Hu Guozhu recuperated from three days of wounds and then began to organize the army to attack again, and the accidental death of two important strategists around him because of his carelessness made his face a little serious and tragic, and he secretly reminded himself that he must be refreshed and not make such a fatal mistake again.

The army continued to attack the city according to the usual practice, this time Hu Guozhu directly gave up the north city and chose the other three cities, this style of play is also paid attention to in the art of war book, called the siege of three queyi, leaving a way for the soldiers in the city to retreat, the soldiers in the city will not fight to the death, and the besiegers are easier to break the city.

And there is no city gate in the north city, the army can only rely on the ladder to climb up, in this case the siege situation is not very optimistic, the soldiers at the head of the city have no other pressure, only need to use bows and arrows on the city wall and arrow tower to completely suppress, people can not raise the speed when climbing the ladder, it becomes their live target, it is much more difficult to break the city than other places, so Hu Guozhu decisively gave up the north city and chose the other three cities that are easier.

On this day, Hu Guozhu did not use any tricks, but fought fiercely with the soldiers defending the city for a day, and finally when the sky was getting dark, the two sides withdrew their troops, and the faces of the soldiers on both sides were full of exhaustion.

Hu Guozhu returned to the camp and the casualty statistics of the army have come out, and more than 5,000 people were killed in the battle on this day, not counting the wounded soldiers.

Seeing that Hu Guozhu's face was not very good-looking, the guard next to him coughed: "General, don't worry too much, the soldiers guarding the city are also injured." ”

"Most of the soldiers defending the city died under our bows and arrows and artillery, and the number of dead and wounded is very limited, I'm afraid that even 2,000 people can't reach it, and we are a little embarrassed in this battle."

"I can't say that, after all, this is Beijing City, since he became the national capital, except for those situations where the city surrendered in and out of the city, no one can really take it down, it's good for us to fight like this."

At this time, a strategist with a mustache next to him slowly spoke: "General, my subordinates have an idea." ”

Hu Guozhu's eyes lit up: "Let's take a look." ”

"From here to the northwest there is a mountain called Tianshou Mountain, where are the tombs of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty and all dynasties buried, if we dig the graves of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, the feng shui of the Ming Dynasty will be broken, and then our Zhou Dynasty will be able to dominate the world!"

Hu Guozhu's face sank: "Digging graves and digging graves is all a matter of cutting off children and grandchildren, aren't we afraid that the world will laugh at us when we do such things?" ”

The strategist was not nervous, he laughed: "General, what are we digging graves for, not to break through this Beijing city, if the Ming Dynasty emperor in the city watched us dig the graves of his ancestors and was indifferent, it is estimated that those generals will not have the heart to fight with him, if he goes out of the city, we will also fight with him in a dignified manner, lest they hide in Beijing as shrunken turtles!" ”

Hu Guozhu was moved, this is a good method, if you want to dig up graves, he will never do such a thing. Those who are familiar with him know that Hu Guozhu is a coarse and meticulous person, and since he is not a coarse person, he will not do such a coarse thing.

Digging graves and digging graves seems to be a good errand at the moment, at least he can hold the merits of the founding of the country in his hands, but after the founding of the country, the person sitting on the throne is always worried that the grave will be dug up after death, and it is destined to treat the grave digger as a negative example, and the first unlucky person at that time is Hu Guozhu.

The feudal dynasty relied on this method to maintain its rule, just like everyone knew that Hong Chengchou made great contributions when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, but in the Kangxi period, the first minister was him, and the Manchu court specially compiled a book in order to scold him, which is to tell everyone that if you betray your own court, even if you make great achievements, no one will treat you as a person.

Hu Guozhu is well aware of the truth, so he will never do such an angry thing, but he doesn't mind using this introduction to lure people out of the city.

On the second day, the soldiers above the city did not find any trace of Hu Guozhu's army, and soon news came from Jinyiwei: "Hu Guozhu's army suddenly rushed to the northwest at the third watch, and now it has stopped at the boundary of Tianshou Mountain to rest." ”

Cheng Xiaolian frowned tightly when he heard the news, what does Tianshou Mountain mean, everyone present knows that the reason why he pretended to be sick was to protect Tianshou Mountain, so he pulled the battlefield to the city of Beijing, but he didn't expect that the first thing Hu Guozhu did after the siege was frustrated was to choose Tianshou Mountain.

Yang Youcai saw this scene and hurriedly stood up and comforted: "Your Majesty, don't worry, then Hu Guozhu may not dare to risk the world's disapproval to do this kind of grave digging business, that is to cut off children and grandchildren." ”

Cheng Xiaolian doesn't know much about Hu Guozhu, the most of which is the tyrannical image of Hu Guozhu that he read when he was studying in later generations, he may not dare to do this kind of angry and resentful thing, in case he really makes him dig up the grave, in this era of respect for ghosts and gods, not only in the army, but also in the court, the morale of the court will be greatly affected, and many people are afraid that they will lose confidence because of the exhaustion of feng shui.

Cheng Xiaolian sighed: "Hu Guozhu is forcing us to go out to fight him, if we shrink our heads and don't go out, have you thought about what the consequences will be after he digs the grave?" ”

In this era, the emphasis is on God-given orthodoxy, and many people have not yet become the lord of a country, so that their behavior of seizing the world becomes justified. In addition, there are many legends of gods and ghosts, such as the red sky when he was born, and even the fact that his mother saw an immortal in a dream when she was pregnant with him, all of this is to strengthen the confidence of the followers, so that they know that the person who is following them is destined to be the emperor.

In this case, if the ancestral grave is dug up, it will be like positive propaganda will become negative propaganda, and everyone is full of confidence, but after encountering this kind of thing, whenever there are some small setbacks on the battlefield, it will probably be pushed to the emperor's body whose destiny has been lost and there is no hope of winning the country. If the people's hearts are scattered, it will be useless for the soldier immortal Han Xin to be resurrected.

Therefore, if the public opinion propaganda in this era is done well, it can quickly pull up a team, and if you prosper with this, you will die with it. Also because of public opinion, people's hearts will quickly collapse, and if they fail to stabilize the situation, they are afraid that they will be defeated like a mountain.

In this case, Cheng Xiaolian naturally couldn't hide in the city anymore, he glanced at Qin Yue who rushed over: "This time we have to send troops." ”

(End of chapter)