In these three days, Yang Xuan practiced everyone to climb the ladder, climb the siege tower, train everyone how to cover each other, how to throw earth-shattering thunder, to protect each other, and on the fifth day, everyone took a holiday to rest during the day to prepare for the attack at night.

The moon was in the sky that night, and it was now the height of summer, and the surrounding area was clearly visible four or five meters.

When the lantern is held in the southeast and west three directions, there are four or five hundred water in each of the three directions, and the bamboo rafts that have been prepared have been prepared are dragged out, and everyone moves forward in the water, and these bamboo rafts are connected end to end, with the passage of time, these bamboo rafts continue to extend forward, and by midnight, they have basically reached the opposite corner of the city.

Yang Xuan picked up the binoculars and looked at the city wall on the opposite side again, although occasionally a group of people passed by the city wall with torches, and observed through the lights that the crowd on the city wall did not increase much.

Yang Xuan put down his binoculars and walked in front of a group of men in armor, picked up a large bowl of wine, drank it and said, "Brothers, tonight is the time for you to create miracles.

On that day, Kublai Khan relied on 100,000 troops to capture Xiangyang City, you are the warriors who I took Xiangyang City today, and you are the warriors of my Han nation to fight back against the Tartars, brothers, do it. ”

When everyone heard this, some of them felt a slight sour nose, and after drinking a large bowl of wine, they rushed forward along the bamboo raft under the leadership of each captain.

Wang Sangou took a deep breath and just jumped on the bamboo raft, Fang Qi was surprised that this bamboo raft was much more stable than the bamboo raft used in the training a few days ago, not only the river was stable, but there were also two topless sailors between the end and the end to protect them, so as not to fall into the moat.

In addition, Wang Sangou also saw the bamboo raft and saw that there were four or five small boats in front of him struggling to move towards the opposite bank, to see which frame was clearly transporting siege ladders and siege towers.

About a quarter of an hour, Wang Sangou and others had already run over the bamboo raft about half a mile long, everyone was about to take a breath, turned their heads to see that those small boats had also docked, and dozens of people were struggling to move the ladder and the siege tower to the foot of the city wall.

Wang Sangou and others held their breath, everyone didn't dare to kick in a breath, tiptoed to build the siege tower with the help of the craftsman, set up the ladder, and was about to climb the ladder, when suddenly a team of patrol soldiers and horses of the Tartars walked by, and actually found that there were a large number of people preparing for a night attack under the city wall.

For a while, there were gongs and drums on the city wall, and the shouts of killing under the city wall shook the sky, and when the Tartars had found the clues, and some were about to come to the defense, the soldiers and horses of the guards raised their flintlock pistols and shot at the heads that poked out on the city wall.

On the other side, Yang Xuan was also anxious, put down the binoculars, and commanded the red-clothed cannon Franc machine gun to shoot at the city wall in front of him, so as to cover those brave warriors who dared to die to quickly climb the city wall, while directing the follow-up soldiers and horses to step on the bamboo raft and rush towards the opposite city wall.

At this time, Wang Sangou and the others seemed to be flustered, the siege tower had not yet been formed, and now they had to climb up through the siege ladder.

But at this time, he suddenly saw bursts of torches burning on the opposite side, and saw several fire dragons running along the bamboo raft, and the leading squadron leader was quite annoyed and said: "Brothers, we are death squads, not ordinary soldiers.

The other brethren can climb the walls through the siege towers, but we don't need to, we can do it by ladders.

Everyone should pay attention to the use of earth-shaking thunder, and the earth-shaking thunder is particularly powerful in close combat. ”

Without waiting for everyone to react, the squadron leader stepped on the ladder and climbed up, Wang Sangou saw that the captain of the squadron was still like this, he had been a woodcutter in the past, and he was particularly good at rock climbing, so he immediately kicked a few earth-shattering thunderbolts, took a torch, and rushed up on the ladder.

More than ten meters of the city wall, everyone rushed up in a moment's effort, worried that the city wall Tartar people are overwhelming, when there are still two or three meters away from the city wall, Wang Sangou first threw the ignited earth-shattering thunder up, heard several explosions one after another, and then rushed up with the smoke of gunpowder produced by the explosion as a cover.

Jumping over the battlements and jumping on the city wall, Wang Mazi was surrounded by only a dozen Tartars, two of which were injured by earth-shaking thunder, and he was quite panicked when he saw Wang Sangou and several other people jumping on the city wall viciously.

Wang Sangou and the squadron leader glanced at each other, pulled out their swords and rushed over, the other party saw Wang Sangou and others killing very panicked, some fled backwards again and again, and some looked at the gongs and drums again and again, shouting that the loyal and righteous army was coming.

Wang Sangou saw these green battalion soldiers and horses so cowardly, and was about to continue the pursuit, but was stopped by the squadron leader, and now the most important thing is to ensure that the follow-up men and horses are endlessly killed, and to ensure that they can quickly control the city gate.

After waiting for a while, after converging forty or fifty people, the squadron leader left more than 10 protective ladders, and led the remaining soldiers and horses to kill the city gate.

Facing this rushing green battalion soldiers and horses, some of them threw the igniting earth-shattering thunder from afar, blowing up the opponent's back, taking this opportunity, Wang Sangou and others held high the bright sword, shouting and rushing over.

Wang Sangou and the others quickly defeated this group of green battalion soldiers and horses, but the green battalion soldiers and horses who heard the news gathered more and more, and Wang Sangou and the others shouted and greeted this group of Tartars who came in a hurry.

Yang Xuan stood in front of the most conspicuous position in Yanghu Mountain, because the red-clothed cannon and the Furlong machine cannon continued to explode on the city wall in the distance, each explosion produced a huge fireball, and then the smoke and dust billowed out, and nothing could be seen.

With the sparks generated by the explosion, Yang Xuan carefully observed the enemy situation, and after a brief period of confusion, the Tartars reacted and began to gather their forces to meet the death squads of the loyal army that rushed towards the city gate.

This time, 5 road death squads were invested, and three roads had already attacked the city wall, and everyone was jubilant when they saw that the three road death squads had occupied the city wall and were facing the multiplied Tartars towards the city gate.

But Yang Xuan didn't think so, if he couldn't send the personnel and weapons over as soon as possible, those death squads that rushed to the city wall might be forced by the other party, causing difficulties in attacking the city.

After thinking about it, Yang Xuan issued an order to each town, ordering them to send a general to rush to the city wall to command and coordinate the sequence of the siege troops.

The commander-in-chief and adjutant generals of each town must do their best to send troops to the other side, as long as they can send a small group of men and horses, the outcome of the war will change in the slightest.

If possible, erect the Tiger Squat Cannon on the city wall and support the various divisions through the Tiger Squat Cannon.

After the generals of the towns crossed the moat, the speed of the march of the loyal and righteous army in each town was strengthened, and everyone stepped on rafts, crossed the moat in small boats, quickly assembled under the city wall, and then climbed the city wall along the ladder and siege tower.

At this time, the Qing army Bei Zishuoto had just gotten up from the bed, and walked out of the Xiangyang Mansion in a panic, and saw a cannonball falling on the city tower like raindrops, falling in the city, only to see the figures on the three city walls in the south, east and west, shouting and killing shook the sky.

Everyone was shocked, Shuotuo looked at the three city walls blankly, and said to everyone in disbelief: "The iron-beaten Xiangyang City, the moat is half a mile wide, so dangerous, there is no sign, how can the loyal army cross the moat and kill the head of the city." ”

A brother muttered: "Beizi, since Yang Xuan's Eastern Expedition, the hearts of the people in Xiangyang City have fluctuated, and these Han people look at us quite wrongly, the loyal and righteous army has successfully smuggled out, and someone must have eaten inside and outside and surrendered to the loyal and righteous army, so Yang Xuan killed the city." ”

Shuotuo's heart tightened, and he saw Gao Di, the chief soldier of the green battalion, running in a panic, and shouted loudly: "Beizi, now that the loyal and righteous army is besieging on three sides, the situation is very critical, the prince might as well cross Fancheng from the pontoon bridge, so that Fancheng can be guaranteed not to be lost."

Since Liu Biao moved the Jingzhou administrative office from Jiangling to Xiangyang, Xiangyang City and Fancheng were established in the north and south of the Han River, and for military purposes, they often ran through the north and south through the chain bridge, and Xiangyang and Fancheng were combined into one.

In the fourth year of Xianchun in the Southern Song Dynasty (1268), Xiangfan defended the army. This is the earliest record of the Xiangfan bridge being used in warfare. A pontoon bridge will be erected in the Han River, so that the two cities of Xiangfan will be the horns of the momentum to resist the Yuan

In the sixteenth year of the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty (1505), Shen Hui and Wang Xuan, the deputy historian of the Imperial Palace, ordered He Xiang to build a boat bridge in Xiangfan to help pedestrians. "There are two of the seventy boats, and the plates are added to the top, and there are iron rings running through the end and tied to the iron pillars on both sides of the strait with iron cables. Each side of the strait to build a bridge building, Xiangyang end is the Han Gao building, Fancheng is the Ruxiu building.

Shuo Tuo thought of what Gosh said, and his heart was shocked, and he clenched the hilt of his sword with both hands and said: "Gao Di Gao General Soldier, this Xiangyang City is not better than other cities, and there has always been a saying that iron beats Xiangyang City.

As long as our army organizes a counterattack, it will definitely be able to drive the loyal army out of the Xiangyang city wall.

In order to defend the city wall of Xiangyang, Ben Beizi personally led the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry to defend the Hangao Tower in the north of the city to ensure the safety of the rear road of the army.

And the general soldier, you must hold on to Xiangyang City, so as not to be broken by Yang Xuan."

Ignoring Gaodi's dissuasion, Shuotuo personally led a thousand Manchu and Mongolian cavalry to garrison the Han Gao Tower, and ordered each Jiala to go to each city tower to supervise the battle, in a vain attempt to drive the loyal army off the city wall.

However, the loyal and righteous army launched an attack from the southeast, west, and west city walls at the same time, and it was difficult to figure out the direction of the main attack for a while, which made it quite difficult for the green battalion to mobilize and deploy troops and horses.

Especially on the second watch, when the loyal and righteous army transferred a few tiger squat cannons to bombard the soldiers and horses of the green battalion who were counterattacking, although the power of the tiger squat cannon was far inferior to that of the red-coated cannon and the Franco machine gun, the close-range bombardment effect was more obvious.

With the cooperation of the righteous army in the city, the loyal army captured the west gate and the urn city behind it in the morning, put down the long drawbridge, and the loyal army standing on this side of the moat took the opportunity to kill into the city.

Shuo Tuo knew that the general trend had gone, panicked and led the people to retreat north through the pontoon bridge, just walked to the middle of the Han River, Wang Fuchen led the naval army to take the opportunity to kill, using the ship's Franc machine guns, bird guns shot again and again, killing a lot of Tartars.

At noon on the same day, the loyal and righteous army occupied Xiangyang City, and then, under the cover of the naval army, He Zhenzhen crossed the pontoon bridge to pursue the Tartars of Fancheng.

By the afternoon, Wang Fuchen used more than 30 transport ships to build pontoon bridges downstream, and Guo Chonglie led his troops to cross the Han River and flank the Qing army guarding Fancheng.

After another day of hard fighting, the Tartars were defeated, Shuotuo and the others panicked and did not dare to stay, leading everyone to retreat to Nanyang further north, and then joined the 50,000 Guanning soldiers and horses led by Wu Sangui, and the threat from the north was still very serious.