"If we wipe out the Yuan army outside the city, Guo Zixing and others will definitely seize the city first."
"When we get to the city again, Guo Zixing and others will definitely have already occupied the city."
"Brother, I want you to tell me, who should be in charge in Haozhou City at that time?"
Zhu Qiwu's words left Zhu Chongba and others speechless.
His analysis is so reasonable.
First of all, it is impossible for the Yuan army to take the bait so easily.
Even if they took the bait and Zhu Chongba and the others fought tooth and nail to kill the Yuan army, Haozhou City would probably have nothing to do with them anymore and would become the ultimate labor force, benefiting Guo Zixing and others in vain.
Tang He thought for a long time and suddenly slapped his thigh.
"I'm afraid of a ball. If that happens, we will play Haozhou again! Let Guo Zixing and the others get out!"
Many people also agreed.
But this statement was immediately rejected by Zhu Chongba.
"That won't work. We are all rebels. If we want to attack the Mongolian Tatars, how can we attack our own people? If we really do that, our reputation will be ruined!" Zhu Chongba waved his hand and said.
"Brother Chongba is right. Brother Tang, please don't be impulsive." Xu Da said next to him.
Tang He just said something angrily, and he didn't say anything after hearing the words.
Zhu Chongba turned to look at Zhu Qiwu and said: "Qiwu, tell me quickly, what should we do? You must have an idea already, don't hide it!"
Hearing Zhu Chongba's words, Zhu Qiwu was slightly embarrassed.
He originally wanted everyone to think and exercise again, but now Zhu Chongba saw it.
"Hey, brother, if you ask me, the best way is to attack Haozhou City hard!" Zhu Qiwu said.
"If we attack Haozhou City forcefully, if we climb the city wall and seize it forcefully, many people will die!" Zhu Chongba said worriedly.
In today's era, although there are various siege weapons, such as returning artillery, artillery, etc., they cannot be put into use quickly.
If you want to build the Huihui artillery, it will take ten days and a half to build it, and the accuracy of the Huihui artillery is very poor. Without thirty or fifty Huihui artillery, there is no way to break through Haozhou City. Back then, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty invaded the Southern Song Dynasty.
Xiangyang City built hundreds of reciprocating artillery pieces, but they still failed to break through Xiangyang.
If thirty or fifty aircraft return artillery, it will not take ten days and a half, but it will take two months at the earliest.
At this time, the artillery's manufacturing technology was still very crude, and its power was not good. It was no better to use it to attack a city than to fire back artillery.
Therefore, as soon as Zhu Chongba heard that he was going to attack hard, he immediately thought of using a ladder to rush into the car and attack with human life.
"Brother, when I talk about attacking Haozhou City hard, I don't mean to attack hard, but to fight with open swords and guns to the gates of Haozhou City to let the people of Haozhou know that our rebels are here. Not only are we here,
, and also defeated Meng Yuan, and captured Haozhou City with unshakable momentum!"
Zhu Qiwu's words have already made Zhu Chongba and others' blood boil.
Yes, if we can defeat the Yuan army very strongly under Haozhou City and capture Haozhou, then Zhu Chongba and the others will be famous.
In the future, heroes from all walks of life will come in droves!
Zhu Qiwu continued, "We storm Haozhou and win. After that, even if Guo Zixing and others raise their troops to respond, they can't put pressure on us. They can only follow the lead of the eldest brother!"
Zhu Chongba kept nodding his head after hearing this.
Capture Haozhou City with clear swords and clear guns, and defeat the arrogant Meng Yuan army!
Under such momentum, even if Guo Zixing and others had more troops, they would never dare to look down on themselves, let alone jump out to pick their own peaches.
"Qiwu, then what do you mean by attacking Haozhou City hard, how do you break the city?" Zhu Chongba asked quickly.
Zhu Qiwu smiled mysteriously, and then said:
"Brother, some of the refugees we recruited are tomb robbers, right?"
"That's right, those people are so scheming, I asked them to dig manure pits and fertilize them." Zhu Chongba said with a look of disgust.
He always felt that this kind of tomb robbers were doing the most unethical things by digging up people's ancestral tombs. He was not willing to recruit them as nursing soldiers, but left the dirty work of composting manure to them.
Okay, to put it into detail, these tomb robbers can be considered professional counterparts.
The cesspools they dug were as good as the others, standard and beautiful.
"Brother, put these people under my command. It's up to them to conquer Haozhou City." Zhu Qiwu said.
Zhu Chongba and others suddenly became suspicious and felt that it was impossible.
"Qiwu, do you want these tomb robbers to dig tunnels?" Zhu Chongba asked immediately.
In terms of siege methods, digging tunnels to siege cities is also a common method.
But digging a tunnel is extremely dangerous and requires skill. If you are not careful, it will collapse and bury your own people alive.
Digging tunnels to attack a city is also called "hole attack".
There are two ways to dig holes. One is to dig under the foundation of the city wall, hollow out the foundation bit by bit, and gradually use wood to make pillars to support it. When the digging is completed and before the hole attackers leave, they slowly set fire to the supporting wood.
As the wood is burned, the wall above will collapse due to its own weight.
This hole tapping method is labor-intensive and time-consuming, and it would take at least two or three months to dig.
Moreover, the success rate cannot be guaranteed, and no one can guarantee that the city wall will collapse.
If it doesn't succeed, then two or three months of hard work will be in vain.
Another type of cave attack is to dig tunnels, enter the city directly, and then launch a sneak attack.
However, the amount of work involved in this kind of cave attack is not small. It will take at least one or two months to dig, and the defenders in the city are not fools.
They will use the method of burying large tanks in the soil to listen. Once they find a suspicious place, they will immediately dig horizontal trenches and fill them with water. When the cave attackers dig through, that is when the water pours in, the only soldiers in the tunnel will be
A dead end.
Even if the tunnel is successfully excavated, the narrow tunnel's ability to transport troops is extremely limited.
With a high probability, a rebel army was finally able to break in. The Haozhou defenders already had dozens of strong men grinning at the entrance of the cave, preparing to whack gophers. When they thought that they might be beaten by gophers by Mongolian soldiers, Xu Da, Tang He, etc.
People were shaking their heads like rattles.
"Qiwu, no, acupuncture points won't work!"
"Acupoint attack is even more unreliable, it will never work!"
"That's just a way to die. Let's find another way!"
Regarding everyone's refusal, Zhu Qiwu immediately understood their thoughts.
Zhu Qiwu chuckled, "I didn't say I wanted to attack the cave, I just wanted these tomb robbers to dig tunnels."
Zhu Chongba and others were even more confused after hearing this.
"Qiwu, you want to dig a tunnel, but it's not a hole attack. What are you doing?" Zhu Chongba asked doubtfully.
"Brother, this matter will be kept secret for the time being. I will give you a surprise when the time comes. Just prepare your troops and wipe out the patrolling and arresting soldiers outside Haozhou City first!" Zhu Qiwu said.
Zhu Chongba was already used to Zhu Qiwu's whimsical ideas.