After a month, Wang Xuan had already occupied Jiangxia County, and did not rush to attack Nanjun, where Jingzhou Prefecture was located, but raised troops to the north to attack Nanyang County.

Nanyang County, this is the place where Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty raised troops, and it is also the hometown of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, so it is also called the hometown of Emperor Nanyang and the southern capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The entire Nanyang County, with a population of more than 2.4 million, was the largest county in the Han Dynasty.

What is the concept of a population of more than 2.4 million? Later, when Wei destroyed Shu, there were only more than 970,000 people left in Shu's household registration, and even if those hidden household accounts were counted, there were only 1.5 million people at most. When the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu, the number of registered households in Eastern Wu was only about three million.

It can be said that the population of a Nanyang County is comparable to the population of Youzhou, and it is more than the population of Jiaozhou and Bingzhou, which is the result of more than 200 years of operation by the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shu relied on the family strength of the Yuan family to directly obtain the position of Nanyang Taishou, and the starting point was much stronger than that of his brother Yuan Shao.

However, Yuan Shu's mud can't be strong, and he went south several times to fight for Jingzhou with Liu Biao in vain, and went north to the Central Plains and was afraid of Dong Zhuo, and now he is still trapped in Nanyang County, which is basically wasted.

Wang Xuan asked Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian to lead their own troops to guard against Liu Biao in Nanyang. And he himself took the main army of 30,000 to attack Nanyang County.

Nanyang County is divided into thirty-six counties, and they must occupy the entire Nanyang County and advance the border line to the Huai River before Dong Zhuo goes south.

It was precisely because he was in a hurry that he had to continue to divide his troops. Let Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu and his son be the first army, Zhang Fei will be the first army, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, and Zhou Cang will be the first army, and each will lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack the county seat.

Unconsciously, there were only more than fifteen thousand people left by Wang Xuan's side, but they were more than enough to deal with Yuan Shu.

He led his soldiers and horses straight to Nanyang County, Zhiwan City.

A few days later, flags were unfurled outside Wancheng, and a large army gathered.

Yuan Shu gathered 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but he didn't even go out of the city to fight a decisive battle, and he was determined to be a turtle with a shrunken head.

With 30,000 soldiers and horses guarding a fortified city, it stands to reason that 15,000 men would have almost impossible to take the city, unless he drove the local people to use them as meat shields and consume the strength of the defenders in the city.

Although Wang Xuan is not a good person, he will never drive the common people to use them as meat shields. He has long regarded the entire Nanyang County as his own territory, and the local people have become his people......

If he wants to lay down Wancheng, he has a stupid method, which is still very effective in this era.

Under the cover of trebuchets and bed crossbows, a group of soldiers rushed to the vicinity of the city wall.

They were divided into two groups, some with large shields to resist the arrows falling from the city, and some with shovels and began to dig.

On the city wall, Ji Ling, the general under Yuan Shu, looked at this scene coldly: "Want to dig a passage to enter the city?" It's just wishful thinking! When Wancheng was built, a three-meter-deep stone foundation was deliberately set up, and I also asked people to prepare a large water tank, once there is really any passage, directly pour water into it! ”

Thinking so in his heart, Ji Ling didn't dare to be careless, and directly let people smash stones from the city wall.

A shield can withstand ordinary arrows, but where can it resist the large stones thrown down from the city? In the next moment, many of the shield-bearers were broken bones, and a wave of arrows was fired from the top of the wall, causing them heavy casualties.

Wang Xuan's face was full of waves, and he sent more than 200 people at one time, with more than 100 casualties, and he could still bear this casualty.

With a wave of his hand, another group of soldiers rushed forward, continuing the work that had not been done before, and at the same time replacing the wounded soldiers from before.

Batch after batch, the Yangzhou army can be said to be one after another, and the efforts of successive batches of men and horses finally created a pit more than one person deep under the city wall.

It wasn't long before a coffin was lifted out and stuffed into the pit.

The coffin was filled with black powder and ignited......

"Boom!"

A huge explosion was heard, and the entire city wall shook a few times, collapsing a distance five or six meters wide.

"All the soldiers obeyed the order, and now that the city wall has collapsed, the army will immediately enter the city!" Wang Xuan shouted, like thunder, which was transmitted to the ears of every Yangzhou soldier.

"Kill!!"

With elite soldiers as arrows, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses swarmed in, caught Yuan Shu off guard, and directly attacked the city.

Although Wang Xuan's soldiers and horses were only half of Yuan Shu's, there were a thousand elite soldiers in the middle, and this thousand people alone was enough to defeat tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers and horses!

There were shouts of killing in the city, entangled and fighting with each other, but Wang Xuan did not rush in, but looked outside the city.

Seeing the overall situation, changes occurred suddenly.

A group of cavalry suddenly came out of the city and killed Wang Xuan and them.

There are only more than 1,000 cavalrymen who suddenly appeared, but all of them have cultivation, and they are also elite soldiers!

"Is it finally out? Yuan Shu didn't have so many elite soldiers at all, let alone look at the other party's weapons and armor, this was an elite soldier sent by Dong Zhuo. ”

"Looking at their calculations, they want to take advantage of my attack on Wancheng to stab us from behind, so that we will suffer from the enemy in the back and thus be defeated."

"And then it's a pity, I've been prepared for a long time, just waiting for you to show up!"

There were only more than 1,000 people left by Wang Xuan outside the city, but there were 500 people in the middle who were cavalry battalions and 500 elite soldiers!

In addition, the other five hundred people were all artillerymen, and he dismantled all the more than 100 guns on the battleship, and the muzzles of the guns were already aimed behind him!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

After a volley of artillery, the Xiliang cavalry directly killed hundreds of people, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were all frightened.

The power of artillery is really not something that a martial artist at the refining level can resist.

Without waiting for the enemy to approach, the artillery fired another volley, and again harvested more than 80 men. What's more, the enemy's horses were not professionally trained at all, and at this sudden roar, they all panicked and became a mess.

There were even riders who were overturned to the ground by horses and then trampled back and forth by the horses' hooves......

Wang Xuan waved his hand, the shelling stopped temporarily, and he rushed directly with the five hundred cavalry battalions.

There was no doubt that the battle was simply one-sided, and after half of the Xiliang elite soldiers were killed, the remaining five hundred people chose to surrender.

Another hour passed, and the war in Wancheng had gradually come to an end, and the entire Wancheng had fallen into Wang Xuan's grasp.

"Lord Qizuo, Yuan Highway is not in the city, and the other party has already taken advantage of the chaos to escape!" Some generals came to report.

Wang Xuan was not surprised, after all, Yuan Shu also had cultivation in his body, Wancheng was so big, and the soldiers and horses attacking the city were insufficient, so it was strange to be able to capture Yuan Shu alive.

However, Yuan Shu didn't catch it, but the generals under Yuan Shu took the initiative to vote.

That person was Lu Fan, who was not very valued under Yuan Shu, and took refuge in the original history of the little overlord Sun Ce. After the establishment of the state of Wu, Lü Fan tired officials to the former general, false festival, Yangzhou pastor, and was named the Marquis of Nanchang.

There is no doubt that this is also a guy with great luck, and if he is trained well, he can also become a master.