Governor, if you continue, I'm afraid the walls will last a long time."

Glancing at the dilapidated city wall, Pan Ping on the side said in a low voice, although the city wall is indeed very hard, it can't withstand such an explosion.

Over the past year or so, the Ming army has attacked more than 50 times, and an attack will be launched almost every ten days or so, each time tens of thousands of solid shells are smashed on the city wall, and the city wall is strong enough, otherwise it would have collapsed long ago, but now this situation will not last long.

"Keep going."

Tang Xiangjin said calmly: "I don't believe it, the Ming army is really not afraid of death!"

The casualties of the current Ming army are much heavier than theirs, even if they go out to fight a decisive battle now, they still have a chance of winning, after all, morale is such a thing as a blow, and then it declines and exhausts, and after more than a year, the morale of the Ming army is estimated to be not much.

And he used to be a member of the Ming officialdom, he knew a lot about the Ming army, and now the Ming army can still hold on, most of them are suppressed by the personal soldiers of the Ming generals, as long as there are a few more casualties, when the morale of the Ming army is exhausted, their chances of victory will be greater.

…

In the camp of the Ming army, Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu looked at the holy decree on the case, and they all had sad faces, and Zhu Youzhen issued another order urging them to take Dezhou City as soon as possible.

"Brother Hong, what should I do?"

Chen Qiyu sighed and said, this is the fourth time that Zhu Youzhen has issued an edict, especially in the past two months, he has issued two holy decrees in a row.

"There's no food left in the capital."

Hong Chengchou sighed and said, although a lot of grain was hoarded in the capital before, but after Daqi blocked the canal, the capital could only rely on shipping, and a small part of it was transported by the Yellow River, but now the sailors on the Daqi side have blocked the old Tieshan Waterway, and there are many fewer grain ships that can break through the blockade and reach Beijing.

Although the imperial court had already begun to form sailors in Fujian and Guangdong, it was basically impossible to defeat the sailors of Great Qi in a short period of time.

"But with the current morale, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult to break through Texas City."

Hearing this, Chen Qiyu also sighed and said, "If the casualties are too heavy, those generals will definitely be dissatisfied."

Now there is a very bad situation in the Ming army, that is, the generals only value their own pro-army and cronies, and the first time they get the military salary is to take care of their own soldiers and cronies, and ordinary soldiers do not even have basic rations, let alone salary.

Although they also suppressed this situation, but the war still had to rely on these generals and their own soldiers, and the two of them did not dare to be too strict with these people, otherwise these people would play tricks on them, and they would have to sit on wax, after all, it was impossible for them to personally go down and lead the troops to charge.

If the army attacks the city, it must be allowed to let these generals lead the troops to charge, once the casualties are too serious, these generals will definitely be dissatisfied, you must know that the same is killed, those ordinary soldiers are at most three or five taels of silver, and they have to be deducted, but these generals' personal soldiers are different.

These pro-soldiers are the generals' personal families, and their families are raised by the generals, and it is precisely in this way that those pro-soldiers will die for the generals, once the pro-soldiers die in battle, the generals not only have to pay a large amount of pensions, but also have to support their parents, wives and children, so if they die too much, the generals will definitely play tricks.

"Grievances have to be fought."

Hearing Chen Qiyu's words, Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "We haven't taken Texas City for so long, Your Majesty's side is already quite dissatisfied, and those people can't wait to pick our skin and continue to delay, let's wait for Your Majesty to condemn."

They had already offended a lot of people by impeaching the household department for embezzling ink casting materials, and now they have not made any contributions, and if those people fight back, they will have to finish the game sooner or later.

Hearing Hong Chengchou's words, Chen Qiyu was also silent, this is indeed the most important thing for them now, if they don't take Dezhou City, they have no way to explain to Zhu Youzhen, once those people fall into the well again, they will be lucky to be demoted.

………

Jingzhou Mansion, the Yangtze River waterway.

Sky one

It was dim, pouring rain from the sky, and every now and then a bolt of lightning pierced the sky.

On the ferry, Li Laohan and several boatmen gathered in a wooden house, everyone chatted on the mountain, and looked at the boat not far away from time to time.

"This God's temper is too elusive."

Glancing at the pouring rain outside, Li Laohan sighed and said: "Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi are so dry that they can't even grow seedlings, but we are going to be flooded, and God doesn't know how to divide a little bit of the past and give the people over there a way to live."

Recently, it has been raining and the river has risen sharply, and they can only eat and live at the ferry, after all, the boat is their only livelihood, if the boat is washed away, they will have no way to live.

"God doesn't open his eyes, what can we do?"

A boatman answered, "I heard from the yamen that the imperial court is preparing to raise taxes again."

"Another tax?"

Li Laohan's brows furrowed, in the past few years, the imperial court has increased a lot of taxes, and more importantly, every time the tax is raised, the people of the yamen will take the opportunity to double the looting.

"What's that?"

At this moment, another boatman suddenly exclaimed, and pointed his finger at a dark river.

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look, but the dim light and the pouring rain made it impossible to see anything.

One of the boatmen complained, "What's there?"

But before the words fell, there was a sudden "boom" of thunder, and a bright lightning bolt pierced the sky, illuminating the entire river.

At this time, everyone finally saw clearly, in the heart of the river, a dragon with a body covered with scales and two horns on its head was constantly writhing in the air, but at this time, only the front half of the dragon appeared, and the second half seemed to be in other worlds.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

At this time, thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, and the Dao Dao lightning was like a heavenly punishment whip, and it was fiercely pumped on the dragon's body, and for a while, the scales on the dragon's body became scorched black, and the dragon's blood was sprinkled in the river.

Countless fish, shrimp, turtles and turtles rushed to the dragon's blood, gulping down the river water mixed with the dragon's blood, when the thunder disappeared, the lightning dispersed, and the dragon disappeared.

…

Because the scene of Jiaolong's appearance was too grand, almost everyone within a radius of dozens of miles saw it, and for a time, the news spread all over the north and south of the Yangtze River, attracting countless folk masters to gather in Jingzhou Mansion.

………

The capital city of Jinan.

Zichen Palace.

"You said there was a dragon?"

Su Hao's eyebrows furrowed: "The news is reliable?"

This world has become something he doesn't even know, and it doesn't matter if there is no manifestation of the old mother before, after all, there is no real incarnation, but this dragon has appeared alive.

Although there are also demon clans in this world, but the dragon also only exists in legends, and in the records of previous dynasties, there is no clear record of the existence of the dragon, only some python demons similar to Hai Gongzi.

"Master, there are quite a few people who have seen the dragon in the world, and there are also people from the Heavenly Master's Mansion who caught a fish that drank the dragon's blood, and extracted a trace of the dragon's blood from the fish's body."

Ding Zimo replied.

"What about the dragon's tracks?"

Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, since there is a dragon appearing, then he has to fight for it, now his biggest problem is not enough enlightenment points, there is also a lack of cultivation resources, Jiaolong's blood, flesh, bones, and demon pills are all excellent cultivation resources, with his current strength, he is fully qualified to get a piece of the pie.

"Nothing has been found yet."

Ding Zimo shook his head and said, "The Yangtze River is too big, if Jiaolong doesn't want to show up, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find."

"Let people closely monitor, and report the news as soon as there is news."

Su Hao said with a serious expression, for this dragon, he is determined to win, if Da Ming gets it, then Da Ming can not only cultivate a large number of masters, but also use this to attract a large number of folk masters, and then Da Qi will be uncomfortable.

"Disciples

Let's arrange it."

Ding Zimo replied.

…

After Ding Zimo left, Su Hao got up and came to the corridor, looking at the direction of Huguang from afar, the news of Jiaolong's appearance this time gave him a very urgent feeling, and now he can clearly feel that the world is changing, as if the previous restrictions are crumbling.

After thinking for a while, Su Hao turned his head to look at the north, the matter over there should be completely resolved, in recent times, the Ming army has been storming Dezhou City, and a large number of casualties have made the morale of the Ming army fall to the bottom.

"The governors of the five armies, the governors of the palace, and the governors of the palaces have entered the palace."

After pondering for a moment, Su Hao commanded.

"Slave and maid are going."

The chamberlain's voice rang out downstairs.

…

It didn't take long for Gan Yang, Tian Ming, Peng Guan, Guo Hong and many governors to come to Zichen Hall one after another.

"I'm ready to go on a personal expedition."

Glancing at Gan Yang and the others, Su Hao said lightly.

Hearing Su Hao's words, Gan Yang and the others' faces suddenly changed, and Guo Hong hurriedly spoke: "Your Majesty's golden body, how can you take risks."

Although Su Hao's strength is very strong, but now Daming has regarded Su Hao as a thorn in his side, before Su Hao has been in Jinan Fucheng, guarded by a large army, Daming can't help Su Hao, and now Su Hao wants to drive in person, Daming will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

Once Su Hao has three long and two short, then Daqi will be in danger, after all, the prince is still young, Su Hao is the backbone of Daqi, if something happens to Su Hao, then Daqi will be leaderless, and generals from all sides will compete with each other for power.

"I have my own measure."

Su Hao said lightly: "Gan Yang, Tian Ming, Peng Guan, the three of you will lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to guard the city of Jinan, and Ding Zimo will command all the military affairs of the city under the command of the pro-army."

"Obey!"

Hearing Su Hao's order, Gan Yang, Tian Ming, and Peng Guan hurriedly responded.

And Guo Hong could only keep silent when he saw this, the entire Daqi was founded by Su Hao, and no one could stop Su Hao from doing what he wanted to do.

At this time, Su Hao continued, "The rest of the people will mobilize troops and horses and set off in five days!"

Although after he led his troops to the battle, the defense of Jinan Mansion City would be much weaker, but with Ding Zimo and Zhao Xiaoer here, it would not be difficult to hold Jinan Mansion City, after all, Zhao Xiaoer's strength now is not weaker than that of the Martial Arts Master Realm, and Ding Zimo's strength is not far from the Martial Arts Master.

"Your Servants obey!"

Guo Hong and others responded one after another.

Soon, the soldiers and horses in the city of Jinan began to move, and the grain and grass baggage also began to be loaded.

………

Such a big movement in Jinan Fucheng naturally couldn't hide it, and just two days later, the news that Su Hao was about to drive the royal expedition was put on the desks of Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu.

"Brother Hong, what do you think?"

Chen Qiyu's eyes flashed with a strange light, in the past ten days, they organized three sieges of the city, but each time they were forced to retreat before they could get close to the city wall, and many soldiers were killed and wounded, and their morale had fallen into nothing, and it was almost hopeless to capture Dezhou City.

But now that Su Hao has left the capital of Jinan, he has seen a chance to win, that is, to leave Su Hao here completely, whether it is killed or captured, it is enough to bring disaster to Daqi.

"Don't miss the time!"

Hong Chengchou cut the railway, Chen Qiyu could see that this was an opportunity to win, and he could naturally see it.

After a pause, Hong Chengchou continued: "However, Su Hao's strength is very strong, and if you want to keep him, you have to ask those royal families of the Innate Realm in the capital to offer their hands."

Su Hao is already a powerhouse in the innate realm of martial arts, if you want to besiege him in the army, you must ensure that he can't escape, and if you want to be sure enough, you must ask those innate realms in the capital to shoot together, after all, when you reach the innate realm, if Su Hao wants to escape, ordinary masters really can't stop it.

"We can also try to ask Jiang Lan from the Daimyo's Mansion to join us."

Chen Qi

Yu also said, "He Su Hao suffered a loss under his men before, and this time he will not miss such a good opportunity."

"You can write a letter to him."

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou also nodded.

Soon, two first-class Jinyi Wei Baihu left from the camp of the Ming army, one went to the Daimyo's Mansion, and the other went straight to the Jingshi.

…

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen held the notebook sent by Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu and couldn't hide his joy, over the years, Su Hao has become his lingering nightmare, and now that he has the opportunity to kill Su Hao, how can he not be happy.

"Emperor, several worshippers are already waiting outside the hall."

At this time, Wang Chengen walked in.

"Please."

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly said.

After a while, Wang Chengen walked into the Qianqing Palace with Li Hongsheng and Yu Xiao, Xia Bing, and Ma Jiyun.

"See Your Majesty."

Ma Jiyun and the four of them bowed and bowed.

Zhu Youzhen stretched out his hand to help: "A few people don't have to be polite."

"I don't know what His Majesty called me to come?"

After straightening up, Li Hongsheng arched his hand and asked, they just received the news that there was a dragon in Jingzhou Mansion, and they wanted to go together to see if there was a chance to get a piece of the pie, but who knew that before they could act, Zhu Youzhen sent someone to invite them.

"Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu have sent news that the puppet emperor Su Hao has led his army out of Jinan Prefecture, and I want to ask a few worshippers to kill this fang to quell the rebellion in Shandong."

Zhu Youzhen said in a deep voice.

(End of chapter)