"Mr. Guo, please speak."

Hearing Guo Qin's words, Yuan Chonghuan's eyes narrowed slightly, if he could, he would naturally prefer to make a little merit first, now the court is not peaceful, and Zhu Youzhen is not a patient person, if it is not effective for too long, Zhu Youzhen is likely to replace him.

If the first errand to return to the court is messed up, it will be difficult for him to go on an official road in the future, although he mainly wants to serve the court, but he also doesn't want his life's hard work to be in vain, the official road is difficult to go, and it will be difficult for him to show his ambitions.

"Attack the capital city of Jinan."

Guo Qin said in a deep voice: "The puppet emperor Su Hao is in Jinan Mansion City, as long as he captures here, the puppet Qi rebels in Dongchang Mansion City will have no backbone, and when the time comes, he can easily take Dongchang Mansion City with a little persuasion."

"The city of Jinan is not so easy to take."

Hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan shook his head, Jinan Mansion City is surrounded by the Daqing River on one side and rugged mountains and forests on the other, and there are only two sides that can spread out the army, and the difficulty of attacking is not much smaller than that of Dongchang Mansion City, even if it can be defeated, it will be a tragic victory, if it is attacked by the pseudo-Qi rebels in Dongchang Mansion City again, the tragic victory may become a fiasco.

Hearing this, Guo Qin took out a topographic map of Dongchang Mansion City from his sleeve, pointed to the canal and said, "Then what we can do now is to restore the Cao Yun, now the biggest burden of the imperial court is that the Cao Yun has been cut off, if the canal is reopened, it will naturally be a great achievement."

"This Hongyi cannon must also know that we only need to dig a section of the river ten miles away from Dongchangfu City, connect this river with the original river, and then take down the two state cities of Linqingzhou and Dezhou, and then this water luck can return to normal."

"In this way, wouldn't we have to spend a lot of troops and masters to ensure the safety of the boat?"

Yuan Chonghuan frowned, he had also thought of this method, but in this way, a large part of their troops and masters had to be placed on preventing the other party from destroying the river and attacking the Cao boat, and if they wanted to quell the rebellion, the difficulty would not be ordinary.

After all, there are at least dozens or hundreds of boats each time, transporting nearly 100,000 stone grains, once they are sunk, the entire river will be blocked, and it is extremely difficult to clean up, and it is a waste of time, and the capital can't afford to wait.

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"Governor, the lower official wants to take this opportunity to lure the puppet Qi rebels out of the city."

Guo Qin said in a deep voice: "Now that the puppet Qi rebels are all cowering in the city, the cost of attacking is too huge, it is better to lure the other party out, even if the other party continues to shrink, we will not suffer."

After listening to Guo Qin's words, Yuan Chonghuan was also moved, but the next moment, Yuan Chonghuan's brows furrowed again, and he said worriedly: "But Linqingzhou and Dezhou are not easy to attack."

As an important node on the canal, Linqingzhou and Dezhou and Dongchangfu City, all have extremely high city walls as defense, the height of the city wall of Linqingzhou reaches three zhang two, the city wall of Dezhou is higher, there are three zhang seven, the moat is two zhang deep, five zhang wide, than the moat of the ordinary city is not bad.

At the same time, there are thousands of puppet Qi rebels stationed in the city, which cannot be defeated in a day or two, and once they attack Linqingzhou and Dezhou, then Jinan will definitely send troops to support. ….

More importantly, they could not send all 210,000 troops to attack Linqingzhou and Dezhou, and they had to leave half of their troops to block the puppet Qi rebels in the city of Dongchangfu, otherwise they would be cut off by the rebels in Dongchangfu, and they would have to retreat in embarrassment.

"Even if it's hard, you'll have to fight."

Guo Qin shook his head, siege warfare is like this, either gnaw some bones that are not so hard, or gnaw those hardest bones, if you can lure all the strong men of the Pseudo-Qi rebels out of the city, then the probability of their victory will increase dramatically.

"Then let's do it."

Hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan nodded, this Linqingzhou and Dezhou are much easier to attack than Dongchang Mansion City and Jinan Mansion City.

Not far from the mansion, in a four-entry mansion, Kong Yinzhi, the prince of Yansheng, and many elders of the Confucian family gathered here, and this mansion was the Confucian family's other courtyard in the Yanzhou capital.

"Patriarch, this Yuan Chonghuan has already arrived in Fucheng, why don't we really go to see him?"

Kong Yinyue, the elder of the Kong family, was puzzled, obviously Kong Yinzhi was anxious about Su Hao's cultivation of hundreds of schools of thought to replace Confucianism, but now Yuan Chonghuan came with a large army, and it was the time for them to contribute, but Kong Yinzhi did not move at all.

"Now is not the time."

Kong Yinzhi said calmly: "Now that Yuan Chonghuan has the advantage, there is plenty of food, grass and weapons, and we have no place to contribute at all."

Su Hao is now supporting the hundred schools of thought, which is tantamount to digging the roots of Confucianism, when Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to abolish the Confucian family, they didn't dare to forget, no matter whether Su Hao could succeed or not, the hundred schools of thought could not stay, otherwise once the hundred schools of thought grow, then their Confucianism would no longer be irreplaceable.

Nowadays, Confucianism is everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, and their Confucian status in Confucianism is too transcendent, and any promising emperor will not tolerate the existence of Confucius, if Confucianism is no longer irreplaceable, then it will be the end of Confucius.

However, the status of their Confucian family is transcendent, but there is not much real power, and it is impossible to eradicate the hundreds of schools of thought supported by Su Hao, after all, there are not a few people who learn, and it is impossible for their Confucian family to kill casually.

As for the people who instigate all the scholars to deal with the hundred schools of thought, to be honest, the Confucian family has this prestige, after all, the Confucian family is still the foundation of Confucianism, but the imperial court is already afraid of the influence of the Confucian family, if the appeal of the Confucian family is shown again, then the Confucian family will wait for a more severe suppression, so if you want to exterminate the hundred schools of thought again, you can only rely on the imperial court.

But it is impossible for the court to do this kind of thing for their Confucian family, whether it is the emperor or the hundred officials in the court have long been unkind to the Confucian family, they all say that there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts, but the Confucian family has always relied on Confucius to be the ancestor of all Confucian children, and it has been inherited for thousands of years, and the wealth is endless.

As for whether Confucianism will be replaced by the hundred schools of thought, for the hundreds of officials in the court, this is not a big deal, what they want is just a promotion level, not that it must be Confucianism, without Confucianism, Legalism and Mojia are not impossible.

They occupy a lot of resources, connections, and wealth, no matter which family changes, they can't shake their status, and without the Confucian family, they have one less ancestor who is pressed on their heads. ….

Now Yuan Chonghuan's side has obvious advantages, and their Kong family can only be icing on the cake when they get up, and it is useless at all.

It didn't take long for the army stationed in the capital city of Yanzhou to start again, and at the same time, the scouts of the Ming and the Daqi also launched a fierce battle on both sides of the canal.

………

Dongchang Mansion City.

On the city tower, Tang Xiangjin and others raised their eyes and looked into the distance, dozens of miles away, billowing smoke and dust approaching.

The army of the Ming Dynasty has arrived!

It didn't take long for the smoke and dust to stop ten miles away, and the army began to build a camp to station, no one would have the courage to build a camp too close to the city, even if it was a siege battle, it would take time for the army to gather, and if the camp was built too close to the city, once it was raided by the enemy in the city, it was very likely that it would fall into chaos before the army was assembled.

Especially in the night attack, there may be a battalion roar, once there is a battalion roar, no matter how elite the army may collapse instantly, so it is necessary to leave enough time for the army to react.

At this time, in the camp of the Ming army, a Ming army of nearly 100,000 people came in the direction of Fucheng with a large number of siege equipment.

"Brother He, are they going to attack the city?"

Seeing the Ming army coming slowly, Tang Xiangjin raised his eyebrows, it was not like Yuan Chonghuan's style to be so aggressive.

"Not really."

After thinking for a moment, He Liu shook his head and said, "If they want to attack the city, they should cross the river now, we have the matter of the Hongyi cannon, Yuan Chonghuan should have known about it a long time ago, if he crosses the river too close to the Fucheng, he will only become the target of the Hongyi cannon."

Although the canal is not wide, it is not easy for a large army to cross the river, especially if it has to be transported

In the case of sending siege equipment, even if the power of the Hongyi cannon is at most a dozen casualties, but now there are forty-three Hongyi cannons in the city, once they become the target of the Hongyi cannon, only a dozen rounds of salvo fire are enough to collapse the army.

Hearing this, Tang Xiangjin's eyes narrowed slightly, glanced at the Ming army that was slowly advancing, and then turned his head to look at the direction in which the Ming army was advancing.

"Brother He, Brother Luo, Lao Liang, look at it like this, the Ming army is preparing to recapture Linqingzhou and reopen the canal, do you want to send some more people to support Linqingzhou?"

After thinking for a while, Tang Xiangjin asked, although Su Hao asked him to be the commander, but now the soldiers and horses in the city are divided into four forces: him, Luo Yi, He Liu, and Liang Ping, before making a decision, he also has to ask He Liu's opinion, although as the boss, it is not impossible for him to be arbitrary, but it is not good to be too domineering and cause internal discord.

"Then send 10,000 men."

After thinking for a while, He Liu nodded, now there are 70,000 troops in Dongchangfu City, and with the topography of Dongchangfu City, if you want to defend the city, forty or fifty thousand people are enough.

And Luo Yi and Liang Ping also nodded.

"Then please ask Governor Jiang and Governor Peng to bring 10,000 soldiers and horses to support Linqingzhou."

Seeing this, Tang Xiangjin looked at Peng Guan and Jiang Shizhong on the side and ordered.

"The last general commands!"

Jiang Shizhong and the two bowed their hands, and then went down the city tower, about two quarters of an hour later, 10,000 soldiers and horses lightly loaded on the road, out of the north gate, and went straight to Linqingzhou. ….

Such a big movement in Dongchang Mansion City naturally couldn't hide people, and it was soon detected by detectives, and the news reached the ears of Guo Qin, who was heading towards Linqingzhou with 100,000 Ming troops.

"Commander, do you want to send someone to intercept them?"

General Deng Kui frowned, this Linqing Prefecture is already difficult to attack, if you let these 10,000 enter Linqing Prefecture again, it will be even more difficult to fight.

"Can't catch up."

Hearing this, Guo Qin shook his head: "Order, the army will continue to move forward."

This situation has long been expected by him, but they are in the east of the river, the other party is in the west of the river, don't look at the canal is not wide, but there are also more than ten or twenty zhang wide, it is not easy to cross the river, you have to build a bridge first, and then you can cross the river, the other party traveled lightly, only brought weapons and a day or two of food, and when they built a bridge and crossed the river, and then put the soldiers in order, the other party has long run away, and it is impossible to catch up.

The topography of Linqingzhou City is like a goose's paw, there are two inner and outer cities, the circumference of the outer city is fifty miles, the canal of this section is completely enclosed in it, including the Caoyun Wharf, usually the outer city is not guarded by soldiers, after all, the outer city wall is as long as fifty miles, there is no more than ten or two hundred thousand people can not look at it at all, only a few city gates are guarded, and the city gate is never closed, but at this time all the city gates of the outer city have been tightly closed, facing the south water gate of Dongchangfu City, it has long been heavily guarded.

The next day, at noon, Jiang Shizhong and Peng Guan rushed to Linqingzhou with 10,000 soldiers and horses, and smoothly entered the outer city, responsible for guarding the city is the original state guard commander Luo Hui, he and Zhou Xian came to the state capital city to give up, but also won the trust of the officials up and down the Great Qi, Su Hao handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding Linqingzhou to him.

Jiang Shizhong's official position was above Luo Hui, and with Tang Xiangjin's warrant, after entering the state city, Jiang Shizhong naturally took over the command of Linqing Prefecture.

………

On the third day, early in the morning.

Guo Qincai rushed to Linqingzhou City with 100,000 Ming troops, but he was confronted by an empty outer city, and even the local people on the Caoyun wharf fled, leaving only empty fields and houses.

"Commander, the rebels have abandoned the outer city."

Seeing this scene, Deng Kui's heart suddenly sank, compared to the inner city, the wall of the outer city is lower, only less than half of the inner city, and it is much simpler, most of them are just rammed earth, and the difficulty of attacking is lower, and now the rebels have given up the outer city, which means that they have to gnaw hard bones.

"Send someone into the city to investigate."

Guo Qin's face did not change and said, "After the army enters the city, let people start assembling siege equipment."

The road from Xuzhou to Dongchangfu is relatively flat, and some relatively longer and larger can be transported

Siege equipment parts, so most of the parts of the equipment have already been manufactured, only need to be assembled.

Soon, dozens of scouts rushed into the outer city and rose up, and it didn't take long for a part of the Ming army to slowly enter the city and begin to deploy defenses on the outer city walls.

On the inner city wall, Jiang Shizhong, Peng Guan, and Luo Hui looked at the Ming army building a camp outside the city from afar.

"It seems that the other party is very jealous of our Hongyi cannon, and there are many houses in the outer city, which is very unfavorable to us."

Seeing that the other party had built the camp near the South Water Gate, and even left half of the soldiers and horses outside the city, Peng Guan shook his head slightly, this distance had exceeded the range of the Hongyi cannon. ….

Moreover, there are too many houses and too many shelters, which is also very bad for the attack of bows and arrows and other artillery.

"It's fine."

Luo Hui on the side chuckled: "Although there are many houses and rivers in this outer city, it is not wide, and it is difficult for the other party to organize a large siege lineup."

The houses in the outer city are indeed obstacles to defending the city, but the same is true for the siege, there is no open terrain, the troops cannot be expanded, and no matter how many the Ming army is, it is useless.

On the other side, Guo Qin and Deng Kui also looked at the inner city in the distance.

"Chief soldier, attacking the city from this inner city, I'm afraid the siege equipment won't be able to be deployed."

Looking at the road leading to the inner city along the Caoyun Wharf, Deng Kui frowned, it is a good thing that there are many houses, which can provide cover for the siege of the army, but it also hinders the use of siege equipment.

"That's better than abandoning the outer city."

Guo Qin shook his head, this siege has been a strategy since ancient times, Sun Tzu once said: go to the army to fight and strategize; secondly, felling; Siege of the city, this is still the kind of low city wall in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, not to mention the current city wall.

In the siege of Hongdu before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Youliang attacked Hongdu with 600,000 troops, and Zhu Wenzheng carried it for more than 80 days with 20,000 remnants, and the city wall of Hongdu was not as good as Linqingzhou.

Time passed day by day, and soon, the ladders and arrow towers were assembled.

As soon as the sky was dark, wisps of cooking smoke rose from the camp of the Ming army.

When the sky was bright and the war drums sounded, the army crossed the bridge that had been built on the canal and assembled three miles outside the west gate of the inner city of Linqingzhou.

At this time, on the inner city wall, Jiang Shizhong and others had already prepared.

On the building car, Guo Qin's command flag was raised, and soon, the war drums thundered, and the large and small artillery pieces were pushed to the front of the formation, and then began to be more accurate.

At the same time, the siege crossbow also moved slowly, and in front of the ballista, a large number of soldiers carried sacks and approached the city wall under the cover of wooden mantle chariots and shields, trying to fill the moat for the siege ladders, battering rams, and arrow towers.

Eight hundred zhang!

Five hundred zhang!

"Fire!"

Looking at the Ming army approaching the range of the Hongyi cannon, Jiang Shizhong waved his order, and more than a dozen Hongyi cannons were ignited at the same time.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The continuous rumbling of cannons, a twenty-pound solid cannonball with a devastating momentum bombarded the Ming army under the city, the solid iron ball smashed on the ground, smashed a soldier, and then bounced up, fell, ploughed out a bloody road on the ground, where the cannonball passed, even the wooden mantle chariot was instantly crushed!

However, the rate of fire of the Hongyi cannon was still a little slower, and taking advantage of the gap in the firing of the Hongyi cannon, the Ming army advanced a distance of 100 zhang.

At this time, the roaring cannon sound sounded again!

Under a wooden mantle chariot, hearing the sound of cannons, Li Er's face was full of horror, and he prayed in his heart that the gods and Buddhas would bless him and not let the cannonballs hit him.

He watched his companion not far away being hit head-on by the iron ball, and he was directly shattered, and his broken arms fell to his feet, but fortunately, after a while, Li Er found that he had escaped again.

Three hundred zhang!

Two hundred zhang!

The artillery on the urn city began to exert its might, more than a dozen tiger squat cannons were ignited at the same time, and thousands of stones and iron beads were sprinkled like a rain curtain on the army outside the city, and another scream sounded.

One hundred zhang!

Countless sharp arrows shot out from the city walls like a curtain of rain

Fall.

At this time, more than 200 soldiers armed with "swarm of bee rockets" drilled out of the wooden mantle chariot of the Ming army, and the next moment, thousands of sharp arrows shot at the city wall with lightning speed, and more than a dozen Qi archers at the stomping could not dodge, and were instantly shot into hedgehogs.

Fifty zhang!

Li Er carried the sack on his back and rushed towards the moat with his head down, with only one thought in his mind, that is, to throw the sack into the moat, and then flee back under the chariot with a wooden mantle.

Approaching the river, Li Er threw the sack directly into the river with a hard effort, and then fled to the wooden mantle chariot without looking back, looking at the wooden mantle chariot that was close at a time, Li Er's face showed a smile.

At this moment, a sharp arrow fell from the sky!

Burst!

Sharp arrows through the chest!

Looking at the sharp arrow in his chest, the smile on Li Er's face instantly stiffened, turned into disbelief, and finally turned into despair.

Struggling to climb under the wooden mantle chariot, Li Er's face was pale, cold sweat flowed, and severe pain began to come.

"The dead get out of the way!"

At this time, a rough voice sounded, and Li Er only felt a sharp pain in his back, and the whole person stumbled and was kicked out of the wooden mantle chariot.

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