Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 147
The entire eastern city wall was searched through the drone, and when he saw two possible thieves digging holes, Yang Zhan immediately rushed over with his own soldiers, commanding the soldiers to target ten thousand enemies.

Bang!
There was only a loud noise, and under the impact of the explosion, the originally unstable excavation cave collapsed, and more than a dozen veteran diggers among the bandit army were all buried in it.

Even the bandits around were blown to death and burned to death by ten thousand enemies.

Not long after, another dug hole was also "protected" by thousands of enemies.

Even though the structure of this hole-digging hole is more stable and has not completely collapsed, the area of ​​flames created by the tens of thousands of enemies has turned the bandits in the hole who are good at digging into "beggars" .

In the army formation.

Li Dingguo saw two digging sites being bombarded by tens of thousands of enemies one after another from the watch car, and his sword eyebrows couldn't help but curl up into a ball.

He vaguely felt that all his actions could be known by the guard.

This situation is too strange, he has been leading the army for many years, and he has pulled out countless cities, but this is the first time he has encountered such a thing.

Not long after, the two men came under the watch car to plead guilty to Li Dingguo.

These two were Hu Shundu and Wang Daoheng who were ordered to lead troops to dig a hole under the city wall.

Although they came to plead guilty, the two of them felt very happy in their hearts.

Fortunately, some time ago, the Great West Army expanded its army, and they also recruited a lot of people. This time, they didn't lead the team to dig the cave in person, otherwise they would be dead to plead guilty now.

Li Dingguo could see clearly that the failure of digging this time was not the fault of these two people, so naturally he would not punish them, but comforted them with a few words.

Hu Shun felt relieved and asked, "General, do you want to continue sending people to dig holes?"

Li Dingguo asked back: "How deep is the moat? Is it possible to dig a tunnel in the distance and pass through the moat to reach the city wall?"

Hu Shundu looked even worse when he heard that, and said: "The moat is at least one zhang deep. If we want to tunnel through the moat, we have to dig at least three zhang deep to be safe. I'm afraid it will take a lot of time."

Li Dingguo frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Let's dig. First build a wooden fort on the west side of the moat to prevent the defenders from shelling, and then use the excavated soil to process it into an earthen fort. With the protection of the earthen fortress, it will be much safer for you to dig tunnels."

After hearing this, Hu Shundu and Wang Daoheng all lost their worry and fear, and immediately responded loudly: "The last general's order!"

After that, Li Dingguo continued to look at the city wall.

Although his own casualties were heavy, he did not order the withdrawal of troops.

As a veteran player who can often win, he knows that he can't put all the victory and defeat on one plan.

Even if it goes well, digging a tunnel from the west side of the moat to the bottom of the city wall will probably take more than a day.

If the enemy has a way to harass, it will take more time.

That's why he asked Hu and Wang to go directly to dig holes under the city wall at the beginning - digging holes under the city wall is the fastest. If it goes well, maybe enough gunpowder can be buried in one day to perform the stick technique smoothly.

Unfortunately, tunnels can only be dug on the west side of the moat now.

In order to prevent Hu and Wang from being harassed when digging the tunnel, it is necessary to maintain the previous siege intensity.

As for the heavy casualties of the soldiers... Although he cherishes the soldiers, he will not make wrong commands because of this.

What's more, he now has 10,000+ soldiers and horses in all the battalions under his command. Even if he sends 4 to [-] people to attack each time, it is estimated that one battalion will have two turns before dark.

They have enough troops to attack the city in several batches, but the Chengdu defenders may not have so many troops and have to rotate.

Li Dingguo also wanted to see how long Chengdu could last under the successive attacks of their army.

Maybe, it didn't take a day for them to shoot it down?
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Dangdang Dangdang!
Not long after noon (after one o'clock in the afternoon), the sound of Mingjin sounded in succession from east to west, north, south, and south of Chengdu.

South of Chengdu.

Liu Wenxiu stood on the lookout cart covered with sunshade cloth, wiped his sweat with a damp cloth, and looked at the soldiers retreating one after another in front of him, his handsome face was full of helplessness.

He didn't have as many intrigues and tricks as Li Dingguo in fighting, nor did he have the bravery and cunning of Sun Kewang, nor did he have the bravery of Ainengqi.

He fights wars the same way he does things for people, just one word - steady.

Therefore, on Nancheng's side, he followed the method discussed in the old battalion from the beginning, and let a group of [-] soldiers and horses under his command take turns to attack the city without interruption.

At the same time, let the veteran diggers hide underground with the team, dig the soil and dig holes, and prepare for the stick method.

Looking at the general flag, the guard of Nancheng is the same as his original surname, Liu.

Not surprisingly, it should be General Liu Zhenfan.

Although he fought all morning, Liu Zhenfan didn't seem to find the hole under the city wall.

Seeing that as long as it lasts until the afternoon, the hole should be dug well, and gunpowder can be sent inside.

But people are not as good as heaven.

Whether it is in the front or in the army, there are constant soldiers suffering from heat stroke.

Soldiers in charge of digging holes suffered more heatstroke.

Even Liu Wenxiu felt a little overwhelmed even standing on the observation car with the sunshade cloth.

Seeing more and more non-combat reductions in the army, and the soldiers had almost no fighting spirit, Liu Wenxiu sent a fast horse to report the situation to Zhang Xianzhong, hoping that the troops could be withdrawn first, and then fight again when the heat is not so hot in the afternoon.

Around this time, there were quite a few soldiers suffering from heatstroke in the armies from all directions, so Zhang Xianzhong agreed.

This is the reason why the Daxi Army suddenly called gold to withdraw its troops.

After all the soldiers and horses in front retreated, Liu Wenxiu found that not only was no team unhappy, but some teams cheered.

Obviously, the soldiers did not want to fight on such a hot day.

Otherwise, it would be too unfair to die in the hands of God instead of the enemy.

"Return to the camp." Liu Wenxiu looked at the other people in the car and walked down, and then said to Chen Jian, the head of the personal guards: "Have someone bring out all the watermelons in Shuijingli Town in the camp, and give them to the camp leaders and generals." Go for one."

When Liu Wenxiu chose a site to camp in Chengdu, he knew there was a village, so he set up his camp in the village.

There are two wells in the village, and there is a large field of late-ripening watermelons outside the village, so he asked someone to get a batch of watermelons and put them in the wells.

Right now it's time to cool off.

On the south wall, Liu Zhenfan saw that Liu Wenxiu had withdrawn his troops, and hurried back to the city gate.

It should be noted that on such a hot day, even if there are arrow shields on the city wall to shade the sun, it is still very hot.

After Liu Zhenfan entered the city gate tower, he picked up a large teapot from an iron basin with ice shavings, and poured herbal tea gurglingly.

Seeing that the soldiers added a spoonful of nitrate to the big wooden basin outside the iron basin, and the water in the iron basin suddenly started to freeze again, Liu Zhenfan couldn't help but stroked his beard and laughed.

The secret method of making ice with nitrate was taught by Her Royal Highness. It is said that it existed in Tang Dynasty, but this is the first time Yang Zhan heard of it.

The weather was extremely hot, and the guards on the four walls had to live and eat in the towers because of their heavy responsibilities. Such a hot day was an extremely difficult thing.

But with this ice-making secret method, and the thoughtful care of logistics, it will not be so uncomfortable.

No, he had just finished drinking the iced herbal tea when he heard the soldiers outside say: "General, mung bean soup and watermelon are here."

"Hurry up and send it in." Liu Zhenfan said with joy on his face.

After a bucket of mung bean soup and a big watermelon were brought in, Liu Zhenfan asked again: "Do you have them there?"

"It's all there. It's already ready to eat. Don't worry, the general."

Liu Zhenfan nodded with a smile, took a bowl of mung bean soup served by the soldiers, and started to eat. After two mouthfuls, he put it into the iron basin——he thought the mung bean soup was still delicious chilled.

He was about to open the watermelon himself and share it with the soldiers around him, when he heard a strange "beep" sound coming from a wooden box that looked like a sacrifice.

Liu Zhenfan hurried forward and carefully took out a strange cuboid box the size of Bazang from the wooden box.

This is the "magic weapon" that Aimee Zhu gave to the guards on the four walls for contact and communication-the walkie-talkie.

With the walkie-talkie, if the bandits want to concentrate their elites to attack one city wall, the guards on the other three walls will know in time and send troops to support them.

Of course, the walkie-talkie is also in contact with the West Mansion in the city, so the elite as a vital force in the city can also provide timely support.

As soon as Liu Zhenfan took the walkie-talkie into his hand, he heard a bold and hearty voice from inside.

"I'm Yang Zhan, I'm Yang Zhan. Are the other three guards here? I have something to say here."

(End of this chapter)