Xu Da led 200 cavalry and 3,000 infantry as the vanguard and quickly swept away the Yuan army's strongholds outside the city.
When the army led by Zhu Yuanzhang arrived, Dingyuan City was completely surrounded.
However, the Yuan soldiers at the top of Dingyuan City were well-organized and had clear banners. They were not intimidated by the Red Scarf Army just because they had a small number of troops.
"Marshal, the general in the city is the same Timur from before. Our general is defeated!"
Xu Da said next to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Timur, last time he rushed in recklessly and was ambushed by us, but now he is more cautious and cruel!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
Zhu Han had already told Zhu Yuanzhang how to break through Dingyuan City, and it would only take three to five days at most to break through the city wall.
Zhu Yuanzhang could not be happier than when the Dingyuan defender defeated the Turtle Formation.
"Xuda!" Zhu Yuanzhang ordered.
"Marshal, the general is here!" Xu Da responded quickly.
"Lead your forward army and guard the road from Chuzhou. Don't let the enemy's reinforcements sneak attack!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.
According to the information he received, Chuzhou Yuan army general Alu Hui had about 20,000 troops and horses, making him the strongest Yuan army in Jiangbei.
If the Yuan army from Chuzhou rushes to rescue them, they must be kept at the outskirts of Dingyuan.
You can't let the two enemy forces respond, otherwise you may lose all your previous efforts.
"General, I obey!" Xu Da immediately accepted the order and left.
"Zhou Dexing!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted again.
"Marshal, the general is here!" Zhou Dexing responded quickly.
"Prepare three thousand troops and horses, ready to be dispatched by Secretary Zhu Han at any time!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly.
After incorporating the Hengjian Mountain Regiment for training, Zhu Yuanzhang's army more than doubled, and all military affairs became more complicated. He immediately let Zhu Han master important central military secrets and served as the commander of the Marshal's Mansion.
Secretary, in charge of the issuance of all military orders, and also serves as the commander of the engineer battalion.
These two new positions are the most important in Zhu Yuanzhang's army. No one can rest assured except Zhu Han!
"I will obey your orders!" Zhou Dexing responded loudly.
Zhou Dexing knew that he must prepare a hole to attack the city. The last time he attacked Haozhou City, he assisted Zhu Han beside him.
Regarding this matter, Zhou Dexing still had some expectations in his heart.
Because Zhou Dexing was interested in learning Zhu Han's acupuncture blasting method, but he was afraid that it was a military secret and was embarrassed to speak out.
If I could help Zhu Han, I might be able to learn it on my own soon.
Zhou Dexing knew that he was not as prudent as Tang He and not as astute as Xu Da in battle, so he really wanted to learn Zhu Han's acupoint blasting method.
Therefore, Zhou Dexing quickly led his troops to Zhu Han's side.
"Secretary Zhang, here I come!" Zhou Dexing said loudly.
Zhou Dexing is now the left commander of the Longxing pro-army, on the same level as Zhu Han's secretary-general.
"Brother Zhou, you don't need to call your brother that!" Zhu Han said with a smile.
Now that elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang has finally made his start, Zhou Dexing and others still need to work together to advance and retreat.
"We are in the army now. Didn't your brother say that when we are in the army, we should act like we are in the army!" Zhou Dexing said with a smile.
"Haha, Brother Zhou is really an honest man!" Zhu Han said with a smile.
In fact, there is no need to care about the relationship between them, so Zhu Han is unwilling to say more.
Zhou Dexing asked immediately when he saw Hu Yiba from the Engineering Corps and his men making preparations.
"The marshal asked me to bring 3,000 people. If you want to use them, just give me the order!"
In fact, Zhou Dexing has always had some doubts in his heart. The last time he attacked Haozhou City, it only took more than 300 people to dig and carry it. This time, it took more than 3,000 people to attack Dingyuan City. He was really confused.
"Okay, now that we have brought all the manpower, we will immediately divide into ten groups and dig tunnels around Dingyuan City with tools!" Zhu Han said.
Sure enough, it’s time to attack and blast again!
Zhou Dexing immediately became energetic and prepared to learn a lot from the side.
He immediately asked: "Brother, you have to teach me how to dig the tunnel!"
Zhou Dexing was full of expectations and was ready to listen carefully as Zhu Han told him some secrets on acupuncture blasting.
"Oh, no need to teach them, they can dig however they want, as long as they pay attention to safety and don't let landslides bury people," Zhu Han said.
"What?"
When Zhou Dexing heard this, he was immediately disappointed.
"No, brother, you don't need holes to attack the city. How can you dig tunnels casually?" Zhou Dexing was full of doubts.
Zhu Han laughed when he heard this, and then explained to Zhou Dexing.
"Brother Zhou, when I attack Dingyuan City this time, I am going to make a false and solid attack to prevent the enemy from breaking through my acupoint attack."
"What does this mean?" Zhou Dexing asked quickly.
You can always learn a lot from Zhu Han's side.
Zhou Dexing felt that it would be better to learn to read and write if he had the opportunity in the future, so that he could memorize Zhu Han's skills and learn them carefully.
"Actually, it's very simple. I plan to set up a key point attack posture on all sides of Dingyuan City to confuse the defenders in the city. Only one of them is a real point attack, and the others are just pretense. In this way, the Dingyuan defenders will
If you want to block the tunnel, it is difficult to make a correct judgment," Zhu Han said.
After Zhou Dexing heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and applauded.
"Wonderful! So that's what it means. We only need to dig holes casually, and we can scare them half to death!"
Zhou Dexing smiled.
"So, Brother Zhou, you have to lead your men to perform well and cooperate well. There must be no less soil to be dug, and the defenders cannot see what is fake." Zhu Han said.
Zhou Dexing immediately slapped his chest loudly, "Brother, don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by me."
As the 30,000 Red Scarf Army surrounded Dingyuan City, Zhu Han's acupoint attack method began immediately.
The eleven cave attack armies took up positions around Dingyuan City and began digging tunnels under the eyes of the Dingyuan defenders.
On the wall of Dingyuan City, Daru Hua Chi Timur, the county magistrate Zhang Zhiyuan, the generals Ma Bao, Han Cunhou and others were all dumbfounded.
"Damn it, these red scarf thieves are all ant monsters. Why don't they do anything? Then they come and start digging tunnels?" Ma Bao yelled.
Logically speaking, there are many ways for an army to attack a city. In addition to attacking in tunnels and caves, there are also ways to build columbines and towers to attack the city walls, rush cars to destroy the city gates, or use catapults and large fire cannons to bombard the city walls.
Among these siege methods, tunnel attack can be said to be slow and ineffective.
But the red scarf thieves outside were kind enough to dig tunnels and prepare holes for attack without saying a word.
And it is an eleven-point attack.
Ma Bao felt that these red scarf generals must be a bunch of fools.
"Being so weird must be a scam!" Zhang Zhiyuan stroked his beard and said with a frown.
Next to him, Daruhuachi Timur was also confused by the eleven points attacked by the Red Scarf Army.