The next day, the emperor personally led a large army along the river to the outside of Chongqing City and implemented a siege.

Wen Anzhi, Li Dingguo, Yuan Zongdi, Li Laiheng, Ta Tianbao, Dang Shousu, He Zhen, Ma Tengyun...

It can be said that famous generals gathered in civil and military affairs.

After some careful planning, Zhu Youlang formulated a major combat strategy.

Chongqing City is built on the river, which is very different from inland cities. There are seventeen city gates alone.

If you look down, it is more like a turtle or a crab than a typical Sifang City.

Among them, Chaotianmen is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River, and is the largest of the seventeen city gates. Because the imperial envoys often came along the river during the Southern Song Dynasty, they were named after the imperial edict.

From Chaotianmen, we walk around clockwise. Cuiweimen is the one.

Cuiweimen was first built in the Ming Dynasty and was often closed.

From Cuiwei Gate and then heading clockwise to Dongshui Gate.

Dongshuimen was also built in the Ming Dynasty. There is an ancient well in four directions facing Zhenwu Mountain. There is a saying that carp jumps over the dragon gate. It is the east gate of Chongqing City. As soon as you enter the city, you will find the Huguang Guild Hall, which is extremely prosperous.

After passing Dongshuimen and moving clockwise, it is Taipingmen. It was built at the earliest time, and there are four eye-catching characters: guarding Shudong on the city gate.

Then there are Renhe Gate and Chuqi Gate.

There is a wharf outside Chuqi Gate, and the unloaded mountain medicinal materials are basically from Sichuan. There are many merchants inside the city gate.

Jinzimen is located directly south of Chongqing City, next to Chuqimen and facing the river.

Then there are Fenghuang Gate, Nanji Gate, Jintang Gate, Tongyuan Gate, Dingyuan Gate, Linjiang Gate, Hongya Gate, and Qiansi Gate.

Finally, there is Xishuimen opposite Dongshuimen. It is between Qiansimen and Chaotianmen, and is a famous horse-sliding place in Chongqing.

Most of the seventeen city gates are water gates, with lips and teeth interdependent.

If one side is attacked by other city gates, you can provide timely reinforcements.

Therefore, even at the most difficult times, Chongqing surrenders rarely occur.

After some thought, Zhu Youlang finally issued an order.

Li Dingguo's troops were the heads to attack Chaotianmen, Yuan Zongdi and He Zhen were the heads to attack Linjiangmen, Qiansimen, Li Laiheng, Dang Shousu, and Ma Tengyun's troops attacked Nanjimen, Chuqimen, and Jinzimen.

The reason for this arrangement is that Chaotian Gate is the most important city gate in Chongqing City, and only Li Dingguo personally led his troops to govern Zhu Youlang was more at ease.

As for the other sects, they are also the more important of the seventeen sects in Chongqing.

If the Ming army wants to quickly control Chongqing City, they must seize these gates as soon as possible.

It is more convenient for the Ming army to attack these city gates along the waterway.

Zhu Youlang directly ordered the Ming army to use twelve-pound cannons and six-pound cannons to bombard the city. Under the rapid artillery fire, the Qing army had only the power to parry and had no ability to fight back.

At this time, the governor Gao Minzhan, who was in charge of the city, had become an ant on the hot pan.

He never expected that Cheng Tingjun was so useless, and he actually lost Tongluo Pass.

Now that Chongqing City is gone, how can you defend it by relying on his mother?

If it weren't for the war that was imminent, Gao Minzhan really wanted to kill Cheng Tingjun according to military law!

These Ming thieves also brought artillery.

The chaotic blasted down and even the mercerated thrust was broken.

The soldiers all fell to the ground, and there was no intention to defend the city, and who dared to defend the city?

Fortunately, the Ming army could not attack in one pass at the Water Gate for a while. If the Ming army approached the Water Gate, it would not fire any more artillery. At that time, Gao Minzhan could order a counterattack.

So, now I can only endure...

Being a turtle is better than being a thunderous turtle.

The Ming army was in a little trouble now.

After the general city is bombarded, soldiers can be ordered to charge and ants to attack the city, but Chongqing city is different.

There were water gates everywhere. Even if the soldiers rowed boats and came to the city gate, the ladder could not be built.

This is the difficulty of attacking Water City. You can gain an advantage, but how to convert the advantage into a victory is really a headache.

Seeing this, Zhu Youlang also started discussing with Wen Anzhi.

"Mr. Wen, what kind of fighting was the way the army attacked Chongqing in the past?"

Wen Anzhi replied lightly: "There is no other way, you can only rely on grinding."

After a pause, Wen Anzhi explained: "If a strong city like Chongqing is to conquer a strong city in one fell swoop, it is impossible if the enemy does not make mistakes and does not fight in internal conflicts. In fact, the two sides are comparing the food reserves, whether the siege party will eat up the food first or the defending party will cut off the food first. If it is the former, the siege party will naturally withdraw its troops. If it is the latter, it will be a matter of time before the city is broken."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youlang couldn't help but have a new understanding of the siege of the city in this era.

Even if he had a six-pound cannon in his hand, a sharp weapon like the twelve-pound cannon could not immediately open the turtle shell.

"That is why Master Wen decided to use a plan?"

“That’s right.”

Wen Anzhi nodded and said, "The hidden stake I have installed in Chongqing City is for today."

Now Zhu Youlang admires Wen Anzhi even more.

It is not easy to plan ahead. You need to have a comprehensive judgment on the situation, but you cannot make a mistake.

This is a bit like playing chess. You can't just consider these two or three steps now, but you still need to consider the situation after ten, twenty or even thirty steps.

Of course, any strategy is just an auxiliary, without absolute strength, everything is empty.

If the hidden stakes want to play a role, the Ming army must first put enough pressure on the Qing army in the front.

Therefore, the Qing army must be overwhelmed in terms of momentum.

"Stay on fire, don't stop!"

Zhu Youlang ordered in a deep voice.

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"Young master, we have bought all the food that can be bought on the market."

Although the old shopkeeper was puzzled, he still followed Wang Henian's order to buy grain.

In the eyes of the old shopkeeper, the risk of doing so is extremely great.

No one can tell when the grain price will reach its peak. If you buy it at such a high price, you will be sold all of it in your hands.

But the young master insisted on doing this, and he could not fail to follow the implementation.

"Well, you've done a good job, go and have a rest."

Wang Henian was already ecstatic.

Now he has completed the first and most important step of the plan.

As long as there is no surplus grain on the market, his plan can be implemented.

Next, we need to let go of some wind and create some influence.

As the saying goes, there is no wind, and rumors must be coordinated with the actual situation to achieve the greatest damage.

Of course, Wang Henian would not do this in person, but instead prepared to do it by posting notices.

Taking advantage of the night to get a full notice in the city, everyone in the neighborhoods and alleys knew it overnight.

These people would soon lose control after word of mouth. At that time, even if Gao Minzhan reacted, it would be too late to suppress it.

There was a fierce attack from the Ming army outside and anger from the people inside. Even if I borrowed Gao Minzhao, I was afraid that Chongqing would not be able to defend it.

"Your Majesty, it's time for me to be loyal."

From the moment he became a secret stake, Wang Henian did not think about going out alive. He only wanted to do his best to the court's rejuvenation plan.

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Chapter completed!