The afterglow of the sun shines on the mountains, illuminating the mountains and fields with golden light. In the distance, the Han River turned a corner with the terrain, at a ninety-degree angle, turning from east to south.

On its north shore is Lumen Mountain.

The once lively foothills of the mountain are already a different picture. There are several villages under this Lumen Mountain, and the tenants of the land here all belong to the Lumen Temple, hundreds of families, thousands of people, but now there is no one, not even a well, not even a sound house. Only the ruined houses and crumbles on the ground, the burned haystacks and firewood piles, and several villages have been burned to the ground. It's just a field of rubble, and there are no men and women who are killed.

A large number of Liangshan troops gathered here, and a Qinzi general flag was displayed.

Thunderbolt raised his eyes and looked at the Lumen Temple halfway up the mountainside, and only thought of the Erlongshan Baozhu Temple in the three villages of the green forest in Qingzhou.

The latter is the end of the precipitous. Two mountains surround the future and envelop this treasure bead temple. The mountain peaks are majestic, and there is only one road up the mountain in the middle. And what about the current Lumen Mountain? It is also surrounded by mountains, there are lions, incense burners, overlords, Nuwa mountains and other mountains all around, the mountains have their own majestic posture, looking at it from afar, the five mountains are like fairies, the clouds cover the mist, flickering and flickering, which makes people fascinated. You can see the mountains up close, the forests are dense, the mountains are winding, and it is difficult to find the road.

Although this danger cannot be compared with the Baozhu Temple, it is very similar.

A stone step leads directly to the halfway up the mountain, and the Song army set up three checkpoints along the way. On the triple close, there are wooden cannon stones, hard crossbows and strong bows, and large guns and spears are densely gathered. After these three passes is the Lumen Temple, a section of the mirror in front of the three halls is also like flat ground, and the surrounding mountains and stones and wooden fences are the city.

The Liangshan army pressed again, and the Song army occupied the terrain and bowed down, and the intelligence of the spying was as dense as snowflakes.

But Zhang Qiong only looked at it, the troops in his hands were limited, and his combat power was even more limited, so he didn't dare to attack the strong with the weak. It was called to pay close attention to the every move of the Liangshan army, and to sit back and watch Qin Ming divide his troops into two roads, all the way to the foot of Lumen Mountain, and all the way to the bank of the Hanshui River.

As soon as the two armies arrived, they were divided into two sections, one for the guard post and the other for the fortifications.

Taking the Qin Ming Department as an example, the four main barracks were arrayed in front of the mountain, making a half-arc defensive array, and a passage of twenty paces was exposed between the battalions, and a full cavalry battalion was on the back side of the passage.

There were no scout rangers, just five battalions lined up, just a very simple long snake that seemed to break with a single stab. But Zhang Qiong's family knew about her own family, so she watched with wide eyes.

Behind this line of defense, a large number of soldiers and civilians are struggling to start building a camp.

In the military history of ancient China, there was no professional engineering unit in sight. The Liangshan Army has long had a full-time baggage battalion, which is not a sapper in the strict sense.

They are units that integrate many functions such as engineers, transport troops, and logistics garrisons. And with the establishment and expansion of Lu Qi, there are still a large number of backbones who have turned from military soldiers to government officials.

It's just that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, not to mention that the baggage battalion with a foundation is also making its own blood, and today's strength cannot be underestimated if it is not restored to its former state. At least in terms of building bridges and paving roads and constructing barracks, it is more than one level stronger than the Song army.

They are more professional, more efficient, and more organized than the auxiliaries and civilians of this era!

To achieve such a situation, it is not necessary to have advanced equipment beyond this era, but only to be able to organize the army and the people to do what they need to do, and to maximize the collective role of the latter, so that it is enough to far surpass any army of the same era in terms of efficiency.

When logs of roughly similar thickness and length appear in front of the soldiers and civilians, and at the same time ropes are pulled in front of them, that is, a group of pigs also know what to do next.

It didn't take long for the wooden bars with a length of about four feet in width and height to be completed, and in this way, the outermost defensive ring of the camp was formed. Then the front and back are connected with long ropes tied to thick and short wooden stakes, and they form a series of stumbling ropes.

On the periphery of them, soldiers and civilians wielded shovels and hammers to dig trenches one man deep and three feet wide. Under Lu Qian's rule, the steel output far exceeded that of the Song army, and these shovels and hammers were of first-class quality, which was helpful for digging trenches.

By the time the sun was setting in the west, the logs had been erected, and by dusk the fence had been formed. It is still two columns and four rows on the high ground, with soil and stone tamping inside, wooden planks on the shelves, and even a wooden standing card. Knife carts can also be seen in the camp. Even the three trenches outside the camp were completed.

On the first day, a well-groomed fortified camp had been built. At dawn the next day, there were eight more arrow towers more than two feet high in the camp, and on the highest slope, there was even a higher lookout tower!

Such a construction speed only stunned Zhang Qiong on the mountain.

Just like the defenders of Xiangyang on the other side of the Han River, Wang Shixuan's eyes fell to the ground when he saw a completed camp set up on the bank of the Han River overnight.

The speed of construction is nothing short of miraculous.

Compared with the camp when the army was marching and fighting, the camp in front of him was a small city with double its defense.

In an ordinary military village, the fence outside is only a single layer, the trench can not be dug, and the antler wood is only piled at the gate of the village, where it is like now, and the chest wall of three and a half people high is already there.

The banner was displayed in the camp, and he was standing on the inkstone mountain, and he couldn't see whether there were stone cannons in the camp. But as soon as this camp is erected, as long as there are a few Liangshan stone cannons, most of the river can be blocked.

The warships of the Song Army's sailors, who were originally as comfortable as their own land, did not dare to go in groups anymore and traveled densely on this section of the river. Not only does it wear a single line, but it also widens the distance between the front and back, and it also runs on the side of Yanshan.

Of course, the greater and more direct threat to Xiangyang is the paper-paste Fancheng.

The latter's performance was already very tenacious, and he repeatedly fought with the Liangshan army in the ruins of the city for a whole day, but the result was irreversible.

Thirty Liangshan cannons swept away the enemy towers, beds, crossbows and other utensils at the head of the city in one day.

When the moat, which was only half as wide as Xiangyang City, was filled in, and ladder trucks were pushed onto the city wall, everything was irreparable.

The soldiers and horses transported from the other side and the stubborn struggle in the inner city only delayed this time. As mentioned above, the Liangshan army has become a general trend, and he is the least afraid of this kind of desperate attrition.

It will only be Zhao Song who will be injured and bleeding.

And that's exactly what happened. A Fan city, the Song army on the other side of the river filled in at least 5,000 people. In the end, it ended in failure.

Night was falling, and the cold was pressing. The howling night wind makes people unable to open their eyes.

On the opposite side of the Xiangfan pontoon bridge, on the bank of the Hanshui River, hundreds of camps are lined up, and bonfires are burning. Bands of heavily armed soldiers cruised back and forth, and everything seemed to be in order.

Yao Gu, the defense envoy of Xiangyang and the governor of Zhou, personally led a group of officers to set up sacrifices in Fancheng. In the first battle of Fancheng, they suffered heavy losses. On the shore there are white flags, which read: The soul of the fallen soldiers in Fancheng, and many sacrifices are arranged.

Wang Xiaozhong and Wang Shixuan all hung white robes, and the iron helmets were covered with a layer of filial piety, and a group of monks set up a dojo. The military academy has listed the gold and silver sacrifices of black pigs and white sheep, lit lamps and candles, and burned incense. Yao Gu was in the middle of the alliance, and cried under Fancheng on the other side of the river. The monks and Taoists rang the bell and recited the mantra, called the name, blessed the soul of the soldiers, and descended the flag.

Many officers and soldiers present at the scene flashed with sadness on their faces.

In the battle of Fancheng, only the imperial camp forbidden army lost no less than 3,000 people, a deputy commander was martyred, and 17 chief and deputy commanders, dozens of heads and more generals, it can be said that the imperial camp forbidden army has suffered the greatest loss since the re-establishment of the army. At this moment, the cadres here don't know about Niu Gao's feelings, and one of Liang Fangping's arms has already been broken.

They only knew about the Battle of Fancheng, and they had lost a lot of money. Even when he fought a decisive battle with Zhong Xiang and Wang Qingjun on the shore of Dongting Lake, the losses of the imperial camp and forbidden army were far less than they are now.

It wasn't until three days later that Yao Gu in Xiangyang received an urgent report from the rear, saying that Niu Gao was defeated. There were 5,000 soldiers in his army, and less than 1,000 fled to Hanchuan. The ruling Niu Gao was trapped in the array. The naval and army soldiers in Xiangyang City were all stagnant.

The urgent report of the Hanyang Army was not only delivered to Yao Gu, but also to Jiangling. The latter reacted very quickly, and dispatched Liu Guangguo from Jiangzhou to return to the nearest place to reinforce the Ezhou and Hanyang armies.

Fortunately, they also knew that the Western Army was fighting in Jiangning Mansion in a hurry, and the latter was already crumbling and was about to be completed. He did not rashly order the Western Army to retreat.

"Brother, these days of fighting without fighting, retreating and not retreating, is there any reason? Do you want me to sit here with an iron ox? ”

After taking Fancheng, the army under the command of Lu Qian was already standing still, and it was separated from the Song army on the other side. It's been many days now, and I'm so impatient with Li Kui and the others.

"Or else? Wouldn't you still be able to fly over this Han water? ”

The night breeze blows on the riverside, and the crescent moon hangs high in the sky, casting a faint silver light on the water. It's mid-to-late September, and winter has arrived. In the night, you don't hear any insects chirping, not even a single bird, only the sound of the Han water washing over the shore.

Occasionally, a large firework will hit the sky, and the sound of explosions will spread across the two banks, piercing the suffocating silent night sky, illuminating a section of the river, but also adding infinite tranquility to the heavens and the earth.

The secluded river shimmers in the cool northwest wind, like the silver moonlight.

If the literati and artists were faced with this situation, they were afraid that they would write a poem to express their emotions. It's a pity that Lu Qian and Li Kui are both laymen and rough embryos.

"The focus of the next war is no longer here. In Huainan, in Jiangnan, in Jingnan......"

Lu Qian looked at the opposite shore from afar, and the Song army's warships patrolled the river at night, and the lights were bits and pieces.

Li Kui touched his head puzzled, he didn't understand Lu Qian's words, obviously there were tens of thousands of troops here, as long as they could cross the river, none of the soldiers of the Zhao Guan's family would be fart. And it's not very difficult to cross the river? It's hard to get by here, but what about the other place? Can you still pass the upper reaches of the Han River?

Why is the point no longer here?

It's just that although Li Kui's brain is not smart, he is obedient. Since it was Lu Qian who said it, then if it is no longer here, it will not be here. "If I don't fight, I won't fight, I can still go home early."

It's good to go home early if you don't fight, he just married his daughter-in-law last year, and when he went out with the army, his belly was already big. Li Kuihun is muddy, and he has a hundred hearts for his daughter-in-law and the baby in his daughter-in-law's belly.

"I heard that you gave all the property to your brother? How can you suddenly start a good heart, and don't you have to die with him a few years ago? ”

"That's angry talk. He is my brother in the end, for the sake of my mother, I can't help him from being down. Besides, those acres of land are irritable, and there are a few bad families among the tenants. It's not that my brother has strict justice, and he also waved his fist to teach them a lesson. I gave it all and taught him to fight with others, and I ended up well. ”