Fang Qifo lingered in Qingliang Temple for a long time, and compared with Li Fei's secret letter, he asked Luo Jinshui many things, including how to communicate with the city outside the city, how to distinguish the holy sect members in the city, and so on.

Zhao Ta had already explained these things carefully, Luo Jinshui answered them one by one, and Fang Qifo couldn't help but nod his head when he heard it.

Zhao Ta wrote a letter to Fang Qifo in the name of Li Fei in the name of Li Fei, that is, the inside should be combined with the outside, secretly open the gate of Jiangning City, and enlarge the army to sneak into the city.

This is a clever plan, if you want to minimize the loss of capturing the city, in addition to the other party directly opening the city and surrendering, this strategy is the best way to attack.

Fang Qifo did not doubt it in his heart, but it was really difficult to have any doubts, Li Fei was the bright right envoy of the Ming Sect, although he belonged to the Uighur holy woman's lineage, but in terms of his status in the sect, he was second only to Fang La and him, and he was the number three person.

And these disciples in front of them can't fake the robbery and killing of the escaped gentry, and they have the head and the genealogy as evidence, who would dare to kill such a big gentry? Unless they want to rebel, they dare to wave a butcher's knife at these people.

Therefore, Li Fei's strategy may not be useful, but it will definitely not be used to deceive.

But where would the Seven Buddhas feel useless at this time, they only felt that this plan was very good, once it was properly manipulated, the fall of Jiangning was in front of him.

So, after carefully inquiring about the details, he asked Luo Jinshui and Wu Song to pack up their belongings, take their subordinates, and go to the army with him......

In the evening, the Zhu family sent someone to Xuanfu Division to pick up Zhu Xiuniang, but where did Zhao Ta want to put it, so he replied, "Wu Niang and this king discuss knowledge, stay for a few days, and return in a few days."

Zhu Qu's face immediately changed when he heard the news in the house, and he almost jumped to his feet and scolded him, and hurriedly summoned his family to discuss.

The people of the old family are divided into two factions, one faction says that now the Zhu family is in decline, and it is just taking this opportunity to send Wu Niang to the King of Qin, and it is impossible to say that he can rely on the King of Qin to make a comeback in the future.

The other faction said that Wu Niang has a reputation as a talented woman, but which of the corporal clans in the world does not know? It's a pity to be small for King Qin, and this King Qin is not the crown prince, it is not good to say that after changing the official family in the future, he will be squeezed out by the new emperor, and it will be difficult to take power.

Zhu did have a headache when he heard it, and he was all about exchanging his daughter for power, these clansmen were just fighting for how to sell it for the best price, and none of them were trying to find a way to take Wu Niang back.

He was so angry that he dispersed directly to discuss, everyone dispersed in a hurry, the third prince was the slowest to walk, and when he arrived at the door, he paused fiercely and said with a bird cane in his hand: "Everyone has been left behind, can you still snatch it back?" Is this really Shezhou? This is Jiangning! ”

"I, I...... When the thieves are calmed down, I will unite a few in-laws and go to Tokyo to find the official family to complain, and sue the King of Qin for robbing the people's daughter! Zhu said angrily.

"Sue a fart, maybe Wu Niang's children will be born by then, if you are not afraid of being embarrassed, you will sue!" Sangong shook his head and walked towards the door, saying as he walked: "It's really not as good as a generation, I shouldn't have let you be the patriarch in the first place!" ”

Zhu was so angry that he trembled, they Jiangnan Shi clan are not afraid of any prince, once united, most of the court are their people, but the matter is just as the third prince said, this is Jiangning, he Zhu family does not have the strength to come to the door to rob people here, if you really wait for the thieves to calm down and then go to Tokyo to complain, I can't say how long it will be, I am afraid that Wu Niang will even have a child at that time.

Thinking of this stubble, Zhu Qu suddenly felt dizzy in his head, and sat down on the chair weakly......

After Zhao Ta finished dinner, he went to the guest room behind the Xuanfu Division, and when he arrived at the door, he saw Ding Da Crab personally guarding here, and couldn't help asking, "Is there a trouble?" ”

The corner of Ding Da Crab's mouth twitched, and he didn't know what his prince wanted to do, and said: "It's noisy but it's not noisy, it's just that you don't eat or drink." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Maybe you're not hungry, right?" ”

Ding Da Crab clicked his eyes and said, "Maybe...... Right. ”

Zhao Ta said: "Open the door, I'll go in and take a look." ”

There was no lock on the door, but there was a tie outside, Ding Da Crab removed the door bolt, Zhao Ta opened the door and walked in, and saw Zhu Xiuniang sitting at the table in a daze.

Seeing him come in, Zhu Xiuniang looked embarrassed, stood up and said angrily: "When does the prince want to lock up the people's daughter?" ”

Zhao Ta glanced at the furnishings in the house, nodded and said, "Let's stay for a while, and let Xiuniang leave after the thief army withdraws." ”

Zhu Xiuniang's eyes said coldly: "The folk girl has not yet left the pavilion, what kind of system do you live here?" Even if the prince is a gentleman who abides by etiquette, how will the folk girl face her relatives at home and everyone outside the country after she leaves? The name of the people's daughter will be gone, how can she survive in this world? ”

Zhao Ta smiled and walked forward, Zhu Xiuniang hurriedly retreated, Zhao Ta came to the table and sat down and said: "Thinking too much, this king is here to protect you, there are more than 200,000 thieves outside the city, in case it is unfavorable to defend the city and is killed, you and other families will be in danger, I heard that those thieves are dedicated to killing the big families of the Shi clan, but they do not move the people at all, if there is really that time, I am afraid that there will be a river of blood." ”

Zhu Xiuniang looked slightly confused when she heard this, and then said: "Xiuniang lives with her family, dies with her family, is really a broken city, how can she steal her life?" The prince still asked me to go back, Xiuniang is grateful! ”

Zhao Ta said: "This king said to keep you, I will keep you, your home has already sent a letter, you don't have to say more, if there is no learning to talk about, this king will leave." ”

Zhu Xiuniang was stunned, a trace of anger appeared on her calm face, and said: "I have never heard of the virtuous virtue of King Qin, but I didn't expect to be so rude and forced, it seems that the rumors in the world are false, I regret that I shouldn't believe the rumors, and I was deceived to come here!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ta squinted his eyes and looked Zhu Xiuniang up and down, seeing that her eyebrows were like daishan, her eyes were like stars, and her cheeks were like jade.

Zhu Xiuniang saw that his eyes were blank, and she couldn't help but bump into the deer in her heart, retreated again, and stumbled to the edge of the couch, and then let out an exclamation.

Zhao Ta shook his head: "This king just kept you to stay, but he was not rude and forced, and he didn't say it when there was really that thing, but now it is useless to say this, it will arouse the temperament of this king, and he can't really do anything, I'm afraid that you will regret it too late!" ”

Zhu Xiuniang bit her lips and didn't dare to speak, for fear that Zhao Ta would really do something forceful according to her words, so she leaned in more and more, lowered her head slightly, and two tears slipped silently.

Zhao Ta got up and walked out, and when he went out, he turned back and said: "Later, I will call two maids and mothers to come over and call you, just tell them if you have something, remember to eat the food, otherwise how can you have the strength to debate with this king?" ”

After he finished speaking, he left, and Zhu Xiuniang heard the door close with a "clang", so she threw herself on the bed and sobbed incessantly......

The next day, Fang Qifo's army began to move in front of Jiangning City, many soldiers carried trees and vines, opened the road with shield carts in front, and set up a moat against the rain of arrows at the head of the city.

The shield car is heavy, the best to resist the feather arrows, it is a necessary weapon for siege, the most of this thing in the Fang Qi Buddha army, there is this thing to protect the soldiers, it didn't take long for two wooden bridges to be built.

But just when Shi Bao commanded the soldiers to cross the bridge and charge down the city, he only heard a few violent roars from the head of Jiangning City, and then several huge bluestone blocks hit him, and a few of them hit the pontoon bridge, so he immediately broke up the bridge, and the soldiers on it were directly beaten into meat and fell into the river.

Shi Bao couldn't help frowning when he saw this, as a vanguard officer, the first battle of this siege was naturally initiated by him, but this Jiangning is really different from other cities, the moat is too wide, not to mention, what he didn't expect is that there are powerful flying cannons in the city.

The Great Song Dynasty Gyeonggi Forbidden Army has a special battalion, called the Flying Artillery Battalion, which specializes in all kinds of large and small stone cannons, the most powerful of which is the "Flying Cannon", the range of which is far from saying, and operated by experienced veterans, can often also fix a range of targets, so as not to fight indiscriminately.

The first bluestone cannon in Jiangning City flew away, and Shi Bao's side immediately became dumbfounded, and the shield car could guard against arrows and feathers, but it couldn't prevent the stone cannon, and even a shield car had been smashed by the stone cannon.

Shi Bao didn't expect that Jiangning would have such a thing as a flying cannon, although there were also stone cannons in the Great Song City that was captured before, but they were all small cannons, and they couldn't hit stones that were too heavy, but these small cannons, the soldiers in the city were not good at using them, and they were even in a hurry, and they couldn't do much damage to the besieging team at all.

But Jiangning here, whether it is a stone cannon or a gunner, it is obviously not the same as those cities, Shi Bao felt that this must have been brought by the King of Qin in Tokyo, and couldn't help scolding: "Damn the king of birds, wait until Jiangning is captured to see how Lao Tzu cleans you up!" ”

He hurriedly transferred his men and horses, divided into different directions, and rushed to the moat together for a dozen or so roads, intending to continue to force his way across the river.

This was ordered by Fang Qifo, although Fang Qifo had already planned to use Li Fei's strategy to attack Jiangning with the outside world, but the necessary siege steps were indispensable, on the one hand, it was to confuse the defenders in Jiangning City, and on the other hand, it was also to explore Jiangning's protective strength, after all, even if he used a strategy to sneak attack, he had to know how the Jiangning City army was in battle, so as to make a corresponding plan and deployment.

At present, these dozen passers-by have given up the method of using shield carts to open the way, but have tied wooden planks to their backs, half-cat-waisted, carrying trees and other objects and continuing to rush towards the moat.

The wooden planks on the back can resist the damage of some bluestones, but when encountering large stones, the soldiers were still stoned to death on the spot, and more than a dozen passers-by finally only passed five or six roads, and laid a wooden bridge on the moat again.

With the erection of several wooden bridges, the army behind rushed forward with a "hula", facing the rain of stones and arrows, stepping on the wooden bridges to rush to the opposite side of the moat.

As the opening of the moat was opened, it was proved that carrying wooden planks could more or less resist the stone cannons, and many soldiers relied on this method to go to the moat.

But at this time, on the way to the city gate, there was a sudden sound of "poof, poof", and many people disappeared on the spot, and when they looked closely, they all fell into a camouflaged trench.

Shi Bao was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then he clenched his fists angrily and scolded: "King of Dogs and Birds, you are too cunning!" ”

It turns out that the moat of the general city cannot be dug in the moat, and the moat of many small cities is close to the city wall, and the ditch will collapse if the ditch is dug, and it will not be able to camouflage on it, and even affect the firmness of the city wall.

But this Jiangning is different, the ancient capital of the six dynasties in Jiangning, the word Xiongjian is highlighted under the four cities, and the moat is still some distance away from the city wall, so it can be completely dug to cover it.

The trench was camouflaged, and many of the soldiers who crossed the river were already panicked, and if they looked closely, many of them fell into it.

All kinds of wooden antlers under the ditch, as well as tribulus terrestris iron forks and the like, immediately pierced these soldiers and ghosts to cry wolves, and many of them were directly poked to death in the ditch.

Seeing this, Shi Bao immediately ordered: "Pay attention to your feet and use your blades to open the way!" ”

In a moment's work, the camouflage on this trench was revealed, and looking at the various eliminators inside, the soldiers on it couldn't help but feel numb.

Where is it easy to attack a city, especially a city like Jiangning, if you want to attack from the outside, you have to be prepared for heavy losses, but it is still in vain!

Under normal circumstances, if this kind of city is attacked and there is no five to ten times the number of troops, you don't even think about it, you can only plan to besiege it.

But now it was just a test of Jiangning's combat strength, so Shi Bao once again ordered the rear army to catch up and forcibly cross the moat and storm the city gate.

At this moment, the trench appeared, and the soldiers cautiously jumped over, and some saw that there were many bridges over the river later, so they drew one or two and put them on the ditch.

But after passing this trench, I didn't take a few steps, and the sound of "poof, poof" came again, and it was actually another trench.

Zhao Ta ordered people to dig a total of two trenches in front of Jiangning City, these two ditches can take a lot of work, after all, the excavated soil can not be directly thrown into the moat, and has to be transported away, but at this moment it finally came in handy.

With these two ditches, it will be extremely difficult for the Fang La army, whether it is to build a ladder to attack the city or to transport some other siege equipment, unless the ditch is filled.

But how to fill it in? I have to go to the other side of the river to carry the soil and fill it in, but where is the ditch filled with soil, it is clearly filled with human lives, and I may have to kill many people back and forth.

Shi Bao was so angry at this moment that he roared: "Bird King, a certain family is inseparable from you!" ”

In the Chinese army, Fang Qifo looked at all this with a expressionless expression, and Bao Daoyi on the side snorted coldly: "The bird king is too bad, and he actually dug two trenches in front of the city to pit my holy army soldiers!" ”

Fang Qifo glanced at him when he heard this, this Bao Dao Yi was dressed half-way, short and fat, wearing a Dao crown, his hair was black and white, his face was gloomy and cold, he was wearing an apricot yellow robe, and he was carrying a sword wrapped in yellow silk with a yellow handle and yellow spikes and red silk behind him.

Fang Qifo said: "When the two armies fight, they do everything they can. ”

Bao Daoyi said: "If we meet in front of the battle, the left envoy can see my sword and take the life of this fowl king." ”

Fang Qifo shook his head and said, "How can such a character be easily encountered?" Probably sitting in the center, pointing in all directions, it is easy not to show up. ”

Bao Daoyi was silent when he heard this, knowing that what Fang Qifo said was right, looking at the soldiers who rushed to the city in front of him, he couldn't help but look even colder.

At this time, a lot of dead bodies had piled up under the city of Jiangning, but the soldiers finally came to the city, and some equipment behind them was barely transported, but the city began to throw wooden stones down, and there were countless casualties.

As for the city gate below, dozens of soldiers rushed with thick logs, but they did not move, and a large piece of bluestone was thrown on the city, so frightened that the soldiers who hit the gate threw the logs and ran, but they were still killed more than half of them.

As for the cloud ladder that had just reached the head of the city, before it could be caught, it was directly overturned by the Song soldiers at the head of the city with bows and arrows, and it was impossible to climb the people easily.

Fang Qifo looked at the rear for a while, and saw that the casualties were too heavy, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and the holy army attacked Jiangning City for the first time, and it was declared a failure......

(End of chapter)