Please ask me to be the emperor

"You did a good job yesterday, which greatly dampened the morale of the 'Submissive Thieves'!" Prince Lilie Daishan came to the west gate and praised.

"Your Majesty is so complimentary, it's just luck in the end!" Du Du smiled modestly, but looking at his expression, he was also quite proud.

Since Hou Jin fought against the rebels, he has been defeated in consecutive battles and has never been able to get relief.

Although it is just a small victory now, it is also an exciting thing.

"Victory is victory, defeat is defeat. Is there such a thing as luck?" Dai Shan couldn't help but said loudly, "Send the order, and every soldier who went out yesterday will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver, a cooked chicken, and a pot of soju!"

"Okay!" The soldiers were stunned when they heard this, and then couldn't help cheering.

It turns out that the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom had no pay or silver and had to rely entirely on looting.

Since the defeat of Hou Jin in the battle, they have suffered successive defeats. Not only have their soldiers suffered serious casualties, but nine out of ten families have lost their source of income and their lives have been extremely difficult.

Now that I suddenly heard that I had received such a generous reward, my morale was immediately boosted.

Seeing that the morale of that generation could be used, and hearing the few cannon fire outside the city, he couldn't help but encourage him: "Yesterday's battle, the 'shun thieves' were frightened. If nothing else, listen to the sound of this cannon. Compared with last night, it is even more... It’s a lot sparser!”

Everyone listened carefully and found that compared to yesterday, the sound of artillery was much less. They couldn't help but laugh: "Let's fight like this. We don't know how many hiding holes there are in Shenyang City. Let's see how he can defend against it!"

Just as everyone was talking to each other, imagining a bright future, a soldier hurried in.

"What's the matter?" Du Du frowned, telling him that the "shun thief" had come up with a new trick.

"Master Beile, you will know after you go to the city and take a look." When the soldier saw the atmosphere, he did not dare to speak, so he could only hint.

"Oh? My lord, I'm sorry!" After hearing this, Du Du couldn't help but signaled to Daishan and was about to leave.

Unexpectedly, when Dai Shan saw this, he couldn't help but go crazy, but said: "Just right, let's go together, go together!"

"Okay then!" Du Du hesitated for a moment and nodded helplessly.

When everyone climbed up the city wall, the good-looking man saw the bare city top, his eyelids twitched, and he felt uneasy in his heart.

He knew that the battle in the city was fierce, but he never expected it to be so fierce.

In just a few days, all the defensive facilities in the city were completely destroyed by "shun thieves".

"Your Majesty, Lord Beile, look!" At this moment, the soldier pointed out.

Everyone followed his hand and saw that there were only a dozen cannons lined up outside the city today, and behind the cannons, there were several pairs of people digging something.

"Acupoint attack?" Upon seeing this, Dai Shan's first reaction was that the rebels were going to dig tunnels into the city.

"This" Du Du looked at it carefully for a while, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that's not the case."

"In my opinion, what the 'Shun Thieves' dug was not a tunnel, but a trench!"

"Trench?" Daishan was stunned when he heard the words. After watching carefully for a long time, he saw that the direction the rebels were digging was parallel to the north-south direction of the west of the city, rather than vertically.

If it is in a vertical direction, it means that the other party is preparing to dig into the city, and it must be authentic.

However, it is in a parallel direction, so it is most likely the trench that Du Du mentioned.

When Nadai Shan saw it, he first smiled, and then his heart trembled.

Why?

It turns out that this method of digging trenches and attacking cities was also used by Hou Jin Dynasty.

I remember that back then, the Hou Jin soldiers were victorious and surrounded Zu Dashou on the banks of the Daling River. They could not conquer it for a long time, so they dug trenches and completely surrounded him.

When all the food and grass were exhausted and the reinforcements were defeated, Zu Dashou had no choice but to lead his troops to surrender.

Nowadays, "shun thieves" are using their tactics again. What does this mean?

This shows that the "Shun Thief" has no intention of a quick victory, but a long-term solution.

Zu Dashou had no food at the time, and Hou Jin also besieged him for three or four months before he was forced to surrender.

If the "shun thieves" follow this plan and prepare to besiege Shengjing and Shenyang for three to four months, this is by no means a good sign for Hou Jin.

"Hurry up and send someone to the other doors to check what's going on!" Na Daishan thought of this and couldn't help but ordered with a solemn face.

"Ah? Okay!" Du Du didn't react for a while after hearing this, but he still responded happily.

"Report, the 'shun thieves' are digging trenches in the south of the city!"

"Report, the 'shun thieves' in the north of the city are also digging trenches!"

"Report, there are signs of 'successful thieves' in the east of the city!"

Not long after, news came one by one, which confirmed Daishan's judgment.

"Is this 'shun thief' planning to trap us to death?" At this time, Anping Beiledudu also came to his senses.

"Yes, it seems that he has this plan!" Daishan said calmly.

"No. Didn't you say that the 'Shun Thief' traveled thousands of miles and had insufficient food and salary?" Du Du couldn't help but ask weakly.

"When Lao Si entered the pass, he said that the 'submissive thieves' only had one hundred thousand soldiers. What happened? What was the result?" Dai Shan couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing is 100%. I asked several old Han scholars about it a few days ago. When Zhu Yuanzhang entered Liaodong, he supported an army of 200,000 by sea alone."

"Now, what's the difference between this 'Shun Thief' and the 'Red Thief'?"

"What?" Dudu was shocked when he heard this.

From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were so many changes. It was hard for them to imagine how the Han Dynasty could have such a strong projection power when everything was in ruins in the early Ming Dynasty.

Now even if the rebels cannot deliver this much power, they can only deliver half of it, which is enough for them to drink from a pot.

"Then what should we do?" Du Du had already imagined the terrifying scene of Shenyang, Shengjing, being surrounded by three layers of trenches, and then "people eating each other" in the city, selling human flesh everywhere.

"Stay still, I'll go meet His Majesty!" Na Daishan thought for a while and couldn't help but ordered.

"Prince Lilie wants to see me? Why do you want to see me?" When Daishan returned to the "Imperial Palace" and paid a visit to Duoduo, he unexpectedly saw Duoduo holding two women and having a drink.

"Tell me about the military situation." The eunuch reported quickly.

"Oh? Then let him come in!" Duduo burped and ordered in a daze.

"Cha!" the servant responded, and soon he led an old man over fifty years old in.

"Your Majesty?" The old man finished saluting on behalf of Shan and frowned as he looked at the unsightly scene in front of him.

"What, has the 'Shun Thief' left?" Duduo asked with a smile upon hearing this.

"Then drink, let's continue drinking until the 'shun thief' runs out of food and retreats!" Duduo couldn't help but stretched his neck and took another sip from the wine glass in the hand of the woman next to him.

"Your Majesty!" Upon seeing this, Dai Shan couldn't bear it any longer and couldn't help shouting, "The 'Shun Thief' not only did not leave, but instead dug trenches from the north, west and south to completely surround our Shengjing City!"

"Oh?" Na Duduo didn't take it seriously when he heard this, but smiled and said, "So the east side is not surrounded?"

"Yes!" Daishan didn't know why, so he nodded.

"Since there is no siege in the east, what are you afraid of, Prince Lilie?" Duduo smiled, "Since he wants Shenyang, Shengjing, just give it to him, what else can you do?"

"Can his tens of thousands of troops still be stationed here permanently?"

"Once he mobilizes his troops to go south, I will come out from Hetuala again to kill generals and follow the example of my father. What can he do to me?"

"Do you want to retreat to Hetuala?" Daishan felt a fire of ignorance rising up when he heard this, and he wanted to strangle this guy to death.

"Yes, since Shengjing is difficult to defend, why don't we escape into the mountains and wait for an opportunity to rise?" Duduo couldn't help laughing, "I heard that the mountains and mountains in Jianzhou are difficult, and the roads are difficult. If the 'thief' comes, I will stop him." Destroy his army"

"Your Majesty!" Daishan couldn't help shouting louder, "What do you think the hometown of Jianzhou is?"

"That's the barren mountains and rivers, that's the backcountry, that's the land of jackals, tigers and leopards!"

"Your Highness was still young at the time and didn't know how difficult it was. Ever since my father led us to rush out, no one wants to go back, no one!"

"Do you think they will follow you when you give the order?"

"No, they won't!"

"They have enjoyed the glory and wealth and can no longer bear the hardship. They would rather join the "submissive thieves" and work for them as cattle, horses, chickens and dogs. They don't want to go back!"

"When the time comes, will your Majesty be prepared to restore the country on his own?"