Midnight!

It's silent.

But there is still a rustling sound in the wind, and it is getting more and more abnormal.

The dark shadows are dense.

The cold glow that flashed from time to time from the blade indicated that this night was extraordinary.

"Quick!"

A whispered urging sounded.

The cautious general of Chu Yue Guo obviously quickened his pace.

Only the top generals knew that this was a battle to the death that both sides knew.

It is destined to be a life of nine deaths.

More defeats and fewer wins.

But Chu Yueguo had no choice, they had to gamble for the hope of this layer.

To intensify this night attack.

Xiang Yan gathered all the repeater crossbows.

All to the army of raids.

Melee combat still requires these deadly weapons.

The bow is not easy to use at night.

Groping all the way, the alarm has not been triggered, and no fighting has broken out.

The Great Zhou side didn't play anything for Chu Yueguo, and there was no need for any patrol soldiers on the surface to sentry.

A fire is lit at every intersection.

Every once in a while, someone came to add firewood.

In that place where there is no light, I don't know how many soldiers of the Great Zhou are hidden.

The generals of Chu Yue looked left and right, trying to find something suspicious.

However, the two did not want to fight with the soldiers of the Great Zhou too soon, after all, the sooner they fought, the better their chances of retaking the north of the city.

It's a tormented inner battle.

When he walked for nearly three moments, a general of Chu Yueguo suddenly shouted:

"Attack, quick, charge me!"

At this time, the distance to enter is not short, and the battle must start first in Chu Yueguo.

Otherwise, it will be more passive.

The soldiers of Chu Yueguo, who were at the forefront, heard the order and immediately got up.

Charge towards the intersection ahead.

When they reached the junction, they divided their forces to other sides.

Then quickly occupy the ruins of the collapsed houses nearby.

Suddenly, a shrill whistle sounded.

This is a cloud-piercing arrow.

It is used to transmit signals.

Then, dozens of cloud-piercing arrows rose into the air at the same time.

Then torches and fires were lit in various parts of the northern city.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were outside the ambush, raising their bows and shooting arrows.

The closer ones use repeaters.

"Puff ......"

Countless soldiers of the Chu Yue Kingdom were suddenly hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

"Kill! Rush to the past! ”

The generals of the Chuyue people immediately shouted and ordered.

Countless Chu Yue people swooped forward one after another.

The Chu Yue people, who were holding the crossbow, pulled the trigger and counterattacked the soldiers of the Great Zhou.

Keep shooting, keep moving forward.

The bows and crossbows of the two sides came and went, and countless Chu Yue Kingdom crossbowmen fell.

"Withdraw!"

Soon, the soldiers of the Great Zhou actually retreated.

The soldiers of Chu Yue Kingdom were overjoyed and took the opportunity to rush forward.

Captured the original defense line of Da Zhou, and then continued to rush forward.

There is fighting all over the North City.

A different battle situation is staged.

On the high-rise building in the south of the city! Xiang Yan put on a heavy fur coat and looked at the north of the city with his henchmen.

Seeing that the firelight point in Beicheng is getting bigger and bigger, the entire Beicheng beacon fire is non-stop.

Shouting and killing.

No one could raise a smile.

"Report! General, our army rushed into the northern city from five streets, the Great Zhou soldiers were killed and retreated, and our army is storming! ”

"Report! General, the attacking troops of our army were attacked by the strong bows and crossbows of the Great Zhou, and suffered heavy casualties, and General Yuan asked for additional manpower! ”

"Report! General, our army was surrounded by the soldiers of the Great Zhou, and the Great Zhou used a large amount of tung oil and fierce fire oil, and our army was burned in large numbers......"

"Report! General, our army is weak in the offensive and is now in a complete rout......"

"Report! General, our army's night attack failed! ”

At the beginning it was good news, and the further back it went, the bad news came one after another.

Hearing that Xiang Yan directly spit out blood at the end, he fainted.

Wait for it to wake up.

At this time, it was almost dawn in the early morning.

The first thing Xiang Yan said when she woke up was: "How many deaths and injuries were there last night?" ”

The henchman replied: "General, last night our army lost 28,000 dead and 7,000 wounded!" ”

Thirty thousand!

Plus daytime.

In one day and one night, 80,000 combat strength was lost.

"Be ready to withdraw from Xiangyang, stabilize the army, don't panic, don't give Da Zhou a chance!"

"It's the general!"

The generals followed the order and went down to prepare for the retreat to the south.

The closest to Xiangyang is Zhonglu, but this city cannot be defended.

Therefore, the generals of Chu Yue opened Taiwan and sent troops to Jiguo, Yicheng, and Nuoguo. Finally, there is the first line of defense of the navy, the blue jukou. ”

"Dawn! Cook on the stove! ”

Outside the city, there is a lot of smoke.

Soon the smell of food wafted inside and outside the city.

Today's breakfast was extraordinarily hearty.

The first is to celebrate yesterday's victory.

The second is to celebrate in advance the capture of Xiangyang City today.

Eat and drink to your heart's content.

Di Qing ordered the start of the southern push.

Xiang Yan knew that he couldn't defend it, but he still put 20,000 troops in the city, and looked like they were scattered in the city.

Trying to delay the advance of the Great Zhou Suzaku Group Army, so as to usher in time for the withdrawal of the army from the south.

Or fight for a chance to turn a defeat into a victory.

However, there are trap birds in Da Zhou, aerial reconnaissance, and the situation of Xiang Yanren can be seen clearly.

Di Qing decisively ordered to attack and advance.

An hour before dark, he captured the entire territory of Xiangyang City and wiped out all the remnants of Chu Yue in the city.

"Dashuai, the organ bird reported that the 50,000 troops of the Chu Yue State had already withdrawn south to the country."

"Xiang Yan and other hundreds of thousands of troops are slowly retreating south, including light and serious wounded soldiers."

Di Qing said: "Take the Han water sand table!" ”

Xiangyang went south, generally along the Han River to the south.

On the east and west banks of the Han River, there are a large number of Chu Yue Kingdom cities.

The distance was estimated.

Di Qing said: "Send all our cavalry out, bite it, and leave some of the ambush points to clear and exterminate, no matter what method is used, we can't let Xiang Yan retreat south easily."

He will not be able to enter the kingdom until the night of the to-morrow, and we will have two nights to attack him. ”

One of his generals said: "Marshal, now that it's getting dark, our cavalry will chase down, I'm afraid it will be easy to fall into Xiang Yan's ambush."

Why don't you chase it tomorrow morning! ”

Di Qing nodded and said:

"Who said that we were going to chase along the Han River, Xiang Yan definitely didn't send troops to Zhonglu, then our cavalry will attack here, and then go south from the west bank to fight Yicheng, go to the front of Xiang Yan, and detour around his back road from the middle and lower reaches!"

"General, we don't have cavalry, how can we chase Xiang Yan?" The generals were a little puzzled.

Di Qing smiled: "Just use our foot soldiers to chase after you, Xiang Yan can't run away!" ”

Chasing the foot pawn with a foot pawn, people can walk sixty or seventy miles one night in advance, how can we chase it?

Di Qing naturally wouldn't tell the generals that Emperor Ye Qing had already prepared.

The troops that attacked Xiang Yan were sent out long before the siege.

Di Qing believed in Ye Qing's arrangement.

From time to time, a special unit appeared in Ye Qing's hands.

Who knows what kind of strong army it will be.

At that time, even if he couldn't inflict a heavy blow on Xiang Yan, he believed that he should still be able to drag Xiang Yan down.

So he just needs to come steadily.

Xiangyang City has just been captured, and the entire northern city has been destroyed.

Nancheng was also half destroyed.

Repairing the city and building the defense of Xiangyang is the most headache.