"Two or thirty thousand? Doesn't that mean the total number of troops is 150,000? Where are the 120,000 Ming troops?"

The more Du Qifei thought about it, the more he realized that this was a trick of the Ming army: he would first send a small force of 20,000 to 30,000 to pretend to attack Lu Nan, while a 120,000-strong army was secretly ambushing him. As soon as he left the city to rescue Lu Nan, he would be surrounded and annihilated by the main force of the Ming army. Lu Nan Just throw it away, but Tonghai cannot be thrown away. Once Tonghai is lost, Ami Prefecture and Lin'an Prefecture's Zhijianshui will be exposed to the front of the Ming army.

"Go back and tell Lord Qin Dong that it is only a small force of the Ming Army that is attacking Lunan. Let him hold it back. The main force of the Ming Army is in Tonghai, and I have no troops to send."

The envoy begged repeatedly, but Du Qifei refused to send reinforcements and had no choice but to return to Lunan.

Qin Zugen persisted for ten days, and the stronghold was broken.

"Kill!"

General Jin Tongwu of the Ming Army reached the top of the mountain and struck with his sword. Qin Zugen fell headfirst into a pool of blood.

After Li Dingguo pulled out the nail in Lu Nan, the main force led by Shi Qiwen also arrived.

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"Commander, you came so quickly! I thought you would arrive at least ten days later."

"There's nothing we can do, Hongyuan, if I don't run faster, I'll lose all my military exploits by you alone."

Shi Qiwen made a joke about Li Dingguo. The two looked at each other and laughed.

"Tonghai" means communicating with overseas. Historically, Tonghai City was established by Nanzhao, a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. It was located on the main transportation road to Tianzhu and was an important town in the Tang Dynasty. "Send the Young Master with Gold" by Zhang Ji, a poet of the Tang Dynasty "The Deputy Envoy Returns to Silla" wrote: "When you pass the sea, you should send the country's letter, and when you get home, you should still wear court clothes."

At this moment, this world-famous city is completely surrounded.

The brutal siege begins.

A master fights against Yi and seizes the day. Shi Qiwen and Li Dingguo’s combat policy is just one word: fast.

Fight quickly and slowly. Before Shadingzhou can react, quickly seize Tonghai and then attack Lin'an Prefecture's Zhijianshui and Amizhou.

On the first day, Shi Qiwen gathered more than 30,000 chieftain soldiers and launched a heavy attack.

He ordered Long Shangdeng and Lu Huang to attack the east city; Zihong and Lu Yi to attack the west city; Long Shengxiao and Long Yuanzuo to attack the north city; and the six chieftains of Weimo Prefecture were Shen Yinglin, Shen Zhaolin, Wang Chengzu, Wang Yi, Wang Xianren, and Wang Xianlun. Attack Nancheng.

In the ancient Tonghai City, the sound of killings shook the sky.

Du Qifei, Gao Abao, and Song Guoying resisted desperately.

Although Tonghai City is small, it is well built. Sha Dingzhou deployed Xiyi artillery purchased from Annan State in Tonghai City. These artillery caused great damage to the Ming army attacking the city.

The chief chieftains of the Ming army led the local soldiers, braved artillery, bullets, arrows, mounted ladders and carriages, and bravely attacked the city. They attacked fiercely. They rushed to the city again and again, and were defeated again and again. Beat it down.

Du Qifei had experienced battles for a long time. He built a fort on Xiushan Mountain in the south of the city. Xiushan is one of the four famous mountains in Yunnan, as famous as Jinma Mountain, Biji Mountain, and Diancang Mountain. It is only a few hundred steps away from Tonghai City. The artillery on the mountain, Can cover the entire south of the city.

After building the fort, Du Qifei deliberately concealed himself. When the Ming army in the south of the city was halfway through the attack, he suddenly opened fire.

At this time, the six chieftains of Weimo Prefecture who attacked Nancheng suffered a big loss. Half of the six thousand native soldiers were lost. Chieftain Wang Xianlun was hit by artillery and turned into a pile of minced meat.

Shi Qiwen took a breath of air. Fortunately, he used local soldiers to attack the city on the first day and did not send his most elite troops. However, even so, more than 5,000 people were lost in one day, which still made Shi Qiwen feel heartbroken.

The south of the city is difficult to attack, so attack east, north, and west.

Shi Qiwen mobilized twenty general cannons and sixty thousand-jin Fran machine cannons to bombard the city wall.

The fierce artillery fire ravaged Tonghai City, but it still stood firm.

"Commander, the wall of Tonghai City has been blown loose by our army's heavy artillery. The general believes that as long as we use the underground blasting method, the city will be destroyed," Li Dingguo offered advice.

"Hongyuan, I have used the underground blasting technique once in Heyang. Gao Abao, one of the Tonghai guards, suffered a big loss and must be prepared. This strategy should not be used again."

Li Dingguo smiled: "Commander, why don't you dig a tunnel from the south of the city to blow up the city? The enemy will never think of it."

Shi Qiwen was shocked: "The south of the city was covered by artillery fire from the enemy's Xiushan Fort. After the city wall was blown open, were the soldiers allowed to brave the enemy's artillery fire to enter the city?"

"The commander-in-chief cannot expect it, and the enemy must not expect it either. As for the artillery fire at Xiushan in the south of the city, you can first send people to pretend to attack the south of the city for two hours. When the enemy's artillery is overheated and needs to cool down, then let it go, so that the soldiers can quickly enter the city through the gap. Send first The fast cavalry enters, and the infantry comes in behind. While entering the city, send another group of troops to attack Xiushan and contain the enemy."

Shi Qiwen thought for a while: "Hongyuan, just follow your method."

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Beside the city wall leading to the sea, the soldiers dug deep pits every twenty feet. A large urn was placed in each pit, and the urn was covered with leather. Beside each urn, there was a blind or hearing sergeant listening.

Except for the southern city wall protected by Xiushan Fort, the east, west and north sides were filled with large urns.

The urn listening method was invented 2,500 years ago. "Mozi·Preparing Acupoints" contains detailed instructions on the manufacturing and use of listening urns.

This method is a powerful weapon against blasting tunnels and caves. In history, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom used this method to defeat the Hunan Army many times when they were defending the city.

"How's it going? Is there anything unusual?"

Gao Abao worriedly asked Tu She, who was in charge of listening to the urn.

"Big soldier, there's nothing happening."

"You must not be careless. Heyang City was captured by the Ming army using the Fengbeng method."

Suddenly a sergeant reported: "Soldier, there is movement in the east city."

"What?"

Gao Abao rushed to Dongcheng and listened to the sound.

"Sure enough, there is movement!"

Gao Abao sneered: "Come on, dig ditches and get wormwood."

The Shajun first dug a deep ditch horizontally where there was movement, and the ditch was covered with mugwort.

"Dig against each other!"

The Shajun also dug tunnels in the direction of the sound.

Digging tunnels in the direction of the enemy's lair is a good way to deal with enemy tunnel blasting.

With a "swipe" sound, the sand fell, and the tunnels on both sides were connected.

"Yeah!"

There was a scream, and a frightened face of a Ming army soldier appeared in the tunnel.

The Sha army, who had been prepared for a long time, drew out their daggers and stabbed them with the sword. The Ming army fell to the ground.

When fighting in a tunnel, long weapons cannot be used, so short swords and daggers are best used.

The Ming army behind saw that the defenders were ready and quickly climbed back.

The defenders did not pursue them, but lit wormwood in the ditch and stuffed it into the tunnel. More and more people were stuffed into the tunnel, and then they blocked the tunnel head with wooden boards to allow the fireworks to reach the enemy as much as possible.

If the tunnel blasting is discovered by the defenders and filled with smoke or water, the engineers will be smoked to death or drowned in the tunnel if they are slow to escape.

"Hahaha, you guys, you've done a good job! I have a lot of rewards for you! Cheer up and listen carefully!"

Gao Abao laughed heartily and left the city to rest.

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The Ming army's siege began again, attacking from all sides at the same time, and even sent troops to attack the south of the city.

Song Guoying, the general of the Shajun army stationed in Xiushan, laughed loudly: "Come on, let the fort fire hard! Let these ignorant Ming troops have a taste of the power of artillery!"

The roar of cannons sounded in the south of the city.

Lu Yi, the majestic chieftain in charge of attacking the south of the city, was bleeding from his heart.

His men suffered heavy losses, but they did not dare to retreat. Shi Qiwen gave him a fatal order not to stop until the attack was completed for two hours.

After two hours of continuous bombardment, the sound of artillery on the Xiushan Mountain began to become sparse. The gunner took the artillery wash handle (similar to a mop) and dipped it in water and wiped it back and forth in the barrel to cool down the artillery."

"Big soldiers, the Ming army is attacking the mountain."

Song Guoying saw that the Ming army at the foot of the mountain began to attack the mountain.

"Why panic? Beat them down!"

He drew his sword and attacked the Ming army.

Seeing that Xiushan's artillery began to sparse, Li Dingguo ordered the fire to collapse the city.

Under the Hainan City Wall, the Ming army dug three tunnels, all filled with coffins and explosives.

Lei Qisheng's men lit the match.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

After three earth-shaking loud noises, three huge gaps appeared in the south of the city.

"Kill!"

The Ming army, which had long been hidden at the foot of Xiushan, rushed towards the gap.

Li Dingguo led three thousand cavalry, leading the way, rushed into the city, cut open the south gate, and followed the city wall to seize each gate. The infantry followed the cavalry and swarmed into the city.

Du Qifei was shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to push a knife cart to block the gap, when he met Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo didn't say much, he drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot it, hitting Du Qifei's forehead.

Seeing the Ming army entering the city and Du Qifei dying in battle, Gao Abao and Song Guoying led their troops to break out of the siege without hesitation and fled to Lin'an Prefecture to control Jianshui.
Chapter completed!