Chapter 320, the main text of the No. ruthless man in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Kuidong coalition finally arrived at the city of Jiujiang under the leadership of Li Laiheng.

Jiujiang City was built along the river, so there was one side of the water gate. The Ming army could attack only the other three gates.

However, Li Laiheng did not immediately order an attack, but ordered the entire army to station three miles outside Jiujiang City.

After hearing the news, Zhao Liben immediately brought his confidant to the city wall to inspect.

Seeing that Zhao Li was already here, Wu Kuan said half sarcastically: "The wind on the city is strong, Zhao Fuzun should go down first, so as not to hurt the wind in a while."

Zhao Liben said with a stern face: "There is no such delicate place in our mansion? The soldiers are trying their best to take care of the city. Can't we just come and take a look?"

Wu Kuan was laughed out loud.

"Where is, Zhao Fuzun will stay as long as he wants."

Zhao Liben thought that he and Wu Kuan were really incompatible. After defeating the Ming army, he must use the relationship between the court and China to transfer Wu Kuan away.

Otherwise, the two of them would not look down and see each other, which would be too upset.

"General Wu, what's the situation now? I think there are people outside the city, there should be tens of thousands of people, right?"

Although Zhao Liben is not very involved in military affairs, he still has an intuitive feeling.

In his opinion, it was not easy to deal with such tens of thousands of elite Ming troops.

Therefore, he was very worried.

"There must be tens of thousands of people. But Zhao Fuzun doesn't have to worry too much. This Jiujiang City is as solid as a rock and has several cannons, so there is nothing scary."

Zhao Liben was suspicious. This was completely different from what Wu Kuan looked at him before.

At that time, Wu Kuan said bluntly that it was difficult to defend the city. If the soldiers were not given some rewards to intensify their efforts, they might not be able to defend the city.

Why did it completely change the statement after just a few days?

Zhao Liben now seriously suspected that the 50,000 taels of silver were not distributed to the soldiers, but was taken away by Wu Kuan.

It is not uncommon to deduct military pay. However, Zhao Liben did not expect that Wu Kuan would be so unfaithful and would not forget to make money when the enemy was present.

Now it seems that Wu Kuan has already made plans and is ready to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

Poor Zhao Liben was fooled by someone and didn't know that he was completely unaware of it, and he was as panicked as an ant on a hot pan.

Ridiculous, really ridiculous!

Zhao Liben felt as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly, but what could he do?

Even if he broke his teeth, he had to swallow it.

At this time, the consequences were devastating.

"General Wu, what should we do now?"

Zhao Liben suppressed the anger in his heart and squeezed out a smile and said.

Wu Kuan laughed and said, "Just do nothing. Haven't Zhao Fuzun heard a word? If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move."

Zhao Liben felt extremely frustrated. He felt that Wu Kuan looked at him like a three-year-old child.

Humph, he also saw how Wu Kuan commanded the city to defend.

"Come here, get a chair for me. I am here and I won't go anywhere!"

In the Ming army's central tent, Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and others sat around to discuss the next plan.

In general, the principle of siege they formulated is to take the lead, and since this is the case, they will not be forced.

The Ming army's general attack had to wait until Liu Xingming, who had sneaked into the city in advance.

They agreed that when Liu Xingming ignited fireworks, Li Laiheng would order the siege.

At that time, the city should help create chaos and take the opportunity to open the city gate.

Regardless of whether the city gate can be opened or not, it will be extremely beneficial to the Ming army attacking the front.

Taking Jiujiang at the lowest cost is the only thing Li Laiheng has to do now.

"Little Tiger, I also took a look at the situation at the Jiujiang city. The number of defenders in the city will not be small, it should be more than 30,000. Look at the Qing soldiers at the city, they are densely packed."

Liu Tichun analyzed: "There is also the cannon, which will inevitably cause great damage to the men."

Li Laiheng nodded slightly to agree.

"Yes, so we have to wait for news from Xingming as much as possible. If we can open a city gate, things will be much simpler."

"But you have to plan the worst."

Yuan Zongdi added: "If you can't open the city gate, you still have to attack head-on. You can try the coffin bombing the city, what do you think of Xiao Tiger?"

His Majesty the Emperor had taught the details of the coffin bombing the city to Kuidong Zhuxun. Although they had not practiced it, they felt that it should not be too difficult.

After all, they have seen His Majesty the Emperor use this tactic countless times. Have you never eaten pork and you have never seen pig run?

"This is indeed a good way. You can cooperate with field artillery to cover and dig out the tunnels."

Li Laiheng has always felt that there is a fatal point in the coffin bombing city, that is, when digging tunnels, if the enemy troops on the top of the city use cannons to bombard it, it would be a target.

It just happened that every time the Ming army used this tactic, either the Qing army had no artillery, or the city had civil strife and there was no time to use artillery.

But if Liu Xingming could not deceive the city gate into the first time to attack Jiujiang, the Ming army would have to consider digging tunnels under the Qing army's artillery fire.

The best way is to use a tooth to fire the gunners on the city wall with a tooth and aim the cannon at the gunners on the top of the city.

As long as the Qing army's firepower is overwhelmed and they are unable to take care of themselves, the soldiers who excavate the tunnel will be safe.

Otherwise, the entrance of the hole would be blocked after a few shots, and the soldiers might be buried alive.

"There is no problem with these artillery?"

"The artillery should be fine, but the shells need to be spared. Your Majesty left us these shells, and they were gone after they were used up."

"Yeah, just wait until it's dark."

Li Laiheng murmured

The sky gradually became darker.

Martial law was imposed in Jiujiang City, so the streets were empty and there were almost no pedestrians.

But the Tian Mansion is very lively.

According to Liu Xingming's plan, tonight is the time for the uprising.

The servants and guards from each family were summoned to the Tian Mansion in advance, and there were thousands of people gathered together.

In other words, a wealthy courtyard like the Tian family can accommodate so many people, which is not easy to arouse people's suspicion.

Tian Ji was still feeling a little nervous.

Tonight is an extremely critical night for the Tian family. Let’s see whether we can further gain the reputation of the imperial merchant.

Liu Xingming was by his side, but he was silent and didn't say much.

It was not until Tian Ji took the initiative to call him that Liu Xingming said: "After a while, Mr. Tian invited people out of the mansion. We went to the city government office as planned and set fire to attract the attention of the government and seize Fengtianmen. I have observed that Fengtianmen is closest to here, and the Qing soldiers stationed at the garrison are the least, which is the easiest to seize. If everything goes well, I will ignite fireworks and notify the army outside the city to attack the city."

Tian Ji nodded after hearing this: "No problem. But Mr. Liu, can we really take down Fengtian Gate?"
Chapter completed!