Xingyang granary covers an area of hundreds of hectares, composed of nearly a thousand grain cellars of large and small, built around the city wall of three zhang high, the city wall is wide and thick, can be stationed on the defense, there are only two ways to enter the granary, one is the land road in the east, the big iron gate is closed, the other is the canal waterway, straight to the hinterland of the granary, the whole granary is like a small city.

Due to its close proximity to Luojing, the capital of the Daning Dynasty, it was of extremely important strategic value throughout the dynasty.

For a hundred years, there have been heavy troops to guard it, and after the Qi army occupied Luojing, it was no exception, with 30,000 heavy soldiers stationed near the granary, 10,000 stationed inside, and 20,000 stationed outside, with strong defense, commanded by Luo Qiyu, the brother-in-law of Huangfu Yuan.

Immediately, the battle situation advanced, and the Xingyang granary was gradually involved in the battle of Qichu, and at the third watch, Luo Qiyu, who was asleep, was suddenly woken up by his own soldiers.

I haven't slept well these days, it's rare to sleep peacefully, and I finally got a good night's sleep tonight, but I was woken up again, which made Luo Qiyu angry.

"What's the matter!"

His roar could be heard dozens of paces away, and his soldiers hurriedly reported: "General, hundreds of suspicious ships have been found in the chasm, which are heading in the direction of Xingyang granary. ”

"Ahh

Luo Qiyu was taken aback, he didn't care about yelling and scolding, and rushed out of the room and asked urgently: "Is it a Chu army warship?" ”

"The report says that it is not clear, but the appearance is very similar, and most of them are 3,000 stone ships."

Luo Qiyu immediately understood, this must be a Chuzhou warship, a cold sweat broke out on his back, the Qi army had no warships, could it be that the Chu army was here to attack the granary?

At this time, he had received news from his father, who was on his way to Xingyang with an army of 50,000 troops, and would arrive at Xingyang by tomorrow morning at the latest, but in the middle of the night, the Chu army attacked in a big way, which made him very annoyed.

He viciously ordered, "Order the whole army to be ready for battle and ready for battle!" ”

The rumbling drum sounded, the drum shook the entire camp, the eight military camps near the granary, 30,000 soldiers woke up from their dreams, all kinds of rumors spread in the camp, and after nearly two months of confrontation, the Chu army finally launched a full-scale attack?

Shock, fear, war weariness, low morale, all kinds of negative emotions spread in the barracks, but the drums of war were already rumbling, and 30,000 soldiers were forced to enter combat positions.

Since the Chu army came by boat, the combat position was mainly concentrated on both sides of the three-mile-long granary canal to prevent the Chu army fleet from entering the granary hinterland.

10,000 crossbowmen were distributed on both sides of the canal in black pressure, and the strong bows and crossbows were aimed at the canal, and the rest of the soldiers threw countless huge trees into the river, blocking the channel, and the three iron gates were all slammed shut, and the Qi army was ready for battle.

At this time, almost everyone forgot about the fifty large ships that had entered the heart of the granary earlier, and they were quietly moored on the river in the heart of the granary, and it was pitch black all around, and no one noticed their presence.

Five hundred Chu warships have sailed close to the canal, of which the first group of 100 warships approached the shore and began to fire fiercely, the wharf of Xingyang County rolled over the thunderous explosion, within hundreds of steps of the wharf of Xingyang County, the fire flickered, the artillery roared, the artillery on the wall of the gate spewed white smoke, the cannonballs whistled, roared, pierced the sky, the flames rose into the air, illuminated the dark and damp earth, and also razed the buildings within hundreds of steps to the ground, and thousands of Qi army defenders blew up their bones.

The artillery of the Chu army swept everything, and the soldiers of the Qi army were terrified, waiting for the artillery to end the explosion.

Under the cover of artillery, the Chu army began to land on a large scale, a warship full of soldiers docked on the bluestone pier, a group of Chuzhou sailors rushed out of the warship, quickly lined up, only a moment, 8,000 Chu army sailors began to attack the east bank of the canal, this is the place where the artillery bombardment.

The Chu army not only wanted to occupy the granary, but also to defeat the 30,000 granary defenders, and at this time, the Qi army crossbowmen also began to counterattack, and the dense arrows like a torrential rain were overwhelmingly shot at the Chu army, and the Chu soldiers raised a huge shield to resist the bows and arrows shot by the Qi army.

They were not in a hurry to attack, but slowly, step by step, they moved in positional warfare, they first occupied the first lock, opened the lock, and the Chuzhou fleet began to advance into the depths of the granary, and the artillery bombarded the Qi troops on both sides.

Hurricane-like artillery fire exploded on the river, on the ferries and on the hill-like slopes on both sides, and in the darkness, the Qi soldiers were frantically retreating, trying to escape from the range of the artillery bombardment.

The landed Chu army had gathered 20,000 men and began to launch a full-scale attack on the Qi army, and the bows and crossbows of the Qi army were also invalid, and the two sides entered a white-knuckle battle in the dark of night.

More and more Qi soldiers wanted to flee the battlefield and flee back to Qizhou, but Luo Qiyu was obviously more handsome than Huangfu, he led 3,000 soldiers to stop at the periphery, and all Qi soldiers who were ready to flee the battlefield were killed on the spot, so that tens of thousands of Qi soldiers had to fight with the Chu army.

Luo Qiyu is much more handsome and fierce than Huangfu, he has long wanted to fight to the death with the Chu army, but he has never had a chance, and today his opportunity has come.

"General, the brethren can't stand it!" A bloodied officer stumbled and ran, anxiously shouting a report.

"Give me the Chu army that attacked and landed, give me to resist, and our reinforcements will come after dawn."

Now that Luo Qiyu pinned all his hopes on his father's reinforcements, he also knew that if the Xingyang granary was lost, the Qi army would be unsustainable.

Keeping the granary is also to keep the status of their Luo family, as long as it lasts until his father arrives, then he will be finished.

At this moment, a soldier shouted: "General, look over there!" ”

Luo Qiyu looked south, and his heart suddenly sank into the abyss, their military camp was already in flames, the raging fire swept through the two camps, and even a granary close to the dock was also full of smoke and fire.

Luo Qiyu was stunned, what is going on, when will the Chu army attack the hinterland of the granary? He never dreamed that the fifty big ships of Liu Ji's ship line entered the hinterland of the granary, and they were doomed to a fiasco tonight.

At this time, the roar of artillery also came from behind the Qi army, and one after another shells exploded behind the Qi army, and among the fifty large ships, ten of the warships had artillery hidden in them, and a rough inspection of the Qi army was impossible to find out the bottom cabin.

At this time, these ten warships began to bombard the buttocks of the Qi army, and also blocked the road for the Qi army to enter the granary.

The mutation in the grain hinterland and the fire in the military camp completely crushed the last trace of the Qi army's will to resist, the army's heart collapsed, and the whole line began to retreat.

Luo Qiyu outran the rabbit at this time, and under the protection of hundreds of personal soldiers, he bypassed the Xingyang granary and fled to the south.

At the time of the fifth watch, the Chuzhou naval army completely occupied the Xingyang granary, but the Chu army did not dare to slack off, and there was no news from the Tiger Prison Pass, so they immediately deployed defense, and carried a cannon on the earth city around the granary, and sprinkled a large amount of iron thistle around the earth city, this iron thistle terrestris is very small, three fine needles, and the whole body is blue, which makes people have a kind of quenching psychological fear.

Until dawn, the Chu army had completed the defensive deployment, and the battlefield was basically cleaned up, capturing 20,000 enemies, killing 4,000 enemies, and more than 5,000 people were defeated and fleeing, and the defenders of the 30,000 Xingyang granaries were almost completely annihilated.

．．．．．．． A fleet of twenty large ships sailed west in the dark of night, twenty large ships full of 3,000 Chu soldiers, commanded by Lin Yuanyang, the general of the naval division, their target was the town of Bishui twenty miles away, they did not participate in the battle against the granary, they had a more important mission.

After the chasm flows to Xingyang, it turns to the south, and there are two artificial canals at the turn, one is the granary canal leading to the granary of Xingyang, only three miles, and the other is the Hongbian Canal that communicates the chasm and the water, which was dug 80 years ago, it is also the water movement vein that connects Xingyang County and Jingzhao Mansion, about 20 miles long, but it has extremely important strategic significance, the canal leads directly to the town of Bishui, where it flows into the water, and the Tiger Prison Pass of the town of Bishui is the goal of the three thousand Chu army, and the Tiger Prison Pass is the goal of the three thousand Chu troops, and the Tiger Prison Pass is the first to seize the Tiger Prison Pass, It also cut off the eastward advance of the Qi army's reinforcements.

The Tiger Prison Pass is connected with Songyue in the south, borders the Yellow River in the north, the mountains are staggered, it becomes a natural danger, there is a tendency of "one husband is a pass, ten thousand people are not open", it is a place where soldiers of all dynasties must fight.

Tiger Prison Pass is located in the west of Bishui, Daning Dynasty has been peaceful for more than 300 years, the military role of Tiger Prison Pass has gradually faded, become a tax customs, merchants and merchants are inspected here, there are tax vouchers can be passed, there is no tax vouchers, then tax must be paid, there are only more than 100 soldiers and more than a dozen tax officials stationed here.

After the Qi army captured Xingyang, the focus of defense was on the Xingyang granary, and heavy troops were stationed in the Xingyang granary.

The Chu army carried out a sneak attack on the Xingyang granary, and at the same time wanted to seize the Tiger Pass, at this time there were only 500 defenders in the Tiger Pass, and the 50,000 army led by Luo Wei was on the way to the Tiger Pass, of which 5,000 pioneers were less than 50 miles away from the Tiger Pass.

At the fourth watch, the three thousand Chu troops arrived three miles away from the Tiger Pass, they did not rush to attack the Pass, but hid in the dense forest, once discovered by the defenders, it was difficult for them to take the Tiger Pass in a short time, if it was seized by the main force of the Qi army, the consequences would be very serious, which the Chu army knew very well.

The Tiger Pass is located in a valley about seven or eight miles long and about one mile wide, with a strong wall that cuts off the passage of this valley, and the pass is very quiet, and the five hundred defenders did not find anything unusual in Xingyang, and as usual, most of the sergeants are asleep, and only twenty soldiers on duty patrol the city.

In the distance, there was a jingling of horse bells, the only one for merchants, and the night breeze sounded a beautiful bell that lifted the spirits of the sleepy defenders.

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(To be continued)