In October, if you are in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, you will definitely be able to feel the chill of winter. However, on the plains of Annam, people do not feel cold in the early morning, and they can live by wearing only a single coat under their armor.

The shadow of the tall black towers of Duobang City loomed in the haze. The fog shrouded in the air could not tell whether it was the wet mist on the river last night or the heavy smoke of gunpowder.

Above and below the city walls, artillery firebolts flashed everywhere, and in the gray mist, rockets dragged black smoke flying all over the sky. The deafening explosion has long since covered up the shouts of the people, and the sound of "buzzing ......" between heaven and earth has never stopped.

The moat had long since been blocked, and it had been divided into stagnant water, and the water was piled up with dead people, weapons, wheels, wheelbarrows, wheelbarrows, and broken pieces of wood...... It's as cloudy as the air at this time.

Not only was the river blocked by earth and rocks, but the soil in the river had piled up in the middle of the city walls, forming long slopes. Soldiers digging in the dirt occasionally dropped their heads and fell to the ground struggling. The Ming army under the city was also using various firearms, bows and crossbows, to shoot at the city wall.

The city of Dobang does not stop at night. At night, the Annan army would climb down from the wall and dig the Ming army's fortifications. Of course, the dirt slope that the Ming army had piled up at the risk of death would not let the enemy destroy it, and it was bound to counterattack, so the firearms were sounding all night. At night, the land is filled with fires and torches, and it is as if the whole area has been transformed into a bustling and noisy town.

…… One evening in mid-October, as soon as Zhang Fu returned to the Chinese army's tent, he ordered to summon the military general Huang Zhong.

The guard came in with a basin of water, and Zhang Fu picked up a towel and wiped his face, which was immediately coated with a piece of black mud. The fog formed by dust, gunsmoke, and soot made everyone's faces very dirty, and Zhang Fu was no exception.

He dropped the towel, three vertical lines between his eyebrows, and sat down in his chair without saying a word.

After a while, Huang Zhong handed over his saber and stepped into the tent, clasped his fists and bowed: "Handsome! ”

Zhang Fu snorted, raised his hand and waved it lightly. The guards next to him withdrew from the big tent, and Huang Zhong stood there with a bow, as if waiting for Zhang Fu to give orders.

But Zhang Fu didn't speak for a while.

He was not in a good mood, the army had besieged the city of Duobang for more than half a month, but there was still no progress, and this city was really difficult to bite. What makes Zhang Fu uncertain is not whether he can be captured, but when he can break it!

The edict of the Holy Lord came to his mind, and the imperial court demanded that the Ming army in Annam be conscripted and that the war must be ended by February next year.

It is difficult to disobey the edict, and it is even more difficult to change the climate and environment. The weather is hot on this side of Annam, and if the Ming army has not won a decisive victory at the turn of spring and summer, everyone will have to face new difficulties: mosquitoes and plagues.

However, Zhang Fu never regretted it at all, and he took the initiative to ask for help in front of King Han.

His late father, Zhang Yu, was originally the guard commander of the Yan Palace, and at the beginning of Jingnan's army, he was one of the most relied on confidants and generals today. Zhang Yu has passed away, but after Zhang Fu became a loyal minister, his sister has just become a concubine, and the future is very bright.

But these are not enough, Li Jinglong's father was even more powerful back then, and the Li family still declined quickly. Now Zhang Fu needs a great victory and exploits to stabilize the foundation of the second generation of the Zhang family.

He is only thirty-one years old, as long as he seizes the opportunity to become famous, the Zhang family will definitely be extremely honored, and the family will be more stable.

The multi-state city looming in the fog is Zhang Fu's opportunity!

At this time, Zhang Fu raised his head and said expressionlessly: "General Huang, how did you get out of the edict prison, do you understand?" ”

Huang Zhong hurriedly said: "Thanks to the rescue of the handsome, the last general will never dare to be ungrateful." ”

"Ben doesn't need you to be gracious." Zhang Fu said coldly, "Last year, the imperial court gave you thousands of elite soldiers to escort Chen Tianping. But you were negligent and derelict in your duties, and you fled in a hurry, and sat back and watched your envoys be killed, bringing shame on the country! ”

Huang Zhong's face suddenly turned red, and he stood there with his head down, ashamed and angry, but he couldn't say a word to talk back.

Zhang Fu said: "Ben will not be able to save you, after fighting Annanguo, if you have no achievements, you will have to ask for the guilt again!" This is General Huang's only chance to survive, do you know? ”

When Huang Zhong heard this, he immediately raised his head and said, "The last general, please be the striker!" The last general would rather die at the head of the city than in prison, and if he could not climb the city wall, he would be punished with a thousand swords! ”

"Good!" Zhang Fu suddenly slapped his palm on the wooden case, "Whether General Huang is bloody or not, I will wait and see!" ”

Zhang Fu immediately beckoned Huang Zhong to come closer, put his finger on a position on the map accurately, knocked it twice hard, and said, "Early tomorrow morning, General Huang's people will attack the city from here." ”

Huang Zhong glanced at it, clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "The last general will obey orders!" ”

…… Huang Zhong could see clearly that the picture placed in the big tent of the Chinese army was a map of Duobang City; The place that the new city marquis refers to is the southwest corner of the city of Duobang.

That night, Huang Zhong mobilized his 4,000 men to gather in the southwest of Duobang City, and ordered all his troops to prepare for the siege of the city tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Huang Zhong summoned dozens of generals from more than 100 households. Everyone rode to the banner of the main general, waiting for the general to speak.

The sun had not yet risen, and the sky was still very dark, but the cannon was already ringing, and all the generals seemed to be numb, completely ignoring the deafening cannon nearby. Dozens of people dismounted and saluted, looking up at Huang Zhong, who was still sitting on horseback.

Huang Zhong opened his mouth and said: "When I came to Annan, I had just come out of the Imperial Prison, and the head on my shoulder was borrowed from Xinchenghou. ”

There were a few sparse laughs from the crowd. Huang Zhong didn't have a smile on his face, he glanced in the direction where the laughter came from with a blue face, and didn't pay attention to it.

Huang Zhong said: "The soil in the southwest is almost to the wall, and we will build four ladders, so every time we attack, there will be eight hundred households." Draw lots for a while, and when you catch it, it only depends on the destiny of heaven.

Today, we're going to attack five times. Every time a city is attacked, after the last one has died. Ben will be the last to take the law enforcement team and his own soldiers to the city. Ben didn't want to die in the edict prison, and the city of Dobang was the place where he was buried! ”

No one in the crowd could laugh anymore, and there was a dead atmosphere all around, except for the sound of cannons and shouts in the distance.

Huang Zhong pointed to a few Hongwu cannons under the banner and said, "These cannons will be filled with stone iron pellets and set up behind; There are also bows, crossbows, and broadswords waiting for them. If the besiegers disobey the military order and retreat, kill them all! The generals of all ministries have the right to execute on the spot, and those who flee will be killed! Retreater, kill!

If the generals had fled by themselves, they would have reported to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies those who were greedy for life and afraid of death. They will be punished with death, their families will be implicated, their sons will no longer hold the position of a hundred households, and their children will be exiled as slaves, and women will be prostitutes.

If a hundred households die in battle, the son-in-law can inherit the position of a hundred households; In battle, he tried to replace his military power with hundreds of households. Try to die in 100 households, and the general flag will represent the military power of 100 households; The general flag is dead, and the small flag represents the military power of 100 households. Until there is no one left in each hundred households, or the city wall is captured. ”

Huang Zhong paused, looked back at the silent generals around him, and continued: "Ben will put the lives of his entire family on the throne in Duobang City, and he is not afraid of doing things that offend people. Ugly words are said before, if there are people who steal and cheat, Hugh blame will be ruthless! Did you hear it all? ”

The crowd responded one after another, and people's expressions were solemn.

Huang Zhong exhaled and said: "In this battle, as long as you give the general a long face, everything else is easy to say." After the battle, no matter what everyone does, Ben will take care of it. Duobang City is an important town here, and many of the Zhumen families are rich and noble, and I will also hear that a group of the show girls selected by the Hu family in various places are in Duobang City......"

At this moment, a man smiled and said, "General Huang's words can be counted!" ”

Huang Zhongxun followed the prestige and sneered: "In front of so many brothers, Ben will say that he will do it!" He glanced at the small paper balls brought by his own soldiers, and said, "After drawing lots, they will each get ready." ”

…… The hundred households who laughed and talked in front of the army were called Yin Desheng, he was a young man less than twenty years old, a hereditary hundred households, and belonged to the Zhongwei of Yunnan Prefecture. Originally, Zhang Fu's battalion had many Guangxi soldiers, and Yin Desheng's men and horses should have followed the king of Han; But last year, Yin Desheng was transferred to Huang Zhong's guards and horses, and this year he was still controlled by Huang Zhong and came under Zhang Fu.

Yin Desheng grabbed the sixteenth note, and the civil official in charge of recording told him: "If you don't attack in the first attack, shoot arrows and cannons in the back and wait, and when the military order is given, you will fill it in according to the military order." ”

Yin Desheng took the note and returned to his team of 100 households, and also gathered the generals such as the general banner and the small banner, briefly explained the matter, and said loudly: "Those who escape from the battle will die." Go into the city and do whatever you want. Last time, we suffered a big loss in Qin Station, and we were so aggrieved that we panicked, this time we want to get our face back! ”

When the army heard the uproar, everyone shouted happily for a while.

After a while, Wei Commander began to blow the trumpet. Yin Desheng shouted to straighten out the soldiers and horses, turned over and took the 100-person team to follow the army and horses, and slowly moved forward.

The air was still foggy, the fires flickered non-stop, and the heavens and the earth were roaring and noisy. The armies moved steadily closer in the direction of the firelight.

Yin Desheng has a small flag commander named Liu Da next to him, who is not yet fifty years old, but he is called Old Man Liu, because he is the oldest regular soldier in the entire Hundred Households team. Old man Liu was not married and had no sons, and his military rank was low, so he had no nephew to take office, so he worked in the army until now.

Amid the roar of artillery fire, Old Man Liu said, "Let's all go to send ...... to death."

"Huh?" Yin Desheng didn't hear clearly.

Old man Liu took two quick steps and said kindly: "The general above just wants to make meritorious contributions, Yin Baihu can know in his heart, you are still young, if you can survive, you are better than anything else." ”

Yin Desheng smiled: "Older people are just cowards, haha!" Old man Liu, don't you want to run away, you can't run away......"