On the slope of the big hill at the mouth of the valley, a tree was cut down. Liu Ying stood here, her vision broadened. In the vast white mist, many black figures in the enemy formation were moving eastward.

Liu Ying watched for a while, looked back left and right, and sighed with some loss: "The Marquis of Jiangyin is really very calm, if he enters the valley, there will be good fruits for him to eat!" ”

As soon as these words came out, several guard commanders immediately looked sideways and looked at Liu Ying with strange eyes. But the generals didn't talk much, just kept silent.

The generals in the army knew the inside story, and Liu Ying did not have many ambushes in the mountains and forests on both sides. This morning, the formation is going to be strong, and most of the soldiers and horses are on the big formation! But Liu Ying even lied to his own people, maybe even he himself believed the lie.

Liu Ying felt the gaze of the generals, looked back left and right, everyone bent down one after another, and someone said: "Governor Liu is wise." ”

But just now, Liu Ying was actually scared to death! He was already timid and small, and when he thought that if Wu Gao didn't get hit and the army covered up, the deception would really turn into a big defeat......

This morning, when he knew that the enemy army was about to attack, Liu Ying finally overcame his fear, and pulled the only tens of thousands of people up to support the scene! Because he has understood a truth since he was a child: the more weak you are, the more others will bully you!

Liu Ying has done this kind of thing countless times, and there are times when she fails, and when she encounters a really ruthless person, she can only find a chance to succumb; But most of the time it works.

Today is just a repeat of the old trick, Liu Ying even sent the only cavalry, detoured the enemy's flank and flank, and made the appearance of threatening to kill the opponent in a battle...... The consequences of the slightest accident were a bit serious, and now he can still hear the "thump" in his chest like a drum.

He dared to make such a decision on the spot, because he had thought about it before. The key to delaying Wu Gaojun this time is that Wu Gao cannot be allowed to find out his own details, otherwise the enemy will be outnumbered, and it will be more difficult to block the attack.

Liu Ying stood on the hillside for a long time, and it seemed that she had not yet returned to her soul. His mood was complicated, and he didn't have a trace of joy at all when he succeeded in his treacherous plan. I felt a long sigh of relief in my heart, but I hated it very much; For he felt the temptation of malice deeply, and the danger seemed to have just brushed his cheeks.

…… At the end of the first month, the smoke under the city of Guizhou was heavy, and there was a lot of people.

After spending several days in a row in the loud noise, Zhu Gaoxu felt a little dizzy early in the morning. He sat in the fort that was the commander of the Chinese army, rubbed his forehead vigorously with his hands, and exhaled a long breath.

At this time, Miaojin came in, she glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and silently went to fetch water to boil on the table and stove.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly spoke: "There are two very strong kinds of human inability. One is to live, and the other is to live better. War, however, has been the opposite and has not stopped for thousands of years. ”

Miaojin turned around and said, "Maybe it's because of wanting to live that you want others to die." Isn't that exactly what the Han King is? ”

"Makes sense." Zhu Gaoxu said thoughtfully.

At this moment, most of the deputy general Zhao Ping walked in, because of Zhao Ping's identity and the fact that this place was the lobby of the Chinese army, he walked straight to Zhu Gaoxu's side, bowed his head and whispered for a while.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent. Zhao Ping exhaled, bowed down and said: "Fortunately, Wu Gao was deceived, if the enemy army is determined to fight with Liu Ying, Liu Ying's men and horses will have to fight out within a day!" Liu Dudu has always been a little aggressive. ”

Zhu Gaoxu muttered: "Liu Ying has his own considerations, and this king only looks at the results. He then asked, "In the last few days, has there been any news from Yunnan?" ”

Zhao Ping shook his head, and suddenly said: "Qingyantun was attacked by our department yesterday evening, and the brothers found this thing......" He said and took out a piece of paper from his arms.

Zhu Gaoxu took it in front of his eyes and took a look, it was covered with the seal of the Guizhou Metropolitan Division, and the signature was Gu Cheng! The content reads that if the city of Guizhou is besieged, the military generals of Qingyantun will immediately send someone to report to the commander of the reinforcements after finding out the military situation.

Zhao Ping said in a deep voice: "Why don't you send a spy to see Wu Gao with this military order and report him a false news!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly used his imagination and thought of various situations, and after a while he shook his head and said: "Liu Ying is dealing with Wu Gao, send the military order to Liu Ying's camp, and let him dispose of it as appropriate." It is better for this king not to interfere too much, so as not to add to the snake and trap him. ”

Zhao Ping hugged his fists and said: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Zhu Gaoxu was going to inspect the battlefield in front of him immediately, but he saw that Miaojin had boiled water, which should be to make tea for him, so he sat in the house for a while, and waited for Miaojin to drink the strong tea before going out.

…… On the vast battlefield, it looks a little messy, but it is very layered from far and near. If you look closely, you can see the rules of the besieging army.

With the city of Guizhou as the center, 700 steps away from the city is the siege fortifications of the Han army, and the long earthen wall fence is like a long fence. Bamboo and wood arrow towers stand in it, and countless camp gates are like classical archways.

Nearly 200 steps, thick smoke billowed everywhere. The branches of the burning firewood trees were covered with damp leaves and thatch, and the charred ashes of the grass and trees flew all over the sky along the rising smoke.

The countless return cannons hidden in the depths of the smoke made a loud sound, "Crunch! "Bang dang!" Stones weighing more than 100 kilograms flew into the air from the smoke.

After those return guns are installed, it is difficult to move the place. However, the enemy's heavy artillery had a longer range than the return artillery, and smoke was used as cover to avoid being destroyed by artillery.

Both sides fired their artillery, but neither could aim accurately; The method is to observe where the shell lands and then adjust the direction a second time. However, with smoke covering the return artillery position of the Han army, the enemy could not know whether the heavy artillery shells had hit or not.

At this time, two or three hundred steps away, on the city wall, the air exploded with a "bang", and a cloud of white smoke remained in the air in the distance. Zhu Gaoxu glanced at it and said in his heart: The lead of the pig iron thunder fired by the return cannon is about to be lengthened, and when will the thunder explode, it will also be tried......

At a distance of fifty or sixty paces, two trenches ten paces apart were stacked with sacks of earth; There is a gap between the adjacent sack piles, like the battlements of the city wall. Countless bowmen and crossbowmen stood in chest-high trenches, occasionally shooting arrows at the walls. Artillery such as bowl-mouth guns were also fired one after another, and gunpowder smoke filled the earth ditch.

Some generals thought that the enemy army was condescending on the city walls, and it was useless for the brothers to hide in the ditch. But Zhu Gaoxu thinks it is useful.

At that time, he drew a long flat triangle on the ground as a demonstration of his idea.

The long bottom line of the triangle is the distance from the city wall to the moat, more than fifty steps; The city wall is more than two feet high, maybe five steps high. The 10-to-1 ratio is just that.

The hypotenuse is the direct trajectory of the bow and crossbow, so that it is impossible to shoot the sergeant in the ditch; Unless you throw an arrow into the air and the arrow falls off your head, it's a matter of luck......

Near the trench, a number of sergeants pushing wheelbarrows were carrying earth to the side of the moat.

The convoy was in an extremely sparse formation, evading artillery bombardment, and there were still occasional people who were unlucky enough to be hit by shells; Although there were wooden shields on the earthmoving trucks, the arrows thrown by the defenders also caused casualties among the soldiers from time to time.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom" The sound of large and small artillery above and below ......the city wall was like thunder. When the return cannon was fired, the greased wood still rubbed the sound of tooth acid, and the moment the shell was projected, the sound was even more deafening.

On the battle line that surrounds the city for more than ten miles, on the endless battlefield, both sides are attacking with various weapons everywhere, and blood is being shed everywhere!

However, Zhu Gaoxu still issued a military order to make every effort to build back artillery and catapults, and the combat density will increase! As the intensity of the siege increases, the casualties on both sides will increase every day, but time will be saved.

Maybe there will be no difference in the total number of casualties? Fighting a war means death, and he believes that he can only exchange human lives for gains, which is nothing more than a matter of proportion.

The shield cart carrying the earth in front of him came back with a lot of wounded soldiers, many of whom were blurred and distorted. Between the rumbling cannons, all Zhu Gaoxu's ears heard was screams and groans. He spent the whole day in such a great noise, riding around the city to make sure that the men and horses were fighting according to the established strategy.

In the afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu ignored the dissuasion of his generals and guards, rode through the smoke of burning grass and trees, and approached the city wall to watch the battlefield within 200 steps.

"Lord beware!" Zhao Ping's voice shouted.

Zhu Gaoxu looked up after hearing this, and saw many enemy soldiers with bows and arrows on the city wall. He has experienced a hundred battles, of course he will not be frightened by such a battle, it is impossible for a bow and arrow to shoot two hundred paces away, not to mention that those bows and arrows on the wall are shooting at the soldiers of the Han King Army who are filling the river below the corner of the wall!

"Shoot the arrows!" A military general in front of him shouted.

Many of the soldiers in the two trenches stood in the gap from behind the dirt bags, drew their bows and shot at the wall. After the crackling of strings, several screams on the wall could be faintly heard, and someone fell headlong from the wall.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu heard a loud "clang" behind him, and when he raised his head, he saw many stones and cannonballs flying through the air. In an instant, the walls of the city were smashed with stones, and dust flew up; There were also two loud explosions, and the pig iron thunder smashed against the wall.

The brothers of the Han Wangjun below are enduring casualties, and it seems that the defenders are not having a good time. This place is like a purgatory, where death is being created at every moment.

…… After the sun went down, the sound of heaven and earth gradually died down. Zhu Gaoxu finished his work and finally returned to the bedroom, he did not go into battle in person, but he was also exhausted at this time.

Lying down on the bed, his ears seemed to be echoing with various sounds, and his bloody faces flashed in front of him one after another in the darkness. Zhu Gaoxu closed his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and said in his heart: I really want to sleep and get up, someone told him that Guizhou City has been breached!.