Nowadays, even the Dragon Boat Festival has not arrived, Li Rusong said that he wanted to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in Ningxia, which is to ridicule Xiao Ruxun's strategy is too timeless. Xiao Ruxun had the heart to ridicule him, Ye Mengxiong waved his hand and said, "Ji Xin's method is safe, but there are still two obstacles. ”

"The last general is just throwing bricks and attracting jade, if there is anything wrong, please ask Governor Ye to show it." Xiao Ruxun said.

Ye Mengxiong said: "One of them is that this plan is too slow. Although it is not enough to wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will take at least two months to take effect. Such a large-scale use of troops is the most protracted thing, which is also something that Shen Shoufu specially explained when Ye received the order. ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded, signaling that he understood. Regarding the issue of the cost of soldiers, he and Su Hao had discussed, and Ye Mengxiong's reason could convince Xiao Ruxun.

"Second, if the city is flooded with water, the thieves in the city will naturally be drowned, and the people will not be spared. After all, Ningxia City is our own city, and the people in the city are all my Ming people. Ye Mengxiong continued.

Xiao Ruxun was silent, he originally pondered this problem, it was a way to simulate the Tatars attacking Ningxia City after the invasion, and the Tatars naturally would not care about drowning the people in the city. Now that the offense and defense have been transposed, they have become the besieging party, and it is indeed a bit inappropriate to use such a method.

Su Hao saw that Xiao Ruxun's plan was rejected, so he spoke: "Since Governor Ye does not approve of General Xiao's method, the last general thinks that it can only be considered from the aspect of breaking the city." The Ningxia rebels relied on nothing more than the towering city walls, which were difficult to overcome. If we can destroy a section of the wall, as a breach, will the enemy's defense collapse. ”

"If you can destroy a section of the wall. Then what else is there to say. Ye Mengxiong smiled bitterly, "The question is, how can we destroy the city wall?" ”

"With gunpowder you can explode." Su Hao said.

In the eyes of a traverser like Su Hao, it is normal to blow up the city wall with gunpowder. The walls look thick and sturdy. But it's nothing more than a pile of adobe. In the era of hot weapons, the city wall naturally collapsed after a burst of artillery bombardment, so why bear the loss of building a ladder to attack the city.

As soon as Su Hao said this, without waiting for Ye Mengxiong to say anything, Li Rusong sneered first: "General Su Xiao is worthy of being a young talent. The insight is quite extraordinary. Ben Rong has been fighting for half his life, and he has never heard of anything that can blow up the city wall with gunpowder. ”

"You haven't heard of it, it doesn't seem like it's my fault, right?" Su Hao smiled slightly and returned a mockery.

"Okay, the Ningxia city wall is over there, please show us how to break the city with gunpowder." Li Rusong pointed in the direction of Ningxia City with his hand. Said.

Su Hao shook his head and said: "It's not right now, although our army brought some firearms, but when we broke the enemy a few days ago, it consumed a lot of money, and the replenished materials haven't been sent yet, so I can't do it now." ”

Li Rusong seemed to have expected it, and said in a long voice: "I see." Since the little general has a high trick but can't do it, it's better to follow the stupid method of the general. If it doesn't work, what if you follow the little general's strategy? ”

Mr. Li ...... "Su Hao didn't know what to say."

Ma Qiancheng, who was sitting next to Su Hao, couldn't listen to it anymore, he was already young, he didn't have any city government, plus he was a hereditary official N generation, and his domineering spirit was not weaker than Li Rusong. When he was in Xi'an a few days ago, he had already choked Li Rusong uncomfortably, and he couldn't bear it at this time. He said: "General Li, General Su is a good intention, and he doesn't want your soldiers to die in vain." If you don't know what to do and are willing to go your own way, then take your strong army to attack the city. Don't bother us. ”

When Li Rusong heard this, he turned his head to Ye Mengxiong and smiled: "Governor Ye, you see let me say it, we don't need to wait for them at all, just these children who have never fought can help us." ”

"It's all about fighting a good war, and everyone should not be angry." Ye Mengxiong then served as a nanny to appease all parties. He, the governor, is very angry, but in fact he doesn't have much real power. Everyone came with soldiers, and he ostensibly had the power of life and death, but can this power be used casually? It really made everyone unhappy, he didn't work hard during the war, and in the end the battle was not fought well, and the court punished him as the governor. His predecessor, Wei Xuezeng, had already been recalled to the capital for trial because of his poor performance in rebelliousness, and it is not known whether he will be dismissed or imprisoned.

"That's it, since General Xiao and Deputy General Su's ideas are too slow, our army needs to fight quickly, so it's better to follow General Li's method and attack the city first." Ye Mengxiong finally made a decision like this.

With Li Rusong's strong advocacy, coupled with the governor's approval, the siege of the city was decided. Xiao Ruxun and Ma Qiancheng are both people who want to mix in the military, so naturally it is not good to lose the reputation of slacking off the army's life, so they can only agree to go back and organize their own generals and prepare to cooperate with the siege. Su Hao didn't have too many extravagant hopes for his future, but he valued the lives of his generals more seriously, so as soon as the meeting was over, he chased Ye Mengxiong and asked for a secret talk.

Ye Mengxiong had dealt with Su Hao, and it was Ye Mengxiong's idea to transfer Su Hao to Banzhou to survey the terrain back then. Su Hao not only successfully completed the task, but also easily packed up one of Yang Yinglong's elite soldiers, which left a deep impression on Ye Mengxiong. Hearing that Su Hao was going to talk to him secretly, Ye Mengxiong instructed his soldiers to take him to the military tent behind, and said with a smile as soon as they met: "Change, Li Rusong is this temper, you don't have to worry too much about him." ”

"Governor Ye, the last general doesn't have any opinions about General Li, but I just think that he is too child's play with the life of a general." Su Hao said.

Ye Mengxiong said: "One will become a thousand bones, how can there be immortals in a war?" In the face of a strong city, it is either a long-term siege or an ant-attached siege, which has been the case since ancient times, and what Li Zongbing said is not unreasonable. ”

Su Hao said: "The last general is indeed sure to blow up the city wall with gunpowder, just like when he dealt with Yang Yinglong. I have already arranged for people to transport gunpowder and other materials from the capital to Ningxia, and it will only take ten days at most for the materials to be delivered. No matter how tight our army's time is, we can always afford to wait for these ten days, right? Obviously, if you wait for ten days, you can save thousands of deaths, so why can't you wait? ”

Ye Mengxiong patted Su Hao's shoulder and said, "Change it, I can understand your mood, but if you don't try some things, how can you know?" Li Zongbing suggested attacking the city, and he also had his ideas. Let me tell you this, if you beat Ningxia City according to your method, how should the credit for the Battle of Ningxia be calculated? ”

"This ......" Su Hao was dumb all of a sudden.

In the matter of Banzhou, Ye Mengxiong had a good impression of Su Hao, and also knew that Su Hao was a person who worked hard and did not care about personal gains and losses, such a person was really lacking in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. In the current Ming Dynasty officialdom, whether it is a civil official or a military attaché, few people can be free from distractions, and before doing a thing, everyone must consider their own interests clearly. It was precisely because Ye Mengxiong knew that Su Hao was a simple person, so he was willing to say a few more words to him, and even said some things that were inconvenient for everyone to put on the table.

"I see." Su Hao's EQ is average, but his IQ is sufficient. Ye Mengxiong pointed to this extent, if he didn't understand it anymore, then he couldn't say it. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Governor Ye, if that's the case, can our department not participate in the siege?" ”

"Why?" Ye Mengxiong asked.

Su Hao said: "My department is called the Survey Battalion, and its main responsibility is to survey and map maps, and I am not good at combat. It is not easy to train a surveying and mapping talent, and it is too wasteful to use it to attack the city like an ordinary sergeant. ”

Of course, Ye Mengxiong knew that Su Hao's words were nonsense, the combat effectiveness of the survey battalion, from several battles in Pingyu City, he had already heard about it, and the so-called combat was not good at it, it was an excuse. In the final analysis, Su Hao couldn't accept this method of siege, and he was even more unwilling to let his soldiers suffer heavy casualties in the siege, so he came up with such a reason.

However, Su Hao's reason really moved Ye Mengxiong. Ye Mengxiong has long known the value of the survey camp in surveying and mapping, and it is indeed a waste to let such a skilled army do things that have no technical content to attack the city. At present, there are 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers in Liaodong and Sichuan, plus the soldiers of Shaanxi Dusi, and there will be a shortage of more than 2,000 people in the survey camp. Since Su Hao didn't want the Kanyu Battalion to fight, it was better to agree to his request.

Thinking of this, Ye Mengxiong nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then the governor will issue an order to arrange for your department to be responsible for surveying the map around Ningxia City." Didn't Mr. Xiao offer a plan to build an embankment and flood it, so you can measure the height of Ningxia City and see if you can divert the river to flood it. ”

"Order!" Su Hao had a good heart, knowing that Ye Mengxiong had agreed to his request, and hurriedly accepted the order. Since he couldn't change the order to siege the city, then he should at least protect the survey battalion first, as for the life and death of the officers and soldiers in the other troops, he really couldn't care. Maybe in this era of cold weapons, human life is really not that valuable.

The plan for the siege of the city has been decided, and there are many things to do next. Each unit allocated the scope of the attack, and determined that Li Rusong's troops in Liaodong would attack Nancheng as the main direction of attack. Ma Qiancheng led the Sichuan troops to attack the western city, and Xiao Ruxun commanded the Pingyu and Shaanxi troops to attack the eastern city, all of which were auxiliary attacks. Ye Mengxiong also has some generals under him, and each has its own tasks, so there is no need to repeat them one by one. As for Su Hao's survey camp, Ye Mengxiong announced at the military meeting that their main duty was to do surveying and mapping around Ningxia City, and not directly participate in the war.

When Li Rusong heard this arrangement, he naturally sneered, but Su Hao didn't bother to look at his face. There are a lot of angry people in this world, and this is not something that Su Hao can change.

After seven or eight days of preparation, the Ming army began to attack the city.

ps：…… Well, a few days ago, some work was done, and Orange started working overtime in the fourth year of junior high school, cooperating with others to calculate millions of pieces of data, and seeing the legendary big data