When Li Jiajun arrived in Runzhou, the officials and wealthy businessmen of Jiangning Mansion, who were close at hand, were extremely panicked and boarded the car and fled.

For a time, the six city gates of Jiangning Mansion were crowded with vehicles fleeing from the city.

Li Zhongyi is known as the notoriety of stealing his family, he drove the expedition in person, led the troops to Runzhou, the gentry and rich people in Jiangning City, if they don't take the opportunity to escape, they are big fools.

On the morning of the second day after Liu Heyang crossed the river to meet Li Zhongyi, the Li Jiajun, who was ready to go, boarded the ship one after another under the constraints of the military order, and marched towards Jiangning City.

The so-called father-son soldiers who went into battle, fought tiger brothers, and Li Yu sent to guard Jiangning was his younger brother Li Congshan, the duke of Southern Chu.

Li Congshan is the seventh in line, and he is the most trusted younger brother of Li Yu in the sixth. After Li Yu ascended the throne and became emperor, Li Congshan was the first to be named King Deng, and it didn't take long for him to be renamed the Duke of Southern Chu.

Li Yu gave Li Congshan a huge name, leaving aside the Duke of Southern Chu, just the position of Marshal of Jiangdong Soldiers and Horses is an extremely rare favor.

Li Congshan did not live up to Li Yu's expectations, and since he took office, he has been committed to building Jiangning City into a city that is not bad.

The six city gates of Jiangning have all been repaired with urn cities, not only that, but there are more than 200 stone throwers on the head of the city.

Objectively speaking, if it weren't for the 12-pound bronze artillery of Li Jiajun's help, if he wanted to take the hard bone of Jiangning City, he would definitely have to spend a lot of effort and take a lot of lives.

However, Li Jiajun not only has artillery, but also devil cocktails, return cannons, and a huge naval division can borrow power, and the fall of Jiangning City is a matter of time.

According to the results of the discussion between Li Zhongyi and Liu Heyang, Liu Heyang led 30,000 soldiers and horses across the river from Jiangning City to contain the few troops at hand of Li Congshan.

In today's Jiangning City, in addition to the 50,000 soldiers and horses on hand of Li Congshan, there are also 30,000 soldiers and horses brought by Huang Deng from Jiangyin, as well as the defeated army that escaped from the Jinghai Courtyard, and the total strength is about 90,000.

It's just that of the 50,000 soldiers and horses personally controlled by Li Congshan, except for the 10,000 forbidden troops, the remaining 40,000 were temporarily recruited by Xiang Yong.

The combat effectiveness of such a patchwork army is extremely suspicious!

Li Zhongyi didn't care so much, after he led the army to Jiangning City, he ordered people to surround and kill the six gates.

According to Li Zhongyi, don't let a fly fly out of Jiangning City, it's a great achievement!

Jiangning City is not an ordinary city, Li Yu's Li family monarchs of the third generation have worked hard here for decades, and they are very business-oriented, and their real wealth cannot even be compared to Kaifeng.

When it comes to the fat in the mouth, if you don't eat it for nothing, you don't eat it for nothing, and if you eat it, Li Zhongyi's attitude is very clear, and he has to decide all the wealth in Jiangning City.

Although the gentry and wealthy families fled, they could not take away the most valuable houses and fertile land.

Li Jiajun's salary is all paper money, and the demand for copper is not high. In other words, since the money printing machine was launched, Li Jiajun's soldiers have no shortage of money to spend.

Within a radius of 100 miles near Jiangning City, all the best fertile land, according to Li Zhongyi's inherent method, as long as it is ownerless land, it will be nationalized.

In times of war, land is not valuable. Once the peace mode is opened, the value of the confiscated state-owned land will be completely immeasurable.

Paper money can be printed continuously, but the fertile land around the city is the most scarce resource, and the value can be described as the city.

Li Zhongyi proudly rode on the back of the bloody killing, and the monocular in his hand circled around the south gate of Jiangning City, and couldn't help but show a knowing smile.

Legend has it that Li Congshan is good at guarding, and when I look at it today, it really deserves its name.

The sandbags scattered all over the city wall alone are enough to prove that Li Congshan's reputation for good defense is by no means in vain.

However, the sandbags on the walls could only protect against the blows of the catapults, and for the artillery, they did not have any effect at all.

How to say, Li Congshan has done everything he can, however, his defensive thinking is still behind the times.

In the era of artillery, the so-called famous generals who defended the city will be deprived of their good reputation one by one, which is not subject to human will.

"Yaoming, it's up to you to fight this battle." Li Zhongyi was still in the old habit and handed over the command to Ma Guangda before the battle.

Ma Guangda arched his hand and smiled: "It's just Jiangning City, and if you can't withstand a few shots, it will fall apart." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded, Ma Guangda seemed confident, and there were some exaggerated elements in it, but facts speak louder than words.

No matter how powerful a city is, even if it is the best defensive fortress, it is vulnerable in the face of heavy artillery.

The times are advancing, military theories are also developing rapidly, and those who cling to the remnants will inevitably be eliminated by the entire era.

Li Zhongyi noticed that Li Yongtang, the commander of the artillery army, was looking at him eagerly, he couldn't help but smile and said, "What, I can't wait?" ”

Li Yongtang touched the back of his head and said a little embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, if you open the city gate early, maybe you can enter Jiangning City for lunch." ”

Li Zhongyi laughed, waved his hand and said, "Go, your task is to collapse the Jiangning City Gate within two hours." ”

Li Yongtang patted his horse and left the Chinese army, Ma Guangda took over the command of the entire campaign, and Li Zhongyi dismounted and returned to the Chinese army's tent.

On the battlefield, Li Zhongyi, the supreme ruler, only needs to show up from time to time to boost morale.

If, every battle needs to be personally commanded by Li Zhongyi, it can only mean that his subordinates have no suitable generals.

There are no generals under his command who can take charge of themselves, which is Li Zhongyi's greatest sorrow, which shows that he has no knowledge of people and the amount of use of people.

As soon as Li Zhongyi sat down, Zhu Niang walked to his side with a tea tray and whispered, "Your Majesty, take a sip of hot tea and moisten your throat, right?" ”

Li Zhongyi took the teacup, drank it in small sips, raised his hand to wipe the tea stains on the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Well, the tea is brewed very well, it is neither lukewarm nor hot, the taste is suitable, and it is just right for the entrance." ”

Zhu Niang pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Isn't it all the emperor who taught you well?" ”

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said with a smile: "I don't dare to take credit for this, you learned it yourself." ”

About half an hour after the "boom ......", the first cannon sound of the attack on Jiangning City kicked off the prelude to the siege on time.

Li Zhongyi sat on the small horse, always feeling a little unrefreshed, fighting with the Southern Tang army, after all, he did not fight with the Khitans, so thrilling and exciting.

There is no way, Li Zhong Yi Rong has been fighting for half his life, he is invincible, he has not tasted defeat so far, his vision is naturally higher than ordinary people, how can he stop it?