As soon as Li Yan's words fell, Liu Tichun jumped up and objected: "No, no, the soldiers haven't been trained yet." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info: I'm just digging the tunnels and hauling wood into them to build shelves. To do this, you have to dig while building, digging and building, this is a technical job, not something that can be learned casually. Nowadays, a lot of children haven't learned too well. As for the military rations, give me another half a month, and let the brothers practice their hands again, okay? ”

"Brother Erhu, I said that you should be sloppy there, forget it, don't make too much noise." Liu Zongmin said, "Those guys in the city have very good skills, they won't be defenseless." If you want me to say, digging tunnels and attacking this set, in fact, there are really not many scholars. It's too easy to spot, and it's too easy to prevent. Just buy a water tank in the field, send someone to listen to it, and then dig a small tunnel in reverse, and then pour water in, how many people die in your tunnel. What is the use of hair? It's better to cut the wall directly on the ground. It's simple and easy to use. ”

"Dig the wall directly on the ground, and there will be no shortage of deaths." Liu Tichun shook his head and said, "And Brother Liu, you also know that it is not easy to dig directly against the ground and dig down the city wall." And even if it is excavated, the scale of the collapse cannot be compared to that of digging from the ground. As for listening to the sound with a water tank, how could I not know such a trick? Am I going to be on guard? I've got a solution. ”

"What can the two tiger brothers do, let's hear it." Lee became a self-enlightened man.

"King Chuang," Liu Tichun arched his hand, "The last general thinks, those guys in the city can only rely on listening to the sound if they want to know where the tunnels are dug." If the surroundings are quiet, you can hear it clearly, but if there is a lot of noise around you, you will think that it will be more difficult to hear the sound clearly. Isn't Brother Waving the flag practicing artillery with artillery these days? The brothers followed and had the men dig up the wall below. King Chuang, you think, the cannon of Brother Shaking the Flag is there and roars on the city wall, it must be able to cover the sound of the people under the last general digging the tunnel, right? In addition, Cao Cao was attacking the city over there, and he sent people to dig the city wall directly on the ground while climbing the ladder. The last general thought, this piece of sound is not small, and it happens that this piece is close to the last general's place, so the last general will turn the tunnel around and turn to the bottom of the wall where they are besieging the city. They were so bustling there, and the people inside had to be able to hear the Doom digging tunnels underneath, unless they were all the legendary Tailwind Ears. These two places can be arranged in a few days, so if King Chuang is not in a hurry, wait a few more days, so that the sons and daughters can also practice from beginning to end. ”

Li Zicheng didn't answer immediately, just looked at Liu Tichun, and said after a while: "Erhu is really attentive, we all have to learn from him, you see this digging tunnel, it really made him come up with a new way." Well, do you think we're going to have to wait a few more days for Erhu to finish these things? ”

Several people looked at each other, and finally Liu Zongmin said: "King Chuang, I'm not in a hurry for a few days, just wait." ”

"Well, then wait a few more days." Li Zicheng also said.

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In the past few days, Liu Tichun has seized the time to carry out his underground work, and Hao Shaoqi has naturally continued to fire artillery to support him. Soon the preparations in both tunnels were almost done.

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Chen Yongfu has been a little restless lately, and one thing has always worried him. That's where the tunnels outside the city were dug into the army. The entrance to the tunnel of the army is as far as he can see, and a large amount of soil is dug out every day, which is also what he can see, according to reason, by this time, the circle of water tanks along the city wall should have been able to hear the sound of the army digging the foot of the wall, but so far those who guard the water tank still have not heard anything.

In the past two days on the city tower, Chen Yongfu observed that the intrusive army had brought a large number of wooden supports into the tunnel, obviously they had already cut the foot of the city wall, but the person in charge of listening to the water tank still found nothing. Still, maybe it's not that it didn't go unfounded, but it's ......

"The sound of digging a tunnel may be drowned out by other sounds!" Chen Yongfu suddenly thought of this, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

"There are a few of the busiest locations these days, and two of them are within a reasonable distance from the entrance to the tunnel that we know. They are...... I can't wait, I have to immediately order to go down and let the people in those two places dig the tunnel in reverse, but can I dig through the tunnel with the thief army. Since he thought of this, Chen Yongfu immediately made such a judgment.

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The tunnel for defending the side of the reverse excavation is much simpler than that of the attacker, because it is much shorter, and it does not need to accommodate many people working at the same time, and it does not need to be able to support underground combustion, so it is also much simpler in terms of ventilation, and the size of the tunnel can be smaller, and it can accommodate one or two people. In this way, the speed of the excavation can naturally be much faster. These tunnels are usually dug in such a way that they first dig vertically downward, dig to the depth of the base of the wall, and then turn in the direction of the outer city

Chen Yongfu's adopted son, Chen Sanxi, was supervising a group of auxiliaries digging a tunnel in reverse, when he suddenly saw an auxiliary soldier shaking the bell at the entrance of the tunnel in a panic.

"What's wrong?" Chen Sanxi asked.

"I hear the sound of digging in there!" The auxiliary soldier said in a panic.

The sound of digging can be heard over there, indicating that the distance between the two sides is very close. Chen Sanxi immediately sent someone to invite Chen Yongfu, and at the same time made the others who were digging the cave stop, and asked the others to prepare to pour water into the cave. Not far from the tunnel is a prepared pool, which can be connected to the tunnel by pulling up a baffle and allowing the water inside to pour into the cave.

"You take me to hear it." Chen Sanxi said again.

Following a rope, Chen Sanxi went down to the bottom of the tunnel, and the auxiliary soldier took him into a horizontal tunnel with his cat's waist, and only walked two or three steps before he reached the end. The auxiliary soldier didn't speak, and Chen Sanxi didn't speak, just listened quietly, and sure enough, there was a sound of digging on the other side.

Chen Sanxi stepped back, and then said to the auxiliary, "It sounds close." You go up first. ”

The auxiliary soldier climbed up, and Chen Sanxi then climbed up.

At this time, Chen Yongfu had already rushed over.

"Father-in-law, the child just went down to listen, and there are indeed thieves digging down there." Chen Sanxi said, "The child thinks that as long as he digs and squeezes the hoe again, it is estimated that he will be able to dig through." ”

"Good!" Chen Yongfu said, "Then dig it up immediately and pour water into it." ”

"The child obeys!" Chen Sanxi said. After saying that, he picked up a hoe and went down to the tunnel himself. This is the most critical time, and it is natural for an experienced person like him to do it.

Touching the authentic lens, Chen Sanxi first listened quietly to the sound, then picked up the hoe and dug it up quickly. He knew that the guys on the other side would probably hear him digging through the tunnel, but as long as he dug fast enough, the thieves in the tunnel wouldn't have time to get out.

Sure enough, after digging more than twenty hoes, with a bang, a large piece of soil fell in front of him, revealing a large hole.

Chen Sanxi didn't care about the reaction of the person on the other side, he just immediately threw away the hoe in his hand and ran backwards, and in just a few big steps, he rushed to the entrance. He shouted, "Dig through." Grab the rope and climb up with your feet on the tunnel wall.

As soon as Chen Sanxi climbed up, someone pulled open the partition between the pool and the tunnel, and the pool water immediately poured into the tunnel......

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"Erhu, how many of your people drowned this time?" Liu Zongmin asked with a grin.

"Dog's real cleverness, or let them find out. Actually, I didn't think it through, and those dogs knew that we were digging a tunnel, but they couldn't hear anything, so they suspected that we were using other sounds to cover up the sound of digging the ground, and then guessed, and they could guess it. I should make some noise in a place where there is no sound interference, so that they think I dug somewhere else. Liu Tichun said remorsefully, "Fortunately, there are not many people I put in the crypt, especially few veterans, mainly newcomers, let them go and see how to build a shelf, these people change every day, although some people died, but not a few veterans died, and the loss was not very big." ”

"Erhu is still good, although it didn't succeed this time, but he immediately came up with a way to improve. That's good. Li Zicheng said, "And the focus of the two tigers is also on military training rather than breaking the city, as far as military training is concerned, it can also be said to have been done." Now that the affairs of the two tigers have been completed, it is time for us to move. ”

"King Chuang, where are we going?" Liu Zongmin asked.

"Huguang, of course." Li Zicheng said, "The lake is wide and ripe, and the world is full." What is the most important thing in these troubled times today? One is the knife handle, and the other is the rice bag. Now that Chongzhen's knife handle is no longer useful, we will go and dismantle his rice bag again. I don't believe that this Ming Dynasty can hold on! ”

"What King Chuang said is, go to Huguang to get some food first, and then turn around, I think this Ming Dynasty will be finished sooner or later." Liu Zongmin said with a smile.

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"Abatai, I named you the 'ordered general', commanding the army to attack the Ming, this battle, I estimate that there should be no army in the Ming Kingdom that can confront my Qing Heavenly Soldiers head-on, you are also an old war, how to fight you have a good idea in your heart. However, the focus of this expedition is not how many cities were broken and how many Ming troops were killed, but the experience of the population and the new army. Abatai, do you remember that when we first arrived at the city of Beijing, I told you that the boy in the capital was crowned with a monkey, and he could not be the lord of the world at all. It's just that our country is not ready to enter the Central Plains, so let him stay in the position of the emperor first. And now, the opportunity for me to enter the Central Plains is gradually ripe. The Ming Kingdom is on the verge of collapse, and with a little more force, it will fall with a bang. When the time comes, our biggest opponents will be those rogues. These rogues have no foundation, and their subordinates gather and disperse from time to time, and they can't accumulate many elites who have fought and can fight. And I have all of these. This time your expedition is to increase the advantage of my Great Qing Dynasty in these places, do you understand? Huang Taiji said to Abatai.

"Your Majesty, the slave knows." Abatai said, "It's just that there are some Dutch people on the Jinghai side, and they have repeatedly troubled us, do you want to ......?"

"Don't touch Jinghai." Huang Taiji said, "Now the city wall of Jinghai has been built very well, and it can't be taken down in a short time." And its harbor is not frozen yet, and even if we have the upper hand, they will be able to get on board and leave. We don't need to provoke them, but if they don't know what to do and take the initiative to make trouble, it's not impossible to teach them a lesson, but don't attack the fortifications. That's not worth the cost. ”