Xiangyang City, soon the whole city was on alert, making the people panic and not knowing why.

Compared with the fighting of the northern army for several days, this time, the people only felt that the palace was very nervous.

"What is the reason for this?"

"I heard that the army of the British King is coming to attack Xiangyang!"

"Alas, now that the whole city is blocked, we little people can't go anywhere!"

"You still want to escape, it's a blessing that I didn't catch you to defend the city!"

……

The people were talking, but they were helpless.

At present, the whole city of Xiangyang City is blocked, and not a single fly can fly out. Moreover, the palace is issuing a notice to recruit soldiers, and in the notice, it is wantonly smearing the British King Gui Yunzheng, hoping to stimulate the hearts of the people of Xiangyang who are the same enemy.

This trick can be regarded as having some effect. The 100,000 Xiangyang defenders soon expanded to 130,000.

Zhang Daguo is a person who is good at using soldiers, and in order to multi-layer insurance, he drove 50,000 troops and established two fortresses outside Xiangyang City to block the British king's army. In terms of the navy, they are also on full alert to prevent the British king's navy from going down the river and attacking Xiangyang by land and water.

Defense, it should be said that it can be done. However, no one knows what the effect will be.

At present, in terms of total strength, Xiangyang still has a great advantage. The British king's army led 40,000 troops when it set out, and it has expanded to more than 80,000 along the way. Among them, there were not only tens of thousands of newly surrendered soldiers, but also some civilians along the road. These people, seeing that the British king's army treated the people well, and did not commit any offense with the people, were actually benevolent and righteous teachers, so they enthusiastically signed up to join.

With the support of public opinion, the speed of the British king's army will naturally be much faster. Although it was not a sandwich greeting, the common people were not very panicked when they heard that the British soldiers had arrived.

And Zhang Da's defense outside the city has just been arranged, and the front army of Xu Lang and Ma Rubao has already arrived two miles away.

"Report, general, the defenders of Xiangyang have handed over the defensive range and expanded out of the city, according to investigation, there are about forty or fifty thousand people, and they have set up camp to block the way of our army!"

As soon as the tent was raised, Xu Lang's scouts sent an urgent report.

"It seems that I was afraid of them in a battle yesterday, and if I knew this, I should have chased them straight to Xiangyang City yesterday!"

When Ma Rubao heard this, he felt a little regretful.

"Hehe, General Ma, you are a battlefield general, you should know that my front army, mainly light cavalry, is good at field battles, he is in a good posture and deployed outside the city, isn't that just as I wanted?"

Xu Lang smiled softly, after a few battles, his thinking about the problem has been very different.

When he said this, Ma Rubao's eyes also lit up.

"That's right! What a hastily formed defense can it be! Give me two thousand light rides, and it will be scattered! ”

"Yes, exactly. However, don't be in a hurry for the time being, wait for the soldiers to rest for a while, wait for the brothers in Xiangyang City to deliver the news, and wait for our naval army to approach Xiangyang, let's attack together, hmph, when the time comes, just wait for you to show your might! ”

Before Xu Lang came, he had already obtained Gui Yunzheng's secret plan. They had 30,000 forwards along the way, got out of Gucheng, rested for a while, and then sent to Xiangyang. It just so happened that I met reinforcements from Xiangyang halfway. Neither army could set up camp before they handed it over.

Naturally, Xu Lang, who was strong in the field, rushed and killed in a few formations, and then scattered the 20,000 reinforcements, and then harvested them one by one very coldly.

In the end, Xu Lang's side, at the cost of losing more than 2,000 people, reaped the results of killing more than 10,000 enemies and capturing more than 8,000 people. The number of troops has once again been replenished.

This time, in order to appease the surrendered troops, Gui Yunzheng specially sent Wang Liang to assist Xu Lang. After all, as a veteran who is a little famous, Wang Liang's words are more convincing.

This trick has an immediate effect. Under Wang Liang's brainwashing, the soldiers surrendered from fear of death at the beginning, to understand how wise and powerful the king of England is, and how the British army is famous, and gradually feel that they are really abandoning the darkness and turning to the light.