failed to deceive the city gate, and the attack on Ganzhou could only become a tough battle.

But Ganzhou city is not easy to attack, Ganzhou city faces the Gongjiang River in the east, faces the Zhangjiang River in the northwest, and faces the Ganjiang River formed by the Zhangjiang River and the Gongjiang River in the north.

There are moats on both the southeast and southwest sides, and if you want to attack the city, you can only attack from the south gate and the Baisheng gate in the south of the city.

Baishengmen is located on the edge of the Gongjiang River, and the attackable range is small, so it is difficult to capture.

Mo Qian decided to set the direction of the main attack on the side of the south gate of the town.

The righteous army crossed the river by boat, and Pan Zenghong and 5,000 officers and soldiers could only watch.

But Pan Zenghong is not in a hurry at all, Ganzhou City has been built for 1,500 years, since the Tang and Song dynasties, after more than 900 years of continuous reinforcement, Ganzhou has become an iron city.

Although Pan Zenghong only had 5,000 defenders in his hands, he was not at all afraid of Mo Qian, who only had 30,000 soldiers and horses outside the city.

According to Ganzhou's defense system, let alone 30,000, even if 130,000 horses attacked, he had to break a few of his front teeth.

Mo Qian sat on the boat to cross the Zhangjiang River, and soon discovered the city defense structure of Ganzhou, and saw the ten-meter-high city wall and the impermeable defensive configuration on the city wall, Mo Qian knew that Ganzhou was not easy to fight.

"Gong Chengkang, send a few boats around Ganzhou and tell me the terrain!"

"Yes, Dashuai!"

On this expedition, Mo Qian brought out a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses from the 1st, 2nd and 6th battalions, in order to completely occupy the whole province of Guangdong, and at worst he had to capture half of Guangdong to ensure the smooth flow of the arms road.

Ganzhou is just the first stop, but it is also the most difficult level.

As long as Ganzhou is won, the gateway of the two Guangdong provinces will be completely opened, and the southeast half of the country will basically be able to earn steadily.

After the army crossed the river, Mo Qian immediately ordered people to attack the city.

After the formation of the army outside the city was completed, the veteran Yi Jiu personally led 2,000 people to charge.

It's still the old method of the rebels, the people in front carry the ladder, the person in the middle carries the plank, and the last person is still the ladder.

Before the 2,000 soldiers could get close to the city, the city attacked, and their bows and arrows kept firing in the direction of the army beneath the city.

The rebels responded quickly, and the shield-bearers held wooden shields above their heads to protect their comrades.

However, many soldiers were shot to the end, and the wounded soldiers were soon carried back to the camp of the army to be treated by medical officers.

On the side of the city, Yi Jiuyi took the lead, and he was not afraid of death to lay the wooden planks on the cloud ladder across the moat, and after the soldiers behind laid the planks in turn, the two thousand men and horses soon came to the city.

Pan Zenghong saw that the rebels had been killed under the city, and immediately ordered someone to pour the fire oil prepared in advance down, and the city was instantly in flames, and dozens of soldiers who were lit by the fire ran all the way in pain, jumping into the moat.

There was a sea of fire under the city, but it could not stand the determination of the rebels to attack the city.

Yi Jiu personally took the ladder and leaned against the city wall, but found that the ladder was actually five feet away before it could hook the battlements of the city wall.

Yi Jiu couldn't help but scold angrily: "Damn, build such a high city wall!" ”

The ladder couldn't reach the city wall, and the attack could only be abandoned, at this time, there happened to be a sound of gold behind him, Yi Jiu hurriedly led people to retreat, and reported to Mo Qianyu: "Dashuai, the ladder we brought is not long enough, and it can't reach the city wall!" ”

Mo Qian, who was watching the battle from a distance, already knew this, and when he found that the cloud ladder could not reach the city wall, Mo Qian immediately ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

In the first attack on the city, more than 200 people died without even seeing the officers and soldiers, which can be said to be a disadvantage.

Mo Qian gave Qian Dayou an order with a cold face: "Immediately take someone to the mountains to cut down trees and build me a longer ladder!" ”

"Yes!"

Qian Dayou immediately arranged the task.

Mo Qian looked at the city wall of Ganzhou with a diorama, and after looking around, Mo Qian couldn't help but gasp.

Knowing that Ganzhou is difficult to fight, but after the field investigation, I know that it will be so difficult to fight, no wonder Mr. Peng was defeated here back then, and his coffin cannon has no way to take Ganzhou City, not to mention that Mo Qian only has a bunch of cold weapons in his hands now.

"You can only outwit, not attack, otherwise you will inevitably suffer heavy casualties!"

Mo Qian made up his mind in his heart and decided to adopt a plan to encircle and attack.

He sent sailors to besiege Zhangjiang and Gongjiang and Ganjiang to death, and organized Ganzhou's soldiers and horses to go out of the city.

He personally led a large army to be stationed in the southeast and southwest of Ganzhou City, so as to block the road out of the city on the land of Ganzhou.

At present, if there is a way to win this battle, it is only consumption, until the food in the city is eaten up, and the defenders are dizzy from hunger, and then they attack the city on a large scale, and it will definitely be done once.

However, this will greatly increase the time consumed and will also cause great pressure on the logistics.

30,000 horses, plus more than 15,000 requisitioned people, eating and drinking Lazar every day is a big thing, the rice consumed every day is four or five hundred stones, not counting vegetables and meat, etc., if there is grain in Ganzhou City, then if it is not good, it will have to be trapped for half a year, and how much grain will be spent in Ganzhou City.

On this expedition, Mo Qian carried 1.5 million taels of silver with the army, half of which was used to buy Portuguese arms, and the other half was to pay the army and buy food along the way.

The logistical pressure was too great, and Mo Qian had to raise the account and hold a meeting to discuss.

"Ganzhou City faces water on three sides, and the defense is so strong, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties in the strong attack, let's talk about it, see if there is any good way!"

A group of high-ranking officers began to think about it.

The veteran Yi Jiu said: "Dashuai, aren't we thundering in the sky, just use that thing and throw it on the city wall, blow up those dogs first, and then attack the city." ”

When Mo Qian heard this, he felt that this was an idea, and he turned his head and asked Qian Dayou: "When will the ladder be done?" ”

"It's already in production, and it will take about two days to complete all the 100 ladders."

"I'll give you a day, work overtime tonight, and I'll see fifty ladders tomorrow morning!"

Qian Dayou listened to Mo Qian's tone, and knew that the handsome man was deflated during the day, and he was angry in his heart, and he was anxious to attack the city to take revenge on the official army.

At this time, on the tower of Ganzhou City, Pan Zenghong was celebrating with several generals guarding the city at a banquet.

The commander of Ganzhou Wei made Yao Xi pick up the wine glass and give Pan Zenghong a glass of wine, and praised: "The governor is really like a god with soldiers, then Mo Wen still thinks that he has won a hundred battles, and he dares to attack our Ganzhou without even making preparations, which shows that the old birthday star hanged himself, and he is impatient!" ”

Pan Zenghong took a sip of wine, and half of his face instantly turned red.

He smiled and said, "Commander Yao praised it!" ”

"Whereever, the Governor is much stronger than me." Yao Xi toasted again.

Pan Zenghong saw Yao Xi complimenting himself like this, and his heart couldn't help but start to flutter a little.

Yao Xi was originally a brocade guard beside Emperor Chongzhen, and once Yao Xi was ordered by the emperor to escort a batch of tribute treasures into Beijing, but in the middle of the road, this batch of tribute was robbed by a group of thieves.

In a fit of rage, the emperor demoted Yao Xi back to his hometown of Ganzhou as a commander.

Yao Xi, who was only thirty years old, was demoted from a close minister of the Son of Heaven to a guard commander, and his status plummeted in an instant.

But Yao Xi is very good at being a man, after he returned to Ganzhou to take office, he was crazy to accumulate money in this position in the Wei Command, and he became the down payment in Nanjiang in just one year.

There are rumors among the people that Yao Xi lost the tribute is fake, and it is true that he set up a bureau to snatch the tribute.

A mysterious person said that he saw Yao Xi's housekeeper go to Guangzhou Mansion with a large number of treasures, and when he came back, he brought back a large amount of gold and silver, and he must have gone to sell tribute.

Pan Zenghong also knew in his heart that this Yao Xi must have stolen the tribute presented to the emperor, but Yao Xi was very good to him as a governor.

He sent money to him again, and sent troops to go out of the city with him to suppress bandits, which can be described as extremely cooperative.

With such a good subordinate, where is Pan Zenghong willing to report and expose him, and the matter of stealing tribute will not be mentioned again.

Yao Xiguan worshiped the commander of the Ganzhou Guard, but he was in cahoots with Pan Zenghong, and every time the two led troops out of the city to suppress the bandits, they never succeeded in suppressing the bandits once.

On the contrary, every time I go out, I can return with a full load.

The people in Ganzhou City all knew that these officers and soldiers went outside the city to rob the people again.

Sometimes it is not only the looted finances that are brought back, but even women and heads.

On the one hand, Ganzhou Mansion has to suffer from the invasion of bandits, and on the other hand, it has to guard against officers and soldiers, and it is simply living in dire straits.

Even the bandits in the mountains sometimes can't stand it, and the bandits are willing to rob the cargo ships on the Gan River rather than the peasants who have no grain at home.

As a result, the bandits in Ganzhou are getting bigger and bigger, and the whole Ganzhou has become a world of bandits, only Ganzhou and a few county towns are still official places, and other places have become bandits' dens, and even the people have joined the bandits.

Pan Zenghong, as the governor of Southern Jiangxi, is clear about this, but he is too lazy to care, anyway, the imperial court is rotten like this, who still has time to care about him A small governor of Southern Jiangxi, since he came to Southern Jiangxi, then he will talk about it first.

A few people were drunk on the city tower, but Mo Qian outside the city frowned.

In the middle of the night, Mo Qian, who had just fallen asleep, was suddenly woken up by his own soldiers, and Yuan Xingdi, the captain of the personal soldiers, said to him: "Marshal, does anyone outside the barracks want to see you?" ”

"Who wants to see me?"

"They claim to be bandits from Ganzhou, what are they called the head of Hades, the head of the knife, and the head of the maid, a total of three people."

"These three people are the mountain kings of Ganzhou? Come to me for what? ”

"I don't know, Dashuai, do you want to see it?"

Mo Qian thought for a while and said: "See, why don't you see it, the late-night visitors are either talking about ghosts or big things!" ”

Soon the three bandit leaders were led into Mo Qian's tent, and before entering the account, Yuan Xingdi had already confiscated the weapons on the three of them.

The three bandit bosses were also chic, and handed over their weapons very neatly.

Seeing Mo Qian sitting on the handsome seat, the three of them all knelt down on one knee and shouted: "President Nankang Yan, President of Peace Cutting Knife, President Longchuan Yapo, I have seen King Mo!" ”

Mo Qian looked at the knife-like edges and corners on the faces of the three people, and knew that these three people must be bandits.

"Three CEOs, please!"

"King Xie Mo!"

"The three CEOs came to visit late at night, but what's the matter?"

"The little one learned that Prince Mo led a large army to attack Ganzhou, and he came to serve before the battle!"

Hearing this, Mo Qian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Could it be that his prestige is already so great that the bandits themselves are willing to come and surrender?

Mo Qian didn't think he had such a great charm, if he really wanted such a great charm, none of the bandits came to contact him when he was in Ji'an.

Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief!

Mo Qian asked the three of them with a cold face: "The three bosses, no merit, the three come to serve, what are the conditions?" ”

The king of Hades got up and arched his hand, and said: "King Mo, our five brothers have now occupied eighty percent of the mountainous areas and rural areas of Ganzhou Mansion, with tens of thousands of horses under their command, and our five brothers admire the prestige of King Mo, and know that you are doing great things, King."

The five of us brothers are willing to die for the king, but there is a small request, and I hope that King Mo can agree. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to speak!"

"After we assisted King Mo to conquer Ganzhou, we hope that King Mo can reward us with Ganzhou Mansion!"

Hearing this, Mo Qian's face turned even colder.

"Do you want to tear the earth and seal the king?"

Standing beside the king of Hades, the knife boss sneered and said: "Isn't what King Mo is doing now also about tearing the earth and sealing the king, everyone is doing rebellion, King Mo already has the whole of Jiangxi, and just one Ganzhou Mansion has given us five brothers, this request is not excessive, right?" ”

"Not too much, not too much, but what if I don't agree to your whole request?"

"Then don't blame us for not giving King Mo face!" The maid, who had not spoken, always spoke.

"Hmph, whatever you want, if you have the ability, pull people out to practice and send them off!"

Mo Qian thought that it was a good thing for the three bandits to come to him, but he didn't expect that he was fed a mouthful of, and he couldn't sleep well when he was angry.

After the three of them were kicked out of the barracks, the three of them returned to the mountains.

On the way back, Mr. Knife muttered: "Big brother, I just said, the surname Mo is not a person from us all the way, why should we talk to him, when he and Pan Zenghong have a defeat, let's attack them directly from behind, otherwise everything will be done, and Ganzhou will be our victory." ”

"Fourth, why don't you talk with a brain at all, how many of us are there? The total number of people is only 4,000, do you see how big the military camp surnamed Mo is, at least 40,000 or 50,000 people, let's go fight with him? What's the difference between that and hitting an egg against a stone? ”

"It doesn't make a difference that you still go to talk to him, but as a result, the shell lang met a strain, and he didn't run for nothing!"

"You ....."

The king of Hades was always scared by the knife and had nothing to say, so he immediately quickened his pace and returned to the mountain.

Early the next morning, the three of them returned to the village and met with Mr. Zhu and Mr. Fantian, who were guarding the cottage.

"Big brother, how are you talking? The one surnamed Mo agreed? ”

The king of Hades shook his head, and the knife on the side always said: "Second brother, it didn't work out, the surname Mo is very high, and he doesn't look down on our group of bandits at all." ”

"Look down on us? Isn't he a bandit in his dog's life? He stuck garlic in his pig's nose, what kind of elephant he pretended, if he couldn't talk about it, he couldn't talk about it, let's go back and figure out a way! ”

Lewen