Under the city of Jiangning, the atmosphere in the camp of the Song army was slightly relaxed.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the only reliance of the Southern Tang Dynasty is the Yangtze River natural insurance.

However, General Cao first pretended to patrol the river and smuggled across Hukou, and then fought in Chizhou, Tongling, Wuhu, Dangtu, and Quarshiji, and finally succeeded in forcibly crossing the Yangtze River.

Before crossing the river, they fought for a long time, and in less than a month after crossing the river, they successfully besieged the capital.

However, because the winning streak was fast and urgent, and even the final forced crossing of the Yangtze River was a time difference, in this case, it was naturally difficult for the Song army to carry any exquisite siege equipment.

Therefore, in the face of Jiangning's fortified city, encircling the point to send reinforcements became the only option, but Cao Bin also encouraged his subordinates, saying that Jiangning City would be broken this year.

It sounds outrageous, but Cao Bin's command is all excited.

After all, in the face of such a strong city, as long as the morale of the defenders is not discharged, then defending it for three or five months is like playing, and a year and a half is just leisure.

During the Three Kingdoms, Lü Meng crossed the river in white clothes, and then Mi Fang offered the city, and this kind of strong city was broken in one day, which is extremely rare.

is also because of this, when Cao Bin heard the boast of the visitor, even if he didn't believe it at all, he inevitably became curious:

"Where's the weapon? Take me to see it! If there is no boasting effect......"

Speaking of which, Cao Bin made a difficulty.

Although the army was outside, Cao Bin and Zhao Guan's family exchanged letters every two days, so he also knew something about the situation in the court.

But it was precisely because he knew that Cao Bin couldn't understand the court at this time.

When he led the army to the expedition, the official family treated the king of Jin with great honor, almost like the rumors in the streets and alleys, this official family of Zhao and Song may really be passed down from brother to brother.

But after the expedition, the changes in the situation in Bianliang City can be said to be dizzying.

In October, he wrote a letter to the official family, saying that he had successfully crossed the river, and he would definitely tie Li Yu back to the official family within a year at the latest!

The official replied without hesitation and praised the battle of crossing the river at Quarry Rock, and then only mentioned lightly at the end of the letter:

"King Jin suddenly became insane and attempted to assassinate, Guohua should not worry, and should focus on the war."

A simple single sentence made Cao Bin read it more than ten times, but it was still hard to believe that King Jin had lost his favor like this, and he simply had a sense of inauthenticity.

As the war continued to advance, it was not until several battles that Lianjie successfully besieged Jiangning in January that Cao Bin finally digested the news.

But what he didn't expect was that the official family told him again that after the assassination of the King of Jin, he regretted it every day, and now he has wished to enter the empty door of the Yi Jue and received the degree to become a monk in Xiangguo Temple, and the law is empty Jiong.

Needless to say, this is another kind of impact on Cao Bin.

It is also because of this that the news that the official family ordered Zhao Dezhao to take up the post of leading the Ministry of Labor became dazzling in his eyes.

After all, as we all know, the son of the official family died early, and Zhao Dezhao was known as the second son, but in fact he was the eldest son, and now the king of Jin has become a master of Kongjiong, if you talk about succeeding the emperor, who can compete with Zhao Dezhao?

Therefore, it stands to reason that Cao Bin should say some words like a mountain of military orders at this moment, and agree with the other party that he can't break Jiangning City within the time limit.

But thinking about the identity of the envoy of the other party's Ministry of Industry, Cao Bin suddenly became undecided.

Unexpectedly, the person on the other side seemed to have penetrated his mind, and patted his chest on the spot and promised:

"When I came, His Highness had already said that I would like to make a military order within a time limit of thirty days!"

This made Cao Bin smile, and laughed again and again that destroying the Southern Tang Dynasty was already a must-win situation, why should it be so?

Just like this, the footsteps in the guest room did not stop, and when he came to the riverside, Cao Bin also saw the true appearance of the "sharp weapon" that came to the house.

The scattered parts were neatly stacked on the ship, and judging from the flags hung, Cao Bin judged in his heart that most of the other party was galloping from Bianliang.

In fact, this is also where Cao Binwei Jiangning feels confident that he will win.

After the soldiers besieged Jiangning, the boat sent by Bianliang entered the Huai River through the Bianqu, and then entered the Yangtze River from the Hangou, running through the north and south, and there was no hindrance.

The money and grain of Bianliang can be transported here by waterway, and it is not a matter of holding a handle to surround a lonely city without worrying about logistics?

Cao Bin was finally able to board the ship after inspecting the seals, but he was not very knowledgeable, so even if he looked at the parts, he could not see anything famous.

"Instead of wasting his efforts here, the general should order the forbidden army to stone bombs or burn mud pills."

Just when Cao Bin was still thinking hard, he heard someone say this, and when he turned around, he saw a person who looked like an old farmer.

"But Master Yu?"

Cao Bin knew that the master in charge of the Ministry of Engineering was named Yu Hao.

Waving his hand, Yu Hao didn't like to be false and wronged here, but said earnestly:

"The principle of this thing is simple, but if you want to rely on it to break the city, you need to weigh the boulder, as well as throw bombs, stone pills and mud pills."

"If the general wants to follow the reason, he only needs to wait for the bombs to be dropped and the stone cannons are fired, and the reason will be self-evident."

"If you are ready to drop bombs one day earlier, you can go down to Jiangning City one day earlier, and the general can also make meritorious contributions one day earlier."

Seeing Yu Hao so serious, Cao Bin's previous suspicions about this "sharp weapon" disappeared, and he was simply a person, and after making up his mind, he asked Yu Hao about the weight stones needed and the weight and size of the bomb, and then left in a hurry.

If he could choose, between breaking the city in January and returning to Beijing to report his merits and spending a year besieging Jiangning City, he would of course choose the former without hesitation.

The Song army besieging Jiangning City was slightly scattered, while the Southern Tang Army besieged Jiangning City lost its fighting spirit early.

It is impossible to go to war, and the Song army can't attack it, so it can only survive by relying on the high walls of Jiangning City.

However, in the past two days, the defenders of Jiangning City also found that the Song army outside suddenly began to get busy.

Those with good eyes can vaguely see that the Song army seems to have set up several large furnace pits and seems to be firing something, and there are conscientious soldiers who went to find the commander to report, but what they got was an indifferent answer:

"Then the Song army has neither a flying ladder nor a nest car, what city to attack?"

After waiting for another two days, seeing that things similar to stone carts were erected in the Song army's array, and some soldiers went to look for the chief, and finally called the chief to the city wall, but the chief who is said to have been traced back to the surname of the two Jin Dynasty did not care after looking at it twice:

"What's the use of a hair-making stone car? Jiangning City is high, even if you throw a few stone bombs, it will ......"

Before they finished speaking, the defenders of the Southern Tang Dynasty felt that the city walls seemed to shake.

The soldiers standing by the city wall could see clearly that several projectiles as large as grinding discs flew up from the Song army's formation, and smashed firmly on the city wall with a dull sound.

The officer surnamed Wang suddenly stopped talking, and shouted in a sharp voice as he ran towards the city:

"Thou shalt hold on to the city walls, and those who flee will be killed! I'm going to look for help! ”

Cao Bin under the city could see clearly, a stone bullet flew higher, and when he landed, he smashed a hole in the women's wall, which made him very happy:

"Order the rear army, burn some more mud bombs, and burn more angular ones!"

"Capturing Li Yu alive may not take a month!"

(End of chapter)

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