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On the second day, the cooks of the Ulsan army buried pots and cooked food before dawn. After the whole army had a full meal early in the morning, they broke out and marched towards the royal capital.Wei Ren led the army to the east gate, Wei Ci went to the south gate, Zhou Cheng was in charge of the north gate, and Chu Chaohui led the Chinese army to surround the west gate.

After Yiji learned that the Ulsan army had been stationed [-] miles away from the capital, she wrote a secret letter to the king of Tang that night. In the secret letter, she begged the king of Tang to withdraw his troops and return to Tang, so that Wu soldiers on the border could escape and return to the capital for rescue.As long as the Lord of the Tang Kingdom fulfills the agreement, Yi Ji will not only give away the coast of the East China Sea, but also compensate Tang's army for consumption expenses, and will pay huge sums of money to the Tang Kingdom every year in the future.

In addition to begging in the secret letter, Yi Ji also threatened the king of Tang. If the king of Tang insisted on sending troops to take the coast of the East China Sea regardless of the interests of his allies, in the end, the loss would outweigh the gain and he would swallow the bitter fruit.Because Zheng and Chu are not as easy to talk to as she is, after Ulsan breaks through the capital, he will be the first to deal with him, King Tang. At that time, King Tang will not only lose the shore of the East Sea There will be no monetary compensation either.Their interests are related, and it can be said that they share weal and woe.

Yi Ji's messenger left the city from the north gate, galloped towards the border, and disappeared into the vast darkness.The next day, the Ulsan army approached the city, the gates of the four cities were closed, and the capital lost contact with the outside world.

Dr. Jiang was fully armed and led his own soldiers to patrol the city wall. Looking from the city wall, Ulsan sent more than [-] troops this time, and there were densely packed auxiliary soldiers behind the army.Doctor Jiang thinks that the auxiliary soldiers are actually businessmen and porters, as well as the prisoners of the Daokou auxiliary soldiers who followed the army home.The prisoners of the auxiliary soldiers have rations, so they don’t need to be hungry on the way home. Some merchants lack porters to deliver food. After seeing these prisoners of auxiliary soldiers who have been fed and regained their strength, they have an idea and hire them to help with a small salary. Transport grain and grass.

Ulsan used troops against the capital at the beginning of October, and the Spring Festival will be celebrated in more than two months.The auxiliary soldiers are all civilians and their families are poor. Faced with a good job that can make money along the way, no one wants to refuse. They help the army to crusade against the king's capital to transport food, so that they can go home and get more money for the New Year , It is really a good thing that fell from the sky.

The auxiliary soldiers transported Ulsan's food and grass, and psychologically regarded themselves as people from Ulsan, hoping that the Ulsan army would win a big victory.Fan Jin, who was ordered by Chu Chaohui to follow the army, engaged in publicity and brainwashing education among the auxiliary soldiers. Everyone yearned in their hearts, and even more hoped that the Ulsan army would quickly defeat the treacherous concubine, so that they could all live a good life without worrying about food and clothing.

In fact, Fan Jin's brainwashing work is just to strengthen the auxiliary soldiers' good impression of Zheng Yuming.The porters who transported grain and grass with the auxiliary soldiers all showed their own experiences.

Some of the porters are refugees from other places who fled to Ulsan, and some are local civilians. They know Ulsan very well. Not to mention the great changes in Nanbu and Houpo villages, Dalseong has developed very fast after Wei Shen implemented reforms.Most of the residents of Dalseong lived with enough money in their families, while the common people in other parts of Ulsan, because they planted potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes and rice, bid farewell to the difficult life of starvation in one year, and could eat every meal .All the changes in the Ulsan area were due to Zheng Yuming. In contrast to Yi Ji's behavior of raising taxes regardless of the young men, the position of right and wrong of the auxiliary soldiers was firmly on Zheng Yuming's side.

The army of the Tang State invaded the border in early August, and the blocked Wu army left the capital in mid-August, and Yiji launched a coup at the end of August.Xi Sima led troops to attack Ulsan in mid-September, and was defeated at the Ulsan crossing at the end of September.

The army of Ulsan surrounded Kangseong, the capital of the kingdom, in mid-October. It was already early winter, and all the leaves in the forest turned yellow and fell to the ground with the autumn wind.The soldiers in Ulsan have already added jackets.

Zheng Yuming, General Hussars, some nobles in Ulsan, and the feudal lords who served in the service stood on a high slope and looked out. The three hundred elite soldiers led by Ma Ren were on guard around the high slope.

"Young Master, why didn't General Chu attack the city wall, but just dig a hole under the city gate?" The Hussar General put down his binoculars. He was very interested in this device that can see things clearly from a long distance. After taking it from Zheng Yuming's hand, he occupied it. Hold on.

"The casualties of attacking the city wall are too great, and the cost of digging a hole is much lower." Zheng Yuming looked at the Hushi general who was observing with a telescope and smiled.

"But the bottom of the city wall is made of stone, and the foundation is solid, so it's impossible to dig through." The Hussar General shook his head, feeling that the soldiers led by Chu Chaohui were too afraid of death, and they dug the holes with iron covers that were not afraid of fire and oil. Drive for cover.

Twenty soldiers can be hidden under the cart. First, the cart fills the ditch in front of the city wall with stones. After the ditch is filled, the soldiers are not allowed to rush over and build a ladder to attack. Instead, they hide under the iron cover of the cart and run to the root of the city wall to dig a tunnel. and burrows.Because of the protection of the iron cover, stones, fire attacks, and oil pouring on the city wall could not hurt the soldiers' lives, but the soldiers' exposed skin was splashed with fire bubbles from the oil.

"It's good that the foundation is tight. General Chu doesn't want to dig through to enter the city." Zheng Yuming still smiled and didn't explain to the general Hushi.Chu Chaohui used explosives to blow up the city. The higher the sealing pressure around the buried explosives, the greater the explosion power.

"Why is that?" the Hussar General asked.

"General Chu has a sharp weapon. The more you use it in a tightly closed place, the more powerful it will be. With this sharp weapon, you don't need to climb walls to seize the city." Hushi General refused to return the telescope to Zheng Yuming, so Zheng Yuming had to use it. Put it on the forehead and look out with the naked eye.

"Is there such a sharp weapon?" The Hussar General was skeptical, even holding a telescope to observe and refused to put it down.

Of the four city gates in the capital, only the west gate and north gate in charge of Chu Chaohui and Zhou Cheng are digging tunnels and holes. The troops led by Wei Ren and Guo Si are feinting to attack, and they have attracted more than half of the troops in the capital to defend.

Dr. Jiang walked around the city wall with his personal guards for a day. He felt that the Ulsan army had nothing to fear. Wei Ren and Guo Si did not attack the city violently.In addition to shooting crossbow arrows at the city wall, the west and north city gates only know how to dig passages and holes.

Seeing Ulsan soldiers digging holes in the city wall, Dr. Jiang smiled contemptuously. The foundation of the city wall is more than two meters deep, and the Ulsan soldiers can't dig through it at all. They are wasting their efforts.On the contrary, Ulsan crossbowmen shot very powerful arrows at the city wall from time to time, with a high hit rate and great strength. Soldiers were often pierced through their bodies after being hit by arrows, and their death was very scary.

Dr. Jiang looked at the sunset and breathed a sigh of relief.After dark, the lights are black and the fire is blind, and the army of Ulsan has been attacking for a day without any results, so it must be withdrawn.

After sunset, the Ulsan soldiers outside the four city gates all stopped moving, had a good dinner outside the bow and arrow range of the city wall, and lined up quietly waiting for orders.It is now the middle of the month, and the moon rises at night and is very big and bright, illuminating the earth very clearly.

And none of the defenders on the royal city dared to go down to the city wall to eat. They watched the Ulsan army not far away vigilantly, hoping that the Ulsan army would retreat and return to the camp so that they could eat and rest at ease.

"Still fighting at night?" General Hussars wiped his mouth. The people watching on the high slope did not return to the rear camp, but ate some dry food on the spot. The dry food in Ulsan is fried rice, which is washed and dried. Put it in an iron pan and stir-fry it. If you don’t have the conditions to bury it in a pot, you can eat it directly. If you have the conditions, you can boil it with water.It tastes delicious when eaten dry, but the stomach feels a little swollen after drinking water.

"Well, we're going to break the city tonight." Zheng Yuming took advantage of the binoculars to observe while the Hushi general was eating fried rice, and found that the rack cart had returned, and the soldiers who had dug holes to bury the explosives had completed their mission.

"Why hasn't General Chu issued orders yet?" The Hussar General walked back and forth impatiently. After the city was broken, he would personally lead a team of troops to capture Yi Ji. If he didn't cut Yi Ji to pieces, his pain would not be relieved. pain.

"General Chu is waiting for the signal." Just as Zheng Yuming finished speaking, five or six Kongming lanterns went up in the royal city.

Chu Chaohui in front of the west city gate smiled slightly when he saw the Kongming Lantern. It was the agreement between Daniel and Da Zhuang who sneaked into the capital last night with him. If he successfully instigated the rebellion against the palace tiger, he would release the Kongming Lantern. Seeing this signal, it means Dong The families of Sima and Nan Sima will be safe, and the Ulsan army can formally attack the city without any scruples.

In the silent night, there was a burst of "woo-woo" bugles, and the bugles sounded all over the sky and around the capital.The Ulsan army standing still in front of the city wall immediately started to move. Wei Ren and Guo Huben issued the siege order again. This time the siege was not just pretending, but aggressive.Iron frame cars appeared again under the west and north city gates. The soldiers in the iron frame cars got into the tunnel and lit the fuse, then returned to the frame cars and carried the iron frame cars back desperately.

Zheng Yuming focused his attention on the blue smoke from the tunnel entrance, and calculated the explosion time of the explosives buried in the cave at the bottom of the city wall.All the remaining explosives in Ulsan were buried under these two city gates. Although Chu Chaohui boasted that the explosives he personally directed and made were very powerful, Zheng Yuming only saw rockets like fireworks, and Chu Chaohui’s boast was extremely powerful. Explosives are a bit uncertain, but Chu Chaohui's living environment since he was a child makes Zheng Yuming feel that he should believe it.

Zheng Yuming waited with bated breath, the explosives under the west and north city gates exploded at about the same time.Only a few loud bangs were heard, and the two city gates disappeared without a trace in the flames and gunpowder smoke. Incomplete corpses were scattered around the collapsed city gates. The soldiers who were still alive and standing around stood blankly, and soon screamed in fear. But these screaming soldiers could not hear their own voices, nor could they hear the voices of the soldiers around them. Their ears were deafened. Some soldiers who were near the city gate were not killed, but they did not live long. Blood flowed out, and the internal organs of these people were shattered.

The Ulsan soldiers who were on standby outside the Seo and Buk City were also shocked. If there was no prior notice and the usual strict training discipline, such loud noises and terrifying scenes would have caused them confusion.

People standing on the high slope were far away from the city wall, but the loud noise and explosion still frightened the general Hussars to almost drop the binoculars in his hands, and some nobles and feudal lords sat on the ground with weak legs in shock.

After the smoke from the city gate cleared, the Ulsan charge sounded. First, the cavalry rushed into the city from the collapsed part of the city gate, and then the soldiers rushed in like a tide.The soldiers of the royal capital near the city wall were either squatting on the ground and trembling because of the explosion, or they were completely bewildered, scurrying around like headless flies.When the Ulsan soldiers saw these soldiers who were mentally broken and did not know how to resist, they did not kill them, but knocked them unconscious with the back of their swords.

After the cavalry entered the city, the troops were divided into three groups. The two groups led the infantry to open the south gate and the east gate so that Wei Ren and Guo Huben's subordinates could enter the city.Wei Qing's main task is not to catch Yi Ji, but to occupy the treasure house of the palace, which is the place that Zheng Yuming has repeatedly emphasized to seize first.In Zheng Yuming's eyes, treasure is much more important than capturing Yiji's mother and son.