Although the strategy is decided, it is not easy to lay down Jiujiang. There are still 20,000 thieves in Jiujiang City, and the Ming army can only use it as an army to attack the city. If the thieves are bent on defending, how difficult is it to break through the city in a few days under normal circumstances?

The Ming army can rely on nothing more than strong ships and cannons, strong ships can not drive to the head of Jiujiang City, but the cannons can break through the Jiujiang city wall, and now all that can be done is to break through the Jiujiang city wall strongly, and then take the opportunity to enter the city, but it will be a cruel bloody battle.

The artillery bombardment of the city will inevitably make the city wall broken, and it is not conducive to future defense, after all, Zhang Xianzhong will not take long to kill back, and then it will become a situation where the Ming army will defend the west of the city and attack the thieves.

Therefore, after the city is broken, it is necessary to set aside two days to repair the city walls for future defense.

After discussion, everyone felt that the time was so tight and the task was so difficult that it could not be completed in a short period of time.

Gu Junen took the staff officers of the staff department to think hard about the corresponding strategy, and Lu Zhenfei was also there to assist, but he couldn't come up with a perfect plan. The plan that can be made is nothing more than to break through the city walls with artillery, and then take the opportunity to enter the city and storm it.

Chen Yue is also very helpless about this, after all, from ancient times to the present, there are so many ways to siege the city, cloud ladders to siege the city, digging tunnels, piling up soil and the city as high, and so on. And if there is a siege method, there is a strategy to crack the siege. Every siege method is not so perfect, and there is a corresponding strategy when defending the city. Therefore, siege warfare often ends up taking a long time, and it is common for months, half a year, or even several years to besiege the city.

However, after the red-coated cannon on the battlefield, it is much easier to break the city, and it is the simplest and rude way to break through the city wall with artillery and force it in. Now Chen Yue has hundreds of cannon artillery under his command, and there is no problem in breaking through the Jiujiang city wall, but after the city is broken, it needs to be brutally killed, and the city wall has to be repaired again afterwards, which is no way to do it.

So, Chen Yue sent an order and ordered Jin Xin to return to the Yangtze River with the main fleet through Hukou and prepare artillery to break the city outside Jiujiang City. Li Yi rushed to Jiujiang City by land with the main force and the prisoners, and at the same time transferred 20,000 Beijing battalion soldiers to build the city at Hukou and Yu Feng's troops went to Jiujiang to participate in the siege. At the mouth of the lake, only 10,000 Beijing camps were left to continue to build the city.

Just when several armies gathered under Jiujiang City, and the fleet had arrived at the designated position and was about to start the siege, a secret letter from Liu Neng made Chen Yue change the siege strategy.

Liu Neng is now the commander of the Jinyi Guard and the head of the Enemy Intelligence Department of the Eastern Army, and his task is to probe the enemy situation and provide intelligence for the army.

Jin Xin and Li Yi defeated more than 30,000 thieves and captured more than 10,000 thieves, so Liu Neng personally went to the prisoner camp to screen the prisoners and try to develop spies in the thief army for his own use.

The western thieves now have an army of hundreds of thousands, occupying the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and in the face of such a powerful force, it is natural to know themselves and know their opponents, and it is precisely where Jinyiwei comes into play to install treachers and persuade the enemy to surrender.

According to the information obtained by Liu Neng's emergency interrogation of the captives, the current guard in Jiujiang City is a western thief named Wang Fuchen, but he is a diehard who has been with Zhang Xianzhong for a long time, and it is impossible to persuade him to surrender.

However, Liu Neng succeeded in persuading the captured Western thief general He Jiuyi, and after interrogation, Liu Neng actually came up with a plan to take Jiujiang, so he hurriedly reported to Chen Yue and asked him to decide.

Chen Yue smiled slightly after reading Liu Neng's secret letter, and passed the letter to Gu Junen and Lu Zhenfei, and asked if it was feasible after the two of them read it.

"A strategy is a good strategy, but how can you ensure that He Jiuyi is truly surrendered?" Gu Junen said with some hesitation.

"For these thieves, where there is any loyalty to speak of, it is a great temptation to save their lives and gain high office, and this temptation is enough to make them betray their former accomplices." Lu Zhenfei said disapprovingly.

Gu Junen's face couldn't help but turn red when he heard this, he was once a member of the thief army, and he was given to Chen Yue by Hao Shaoqi as a meeting gift, and now he is also serving the imperial court. For the sake of fame and fortune, he defected to the court and betrayed his accomplices, and he Gu Junen was also counted as one.

Seeing Gu Junen's face, Lu Zhenfei knew that he was a little speechless, and hurriedly remedied: "Don't be too careful, the old man is not referring to you, Gu is not referring to you, Gu is the master of my Ming Dynasty, a member of the scholars, the thief army who joined after being captured by the thief army, and these thieves should not be confused." ”

Gu Junen smiled reluctantly: "I know what you mean, Lord Lu, I didn't think much about it......"

Chen Yue hurriedly interjected: "From the perspective of this father, with Liu Neng's ability, forcing Nahe Jiuyi to surrender is nothing, and now the question is whether the Jiujiang thief general Wang Fuchen will be tricked?" ”

Gu Junen stabilized his mind and said with a smile: "If you can be sure that He Jiuyi is sincere in surrendering, it will be nothing if Wang Fuchen is not successful." Wang Fuchen is in the plan, we can take Jiujiang lightly, and if it is not planned, we can attack the city according to the original plan. After all, according to Commander Liu's strategy, we also need to cooperate with the bombardment of Jiujiang City, so that Wang Fuchen can have the possibility of winning the plan. ”

Chen Yue nodded: "What Master Gu said is very true. ”

After the discussion, everyone went their own way. Lu Zhenfei found Gu Junen privately and apologized again for his gaffe.

Lu Zhenfei is an open-minded and upright person, full of thoughts about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, although he has a lot of opinions about Gu Junen as a man but is committed to the thief camp, but he never wants to make Gu Junen feel guilty because of his small opinion in his heart, after all, Gu Junen is now an important adviser under Chen Yue, and his actions have a great impact on the war.

Gu Junen waved his hand generously to show that he didn't care.

"Jun En is not a greedy, powerful, glorious and wealthy person, the reason why he serves the Duke of Qi is not to be a high-ranking official, but to be a prince of Qi and his people.

There is a Manchurian invasion outside, internal natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people can't survive and raise the anti-flag, the Ming Dynasty is actually hopelessly ill, Jun En previously took refuge in Li Zicheng not for glory and wealth, but to save the world's Li Shu.

And now it seems that a thief is a thief, and he can't save the world at all. Jun En looks at the entire Ming Dynasty, and the one who can save the world is none other than the Duke of Qi! This is the reason why Jun En works for the Duke of Qi! ”

Lu Zhenfei's mouth opened and opened again when he heard this, and he sighed and didn't speak again.

Gu Junen's words are really a bit of a kingless and fatherless, and he puts Chen Yue above the king of the court, and only Chen Yue has no Ming Emperor in his eyes.

But what can Lu Zhenfei say, the events of the past few years can prove that this is really inseparable from Chen Yue!

Gu Junen, Liu Neng, Shan Minglei, and Qian Fenglin, who was willing to be Chen Yue's retainer but unwilling to be an official in the imperial court on Dongfan Island, and the people under Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, were more arrogant and untamed than the other, and there was no imperial court in their eyes.

What if he exterminated all the rebels one day and drove the Mantars out of the Ming Dynasty? Lu Zhenfei was deeply worried. ()

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