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After hearing this, Sun Chuanting looked outside the city and did not look back. He just asked calmly: "Why do you think the bandits are getting stronger and stronger despite repeated defeats?"
After a pause, he thought of something, and then added: "Except for natural disasters and man-made disasters, just in terms of war!"
After hearing this, Gao Mingheng and others were silent for a moment, and then Gao Mingheng replied: "But you can't kill a snake if you beat it?"
"Yes!" Sun Chuanting said this, looked back at Gao Mingheng, and then said to him, "No!"
"..." When Gao Mingheng heard this, he was immediately speechless.
Yes and no, is this a "yes" or a "no"?
This time, without him having to ask again, Sun Chuanting explained to him: "If you can beat the snake to death at once, then of course there will be no problem. However, the bandits will run away when they see that the situation is not going well. How can it be impossible to annihilate all the bandits?"
How difficult!”
Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement!
After so many years of suppressing bandits, it is really difficult to wipe out all the bandits. Otherwise, why would we call them bandits?
Seeing them all nodding, Sun Chuanting continued: "The imperial army fought with the bandits, killing a large number of bandits every time. It sounds like the results were great, but did the bandits really hurt their muscles and bones? Not necessarily!"
Hearing these words, Gao Mingheng suddenly thought deeply and probably knew what Sun Chuanting meant.
Sure enough, I heard Sun Chuanting continue to say: "In fighting the bandits, the most important thing is to kill the old ones among the bandits, that is, their elite. Only in this way can their muscles and bones be injured."
At this point, he pointed to the outside of the city, and then continued with a sneer: "The bandits' usual trick is to drive the old and weak to consume the army first. As for these old and weak, they will die as soon as they die. They don't care at all, and they don't care at all.
It will not affect their combat effectiveness at all."
After listening to his words, everyone turned to look outside the city, looking at the people in ragged clothes who were filling the moat with dirt on their backs. They even saw that many of those people were old and weak, stumbling around.
There are even those who fall down while running and it is very difficult to get up again.
While they were watching, they heard Sun Chuanting say to them again: "Killing these old and weak people does not make much sense. Instead, it wastes the city's gunpowder and bow and arrow reserves. If these old and weak people come to attack the city later, they will be killed directly.
It won’t take much effort!”
Gao Mingheng nodded after hearing this, and just as he was about to agree, Sun Chuanting continued: "I estimate that if we let them fill up the moat and show the enemy that they are weak, the thieves will probably send their elite to try to attack the city, hoping to give Kaifeng a violent blow.
Under the attack, can Kaifeng City be captured in one go? After all, their siege of the city consumes more materials than our city consumes. If it can be decided in one battle, they definitely don’t want to delay it!"
Hearing this, Gao Mingheng saw that Sun Chuanting did not continue, so he took over his topic and said with joy: "In this way, we will give the elite bandits a hard blow, so that we can kill a large number of bandits.
The bandits hurt their muscles and bones, so they are afraid of Kaifeng?"
"Yes, that's what I mean!" Sun Chuanting nodded lightly after hearing this.
When the others heard this, they all happily flattered him.
"Your Excellency is wise!"
"If you have an adult in charge of Kaifeng, you can sit back and relax!"
"Yes, it is really a blessing for the people of Kaifeng that you can come to Kaifeng!"
"..."
In response to these flattery calls, Sun Chuanting's expression did not change at all. He was still a dead fish with no expression at all.
After a while, when the civil and military officials saw Sun Chuanting acting like this, they felt like they were flattering someone, so they calmed down and stopped talking.
At this moment, Kaifeng Commander-in-Chief Chen Yongfu strode over.
He signaled to Gao Mingheng, and after a silent greeting, he clasped his hands and reported to Sun Chuanting: "Sir, the general has selected the archers and sharpshooters in the army, please show me!"
Hearing this, Sun Chuanting turned around, looked at him, and ordered in a cold voice: "Please tell me, let them focus on the thieves and yell at the commander to shoot, and the strong and capable ones will come second!"
"General, I obey your orders!" Upon hearing this, Chen Yongfu immediately loudly accepted the order.
In fact, as soon as he heard the military order that Sun Chuanting gave him before, he roughly guessed what he was going to do!
After all, Chen Yongfu himself was an archer. In the previous battle, he captured the thief first and captured the king, blinding one of Li Zicheng's eyes and forcing Li Zicheng to retreat.
But at this time, he pretended not to know and honestly asked Sun Chuanting for orders. This is an attitude towards doing things!
Sun Chuanting looked at it, but his expression remained unchanged, and he just explained again: "I'll leave it to you on the west side of the city. Remember, always use binoculars to observe the enemy's situation and respond in time, understand?"
"The general will understand!" After hearing this, Chen Yongfu clasped his fists, saluted again, and immediately accepted the order and left.
Even if Sun Chuanting didn't mention the treasure of the telescope, how could he forget it during the war?
Sun Chuanting did not watch him go away, but continued to watch the fighting outside the city.
However, in his heart, he was not thinking about what was happening in front of him, but was worried about the court.
As he just said, if you want to eliminate the bandits, the most important thing is actually natural and man-made disasters.
If the people could live and work in peace and contentment, it would be impossible for the bandits to cause such a big disturbance!
If the people are going to starve to death, it is not surprising that they will take desperate risks if they cannot survive. In the aftermath, even if the thieves here are eliminated, thieves will appear again elsewhere. Repeatedly, the court's money, food, materials, troops and prestige will be consumed. In the end,
This is the current situation, and it will even get worse!
Thinking like this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but said in his heart: "Your Majesty, you must persevere and do the most important things well!"
From then on, an army of thieves wandered outside the city and besieged the city, making it difficult to contact the court.
While he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard movement and came back to his senses, looking intently outside the city.
However, the moat outside the city has been almost filled in. Gold was raised from behind, and the thieves withdrew.
Seeing this, Sun Chuanting stretched out his hand, and the guards around him immediately handed him his monocular telescope with both hands.
After Sun Chuanting took it, he immediately looked at the location of the thief's leader and observed it carefully.
At this time, Luo Rucai, nicknamed "Cao Cao", frowned and said to Li Zicheng: "Why do I feel something is wrong? Even if there is any internal fighting in the city, it will be too easy to fill up the moat, right?"
"So what? We have to fight in Kaifeng, right?" When Li Zicheng heard this, he asked back, "No matter what, we have to try! You and I are responsible for each section, sending out elites to pretend to attack the north and south, and mainly attack the east and west.
how?"
He and Luo Ru were in an alliance, not superiors or subordinates, so they could only negotiate.
Luo Ru just listened. Although he still frowned, he finally nodded and took a group of his men back to his camp.
Watching him leave, Song Xiance suddenly suggested to Li Zicheng: "General, in the eastern section of our army's main attack, we can ask the old brothers to wear shabby clothes to cover up!"
Li Zicheng listened and immediately nodded approvingly.
War is like this, you must use every possible means, even if you use means to increase the winning rate by a very small amount, it may affect the final result.
Therefore, Li Zicheng's military order was passed on, and preparations for the siege began again.
Having a full stomach is basic, and dispatching troops and punishing generals is a must. The bandit camp was filled with people shouting and horses neighing, and it suddenly became lively.
About an hour later, the thundering drums sounded again.
In all directions of Kaifeng City, bandits were on the move. There was no saying of surrounding three groups, but attacking from all sides together.
The old and weak were driven in the first wave, and behind them were the real elite thieves.
The bandits do not have many siege equipment, such as catapults, siege towers, and ladders. The only siege tools they have are flying ladders, bamboo flying ladders, and tiptoe flying ladders. They are lightweight and simple to make.
This combat method is also called ant attachment, and it is most suitable for rogue thieves.
Of course, there are also artillery captured from the army, but there are no heavy artillery coming from afar, which is too inconvenient and not suitable for the bandit's fighting style.
Slowly, the stray thieves got closer and closer to the city wall, getting closer and closer, and at about a stone's throw away, with an order, no matter what kind of stray thieves they were, they all started to rush towards the city wall, shouting.
Except for the ranged thieves with long-range weapons who approached and shot at the city wall, the other thieves were thinking of ways to prepare for the attack.
Suddenly, shouts of death resounded over Kaifeng.
Li Zicheng in the distance frowned when he saw this.
Kaifeng City Headquarters is so abnormal!
If I could describe it in one word, it would be quiet, or calm!
During the previous two sieges, the artillery on the city head had already fired, and bows and arrows would have killed the frontmost enemy siege immediately. However, this time, none of this happened!
This abnormality made Li Zicheng a little uneasy.
It's like meeting a very stable person while playing chess!
However, even though he thought so, he did not order the troops to retreat.
As he said before, even though we are here, why don’t we fight and withdraw our troops?
When he came to attack Kaifeng, he was prepared to suffer casualties.
Of course, what Li Zicheng meant by suffering casualties was his elite. As for those old and weak cannon fodder, they simply couldn't get into his heart.
Flying ladders, bamboo flying ladders, tiptoe flying ladders, etc. were erected on the city wall one after another, and the bandits immediately swarmed up.
At this time, the counterattack on the city finally began.
The smoke was rising, which was the firing of muskets and small Franco cannons. This could be heard from the sound.
Gold juice, poles and other city defense means were all used.
The light ladders and other things were pushed down one after another, and the bandits on them fell to the bottom of the city.
Just from the beginning, there were a lot of casualties under the city wall.
Li Zicheng remained indifferent to this. What he cared about was the subsequent elite attack.