Just when Li Yu was full of joy and watched the statistics of grain storage in various places, two long-lost carrier pigeons flew thousands of miles and landed in the farm outside Nanyang City.

"What? Is there a change in Zhu Wen? ”

He looked at the note in his hand and frowned.

Li Yu didn't expect that it was completely contrary to his own judgment.

When he learned of the great drought in the world, he judged that Zhu Wen had no food, and he should be able to stop for a while, at least this year, he will not be able to start a big war. Who knows, under the catastrophe, Zhu Wen had to launch a plundering war, grab food and people, otherwise his army would be scattered.

To understand the joints, Li Yu had to bite the bullet and dispatch troops.

September 30th.

Fang Xing, Fang Liang, Li Xiong, Zhou Wu, Zhou Xu, Zhao Yu, Zhao Quan and other generals have gathered in Nanyang.

Chen Ban also returned to Nanyang from Sui County.

The relocated state government has reopened in Nanyang. The whole of Nanyang and Jingxiang entered a wartime state.

Jingnan, Xiangbei, and Jiangxi all sent troops to Nanyang to gather heavy troops.

Wei Ai escorted 100,000 stone grain and grass and 30,000 troops back to Nanyang.

Zhao Chenggui also came to support with 20,000 horses.

Zhao Kuangning personally led 20,000 Jingnan troops out of Nanyang.

Shonan Ma Yin also had to be interesting.

He sent Li Duo to join the battle with 5,000 men and horses.

For a time, the Nanyang army gathered.

The front hall of the county government.

Li Yu and Zhao Kuangning sat on the couch.

"Gentlemen, Zhu Wen has gathered 100,000 troops in Kaifeng, and there is news that he is coming to Nanyang to grab grain, and we have to guard against it."

"Luyang Pass and Fangcheng Pass are Zhu Ying's main offensive directions, and Fang Xing listens to orders."

"The minister is here."

"You bring the musket and tooth army to garrison Fangcheng Pass, there must be no mistake."

"Yes."

"Zhou Wu took 10,000 horses as backup, stationed in Fangcheng, and fought together, and immediately supported."

"Yes."

"Zhou Xu took 10,000 horses to garrison Luyang Pass, and Zhao Chenggui brought the headquarters of the troops as backup, stationed in Xiangcheng, and fought together to support immediately."

"Yes."

The two went out to receive orders.

"Father-in-law, you still lead the troops to be stationed in Xiangyang and pay attention to the direction of Gucheng to prevent Feng Xing from attacking and counterattacking the water."

"Li Duju, you take the people of your headquarters to station in the inner countryside, pay attention to the direction of Wuguan, and strictly prevent Feng Xing's raid."

"Command."

"Zhao Yu led 5,000 men and horses to garrison Ciqiu, and strictly prevented Zhu Zhiqi's soldiers from sneaking up on the direction of Shengshan Mountain and Ma'anshan."

"Order."

"Zhao Quan, take 5,000 men and horses to station in Biyang, and strictly prevent Zhu Yi from sneaking up on Langling Mountain."

"Yes."

The arming has been completed, and the armies have packed up their equipment and started to draw their troops.

The canal, which has been completed, has played a role.

Fang Xing took the musket tooth army to Fangcheng by boat first.

Military supplies were also brought in by ship.

Zhou Wu's army was a little slower, and it took two days before he got up and entered Fangcheng.

Due to the convenience of water transportation, the dispatch of other armies was also stationed at the designated position within five days.

Zhao Kuangning sat in Xiangyang, and Li Yu commanded in Nanyang.

As soon as the Nanyang side was arranged in place, there was a quick horse urgent report, and Zhu Wen's forward brigade was divided into two routes, all the way to Lushan and all the way to Yexian.

Lushan is sixty miles away from Luyang Pass, while Yexian is only thirty miles away from Fangcheng Pass.

The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.

Zhu Wen wants to fight with Nanyang this time, whose world is this world? !

There is a big drought in Henan Province, and there is no harvest. You Nanyang is full of money and grain, isn't this bullying?

Who do you want me to be King Liang? has been invincible in the Central Plains for more than ten years, and can you still be pinched by your little King De?

Imagine the Chinese network

My 60,000 Bianzhou men in the Guannai were exterminated by you, if I don't speak out again, others will still treat me as a bully who is afraid of the hard.

The forward 20,000 troops are stationed in Lushan and Yexian, so that Li Yu does not know the direction of the main attack.

The Chinese army was 50,000, led by Yang Shihou.

There were 30,000 rear troops, and Zhu Wen personally carried grain and grass to the rear.

However, it was said that the forward general stationed in Lushan was Xu Huaiyu, who attacked Fangcheng Pass at the beginning.

At Fangcheng Pass, he was blown up by Zhou Wu's dense grenades and fled in embarrassment.

A year later, Zhu Wen still let him take the lead, but he changed the direction to fight Luyang Pass.

This made him both regretful and reassuring.

Sadly, he had no chance of revenge. What is reassuring is that Luyang Pass should not have that kind of thunder, right?

It should be much easier to fight this way.

This time, the striker who came to attack Fangchengguan was Liu Zhijun.

Liu Zhijun was first Shi Pu's deputy general, and then surrendered to Zhu Wen with 2,000 soldiers and horses.

This person is tall and big, looks strong, can be put on a horse by armor, enter the enemy with a sword, and bravely come out of the generals.

He was appointed by Zhu Wen as the commander of the Left Open Road.

"Liu Kaidao" is famous in the army.

When he first attacked Qingyan, Liu Zhijun followed Yang Shihou and assisted in the battle.

In this attack on Nanyang, Yang Shihou recommended Liu Zhijun as the forward general, mainly attacking Fangchengguan.

The fifth day of October.

Fang Xing climbed the wall and looked ahead.

In the distance, a puff of smoke and dust rose.

Then the ground trembled, and the deafening sound of hooves pounded on the earth.

A few war horses suddenly sprang out from the diagonal down, and swept diagonally in front of this cloud of smoke.

Gallop towards the city.

"Report, come and command Liu Zhijun from the left to open the road, and there are 10,000 soldiers and horses."

Tanma reported the enemy situation and got up and left.

"Prepare for war."

At the sound of the order, the muskets carried ammunition and wooden shields to the walls in groups of three.

This shield is a powerful weapon developed by the army to defend the city, especially for the musket tooth army.

It was a hardwood box an inch thick, without a lid, and it looked like a coffin behind the women's wall, except that it had no bottom.

On the outer side, a three-inch-wide window was dug for muskets.

There is also a sight hole an inch wide and a foot long dug into this window.

The gunners stand in wooden crates, dodging the attacks of the missing arrows from the city. At the same time, it can safely shoot at the enemy.

Thousands of wooden boxes were erected at the head of Fangcheng Pass.

There are feet on both sides of the box, which is stable and unobstructed.

Behind the women's wall are ammunition and grenades.

A torch is stuck in a stone with a groove.

As long as the war starts, the torch is lit first, the shot is fired, the grenade is thrown and the grenade is charged, and the ammunition is loaded.

The three have a clear division of labor and do not affect each other.

However, Liu Zhijun said that Liu Zhijun came to the five miles in front of Fangcheng Pass with a large team of men and horses, and set up camp.

Arrange for soldiers to go up the mountain to cut wood and make siege equipment.

"Report, General, there are no trees on the nearby hills."

"What?"

Liu Zhijun walked out of the camp tent and looked at Fangcheng Mountain in the distance.

I'll go.

Ruthless enough.

It turns out that the side of Fangcheng Mountain near Ye County has been cleared by Nanyang Jianbi.

There are only a few of them.

"Go farther and cut wood."

Liu Zhijun waved his hand impatiently and asked the deputy general to lead people to continue looking for trees.

He carefully inspected Fang Chengguan.

He knew that Xu Huaiyu had fought once, but not only did he not defeat him, but he also lost his troops. Be cautious yourself.

On the second day, he ordered 3,000 cavalry to run to the pass to call for battle.

He wanted to test the strength of the enemy's army.

The battle was closed, but no one responded at the head of the city.

Fang Xing had already gone down to the city, sitting in the Tibetan soldier cave drinking tea and chatting.

For him, such a call is to send him to death.

But before coming, the lord had an explanation, and the enemy army called for a battle and tried to ignore it, and when the army arrived, he would give them a ruthless one.

That's why he dared to drink tea leisurely.

Xu Huaiyu stayed in Lushan for two more days, prepared military supplies, grain, grass and young people, and then slowly came to Luyang Pass.

Luyang Pass is a small narrow city, and only 500 soldiers can be stationed in the pass.

If this fights, it will be a meat grinder, adding fuel to the tactics.

For this reason, Li Yu's method for Zhou Xu was to raise the city wall.

Zhou Xu filled the sand with a cloth bag and raised the city wall.

In three days, the army of 10,000 raised Luyang Pass by three zhang.

As this height increased, the length of the walls above increased considerably.

At least 3,000 men can be stationed.

It's stronger than the five hundred people at the beginning, not a star and a half.

In order to increase the strength of the defense, Li Yu allocated a batch of grenades to him, this thing can be understood as soon as he says it, there is no technical content, just point the lead and throw it under the city.

Li Yu paid attention to technology and science in warfare, and he was very opposed to piling up human lives.

Menghuo oil is this kind of oil, and it is useless to keep it.

The barrels were loaded into the Luyang Pass and Fangcheng Pass.

Anyway, there are waterways connected to it, and logistics support is not a problem.

The seventh day of October.

Xu Huaiyu's army came to five miles in front of Luyang Pass and set up camp.

He came to the front of the pass with his own soldiers, and looked at the city, I will go, what is the situation?

On a small city, there is a cloth bag wall more than three zhang high, which looks very strong.

There are hundreds of wooden boxes erected on the wall, like coffins erected, and it is very terrifying!

Is it to cast a spell?!

Xu Huaiyu didn't encounter such a situation when he hit Fangchengguan last time?!

He was momentarily confused.