At this time, outside the city of Xiangyang, but it was already a flames of war, Luo Rucai, Li Xuanzhu, Zhao Erdonkey and others were ordered to let them enter Xiangyang, then they set out from Nanyang Mansion to Xiangyang to kill, along the way defeated several interceptions of officials and troops, and arrived at the city of Xiangyang at the end of March.

After they arrived at Xiangyang Mansion, they still used the old method used by the Xingtian Army, that is, they first swept outside the city, pulled out the hostile forces within dozens of miles around Xiangyang one by one, and obtained a lot of grain and straw from some powerful villages as military supplies to support their next attack on Xiangyang City.

When the Mongolian army went south to arrive at Xiangyang City, 100,000 troops besieged the city, set up more than 100 return guns, bombarded Xiangyang day and night, and also cut off all contact with Xiangyang to the outside world, preventing the rescue of Xiangyang in the Southern Song Dynasty, and finally it took a few years to lay down the two cities of Xiangfan, and then crossed the Yangtze River south to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, which shows that Xiangyang City is strong and difficult to capture.

In addition, Xiangyang is located on the south bank of the Han River, surrounded by water on all sides, one side of the mountain, has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the Xiangyang city wall has been renovated on a large scale, not only widening and heightening the original city wall, so that it has reached the height of three zhang, but also to be expanded, to the Han River, the moat because of the convenience of water, the city river is very wide, it is really a strong city, and Xiangyang as an important town in the north of the Yangtze River, has always been valued by various dynasties, so that the city of Xiangyang is still very large, each city wall is several miles long, There were heavy troops stationed in the city.

And when Luo Rucai and Li Xuanzhu led the troops to come, there was news that Zuo Liangyu was defeated and retreated first, which made Xiangyang Mansion already vigilant, and did not give them the opportunity to raid Xiangyang City at all, plus Xiao Tianjian wanted to open the seal, and the heavy artillery in the army was basically concentrated in Kaifeng Mansion by Xiao Tianjian, and Li Xuanzhu's headquarters only brought a few battalion artillery teams, mostly some light three-pounder guns, in order to attack Xiangyang City, which was obviously a little difficult for them.

What's more, now in Xiangyang City, there are more than 5,000 officers and troops such as the general Liu Shijie and so on, and when Luo Rucai and Li Xuanzhu led their troops to cross the Han River and approach Xiangyang, there are many officials and local landlords around the city who have also fled to Xiangyang City for refuge, so that Xiangyang City is not short of troops.

In addition, Xiangyang is not like Kaifeng, after all, it guards the Huguang land, which is known as the granary of the world, the grain reserves are very sufficient, there is no shortage of food in the city, and the defenders are also more hostile to the Xingtian Army, so Luo Rucai and Li Xuanzhu After the soldiers arrived in Xiangyang, they looked at Xiangyang City and launched several tentative attacks, which did not play a role, but lost a lot of soldiers, in desperation, they had to show Xiao Tianjian, temporarily trapped Xiangyang City on the periphery of the city, and continuously collected various ships on the Han River, Be prepared to welcome Xiao Tianjian's army south.

And Xiao Tianjian arrived on the north bank of the Han River on April 27, and Fancheng, which is located on the north bank of the Han River, does not have the same treatment as Xiangcheng on the south bank, Fancheng is still an old city, and it has not been rebuilt during the Hongwu period, so it is still the old rammed earth city wall, but the outside of the city wall is painted with lime mixed with some glutinous rice juice, and the garrison of Fancheng is also small, and the city wall is much lower, so when Xiao Tianjian led the troops to arrive here, Fancheng has been captured by Luo Rucai at this time, And on several wharves on the north bank of the Han River, a large number of civilian ships have already been prepared, and a large number of boatmen have gathered to prepare for Xiao Tianjian's army.

After Xiao Tianjian arrived in Fancheng, he ordered the generals in the army to rest for two days, and summoned Luo Rucai, Li Xuanzhu, Zhao Erdonkey and other main generals to the north bank of the Han River to learn more about the situation in Xiangyang.

After learning about the situation of Xiangyang on the south bank, Xiao Tianjian boarded the city wall of Fancheng, and looked at Xiangyang City across the river with a telescope, because the distance was relatively far, and he couldn't see why, but Xiao Tianjian knew that Zhang Xianzhong had taken Xiangyang lightly in the original history, when Zhang Xianzhong had entered Sichuan, Yang Sichang led a large number of officers and troops into Sichuan to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, but Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the opportunity of Yang Sichang to lead the main force of the official army into Sichuan, led his troops to suddenly kill back to Xiangyang, and sent Li Dingguo to disguise himself as Yang Sichang's subordinate, With the captured Yang Sichang's token, he mixed into Xiangyang City, and set fire to the city after nightfall, causing chaos in Xiangyang City, taking advantage of the situation Zhang Xianzhong took Xiangyang lightly, and killed King Xiang, as a result, Yang Sichang was forced to die of hunger strike.

But now history has been made beyond recognition by him, and it is impossible to take Xiangyang lightly, so now there is only one way to attack Xiangyang, think that he just opened Kaifeng, this less than a month, and then rushed here to fight such a strong city as Xiangyang, it seems that such days will be very long in the future!

At this time, Luo Rucai came to Xiao Tianjian's side, and said to Xiao Tianjian with unhappiness on his face: "Dashuai, the brothers met Zhang Xianzhong's department in the area of Nanzhang County in the first two days, originally the brothers had just laid down a Zhuangzi who was an official, and they had seized a lot of food and things, leaving dozens of brothers who were waiting to transport these things back to the army, but they were suddenly attacked by Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses, and the brothers who came back showed their identities, but they still made a move, and we lost more than 20 brothers under the raid. The grain and straw obtained were also snatched away by the soldiers and horses under Zhang Xianzhong's command, and the lowly sent people to find Zhang Xianzhong's theory, but he avoided it in Baokang, and also beat the people sent by the lowly duty and drove them back! Li Dutong and Zhao Deputy Dutong were very angry about this, saying that they would send troops to clean them up and get back justice for the slain brothers. ”

Xiao Tianjian frowned after hearing this, glanced at Luo Rucai, and immediately said angrily: "This Zhang Xianzhong is too arrogant!" It's just that he hid in Gucheng to rest his troops, and now seeing that we have lost the official army in a row, he jumped out to ask for a bargain, that's it, why do you still want to go against us now? These more than 20 brothers can't die in vain, they must always find him and the eight kings to make it clear, if he doesn't behead the troublemaker, then what can he do with him?

Tell you about it! I have already sent someone to contact Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong actually wants us not to fight Xiangyang, and wants to rule with us by crossing the Han River, he doesn't want us to take Xiangyang! When it's time to turn his face, he has to turn his face with him, this thing is not a good thing, if you don't teach him a lesson, he doesn't know that our Xingtian Army is a tiger's ass that can't be touched! After crossing the river tomorrow, I will send someone to find him with my handwriting, and if he does not explain it to me clearly, then this matter will not be over! ”

Luo Rucai nodded after listening, he followed Xiao Tianjian for so long and saw that Xiao Tianjian was a very strong person, and he didn't allow his brothers to suffer a little loss, when he first started the army, Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang wanted to annex him, with his fame and strength at the time, but he didn't buy the account of the two of them at all.

So Xiao Tianjian said that he was not afraid to turn his face with Zhang Xianzhong, and he could see at once that Xiao Tianjian was not just embarrassed by Zhang Xianzhong because of this incident, but also had quite a component, he wanted to swallow Zhang Xianzhong, so he had nothing to say.

What's more, now Xiao Tianjian has gathered more than 40,000 elite soldiers and horses from three divisions of the Xingtian Army in the area of Xiangyang alone, if Zhang Xianzhong is not interested, with their current strength, it is more than enough to clean up Zhang Xianzhong outside of Xiangyang.

Then Luo Rucai said to Xiao Tianjian: "Handsome! I also heard that Yang Sichang had led his men and horses out of Beijing to the south, and he arrived in Nanjing more than ten days ago, and then gathered soldiers and horses to go up the Yangtze River, and it is said that he has arrived in Wuhan, and it seems that he wants to deal with us and Zhang Xianzhong to go south to Huguang! The handsome should also prepare early! Now He Renlong in Shaanxi has been ordered to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to march towards Yunyang, and it seems that he has been ordered to attack us on three sides with Zuo Liangyu and Yang Sichang! The handsome must be guarded against! ”

Xiao Tianjian smiled indifferently and said, "I already know this!" You don't have to worry, I'm afraid that they won't come, and if they do, I don't plan to let them bargain! He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu are both our old opponents, and they are both defeated by our subordinates, so there is nothing to worry about! As long as Xiangyang is defeated this time, it will be difficult for Yang Sichang not to die! You must know that now Yang Sichang has gradually fallen out of favor with the current emperor, and if Xiangyang is lost, how can the current emperor spare him Yang Sichang? For now, it's better to focus on Xiangyang first, if they want to come, just come!

By the way, we must also step up the collection in terms of ships, after we capture Xiangyang this time, we will divide our troops to attack Suizhou and Jingxiang along the Han River, if there are fewer ships, it will take a lot of effort for us, so Brother Luo might as well work harder in this matter! In addition, Yang Kunshan, the deputy commander of the Yellow River Water Battalion, will also lead his troops to the south in the near future, and come here, after they come, we must establish a water camp as soon as possible, otherwise, in the future, in the Huguang area, I am afraid we will be very inconvenient! ”

After hearing this, Luo Rucai immediately received the order, saying that he would work hard to collect all kinds of ships to ensure the next move of the Xingtian Army.

(To be honest, I didn't expect to be so tired when I participated in this event this time, but since the words have been spoken, then we should do what we say, and on the third day today, continue to watch seven more, and never break our promises!) Today's chapter 1 is here, so please cast a few more flowers! Let's make the tipping more violent! Hehe! ）