Wu Sangui arched his hand and said: "This stone city is really difficult to break!" ”

"It's not the prince of Pingxi, are you procrastinating? If it weren't for the auxiliary soldiers and the general's cannons, I'm afraid that the thieves' city would have been taken at this time! It won't give the thieves time to build this stone city! The matter has come to this, only the prince finds a way to break the city! After Ai Xing finished speaking, he walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army.

In fact, Ai Xing Ah didn't know that even if Wu Sangui didn't wait for the general's cannon, but attacked the city directly as soon as he came, although Wang Xinyu's stone city was not completed at that time, there was also a way to deal with the Qing army. Once the Qing army attacked and captured the first and second earthen cities as quickly as possible, Wang Xinyu would simply abandon the unfinished stone castle, retreat his troops to the mountain, and use trebuchets to block the avenue below the mountain and attack the Qing army under the mountain. Wu Sangui wanted to go over, so he could only attack the mountain hard.

Want to attack the mountain? That Wang Xinyu had a hundred ways to make the Qing army lose a lot of money halfway up the mountain.

In fact, Wu Sangui also saw this, so he didn't attack as soon as he came. Otherwise, his losses now will only be greater.

Watching Ai Xing Ah walk out of the Chinese army's tent, Wu Sangui's heart was full of 10,000 alpacas. Although Ai Xing Ah is only a general of Pingxi, on the surface, he is not as big as him, the prince of Pingxi, but Ai Xing Ah is a Manchurian, and this person has been ordered by the Empress Dowager, Wu Sangui did not dare to resist, so he could only decide to attack again.

Walking out of the tent and looking at the strangely shaped fortress, Wu Sangui was thinking about how to break the city.

Storm? Practice proved that a strong attack was not advisable, and the Qing army did not know how much blood it would have to shed to break through the city.

Shelled? The Hongyi cannon can't hit that high.

Digging tunnels? The city is on a high place, how big is this tunnel? It is estimated that it will take more than a month to dig at the foot of the city wall, and there may be stones in the mountain, so don't even think about digging through.

Wu Sangui had a resentful thought in his heart: If Aixing Ah Neng dies at this time, it will be good! But how do you kill him? There seems to be almost no possibility. During the siege, the Manchurians would not charge in front. Unless their own people are almost dead.

"I regret not listening to Liu Xuanchu! It would be nice if Mr. Liu was by his side now! He must have a way! Wu Sangui was extremely annoyed. At that time, he wanted to take this opportunity to show his loyalty to the imperial court, so he was in a hurry to send troops.

"Father-in-law. What are we going to do? You can't compromise all of these brothers, can you? If our people are gone, the court will not use us anymore! Wu Guogui asked worriedly.

"Dashuai!" Gao Dejie arched his hand and said, "The last general has just attacked for one day, and he has lost more than 4,000 people and more than 1,000 veterans!" The city is unscathed! The loss of the thief is estimated to be no more than five hundred! If we continue to fight according to such a battle loss ratio, I am afraid that all of our 100,000 troops will be lost here, and we will not be able to get by! ”

Wu Sangui said with a solemn face: "The pseudo-Jin king has thirty or forty thousand people, if we lose it like this, there are no three or four hundred thousand people to fill it, and we can't fill this city!" ”

Xia Guoxiang said: "Dashuai, if Liu Xuanchu is here." I'm afraid there is a way! ”

As if he remembered something, Wu Sangui ordered Xia Guoxiang: "You immediately take a fast horse back to Kunming, and you can arrive in two days at an expedited speed of 400 miles!" Hurry up and invite Mr. Liu to this king! Mr. Liu must have a way! ”

"Piercing!" Xia Guoxiang retreated.

Wu Sangui went to Ai Xing again, and begged for a few days of grace in a low voice: "General Pingxi! This king is now going to invite the military advisor! As long as Liu Junshi arrives, there will definitely be a good way to break the city! ”

Ai Xing Ah snorted from his nostrils: "Okay! Then the general will give you another six days! If Liu Junshi arrives, and you still resist the decree, then this general will definitely go to the court to join you! When the time comes, soldiers from Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Shaanxi will come to your aid! Lord Wang, you better weigh it! ”

Kunming, 800 miles away. Liu Xuanchu's house.

Deng Hong came to Kunming yesterday, and after arriving in Kunming, he contacted Liu Xuanchu with the help of the Heaven and Earth Society. So Liu Xuanchu found a way to let Deng Hong enter the city and go to his mansion. At this time, in the city of Kunming. There are no Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banner soldiers stationed, and there are not many soldiers in Pingxi Wangfu, only Wu Yingqi's 3,000 people are stationed.

"Deng Gongzi, come. You and I are old friends! Cheers! Liu Xuanchu picked up his wine glass.

Deng Hong raised his glass: "Mr. Liu!" Cheers to this one! ”

The two drank a glass of wine, and then Deng Hong spoke: "Mr. Liu, I'm afraid that the prince of Pingxi will go on this expedition because it is not good!" The Burmese army was defeated by us. The city of Ava is so surrounded that not even a fly can fly into it! Our Qiongzhou soldiers have already joined the King of Jin and set up an ambush on the way to Burma for the Prince of Pingxi, and it is estimated that at this time, the Prince of Pingxi has suffered heavy losses! ”

"The prince refused to listen to the old man's advice and insisted on sending troops, and the old man couldn't do anything!" Liu Xuanchu sighed.

Deng Hong arched his hand: "Mr. Liu, if nothing else, the prince of Pingxi will definitely send someone to ask you to go to the front line to help him give advice!" The matter has come to this point, and only you can help the prince of Pingxi! ”

"Help? How can the old man help? The old man went, but he could only persuade the prince of Pingxi to withdraw his troops as soon as possible and return to Kunming. At this point, the only way to do this is to withdraw your troops! Thirty-six plans to go up! Liu Xuanchu shook his head helplessly.

"But Mr. Liu, do you know that the prince also wants to withdraw the army, but he can't! Because someone forced him to attack! The prince doesn't want to lose his troops! If I'm not mistaken, the person sent by the prince to pick up Mr. Liu must already be on the way! When Mr. Liu goes, the prince will definitely let you give you advice on how to break the city! Deng Hong pretended to be sad.

Liu Xuanchu didn't pick up the topic immediately, but picked up the chopsticks, pointed to the food on the table and said, "Come, Deng Gongzi will drink and eat first, the food is almost cold!" The old man doesn't have a cook here, these dishes are made by the chefs of Pingxi Palace! Try the king's cooking skills like flowers! Come on, eat more! This fish is our specialty here, eat it while it's hot! ”

Deng Hong picked up the chopsticks, sandwiched a piece of Dianchi special sweet and sour goldenrod, put it in his mouth, and praised endlessly: "Good fish!" This fish is delicious and delicious! Compared to the sea fish that the younger generations often eat at the beach, it has a different flavor! ”

The two picked up their wine glasses and touched a glass again, and Liu Xuanchu slowly said at this time: "The prince doesn't listen to the advice, the old man goes over there, and he can only help the prince to give advice, and when the time comes, you and I will meet each other, and I hope that the Qiongzhou army can give our prince a way to live!" If the prince's strength is too much damaged, and the court changes someone, I'm afraid it will be bad for you and me! ”

Deng Hong arched his hand and said: "The prince is bent on going his own way, and the root of it is all in that Ai Xing'a!" If Ai Xing Ah is killed, the prince will naturally withdraw his army! ”

The old man understands this, too. But this love star is full of people, how can he charge into battle? Liu Xuanchu smiled bitterly.

Deng Hong smiled: "As long as Mr. Liu and Wang Ye can cooperate, we will naturally have a way!" ”

"What's the solution?" Liu Xuanchu asked anxiously.

"Mr. Liu tried his best to attack the city! When the time comes, we will naturally abandon the city and lead your people to the mountains and forests along with the Eight Banners of Manmeng! Of course, you're going to suffer a lot! But we'll make up for you! And you have lost, the court knows how powerful the King of Jin is, and will definitely increase the salary of the prince, which is not a bad thing! We still have a lot of places to cooperate in the future! Deng Hong replied with a smile.

"Yes! If the prince's troops are too damaged, the Tartar court will definitely give him more troops and salaries, so that the prince's status will only be higher! The court will trust him even more! But there is one thing, the prince has a few favorite generals, I hope you can be merciful. Liu Xuanchu arched his hand.

"Please rest assured Mr. Liu! We're going to do business with you! If we get too much into a feud, don't do this business! By the way, the younger generation came this time and brought samples of two things, but there is no mass production yet, if we can work together, we can produce these things in large quantities, and then the prince will sell them everywhere. As he spoke, Deng Hong took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms and handed them over.

"What is this?" Liu Xuanchu asked.

"It's a cigarette, also called a cigarette. At present, production has begun in Singapore, come, Mr. Liu will smoke one! Deng Hong unpacked the cigarette box, took out a cigarette and handed it over.

Liu Xuanchu was originally a pipe, the first time he saw this kind of cigarette was very curious, took it, lit the cigarette, took a deep breath, only felt that the taste and refreshing effect of this cigarette is better than the pipe I don't know how much better, drinking wine and smoking this kind of cigarette, it is simply a fairy-like life. So Liu Xuanchu praised endlessly: "Not bad! This is indeed a good thing! ”

"As long as we can cooperate, we will let you princes monopolize this kind of thing! No one else can get this kind of cigarette, only the prince can get it from us. ”

Liu Xuanchu laughed and said, "This kind of thing is just wrapping up the tobacco!" As long as others have seen it once or twice, everyone knows how to imitate it, how can it be sold at a good price? ”

"Then please Mr. Liu try it, just take some shredded tobacco and wrap it in paper, and then see how it tastes?" Deng Hongdao.

Liu Xuanchu opened his cigarette pouch, took out a little tobacco, and asked someone to bring a piece of paper, wrap the tobacco in it and roll it up, and take another puff, feeling completely different from the taste of the Singapore cigarette just now. The tobacco in this tobacco wrap only feels very bitter and choking when you smoke it, but the cigarette has a refreshing feeling.

"Mr. Liu, there is a special recipe for our kind of cigarettes, and the tobacco leaves are also made with special procedures! So it feels much better than regular tobacco! Outsiders don't know these recipes and production methods, and the imitation cigarettes are shoddy and difficult to eat, and they will definitely not sell at a good price! Deng Hong said with a smile.

"There is such a good thing to make money! Oh, and what about the other good thing? Liu Xuanchu's eyes emitted a fine light and stared directly at Deng Hong.

"That thing is relatively big, inconvenient to carry, if Mr. Liu wants to see it, then please go to the place where the juniors are staying to see it." (To be continued.) )