Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Beacon Fire Will Burn

Zhang Xuan immediately put his mind on how to attack Yangzhou.

No matter how prosperous Yangzhou is, if it is in the hands of others, it is also someone else's, not your own. At this moment, Yangzhou City also gave Zhang Xuan a big problem.

How do you attack the city?

If he attacks the city wall, Zhang Xuan has countless methods, after all, attacking Kaifeng, attacking Fengyang, large and small siege battles, Zhang Xuan has summed up the siege routine. But at this moment, facing the dense houses outside Yangzhou City, which seemed to be a hornet's nest, Zhang Xuan was a little dumbfounded.

If you attack directly, it's street fighting.

Zhang Xuan really hasn't fought such a battle, and there are few situations like Yangzhou City in this era. The houses were all over the walls. Second, Zhang Xuan's heart is still not ruthless enough, most of the houses in this era are wooden buildings, if Zhang Xuan is ruthless, if he goes down, no matter how prosperous Yangzhou City is, it will immediately turn into ashes.

It's like Ma Shiying burning the buildings in the outer city of Fengyang.

It seems to be an inevitable means.

When the Qing army went south, it would never be stingy, but Zhang Xuan really couldn't bear it.

There seem to be more buildings outside Yangzhou than in Yangzhou, a fire goes down, I don't know how many people are homeless, how many people become refugees, in this era, after becoming refugees, how many people have to sell their children to live, and how many people can't survive even if they sell their children and daughters.

Zhang Xuan has long boasted of being hard-hearted, killing one person, killing a hundred people, most of the time he won't blink his eyes, but a fire will burn the livelihood of so many people. Zhang Xuan still couldn't pass his own level in his heart.

"Let's take a look along the main road." Zhang Xuan thought in his heart.

If he didn't burn these buildings outside the city, Zhang Xuan could only attack like this. But he has no bottom in his heart.

Without him, Zhang Xuan never dared to overestimate the lower limit of anyone in this era, after all, almost everyone has read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", burning Bowang, burning Xinye, such a bridge is familiar. In case of defending the city, when Zhang Xuan's army enters the buildings outside the city, set a fire. Zhang Xuan didn't know how to clean up this situation.

Even if they didn't set fires, just ambushing people in the buildings outside the city was a nerve-wracking thing for Zhang Xuan.

When Zhang Xuan was having a headache, someone said, "My lord, there is a messenger in the city." ”

"Emissary." Zhang Xuan's heart moved, this was the first time. He had rarely met the officers and soldiers who had sent the first messenger before the battle. Zhang Xuan said, "Please." ”

But after a while, he came alone.

Zhang Xuan only felt a sense of luxury on his face.

The temperament of people is still very strange, Zhang Xuan has never seen such a person.

Although he is only a teenager, he grows like a jade tree in the wind, and his every move is natural and elegant, which looks inadvertent, but it makes him feel extremely elegant.

Zhang Xuan immediately felt that he was too rude.

I feel like my hands are not in the right place, and my feet are not in the right place. made Zhang Xuan feel a sense of self-esteem.

Before, I don't know. What is called aristocrats, but Zhang Xuan knows what aristocrats are at this moment.

"Meet General Zhang in Xia Li Sheng." He saluted respectfully, obviously saluting, but Zhang Xuan felt a sense of neither arrogance nor humility.

Zhang Xuan also recovered at this moment, after all, Zhang Xuan had always felt that he was not eating with his face. In terms of temperament, it can't be compared, and said: "Where is Mr. Li from?" ”

"After the King of Qiyang." Li Sheng said.

"No wonder." Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "The so-called three generations have cultivated a nobleman, this King of Qiyang must be the founder of the country, and the Ming Dynasty has been inherited for more than ten generations, and it is natural to have such a temperament." However," Zhang Xuan's heart suddenly lifted up, thinking: "No matter how good-looking you are, you can't fight, what's the use." ”

"After it turned out to be a hero, I don't know what happened to come to see me, a traitor?" Zhang Xuan said.

"Coming to save the general." Li Sheng said.

As soon as Zhang Xuan heard it, he knew that this was the standard Zonghengjia words. When he tried to persuade Luo Rucai to go south, he studied the Warring States Policy for a period of time, so as to persuade Luo Rucai, and when he heard this familiar words at this moment, he said with great interest: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Li Sheng said: "I have heard of generals, and I was born as a scholar. Every day, I don't release the volume, I must first collect books when I go to a place, don't kill people in vain, and I haven't committed anything where I have passed, and now I want to set up camp on Shugang, and I don't commit any crime against the people of Yangzhou, which is really commendable. It's a pity that I don't know the situation in the world. ”

"I didn't expect my reputation to spread to Jiangnan, I'm really ashamed." Zhang Xuan said. Zhang Xuan knew at this moment that the highland where he set up camp was called Shugang.

Li Sheng was still a little tender, and came to Zhang Xuan's side to show off his tongue. Zhang Xuan didn't pick up the stubble at all. Li Sheng's train of thought paused slightly, and then said: "It is precisely because the general is so famous, it is a pity for the general to be in the next place, and the tyrannical gentry everywhere Li Chuang has passed, which is outrageous. At this end alone, I know that Li Chuang can't last long. However, its rise is also booming and its death is also sudden. Generals have immortal talents. The imperial court is employing people again. Just change the flag and change the banner for the use of the imperial court, why worry about not having the reward of the marquis, when the time comes, such as my family, the wealth and wealth will be passed down from generation to generation, isn't it beautiful. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, and said: "Your vertical and horizontal skills are still too bad, go back and practice, tell Shi Kefa, Kaecheng surrenders, I will protect Yangzhou City, if you resist stubbornly, don't blame me for being spicy." ”

Li Sheng glanced at Zhang Xuan deeply and said, "Yes." ”

Then he didn't say anything, but turned around

And he went back.

When Zhang Su saw Li Sheng leaving, he was stunned in his heart, and suddenly said: "My lord, no, this person left too simply." I'm afraid I'm not here to persuade him to surrender, but to spy on the reality of my camp. ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, the doubts in his heart were also solved, although he had never seen Jiangnan scholars, but he also knew that Jiangnan in this era was probably never less, those who could show off their mouths, and Li Sheng had a good temperament, but on the tongue, it was too perfunctory.

What Zhang Su said is probably true.

"If you want to, send him back and intercept him." When He Hutou heard Zhang Su say this, he immediately said.

"Not necessarily." Zhang Xuan said: "Let him look at it twice, what can he do?" ”

However, Li Sheng also made up his mind for Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan said secretly: "Without further ado, no matter what you do, you must make a quick decision and not delay." ”

"Cao Zongyu." Zhang Xuan said.

"The end will be." Cao Zongyu said.

Zhang Xuan said: "Can your Nanyang battalion still fight? ”

Zhang Xuan's question was not untargeted. Running hundreds of miles in three days, the infantry team was very tired, if it wasn't for Zhang Xuan's decisiveness to let the departments stay in the house at night, saving the effort of camping, otherwise it would only be more tired.

The horse corps had arrived last night, but the battalions had arrived one after another after dawn.

At this time, he can still maintain his combat strength, and Zhang Xuan estimates that there are only two battalion heads, one is the Linying camp, and the other is Cao Zongyu's old foundation, the Nanyang camp. Zhang Xuan was afraid that the Linying camp would be lost, so he naturally sent the Nanyang camp.

"The Nanyang battalion of the last general can fight at any time." Cao Zongyu said categorically.

"Okay." Zhang Xuan said: "General Cao, just try this Yangzhou City for me." ”

Cao Zongyu said: "Yes." ”

He agreed, and then went down to straighten out the troops.

Zhang Xuan said with a little concern in his words: "Be careful, don't worry, just try how the official army is, don't fall into the ambush of the official army." ”

Cao Zongyu's heart warmed slightly, and said: "The last general understands. ”

Others explained, Zhang Xuan may be a little worried, after all, many people say it clearly, but in fact they don't really understand. But for Cao Zongyu, Zhang Xuan is relieved, even if there is an ambush outside Yangzhou, Cao Zongyu can kill three in and three out.

Moreover, after the scout reported the whereabouts of the official army yesterday to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan only felt that something in his heart was broken. Although he didn't dare to underestimate Shi Kefa, he wouldn't look down on him either. You have to give it a try to know what Shi Kefa's quality is.

With the completion of Cao Zongyu's preparations, the Nanyang battalion was dispatched, and Zhang Xuan's troops began to attack, the metropolis of Yangzhou City. It was also the largest city that Zhang Xuan had ever seen in the Ming Dynasty, surpassing Kaifeng Mansion.

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