In the end, the royal party had no choice but to compromise and gave up the positions of the Minister of Rites and a Minister of the Ministry of War among the six departments.

And Li Minghua's military expedition this time was also led by the monarch. If he returns victorious and plunders countless cattle and sheep, it will not only weaken the power of the princess again, but it can also be said that this is the monarch's political achievement! That's it.

Further expand your power.

But it is precisely because of this that once Li Minghua loses or even does not play well, it will also become a reason to blame the monarch. Especially with the Queen's Party adding fuel to the flames, it may not be easy for the monarch's party to regain some strength.

They will all disperse again.

Therefore, before the expedition, the monarch's support for Li Minghua could be said to be that he did his best. Li Minghua gave him whatever he wanted. He asked for 25,000 elites, and even gave 30,000 elites! The equipment to attack the city was not only

Full supplies, and even more apprentices from the Mo family are accompanying the army. This is already 200% support!

While he was meditating like this, Li Minghua suddenly felt that the sea breeze was getting stronger, and the salty smell in the air became thicker. A soldier who grew up by the sea immediately came to report in a low voice, saying that the tide should be high.

"Rising tide?" Li Minghua's eyes widened. What he was most worried about was that once the rising tide submerged the land bridge, the attack on Wu Zuocheng would be even more difficult!

Fortunately, what Li Minghua was worried about did not happen. Although after the tide rose, the sea water surged and the area around Wu Zuocheng turned into a vast ocean, but it was still at least five or six feet away from the land bridge. But there is a saying:

As luck would have it, Li Minghua just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw some shadows of sails on the horizon. If he looked carefully, he saw that there were actually five or six five-masted ocean-going ships sailing slowly towards him!

What's more, Wuzuo City actually has a back city gate. After opening the back city gate, there is a small pier. Riding on the power of the tide, you can see the five-masted ocean-going giant ship slowly approaching.

Go to the shore and start carrying the goods up.

This cruel discovery told Li Minghua that even if you plan to besiege them for a long time, this road is still blocked! Because of Wu Zuocheng's natural geographical advantages, supplies from the waterway can be obtained at high tide. The prerequisite for trapping them is

There must be a naval force.

But the navy of Dongxia Kingdom...well, I don't know if all of them combined are enough to fill the gap between the huge ocean-going ships and warships in front of them.

Li Minghua let out a long sigh and raised his head slightly. Youdao is kind and does not control soldiers. What's more, the things he carries are too heavy, not only the kindness of the emperor, but also the power struggle in Dongxia! This

He simply can't lose in a battle, and he doesn't dare to lose!

After looking at the serious-looking subordinates behind him, Li Minghua took a deep breath and said coldly:

"Blow the trumpet."

Twelve pairs of horns sounded at the same time, and the siege battle was officially launched. However, at the beginning of the war, Dongxia had a headache problem, that is, the catapults they brought were completely useless.

unfold.

The custom of siege is to set up a catapult and baptize the opponent's city with high-speed flying stones. This is not only to create momentum, but also to effectively destroy the city defense and test the weaknesses of the city wall. Wait until the time comes.

In the later stages of the war, after the opponent's catapults can be completely suppressed, the catapults can be used to throw fire bombs and set fire to the enemy's cities, or to throw dead people and horses to spread the plague, which is of great use.

However, the range of the catapult is only about a thousand steps, and the length of the land bridge connecting Wu Zuocheng is close to six or seven hundred steps. The key is: the side of the land bridge close to the Eastern Xia Army cannot spread its troops all at once.

Instead, it gradually becomes wider. Therefore, in general, the Dongxia Army's catapults can only carry about twenty catapults, and they have to be crowded together...

Something outrageous happened. Just when the Dongxia Army had finally assembled more than twenty catapults, and was still installing leather ropes and other debugging work. Unexpectedly, Wu Zuocheng heard a series of weird "

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, crash, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang,"" followed by the Dongxia army's eyes widened. It turned out that a mass of black things had flown out from Wu Zuocheng. These high-speed flying things contained rocks and wooden barrels! Aim!

The Dongxia Army's catapult position was blasted down.

First, the stones that fell caused the auxiliary soldiers who assembled the catapults to be killed and injured. Then the wooden barrels that hit the ground caused the kerosene inside to splash! Then they burst into flames, and everyone was stunned to see them.

, at the beginning, many people ran forward to seek treatment, but as Wu Zuocheng continued to drop bombs on that area, no one dared to approach that area.
Chapter completed!