Xu Huang arched his hand and said, "Big brother, don't worry, since the last exercise you saw, Zhongye has rebuilt the training center and added a moat in front of that city wall. Jiangxia's moat is not wide, and the soldiers have no problem rushing through. ”

Liu Xin said with a stern expression: "The assault is really the last thing I want to see. ”

Fu Zhi pointed to Jiangxia City and said, "The lord is worried about the casualties of the soldiers, since ancient times, how can there be immortals." Now Jiangxia City is in front of us, and our army is ready to send it. ”

Han Xi immediately bowed and said, "Lord, I have a plan to mess with the enemy's heart." The south of Jiangxia City is close to the Yangtze River, and it is not easy to deploy troops, and there are mutinous Jiangxia naval troops not far away. Our army abandoned the south gate and specialized in the eastern, northern, and western gates......"

Liu Xin nodded and said, "Yes, Zhicai's plan is very good." Surround its three gates and let it go all the way, the offensive is urgent, and the enemy will follow it far away. After the enemy left the south gate, he took the waterway, and Ganning's Changsha navy had already been waiting for it, and if Huang Zu took the waterway, it would be tantamount to throwing himself into a net! Okay, let's do as Mr. does. ”

Huang Zu stood on the tower of the north gate of Jiangxia and watched nervously the movements of the Jingzhou army, just now it was only a moment, and the three thousand men and horses were lost, and now he did not dare to send troops, so he could only rely on the city to hold on. Suddenly, the Jingzhou army under the city waved its flags, and divided two teams of men and horses to the east and west.

Changshi Deng Long said: "My lord, Liu Xin must have divided his troops to attack the east and west gates. Now that the counties have fallen, they are just holding on, and the grain and grass in the city have long been exhausted, and there are no reinforcements outside the city. It's better to abandon the city and leave, it's the best policy. ”

Jun Cheng Chen also said on the side: "My lord, Liu Xin came this time under the banner of chasing tax arrears, so his target is not our Jiangxia family." As far as I know, in the past two years, the three counties of Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang have not paid a penny. I think they still understand the truth that their lips are dead and their teeth are cold. It is better to abandon Jiangxia, switch to Wuling Cao Yu, and then contact Lingling and Guiyang, first seize Changsha, and then plan later. ”

Huang Zhu had already been frightened by the scene just now, and echoed in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, Dad, while the south gate is not surrounded, let's leave quickly." ”

Huang Zu was originally a scheming person, after listening to everyone's words, his heart was shaken, and he immediately said: "It seems that this is the case, everyone hurry back to pack up the softness, go to the water village outside the south gate, and let's take a boat to Wuling." ”

As soon as they discussed and stopped, there was a fierce sound of war drums under the city, and when everyone hurriedly looked down, they saw that Zhang Hu, who had just been captured, had been escorted to the front of the battle by several big men and knelt down, one of them raised his knife and fell, a red light burst out, and Zhang Hu's head rolled to the side. Another man stepped forward, picked up his head and put it on the bamboo pole, and showed it to the three armies. There was another earth-shaking cry in the Jingzhou army, and everyone in the city was terrified.

Huang Zu hurriedly ordered the soldiers to strictly guard the city, and he took Huang Jie, Deng Long and others back to the city in a hurry to "rest".

As soon as the shouts outside the city stopped, the war drums sounded again, and this time the rhythm of the war drums was obviously different from just now, no longer so urgent, but calm and powerful, "knock, knock, knock", like a sledgehammer smashed into people's chests one after another, pressing the defenders on the head of the city breathless.

The Jingzhou army has rushed to the moat, the moat is indeed not wide, for such a moat, the Jingzhou army adopted the simplest method, the long ladder in their hands directly on the river. The soldiers had long been unaware of the fact that they had been trained many times, and although they wore heavy armor, held shields, swords and guns, and walked on the narrow bamboo ladder, they still walked on the ground and rushed forward with great strides. The defenders of the city were stunned and lacked command, and for a moment they did not know what to do.

The archers under the city had already come to the moat under the cover of shields, and bent their bows to shoot at the head of the city, and a dense rain of arrows overwhelmed the defenders from raising their heads. The long ladders of the besieging troops have also been erected on the walls. At this time, some of the defenders came to their senses, and they didn't know who shouted: "The enemy is attacking the city!" "The defenders who had just woken up from a dream were in a hurry, and some of them were throwing arrows, and some of them were taking long poles and pushing away the ladders that had been erected on the walls.

The resistance of the defenders was not as fierce as Liu Xin imagined, and under the suppression of the archers under the city, the defenders on the city were shot from time to time, screaming and falling from the city. Even so, the siege warriors continued to fall to the ground with arrows, and from time to time some fell from the ladder. With the increasingly rapid sound of war drums, the soldiers besieging the city did not flinch in the slightest, and rushed forward one after another, pouring towards the city.

The defenders, who were not very resolute in resisting, lacked effective command, and gradually became unable to support themselves under the tide of the Jingzhou army's offensive. After half an hour of continuous onslaught, a warrior was the first to reach the top of the city, and as soon as the head of a defender was cut off with his sword, his body pierced by four or five spears at the same time. However, the warriors who followed continued to rush to the top of the city, and the defenders flocked to it, but more and more places were broken through the city. Finally, the defenders could not hold it anymore and fled to the city, which was already a one-sided massacre.

With the sound of "squeak", the suspension bridge was slowly lowered, and the city gate of Jiangxia was slowly opened. Zhang Fei pointed his spear and laughed: "Big brother, I didn't expect Jiang Xiajun to be so poor, it's not enjoyable, it's not enjoyable!" ”

Liu Xin's eyes flashed with pictures of soldiers falling one after another, and he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's go to the city." ”

Jiangxia Taishou's mansion was a mess, Huang Zu fled in a hurry, and it was too late to take away the household registration books and the like. Liu Xin looked around the hall, all the civil and military officers were excited, after all, it only took two days to take the entire Jiangxia County, which no one expected in advance.

Liu Xin turned his head and asked, "What are the casualties?" ”

Xu Huang took a step forward and said: "In addition to yesterday's attack on Xiyang County, our army killed more than 1,000 people and wounded 3,000 people, most of which were caused by today's siege. ”

"More than a thousand killed!" Liu Xin was taken aback, the situation after entering the city was obvious, Huang Zu had already fled with his cronies, and the soldiers guarding the city should have no one to command, and they still caused them such a big killing, this result was a little unacceptable to him.

Fu Zhu understood Liu Xin's thoughts, and said on the side: "Kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred, not to mention attacking a city, it is inevitable to have casualties." Don't worry too much. ”

Liu Xin sighed and said: "The bones of the fallen soldiers are going to be transported back to Xiangyang, I want to build a cemetery outside Xiangyang City, bury them collectively, pay tribute at four o'clock, give generous pensions to their families, and the children will be raised by the government." Wounded soldiers should be treated promptly. ”

Han Xi arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, my subordinates have already arranged for people to do these things." In this siege, a total of more than 4,000 people were beheaded, more than 5,000 people were captured, and countless banners, ordnance, grain and grass were captured. ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said, "I thought I was prepared but unprepared, and the Jingzhou soldiers had been trained for a long time, and they still caused such a large number of casualties, so I was not happy. After going back, we will further develop siege equipment and study appropriate tactics, and there is still a long way to go. ”

It is said that Huang Zu hurriedly packed up some gold and silver, took Chen Qi, Deng Long and their families, and came to the naval camp in the south of Jiangxia City. The news of Liu Xin's army has also reached here, and there is also a hectic scene in the water village.

Huang Zu knew that Zhang Hu, the captain of the naval academy, had been captured by a big black man, so he beheaded the sacrificial flag in front of the battle, and now this naval army has no one to command. He had to temporarily appoint two captains as captains, announced the opening of the whole army, and moved to Wuling. As soon as Huang Zu's order was given, the navy knew that Jiangxia City was not guaranteed, and the families of these people were all in the city, so they immediately had their own thoughts, but they did not dare to openly disobey Huang Zu's order, so they had to reluctantly pull up the sails.

The fleet had not traveled far on the river, when suddenly there was a bang bang in front of it, and dozens of clippers poured out on both sides of the river at the same time, blocking the way. Seeing this, the Jiangxia Navy hesitated. Huang Zu walked up to the bow of the boat and asked sharply: "I am Jiang Xia who guards Huang Zu too much, who dares to stand in my way, can it be that I want to rebel!" ”

On the bow of the ship opposite, a young general laughed: "Huang Zu Xiao'er, if you rebel yourself, you have to slander a good person, eat me with an arrow first!" ”

Huang Zu was taken aback when he heard this, and turned around to leave, but when he heard a "whoosh", a feather arrow came in the air, hitting the back of Huang Zu's head, Huang Zu fell to the ground in response, his eyes were wide open, and he was already out of breath. The Jiangxia Navy was in chaos.

The clippers on the opposite side were coming down the river, and they rushed over in the blink of an eye. The young general abandoned his bow and arrows, took a large sword from the soldier beside him, jumped into the hands of Huang Zu's boat, and got on Huang Zu's boat.

There was the bold Jiangxia soldier, who raised his spear to stab, and when he saw the appearance of the young man, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Jinfan thief, it's Jinfan thief!" ”

Gan Ning was furious when he heard this: "You are a thief, Lao Tzu is now an official!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, the broadsword in his hand swung into the wind, splitting the soldier diagonally into two pieces from his shoulder down, and spilling all his internal organs on the ground.

Huang Jie, who was lying on Huang Zu's corpse next to him and screaming, saw some scenes, and his legs were weak in fright, and he sat on the ground with his hands in front of his eyes, and kept shaking, muttering in his mouth: "Don't kill me, don't kill me......"

Chen Jie and Deng Long also knelt down together, and said in unison: "My lord, spare my life, I will wait for my wish, I will wait for my wish!" ”

Gan Ningsheng's surname is murderous, and when he saw that the Jiangxia soldiers and officials on dozens of ships were all kneeling, his heart was itchy and unbearable, but he was worried that Liu Xin's military orders were like a mountain, and he would be punished for killing and surrendering soldiers without permission. He was depressed in his heart, scratching his ears and cheeks, and he was in a dilemma.

saw a person rushing out of the cabin, rushed straight to Gan Ning, and shouted: "I'm fighting with you!" ”

Gan Ning's eyes saw a figure flying over, his heart was overjoyed, and with a wave of the long knife, blood burst out. When he turned his head to look, he couldn't help but secretly say "bad luck".