"Report ...... The enemy army is making large quantities of dry rations, or there are signs of moving camps. ”

"Making dry food?"

This kind of information made Zhang Lingduo, who was sitting in Xiangzhou, the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu very surprised, the siege of the city did not need dry food, so where did the Qin army outside the city go?

He paced to the map, his fingers slowly swept over Fangzhou, Junzhou, and Tangzhou, abandoning Xiangzhou to bypass and fight, not afraid of being alone in the embattled?

The enemy general will not be so stupid, so what kind of tricks are he playing.

"Let's go into details."

"No."

In the afternoon, the sentinel reported that the Qin army was building a pontoon bridge with a boat as a beam on the Han River, and the intention of going north was very obvious, but if it went north, where would it go, the Qin army could not ride 10,000 people, and if it fell into a Jedi after the Han River, it should not be.

Zhang Lingduo went up to the city tower and witnessed the camp of the Qin army outside the city, but when he saw the banner waving, the people were happy and neighing, but there was no preparation for the siege of the city, so he really didn't fight Xiangyang?

The truth was urgently sent into the bedroom by the guards in the middle of the night, and Zhang Lingduo was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat and had no sleepiness.

The Western Expeditionary Army was defeated, the official arrows, Fengxiang had been lost, the Jingzhao Defense Battle was about to start, and the soldiers and horses outside the city, according to the detailed report, were to turn thousands of miles into attack Wuguan and encircle Jingzhao Mansion.

Damn it!

Zhang Lingduo put on his clothes and went to the study, and stayed for a long time to look at the map, if this is the case, the Qin army went north to fight Wuguan, and the reason was over, what should I do?

Sitting all night until dawn, he summed up in one word: "keep", and at the same time flew to report the news.

The defenders in Xiangyang City are less than 10,000, and they can only do this step.

The next day, the Qin army rode out on foot and crossed the pontoon bridge to the north, while the remaining sailors urged the people to move the operating equipment to the ship one by one.

Is this the water division also retreating south?

Zhang Lingduo wanted to fight, hesitated for a long time, or just sat at the head of the city for a day, watching the Qin army's naval division retreat cleanly, the people in the city cheered, and the faces of the soldiers of the three armies also had smiles.

There is no need to fight, then everything will be fine.

The scouts who followed out of the city to inquire about the news also returned, saying that the enemy's infantry and cavalry were extremely fast, and they had reached the Daxi River in Dengzhou, sixty miles away, and indeed all the way to the north.

When the news came, Zhang Lingduo breathed a sigh of relief, drank two more bowls of wine at night, and slept well all night.

In the evening of the next day, the flying report of the scouts from the north and south made him feel at ease, the enemy water division had passed through Yingzhou, the enemy infantry had passed through Dengzhou, and the Wusheng army of Dengzhou had gone out of the city to intercept it, and returned with a great defeat, and now it defended itself according to the city and let the enemy army go north.

Zhang Lingduo was overjoyed, on the one hand, he ordered the staff to be sparse, on the other hand, he ordered the guards to organize the squire and the labor army, and the yamen held a banquet to celebrate.

"Boom ......"

I was sleeping in a daze, but I heard a dull thunderclap in my sleep, Zhang Lingduo turned over and sat up, but I heard a sound of "bang", and the guards slammed the door in a hurry: "Dashuai, the big thing is not good, Fancheng was attacked by the enemy, and the northern city was blown up." ”

"Ah...... What's going on? ”

"The enemy army did not go to Wuguan, turned back halfway, and attacked Fancheng overnight...... Da Shuai...... Handsome ......"

Zhang Lingduo stretched out his hand to stop the action of the guards who wanted to help each other, shook his head, and forced himself to wake up: "Quick, General Zhongli led his troops to reinforce quickly...... Come on, prepare armor. ”

"No."

Zhong Liluo woke up one step earlier, had already ordered the troops to be clothed, and led his troops out of the camp after getting the general's order, but he was secretly complaining that the two pontoon bridges in the river had been burned into two fire dragons, and the enemy water division Chima had already sneaked back at some point, spraying rockets and throwing gunpowder canisters from afar.

Hearing the shouts of killing on the other side, and the fires came and went, Zhong Liluo abandoned his pocket in frustration.

"Fancheng can no longer be saved, all the soldiers, go to the city, and go to the rank to defend."

……

Hit the snake and hit the seven inches.

The seven inches of the two cities of Xiangfan are the pontoon bridges on the Han River covered by the wild goose wing wall, there are these two pontoon bridges in, the two cities are interconnected, 100,000 troops are surrounded by death, and the military strength of the two cities can be flexible and free, plus the city is high and the river is wide, this is really solid, and it has won the reputation of iron.

As soon as the enemy withdrew, the city defense was naturally relaxed when the enemy was not seen for two days, and the north gate of Xiangyang and the south gate of Fancheng, which were the most easy to defend and difficult to attack, there was no need to let the soldiers suffer anymore, and they returned to the usual practice in peacetime, with two teams of sentries on duty.

But this is a two-headed snake, and the seven-inch head and tail will come to attack in a single shot, so you have to hold down the other end.

The battle started first in the northern city of Fancheng.

Jia Yin led his troops to the north, crossed the Daxi River in Dengzhou, in fact, the troops were divided into two routes, Hua Gun and Qi Sanduo led two thousand tiger guard elites to hide in the valley west of the river bank at night, the entire valley was completely controlled, and not a single bird could fly out. The large army continued to go north, and when passing through Dengzhou City, they also showed off their martial arts, and commanded the soldiers and horses of the Wusheng army who fought angrily to make Zhou Xiang beat the flowers and water, and fled back to Dengzhou in embarrassment.

In this kind of war, in fact, both sides did not hurt the bones, the enemy crossed the border, although Dengzhou is a small town, the defenders are less than 5,000, but the battle is the right thing to do, Jiayin is just a handful, and then the mighty of the victory is gone, and camped in the Baishi Temple about twenty miles northwest of the city to rest.

It is about one hundred and fifty miles away from Fancheng, which is far enough, but for a flying tiger rider with one person and three horses, it is really not far.

The autumn is high and cool, the moon is bright and the clouds are light, and the thoroughfare is just running at night.

That night, the tiger guards hiding in the Daxi River set out first and marched back to Fancheng.

The moat of this Fancheng is as wide as that of Xiangyang, the only difference is that there is a stone bridge, and the three are connected, like a long dragon lying on the water, which is in stark contrast with Xiangyang, which is the south boat and the north horse.

If it is a hard attack, there is also an embarrassing situation that the artillery cannot be hit, the battleship cannot be moved, and the rocket is useless.

The leading generals and colonels of the Huya Army had never come to Xiangzhou, and this was a war beyond strategic planning, and they were not fully prepared, so they felt helpless after coming.

Jia Yin's unintentional words inspired Mu Yun to find a dignified reason to withdraw his troops, go north and south, deceive the defenders to relax their guards, and then suddenly attacked at night and robbed this stone bridge.

Although he was prepared and unprepared, he launched an attack at three o'clock, but when 2,000 soldiers came to the city, they still alarmed the sentries at the head of the city, and the alarm bell rang for a long time.

However, it was too late, the artillery rope was not on, the wood was not hanging, and most of the defenders were sleeping in the barracks, relying on a few dozen crossbows alone to hold the raid team led by the spears.

This commando team of 100 warriors held a shield in one hand and an explosive bag in the other, crossed the bridge and went straight to the city gate hole.

The city is busy, and the city is busy, busy shooting arrows, busy dropping the gates.

But every city gate has a jack gate.

The left and right two open copper nail wooden doors are only used in peacetime, there is a war, then the gate is dropped, some military important places are still double-layer gates, there is no door to the door, the front gate is used in heavy war, the rear gate is thin and light daily open, the gate of this Fancheng is a double-layer gate.

The enemy buried the explosives bag with a shield in the hole of the city gate, and the defenders at the head of the city could see clearly from the patio above, and reflexively began to pull the winch and release the gate.

The jack gate is all hardwood staggered and stacked horizontally and vertically, covered with iron sheet, three feet thick, really weighs more than a thousand catties, in order to prevent accidental falling, it is flat after rising, so, wait for the city head winch to straighten the iron cable, correct the gate, the basic operation under the city has been completed.

The assault team quickly retreated, spears in one hand and torches in the other, lighting the fuse as the gate was about to fall, and then flew backwards like eagles......

The gate fell, just in time to close the explosive bag on the inner wall, blocking it tightly.

It was too late, but it was too soon, and the defenders who heard the alarm bell came out of the barracks, and before they could fasten their armor, they heard an earth-shattering loud noise, and in the sky-high artillery, they saw the majestic city tower collapse like mud.

At this time, the 3,000 horses led by Jia Yin arrived, and they were overjoyed to see this, and with a wave of their swords, a total of 5,000 elites rushed towards the city together with the infantry.

The cooperation of the sailors was one step later, these red horses arrived before the infantry, but they remained hidden in the shadows in the distance, until the explosion sounded, and then they rushed over desperately and stuck between Xiangyang and Fancheng, destroying the bridge.

Ma Ba personally led the team, and he received an order that even if his ship was set on fire, he would destroy the two lifelines connecting the two cities.

Fortunately, everything went well, and the defenders of Xiangyang did not make the most correct response at the first time.

This formed a local advantage of winning more and less, because the total number of people in Xiangzhou was only 10,000, but the two battles outside the city had lost nearly 5,000 elites, so there were only five battalions guarding Fancheng.

Fancheng was broken overnight, and Xiangyang became an isolated city.