The next day, as soon as the sky dawned, the soldiers were in battle under the city, and their fighting spirit was still high.

Li Yue rode his horse to inspect the armies, and in a bloody battle yesterday, more than 400 people were killed in the Black Cloud Army, and more than 2,000 people were killed in the Zhen Army.

However, the casualties in Fancheng were not small.

With the blessing of various siege equipment, the Jin army was created by artillery, fire oil, and crossbow arrows.

And the battle on the first day was basically elite.

Li Yue looked at the head of the city, the spirit of the defenders was obviously not as good as yesterday, "There is a general who will be the first to climb the flag, a general, and the military merit will be promoted to three levels, and I will reward another million dollars!" ”

There will be brave men under the great reward.

10,000 slogans are not as direct as 100 yuan.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Countless swords and spears were raised into the sky.

It's still artillery, crossbow arrows, and fire oil to wash the floor.

A big country must have the grandeur of a big country, and if you fire an extra cannon stone and a crossbow arrow, the soldiers will be able to shed a drop of blood.

In the past, the poor were quick to drink the northwest wind, but now it is not what it used to be, Xingyang, Shanyang two major iron mills, there is also a Luyang iron mill in Yuzhou, arrows, fire oil is sent from the rear in an endless stream.

For this battle, Chang Wei personally went to Xuchang and requisitioned 30,000 people, 50,000 livestock, and 8,000 deer carts and ox carts......

Li Yue has never fought such a rich battle in his life.

Therefore, although the Black Cloud Elite only has 20,000, it is pressing the Jin army to fight.

However, the resistance of the Fancheng Jin army was still fierce.

At the critical moment, Zhu Xu personally raised his sword and fought bloodily, and only then did he barely suppress the Black Cloud Army.

After a day of onslaught, the city was still not broken.

Li Yue gradually became a little anxious, and the art of war was cloudy: one blow of strength, then decline, and three exhaustions.

The failure to attack for a long time had a great impact on the morale of the soldiers.

"Your Majesty, the two Jin armies of Wuchang and Chaisang came to support, and Huan Chong led 10,000 elite sailors downstream to the border of Jiangxia." Cui Hong came to report.

"Huan Wen's reaction is not slow."

Wuchang and Chaisang conscience Jin army is not enough, local state and county soldiers, the combat power is not strong, just to make up the number of people.

However, Huan Chong's 10,000 sailors should not be underestimated.

Once you enter the Han River and block the river, the situation is not good.

Li Yue looked at Fancheng in the sunset, the reflected blood red, the mottled city wall was full of holes, but it just stood tall.

Sometimes, even if you do your best, you're still one step away from victory.

"How is Qin Biao and Mi Jin progressing?"

"Xiangyang is especially strong above Fancheng, and the two generals didn't find a chance...... It is only to contain the defenders in the city, so that they cannot support Fancheng. Cui Hong's tone was a little low, and he didn't seem to be optimistic about this battle.

Thinking that Li You and Meng Kuan were both in the army, he was slightly worried.

However, other people's sons can throw their heads and spill blood, why can't their own sons?

It's all fate.

"Rest, attack again tomorrow!" Li Yue cleaned up his mood and went upriver from Jiangxia, it would take at least six or seven days, and it was still too late.

Although he had been mentally prepared, Fancheng's solidity still exceeded his imagination.

Zhu Xu is also a unique general.

That night, Li Yue inspected the camps, cleaned the wounds of the wounded soldiers, bandaged them, and calmed their emotions.

Zhang Hao, Liu Gaozhi, Murong Ling and the others have been following behind, but Li Yue did not reprimand them, "Go back and rest early, I will patrol the camp tonight." ”

"Your Majesty—" Liu Gao's face was moved.

Zhang Hao gritted his teeth and said: "If Fancheng is not broken tomorrow, there will be no shame in the end!" ”

Both of them were scarred, and even if ten thousand enemies were in this bloody battle, they could not do anything.

"Haha, if the general says this, Fancheng will be broken!" Li Yue did not reprimand, and the soldiers did their best.

As night fell, snoring erupted in the camp.

Li Yue did what he said and patrolled the camp with his personal guards.

There was nothing to do all night, Zhu Xu suffered a loss, and he didn't dare to attack at night again, the sky was hazy, and the soldiers were awake one after another.

Li Yue sat upright under the gate.

"Your Majesty!" The old soldiers came to salute one by one.

Li Yue nodded.

Knock, knock, knock......

After a while, the sound of war drums shattered the winter morning.

After the three-way drum was over, the soldiers had assembled.

Zhang Hao and Liu Gaozhi each led more than 200 troops, all wearing double armor, holding heavy soldiers such as bones and short axes, with bloodshot eyes and a layer of evil aura from head to toe.

"This is my son, come here, buy wine!"

The guards brought the millet wine that had been prepared and poured it into the clay bowl that had been placed on the ground.

Li Yue picked up a bowl with both hands and drank it, "Strong men can drink it!" ”

The soldiers stepped forward, one bowl per person, and after drinking, they gently put the pottery bowl on the ground, lifted the bones, short axes, and shields, and walked to the battlefield without saying a word.

Murong Ling had already ordered crossbowmen and thunderbolts to bombard the city in the front formation.

Zhang Oyster drank three bowls in a row, and his face did not change, "Your Majesty will wait a while, and the last general will break through Fancheng!" ”

"Good!" Li Yue accompanied him to drink a bowl.

Millet wine is a common drink of the people of Kanto, good quality and low price, fragrant smell, mellow throat, even the people, soldiers like.

After two days of continuous onslaught, Fancheng did not see reinforcements from Xiangyang for a long time, and his morale was low.

Even the artillery and crossbow arrows seemed weak.

The Black Cloud Army carried a long ladder to the city, and in less than a moment, Zhang Hao took the lead, climbed to the head of the city, his left hand was ringed with a knife, and his right hand was a short axe, opening and closing, turning up bursts of blood.

The defenders of the city were significantly inferior to those of the previous two days.

Seeing the ferocity of Zhang Oyster, like an iron beast, he didn't dare to go forward.

Later, Liu Gaozhi, Dou Feng and others followed and finally gained a foothold in the city.

More black cloud elites poured into the city and fought a bloody battle with the Jin army.

The fighting spirit of the Black Cloud Army was high, but the Jin Army was getting weaker and weaker, and it was gradually unable to resist.

Zhu Xu and Zhou Fu led their own soldiers to resist, but they were each resisted by Liu Gaozhi and Zhang Hao.

As soon as Li Yue saw this posture, he knew that Fan Cheng couldn't hold it.

In order to break through this city, 70,000 or 80,000 manpower was invested, as well as most of the material resources of the Central Plains, more than one million crossbow arrows were used, not counting artillery, and nearly 4 million dollars were spent on fire and fuel.

More than 220 siege equipment of all kinds were scrapped, and the town army and the Black Cloud army suffered nearly 7,000 casualties.

If other cities are so difficult to fight, there is no need to expect the unification of the world......

"It's broken, the city is broken." The guards shouted excitedly.

Li Yue looked at it, and a big pole with the word "Jin" on the head of the city had been cut down.

The north gate opened, and Murong Ling directly led a team of cavalry to rush in.

However, the enemy was still resisting, and it was an hour and a half before stopping.

Zhang Oyster carried a human head and rode his horse to Li Yue's front, "The last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he will return with the enemy's head!" ”

As he spoke, he dismounted, blood dripping down the saddle and dripping to the ground.

Li Yue looked up and down, and the outer armor was all cut off, which showed that the battle was fierce, but no one was injured.

Brushing away the messy hair on the head, an old and unfamiliar face, with round eyes and angry corners of the mouth.

"Zhou Fu!"

"It's this thief!" Zhang Hao laughed.

Li Yue felt a little pity in his heart, the Zhou family had already stepped on the boat with one foot on the girder, Zhou Fu died, and I don't know how the Zhou family would feel.

However, this is Zhou Fu's personal choice, everyone has their own aspirations, and it is the general's fate to die on the battlefield.

Zhou Fu's hands were also stained with the blood of a lot of Liang soldiers.

(End of chapter)