Guo Zixing's sudden arrival caught Zhang Ximeng off guard.
Although he saw the weak nature of Guo Zixing, as long as Zhu Chongba was strong enough, Guo Zixing would still bow his head. The only problem was that he knelt down too quickly, which made Zhang Ximeng a little confused.
Could it be that this person is also so old that when he can no longer hold back, he is the kind who really can’t hold back anymore?
Zhang Ximeng made random guesses. Lao Zhu was not here, and he had no source of information. But fortunately, there was Ma.
Perhaps this person had big feet, walked fast, and was well-informed. It took her less than an hour to figure out what was going on outside. With a worried look on her face, she hurried back to discuss with Zhang Ximeng.
"Sir, there are hundreds of thousands of Yuan soldiers coming this time, which is more than twice as many as the previous news!" Ma's voice trembled.
"So many?" Zhang Ximeng was shocked and asked quickly. Ma's face turned pale and nodded. Most people have never seen a terrifying scene of tens of thousands of people gathering together in their lives, let alone more than a hundred thousand like wolves and tigers.
Officers and soldiers!
Compared with these, the ruinous affairs of those grain merchants and Guo Zixing's little calculations were nothing to mention. Therefore, he couldn't wait to join Zhu Chongba's son-in-law and father-in-law, and became a family.
Zhang Ximeng also gave up his plan to fight with Guo Zixing and focused on the upcoming battle.
It is now the end of the twelfth year of Yuan Zhizheng, and one and a half years have passed since Liu Futong's uprising. In the early days, the uprising army was so powerful that they conquered cities and territories and blossomed everywhere.
But as Yuan Ting reacted, a fierce counterattack came. As mentioned earlier, Bu Wangsan of the North Suo Red Scarf was killed, and the South Suo Red Scarf also fell into a bitter battle.
The worst among them was Sesame Li Li Er who occupied Xuzhou.
The reason why he was called Sesame Plum was because during the disaster years, he took out sesame seeds from a warehouse at home to help the victims. As a result, his reputation spread and he won the support of the people.
Sesame Li responded to Liu Futong's rebellion, but he never expected that the imperial court would send heavy troops to leave Liu Futong alone and attack Sesame Li first. What's more terrible is that the leader of the army was the Prime Minister Tuo Tuo!
After Zhima Li defended the city for more than a month, Tuotuo attacked the city and beheaded him, and his whole family died.
Only Peng Da, Zhao Junyong and others took the remaining troops and ran to Haozhou to seek refuge with Guo Zixing.
Sesame Lee will be a fool until the day he dies.
Just because he doesn't understand doesn't mean others don't understand either.
Tuotuo, with the dignity of the prime minister, led hundreds of thousands of people to launch a massive war and attack Xuzhou. The reason is also very simple. This place is a canal hub. Disasters continued in the north. The Yellow River burst. The Yuan Dynasty pointed to the food supply in the south and let Sesame Lee cut off the supply.
Canal, Yuan Ting still doesn’t fight with him!
The emperor of Dadu was very satisfied with Tuotuo's success in the battle. Not only did he give Tuotuo the title of Grand Master, but he also ordered the construction of a shrine in Xuzhou to commend Tuotuo's achievements.
If Tuotuo marches south at this moment, Haozhou has almost no capital to resist, and if he continues to move south with all his strength, Xu Shouhui, the great emperor of Tianwan, will also be in danger.
However, the Yuan Dynasty Emperor Wanyan Gou in Dadu was possessed and immediately issued an order to recall Tuotuo back to the capital.
At this time, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty did not understand what this move meant. Not long after, he would do it again in Gaoyou City, and the consequences of that time were not something the Yuan Dynasty could bear...
Although Tuotuo returned to Dadu, the work of suppressing bandits continued.
Some people besieged Liu Futong, while others fought with Xu Shouhui, and the fight was endless.
Haozhou was a small group of red scarf troops. The Yuan Dynasty sent two ministers, one Han and one Mongolian, namely Jia Lu and Yue Gechaer.
Different from the common belief that Han and Mongolia were at odds with each other and fought openly and secretly with each other, Jia Lu was an expert in water control and was highly respected, so he was able to suppress Yue Gechaer.
They have drawn up a relatively safe entry plan.
First, the army marched south from Xuzhou, passed through Suzhou, and marched directly to Haozhou.
Along the way, Jia Lu recruited traitors and took measures to appease the bandits and bandits everywhere. As long as they surrendered to the court, they would let bygones be bygones.
As a result, Jia Lu gathered tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, which doubled his military strength!
Surround it ten times and attack it five times. Jia Lu knows very well that without enough troops, it is impossible to capture Haozhou.
In addition to recruiting the mountain bandits and water bandits, Jia Lu also ordered him to severely reprimand Cheribuhua, and at the same time asked him to lead the troops to respond, and together they besieged Haozhou, and made meritorious deeds.
This Che Li Bu Hua was the one who initially came to annihilate Guo Zixing. However, he was too timid and did not dare to attack Haozhou City directly. Instead, he sent troops to plunder the people, killed good people and took credit for his work, and deceived the Yuan court.
Of course, it would be false to say that Cheribuhua had no merit. His troops accidentally burned down the Huangjue Temple, causing Zhu Chongba to lose his last foothold and had to defect to Haozhou and become a red man.
A member of the towel.
From a certain point of view, Cheribuhua can be regarded as the wrong person in the Yuan Dynasty.
"According to the latest news, Jialu has 50,000 soldiers and horses, and Yue Gecha'er has 10,000 Mongolian elite cavalry. They have also gathered no less than 50,000 people, plus Cheli Buhua's 30,000 soldiers. The total number of enemy soldiers exceeds
One hundred thousand!" When Ma said this, his face turned pale and his eyelids kept twitching.
Even Zhang Ximeng's heartbeat accelerated and his whole body became cold.
It is said that if there are ten thousand people, there is no limit to it, and hundreds of thousands of people are pressing down on it, like mountains and seas, how can it be so easy!
Moreover, Jia Lu was not an ordinary civil servant. He could mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to build rivers in an orderly manner, and he could mobilize the same people to attack Haozhou.
Although leading troops and managing rivers cannot be equated, Jia Lu's ability cannot be underestimated.
Zhang Ximeng thought about it again and again, feeling frightened and the hair on his hair standing on end.
"Madam, my benefactor is at the Marshal's place right now. Madam, could you lead the boy to look around the city wall and see if there is anything we can do?"
Ma agreed immediately. She knew Zhang Ximeng's abilities very well, and even thought that he was planning for her family and was not an outsider. Ma prepared a war jacket for Zhang Ximeng and took him to Haozhou City.
Zhang Ximeng stepped onto the top of the city, looked inside and outside, and his scalp suddenly became numb.
I really don’t know, Guo Zixing has occupied Haozhou for more than half a year, what on earth is he doing?
As we all know, it is difficult to defend an isolated city. It is best to occupy the surrounding cities and cooperate with each other. Even if you cannot defeat them, it is appropriate to build some fortresses outside the city and act as horns for each other.
It's a pity that Guo Zixing did neither of these two things.
It's not easy to capture a city or build a castle, which may be excusable, but why hasn't the moat even been cleared?
Haozhou is close to the Huaihe River. Since the Yellow River burst, the entire Jianghuai area has become a yellow flood zone. Floods have been severe, the rivers have been silted up, and there is a lot of sediment.
Haozhou's moat was originally more than a foot deep, but now it is flat in some places due to siltation.
Not to mention, Haozhou City has not been heightened or reinforced, nor has it built a sheep and horse wall, nor dug trenches... It looked like it was lying flat and being beaten. Zhang Ximeng was dumbfounded. He really didn't know the history of Haozhou.
How is it maintained?
Is Jia Lu too useless, or is Zhu Chongba so lucky that he is really protected by dragon energy?
Zhang Ximeng's scalp was numb. Ma saw Zhang Ximeng's worries and tried to ask: "Did Mr. Xiao see the disadvantage?"
What can Zhang Ximeng say? It’s not just a disease, it’s a terminal illness!
"Madam, is it possible that no one suggested strengthening the city in the past?"
Ma said: "Some people have said that, but some people think that fortifying the city is too tiring. The Yuan Dynasty just repaired the river and changed the banknotes, which destroyed the people's hearts. The rebels can no longer enslave the people."
Zhang Ximeng was shocked, what kind of truth is this?
"Madam, there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the city. Can't we just let them build the city?"
Ma took a breath and said in a low voice: "There were originally five commanders in the city, and now there are two more... People often say that there are too many dragons to control the water!"
Zhang Ximeng was really stupid and blamed the situation, which is understandable. However, because of this, he gave up the city defense and waited for the officers and soldiers to come. This is something Zhang Ximeng cannot understand.
Seriously, this is war!
"Little sir, what do you think we should do?" Ma also knew that her life was at stake, so she couldn't wait to say: "If you have a good idea, tell me, I will go find my godmother!"
This is not the first time that Mrs. Ma has mentioned her godmother. It seems that Guo Zixing is also henpecked.
Zhang Ximeng carefully looked at the situation outside the city, thought carefully for a while, and could only say: "Madam, the moat needs to be cleaned, and it is also necessary to build a sheep and horse wall of about eight feet as an emergency. It is just a temporary construction, I'm afraid it won't be able to block it.
If you live in Jialu, you can only make a fuss in the city."
"In town?"
"Well!" Zhang Ximeng pointed out, "These buildings close to the city wall must be demolished and a distance of thirty feet must be cleared. Jia Lu's army must have many returning artillery and thunder cannons. A city wall cannot stop it. And Jia Lu's army must be full of return artillery and thunderbolt artillery. A city wall cannot stop it.
Lu will definitely dig a tunnel into the city...dig a trench close to the inside of the city wall, and then build a low wall. Behind the low wall, a trench will be dug...layers of defense will be deployed. No matter how many soldiers and horses Jia Lu has, they will all die in Haozhou.
Below the city!"
Zhang Ximeng gritted his teeth and said many key points in defending the city in one breath. He was no longer an outsider with a God's perspective, but a person who had witnessed the blood feud of his parents. No matter what, he would defeat the Yuan army!
Madam Ma thought to herself, then nodded vigorously and remembered it in her heart.