At the top of the South Gate, Zhou Yuji, Cai Maode and other civil and military officials all looked solemn, and some even had a hint of panic.
Li Zicheng is not a vegetarian either. Chang Yu froze the south city wall overnight and made dumplings with his backhand!
He used all the troops at hand and cannon fodder to surround Taiyuan City. Success or failure depended on this. This was a truly grand gesture!
And the most troublesome thing for Chang Yu is that under the cover of such a dark night, there are dense enemy troops all around. Until the moment of actual siege, you can't tell which side is the cannon fodder, which side is the thieves, and which side is the feint attack.
That side is the main attack.
Chang Yu stared outside the city in silence with narrowed eyes. Zhou Yuji was busy ordering the city gate guards to closely monitor the movement of the rebels, trying to get clues from some details.
But Cai Maode and other civil servants were not so calm and seemed panicked. After all, they had never seen such a big battle.
"The west city moat...it's impossible, it's impossible behind the north gate..." Chang Yu muttered with his eyes closed and his hands pressed to his temples.
"The south gate and the east gate are still the most likely...but what if the bandits attack at the same time..." Chang Yu suddenly opened his eyes, just in time to meet Zhou Yuji's gaze.
"Is this possible?" Chang Yu asked after taking a deep breath.
Zhou Yuji took a few long breaths: "If a dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, anything is possible, but if it really happens..."
"But if this is true, although it is difficult, it just means that the intruder has reached the end of his rope and he has started gambling again!" Chang Yu sneered.
Seeing Chang Yu's expression, Zhou Yuji didn't know how to answer the question for a moment, and felt that the eunuch in front of him was becoming more and more difficult to understand.
His purpose was to make the rebels retreat, but Chang Yu repeatedly insisted on luring the enemy to attack the city, taking advantage of the high walls and thick walls of Taiyuan City to take the opportunity to cripple Li Zicheng.
Different purposes mean that the two people have different visions and structures, and what they think about is even more different.
There were a lot of torches outside the moat in the south city, illuminating the night sky brightly. Cai Maode lay on the edge of the battlements and sighed repeatedly: "Who knows whether these torches are refugees or rebels? Who knows whether they are three people holding one torch or one person.
With three torches..."
Li Zicheng did this move beautifully, and it was obvious that he had regained control of the rhythm.
However, how could Chang Yu be led by his lead as he wished? After pondering for a while, he suddenly ordered all the artillery to be transported to the West City to bombard the moat.
This decision was unexpected by everyone, but everyone quickly came to their senses.
Aren't the rebels surrounding the city on all sides? Let's break through one side first. The moat outside the west city is the main trunk of the Fen River. You only need to shell the river. Once the river ice breaks, it will be a natural barrier. It will be very difficult for the rebels to advance or retreat. Except from the south
By bypassing the gate, the West City and even the North City can be eliminated as the main attack point.
Moreover, when the intruder is mobilizing his troops, a sudden burst of cannon fire will definitely catch his opponent off guard and confuse him, thus disrupting his rhythm.
The artillery on the city had originally been placed at the southeastern head of the city. At this time, Chang Yu gave a military order and these big guns were hurriedly transported to the west city.
The artillery weighed around two tons and was extremely inconvenient to transport. However, the military situation was urgent at this time. Chang Yu ordered all activities in the city to make way for the artillery. Soon, ten red cannons were transported to the West City in less than half an hour.
With an order, ten cannons fired in unison, shattering the night, waking up the people in the city, and frightening the bandits outside the city.
Especially the rebel soldiers outside the West City were gathering along the moat at this time, and some of them crossed the river and headed towards the north gate. When the sound of cannons sounded, they subconsciously felt something bad and ran away...
As expected... Um, why did they all fall on the river?
As Chang Yu expected, this move made Li Zicheng frown, but then he turned to smile at Niu Jinxing and others.
In the time of a stick of incense, the sound of cannons on the city gradually died down, and the surface of the Fen River outside the city was sparkling. The rebel army was obviously in commotion and retreated far away. A small number of the rebel army who had already crossed the river also hurriedly took a detour to return.
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However, the bandits in the south and east of the city are still gathering in an orderly manner. Just looking at the torches makes people's hearts tremble. Li Zicheng spent all his money on the city this time!
On the southwest corner of the building, Chang Yu and others climbed up and looked left and right, their eyebrows looking extremely solemn.
The Fenhe River broke through the ice and formed a natural chasm, but the rebel troops gathered outside did not move. It was really strange.
"It's really suspicious. They should have taken a detour at this time, but they didn't move. Why?" Zhou Yuji also couldn't understand.
Let's take a look, maybe it's just a pretense, Chang Yu can't understand it either, but now what needs to be done has been done, the bandit army is now surrounding the city on all sides, he has also deployed troops to deal with it on all sides, and the deputy commander-in-chief is in charge of the east city.
, Cai Maode was in charge of the west city, Wang Jimo was in charge of the north city, and the south city was handed over to Zhou Yuji.
"Let's go..." After waiting for half a stick of incense, the bandits outside the West City remained motionless. Chang Yu waved his hand and turned around to go downstairs.
"But..." Zhou Yuji pointed at the bandit soldiers outside the west city.
"Bait!" Chang Yu interrupted him directly. At this time, he was sure that Li Zicheng's troops outside the west city were just trying to make a fuss. The purpose was to attract attention and make you uneasy and worry about gains and losses.
Otherwise, there is no other explanation. Chang Yu does not believe that they can ride the wind and float across the Fen River to attack the city. And it is very likely that the traitors hidden under these torches are actually just cannon fodder.
Are you starting to challenge me? After getting off the turret, the cold wind at the top of the city was fierce. Chang Yu glanced outside, with a sneer on his face, and then got on his horse. As expected, the intruders continued to attack the two southeastern cities!
At the far gate of Beicheng Town, Yang Zhenwei stared at the city with a murderous look on his face. Countless torches were flashing under the city. People were noisy and horses were neighing under the torches. There were still rebels crossing the Fen River in the northwest and gathering towards this place one after another. Looking at the formation,
The North Gate will also be caught in the flames of war tonight.
"General Yang, do you think the rebels will attack the city from all sides at the same time?" Wang Jimo looked at everything under the city with a solemn expression.
Although Wang Jimo is an empty-handed person now, after all, he is apparently the Governor of Xuanda, but in reality he is Yang Zhenwei's boss, and is several levels higher, so he does not dare to neglect him.
"My lord, I think it's very possible that I'm the last general. Look at the formation of the rebel army. It doesn't seem like it's just a show."
Wang Jimo nodded slightly and sighed: "Taiyuan City is in danger."
"Sir, please rest assured, General Mo and General He will defend Beicheng to the death and prevent the rebels from taking a step forward!"
Yang Zhenwei and He Chengxin were ordered to guard Zhenyuan Gate and Gongji Gate in Beicheng respectively.
Wang Jimo glanced sideways at him and suddenly asked: "Were you by Mr. Jiang's side when he died in Datong?"
Yang Zhenwei was shocked and didn't know what he meant: "Back to your lord, at that time I was already leading the troops on the way to Taiyuan. I didn't know anything about Datong!"
Wang Jimo's eyes turned cold after such a clean push. Yang Zhenwei's words showed that he didn't want to wade into troubled waters, and as Jiang Yu's former subordinate, he didn't want to make trouble.
The rebels are still gathering. A full hour and a half has passed since the initial warning from the officers and soldiers, and the rebels still haven't taken action.
Taiyuan City was now surrounded by bright torches, like an isolated island surrounded by wildfires.
As Wang Jimo said, everything is at stake!
Chang Yu and Zhou Yuji inspected from the West City to the Great South Gate and watched with Cai Maode for a while, then went to the Xiaonan Gate (Chengen Gate)
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at Xiaonan Gate, he saw Zhu Shenxuan hurried up to the top of the city. He couldn't help but be surprised: "What are you doing here?"
"The thieves are besieging the city. Taiyuan is in danger. Is it possible that I want to drink tea and listen to music at my house? Of course I have to go to the city to kill the enemy!" Zhu Shenxuan puffed out his chest and said with a proud face.
Hold the grass, this guy's acting skills are getting better and better. It seems that he was too embarrassed during the day and came here to regain his position.
Chang Yu secretly laughed, walked up to him and whispered: "How could the queen agree to your coming out?"
"I came out secretly." Zhu Shenxuan touched his nose and glanced at Zhou Yuji, who was smiling but not smiling not far away.
"Isn't the little princess coming here too?" Chang Yu looked behind him, but there were only a few servants.
Zhu Shenxuan waved his hand. This place was too dangerous. How could he let her come here? As he spoke, he glanced outside the city, and his face instantly became very embarrassed: "So many!"
"This is just the tip of the iceberg. The thieves are besieging the city this time, and they are like this outside the four cities and eight gates." Chang Yu walked beside him and said calmly.
"Ah! All around..." Zhu Shenxuan was shocked, his legs were so weak that he almost fell down after taking a few steps back.
Chang Yu stretched out his hand to support him: "Your Majesty, you don't wet your pants anymore, do you?"
"You..." Zhu Shenxuan snorted, pushed Chang Yu away and said, "What's there to be afraid of? Doesn't this king seem like someone who has never seen a big scene?"
"Yes, our family likes your serious and pretentious look." Chang Yu sneered, and then ordered someone to get a suit of armor for Zhu Shenxuan to put on.
In the blink of an eye, a handsome second-generation king transformed into a heroic young general. Chang Yu secretly admired him, how handsome he was!
"Tonight, our family will show the prince what a real big scene is." Chang Yu patted Zhu Shenxuan on the shoulder.
Zhu Shenxuan swallowed hard: "Is there any thicker armor?"
Li Zicheng used all his troops to completely surround the city of Taiyuan, and Chang Yu did not dare to neglect it. On the one hand, he mobilized his troops and sent generals to guard each gate. On the other hand, he mobilized all kinds of war preparations to transport them to the city. At the same time, he ordered the prefect Sun Kangzhou to use all his strength.
Maintain stability and ensure there is no chaos in the city.
Chang Yu took Zhu Shenxuan and Zhou Yuji along the city wall to the east to inspect the defense and whether combat readiness was in place.
When Kankan reached the southeast corner of the city, a messenger came to report that the bandits outside the west city were moving!
Haha, I can’t continue acting! Chang Yu sneered!
"Report to your lord, the Xicheng bandit army detoured around the north and south to gather at the city gate." Not long after, the messenger came to report again!
Gathering under the city? Chang Yu raised his eyebrows, and then shouted: "Get ready for war!"
As if to respond to Chang Yu, just before his roar ended, boom boom boom... the violent sound of artillery tore through the night sky!