A thunderstorm exploded from the top of Fan Mountain on a sunny day, Yu Wenwen looked up and saw that the watchtower on the top of Fan Mountain disappeared into the thick smoke, and after the Chen army 'recovered' Wuchang for the second time, the camp that Fan Shan had easily set up on the top of Fan Mountain was gone, and the soldiers of the Chen Army stationed in it were not dead and were also captured by the Zhou army.

And Yuwen Wen's hard work to save a year of gunpowder is used up, he used all his strength to save up the black weapons in a battle, and the next time he wants to set off fireworks so boldly, I don't know when.

There is very little sulfur in Shannan Prefecture, and saltpeter is not enough to save it, even if he brushes his face, he still relies on the wine and meat circle of friends established by selling glass mirrors to get a small amount of sulfur, and as for nitrate, it is to scrape toilets, derivatives on the soil walls of pigsty, and soil methods to pile nitrate, and at present, it is also that 'yield'.

"Sulfur is getting harder and harder, and I don't know if I'll be able to save enough next year." Yu Wenwen said to himself, he was now standing at the head of the east gate of Wuchang and looked at the large area of collapse in the southeast corner of the city wall.

Half a month ago, when he evacuated Wuchang, he buried a nail in the city, the city wall of Wuchang City is very material, it is rammed earth bricks, so he came to a bomb brick, from the top of the city wall, the floor tiles were lifted and excavated, until the wall was about one meter high, buried the carefully prepared fire \ medicine barrel, and set up the corresponding mechanism.

Today, the arson bombs thrown by the catapults in the siege fell to the section of the city wall where the fire and medicine barrels were buried, and they were burned to a certain extent, and the fire and medicine barrels were detonated, and finally the city wall was 'boomed', creating favorable conditions for the Zhou soldiers to rush into the city.

The collapse of the city wall led to heavy casualties among the Chen soldiers on the city and behind the city wall, and then the Zhou soldiers who poured in defeated the defenders as they did last time, and then expanded the results and finally took Wuchang, and more than 30,000 Chen soldiers were caught in the urn along with grain, grass and supplies.

Removing the spoils distributed to friendly troops, Yuwen Wen made a lot of money this time, not only did he get a few more elite captives, but he also obtained a large amount of grain and grass, and the deficit caused by the Tiger Forest Army could finally be plugged.

"Envoy. The plank road has been erected, the warship is berthing, and soon the prisoners will be able to cross the river. "The military lord Liang Dingxing stepped forward to report that today's successful breakthrough of the city is naturally to bring the captives back, although this style of play is similar to robbery, but it is also a great joy to be able to easily take Wuchang City.

"Master Liang, after transporting people and grain and grass, let's start demolishing the city wall, how much can be demolished."

Liang Dingxing replied and stepped back. Yu Wenwen continued to stand at the head of the city, looking down on Wuchang City, this was the third time he had captured Wuchang, but he still couldn't gain a foothold, because the strength of Chen's army was not weak to that extent.

Purely from the point of view of defending the city, he is confident that he will carry half a year, but this is meaningless, the Sui army in the northwest is the big enemy, so the main force of the Zhou army can not fall into an endless tug-of-war in Yingzhou, Jiangnan, then sending troops to resist in Wuchang will become a chicken rib, if it is an economic account, it will not be worth it.

According to the news obtained by the careful investigation, Chen Jun is rushing to build a warship, although it is not possible to restore the strength of its naval army overnight, but the further back it is dragged to control the Yangtze River waterway, the more difficult it is, Yuwenwen does not dare to guarantee that he can win the water battle every time, so he does not want to spend too much energy in Wuchang.

In terms of Chen's current national strength and military strength, he will definitely not tolerate Wuchang in the hands of Zhou, and the Zhou army will only consume a lot of manpower and material resources to defend Wuchang, and the majority of the head will have to be thorned in Bazhou, so it is not cost-effective at all.

Brushing the copy of Chen Guo is for money and food, and there are people engaged in 'income generation', the purpose has been achieved, then he can withdraw, more than 30,000 Chen Army, although it is difficult to say whether there are 10,000 real soldiers among them, but the rest of the conscripted people are not much closer, and there is still a lot of use to bring them back to Jiangbei. Only when you are strong, you can slowly figure it out.

"It's so close, but I can't grasp it, so I can only wait for later." Yu Wenwen glanced at the mountain range in the distance to the south, and then walked down the city, of course, he wanted it, but he was still thinking about the place he had just looked at......

In Xiakou, Fan Yi, the deputy commander of the Chen army in the big tent, was discussing military affairs with the generals, and the news just now made everyone pale: the official army has recovered Wuchang. It was originally a gratifying thing, but it was like a loud slap in everyone's face.

This is already the Zhou army's three visits to Wuchang and they have no choice, leaving aside the first time, the second time Wuchang only defended for less than half a day before falling, and more than 20,000 garrisons were captured with grain and grass materials.

And then the third time. Wuchang City, which had more than 30,000 troops, still failed to carry it for a few days, and according to the news just received, when the reinforcements arrived, they saw only an empty city. The man and the money and food were gone.

As for the whereabouts, you don't have to think about it, you know that it was captured to Jiangbei, the key is that Wuchang City is like the territory of the Zhou army, you can come and go if you want to go, and the officials and soldiers can't stop it.

Could it be that the Zhou army is a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general, but the 30,000 Chen army can't be defeated, so he is captured?

The report written to the imperial court was that the defenders of Wuchang and the Zhou army, which was several times their own, lost the city after a bloody battle, and fortunately the reinforcements fought bloodily to recapture it, so this time it can also be like this, but let the general's face go where, just like a husband watching his wife and daughter being abused and humiliated by thieves again and again, but unable to do anything, a sense of humiliation surged into everyone's hearts.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Fan Yi was the first to speak, "We are waiting for the imperial court generals. First, you can't protect the territory and the people, and second, you can't bear the worries of the king, what face does it have to report to the imperial court to recover Wuchang!! ”

"This time, the Zhou army once again invaded Koubian in the south, and Wuchang alone has lost nearly 60,000 people, and nearly 800,000 stones of grain and grass!"

"The loss of the rest of the sentry forts along the river is no less than 10,000 people, and the cumulative loss of grain and grass has exceeded one million stones!"

"It's just that there is no one in our army. Can't stop Zhou Jun's claws! ”

After a few words, the generals were excited, and they asked for war one after another, asking to cross the Yangtze River north to Bazhou, Jiangbei, and fight to the death with the Zhou army.

According to the information obtained sporadically from the meticulous work, the southward movement of the Zhou army was mainly based on the troops of the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion in Jiangbei, and the attack sites were all in Bazhou, Jiangbei, and the most active leader in the battle was Bazhou Assassin Shi Yuwenwen.

The one-legged bronze man Yu Wenwen who killed the king of Shixing, Chen Shuling, in the 'decisive battle at the top of the West Sun'!

It is said that this fang likes to eat human flesh, brutal, bloodthirsty and extremely lustful, originally thought it was just an unscrupulous gentleman, did not expect to cause a scourge, but Da Chen Lai is so vicious, Wuchang is like a bloody wound, just scabbed, but it was torn one after another, resulting in heavy bleeding, this fang is not removed, it is difficult to eliminate the hatred in the hearts of the generals.

Fan Yi was quite pleased to see that everyone was eager to fight, and he said that the matter of crossing the river to the north should be cautious, because the naval army has not yet recovered its strength, so the first priority is to ensure the safety of the south of the Yangtze River, and the defense line from Xiakou to Wuchang through Yanji to Xisai must be strengthened.

Relying on the arrival of reinforcements from Bazhou in the upper reaches, the defenders of Wuchang City were increased to 50,000 troops, and the main camps and sentry forts along the way were rebuilt, soldiers were stationed, and then field troops were deployed to ensure that the road was smooth.

All these arrangements need someone to take the lead, and I heard the deputy commander say that all the generals are enthusiastically vying for the lead, and they are holding back their strength to thwart the hateful behavior of the Zhou army attacking everywhere, and it is best to be able to stay in Jiangnan forever for the Zhou army that will be committed.

"Iron striking still needs its own hardness, and if you hold the riverbank and rectify the soldiers and horses, sooner or later you will make Zhou Guo look good!" (To be continued.) )