Xiangyang City is naturally not easy to fight. This place is located at the bend of the Han River, directly adjacent to the Han River in the north, and the moat communicates with the Han River; The southeast two sides are not far from the city, and they are also Hanshui, the river bay. Among them, the east of the city is slightly shorter, only six miles away from the river; The south of the city is slightly longer, but it is only seven miles.

At this distance, it is enough to set up camp and go down to the village, but if you want to spread out the battle, it will be difficult.

Since he came to attack Xiangyang and had an advantage in military strength, how could he go to the back of the water to set up a village? The dangers are self-evident.

In this way, the only one who can rest assured is the west of the city.

But there is another thing to note, this is Han Shui. At this time, there is still a Han River with a length of five or six hundred zhang and a width, but it is a big river. The Song army has already dispatched naval divisions to station. Warships patrol the river, Fancheng in the north of the Yangtze River, and Xiangyang in the south of the Yangtze River. The north of the river does not fall, and the south of the Yangtze River is naturally unhindered; But Fancheng has Xiangyang for blood transfusion, and it is not easy to break it with a single stab.

The vanguard soldiers and horses have been killed to Nanyang, and Lu Qian is still in Yuncheng. But it was to gather everyone to discuss the affairs of Xiangyang day and night.

It's one thing to really go and seize Xiangyang, it's another thing to discuss it first. But when he saw the map of Xiangfan prepared by Xu Guanzhong, even Lu Qian was shocked.

Coming from later generations, he naturally knew the importance of Xiangyang, and the Southern Song Dynasty lost Xiangyang, and it was destroyed only a few years later. It's a first-class importance. But when he saw Xu Guanzhong marking the roads with red of different thicknesses, he immediately raised the importance of Xiangyang by two steps in his heart.

In this battle, Lu Qian did not necessarily plan to capture Xiangyang.

However, this Xiangyang always has to be aggressive. Therefore, the people were gathered together. But now, the geography of Xiangyang City is beyond his expectations. Whoever told him to look at the map only to see the general trend, and he would not pay attention to some small details. The military value of this Xiangyang City is greater than he thought!

From Xiangyang to the south, along the Yicheng passage between Jingshan (west) and Dahongshan (east), you can go all the way to Jingzhou, enter the vast Jianghan Plain, and reach the Yangtze River. Then to the west, you can hold Yichang and lock the gate of the Three Gorges in Sichuan. To the east, you can take the important economic zone of the Jianghan Plain into your hands.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the State of Chu wanted to go north to compete for power and win the title in the Central Plains, and Xiangyang was its bridgehead.

The Southern Song Dynasty stubbornly defended Xiangyang because as soon as Xiangyang was broken, the Mongols could drive straight into the Yangtze River, cut off the most convenient communication channel between Sichuan and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and ravaged the Jianghan Plain.

In fact, within a few years of the start of the Song-Mongol War, Xiangfan had already fallen once, but the Mongols at that time had just destroyed the Jin State, and they were obviously unable to continue to destroy the Song. just plundered the local Ding Zhuang's wealth and goods, and then burned the two cities.

At that time, the Mongols did not realize the importance of Xiangfan. Otherwise, if you don't retreat, the Southern Song Dynasty may not be able to support it for decades.

What's even more terrifying is that the Han water, which originated in Hanzhong, flowed southeast here in Xiangyang after passing through Ankang. In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and there was such a river to follow, and its significance is self-evident. The Mongols broke Xiangyang and then followed the Han River into the Yangtze River and captured Ezhou, and the defense system of the Southern Song Dynasty collapsed.

And look further east. Xiangyang to the east, there is Tongbai Mountain in the north, Dahong Mountain in the south, from Zaoyang to Suizhou in the middle, from Suizhou to Anlu, to the south to Hankou. To the north, you can control Dawu County, which is the western passage between the Jianghuai Plain and the Yangtze River basin. There are the famous Yiyang Three Passes, Wuyang Pass, Jiuli Pass, and Pingjing Pass in this vicinity. Lianghuai went south, if these three passes were obtained, the defenders would collapse themselves.

In Dawu County, there is a small road that can go straight to Huainan. To the south of the trail is Hong'an. Sound familiar? The famous General County. And think about it again, the more places those founding generals of New China came out, the more poor and remote they became? Because the poorer the more revolutionary the driving force, the territory of Hong'an is a mountain valley with no end in sight.

To the north is Nanyang. In its northeast direction, through the Fangcheng passage between Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, you can enter the Central Plains. As soon as it emerged, it was the Pingding Mountain of the Golden Horn King and the Silver Horn King, and then Xuchang. This is also after Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army in Xiangyang and Fancheng, he was so frightened that Cao Cao had to move the capital from Xuchang. There is no way, people kicked the gate to the capital of Cao Wei open, and the words "Megatron Huaxia" are not for no reason.

Due north is Ruzhou, Hu Yanzhuo's former post, after Ruzhou arrived in Yichuan, Luoyang is in front of you!

Earlier, the blockbuster King Chuzhuang went north from Xiangyang, Chen Bingluoshui, and asked how heavy the Zhou royal family was.

As for the west, along the narrow passage between Funiu Mountain and the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains, go to the inner countryside and the West Gorge to the famous Wuguan and Shangluo, and as soon as you come out of the mountainous area, it is Lantian, and you can get to Guanzhong, and Chang'an is in sight.

And the Han River flows from the east of the Han River, stretches for hundreds of miles to Xiangyang, and then turns to the southeast after passing through Xiangyang. That is to say, from Xiangyang to the Han River upstream, you can enter Hanzhong. Although this road will not be touched as long as the IQ is online. It's too expensive.

The east, west, north and south lines were all drawn on a map centered on Xiangfan, and one by one they were told, and Lu Qian was shocked when he saw it.

The effect is also immediate, and the importance of Xiangyang needs not be said.

The sand table was also rushed out, but it was only one acre and three points of land in Xiangfan Second City, and the vision was not large. The most important thing in this attack on Xiangyang is the waterway, but unfortunately, just looking at it now, the waterway is dominated by the Song army. In this way, if you want to break through Xiangyang, it is wishful thinking. That is, Fan Cheng can still think about it!

After all, the iron-beaten Xiangyang, the paper-pasted Fancheng.

"It is difficult to fight Xiangyang City, but how can the small county of Fancheng resist the sharp edge of our army?" The military discussion opened, and after Xu Guanzhong's introduction, Qin Mingxian shouted.

In his eyes, Fancheng is really not very dangerous. And Qinshui, Baishui can go straight to Xiangfan, although the water can not go to the big boat, the small boat of one or two hundred stones can pass. In this way, the logistics of Fancheng are worry-free.

And the Tuanshan Mountain, twenty miles north of Fancheng, the terrain is quite large, there is a waterway nearby, and the army can be stationed. With such endless logistics and a strong army, even if Fancheng has two inner and outer city walls, and there are wild goose wings on the left and right, it is not a problem to break it.

After all, this is Xiangyang City.

When all the generals here heard this, they all thought it was true.

"The north of Fancheng is full of flat land, and there is water conservancy to sustain, although Fancheng is strong, it is also ordinary. Even if there is a new pontoon bridge between Xiangfan, Xiangyang can lose all the soldiers, horses, money and grain to the north, but it is only a pair of consumption. I'm afraid that the Song army has no intention of defending Fancheng at all! ”

Clearing the wilderness is not an effective strategy for the enemy to be strong and weak. At the very least, it can be said that the Liangshan army cannot replenish grain and grass on the spot and recruit the people. Xu Guanzhong said so, and he didn't value Fancheng very much.

"The Song family has urgently transferred Liang Fangping north to Xiangfan, and this person has some personal figures. As soon as he arrived in Xiangyang, he asked people to arrange a waterwheel at the height of Yanyi City at the intersection of the moat and the Han River, and led the Han water to pour into the moat and raise the water level. He also dug a ditch in the southwest corner of the city and widened the moat. ……”

The Espionage Department presented all the information of the Xiangfan generation in front of everyone, Yao Gu's actions were not clever, but his intention to defend the city of Xiangyang was undoubtedly revealed.

"To fight Xiangyang, you must have a sailor to rely on." Lin Chong followed the army, and this credit seems to be a lot. But he knew in his heart that it was too easy to win this Central Plains battlefield, and he felt very embarrassed by such a contribution. "But Xiangyang City is strong, and the terrain has many advantages, I am afraid it will be difficult to win it in the short term."

"It is 470 miles away from Gangneung, which seems to be far away, but there are official roads all the way. Jingxiang Avenue is rare flat and spacious. This road leads directly to Jiangling, although it is nearly 500 miles away, but it is only a three-day gallop of the horse army. Not to mention this, the next time the army kills Ben Xiangfan and crosses the Han River, it is not impossible to send an iron cavalry to attack Jiangling. "It's like when he led the light cavalry to the city of Tokyo that day, he couldn't scare the emperors and generals of Zhao and Song, and he could also make them have needles in their butts. And if the fierce battle in front is fierce, and the emperor in the rear suddenly abandons the city and flees, can Xiang Fan An still have the will to fight?

Lin Chong's method was good, as soon as he proposed it, Lu Qian's eyes lit up.

Speaking of which, he has a lot of courage, but the distance between the two places is less than five hundred miles [the straight-line distance is three hundred and fifty+]. The northern section of Jingxiang Avenue is along the west embankment of the Hanjiang River, and the southern section is the choice of road. A winding avenue, but that's also a avenue. The national highways of later generations are still detours, aren't they?

"It's a pity that this plan can not be used now, otherwise Jingxiang Eighteen or Nine will fall into the hands of the king." Zhao Song had just moved the capital to Jingzhou, and it was when the people were panicked, and suddenly saw the Liangshan army rushing straight to Jiangling City, afraid that they would really flee in the wilderness. Zhu Wu, who was living under Xu Guanzhong, made his first voice in this military discussion.

"Helplessly. It's not up to anyone. "Even if you are a son of the plane, you have to go through a lot of tribulations, don't you? Liu Xiu is also dead, and his brother is dead. Lu Qian is just a traverser, but he doesn't expect heaven and earth to work together.

"If you want to take Xiangyang, it is best to have a sailor to hold it. But whether there is or not, the first important thing is to cut off the waterway of Xiangyang and make it unable to support. Thirty miles southeast of the city", Xu Guanzhong picked up a small flag in the southeast of Xiangyang, which is also the north bank of the Han River, and planted it. "This place is Lumen Mountain. In the past three kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the famous man Pang Degong lived in seclusion here. ”

Lumen Mountain and the opposite bank of the Da Xian Mountain across the river, the section of the river sandwiched by the two mountains, but it is a relatively narrow place in the Xiangyang generation of the Han River.

A battalion of sergeants was stationed here, and with a little arrangement, stone cannons and bed crossbows were used to block the river, which was enough to restrain his sailors.

"Wanshan in the west of Xiangyang City, Hutou Mountain in the southwest five miles, Baizhang Mountain in the south road thirty miles,......" Xu Guanzhong marked the mountains one by one, it was indeed a 'living map'. And with these mountains, all of them are blocked, and the land route of Xiangyang does not need to be mentioned.

The entire military discussion is not a tactical deduction, but it does not only involve matters of general strategy, just like what Lin Chong and Xu Guanzhong said just now, but more of them are some 'small details'.

For example, the foothold of the Hanshui Naval Division, the time and various materials required to build warships, such as the material reserves and transshipment in Nanyang, such as the required troops arranged in various military camps in Xiangyang City, and so on.

Most of the people there were listening with only one pair of ears. Although it is said that the three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang, that is just a statement.

One Zhuge Liang is definitely better than three Jian Yong and Sun Qian.

In Lu Qian's army, a small number of people have always had the right to speak. It was Qin Ming, who kept his mouth shut.

And just when Lu Qian convened the military meeting in Yuncheng, the forward Xu Ning had already captured Nanyang City. Song Jing Southwest Road pacified Li Kui and led the remnants of the army to flee to Xiangyang.

Looking at it this way, it is a foregone conclusion that the Liangshan Army abandoned the three passes of Yiyang and took Nanyang, and the troops entered Xiangyang! ()

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