"General Guo, please speak."

Hearing Guo Qin's words, Yuan Chonghuan narrowed his eyes. If possible, he would naturally prefer to do some merit first. The court is not peaceful now, and Zhu Youjian is not a patient person. If it takes too long without any results, Zhu Youjian will

It is very likely that Yu Jian will replace him.

If the first errand of his return to the court was failed, it would be difficult for him to pursue an official career in the future. Although he mainly wanted to serve the court, he also did not want his lifelong study to be in vain, and it would be difficult for him to pursue an official career.

It’s difficult to express your ambition.

"Attack Jinan Fucheng."

Guo Qin said in a deep voice: "The Puppet Emperor Su Hao is in Jinan Fucheng. As long as we capture this place, the puppet Qi rebels in Dongchang Fucheng will lose their backbone. Then they can easily capture Dongchang Fucheng with a little persuasion."

"Jinan Fucheng is not so easy to capture."

Hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan shook his head. Jinan Fucheng is surrounded by the Daqing River on one side and rugged mountains and forests on the other. There are only two sides that can spread the army. The difficulty of attacking is not much less than that of Dongchang Fucheng. Even if it can be defeated, it will be a miserable defeat. If it is defeated again,

The Puppet Qi rebels attacked Dongchangfu City, and a disastrous victory might turn into a disastrous defeat.

Hearing this, Guo Qin took out a topographic map of Dongchang Fucheng from his sleeve, pointed to the canal and said: "Then what we can do now is to restore water transportation. The biggest burden on the court now is that water transportation has been cut off. If the canal is reopened, naturally

It’s a great achievement.”

"This Hongyi Cannon must also be known to the governor. We only need to dig a river channel ten miles away from Dongchang Fucheng, connect this river channel with the original river channel, and then capture the two state cities of Linqingzhou and Dezhou. Then the water transportation will be

Can return to normal."

"In this case, wouldn't we have to spend a lot of troops and experts to ensure the safety of the ships?"

Yuan Chonghuan frowned. He had thought of this method before, but in this way, a large part of their troops and experts would have to be used to prevent the other party from destroying the river and attacking the canal. It would be extremely difficult to suppress the rebellion.

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After all, these canal ships are at least dozens or hundreds at a time, transporting nearly 100,000 stone grains. Once they are sunk, the entire river will be blocked. Cleaning it up will be extremely laborious and a waste of time. The capital cannot wait.

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"Governor, I want to take this opportunity to lure the puppet Qi rebels out of the city."

Guo Qin said in a deep voice: "Now the puppet Qi rebels are huddled in the city. The cost of attacking is too high. It is better to lure the opponent out. Even if the opponent continues to be unable to retreat, we will not suffer a loss."

After hearing what Guo Qin said, Yuan Chonghuan was also tempted, but the next moment, Yuan Chonghuan frowned again and said sadly: "But Linqing Prefecture and Dezhou are both difficult to attack."

As an important node on the canal, Linqing Prefecture, like Dezhou and Dongchangfu City, has extremely high city walls for defense. The height of Linqing Prefecture's city wall reaches 30.2 feet, and the height of Dezhou's city wall is even higher, at least 30.7 feet. The moat is two feet deep.

It is ten feet wide and five feet wide, which is no worse than the moat of an ordinary city.

At the same time, there are thousands of puppet Qi rebels stationed in the city, which cannot be defeated in a day or two. Moreover, once they attack Linqing Prefecture and Dezhou, Jinan Prefecture will definitely send troops to support...

More importantly, they cannot send all 210,000 troops to attack Linqing Prefecture and Dezhou. They must leave half of their troops to block the puppet Qi rebels in Dongchang Prefecture City, otherwise they will be cut off by the Dongchang Prefecture rebels.

, they could only retreat in embarrassment.

"We must fight even if it is difficult to fight."

Guo Qin shook his head. This is what siege warfare is like. Either you chew on some bones that are not so hard, or you chew on the hardest bones. If you can lure all the strong men of the puppet Qi rebels out of the city, then their probability of winning will be high.

It will rise sharply.

"Then let's do it."

Hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan nodded. Linqing Prefecture and Dezhou are already much easier to attack than Dongchang Fucheng and Jinan Fucheng.

Not far from the government office, there is a large house with four entrances, where Yanshenggong Kong Yinzhi and many elders of the Kong family gathered here. This house is the annex of the Kong family in Yanzhou Prefecture.

"Clan leader, Yuan Chonghuan has arrived in Fucheng, do we really not want to go see him?"

Kong Yinyue, the elder of the Kong family, said in confusion. Kong Yinzhi was obviously very anxious about Su Hao's efforts to cultivate hundreds of schools of thought to replace Confucianism. Now that Yuan Chonghuan is coming with his army, it is time for them to contribute.

, but Kong Yinzhi didn’t move at all.

"Now is not the time."

Kong Yinzhi said calmly: "Now that Yuan Chonghuan has the advantage and has sufficient food, grass and weapons, we have no place to contribute."

Su Hao's support of the various schools of thought now is tantamount to digging up the roots of Confucianism. They dare not forget that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to abolish the Confucian family. No matter whether Su Hao can succeed or not, these various schools of thought cannot be retained.

Otherwise, once these schools of thought become stronger, their Confucianism will no longer be irreplaceable.

Nowadays, Confucianism is spread all over the Ming Dynasty, and the Confucian family's status in Confucianism is too transcendent. No promising emperor will tolerate the existence of the Confucian family. If Confucianism is no longer irreplaceable, then

This is the end of the Kong family.

However, the Kong family has a transcendent status, but does not have much real power. It is impossible to eradicate all the schools of thought that Su Hao has supported. After all, there are many people who have learned from it, and the Kong family cannot just kill them casually.

As for those who encourage all scholars to fight against the Confucian family, to be honest, the Confucian family does have this prestige. After all, the Confucian family is still the foundation of Confucianism. However, the court is already wary of the influence of the Confucian family. If the Confucian family is shown to be more

If the Kong family has no appeal, then the Kong family will be waiting for more severe suppression. Therefore, if they want to exterminate these schools of thought again, they can only rely on the imperial court.

But it is impossible for the imperial court to do such a thing for the Kong family. Both the emperor and the officials in the court have long been unfavorable to the Kong family.

Since Confucius has always been the ancestor of all Confucian disciples, and has been passed down for thousands of years, with endless wealth and honor, it would be a bit false to say that all the officials in the court did not envy and hate the Confucius family.

As for whether Confucianism will be replaced by various schools of thought, it is not a big deal for the officials in the court. What they want is just a promotion, not that it must be Confucianism. Without Confucianism, Legalism

, it is not impossible for the Mohist family to do so.

They occupy a large amount of resources, connections, and wealth. No matter which family they change, their status cannot be shaken. Without the Kong family, they have one less ancestor to weigh on their heads...

Now that Yuan Chonghuan has an obvious advantage, the Confucius family can only be the icing on the cake, and it is of no use at all. Only by providing help in times of need can they use this to make plans, so that the court can once again depose hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism.

Not long after, the army stationed in Yanzhou Fucheng moved out again. At the same time, the reconnaissance cavalry of Ming Dynasty and Daqi also started a fierce fight on both sides of the canal.

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Dongchang Fucheng.

On the city tower, Tang Xiangjin and others looked up into the distance, seeing billowing smoke and dust approaching from dozens of miles away.

The Ming army has arrived!

Not long after, the smoke stopped ten miles away, and the army began to build camps. No one would have the courage to build a camp too close to the city, even for a siege. It would take time for the army to assemble.

If you build a camp too close to the city, once it is attacked by enemies in the city, it will most likely fall into chaos before the army can gather.

Especially for night attacks, camp roars are more likely to occur. Once camp roars occur, even the most elite army may collapse instantly, so enough time must be left for the army to react.

At this time, in the camp of the Ming army, a Ming army of nearly 100,000 people came towards the city carrying a large number of siege equipment.

"Brother He, are they planning to attack the city?"

Seeing the Ming army approaching slowly, Tang Xiangjin raised his eyebrows. It was not like Yuan Chonghuan's style to advance so rashly.

"It's not like that."

After thinking for a moment, He Liu shook his head and said: "If they want to attack the city, they should cross the river now. Yuan Chonghuan should have known about the Hongyi cannon. If it is too close to the city,

If you cross the river, you will only become a target for the Hongyi cannon."

Although the canal is not wide, it is not easy for a large army to cross the river, especially when transporting

In the case of sending siege equipment, even if the power of a single shot of the Hongyi cannon can kill or injure at most a dozen people, there are now a total of forty-three Hongyi cannons in the city. Once they become the target of the Hongyi cannon, it only takes more than a dozen rounds to attack the city.

Shooting is enough to make the army collapse.

Hearing this, Tang Xiangjin narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the slowly advancing Ming army. He then turned to look at the direction in which the Ming army was advancing. In this direction, apart from Dongchang Fucheng, there was only Linqing Prefecture.

"Brother He, Brother Luo, Lao Liang, it looks like the Ming army is preparing to take back Linqing Prefecture and reopen the canal. Should we send some more people to support Linqing Prefecture?"

After thinking for a moment, Tang Xiangjin asked, although Su Hao asked him to be the commander, the soldiers and horses in the city are now divided into four forces: him, Luo Yi, He Liu, and Liang Ping. Before making a decision, he must also seek the opinions of He Liu and the others.

Although as a coach, it is not impossible for him to be arbitrary, but it is not good if he is too domineering and causes internal discord.

"Then send 10,000 people there."

After thinking for a while, He Liu nodded. There are currently 70,000 troops in Dongchangfu City. With the advantageous terrain of Dongchangfu City, 40,000 to 50,000 people are enough to defend the city.

Luo Yi and Liang Ping also nodded.

"Then please trouble Governor Jiang and Governor Peng to bring 10,000 troops to support Linqing Prefecture."

Seeing this, Tang Xiangjin looked at Peng Guan and Jiang Shizhong on the side and ordered.

"The last general takes command!"

Jiang Shizhong and the others bowed their hands in agreement, and then descended from the tower. About two-quarters of an hour later, 10,000 soldiers and horses set off lightly on the road, exited the north gate, and headed straight for Linqing Prefecture...

Naturally, such a huge movement in Dongchang Fucheng could not be hidden from anyone. It was quickly detected by the detective cavalry, and the news reached the ears of Guo Qin, who was heading towards Linqing Prefecture with a hundred thousand Ming troops.

"Commander, do you want to send someone to intercept them?"

General Deng Kui frowned. Linqing Prefecture is already difficult to attack. If another ten thousand people are allowed to enter Linqing Prefecture, it will be even more difficult to attack.

"Can't catch up."

Hearing this, Guo Qin shook his head and said, "Go down and let the army continue to move forward."

This situation has long been expected by him, but they are in the east of the river and the other side is in the west of the river. Although the canal is not wide, it is still more than ten or twenty feet wide. It is not easy to cross the river. A bridge must be built first before crossing.

River, the enemy set off lightly, carrying only weapons and a day or two of food. By the time they built a bridge across the river and organized their soldiers, the enemy had long since disappeared and it was impossible to catch up.

The terrain of Linqing Prefecture City is like a goosefoot, with two inner and outer cities. The outer city has a circumference of fifty miles, which completely surrounds this section of the canal, including the water transport terminal. Normally, the outer city is not guarded by soldiers. After all, the outer city wall is fifty miles long.
To be continued...