At the same time, the imperial army was getting closer and closer to Dengzhou, and the rebels withdrew their rangers scattered in all directions, preparing to hold the city and fight to the death with the officers and soldiers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the first day of September in the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), the Ming army arrived in Dengzhou and began to besiege the city. Dengzhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing the sea in the north, in order to avoid being attacked by the enemy at night, the commander Zhu Dadian summoned the generals, ordered to build a wall with mud and stones, and asked "it is thirty miles long, its height is like a city, and the east and west ends reach the sea", and the Dengzhou city is surrounded in it.

Hearing this order, Xia Nan refused deep down. In his opinion, it takes a lot of manpower and time to build a wall to surround the city, and he will do this only when his head is flooded, and he has never heard of a siege war fought like this, and he may encounter a fake siege battle.

Guan Ningjun also raised doubts, believing that this was of little value other than wasting the physical strength of the soldiers.

However, Zhu Dadian was the commander, and he forcibly passed this order despite the opposition of the generals. Military orders are like mountains, whether they are understood or not, they must be implemented, and the soldiers of the Ming army from all walks of life have no choice but to roll up their sleeves and start earthwork operations. Even the Guanning army dismounted, and the Qiongzhou battalion also put down its guns, picked up hoes and shovels, and made cameo appearances as engineers.

After all, there were many people and strength, and tens of thousands of troops went into battle, and it only took five days to build a wall to surround Dengzhou.

I have to say that Zhu Dadian still has a vicious eye. After the siege of the city, the rebels in the city often sent cavalry, under the cover of more than 20 Hongyi cannons at the head of the city, they went out of the city to fight, today from the east gate, tomorrow they will change to the south gate, and the day after tomorrow they will change to the west gate, which is impossible to prevent. Except for the Guanning army, the Ming army was mainly infantry, and if it was not covered by a 30-mile-long wall, it would have been completely passive under the bombardment of artillery and the impact of cavalry -- if the infantry did not form a formation, it would be difficult for them to resist the cavalry, and after forming a formation, they would be bombarded by the artillery at the head of the city.

Under the cover of the wall, the Ming army was able to calmly cope with the attacks of the rebels. The two sides often invested thousands of cavalry, infantry and artillery to engage in large-scale field battles between the "wall" and the city walls, and each side won and lost.

Although the Ming army besieged Dengzhou to the fullest, it was afraid of the huge firepower of the city wall, and never launched a large-scale siege battle. Someone suggested a night attack to Zhu Dadian, but the defense of Dengzhou was too strict, the city wall was brightly lit, and each battlement was defended by five people at night.

The war reached a stalemate, Zhu Dadian, who was the commander-in-chief, was at a loss, and the Chinese army's tent was brightly lit all night, and the generals from all walks of life were convened to discuss several times, but no result was discussed.

One night, Xia Nan yawned and returned to his camp from the Chinese army's tent, and when he passed by Xie Wenjun's camp, he found that there were lights on inside, and whispering voices came out, and he felt a little strange, didn't these two girls sleep so late?

In the tent are Xie Wenjun and Shimazu Chiyo. For safety reasons, coupled with the difference between men and women, Shimazu Chiyo, who originally protected him, was sent to protect Xie Wenjun closely, no matter how female this guy is, Chiyo is still a woman after all, and he can cut people, there is no more suitable person than her.

Xia Nan asked curiously at the door, "Miss Xie, it's so late, haven't you slept yet?" ”

The conversation inside stopped abruptly, and after a while, Xie Wenjun's voice came out: "We happened to talk about the stalemate of this war, if General Xia is not in a hurry to sleep, it is better to come in and discuss." ”

Xia Nan hesitated: "This ...... It's late at night, I'm a big man, can't I come in? "In fact, following the true thoughts in his heart, he still doesn't mind going in and sitting, in the barracks, there are rough men everywhere, and it is also excellent to be able to talk about life and ideals with the two girls at night, and wash his eyes. Needless to say, Xie Wenjun's appearance is beautiful and delicious, and it is very eye-catching, even if it is a female man, Shimazu Chiyo, regardless of personality, just looking at her appearance, her lips are red and her teeth are white, her body is fit, and Xie Wenjun is also good at each other.

The curtain of the door was lifted, and Shimazu Chiyo flashed out, indeed dressed neatly, and there was no sign that he was going to bed. She bowed: "Lord, Miss Xie and I are not sleeping, there is nothing inconvenient." Miss Xie asked me to invite my lord in. ”

The girls are so active, and Xia Nan is not pretentious, so she happily raised her feet and entered the camp.

After entering the tent, a girl's unique body fragrance lingered in the air, Xia Nan suddenly felt relaxed and happy, and his thoughts were a little deserted, so that after sitting down, Xie Wenjun said a word, but he didn't listen to it.

Seeing that he didn't react, Xie Wenjun frowned and said, "General Xia, do you think it's child's play to discuss military aircraft affairs with me, and you don't bother to answer?" ”

"Huh?" Xia Nan reacted at this time, "Where is it, Miss Xie's foresight, I admire it very much, how can you think it's child's play?" He replied like this, but he was thinking in his heart, what did she say just now?

Xie Wenjun didn't have him, and continued: "Just now I discussed the battle of Dengzhou with the Chiyo girl, and I felt that it was not a way to spend so much......

Xia Nan knew that this was what he said, but he didn't expect the two girls to not sleep at night, but they actually the governor's heart, and they felt quite funny in their hearts. However, his face was very serious, and he said: "Yes, there are cannons at the head of Dengzhou City, and the casualties of the strong attack are too great, but it is not good to always surround and not fight." This war has dragged on for two years, and if it drags on any longer, I am afraid that the emperor will issue a decree to punish him. ”

Shimazu Chiyo interjected: "It's just a cannon, and the lord also has a cannon!" The fleet that wanted to be the lord fired 10,000 cannons at the beginning, and Tsurumaru Castle was powerless to fight back, and Chiyo will never forget that scene for the rest of his life. Why doesn't the lord repeat the trick? ”

Xia Nan's heart moved, but he immediately vetoed it. First, Dengzhou is not Tsurumaru City, between the coastline and the main city, there is also a water city, the distance is relatively far, and the height of the Dengzhou city wall is not comparable to the city of Little Japan, and the trick of bombarding Tsurumaru City is not easy to deal with Dengju City; Second, even if the naval artillery could reach Dengzhou City, it would not be a wise move to expose the true strength of the Qiongzhou Battalion Navy prematurely in front of the imperial court. If an important town like Dengzhou can be easily beaten, then can Tianjin Dagukou be easily razed? Is there no barrier in the capital?

However, Chiyo Shimazu's unintentional words inspired Natsunan, and he seemed to have captured a hint of inspiration.

"It's not good to use artillery bombardment at sea, but you can use it on land! Anyway, the thirty-mile wall has been built, so simply put the artillery mount up and bombard the rebels' Hongyi artillery! ”