"Since it is not feasible to blatantly dig a hole under the city wall like the last time under the city of Runzhou, and then stuff the black powder into it and blast it, then dig a tunnel, dig a tunnel from outside the city to the bottom of the city wall, and then put in black powder, which can also blow up the city wall of the enemy Xuanzhou. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Wang Maozhang said.

"General Wang's method is a bit taken for granted, the method of digging tunnels takes too long, if we can't take Xuanzhou for a long time, I'm afraid that the situation will change. And what if Tian Yu is prepared in advance? He is not a fledgling incompetent, and he will definitely guard against our army digging tunnels when defending the city. Tai Meng shook his head and asked.

Tunneling is generally not preferred in siege warfare, and the defenders often bury water tanks in the ground and cover them with cowhide. Send someone to listen. When the besieging party digs a tunnel with a hoe, it can be heard clearly from a certain distance. After discovering the enemy army digging a tunnel, it is generally possible to dig in the city at the same time to connect with the enemy's tunnel, and then send soldiers to destroy the enemy.

"Then you need to constantly launch siege battles on the open side to attract the attention of the defenders."

"General Wang, if we keep attacking in order to dig tunnels, how many soldiers will our army lose as a result? Now Tian Yan is at the end of his rope, and I am afraid that it is not worth it to make too much loss for him. Tai Meng still vetoed it.

"General Tai, what do you mean by this? You object to everything Ben says, do you have any good idea? Wang Maozhang was slightly angry, he had just broken through Runzhou, although he relied on Ning Zhong's help, but after all, it was his own meritorious service, so now he is a little high-spirited, how can he withstand Tai Meng's constant refutation.

"General Ben is not interesting, he just thinks that General Wang's method has taken too long and is not a good law."

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Seeing the two main deputies around him arguing with each other over the siege of the city, Yang Wu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Siege is never an easy job, and fortunately, the two battles of Guangde eliminated Tian Yan's main force, otherwise it would be more difficult to conquer the city.

"How did Taimeng in history finally conquer Xuanzhou?" Yang Wu couldn't help but try to remember.

It has been more than a year since he came to this era, and his original memory has become more and more blurred, he only remembers that in history, Tai Meng led the army to break through Tian Yan, and it took less than two months from the time he sent his troops to cross the river south to finally kill Tian Yan to quell the rebellion.

On the contrary, Wang Maozhang attacked Runzhou An Renyi but could not break the city, until a whole year passed after Tian Yan's death, Wang Maozhang took advantage of An Renyi's slack defense to attack Runzhou by digging tunnels.

However, history has now been completely changed by Yang Wu, with the help of black powder, Runzhou City was broken by Wang Maozhang in more than a month, and Tian Yan is now leading the army to hold the city, but he can't think of a good way. Black powder to blow up the city walls? Digging tunnels? With Tian Yan's ability, he is afraid that he will be on guard.

Seeing the two arguing with each other, Yang Wu hurriedly said something to stop: "Okay, the two generals sit down, what does this noise look like?" Everyone is planning for the siege of the city, so don't make a noise and hurt the peace. ”

He personally got up and pressed Tai Meng on the chair, and asked Wang Maozhang to sit down as well, and then sat down again and said: "The method of digging the tunnel does take too long, General Tai, since you don't agree with General Wang's method, then I don't know what good way the general has?" ”

Tai Meng stroked his long beard and said: "Shizi, General Wang, you don't know much about Tian Yan after all, but the old man has known him for more than 30 years, and he is clear about his character. If you want to break through Xuanzhou City, blindly attacking the city will cause too much loss and take too long, which is not a good way. ”

"Oh, I don't know what to do?"

Yang Wu couldn't help but look forward to it, wanting to see what method was used to pacify Tian Yan's Taimeng in less than two months in history.

"It's very simple, with Tian Yan's temperament, even at this time, he will not easily admit defeat. And he also knows that blindly defending the city is never the right way, so after a period of time, he will inevitably lead his elite to take the initiative to go out of the city to attack our army, and then our army will cut off his way back and eliminate the elite soldiers who left him out of the city. ”

Yang Wu was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Tai Meng's method to be so simple, but when he thought about it, there was some truth, maybe in history, Tai Meng just waited for Tian Yu to kill him after leaving the city, and then pacified Xuanzhou in one fell swoop?

"So how do you get him to take the initiative to go out of the city and attack our army?" Yang Wu hurriedly asked.

"The situation in Xuanzhou is actually similar to that when the prince attacked Suzhou, the same is that the reinforcements are cut off and the lonely city is trapped. We can keep bombarding with Suzhou artillery to make the defenders feel hopeless. At the beginning, the defenders of Suzhou panicked because it was the first time they saw the Suzhou artillery, and the defenders of Xuanzhou might behave better in the face of the bombardment of the Suzhou artillery, but they would not be able to stand it if they continued to bombard. ”

"The morale of the defenders was not high, and in order to boost morale, Tian Yan had to go out of the city to attack. This gave our army the opportunity to cut off his back road. Tai Meng said with a smile.

"In the general's opinion, how to cut off his way back? Or is it the same as the last time the prince attacked Suzhou? Wang Maozhang said coldly.

The last time he attacked Suzhou, it was Zhang Kezong who led his ambush troops to suddenly kill, seize the bridge, and cut off the Suzhou army's return route. But they didn't know exactly when Tian Yan would go out of the city to attack them, and how to set up an ambush in advance.

"No, since black powder can be used to blow down walls, it can also be used to blow down bridges. The enemy army had to cross a bridge less than 500 paces after leaving the city, and we only had to arrange black powder under the bridge in advance, and let a few dead soldiers stay there day and night. After the Xuanzhou army crossed the bridge, they ignited the gunpowder and blew up the bridge. In this way, the enemy army naturally has no way to retreat. Tai Meng smiled very confidently.

"Okay, in the general's opinion, let's bombard Suzhou for a month first!" Yang Wu smiled happily.

With the siege strategy set, the Huainan army began to concentrate craftsmen to build Suzhou artillery, and did not immediately launch a siege.

Seeing this, Chengzhong Tian Yan not only did not feel relaxed, but his mood became even heavier.

He knew that if Yang Wu was in a hurry and launched a fierce attack as soon as he came up, then the more fierce they attacked, the more likely they were to make mistakes, the easier it was for the soldiers to get tired, and the easier it would be for him to find their loopholes and launch a counterattack.

However, the Huainan army was unhurried to build siege equipment on a large scale as it is now, putting on the appearance of a long-term battle. This atmosphere of "black clouds crushing the city" made the defenders breathless, and the morale that Tian Yan had just raised with a generous reward was afraid that it would also be exhausted while waiting for the enemy to attack the city.

And when the Huainan army was ready to start attacking the city, the overwhelming attack of Mount Tai was a little difficult to withstand.

"Yang Xingmi, Yang Xingmi, you gave birth to a good son!"