Ma Yue has the talent of a magic stick, and at the same time he understands the human heart very thoroughly, he from south to north, every time he goes to a city, he will print a large number of articles and distribute them everywhere.

Zhao Rui was shaped by him into an anti-Yuan hero in the Southern Song Dynasty for a while, in fact, Zhao Rui was originally, but after Ma Yue's means, it has been amplified and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

At this time, most of the people also knew about the inaction of the Southern Song Dynasty court, and at the same time, Zhao Rui's image became more and more lofty among the people, and even had some meaning of spiritual leader.

Zhao Rui built more than one pontoon bridge, which was built under the nose of the Yuan army, and the countless snipers of the Yuan army were easily defeated by Zhao Rui's garrison troops, and tens of thousands of yuan of troops were killed and wounded.

At this time, the connection between Fancheng and Xiangyang was officially opened, and a large number of materials were also transported to Xiangyang without hindrance. This matter was mainly coordinated by Li Tingzhi, and the materials from all walks of life were gathered and sent to Xiangyang City together.

And Zhao Rui's troops were also able to enter Xiangyang, and truly became the main force of Xiangyang's guards.

With the passage of time, Zhao Rui has been blessed with a halo among the people, and the forces that are interested in resisting the Yuan from all over the world continue to gather in Xiangfan, on the one hand, it is the responsibility of the rise and fall of the world, and on the other hand, it is the complete admiration and admiration for Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui, a small county king in the southwest border, how could he independently resist the Yuan without the support of the imperial court, and how many hardships did he experience?

The admiration for heroes is probably one of the reasons why people want to help in Xiangfan.

During this time, Zhao Rui had a few more face-to-face encounters with the Yuan army, all of which ended in the defeat of the Yuan army, for no other reason, but Zhao Rui's mortars were too fierce and the muskets were extremely accurate.

When the Yuan army gathered a large number of troops in Kaifeng Mansion and went south at the same time, Zhao Rui also managed it properly in Xiangfan, in addition to his own 50,000 elite soldiers, he also gathered more than 100,000 elite soldiers from the people.

When people come to Xiangfan spontaneously, they will immediately receive recruit training, and then they will be incorporated into the army, and at the same time, a large number of guns made in Wanya Prefecture are constantly being transported, and Zhao Rui's strength is also constantly increasing.

If Zhao Rui's attitude towards the Yuan Dynasty was a little flustered because of their military strength, Zhao Rui's mentality at this time was already peaceful, if so many people and so many firearms couldn't hold Xiangfan, then ask the world, who else can keep it?

The Yuan army in the southern area of Xiangyang has died down for a while, and Zhao Rui also understands that they are accumulating strength, waiting for the Yuan army in the north to come and attack back and forth.

Zhao Rui has already been prepared, and the second city of Xiangfan has been run by him like an iron bucket, but the solidity of the iron bucket has to be tested by actual combat.

The incomparably cruel decisive battle officially began in March.

It was a day when the spring breeze warmed and everything recovered, and the battle began!

The Yuan army that arrived from the north was really extraordinary, and the war of aggression in the west not only strengthened their power, but also gave them great confidence.

The continuous victories of the Yuan army's war of aggression gave them the illusion that the whole world was inferior to me, and they felt that there was no longer the strength in the world that could resist their iron cavalry.

Soon, Zhao Rui taught them a vivid lesson, although the two armies in the north and south were in contact with each other, but the generals of the Yuan army in the north did not take the advice of the Yuan army in the south in their eyes at all.

But when Zhao Rui's mortar beat them to cry and call their mother, they really understood that Zhao Rui's Xiangfan, who was stationed here, could never be beaten hard.

But Zhao Rui's team didn't fight according to common sense at all, they not only gained an advantage in defending the city, but even chased out to fight through the city gate.

The long distance of the musket is not comparable to the bow and arrow at all, and the Yuan army was furious for a while, and at the same time, they were constantly studying tactics.

Although Zhao Rui felt that the Yuan army had no threat to Xiangfan for the time being, the situation of the siege was really uncomfortable, and if he wanted to break through and lift the siege of the Yuan army, Zhao Rui still needed to fight out.

Otherwise, with the current strong national strength of the Yuan Dynasty, the siege battle will be fought by them, how long will it be fought?

For Zhao Rui, there must not be so much time to play with them, the sooner the war ends, the better, and there are countless technologies waiting for Zhao Rui to develop.

War is only a necessary process on the road of development, and this process does not need to go through too long, and if you have the strength to deal with it, then you should have the courage to break through.

But when Zhao Rui led his troops out of the city to fight, he had already shocked the big teeth of the Yuan army, and they even had a sense of powerlessness.

Originally, the Yuan army was attacking the city, and Zhao Rui was defending the city, but Zhao Rui in turn led the army to attack the Yuan army, is this really good......

Zhao Rui's attack this time can be regarded as carefully planned, the main musketeers are led by Zhao Gong, the artillery is led by Xiong Er, a total of 20,000 elite soldiers attacked quickly, which really caught the Yuan army off guard.

For the enemy north of Fancheng to resist for the time being, Zhao Rui is not in a hurry to eliminate, but for the Wanshan area directly west of Xiangyang, he has already had an idea.

At this time, the commander of the Yuan army in Xiangyang West was Zhang Hongfan, who came from a family of military generals, because when Borkin seized power, he swore to follow to the death, showing superb talent for leading troops, so he was reused by Borkin, and he led an army alone to attack the two cities of Xiangfan from the Wanshan area.

At this time, the remnants of Ahri Hague and Liu Zheng and Zhang Hongfan's army gathered together, although they were consumed a lot by Zhao Rui, but they still had nearly 500,000 troops.

Ahri Hague and Liu Zheng had lingering fears about Zhao Rui's artillery, but Zhang Hongfan did not flinch, his team was in the west, which could threaten the two cities of Xiangfan at the same time, and at the same time, there was also a pontoon bridge connecting the two sides of the Han River, which could be said to be offensive and defensible, even if it was retreated, it could also form a relatively large threat to Fancheng with the army from the north, so Zhang Hongfan did not have the slightest fear, and the person in charge should deal with the commander of Zhao Rui's army.

But the reality is so cruel.

The emergence of precision firearms is simply a nightmare for the Yuan army, although the reason why Liu Zheng took refuge, the Yuan Dynasty also began to use artillery, but their artillery is extremely primitive and difficult to control, and it is naturally at a disadvantage in comparison.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The positions garrisoned by the Yuan army were blown to pieces by mortar shells.

And the pretentious Zhang Hongfan is also disgraced at this time, and he even has to wonder if he has a magnet on his head now, why is Zhao Rui's cannonball like an eye?

Whether it is an ambush or a garrison, it will always be hit by shells without deviation?

What he didn't know was that Zhao Rui had Xiong Er's mortar expert here, and with the assistance of the telescope, how could the shells be missed.

"Transfer, transfer!"

Zhang Hongfan shouted loudly, because of the repeated transfer and escape, hundreds of return cannons were abandoned or damaged, and they could no longer be used in the battle to capture Xiangyang.

As the saying goes, the three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang, but at this time, there were three generals in the Yuan army, including Ahri Hague, Liu Zheng and Zhang Hongfan, but they had no way to resist Zhao Rui's attack.

All along, it's all about running for your life.

In fact, Zhao Rui didn't want to destroy them all, but because there were too many troops, the Yuan army fought and retreated, and Zhao Rui's side pursued with victory, and finally, all the Yuan troops were forced to cross the riverbank.

At this time, there was no siege of Xiangyang, and it also meant the victory of the defense of Xiangyang.

Although Fancheng is still surrounded by the Yuan army, Zhao Rui feels that it is still insignificant, first of all, the Yuan army's return artillery has been greatly restricted, with the attack of mortars, they return artillery does not even dare to show their faces, as long as they appear on the battlefield, they will be destroyed by mortar in an instant.

On the other hand, now that a number of pontoon bridges are connected to Fancheng, that is, Fancheng has unlimited support from the rear, and it can be said that the Yuan army is half surrounding Fancheng, which has no practical value.

With the passage of time, the Yuan army finally realized this clearly, and they had nothing to do about Xiangfan, and they could only be helpless.

At this time, Ma Yue also arrived in Xiangyang after a long delay on the road, and there were many chivalrous people in the rivers and lakes who came with him, although they were born in a reckless background, but they also added a lot of troops to Zhao Rui.

At this point, Zhao Rui completely controlled Xiangfan, and the troops he deployed in the two cities reached an astonishing 200,000 people.

Ma Yue spread the news of the victory of the Xiangfan guards at the right time, and at the same time when the imperial court was helpless, it can be said that it was already celebrated by the whole world in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Rui's personal reputation reached the highest at this moment, and everyone regarded him as a hero who defended the country and a hero in the world.

At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty court was not much better, because while Xiangfan was saved, it also meant that they had completely lost this world.

Zhao Rui had already made it clear that the city he took belonged to his own fiefdom, and now this matter is known to the world, so it is difficult for the court to deny it, so it can only be silently admitted.

There is also news that makes Zhao Rui cry and laugh, which is from Zhao Gong's eyeliner all over the country.

It is said that in the area of Zhejiang and Guangzhou, an organization called Dabaojiao appeared.

The way they named it was taken from Zhao Rui's Dabao City in Jiaozhi, and although Zhao Rui had not met them, he had become the patron saint of their sect.

Because of the name of Zhao Rui, the Great Treasure Sect developed at a time unparalleled speed, and there were many conflicts with the local government, and even some prototypes of rebels.

Zhao Rui couldn't laugh or cry, and sent someone to inquire, only to know that he was just lying down, and the initiator of the Great Treasure Sect might be related to the generals persecuted by Jia Yidao.

It may be that the descendants of a certain military general launched the organization, and Zhao Rui is just a name they borrowed because of the situation.

Although the appearance of the rebels will also lead to war, but Zhao Rui believes that its nature is different from the invasion of the Yuan Dynasty, which is the inevitable development of history.