Wang Fugui saw all this in his eyes, and his stomach was like turning over the river and the sea.

Although he used to be a butcher who killed pigs, he often disemboweled, and the white knife went in and the red knife came out.

But killing people and killing pigs are two different feelings entirely.

Seeing so many people being shot into hedgehogs, Wang Fugui almost fainted.

These traitors who killed a thousand knives would force the strong men to fill the trenches, but they would hide behind and shrink.

Wang Fugui didn't have a good impression of Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, but now he hates it even more.

What kind of ability is it to show off your might to your own people, and you have the ability to take your soldiers to fight the Tartars!

Wang Fugui clenched his fists and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm.

The strength of the Xiaoguo Battalion of the Shence Army is limited, and it is even more stretched when spread out on the four walls.

Chen Fu had no choice but to recruit young men in the city to help defend the city.

Fortunately, Jining Prefecture is also a big state, with more than 100,000 people in the city, and it is still easy to recruit a few thousand young people.

At the urging of the soldiers of the Xiaoguo battalion, these young men carried a large number of city defense equipment to the city through the horse road.

Rolling logs, stones, gold juice, tung oil, and plenty of arrows.

Chen Fu even ordered the only four bed crossbows in the arsenal to be moved to the city.

Although this thing is not as sharp as the cannon, it is still very effective against dense sieges.

Although there are no heavy cannons such as Hongyi cannons in Jining Prefecture, there are still a few three-pounder cannons.

Chen Fu ordered the people to distribute these cannons to the four sides of the city to provide fire support.

Where have the strong men who were driven to fill the trenches seen such a posture, they all threw away the chicken cart in their hands and fled with their heads in their hands.

But as soon as some of them fled back into the formation, they were slashed to the ground by the ruffians under Liu Liangzuo's command, and the rest of them turned pale with fright, and were forced to turn back and run towards the moat.

The three-pounder cannon was ignited and fired at these strong men, and although the solid cannon did not explode, it could repeatedly jump up after the first landing to inflict two or three kills, that is, ricochet. The bed crossbow was also wrenched, and the huge crossbow bolts tore a gap in the dense crowd of strong men, causing great damage.

Liu Liangzuo, who was observing the battle situation on the small soil hill, frowned.

The situation was very different from what he thought.

He originally thought that the Shence Army was just a showmanship like the Jinyi Guard, and in the face of so many people besieging the city, it would directly mess with itself. Who would have thought that these soldiers showed extremely high quality and execution, mobilizing all the resources that could be mobilized for defense.

In order to siege the city, the moat must be filled.

But as things stand, it's not easy to do.

Liu Liangzuo did not have heavy artillery in his army, so it was impossible to blast open the city wall of Jining Prefecture.

And that's where things froze.

Liu Zeqing coughed and said, "Big brother, it's better for us to change the way we play." ”

Liu Liangzuo turned his head and said suspiciously: "Brother Zeqing has a good way?" ”

"Throw the corpse into the river!"

Liu Zeqing said without the slightest emotion.

The water system around Jining Prefecture is crisscrossed, but the drinking water of the people in the city comes from a small river that meanders into the city from the southeast.

This small river enters the city through the water gate, and the water is clear and can be taken directly.

Liu Zeqing's idea was to dump the body in the river and pollute the water source.

Once the upper reaches of the river are polluted, the part that flows into the city will not be spared.

There may be a lot of grain stored in the city of Jining Prefecture, but there is not much water in storage, and it is all used and taken from the spot.

In normal times, they can also go out of the city to get water from the Grand Canal and the Fu River.

But now the city of Jining Prefecture is surrounded by regiments, and the defenders of the city can only get drinking water from this small river that flows into the city.

There are two options before them.

Either drink water contaminated with corpses, or endure thirst.

Under normal circumstances, people will become weak if they don't drink water for two or three days, and the combat effectiveness of the defenders in the city will definitely decline, and it will be much easier to fill the moat and attack the city.

Liu Liangzuo was overjoyed in his heart, and said in his heart that Liu Zeqing was really a wonderful person.

"This plan is very good, let's go directly to the bottom of the kettle and draw salaries, and kill them with thirst!"

The plan is decided, and the next step is to execute.

The corpses of the dead were everywhere. The soldiers of the second Liu tribe dragged the corpses and threw them into the small river leading to the water gate.

Some of the strong men were not yet dead, so they smiled and mended with a knife.

All this was seen by Chen Fu.

He clenched his fists tightly and his face was grim.

"General Chen, these two traitors threw their bodies into the river, they are really vicious!"

Wang Fugui gasped when he saw this.

They must be stopped!

Chen Fu said secretly in his heart.

But what to do?

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"Marshal, we've figured it out. There were only 30,000 soldiers in the Green Battalion under Zu Kefa, all of whom were officers and soldiers in Henan at the beginning. ”

In the Suizhou General Soldier's Mansion, Li Chengdong clasped his fists with both hands and said to Gao Jie.

Gao Jie raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there really only the Green Battalion?" ”

"The subordinates dare to vouch for the head of the item!"

Li Chengdong said resolutely.

"Good!"

Gao Jie was overjoyed, stepped forward and ordered: "The order goes down to cook at the third watch tomorrow morning, and the fifth watch is opened, and Lao Tzu wants to capture Zu Kefa alive and dig out a pair of eggs from him and stuff them into the groove." ”

Since the Qing army in northern Henan is really so small, Gao Jie will naturally not let go of the excellent opportunity to make contributions.

"Yes!"

Li Chengdong resolutely took the order.

"Henan has been in war for a long time, and it has long been riddled with holes. The Tartars went against the grain again, and issued two cool orders of the enclosure order and the escape law, and when the king arrived, the prefectures and counties along the way must open the city to welcome the marshal! ”

Li Chengdong is not only brave and good at fighting, but also has a unique ability to pat on the back.

In just a few words, Gao Jie was touted as if he had descended from heaven.

Although Gao Jie didn't show anything on his face, he was very happy in his heart.

"If you can Kaifeng this time, Ben Shuai will definitely praise you in the good news of going to Nanjing."

Gao Jie has always been very optimistic about Li Chengdong. In his opinion, this person is very much like himself when he was young, daring to act.

Although his nominal heir is his son Gao Yuanzhao, he also understands that his son is weak by nature and it is difficult to carry this burden on his shoulders.

Nephew Li Benshen has some means, but he is more than ruthless and lacks energy.

It seems that Gao Jie still thinks that Li Chengdong is the most agreeable.

Although Gao Jie is now in the prime of life, he can't completely leave out the plan for his death.

After all, it is extremely dangerous to lead troops to fight, and if he dies on the battlefield one day, the forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses under his command cannot be dispersed.

After thinking about it, Gao Jie felt that it was a good way to recognize Li Chengdong as his righteous son. It was a common thing for military generals to recognize Yizi in the late Ming Dynasty. This move was also common among the peasant army. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have recognized many righteous sons. In this way, he will be able to subdue the people and lead the whole army. As for Gao Yuanzhao, he can also inherit the title and be a high-ranking lord. With Li Benshen's assistance, it must not be far off.

Of course, Gao Jie has not yet made up his mind. He was ready to wait, in case his son Gao Yuanzhao opened his mind, he would naturally prefer that his parents and children could inherit his mantle alone.

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