Because trebuchets need a large amount of bricks and stones to act as stone bullets, almost all the decent houses in Xichuan City have been demolished, only the town general's mansion is barely preserved, and many generals live in low shacks.

In the later period, the Liang army built trebuchets that could even throw scattered stone projectiles into the city, and although the shacks were small and crowded, they could provide better protection.

The besieging Liang army withdrew in the direction of Neixiang City, and the defenders were unable to pursue, so they built a slightly more spacious tent near the town general's mansion for the main generals in the army to live in.

Although it is expected that the Liang army will be like the end of a strong crossbow, if the Liang army does not withdraw from the Jingxiang area for a day, the war will not end for a day, and no one dares to be careless.

The second general of the Dragon Bird Army landed on the shore as soon as possible and entered Xichuan City at night.

The soldiers of the water battalion of the Lou Boat Army, only some of the wounded and sick, moved into the city, and the others moved into a lake in the north of Xichuan City with the boat, sealing the mouth of the lake in and out of the Xichuan River, in case the water camp of the Liang army might raid it.

The normal maximum military establishment at the level of the "capital" of Great Chu was 2,500 soldiers, and for this reinforcement of Jingxiang, the second capital of Xinchang Hou Li Pu was responsible for the control, and Ding Zhuang was greatly recruited and trained from the cantonment military government, and finally the strength of the army was increased to nearly 6,000 at one time.

After entering the Han River, they rushed all the way to the north, and the second capital of the Dragon Bird Army also suffered heavy losses, and there were still more than 4,600 soldiers.

After arriving in Xichuan City, the command of the second capital of the Longque Army by Li Pu, Marquis of Xinchang, was naturally transferred to the hands of the third prince Yang Yuanpu.

After Yang Yuanpu entered the city with the generals of the second capital, he also reduced it to a normal scale for the first time, and added the extra 2,000 soldiers to Li Zhihe's department and Guo Liang's department, which suffered the heaviest casualties and were almost about to be broken up.

Zheng Hui's department is a local state soldier belonging to Huangzhou, and is currently only controlled by the third prince Yang Yuanpu, and does not belong to the dragon bird army system directly under the direct control of the third prince Yang Yuanpu; And the cottage recruiting led by Zhou Yi will have to wait until after the war to discuss what to do - except for the sufficient supply of these two departments, the rest of the status quo remains unchanged.

In addition to the more than 10,000 elite generals of the Louchuan Army and the water battalion led by Yang Jian, the defenders in Xichuan City recovered to 10,000 again, and everyone was not afraid that the Liang army would dare to attack Xichuan City again without capturing Xiangzhou City and facing the strong advance of the main force of Jinling reinforcements in the direction of Yingzhou and Pingzhou.

At the dust-washing banquet for Yang Jian, Marquis of Zhenyuan, and Marquis Li Pu of Xinchang, the three princes Yang Yuanpu, Han Qian, and Shen Yang all made an exception to drink.

After accompanying the three princes to patrol the city with a slightly drunken spirit, Han Qian took Xi Ying back to the station of the Xuzhou camp.

These days, Han Qian has been living in the camp of Xuzhou Camp.

Although he claimed to the outside world that only by sharing weal and woe with his generals could he boost morale, he knew in his heart that what he had thought earlier was nothing more than that one day the Liang army would break into the city in the middle of the night, and he would be with the generals of the Xuzhou battalion, and the probability of successfully breaking through alive would be greater.

Back in the big tent, Han Qian habitually took the saber off his waist and pulled it out to see if it was intact, before hanging it on the pillar in front of the couch; Today is also a rare time for Xi Ying to help him take off the heavy armor, and plan to sleep comfortably.

Xi Ying helped Han Qian untie the back armor and placed it in front of the long case in front of the couch in order, so that he could put it on as quickly as possible when he encountered a police situation, seeing that Han Qian's brows were slightly twisted, he was not overjoyed, and said: "Yang Jian doesn't seem to appreciate the great achievements of the son?" ”

"Because he's really not a few smart people, he should have guessed that I used a dangerous strategy to go off the rails from the sword in the first place!" Han Qian sighed lightly and said, "The so-called use of soldiers is to win with righteousness and oddity. Whether it is Yang Jian, Shen Yang, or even Yang En, they are all instilled by the orthodox military ideology, and no one will pin their hopes of victory on the risky plan of taking the sword from the beginning! Perhaps, they may not be able to support a monarch who can go off the rails in the future! ”

"Gongzi has made great contributions to defend Xichuan, and the rise of the Dragon Bird Army is no longer something that anyone can contain, can't this make up for the gap with Shen Yang, Yang En and others, so that they can work together to assist the three princes?" Xi Ying asked in confusion.

"The Tao is different, don't conspire, haven't you heard this sentence?" Han Qian smiled indifferently and said.

"It's just that the Liang army withdrew today, and Gongzi seems to be too excited, right?" Xi Ying asked puzzled.

"Do I have one?" Han Qian smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I feel a sense of relief when I see that the bloody battle doesn't need to continue, right?" ”

Of course, Han Qian knew that he did not have the excitement and excitement of defending Xichuan City and the siege in his heart at this time, just as Xi Ying said, but there was an indescribable sense of excitement.

Also at this moment, after seeing the bloody battle like a meat grinder in Xichuan City, Han Qian could more or less understand his father's state of mind when he told him about the fact that when he was serving in Chuzhou, he met the couple who cooked and thanked him and then hanged himself.

At this moment, Han Qian even suspected that if he hadn't gone off the rails and set the strategy of welcoming the three princes westward to defend Xichuan, but had informed Du Chongtao in time, would the situation have developed better?

Xi Ying didn't know what kind of psychological pressure Han Qian had been carrying in his heart in the past two years, and he didn't know how he had touched Han Qian's heart after experiencing the bloody battle of Xichuan and watching the flesh and blood fly all day long.

"Your Excellency?"

Tian Cheng shouted outside the big tent.

"What's the matter?" Han Qian asked.

"Fan Dahei, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on, he just woke up and said he wanted to see an adult." Tian Cheng said.

Han Qian didn't wear any armor, so he put on a robe outside the short coat, and the attendants Tian Cheng and Xi Ying hurried to the big tent of the medical camp, opened the curtain and walked in, Han Qian saw Lin Haizheng standing in front of the hospital bed in a daze, Fan Dahei was lying there with his head tilted, blood foam was still flowing down from the corners of his mouth, but he was already exhausted.

Han Qian stood in front of the bed in a daze, looking at Fan Dahei's lost face, wanting to say something, but he didn't know where to start.

On that day, he suggested that the three princes go to the city to inspect and boost morale, but he didn't want the Liang army to be prepared in advance, and even calibrated more than a dozen trebuchets in advance.

Zhang Ping blocked a falling stone for the third prince, and his left shoulder bone was smashed, while Fan Dahei used his body to block a falling stone for him, and his back was smashed down, and then he fell into a coma, until he died of exhaustion at this time, and he didn't even have a chance to apologize to Fan Dahei.

After a long time, Han Qian said to Lin Haizheng: "You go to Zheng Tong, see if there is any good wood in the craftsman camp, build a coffin for Dahei, and then send someone to Xuzhou to find Fan Ye to see where Dahei is buried." ”

At this time, I don't know where the sound of blowing Xun came, the timbre was low and tragic, it was to blow an elegy for the colleagues who died in battle, Han Qian walked out of the camp, the bright moon hung high under the night sky, there was no dark cloud around, and a figure could be seen sitting on the battlement wall in the north city wall from a distance, playing Tao Xun.

In the past, this was strictly forbidden, but tonight there was no general to reprimand, and many of the generals on duty at the head of the wall today are holding swords and bows or standing or sitting in the corner of the wall, listening to this low voice.

Han Qian returned to the big tent, and he didn't have to rest, and the scouts along the Danjiang River came news one after another, in order to avoid the elite of the ship army, they fled into the Liang Junshui camp in the upper reaches of the Danjiang River, and at this time they were crossing the mouth of the Xichuan River at night and heading to the lower reaches of the Danjiang River.

"I know, send someone to keep an eye on the movements of the Liang army on the front line of Iron Crocodile Ridge and Canglang City, and if there is any change, I will report it at any time." Han Qian said to Gao Shao.

At present, Han Qian made Tian Cheng, with the assistance of Xi Chang, Guo Nuer and others, to specifically command the Xuzhou camp; Yang Qin and Feng Xuan not only lost their warships, but the boat gang and the transport ships of the four surnamed fleets were also destroyed by the pursuing Liang Junshui battalion after sending the cottage recruits into Xichuan City. Gao Shao and Zhao Yuanji were in charge of reconnaissance and scouting on the periphery.

Seeing that after Gao Shao left, Han Qian stretched his waist and was about to lie down on the bed to rest, he didn't seem to think that the information sent back by the scout was very important, Xi Ying asked suspiciously: "Liang Junshui Camp wants to escape back to Xiangzhou City, shouldn't the Marquis of Zhenyuan be notified at this time to send the elite of the Lou Boat Army to pursue and annihilate?" ”

"Who knows if Liang Jun has any traps under the halfway arrangement, this battle can force Liang Jun to retreat, it is already a great achievement, it is not easy to sleep peacefully, what are you doing if you have nothing to toss and have, is it possible to hope that the main force of the Liang Army can be severely damaged this time?" Han Qian asked excitedly.

"If you can take advantage of the victory to hit the Liang army's water camp, won't you have the opportunity to block a part of the Liang army's elite, especially the Xuanjiadu, on the south bank of the Han River and not return north?" Xi Ying stared at Han Qian's pupils and asked puzzledly, it was hard to imagine that Han Qian, who had gone off the rails before, would give up such a big opportunity, and he didn't know why he changed his temper?

"Sleep! If you don't go out, do you want to sleep with me? Han Qian stretched out the quilt and asked.

Xi Ying's beautiful eyes glanced at Han Qian, turned around and walked out.

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At the northern foot of the Iron Crocodile Ridge, the remnant village that Li Zhihe led his troops to hold earlier, became a stronghold of the Liang army to control the Danjiang waterway at this time.

The iron cable of the iron cable pontoon bridge was cut by the Chu army with a giant axe, and half of the iron cable sank to the bottom of the river, and the pontoon boats used to support the bridge board were also washed away, or sunk, or stranded on the river beach.

There were also some pontoon boats loaded with fuel, thinking that the Chu warships would rush over and set fire to the ships, but the Chu army's sailors had rich experience in preventing fire attacks, and only a small number of warships were sacrificed to isolate the fireboats.

Everywhere you look, you can see burnt and broken planks, either hit by the waves on the river beach, or float or sink downstream.

Han Yuanqi, who was in charge of presiding over the front-line war in Xichuan, was like a cheetah that had been tortured by hunger for a long time at this moment, squatting on the top of the main peak at the northern foot of the Iron Crocodile Ridge, his red eyes staring at the river in the north, revealing a hungry and fierce essence.

The rippling waves seem to be black and there are billions of silver coins hidden under the surface of the water.

Zhou Shicheng led the Liang army to flee downstream for two hours, but there was still no movement on the river on the north side.

At this time, the morning light gradually brightened, and even if Han Yuanqi was anxious and unwilling in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh and said to Yang Xiong behind him: "I knew that this plan was not for sale, and the enemy ships were going north, so we should have lit these firewood boats and burned them around!" ”

At this moment, in this water pool of more than ten acres, there are hundreds of boats full of firewood and anointed oil, which is intended to pretend that the water camp that fled south in a hurry can lead down the warships of the Chu army's naval division, and then take advantage of its unpreparedness to raid it in the narrowest Danjiang waterway at the northern foot of the Iron Crocodile Ridge.

However, by this time, the Chu army had no signs of being tricked.

Yang Xiong knew that Han Yuanqi had too much unwillingness in his heart, but when the Chu army sailors broke through to the north before, they had enough vigilance and precautions, and what role could these more than 100 firewood boats play when they ignited and killed?

Even if you can burn ten or eight of the opponent's warships, what can you change?