In the camp of the Han Dynasty, the boring and repeated noise of sawing wood ...... "crunching and crunching" was non-stop. The sergeant carrying the log also shouted "hey" rhythmically in a very neat and rhythmic manner. People are cutting down and carrying wood, building return cannons and ladders, and there is a busy scene on all sides.

The general of the guard who knew the inside story of the army once advised Zhu Gaoxu that there was no need to manufacture ordnance. But Zhu Gaoxu replied: If we besiege the city but do not build siege tools, it is equivalent to telling Guo Zi that we are determined to seize the city from within!

Mu Shengjun had not yet arrived in the west of the city, and Zhu Gaoxu's troops had surrounded Chengdu on all sides. He sent troops up every day and attacked the city walls with long-range weapons such as bows, crossbows, bronze fire guns, and bowl-mouth guns.

Nearly a hundred paces from the city wall, rows of soldiers stood in a line, with torches and coals in front of them, and they lit the tarpaulins wrapped around the arrowheads. In the shouts of the generals, the spear and shield heavy infantry in front squatted down, and the strings behind "crackled".

The air was filled with black smoke, and dense rockets flew towards the city like fireflies. "Boom, boom!" The sound of cannons was intermittent, and up and down the city walls, the smoke of gunpowder was billowing and the fire was shining.

"Hiss......" The neighing of the war horse was heard in the distance, and a cannon shell fell into the cavalry, causing a slight commotion. But the large cavalry formation remained motionless, and the soldiers stood quietly beside the horses with the reins of their horses, looking at the closed gate in the distance.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced back and saw that the military formation was not very different. He remembered that when he talked to Mu Sheng before, Mu Sheng said that some Tusi's army could be defeated with a few shellings; But the army of the Daming Guard has not yet rotted to that point, and everyone is also familiar with firearms, so they will not be easily frightened.

The two sides fired at each other with bows and crossbows, and the battle was spectacular and the sound of artillery was deafening, but it did not have much effect. At this time, the long-range weapons have limited lethality after a distance of 100 paces, and can only slowly consume each other's forces.

In the afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu sent an order, and all the troops withdrew one after another and returned to the camp two miles away......

It would still take several days for the heavy weapons to be built, and the Han army was not yet able to launch an effective assault on the city. But before dawn the next day, Zhu Gaoxu once again ordered all the troops to gather troops and horses, and lined up to approach the city wall.

Zhu Gaoxu rode on horseback, staring at the city gate for a long time, and inevitably became more and more panicked. His heart hung in the air, worrying about what unexpected problems should arise in him!

Leaking secrets when contacting the plan? Or is that the king of Huayang County and Wan Quan are people with no heart?

Zhu Gaoxu sat on the horse expressionlessly, thinking about those things over and over again. He was lucky: I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and I didn't say that I wouldn't give people a way to live, and there is no need for the soldiers and civilians in Chengdu to defend the siege. As long as there are some people who organize against the water, there will definitely be changes!

The key is organization. Even in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, countless people could no longer live, and a group of people such as Taizu of the Ming Dynasty had to gather and organize people in the name of religion and the like, and the heavens would change......

Suddenly, the South Gate in the distance seemed to move. Zhu Gaoxu immediately held his breath, reached out and rubbed his eyes, stared for a while, the city gate was really slowly opening!

"Cavalry on horseback!" Zhu Gaoxu turned around and shouted, "All the cavalry, rush to the city gate!" ”

The army was immediately in an uproar, shouts came and went, and the soldiers turned on their horses, and the hooves of the horses started. The horses in front of them jogged for a while, and soon began to accelerate their sprint, and the cheerful hooves of the horses "rumbled" incessantly.

The gates had gradually opened, and the drawbridge had fallen to the moat with a thud. There were constant shouts from the city gate: "Lonely city is dead, it is better to vote for the Han Dynasty and make meritorious contributions!" "Lonely city is dead, it is better to vote for the Han Dynasty to make meritorious contributions...... Hou Hai and others are very attentive, listening to this conjunction, they must have thought about it in advance.

Countless cavalry of the Han Dynasty army continued to rush in from the city gate, and the quaint city gate kept repeating the same scene, and the noise and noise shook the heavens and the earth. When Zhu Gaoxu saw such a scene, the heart that was hanging in the air only fell to the ground slightly, and he exhaled a long breath.

Once Chengdu City is captured, the entire territory of the Sichuan Political Envoy is basically stable! After all, this is a battle within the Zhu family, and the resistance of the vast majority of people is difficult to be tenacious, and most of the people who are in power above will listen to whomever they want.

"Those who abandon their weapons and squat down will be spared death!" The generals in the army of the Han King shouted, and the cavalry soldiers shouted together. The foot cavalry who had just come over from the top and bottom of the city wall saw the iron cavalry rushing in in a large area, and there were countless people who surrendered. The officers and generals of the army could not stop it at all, and even many of the generals were demoted.

......The infantry outside the city gate trotted in columns, and soon reached the gate.

Zhu Gaoxu, with his personal guards, rushed into the city gate first in front of the infantry army. As soon as he entered, he heard the sound of footsteps and the majestic sound of iron armor colliding, and saw a large group of officers and infantry on a side street.

However, when the large infantry of the Han Wangjun also came in, those officers, soldiers and horses stopped one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and shouted: "Brothers from the Sichuan Guard, if you can follow this king in Annan, why can't you follow me in Sichuan?" Think of our invincible scenery! ”

"Ding Ding Ding ......" Immediately, a large group of people threw their weapons away.

At this moment, Hou Hai, Wan Quan, and a young man in a Tuanlong uniform came over with a group of soldiers, and they all bowed to Zhu Gaoxu on the horse.

Zhu Gaoxu pointed at Hou Hai and said: "Hou Dianzhan, you have done a good job and made great contributions, now you will be the left long history of the Han Palace." ”

Hou Hai hurriedly said: "Xiaguan thank you for the cultivation!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Wan Quan again: "We have a fate, General Wan will continue to work with me!" ”

Wan Quan was also busy thanking him.

Only then did Zhu Gaoxu glance at the young man on his face: "Brother is the king of Huayang County?" Tuan Long served the posterior and said, "Brother to see my cousin." Zhu Gaoxu said happily: "Hou Hai's promise to you is what this king means, and it will definitely be fulfilled!" ”

…… In the lobby of the Sichuan political envoy Yamen, Guo Zi was dressed in a red official uniform, sitting on the public seat in all directions, with the holy decree and seal letter in front of him. The civil and military officials in the hall have scattered one after another, and the huge official office and big house seem empty and desolate.

After a while, a large number of soldiers came in and occupied the inside and outside of the hall. Then some people went straight to the case next to them and rummaged through the official documents. In such a scene, Guo Zi has the illusion that he has become a soul and no one else can see him.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu, a burly man in heavy armor and with long and short weapons on his body, walked to the door of the lobby. Zhu Gaoxu looked up at the public seat and said, "Guo Butang, what are you still doing sitting there?" Come down! ”

Guo Zidao: "This official is an official of the imperial court......"

Zhu Gaoxu interrupted him rudely: "It's not the Zhu family that gave you the seal, can you still ride on the head of this king?" ”

Guo Zi was speechless, so he had to step down from the public seat. But he stood there with his head up very rudely, not wanting to bow to the King of Han at all.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him and asked, "Xue Lu ran away?" ”

Guo Zi silently did not answer.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't continue to ask, and walked to the door of the hall at the back, he turned his head and said, "Invite Guo Butang to the piano hall at the back to talk." I have a few words that I wanted to ask for a long time. ”

The two of them went to the piano hall and took their seats, and the noisy and chaotic atmosphere outside seemed to be a lot quieter all of a sudden. Leaning against the wall, Zhao Ping clasped his hands in front of his chest, and stood there silently staring at Guo Zi with his legs apart. Other than that, there is no one else.

Zhu Gaoxu opened his voice and asked directly: "A few months ago, in the Jingshi Imperial Palace, what traps were hidden in the building?" ”

Guo Zi was silent.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Guo Butang, this king is still polite to you?" ”

Guo Zi quickly spoke: "What Monk Qingyuan gave, Yuan Heng's idea. ”

"Oh!" Zhu Gaoxu patted his head, "At the beginning of the Battle of Jingjing, I quietly went to Beijing to see Li Jinglong, and the incense I used was prepared by the monk Qingyuan!" He glared at Guo Zi, "You people, you are so vicious!" ”

Guo Zidao: "No one dares to hurt the life of King Han, just because I am afraid that you will rebel." And now it is. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "You guys, as well as the East Palace Party. What did you do? Guo Butang wrote it down truthfully, and I will spare you, and I will not blame the past. This king is a person who is very trustworthy and does what he says. "Of course, a long time ago he never talked about credibility, and that was no way around. And too many people in the world don't talk about it, and he now feels that he can be forgiven after whitewashing.

Guo Zi said quietly: "The King of Han should believe that the death of the first emperor has absolutely nothing to do with the Holy Lord and the East Palace!" Before the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, he was already the crown prince; The common people still don't know how to do such beastly things, but the crown prince?

Not to mention that the saints are definitely not those people, that is, the ministers and officials of the East Palace, how dare they plot for the murder of the king and the murder of their father? The old man knows that the King of Han is different from us, and he doesn't like us; But you also know that the ministers of the court are all people who read books and know etiquette, and they are still virtuous and literate. ”

Sure enough, it was a person with a belly full of ink and bad water, Zhu Gaoxu didn't force him to confess, but he persuaded people...... Zhu Gaoxu didn't admit it, but felt that Guo Zi was quite reasonable.

The death of the first emperor Zhu Di is not very likely to be killed by the crown prince. The prince and the others just want to kill Zhu Gaoxu, this thing is true!

Zhu Gaoxu was noncommittal, and muttered: "The article written by Yang Rong is nonsense, and it is all a lie of slander! Tell me, what happened in the palace before and after the death of the first emperor? ”

Guo Zi kept his mouth shut and looked ahead with dull eyes, as if he had lost consciousness.

Zhu Gaoxu snorted, and said in his heart: You are still alive after the city is broken, and it seems that you don't want to die.

He thought about it and stood up and said, "Since Guo Butang has fallen into the hands of this king, this king has his own way to make you speak." ”

Guo Zidao: "What the King of Han said is extremely true, the old man fell into your hands, and it is inevitable that he will be beaten into a trick, what can such a confession confirm?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said to Zhao Ping: "Lock up Guo Zi, don't embarrass him too much." As a last resort, this king will still give you a little basic face, and I hope Guo Butang will not humiliate himself! ”