The city wall of Sanshui is not as thick as that of Guangzhou, only 1000 feet high and about 6 feet wide. Moreover, perhaps because there has never been a major war in the south, Sanshui City has no moat.

Such a city can be used as a breakthrough point everywhere.

On the night of the 28th, Li Chengdong led his troops to surround Sanshui.

Li Chengdong left 5,000 people east of Guangzhou, as a deterrent, and also to prevent accidents and ensure his own safety in the future.

After entering the South China Sea, Li Chengdong discovered that the people had already escaped, and all the food and property were swept away, and they did not find the food and grass they needed at all.

Yuan Pengnian told him that the military rations were only enough for three days, and the arrows were not sufficient. In other words, if Sanshui City could not be opened within three days, then they must retreat.

Li Chengyin also reminded him that Lin Cha's naval army was missing, so he should not take the way out.

Li Chengdong had thought about this, but he felt that as long as his army was on land, he would not be afraid of anyone. Lin Cha cut off his retreat? He had to have such a big appetite! If he couldn't do it well, Lin Cha had already taken his fleet away.

Even if he cut off his retreat, as long as he attacked Sanshui, he could attract Guangzhou troops to go out to reinforce, as long as he annihilates these reinforcements, Guangzhou City would be at your fingertips. Assuming that Zhu Youlang did not send reinforcements, it would be fine. To capture Sanshui, threaten Guangzhou in the east, and to glimpse Zhaoqing in the west, you can choose the opportunity to fight, whether it is attacking Guangzhou or taking Zhaoqing, you will have strategic initiative.

Moreover, there were 15,000 troops stationed in Sanshui, and the food and grass problem was solved at once.

Therefore, there are many benefits to destroying Sanshui, and many problems can be solved easily.

"Three days? Time is enough. I think one day will be almost the same." Li Chengdong looked at Sanshui City in the night and said confidently to the generals behind him: "Sanshui is not as high as Guangzhou's city walls, and there is no blocking Shahe. Moreover, we don't know what the Ming army is. If you fight a little harder, you will all surrender. Besides, Chen Jitai himself is a surrendered general, so how can he fight to the death? Therefore, if you fight such a small city, you can't beat him in a day without playing? Tell your brothers, have a good sleep tonight and keep your energy in full. To beat me hard tomorrow. As long as you catch Sanshui, they will... let them... make a big fetch for three days."

What he wanted to say was the saying "Waiting them to massacre the city". When he said that, he remembered Zhu Youlang's warning and changed it to "Three Days of Dasuo."

"What the deputy commander said is extremely true!" Yuan Pengnian, the general Sun Zhongming and others laughed and echoed.

Only Li Chengyin didn't laugh, he didn't think so. Guangzhou City still needs to be put in a hurry, but the result is that it's not that the soldiers and generals are lost, and they return without success? Emperor Yongli was able to do what others thought they could not do. This time, it depends on whether he could have any tricks.

Somehow, Li Chengyin was very excited about Zhu Youlang in his heart.

...

The next day, Li Chengdong gave the order and the siege began.

Li Chengdong's commander's tent was set outside the south gate, and the main attack direction of the Qing army was the south gate.

With his order, the war drums started to knock on, and the Qing army yelled at the city walls on both sides of the south gate. At the same time, the siege operations in the east, west and north directions were launched at the same time.

Just like attacking Guangzhou City, the Qing army attacked the city with a team of men. They first shot arrows, and their superb shooting skills allowed them to shoot arrows. Although the Ming army was covered by the city wall, they were suppressed so hard that they dared not look up. Occasionally, sporadic arrows shot down, but they were useless.

Seeing that the archer suppressed the Ming army at the top of the city, another team of people rushed over with the ladder, and drove the ladder to the city wall and climbed up.

Seeing this, Li Chengdong laughed: "Hahaha..., such a cowardly soldier dares to block my way?"

Before the laughter fell, a group of Ming troops holding muskets suddenly appeared on the top of the city. The "其其" sound came, and the Qing soldiers who climbed the ladder were shot and landed.

After the musket soldiers fired their guns, they quickly retreated. Another Ming army came up and poured oil on the ladder and ignited the ladder. The ladder immediately caught fire.

"Arrow! Archery!" Sun Zhongming shouted loudly.

The Qing soldiers' arrows flew towards the city like locusts, and the Ming soldiers who were pouring fuel and burning the ladder were all caught in arrows and fell down.

However, what Li Chengdong didn't expect was that before these Ming soldiers fell, they had to burn the ladder. Although a soldier was caught in his chest, he still stubbornly threw the torch in his hand towards the ladder.

All the ladders were burning. Under the influence of vegetable oil, the fire was fierce and the Qing soldiers could no longer attack.

The first wave of tentative attacks ended, and the Qing army paid little price. There were only dozens of Qing soldiers in front of each ladder, and more than a dozen soldiers in the Ming army were shot.

Li Chengdong had already understood that the Ming army's strategy was: Are you superb archery skills? Then you shoot. If I don't compare this with you, I will burn your ladder. As long as you burn the ladder, even if you have great skills, you cannot jump into Sanshui City with one horse.

This strategy is stupid, but practical.

Also, when did the Ming army be so unafraid of death? Even if they were injured, they would burn the ladder?

"Aggress again! Archers concentrated on shooting arrows, covering one meter above the cloud ladder, so that the Ming army would not let the Ming army burn the ladder." Li Chengdong understood the Ming army's strategy and came up with a solution.

When Sun Zhongming got the order, he issued another order to attack the city.

Li Chengdong's response was very effective. The Qing soldiers' arrows were no longer shot in waves. When the ladder was on the top of the city, they were concentrated on shooting towards the ladder. Regardless of whether the Ming army appeared or not, they were shooting arrows anyway.

The Ming army was very tenacious and very smart. Aren’t you concentrating on the ladder? My musketeer and archer scattered, hiding at the battlements of the city wall and shooting the Qing soldiers climbing up. At the same time, the shield hands protected the soldiers who threw the torch, and still completed the ladder burning task under the rain of arrows.

However, the Qing soldiers' shooting skills were very exquisite. When there was a slight gap, arrows came in, and the casualties became greater.

"Go up! As long as the ladder is not broken, go up for me!" Li Chengdong shouted fiercely.

Although the ladder catches fire, it will not burn out for a while.

The Qing soldiers were very disciplined, and they protected their heads and faces and climbed up the ladder with fire.

In this way, the Ming army could no longer hide behind the walls and exposed themselves, fired guns and arrows at the Qing soldiers who were climbing up the ladder until the ladder was burned. In this way, casualties further expanded.

...

He attacked for a day without stopping, and almost attacked the city several times, but was defeated by the Ming army.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Chengdong ordered the attack to stop.

When he returned to the coach's tent, he was very depressed and left behind thousands of corpses, but there was no progress. If he continued to fight like this tomorrow, his morale would be greatly affected.

What to do? Go in or retreat?
Chapter completed!