First, Sheng Yong led his army to attack the camp outside the city at night, and then Tie Xuan pretended to surrender, and the King of Yan repeatedly sent people to persuade him to surrender... Nothing was helpful, and in the end they could only fight hard in Jinan City through a thick and tall city wall.

In order to prevent the government troops from leaving the city to fight back, a fortification was built outside Jinan City, with fences and trenches, which were built outside the range of artillery shells. Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse and patrolled the battlefield behind the fences, and he was determined not to be trenches.

"Kill! Kill..." The fire surged into the sky under the city wall, and many soldiers held shields and pushed the ladder, shouting and rushing towards the city wall. Thick smoke filled the sky, with white smoke and black smoke burning with harsh tinder oil.

Rockets dotted in the smoke, like fireflies in the twilight, which were even more gorgeous than the fireworks on New Year's Eve. There were also large ceramic trunks thrown by Huihuan, which were stuffed with big firecrackers, and exploded everywhere, with porcelain fragments splashing on all sides.

"Boom boom boom..." Cannons roared up and down the city walls, and muskets flashed densely.

Zhu Gaoxu felt his ears "buzzing". Guns and cannons were buzzing in the world. He had the illusion of being in the TV series of the Anti-Japanese War, as if he had already entered the era of hot weapons.

It has been besieging Jinan City for more than two months, and except for creating countless corpses, there is basically no effect. Although the King of Yan is good at fighting, he cannot escape the limitations of the times.

Zhu Gaoxu thought of the common explosives in film and television that exploded bunkers. Now there is fire medicine, and it is still powerful to bury it underground... However, the amount of fire medicine required will be much more; the Jinan city wall is much stronger than the bunker. Although there is no cement, rammed earth that is more than ten meters thick cannot be exploded by ordinary bombs.

The only one who truly controls the Yan King has only a few prefectures around Peking. I have never heard of a large number of saltpeter mines. It is probably not easy to get so much gunpowder.

At this moment, deep in the smoke outside the barriers, many soldiers turned around in a mess, and obviously the attack was fruitless.

People pushed wheelbarrows, carried stretchers, and led the wounded soldiers back. During the retreat, the howlings and moans of the wounded soldiers came from everywhere. Many people rushed into the gate of the village and sat behind the barriers in a mess. Some were lamenting and some were shouting: "Go and call people and bring all the injured into the camp."

"Ah..." A scream came from a distance. Two soldiers were taking off their armor and clothes for a wounded soldier. The wounded soldier's left arm and left leg were covered in black, and a burnt smell of meat mixed with the stinky smell of asphalt came to his face.

A soldier said, "Brother, you have burned too many times. You can't heal, why don't you have a good time?"

The wounded soldier was just howling.

The soldiers advised again: "I have seen such injuries last month. That brother's body is rotten and maggots! He can't die, and in the end he can't even eat, and he starves to death. Waiting for death day by day is so miserable!"

The wounded soldier shook his head and cried, "I don't want to die, save me..."

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't say a word, so he rode a horse and left the place quickly. It was really miserable, and he was powerless.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a familiar person behind the barrier and thought for a while. The sitting soldier raised his head and shouted first: "King Gaoyang..."

"Stone...what stone?" Zhu Gaoxu pointed at him.

The young soldier struggled to stand up: "The little one is called Jin Shitou."

"Yes, Jin Shitou." Zhu Gaoxu showed a reluctant smile, "You are not dead yet!"

Jin Shitou raised his black and dirt-filled face, "Prince, when will we fight?"

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, thinking in his mind that the King of Yan had not decided to continue to attack or not. Now on the battlefield, he could not speak in front of the soldiers. So he said, "We should be about to capture Jinan City. There is a new strategy, but we can't say it for the time being."

Zhu Gaoxu walked around the city and saw similar scenes everywhere. Then he stayed there for a while and asked Jin Shitou casually, "Have you been promoted?"

Jin Shitou kept shook his head and cried, "It doesn't matter whether he or she is promoted or not. Many of the brothers I know are dead and disabled. I just want to go back alive."

"Living is the most important thing." Zhu Gaoxu said in agreement. After saying that, he trembled his horse's reins and left the place, leaving a sentence, "You can still be promoted if you make a contribution while you are alive."

Jin Shitou opened his eyes wide and looked at the battlefield where there was no grass growing and the smoke was misty.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu heard Jin Shitou's voice behind him again, and turned his head to look on the horse's back slowly walking, and heard Jin Shitou muttering to his companion beside him, "I have a few acres of land, and the wheat has just been harvested. Now there are new buns made of fresh noodles, which are golden, fragrant and crispy. The ewe have lamb fur that is smooth and she has goat milk. When I woke up in the morning, my young wife heated the goat milk and brought it over to me to smile sweetly. She thought of eating good things for me..."

It seems that the army is gradually short of food!

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu inadvertently remembered that when King Yan had just started his army, the soldier was so excited that he wanted to make achievements. Unexpectedly, a year later, he became like this.

He listened to the sound of cannons from afar, and suddenly sighed secretly: People are like this. After the ordinary days are too long, they want to do something big; but one day they will understand that those stable days are light, but they are very beautiful.

Zhu Gaoxu took a breath, kicked the horse and accelerated it, and led his personal soldiers to several cavalry and headed straight to the central army camp.

But the King of Yan was not in the central army. Zhu Gaoxu asked a general in the central army, "Where is my father?"

The general said: "If you go back to King Gaoyang, King Yan will go to the Daji River."

Zhu Gaoxu heard that the person was clear and polite, so he couldn't help but take a look. The general was also very clever and immediately said: "After the last general came to the command of the King of Yan, he heard the legend of King Gaoyang's heroic achievements, which made people respect him!"

"Ha!" Zhu Gaoxu smiled.

The general said again: "The last general is called Ji Gang. If King Gaoyang sends him, he will give him a verbal command."

"Oh..." Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a little familiar, remembering that he had heard of this name somewhere in his previous life, and it seemed to be a villain. But no matter what, those who can leave their names in his previous life are definitely not ordinary people!

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "I think you are extraordinary. You will definitely do something in the future and do it well."

The general was overjoyed and said, "Thank you for your kindness, King Gaoyang!"

Zhu Gaoxu then rode his horse to the Daji River not far away. He saw the flags and soldiers and rushed up. Sure enough, he saw the King of Yan and a group of civil servants pointing fingers on the river.

When he arrived at the King of Yan, Zhu Gaoxu came forward to pay his respects. The King of Yan nodded and asked Zhu Gaoxu to follow him.

A civil servant was saying: "With the height of the Daji River, it cannot flood Jinan City, and can only soak in the corner of the wall. The water attack will not be effective after ten days."

The King of Yan's face was very solemn and a little tired. Zhu Gaoxu observed the King of Yan for a while, and remembered what Jin Shitou had been talking about eating. He felt that the military rations could not be maintained for a long time. The King of Yan might have thought of withdrawing his troops.

Zhu Gaoxu also turned to look at the Daji River. The waves on the water rushed towards the riverside in the wind, but it quickly hit the river bank, splashing only white waves.
Chapter completed!