"There are more than a thousand people, which is indeed a little small." Master Liu said, "It seems that in the future, we will recruit more people to arrest the officials, and treat them as our private soldiers before anyone can be used at a critical moment." ”

"Lord Zhao, remember, this great credit is given to you by my Liu family."

"Great merit?" Zhao Wenzhong was puzzled.

"At this critical juncture, the old man is no longer hiding." Master Liu said, "In the hands of the old man, there are more than 10,000 people, and all of them are not weak. ”

There are more than 10,000 people in the hands of Master Liu!? At this time, Zhao Wenzhong finally understood why Master Liu said just now that this great credit was given to him by the Liu family.

More than 10,000 private soldiers, plus quick arresters, held on the strong city wall for a day, and there was indeed a great chance.

And once they held the rebels for a day, they made a great contribution to the imperial court.

At the same time, Zhao Wenzhong's heart also trembled: The Liu family actually raised more than 10,000 private soldiers privately! I've been serving as the prefect of Jiangzhou for two years, and I don't even know his background!

No wonder the Liu family is so arrogant, they can be the emperor of the soil in Jiangzhou, lawless. The previous few disobedient prefects were all assassinated by them, and the court could not find out the real culprits.

The Liu family will definitely not be stupid enough to blatantly raise private soldiers, which is a taboo in the imperial court.

Their private soldiers all have their normal identities to hide, such as the family members in the Liu family's mansion and miscellaneous servants. A member of the underworld in the city, a member of the beggar gang......

Those underworld forces usually act as a prestige in front of the people, and the government has always been helpless against them.

The fundamental reason is that the backers behind them are all the Liu family. Zhao Wenzhong has to look at the face of the Liu family, and he has to stammer with Master Liu, can the government fight them?

This group of people is the private soldiers of the Liu family.

……

"Interesting!" Under the gate of Jiangzhou City, Lan Yu's eyes shone and said. Because he had already seen that on the head of the city in front of him, there were many officials who had already taken their weapons and were preparing to defend the city.

"I'm afraid they won't resist." Lan Yu said.

At this moment, led by a young man, another group of people rushed to the top of the city. Some of the people were dressed as family members, some were beggars, and many more looked like street gangsters.

Although the group was not uniformly dressed, it was as if they were well-trained and rigorously trained. It's much better than those regular fast catchers.

"Interesting!" Lan Yu said.

Soon, this group of people in miscellaneous clothes were neatly arranged at the head of the city.

Crash!

There was a team of men and horses, took out the magic machine musket, and aimed the muzzle of the black hole at the military formation below. And the rest of the people are more armed with strong bows and crossbows.

"Good!"

Lan Yu shouted: "This is a bit of a city guard." ”

"Strictly speaking, this is already a regular battle. I didn't expect that five years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I would still be able to fight a tough battle in the land of Daming. ”

But the more Erhu looked at it, the more frightened he became: "Those people who didn't wear the clothes of the servants must be the private soldiers of the Liu family." ”

"There are so many people? Looking at its posture, it should be no less than 10,000! ”

"And some of them are even equipped with magic muskets."

"Although the imperial court strictly ordered that only the regular army could use the divine machine musket invented by Mr. Qin, it could not prevent local forces from secretly copying it. Once advanced firearms are invented, they lead the whole group. ”

"It is impossible to be controlled only by the imperial court, just like fire, which cannot be wrapped in paper."

Jiangzhou has such a huge force?

No wonder the Liu family can be the head snake in Jiangzhou, the Liu family is really not vegetarian. No wonder a few days ago, the minions of the Liu family were full of confidence, saying that Jiangzhou was a tiger and had to be laid for them, and a dragon had to be coiled for them.

These more than 10,000 private soldiers and magic muskets are their heritage!

"Your Majesty asked Lan Yu to bring 100,000 people, it's too prescient!"

"If you judge according to ordinary people, you feel that Jiangzhou has no resistance. Let Lan Yu only bring 10,000 people, Jiangzhou City is high and deep, and it may not be so easy to take it. ”

"The emperor's judgment of the situation and the judgment of the battle situation is really unmatched. In the past, the Poyang Lake Water Battle, Xu Da's Northern Expedition and other major battles were all in control of the overall situation. ”

"There are probably more than 10,000 people defending the city!" Through visual inspection, Lan Yu obviously judged the opponent's strength, "The art of war is cloudy, five are to surround it, and ten are to attack it." ”

"If you want to capture a fortified city, you must have five times the strength of the opponent." It seems that Lan Yu has already fought this operation as a regular battle.

"But in order not to bully them, Ben will only lead 10,000 people to attack the city!"

"General Lan, you ......," Erhu said.

"Your Majesty just asked Ben to take down all the people in the city, and didn't say what method was used to take it." Lan Yu said, "And you can also see that they are already preparing to defend the city and resist the imperial army." ”

Resist the imperial army? It seems that from the beginning, you didn't tell them that this operation was the emperor's intention, right? Erhu thought to himself. But he couldn't help it, he couldn't stop Lan Yu.

And Lan Yu did not violate the will, when the decree was announced, it was his business.

"Adjutant General of the Army, get the map!" Lan Yu let out a loud shout.

Soon, the adjutant general of the army brought the map of Jiangzhou to Lan Yu. Lan Yu looked at the map and thought for a moment, and immediately found the best plan to attack the city.

"The Divine Artillery Battalion fires!"

"Long Xiangwei attacked the south gate, Feng Xiangwei attacked the north gate......"

"You must take it within half an hour, or you will come to see you."

"The last general obeys!" One by one, after hearing the military order, the commanders turned around and returned to the camp to make arrangements. "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" After a few cannon shots, the siege officially began.

The relentless artillery bombardment of the city, and the private soldiers of the Liu family defending the city at the head of the city turned on their backs.

At the same time, the South Gate, the North Gate, the East Gate, the West Gate, launched an attack at the same time.

The city of Jiangzhou was crumbling under artillery fire.

"Lord Zhao, Master Liu, I can't hold it!" The battle lasted only a little time, and a gray-faced private soldier came to the city to report to the two.

"Master Liu, the east gate has been breached!"

"Master Liu, the south gate has been breached."

"Master Liu, Lan Yu's people have rushed into the West Gate."

……

Although the Liu family's private soldiers have also been trained in peacetime, they still can't be compared to Lan Yu's soldiers. Under the confrontation between the two sides, the private soldiers of the Liu family were crushed at the touch of a button.

Although they usually exercise regularly and practice how to use the magic machine musket,

But they didn't really go to war.

"It's over!" Hearing the return of his subordinates, Master Liu lamented. The feudal aristocracy is okay to play tricks and tricks, but when it comes to really leading troops to fight and arranging troops, they don't have much ability.

(End of chapter)