Chapter 697: Siege
The reason why Lu Caiwen did not let Dai Tianshun commit suicide was mainly because this was what Li Incheon meant.
Li Renchuan thought that after controlling all the Chenguo, Shengzhou would still be handed over to Dai Tianshun to manage. He was worried that such a big Shengzhou, if someone else was replaced, the people would be dissatisfied, and in addition, he also appreciated Dai Tianshun very much!
Li Renchuan is working so hard now because after "the matter is done", Long Yunche will make him the prime minister under one person and above ten thousand!
Li Renchuan is very smart, he understands that his current ability can be the emperor himself, but after all, Chenguo is the world conquered by a person surnamed Long, and he will be criticized by the world if he becomes an emperor with the surname Li.
He knew very well that Long Yunche was not an emperor material, so he decided to kill Long Xingche first, support Long Yunche to be the emperor, and then when Long Yunche aroused the resentment of the whole country, he would replace him, which would be even more justified!
Guo Hengming and Gao Guoxian, who were sent by Long Xingche to quell the rebellion, did not disappoint Long Xingche, and with the red-clothed cannon, they could be regarded as a blast.
The place where Li Incheon's initial rebellion was in Yumyeongju, and the two of them carried hundreds of red-coated cannons to bombard Li Incheon's main troops in a big chaos!
Under the powerful artillery fire, Li Renchuan also reluctantly evacuated Yuming Prefecture, where he had stayed for more than ten years, and came to Shengzhou, which had long been controlled by him.
Shengzhou Governor's Mansion
"Dai Tianshun, do you know who I am?"
After Li Renchuan bathed and changed his clothes and washed away his embarrassment, he came to the place where Dai Tianshun was under house arrest, intending to lobby Dai Tianshun and make the people of Shengzhou surrender to him Li Inchuan.
"You, a dog official, eat the imperial court, and are still an old minister of the two dynasties, but you are an out-and-out rebel leader. Phew! You've got what it takes to kill me right now! ”
Dai Tianshun, who had been tortured to the point of being inhuman, was tied to a chair and spat Li Incheon with great contempt with his red and swollen lips!
Li Renchuan just dodged and hid, but he was not angry, and said with a smile: "General Ben respects you as a talent, so he wants to recruit you, don't be so stubborn!" ”
"From now on, I won't say a word more to you, and one more word to someone like you will dirty my mouth!" Dai Tianshun said hatefully.
Dai Tianshun's lips were so swollen because he was going to commit suicide on a hunger strike, but he was forced to open his mouth and pour food into his throat.
Dai Tianshun lives a life that is worse than death every day, and he can bear the pain of people in his body, but when he hears Lu Caiwen tell him the number of deaths of the people in Shengzhou every day, his heart hurts as if it has been torn apart!
Lu Caiwen told him that as long as he surrendered to Li Inchuan, he would order the officers and soldiers not to go to the people's homes to rob things, but as long as Dai Tianshun did not agree to him for a day, let the officers and soldiers continue to rob!
Dai Tianshun couldn't bear to let the people under his command lose their lives like this, but letting him surrender to Li Inchuan was even more unacceptable to him.
It's only strange that he didn't do more research on Lu Caiwen when he saw Lu Caiwen pitiful and took him by his side, so he regarded him as a credible person.
Unexpectedly, Lu Caiwen was a wolf in sheep's clothing, and Li Renchuan sent him to his side, intending to be his inner henchman when he rebelled!
Now he is gullible, and finally fell into this fate, and took the lives of countless Shengzhou people, he wanted to die, but now he can't die!
Li Renchuan looked at Dai Tianshun's stubborn appearance, but smiled extremely brightly: "Although he is a civil official, he is a tough guy with iron bones, not bad, not bad, General Ben likes it." There are also those who are patiently waiting for you to agree to my terms! ”
"Humph!" Dai Tianshun's head twisted to the side, he didn't even want to look at Li Renchuan, this kind of rebel is the kind of person he looks down on the most!
"You have served Master Dai for me, if he makes a mistake, I can't spare you."
Li Renchuan went out of the room where Dai Tianshun was under house arrest, and shook his head with a very helpless sigh.
After seeing Dai Tianshun's stubbornness with his own eyes, he also understood why every time Lu Caiwen saw him, he had this bitter face and told him that Dai Tianshun was "still the same"!
After Li Renchuan was forced away by Guo Hengming and Gao Guoxian in Yumingzhou, he came to Shengzhou, intending to gather a team from Yumingzhou to find him and continue to fight against the imperial court, because he had learned that the northwest region of Chenguo was almost already his power!
After Li Renchuan met Dai Tianshun, he still had one thing that he regretted very much, that is, he failed to take Fu Wensheng well, and was quietly infiltrated into his military camp by Wei Yongheng and others, and abducted Fu Wensheng away!
And the tens of thousands of soldiers under Fu Wensheng have already been unarmed by Li Renchuan and asked them to build the city wall on the side of Shengzhou!
The city wall built by Li Incheon asked these soldiers to be very scientific, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the cannon bought by Huang Fulai from a neighboring country was placed in a specific position and adjusted at a good angle. Coupled with his rigorous training in artillery for a long time, even if it is a very powerful red-coated cannon in the imperial court, the cannon fired can be intercepted!
Although Li Inchuan lost his reputation in Mingzhou, after arriving in Shengzhou, he was very proud of having such an easy to defend and difficult to attack the city wall.
Li Incheon's cannon, although not as lethal as the red-coat cannon, is because of the city wall and artillery technology. There was already a master who made gunpowder in the barracks, so he didn't have to worry about it at all, just like the lack of gunpowder that Fu Wenrui was worried about!
As long as he delays for a few more months, when Huang Fulai's troops rush from the north to the south, then most of the Chen Kingdom will already be in his pocket!
Within two days of Li Inchuan's escape to Shengzhou, Guo Hengming and Gao Guoxian launched several sieges, but they were all beaten back by Li Inchuan's cannons on the city wall. Even the red-coated cannon was blown up by Li Incheon several times, and he also lost a lot of men and horses. He looked at the Shengzhou city wall that he had not been able to attack for a long time, and was distressed!
Gao Guoxian looked at Guo Hengming's helpless appearance and proposed: "General, for the sake of today's plan, the only way to surround Shengzhou and prevent Li Inchuan's power on this side from continuing to expand!" ”
Gao Guoxian's words also made Guo Hengming think of Fu Wenrui, who is now in a worrying situation: "Guoxian, did you think of Brother Wenrui's situation before you came up with this method?" ”
"Part of the reason is that if they surround our people, we will surround his people and see who is unlucky in the end." Gao Guoxian said not to be outdone.
"Quickly pass on this matter!" Guo Hengming already had this idea in his heart,
"Yes!" A lieutenant next to him hurriedly ran to deliver the order!
After the lieutenant left, Guo Hengming analyzed with Gao Guoxian: "The situation in Shengzhou and Zhangwuzhou is completely different, Li Renchuan is in the people of Shengzhou, and he can't get the support of the people. And Brother Wen Rui is different, he has been guarding Zhangwuzhou for many years, and the people love him very much! ”