Under the city of Changsha, tens of thousands of rebel prisoners knelt on the ground, shouting deeply, begging Zhang Xianzhong to follow the trend and lead his troops to surrender to the official army, so as to prevent the brothers from suffering a tragic death and a miserable life. Bayi Chinese ]]].)

"Eight kings, please, hurry up and open the city gates!"

"Open the gates! Eight kings, come down quickly. ”

"The Eight Kings are coming down! The new Liao army is too powerful, you can't hold Changsha City, and if you surrender early, you can die a few less! ”

"Eight kings, look, your eldest son is dead, you can't let the brothers follow you to death in vain!"

"That's right! Brothers, open the gates and surrender! My son is still in the city, he can't die......"

One by one, sentence by sentence, gossip, all touching persuasion to surrender, the captives burst into tears, begging Zhang Xianzhong to open the city and surrender.

Zhang Xianzhong was annoyed by what he heard, his mood was irritable, and he saw Sun Kewang being beheaded by Mo Li from a distance, and his heart was even more sad. Although he was annoyed that Sun Kewang came to persuade him to surrender and disturb the army's heart, he was also the first son he adopted, and it was still sad to see him killed in front of his eyes.

At this time, seeing these former subordinates running there and crying and begging for surrender, I couldn't help but feel angry, and shouted: "Shoot the arrow!" Shoot the arrows! Shoot this useless garbage! ”

His subordinates did not dare to disobey Zhang Xianzhong's order, and the archers immediately fired arrows at the city.

Countless arrows were fired at the captives under the city, and some of the captives in front were caught off guard and killed hundreds of people on the spot. The remaining captives were shocked, hurriedly got up and turned around and ran, running straight to the front of the new Liao army, and then stopped.

Mo Li rode up to the captives and said loudly, "You have failed too, have you?" ”

The captives were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down and shouted for mercy: "Your Excellency, don't kill us, your Excellency!" ”

Mo Li's expression was grim, and he pulled out his long knife, and the snow-white blade shone with a cold light in the sun.

"The chance to live, didn't the official give you a chance, but you didn't grasp it yourself, can you blame the official?" Mo Li pointed at Changsha City with a knife and said, "If you want to survive, you can only rely on yourself to fight for it!" Now this official will give you one last chance to go and take Changsha City to this official! ”

"Huh?" The hearts of the captives, which had just been laid down, were raised again.

"If you capture Changsha City, you can live, of course it is not easy, but if you don't attack the city, this official will order you to be killed now! Life or death, you choose. ”

The captives looked at each other, and no one spoke.

"If you go to attack the city, there is still a glimmer of success, and there is a glimmer of hope, if you don't go, you won't even have this glimmer of hope." Mo Li said coldly.

The crowd began to stir. Indeed, as long as Bo fights, there is still a chance.

"Now Zhang Xianzhong didn't listen to your advice at all, and ordered the rebels in the city to shoot you mercilessly, without thinking about your brotherhood in the past, do you still want to treat them as brothers?"

This sentence finally broke down the psychological defenses of the captives, and the captives finally agreed to attack the city.

Mo Li did not completely use them as cannon fodder, and before starting the siege, he ordered the artillery battalion to launch a fierce artillery bombardment of the walls of Changsha City. Unfortunately, due to the lack of artillery power and the fact that Changsha City was built very strongly, Changsha City remained intact after the smoke cleared.

Mo Li ordered the people to distribute weapons to the captives, and then reluctantly rushed towards Changsha City with a cloud ladder under the supervision of the new Liao army.

Black clouds overwhelm the city and want to destroy it, and a banner is coming to the sun. The captives attacked for a long time under the pressure of the new Liao army, and it was difficult to attack the head of the city because of the tall and strong Changsha city and the fierce artillery fire, and in half a day, the captives were killed and wounded more than 3,000 people.

Mo Li looked at the sky and it was getting late, and the captives had indeed attacked hard, Changsha City was a famous city in Huguang, and it was normal that he would not be able to attack it for a while and a half. So he ordered the troops to be collected, camped, and surrounded the city of Changsha on all sides.

For a few days, the New Liao army attacked Changsha City several times, but there was still no progress, but the New Liao army did not suffer much loss, because after escorting the captives to storm the city wall several times, Mo Li mainly adopted the strategy of besieging the city to besiege Zhang Xianzhong.

In the past few days, Tu Yongzhong of Xiangyin and Hu Jianqing of Zhuzhou have also organized several rescues, but each time they were repelled by Zhou Yuji and Li Guo respectively, and they couldn't cross the defense line of the two at all, so how could they talk about rescue?

On the morning of the fifth day, Mo Li was discussing with the generals the method of breaking the city, and everyone was worried, but they didn't expect Changsha City to be so impregnable and difficult to break.

Du Geng said: "My lord, our grain and grass materials are inconvenient, I'm afraid we won't be able to besiege the city for a long time, and if it goes on like this, it won't take four or five days, and we will have to withdraw our troops." ”

Liang Junchang also said on the side: "My lord, General Du is right, our army's grain and grass are basically transported by Yiyang, but Yiyang is not a big place, and the food is limited, besides, we captured seventy or eighty thousand prisoners in Ningxiang last time, which also require huge consumption." ”

Mo Li nodded and said, "This official knows, everyone think about it, is there any good way to break through Changsha City?" ”

Changsha City is very strong, unless there is a Hongyi cannon to bombard the city, it is difficult to bombard the gate of Changsha City with light artillery such as Western cannons and Francophone guns.

However, it is difficult to transport Hongyi cannons, and there are no Hongyi cannons in the prefectures and counties around Changsha, and there are only five Hongyi cannons in Xiangyang City in Huguang. From Xiangyang to Changsha, not to mention thousands of miles, when the Hongyi cannon was transferred, the daylily was cold.

The generals are at a loss.

At this moment, the leader of the gang, Lao Zhang, came up with breakfast. In addition to steamed buns and noodles, there is also a plate of fish soup, and the milky white soup is topped with a pinch of chopped coriander and shallots, which is particularly fragrant.

Mo Li said strangely: "Lao Zhang, why is there still fish soup today?" ”

These days, it has been a steamed noodle nest, and this fish soup is really the first time I have seen it.

Lao Zhang put down his breakfast, rubbed his hands, and said a little crampedly: "Back to my lord, this fish was caught by Xiaoguangzi in the Xiangjiang River this morning, and the villain looked fresh, so he thought about making a fish soup for the adults and the generals, and I don't know if it suits the taste of adults?" ”

Mo Li nodded, and said kindly: "Oh, it's okay, I'm just curious to ask, it's nothing, our old men don't pick what to eat." Besides, your Lao Zhang's craftsmanship is not top-notch, and I've been eating it for more than half a year. ”

"Hey, hey, hey, hey......" Old Zhang grinned innocently.

"Alright, you can go down."

"Hey."

Mo Li scooped a bowl of fish soup and took a sip while it was hot, it was not bad, it was quite sweet, and there was no earthy smell and fishy smell.

Mo Li secretly praised Lao Zhang's good skills, and was about to continue drinking soup, when he suddenly moved and said, "Wait! Fish soup ...... Fish? ”

His voice startled Lao Zhang, and he hurriedly stopped, turned around and said, "Big, adult, this fish soup doesn't taste right?" ”

The others also looked at Mo Li in confusion, and then at Lao Zhang, thinking that something was wrong with this fish soup.

Mo Li waved his hand and said: "The fish soup is no problem, oh, Lao Zhang, it's none of your business, the fish soup is delicious, I was abrupt just now, you go down first!" ”

Lao Zhang's heart was relieved, so he confessed to Mo Li again, and then withdrew.

After Lao Zhang retreated, Guan Feng said, "What did you think of, sir?" ”

Mo Li nodded and said, "This official suddenly thought of a question, is the underground drainage ditch in Changsha City leading to the Xiangjiang River?" ”

6 Chentao's family is from Changsha, and when he heard this, he nodded and said: "What my lord said is true, the underground drainage ditch of Changsha City is leading to the Xiangjiang River, but the water of the Xiangjiang River has always been very clear, and Changsha people often fish from the Xiangjiang River to eat." ”

"I'm not talking about fish." Mo Li said: "Chentao, do you know how big the underground drainage ditch space is in Changsha City? ”

"What do you mean ......?" 6 Chentao seemed to have vaguely guessed something.

"That's right, it's an underground gutter!" Mo Li came to his senses and ordered: "Guan Feng, send someone to find someone who is familiar with the structure of the underground drainage ditch in Changsha City, this official has something to ask." ”

Guan Feng nodded, agreed, stood up and walked out, and gave the order.

Not long after, two of Guan Feng's soldiers walked in with a captive in his thirties, who reported that this person was a mason named Tang San in Changsha City, who had participated in the maintenance of Changsha City's underground drainage system.

Mo Li said, "Tang San, you once built the underground drainage ditch of Changsha City, right?" The official asked you, how big is the underground drainage ditch in Changsha City? Can it accommodate a person walking? ”

That Tang San was very restrained, and said cautiously: "Lord Hui, that drainage ditch is about five feet high and three feet wide, and it is not a problem for a person to bend down and get into it." ”

"Oh? Do you know where the drains in the city are? Mo Li asked again.

Tang San nodded and said, "The villain knows. There are three large drains, one is behind the Hujia restaurant in the north of the city, one is near the market in the south of the city, and the other is in the street in front of the apricot forest ** shop in the west of the city, and there are many other small drains, which are relatively small and people can't drill down. ”

Mo Li was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Okay! If you draw the structure and distribution of this drain, you will be rewarded! ”

According to the crude structural diagram depicted by Tang San, Mo Li ordered someone to call Meng Ke, the captain of the Snow Eagle Brigade, and asked him to organize the team to immediately prepare to infiltrate Changsha City from the drainage ditch, and attack Changsha from the inside and outside.

After Meng Ke received the order, he immediately summoned sixty team members to bring all the equipment, and ordered Tang San to be the guide to find the outlet of the drainage ditch located on the edge of the Xiangjiang River.

In order to cover the actions of the Snow Eagle Brigade from being detected by the rebels, Mo Li immediately organized his troops to launch a massive siege operation before Meng Ke came out, successfully attracting the attention of the rebels to the siege team.

Under the cover of the rumbling cannon, Meng Ke led sixty team members to quietly find the exit of the drainage ditch......