Chapter Eighty-Four: The Capture of the Army (I)

Everyone's expressions were lifted, during this time, Yang Wu led the army to capture Changshu and Kunshan in a row, although it was not a big city, but the whole process was very neat, at this time, when I heard what Zhou Ben said, I couldn't help but look at Yang Wu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"The last general thinks that if the general wants to capture the city, the best way is to attack the heart."

"Heart-attacking?" Zhou Ben was stunned.

In this era, it is not a tactic without a heart, and the easiest way is to create terror. For example, the Qin army back then, the Sun Confucian army ten years ago, and the Mongolian army and the Qing army in later generations often created massacres, which were actually attacking the heart.

But these means obviously can't be done by the Huainan Army, and Yang Wu's intention is certainly not to engage in massacre.

The last general felt that now that there was a rebellion in Hangzhou and the news that Tian Yan led the army to besiege Hangzhou, the defenders of Suzhou must now know about it. It just so happens that Suzhou has been completely cut off from internal and external contacts, so we might as well hype up the news that 'Hangzhou City broke Qian Biao was killed', and then tell them that Suzhou has been besieged by Tuan Tuan, and there is no hope of holding on. In this way, the enemy army will feel that the general trend has passed, and the morale will definitely be greatly reduced, and the resistance will naturally decrease. ”

Zhou Ben nodded, this is a good idea, but it seems that it is not enough to capture the city here.

"Well, the eldest son continues, is there any good way?"

I saw Yang Wu say again: "In addition to the above means, our army will also increase the siege of the city. It just so happened that the last general designed a new siege weapon, which was enough to attack Suzhou City. ”

As he spoke, Cheng Xun, who was standing behind Yang Wuming, took out a sketch and presented it to Zhou Ben: "This is the siege weapon designed by the last general, please take a look at it." ”

When Zhou Ben heard this, he was really interested. He took the sketch and looked at it, and couldn't help but wonder: "This, isn't this a stone machine?" ”

"Don't underestimate this thing, the siege weapon designed by the last general is somewhat similar to the stone machine, but the power is far from being comparable to the previous stone machine."

"Oh, really?" General Zhou Ben was suspicious, he was not a craftsman after all, and he couldn't understand these sketches, so he immediately found a few craftsmen in the army who were responsible for building siege equipment.

After all, these craftsmen are professionals, and as soon as they saw the sketch, some people said excitedly: "This, replacing manpower with heavy objects, not only reduces the number of soldiers needed, but also can fire heavier stone projectiles, why didn't I think of such an ingenious idea?" ”

It turned out that the sketch presented by Yang Wu was the Xiangyang cannon used by the Mongolian army to attack Xiangyang in history, of course, the current name naturally cannot be called Xiangyang Cannon, maybe it can be called "Suzhou Cannon" in the future.

Immediately, Yang Wu began to instruct the craftsmen on the key points of making this trebuchet, and after his explanation, these craftsmen quickly understood and said that they would build it as soon as possible.

And Yang Wu also suggested to Zhou Ben: "Next, please continue to maintain the offensive against Suzhou, and at the same time send people to spread a large number of news to the city that Hangzhou has fallen and Qian Biao is dead; Wait until the craftsmen have built enough trebuchets before launching a general attack. ”

Zhou Ben naturally accepted Yang Wu's suggestion, and followed his suggestion for the next few days.

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At the same time, in Yuezhou City, Gu Quanwu was also secretly planning.

He is less than forty years old this year, and it stands to reason that he should be in his prime, but recently he has been heartbroken for the affairs of Hangzhou, so that at a young age, he is already full of gorgeous hair, and even his forehead is full of wrinkles.

A few days ago, he was ordered by Qian Biao to come to Yuezhou to appease Zhang Hong, the commander of Yuezhou, and after his persuasion, Zhang Hong was indeed much more stable, and the soldiers in the Yuezhou army were also stable. However, regarding the rescue of Hangzhou, Zhang Hong has always shirked and is unwilling to send troops.

Now, with Tian Yan's Xuanzhou army accepting the invitation of Xu and Xu to besiege Hangzhou, the situation on Qian Biao's side is not optimistic, although after Qian Di's continuous efforts, the two Zhejiang armies have achieved some local victories, which greatly boosted morale; However, the overall situation has not improved.

As the Huainan army took advantage of the fire to loot, the news of sending troops to Suzhou was spread, not only the morale of the defenders of Hangzhou was hit, but the prefectures and counties that were already a little unstable in various places are now even more swaying.

In this case, Gu Quanwu felt that he could not hesitate any longer. He looked at the guards of several loyal ministers under him, and secretly made up his mind.

"Gu Zhong, you have an ordinary appearance, and it is not easy to attract attention. Now you go out of the city quietly, and then enter the city when the gates are about to be closed before dark. Remember, after entering the city, you have to ride a horse and gallop while shouting loudly, just say 'Hangzhou victory, beheading tens of thousands', don't say anything else, remember? ”

Gu Zhong is Gu Quanwu's old family, loyal and courageous, but he was born with a passerby face, and he didn't attract attention wherever he threw it, but now he was sent by Gu Quanwu to carry out such a task.

And although he didn't understand why Gu Quanwu did this, he still nodded and agreed.

Gu Quanwu advised again: "Remember, first of all, you have to go out of the city quietly and try not to attract anyone's attention; Secondly, when you are out of the city, you must rush before you close the gates. Thirdly, when you enter the city, you must shout out what I have told you, and try to make it as heard by the passers-by and the soldiers who patrol the streets, and then return to me at once, ignoring any inquiries. Have you written down all three of these points? ”

Gu Zhong nodded and said, "The little ones are all remembered." After speaking, he repeated Gu Quanwu's words word for word, and Gu Quanwu was relieved.

"Alright, you go now, remember to do what I just told you, and never change it!"

"Yes!"

After Gu Zhong left, Gu Quanwu suddenly pulled out the sword in his hand, and said to the rest of the guards with murderous anger: "Next, everyone go and sharpen the sword in your hand, it's good to kill tonight!" ”

"Yes!"

On the other side, Zhang Hong's mansion was a lively scene at this time.

Today happened to be Zhang Hong's mother's birthday, so he invited officials from all over Yuezhou to come to the mansion for a banquet, but of course, Gu Quanwu was not invited.

At the banquet, a succession of maids served food and drink, and at the same time, the courtesans invited from the city's song and dance studios also danced and sang, and the officials of all sizes admired the encouragement and said some words to celebrate their birthdays.

As the feast dragged on, the conversation inevitably turned to the ongoing war.

Although Suzhou was also besieged, for these officials who were far away in Yuezhou, there was nothing to mention about the war in Suzhou. However, the situation in Hangzhou made them a little worried.

"Dare to ask the general, now that the situation in Hangzhou is critical, when should I send reinforcements to Yuezhou?" An official asked.

If in normal times, someone asked Zhang Hong when he would send troops to rescue Hangzhou, Zhang Hong would definitely not hesitate to set off immediately; But now the situation is different.

Zhang Hong was also Sun Ru's old department, and surrendered to Qian Biao with Xu Zaisi, Xu Juan and others; However, Xu Juan and the others were left in Wuyongdu, while Zhang Hong was transferred elsewhere.

However, after all, they are all Sun Ru's old department, and they have been more or less ostracized by local generals as outsiders over the years, so these Sun Ru's old departments have been grouped together intentionally or unintentionally, and they have a deep friendship with each other.

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