The Ming army was actively preparing for war, and although Duoduo lost the stone village, he would not sit still.

The Ming army's offensive ideas were the same as he had at the beginning, focusing on Xicheng, the difference was that the Ming army did not fill the river, but wanted to use the moat to attack.

Warships attacking the city, Duoduo has heard that Wang Yan is in Quanzhou, Zhu Yihai fights Nantong, and they have all used warships.

The navy is the advantage of the Ming army, which he can't change, but he expects that everything will not deviate from its roots, whether it is a building ship, or a siege tower, or a ladder, it is always close to the city wall, and it is always close to the city wall, so as long as he does enough to defend the city, he does not let the Ming army approach, whether it is a warship or a ladder or a siege tower, it is no different for him.

Yangzhou has four sides, why did the Ming army attack Xicheng, he, a person who had attacked Yangzhou, naturally knew better than anyone else.

During the Hongguang Dynasty, Yangzhou is the line of Shi Kefa's Jiangbei Governor, it is the key place of the Ming army, the wall is high and the city is strong, after Wang Yan burned Yangzhou, but the outline of the city wall is still there, he also used the financial resources of the Jin merchants to focus on Yangzhou after he arrived in Jiangbei, and further repaired and strengthened Yangzhou.

The four walls of Yangzhou are almost the same, three feet high and two feet, it is not easy to attack, but if you occupy the high slope outside the west city, fire cannons from above, bombard the city wall condescendingly, suppress the firepower on the city, and then attack, then the situation is completely different.

At the beginning, he had more than 300,000 troops in Yangzhou, that is, he broke through from Xicheng and broke Yangzhou in one day, so the Ming army will inevitably attack here, of course, the other sides must also be defended, so as to avoid what tricks the Ming army plays, and make a noise to attack the west and other tricks.

However, thinking of Shi Kefa, Duoduo's heart sank again, he wanted to stay in Yangzhou for a few months like Wang Yan and turn things around, but sometimes there will always be some gap between reality and ideals, and it is not yet known whether he will be broken in one day.

The warm wind blowing from the southeast has stopped, and the cold snap in the north has begun to move south, and early in the morning, Duoduo has added an extra underwear to his armor, and takes more than a dozen generals to inspect the defense of Xicheng.

At this time, Duoduo stood between the battlements of the wall, looking out of the city, and tens of thousands of people were widening and deepening the dug canal under the cover of soldiers and artillery, so as to ensure that once the moat was connected, the large warships of the Ming army could sail into the city along the canal.

Duoduo blocked the moat and the Yangzhou section of the Grand Canal with a sunken ship, and used heavy artillery to control the shipwreck area to prevent the Ming army from salvaging and dredging, but he didn't expect that the Ming army would dig another canal to connect the moat.

Duoduo saw countless people pushing wheelbarrows and carrying baskets, running outside the city, constantly transporting the excavated soil, it is estimated that it will be able to penetrate in two days, his heart is even heavier, and he can't help but point to the outside of the city and say: "The Ming army has made such a big effort to dig this canal, it won't be any suspicious soldiers with this king, Chen and Liu Eryi must want to use warships to rush directly to the city." In this way, the warships can be directly landed in the city, just like the siege towers, and you must try not to let the Ming warships get close. ”

The intentions of the Ming army were obvious, and although the Qing army could see it, there was nothing they could do to solve it.

After the loss of Shizhai, the morale of the Qing army was not high, and yesterday the Ming army began to shoot letters into the city, disturbing the hearts of the soldiers in the city, which has caused turmoil in the hearts of the people.

Although Duoduo had the bannermen patrol the city, confiscated the letters, and burned them immediately, there must have been many people who had seen them or confiscated them.

After Duoduo finished speaking, no one answered the sentence, which made him frown, but he still continued in a deep voice, "There is nothing to fear about the warship attacking the city, you just treat the ship as a nest car, a ladder, a siege tower, how to deal with these things before, how to deal with the warship." Isn't there a sail on board? Can you shoot with rockets, can you bombard with cannons, can you smash with artillery! ”

After hearing this, everyone nodded, but they didn't show the fighting spirit that Duoduo wanted, which made the small flame in Duoduo's heart flutter, "I'm the dignified Prince Yu, I personally mobilized you, and you will give this reaction?" ”

However, although Duoduo was annoyed in his heart, the situation was a little different at this time, his face twitched a few times, and finally did not break out, but rarely held his temperament and said in a deep voice: "Although the stone village is lost, but the four cities of Yangzhou are intact and the troops are sufficient, you don't have to worry, there is no problem with this king personally sitting in the town, and there is no problem in holding Yangzhou." Besides, it has reached the middle of October, only another month, the weather will be completely cold, when there will be Huaibei cavalry to support, the Ming army does not dare to move, this king can take you to evacuate Yangzhou calmly. ”

The current situation is indeed very different from the beginning of the Qing army's entry into the customs, the Qing army was full of talents, and any general was a person, and it was naturally very easy to be the commander-in-chief, but over the years, those old people either had smallpox, or were hollowed out by wine, or died on the battlefield, and now the generals of the Qing army are far from being able to compare with the original, most of them are as stupid as pigs, which makes Duoduo feel powerless in his heart, and he really feels a little unable to carry it.

When the Ming army just came to the city, Duoduo could use brutal and brutal means to kill three green battalion generals at will, to shock the whole city, that is because the situation is still unclear, his prestige is still there, but the current situation is different, after the loss of Shizhai, the Qing army defenders lost most of the elite soldiers, even the forehead Hui Sai was grabbed by the Ming general pigtails, a knife chopped off the head, especially the Qing soldiers who returned to the city from the defeat brought news, the Ming Dynasty appeared a new type of firecracker, the power of the rate of fire is amazing, spread to the gods, so that the Qing army in the city is very frightened, this situation, Duoduo wanted to kill people, and he wanted to use his anger to intimidate the armies, but he was afraid that it would make people even more frightened.

Suke Saha, who was standing behind Duoduo, saw Duoduo's expression and knew that he was already angry in his heart, so he hurriedly said: "What the prince said is that as long as it is winter, the Ming army must retreat. As for the warships of the Ming army, we can launch rockets in unison, after all, the ships are made of wood, and if we really want to deal with them, there are many ways. ”

Finally a cooperative person came out, Duoduo's face softened a little, he suddenly looked at Guan Xiaozhong, and asked, "How about the cannon cart that this king asked you to make?" ”

There are already a lot of artillery carts in Yangzhou City, but Duoduo still feels that it is not enough, especially the loss of Shizhai yesterday, which makes him feel uneasy, so he asks people to seize the time to build another batch to strengthen the defense of the city.

"Lord Wang, the minions have been built, but the key is that there is no suitable wood to make it."

When Duoduo heard this, he immediately became angry again, he was rightly angry, and he was loyal to one person, so he didn't hold back, and his temper was violent, "Without wood, won't you tear down the house and pick up the house?" This is what this king has to teach you! ”

The Ming army will attack the city in the next few days, and the Qing army is robbing time, he ordered it yesterday, but today he told him that there is no wood, isn't it reasonable?

Guan Xiaozhong obviously has a hard time, after Duoduo reprimanded, he said helplessly: "Lord, most of the industries in Yangzhou City are owned by the eight imperial merchants, and some are even directly the industries of the imperial court, and the servants want to demolish them, but they won't let them!" ”

"What? A bunch of dog minions, the opposite! When Duoduo heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, "Even a few merchants can't deal with it, what does this king want you to do?" ”

Although the Eight Imperial Merchants secretly transferred their assets to the area controlled by Haoge, their stalls were too big, and it was not easy to get out of the Manchu side, if they were in a hurry, they would invite death, so they were still working for Dolgon, providing a lot of wealth for the Manchus, and even Duoduo's food in Yangzhou They also contributed a part of it.

After the economic collapse of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north, the role of the Eight Great Imperial Merchants became more important, so Dolgon still relied on them, and this reliance made the status of the Eight Imperial Merchants high, so that ordinary banner people did not dare to provoke.

Guan Xiaozhong listened to Duoduo's words, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The prince is angry, and the servants will go and dismantle them." ”

As he was talking, Suke Saha next to him suddenly had a startled face, stepped forward to interrupt, grabbed Duoduo and left, "It's not good, the prince hurry up and go down to the city!" ”

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