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- ?Guangji County (Meichuan Town, Wuxue City).
Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang commanded 100,000 troops, and also had countless civilian husbands. They claimed that an army of 800,000 came to attack.
Sun Kewang pointed to the brand-new city wall and said: "The construction started in July last year. What kind of cement was used to lay the bricks, with rammed earth in the middle and the foundation was not deep, so I think it will not be very strong."
"Can the main force of the enemy army be in the city?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.
Sun Kewang replied: "I'm not sure. In Zhao Han's territory, he dare not ride a horse to inquire, otherwise he will be arrested as a spy. Recently, the enemy has frequently mobilized, and recruited peasants, soldiers and peasants on the spot. It doesn't count."
Zhang Xianzhong thought about it: "Spread out a group of cavalry, go east to investigate the enemy's reality, and see if you can plunder Wujiaxue by the way."
Wujiaxue is on the bank of the Yangtze River. It was a commercial market town in the Ming Dynasty, which was later the urban area of ??Wuxue City.
As for the county government of Guangji, there was no fortification in the Ming Dynasty.
After Zhao Han occupied this place, he quickly built the city wall in half a year. The stone and compound soil are used as the base of the wall, the rammed earth is used as the city wall, and the wall is made of cement bricks. There is no moat, only a Meichuan River blocks it.
The cement brick wall is very brittle, and it will fall off when it is bombarded with artillery. It is purely to protect the earth wall inside from the wind and sun.
Strictly speaking, this is a traditional rammed earth city wall.
"Old horse, this time you lead the cavalry as the vanguard. Be careful when you encounter the enemy. Zhao Han's firecrackers are really powerful." Zhang Xianzhong instructed another person beside him.
This man is called Ma Shouying, nicknamed "Old Huihui".
In the fifth battalion of Gezuo, King Zuojin was killed in battle with the Ming army. Geliyan, King Gaishi, and King Chaoshi were killed by Zhang Xianzhong and annexed their tribes.
Now only Ma Shouying, the old Huihui, is left, and Zhang Xianzhong's territory is assigned to Yunyang. This man was from the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty, and the cavalry under his command included not only Han Chinese and Muslims, but also Mongols.
Zhang Xianzhong's army camped near Guangji County, and sent out a team of 2,000 cavalry as spies, while Lao Huihui took 5,000 elite cavalry and went straight to Huangmei County.
All villages in Guangji County have been fortified and cleared.
The people either retreated into the mountains in the northwest, or retreated into Guangji County. Zhang Xianzhong led his troops all the way, some seedlings had already been planted along the way, and some paddy fields were too late to transplant.
At this moment, the people defending the city looked at the enemy army outside, with hatred in their eyes.
Especially those farmers who have no time to transplant rice seedlings. They have already sowed seeds to grow seedlings, plowed the fields to store water, and finished all the work, leaving only the crucial step of transplanting rice seedlings. Once Zhang Xianzhong came, he did nothing for nothing, and the farming season had already been delayed!
The next day.
Zhang Xianzhong took out a pair of civilian binoculars, which Xizuo bought in Jiangxi.
He sent many spies out, and all of them had family members as hostages. But only half of them were able to come back, and they didn't know whether they were killed or stayed in Zhao Han's territory and refused to leave.
The city tower is densely packed, and the number of defenders is very large, but it seems that they are all miscellaneous soldiers.
Zhang Xianzhong put down the binoculars. He had an intuition that the regular army of Datong was not here. The city should be full of common people, and those who guard the city are also local people. According to the detailed report, every village in Zhao Han's territory has farmers and soldiers, and the defenders who want to come to Guangji County are mainly farmers and soldiers.
This city is not easy to fight. Although there is no regular army stationed there, the preliminary preparations are too sufficient!
No matter how difficult it is to fight, Zhang Xianzhong must be defeated.
Due to the terrain, the Yangtze River is to the south and the Dabie Mountains are to the north. Zhang Xianzhong's passage for dispatching troops is very narrow. If he didn't take the city and drove straight in, his food road was very dangerous, and it was very likely that the defenders in the city would run out and cut off.
A few days before the siege, craftsmen and peasants must be sent to build seven or eight pontoon bridges on the Meichuan River.
Zhang Xianzhong made people build bridges while cutting down trees to make siege equipment.
Some of the scattered cavalry headed southeast, and they tried to plunder the commercial market town of Wujiaxue.
When I rushed to the outside of the town, I saw that two wide ditches had been dug around the town. The farmers in the villages along the way had already evacuated, and most of them retreated to Wujiaxue Town for defense.
The horse team ran back to report the situation: "Your Majesty, there are deep trenches outside Wujiaxue Town, and only a few trenches are left that are narrow enough to pass through. The farmers along the way are gone. I am afraid they have withdrawn to the town. There may be 20,000 to 30,000 people in the town. .¡±
Zhang Xianzhong frowned when he heard this. His original strategy was to rob food along the way and coerce the people to keep marching.
But in the current situation, food cannot be grabbed, and the people cannot be coerced, so they can only slowly attack the cities one by one. This mother is still playing a ghost?
How much food and grass does Zhao Han have in his hand, so that he can play against the wall and clear the field!
&nHeaps of human lives, try to consume the defense supplies of the defenders.
Only when the supplies for defending the city were almost exhausted, Zhang Xianzhong would send elites to attack the city wall.
Ancient sieges were so cruel.
At the same time, Zhang Xianzhong was still digging a tunnel, trying to transport gunpowder through the tunnel to blow down the city wall.
In addition, several L¨¹gong vehicles are being manufactured, which are considered to be siege weapons.
Half a month later, Zhang Xianzhong's siege cannon fodder killed nearly 10,000 people, and finally exhausted the firewood, hot oil, and gold juice in the city.
During this period, Laohui sent people back to report that Huangmei County, Susong County, and Taihu County had all been cleared up. He couldn't grab food, and he didn't bring much food and grass, and the main force of the enemy army never showed up, so he asked to return to the army temporarily to join.
The news brought back by the old man made Zhang Xianzhong feel bad, this time he seemed to have stepped into the quagmire!
Zhang Xianzhong has never encountered Zhao Han's strong wall and clear field style of play, and Zhao Han is the only one in the world who is willing to do this, so how much money and food will be consumed!
If Zhao Han met Zhang Xianzhong at this moment, he would definitely yell at him: "Fortifying the walls and clearing the fields cost money and food? Do you fucking know how much money I spent on dividing the land and emigrating! I am immigrating a commoner, and it is countless times more expensive than raising a soldier!"
Since the war has already begun, there is no room for halfway.
Seeing that the supplies in the city were getting less and less, Zhang Xianzhong ordered to send elites to attack the city, and pushed out those Lugong vehicles.
"Boom boom boom!"
This time it wasn't firewood, hot oil, rolling logs, or golden juice, but it was smashed down one by one.
Zhang Xianzhong's face turned green.
Up to now, he has suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. Let alone a single earthen city, even the enemy's regular army could not be found.
"My lord, a tunnel is about to be dug through!"
"Okay, those who dig tunnels will be rewarded. The whole army stops attacking the city, and after dark, ignite the gunpowder, blow down the city wall and immediately attack in the chaos!"
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