"I have issued an order to lead Cao Bin and Pan Mei to lead the army south and make an attempt to cross the river." Zhao Kuangyin touched his nose. It would definitely be useless to rely on his mouth and cannons, but if the elite army goes south to press the formation, it is hard to say.

"It's still useless, Your Majesty, why not really beat it. On the one hand, there is wealth and honor, while on the other hand, it's under someone else's roof. Just these pressures are still not enough to make the other party surrender." Dou Yi understands human nature, and unless he really can't see hope, no one can take the initiative to give up his current dignity.

"I'm also opening a high price. He can bargain, for example, he can send his son to come." Zhao Kuangyin felt that the difficulty seemed very high. It would be great if he cheated the other party's son as a hostage.

"Your Majesty, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty has two legitimate sons, the youngest son is mourning after the country, and the eldest son is still in the filial period because of his loss of his mother. In the Song Dynasty, I ruled the world with filial piety, how can I stop the son from accepting filial piety?" Dou Yi shook his head. This is to touch the roots of these Confucian children. This is absolutely impossible, and the government is useless.

"Well, of course not. I forgot this. The bottom line, my bottom line, is that his younger brother named Li Congshan, came to open the cover face saint in person. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind the Southern Tang attacking first." Although fighting against Southern Tang first is inconsistent with the strategy set in advance, if Southern Tang is really disobedient and forced to do it yourself, that would be a different matter.

"I obey the order!" Dou Yi had dealt with the King of Han Li Congshan last time. He was a good person. He was a compatriot with the king of the country, Li Yu, and his status was reasonable. Moreover, the conditions were probably acceptable to the king.

"Okay, I'm waiting for good news for my dear in Kaifeng." Zhao Kuangyin believed that if this time could be successful, he would hold the King of Han in his hand and be afraid of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he could also be at ease with the Chu child Zhou Baoquan.

On October 17th, the rain was slightly cool, and Sun Yu appeared outside Fuzhou City with 30,000 elite troops.

The Minhou County was much easier than expected. When Sun Yu arrived, Chen Qiba had already invaded the city. Later, he learned that the elite defenders had long been transferred to Fuzhou City, and Minhou County was extremely empty.

Fuzhou City was built very early. The Han Dynasty built Yecheng, the Jin Dynasty built Zicheng, and the prosperous Tang Dynasty built Luocheng. When the Later Liang Dynasty unified the Central Plains, it built Jiacheng again, and the city was nested between cities. If you want to completely take over Fuzhou City, you have to break through the four city defenses.

The Yiaimen at the North Gate is close to the central Yecheng, and is built on the terrain along the mountains and connected to West Lake, which is not suitable for large army formations.

There are two hills within the south gate wall. The Zhangwu Army occupies the favorable terrain and is highly constrained, which is not conducive to the siege. If you go to the east gate, if the other side comes to reinforcements and is attacked from front and back, it is too dangerous.

Only the easternmost Yingxian Gate is left, but the Yingxian Gate can enter Jiacheng from Yingxian Gate. The time distance between Jiacheng and Luocheng is only fifty steps away. The siege equipment on one side cannot be used at all, but the opponent's crossbow can exert its maximum power, and no matter how you calculate, you will suffer a great loss.

The siege car also encountered a natural enemy moat. Unless the moat is filled, it must be strong. With the weight of the siege car, it is easy to fall into a dilemma.

"It's really a strong city, and I can't even get out of my mouth." Sun Yu turned around with the drawings, but had no clue at all. If he had to fill it with his life, the 30,000 people he brought would probably not be enough.

The three counties on the south bank of the Minjiang River and Minhou County are all new affiliations, and each county has arranged garrisons. In addition, the casualties caused by previous operations, there are now nearly 10,000 surrendered soldiers among the more than 20,000 people, so their combat effectiveness is barely enough.

Two points stronger than the elite of the Zhangwu Army...

"Mr. Marquis, if you want me to tell me, just attack from the South Gate, at least there is a place to display it." Chen Qiba looked at the narrow field inside Yingxian Gate. If the opponent had enough bows and crossbows, what's the difference between this and the urn?

"Bahu, can you be better than the Marquis with your brain?" Old Cheng was amused when he heard this. Bahu grew up and even expressed his opinions at this time.

"Old Cheng, this person needs to make progress, otherwise what is the difference between it and the salted fish transported from Quanzhou?" Bahu shook his hair and became the main general. He led the way alone. This feeling is really good. The key is that he successfully won Minhou County, and the momentum is different.

"Bahu, you're so good at this tone, practice?" Old Cheng put down his steel axe and pinched his knuckles and made a loud noise.

"Practice it, practice it. I haven't encountered a suitable opponent before." Bahu put the sledgehammer on the ground and made a move to warm up first.

"Get away from the fun, I'm annoyed." Sun Yu said angrily. It's all the way to the Ranger General, and he still has to compete in front of the two armies. He didn't see many people looking at each other's city. Those who don't know thought there was an internal strife.

The two of them smiled embarrassedly, picked up their weapons, and made an appointment to fight after dinner.

Sun Yu was unwilling to give up. The battle went very smoothly and caught Nanyue off guard. The 50,000 troops in the entire Fuzhou were now left with more than 10,000 people. If Fuzhou City was not taken down this time, the difficulty would inevitably double next time.

But now he can support at most ten days, and there will be a risk of losing food and grass in ten days. Similarly, in his expectation, reinforcements from the South Vietnamese Kingdom should arrive in ten days, and these ten days are his last chance.

Moreover, once Fuzhou City was captured, the Nanyue Kingdom was nearby and there was no longer a suitable place for large-scale garrisons. His power could easily extend to the vicinity of Ningde and fight with the Jinghai Jiedushi stationed in Wenzhou.

This battle must be won, but it cannot be a tragic victory. If he does not have enough troops, he will not be able to defend even if he takes over Fuzhou City.

"Go back to the camp first!" After looking for a while, Sun Yu did not think of a suitable method, so he could only return without success.

Seeing Sun Yu and his party returning from horseback, Fuzhou Chief Lu Qian at the city wall breathed a long sigh.

"Master Lu, when will the reinforcements arrive?" Deng Nian, the side general who was stationed in the west of the city, also breathed a sigh of relief. It would be best if he could not fight.

"General Deng, there are more than 10,000 defenders in our city, and nearly 10,000 young and strong men have been mobilized. Can't you still defend the city?" Lu Qian, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly raised his throat again. Before he could fight, he asked the reinforcements, which was too unreliable.

"Master Lu, the last general is not good at speaking, but the troops stationed in Fuzhou are not strong in combat power, with less than 20% of the armor. The opponent is the elite troops under the general and the elite troops of the loyal and brave army who were destroyed in one battle, with amazing combat power." Deng Nian shook his head. How could this comparison of the strength of the enemy and us be greater than the number of people? There is no need to fight, both sides will count, and the fewer sides simply surrender directly.

"I came yesterday and said that I was preparing food and grass. How could this army go on a war? According to my estimate, it should be between ten days and half a month." Lu Qian was unwilling to slander him. Although the general of Fuzhou City was entrusted to him, the matter of defending the city was still decided by these real power generals, so he could only reconcile.

"I hope the other party can retreat when he sees the difficulties." Deng Nian handed the spear to his personal soldiers, and the rain still

It's a little cold, and prepare to go into the building to have some rest.

In the tent of the Loyal and Brave Army, all the generals were at a loss.

"Or why should we join the team and fight for support?" Chen Qiba was the most active. After thinking for a long time, he came up with such a good idea.

"Bahu, I said, you might as well eat more." Lao Cheng felt speechless. When the opponent's reinforcements arrived, I'm afraid they should retreat and still fight for reinforcements?

"If there is enough food and supplies, I don't mind trying it, but now we can't wait that long." Sun Yu shook his head. He was not afraid of having a cavalry in his hand and fighting with the other party.

But the food in this city is definitely much more abundant than that of him, and he will definitely not be able to survive the other party.

"Mr. Marquis, why don't we go to the surrounding farmers to collect some. The autumn harvest has just been just now. Now every household has food." Sun Sandao has also been worried recently. The logistics supply has been too long. Even if he recruited many young and strong men, it is still not enough.

Nowadays, all over the world are harvesting food. If you go out to rob, the harvest should be good. This is how I did it in Putian.

Sun Yu was a little embarrassed by this suggestion. He dared to do that in Putian before, thinking that Zhang Hansi was dead. He held the imperial edict in his hand, which represented the righteousness of the court. But now outside the city of Fuzhou, he is a red head and red tail invader. If he plundered troops on a large scale, it would probably arouse public anger.

"Mr. Marquis, I don't take charge of the troops. I can just wait until we take down this Fuzhou City and compensate them." Most of the autumn grains in various places are still drying, and it is still a while before entering the warehouse. Such a long supply line cannot be used at all. If we pick up grains on the spot, it will be much easier.

"This matter will be handled by your baggage regiment and will be coordinated by the cavalry battalion. In addition, any levy of the food must be kept, and the taxed food can be deducted from it in the future." Sun Yu figured it out and took down the city of Fuzhou no matter what.

The next morning, when the weather was sunny and rainy, Sun Yu personally stood on the high platform to supervise the formation. If he wanted to conquer the city, the first difficulty was the moat.

The army under his command had already started digging soil to pack bags, and Sun Yu decided to fill the moat and then launch an attack with the siege cart. Otherwise, all the means would not be used across the moat.

The outermost Jiacheng is only half a meter tall. Even if it occupies Jiacheng, it is still at a disadvantage compared to the two meter-long Luo City built in the second prosperous Tang Dynasty.

In order to ensure that the river can be filled smoothly, Sun Yu arranged all the catapults and crossbows he pulled to the front to interfere with the opponent's attack on the top of the city.

The Fuzhou garrison Deng Nian stood at the top of the city himself, and the other party's "Zhenhai Hou" flag fluttered in the wind, telling him clearly that the man on the platform was the other party's head coach and he could not be careless.

In his surprised gaze, there were soldiers on the other side holding large shields and leading people to drive piles beside the moat.

Although he couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, he could just destroy it. Deng Nian immediately ordered to aim at them and greet them with remote means.

The loyal and brave army was not showing weakness. The thick crossbow arrows and burning stones flew towards the city. The originally quiet city suddenly became panic.

At the cost of nearly 100 casualties, the loyal and brave army dug twelve rows of wooden stakes on the shore. A team of soldiers appeared carrying large wooden boards, erected them on the wooden stakes, and fixed them with iron nails.
Chapter completed!