The more Xia Nanyue thought about it, the more feasible he felt, and slapped his thigh and shouted, "Thanks to you for reminding me, I have thought of a way." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" said as he walked out, leaving Xie Wenjun and Shimazu Chiyo looking at each other.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhu Dadian looked at Xia Nan who had gone and returned, and repeated in his mouth: "Raise the cannon mount and shoot at the city?" ”

"That's right." Xia Nan excitedly explained, "We also have Hongyi cannons in our army, and their range and power are not inferior to those of the rebels, but they can't attack the city under the city, while the rebels can take advantage of the height of the city wall to attack us unscrupulously." If we can mount the cannon high and level with the city wall, we can shoot at the cannons of the thieves, and even attack the city directly, which will greatly damage the morale of the thieves. ”

Zhu Dadian couldn't help but nodded, and said, "It makes sense." "It is precisely because of the threat of rebel artillery that the Ming army is afraid when attacking the city, and Dengzhou City has been unable to take it for a long time, if the threat of the opponent's Hongyi artillery can be contained, then the siege will be much easier.

"However, the length and weight of the Hongyi cannon are not enough for a dozen steps wide earth and stone fence to accommodate, and it is necessary to build a fort for placing the cannon in a suitable position to consolidate and strengthen the foundation, so as not to collapse the wall as soon as the cannon is fired." Summer South continues to refine this proposal.

"Very good, so that the arrogance of the thieves can be defeated." Zhu Dadian has always been moody, and this time he couldn't help but laugh happily. It is no wonder that when the counterinsurgency battle comes to an end, it is just the last trembling, as long as Dengzhou is successfully recovered, the entire counterinsurgency campaign will be completed, and as the commander, he will naturally be able to achieve fame. If it is blocked by the rebels outside the city for a few months, the emperor will blame it, and the previous credit will be wasted.

Looking at Xia Nan, who offered a good policy, the more Zhu Dadian looked at it, the more pleasing it became, this person knows how to respect his superiors, he is also a good hand at training and fighting, he can be a man and do things, even if he is not his direct subordinate, it is worth cultivating with his heart, so he should make a good fate. The Ming Dynasty is now full of wolf smoke, the world is not peaceful, this kind of military generals who can fight are very popular, maybe one day they will be a supervisor or something like that, to suppress the rogues or fight the Tartars, you can transfer this army, with this counterinsurgency friendship, the command is also smoother.

Adhering to this line of thinking, Zhu Dadian was about to hand over the task of building the fort to Xia Nan and give him this credit, but as soon as he said: "The construction of the fort will be up to ......", but was interrupted by Gao Qiqian.

"Lord Zhu, leave the matter of the war to the military generals, and leave this kind of trivial matter to our family, and our family guarantees that this matter will be handled properly."

Zhu Dadian and Xia Nan's eyes widened, and they both looked at Gao Qidive, this is the rhythm of grabbing credit! It is said that the construction of the fort was a strategy proposed by Xia Nan, and he had nothing to say about his execution, but the eunuch of the dignified prison put down his body to rob it, and Xia Nan really couldn't grab it.

Zhu Dadian watched it for a long time and found that Gao Qiqian was serious, so he had to pinch his nose and agree: "Since Gonggong Gao is willing to deign to do these trivial things, then there is work." ”

Gao Qiqian replied proudly: "They are all errands for the emperor, and the envoys do not distinguish between high and low, and our family also wants to do something for the counterinsurgency!" Gao Qiqian prides himself on being a "knowing soldier", and often creates an image in front of Chongzhen that he understands military affairs and can fight, but he stays in the stage of mouth cannons, and he has never fought a war at all. Nowadays, the construction of forts is a thing, there is no risk of war, it is a ready-made merit, and then bombard Dengzhou City, and wait for Dengzhou to recover after you can put gold on your face, which is called "Gao Gonggong bombarded Dengzhou City, Kong Youde's army defeated and dedicated the city".

Xia Nan smiled helplessly, although this credit was just icing on the cake for him, but no one would be too much credit, and it was still very unpleasant to be cut off by a dead eunuch. But what can be done, at present, his strength can't move a eunuch of this level at all, so he can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

With the motivation of merit and fame and fortune, Gao Qiqian was full of energy, after checking and comparing, the location of the fort was selected to be built in the south gate of Dengzhou near the list of mountains (now the south of Penglai City), and in ten days a fort with a height and width no less than the Dengzhou city wall was built, and the base was all bluestone, which was extremely strong. Gao Qiqian was very proud of his masterpiece, named the fort "Gongcheng", and transported all the more than a dozen Hongyi cannons in the army to bombard the city.

Since then, the rumbling cannon sound resounded in the sky every day, a moment without stopping, after having the "gun city", the original worry-free Dengzhou City was also in the range of the Hongyi cannon, many military camps, private houses collapsed under the artillery fire, countless casualties, the military and civilians in the city fell into a panic, the local people who dared not speak out under the high pressure of the rebels gradually began to be uneasy, under the internal and external troubles, a kind of mountain rain is about to come and the atmosphere of the wind is full of buildings shrouded the entire Dengzhou City.

Dengzhou Governor Yamen.

Amid the rumbling of cannons, the leaders of the rebels gathered to discuss what to do next.

Li Jiucheng's death was a heavy blow to the rebels, not only the morale of ordinary soldiers was frustrated, but the inner circle of the rebels was in a state of leaderlessness, Kong Youde could not control the situation at all, except for the support of Wang Zideng and other old people in Liaodong, Li Jiucheng's son Li Yingyuan and others completely disobeyed his control. In such a situation, every decision made by the rebels must be consulted by everyone, and no one can give orders directly.

Originally, the rebels took advantage of the strong city and artillery, and they were able to hold on, and the contradictions did not break out. However, as soon as the "Gongcheng" was built, the cannons were fired, and the last reliance of the rebels was gone, and the city was increasingly lacking in food, it was unrealistic to continue to hold on, and no one was willing to live and die with Dengzhou City, and there were only two ways in front of the rebel generals: one was to surrender the city, and the other was to escape from the north gate.

The first path to surrender is risky. Since the rebels started their troops, they have used the excuse of appeasement several times to play with the imperial court, first using Sun Yuanhua's idea of appeasement to force Dengzhou without blood, and then attacking Dengzhou City with a combination of inside and outside, and later lying under Laizhou City to accept appeasement, booby-trapping Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, and Xie Lian, the then governor of Denglai, almost attacked Laizhou City. There are too many stories about the wolf's coming, and no one believes it.

Wang Zideng said even more directly: "I have teased the court many times before, even if we are willing to be appeased now, I'm afraid no one will dare to take this risk." Zhu Dadian is not Xie Lian, he is very cunning and cunning, and he will not risk his career, not to mention that now that he has the chance to win, he will never choose to appease. ”

Neither Kong Youde nor Li Yingyuan and others could deny this, so everyone unanimously decided that this road was impassable, so there was only one choice left: abandon the city and flee!