Of course, an accident is an accident, and he thinks that it will not be easy to break the city with this means alone. Therefore, he made some arrangements, such as blocking the city gates, and taking advantage of the condescending position of the city walls, using strong bows and arrows to suppress and kill the enemy.

At the same time, he also found that the target area of the enemy's bombardment was relatively fixed, allowing the soldiers to temporarily evacuate and wait for the enemy to attack in a safe area.

After more than an hour of bombardment, the south gate was smashed, revealing the sandbags and stones blocking the gate inside, and the city tower was damaged in several places. But in general, it is not enough to break the city.

"Why did it stop?" After Peng Yibin finished speaking, he also found a problem, the stone was gone, "Send someone to collect it immediately, you must be well prepared, and continuous bombardment will have an effect!" ”

"I guess it's just a temptation, right?" Cheng Fu saw that there were also people killed and injured who operated the stone thrower, but there were not many of them, so he stretched out his finger and said, "If General Meng is worried about casualties, we can send someone to manipulate it!" ”

Peng Yibin nodded and said, "More should be built, if there are a hundred and ten, it shouldn't be a problem to collapse the city wall." ”

"There are woods nearby, and General Meng also brought craftsmen, so it's not a problem to build more." Cheng Fu looked around, stretched out his hand to call an officer of the Red Turban Army, and ordered: "You go and report to General Meng......

In the distance, Liu Yingying, who was dressed as a man, pursed her lips and complained unsatisfactorily: "Why did you stop, you are looking at it?" ”

The officer next to her glanced at her helplessly, and secretly followed, so that he had no choice but to send someone to report to Liu Erzu, and let this young lady walk with the army for the time being.

"I'll go to see General Peng and Ambassador Cheng, and they will introduce me, and then I'll go to see Meng Jiucheng." Liu Yingying turned her head to look at the officer with a bitter face, frowned and said, "Don't worry, it's my own idea, the general won't punish you." ”

"This, my subordinates sent someone to protect the lady." The officer grinned, the matter has come to this, protecting her is the first priority!

The sun slowly sinks towards the west, like a large round mirror as red as a pill, and the further down it goes, the more bright red it becomes.

In the camp in the north of the city, Meng Jiucheng was listening to the report of Wang Xie, the commander of the engineer battalion.

"Digging a tunnel about 200 paces, leading under the city walls, and preparing for blasting, should be completed by dusk tomorrow. If it's a double-decker tunnel—" After Wang Xie finished speaking, he bowed and stood solemnly, waiting for Meng Jiucheng's orders.

"In front of outsiders, don't be too public. Double-decker tunnel, there will be opportunities in the future. Meng Jiucheng shook his head lightly and said, "Dig harder, the faster the better, and you will be responsible for the excavation and blasting." ”

This time was already faster than he expected, and it seemed that the equipment purchased by the engineer battalion and the hard training during this period were very effective. Moreover, for the soil with a high groundwater level, the engineer battalion has also mastered the method of excavating while supporting, so that the use of tunnel blasting has been greatly increased.

"The last general commands." Wang Xie arched his hand and turned away.

"The siege time is tentatively set for the day after tomorrow?" Meng Jiucheng asked, and seeing that Han Shouzhong and other generals had no opinions, he continued to arrange, "Attack the city and quickly break through to the east and west, open the way with pine cannons, seize the city gate, and respond to the influx of friendly troops." As for the merits of beheading officials, seizing the government, and occupying the treasury, you should not fight for it. In this way, our army can reduce some casualties. ”

The generals knew in their hearts that this was because Meng Jiucheng was not prepared to let the friendly troops see the scene of the city being broken, let alone let them know the secret of the tunnel blasting.

"If the friendly forces are interested in the trebuchets, we may be able to get some more captured supplies in this battle." Meng Jiucheng smiled slyly and said, "And when they speak, I can wait for the price to sell." ”

"I think that if they sit big, it may not be beneficial to us." Shao Kai, as a general, was also kept by Meng Jiucheng to observe and use, and he didn't know much about Meng Jiucheng's thinking.

"Sit big?" Meng Jiucheng smiled and said firmly: "No, definitely not." I won't go into details, you'll understand later. ”

No matter which branch of the Red Jacket Army is, there is a common flaw, that is, they do not know how to operate, or they are not well managed, and it is difficult to be self-reliant.

In a short period of time, it can still be maintained by plundering, and after a long time, money and food are the main factors restricting its development and growth. Historically, most of the Red Jacket Army was attached to the Song Dynasty, and it was this problem that was difficult to solve, so they could only rely on the Song Dynasty to provide money and food.

And the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty also used money and grain as a means to control the rebel army. It not only used its anti-gold resistance, but also limited the amount of money and food to prevent the rebels from getting bigger.

If Meng Jiucheng wants to rejuvenate the king and try to dominate, he must get rid of the dependence on money and food and be self-reliant. At the same time, he is not too worried about the so-called friendly forces sitting on the big side and threatening him. The fundamental purpose of helping them occupy cities and seize states and eliminate the Jin Army is for the safety of the flanks of the Red Turban Army and to gain time for development. If they can not only be self-reliant in the future, but also be wealthy, isn't it also the capital that attracts them to come to Shun?

The arrangement has been completed, and before the generals have dispersed, someone has reported that Peng Yibin, Cheng Fu and others came to ask for a meeting.

"Hehe, maybe it's a sale!" Meng Jiucheng smiled slyly, waved his hand and motioned for the generals to retreat and personally greet the camp tent.

After a few words outside the account, Meng Jiucheng invited Peng Yibin and others into the camp to sit down and talk.

In addition to Peng Yibin and Cheng Fu, there is another person that Meng Jiucheng does not know. At first glance, he looks like a young man, a little shorter, but with big eyes and a lot of heroism.

"General Meng, that stone thrower is quite effective, it seems that there is hope for breaking the city!" Peng Yibin first expressed his affirmation, and then said: "It's just that the number is a little less, I don't know if it takes time to build?" ”

Meng Jiucheng smiled bitterly and said, "Although it is not time-consuming to build, the trees that are cut down will always have to dry for some time before they can be processed. This is different from building a ladder, where the parts need to be finely connected. If it weren't for the clumsiness, inconvenient transportation, I would have liked to bring more. ”

Cheng Fu nodded, feeling that what Meng Jiucheng said was reasonable, and it was not a prevarication, so he turned to say: "Then General Meng thinks that in a few days will he be able to break the city?" After all, our army's food and grass are not abundant, and they can only barely support it for ten days and a half months. ”

Of course, we know that you don't have enough food and grass, so we still bring our own food and grass to help you fight! Meng Jiucheng was a little slanderous, but his face was indifferent, and he smiled: "Ambassador Cheng, General Peng, uh, and this little general, don't worry about the food problem." Break the city, only for three or five days, and then we will go into the city to drink wine and eat meat. ”

Peng Yibin and the others were surprised, but they felt that Meng Jiucheng couldn't bully each other, and their hearts were somewhat put down, so they thought of forgetting to introduce Liu Yingying. Originally, they were reluctant to lead Liu Yingying, but Liu Erzu's face was to be given, and they reluctantly ignored this.

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