Surtai put his pig-tail-like braids behind him and said, "The king is now advancing and retreating. Of the 200,000 men and horses under your command, 140,000 are reinforcements from the Yi tribes from all over the country, and only 60,000 are your descendants. The reason why the tribes lent their troops to the king was because they heard that the emperor's younger brother was stationed in Guizhou, and it was possible to seize him and seize Guizhou. If the king withdraws, the tribes will think that the king will not succeed, and then they will find various reasons to call the reinforcements away. However, the barbarian Ming court did not know the truth, and he would still send heavy troops to attack the king's base, and the king would die without a place to be buried. ”

An Bangyan said with a wry smile: "Mr. Su doesn't need to scare me anymore, I know the attitude of the elders of the various tribes of the Yi people." In such a critical situation, can Mr. Su teach me a good strategy? ”

The purpose of Surtai's visit to Guizhou this time was to disturb the Ming Dynasty, and as for whether the Yi people could succeed or not, and how many people would die, it was not within his consideration at all. He listened to An Bangyan's tone and retreated, and hurriedly said: "The barbarian has a saying that makes sense, it is called a small non-gentleman, no poison and no husband." There is a plan under it, as long as the king does not dislike being too vicious, he can break the current crisis. Not only that, but it can even reduce the resistance of the unification of the Yiren tribes after the success of the king. ”

An Bangyan said: "Come on, the lonely king is now almost to the point of exhaustion, as long as I can keep my throne and keep the Shuixian family, I dare to risk the world." ”

"King, we still have three or eight days of food and grass, that is to say, in three days, we don't have to worry about the turmoil in the hearts of the army. And there are barbarian grain and grass in Guiyang City, as well as grain and grass borrowed from us, as long as Guiyang City is attacked, the king's crisis will be solved. It's just that the city defense facilities of Guiyang City are too complete, and many people will be sacrificed when attacking the city. Sultai smiled darkly, "It's just the right time to put the ragtag military on it." Consume the reinforcements of various tribes, and then the strength of the king will be the strongest in the whole Guizhou, isn't it what you say? ”

An Bangyan slapped his thigh and said, "Well said." Someone came, passed on my military order, and ordered the craftsmen to make every effort to build the siege ladder. An hour later, the whole army went out from all sides to storm Guiyang City!" ――

In Guiyang City, Zhu Youcheng was directing Jinyi Wei to forcibly demolish people's houses. Ever since the defenders of Guiyang reached an agreement that they were to be responsible for their respective defense zones, Zhu Youcheng began to fully implement his plan to lure the enemy into depth.

King Xin asked, "Brother Cheng, without our help, can the defenders of Guiyang hold the city?" ”

"It's hard to say, most of them can't be kept." Zhu Youcheng replied a little hesitantly, "Although the combat effectiveness of the rebels is scum. But the local defenders of Guizhou were not very smart. Two armies with similar combat effectiveness fight a pure contest of numbers and morale. In terms of numbers, the rebels undoubtedly had the upper hand; In terms of morale, Guiyang is slightly higher. But the rebel dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and it was not something that ordinary people could stop. In particular, the rebels got the technology to make trebuchets from nowhere, which was a troublesome matter for the defenders of Guiyang. While in Longli City, I noticed that the rebels had first set up trebuchets a hundred and fifty paces from the city walls, that is. The range of the rebels' trebuchets was more than one hundred and fifty paces. There are many mountains and rocks outside the city of Guiyang, that is, they are inexhaustible. Inexhaustible ammunition. You say, how can the defenders of Guiyang City hold it? ”

"Oh, the rebels are so strong, how did Brother Cheng defend Longli?"

"That's not easy," Zhu Youcheng smiled, smiling evilly. "The artillery against the stone cannon bombarded them in all directions, and they cried bitterly. And we fired first, blowing them back one after another, and finally set up trebuchets very far away. But because it's too far away. The stones thrown were all consumed by their front army. ”

"Brother Cheng, can you ......?"

Before King Xin's words were finished, Zhu Youcheng refused: "No, absolutely not." ”

King Xin looked at Zhu Youcheng with pleading eyes, Zhu Youcheng couldn't resist King Xin's gaze, turned his head, and went to see the demolition site.

He said in a low voice, "Sending the rebels away is pure short-sightedness. The Yi people are a mountainous people, accustomed to climbing mountains and good at hunting. This time I went to Guiyang, which is really a godsend. Once the Yi people wake up and return to the mountains and forests, we will destroy the rebels, and we don't know how much military spending and human lives will cost. There are disasters inside the Ming Dynasty, and there are strong enemies outside, and they really can't stand the toss anymore. There are always sacrifices and casualties in war, and I have already persuaded them, and I have fulfilled my responsibilities, and I have a clear conscience. However, the more fiercely they resisted, the easier it was for the plan to lure the enemy deeper into the city to succeed, which was a great blessing in misfortune. ”

King Xin sighed and made no peace.

Suddenly, an officer dressed as a thousand households rushed forward and said to Zhu Youcheng: "My lord, can you not demolish the houses in front, I think those houses are still of great use." ”

Zhu Youcheng's expression was straight, he always felt that there was something wrong with his plan, and he seemed to have borrowed some less geographical advantages, but he couldn't remember it. Unexpectedly, now someone has finally seen that it can kill a lot of brain cells.

The officer turned out to be Cao Huazhang, and his men were killed a lot by the Yi people, and they were brutal. He has a bitter hatred for the Yi people, and he is always trying to find a way to deal with the Yi people.

He said: "My lord, I took a closer look at the houses in Guiyang, most of them are wooden structures, and the wooden planks of the houses are already very dry, and they catch fire when they see it. The rebels once wanted to ambush us on the border of Gyeongwon Province, and they used fire attacks. Now we can 'treat others as they would have been treated.'" ”

Zhu Youcheng was overjoyed and said: "Yes, yes, it is a fire attack." I have long thought that these wooden buildings in Guizhou have another use, and now I have finally found them. ”

He turned to King Shin and asked, "What do you think?" ”

King Xin hesitated a little and said, "Brother Cheng, setting fire to the enemy will hurt the peace of the heavens." At that time, Zhuge Liang burned the rattan armor soldiers and reduced their life expectancy by several decades. I don't want you to be like Zhuge Liang. ”

Zhu Youcheng's heart warmed, he clenched King Xin's hand, and said: "It's okay, I have the protection of Emperor Taizu Gao, and I won't follow the old path of Zhuge Liang." ”

King Shin said, "No, I'll give the order." In this way, the order is given by me, and God will punish me, and he will only punish me. Brother Cheng, didn't you say that brothers are used to carry thunder? Let me carry the thunder for you now. ”

Without waiting for Zhu Youcheng to speak, King Xin ordered: "Order the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard to pay attention, don't demolish the houses on the side of the city wall anymore, and pile more firewood and grass in those houses." In addition, on the outside of the inner city wall, a firebreak was cleared to spread to the inner city with fire prevention potential. ”

King Xin smiled: "Didn't Brother Cheng say that for the sake of Da Ming, are you willing to incarnate as a demon?" I'm not going to let you be pretty. ”

Zhu Youcheng's heart was warm, knowing that Ah Jian was not fighting for merit, but believing in superstitious sayings such as karma, and sincerely helped him prevent disasters.

At this time, Chen Guoqi stepped forward to report: "My lord, all the fire guns of Jinyiwei have been collected and placed in the lobby of King Xin's residence to dry. After two or three days, it should be usable. ”

Xin Wang Qi said: "Could it be that such a simple method can make the fire gun that has become a dumb horse speak again?" ”

Chen Guoqi said with a smile: "Master Zhu once said in the "Science" class that the principle of fire is combustion and explosion. The weather in Guizhou is humid, and the ignition device of the firearm and the primer of the bullet are wet, and they can't burn, so naturally they can't release the gun. As long as they are dried in the shade, these things can be rejuvenated again. ”

King Xin was overjoyed, and after entering Guizhou, he was suppressed by the rebels with bows and crossbows. Now that I can put it back in action, I can finally take revenge with one arrow. He shouted, wanting to call the guards to inform his thousands of households, put away those pure fire guns and hundreds of households, and put them together to dry in the shade.

Chen Guoqi said with a smile: "King Xin doesn't have to worry, I have already informed those thousands of households to hand over the fire guns and dry them together." These thousand households are really good, although the troops were ambushed by the rebels and suffered heavy losses, not a single musket was lost. ”

King Xin was stunned for a moment, then understood, and said with a smile: "Guoqi, yes, you quickly entered the role of a pacification envoy and have an overall concept." Jin Yiwei handed over Xizhen Fusi to you, I am very relieved. ”

The defenders of Guiyang City were lazily on duty on the city walls, but the soldiers of the Jinyi Guards were racing against time to build the inner city walls in the city.

On the afternoon of May 6, the sixth year of the Great Tomorrow Apocalypse, the horn sounded on the city wall, and a deafening shout sounded outside the city.

Zhu Youcheng said lightly: "The rebels have attacked the city. (To be continued......)

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