Chapter Fifty-Eight: Fengyang City III

There is always a time when the fire will be extinguished, and a few days later, when Zhang Xuan came to the city again, Yang Shenzu had already carried Lu Jiude's head.

Huangling City has the same problems as Fengyang City, the city is too big and there are too few people.

In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang set the rules, but dozens of nearby villages took turns to serve in the imperial city.

But after a long time, it has long become a dead letter.

Therefore, Yang Shenzu easily broke into the outer city and entered the inner city.

In the end, Lu Jiude took thousands of soldiers from the Yongwei battalion to stick to the imperial mausoleum, and Zhang Xuan sent the Xuzhou army to support, which was considered to be defeated.

However, Cao Zongyu's old foundation, Nanyang Ying, also suffered a lot of losses.

Lu Jiude finally wanted to run, but was intercepted and killed by Yang Shenzu. Originally, he ran away, although the righteous army was not much better, but after all, under Zhang Xuan's rectification, the basic military discipline was still there, and Lu Jiude disguised himself as a commoner, and he really couldn't recognize him.

No one knew him, except that he was a rich man.

Only in the end the taste betrayed him.

After all, there is no eunuch underneath, and many times I can't hold my urine, and I often have a urine smell on my body. And when the rebels stopped, he was extremely nervous, and then he was discharged. is so obviously abnormal, it was naturally caught by Yang Shenzu. Rip off your pants and the truth will be revealed.

However, after capturing the imperial tomb, Zhang Xuan withdrew his previous order. No more burning of the imperial tombs.

First, the imperial tomb has already burned once. There is nothing to burn, even if you want to dig a grave, it is a huge siege, and Zhang Xuan has no time to rob the tomb at this time. Second, it was Zhang Su's advice.

Digging up people's ancestral graves is a very taboo thing. After Zhang Xuan did such a thing, he must have been regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the official army.

If the attention of the officials and soldiers was on Cao Ying, and the pressure on the other rebels was relaxed, wouldn't it be plain to make a wedding dress for others.

Second, make a fortune.

Digging people's ancestral graves is not a good reputation. Don't talk about this era, even in the future generations, what a good reputation there is. Even after Luo Rucai captured the Xianling, he did not dig it. If you want to compete for the world, you must pay attention to fame. This kind of thing that damages yin and morality is just a temporary anger and a worry for the future.

Only then did Zhang Xuan withdraw the previous order.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan looked at the inner city.

Suddenly felt the breath of the heyday of a dynasty.

The inner city is a city that is not focused on defense in many cases. When Zhang Xuan saw it for the first time, the sentence that came to mind was: "If it is not magnificent, it is not powerful." ”

The whole inner city, the city is not high, only two or three zhang high, but

Yes, it is a brick wall, and the information Zhang Xuan got seems to be a pure brick wall, not a kind of brick-covered rammed earth city wall, especially near the city gate, there are a large number of reliefs, countless rare beasts, all on the city wall, although the years have passed, but it is still not reduced.

The multi-storey city tower is extremely vast, and I don't know how many vermilion pillars there are on it, which are quite a lot higher than the city wall, which makes people feel a heavy pressure. At the gate below, there is not a single gate, but three gates side by side, the middle being large and the two sides smaller.

Countless copper nails shimmered on each city gate, and the vermilion gate had a solemn flag.

Beyond the city walls, there is a moat. The river flows out of the inner city, and the downstream of this river is the one that Zhang Xuan saw in the outer city before.

This moat, I am afraid, also takes into account the drainage problem in the city.

The moat is very wide, about dozens of meters wide, and above the moat, there are several bridges, almost every city gate outside, there is a bridge, the bridge is a multi-arch bridge, paved with pieces of big bluestone, these big bluestones have been trampled by so many years, countless people have trampled, have long stepped on the smooth, the railing on the bridge emits a familiar white. Because it is far away, Zhang Xuan can't really see it, but it looks like it should be white marble.

This means that the inner city is not a qualified city.

Every fortress has a bridge over the moat.

The only thing that is incongruous is that there are some outdated temperaments on these city walls and towers, and what is good is historical precipitation, and what is bad is historical legacy, because their era has become history itself.

A feeling of déjà vu flickered in Zhang Xuan's heart, and he suddenly remembered Tiananmen, the Forbidden City.

There is a kind of temperament here, but countless years of wind and rain, decadence and stubbornness, give them a different color spectrum and feeling.

Zhang Xuan said: "Qin Meng go." ”

Qin Meng galloped out quickly, and the horse's hooves stepped on the flying ashes. He said loudly: "Listen to the people at the head of the city, the imperial tomb has been taken by me, surrender quickly, we will not hurt the imperial tomb in the slightest, if you resist stubbornly, we will burn the imperial tomb, let the little emperor in Beijing see what kind of people his ministers are." ”

Although there was a lot of ash on the ground, Qin Meng still galloped on the avenue, shouting loudly, carrying Lu Jiude's head with one hand, while repeating what he had just said.

"It's despicable." Ma Luan almost stared out his eyes fiercely. Gnashing of teeth.

Even if Ma Luan's political experience is shallow, he understands that this is a big black cauldron.

If you don't surrender, sit back and watch the imperial mausoleum be burned, and when the time comes, will it be transmitted to the imperial court, will Ma Shiying have any good end? You must only know that Ma Shiying is above the court, and he is not without enemies. Such a big black material, wouldn't it make those people in Donglin extremely happy.

But surrender is even more impossible.

At least Ma Luan didn't think that surrender was a good thing, although the Liukou was powerful, but in Ma Luan's mind, as long as the imperial court cheered up, it would definitely be able to suppress the Liukou.

It's just that he didn't know what to do, so he could only look at Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying's face remained unchanged and said, "Ma Luan, shoot this person." ”

"Yes." Ma Luan said, and then called dozens of archers under his command, and a rain of arrows fell. Let Qin Meng be tired of coping.

Qin Meng followed Zhang Xuan from Nanyang, and he had seen a lot of formations, but his own martial arts were limited to daring to fight and kill, maybe stronger than Zhang Xuan, but it was also very limited. Jiangmen's martial arts are almost all trained from childhood, just like Cao Zongyu.

From childhood to adulthood, he has been constantly exercising, if Huang Degong has been cultivated since he was a child, he will dare to go into battle to kill the enemy at the age of twelve. Of course, there are also their own talents.

Therefore, although Qin Meng is known as a fierce general, he is not a fierce general, and the archers selected by Ma Luan dare not say that they are all marksmen. But it's not a mediocre hand, Qin Meng hung a few long arrows on his body, and hurriedly fled back, came to Zhang Xuan and said: "My lord, the officers and soldiers are stubborn, and they ignore the lives of adults. ”

"It's fine." Zhang Xuan said: "It's just idle chess." ”

Zhang Xuan didn't think that it would be so easy to take Fengyang Mansion, there are such easy things in the world. He said to Zhang Su: "I'll leave the rest to you." ”

Zhang Su said: "Xiaguan rest assured, Xiaguan will definitely let those who should know know." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, and he secretly said in his heart: "If Zhang Suzhen has some potential, my intelligence agency may be able to put him in charge in the future." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Did you find the upper reaches of the moat? ”

"Found it." Yuan Shizhong said.

"In that case, let's get started." Zhang Xuan said: "Cut off the water source of the moat. ”

This moat, Zhang Xuan has already seen it, this moat seems to be specially introduced, flowing into the Huai River from south to north, and there are several water gates at the outer city gate, which shows that the people who planned this city must have noticed the waterway traffic, as well as the living water of the people in this city.

Therefore, the first thing Zhang Xuan did was to cut off the water source.

Of course, Zhang Xuan did not expect that after cutting off the water source, the people in the city would surrender because of the lack of water, this is Huaixi not the northwest, and the Huai River is not far away, not to mention whether there is water in the city, just digging a well on the spot, I am afraid that it will not take much depth to see the water.

As long as the water source is cut off, it will be easy for the rebels to fill the moat.

From the experience of attacking and sealing the city, Zhang Xuan knows one thing, that is, the siege of the city is never in a hurry, especially this very strong city, and it is even more urgent, the more anxious it is, the more mistakes will be made.

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