In the county seat of Deqing, the Nanyang Xiang army guarding here repelled the second attack of the Fangla army.

Liu Chengdong, who had been able to maintain his spare strength and ease during the siege for several months, soon noticed that the attack of the Fang La army was different from the past.

Occasionally, elite scouts passed through the mountains and forests north of Deqing and shot military intelligence and orders into the city, and Liu Chengdong was able to understand the battle situation and major events outside.

When he came to the city, Liu Chengdong recognized at a glance the general of the Yongle Dynasty who came to reinforce the Ying Ming army, Fang Tianding.

"Fang Tian draws a halberd, Fang Tianding!" Liu Chengdong took a deep breath and said word by word: "Fang Tianding appeared, which means that Fang Lajun must pull out the nail on Lao Tzu's waist before a large number of officers and soldiers arrive!" ”

"We can't be reckless, and we don't have to be reckless, immediately ask Han Zhao for help."

After a pause, Liu Chengdong still said:

"I also wrote to my cheap son-in-law for help, and said......" Liu Chengdong patted his helmet, a little embarrassed.

Liao Shikai, who was writing the dirt bag, raised his head and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"Just say let him try to think of a way, it's best to let Lao Tzu withdraw, otherwise you won't be able to see his father-in-law."

Liu Chengdong was afraid that things would happen to him if they dismantled each other and disregarded the life and death of friendly troops, so he made the matter more serious and added insurance to himself.

This proved to be a very sensible approach.

Although Ying Ming did not capture Deqing County, he is also one of the "Twelve Gods of Jiangnan". In the past two months, he first drove nearly 10,000 young people to build three low walls, completely besieged the county seat of Deqing, so as to free up 7,000 troops to go to other battlefields.

Then he sent an elite of 1,200 people across the mountains and forests in the northwest, and cooperated with Xu Bai to defeat the strange village soldiers at the foot of Phoenix Mountain.

Without the assistance of Ying Ming's strange army, and allowing that village soldier with good combat strength to go on a rampage, the Yongle Dynasty would definitely not be able to control most of the Anji Valley, and might be driven away by the Great Zhou army around Anji County.

Ying Mingbu also intermittently built a lot of siege equipment such as ladders, simple trebuchets, and city-breaking wood.

Fang Lajun's simple trebuchet was very crude, requiring dozens or hundreds of people to work together to pull hemp ropes and throw stones, fireballs and other objects.

The same is true of the broken wood, which has no iron plates to protect the surrounding area, and can only protect the soldiers who push the striking wood with planks and soaked quilts, straw, etc.

The situation is better with the ladder. The Yongle Dynasty obtained a large amount of high-quality wood from the luxurious gardens of Mingzhou Port and Jiangnan, which had been used as house beams in the past, and finally showed its great role in the way of war.

Compared with the works of the Great Zhou Military Weapons Supervisor, Fang Lajun's ladder is inferior in firmness. The weight of the iron used on the ladder barb is only half of the standard of the Great Circumference. There is indeed a difference in performance, but the ladder ordered by Ying Ming is enough to be used in a small place like Deqing County.

Liao Shikai was busy working on the northern city wall, and he first put a few military reports and secret letters into a leather cylinder and sealed them.

When the sharp-eyed sergeant at the head of the city confirmed the location of the official scout, Liao Shikai immediately ordered to use the only three-bow bed crossbow in Deqing County to shoot the leather cylinder two miles away. Nine leather cylinders, all loaded with the same message, consumed nine crossbow arrows.

Liao Shikai completed his task, turned around and walked towards the southern city wall.

In the hilly area north of the county seat, the elite scouts of Da Zhou and Fang La are completing their respective missions, fighting fiercely around the nine leather cylinders.

After half a burnt incense, only two leather cylinders were obtained by Han Shizhong's Chinese army scouts, and they rushed away before a large number of Fangla soldiers approached. For the sake of this important military situation, nearly 20 officers and soldiers scouts confessed their lives.

Liao Shikai came to the southern city wall and nodded towards Han Shizhong.

Han Shizhong took advantage of the war to take a break and brought several lower-level generals to discuss the war situation.

Xiong Dachun, who guarded the eastern wall, was the first to arrive. The eastern part of Deqing County is very narrow, resulting in the shape of a long strip of east and west walls, and the most strange thing is that the terrain outside the city is not good, which makes both the attack and defense very uncomfortable.

But from the east gate of Deqing County to the north, all the way to Huzhou City is a flat river. Although it was unlikely, Fang Tianding was worried about Han Shizhong's Chinese army in Huzhou City, and asked Ying Ming to arrange for 5,000 subordinates to watch the death of the east gate to prevent the official army from attacking in a big way.

The East and North Cities are relaxed, and the South City is the bloodiest.

The western wall is more bizarre. The flat land outside the west gate of Deqing County is very limited, and there are hills less than two miles away. In the middle of the hill there is a winding valley road that leads to a small lake in the southwest.

Such a terrain, logically speaking, is not suitable for the attack of the Fang La army.

But Fang Tianding could not make Liu Chengdong so easy. He ordered the newly trained orphan army to attack, and while suppressing the young and hungry people who accompanied the army, he also had to attack the western city wall with more than 3,000 Ying Ming's subordinates.

First, the young men of the army urged the hungry people in rags to die, then the orphan army oppressed the young men with poor weapons to harass, and then Ying Ming's subordinates attacked, and the orphan army tried to attack the city......

"Damn, this is training our soldiers!" Liu Yuan has always been the master who stepped forward to fight, and his face was stained with blood.

Sweat flowed down and mixed with blood, Liu Yuan alone seemed to be contaminated with the smell of the entire battlefield.

Liu Yuan took off his helmet and wiped his blood and sweat, "Those little cubs of the Fang La Army have obviously not been on the battlefield much, and their hands are very rusty, otherwise it will be dangerous in the west." ”

"But these little cubs have a basis for advancing and retreating, and there are always a dozen or so people who cooperate to advance and retreat. Anyone who was stupid or wanted to run away was solved by them. It's really amazing to be so ruthless at such a young age. ”

"This is the first day. I guess Fang Tianding just wants to use Deqing County to train those little cubs. It's really strange, doesn't he have a thousand elites under him? Where did it go? ”

Zhang Yongnian is Zhang Wanli's grandson, and he has grown up rapidly in these days with Liu Chengdong. The eyebrows are even darker and straighter, and the greenness between the eyebrows has also been removed.

Zhang Yongnian was in charge of leading the reserve team composed of the young people of Mingyuezhuang and the good hands in the army, and the young men who practiced martial arts, he held the hook and sickle in his hand, and said uncertainly: "The younger generation feels that it is not just about training, but also about the art of war: what is false is real, and what is real is virtual." ”

"Maybe if we don't pay attention, those boys will suddenly become the main force in the city, and they will come here while we are not paying attention."

Liu Chengdong squinted and nodded, and Liao Shikai, who was protected by Liu Chengdong, also glanced at Zhang Yongnian more.

"Oops, it's terrible, it's terrible."

Liu Yuan is calm and wise on weekdays, but when there is a war, his mind is a little hot. He patted Zhang Yongnian's back exaggeratedly, and kept praising in his mouth, "It's that I want to fork." The kid has grown a lot, and he can also talk about the art of war, so he will read a few more books when he returns to the village, and strive to be a Confucian general. ”

Because of their harmonious relationship, Zhang Yongnian is not worried that Uncle Liu Yuan will be cautious at all. He smiled sheepishly, rubbed his hook and sickle in both hands, and almost nodded in acknowledgement.

"When I return to my position later, I will lift my spirits, Fang Tianding's reputation for unparalleled combat power is not blown. The sergeants in the city should pay attention to rotation, and the young and strong men who help defend the city should be treated equally and given more rice and grain. Liu Chengdong told Liu Yuan and Xiong Dachun to say.

"Mr. Liao is also working hard, there are family members in the city who are killed or injured in the city, it is best to send the bereavement within an hour. Money is a dead thing, and it is important to defend the city. When the war subsides, I, Liu Chengdong, will personally ask Han Zhao for a plea and exempt you from the responsibility for taking refuge in Fang Lajun. Liu Chengdong didn't forget to draw a big cake for Liao Shikai.

Liao Shikai swept away the usual light breeze and Zhizhu in his hand, and was so excited that he hugged his fists for a while, and after a while, he almost bowed and thanked him.

Of course, Liao Shikai has to be excited, his own family is not in danger under the protection of Liu Chengdong, and it is remarkable that he has been a staff butler for Liu Chengdong for a lifetime. But after all, he had taken refuge in the Yongle Dynasty, and he was most afraid of endangering the lives of the entire clan, which was one of the situations that the intellectuals of the Great Zhou Dynasty were most afraid of.

A few dark shadows flew diagonally above, and some things were sprinkled onto the city walls, and then they flew into the city with a whistling sound.

Liu Chengdong didn't raise his head, and continued to tell the details of saving materials, as well as how to encourage the young people in the city to fight to the death.

Before each attack, he had to adjust the trebuchet and the three-light cannon, it was impossible for Fang Tianding not to even know this idea, Liu Chengdong thought to himself.

However, one of them came over and had the audacity to interject, "General, report, report to the general." What Fang Lajun voted for is, it's ......"

Xiong Dachun, Zhang Yongnian, and Liao Shikai froze in place.

Liu Chengdong's eyes seemed to burst into their sockets, he pushed the head away, and walked quickly to the section of the city wall where the black shadow flew with Liu Yuan and others.

It's bloodline.

The dark red was mixed with black and yellow droplets of blood, forming a messy blood line.

The blood thread poured over the outer walls, leaving a mark on the walls, and then extending into the city, until the place where the dark shadow landed......

The last bottom line on the hot yellow earth is broken.

The bottom line is not broken at the border, but in the once prosperous heart of the Great Zhou: Jiangnan.