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The weather was getting hotter and hotter, Gu Zhenhua was lying on the bamboo chair under the grape trellis, and the pu fan in his hand was shaking for a while.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, Li Jibo walked in from outside sweating, the old man had never been polite, sat opposite Gu Zhenhua, grabbed the sour plum soup on the table, and drank it with a grunt.

"It tastes good, like the craftsmanship of a willow girl!"

"I said Lao Litou, do you regard my Guogong Mansion as your home?"

"Thank you, old man, there is no place to stay!"

Li Jibo's ability to fight snakes with the pole is definitely first-class in the world, so angry that Gu Zhenhua's head shook like a rattle.

"Old Li Tou, what's the matter, you won't come to quarrel with me, right?"

"The old man is not so boring yet." Li Jibo immediately returned the face and said solemnly: "I just came with news from Beijing, and there are as many as 150,000 Tartar soldiers going south this time, which can be said to be an outpouring of troops. The eastern front was led by Azig, with a total of more than 100,000 people, attacking the Xuzhou line! The goal is probably Nanjing. In addition, the western front is under the jurisdiction of Jierharang, a total of 50,000 people, concentrated in Shanxi and Hebei, and their target is probably us! ”

Gu Zhenhua's brows also locked, "Tartars still want to attack Henan?" ”

"Definitely!" Li Jibo shook his head: "Last time we cut off 40,000 heads, even if we come with another 50,000, what can we do, according to my observation, the Tartars want to drag us down, and then destroy Jiangnan first." In this way, we will send troops to the rescue, and Zilharang will be able to take advantage of the situation. We don't save. Then they will take Jiangnan and take us from the east. Intentions are not sinister! ”

Li Jibo's analysis is very clear, this is an unsolvable problem, and the Tartars also saw that An **'s troops were insufficient, so he adopted this strategy, it can be said that the level of those big traitors is not low, and they are pinched on the key point all of a sudden.

Gu Zhenhua couldn't help but stand up and paced back and forth: "If Jilharang takes the initiative to attack, we have 20,000 people to stop it." But if they don't, they will use 40,000 horses to defend it! As for Guide, you can only rely on Huang Degong, and Wu Kaijie's kid also has to fight! Mr. Li, give him an order to tell Wu Kaijie what he wants. An ** fully supports him, there is only one condition, that is, Xuzhou must be defended! ”

Gu Zhenhua made a decision, and suddenly all kinds of materials were inclined towards Xuzhou, except for the food and salary sent by Wu Huanju. Gu Zhenhua had a special order to send over 100 Franc cannons and 20 general cannons from the arsenal in Juzhou. Help them defend the city.

Henan is making a big move, and Wu Kaijie is still directing the laborers to work. The plan of exchanging food for labor was very successful, and the flow of people continued when rice pots and soup pots were set up.

Wu Kaijie's method is also very simple. Anyone who came was gathered in groups of ten, supervised by a soldier. As long as you work for four hours, you can come over to eat and rest, and the others will continue to work, working in three shifts, day and night.

At night, the lights were bright, and the laborers were shirtless, wielding shovels, and their sweat was broken into eight petals, almost without stopping, and in front of them, one by one, one by one, the walls gradually revealed their rudimentary shapes.

Xuzhou is only a small satellite city, and the distance between the city wall is only more than two miles, so the original intention of this design is to be horns of each other, if the two cities are equipped with artillery, they can be cross-fired, no matter how many enemy soldiers, all can be bombarded into slag.

Of course, time has passed, and these proper fortifications have gone wrong, and now they must be strengthened as much as possible.

The walls of the fortress should be heightened and thickened, and deep trenches should be dug outside. In it, wells must be dug again, fresh water supplies must be ensured, and grain and grass weapons must be hoarded. Even Zhou Yingjie specifically asked to dig a tunnel to communicate with the city, so that he could replenish soldiers and supplies unknowingly.

In addition, between the gate city and the main city, a large number of breastwork walls were built, which were as intricate as the Bagua Array. This is the best hunting ground for the Musketeers, and every place is designed to make it easy for the soldiers in the city to hunt the Tartars.

After three days of hard work, the entire huge defense system was revealed. During these three days, a total of thirteen laborers were so weak that they suddenly died while working.

This is definitely a big thing in the future life, but the people in front of them are extremely indifferent. Even if they don't die now, maybe they will die in an unknown place at any time, and they can eat a full meal first, which can be regarded as a full ghost.

And An ** also gave the first five taels of silver to each deceased's family, which can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness, these homeless people worked hard, and used their sweat in exchange for an impregnable line of defense.

"Listen, big guy, next to the granary, dig me five wells, and if it catches fire, do your best to protect the grain. Remember, this is our lifeline! ”

Wu Kaijie commanded loudly, he suddenly turned around, and saw a tall figure standing not far away, it was Huang Degong!

"Master Hou, why are you so idle, and you have time to come to my side!"

"It's not that I'm attracted by the scent." Huang Degong said angrily: "You have a great family, you don't have to show off like this, you know that the soldiers have been messing with me for the past two days, saying that I Huang Degong can't afford to give them dumplings to eat, and I want to rebel!" ”

Wu Kaijie smiled: "Huang Houye, you are not short of money, let the brothers work hard, you must always give some delicious food." ”

"That's not the case!"

Huang Degong sat on Wu Kaijie's chair, knocked on Erlang's leg and said: "Training, you can't get used to it, give what you want, are there any rules?" If people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, something is going to happen! ”

Wu Kaijie said: "Huang Houye, I don't dare to agree with what you say, as long as it is a reasonable request, it should be satisfied, don't forget, we want others to work hard!" ”

Huang Degong smiled: "Staff Officer Wu, I won't quarrel with you anymore, in a word, Huang came here this time to ask for something, I don't know if you can cut your love?" ”

"Huang Houye, you tell me first, what do you want, let's talk about it!"

Huang Degong suddenly stood up and walked to the side of a trench in a few steps. With both arms strained, he picked up a large cement slab.

"Huh. Quite weighty! ”

Huang Degong was so strong that he put the cement board in front of Wu Kaijie, and then he raised his foot violently and kicked it hard!

"Oops!"

Rao is a general like Huang Degong, and he can't withstand this kind of impact. However, he obviously didn't care about the pain in his feet, and hurriedly looked down at the cement slab.

I saw that only a little debris fell on the cement slab, and there was almost no damage, and Huang Degong's eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's really hard Tm. Staff Officer Wu, this is this thing, can you sell it? ”

Wu Kaijie laughed: "Huang Houye, don't hide it, this is An**'s unique weapon for building a city, it's not cheap!" ”

Huang Degong slapped his face and laughed: "Fifty thousand taels." Just give me enough to build 3,000 boards!" ”

Wu Kaijie shook his head slightly, Huang Degong's face sank suddenly, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and his nose snorted.

"One hundred thousand taels, no more!" How do you know that Wu Kaijie still shook his head.

Huang Degong couldn't stand it anymore. He jumped in front of Wu Kaijie's eyes in one step, almost facing each other, and said loudly: "Boy, don't force Lao Tzu to rob it!" ”

Wu Kaijie looked up to the sky and laughed: "Huang Chuangzi, you are really not a good temper. I'll tell you the truth, Grandpa Guo just sent the paperwork. I specially explained, what Huang Chuangzi needs, try his best to supply, and don't take a penny! ”

"Really?" Huang Degong was overjoyed, "Gu Zhenhua really said that?" ”

"Of course, in the four towns of Jiangbei, only Huang Chuangzi can fight."

Huang Degong suddenly laughed, "I can let Ji Guogong take a look, my Huang Degong is in vain in this life!" Staff Officer Wu, if you go and give Gu Zhenhua a message, just say that if I, Huang Chuangzi, can get away with it and defeat the Tartars, then I will definitely find Gu Zhenhua and have a drink! ”

A few days ago, the two sides almost quarreled because of the military quartermaster, but in the blink of an eye, they actually felt a little sympathetic to each other.

"Huang Houye, let's guard the same city, this is the fate of God, work together, Kuang Fu Sheji!"

Huang Degong hugged his fists and left with a laugh!

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and the soldiers on the head of the city looked far away in the direction of the canal, only to see a lot of warships appearing on the river, on which the dragon flag of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was flying, and on both sides of the canal, there were countless soldiers, who slowly pressed towards Xuzhou. In an instant, everyone's hearts hung in the air, and finally the big battle came!

"Brothers, get ready for battle, and all of them are back!"

The siege of the Tartars began with artillery bombardment, and they still relied on the range of the artillery commander of General Shenwei, across the river, just like the head of Xuzhou City moved to shoot.

The cannon roared, and the earth-shattering power was shattered, and the ten-pound solid iron balls smashed towards the city wall. Seven out of ten of these iron balls will miss, but if they hit the city wall, it will be a big problem.

The green bricks pasted on the outside were shattered, the sand and gravel were all over the sky, the ground shook and the mountains shook, and the city wall was almost about to fall down.

Neither An ** nor Huang Degong had a cannon with a range comparable to that of the Tartar, so they could only be beaten temporarily. The Tartars bombarded for a day, and at night, they took the opportunity to force their way across the Yellow River and build pontoon bridges, and overnight, the Tartars surrounded Xuzhou.

The real war finally began, and the Tartars immediately divided their troops in three directions, north, east, and west. It was Zhang Nai who was responsible for attacking Xicheng, this guy was originally a general in the camp, but he surrendered to the Tartars in northern Shaanxi, which led to the defeat of Li Zicheng, and now he is acting as the vanguard of the Tartars, to put it bluntly, he is cannon fodder!

Maybe that braid really has some magic, after shaving his head, Zhang Nai's guy has become much braver and more cunning.

He first built an earthen platform more than three feet high, placed the red-coated cannon with a slightly smaller caliber and the Franco machine gun on the earthen platform, and then set up an earthen fence in front of the earthen platform to protect the artillery.

In the first battle in northern Henan, the Tartars did not make progress, they became more cunning and ferocious!

"Chong, take Xuzhou, take a three-day holiday!"

The tide-like soldiers rushed up towards Xiguan, all of them carrying ladders in their hands, running frantically, all with hideous faces, gritting their teeth, and running like flying.

It's just that no matter how fast they are, within 500 meters of the city wall, there are trenches and breastwalls one after another, although the height is not large, but it can indeed block their progress.

A tidal wave of soldiers climbed over the breastwork, and immediately sank into a trench. Looking down from the top of the city, the narrow strip between the breastwork and the breastwork is densely packed with sardine-like human heads.

The huge ladder became an obstacle, and several of them had to lift it above their heads. Seeing them fill the empty space. The strikers are already approaching the city, and ladders are about to be erected.

Zhou Yingjie saw everything in his eyes, and suddenly, there was a loud sound of rockets firing from the city. In the sound of falling and falling, a large area of smoke rose up, and countless arrows rained down the city.

The arrows were dense and fierce, and under the impetus of gunpowder, they were in front of the Tartars in a blink of an eye.

This time it was a swarm of bees, thirty-two in one barrel, and ten at a time. In the face of the dense rockets, those Tartar foot soldiers subconsciously raised their shields to cover them, and the sound of banging came out, and their shields were filled with all kinds of arrows in an instant.

With the help of gunpowder, the strength of the rocket was extraordinary, and the direct shot made their hands tremble, and even many people's shields were broken. Or those who can't cover it are shot by rockets, and many people are shot and rolled out, and the battle skirts or coats on their bodies do not provide much protection at all.

Suddenly there was a howl between the breastwork, and the others, although not injured, were also in a mess.

Zhou Yingjie sneered slightly, this is an appetizer, let's try it even more!

After the rocket was fired, it was immediately replaced by a Divine Fire Crow, and a full fifty Divine Fire Crows were aimed at the soldiers who were scrambling below.

"Put!"

Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking the sky, and these divine fire flying crows fell like lightning in the crowd of Tartars, and they immediately burst open.

Not only was there an explosion, but there was also a strong fire, which ignited the ladder, and two or three hundred soldiers were killed at once.

Zhang Nai, who was behind, also saw straight eyes, he waved the command knife in his hand, desperately beckoned his subordinates, and rushed towards the city.

These desperate soldiers finally rushed to the bottom of the wall. Suddenly, countless bottles and cans fell from the city, and in the air, some white powder was already scattered towards the city.

Many of the soldiers smelled a choking smell, and they were still in a daze, when suddenly a sharp howl sounded: "Ash bottle, close your eyes quickly." ”

I saw bottles like raindrops falling from the city, falling to the ground and exploding, and the lime powder in it spread out, and for a time white mist shrouded everywhere. Listening to the mournful screams, many soldiers threw down a qiē in their hands, covered their eyes and rolled on the ground and howled.

"My eyes, my eyes!"

As they rolled, there were more rocks, and raindrops rained down, smashing these confused fellows into meatloaf!