Geng Jimao was placed under house arrest by Hong Chengchou and was with his friends.

Hong Chengchou claimed that Geng Jimao was injured accidentally in the government office and his legs were inconvenient and could not move.

Of course, Geng Jiajun didn't believe this reason and shouted that he wanted to rescue the prince.

Hong Chengchou had expected it, so he simply made a harsh statement. If Geng's army had any abnormal movements, he would not be able to guarantee Geng Jimao's personal safety.

This scared the soldiers of the Geng Family Army, and no one dared to shout and kill again.

After all, the life of his prince is in Hong Chengchou's hands. He can only make Geng Jimao's head fall to the ground with just a hooked finger.

Although the prince is under house arrest by Hong Chengchou, he has no worries about his life.

If they really force Hong Chengchou to anger and Hong Chengchou ordered people to take over the prince, wouldn’t they help the trouble?

According to Hong Chengchou's request, they began to devote their energy to defending the city.

Anyway, when we were repelling the Ming army, we had time to confront Hong Chengchou.

They didn't believe that Hong Chengchou would still dare to clamor so much at that time

In the Ming army camp, Zhu Youlang faced Liu Xingming with a self-blame look on his face and could not speak out for blame.

"Your Majesty, it's all my affairs that I'm not good at doing. I'll ask Old Thieves Hong to escape. I'll ask Your Majesty to be punished."

Zhu Youlang shook his head and said, "This is not your fault. Who would have thought that Hong Chengchou was not in the yamen at that time?"

Not long ago, Hong Chengchou appeared at the city wall to boost morale, and Zhu Youlang observed this through a monocular telescope.

There is no doubt that Hong Chengchou was not killed by the bomb, but this is not Liu Xingming's fault. Zhu Youlang cannot put the blame on Liu Xingming.

"Your Majesty, although the old thief Hong was not killed, he and Geng Jimao must have had a grudge after this incident. Did Your Majesty find that Geng Jimao has not appeared on the top of the city recently?"

Li Dingguo said from the side: "If the information is correct, this bombing may have combined with the previous letter of persuasion to surrender, which will have an unexpected effect."

Li Dingguo's analysis is still very reasonable.

Zhu Youlang thought about it carefully and it was indeed very likely that the two of them were incompatible.

"Is it possible that Geng Jimao has been under house arrest by Hong Chengchou?"

Although this is just a guess, Zhu Youlang feels that the possibility is very high.

"Your Majesty is wise. If so, it will definitely be the best news for the Ming Dynasty."

Li Dingguo talked jokingly: "Hong Chengchou thought that controlling Geng Jimao would be able to control the Geng family army, which is simply a joke. At this time, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Zheng Chenggong also agreed: "Your Majesty, please order the siege. The soldiers can't wait."

In fact, Zhu Youlang wanted to use hot air balloons to fry them again, but he thought that the Qing army would definitely make a series of targeted arrangements, and the effect of the hot air balloons would be greatly reduced, so he just let it go.

"I have this intention. I wonder which city gate do you think you should attack?"

Liu Xingming scratched his head and said, "Your Majesty, although I didn't see it clearly when I flew to Nanchang City while sitting on a hot air balloon, I felt that Nanchang's defense was relatively even. If I only attacked one place, the effect might not be good. It would be better to attack all sides to put enough pressure on the Qing army."

Zhu Youlang felt that Liu Xingming's analysis made some sense, so he nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's divide the main attack direction. King Jin, you are responsible for the main attack on the South Gate, how about?"

"I obey the order!"

Although the emperor was very kind, Li Dingguo knew that this was not discussing with him, so he clasped his fists and took the orders with great tactfulness.

"King Zhong, how about you, Zhang Benbing, attack the East Gate?"

"I will receive the order!"

"I obey the order!"

Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong successively received orders.

Compared with Li Dingguo and Kuidong Xun, they had already been so suffocated that they had not fought a war along the way.

Now that the emperor has handed over the task of attacking the East Gate to them, they naturally have to perform well and never disappoint the emperor.

"Duke of Linguo, Duke of Wan, Duke of Jingguo. You have the strongest troops, so I will order you to attack the North Gate with the largest number of enemy troops."

Zhu Youlang is now becoming more and more powerful as a superior, and his power is convinced when he speaks out.

"I will receive the order!"

"As for this Ximen, I will lead the Hu Ben Army to attack in person."

If it were just established more than a year ago, Zhu Youlang would never dare to boast about such a whim.

After all, at that time, the Hu Ben Army was not sufficient to attack a city wall alone in such an important siege battle.

Now, after more than a year of training, the Hu Ben Army has accumulated extremely rich combat experience, and the number of people is now close to 30,000.

Such an elite team will have no problem attacking a city wall.

Zhu Youlang also hopes that during the war, the veterans can better lead new soldiers and inherit the spirit of the Hu Ben Army.

In addition, this is also a declaration, declaring that the emperor holds a very capable army in his hand.

As long as this army is present, no force dares to underestimate Zhu Youlang.

Of course, Zhu Youlang knew that Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, Li Laiheng and others were very loyal ministers. However, there may not be no ambitious in the army. On the safe side, there must be an army that belongs to the emperor who obeyed the emperor's orders. Only in this way can one stand up straight, and only in this way can one make the ambitious not dare to covet the throne.

Now the Prince of Nanming is basically dead and has no other Zhu family members who are competing for the throne with Zhu Youlang.

This is undoubtedly a good thing, and Zhu Youlang should also make good use of this and restore the lost land as much as possible.

"Jingluo Hong, look quickly, the Ming thieves are about to attack the city!"

On the city wall, Zhang Chaolin was extremely nervous when he saw the Ming army camp.

Although he said he was not afraid, his body was very honest, his legs kept trembling, and his face was a little pale.

Hong Chengchou snorted coldly with disdain: "If Governor Zhang is afraid, you can go to the city tower to rest first."

"Ah, the official dare not."

Zhang Chaolin hurriedly said.

Hong Chengchou is really not pretending to be calm. But he has experienced too many big battles in his life, and there are many more critical scenes than this.

Hong Chengchou was not panicked at that time, and naturally he would not be able to do so now.

At least from the surface, the scene is still open today.

Ming Jun wanted to use a trick to trick the city gate, but he discovered it in time and stopped it.

In addition, the Ming army's firearms were greatly restricted due to the weather being damp, which was extremely beneficial to the Qing army.

Now, as long as Hong Chengchou spends as much as possible, it will become more and more beneficial to the Qing army.

The Ming army had limited food and grass, and as long as they were dragged until they were exhausted, they would retreat on their own.

After all, it is a terrifying thing for the army to cut off food. More than 100,000 troops have mutiny, and even if the gods come to the world, they cannot be suppressed.

"Send the order and the whole army is on guard. If the Ming army attacks, shoot this ruthlessly!"
Chapter completed!