Zhang Ximeng often spoke in front of people, and he was very energetic, with a voice as loud as a bell. However, he had to teach Chen Youliang a lesson just a stone's throw away, which inevitably hurt his vitality. He felt a burning sensation in his chest and was very uncomfortable.
Therefore, he did not say much, but he could also understand that the morale of the soldiers in the city was shaken, but Chen Youliang could not hold on much longer.
Although it is a bit exaggerated to say that he opened the city of Wuchang with just a few words, Zhang Ximeng's every sentence was heart-breaking and went straight to Chen Youliang's vital points. Conquering the world naturally depends on luck, otherwise like Zhou Ziwang, he will be ruined as soon as he does something.
, no one can help.
But it would be too shallow to think that winning the world in the end is all due to luck.
To be able to have the last laugh among the heroes must have done a lot of things right.
Land, taxes, official administration, laws and regulations, soldiers and horses, money and grain, commerce and trade, hundreds of industries... this is a huge system, and only when everything is functioning properly can it unleash its due power.
Chen Youliang is absolutely top-notch in terms of military affairs. He is ruthless and dark-hearted. He is good at seizing opportunities and can conquer cities and territories... But the problem is that these abilities are still far from being the founding emperor. At best, he is
He's just a hero.
Zhang Ximeng talks about taxes, wealth distribution, people's livelihood, and the living conditions of ordinary people... For Chen Youliang, this is completely a dimensionality reduction attack.
It's not that he doesn't realize the importance of these things, it's that he doesn't understand how to do them at all.
Perhaps, I am really no match for Zhu Yuanzhang!
Chen Youliang sat slumped on the dragon bed made of pure gold, sighing softly. He took off his crown and threw it aside casually. The white hair on his temples was very dazzling.
He was still in his prime, but already mentally and physically exhausted, he had reached the point of helplessness.
After some stimulation from Zhang Ximeng, even the last bit of energy was gone.
If the momentum is weak, even if you want to imitate Zhang Shicheng's Battle of Gaoyou, fight against the odds and fight to the death, you can't do it.
Therefore, Zhang Ximeng’s words saved at least the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers.
Who dares to underestimate the power of rhetoric?
That is to say, Chen Youliang is in good health, otherwise Zhang Ximeng would have scolded him to death.
"Go and call the prince."
Not long after, brother Chen Youdang escorted the prince Chen Shan and the second son Chen Li to meet Chen Youliang... The two children were not very old, and Wu Didi's eyes were filled with fear, and they were as timid as small animals.
Normally, standing stupidly.
Chen Youliang stretched out his hand to pull the prince, but who knew that the little guy actually took half a step back... Chen Youliang was a little stunned, but he smiled helplessly, "Take him down! Fourth brother, you stay."
Helplessly, the two children left, leaving Chen You alone.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Let's call him Third Brother!" Chen Youliang laughed at himself: "Now that things have come to an end, I, the simple-minded emperor, have come to an end. All the civil and military ministers are unreliable. In the final analysis, we brothers are the ones who will live and die together.
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Chen Youdang hesitated a little and said hurriedly: "Third brother, don't panic, the city of Wuchang is strong. I heard that Chahan Timur has stationed a lot of troops in Luoyang. He may go south to Xiangyang. When the time comes, Zhu Yuanzhang will be attacked from both sides, so he may not be able to hold on.
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Chen Youliang was slightly stunned and pointed at the Yuan army to save him?
Maybe!
He smiled faintly, "Then let's hold on... But fourth brother, there is something you have to do for me."
"What's the matter?" Chen Youdang said in a low voice, his heart was throbbing inexplicably, this was not going to be easy.
"You, you killed both Shan'er and Li'er!"
"What?" Chen Youdang was shocked. His brother must have gone crazy, right?
"I'm not crazy. Brother Yu is the emperor after all. I can't let Zhu Chongba look down on me! I want face! When the city is broken, you will kill these two children. We, father and son, will die together for the country.
Everyone in the world knows that Chen Youliang is not useless, at least he still has a few bones!"
Chen Youdang had a hard time understanding how he could be dignified by dragging his two sons to be buried with him.
But Chen Youliang insisted so much that he had nothing to do.
"Brother, I am also a member of the Han Dynasty. I am willing to follow my elder brother and live and die together. Even if I go underground, I will also serve as a pawn for my elder brother!"
Chen Youliang frowned and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to persuade him to say something, but in the end he said: "When the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, benevolent and righteous, our brothers have no shame in the world, and we can be considered a man!"
Chen Youliang was talking a lot and looked in a daze, as if he was going crazy. Chen Youdang didn't dare to say anything and hurriedly left, but his heart was pounding wildly and he couldn't live in peace.
Has it come to this?
It seems that this country cannot last long after all.
While Chen Youliang was encouraging his family to become benevolent, the final deployment was also going on in the Ming army camp.
"Yu Tonghai and Liao Yongzhong commanded five hundred warships and blocked the river. Not a single ship was allowed to escape!" Zhu Yuanzhang coldly issued an order. "On land, Governor Chang Yuchun's troops launched an attack and surrounded the city on all sides. No one was allowed to escape."
Leave a gap. There is no need to encircle three and lack one, but as long as one point is broken, Chen's army will show signs of collapse. The prisoners are not allowed to be abused, and they are not allowed to kill and surrender at will."
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Chang Yuchun and added, "Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
Chang Yuchun was greatly shocked and hurriedly bowed and said: "I know, please don't worry, sir."
At this time, Zhang Ximeng said in a hoarse voice: "Not only you, but also the soldiers below are all worried. What we want is the complete city, what we want is the entire Huguang, and what we want is the hearts of the people in the world... This is
The war must be fought beautifully and cleanly, not only to win on the battlefield, but also to win the hearts and minds of the people."
Chang Yuchun nodded quickly, wrote them down one by one, and then went to deploy his troops.
In fact, Chang Yuchun has practiced siege operations more than once.
Although the Ming army had a lot of experience in sieges before, to be fair, it was still very troublesome to open a well-defended fortified city.
It’s hard to say how much the long siege and fierce offensive will cost. Gu Nian
But among the Ming army at this time, there was a very special group of people, the miners from Daye.
The Ming army also used gunpowder to destroy cities in the past, and after this group of miners joined, they quickly mastered the essence of gunpowder to destroy cities.
"Captain Chang, the most important thing is to dig a tunnel, get close to the city wall, and then place gunpowder under the wall and explode it in one fell swoop. My subordinates have already drawn up a plan, please review it."
Chang Yuchun did not answer, but looked at these miners seriously and said: "You are all experts, so you naturally know what to do is the right thing to do. I can only tell you that the superiors attach great importance to the miners, and there will be many measures in the future.
, please rest assured."
The miners nodded. Although they had not been in contact with the Ming Army for a long time, they already knew that this was a group of people who kept their word and would never deceive them.
"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, your subordinates will not be embarrassed!"
Everything is ready, no more hesitation.
In the morning light, the Ming army's trebuchets took the lead in kicking off the siege.
Stone bullets weighing hundreds of kilograms pierced the sky, like meteors, hitting the city wall of Wuchang. In an instant, the bricks and stones were shattered and smoke filled the sky.
Under the big red flags, the soldiers shouted and rushed towards the city with a momentum like a rainbow.
The bows and crossbows of both sides were firing at each other, and locusts were flying by. Every moment, someone was injured and fell down, but someone else quickly came up, without stopping for a moment.
Although Chen Youliang was at the end of his rope, ten years of fighting still produced a group of tenacious and fierce men, and not everyone in this group was willing to submit to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Not everyone agrees with what the Ming Army did.
There are also some people who know that their sins are serious and surrender to them, but they don’t have any good juice to eat.
There is no way out, so we have to fight to the death!
Fight, keep fighting.
The Ming army rushed forward, rushing to the bottom of the city again and again, and climbing to the top of the city again and again, only to be beaten back by Chen Han's troops again and again.
The fierce battle between the two sides lasted all day, but Chang Yuchun had no intention of stopping. On the contrary, he erected a torch, which shot up to the sky and lit up the night sky.
Continue to attack the city!
"madman!"
Chen Youzhi spat hard and could only hold up his weapon and continue to supervise the fight to the death.
Chen Youliang also appeared on the top of the city from time to time. He wore a conspicuous dragon robe and encouraged everyone to fight to the end.
And the two words Chen Youliang likes to say the most are Chengren!
A man is born between heaven and earth. He cannot achieve the great cause of being a king, but he must be benevolent and righteous, so that the world will know our bones!
Because he said it so often, even his subordinates got tired of hearing it.
The more you talk about Chengren, the more we think it’s better to live!
As long as the Ming army invades and there is no other choice, we will surrender.
Anyway, it is better to live than to die.
The Ming army's offensive was still fierce, with trebuchets overwhelming and non-stop.
I wonder where the Ming army got so many equipment?
No money required?
The fighting on the ground was so fierce, and the busyness underground was also quite astonishing. There were five hundred miners working day and night, working hard to dig tunnels.
They were busy working in the middle of the narrow tunnel, dripping with heat and sweat, and the air was so polluted that it was mixed with all kinds of smells, and one breath of it would make you feel as if you were going to heaven.
But even so, the miners have high morale and are digging with all their strength.
After three days and nights of struggle, four of the five tunnels were successfully excavated, but the remaining tunnel collapsed and seven miners lost their lives.
On the eve of the destruction of the city, I closed my eyes.
Their sacrifices were certainly not in vain. Through the tunnel, tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder were delivered to the city at night. Then the miners connected the gunpowder bags with moso bamboo and placed match ropes in the middle of the bamboo tubes.
Then they blocked the tunnel with stones.
ignition!
Just when dawn was the most tiring moment, there was an earth-shaking loud noise, and a hole of more than three feet was opened in the city wall. Before the smoke had cleared, Chang Yuchun was the first to rush forward, wearing armor and carrying a weapon.
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"Tell the superiors that today the city is destroyed and Chen Youliang is finished!"
The city wall exploded, and Chen Youliang knew almost instantly that he was doomed.
"I didn't expect it to happen so quickly?" He suddenly remembered something, "Where is Chen Youdang? Go and tell him to act according to my will!"
Chen Youliang shouted several times, but Chen Youdang disappeared. Not only him, but also another brother Chen Youzhi secretly came down from the city wall, took off his armor, and put on the clothes of an ordinary soldier.
It's too difficult to become a benevolent person, so you might as well try it...