Two long dragons marched southward.

One team is cavalry, and the other team is people pushing all kinds of siege equipment.

Nanyang is the junction of the three kingdoms, and when Xu Cheng defended this place, he built a large number of siege equipment to prepare for the attack on Wuguan.

Wuguan can't use it for the time being, but Jing Xiang does.

There are more than 20,000 troops on the Western Front, plus the Shangyong army of Qin Biao and Mi Jin, and the local town army in Nanyang, with a total strength of up to 40,000, not counting the people who were requisitioned.

The Liang state was extremely efficient, the emperor decided to march south, Shang Shutai was responsible for logistics and local support, and the military department formulated a feasible battle plan.

In fact, the strength of a country does not lie in the land and population, but in the ability to mobilize, the ability to respond.

The Liang State was politically clear and vigorous, and its internal operations were unimpeded.

Dominating the world has almost formed a consensus, regardless of the local court, the nobles, the civil and military generals, they can cooperate with each other, rather than hinder each other.

However, the commander of the Western Route Army was not Liu Gaozhi, but Li Yue, the emperor of Liang State.

Since it is necessary to hurt Jiangdong and make it impossible for them to interfere with the Northern Expedition in the future, it is necessary to strike a thunderous blow.

"General Biao has prepared a bamboo raft in Xincheng County upstream, and he can advance to Xiangyang just by waiting for His Majesty's order!" Cui Hong, as a member of the army, also followed the battle.

"Order the whole army, speed up the foot, don't have to spare livestock and horses, and transport siege equipment to the front line as soon as possible!"

There was only one chance, and the Huan Wen army was stationed in Jianghuai, causing Jingxiang to temporarily empty his troops.

Li Yue wanted to take Fancheng and Xiangyang in one go, and realize the pattern of Cao Wei's suppression of Jiangdong at the beginning.

Of course, it also depends on how the battle is fought.

If it goes well, it is not impossible to even win Jingzhou together!

The cavalry divided their horses and assisted the people in dragging the siege equipment.

In all the territory of the Liang Kingdom, official roads were built, the roads were tamped, and gravel and boiled sand were sprinkled.

Restricted by national strength, it is a little worse than Qin Zhidao, and there is no lime, but it is enough.

There is no rain or snow this winter, and the road is easier to walk.

With a "squeak", a building car beside Li Yue overturned on its side and fell to the ground, disturbing the war horse.

"Bold!" The guards pressed the handle of the knife and stared nervously at the people.

"Phew-" Li Yue tightened the reins of the horse and calmed the war horse.

"Your Majesty spares ......" the man fell to his knees.

"Arise, Shu'er and the others are not guilty." Li Yue didn't talk nonsense, and helped the building car up with the guards.

If it is a Yecheng craftsman, they will make the siege equipment into detachable parts and reassemble them when they arrive at the front line.

However, the craftsmen recruited by Xu Cheng temporarily are a little worse, and it is good to be able to make things, and Li Yue does not ask for too much.

"Thank you...... Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Seeing that Li Yuedu personally helped the car, everyone was greatly boosted, no longer complaining about being tired, and pushed various instruments forward together.

After a day and a night, you can vaguely see Fancheng, which is located on the side of the Han River.

In that year, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army to shock China, but failed to capture Fancheng.

I don't know if this battle will be successful.

The scouts of Fancheng had already discovered the army, the strong walls were clear, and the turtles were retreating into the city.

In this way, Li Yue was relieved to set up camp.

After a day's rest, Zhang Hao, Liu Gaozhi, and Murong Ling each led the cavalry to line up under the city, lined up, people like tigers, horses like dragons, swords and spears covered the sun, although there were only 20,000 horsemen, the army was extremely prosperous.

The people pushed the siege equipment to the front of the city.

Li Yue led 3,000 Xuanjia battalions to look behind.

"Your Majesty, General Qin asks when to attack." The scouts came first.

"There is no need to ask, Fancheng starts a war, immediately cross the river, attack Xiangyang, regardless of the cost of casualties!" Li Yue is bound to win.

"Yui!" The scout sped westward.

An hour later, the building car, the crash, and the thunderbolt car were pushed to the predetermined position, Murong Ling personally adjusted the range, everything was ready, Li Yue looked up at the sunny sky, "Siege!" ”

"Siege!"

Behind him, the flag waved, and the war drums roared and resounded through the mountains and rivers.

To the northeast of Fancheng, a rain curtain composed of crossbow arrows, cannons, and oil canisters smashed into the city.

Like a meteor or like a flying locust, it crosses the clear blue and wide sky, which is extremely spectacular.

Fancheng and Xiangyang are two hard bones, before gnawing bones, you must have a good tooth, Li Yue has already been mentally prepared.

Crossbow arrows, cannons, and fire oil were thrown at the city without money, and the flames were churning and the smoke and dust were rising.

It took an hour to bombard, and the crash, the city car, and the rushing car were pushed over.

There was soon a counterattack on the city wall, arrows, rolling logs, and cannons fell like splashing water, and the boarding carts that were pushed up were densely nailed with feathered arrows, as if feathers were born out of thin air.

More than a dozen soldiers who were splashed with fire oil let out a series of terrible screams under the city, and their bodies twisted violently.

Seven cars were smashed by heavy stones thrown from the city walls.

However, three rushing carts approached, equipped with heavy crossbows, and spear-like arrows smashed into the city, setting off bursts of blood.

There was a rushing car to suppress, and the boarding car also leaned over.

The board was stuck on the moat, and five or six black clouds jumped out with bones, halberds, and hammers and fought with the Jin army.

Don't look at the repeated defeats of the Jiangdong Shi clan, but the low-level soldiers are extremely brave and fierce, they do not retreat, and the black cloud army is strangled at the head of the city, and the dense spears are like a wall, and the black cloud that rushed to the head of the city will be pierced into a hedgehog.

Jiangdong crossbow machine is unique in the world, more sophisticated than Liang Guo.

Within thirty steps, he could shoot through the iron armor of the Black Cloud Army.

The fierce battle was almost two hours, and the Black Cloud Army was never able to open the situation.

At this moment, the north gate of Fancheng suddenly opened, and a team of cavalry rushed out, all armed with big axes, rushed to the city car, and slashed wildly.

Chop off a corner at random, and the boarding car falls to the ground.

Or just throw the canister of fire oil from the horse, and the city's own rockets shoot down......

"When did Jiangdong have such a good cavalry?" Li Yue looked at the cavalry that suddenly came out and was stunned.

Jiangdong is good at water army and crossbow machine, and now he actually makes an ironclad elite horseman.

"Your Majesty, don't forget, Qin and Jin have an alliance, Jin has grain, grass and ordnance, Qin has war horses and livestock, and they can communicate with each other." Cui Hong reminded.

"In this way, I want to take Jingzhou and cut off the contacts between them!"

If Qin and Jin continued to cooperate like this, it would be a great threat to the Liang State.

The Jin State was not the Eastern Wu of the year, and the Qin State was not the Shu Han of the year.

If it becomes a three-legged trend, Liang will face the Qin and Jin countries, and in the long run, the advantage will not be so great.

Huan Wen is making Gengxu soil broken, and Fu Jian is also innovating in Guanzhong.

If Fu Jian succeeds, the Qin State has great potential.

The siege on the first day ended with stubborn resistance from the Jin army.

Li Yue didn't expect to break the city in a battle, so he ordered his soldiers to rest and recuperate, and attack again tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, that night, Zhu Xu personally led the elite cavalry to attack the camp, but the Black Cloud Army had already taken precautions.

Zhu Xu is also a general, as soon as he saw that the situation was not good, he rushed out without waiting for the Black Cloud Army to surround him, losing more than 470 cavalry.

The casualties are not insignificant.

The Black Cloud Army also suffered more than 100 casualties.

(End of chapter)