"Humph! Just 3,000 red turban thieves dare to attack Haozhou, they are looking for death! Guo Zixing, Sun Deya and others in the city have always been dishonest, if they go out of the city to fight, in case Guo Zixing and they raise troops to rob the city, it will be all over. ”

Luo Wenqing has been an official in many places, and he has killed a lot of big and small thieves, which can be said to be experienced and serious.

"Mabao!" Luo Wenqing gave an order.

"The last general!" The general immediately responded.

"This official gives you 500 elite soldiers, you give me to patrol and defend the city, no one is allowed to go out and walk around, and those who violate the order will be killed!" focused on Guo Zixing and Sun Deya. Luo Wenqing ordered.

"Don't worry, my lord, the last general will definitely keep an eye on it!" Ma Bao immediately received the order.

Luo Wenqing instructed another general.

"Wang Tianba!"

"The last general!" Wang Tianba, who had a bearded face, replied.

"Haozhou city defense, this official will be handed over to you to be responsible, no matter how the red turban thief provokes, resolutely do not go out of the city, Daru Huachi Timur is only half a month away from Haozhou, this official immediately sent someone out of the city to send a letter to send reinforcements, and when the reinforcements arrive, then they should be annihilated by the outside world!"

"Don't worry, my lord, even if the thief kidnaps my wife, I will never go out of the city for half a step!" Wang Tianba patted his chest and said.

Luo Wenqing's series of arrangements can be described as very appropriate.

First of all, to stabilize the situation in the city, as long as Haozhou City is stable, Guo Zixing, Sun Deya and others in the city will not dare to take the lead.

Then they held on and waited for reinforcements.

Zhu Chongba's red turban thieves did not have a numerical advantage, and it seemed that they did not have heavy equipment to attack the city, and as long as the defenders of Haozhou did not go out of the city to fight, they could hold until the stored grain was exhausted.

The government of Haozhou has stored grain, but it can last for half a year!

Not to mention half a year, it only takes half a month, and the five thousand Mongolian iron horsemen of Daluhua Chi Timur can be killed outside the city of Haozhou.

At that time, Zhu Chongba had no other way but to die.

Luo Wenqing, the governor of Haozhou, arranged for two generals to control the city defense, and then returned to the government.

First of all, he arranged for his right-hand soldiers, and broke through with his own handwritten letter to ask for reinforcements.

Subsequently, an order was issued to let the residents of Haozhou carry wood and stones to the bottom of the city wall, these things can be used to smash the red turban thieves who climb the city wall, and can be used to block the gap in the city wall or the city gate when the city wall is breached.

In addition, Luo Wenqing also collected hundreds of cauldrons, ordered the people to boil hot water under the city wall, and once the red turban thieves attacked the city, they would be scalded to death with boiling water.

The rest of the miscellaneous work of carrying grain, grass, arrows, and flying stones was arranged by Luo Wenqing in an orderly manner.

Guo Zixing, Sun Deya and others in Haozhou City heard that the Red Turban Army was coming, and they were ready to raise troops to respond.

However, there was no movement of the siege for a long time, and the officers and soldiers in the city were orderly deploying and patrolling, so that Guo Zixing and others had to hold it down for the time being.

Outside the city of Haozhou.

After Zhu Chongba arrived, he immediately dispatched troops and horses to control the exit of the city gate, but he was still a step late, and at least three Haozhou official cavalry broke through.

As for what they were going to do, they knew with their heels that they must have gone to ask for reinforcements.

Zhu Chongba knew that attacking Haozhou must be as fast as possible!

Once the Mongolian reinforcements from the periphery arrive, their 3,000 people will be doomed.

"Seventy-five, how to break the city wall of Haozhou?" Zhu Chongba asked.

Zhu Qiwu had just finished the survey and said to Zhu Chongba with a smile.

"Brother, if nothing happens, in two days, you can break through the city wall of Haozhou!"

"What? Two days? Zhu Chongba was surprised and delighted.

He originally thought that if he could break through the city wall of Haozhou in ten days, he would already be considered fast.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Qiwu would only need a day or two.

Zhu Qiwu nodded confidently and waved at a few people behind him who were holding heads and iron pickaxes.

"Hu Yiba, it's time for you to start work!"

Under Zhu Qiwu's order, Hu Yiba and others took tools and began to dig pits in the ground.

Hu Yiba and others are worthy of ancestral craftsmanship, and their digging skills are first-class.

The tunnels they dug were not only fast and neat, but also very stable.

Every once in a while, Hu Yiba and others would make a side hole with support to ensure safety.

"Master Jun, can you look at this hole?"

Hu Yiba and the others dug the entrance to the tunnel and asked Zhu Qiwu.

Zhu Qiwu took a look, and it was almost enough to make an adult bend down and walk in.

"As long as you can move this coffin in, that's fine."

Zhu Qiwuyi pointed to the two coffins behind him and said to Hu Yiba and others.

"Don't worry, we have counted!"

Hu Yiba glanced at the coffin, and he had a rough idea in his heart.

They used to dig into the cave every day to pry the coffin, and they were already familiar with it.

Zhu Chongba, who was next to him, saw the entrance of the tunnel, but he was a little puzzled.

"Seventy-five, this tunnel is too small, and it can't transport a few soldiers at all."

Now the 3,000-strong army is under the city of Haozhou.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, just waiting for Zhu Qiwu to break through the city wall of Kaihaozhou.

However, this tunnel in front of you is not a top deal no matter how you look at it!

"Brother, don't worry, I have prepared a large amount of gunpowder, enough to fill those two coffins, as long as the tunnel is dug over, keep it and let the Haozhou city wall blow up!" Zhu Qiwu said with great confidence.

Now that the army has arrived in the city, there is naturally no need to hide it.

"Seventy-five, is it really okay to just light gunpowder like this?" Zhu Chongba was still a little worried.

Since the beginning of the Mongol-Song War, the practicability of all kinds of gunpowder weapons has increased greatly, and Zhu Chongba and others have long been knowledgeable about gunpowder weapons.

However, it was the first time Zhu Chongba had heard of the use of buried gunpowder to collapse the city wall.

I don't know where my brother got this strange method.

"Absolutely, brother, you can send some more people over to help dig the earth and dig the tunnel, the sooner you dig it, the sooner you can break through Haozhou City!" Zhu Qiwu said.

Bombarding the city wall with gunpowder was not something Zhu Qiwu himself came up with.

It has been proven by countless successful cases in previous lives!

In history, Zhu Yuanzhang's elder brother built Yingtianfu, which cost a lot of manpower and material resources, and was known as the first fortified city in the world.

Such a strong city, during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, was directly blown up by the Taiping army with a coffin filled with gunpowder!

The gunpowder in Zhu Qiwu's hand had already been granulated, and its power was more than twice that of ordinary gunpowder.

The Haozhou city wall in front of him cannot be compared with the Yingtianfu city wall in history.

As long as the coffin filled with gunpowder is transported under the city walls, it will definitely succeed.

"Alright, let's send some more men!"

Zhu Chongba felt that he should still trust his brother.