The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the ground, reflecting the whole land in gold, and in the open space outside Iwaguchi Castle, groups of soldiers were sweeping the battlefield, corpses were gathered together for burial, the ground was covered with dark red blood, and broken arrows and broken military flags could be seen everywhere on the ground.

Beneath the walls of Iwakou Castle, huge boulders weighing tens of kilograms are piled up at the foot of the wall, and the walls are dotted with traces left by countless catapults after bombardment.

On the tower of the city, the soldiers of the Southern King Army defending the city were all lazily cleaning the battlefield, and their energy was almost exhausted after a day of continuous fierce fighting.

Outside the city, less than 50 meters away from the battlefield, a bright yellow royal canopy stands on the ground, and under the canopy, Gongsun Shu, the emperor of the Chengjiaguo Kingdom, who is wearing golden battle armor, stands quietly in place, a huge handsome flag is waving in the wind, and hundreds of generals and guards are lined up behind him, guarding on both sides.

"This rock mouth castle is high and thick, if you continue to attack it, it may be difficult to take it in a short time, do you have a clever plan to break the enemy?"

Looking at the faintly crowded Yankou Castle in front of him, Gongsun Shu's face was calm, and he asked out loud after a long time.

The difficulty of Iwaguchi Castle was beyond his expectations!

He was leading an elite army of 250,000 to come in high spirits, but he didn't want to run into a wall in Iwaguchi City, where the defenders were only 10,000 people.

Located in the northern part of Chenshi-gun, Iwaguchi Castle is the most marginal military town in the north of the southern king's power, with a height of 10 meters and a city wall made of heavy bluestone slabs. The entire Yankou City covers an area of only 4 square kilometers, with a permanent population of more than 10,000 in the city, and only a population of more than 20,000 even if you count more than 10,000 troops, and there are sufficient food and grass materials.

In such a small city, the longest wall is only more than 1,000 meters, and Gongsun Shukong has hundreds of thousands of troops, but he can't spread it out at full strength. The army attacked for three days in a row, injuring more than 8,000 people, and there was no hope of taking it.

"Your Majesty, this Yankou City is a border town carefully built by the southern royal army, judging from the continuous rain of arrows from the enemy in the past few days, it is obvious that the grain, grass, ordnance and other materials in the city are very sufficient, we don't need to waste our troops on such a city and fight them to the death, if we leave a small part of the troops to contain the other party, take advantage of the opportunity that Sima Yu, the king of the south, has not yet returned to the army, directly divide the troops into several roads, skip the Yankou City to attack the rear of Chen Shi County, as long as I take Chen Shi City, Yankou City will become a rootless city, sooner or later it will be broken by our army!"

As soon as Gongsun Shu's voice fell, Da Situ Li Xiong stood up and suggested to him.

In the past few days, they have all seen the battle, and the combat power of the Southern Wang Army really surprised them. However, Li Xiong didn't look at the small Yankou City in front of him, if it weren't for the fact that this battle was the first battle of the Chengjia against the southern royal army, Li Xiong would have suggested to Gongsun Shu to give up Yankou City.

After all, if Iwaguchi Castle can be captured in the first battle, it can indeed boost the morale of the army and boost morale.

"Give up Iwaguchi Castle? However, according to the news sent back by the spies, the cities south of Iwaguchi Castle are also all fortified and thick, and it may be difficult for the division of troops to attack. Moreover, once our army is divided, the strength of our army will be dispersed, and I am afraid that it will be broken by the southern royal army."

Although Gongsun Shuyan was moved, he still had scruples.

"Your Majesty, two months ago, Sima Yu has led the armies to Jinzhou, I am afraid that the fierce battle with Gaoding in Yanzhou is in full swing, and the main force of the Northern Army is contained in Fang County by the Pakistani Army, now is a good time for us to carve up Yongzhou, and the entire northern part of Yongzhou has nothing to do with the narrow and dangerous obstacles, why should we stick to the gains and losses of a city. The entire northern army is only 50,000 people, Hu Luguang took 30,000 people, and now there are only 20,000 people left, I am afraid that most of these people are concentrated in Yankou City and Changling City, and the soldiers stationed in the rest of the city must be county soldiers and young and strong, and their combat power is far inferior to the northern army, we only need to bypass these two places, then the entire northern part of Yongzhou will be in the hands of Your Majesty, and such a lonely city is not to worry about."

Now that he has spoken, Li Xiong simply opened up and said.

"Back to the camp, the herald said that I had gone to the main account to discuss the division of troops!"

Gongsun Shu was silent for a while, turned around and ordered.

Although there is still a little uneasiness in his heart, Li Xiong's suggestion is the best choice at present, and it may be even more detrimental to the war if he continues to hesitate.

On the second day, after entering the summer, the sky brightened early, and before the hour came, the sky was already faintly white, and countless torches were lit in the camp of the Chengjia army, and the dense firelight illuminated the earth outside the city.

"Bell, bell!"

"Oh no! The enemy army is about to attack the city! ”

Soon, the soldiers on duty in Iwakou Castle noticed the movement of the Chengjia Army and immediately rang the alarm bell and shouted loudly.

After watching silently for a long time, he found that the Chengjia army not only did not attack, but instead formed several huge fire dragons, bypassing both sides of Iwaguchi Castle and heading south.

"They're going to divide their troops!"

This discovery made Xiang Chong's eyes brighten slightly, and he muttered in a low voice with joy on his face.

After serving Sima Yu, the three brothers of the Xiang family are now all in high positions, Xiang Tiao and Xiang Chong are both developing in the army, one in the Eastern Army and the other in the Northern Army.

Xiang Pet, who was originally the best developed in the army, has now been turned into a civilian official, serving as the county guard of Chen Shijun, and is in charge of the military and political affairs.

In the past three days, Xiang Chong has been under great pressure.

The defenders of Iwaguchi Castle were only 10,000 northern troops under his command, while there were 250,000 Chengjia troops outside the city, and the difference in strength was dozens of times.

People's hearts, just the hearts of the people in the city fluctuate, and a little carelessness may lead to the destruction of the city.

This is both a test and an opportunity for him, but fortunately, he finally survived the past three days and divided his army.

Therefore, in the first three days, Hyuga Chong took out all his strength, just to hurt the Chengjia army, and the non-stop shooting of arrows also wanted to give the other party the illusion that there were enough ordnance and materials in the city.

If Gongsun Shu insists on holding out for another half a day, I am afraid that there will be no arrows available in the city.

And now, Xiang Chong can almost foresee the outcome of Gongsun Shu's scattered forces to attack the southern cities, which are not as fragile as the Chengjia army imagined.

In the past hour, 220,000 Chengjia troops were divided into four roads and marched to the south of Yankou City, and the Chinese army was personally led by Gongsun Shu to attack Tuofang City in the north of Chenshi County, and the left and right wings of the three road armies were 50,000 troops each, and under the leadership of Ren Man, Gongsun Guang, and Gongsun Hui, they attacked Changqiao, Dashi, and Baiyang counties respectively, and only left more than 20,000 Chengjia troops to continue to besiege Yankou City.

"Quickly pass the news to the general and Xiang Junshou!"

Seeing that the Chengjia army was divided into four ways and left, Xiang Chong immediately ordered the messengers beside him.

"Whoa!"

The messenger quickly took his orders and left.

Whoa~

On the calm surface of the Yangtze River, countless ships shuttled between them, waving in bursts of ripples, and an ordinary merchant ship tens of meters long slowly approached Daxi Port.

After more than two years of development, Daxi Port has become the largest port distribution center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with a large number of merchant ships purchasing and shipping here every day. Not far from Daxi Port, a continuous camp of the Nanying of the Navy Division occupies a large area of the riverbank, and warships can be seen patrolling the surrounding area from time to time.

"Shaobao, do you really want to hand over the gorge to this king of the south?"

At the bow of the merchant ship, a seven-foot-tall young man stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the prosperous port, frowning slightly and asking softly.

Standing in front of the young man to the left is a middle-aged man in his 40s, with a slight beard on his chin, a cloth crown on his head, and slightly closed eyes.

"To have such a scene, the wisdom of Sima Yu, the king of the south, is not an exaggeration, why not put the people of a state in his hands?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man opened his eyes and pointed to the Daxi Port and the huge royal city in the distance, and said with a look of amazement on his face.

Qilin City is known as the pearl of the riverbank, and today he finally got a glimpse of it!