Although Fancheng was taken, Zhu Xu crossed the river from Nancheng with thousands of elites, and by the way, he set fire to the ferry on the Han River.

However, the Han River is not the Yangtze River, and it does not need a big boat, and it can be crossed by a raft.

Huan Wen shouted for the Northern Expedition and transferred most of the Jingxiang Water Army to Misu, and the water village in Xiangyang was also broken by Qin Biao and Mi Jin.

In other words, no one in Jingxiang could stop the Liang army from moving south.

As for the things to cross the river, the craftsmen and people who accompanied the army could get them out in a day or two.

"Ling, Liu Gaozhi led 3,000 elites to stay in Fancheng, and the rest of the horses followed me across the river!" Li Yue didn't sleep all night, but his spirit was extremely excited.

Xiangyang is actually more important than Hefei, Dongguan and Weixu, and taking this place will choke the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

All parts of Jingzhou are within the scope of the crackdown.

"The Huan Chong Water Army has arrived in Yancheng, three hundred miles away from Xiangyang, about three days away!" Cui Hongdao.

"Huan Wen made three mistakes in this battle, one is to transfer most of the elite to Jianghuai, second, to be confused by the suspicious tactics of our army, and third, after waking up, he did not personally lead the main force to support, with these three mistakes, Xiangyang will be obtained by me!" Li Yue said with a smile.

Although Huan Chong is still talented in Jiangdong.

But in front of Liang Guo, it was not enough to see, and there were only 10,000 sailors on this trip, so it was impossible to lift the siege of Xiangyang.

You must know that the Liang army is upstream, and the Jin army is downstream.

For so many years, Huan Wen can suppress Jiangdong with Jingxiang, and he has also benefited from the upstream.

Li Yue and Cui Hong crossed the river on a bamboo raft.

There are many people and great strength, and tens of thousands of people are behind, and war horses, ordnance, grain and grass continue to cross the Han River day and night.

Standing on the bamboo raft, looking at Xiangyang City on the south bank, the Han River rises and falls, and suddenly there is a sense of dream-likeness.

When they arrived on the south bank, Qin Biao and Mi Jin waited for a long time with Li You and Meng Kuan.

"The last general will see Your Majesty." Four people fell to one knee.

Li Yue first helped Qin Biao and Mi Jin, then Meng Kuan, and finally Li You, "Why do you need red tape in the army? ”

I haven't seen each other for more than a year, Li You and Meng Kuan are stronger, their faces are a little less childish, their bodies are a little more military, and their waists are straight.

Since ancient times, the battlefield has been the most sharpening.

Li Yue's gaze swept over, and he didn't stop for long, just patted the two of them on the shoulder, "How is the situation in Xiangyang?" ”

"Huan Huo guards the law, the Jin army is killed, the last general did not attack, but just burned their water village, Your Majesty forgives the sin." Qin Biao looked apologetic.

"If it weren't for the general breaking the Jin army's water village, how could I capture Fancheng? There is no fault. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Let's go, let's check the city defense of Xiangyang with me." Li Yue turned over and got on the horse.

"Yes." The four followed.

Xiangyang is the old nest of Huanwen, and it is also the gateway and strategic fulcrum of the east and west of the Yangtze River.

Tao Kan broke Du Tao and Su Jun accordingly, Yu Yi plotted the Northern Expedition accordingly, and Huan Wen relied on this place to suppress Jiangdong.

The lifeblood of the Jin Kingdom is all in Jingxiang.

Therefore, I am extremely concerned about this city, the height of the city, the breadth of the city is far above the Fan City, and the four gates also built a huge urn city, and there are crossbow machines on the city wall, which is daunting.

The morale of the defenders on the city wall was acceptable, and they were not affected by the defeat of Fancheng.

From this, it can also be seen that Huan Huo has a few talents, and he can quickly stabilize the situation without being defeated.

"It's hard to storm this city." Li Yue sighed, no wonder Qin Biao and Mi Jin, who have always been brave, will be helpless.

It is difficult for such a big city to succeed without more than 100,000 troops.

However, Li Yue was mainly a surprise attack this time, and Huan Wen was caught off guard, so he didn't bring too many troops.

"Today, Huan Chong's reinforcements are coming, and the morale of the army in the city is becoming more and more stable." Qin Biao said with heavy eyebrows.

"Fancheng has been broken, the upper reaches of the Han River are controlled by our army, if Huan Chong dares to come, I will teach him to sail and not return! Order, prepare more rafts, bamboo rows, hay, firewood, and oil! ”

The winter is dry, and there is dry wood and withered grass everywhere.

"Your Majesty's clever plan!" Mi Jin bowed.

The others also admired, but this look was more or less performative, and burning the warship was originally an ordinary strategy.

Zhou Yu's burning of Chibi has been spreading all over the world for a hundred years.

Back in the camp, Li Yue waited for Huan to rush up and send him to death.

But after waiting for three days, Huan Chong did not come.

According to the news brought back by the scouts, Huan Chong saw that Fancheng had been breached, and the Liang army mastered the upper reaches, returned to Yancheng, and waited and watched the changes.

Sure enough, none of them are ordinary people these years.

Huan Chong Legion Soldier Xiangcheng, one can support Xiangcheng at any time, and can shelter Jiangling, Wuchang Zhucheng.

Xiangyang City is high and deep, and the Liang army of forty or fifty thousand is difficult to capture for a while.

Li Yue looked at the sand table made by the scouts, and he had a panoramic view of the Jianghan mountains and rivers, "The mountain is not me, I will go to the mountain, Qin Biao listens to the order." ”

"The last general!"

"Lead five thousand black cloud elites, eight thousand town troops, and go south to sweep the cities of Jiangling!"

If you can't break through Xiangyang, it's the same if you attack the cities of Jingnan.

The south was even more empty, and the area around Xiangyang, where the Jin army was mainly concentrated.

"Father, what if Huan Chong leads the army to support?" Li You is lively by nature, and he can't help but interject.

Li Yue laughed, "The fish in the water are on the shore, and they are not waiting to be slaughtered?" ”

All the way south, the Jin army either relied on the Han River and the Yangtze River as a screen, or cowered in the fortified city.

In the field, Li Yue has absolute confidence.

Even if the Jin army has cavalry, it is not the opponent of the Black Cloud elite!

I am not afraid that the Jin army will come to support, but I am afraid that the Jin army will not be able to shrink out.

"My sons are willing to go together." Li You's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

"The last general is willing to go with him." Meng Kuan also arched his hand.

In front of so many generals, Li Yue couldn't save their face, nodded and said, "It's worthy of my son, go!" ”

The two were overjoyed.

Li Yue raised his eyes and suddenly caught a glimpse of Cui Hong looking at Li You thoughtfully.

Cui Hong is good at everything, but he thinks too much.

Qin Biao led 13,000 steps to ride through the city of Xiangyang and went straight to the southern cities.

Li Yue led his troops and was ready to go, but the city still stood still.

Huan Huo is as stable as an old dog, like Huan Chong, he is worthy of being a brother.

Xiangyang is the old nest of the Huan family, Xiangyang is there, the whole Jingzhou is there, Xiangyang is not there, Jingzhou is in danger.

Li Yue simply rested in the camp.

The upstream Xincheng County is in hand, and Fancheng in the north has also been captured, and Xiangyang will sooner or later be the turtle in the urn.

It can be consumed in one bite.

Sure enough, Qin Biao went south, but Huan Chong still did not come out, allowing the Liang army to attack the city and plunder the land, and sent the captured people's money and grain to Xiangyang.

Li Yue admired their determination.

But from another perspective, it is correct to stick to it, as long as Xiangyang is still there, the foundation of the Huan family is there.

"It's better to send another 100,000 troops, break through Xiangyang in one fell swoop, and control the order of Jiangdong!" Cui Hong suggested.

"It's too late, 100,000 troops are coming from Yecheng, it's protracted, how can Huan Wen be indifferent, with the strength of Xiangyang, I'm afraid that the 100,000 army will be difficult to break." Li Yue was not impulsive.

If you raise an army of 100,000 again, it will be a decisive battle with Jiangdong.

Fu Jian wants to blossom happily in Guanzhong.

It's easy to send troops, but it's not so easy to strike if you want to quit.

As soon as the words fell, a scout came to report: "Your Majesty, Huan Wen personally led 30,000 main forces, advancing by land and water to support Jingxiang." ”

The lair is surrounded, and Huan Wen will definitely not give up.

Cui Hong said: "If Huan Wen rushes to the battlefield, he will only be afraid of this battle...... Call it a day. ”

The defenders of Xiangyang City, Huan Chong's naval army, and Huan Wen's 30,000 elites, when the time comes, it will not be a question of whether to attack Xiangyang, but how to retreat.

"Panic what, wait!" Xiangyang is difficult to break, but Jingnan is not necessarily, the main force of the Jin army is either transferred or assembled on the front line of Xiangyang.

At least for now, the Liang army has the upper hand.

It takes a long time to go from Dongguan to Xiangyang against the current, and the more troops, the slower the speed.

The New Year is fast approaching.

Chang Wei sent more than 10,000 cattle and sheep to reward the three armies, which can be regarded as a New Year.

Li Yue ordered the slaughter to give the soldiers a full meal.

"Your Majesty, great joy, General Qin Biao attacked Jiangling!" Mi Jin was overjoyed and came to report.

"Gangneung, Daseon!" Li Yue vigorously waved the charred roast leg of lamb in his hand.

Another village.

(End of chapter)