Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Secret Path

Qin Meng hurried all the way to the camp in the south of Changsha City. told Zhang Xuan about the situation in the south.

Zhang Xuan was determined in his heart, although Qin Meng had not yet explained what the victory or defeat would be between Zhang Yingyuan and He Tengjiao. But in Zhang Xuan's opinion, no matter what the victory or defeat is, there will be no reinforcements in Changsha City during this period of time. In this case, the date of the attack on Changsha City will be determined.

Zhang Xuan immediately dispatched troops and seconded a large number of artillery from the naval division.

This seems to have formed a routine, whenever artillery is used, it is called from the sailor, and even Zhou Fuchen is used to it.

Close to more than a hundred guns, although because of the need to go on board. It is slightly inferior to the Hongyi cannon of the Qing army. But it was enough to bombard the Changsha wall.

Under Zhang Xuan's order, the soldiers of the brigade moved forward, forming a small phalanx that was somewhat distant from each other but very dense at a distance of about two miles. Surrounded by a tight infantry formation, countless people were working.

It's about building a fort.

Based on Zhang Xuan's estimation of the power of artillery in this era, it is not a day or two to break through the Changsha city wall. Although the artillery of the Ming army was insufficient. But there are quite a few. Therefore, it is quite important to protect the artillery, Zhang Xuan would rather be steady, build a fort, set up a guard, and have troops guarding outside. There were more than 100 people in one fort gunner and then guard.

And the artillery is not completely displayed above the south gate.

There is only one direction in the south of the city, and it can be said that all the city walls destroyed by Zhang Xianzhong have cannons aimed at them. However, in contrast, there are priorities, and there are only changes in the virtual and the real. Xia Jun made such a big move, and he couldn't hide it from people at all.

Longwu saw everything clearly.

But he couldn't do anything, in the battle that day, when he was defeated and lost, he almost wiped out the Dian army, and there were also Zhao Yinxuan's brothers who fled back to the city with more than 1,000 horses, but the Dian army, the Dian Qi battalion as a whole no longer exists.

The vitality of the various departments has been greatly damaged, but it is just enough to maintain. In order to make up for the shortfall. Longwu had to forcibly recruit the people of Changsha to enter the city.

However, the people who are temporarily recruited can only do some auxiliary work. Moreover, the Changsha city wall is more than ten miles long, thirteen city gates, at least one or two thousand can be full, not to mention, if there is a war, it will be quickly reinforced.

The forces in Longwu's hands are just enough.

In order to boost morale, Longwu is even dressed in gold armor every day, patrolling the city with his own guard of honor, so that all the soldiers can see him, so as to boost morale.

But this does not fundamentally solve the problem.

On this day, Longwu once again toured the city.

He led more than 100 people to walk on the brick and stone walls. Vast expanses of green bricks,

Under the wind and rain, the edges and corners are polished, revealing a true color similar to that of a rock. Longwu looked high-spirited, and even talked to some soldiers, telling them to protect the city wall well, and reinforcements would arrive soon.

Although a big defeat consumed a lot of Longwu's prestige.

The title of Emperor Ming is still useful.

Under Longwu's actions, the soldiers in Changsha City have boosted some morale and are ready to hold on, those reinforcements that do not exist.

After a short time, Longwu moved to the Tianxin Pavilion in the southeast corner of Changsha City.

This Tianxin Pavilion is a corner tower in the southeast direction of Changsha City, and it is also the commanding height of the entire Changsha City. Looking northwest here, you can overlook most of Changsha City, and look to the southeast, you can see dozens of miles outside the city.

Ma Shiying followed Longwu all the way here, and when he saw that the situation was suitable, he asked Longwu to retreat left and right, and said: "He Yuncong's words may not be unreasonable, please think carefully about it." ”

Long Wu smiled lightly and said, "You persuade me so much? Even if I agree, how can Changsha City go at this moment? ”

Ma Shiying said: "Just about to report to Your Majesty, I found a secret passage in the side of Your Excellency Tianxin, wide and feasible by car, straight to a few miles away, Your Majesty is lightly armed and simple, and you go out of the city here, thinking that the thieves will definitely not find out?" ”

"Oh." Long Wu was slightly surprised: "Take me to see." ”

Ancient city fortifications, never limited to the ground, some secret tunnels are also common, not to later generations everyone to know about the underground fortifications, just like this spread for several miles, wide and feasible car tunnels, is still rare.

These fortifications are all left by the secret hand when they were built during the Hongwu period, and even some of them have been lost because of their age, and it is Ma Shiying's detailed inspection of each city tower to find this tunnel, perhaps because of the groundwater, Tianxin Pavilion is located in a high place, so there is enough soil to dig a kind of tunnel.

Longwu immediately checked the tunnels below with Ma Shiying.

The entrance to the tunnel was in a corner below Tianxin Pavilion, and when the stone door was opened, a slight smell of moss and decay came, as if no one had used it for many years.

Ma Shiying said: "I have already sent a detective, and the exit is several miles away. Can bypass most of the Scouts of the Thief Army. ”

Long Wu suddenly smiled and said, "Mr. Ma, are you leaving?" ”

Ma Shiying sighed slightly and said, "The minister is already old. I don't want to toss anymore. ”

Ma Shiying is over half a hundred years old, as a political figure, he is not too old, but a series of wars in recent years have broken Ma Shiying's heart, coupled with the pain of losing his son, Ma Shiying is heartbroken, and national and family affairs are pressed like a mountain and a sea.

Let Ma Shiying age quickly.

At the moment, the hair is almost half-white, how can it not look like a five

People who are more than ten years old are like old men in the year of destiny.

As he exhausted himself to consider the battle situation, Ma Shiying had a feeling that his body was being hollowed out rapidly, and he had a feeling in his heart that his limit was approaching.

Although I don't know if it's an illusion, Ma Shiying doesn't want to leave Changsha. When people are old, in the face of such a situation, the four words "don't want to toss" are a little pessimistic, but they are words from the heart.

"I don't want to toss anymore." Longwu said, "If this is the providence, I would rather die here." ”

Longwu is different from Ma Shiying, Longwu is more unwilling to fall into a situation where power is next to and is controlled by others. His team, his loyal soldiers are all in Changsha. He can leave Changsha, but it is impossible to take his team out of Changsha.

That is, after he arrived in Guangzhou, he could almost be said to be alone.

And Guangdong Ding Chukui is not a pure minister.

Instead of this, he might as well die and die for his younger brother who is already in Guangzhou, and accumulate more prestige.

After all, death is greater. He was martyred in Changsha, adding some more prestige to the Tang Dynasty, and his younger brother was a little more sure of inheriting the throne.

"I'm just sorry Xin Tong." Long Wu's heart darkened a little. He had already told the Zeng family that after the defeat, he would find a way to send the Zeng family out of Changsha City, even if it was to live an ordinary life incognito, just to give birth to Lin'er. Just be able to pass on the incense.

was only rejected by Zeng.

First, she swore to live and die with Longwu, and second, she was already pregnant and about to give birth. Pot-bellied poop is not good at all. How can you escape under the pursuit of thieves, run slowly, can't run, run fast, can't say one corpse and two lives.

Rather than this, it is better for the father and son to die together, which can be regarded as a family reunion.

"But there's a lot to be done here." Long Wu suppressed the sad feeling in his heart and tried to put his mind in front of him. If you can keep one day, you can keep one day, and if you can keep one day, you can keep one day.

Ma Shiying was also very transparent, and said, "Your Majesty can prepare to send elite assault thieves?" ”

"Exactly." Longwu said.

Ma Shiying also had no intention of letting Longwu escape, and said in a slightly low voice: "With the scale of this tunnel, it can pass through one or two thousand people at most, so you have to choose the elite." It's just that there are not many elites in the city. ”

Long Wu sighed slightly in his heart, and said secretly: "It's not much, it's just nothing." ”

The two of them were gloomy for a while, and neither of them spoke at this moment, when suddenly a dull voice sounded. Rumbling like rolling thunder in the sky, Long Wu's face changed slightly, he knew that this was not a rolling thunder, but a cannon.

The siege of the Xia army officially began.