Mixing ancient times with Taobao

Chapter 488
"Miss, if the Qing army defends the city and puts all the artillery on the city, it will be very difficult for us."

Li Xiang frowned, "The Qing army should have received the information long ago. The general defenders of the city will inevitably strengthen the city wall, just like we defended Changzhou City back then. Moreover, the Qing army's artillery has been improved by Xiyi. Although we have never seen its power , but it must be stronger than the previous Hongyi Cannon."

He paused and continued: "According to reports from our people, there are no less than a hundred cannons on the city walls alone. It can be said that the entire Huzhou city walls are covered with cannons. Anyone who dares to use firepower like this is a It is speculated that they have at least two hundred cannons in their hands."

"Damn!"

Zhang Ming thumped the ground and said furiously, "It is impossible for so many artillery pieces to be transported to Daming in a short period of time. That Ye Deshu must have been connected with the Qing army long ago. These artillery pieces may have been secretly built somewhere!"

"Building artillery is no small matter."

Zuo Fudao: "Ye Deshu should not be so bold as to dare to build artillery in the territory of Ming Dynasty. I think it should be accumulated over the years of slow transportation. After all, the previous prefect of Ningbo was a good friend of him, and he died in the line of duty this time. It's hard to say whether he died for the country or was killed just now!
Look at Jiaxing, the magistrate, the co-prefect, and even experience were all killed. Why is it that only the prefect died in Ningbo?Afraid that he would be killed by his second officer if he refused to cooperate?There are quite a lot of ports available for Ningbo to open sea trade. If we build a small port and let the Qing army bring the cannons little by little, this can explain it. "

"That is to say..."

Li Xiang frowned, "Ye Deshu is not the only traitor?"

Zoff nodded.

After a moment of silence, he snorted again, "However, it doesn't matter how many people there are. In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is futile. Besides, I'm not in the mood to spend it with them.

You see, high-yield grain has been promoted for many years, but the people are just starving to death.There are so many things to do in this world, how can I have time to play cat and mouse game with them? "

After a pause, he continued: "However, this Oboi is also interesting. He pulled all the cannons to Huzhou, is he going to fight us to the death?"

"I'm afraid so."

Zhang Ming said: "Although the city walls of Hangzhou are stronger, if we are allowed to attack Hangzhou, their chances of winning are not great. They take advantage of Ningbo's maritime trade to transport supplies to the area around Ningbo, and then transport things to Hangzhou by the Qiantang River." , Therefore, Hangzhou is its real rear area, where is there any room for mistakes? After all, if you retreat again, you must retreat to Ningbo, and if Ningbo loses again, it will be difficult to escape.

After all, if Hangzhou is lost and the river that flows into the sea is under our control, they can only go by land.However, the area near the sea in Ningbo is mountainous, and although there are many ports, the real places to moor large ships are all in the area of ​​Zhenhai County, and to Zhenhai County, the only way to go is to go over mountains and ridges. "

Zoff nodded.

Ningbo Zhenhai is also the Beilun area of ​​later generations. In this period, if you want to go there, you have to climb mountains.Although there are special mountain men and pickers in that area, it is not easy for a large army that is being pursued to cross those mountains.

So this also explains why Obai came to Huzhou in person and concentrated most of the main force and firepower here.

After trying to understand the other party's motives, Zuo Fu couldn't help feeling a little grateful.

Obai, being able to become the Minister of Tuogu is not based on arrogance, he is really capable.It's Master Kong's narrow-mindedness, who makes people look like idiots. Just imagine, if your enemy is weakened, won't you appear to be even more incompetent?
Look at Oboi, this brain is very bright!It is very clear that if Huzhou can't defend, at least he will have another chance to fight back; but if Huzhou is left alone, I'm afraid there will be no second chance to learn the skills of the Zuo family army.

"Girl, what are we going to do next?"

Li Xiang asked: "Those cannons are not vegetarians. Although our cannons are better, we can't afford to waste them like this."

"Consumption?"

Zuofu chuckled, "Our shells are precious, why waste them on them? Besides, it will cost money to smash Huzhou to pieces and restore it. The money His Majesty gave me is just from the people. What comes out should not be wasted."

"Then, what should we do then?"

Li Xiang was stunned, "Is it possible to use incendiary bombs? That won't work! Big girl, many of them are our compatriots!"

"stupid!"

Zuo Fu rolled his eyes at him and said, "Didn't he want to defend the city? Then let them defend it enough! Send an order to let everyone prepare their engineering shovels, and we will dig a trench around Huzhou and come out." , and then swear at people every day, dance, shoot backstabs, eat old wine, and drink tea."

"what?!"

Li Xiang stared wide-eyed!
What kind of magical operation is this? !
"Surround but not fight..."

Li Xiang was in a daze, "Is the eldest girl trying to trap them to death?"

"Isn't this the cheapest, least labor-intensive, and least casualty method?"

Zuo Fu took it for granted, "This is because Oboi locked himself in the urn, you can't blame me!"

After a pause, he continued: "Mu Er and the others should have taken Zhoushan by now, huh, he really thought that this girl would give him a second chance? Do you think our Zuo Family Army are all saints? Heh, you can now Send people back to Songjiang County, go out to sea to meet Mu Er and the others, and tell them that after Ningbo is captured, don't stop and attack Hangzhou immediately!"

Li Xiang became excited, and waved his fist and said, "Yes! That's how it should be! We're here to restrain the main force, and let Mu Er and his group of animals attack from behind!"

"At this moment, Hangzhou will not have many troops. Ye Deshu is treasonous and will not win the hearts of the people. Now is the best time to attack."

Qiao Si nodded, and suddenly clasped his fists together and said, "Miss, I want to go back and report the letter, and then go to Hangzhou with Mu Er and the others."

Zuo Fu looked at Qiao Si, seeing that the once young boy had grown into a stable and reliable young man, and couldn't help but feel a little proud.

Qiao Si's talent is not in mathematics, physics and chemistry, but in military affairs, he has a talent beyond ordinary people!

He is perseverant, diligent, hardworking, stable, and brave. He uses himself to perfectly interpret what growth is.

It's time for him to fly!Giving him this chance, maybe he can better test whether he already has the ability to stand alone when he leaves his side.

Thinking of this, Zuo Fu nodded, "Then...you should cooperate with Mu Er to take down Hangzhou and capture Ye Deshu alive."

"Yes!"

Qiao Si left with a company, while Zuo Fu led the army to move on.

Soon, she arrived at the foot of Huzhou City, and she couldn't help being happy when she saw that the walls were indeed covered with artillery.

She is not afraid of fighting firepower.But wouldn't it be great to reduce some casualties?Aobai thought that after the great war in Jiaxing, the Zuo family's army would not be able to get food and grass in a short period of time, so they had to move from Songhu and other places, and wanted to wait until they were weak before attacking?

The idea is right!Unfortunately, the person he met was Zuofu!With the nanny TB here, do you still need to worry about eating and drinking?

(End of this chapter)