Chapter 1967 Gui Zijuan adapts to the situation and fights to seize the city
Luo Dingbiao's heart trembled slightly, but the expression on his face did not change much. He curled his lips casually: "The goods of Zhou's Timber Store, Mr. Zhu, have you forgotten that Mr. Sun came to warn us last time that we should compete with these big Linqing households?" We need to handle the relationship well and don't offend them easily. This is the goods of the lumber shop. It was shipped from Dongchang Mansion a few days ago and has been on display for two days. It is said that it was originally going to be shipped today, but now it has been delayed."
There is nothing obvious about the wood piled up behind the city wall, but this is only the outer layer. The wood below is all tied with iron hooks or tied with bamboo ropes and pushed down the river. It can become part of the pontoon bridge. At that time, large iron hooks will be used to connect these wooden rafts one by one, and a pontoon bridge can be formed in a short time.
For Watergate, such a pontoon bridge can also become a passage connecting the inside and outside of the city. You can rush into the city directly along the pontoon bridge without climbing the wall. Its movement efficiency can be greatly improved, and it can also avoid being discovered by the mighty gate defenders and then counterattack. Come and deal with the risk of insufficient troops.
Seeing the dissatisfaction with him on the other party's face, Zhu Yunqi also knew that this guy had always been dissatisfied with him as the lord general of Linqing City.
Although he is not afraid, he is not willing to offend the other party too deeply. After all, in this war, the other party will have to fight hard.
However, he also knew that the Zhou family's timber business was very big. Zhou Chaorui worked at Dali Temple in Beijing. The Zhou family was also a famous gentry family in Linqing. If he wanted to gain a foothold in Shandong, he could not do without the support of these gentry families. However, until Now, these gentry still adopt a lukewarm and uncooperative attitude, which also makes us quite sad.
It is estimated that it will wait until the second half of the year when the court cannot hold on and begins to be stretched thin. When these Shandong gentry see that without the support of Jiangnan, the people in the north will not survive at all, these people will slowly change their attitude. Now everyone can only endure.
"Brother Luo, these are extraordinary times. The war situation is so tense and I am under a lot of pressure, so I have to be careful. It is not safe to put these wood here. If the enemy's rocket falls, it will cause a fire. Give us a way to It will cause chaos, so I'm afraid we have to ask the Zhou family to move these things away as soon as possible." Zhu Yunqi said seriously.
"Then why don't you, Mr. Zhu, give an order to the Zhou family?" Luo Dingbiao snorted and said, "Don't let us subordinates do all the offending work. If you sue Mr. Sun in the future, you will have to suffer. insulted."
Zhu Yunqi smiled and said, "Haha, Brother Luo, these matters are within your defense zone. I'm afraid you have to deal with them yourself, but these things really can't be piled up here."
Luo Dingbiao’s face darkened and he didn’t speak for a while.
Zhu Yunqi estimated that the other party probably accepted the other party's money to let the other party place so many wooden boards here. He also pretended not to know. It would be fine to just turn a blind eye to this kind of thing, but things cannot be placed here. here.
Zhu Yunqi waited like this with a smile. After a while, Luo Dingbiao said angrily: "Then we can only wait until tomorrow morning. I will ask someone to inform the Zhou family. Now the brothers are all exhausted, so there is no need for that." Use more energy to accompany the Zhu family to move things overnight."
Zhu Yunqi was not concerned about himself and had the upper hand. It was enough to let the other party understand the stakes.
This has ruined Luo Dingbiao's face in front of everyone, and the other party will definitely be unhappy, but he must also be made to understand that he still has the final say in Linqing City.
Looking at Zhu Yunqi and his entourage leaving, Luo Dingbiao suppressed the murderous intention in his heart and tightly grasped the narrow-edged knife at his waist.
His back was covered with cold sweat.
This guy is extremely suspicious. If you go down to the city wall and look carefully at these piled wooden rafts, you will be able to see the clues. How could the lumber shop use iron hooks and bamboo ropes to connect the wood? It is too obvious what they are used for. Then maybe you have to take the risk yourself.
In fact, he had been silent just now. It seemed that he was resisting the opponent's pressure. In fact, he was nervously evaluating whether the result would be better if he suddenly broke out and killed the opponent's group on the top of the city wall. ?
But he made an assessment and gave up the risk.
Zhu Yunqi was suspicious. There were more than 20 soldiers accompanying him, and their martial arts skills were also very good. They were also famous for fighting in battle. He was always very wary of himself and it was not easy to succeed with one blow.
If you can't kill the opponent with one blow, I'm afraid the opponent will immediately understand that the situation has changed and call the surrounding troops to respond.
Moreover, it is not far from the Mighty Gate. The opponent's elites are stationed at the Mighty Gate. Once alerted, reinforcements can arrive in a matter of seconds. However, the imperial army outside the city is not ready at this time. If they attack rashly, the risk is uncontrollable. , once you miss it, the consequences will be disastrous.
Zhu Yunqi walked along the city wall to Jingdai Gate in the south. Along the way, he was still thinking about Luo Dingbiao's attitude.
This guy has always been a bit unruly. After the battle became tense, Zhu Yunqi was a little worried about the opponent's position, but now it seems that not much has changed.
"How do you think Luo Dingbiao went in this afternoon's battle?" Zhu Yunqi suddenly turned to ask the captain of the soldiers beside him.
"The fighting here is quite satisfactory. The south side is still very hard-working, but this guy has tightened his troops very tightly, so he looks like he can't resist, forcing the master to use the reserve team to rescue, which is very heartbreaking." The janissary captain knew what his boss was worried about.
"Well, it's good if he can fight hard. How can we expect him to fight for his life selflessly? This guy is uncertain, so he has to be careful." Zhu Yunqi shook his head, put aside some unspeakable intuition, and looked at At Jingdai's door, "I'm afraid the war will be even more intense tomorrow. The Northern Army can't keep fighting us like this. They can't afford it."
"You don't have to worry, sir. The reinforcements from Dongchang Mansion and Dezhou will arrive at the latest the next day. I heard that there is still a fierce battle in the ancient city. The battle is fierce and the casualties are heavy." said the captain of the soldiers.
“Well, losing the old city has nothing to do with the overall situation, and it’s not easy to attack You Shilu from the north and the south, but the most important thing for us is not the gains and losses of one city or one place, but time.” Zhu Yunqi cheered up.
He also knew that everyone, including the soldiers around him, was still a little uneasy. Initially, he said that the imperial court had cut off water transportation and would collapse before the beginning of the year. However, he did not expect that the imperial court would survive. Later, he said that the harvest would be harvested in summer at the latest. The refugees from a severe drought could force the imperial court to collapse, but now that the summer harvest was about to begin, the imperial court had not revealed any signs of chaos, which shocked Zhu Yunqi.
No one could have imagined how the imperial court could survive. Wasn't it because the people in Shanxi and Shaanxi were in chaos and the plague was rampant? Also, why hasn’t chaos erupted in the capital city? Without the grain, what will the millions of people in the capital city eat?
It is said that there is shipping from Yuguan and Dago to transport grain from the south, but I have never heard of how large this shipping can be. At most, only some adventurous merchants are willing to use this shipping, from north to south. Food has always been transported through canals. The imperial court was so desperate that it actually replaced it with sea transportation. But can this be replaced in a short time?
Also, I don’t know what exactly Nanjing does for food?
Grain can still be transported from Jiangnan to Yuguan and Dagu. Do local governments in South Zhili and Zhejiang not care? If the imperial court cannot get out of Jinling City, this battle will be a fart.
Confused thoughts rolled through Zhu Yunqi's heart, but at this moment he had to cheer up the people around him: "Don't look at the children in the north dancing happily now, but as long as the summer harvest is over and there is no food in the warehouse, then we have to The true colors are revealed. Mr. Wang has controlled the situation in Huguang. If the grain from Huguang cannot be transported to Henan, Henan will be in chaos. If we control the line of the Shandong Canal, millions of people in the capital city can only rely on Yuguan and Dagu. The little food shipped from Guangdong and Guangxi saves lives, but how long can that little food last? I think, in October at most, the capital city will be in chaos, and by the end of the year, people will eat people again. s story."
The captain of the guards grinned: "There are millions of people in the capital city. If things like that happen, the imperial court will have no choice but to bow to Nanjing and surrender. Now that the emperor has not woken up, what are these princes still making a fuss about? They don't have the ability. , let’s wait for Prince Yi Zhong to make the decision. Without the grain from Jiangnan, half of the people in the capital city would starve to death. The little grain around Beizhili is not enough for them to eat..."
The captain of the personal soldiers is also quite entertaining, matching Zhu Yunqi's huatou performance.
The soldiers around seemed to be relieved, laughing a little more, and the atmosphere became more relaxed.
Night finally enveloped the entire Linqing city, and it seemed that God was going to help He Huchen. The bright moon slowly shrank into the clouds, and a dark crowd of people quietly lurked less than three hundred steps away from Dongshui Gate.
Although the moonlight has faded, the torches at the top of the city still illuminate the area ten feet below the city wall like daylight.
The water gate of the water gate has been lowered long ago, and the soldiers on night watch on both sides of the canal were yawning and looking at each other in the distance.
Luo Dingbiao's eyes were like those of a vulture, and he casually led dozens of people across the canal to the north bank of the canal, and walked up the stairs on the north bank of the river. After just a few steps, he heard a vigilant voice coming from the top of the city wall: "Who is it? Stop. Step, otherwise the arrow will be released!"
Luo Dingbiao did not stop, but laughed loudly: "Yuan Dao? It's me!"
Stationed on the north bank of Dongshui Gate was Zhu Yunqi's general Gao Yuandao, who had some friendship with Luo Dingbiao, but was far from close.
"Lord Luo, why did you cross the river?" Gao Yuandao was surprised and walked forward. He signaled to the archers behind him not to be nervous for the time being, but he also signaled to the soldiers behind him to be more vigilant.
Luo Dingbiao had already reached the stairs and was only a few steps away from the wall. However, when he saw Gao Yuandao's suspicious and wary eyes, he secretly complained in his heart.
(End of this chapter)