After marching down this way, in less than two days, I heard the rumbling of artillery in front, thinking that I was about to arrive at Jining City.

General Lin was leisurely discussing Jinling and Hangzhou with Chief Gao, where Sister Yao was bigger, and saw Hu Bugui in front of him hurrying over, and reported: "General, twenty miles ahead, is Jining City." The two armies on the left and the middle have surrounded the north gate and the east gate of Jining, and the sailors have also blocked the way to flee to Weishan Lake at the south gate. As long as our army goes north and traps the west gate, we can surround the White Lotus Legion in the city and be unable to move. ”

Jining City is close to the shore of Weishan Lake, which is the birthplace of the northern end of Weishan Lake, and is blocked by the water division, so the White Lotus Army naturally has no way to escape.

Lin Wanrong sneered: "Sailor blockade? Can you believe this? When we were in Pei County that day, wasn't it also a blockade, and the rabbit cubs of the White Lotus Sect didn't come along the surface of the lake and attacked us unknowingly. ”

Du Xiuyuan, who was next to him, said: "The general doesn't know, since the attack on Pei County that day, Xu Dashuai has thoroughly investigated the Weishan Lake Water Division and appointed a new governor. This time, it is impossible for the thieves to escape from Weishan Lake. ”

It turns out that Lao Xu has done this, why don't I know, it seems that this old man did not deliberately think of me as Erbium last time, Lin Wanrong nodded and said: "In this case, I ordered the brothers to slow down, rest the camp for five miles, and live a fire for ten miles, everyone walk slowly." ”

Hu Bugui exclaimed: "General, how can this be made." At present, the three-way army is attacking the city, and they are all waiting for us to encircle it. ”

"Together? Wrap up a fart. Lin Wanrong smiled: "Siege warfare after the siege? ”

Hu Bugui was puzzled: "Don't you fight siege warfare?" ”

Lin Wanrong said with a smile: "Brother Hu, although I have never been to Jining, but this White Lotus Sect has been entrenched in Jining for many years, if this city can be captured so easily, then do you still need Xu Dashuai to personally command an army of 100,000 to fight?" ”

Hu Bugui is a native of Jining, Wen Fang nodded and said: "What the general said is that the White Lotus Sect has been entrenched in Jining for many years, and it has already managed Jining into an iron bucket. The city is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, this is the last stronghold of the White Lotus, all their elites are gathered in the city, and they will never lose the city easily, if they insist on attacking the city, the resistance they encounter will be extremely tenacious. Our army must have suffered heavy losses. ”

Du Xiuyuan said with a smile: "Old Hu, your analysis makes a lot of sense. Looks like I've been learning a lot smarter lately. ”

Hu Bugui said proudly: "That's nature, follow General Lin, can you not learn to be smart?" ”

Lin Wanrong scolded with a smile: "You guys don't make a lot of sycophants." Slow down the march quickly, let the brothers eat and drink enough, and rest well. ”

Du Xiuyuan said cautiously: "The people and horses in front of me are all looking forward to my right side to go to encircle Jining, why does the general want the brothers to slow down?" ”

Hu Bugui also said: "That's right, didn't General Lin forget that Xu Dashuai said that whoever attacked Jining City first would ask for the first credit in front of the emperor." ”

Please credit? Lao Tzu really didn't care, but Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan still had to rely on their military exploits to be promoted, Lin Wanrong said with a smile: "Brother Du, let me ask you a question." If you were the head of the defenders of Jining City, and saw that there were large armies besieging on three sides, and there was no movement except for the west, how would you feel? ”

Du Xiuyuan thought carefully for a while before he said: "Then I must not dare to take it lightly, no movement does not mean that there is no danger." On the contrary, the more there is no movement, the more vigilant we should be, and if I am the defender, I must reserve a capable force to be vigilant to the west. Oh, I see, what the general means is that we will block this western side and surround it without fighting, which not only reduces the casualties of our army, but also keeps the enemy in checks everywhere, and does not dare to throw all his forces on the other three sides. ”

Lin Wanrong smiled: "You are only half right. We surrounded but did not fight, it was a huge pressure on the White Lotus Army, they were first psychologically flustered, and their combat strength naturally weakened. Of course, the brothers of the other three roads may have some complaints against us, but half of our 10,000 brothers are cavalry who are not suitable for attacking the city, and if the other 5,000 foot battalions are put into the siege, then Bailian will inevitably mobilize all forces to defend, even if the city is broken, we ourselves will definitely suffer heavy casualties. This business is not cost-effective. It's better for us to guard the west gate and have an offensive and defensive drill from time to time, so that these thieves don't dare to act rashly, which can also appropriately reduce the pressure on the other three sides. There is always someone who can understand our hard work. ”

"Offensive and defensive drills?" Du Xiuyuan said: "What is an offensive and defensive drill. ”

Lin Wanrong smiled mysteriously and did not answer, but said without returning: "Then what if the enemy chooses to break through?" ”

"It's good to break through." Lin Wanrong said with a smile: "Our five thousand cavalry haven't come in handy yet, so I can't wait to do such a thing as Zhizhi every day." If they really dare to break through the siege, we will encircle the cavalry and the infantry will attack the city, and neither will be delayed. Hehe, isn't it still our brother who leads the city like this? ”

Only then did Du Xiuyuan realize the true meaning, General Lin was really far-sighted, it was really a clever plan.

Lin Wanrong led the soldiers and horses on the right side, advancing slowly, a distance of twenty miles, until noon, when the other three people and horses were beating war drums and shouting to attack the city.

Looking at it from afar, Jining City is really strong and abnormal, the white lotus soldiers and horses defending the city are wrapped in white yarn, and the officers and soldiers who are holding swords and guns are fighting fiercely with the cloud ladder attacking the city. These White Lotus soldiers and horses were well-trained, and although there were only 10,000 people, they relied on the high walls of the city to kill several groups of officers and soldiers who were besieging the city.

Lin Wanrong remembered what Xu Wei had said before the barracks, saying that the White Lotus Sect only had 5,000 people, and all of them were rabble, but now it seems that it is completely untrue, the soldiers and horses before and after the White Lotus Sect add up, I am afraid that there are more than 10,000 people, and they are by no means rabble, and I don't know where they recruited soldiers and horses.

When the White Lotus defenders saw the large army coming from the west road, they immediately became nervous, and thousands of soldiers stood on the city wall, not daring to slack off at all.

Lin Wanrong ordered someone to move a chair, put a teacup, sat on the chair leisurely, drank a few sips of tea, yawned a few times in the face of Jining Ximen, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Li Sheng, Li Sheng-"

"The last general!" Li Sheng hurriedly responded.

Lin Wanrong said: "Aim your five Shenwu cannons at the head of Xicheng, give me a few shots, and tell these rabbit cubs that my brave and invincible right army is coming." ”

The Shenwu cannon played a huge role in this attack on the White Lotus. The 10 artillery pieces of the plaintiff's Shenji battalion were far from enough, and Xu Wei mobilized 20 newly modified cannons from Anhui, Shandong, and other places and transported them to the front line. In the reorganization of Feng County, Lin Wanrong's right army was divided into five gates, and Zuo Zongyou's left army was also five gates. Only the middle route army led by Tong Cheng had more cavalry, so Xu Wei allocated them twenty heavy artillery pieces for their siege of the city.

Li Sheng turned the muzzle of the cannon and aimed at the west gate of Jining. With a loud bang, the dust on the west city gate fell in large chunks, and several White Lotus troops with medium artillery fell into the city.

Lin Wanrong glanced at Hu Bugui, Hu Bugui turned over and dismounted, and said loudly: "Sons, rush with me-"

Behind him, thousands of elite horsemen and 3,000 infantry let out an earth-shattering shout, but they charged behind him.

The White Lotus Army defending the city hurriedly shot a rain of arrows and landed far on the ground, unable to hurt half a point of officers and soldiers.

Hu Bugui rushed halfway, and suddenly with a wave of his hand, all the soldiers behind him stopped, and the formation changed, the cavalry returned to the cavalry, and the infantry battalion returned to the infantry battalion, and no longer charged forward. It was practiced unscrupulously in front of the defenders.

The White Lotus Army defending the city did not dare to slack off at all, and looked nervously at the actions of the officers and soldiers, who knew that after a moment or three, the officers and soldiers in front of them had finished their drills, and they were neatly lined up to return to the camp.

The defenders breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly there was another shocking cannon fire, but it was the Shenwu cannon of the officers and soldiers who roared again, knocking down the city gate. When the artillery stopped, Du Xiuyuan led another wave of men and horses to rush up, but he also learned from the appearance of no return, halfway through the attack, and changed the formation to practice.

The White Lotus Army was at a loss, but they couldn't slack off, because no one knew when this drill would evolve into a real siege, and for a while, there was a rumor in the city, and the White Lotus sergeant was extremely anxious.

Lin Wanrong smiled, Lao Tzu's cannonballs are some, and Li Sheng is asked to bomb day and night, so that you don't stop. Tens of thousands of soldiers are divided into three waves, taking turns to come forward to practice, to see if you are afraid or not, whether you are afraid or not. Damn, don't say I'm a lot of people, I'm bullying you, what's the matter.

Hu Bugui turned back, dismounted and said with a smile: "The general is really clever, our true and false halberds do not hurt a single soldier, but the rabbit cubs of the White Lotus Sect are nervous all the time, and they are afraid that they will be scared of urine." ”

The other three sides were full of cannon roars, and the fighting became more and more intense, and it was obvious that they had entered the stage of attacking.

"Tell the general, General Tong Cheng, the commander of the Middle Route Army, sent someone to send a message, asking us to cooperate with them in attacking the city!" A herald reports.

"Back to General Tong, let's just say that our army is conducting siege drills." Lin Wanrong said.

Seeing the herald hurriedly leaving, Hu Bugui smiled and said: "I didn't know until yesterday that the Zhai Canghai whose leg was broken by us turned out to be the brother-in-law surnamed Tong. Zhai Canghai's younger sister is Tong Cheng's favorite third concubine. ”

Is it really a brother-in-law? Damn, I guessed casually, I didn't expect to guess correctly, this Tong became Zhai Canghai's head, and he was really famous. Lin Wanrong glanced a few times in the direction of the Middle Route Army, and saw more than 20 gates, firing all the way towards Jining City, the bursts of fire pierced people's eyes, and the dust raised by the explosion covered the city in smoke. This surnamed Tong's firepower is really strong, if he hits me with a few shots, even if Lao Tzu is good at kung fu, he will hang.

The 10,000 soldiers and horses practiced back and forth several times like this, and the White Lotus soldiers defending the city became more and more nervous, and they did not dare to relax.

Listening to the rumbling cannons and fighting sounds from the other three sides, Hu Bugui said anxiously: "General, I'm afraid this Jining City is about to break." If we don't take the city again, we will be robbed of it by others—"

Before Xu Yin fell, he heard a shocking shout, and the west gate of Jining was opened, and a group of people were killed in an uproar.