The flames were raging, the flames spreading, the air twisted with scorching flames.

The area around Bowangpo was burned by the fire, and Guo Ziyi's Shuofang army, thousands of soldiers and horses were swallowed up by the fire, wailing all over the field.

Wei Wuji personally sat in the town, with Pang Juan as the vanguard general, led Wei Wushu, and took advantage of the fire to storm Guo Ziyi's Shuofang army.

Shuo Fang's army was more numerous, but not as elite as Wei Wushu.

Wei Wushu held a shield and wore three layers of armor, and fought hand-to-hand combat with the Shuo Fang army, killing and wounding a large number of Shuo Fang troops, resulting in a large number of casualties among the Shuo Fang army.

As a high-ranking heavy infantryman, Wei Wushu has always been one of Chutian's trump card troops.

In the past, the Warrior Legion only had Pang Juan alone to support the overall situation, and it had not yet been formed, so the battle record was not conspicuous, but after the current Warrior Legion was formed, it broke out with strong combat power.

Because Wei Wuji is the main general, Pang Juan does not need to be distracted to command other troops, he only needs to lead Wei Wushu to break the formation!

Li Ling led a group of Jingchu warriors in the rear, providing cover for Wei Wushu with crossbow arrows.

As a descendant of Li Guang, Li Ling's crossbow arrow bonus to the troops was also quite considerable, and the Jingchu warriors were sixth-order light infantry/crossbowmen, firing fiercely, aggravating the casualties of the Shuofang army.

The tiger idiot Xu Chu served as the guard of the Tang Dynasty, and only Qin Qiong helped Guo Ziyi alone, rushing to kill in the stroke of Wei Wu, and from time to time shooting off the crossbow arrows shot by the Jingxiang warriors.

Pang Juan did not step forward to fight Qin Qiong, but commanded Wei Wushu to attack, and sent hundreds of Wei Wushu to besiege Qin Qiong.

Wei Wushu, who has Pang Juan's bonus, is not as good as Wei Wushu, who is added by Wu Qi, but he has not weak combat power. Hundreds of Wei warriors surrounded Qin Qiong, with three layers inside and three layers outside. The Wei Wushu on the third floor held halberds to form a gun forest, and the Wei Wushu on the outer third floor held infantry crossbows and shot at Qin Qiong.

Since the Battle of Yuzhou and the annihilation of Qin Qiong's Xuanjia cavalry, Qin Qiong's threat has decreased.

No matter how high Qin Qiong's personal force is, if he doesn't retreat in time, he will be consumed by a large number of Wei Wushu.

A hundred Wei Wushu is not enough to kill?

That's a thousand.

Killing a thousand Wei warriors and killing a thousand low-level infantry are completely different concepts.

Xiahoudun and Li Dian led the troops to defend the army and fought fiercely with Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia.

Xiahoudun entered the enemy formation with a gun, killing dozens of people with a spear, trying to capture Li Daozong alive, but was forced to retreat by hundreds of crossbowmen around Li Daozong.

Li Daozong also has a special army like Xue Rengui in his hands, the Tang Archer Cavalry.

If Xiahoudun dared to kill, the crossbowmen fired a volley, and then the cavalry went up to harvest, maybe Xiahoudun would be captured alive.

"The fire intensifies, retreat immediately!"

It was said that Tang was blocked by the fire, and seeing that the various legions were fighting separately, he knew that it was not good, so he ordered the various legions to retreat to the rear.

Otherwise, the fire will continue to spread, and the Tang army may be surrounded and annihilated at Bowangpo.

Their respective troops fought and retreated, and Qin Qiong stabbed to death more than 30 Wei soldiers at the cost of being injured, and broke out of the encirclement.

In order to resist and severely damage the remnants of the Yuzhou army of the Tang, Guo Jia, the military advisor of the Wushu Legion, proposed to burn Bowangpo to block the offensive of the Tang, and forced the Tang to retreat to the south of the Xia Road in Fangcheng.

Wei Wuji and Guo Jia had ample time to reorganize their troops and horses and deploy defenses in Bowang.

Runan Taishou Gongzi Wen personally led a team of soldiers and horses to support and strengthen Wei Wuji's army.

It is said that the remnants of Tang's Yuzhou army, as well as part of the Jingzhou army, returned to the territory belonging to the Nanyang Basin, counted the losses, and lost about 10,000 soldiers and horses, and all of their faces were blackened by the smoke from the fire.

Qin Qiong was injured and said that Tang hurriedly asked people to heal his wounds.

Since seeing that Cheng Biting Jin was captured by Chutian, it was said that Tang only had Qin Qiong, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, left. With the loss of Qin Qiong, the Xuanjia Army of the ninth-order cavalry had no chance with Tang.

"This plan hurts the heavens and the peace, and the person who proposes this plan may lose his life."

Wei Zheng followed and said that Tang went out to conquer Bowang, and saw the monstrous fire, which spread to the camp, and couldn't help but sigh at the terrible strategy of burning Bowang.

Because of the fire, it is said that Tang's army was in a mess and fought separately, and that Tang was even more blocked by the fire and could not support Guo Ziyi in time, resulting in a lot of losses for Guo Ziyi's Shuofang army.

said that Tang said helplessly: "The burning of Bowangpo is mostly from the hands of his military advisor Guo Jia. But this Guo Jia is not a long-lived person, so he shouldn't have to care about longevity. ”

said that Tang naturally knew about Guo Jia's existence, and the opponent's warrior legion was matched with a military division, which directly raised the combat power of the martial soldier legion to a higher level.

The fire in Bowangpo is estimated to burn for some more time, and Tang cannot tell when the fire spreading in Bowangpo will stop.

Before the fire at Bowangpo subsided, it was said that Tang's corps could no longer continue to march towards the Central Plains.

There was a military army blocking the way, saying that Tang couldn't even get out of the Nanyang Basin.

"Yang Shilang didn't come to crusade against the Central Plains, what was he doing?"

At this time, Tang Tang, who was located south of Bowangpo, was dissatisfied with Yang Shilang, who actually controlled Jingzhou.

In Tang's view, Chutian's main force was in Hebei, and it was the time to recover Yuzhou, but Yang Shilang seemed to be a drunkard who did not mean to drink, and had no intention of attacking the Central Plains at all, but only gave Tang support to the 30,000 Jingzhou army, and ordered Tang to attack the Central Plains alone, and regarded Tang as a night watchman guarding the northern gateway of Jingzhou.

Gangneung, where there are tens of millions of acres of fertile land, has a large population.

Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jue, Liu Pan, Huang Zhong and other generals gathered, and Yang Shilang personally arrived to gather troops.

The object of its attack this time is neither the Central Plains nor Jiangdong, but Yizhou!

What was lost in Chutian, Yang Shilang wanted to take it back from Yizhou.

There are many talents in Yizhou, but there is a lack of a commander in charge, and in the face of Zhang Dao's continuous offensive in Hanzhong, Liu Yan is ill, and for Yang Shilang, there is no better time than this to annex Yizhou and take Yizhou for himself.

Yizhou is a country of abundance, and as long as it is properly managed, with the speed of development of the territory in "Lord", the Chengdu Plain can quickly become a rich grain producing land, even if it is not a problem to feed tens of millions of people.

"All the legions are ready, this time we will use 200,000 soldiers and horses in Jingnan and Jingbei, and 5,000 warships and fishing boats, just wait for the lord to give an order, and then you can go up the river and attack Bashu."

Han Shizhong, who is currently Yang Shilang's general, reports to Yang Shilang.

"Gan Ning of Bashu has agreed to assist us in attacking Shu County. He will lead his fleet to meet us in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and at the same time supply some of the food and grass for our army, so that our food and grass will not be overburdened by the expedition. ”

"With Ganning opening the way for us, and at the same time there is a topographic map of Bashu, and one year is enough to pacify Yizhou, except for the Hanzhong part. At that time, Wu Jue will be the main general, out of Hanzhong, Hanzhong into the territory, then dominate Jingzhou, Yizhou, have a larger territory than Shu Han, enter the Central Plains, retreat can be divided into three parts of the world. ”

Before Yang Shilang crusaded against Yizhou, he repeatedly made sure that his strategy was not biased.

Xu Shu, Cai Mao and others came to Yizhou to bid farewell to him: "My lord, please go all out to crusade against Liu Yan in Yizhou." Liu Yan is not enough, and he can easily defeat him. I will guard Xiangyang for the lord to prevent Nanyang's saying that Tang will take advantage of the emptiness of Xiangyang and attack Xiangyang. ”

"With Yuan Zhizhi, I can be worry-free. In this crusade against Liu Yan in Yizhou, most of the soldiers and horses used in the areas of Jingnan and Jiangling, as for the soldiers and horses of Xiangyang and Fancheng, they did not move at all, saying that it was impossible for Tang to capture Xiangyang. ”

Yang Shilang explained to Xu Shu, then turned around, and his sharp eyes swept over Han Shizhong, Wu Jue and others present: "In this battle, please go all out." If you can calm Bashu within a year, you can compete for the world, and the future can be expected! ”

Han Shizhong, Wu Jue, Pan Mei, Cao Bin and other generals replied in unison: "We must go all out!" ”

200,000 troops were mobilized, and 5,000 large and small ships filled the river and marched to the march.

In order to annex Yizhou as soon as possible, Yang Shilang invested almost all the ships, and at the same time forcibly requisitioned fishing boats along the Yangtze River to transport troops.

The powerful Gan Ning of Ba County secretly gathered troops, and co-opted the officials, Haoqiang, and bandits who were dissatisfied with Liu Yan in Ba County, and agreed to act in secret.

Gan Ning was known as the "Jinfan Thief" in Ba County, and when he was young, he led a team of rangers to raid others, so he was very rich and extravagant.

Ganning began to make friends with the officials of the various cities of Ba County very early, and if these officials received him warmly, they would befriend him, otherwise he would be plundered and even killed by Ganning.

This is Gan Ning's way of life.

However, now Gan Ning has reined in a lot, no longer attacking others, but has begun to study the hundred schools of thought, become a local official, and want to make a difference.

At this time, Yang Shilang approached Gan Ning in the name of the royal family and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, and promised him the official positions of Bajun Taishou and Miscellaneous General, with Gan Ning as the main general, to compete for the world.

Gan Ning was quite tempted, and thought that taking refuge in Yang Shilang would make a difference.

With Gan Ning's chivalrous character, whoever is good to him, he will be loyal to whomever he is.

Liu Yan's kindness to him is limited, or even has no kindness, and Gan Ning can't talk about loyalty.

……

Yecheng, like Sun Jian's attack on Hefei, Le Yi's offensive against Yecheng was also blocked.

Yecheng was stronger than the fortifications of Hefei, and there was no heavy rain to destroy the offensive, so Le Yi could only storm it.

Hefei is currently only a medium-sized city, while Yecheng is a huge city, with a population of one million, Gao Gong and Juan Pei recruited troops in the city, and the number of Yecheng defenders reached a staggering 80,000 at its peak.

Since Yecheng recruited new soldiers, when fighting to defend the city, there were many losses, and the number dropped again.

Le Yi's siege force suffered heavy losses, including 40,000 offensive legions, only half of which remained.

Liu Bei's army was resupplied in Handan, and Guan Yu recovered from his injuries and prepared to go south again.

Huma of Taiyuan repeatedly asked Chutian for help, but it was impossible for Chutian to divide his troops to Taiyuan.

From Yecheng to Taiyuan, Chutian can choose two roads, one is to pass through Fukou, cross Taihang Mountain, and the back road will be cut off by Liu Bei.

Or, through Shangdang County, to Taiyuan.

This route is no less dangerous.

Hanoi County and Hedong County are in the hands of Lao Qin, and Shangdang County surrenders to Zhao Long, once Chutian enters Shangdang County, the defenders deployed by Lao Qin to defend Hanoi County and Hedong County will be alarmed and encircled by Zhao Long.

Chutian could mobilize a few generals from the Hebei battlefield to the south to support Hefei, and theoretically Lao Qin could also send one or two commanders to arrive in Hedong from the Xiliang battlefield to lead the troops of Hedong and cut off Chutian's back road.

When the Le Yi army could not attack, Xia Liang suggested: "It is better to siege than to attack, you can dig a trench, break the water, and flood Ye City." ”

"Water Attack Yecheng ......"

Chu Tian pointed to the location of Zhangshui on the map, Zhangshui was on the edge of Yecheng, and it was completely possible to send soldiers and villagers to dig a trench and lead it to Yecheng.

The water in Hefei has skyrocketed, and the water level in Zhangshui has also begun to rise, and it has reached the flood season.

The idea of cool summer should come from the battle of Cao Cao's attack on Yuan Shang in history.

Chu Tian chose to attack Yecheng in this season, and he had similar thoughts.

"Destroy all the dirt mountains and tunnels, and make a ditch overnight, and the four tigers of the northern army, leading the village bravery, went to dig a trench. The white-robed legion guarded against Liu Bei's cavalry attacking southward, and the Tiger and Par Legion and the Shensu Legion monitored the city gates to prevent the defenders from going out of the city to attack the soldiers and villagers digging trenches. ”

After Chu Tian decided to use the water attack, he gave up the strong attack.

Water attack was a ploy that Chu Tian was not very willing to use. The water attack will cause too much damage to the prosperous Yecheng, and a large number of refugees will appear at the same time.

In addition, as long as the defenders were resolute enough, they could still hold out for months even after the city was flooded.

But now it seems that if the city is flooded with Zhangshui, its will will be shaken, and it will be besieged for several more months, Yecheng will most likely have civil strife and then surrender.

"If they can hold out until November, then we will have to withdraw our troops."

Chutian is scheduled to withdraw from the army.

In November there will be an epic battle "Battle of Jingkang".

The reward of the "Battle of Jingkang" is very likely to be the famous general Yue Fei, and Chu Tian must take it, otherwise if Yue Fei is snatched away by other princes, then the threat faced by Chu Tian will be unprecedented.

Yue Fei at his peak was also a terrifying existence that was enough to turn around the local battlefield.

It also depends on the rules of the Fourth Epic Battle.

Generally speaking, epic battles are shorter in duration than national battles, lasting 1-3 months before ending.

"During the Battle of Jingkang, we can still besiege the city until they can no longer defend it, and it is estimated that Zhao Long will instruct the defenders to surrender. After all, he has to face the public opinion of all players, and there are many players in Yecheng. ”

The cool summer inspired Chutian.

Because Yecheng has a lot of players, the food is running out, and Zhao Long is forced by the pressure of the player group to make Yecheng surrender.

In any case, it is enough to surround Yecheng.

"Brothers, the task of digging a trench given to us by the main bus must be properly completed for me!"

Mi Fang carried a shovel and led the other four tigers of the Northern Army, Wu Anguo, Lu Kuang, Xing Daorong, and a group of villagers to dig trenches and divert water.

In addition to the Four Tigers of the Northern Army, there was also a group of captives who surrendered in Yuzhou, including Cai Zhong and Cai He, the two major generals of Jingbei.

If it weren't for the fact that the Cai brothers were members of the Jingzhou faction and their loyalty was unknown, Mi Fang would even want to take the Cai brothers into the account and turn the Four Tigers of the Northern Army into the Six Tigers of the Northern Army.

The four tigers of the Northern Army were all sparsely arranged, but they had brute strength and drive, and it was suitable for digging trenches.

Under Mi Fang's urging, a group of people were in full swing.