Chapter 76 River embankment

First, Sheng Yong led his army to attack the camp outside the city at night, and then Tie Xuan pretended to surrender, and King Yàn repeatedly sent people to persuade him to surrender... Nothing was helpful, and in the end they could only fight hard in Jinan City through a thick and tall city wall.

In order to prevent the official army from leaving the city to fight back, a fortification was built outside Jinan City, with fences and trenches, which were built outside the range of artillery shells.Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse to patrol the battlefield behind the barriers, and he was determined not to be a trench.

kill!Kill... The fire surged into the sky under the city wall, and many soldiers were holding shields and pushing the ladder, shouting and rushing towards the city wall.Thick smoke filled the sky, with white smoke and black smoke burning with harsh tinder.

Rockets dotted in the smoke, like fireflies in the twilight, even more gorgeous than the fireworks on New Year's Eve.

There were also large ceramic trunks thrown by Huihui cannons, which were stuffed with big firecrackers, and exploded everywhere, with porcelain fragments splashing on all sides.

Boom boom boom... Cannons roar up and down the city walls, and muskets flashed densely.

Zhu Gaoxu felt his ears buzzing.With guns and cannons flickering in the world, he had the illusion of being in the TV series of the Anti-Japanese War, as if he had already entered the era of hot weapons.

It has been besieging Jinan City for more than two months, and except for creating countless corpses, there is basically no effect.Although King Yàn is good at fighting, he cannot escape the limitations of the times.

Zhu Gaoxu thought of the common explosive packs in film and television that exploded bunkers. Now there is gunpowder, and it is still powerful to bury it underground... However, the amount of gunpowder required will be much stronger; the Jinan city wall is much stronger than the bunker. Although there is no cement, rammed earth worth more than ten meters thick is not something that ordinary bombs can explode.

King Yàn has only controlled a few prefectures around Peking. I have never heard of a large number of saltpeter mines. It is probably not easy to get so much gunpowder.

At this moment, deep in the smoke outside the barriers, many soldiers turned around in a mess, and obviously the attack was fruitless.

People pushed wheelbarrows and stretchers, and carried the wounded soldiers back.

During the retreat, the howling and moan of wounded soldiers came from everywhere.

Many people rushed into the village gate and sat behind the barrier in a mess. Some were lamenting and some were shouting: Go and call people and bring all the injured into the camp.

Ah… A scream came from a distance.

Two soldiers were taking off a wounded soldier's armor and clothes. The wounded soldier's left arm and left leg was covered in black, and a burnt smell of meat mixed with the stinky smell of asphalt came to his face.

A soldier said: Brother, you have burned too many times. You can't get better, why don't you have a good time?

The wounded soldier just howled.

The soldiers advised again: I have seen such injuries last month, and that brother is rotten and maggots are growing!I can't die, and in the end I can't even eat, and I starve to death.Waiting for death every day is so miserable!

The wounded soldier shook his head and cried: I don’t want to die, save me...

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't say a word, so he rode his horse and hurriedly left here.It's really miserable, and he can't do anything about it.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a familiar person behind the barrier and thought about it for a while.The sitting soldier raised his head and shouted first: King Gaoyang...

Stone...what stone?Zhu Gaoxu pointed at him.

The young soldier struggled to stand up: The little one is called Jin Shitou.

Yes, Jin Shitou.Zhu Gaoxu showed a reluctant smile, you are not dead yet!

Jin Shitou raised his black and dirt-filled face. Prince, when will we beat him?

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, thinking in his mind that King Yàn had not decided to continue to attack or not. Now he was on the battlefield again, and he could not speak in front of the soldiers.

So he said: You should be about to capture Jinan City. There is a new strategy, but it cannot be said for the time being.

Zhu Gaoxu walked around the city and was almost the same everywhere. Then he stayed there for a while and asked Jin Shitou casually, "Have you been promoted?"

Jin Shitou kept shaking his head and cried. It doesn’t matter whether he or she is promoted or not. Many of the brothers I know are dead and disabled. I just want to go back alive.

Living is the most important thing.Zhu Gaoxu said with great agreement. After saying that, he shaking his horse's reins and leaving the place, leaving a sentence, and making contributions alive and being promoted.

Jin Shitou opened his eyes wide and looked at the battlefield where there was no grass growing and smoke.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu heard the sound of Jin Shitou behind him again, and turned his head to look on the horse's back slowly walking, and heard Jin Shitou muttering to his companion beside him, "I have a few acres of land, and the wheat has just been harvested. Now there are new buns made of noodles, which are roasted golden, fragrant and crispy."The ewe had a few lamb fur that could slippery and goat milk.When I woke up in the morning, my young wife heated the goat's milk and brought it over to look at me sweetly and smiled. She wanted to eat good things for me...

It seems that the army is gradually short of food!

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu inadvertently remembered that when King Yàn raised his army, the soldier was so happy to make achievements. Unexpectedly, a year later, he became like this.

He listened to the sound of cannons from far and near, and suddenly sighed secretly: People are like this. After the ordinary days are too long, they want to do something big; but one day they will understand that those stable days are light but beautiful.

Zhu Gaoxu took a breath, kicked the horse and accelerated it, and led his personal soldiers to the central army camp.

But King Yàn was not in the central army. Zhu Gaoxu asked a military general in the central army, where was my father?

The general said: If you go back to King Gaoyang, King Yàn will go to the Daji River.

Zhu Gaoxu heard that the person was clear and his etiquette was straightforward, so he couldn't help but take a look.

The general was also very clever and immediately said: When the last general first entered the command of King Yàn, he heard the legend of King Gaoyang's heroic achievements, which made people respect him!

Oh!Zhu Gaoxu smiled.

The general said again: The last general is called Ji Gang. If King Gaoyang sends him, he will give him a verbal command.

Oh... Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a little familiar, and remembered that he seemed to have heard of this name somewhere in his previous life. It seemed to be a villain?

But no matter what, those who can leave their reputations in their previous lives are definitely not ordinary people!

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: I think you are extraordinary. You will definitely achieve something in the future and do it well.

The general was overjoyed and said: Thank you, King Gaoyang for your kindness!

Zhu Gaoxu then rode his horse to the Daji River not far away, and saw the flags and soldiers, so he rushed up.Sure enough, I saw King Yàn and a group of civil servants on the riverside, pointing fingers.

When he arrived at King Yàn, Zhu Gaoxu came forward to pay his respects.King Yàn nodded and asked Zhu Gaoxu to follow him.

A civil servant was saying: With the height of the water surface of the Daji River, it cannot flood Jinan City, and can only soak in the corner of the wall. The water attack will not be effective after ten days.

The face of Yàn was very solemn and a little tired.

Zhu Gaoxu observed King Yàn for a while, and remembered what Jin Shitou had been talking about eating. He felt that the military rations could not be maintained for a long time. King Yàn probably had the idea of ​​withdrawing his troops.

Zhu Gaoxu also turned to look at the Daji River. The waves on the water rushed towards the riverside in the wind, but it quickly hit the river bank, splashing only white waves.

There is a thick embankment blocking it, and no matter how the river surging, it cannot break through the barrier.