheng, and everyone inside and outside was convinced.

Qiao Dudu at the head of the city looked down on the boundless flow of people outside the city, and no matter how many ant people there were, it was not enough. If he wasn't afraid of the prestige of the Han army, he would have wanted to go out of the city and set up an artillery array, so that the Han army would not return.

"You all guard the city, and I will meet this Lingnan barbarian king." Qiao Dudu took two entourages out of the city with a smile, and he had the grace of riding alone for thousands of miles.

Qiao Dacai's scholarly demeanor is extraordinary, neither humble nor arrogant, so that the Han army does not dare to slack off.

Chen Xiong soon met the representative of this Ming genius, and this forced demeanor made Chen Xiong praise a little unhappy.

This is the King of Annan~ Qiao Dudu's mouth moved and he clenched his fists and raised his hand to salute gently.

Zhao Lao frowned and shook his head, this is not good.

Feeling that someone was arrogant, Chen Xiongyi sneered: "The kid came just in time, this king arrived, why did Yancheng close the city gate." ”

Boy~ Qiao Dacai was stunned, good guy, this kid doesn't make sense at all. I don't know who is younger, regardless of age or height.

"No, Qiao Ting, the governor of 60,000 soldiers and horses in Yancheng, has seen the king of Annan. Yancheng is an important land, which is related to the livelihood of tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, and must not be moved lightly. After Qiao Dudu finished speaking, he waited for the Han army lord to sit down, but Chen Xiong seemed to be thinking about something, and ignored him for a while.