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No.30 Five-section siege plan

No.30 Five-section siege plan

Shu Tian Mansion was already in chaos.Zhongdu was captured by the Zhennan army with lightning speed, which frightened Zhou Dazhong terribly.Before that, he didn't receive any news. Unexpectedly, the Zhennan army had already arrived at the door of his house.Shu Tianfu still got the news from the merchants in the past, none of the people sent by Zhou Dazhong to inquire has returned.

As for those who went after Zhu Tianjiang and the fourth prince, they had already returned to the city yesterday.These people chased all the way north, and ran for hundreds of miles, but they didn't find anyone, so they had to return without success.

Zhou Dazhong sat in the government office anxiously, and many officials of the Chengwu faction in Shu Tianfu were thrown into prison by him.Now that his father and aunt have already done something, there is no need for Zhou Dazhong to hide.

"My lord, all the soldiers and horses in the city have been arranged. According to our defense strength, I'm afraid we can hold out for half a month at most." Yao Yiping came in and said.He has been appointed by Zhou Dazhong to defend the city and take charge of the power of soldiers and horses in Shutian.

"As long as we can persist for half a month, it is enough to wait for reinforcements. What I am worried about now is that we may not be able to persist for ten days."

Zhou Dazhong frowned. According to the previous plan, if his father joined the army, he and Zhongdu would become the logistics base. Shutian Mansion and Zhongdu Mansion had enough money and food to ensure the supply of the northern camp.But now that such a team appeared, Zhou Dazhong began to have a headache.

"Report~!" A herald ran in, "My lord, a large army has arrived from the direction of the Central Capital, and it is less than five miles away from our city."

"What? Arrived so soon? Where's the scout we sent out? Why didn't you report it in time?" Yao Yiping said angrily with his eyes wide open.

Zhou Dazhong was taken aback, their scouts sent out several batches, and they got the news when they were almost at the city.Zhou Dazhong didn't expect that the twenty or so people he sent out all died under a thin sword.In the end, this group of people was considered lucky, Lin Feng had joined Zhu Tianxiang and did not let him run into each other.

"How many troops are here, and who is the commander?" Zhou Dazhong asked hastily.What he was most worried about was that Guo Tianxin would personally lead the army.In that case, it is not aimed at them, but directly rushes to the capital to make a rescue.If Guo Tianxin arrived at Shu Tianfu so soon, it meant that Emperor Cheng Wu had already made preparations.

"Report to your lord, the commander's surname is Zhu, and he is wearing the ~pig flag." The herald said cautiously.

"What, Pig Flag?" Zhou Dazhong and Yao Yiping looked at the herald in surprise, wondering if they heard it wrong.

According to the meaning of the Dafeng flag, the Tiger Talisman is the flag of a general, indicating that the number of the army is more than [-].Auspicious Beast is the flag of the general, generally less than [-].Further down is the flying bird flag, which represents less than [-] people.But this 'pig' mark is totally unheard of.

"My lords, it's definitely a pig flag. The scout said it very clearly." The herald replied affirmatively.

Zhou Dazhong looked at Yao Yiping, wanting to get the specific number of pig flag representatives from him.

"This~ I don't know much about it, I think it's better for us to go to the city wall to have a look." Yao Yiping also had a pimple, and he couldn't figure out what was going on.

On the way from Zhongdu to Shutian, Zhu Tianjiang felt ashamed as if he had eaten bitter melon.If he hadn't accidentally raised his head and sneezed, he wouldn't have known he was wearing a pig flag.As long as the military flag is raised, it does not mean that it can be retracted. It is the rule of the army that no one dies and the flag does not fall.Don't mention how depressed Zhu Tianxiang is, he really wants to pull Guo Ying into the car and ### ruthlessly.This is good, from now on he will be wearing the pig flag.The soldiers are very superstitious, and will never change the flag unless the commander is changed.

What made Zhu Tianxiang the most sad was that the pig was still painted so festively that those who didn't know it thought it was a dowry gift.Fortunately, Lin Feng's appearance made Zhu Tianxiang not only depressed, but also full of surprises.

"Master, why did you come here from the capital?" Zhu Tianxiang felt a lot better when he saw Lin Feng, otherwise he really wanted to slam his head on this flagpole to death.

"Boy, if I don't come, can Zhou Dazhong let you out of the city so easily?" Lin Feng sat in the coach's car and looked at Zhu Tianxiang leisurely.

Lin Feng has been waiting for the arrival of the army on this road since yesterday.He originally thought that once Zhu Tianjiang joined the army, he would fight back to Shu Tianfu, but he didn't expect Zhu Tianjiang to attack Zhongdu.

Zhu Tianxiang was startled, and then realized that it was Lin Feng who saved them from that crisis.Zhu Tianxiang looked at Lin Feng gratefully. With him joining, there would be an extra super killer.

When Guo Ying saw Lin Feng, her jaw dropped in shock. "Old gardener, why are you here?"

"Yingzi, don't be too old or young, you have to call him grandpa. He has a very good relationship with you~so what." Zhu Tianxiang was so excited that he almost told about Lin Feng's secret love history.

"Hehe, girl Ying, your grandmother is worried about your safety, so she specially asked me to protect you." Lin Feng looked at Guo Ying kindly, and she had the shadow of Ruolin back then.

Guo Ying was even more puzzled. How could an old gardener who didn't talk much all the year round have the ability to protect her?Besides, how could grandma let him protect herself.

Zhu Tianxiang saw Guo Ying's doubts, and said quickly, "Yingzi, this old man is my master, and his fame can scare a donkey to death. Of course, the gardener is just a master to cover up his identity. He came Guo Mansion, the purpose is to secretly protect your family."

"Protect our family? Is it the emperor's order?"

"Yes, yes, it was the first emperor's order. Don't ask, turn around and ask your grandma, she will tell you." After Zhu Tianjiang finished speaking, Lin Feng just gave a wry smile and didn't say anything.

Guo Ying looked at it for a long time, but she couldn't see how capable the old gardener was. Since Tianxiang said so, she couldn't ask further.Perhaps, there may be some government secrets involved.

"My lord, we are two miles away from the city. General Wen asked if you would camp here or go directly to the city?" A messenger ran over from the front of the team to ask for instructions.

According to normal combat procedures, the army should set up camp two miles away to make arrangements for the formation, and then line up to call the formation.

"Go directly to the city, even if you don't start fighting, you have to scare that bastard Zhou Dazhong." Zhu Tianjiang has no experience in marching, so he will go to the prestige first.

Outside the city gate, 50 troops lined up in a square formation, and Wen Ruhai stood at the forefront of the team astride a horse and hold a spear.Zhu Tianxiang's "handsome car" stopped about [-] meters away from the city gate, and Zhu Yi and Zhu Er followed closely because they were too close to the city gate.Lin Feng sat in the car, drinking wine nonchalantly.

Zhou Dazhong stood on the city wall with his mouth wide open in surprise, isn't this the damned Zhu Tianxiang?When he saw Lin Feng beside Zhu Tianxiang, Zhou Dazhong trembled even more.

Yao Yiping and Tang Qili stared wide-eyed, when did this guy become the coach of the army?According to the principles of the Dafeng Ministry of War, one must obtain a sacred order before becoming a coach.What's more, what does this pig flag mean?

"Zhou Dazhong, I have received the emperor's secret decree to take over Zhongdu and Shutian Prefectures. You are required to open the gates of the city immediately and hand over the administrative power of Shutianfu. Otherwise, this commander will carry out a crusade according to the serious crime of treason." Zhu Tianxiang stood In the car, he shouted at the top of his voice.

handsome?Zhou Dazhong's teeth were trembling with anger, how dare a small sixth-rank official call him 'bench' after wearing a pig flag?

"Zhu Tianjiang, why didn't I know when the imperial edict was issued by the emperor? The pig flag is still hanging, you are simply building an army privately." Zhou Dazhong shouted.

"This commander got a secret command from the emperor. Do you care? Flying the banner of the god pig is to tell the world that there is meat to join Lao Tzu's team. Why, if you don't accept it, come and bite me." Zhu Tianxiang With the posture of a local ruffian, since he raised this flag, he also went all out.

"Hmph! Don't say it's an oral order, so what if there is an imperial decree. I have received the decree from the Empress Dowager Yi, and I have canceled the temple title of Emperor Chengwu. I have ordered the military and horse governor's office to obey the orders of Kun's harem." Zhou Dazhong gritted his teeth. Said.

"Fuck, I've already seen that the Zhou family is going to rebel. You're dead, don't run away if you're paralyzed." Zhu Tian turned around in the car twice in anger, took off a hard bow, nocked the arrow and shot.

This bow was found by Guo Ying in the government office of Zhongdu. It is a hard bow made of python skin, and it cannot be pulled apart without the strength of a few hundred catties.Zhu Tianjiang didn't know this, and the arrow bounced out, at most seven or eight meters away.

Lin Feng leaned against Che Xuan and rolled his eyes, Zhu Yi was even more embarrassed to look at the trembling arrow in front of him.Wen Ruhai simply turned his face up, he would rather watch the birds flying by in the sky than see such a shameful scene.

Zhu Tianxiang coughed in embarrassment, and pointed to the arrow stuck in the ground, "Did you see that, if you have the ability, if you dare to stand in this position, I will challenge you one-on-one."

A group of officials from the Shutian Mansion on the city wall stared down, and a thought arose in their hearts, this guy must have been thrown by his mother when he was young.

Zhou Dazhong smiled contemptuously, "Zhu Tianjiang, my Shu Tianfu is not the central capital, you can attack if you have the ability, I swear to advance and retreat with Shu Tianfu."

Zhou Dazhong dared to be so arrogant, he did have the capital to be arrogant.The loss ratio in siege battles is generally three to one, that is to say, unless the opponent has three times the strength, they will attack by force.There are 5000 soldiers and horses in the city, plus jailers, arresters, and government officials.Besides, Yao Yiping has made enough preparations in advance, Shu Tianfu can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack.Zhou Dazhong had already sent a pigeon to send a letter to his father for help, and the rescue army from the north would arrive within ten days.If it was Guo Tianxin who led his troops to attack, Zhou Dazhong might be afraid.But seeing Zhu Tianjiang, he felt relieved.

"Okay! Since you insist on courting death, then don't blame me for being rude!" Zhu Tianjiang said, raising the golden pen in his hand.

Wen Ru took a look, stood up the spear in his hand, and behind him, the cloud echelon team of the climbing team was ready.As long as the commander-in-chief gives an order, he will rush forward desperately.Although Wen Ruhai felt rushed, in this case, he absolutely couldn't make a sound to stop it.The coach is the heart of the army, even if there are mountains of swords and flames ahead, as long as the coach gives an order, he has to grit his teeth and wade through.

Zhu Tianxiang twirled the golden pen in the air twice, "Give me an order, retreat two miles, and set up camp!"

Zhu Tianxiang issued an order, and everyone in the city breathed a sigh of relief.Even though Zhu Tianxiang doesn't understand military affairs, he is not stupid.The opponent is ready to fight, and a strong attack under such circumstances is tantamount to fighting to the death.Furthermore, those recruits recruited by the central government may be able to run away as soon as they fight.

The army retreated two miles, Wen Ruhai divided half of the troops, and three commanders led the team to go around behind Shutian City and block the back door.Wen Ru was so excited that he was not afraid of Zhou Dazhong going out to fight. The Zhennan army is best at attacking on the ground.

"Tianxiang, I'm really worried about your order to attack the city today. On the surface, Shu Tianfu is more abundant than I expected. The rolling trees and thunder stones on the city gate are all done step by step. If we attack by force, the casualty rate may be extremely high." Wen Ru Hi said worriedly.

Zhu Tianxiang nodded, "I've thought of this too, so I don't plan to attack blindly. Uncle Wen, we'll be guarding outside the city these few days. Take advantage of this opportunity to train as soon as possible."

"Watch it? Is it just leaning down like this?" Wen Ruhi looked at Zhu Tianjiang strangely.Not only him, but the fourth prince and Yugege in the big tent were also very puzzled.

"Heavenly, there is enough food and grass in the city of Shu Tianfu, even if they stay there for three months, they won't starve to death." The fourth prince couldn't help but said.

Seeing everyone's suspicious eyes, Zhu Tianjiang smiled slightly, "I'm not good at arranging troops, but it's not difficult to destroy this city. Although there is enough food in the city of Shu Tianfu, there must be water. We just need to trap the city, Cutting off the mountain stream that flows into the city, tens of thousands of people in the city plus horses, can cut off their water storage within two days. Within a few days, the city itself will be in chaos." Zhu Tianxiang said confidently.

Wen Ru shook his head when he heard this, "Heavenly descending, although it is spring now, there is little rain. But in the city of Shu Tianfu, I guess there are at least dozens of wells, and it is useless to cut off the water source."

Zhu Tianxiang chuckled, "Uncle Wen, don't worry, I guarantee that they will not dare to drink any well water in the city. Don't forget that there are still a large group of brothers with sticky poles hidden in the city, so tell them to put some poison in the wells." , This is what they are good at. If there is no water source, set them a few more fires. In less than three or four days, the people in the city will rebel."

When the people in the big tent heard it, it was a bit too poisonous.Yugege couldn't bear it and said, "Brother Tianxiang, it doesn't mean that all the people in the city will suffer."

"There is no way. During the war, if you can keep yourself, you will win. Only when the people in the city are pushed into a hurry, will they stand up and fight. In order to survive, the people have to choose to join us. Zhou Dazhong wants to fight, but if I don't fight, I will fight." It's exhausting him." Zhu Tianxiang said in his heart that he was going to play tricks, I have plenty of tricks, and this is just the beginning.

Wen Ruhei is not so merciful, since Zhu Tianjiang is sure to cut off the water source in the city, this is indeed a clever plan.Moreover, the morale of the recruited soldiers is still unstable, and it will take time to adapt and train.

"Heavenly, I will immediately order people to dig a canal and divert it to stop the flow of the mountain stream. Fortunately, this is not Zhongdu Prefecture, and there is no lake, otherwise it really won't work."

"Uncle Wen, cut off the flow and military matters, I will trouble you when you get old. Also, send people to pay close attention to the north to prevent the arrival of reinforcements." After Zhu Tianxiang finished giving orders, Wen Ruhi immediately went to arrange the manpower.

Zhu Tianjiang walked out of the big tent, Zhu Yi and the others stood beside the handsome car and waited.Lin Feng was sitting leisurely in the car talking to Guo Ying, Zhu Yi and the others didn't know his real identity, they only knew that the old man was Zhu Tianjiang's master or a gardener in the general's mansion.Zhu Tianxiang understood that Lin Feng didn't want to make public, so he just told everyone to call him Lao Lin.Zhu Yi and the others didn't have much interest in Lin Feng, they felt that with Zhu Tianxiang's kung fu foundation, his master was not much better.

Zhu Tianjiang led his own soldiers again and came outside the city to observe the layout on the city wall.

"Zhu Er, is there any way to notify the brothers in the city?" Zhu Tianxiang asked.

Zhu Er shook his head, "The city wall is very tightly guarded, and I'm afraid Zhu Yi is not capable of sneaking across it. The pigeons in the city are all transmitted over long distances, and there is no way to get in close contact." Zhu nodded a little, expressing his approval. According to the second, he really doesn't have the ability to deal with so many people.What Qinglongwei is good at is assassination, not face-to-face gang fights.

Zhu Tianxiang frowned, "How about shooting the news in with an arrow?"

Zhu Yi checked the distance with his eyes, "Sir, the wall is so thick that even if you shoot it in, it will fall into the hands of officers and soldiers."

Zhu Tianxiang's mind began to work quickly, and based on the knowledge of his previous life, he quickly thought of a solution.

Zhou Dazhong and Yao Yiping stood on the city wall and guarded the main entrance in person.It's hard for anyone to say when Zhu Tianjiang's idiot will order the attack on the city in a flash of his head.

Two hours passed, and there was still no movement outside the city.The soldiers on the city wall wished they would never come to attack the city.

At this moment, sky lanterns suddenly rose outside the city, and the sky lanterns floated into the city along the direction of the wind.Zhou Dazhong and Yao Yiping watched in surprise, not understanding the meaning of lighting the sky lanterns in broad daylight.

This sky lantern is very strange, and there is a long paper ribbon floating under the sky lantern.There is a line of vermilion characters written on each tape, 'The slam down the sky, the blackness and the dryness of everything'.This sentence is the code word of the Suzaku envoy at the sticky pole, the slam represents the whole city, the inverted chimney refers to the well, the dark is to let poison, and the dryness of the things is to let the fire be set arbitrarily.

The people from the Suzaku envoy at the sticky poles in the city saw, "Poison the wells all over the city, and set fires at will", and immediately understood Zhu Tianxiang's intentions.Although Zhou Dazhong had already ordered the whole city to search and arrest the people at the sticky poles, these people were from all walks of life, and they were deeply hidden.Those who were arrested were basically ordinary people.

"My lord! It's not good, the stream flowing into the city has been cut off." An officer ran up the city wall to report.

Zhou Dazhong glanced at it and snorted coldly, not taking it to heart at all.The stream flowed into the entrance of the city. Yao Yiping had already ordered people to set up a shelf. Once the outside army wanted to enter from there, the huge stones on the shelf could immediately fall down to seal the entrance.Moreover, the surface of the water is covered with thorns, and it is impossible to wade in on the surface of the water.The opponent's cavalry could not enter from there, and even if a small group of infantry could come in, they would come to die.Besides, there are dozens of boreholes in the city, Zhou Dazhong is not worried about water shortage at all.

The sky gradually darkened, and the soldiers on the city wall became more nervous at night.When attacking a city at night, the death rate is much higher than that during the day.

A curfew has been imposed in the city, and in the darkness, shadows of people climbed over the wall.Around their waists were bags of prepared poison.Anzi at the sticky pole not only poisoned the well, but also threw some dead chickens and dogs into it.