The gunfire inside the city had already alarmed the 13th Division of the garrison outside the city, and a company of soldiers was gathering as fast as possible. I have to say that this Wen Tao still has a set of troops, and the assembled soldiers rushed out of the camp gate and met Wen Ge Lao, who was about to be killed.

The platoon guns fought fiercely, and they almost caught up with Wen Tiren's two cavalrymen, and both men and horses were beaten to bloody holes.

Before the cavalry behind could catch up, several brilliant fireworks suddenly exploded in the sky. As the fireworks exploded, the light of the explosion made the running cavalry have nothing to hide.

Another volley of guns, this time accurate and ruthless. The cavalry fell from their horses like dumplings, and a few clever ones had turned their horses around and ran back.

Although he was a little embarrassed, Elder Wen Ge still breathed a sigh of relief. This old life has been saved!

"Take the old man to see Wen Tao!"

There was a huge explosion inside the city of Jinling, accompanied by fierce gunfire. Wen Tiren knew that this was Xiao Lingwei's mansion attacking Ruan Dacheng. I just don't know if these Xiaolingwei can come out alive. At the very least, their actions could slow down Ma Shiying's pace.

Just thinking of this, Cao Huachun was asked to take someone to arrest Ruan Dacheng.

"Elder Ge! What's wrong with you? Wen Tao was startled when he saw Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren's hair in front of him was scattered, and the robe on his body was also torn. There was dirt all over his body, and there were blood stains on his face. Where is this Wen Ge Lao, who was meticulously combed in the past, Wen Tao almost didn't recognize this clan uncle when he first saw it.

"Ma Shiying rebelled, and immediately ordered troops and horses to enter the city to exterminate Ma Shiying." Wen Tiren completely lost his former gentleness, and the roaring voice made Wen Tao tinnitus.

"No! The whole division urgently assembled and prepared to attack Jinling. ”

On the Yanziji pier, Li Yongfang looked at Jinling City, where the cannons were rumbling and the flames were soaring, and showed a treacherous smile.

"The dog bites the dog and lets them bite it. The last trace of Nanming's strength will be lost in Jinling City, let's go to Yangzhou to meet Dashuai. Li Yongfang took one last look at the blazing Jinling City and boarded a ferry.

Li Xiao and Yuan Chonghuan have been under the city of Yangzhou for three days. After absorbing a large number of soldiers from the Nanjing Forbidden Army, the scale of the Liao army division was much larger. Each division almost doubled in size to more than 18,000 men. Of course, the reorganization of Cao Wenzhao's Third Division could only be carried out on the battlefield.

"Yangzhou is like this, it's not your fault." After seeing the Yangzhou city defense, Li Xiao patted Cao Wenzhao on the shoulder.

I don't know who came up with the idea, but outside the city walls hung wooden chests filled with gravel and sand. It's like reactive armor on a tank, and shells hitting it only destroy wooden chests, but don't do much material damage to the walls.

That's smart! Unless Li Xiao now crumbles up the time-delay fuse, this city wall will still not be able to be opened.

After seeing the city wall, Li Xiao immediately dispelled the method of hard attack. Yangzhou City is fully prepared, and the soldiers are well fed, and the casualties will be very large after a hard attack. Paying such a big price for such a city, Li Xiao felt that the gains outweighed the losses.

"Now we have two divisions, and we can surround Yangzhou City. Didn't they build trenches? Let's also repair and catch more people. Build a trench along the city of Yangzhou, which must be deep and wide. "Entering the battlefield, Li Xiao's thinking is a pure military model.

The task of being a general is to win battles, and if there is a more advanced task, it is to win battles with as few losses as possible. Winning the battle is not dead, that is definitely a leader in this industry. For many years, the soldier who surrenders without a fight has always been the supreme realm pursued by military strategists.

"You're besieging the city?" Cao Wenzhao and Yuan Chonghuan saw through Li Xiao's intentions at a glance.

"That's right! Besiege the city, and promote change with siege. As long as we use a trench to enclose Yangzhou, the initiative will fall into our hands. No matter how the defenders in Yangzhou City jumped, how rich the grain was stored. There will always be a day when we run out, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of mouths to help us.

After being surrounded, the army was desperate. If they were told now that Jinling would not send any more reinforcements, they would be even more desperate. Since they are all desperate, there is no need to fight that battle. Desperate armies generally go to two extremes, one is to go out of the city and fight us, and the other is to ...... Out of the city in surrender. I'd prefer them to choose the second option! ”

"If ......!" Yuan Chonghuan and Cao Wenzhao were both mixed in the original Ming army and had a deep understanding of the Ming army. They knew what the generals would use to raise food once the Ming army ran out of food.

"What do you mean?" Li Xiao has never been in the Ming army, so of course he doesn't understand what these two are going to say.

"Handsome! If the Ming army in the city ran out of food, the first thing to do was to rob the people's food. In order to protect themselves, they will not care about the life and death of the people, and if there is really no food to eat, they will even ......! ”

Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect such a situation. However, according to the style of the Ming army, it is not impossible to use the residents of the city as food when there is no food to eat. If that happens, you're going to make a lot of sin!

"Don't worry, since the soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou City are stubborn, it is inevitable that they will suffer some hardships. If there is a reproach afterwards, the end will be on it. Cao Wenzhao stood up and patted his chest like a gorilla.

If this kind of thing happens, it is certain that Li Xiao will be criticized by later generations of history books. This kind of life stain sticks to the body, and I can't pick it off in this life. Under the arrangement of those scholars in Donglin, it will be passed on to future generations forever, and its reputation in history can stink for 800 miles.

Cao Wenzhao is interesting enough, and at the critical moment, he showed the spirit of fearlessness and carrying the black pot.

Li Xiao doesn't speak, others don't speak, everyone doesn't speak. Yuan Chonghuan regretted a little, why didn't he stand up for the first time, what a good opportunity to show his loyalty.

"No need, if something like that really happens, I will admit it. In war, people always have to die, either the enemy dies or we die. It is better that the enemy will die more than our soldiers will die less. "If Zhang Huangyan was here, he would definitely not agree with Li Xiao's words. At present, Li Xiao is a purely military thinker, and the central idea is six words.

Fewer dead! Win the battle!

Of course, this young dead man refers to his own people, and the enemy is not among the few dead.

After Li Xiao said this, he found that the generals and officers around him were very moved. Several former lieutenants of the Nanjing Forbidden Army looked at Li Xiao's expressions full of reverence!

If you are an official, you have to fill it with your life. At the level of Li Xiao, a sentence can make tens of thousands of people fight to the death.

And those who fight in the blood and fire are these low-level officers and bitter soldiers who have no foundation.

In the Nanming army, those who are officials take the lives of soldiers at all. A dead soldier is not much different from a dead chicken, and if you report to the old men of the court, a new strong man will be recruited. At a level like Li Xiao, he pays attention to the fact that he will become famous for eternity, and he also regards the life of a soldier as a human life.

"Pass me the order, starting today. Kill everyone who dares to approach the Yangzhou city wall, as well as those who come out of the Yangzhou city wall. Sink all the ships that dare to approach Yangzhou, as long as anyone dares to send a grain of grain to Yangzhou City, there will be no mercy! ”

"No!" A group of generals and colonels roared into promises.

"Big brother, let's really not attack Yangzhou. It's too cowardly to be around like this! Li Hu was very dissatisfied with his brother's style of play, and according to his idea, the best thing was to bring in rocket artillery and bombard. Then everyone rushed up to collect people's heads!

Since arriving in Yangzhou, there has been no fighting, and everyone is holding back their strength. is ready to do a big job under the city of Yangzhou, at least you have to make enough military achievements. The beans on my shoulders are waiting to add one or two.

"In the future, there will be wars, and it is always good for our soldiers to die less. If you win the battle with the life of a soldier, then what the hell is it called to win the battle? ”

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