Li Sicheng narrowed his eyes and tried to look into the distance.

Sure enough, the other party had no intention of staying at all, and continued to move forward.

This is too arrogant, right, thinking that you have artillery?

Who to look down on!

"Give the order, prepare the artillery, prepare the bow and arrows!"

From the head of the city downwards, the range of both artillery and bows increases.

If the Ming army continues to advance, it will soon enter the firing range, and if it is not fought at this time, it will be when!

Li Pin immediately began to command, and the defenders on the city walls were nervously busy, aiming their cannons at the incoming enemy, and at the same time, the archers began to take position.

The team under the city also seemed to realize that they were about to enter the range of the opponent's artillery, and finally stopped.

But when he saw a man and a horse, he left the procession and trotted towards the gate of the city.

Li Bin felt that the situation was not right, so he waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers to wait for the order to act, and then returned to Li Sicheng's side.

"Father, the other party seems to have something to say."

Li Sicheng waved his hand again and again: "Ming people are cunning, there must be some conspiracy, I don't want to fall for them!"

"Father, please rest assured, there is only one person from the other party...... No, this man ......."

Li Bin's face was puzzled, and he hurriedly took out a monocular.

It was bought from an Ottoman merchant for a large amount of money, and he was reluctant to take it out on weekdays.

"Father, it seems that the person who came is ...... Second uncle!"

Li Sicheng took the binoculars, looked at them, and said in surprise: "It's really the second brother!"

"Father, look ......."

Li Sicheng pondered for a moment, and then said, "Open the city gate and let the second brother enter the city!"

"No, Your Majesty!"

Zheng Fu hurriedly stopped and said, "In case it is a trick of the Ming army......

Li Sicheng was puzzled: "The Qing family can go and see for themselves, it's King Gong!"

Zheng Fu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice, even if the person who came down from the city is His Royal Highness King Gong, but now that the Ming army has occupied Thanh Hoa, where does His Highness come from?"

Li Sicheng suddenly realized and said, "You mean, the second brother may have surrendered to the Ming army?"

Zheng Fu's old face turned dark, did I say that?

If the investigation is clear in the future, and the people have not defected, they will not be able to settle accounts with me!

"The old minister just suggested that it is better to be more secure in this situation now!"

Li Bin stepped forward and said, "Master Zheng is right, but the second uncle is only coming alone, so there should be no problem."

Zheng Fu thought for a while and said, "According to the old minister, the city gate should not be opened easily, so it is better to put the hanging basket down."

Li Bin thought about it, and let his second uncle sit in a hanging basket and drag it up with a rope, which didn't seem to be very glorious.

However, now that I can't care about it so much, the hanging basket is a safe way.

He beckoned to the garrison on the city wall, and the garrison signaled and ordered the hanging basket to be lowered.

Soon, King Gong Li Kechang sat on the hanging basket and went up to the city wall.

"Brother Huang, Brother Huang!"

As soon as he stepped out of the hanging basket, he fell to his knees and began to cry.

Li Sicheng deliberately kept his distance from him and asked, "My brother got up and replied, how is Qinghua City now, and how did you escape?"

Li Kechang slowly stood up, wiped his tears, and said, "That night, the firepower of the Ming army was too fierce, and the courtiers thought that the gods had descended to earth and angered Annan, so they were so frightened that they hid in the cellar and did not dare to show their heads. Later, a fire broke out in the city, but fortunately, the courtiers hid in the cellar and escaped. Unexpectedly, as soon as the Ming army entered the city, the hundreds of officials who stayed in the city competed for surrender. What's more, in order to ask the Ming army for merit, he found his brother out of the cellar."

Hearing this, there was hostility in Li Sicheng's eyes and he asked, "You were captured?" Then why did the Ming army let you go again?"

"Brother Huang didn't know, the Ming army did not let go of the younger brother, but asked the younger brother to rectify the remaining soldiers and horses and help them attack Shenglong!"

Li Sicheng subconsciously took a step back, and the guards around him quietly stepped forward.

"Minister

The younger brother originally planned to repay the country with death, but after thinking about it, since the Ming army asked the younger brother to attack Thang Long, which contained two important information, he pretended to agree, in order to pass the information to the imperial brother in time!"

"Oh? What information?"

Li Kechang paused slightly, and then said, "First, since the firearms of the Ming army can capture Thanh Hoa, they can naturally capture Thang Long, they can take advantage of the victory to pursue, but they did not do so, but stayed in Thanh Hoa, why is this?"

At this time, Li Bin said, "It is estimated that they have no ammunition, and the power of that kind of artillery is fierce, presumably ...... Ammunition is tedious and expensive to make, and it is impossible to use it indefinitely!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, the Ming army has no ammunition!" Li Kechang continued excitedly, "In this way, no matter how many of them are, there is no way to fight quickly, we just need to hold on, the Ming army is fighting in a different place, and the supply loss is huge, I'm afraid it won't last long!"

Li Sicheng nodded and said, "Regarding the supply of firearms and ammunition to the Ming army, Zheng Qingjia and others also deduced in this way, you just said two pieces of information, and what about another?"

"Second, about the Champa Kingdom, after the new Champa King relied on the Ming army to regain his territory, he did not want the Ming army to continue to go deeper, so he cut off the supply of the Ming army on the grounds of insufficient food and grass. If this Ming army puts the old king of Champa back, the court of Champa will be a bloody storm, and the Ming army will inevitably withdraw after a long attack on Shenglong, and at that time, we will regroup our forces and take Champa in one fell swoop!"

After listening, Li Sicheng was overjoyed, thinking that Annan was about to die, but now it seems that as long as he survives this hurdle, the prospects are very optimistic!

The Han people often say that it is called Saiong lost his horse, and he knows that it is not a blessing, which is roughly what it means.

But the question is, can people withdraw?

Zheng Fu stepped forward and asked, "How can His Royal Highness King Gong be sure that the Ming army will definitely withdraw?"

Li Kechang said: "Before the arrival of the Ming army, His Majesty had ordered the fortified walls to clear the wilderness, and most of the grain and grass were transferred to the two cities of Thang Long and Thanh Hoa, and now the grain and grass in Thanh Hoa City have been burned to ashes, and it is difficult for the Ming army to find enough supplies, how long can they hold out?"

Zheng Fu nodded, but it was so reasonable.

Li Kechang continued: "Brother Huang didn't know, the number of Ming troops who raided Qinghua City was very small, after entering the city, they were busy looting gold and silver property everywhere, and no one was willing to act as a supervisor, and the younger brother reorganized the soldiers and horses, and easily got out of the control of the Ming army, and now the 3,000 men and horses in the city are all returned to the imperial brother!"

Li Sicheng finally smiled, if you put it in the past, 3,000 people was not much, but the current situation is different, even if there is one more person, there is one person's use.

With these 3,000 men, it was easier to defend.

It's just that......

A thought crossed his mind, and he hesitated.

Li Kechang seemed to have noticed the other party's concerns, so he said, "If the imperial brother is not at ease, you can order them to lay down their weapons when they enter the city."

"Well, this ......."

Li Sicheng was a little hesitant, can these people believe it or not......