Chapter 1 Fancheng

Shinno is already a small county. It's not too bustling. But after all, it is the hinterland of the business for three years.

In the past three years, under the maintenance of the camp, the weather can also be called smooth and rainy. Although it can't be a bumper harvest year after year. But under three years of savings.

Xinye has a bit of a peaceful image.

Not only Xinye, but also the closer the prefecture and county in the Nanyang Basin are to Xiangyang, the clearer this state is.

It's just a fire of war from the north, which will cause all the people who have settled down to suffer from the war again.

As a striker, it is Niu Chenghu.

There is also a reason why Niu Chenghu is cannon fodder. Niu Chenghu is the most loyal to the camp among the Northwest Generals. It was also the last to surrender to the Qing army.

However, in this way, he was also regarded as the most unreliable army by the Qing army, so he naturally had to catch up and take the lead.

Yuan Zongdi's department was defeated and retreated all the way from Hebei, and he also participated in the battle of Huaiqing.

Originally, there were four or five centaurs, but now there are less than 10,000 people. Rely on Xinye Town to resist Niu Chenghu's department.

The two sides fought equally.

In addition, the camp won the hearts of the people in Xinye, and it was impossible to attack it for a while.

Subsequently, the troops were repeatedly increased, by part of the Northwest Frontier Army, and then by Shang Kexi's department. One by one, they pressed up.

The order of the Qing army is like this, the first wave is the new annexed army, then the Han army, and then the main force of the Eight Banners.

Yuan Zongdi suddenly couldn't bear it.

Yang Chengzu sent the rest of the camp, such as Li Guo and other troops, to send troops to meet Yuan Zongdi.

Xinye is less than 100 miles away from Fancheng.

For the sake of this 100-mile distance, the rest of the camp fought a battle with the new annexed army of the Qing army, and the two sides did not win or lose.

The rest of the camp slowly retreated and returned to Fancheng.

In this way, the main force of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army advanced bloodlessly to the north of the Han River and directly faced Fancheng.

Xiangyang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it has never been a simple problem of Xiangyang Jiancheng, but the terrain near Xiangyang is also one of the reasons.

Xiangyang is located at the southern end of the Nanyang Basin, where there is a gap. Xiangyang City to the west. There are continuous mountain ranges, coupled with the natural danger of the Han River, which makes it difficult for the army to pass.

On the east side of Xiangyang City, it is Tongbai Mountain and Dahong Mountain. It is connected to Dabie Mountain, and only the three passes of Yiyang can be passed.

The relationship between Xiangyang and Tongbai Mountain is not closely connected, and there is still a gap, about 100 miles.

And the city that blocks this gap is Zaoyang.

It is precisely because of this that Luo Ru sent a partial division into Zaoyang, blocked the flanks, and responded to the situation in Xiangyang by the way.

On the west side, Wudang Mountain, Xiangyang City, Hanshui, Dahong Mountain, Zaoyang, and Tongbai Mountain form a natural barrier and block the southern end of the Nanyang Basin.

The east of Tongbai Mountain is the Dabie Mountain that stretches for thousands of miles, and the east of the Dabie Mountain is the Huai River.

Defend the river and guard the Huai first. From Yangyang to the east to the sea. A complete line of defense is formed on the terrain.

And Xiangyang is the weak point.

Because Xiangyang City is strong, but as soon as Xiangyang City is broken, it goes south along the Han River, and it is unimpeded along the way.

Straight into Wuchang. Downstream the Yangtze River to the east, this strong line of defense.

This is also Azig, he must want Xiangyang, and Luo Rucai can make concessions elsewhere. But the reason why you can't let a single step in Xiangyang lie.

This is from the perspective of the world, Xiangyang is the weak point of this thousand-mile defense line.

But if you just look at Xiangyang City.

The fortification of Xiangyang City is no less than that of any fortified city.

First of all, the Xiangyang city defense system is a two-city structure, one is Xiangyang City on the south bank and the other is Fancheng on the north side of the river.

The two cities are sandwiched by the Han River.

The northern city wall of Xiangyang City is directly next to the Han River. The city wall of Xiangyang is the embankment of the Hanshui River. Fancheng is just north of the Han River, and the two sides are only separated by a Han River.

As long as it occupies the advantage of the water army, this Han River is not only a natural danger for the northern army, but also a supply route for Fancheng.

The so-called army with no help outside, no city to defend inside, the reverse is true. There is a constant flow of reinforcements. Cities are much less difficult to conquer.

Fancheng guards the north bank of the Han River, and the Han River shelters Xiangyang, which is the rear of the two.

This is unless the northern army breaks through elsewhere, such as Zaoyang. Surround the two cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng, otherwise this two-city structure is not easy to crack.

Even if it is completely surrounded, the two cities can be horns of each other, and under the connection of waterways, they support each other, and it is also a complete twin city structure.

Xiangyang is a majestic city in the world, and it is by no means just talking.

In the absence of heavy artillery, such a structure is almost incomprehensible. Otherwise, the Yuan army would not have fought Xiangyang for seven years when it went south.

However, after the advent of heavy artillery, especially the Hongyi cannon, almost overnight, all the cities had to be renovated.

This kind of impregnable structure hundreds of years ago can no longer cope with today's cannons.

Moreover, the current two cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng cannot be compared with the two cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng, which were operated by the Song army for decades.

Xiangyang City is okay to say.

It is the city built during the founding of the country, and it is also an important capital city of Huguang Province, under the repeated repair and expansion, the city is quite complete, plus Bai Wang is stationed in Xiangyang, and the city of Xiangyang is further repaired, which can be called a male city.

Xiangyang City is good.

But not in Fancheng.

Xiangyang City and Fancheng, in the midst of the war, are cities that depend on each other. But in times of peace, the relationship between the two cities was not harmonious.

Not because of anything else, but because of Han Shui.

To inherit the benefits of Han water, you must suffer from the disadvantages of Han water. Hanshui is indispensable to Xiangyang City.

But Hanshui hasn't always been so docile.

Naturally, there are times when there is a lot of water in Hanshui. When the Han water rises, the officials will have to decide.

Baoxiangyang is still Baofancheng.

The status between the two cannot be compared at all.

Xiangyang is a government city, and in Xiangyang City, there is also a Xiangwang. But what is Fancheng?

Fancheng is not even a county.

In particular, in a great flood in the 45th year of Jiajing, all the original brick cities in Fancheng collapsed. Fancheng is becoming more and more unlikely.

Now north of Hanshui, there is only one Fancheng Pass, stationed in a patrol inspection department. This small pass in Fancheng can garrison thousands of people, but more will not work.

This has seriously affected the Twin Cities system.

It's just that this defect can't be filled in a day or two.

At this time, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi and others were in a dilemma in Fancheng Pass.

When Li Zicheng was leaving, he handed over the power of the army to Li Guo.

Although Li Guo is not too senior among the generals, Li Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew.

Li Zicheng has no son, and Li Guo is his heir.

Li Zicheng also wants to leave these inheritances to his own people.

Yang Chengzu is not a stupid person, after he settled in Xiangyang City, the first thing he did was to divide the remnants of the camp.

Make two parts of the break-in camp. Some of them were the men and horses of the original Xiangyang headquarters, that is, Bai Wang's department, and the rest were the soldiers who followed Li Zicheng all the way from the north to retreat.

Even though Bai Wang was grateful to Li Zicheng for his kindness, the original garrison of Xiangyang City was much less loyal to Li Zicheng than the defeated army in the north.

After all, distance will create estrangement, and these local troops in Xiangyang were all brought out by Bai Wang. They didn't have any feelings for Li Zicheng.

Anyway, if Li Zicheng affects his net worth and life, they know how to choose, which is why Luo Rucai almost encountered little resistance when he conquered the two ways to attack Xiangyang.

Now Yang Chengzu uses the same method to divide and break into the camp. Even though Bai Wang himself was loyal to Li Zicheng, he couldn't stop the surging trend of his subordinates. I had to acquiesce.

Therefore, the local defenders of Xiangyang were left south of Hanshui by Yang Chengzu on the grounds that they were familiar with the defense of Xiangyang. They were stationed at the peaks south of Xiangyang Mansion. Yang Chengzu's headquarters was stationed in Xiangyang City, and Li Guo was stationed in Fancheng with the defeated troops from the north.

Li Guo took over Yuan Zongdi's garrison in Fancheng, and could only line up on the north bank of the Han River. Fortunately, Zhou Fuchen's sailor was also sent over to support.

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Zhou Fuchen's sailor has also been trained within a year or two.

It can't be compared with Zheng's sailors. But compared to the Han ducks in the north, it was strong enough that the Qing army did not dare to step across the Han River.

In mid-March, smoke and dust rose north of Fancheng, and a large group of people almost covered the positive horizon.

For a while, there was a feeling of obscuring the sky and the sun.

The main force of the Qing army came.

The main force of the Qing army had tens of thousands of soldiers from the Eight Banners, tens of thousands of soldiers from Liaodong, and tens of thousands of troops from all over the country, adding up to more than 100,000, with a feeling of being vast and endless.