First Minister of Ming Dynasty

The only thing to care about is whether these losses are worth it.

Xu Da was just watching silently, spying on the reality of the city from the reaction in the city.

The attack continued until the afternoon, and Zhu's army gained nothing and lost a lot.

But Xu Da gradually came to a conclusion. In the afternoon, he immediately dispatched Tang Shengzong to lead five goose carts to attack the northwest corner of the city!

The so-called goose cart does indeed look like a fat goose.

The body is a solid wooden vehicle, like a moving fortress, the neck of the goose is a ladder, and the soldiers are inside the goose vehicle to avoid losses. When they get close to the city wall, they will board the city decisively!

Tang Shengzong quickly approached the city wall in the direction guided by Xu Da, and the defenders were also alarmed, shouting hurriedly, come over to defend.

The two sides fought fiercely around the top of the city.

The soldiers here fought bravely to be the first, and the big guys rushed forward one after another, stepping on the ladder, rushing to the top of the city.

And the defenders in the city also risked their lives. Behind them was the supervisory team led by Pan Yuanshao. Everyone was carrying a big knife. Whoever dared to retreat would be killed immediately.

Under the threat of death, the defenders in the city also had to fight desperately. Relying on their superiority in numbers, they pushed Zhu's army back several times.

Tang Shengzong was so angry that he screamed. He personally carried a long knife and led the team to attack.

When he had just stepped onto the city wall, several long spears came towards him. Tang Shengzong slashed hard and broke a few spears, but his shoulder was still injured and blood was pouring.

Tang Shengzong gritted his teeth and continued to fight, and the follow-up soldiers also fought to the death, not wanting to miss the opportunity to break the city.

But even so, they were still driven down at dusk.Tang Shengzong pleaded guilty to Xu Da with scars all over his body.

"The last general is incompetent, please punish him!"

Xu Da was expressionless and just asked Tang Shengzong to deal with the wound.

In the next two days, it was still like this. Zhu's army went to the city several times and almost succeeded, but they were pushed back by the defenders inside.

The two sides fought to the death for a long time, and the city walls were filled with siege equipment such as goose carts.

In addition, the logs thrown out of the city, and even the corpses of soldiers, piled up like hills, and there was no time to clean them up.

On the fourth day, Xu Da suddenly invited Zhang Ximeng to watch the battle.

"Xu Da, do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Xu Da smiled reservedly, "How do you feel, sir?" Xu Da deliberately raised his head and looked at the sky.

Zhang Ximeng thought for a while, then said: "It seems that the wind direction has changed, today the northwest wind blows."

Xu Da nodded immediately, "Sir, you are really sharp, I will rely on this wind to break through the city!"

Zhang Ximeng was surprised again, if Dongfeng didn't make love with Zhou Lang, Tongquechun locked Erqiao deeply!

This is not a water battle, is the wind direction useful?

Xu Da quickly told Zhang Ximeng that the direction of the wind was not only useful, but could also determine victory or defeat... This time he deployed three times as many troops, and the attack from the trebuchet was even more violent.

It was not until near noon that the Zhu family's army attacked the city from both directions in the northwest.

Unlike in the past, among these soldiers, there were actually some people carrying wooden barrels. They went to the city and sprinkled the fish oil in the wooden barrels on the damaged goose carts.

The defenders in the city demolished a large number of houses. Apart from bricks and tiles, thick beams were the most popular. Throwing one down would knock down an entire enemy.

Therefore, a large amount of wood was hoarded at the top of the city... Just as the battle was in full swing, Xu Damingjin suddenly withdrew his troops.

Zhu's army receded like a tide, and the defenders in the city didn't know what was going on. At this moment, thick smoke rose from under the city wall, and soon turned into flying flames. Fire snakes, taking advantage of the wind, blowing into the city.

The wood hoarded on the city wall was actually set on fire.

For a time, the city and the city were burning.

"put!"

Xu Da gave an order to the trebuchet, and this time the trebuchet threw gunpowder packets.

And taking advantage of the cover of the fireworks, the catapult was able to greatly approach the city wall, one by one gunpowder packets passed over the top of the city, fell inside the city wall, exploded, and burned...

The defenders and civilian husbands who were trying to put out the fire had never seen this, and they were frightened and ran for their lives.

The supervisor team at the back swung machetes and killed several people, but more and more people rushed towards them, and they were so frightened that their hands trembled, they dropped the ghost knife, turned around and ran away.

Looking at the flames of Hangzhou City, Xu Da showed a winner's smile.

He drew out his sword and shouted sharply, "Soldiers, follow me to attack the city!"

The dignified commander actually took the lead and rushed to the burning city first. How could the other soldiers dare to neglect, and rushed forward together.

Zhang Ximeng looked around, he was the only one left!

"Wait for me!"

In desperation, he drew out his saber and followed...

Chapter 295 King Wu

Zhang Ximeng only felt that he was like a snowflake. Everyone else had ventured into the world, so he couldn't be idle!

To put it bluntly, it was really emotional, and I rushed out without even thinking about it.He ran wildly, and found that he was no slower than those soldiers.

Could it be that he also has the talent to be a general?

Could it be that we are also Zhang Ximeng who is capable of both literature and martial arts?

But while running, he realized the problem. Everyone was wearing armor weighing dozens of kilograms. He only had a thin leather armor on his body. One was carrying a heavy load while the other was carrying a light suit. There was no comparison at all. . .

Moreover, Zhang Ximeng's footsteps gradually slowed down as he got closer and closer to the city wall, with thick smoke billowing and flames rising into the air. It seemed that this job really wasn't suitable for him!

"Sir, do you need your help in the small city of Hangzhou? It won't be too late for you to go when you are fighting Dadu!"

It was Zhou Dexing who spoke. He was originally responsible for a feint attack, but now he was training in the rear. Hearing that the general attack had begun, he rushed over and found Zhang Ximeng just in time, which frightened him.

Mr. Zhang is our treasure. If he gets injured, ten Hangzhou cities will not be enough to compensate him.

Now that there was a step, Zhang Ximeng also took advantage of the situation and stopped. Seeing the soldiers bravely rushing through the flames and entering the city of Hangzhou, the shock made him unable to calm down for a long time.

Xu Da is really good at mobilizing calmly.

He took advantage of a shortcoming of the defenders in the city, which is not considered a shortcoming, and this was intentional by Xu Da, that is, he did not give the defenders a chance to clean up the battlefield, and used the wreckage of goose carts and other equipment to pile up outside the city to create conditions for arson. .

For more than three days, he attacked in shifts, day and night, and even at intervals, he bombarded with trebuchets.

During the siege, he also asked some soldiers to carry firewood and throw it under the city... Before he knew it, he created an excellent environment for setting fire outside the city.

It's just that this is not enough, we have to wait for the wind direction to change before the fire can take advantage of the wind and burn into the city in one fell swoop.

Could it be that Xu Da also understands astronomy and geography, and has the ability to determine three parts of the world before he is a fledgling?

In fact, this is not the case, but Xu Da found many old farmers around, and also found some fishermen who often go to sea, and by asking them, he roughly figured out the law of the climate.

Although it is summer, the southeast wind is mostly, but occasionally there will be a sudden change in wind direction, when the northwest wind blows violently, and the temperature drops briefly.

Xu Da seized this opportunity and set fire to the city in one fell swoop.

There are not many coincidences in this world, especially on the battlefield. It seems to be a coincidence, but in fact it is mostly the result of careful deliberation and repeated arrangements for drills.

Xu Da was like this. He obviously didn't use any outstanding tactics, but he was able to successfully enter the heavily defended Hangzhou within a few days.

Only those who are in it can understand how ingenious the arrangement is.

Zhang Ximeng even felt that he came here to learn from Xu Da.

Of course, no matter how ingenious the calculation and how good the timing is...at the last moment, the bayonet still needs to see the red, and it is possible to fight with all your strength to defeat the enemy.

As the commander-in-chief, Xu Da took the lead. He rushed to the bottom of the city, ignoring the still burning flames, stepped on the ladder, smoke and fire, and was the first to ascend the city.

Then the soldiers followed without hesitation. They broke through the barrier of fireworks, like evil spirits killed from the red lotus hell one by one, scaring the defenders in the city to run away.

A fire would have been terrible, but with such a group of lunatics killed, it was impossible to live.

Xu Da rushed forward, his shirt was stained with sparks, and the flames shot up quickly, turning Xu Da into a burning man.He didn't care about anything, he just tore off his shirt in a hurry,

Throw it aside at will and continue to charge.

He fought all the way to the gate of the city, and he was relieved when he saw the gate, then Xu Da took the lead and split the gate.

At this moment, Lu Zhongheng, Tang Shengzong, and many other soldiers have all entered the city,

At this moment, Hangzhou City finally changed hands.

There is no longer any force that can stop Zhu Jiajun.

But the Pan brothers, especially Pan Yuanshao, were still not convinced.

"Brother, we haven't lost yet. As long as we drive the soldiers and beat Xu Da out, we can still win!"

Pan Yuanming gritted his teeth. Seeing what his brother said, there was no other way, so he nodded and said, "Well, you can lead the troops! I'll mobilize soldiers and horses to serve as your backing."

Sure enough, Pan Yuanshao led eight hundred confidant soldiers and killed them all at once.

He just ran into a group of retreating soldiers and horses head-on.

Pan Yuanshao became anxious, "Don't retreat, kill them all!"

Holding the knife, he was the first to rush forward, and chopped off the soldier who was running in front. The splashed blood sprayed Pan Yuanshao all over.He became crazy in an instant, and even hacked and killed two people in a row.

"Don't retreat, give it all to me, kill! Kill! Kill!"

Faced with this lunatic's supervision, the deserters had no choice but to turn around and rush towards Zhu's army.

Pan Yuanshao was quite proud of seeing it.

Sure enough, when it comes to the battlefield, you have to be ruthless.

As long as you are decisive enough, you don't have to worry about the people below not being afraid, they are a bunch of cheap skins, and you have to fight with an ax to know how to be afraid.

In this way, Pan Yuanshao drove several groups of defeated soldiers one after another, forcing them to fight.

At this time, he met another group of people. The leader was an old soldier. One of his arms was broken, and the blood was dripping, staining half of his body red.

Pan Yuanshao actually stopped him too.

"No one is allowed to run, no one is allowed to run, everyone will be killed!"

The veteran saw it in his eyes and was dumbfounded.

"I, I'm hurt!"

Pan Yuanshao stared at him, "Aren't you dead? Kill me!"

"You...you can't treat me like this!" The old soldier was anxious, "I, I followed His Highness Cheng Wang early on, this time defending the city, I shot a pot of arrows and hacked to death several Zhu's troops. Now I Injured, I want to heal!"

Pan Yuanshao looked at him, then at the soldiers behind him, and said with a sneer, "You are injured, are they also injured?"

The veteran was taken aback.

Pan Yuanshao then sneered and said, "If I let you go, they will also run away. Since you are an old subordinate of King Cheng, now it's time for you to be loyal to King Cheng. You kill me back!"

The veteran was stunned, what's the point?

Could it be that after working so hard for so many years, I deserve to die in the end?

He held the steel knife tightly with one hand, gnashing his teeth.

"Go, if you don't go, I'll kill you!" Pan Yuanshao raised his knife.

The veteran's eyeballs gradually turned red, "You want to kill me? Then I'll kill you first!"

While talking, he raised the knife with one hand and slashed at Pan Yuanshao.

This time, Pan Yuanshao was terrified... What's going on?How dare this humble thing resist?I am the son-in-law of King Cheng, all the generals in the city, life and death, I have the final say, have you eaten the hearts of bears and leopards?

As a lunatic who can kill seven concubines without hesitation, he doesn't understand what is called wrath.

He was furious in his heart, but faced with this veteran's desperate blow, he didn't dare to resist, he could only back away again and again, angrily shouting at the minions on both sides: "Kill, kill him!"

There was tremor in Pan Yuanshao's voice, he was afraid!

The minions on both sides rushed forward, and soon there were several scars on the veteran's body, the bones were deep, and the blood was flowing. He sat down on the ground, just grinning sneeringly.

"Grandson, if I still have this arm, I can cut off your dog's head!"

The veteran threw himself down, and Pan Yuanshao breathed a sigh of relief.

The damn thing is finally dead.

He yelled at the other deserters again, "See, this is a role model. Anyone who dares to disobey orders will die! Kill them all!"

Pan Yuanshao yelled three times in a row, but these people didn't move. What's more, they all stared at Pan Yuanshao with anger, and some of them gritted their teeth, filled with righteous indignation.