Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 143 True or False Princess?Siege strategy

The seventh day of August in the 17th year of Chongzhen.

The two divisions led by Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu and the army led by Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang gathered outside Chengdu.

Immediately, the army surrounded Chengdu on all sides, and set up dozens of camps, with battalions spanning several miles.

For a time, Chengdu was like a dark cloud pressing down on the city, and a storm was about to come.

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Leaving aside what was going on inside the city, the atmosphere in Zhang Xianzhong's big tent in the old camp was not very good.

At this time, in addition to Zhang Xianzhong, there were his three remaining adoptive sons and son-in-law Wang Zhaolin in the big tent.

In the middle of the big tent was a middle-aged man dressed as a refugee kneeling.

"The humble official was ordered by the king to lead his subordinates to Chengdu half a month ago pretending to be refugees.

However, it was discovered that not only the four gates of Chengdu were heavily guarded, but also strictly interrogated those who entered the city.

Although refugees are accepted into the city, they must be protected by Li Jia and their identity must be proved by household certificates.

The low-ranking people tried their best, and even asked people to bribe the city guards, but it was difficult for them to sneak into the city, and instead lost a group of brothers. "

The best strategy for the peasant army to attack the city is to use spies to sneak into the city.

Zhang Xianzhong is especially good at this kind of strategy, so he naturally has a group of people who specialize in attacking the city.

This middle-aged man is one of the generals in this group.

Hearing what he said, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but tugged at his long beard and said, "Grandma, the dog officers in Chengdu are quite shrewd and know how to guard against our old man's internal response.

However, if they think that without internal support, we will not be able to defeat Chengdu, then they will underestimate our father too much. "

Zhang Xianzhong's words were very vulgar, even meaningless, but everyone in the big tent took it for granted.

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then clasped his fists again and said, "The humble officer has inquired about something very important outside the city. It is said that the Chengdu city is not the new governor of Sichuan, Long Wenguang, but a princess."

"Princess?!"

Zhang Xianzhong and others were surprised when they heard this.

"The princess is in charge?" Zhang Xianzhong showed curiosity, "Tell me about it, what is the specific situation?"

The middle-aged man said: "I can't enter the city with a humble job, so I just listened to some bits and pieces of news outside the city.

Around the beginning of July, a team of officials or intruders came from the north, and entered the city with the princess in their arms.

After that, the princess was renamed Jian Guo, and it is said that she even occupied the Shu Palace.

After that, all the officials and generals in Chengdu City will obey the orders of the Jian Guo Fu. "

After hearing this, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and Liu Wenxiu all looked at each other in disbelief.

Zhang Xianzhong exaggeratedly exclaimed: "The princess supervises the country? Damn, you won't be fooled by some story-maker, will you?!"

Wang Zhaolin also came back to his senses at this time, and said: "The supervision of the country in the Ming Dynasty has always been awarded only to the prince, at most it is the vassal king, and it has never been said that the princess will supervise the country.

Even, in all dynasties, I have never heard of such a thing... How can this woman become a supervisor?You need to know that after supervising the country, you will be the emperor. "

The middle-aged man was a little nervous under the questioning eyes of the crowd, but he still replied: "When I first inquired about this news, I thought it was a misrepresentation or being deceived.

Later, I inquired from many sources, and all the opinions I got were the same, and it was said that it was the last order left by the first emperor, so I had to believe it. "

"Chongzhen really let his daughter supervise the country?" Zhang Xianzhong stood up, his eyes widened strangely, and then he thought of something, and couldn't help saying: "Could it be that Chongzhen was worried that his son would let Li Zicheng be killed, so he let his daughter be a prisoner?" country?"

Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong's focus was getting farther and farther away, Li Dingguo couldn't help coughing, and said: "Father, if Chengdu is really in charge of the princess who is in charge of the country, it will be a good thing for us.

Women supervise the country, the civil and military officials in the city must be unconvinced, and the hearts of the people are not in harmony. How can Chengdu hold on under the onslaught of our army? "

"Well, what the second brother said is good." Zhang Xianzhong nodded, then looked at the middle-aged man and sighed: "It's a pity you didn't sneak in, otherwise you could contact some dog officials who are willing to jump back for me, so Chengdu But it’s much easier to fight.”

The middle-aged man showed shame, and said, "They are all humble and incompetent."

Li Dingguo said again at this time: "Father, even if there is no internal response, we can still shoot letters into the city with bows and arrows when we attack the city.

In this way, even if we fail to contact officials and generals who are willing to take refuge in us, they can still disturb their morale. "

"This is a quick plan." Zhang Xianzhong smiled, looked at Li Dingguo and praised, "The melon seeds in the second child's head are auras."

Sun Kewang heard Zhang Xianzhong repeatedly praised Li Dingguo, and couldn't help feeling jealous.

It's a pity that his strategy is not as good as Li Dingguo's, and he is also average in adapting to the situation. At this time, he is still digesting the information of "Princess Supervising the Country", let alone thinking about any strategies.

Liu Wenxiu, who had been silent all this time, frowned slightly at this time and said: "Father, if the princess really came from the north, and the leader is suspected of breaking into the army, it must be someone from Li Zicheng, right?

Could it be that the "princess supervising the country" is just a fog released by Chengdu, but in fact the officials in the city have already taken refuge in Li Zicheng? "

Hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong frowned his thick eyebrows again.

He had to admit that what Liu Wenxiu said had some truth.

The capital city was taken down by that bastard Li Zicheng, and Shaanxi was also occupied by the Dashun army.

It is impossible for the princess to come to Chengdu through the large area occupied by the Dashun army.

Unless she took refuge in Li Zicheng, or she was a fake princess made by Li Zicheng!

Thinking of this, Zhang Xianzhong only felt quite irritated, and simply waved his hand and said: "Who cares about the real princess or the fake princess, anyway, when we attack Chengdu, we must guard against the north.

When Chengdu is brought down, we will catch the princess and interrogate the princess himself, and we will know what is going on. "

When Sun Kewang heard this, he immediately laughed and said, "Father is wise, as long as we take down Chengdu, no matter which side this princess is from, she can only become my father's man!"

When he said this, Sun Kewang showed a look that any man could understand.

But Zhang Xianzhong stared and said: "Boss, what are you thinking about? I don't want to be Chongzhen's son-in-law, I want to be your boy!"

In his heart, Sun Kewang still longed to marry a Daming princess, but after his thoughts changed, he said: "I have a wife, but I don't care about Chongzhen's princess. The second child doesn't have a wife, so it's better to let him marry."

After finishing speaking, Sun Kewang winked at Li Dingguo, hoping that Li Dingguo would accept his words.

In fact, he was playing a trick on Li Dingguo.

This princess of the Ming Dynasty is not easy to marry - Zhang Xianzhong created the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty, if Li Dingguo became the son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty, would Zhang Xianzhong trust him as much as he does now?
However, Sun Kewang is cunning, and Li Dingguo is equally thoughtful.

He didn't take Sun Kewang's words at all, but said: "Father, since Nei Ying failed to sneak into Chengdu, we can only use the old method to blow up the city wall.

But today, when my son was camping, he observed that the moat of Chengdu City must have been widened and deepened recently, not to mention landfilling, and it is not easy to build a flying bridge. "

The offensive and defensive battles of ancient Chinese cities were frequent, and by the end of the Ming Dynasty, various methods of attacking and defending the city were very abundant.

As far as dealing with the moat of the defending side, the siege side generally does not adopt the method of landfill-it is too inefficient.

Generally, flying bridges are used to cross the river, and most of the moats will be paved "smooth roads" by the siege party soon.

The last time is to fill the river with carts to pile up stones and wood, which is much faster than filling the river with pure earth and rocks.

From Huguang to Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong's troops pulled out countless cities, so the army naturally had equipment for crossing rivers and attacking cities.

It's just that the defenders of the city will not allow people to easily cross the moat with flying bridges - the cannons and crossbowmen at the top of the city are not for display.

Li Dingguo paid attention to it when he was patrolling the city today. There seemed to be a lot of firing points at the top of the city.

This means that they are likely to be subjected to quite heavy shelling when they cross the moat.

In addition, a small half of the moat is within the arrows of the archers at the head of the city, and the side near the city wall is only about [-] steps away from the city wall. .

When Zhang Xianzhong went outside the city of Chengdu today, he also took a look at the city defenses of Chengdu, so he naturally understood this.

Hearing the words, he waved his hands indifferently, and said, "What's so difficult? I have collected so many soldiers, but I didn't let them stand behind and shout.

Siege the city tomorrow, let the Sichuan soldiers who defected to us last month go first.

Tell them, within half a day, we must pass the moat for my father! "

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