Chapter 25 Soldiers approach Haozhou City!
"Hmph! Just three thousand red scarf thieves dare to attack Haozhou, they are seeking death! Guo Zixing, Sun Deya and others in the city have always been unhonest. If they go out to fight, if Guo Zixing and others raise troops to steal the city, it will be all."
Luo Wenqing used to be an official in many places, and many rebels of all sizes have been killed. He is experienced and mature and persistent.
"Ma Bao!" Luo Wenqing ordered.
"The last general is here!" The general responded immediately.
"I will give you five hundred elite soldiers. You can patrol and arrange defenses in the city. No one is allowed to go out. Those who violate the order will be killed! Focus on Guo Zixing and Sun Deya and others." Luo Wenqing ordered.
"Sir, please rest assured. The general must keep an eye on it!" Ma Bao immediately took the order.
Luo Wenqing ordered another general.
"Wang Tianba!"
"The last one is here!" Wang Tianba, with a bearded face, responded.
"I will leave you to the city defense of Haozhou. No matter how the Red Thief provoked, I will never leave the city. Daruwachi Timur is only half a month away from Haozhou. I will immediately send someone out of the city to send letters to dispatch reinforcements. When the reinforcements arrive, we will work together inside and outside to annihilate these thieves!"
"Don't worry, even if the thief tied up my mother, I would never leave the city!" Wang Tianba patted his chest and said.
Luo Wenqing's series of arrangements are very appropriate.
First, the situation in the city was stabilized. As long as Haozhou City was stable, Guo Zixing, Sun Deya and others in the city would not dare to emerge.
Then he stood firm and waited for reinforcements.
Zhu Chongba's Red Thief did not have the advantage of the number of people, and it seemed that there was no heavy equipment to attack the city. As long as the Haozhou defenders did not go out of the city to fight, they could defend until they had eaten up the food.
The government stockpile of Haozhou can last for half a year!
Not to mention half a year, it only takes half a month to kill the five thousand Mongolian cavalry of Darukhachi Temur.
By then, Zhu Chongba had no other way except to die.
Luo Wenqing, the governor of Haozhou, arranged two generals to control the city defense, and then returned to the government office.
First, he arranged for the decent personal soldiers to break out with his own handwritten letter and invite reinforcements.
Then, another order was issued to ask the residents of Haozhou to transport wood and stones to the bottom of the city wall. These things can be used to hit the red scarf thieves who climb the city wall, and to block the gaps or city gates when the city wall is broken. Although Luo Zhizhou felt that the red scarf thieves such as Zhu Chongba could not break through the Haozhou city wall, it is always good to be prepared for any eventuality.
In addition, Luo Wenqing also collected hundreds of large pots and ordered the people to boil hot water under the city wall. Once the red scarf attacked the city, they would burn them to death with boiling water.
The rest of the work of transporting grain, grass, arrows, and flying stones was arranged in an orderly manner by Luo Wenqing.
Guo Zixing, Sun Deya and others in Haozhou City first heard the arrival of the Red Turban Army and were preparing to raise an army to respond.
However, he could not hear the siege of the city for a long time, and the orderly deployment of defense and inspection by the officials and soldiers in the city forced Guo Zixing and others to temporarily suppress it.
Outside Haozhou City.
After Zhu Chongba arrived, he immediately dispatched his troops and controlled the exit of the city gate, but he was still one step late, and at least three Haozhou official cavalry broke out.
As for what they were doing, they knew with their heels, and they must have gone to ask for reinforcements.
Zhu Chongba knew that the faster the attack of Haozhou, the better!
Once the Mongolian reinforcements from the outside arrive, the three thousand of them will be over.
"Qiwu, how to break the city wall of Haozhou?" Zhu Chongba asked urged.
Zhu Qiwu had just finished the investigation and said to Zhu Chongba with a smile.
"Brother, if nothing unexpected happens, you can break through the Haozhou city wall in two days!"
"What? Two days?" Zhu Chongba was both surprised and happy.
He originally thought that if he could break through the Haozhou city wall in ten days, it would be considered as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Qiwu only needed one or two days.
Zhu Qiwu nodded confidently and waved at the people holding the "head" behind him.
"Hu Yiba, it's time for you to start work!"
Under Zhu Qiwu's order, Hu Yiba and others took the tools and began to dig holes on the ground.
Hu Yiba and others are worthy of their ancestral skills, and their skills in digging are first-class.
The tunnels they dug were not only fast and neat, but also very stable.
Every once in a distance, Hu Yiba and others would make a supported side hole to ensure safety.
"June, can you see the entrance of this cave?"
Hu Yiba and others dug the entrance to the tunnel and asked Zhu Qiwu.
Zhu Qiwu looked at it and almost made an adult bend over and walk in.
"As long as you can move this coffin in, that's fine."
Zhu Qiwu pointed to the two coffins behind him and said to Hu Yiba and others.
"Don't worry, Jun Ye, we have a good idea!"
Hu Yiba glanced at the coffin and had a rough idea in his heart.
They used to drill caves and pry coffins every day, and they were already familiar with each other.
Zhu Chongba next to him saw the authentic entrance, but was a little confused.
"Qiwu, this tunnel is too small, it can't transport a few soldiers at all."
Now three thousand troops are fighting under the city of Haozhou.
Everything is ready, but the east wind is not available, so I am waiting for Zhu Qiwu to break through the walls of Haozhou.
However, the authenticity in front of you is not a problem no matter how you look at it!
"Brother, don't worry. I have prepared a lot of gunpowder, enough to fill the two coffins. Just dig them out and keep them to let the Haozhou city walls explode!" Zhu Qiwu said with confidence.
Now that the army is at the city, there is no need to hide it.
"Qiwu, is it really okay to light gunpowder like this?" Zhu Chongba said with some concern.
Since the beginning of the Mongolian-Song War, various gunpowder weapons have increased significantly, and Zhu Chongba and others have long had knowledge of gunpowder weapons.
However, it was the first time Zhu Chongba heard about using buried gunpowder to collapse the city wall.
I don’t know where my brother got this strange method.
"Absolutely, brother, send some people to help dig the soil and dig tunnels. The sooner you dig it, the sooner you can break through Haozhou City!" Zhu Qiwu said.
Zhu Qiwu thought of using gunpowder to collapse the city wall out of thin air.
It is proven by countless successful cases in previous lives!
In history, Zhu Yuanzhang, the elder brother of Zhu Yuanzhang, spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build Yingtian Prefecture, and was known as the most solid city in the world.
Such a strong city was blown up by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of the Qing Dynasty by a coffin filled with gunpowder!
The gunpowder in Zhu Qiwu's hand has been granulated and has more than twice the power of ordinary gunpowder.
However, the Haozhou city wall in front of me is simply incomparable to the Yingtian Mansion city wall in history.
As long as the coffin filled with gunpowder is transported under the city wall, it will definitely be successful.
"Okay, let's send some more people here!"
Zhu Chongba felt that he should trust his brothers.
Chapter completed!