The next day, as soon as the sky dawned, Zhu Yuanzhang left 1,000 soldiers to guard the camp, and with more than 6,000 other people, he rushed straight to the city of Puzhou.

It stands to reason that such a siege will not work! How can anyone who doesn't do enough reconnaissance work and directly leads troops to attack the city? However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not plan to attack the city according to the serious art of war, it doesn't matter if this Puzhou city can be captured or not, it is not the focus of his attention, the real focus is whether he can spread the news of "Zhu Ba and Xue Hongqi came to Shanxi" to Hong Chengchou's ears as soon as possible.

More than 6,000 troops came to the north city gate, only to see that the city was already full of officers and soldiers, and the lord of Zhizhou, Ge Wen, personally climbed the city tower, a lupine scarf, and looked confident. He does have this confidence, and he is stepping on one of the six ancient heroic cities, just a few rogues, what is there?

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang and the leaders were also observing Puzhou City, and saw that there was a moat on the periphery of the city, although this moat was not very wide, but there was also a river surface three or four zhang wide.

The walls are two feet high, and the walls are also very thick, although it is not obvious how thick they are from a distance, but horses can be seen trotting on the walls, indicating that the thickness of the walls is extraordinary. If you want to blow down such a wall with explosives, it is almost impossible!

With the north city gate as the center, four thousand pound franc machine guns are lined up, the muzzles of the guns are numerous, and they are shaking their fingers at Zhu Yuanzhang's army, which seems to be indispensable. That is to say, what kind of crossbow machine, rushing car, cloud tower and other medieval siege weapons will not come out to show off, and one cannon can send you to the sky.

Since ancient times, the Chinese army has been good at guarding, and as long as the soldiers have a city wall to follow, they will unconsciously straighten their waists. This was obviously the case with the guards of Puzhou City, their waists were straight, their morale was high, and everyone's faces showed a relaxed look...... The army was clearly well prepared to defend the city, almost with a large bow...... Rolling wood and stones are piled up on the city walls, and fire bricks and oil cans are also placed everywhere.

"Silk! This city...... It's not easy to fight! Xu Renjie gasped.

"Well, it's quite hard to fight!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "I was still too naïve before I came, even if I transferred the elite soldiers who stayed in Baishui, I might not be able to capture this city, and with the current thousands of recruits, there is no chance." ”

"What then? Or do you want to go back and burn down the town? Xue Hongqi spread his hands.

"Don't mention this again, it's absolutely impossible to burn the town!" Wang Er jumped out and said: "Brother Zhu, let's build some ladders, and the strong attack is, I will rush to the first one, and I will definitely be able to kill the city." ”

"Don't be stupid, even if you can't rush to the city, dozens of fire bricks will be smashed down for you, whether you are the second king or the fifth king, and your martial arts will be smashed!" Xue Hongqi suffered the loss of fire bricks in Dalicheng, and his memory is still fresh.

"Won't I hide?" Wang Er shouted.

"You're hiding on a ladder to show me?" Xue Hongqi laughed.

Wang Er was dumbfounded!

At this time, Xu Renjie spoke: "This marshal has read a lot of military books, and there are many ways to break through the fortified city in the military books...... Well...... For example, digging a hole in the ground and digging into it. ”

"That's for a small town without a moat, how do you dig a hole in the ground if you have a moat? I can't drown you! Ma Xiaotian said with a smile.

"Well...... this" Xu Renjie said: "Then in the middle of the night, the third watch sent five hundred people to secretly climb over the wall and set fire to the city, and then the inside and outside should be combined to break the city in one fell swoop." ”

"Less...... After the scouts of the officers and soldiers returned to the city last night to report, Puzhou was lit up all night, illuminating the circle around the city wall. "This time it was Miao Mei who opened her mouth.

Xue Hongqi said: "Is it really impossible to disguise the grain transport team again?" ”

"Can't!" Xu Renjie spread his hands: "This kind of strategy can only be used in a few cities around our Baishui, a little farther away, we can't do it, the intelligence collection is not enough, and this kind of big city with 3,000 defenders, mixed with a grain transportation team of 100 people, may not be able to open the city gate." ”

All the leaders thought about it for a while, and they all felt a burst of weakness!

"Brother Zhu, what did you do?" Everyone stared at Zhu Yuanzhang together.

"Let's go around!" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Since ancient times, the best way to deal with a fortified city that is difficult to attack is to besiege it...... Surround it for a month, two months, three months, half a year...... There are even ...... around the previous year. When the food in the city runs out, it will naturally be broken. ”

Leaders: "......"

"Such an unambitious way of playing?" Wang Er, Miao Mei, and Xue Hongqi were all a little unacceptable.

"What do you mean by an unambitious style of play?" Xu Renjie is more familiar with this aspect: "If you storm a city that you don't have to win, you can't do it, but it will damage the soldiers and morale, as long as the defenders in the city seize the opportunity to counterattack, maybe they can counterattack and kill us...... Therefore, instead of storming, it is better to use the method of besieging the city to consume the enemy army to death. ”

"But...... How can we be qualified to consume officers and soldiers? Miao Mei said seriously: "Our 7,000 people here are all the troops we can mobilize, and it is impossible for the elite soldiers left behind in Baishui to come to help." But there are countless reinforcements from the officers and soldiers, and it won't be long before the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers will rush to the ...... from all directions."

"What we want is for the officers and soldiers to send reinforcements!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "As long as we can defeat the officers and soldiers who came to help while besieging Puzhou, the people in the city will know that they will panic." ”

"But...... When reinforcements arrive, the officers and soldiers in the city will definitely take the initiative to attack the belly and back, they can't be stupid enough to watch us defeat their reinforcements, right? Xu Renjie asked.

"That's right, so we've got to do a little bit of preparation." Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly: "Order the whole army, dig up the soil and move the stones, and build the wall!" ”

"Wow? Build a wall? What do you mean? Xu Renjie jumped up, and Wang Er, Xue Hongqi and others also expressed their puzzlement.

"Let's build a very long wall, build a circle around Puzhou City, and surround the city to death." Zhu Yuanzhang said very ridiculous things, but the expression on his face was serious: "In this way, even if the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers arrive, the people in the city will be blocked by the wall, and they can only watch us defeat their reinforcements." ”

"A wall around the city...... How is this possible? "Xu Renjie Khan.

"Nothing is impossible!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "Do what I say and build a wall!" There is no need to rush, just build it slowly, thousands of people work together, it takes a few months, what is so difficult to fence the city? ”

All the leaders felt unbelievable, and they didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhu Baba Gourd, but they had always been convinced by Zhu Bugs, so they had to nod and say, "That's ...... Let's take a look! ”

The herald passed the order, and the soldiers were at a loss when they heard the order...... Build a wall to fence off the enemy? That's an exaggeration, isn't it? Is it possible? In a big city like Puzhou City, how long can the wall be built to encircle it? Fifty miles of wall shouldn't be enough, right? Do you want to build a wall a hundred miles long...... This...... The entire army was full of doubts from top to bottom, but Zhu Yuanzhang's most important thing in training was to instill the idea of "obeying orders" in the soldiers.

These soldiers were all new recruits, and they were not yet good at fighting, but they had no problem working as plasterers, and the work of moving rocks and mud was more skilled for them than charging into battle, or at least it did not make them feel fearful. Only 500 elite soldiers and 200 cavalry of Xue Hongqi did not move, and helped them to escort them to the side, so as not to be attacked by officers and soldiers out of the city when the city wall was being built.

This hot scene of digging the ground and piling up mud and rocks made the officers and soldiers in the city confused, standing in the city tower and waiting for the rogue to attack the city, so as to launch the battle to defend the city, Ge Wen Ge Zhizhou was also puzzled, he stared at the "construction site" outside the city and looked at it seriously for a long time, until he saw a small section of the wall piled up by the rogues, and then asked his subordinates around him: "You come to tell the official, are they building a wall?" ”

"Report to Lord Zhizhou, it seems that the thieves are building a wall!"

"What do you mean?" Ge Wen was confused: "I don't understand!" Are they going to build a great mansion there? If you want to repair the mansion, you should start from the lobby, how can there be a reason to repair the exterior wall first? ”

The men were sweating profusely.

On this day, the officers and soldiers in the city were nervously guarding the city, watching the rogues outside the city build construction and build inexplicable walls.

Unexpectedly, the thieves continued to repair the wall on the second day, and on the third day, they ...... Day 4...... The wall of the thieves is getting longer and longer, and thousands of people are working together, the speed is very fast, and in four days, the wall has been repaired for several miles, and it looks very abrupt outside the north gate of Puzhou...... Ge Wen looked left and right, thought left and right, and finally thought of something, he slapped his head and shouted: "Oh, the thief is planning to build an extremely long wall and enclose Puzhou inside, right?" ”

"How is this possible?" The generals in the city burst out laughing: "It's impossible to build such a long wall!" ”

"yes, it's impossible, no one would do such a stupid thing!" Gwen also felt that he was thinking too much.

But...... Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 10...... The wall continued to grow, and gradually it was ten miles long, and there was no end in sight, and the thieves seemed to have completely forgotten about the siege of the city, and concentrated on building the wall on the periphery, and the thieves also left a few openings in the long wall very leisurely, which seemed to be intended for themselves to use when entering and exiting.

"Oh my God! What is Zhu Ba thinking? Is he really going to fence us off with this wall? Gwen felt a flurry of flustery.

"Such a stupid thing...... It can't really happen, right? The military attachés in the city were shaken.

(To be continued)