The south city gate of Suzhou is called Panmen, and it was called Panmen in ancient times. It has a long history and was built by Wu Zixu, a famous minister in the Spring and Autumn Period.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, King Wu ordered Wu Zixu to build the capital of Wu, and Panmen was one of the eight gates of Wudu. Because there was a wooden dragon hanging on the door, in order to show the deterrence of the king of Yue Goujian, and because of its "water and land half, along the bending of the line", it was named.

The difference between Panmen and other city gates is also in these eight characters...... The waterways of Suzhou City are vertical and horizontal, and this Panmen is an extremely rare ancient city gate with "water and land gates side by side".

In the eleventh year of Zheng, Zhang Shicheng added to the Panmen, and built a very strong "urn city" in the Panmen, coupled with the characteristics of the original Panmen "water and land double gates" juxtaposed, making this Panmen the most easy to defend and difficult to attack in the whole Suzhou City.

"Then Zhu Su Xiao'er just thought about breaking his head, and he definitely didn't think that we would turn to attack Panmen......" Zhang Li stood at the bow of the ship with his arms open, looking at the tall and majestic Panmen City Tower in front of him. This pan door is his father Zhang Shicheng after several additions, painstaking management, if you guard this door, it is enough to be closed, ten thousand people do not open.

Its solidity is well known in the city of Suzhou.

If the city is suddenly attacked from here, the soldiers and people in the city will be shocked and inexplicable, and then they will be in chaos without a fight......

Perhaps with the help of providence, this afternoon, the already obscene and rainy sky actually drifted into a fog. This is gratifying to Zhang Li, with the cover of fog, the traces of the army's movement will definitely be better hidden from the city. The Otida, who has always been superstitious, danced with joy, thinking that this was the god Amaterasu who wanted to inflict "heavenly punishment" on Suzhou City.

So, Zhang Li and Uitian followed the original plan, leaving more than 100 Japanese people in the village as suspicious soldiers, and the rest took advantage of the fog to quietly retreat to an estuary. By the river, the fleet of ships carrying them was waiting for the night, and then they were carrying them to the Panmen Water Gate......

This is Zhang Li's plan: use Yang Lu to open the Panmen Water Gate, and then attack the city along the river to seize the city!

"Zhu Su'er is good at tricks. Second son, I'll wait or be safe......" Ma Fengsun stood next to Zhang Li, looking at the dark pan door in the distance, but there was always a strange feeling in his heart. That night, when I encountered an ambush in front of Pishi Street, I seemed to have a vague feeling like this.

"Now, the second son, you are the hope of my Zhang family, if you fold here, King Cheng will be considered to be the queen."

Zhang Li pursed the corners of his lips, only feeling so noisy. A little impatiently said: "Uncle Ma was frightened by that Zhu Su child. So much so that the wind is loud, and the grass and trees are soldiers. ”

"Yang Lu is the commander of the Suzhou Guard, if Zhu Su Xiao'er didn't have his help, how many soldiers would he have?"

"What's more, the eldest brother has already folded in the city, if we let go of this opportunity again, without the city as the foundation, when will we be able to achieve great things? What's more, if I can't break the city, and I don't have the gold and silver treasures in the city as a servant, how can I explain to Uida-kun? ”

"If there is no support from these Japanese people on the sea, my Zhang clan is afraid that they will be robbed and wiped out by the Japanese in a few months. I wait for the obligation to retreat, can't Uncle Ma figure it out? ”

Ma Fengsun was speechless for a while. What Zhang Li said, he also knows. Raising troops now is a desperate fight.

The soldiers have been drifting on the sea for many years, and they are already physically and mentally exhausted. If you wait any longer, I am afraid that in a few years, these soldiers and generals left by King Cheng will completely become a gang of thieves at sea. What's more, this time is indeed a rare opportunity to raise troops, and if they wait, the stronger Zhu Ming becomes, the more they will have no chance.

But according to the current situation, it is obviously useless to attack head-on. Then tonight is the final breakthrough.

"That's it." Ma Fengsun gritted his teeth. "What the second prince said is very true, but for the sake of safety, when you enter the city gate for a while, let the old man take people and those widows into the city first,"

The second prince waited outside the city. If the old man is fine, it will not be too late for the second son to enter the city gate again. ”

"If the old man has something to do......"

“…… Can. Zhang Li thought about it and nodded. It's always good to be on the safe side. He was shot by Zhu Su with a crossbow under the city that day, and he already deeply understood the truth that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

Ma Fengsun saw that Zhang Li only said a word, and he did not have the slightest praise for his spontaneous move to explore the way to die, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: In this way, it seems that the son born by Zhu Chongba is far better than the son born to King Cheng. That Zhu Su is much younger than the eldest son and the second son, but he is wise and decisive, decisive in killing, talking and laughing, pressing businessmen, relieving disaster victims, setting up ambushes, and the hearts of the townspeople......

Will such a character really be planted on top of this "sound and attack" between himself and his second son?

That's it...... Ma Fengsun thought to himself. If you really fall into this urn, then you should use the old man, a good Liuyang leader, to thank King Cheng for his kindness in the past......

On this side, Ma Fengsun was already secretly pregnant with the will to die, and on the other side, the Panmen City Tower was getting closer and closer to their fleet. Seeing that it is about to enter the range of the bow and crossbow equipment in the city.

On the ship, Ma Fengsun, Zhang Li, and even the rest of the remaining soldiers of the Zhang clan couldn't help but get nervous.

This is the first hurdle they have to face: whether they can really hide people's eyes and ears and quietly reach the city of Suzhou!

The generals and the Japanese had already been ordered, and at this time they all lay down in the boat, holding their breath and concentrating. Zhang Li clenched his fists even more: at this time, these people under his command were basically in an unguarded state. The boats are lined up in the river, and it is not easy to turn around.

If there was a rain of arrows in the city at this time, or even just a rocket fired, it could cause chaos, making it difficult for the fleet, which was sailing down the narrow river, to become a living target under the bow and crossbow equipment of the Ming army in the city.

What made Zhang Li even more concerned was that because the Onida clan was a guest army he had invited, he was unwilling to take too many risks. Therefore, the army of his descendants was the first to open the way for the Japanese people in Osida. If there is a vigilance in the real city, the family funds that you have worked so hard to save will become a substitute for the dead to delay the time of the widows, so as to bear unimaginable losses alone.

Thankfully, however, there was no sound from the city until more than half of the ships were within range of the city's crossbows. Zhang Li's face was overjoyed, and he turned to Ma Fengsun and said, "Uncle Ma, it seems that you are indeed too worried." ”

"There isn't even a torch on this city wall, it must be that Yang Lu according to what we said, and found the head to transfer the soldiers patrolling the city wall."

"I'm waiting to retake this city, and it's the day I think it's over!"

(End of chapter)