Guo Ma's rebellion, the opportunity to seize could not be more suitable, the Han army invaded Jiaoguang on a large scale, Jiaozhou Mu Taohuang was defeated and died, and Xu Qi, the assassin of Guangzhou, was defeated and captured, making everyone in Panyu City in danger and panic. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Guo Ma spread rumors in the city, saying that after the Han army invaded Jiaoguang, burned, killed and looted, slaughtered the city, and did all kinds of evil, many people in the South China Sea who did not know the truth were bewitched by Guo Ma and joined the ranks of the rebels, and Guo Ma's troops quickly surged from the initial 500 to 40,000 or 50,000.

This undoubtedly greatly increased Guo Ma's confidence, and it seems that he is still sure of dealing with the Han army.

Panyu is the state city of Guangzhou, the city is naturally much stronger than the general county town, after Guo Ma killed the governor of Guangzhou, he firmly controlled the city of Panyu in his hands. This time, 40,000 or 50,000 men were recruited, and Guo Ma organized them into four armies, each led by He Dian, Wu Shu, Wang Clan, Yin Xing, etc., and his original 500 troops were also scattered among the armies and served as the commander of the colonel.

Most of the recruits were unarmed civilians, and Guo Ma ordered the opening of the official warehouse in Guangzhou, and took all its grain, grass, weapons, and military uniforms to distribute to the army, and in a hurry, it could be regarded as arming a considerable army.

Of course, Guo Ma also knew that the combat power of such a rabble was not as high as that, Jiaozhou Mu Taohuang and Guangzhou Thorn Shi Xu Qi fought a field battle with the Han army, and they were defeated, Guo Ma was not naïve to think that with such an army, he could compete with the Han army in the field.

Guo Ma's biggest reliance is still the tall Panyu City, this city is Guo Ma's talisman, no matter how strong the Han cavalry is, it is impossible for it to jump on the head of Panyu, right?

The quality and combat effectiveness of the army needed to fight a field war are extremely high, but the requirements for defending the city are relatively low, even if the ordinary people who have never fought a war stand on the head of the city, they can also become a soldier, even if he has no swords and guns in his hands, no bows and arrows, but there are always bricks and stones, and you can join the defense of the city by picking it up and smashing it.

In order to fight the defensive battle of Panyu, Guo Ma has mobilized all the troops, all of them went up to the city wall, and they were ready for battle, the defensive weapons were insufficient, the houses were demolished, and all the bricks and stones and timber obtained were transported to the city wall.

The people who were demolished beat their chests and cried, but Guo Ma was unmoved, and advocated everyone: "Liu Yin is the first butcher in the world, everywhere he goes, killing people like hemp, once Panyu is lost, you will die without a place to be buried, and there is no place to bury you. ”

Thinking about the possible catastrophe, these people can only swallow their tears secretly and endure it, after all, although the house is important, it is still too far from life, as long as they can hold Panyu City and save their lives, they are still willing to pay such a price.

Panyu is in full swing to build defense facilities, and when it is in full swing, the Han army over there has already left Guangxin City, and went down along the Yushui, pointing directly at Panyu.

Panyu is located at the mouth of the sea in Yushui, compared with later generations, the Pearl River Delta has not yet been formed, Panyu is still a coastal city, looking south from Panyu, it is the vast South China Sea, Nanhai County is also named after this.

For Liu Yin, the attack on Panyu will be the last battle of this offensive on Jiaoguang, although there are still Rinan County and Jiuzhen County in the south of Jiaozhi County, and Zhuya County in the south of Hepu County has not been conquered, but these border counties are already insignificant, and Liu Yin will not be able to go to the expedition in person, as long as Nanhai County is taken, the largest county in Jiaoguang, Liu Yinnan's move can be successfully concluded.

Luo Shang led 3,000 cavalry and still served as the vanguard, rushing all the way to the city of Panyu.

Guo Ma had already abandoned the small county towns on the outskirts of Panyu and concentrated all his forces to hold Panyu.

After Liu Yin heard the news, he secretly sneered, Guo Ma's strategy of sticking to Panyu is simply too much in line with Liu Yin's thoughts, if Guo Ma takes the initiative to give up Panyu and flee to the mountains of eastern Guangdong to hide in pieces, that is what makes Liu Yin really headache.

Liu Yin's attack on Jiaoguang, the purpose is only to open a passage to detour Wu State, by the way to include Jiaoguang Erzhou into the territory of Ji Han, so this requires a quick victory, there can be no delay, if Guo Ma escapes to eastern Guangdong to fight guerrillas, that is the real fatal thing, even if Liu Yin sends troops to conquer, it is in vain, and when Liu Yin leaves Guangzhou, Guo Ma can make a comeback, if you want to clear this tumor, it must be time-consuming and laborious.

Fortunately, the people of this era did not have the concept of fighting guerrillas, and felt that the city was the biggest reliance, and they would rather stick to the city than flee to the deep mountains and old forests to become rogues.

For Liu Yin, just to appetite, he sent 1,000 cavalry to garrison the east and north of Panyu to block the escape route of the rebels in the city, and then ordered all the troops to reach the city of Panyu, and Luo Shang's forward troops to meet and prepare to launch a siege battle.

Because the 2,000 cavalry were guarding the periphery, the Han army troops participating in the siege were only more than 13,000 people, even if some troops were transferred from Yulin and Cangwu counties to transport ladders and climbing equipment, the total number of troops was not more than 14,000 people.

Guo Madeng was on the city tower, and when he saw the few siege troops under the city, he couldn't help laughing, and said to the people around him: "Liu Yin dares to attack the city with such a little people, it's too self-defeating, hahaha-"

Compared with the number of people besieging the city, the number of people defending the city in Panyu is a lot, the first city wall, are crowded with people, dense, but the weapons in the hands are varied, from swords, guns, swords, halberds, to hoes, rakes and sticks, there are many types, dazzling, and there are many people who do not have weapons, and they can be among the city defense teams with two bricks in hand.

Although it doesn't look like an army, Guo Ma is full of confidence, and the quality is not good, but we are more expensive than the quantity, and the ants can still bite the elephant to death, right? What's more, there is such a lofty city to block, no matter how strong the cavalry of the Han army is, it can't fly to the head of Panyu.

Liu Yin's position is relatively high, here you can see the whole picture of the entire Panyu City, see the bustling defenders in the city, the corners of Liu Yin's mouth, a mocking smile, ignorant and fearless Guo Ma, he can soon see what is the power of destruction.

At this time, the Han army had completed the final deployment and could be put into the siege operation at any time, Luo Shang came over to ask Liu Yin for instructions, Liu Yin bowed slightly, and gave the order to siege the city.