On the upper floor of Suzhou City, sparse flags hang on bamboo poles.

It was a scorching hot day, there was no wind at all, and the treetops in the distance were motionless.

The pawns guarding the city looked listlessly at the city, their eyelids drooping like flags, and they looked half-asleep.

In the enemy camp in the distance, the gate of the camp was closed, except for the endless noise, the silence under the city of Suzhou was terrifying.

Hou Xuanyan inspected the city tower, holding the jade sword hilt tightly in his hand, not that he was nervous all the time, but that this jade sword hilt absorbed heat, which was a wonderful thing to dispel the heat. Walking to the lookout, Hou Xuanyan frowned, and kicked the ass of the soldier holding the flag.

"Asleep?!"

The soldier was so frightened that he hurriedly stood up with his chest up, his eyes wide and staring at the city with a serious face.

"Give me to be smart, don't look at them now, maybe they'll be killed when they come."

Although the Suzhou soldiers defending the city did not dare to refute, they did not think so. These Qing troops didn't know what they were afraid of, and they didn't dare to attack the city for a long time.

Hou Xuanyan was also confused, and scolded: "Hong Chengchou is an old boy, bringing 100,000 people to Suzhou without attacking the city, is it to come to Taihu Lake to fish?" ”

In the Chinese army camp in the distance, the generals of the Qing army also couldn't figure out Hong Chengchou's thoughts. Jiangning Admiral Cao Cunxing opened the big tent and saw Hong Chengchou pointing at a map with the generals who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Suzhou. These people were originally the general soldiers and generals stationed in Suzhou, and they knew the landform of Suzhou well.

Cao Cunxing waited on the side for a while, and saw that Hong Chengchou had no intention of stopping, so he took the initiative to speak: "Lord Hong, it's very hot these days, and there are many people in the army who faint from heat stroke. The last general suggested that we might as well transfer some lotus seeds, sour plums and other things from Jinling to cool off, otherwise we will be exhausted here, and our own people will collapse without a fight. ”

Hong Chengchou heard that there was a hint of sarcasm in his words, although these Han warlords were forced to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty due to the situation, but they were unruly in their bones. That is all a habit developed after the authority of the Ming court was lost, and the generals who have soldiers in their hands easily do not take their bosses seriously.

Hong Chengchou held back his anger, made an open-minded face, and asked with a smile: "General Cao, but what complaints do you have about us not attacking the city for a long time?" ”

Cao Cunxing clenched his fists and said: "The last general will not dare to complain, but my brothers have already chirped and quarreled, Lord Hong, we have all led soldiers, you must know that it will be difficult to do it if the army's heart is scattered." ”

Hong Chengchou paced lightly, walked to Cao Cunxing's side, patted him on the shoulder and said: "I don't know how fast the soldiers are, but have you seen it, there are 200 cannons of Bolobel in the Suzhou City Tower, wouldn't it be self-defeating to rashly attack the city." ”

The generals in the tent were all silently listening to the two bigwigs, but after hearing this, Wu Zhikui, who was at the end of the crowd, had his eyes lit up. He had the lowest status, and he couldn't even see Hong Chengchou's face, so he squeezed out of the crowd at this time, knelt down and said, "Lord Hong, the young general has something to tell you." ”

Hong Chengchou glanced at him suspiciously, and said softly, "Speak." ”

Wu Zhikui raised his head and said excitedly: "Most of the young general's subordinates are from Suzhou, and there are countless people who are related to the people in the city. In the past, when the young generals and Hou Xuanyan did not tear their faces, their soldiers and generals could also freely enter and leave the city to visit relatives and friends. At that time, one of the young general's subordinates heard his cousin talk about an incident.

Once again, Hou Xuanyan transported the cannon to the city tower, and his henchman Xu Yuanbao once asked, "There are no cannonballs in the city, what's the use of transporting these iron lumps." "It's just because the young general at that time was bent on breaking through Suzhou and looking for Hou Xuanyan to take revenge, so I always remember this sentence very clearly."

Hong Chengchou's eyes flashed with a light, his pupils constricted, he stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar, and asked, "Is this true?" ”

"The young will not dare to deceive the adults."

Cao Cunxing scolded: "Dog, why didn't you say it earlier." The skins of the old men have been sunburned off three layers. ”

Wu Zhikui didn't dare to talk back, just laughed.

Hong Chengchou chuckled lightly and said: "This is not a bad thing, we have been motionless for the past few days, and the other side must have relaxed its vigilance, and the siege of the city tonight will have a miraculous effect." ”

At nightfall, the Qing troops set up a formation, and all kinds of siege equipment were lined up. Take advantage of the night to touch the city of Suzhou.

The city defenders, who had been on duty for a day, packed up their weapons and walked down the city tower in line, waiting for the robes and brothers to come to change their guards.

The soldiers can change their guards, but Hou Xuanyan didn't dare to take it lightly, he stared into the distance, and felt more and more that something was wrong.

"Come on, light the fire."

From the huge observation deck, a flame rose into the sky, illuminating the ground as if it were day. The Qing soldiers had already appeared in the field of vision, Hou Xuanyan roared angrily, and all the soldiers hurriedly turned around and returned to their respective positions.

The enemy's situation was unknown, so he stood on the tower of the city and did not move until the wooden ox carts and carts like monsters under the city escorted the soldiers to the city.

These huge siege vehicles were rectangular or ridge-shaped wooden houses built on rectangular seats, covered in cowhide, and equipped with four wheels underneath, in the form of movable bunkers.

The sturdy soldiers pushed these siege weapons to the bottom of the city, and many vehicles were connected to form a ground passage, covering the soldiers to approach the city wall and begin to siege the city.

In addition, there are thick bamboo canopies, half-cut boats, wooden stands, bamboo stands, wooden curtains, leather curtains, etc., which are light and dexterous, and can cover four or five soldiers or individual soldiers to approach the city wall and carry out siege operations.

This siege was commanded by Hong Chengchou, and unlike Bolo, who blindly attacked the city, he was familiar with all kinds of Ming siege weapons. Moreover, the entire Central Plains fell into the hands of the Manchus, and they had the vast majority of the Ming Dynasty's armaments.

Zhu Dadian was dressed in armor, commanding his subordinates majestically, and when he saw Hou Xuanyan on the city tower, he came over and persuaded loudly: "Commander, swords and arrows have no eyes, the enemy chief is attacking the city, it is very dangerous here, the commander should stay away for the time being." ”

Hou Xuanyan shook his head, he saw that the stones and trees dropped by the Suzhou soldiers fell on the siege vehicle, and there was no harm at all, and he couldn't help asking: "General Zhu, you are well-informed, what is the origin of these things in the city?" ”

"This is called a wooden ox cart, which is covered with animal skins, and it is extremely hard, and it is not soaked by water and fire, and it can only be destroyed by pouring the burned molten iron on it with a fire iron box. It's a pity that we have been peaceful in Suzhou for a long time, and there is no fire box. ”

Countless Qing soldiers under the city, under the cover of siege vehicles, bombarded the city gate with ramming wood. The arrows and rolling stones in the city could not hurt them through the wooden ox carts.

Hong Chengchou, who was looking at the car in the distance, secretly observed for a long time, and finally confirmed that the cannon in Suzhou was indeed just an ornament. Only then did he wave his hand and attack.

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