The 20,000 tiger-wolf-like Zheng army finally killed Xiangyang City under the leadership of Wang Renze, this army had been stationed in Xiangyang City when attacking Jingzhou, and knew the prosperity and wealth in Xiangyang City, but at that time they were strictly restrained and did not dare to act recklessly, but now Wang Renze has released the devil in the hearts of each of them, so that the hearts of every soldier are full of violence and desire. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

They burned and killed all the way, the original trace of goodness in their hearts has long been extinguished, everyone's eyes are red, and they just want to kill into the city immediately and vent their inner desires violently again.

But on the other hand, after the baptism of killing and violence, this army became like the 20,000 Huainan army that Wang Shichong started back then, became fierce and fearless of death, morale was high, the military spirit was solidified, and the 20,000 troops gathered under the southern city of Xiangyang, a murderous atmosphere.

Wang Ren looked at the defenders at the head of the city with solemn eyes, the banner of the defenders was no longer the Tang army, but became the Qinglong Red Banner of the Sui army, which made Wang Ren a little panicked in his heart, he thought that there were at most one or two thousand defenders in the city, and they could fight down, but the city was densely lined with Sui soldiers with bright armor, at least 10,000 people, and he didn't have any siege weapons, how could he capture this fortified city?

"Your Highness, the situation is a little bad!"

Changshi Su Lun said in a low voice on the side: "I'm afraid that the Sui army not only occupied Xiangyang City, but even our retreat was cut off. ”

Wang Ren was shocked, he understood what Su Lun meant, and immediately turned back to a group of cavalry and shouted: "Go to the riverside immediately to check the situation!" ”

The cavalry team rushed quickly, and after only a moment, they rushed back to report it, and the voice of the first lieutenant trembled a little, "Your Highness, the river is full of Sui warships. ”

Wang Ren was so shocked that he gasped, and the Sui warships really blocked the river, at this time, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Go and check our fleet quickly, so that they are not allowed to go north." ”

"Your Highness, we have gone to look for the fleet, but the fleet is nowhere to be found."

"What!"

Wang Ren was speechless for a long time, the fleet was missing, what would happen to their food?

At this time, Su Lun said in a low voice: "It is recommended that you look for it again!" If the fleet is gone, the consequences are severe. ”

Of course, Wang Ren knew that the consequences were serious, and he hurriedly ordered: "Go and look for the fleet again, you must see people in life and corpses in death, you must find them!" ”

A group of cavalry galloped away again, and at this time, several generals rushed forward and said loudly: "Your Highness, when will the city be attacked, the brothers are already impatient. ”

Wang Ren gritted his teeth and ordered: "Pass my order, the First Army will go to the vicinity to cut down trees and build ladders!" ”

Half of the soldiers disbanded, tens of thousands of soldiers rushed to a small hill a few miles away, the hill was covered with pine forests, the pine trees were tall and straight, just suitable for making simple siege ladders, when night quietly fell, 10,000 soldiers cut down thousands of pine trees, and began to busily make simple siege ladders, simple siege ladders are simple to make, choose two thick trees as ladder frames, dig holes in the trunk, drive rough logs into the holes at both ends, and make a ladder without a single nail.

However, this kind of ladder is very rudimentary and easy to fall apart, although Zheng Jun can make them a little stronger and more durable, such as chiseling through the wooden holes at both ends, directly into the holes of the rough wood, nailing wooden strips to the outside of the two ends to fix them, etc., but Zheng Jun has no time, they can only hastily make crude siege weapons and attack the city as soon as possible.

In order to get a little more, the soldiers did not hesitate to discard other items, such as spear scabbards, grain, etc., and the fleet transporting grain disappeared unexpectedly, and the grain in their hands could only last for two days.

But this secret Wang Ren did not dare to make it public, otherwise it would cause chaos in the hearts of the army, and only by capturing Xiangyang City as quickly as possible could their food crisis be solved.

On the one hand, Wang Ren ordered the army to speed up the production of siege ladders, and on the other hand, he secretly ordered a confidant general to lead 2,000 men to plunder grain near Xiangyang.

In the night, thousands of torches illuminated the wilderness several miles away from the southern city as day, more than 10,000 Zheng troops rushed to work overnight, desperately making siege ladders, but the defenders at the head of the city were very calm, Hu Benlang stood at the head of the city, coldly looking at the extremely busy Zheng soldiers several miles away, wanting to capture Xiangyang City with such a simple ladder, it was completely wishful thinking.

Yang Shilin next to him was quite nervous, he deduced that the other party had made at least hundreds of siege ladders, and tomorrow would be a fierce battle, the Sui army only had five thousand people, and the militia soldiers could withstand the fierce attack of the other party.

He finally couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "General Zhu, do we have no reinforcements?" ”

Zhu Kuan saw his nervousness, and said with a slight smile: "Yang Juncheng rest assured, there are still 10,000 sailors on the Han River outside the city, if Xiangyang City is in danger, the old general will lead 10,000 sailors to reinforce it, but with our 5,000 troops and 20,000 militia soldiers, I don't think there is a problem in holding Xiangyang City." ”

"I'm afraid that the other party will attack the city from all sides tomorrow, not just the southern city."

"I know, it should be a siege on three sides, and outside the north city is Hanshui, they don't dare to attack the north city, they will only attack the three city walls in the east, west and south, but we have deployed in the east and west, and we will only face the attack of the south city in the end, and the five thousand troops are enough to hold the south city."

Yang Shilin was stunned, "May I ask General Zhu, what are the arrangements outside the East City and West City?" ”

Zhu Kuan smiled mysteriously, "Jun Cheng will know when he attacks the city tomorrow?" ”

Yang Shilin was confused, he didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhu Kuan's gourd, but Zhu Kuan was so confident that he was a little worried in his heart.

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At this moment, the rumbling war drums suddenly sounded outside the southern city, and the soldiers of the Sui Army and the militia who were sleeping in military blankets at the head of the city were awakened one after another, and they jumped up with their weapons, and quickly entered their battle positions without caring about rubbing their eyes.

The Zheng army a few miles away from the city has been assembled, overnight they made more than 700 simple siege ladders and a large number of rafts, rafts are used to place on the moat, so each raft is four or five zhang long, are made of giant pine, although most of the Zheng soldiers have not slept all night, one by one red eyes, but the desire in their hearts is burning in their hearts, but they seem extremely excited, eager to kill into the city immediately, wantonly vent the ****** in their hearts Wang Ren is very sober at this time, the fleet is sure to be missing, Don't think about it, it must have been captured or destroyed by the Sui warship.

At dawn, the soldiers he sent to collect grain came back to report that the civilians within thirty miles of Xiangyang had been moved into the city, and all the grain had been taken, and only less than 100 stone of grain was found, which was still found in the cellar of a large family.

Wang Renze's heart was half cold at that time, without food, he had no way to retreat, he could only fight desperately to attack the city, if he could capture Xiangyang, the food problem and safety problems would be solved.

Wang Ren waved his sword and shouted: "Attack!" ”

20,000 troops were dispatched in the sound of war drums, they were divided into three routes, the general Zhao Heiquan led 6,000 troops to attack Xicheng, another general Huo Jian also led 6,000 troops to attack Dongcheng, and Wang Ren personally led 8,000 troops to attack Nancheng, 20,000 troops were all pressed, and whether they could seize the city was in one fell swoop.

Zhao Heiquan is a native of Liyang County, his real name is Zhao Heigou, he thinks the name is ugly, so he changed his name to Zhao Heiquan, since Wang Shichong started to follow, after Wang Shichong ascended the throne, he was named Liyang County Gong, Zhenwei General, this time followed Wang Renze to Jingzhou, second only to Wang Renze and Tian Zan in the army, is the third person in the southern Zheng army.

Zhao Heiquan himself started by robbery, in the years he followed Wang Shichong, he and other Huainan army generals, through looting accumulated a lot of personal wealth, all rich and rich, became a rich man in Luoyang City, and now served as a high-ranking official in the army, it can be said that fame and fortune are both gained, and it is precisely because of his own experience that he will not dissuade Wang Renze from restraint, but encourage soldiers to loot and make a fortune, and become a booster for Wang Renze's army to ravage Jingzhou.

Zhao Heiquan was responsible for attacking Xicheng, 6,000 soldiers carried hundreds of improvised siege ladders and dozens of rafts to rush to the outside of Xicheng, there are large wheat fields outside Xicheng, the wheat has turned yellow, and it will be ripe and harvested in another month, but the wheat has been cut by the people in the city, and the wheat fields have become bare.

Zhao Heiquan has followed Wang Shichong for many years and has rich combat experience, he roared, "Two thousand crossbowmen go up first, and use bows and arrows to suppress the city!" ”

The order to siege the city was given, and the two thousand crossbowmen marched under the city with their shields held high....... (To be continued.) )