Chapter 667

Liu Bu commanded 150000 troops and besieged Nanjing day and night. When counting his roster, he found that he had 150000 troops under his command.

Damn it, when he went south, he directly commanded 40000 troops of four divisions, and 70000 troops of the Shanghai army. In addition, Liu Zhongyong, the commander of the army along the way, was only more than 30000 people. The merger of the two armies should not exceed 100000 people.

But now he has a real army of 150000 people, all of whom are officially on his roster to pay military salaries and salaries.

Moreover, they also have a large number of civilian men and servants who do not need to pay salaries and enjoy the welfare system. As long as they are full, they are willing to follow suit. There is no way to count this part of the detailed figures, but we can probably get a figure of nearly one million.

With so many people eating under his command, Liu Bu can't help being nervous. It's hard to get around these days.

That's why he will personally take charge of logistics and quartermaster to ensure that these people have enough food.

At present, he Liu Jun can also have strict military discipline, no robbery and no concern for the people. This is because he makes the soldiers eat enough. If his soldiers don't eat enough, God knows what these people will do.

Liu Jun's massive attack on Nanjing needs to include this land in their rule, so he can't burn, kill and plunder and raise food on the spot like other armies. They pay more attention to military discipline and reputation than their lives, which is related to whether they can rule this place.

At present, their food is still enough. The food of the Liu family is mainly the local real estate of Shandong. In addition, they bought it from Nanyang. They cooperated with the Zheng family and bought a large amount of rice from Nanyang with the Zheng family's huge fleet.

Several huge warehouses near the sea were filled with a large amount of grain. This Daming Changping warehouse and Taicang starved rats, forming a sharp contrast.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty would only sell grain for money, while the Liu family tried their best to turn their silver into grain.

In Liu Bu's eyes, these silver can't eat or drink, but it has become food and cloth, which is different. It can make people eat and wear warm and let people live.

Now all they have to do is bring the grain.

Liu Jiajun's soldiers committed crimes in the south of the Yangtze River, but local officials were terrified and terrified.

But when they arrived, the local people found that they did not have the terror in the rumors. Liu Jun's military discipline was quite good. They did not plunder or burn. Their military discipline was strict and basically did nothing against the people. This was the Iron Army and the teacher of benevolence and justice in the rumors.

Like eating his mother and wearing his mother, Liu Jun came and didn't receive food. Such nursery rhymes and nursery rhymes were also spread all over the streets.

Wherever Liu Jiajun goes, he will not hurt the people, rob property or force you to pay taxes, but they will do one thing, that is, the census.

They will register the local people, record how many people and fields there are, and then ask them to swear allegiance to their Liu father and son and Liu group.

If they are willing to be loyal to them and submit to them, they will not be investigated. If they are unwilling, they will be roughly expelled from the local area and confiscate their houses and fields.

Everyone can see that he forced everyone to stand in line. If he did not obey the Liu family, he would obey the imperial court, and that is their policy. Those who obey me will prosper and those who oppose me will die.

In doing so, they are the most merciful of the major forces.

Every time Xiang Liukou conquers a city, he classifies these people and officials. If they are ambitious, they will behead them and force the people to submit to them.

But they couldn't keep the city. The officers and soldiers soon killed them. When they saw that these people turned to the roving bandits and anti thieves, they were listed as anti thieves. Just kill them directly and kill one head.

The common people in war-torn areas all know that it is difficult to distinguish between soldiers and thieves, and that bandits are like combs and soldiers are like grates.

Liu Jun, he did a little better. All the information and data were only in their own hands, not in the hands of others.

This means that once they can't hold here and retreat, the people can still have a way to live.

However, there is still an old saying, that is, it is the people who suffer, the people who die, the two sides fight and kill, take these places as a battlefield, and it is these people who suffer.

Like the Liu family army, they are a little better. Millions of their people and horses transport goods and materials in a mighty manner. They tread on the ground wherever they pass, even crops and fields.

It's just that Liu Jiajun is a little different from other armies. That is, they will pay a little compensation. If the officers and soldiers pass here and don't blackmail you for money and food, it's polite to pay compensation? Who dares to claim compensation from them?

Although Liu Jiajun's military discipline is very good, millions of people are stationed here, which also makes the nearby people miserable. It is said that all kinds of vicious public security incidents continue and the local smog. Compared with other war zones, it is very good to be like this here. If it is in other war zones, I'm afraid it is not as simple as vicious public security incidents.

Liu Bu is going all out to attack the city and will attack Nanjing at all costs. He has seen all this in front of him, but he is not able to draw out enough people. He can't care about and be responsible for the local public security at present.

Liu Bu's top priority is to win Nanjing city. If he can't win Nanjing City, their Liu family will suffer major setbacks.

Jiangnan is a big fat meat, and Nanjing is the big fat meat in this big fat meat. If they take this place, they can take the opportunity to attack other places.

For example, the governments around Nanjing, such as Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places, are known as paradise on earth. Once they win it, it will be good for them. However, before Nanjing city falls, they dare not divide their troops to attack. They worry that once the troops are divided, the pressure on Nanjing will be reduced, and Nanjing will not be able to fight down at that time, and other places will not be able to fight down, This is the situation of losing everything.

Although Liu Bu was in charge of logistics, he expressed great dissatisfaction with the poor progress of the war. Hundreds of thousands of troops attacked the city day and night, but they didn't win the city held by only more than 20000 disabled and defeated generals.

This really surprised him. Although they said that Liu Jun had red cannon and the soldiers were strong, they could not launch troops and attack on a large scale against the huge city with such a high wall and such a deep moat.

So far, they have reluctantly attacked near the city wall, but they can't set up a ladder to attack the city.

The garrison preparation in the city was gradually sufficient. They prepared a large number of stones and challenge wood. When Liu Jun attacked the city, they did not hesitate to throw these things down and hit them down.

In the face of Liu Jun's arrow rain tactics, they are also very sure. This is that they demolished a large number of door panels. When these Ming troops moved, they moved with the door panels, which makes their bows and arrows less than kill these people and preserve their effective strength.

Duke Xu is very steady in his military. He doesn't want to be meritorious, but wants nothing wrong. He turns a blind eye to the provocation of Liu Jun outside the city and will never go to war. No matter how provocative the other party is, they just can't stick to it. He knows that holding here is the greatest victory.

They were able to hold Nanjing City, drag down hundreds of thousands of troops, and did not let them wreak havoc on the surrounding cities of Nanjing. This was the greatest victory.

Duke Xu understood this, so he focused on stability and never took risks.

Moreover, this Duke Xu tried his best to keep Nanjing city. He not only scattered his family wealth, but also copied the rich and noble family in the city. Whoever you are, as long as there is money and food in the family, he will be confiscated by him.

Because he knows that these people are now unwilling to take money to support them. Once the city is broken, they will eventually be cheaper to the rebels outside the city. If they are cheaper, he might as well use them now. When the enemy retreats, he will compensate according to the price.

If the enemy does not retreat and the city of Nanjing is broken, it is that everything is over and everything will become nothing.

Not to mention, after being reorganized by Duke Xu, the morale of the army here has improved, and the combat effectiveness of the army has also improved.

Soldiers have enough to eat, warm clothes, money to fight, and pensions to die, which makes them feel at ease to fight and forcibly block the repeated attacks of more than 100000 troops of the other party.

The casualties of officers and soldiers in the city are very heavy, and the casualties of Liu Jun under the city are also very heavy. Liu Jun is good at field warfare, good at field fortification, and not very good at attacking the city. In the process of their rise, there was no tragic siege.

Although they have besieged Nanjing city and all have the artifact of red cannon, they have few ways to attack it in the face of such a high and thick city wall. They can only attack it in the traditional way.

The so-called traditional siege method is to fill in with human lives. The casualties are very heavy and very large, which makes Liu bu a little unbearable. The traditional ant attached siege like this is not what Liu Jiajun is good at.

This made their casualties very heavy. Liu Bu was very sad to see so many soldiers carried down from the battlefield.

They are determined to win the city of Nanjing, but a strong attack like this is really not the way, so Liu Bu came up with an idea, that is, he posted a recruitment order to the whole army. If anyone can make an idea and win the city of Nanjing, he will not hesitate to reward tens of thousands of gold as a gift to the distinguished guests.