"Hurry!" In Xiangyang City, a large number of soldiers poured out of Xiangyang under the command of generals at all levels and rushed towards the direction of the Han River.

The news that the front line was attacked by the enemy to open a gap, even Zhuge Liang did not expect it, the embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, Zhuge Liang knew very well what it meant that Chen Mo opened a gap, if Chen Mo was allowed to expand this gap, then Zhuge Liang's previous arrangements and even the Jiangxin Bronze Pillar that cost huge manpower and material resources to build may lose its meaning.

It is necessary to take advantage of this gap before it grows, and drive out the men and horses of the Ming army who have attacked the Han River.

"Yun Chang, this battle is related to the situation in Xiangyang, we must defeat the enemy army!" At the gate of the city, Zhuge Liang looked at Guan Yu and said solemnly.

In order to drive the Ming army back to Jiangbei, Zhuge Liang transferred all the soldiers and horses that could be mobilized, nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, which is already most of Xiangyang's troops, and it is impossible to transfer more, and there are not many troops left by Xiangfan.

"Kong Ming, so many soldiers and horses have been transferred here, if the Ming army takes the opportunity to attack Fancheng at this time, how can it resist?" Guan Yu looked at Zhuge Liang and asked.

Now that Xiangyang has sent a large army to seize the stronghold at the mouth of the river, Zhuge Liang can be sure that Chen Mo may have issued an order to attack Fancheng at this time, they are such a master of layout, once a point is successful, it is interlocking, and Chen Mo's biggest advantage is the strength of the army, he has sufficient soldiers and horses to mobilize, and it is not difficult for Chen Mo to fight on two fronts, but Xiangyang is different, Zhuge Liang can mobilize not many resources, Jiangdong has soldiers, and the two sides are now allies, but those soldiers and horses are not controlled by Zhuge Liang, and the two sides can negotiate, But when it comes to such a time, time is very important, if the Jiangkou stronghold is not recaptured, then I am afraid that a large number of Ming troops will immediately rush over on the Xiangyang side, and then Xiangyang and Fancheng will face the pressure of the Ming army at the same time.

"Liang has ordered someone to summon Zhou Yudu, borrow 5,000 of my elite soldiers to help garrison Fancheng, and Yun Chang will go by himself!" Zhuge Liang said solemnly.

Although today's Xiangyang is considered solid, after all, it is a place where soldiers and armor must fight, but it is not feasible to completely abandon the periphery and stick to Xiangyang, without the cooperation of the peripheral terrain, Xiangyang is just a city, and it is even more dangerous to let Chen Mo hit the door.

Even if Zhou Yu hasn't responded yet, Zhuge Liang has to fight, Zhuge Liang is cautious, he rarely does such risky things, especially after the defeat of Nanyang, Zhuge Liang is more and more cautious in doing things, because he knows that Liu Bei can't afford to lose, but at this time, he can't help but not take a risk.

"Come if you go!" Guan Yu received the order and rushed to Jiangkou with his soldiers and horses.

The sky had just dawned, and Xiangyang was only twenty miles away from Jiangkou, and when Guan Yu and his troops arrived, Zhang He had already repelled the enemies who came from all around, and the newly established camp was also initially established under the rush of a group of craftsmen and soldiers.

The huge camp stretched for three miles, occupying almost all the plains at the mouth of the river, Guan Yu looked at the camp in front of him and frowned.

"Father!" The first general led a team of men and horses from the flank, and when he saw Guan Yu bowing on the horse, he frowned and said: "The enemy has erected walls on both sides, and there are enemy guards, so it is difficult to find a flaw. ”

The person who came was Guan Ping.

Guan Yu nodded, looked at the wall, thought for a while, and said, "Shoot it with a crossbow car." ”

"Whoa!"

The so-called repeater car, as the name suggests, is an enlarged version of the repeater, or the prototype of the Zhuge repeater, which is different from the repeater held by the foot soldier, this kind of Yuanrong crossbow is a crossbow car, whether it is range or power, it is far above the repeater, it is extremely powerful, and the addition is simpler than the ordinary bed crossbow, it is a weapon designed by Zhuge Liang to make up for the lack of combat power of the Jingzhou army over the years.

Soon, one after another crossbow trucks were pulled out of the army, and under the operation of a group of soldiers, the sound of the crash of the machine was endless.

"Put!" With Guan Yu's order, in the piercing sound of machine friction, rows of crossbow arrows broke through the air, and there was a burst of fierce shooting at the wall.

"Bang Bang~"

In a series of dull sounds, many soldiers on the wall of the wall were sent by a huge force of arrows, the eight-inch long iron arrow is enough to penetrate any armor within the range of fire, that is, the wall reinforced with rammed earth has been shot through many places, although the crossbow is powerful, but in order to pursue the range and penetration, it is not like the ordinary bed crossbow to use thick giant arrows, so the damage to the city wall is not good, even if it can be shot through, it is difficult to shake the wall.

After a rain of arrows, the defenders were damaged, but they did not do much damage to the wall.

But Rao is so, even the power of the crossbow still makes the soldiers defending the city cold, if this is encountered on the battlefield, this round of arrow rain is not able to bear the protection of the shield.

"What kind of crossbow is this? How powerful is that? Zhang He stood on the watchtower, witnessed this scene with his own eyes, and looked at Ma Jun, who was sent to supervise the construction of the military camp beside him.

"This ......" Ma Jun shook his head, the power of this weapon is that his scalp is numb when he looks at it, although the broken army crossbow is powerful, it can also be fired in a row, but it is only three shots, far less powerful than the other party's crossbow, not to mention that the other party also has that kind of portable small repeater.

"I've never seen a crossbow like this before." After a long time, Ma Jun sighed that the power of this repeater had exceeded his own cognition, and if he could get one or two to study, he might be able to create a more powerful crossbow.

For a while, Ma Jun was a little longing.

On the other side, Guan Yu saw that the other party's wall was strong, and said to Guan Ping beside him: "Tanzhi, you go and call the battle, and ask the Ming army, can you dare to go out of the camp to fight a certain battle?" ”

"Whoa!" Guan Ping agreed, rode his horse to the outside of the camp, and shouted loudly: "Who is the main general in the camp?" ”

"A certain is Zhang He." Zhang He came to the gate and looked at the army in the distance, and did not let people shoot Guan Ping, if it is not necessary, some rules can be observed, of course, if Guan Yu or Zhuge Liang come to call the battle in person, there are two to say.

"You can't carry out a sneak attack in secret, but now that our army has arrived, can you dare to fight with our army?" Guan Ping said loudly.

"Don't you hear that the soldiers are not tired of deceit, the two armies are fighting, each by its own means, and you have been defeated for a while, and now if you want to recapture this place, you will take out the ability to attack." Zhang He sneered when he heard this, this camp has been erected, but you want me to go out of the camp to fight you? There is no such cheap thing in the world.

Guan Ping snorted coldly, didn't say much, turned the horse's head and returned to the army, and informed Guan Yu.

Guan Yu looked at the opponent's camp, and didn't say much, just ordered to attack, although as an attacker, the loss will be huge, but if this place is not recaptured, the Ming army is likely to directly cross the river from here, and most of the defenses south of the Han River will be abandoned, and Xiangyang is also in danger.

Jingzhou army under the command of Guan Yu, launched an attack from both sides, Zhang He's side is not ambiguous, no matter how Guan Yu attacked, there are countermeasures, the two sides fought like this for half a day, although the wall was destroyed for a while, but Zhang He quickly ordered people to go up, and it was a fight, Guan Yu finally difficult to attack the camp, so he had no choice but to withdraw the army, set up a camp in the mountain pass to confront Zhang He, and at the same time reported to Zhuge Liang, asked him to think of a way as soon as possible, and then go on like this, the Ming army will continue to cross the river.

In the evening, Zhuge Liang took Zhang Fei to the front of the battle in person, observed the enemy camp, saw that Zhang He's formation was rigorous, the military camp was arranged in an orderly manner, and it was difficult to break it.

Seeing this, Zhang He knew that it was not good, and immediately led the army out of the camp to destroy the other party's catapult, but Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were left and right, and the two sides fought on the Jiangkou Plain.

However, in order to completely tear through the outer defense of Xiangyang, Chen Mo took advantage of Zhang He to attract the opponent's troops here, and ordered Zhang Xiu, Wei Yan, and Xu Huang to cross the river from upstream to attack the opponent's ferry.

Although Zhuge Liang's deployment is good, but the support force is now attracted by Zhang He, the ferry is only a few hundred, and it is three places at the same time, although the south attack, but it is not impossible to attack, the three generals also learned Chen Mo's water warfare strategy back then, and trained the navy in the East China Sea for a period of time, although there is no talent in this area, but the fierce general is not the Yangtze River, let alone the East China Sea, the narrowest part of those ferries is less than sixty steps, how can hundreds of people block thousands of people without support? Just when Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu tried to break through Zhang He, the three ferries were also lost one after another, although Zhang He was defeated, but the Ming army had indeed completely opened the river crossing barrier, and landed from the upstream in an endless stream, and the first line of defense painstakingly arranged by Zhuge Liang was broken by Chen Mo in this way.

Zhuge Liang's face changed greatly after hearing the news, at this time Zhang He was still leading the remnants to resist, and it was difficult to completely destroy it in a hurry, even if Zhang He was killed at this time, it would be useless.

"How so?" Zhang Fei looked at Zhuge Liang with some distraction.

Zhuge Liang sighed, shook his head and said: "The defense line around Hanshui is too long, and the river is not spacious, so it is inevitable to be attacked by the other party like this. ”

Zhuge Liang naturally thought about such a result, but he never thought that this result would come so quickly.

"Kong Ming, what should I do now?" Guan Yu rode his horse to Zhuge Liang's side and asked with a frown.

"Retreat to the second line of defense, this line of defense must be held, Ji Ling!" Zhuge Liang looked at Ji Lingdao.

"The last general!" Ji Ling bowed.

"You are in charge of the defense line between Atou Mountain and Baizhang Mountain!" Zhuge Liang sighed.

"Whoa!" Ji Ling agreed and took the order.

"Tanzhi!" Zhuge Liang looked at Guan Ping again.

"The last general!" Guan Ping also hurriedly saluted.

"The bronze pillar in the heart of the river must be guarded, I will lay out three pillars here, and you need to guard these three pillars." Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice.

"Whoa!" Guan Ping nodded.

"Cloud Chief!" Zhuge Liang finally looked at Guan Yudao.

"In!"

"There are not enough troops in the army, Yun Chang and go to Gangneung, recruit soldiers, the more the merrier!"

"Whoa!"

Although he defeated Zhang He with all his might, he finally took a step slower, allowing Chen Mo to successfully cross the river, in terms of the overall situation, this step, Zhuge Liang lost, he thought that Chen Mo would take the opportunity to attack Fancheng, but he didn't expect that Chen Mo's real goal was to defend this line, and the other party would maximize the advantage of troops, which made it difficult for Zhuge Liang to figure out Chen Mo's true intentions.