Although it is not clear what method the Red Turban Army used to break through the city, the confidence it has been boosted is undoubtedly. Peng Yibin naturally hopes to continue to expand the results of the war and alleviate the shortage of food and fodder. Although Cheng Fu was unable to take the lead, he also expressed that he could write a letter and strongly suggest to Liu Erzu to send troops to help the battle.

From the perspective of our army, Cheng Fu advocated continuing to advance westward, and Tengzhou and Yanzhou were his hoped attack targets. However, Hao Ding, a subordinate of Liu Erzu, had nearly 20,000 troops, so he used Yanzhou Sishui as a base and moved to several counties in Yanzhou, Tengzhou and Shanzhou.

Meng Jiucheng did not object to this. Liu Erzu's base was mainly in the mountainous area west of Yimeng Mountain, and there was not much room for strategic activity. If Tengzhou and Yanzhou could be captured, not only would the rebels who surrendered were connected into a group, with great power, but they would also have sufficient strategic depth.

From a point of view, Cheng Fu still has some strategic vision and is not a mediocre person.

Although Meng Jiucheng expressed his agreement, he also had his own interests and purpose, that is, Haizhou. He could lead troops to help the Red Coat Army attack the two states, but after that, the Red Coat Army would also dispatch more than 10,000 people to help him conquer Haizhou.

The two states changed to one state, and the seized materials were allocated according to the credit, and the negotiation results were relatively rough. But this was a matter of approval by Liu Erzu. When cooperation really happened, there would definitely be detailed consultations.

Regardless of whether the cooperation was successful again, the agreement reached between Meng Jiucheng and Peng Yibin began to be fulfilled. Yizhou was returned to Peng Yibin, while Peng Yibin gave up Linshu and occupied it by the Red Turban Army.

If the prefecture city changes to county towns, if you have to say who makes a profit and who loses, most people will think that Peng Yibin has taken advantage of it. But Meng Jiucheng has different ideas and has his own management methods. He attaches importance to the land that can be cultivated and the expansion of strategic space.

The plan was decided, and the exchange and distribution of materials were completed quickly. The next day, Meng Jiucheng sent Xiao Ying with three thousand men to escort the materials to Linshu. He withdrew from Yizhou with the remaining soldiers and temporarily returned to Tanghe Town to station.

Making such an arrangement was also related to the preliminary agreement reached by him and Cheng Fu, and it was also a condition that Meng Jiucheng proposed, that is, to help him conquer Haizhou first and relieve his worries, he would lead the army to help Liu Erzu conquer Teng and Yanzhou.

In fact, Meng Jiucheng was not very worried about the Jin army in Haizhou, because there were more than 10,000 rebels including Ma Liang, Gao Lin, Song Dezhen in the East China Sea (southwest of Lianyungang). With the more than 3,000 Jin army, they had to defend the city and prevent threats, and where did they draw extra mobile troops?

But Meng Jiucheng had already acted generously and trustworthy in his first cooperation, and it is not too much to get the benefits first. Moreover, the distance between Teng and Yanzhou is very far away, and the army is outside, so Meng Jiucheng is afraid that something will happen.

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"Absurd!" Liu Erzu glared at his daughter fiercely. There were people in the hall, and he couldn't say it in depth, but he was just in a hurry to open Cheng Fu's letter and read it carefully.

Liu Yingying quietly stuck out her tongue and turned to Huo Yi to show her diligence, "Uncle Huo, Ying'er is here to bring you a thousand-mile mirror!"

Huo Yi had already listened to her story and felt that although Qianlijing was good, she was a little sad. But now that things have come to this point, he couldn't blame him any more. Then he smiled and said, "Well, Ying'er has grown up. When he went out, everything was handled well, and Uncle Huo also accepted your love."

Liu Yingying was relieved when she heard Huo Yi say this. Knowing that if her father was punished, Huo Yi would definitely say Xiang persuasion. As soon as she relaxed, she said more and said, "Then General Meng is quite reasonable. The main force of the Jin army is attacking Yang An'er. We will neither send troops to rescue us nor take the opportunity to attack the enemy and expand the territory. Are we waiting to be dealt with one by one?"

Huo Yi touched his beard and said cautiously: "Ying'er, you should tell me the situation of attacking Yizhou in detail. If you break the city in three days, what is the powerful method of the Red Turban Army? It's hard to believe!"

"Ying'er doesn't know either!" Liu Yingying stroked her scattered hair on her temples and said with a guess: "I've seen the broken city. The city walls collapsed more than ten feet, and they were all broken wood and earth, which seemed to have been overturned from the bottom."

Huo Yi frowned and thought, but he was confused. He couldn't think of the Red Turban Army's way to break the city. He couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

At this time, Liu Erzu had already read the letter and handed it over to Huo Yi, and he fell into thought.

Huo Yi took the letter, read it, pondered for a while, and asked tentatively: "General, what do you think?"

Liu Erzu frowned slightly and said slowly: "If there is really a magical technique for breaking the city, it will be fine for our army to send troops; if it is just a lucky person or an accidental experience, it will be a bit difficult."

Huo Yi nodded. Success once did not mean anything. If the army was dispatched, there would be no gains. It would be more than worth the loss, and there would be certain risks.

"But Ambassador Cheng agreed with it in his letter, believing that the Red Turban Army should have a magical technique for breaking the city." Liu Erzu smiled bitterly and continued: "He also mentioned the stone throwing machine. He felt that if there were 180, the city would not be broken within three or five days, but he was also somewhat sure."

At that time, most of the cities were constructed with rammed earth. When Beijing was built in the early Ming Dynasty, bricks were only wrapped on the outside of the city wall. It was not until the Zhengtong period that the inner walls were wrapped on the inside. By the Qing Dynasty, most of the city walls above the county town had the top soil centers, and soil enclosures made of only rammed earth were rare in the county towns.

The reason is very simple. One is the cost issue, and the other is the improvement with the development of siege equipment. There were no artillery during the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, and the most powerful siege weapon was the Hui and Hui cannons at the end of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the city built with rammed earth was easy to defend but difficult to attack at that time, so there was no need to build a city with bricks.

If the city is defended with law, there are no traitors, and sufficient materials, it means heavy casualties and prolonged life for the siege. The Mongolian army attacked Xiangyang and trapped Li Quan in Qingzhou. The time was calculated in years, which shows the difficulty of siegeing the city.

Huo Yi heard that Liu Erzu was a little difficult to make a decision, so he made suggestions based on his own analysis and judgment, "The general was careful, but his subordinates thought it might be a try. First of all, from Meng Jiucheng's actions, he could see his nature, and he did not look like a despicable villain; secondly, the Red Turban Army had only more than 10,000 troops, and only occupied the two counties. Isn't he afraid of causing our army's attack due to deception?"

"Uncle Huo is right!" Liu Yingying nodded in agreement, really helping Meng Jiucheng speak, "The Qianli Mile Mile Mile can give it, the stone throwing function can give it, and Yizhou City can give it, and General Meng has no reason to deceive us!"
Chapter completed!