The other side.

After the Feng army broke through the mouth of the three rivers, the news reached the prince of Chu, and after the latter heard it, he was excited on the spot, and immediately wrote a letter by himself, and sent it to Lu Chen as soon as possible.

On this day, Lu Chen and his generals were inspecting the camp of the original Chu Army's naval division, and after a series of studies on the Chu Army's naval division's warships and the defense line along the river, Lu Chen said sincerely: "The Chu Army's naval division, it really deserves its reputation, if it weren't for Tang Ze's help to me, this battle at the mouth of the three rivers, our army may not be so easy to cross the Yangtze River." ”

When Xiao Wang heard this, he smiled slightly: "This is also thanks to the wisdom of the king, if it weren't for the king's provocation of the relationship between Guo Hao and Wang Shuang, if Guo Hao hadn't repeatedly slandered in front of the eighth prince, the eighth prince would not have changed his commander on the spot, creating such a great opportunity for our army." ”

Lu Chen waved his hand, changed his words, and asked Tang Man again, "What is the situation in Hanyang now?" ”

Tang Man replied: "Tang Ze led the remnants to retreat to Hanyang City, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the Chu State. ”

"It seems that the eighth prince is preparing to fight a protracted offensive and defensive battle with us in Hanyang." Lu Chen said.

Tang Man continued: "In addition, Wei Chen received news from his subordinates that the Chu State had sent an envoy into the Qing Kingdom. ”

When Lu Chen heard this, he first raised his eyebrows slightly, and then chuckled: "These, it has long been expected, and there is nothing strange about it, now it is time for us to discuss the battle of Hanyang." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Wang immediately said: "King, Hanyang, since ancient times, it has been a battleground for soldiers, and Weichen suggested that before the reinforcements of Chu State arrived, Hanyang should be captured with lightning speed!" ”

He was right, Hanyang has convenient transportation and extends in all directions, and it is the hub of Chu State.

Lu Chen asked, "According to the intelligence, how many days will the reinforcements of the Chu State arrive in Hanyang?" ”

"It will take at least five days." Donman returned.

Hearing this, Lu Chen looked at Xiao Wang and asked, "In five days, can our army capture Hanyang?" ”

Xiao Wang explained: "Although Hanyang is a big city with solid city defenses, the defenders in the city are all Chu army sailors, if you talk about water warfare, this army may be extremely difficult to deal with, but in siege warfare, if our army takes a strong attack, they should not be able to hold it for five days!" ”

Now there are 300,000 people in the Feng army, of which nearly 200,000 are the Pingzhou army, and for the Pingzhou army, Xiao Wang obviously has full confidence, after Lu Chen listened, he hesitated slightly, and then said: "That's good! This king's order, the Pingzhou army can launch a strong attack on Hanyang tomorrow! ”

"No!" Xiao Wang clenched his fists and said.

Seeing this, Ai Hu moved the corners of his mouth, and was about to say something, but Lu Chen preemptively said: "In addition, Ai Hu's department is stationed at the mouth of the Sanjiang River, and continues to train the sailors, and Qingyang goes out with the army. ”

"Wechen takes orders." Ai Hu also clenched his fists and said.

Now Lu Chen already has the idea of turning the original Jingjun troops into a Feng Army and a water division, and it just so happens that there are the remaining camps and warships of the Chu army, and it is best to leave Ai Hu and the 100,000 Jingjun here.

After discussing this, Lu Chen was just about to signal everyone to retreat, but at this moment, a secret agent from the military aircraft battalion walked in quickly, then knelt on one knee, and intervened to salute: "King Qiqi, Prince Chu has a letter." ”

"Oh?" Lu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, stretched out his hand and said, "Present it." ”

The letter was taken by Tang Man, and then presented to Lu Chen, and after he read it, all the generals in the tent also focused their eyes on him.

Looking at everyone's curious looks, Lu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Prince Chu begs us not to rush to attack Hanyang first, but to wait for him to join us, and then he will come forward to persuade the Chu army in Hanyang City to surrender." ”

Hearing him say this, everyone's brows furrowed, and Chen Qun muttered: "It is naturally best to be able to take Hanyang without bloodshed, and it can also reduce the losses of our army, but is Prince Chu sure?" ”

Lu Chen said: "Whether he is sure that this king does not know, but the meaning of the prince of Chu is already obvious, it is nothing more than to take back the military power of the Chu army in the name of the crown prince, but the lord of Hanyang City will be Tang Ze, this person is the confidant of the eighth prince, I am afraid that the chance of persuasion to surrender is not great, and we cannot accompany him to take this risk, and more importantly, when the reinforcements of Chu arrive, it will not be so easy to capture Hanyang, and moreover, once the Qing army enters Chu, the war will be stalemate, if Hanyang is not ours at that time, Then we will have no land basis, and we will not be able to start a general battle with the Qing army in Chudi! ”

After hearing this, the people nodded one after another, and Chen Qun arched his hand and said: "The king is reasonable, then we ...... now."

"Don't pay attention to Prince Chu, let's take Hanyang first!" Lu Chen said directly.

On Lu Chen's side, he decided to attack Hanyang with 200,000 Pingzhou troops, and his military order was given, and the wind army moved up and down together, and set off from Sanjiangkou on the same day, and by night, the army had arrived outside Hanyang City.

After a night's rest, the next morning, 200,000 Pingzhou troops lined up outside the city pass!

200,000 soldiers, what a big scene!

The black armor and red tassels are overwhelming, and the black flag is waving in the wind, obscuring the sun in the sky!

Looking at the soldiers of the Wind Army with long halberds outside the city, Tang Ze at the head of the city helped his helmet, then swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in a trembling voice: "This and this...... The wind army is coming so fast......"

His fear is from the heart, and Guo Hao beside him is even more afraid than him! When the decisive battle on the river was fought before, the Chu army didn't feel anything on this side, but once the wind army landed and set up a battle formation on this kind of plain, its momentum can be imagined! There is no need to fight, and the Chu army on the city pass is already afraid!

Guo Hao also slipped his Adam's apple, and after he looked at the Feng Army outside the city in a daze, he immediately exclaimed: "General Tang! Now that the wind army has come to the city, I have heard that Lu Chen, the king of the wind, will wreak havoc in advance with an arrow array every time he goes down to the city, so the general should hurry down and find cover! ”

Ah! Hearing this, Tang Ze also suddenly thought about it, he almost didn't even think about it, and immediately said: "Yes, yes, what Master Guo said is right!" Fast! Go down! It's dangerous here! ”

As he spoke, he immediately began to walk briskly towards the city.

He is gone, but the Chu soldiers on the city pass can't go, the main general is incompetent, greedy and afraid, and the morale below can also be imagined.

Not long after, as Guo Hao expected, the battle formation of the Wind Army began to change.

On the tall chariot, Lu Chen's sword was unsheathed, pointed forward, and shouted in a loud voice: "Release the arrow!" ”

Airplanes!

At that moment, it was as if the air was torn apart!

Countless arrows converged into dense black dots and swept up!

This is not the kind of sparse rain of arrows at all, but a black cloud crushing the city!

(End of chapter)