Xiangyang City, strictly speaking, this city is the real north gate from the south.

Because this city is located next to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Valley, if you want to attack the territory from the Central Plains, the shortest distance is to go ashore along the Yangtze River basin and then pass through Xiangyang City.

It only takes more than 300 miles to go south from Xiangyang City, and you can see the shadow of Jinling City, the capital city in the south.

In this case, why didn't the Central Plains Coalition Army's three-way coalition army go from Xiangyang City this time?

The reason is simple.

First, in the middle of Xiangyang City and Jinling City, more than 300 miles, there is a city standing in the middle, that city.

No, it can't be said to be a city anymore, it can be said to be a naked military city.

Because that city is the headquarters of the Smelting Bureau of the Imperial War Department of Nanli, the most advanced weapons and some gadgets that are being studied in Nanli are all strictly guarded in this city.

The two thousand Heavenly Ce Army, the five hundred Feather Forest Black Cavalry, and the Northern Army with as many as 10,000 people on the periphery are all the forces that defend this military city.

It can be said that if you want to kill from Xiangyang City to Jinling, this military city is a must-go place.

If you want to capture this military city, there is no offensive of 100,000 people, it is just a tickle, but once the number goes up, is the army in the south and the rear blind?

For this city with a clear meaning to the military, several bigwigs of the Nanli military regard it as a forbidden, and whoever dares to pay attention to this place is bound to suffer the hatred of the Nanli main battle army.

Therefore, unless the Central Plains Coalition Army puts the main front here, otherwise, if it is only a single way, it is impossible to take this city, which can be called a fantasy.

As for the second reason, it is Xiangyang City.

Xiangyang City is so high and deep that it is a city that can only be won by filling in human lives.

The Central Plains coalition will not do this loss-making business.

Moreover, the appearance that Xiangyang Taishou's position has not been very clear has made them unable to rest assured that Xiangyang will be used as the main front to start the war.

Xiangyang Taishou was a general who was active in the last era of Nanli.

Pan Mei is his name.

Pan Mei was originally the general of Wei among the Central Plains countries, and her status in Wei was also good, and she also represented a lot of Wei's right to speak in the last war, and the army under her command was also at that level.

Although in the last battle, the Wei army led by Pan Mei did not pose any threat to Nanli, but his Wei status in the later period of the Central Plains coalition army was gradually rising.

In the back, when Zhou Dunyi had just opened the situation, Pan Mei did not hesitate to take the Wei army under his command to defect to Zhou Dunyi.

And in the pursuit battle, a lot of information provided by Pan Mei also maximized the results of Nanli's battle, resulting in a million Central Plains coalition troops, and only a few people finally climbed to Xinye alive.

And a general like Pan Mei, who defected to Nanli, no matter how much merit he made, it stands to reason that he would only be transferred to Jinling, stripped of his military power, given a noble official position, and let him retire.

But strange things happened.

Zhou Dunyi tried his best to disagree with the public, and made Pan Meibiao the Taishou of Xiangyang, and was also in charge of the Xiangyang army.

As soon as this incident came out, it immediately caused an uproar in Nanli.

Just kidding, let Pan Mei a renegade general guard Xiangyang City?

and also threw the military power of Xiangyang into his hands.

Isn't this, isn't this, raising tigers for trouble?

Today, Pan Mei can turn south and leave, and tomorrow Pan Mei can rebel back to the Central Plains.

Because of this decision, Zhou Dunyi was impeached by many officials afterwards, and Li Dunmin was already a little jealous of this imperial brother who was in charge of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses at that time.

However, no matter how impeached, regarding Pan Mei's position as Xiangyang Taishou, even if it is so confused.

So much so that in the more than ten years after the end of the war, none of the decrees that came out of Jinling could be transmitted to Xiangyang City and implemented.

Xiangyang is already Pan Mei's private territory.

This is the southern departure of the empire, Pan Mei's approach is simply unbearable, but whenever Li Dunmin decides to transfer Pan Mei back to Jinling, Zhou Dunyi can always persuade Li Dunmin to live with his own tongue.

Sit back and watch Pan Mei, a general of the Wei State, now as a courtier of Nanli, living in Xiangyang City as his own soil emperor.

It's also because Li Dunmin still has some guilt in his complicated feelings for Zhou Dunyi over the years, otherwise, no matter how Zhou Dunyi persuades him, he is the emperor, and he can't decide this matter?

Although it is said that Xiangyang Taishou Pan Mei has been rumored to be quite close to the Central Plains countries over the years, even Jinyiwei was unable to infiltrate Xiangyang in the end, leaving Emperor Li Dunmin, so he didn't care about it.

In addition to the taxes collected from Xiangyang City every year, there should be no Xiangyang City in Nanliquan.

And Zhou Dunyi's approach also aroused the disgust of many Nanli generals at that time.

Among them are Bai Qi, Gan Mao, and Sima Cuo.

Especially Gan Mao, a straight man, his opinion of Pan Mei is also the purest.

It's just a traitor, give him the position and military power to guard, isn't this a promotion?

If it weren't for Zhou Dunyi's position in the army here, if another person did this, the generals from top to bottom of Nanli would have drowned that person with a mouthful of saliva.

Even so, Zhou Dunyi suffered a lot of complaints behind his back.

Even Bai Zhi finally asked Zhou Dunyi privately about the reason for this, as for whether Zhou Dunyi and Bai Qi said it, no one knows.

What I only know is that Bai Qi came out of King Zhou's Mansion with a blue face that day.

Moreover, the geographical location of Xiangyang City is only one Yangtze River away from Xinye City.

What is Shinno Castle?

It was the bridgehead of the Central Plains coalition army.

And where is Jiangxia City?

Jiangxia City is southeast of Shinye City.

However, Nanli set Jiangxia City as the last checkpoint of the north gate.

This is also because the location of Xiangyang City is really a little too embarrassing.

For a hundred years, Xiangyang City has always been a three-way zone, because this city is the only city ruled by sects in the mainland.

Yes, it's a thing, it's hard to believe.

The scale of Xiangyang City, among the southern cities, can also be ranked first, rich, and far more than Jiangxia City, but it is such a city, but it has not belonged to the rule of a country on any continent for a hundred years.

Because Xiangyang City, in the eyes of the people of the rivers and lakes, is an indescribable, with a sacred coat of the city.

A hundred years ago, the mainland was plunged into a period of decades of peace.

In that era, the countries of the mainland were the moment when martial arts and various literary circles were blooming.

And the rivers and lakes were also in that era, and they got the most perfect interpretation.

Jianghu knight, the leader of the martial arts alliance.

Martial Arts Alliance Leader?

This title is already very unfamiliar, because this title has been extinguished in the world as early as a hundred years ago, and at the moment of its annihilation.

The so-called rivers and lakes have become no longer pure.

Everyone in Xiangyang City practices martial arts, which is a tradition left after a long period of washing, from the old people to the children, the people of Xiangyang City basically know some moves.

And the proportion of people and monks in Xiangyang City is also the largest among the cities in the world.

Among the ten people of Xiangyang, there are at least two monks.

And Xiangyang City was led by the city lord before Pan Mei settled in Taishou.

Every Xiangyang City Lord is an existence with the combat power of a top-notch combat power monk, and among the grandmasters, he is also an existence with good combat power.

It is precisely because of this that Xiangyang City has become a three-regardless zone.

Until the appearance of Pan Mei.

Relying on the aftermath of Nanli's great victory, Pan Mei successfully grasped the rights of Xiangyang City.

The original old city lord and the two bigwigs of Xiangyang City are respected as the three elders, but what about themselves?

Xiangyang Taishou, as well as, General Pingbei.

General No. 1, which is divided into two types in the south.

Miscellaneous Generals, as well as Title Generals.

There are many miscellaneous generals, such as Huang Gai's rebellious generals, these are miscellaneous generals, although they belong to generals, but their military rank is lower than that of the title general.

And General Pingbei belongs to the title general.

Among the military ranks, it can be regarded as a fifth grade, not big or small.

Compared with Gan Mao, the difference is not half a star, but in terms of military power, Gan Mao cannot be compared with him.

After all, the Xiangyang Army has not yet had an accurate number.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that the number of troops in Xiangyang definitely exceeds 10,000 people.

This has far exceeded the upper limit of the army that General Pingbei can govern, and it can be said to be a transgression, but the Jinling side has not had any opinion on this matter for a long time.

And the biggest reason why Gan Mao dislikes Pan Mei is because of Pan Mei's inaction.

The vast majority of the Xiangyang army in his hands have participated in the war and seen the battlefield where real swords and real guns are full of flesh and blood, and the number is more than 10,000 people.

However, the news of the huge gap in the establishment of the Northern First Army has long been reported, and I don't know how long it has been.

The difference in the number of armies on the northern battlefield is so great that anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

You Pan Mei is a Xiangyang Taishou, you know what you're going to do next with your ass, right?

Or, share part of the pressure for the Northern First Army.

Or, reinforce the Northern 1st Army.

Choosing between the two at will, and choosing at will, the embarrassment of the Northern First Army can be greatly alleviated.

However, nearly a month has passed, and there is not even a fart from Xiangyang.

In addition, now the Central Plains coalition army is divided into three routes, and it can be seen that there is no way through Xiangyang.

Xiangyang guards Pan Mei too much, which is naked inaction.

Although it is possible for the Central Plains Coalition Army to make a false move and ambush an army to secretly commit suicide to Xiangyang, is the Xiangyang Army a vegetarian?

According to Gan Mao's words, even if you Pan Mei cut out a thousand people from the cracks of your fingers to reinforce the Northern First Army, the Northern First Army is now short of people if it lacks anything.

If you want to be armed, give, the sequence of changing the equipment of the garrisons of other state departments was directly put on hold for the time being, and the Smelting Bureau worked overtime to drive out the armaments of the Northern First Army.

I asked for horses, and I gave them, four thousand horses, and I didn't blink my eyes.

Grain? Jiangxia granary, take it at will, half a year's grain is still there.

And the dignitaries?

Sorry, there really isn't one.

It is a town army general who is a town army general, and Nanli is a military boss that the military may become in the future, and now even an army of 1,000 people has to be careful in terms of layout.

And the more than 10,000 Xiangyang troops in Xiangyang City, which is not far away, are still safe and sound, and they should not be able to see this situation.

How does this make Gan Mao look pleasing to Pan Mei?

If it weren't for the fact that Gan Mao had the task of garrisoning Nagasaka Slope now, he would have ridden a horse and slashed in front of Pan Mei with a knife.

Now that Gan Mao has rushed to Changban Slope and is preparing to defend in Baling Village, the reality that there is no fart on the other side of Xiangyang City is in front of him.

Killing Pan Mei's heart, Gan Mao has already saved up.