After sending away Xiong Wencan's messenger, Yu Xiaotian found Zhu Dadian and began to discuss with Zhu Dadian how to attack the city.

Now that the sea has begun to freeze, if it is too late, I am afraid that there will be a greater risk of sea operations, and it may cause unnecessary troubles and losses to his navy at that time, so this counterinsurgency can no longer be delayed.

After some discussion, Zhu Dadian agreed to the siege plan proposed by Yu Xiaotian, with Yu Xiaotian as the main force of siege, the main attack on the south gate of Dengzhou City, while the Zhejiang soldiers and Sichuan soldiers mainly attacked the east gate, the Shandong soldiers mainly attacked the west gate, and the Dengzhou Water City was handed over to Yu Xiaotian's sailors to be responsible for blocking it, so as to ensure that the Dengzhou rebels could not escape by boat from the water gate when the city was broken.

Zhu Dadian was also impatient to wait at this time, of course, he was very appreciative of the battle plan proposed by Yu Xiaotian, and he also saw that Yu Xiaotian seemed to be impatient here, and wanted to take Dengzhou as much as possible and lead his troops back to Fujian.

The families of these guest soldiers are far away from their hometowns, and after coming out for a while, they will feel homesick, which is human nature, and presumably Yu Xiaotian and his subordinates will be no exception.

In addition, the sooner the matter of the Dengzhou rebels is resolved, the better it will be for him, first, he can be appreciated by the imperial court, and secondly, after the end of the war, he can let these guest troops return to their hometowns or leave.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian now proposes to conquer Dengzhou City as much as possible and annihilate the rebels in Dengzhou City, which can be said to be in the hands of Zhu Dadian.

So Zhu Dadian, of course, was as good as a stream, and immediately agreed to this battle plan, ordered the account to be raised, and summoned all the generals above the garrison to discuss matters in his big tent.

Zhu Dadian sat in a precarious position, explained the battle plan and plate given to him by Yu Xiaotian, and began to issue military orders one after another with a stern face, and said very harshly, ordering all departments not to allow the yang to obey the yin, fear the enemy and avoid the battle, and must launch the whole army together, from several directions, do their best to attack Dengzhou City.

No matter who attacked Dengzhou City first, he was the first hero of this battle, and he would personally ask the imperial court for a heavy reward, but once he found that anyone was afraid of the enemy and avoided the battle, refused to contribute to the siege of the city, or even retreated from the battle, then he would never be polite to him.

Now, in order to be able to quell the Denglai rebels, Chongzhen has given Zhu Dadian a sword of Shang Fang, so that he can act cheaply in front of the two armies.

And today Zhu Dadian really invited Shang Fang's sword and placed it on the big case, seeing Zhu Dadian so powerful, all the generals also thought it was true, and no one dared to say no.

They also saw that Zhu Dadian was going to fight this battle, settle the battle in one battle, and take Dengzhou City, if they didn't use their strength this time, Zhu Dadian would really dare to kill the generals.

What's more, it is said that the current prison army Gao Qiqian is also coming here, and he has already personally arrived in Huangxian County, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian really dare to kill these generals, no problem.

So after receiving the order, all the generals hurried down to prepare, two days later, all kinds of siege equipment were ready, even Yu Xiaotian's side of the Yu family army, also prepared all kinds of siege equipment, ladders, shields, turrets, cave house cars, trench cars within a few days, the army engineering company, including the craftsmen who were requisitioned with the army, rushed to work day and night, using some of the vehicles requisitioned by their army, and modified them on the spot, but they were also quite well prepared.

It can be seen that Yu Xiaotian is indeed determined to completely conquer Dengzhou City this time.

Moreover, on the night before, Yu Xiaotian also personally summoned officers at all levels above the deputy company commander in the army, personally issued combat orders to them, mobilized them before the battle, and ordered the Huotou Army to provide a hearty breakfast on the morning of the day of the march, so that the soldiers could eat a full meal and prepare for a strong attack.

This time, the artillery, infantry, engineers, and even some baggage soldiers of the Yu family army can be said to have poured out, including the medical officers and ambulances in the field hospital, and they were also mobilized before the war.

October 13, is Zhu Dadian chose the day of the siege of the city, in the morning before dawn, the battalions sounded a hurried horn, sleepy eyes of the officers and generals, one after another got up and dressed neatly, ate a war meal, and then began to follow the military order, the generals each led their troops, began to leave the camp, towards the city of Dengzhou.

Before dawn, Zhu Dadian personally ordered the generals in the big tent, and a military general was late for no reason, so he was dragged out on the spot and beaten with a military stick, which can be regarded as a killing stick for the generals first, so that these generals can all take warning, knowing that today is not a joke, if anyone dares not to work hard, then I am afraid that Zhu Dadian will really not spare them today.

When the day was bright, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers had already gathered outside Dengzhou City, arrived at their predetermined starting positions, and all kinds of siege equipment, as well as the temporarily recruited to help the people of the war, were also placed in front of the battle.

The Ming army siege battle, it is customary to forcibly recruit the local nearby people to help the war, although these people are not soldiers, but will be used as cannon fodder, in the initial trench filling stage, these people will be driven, carrying all kinds of logs, firewood bundles, soil bags, go to the army to fill in the ditch outside the city, open up the siege channel for the army, and then the army will do.

Dengzhou City is the most important coastal town in Shandong, and now it is considered to be the forefront of resisting Jiannu, and after the repair of the imperial court and government of the past dynasties, it has already built a strong fortified city, which is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If you want to capture Dengzhou City in one day, this difficulty is quite large, even if it is the Yu family army with the best equipment, you dare not say that you will be able to do it, and you will have to pay a considerable price.

But fighting is a matter of death, for the generals to be in charge of the soldiers, at this critical moment, Yu Xiaotian can not only care about the troops under his command, what he can do is to provide the best fire support and fire cover for the besieging generals as much as possible, as well as fire suppression, try to protect his generals, and pay less casualties, but if he wants not to die, he will attack Dengzhou City, he has no ability.

As the sky gradually brightened, the rebels in the city had also climbed the city wall in large numbers, making a posture of strict defense, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde both saw that this time the official army came to attack, not like a tentative attack, but put on a posture of fighting to the death, so whether they can hold Dengzhou City depends on today.

So these rebel generals also divided their respective garrisons, Li Jiucheng was responsible for guarding the south gate, Kong Youde was guarding the west gate, and Geng Zhongming was guarding the east gate.

With the middle of Zhu Dadian's military formation, three horns sounded, and then the sound of rolling war drums was heard, ten huge war drums, lined up, ten with a body of tendon meat, reminding the fierce soldiers, each in such a cold and freezing situation, all stripped off their upper clothes, turned the huge drumsticks, and began to beat the war drums vigorously.

The sound of huge war drums spread throughout the battlefield, and after the armies heard the sound of war drums, the generals began to shout orders one after another, and the armies began to attack the city.

More than 10,000 officers and soldiers held those forcibly recruited people, and suddenly let out a shout, and began to rush towards Dengzhou City like ants, and one cannon after another, in all directions, began to sound.

In order to attack Dengzhou City, now Zhu Dadian has transferred a batch of cannons from all over the country and distributed them to the armies, except for Yu Xiaotian, the rest of the armies have also got some cannons, most of these cannons are old-style artillery, but there are also a few captured Hongyi cannons or a few Hongyi cannons sent from Beijing.

At this time, these cannons had already been arranged outside the various city gates, and the muzzles of the cannons were aimed at Dengzhou City, and they began to bombard violently.

But the most spectacular is probably the luxurious artillery lineup of the Yu army, this time in order to conquer Dengzhou City, although Yu Xiaotian brought a siege heavy artillery company before, bringing three twenty-four-pounder siege guns, but in the face of a fortified city like Dengzhou City, three siege heavy artillery is still a little too little.

So he spared no expense to unload a few heavy naval guns from the navy and several warships, and sent a baggage battalion to drag them to the front of the army, and also placed them on the artillery position.

In addition, he had an artillery battalion, equipped with more than thirty twelve-pounder howitzers, and these light guns were towed directly to a distance of only about 400 paces from the city wall, which was the distance at which these guns could exert their maximum power and the distance at which they could ensure the accuracy of their firing.

The other heavy guns were placed in the rear artillery positions, and the naval gunners, in conjunction with the army gunners, were responsible for operating the naval guns and siege guns.

Looking at the luxurious artillery array of the Yu family's army, many officers and soldiers were drooling, but He Nai didn't have this thing, and they didn't have the money to get it, so they could only use the artillery that Zhu Dadian found a way to get for them to shell Dengzhou.

Therefore, although the officers and troops of all walks of life are fighting quite lively, the only thing that can really pose a substantial threat to the rebels is the cannons of the sea wolves outside the south gate.

Originally, when the rebels were trapped in Dengzhou, they captured more than 20 Hongyi cannons here, but with this time, the rebels fought in the south and the north, constantly attacking the city, and gradually took these Hongyi cannons away from Dengzhou City, especially in the first battle of Laizhou, the rebels almost transported the Hongyi cannons in Dengzhou City.

With the defeat of the Laizhou army, the Hongyi cannon in the hands of the rebels was basically destroyed, and the capture was captured by the official army, and now in Dengzhou City, there are only four Hongyi cannons left, two of which are placed in the south of the city, and there is a Hongyi cannon on the east and west sides.