Zhu Dadian nodded thoughtfully and said, "Then let's wait a few days as the general said."

Everyone waited with joy and encouragement. In less than an hour, it was obvious that the number of defenders had increased at the head of Dengzhou city and the prevention was extremely tight.

This completely proves one thing, that is, Li Jiucheng was dead! And the Ming army actually intercepted some rebel deserters! From them, they learned that Li Jiucheng died after being rescued back to the city! So Zhu Dadian and Gao Qi held a banquet in the potential tent to celebrate, and would write to the court for victory.

In the days that followed, the rebels in the city never left the city to challenge again. Even the Ming army went to challenge and did not leave the city to fight. So everyone could only wait.

The end of the year is soon coming, and everyone is planning to think that after the New Year, the food in the city will probably be almost done, and the winner will come out. So everyone is very happy from top to bottom! As for Zhu Dadian, he simply decided to celebrate this New Year grandly.

On the one hand, it is to wish the rebellion successful. On the other hand, it is to demonstrate to the rebels in Dengzhou City. It is also to tell the rebels that we can wait for victory slowly!

On the New Year's Day, all the soldiers were rewarded with a pound of meat and half a pound of wine. And that night, except for the guards on the earthen wall, no curfew was needed. This made the entire military camp boil.

The soldiers in the siege had already been suppressed and took this opportunity to vent their depression. In order to ease the energy of the soldiers so that they would not cause damage when they vented. At the suggestion of Liu Pei, a number of competitions were set up in the army, including races, bows and arrows, fists and feet, weightlifting, etc. The generals also gave a lot of lottery to make up for the fun, which made the soldiers flock to them! So for a while, the various military camps were very lively.

In the big tent, Zhu Dadian, Gao Qiqian and the generals celebrated. Naturally, they had to discuss how to quell the rebellion during the banquet. The final conclusion everyone came to was still a long-term siege.

However, everyone agreed that the rebels in Dengzhou City should put more pressure on the rebels. Just as everyone was discussing how to apply pressure, Gao Qiqian put down his chopsticks and said, "Mr. Zhu, do we have an idea or not?"

Zhu Dadian also put down his chopsticks and said, "Eunuch Gao has something to say, please say it's okay!"

Gao Qiqian said, "When our family was studying military books, we once saw that there was a way to build a mountain of earth. It was said that the mountain of earth was higher than the city wall, so we could shoot arrows into the city on the mountain! Our family thought, if we also built a mountain of earth like this, would it be able to suppress the rebels?"

Everyone laughed in their hearts and was ignorant, but no one spoke. Zhu Dadian shook his head and said, "Eunuch Gao, Tushan's method is very good! There is only one thing that Eunuch Gao ignored. That is, there are thirty red-clothed cannons in the city! If the rebels use cannons to bombard Tushan, the people in Tushan will not be able to stand firm at all, let alone build Tushan!"

Everyone here exchanged a glance quietly, mocking Gao Qiqian in their hearts. In fact, everyone had discussed this method a long time ago, but they thought it was not very useful, so they were not used. But at this moment, Gao Qiqian said, "But we didn't say it was just for shooting arrows? We can also put the cannon on it!"

As soon as Gao Qiqian finished speaking, the whole tent was silent as if it was dead. After a moment, there was a noise. Because Gao Qiqian's method was really good!

When building a Tushan Mountain, if it is too close to the city, it will not be built under the bombardment of cannons in the city! If you build a Tushan Mountain a little further and then install a cannon, it will not be a big problem! After all, the accuracy of the cannons is too poor now, and it will not be accurate if it is a little further away. When building a Tushan Mountain, the civilians can build a Tushan Mountain smoothly.

Everyone immediately discussed it and thought it was a solution. So Zhu Dadian wrote a document and summoned civilians to build a mountain after the New Year. At the same time, Gao Qiqian sent a letter back to Beijing and asked the court to transport cannons.

Compared with outside the city, Dengzhou City is filled with sorrow and mist! The whole city is dark and without lights, like a dead city! This is not to say that Kong Youde does not want to celebrate the New Year to boost morale. Instead, there is even a lack of dry firewood in Dengzhou City!

At Kong Youde's home in Dengzhou City, Kong Youde had dinner with several rebel leaders and his confidants, which was considered to be a celebration of the New Year. However, the atmosphere during the meal could not be described as dull. It should be said that sorrow

It's more suitable to sleep.

Kong Youde and his friends were eating silently, not like celebrating, but like completing some kind of task. When everyone had almost finished their meals, the cavalry packed the table and brought tea. But everyone was completely unhappy to drink tea.

After being silent for a long time, Kong Youde said: "We have no hope this time! The city will be ruined within two or three months!"

Geng Zhongming said: "It's not that fast! We still have a lot of food, and we can hold on for a while. It's estimated that it's OK to last until at least May!"

Kong Youde was silent for a moment and said, "Before that, I'm afraid the team will mutiny!"

Kong Youde's words completely made the room fall silent again. After a long time, Mao Chenglu murmured: "General, what should we do? The sky is vast and the earth is huge, there is nowhere to go!"

Prince Deng looked up and said, "Why might we surrender?"

Kong Youde sneered and said, "Everyone can surrender, but the people sitting in this room cannot surrender!"

There was another silence in the room! Ordinary rebel soldiers may be forgiven, but these rebel leaders will never be forgiven! If they were beheaded, the whole family would be killed! Maybe they would have a result of being executed by lingchi!

There was no one in the room for a long time. Everyone knew that the time was running out, but they couldn't come up with any good solutions. This was Geng Zhongming's statement: "If it really doesn't work, let's break through!"

Prince Deng smiled bitterly and said, "Breakthrough? What are we going to break through? Then we can still rush out!"

Geng Zhongming stopped talking after hearing this. After a long fierce battle, nearly 10,000 people were killed or injured in the city. The rebels, which originally had more than 30,000 people, are now only more than 20,000! Moreover, these 20,000 people were so angry that they were completely depressed. Leading such troops out to attack the Changhao earth wall, I was afraid that they would completely disintegrate if they were bombarded by several rounds of artillery fire!
Chapter completed!