Chapter 204 The sky is not beautiful

Xiao Tianjian is not short of food at present. First, before the expedition, the logistics prepared a relatively sufficient food supply for them. In addition, he seized some grain when he captured Fengyang Mansion. Later, when he annihilated the 10,000 yuan auspicious department, he once again seized a lot of military grain, so he did not lack food and fodder in a short time. Therefore, there is no need to collect grain on the spot at all. Even in order to buy the local people, Xiao Tianjian also ordered the troops to give some relief to the hungry people nearby.

In this way, the people around Luzhou quickly returned to the Xingtian Army and began to come to help the Xing Tian Army, help build roads, help transport supplies, and help the Xing Tianjun set up a camp to cut wood and other things. So in a few days, the Xing Tianjun set up a large-scale barracks in the area of Dashu Mountain.

In this battle, Xiao Tianjian did not plan to take down Luzhou City lightly, so he set up a relatively strong camp when he camped in Dashu Mountain. In order to win the hearts of the people, Luo Li originally wanted to requisition Kaifu Temple as Xiao Tianjian's temporary camp and temporarily drive out the monks in the temple for resettlement, but Xiao Tianjian is well aware of Buddhism. At present, it has a considerable influence on the people. If such a large Kaifu Temple is forcibly occupied, it will injure some believers who believe in Buddhism, which is not conducive to the next step of local control, so the army must not invade the temple or interfere with the normal worship of the temple.

Originally, the monks of Kaifu Temple were afraid of such a large army attacking Luzhou City. The abbot of the temple personally led the monks to visit Xiao Tianjian and took out more than 100 stones of grain to give to Xing Tianjun, but it was rejected by Xiao Tianjian. Xiao Tianjian told the monks not to worry that Xing Tianjun was a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. Only take the unrighteous wealth of the unscrupulous gentry, but don't force the property of the temple, so that they can completely rest assured to continue their lives. The Buddha's salute, the farming of the farmland, and if there is extra food, it's okay to set up a porridge shed to help the surrounding hungry people, but Xing Tianjun doesn't want their things.

After the monks of Kaifu Temple got such a guarantee from Xiao Tianjian, they were grateful and thanked them repeatedly. They did not dare to neglect and immediately set up a porridge shed outside Kaifu Temple to help the surrounding hungry people, and repeatedly said to the hungry people that this was the kindness of Xing Tianjun, so that they should not forget.

After Xing Tianjun arrived in Luzhou, he quickly settled the local people and won the hearts of the people, so more people began to come to help Xing Tianjun prepare for the siege.

After arriving at Luzhou City, Xiao Tianjian sent someone to shoot a letter into the city to the magistrate Wu Dapu, advising him to surrender in order to avoid the Xing Tianjun's siege of the city and causing more deaths and injuries. He can ensure that he has no crime against the people in the city after entering the city, and the original officials have stayed. Ren, this is an unusual generosity for Xiao Tianjian.

However, Wu Dapu is a loyal minister of the court. He doesn't care about Xiao Tianjian's letter of persuasion at all. Even if he tore up the letter on the city and throws the tower, in Wu Dapu's view, Xing Tianjun's persuasion showed their weakness. He thought that Xiao Tianjian saw the strength of Luzhou City. He had to be unable to attack, so he persuaded him to surrender. For this reason, he was still proud of the generals of his opponents and said that there was nothing he could do with their Luzhou City. Only when the Guizhou donkey was exhausted could persuade them to surrender like this.

Looking at the confetti fluttering on the tower, Xiao Tianjian looked up at the sky. The sky was covered with dark clouds at this time. Soon, soybean-sized raindrops began to fall, and it began to become more and more dense. Suddenly, he had a bad feeling in his heart. Without saying a word, he turned back to the camp and summoned the generals to start discussing how to attack Luzhou City.

Li Xin and other staff members of the staff think that it has begun to rain, which is not conducive to the siege of the city. They think that the most urgent thing is to clean up the area around Luzhou City, first start from the surrounding gentry and gentry, collect a large amount of grain, and then wait until the weather is good before attacking the city.

However, the generals, who are the masters of the generals, think that it is not a good thing to delay. It is better to attack the city as soon as possible. In this way, it will not be delayed for too long. They can strive to attack Nanjing faster, so that Ding Qirui on the Nanjing side is fully prepared.

Xiao Tianjian listened to the opinions of the generals this time and decided that it would be better to attack the city as soon as possible. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the delay will be different.

So on May 13, Xiao Tianjian personally brought his troops outside the Xiping Gate of Luzhou City and began to attack Luzhou City.

The weather did not seem to be beautiful. The rain stopped from time to time, which caused some trouble for Xing Tianjun, and the wide city and river also hindered the action of Xing Tianjun. At the end of the day, Xing Tianjun could not even cross the city river, and the officers and soldiers in the city bombarded the soldiers and horses who attacked the city with continuous artillery in the city, although the cannons of the Xing Tianjun were also available. The shooting suppressed the officers and soldiers in the city, but the effect was not very good. Although the officers and soldiers were scared, they failed to kill and injure too many defenders.

The rain was a great help to Luzhou City. After the 14th, the rain began to get heavier and heavier, and it did not stop during this period. In this case, it was obviously inappropriate to attack the city. Xiao Tianjian looked at the heavy rain falling all over the sky and had no choice but to order a suspension of the siege.

Xiao Tianjian can change history, but it can't change the weather in history. In May of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, there was a heavy rain in Nanzhili and the south of the Yangtze River. This rain lasted for half a month, causing a large area of flooding in the Jianghuai area.

In late May, Nanzhili was flooded in Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Huzhou Prefecture and other prefectures. For a time, Jiangnan and other places became a Ze country, and a large number of people were swallowed up by the flood. Even if they were lucky enough not to be drowned by the flood, they could not find food. The profiteers were closed down for this, causing the disaster. The exhibition is very serious, and the government is unable to help. On the contrary, many officials secretly take the opportunity to hoard grain and make a fortune.

This continuous heavy rain also seriously affected Luzhou. Although Luzhou did not induce a major flood, the water level of rivers and lakes still rose a lot, and the heavy rain falling from the sky also made Xing Tianjun's gunpowder damp. Both the flectar gun and the artillery were greatly affected, which made Xiao Tianjian have to Stop the attack on Luzhou.

And so many people are stationed outside Luzhou City, and the food consumed every day is also astronomical. Although Xiao Tianjian made sufficient preparations in the early stage, such heavy rain seems to be gone. For half a month in a row, the road is basically completely blocked, and the logistics grain can't be on such a day. Qixia was transferred from Fengyangfu to Luzhou City, so the grain stored by Xing Tianjun began to be reduced to a dangerous level.

It rains raining non-stop, and there is no way to even train soldiers, let alone attack the city. Therefore, in order to save the consumption of food, Xiao Tianjian took the lead in changing to only two meals a day, and one meal is dry. Try to reduce the food while ensuring that it will not affect the body of the soldiers. Consumption of food.

Xiao Tianjian didn't expect to attack Luzhou City this time, but he encountered such a ghostly weather, which made it impossible to implement his plan. Soon his food will be exhausted, and the war horse also brushed down a lot because he couldn't eat refined food and hay fat. If the rain does not stop, this attack this time I'm afraid Luzhou will end in failure.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian had to follow Li Xin's original advice and began to collect grain nearby, but the object of grain collection was still limited to landlords who owned more than 100 mu of land. First, he ordered the surrounding gentry to donate food and salaries by themselves, and then began to take action against those gentry who were not pulling out or hostile to the Xing Tianjun. Divide the troops to attack their fortress and get the food hoarded in their homes to meet the consumption of the Xingtian Army.

This heavy rain has helped Luzhou a lot. Originally, the guard's military heart was not neat, and many people were worried that they could not defend Luzhou City. Now this headless heavy rain can reassure them. They don't have to be drenched by the rain in the city. They can watch the Xing Tianjun outside the city suffer in the rain on the tower. Therefore, morale has risen a lot, and the grain storage in the city is enough for them to eat for another three months. They are basically not worried that they will not survive the Xing Tianjun.

Wu Dapu even sent people to send letters to Nan Zhili, saying that they could hold on for a while, but he hoped that Ding Qirui could send reinforcements to them as soon as possible, so that he could ensure that he could defend Luzhou City.

The rain lasted for more than half a month. From mid-May to the beginning of June, it has not yet cleared up, and Xing Tianjun's military food began to have a more serious shortage at this time. If it is not replenished, there may be a shortage of food in a few more days, and there will be no food for a short time. For a while, Xing Tianjun may not collapse immediately like the officers and soldiers, but even Xing Tianjun will not do it for a long time. At least it will seriously weaken their combat effectiveness. Even after the weather improves, they have no strength to attack Luzhou City again.

For this reason, Xiao Tianjian had to summon the generals to discuss, and the generals also felt very helpless about this kind of weather. The morale of the whole army was greatly affected and seemed to be a little depressed. Therefore, although they were reluctant, everyone had to admit the fact of this failure. They were not fighting. It's not Luzhou City, but it's not right when I came this time. The thief God really didn't help their Xing Tianjun, so the generals showed the idea of withdrawing the troops. They wanted to temporarily return to Fengyang Mansion to rest for a while, and then attack Luzhou City when the weather is good. At worst, it will attack Nanjing a little later than here. It's their strength.

Xiao Tianjian sighed slightly, shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said, "The weather is not beautiful. It's not our fault!" It seems that the bright spirit has not been completely exhausted. The thief God wants to help them, and we can only let his Zhu family survive for a while!

Brothers don't have to be depressed. The matter of war is about the right time, the right place and the right people. We didn't occupy the right time and the right place this time. At most, it occupied the person and the word, so Luzhou City is just a shit luck!

However, I don't think it's the best idea to withdraw from Fengyang Mansion. Once we withdraw back to Fengyang Mansion, it is the most desired result of the court. How can we make Ding Qirui and today's emperor so satisfactory? In that case, it's too cheap for them!

So I think that even if we withdraw from Luzhou, we can't make them so cheap. How about we do this? ......”

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's proposal, the generals were excited. To be honest, it was a few days of heavy rain, which made everyone's hearts feel like hair.

Although God doesn't help, it's not their responsibility, but for so many years, Xing Tianjun has really not been able to conquer a city several times, so when the generals are helpless, they are also depressed. Although everyone knows that they continue to stay outside Luzhou, for them, there is no How much effect is it? It's just a waste of food. It's a helpless move to withdraw troops, and it's also inevitable. But when it's really faced with such a choice, everyone is still quite unwilling to do it.

Now Xiao Tianjian suddenly put forward such an idea, which suddenly made everyone feel energetic like another injection of stimulant, so the generals immediately asked to fight one after another and asked to fight.

After Xiao Tianjian glanced at the generals in the account with satisfaction, a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth, nodded slightly, and finally pointed his finger to Liu Yaoben in the column...