Statistically derived.
There was plenty of food and fodder in the city, but there were less than three thousand soldiers.
Zhang Mingzhen said: "This city is impossible to defend!"
Zhang Huangyan asked: "Why can't we defend it?"
"Too few troops."
Zhang Huangyan said: "We can recruit soldiers temporarily. Anyway, we don't need to go out of the city to fight in the field. We just need to stay on the city wall."
Zhang Mingzhen shook his head: "It still won't work. As far as I know, Zhu Guobi prepared a large number of artillery for the siege. The walls of Jinan have been in disrepair for a long time, and I'm afraid they can't withstand the bombardment of artillery."
Zhang Huangyan chuckled and said, "Do you know Tie Xuan, the famous general during the Jianwen period?"
Zhang Mingzhen was stunned at first, and then he started laughing.
Tie Xuan was a famous general during the Jianwen period.
Zhu Di, who was the Prince of Yan at the time, launched a rebellion in the name of clearing the court of corrupt officials.
When they attacked the city of Jinan, they met Tie Xuan.
When Zhu Di bombarded the city with cannons, Tie Xuan hung a portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang on the top of the city wall.
He also personally wrote some tablets of Zhu Yuanzhang and placed them next to each battlement of the city wall.
Seeing this, Zhu Di had no choice but to withdraw the artillery and continue the siege of the city.
They were forced to withdraw three months later.
However, Zhu Di still captured the city of Jinan in the fourth year of Jianwen.
Tie Xuan was arrested when he fled to the Huainan area and was eventually executed by slow slicing.
Zhang Huangyan planned to learn from Tie Xuan's method to defend the city.
But he was troubled by the choice of the previous emperor.
The previous emperor was Emperor Tianqi, Chongzhen's elder brother.
Using his portrait and tablet doesn't seem to be enough.
Before that was Emperor Taichang.
However, Emperor Taichang died less than a month after he ascended the throne.
Using his portrait and tablet seems disrespectful.
After discussion, Zhang Huangyan decided to use the portrait and tablet of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty.
When Zhu Guobi rushed to Jinan Prefecture, people in the city were working day and night to make a huge portrait and spirit tablet of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty.
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