A thunderbolt streaked over Xiakou City.

Under the roar, it seemed that the entire Xiakou City was shaking.

Under the majesty of the sky, the soldiers looked at the sky in horror.

"General Yu, the Liang thief took advantage of the inability of our army to defend and captured Lexiang!" More than a dozen bloodstained scouts threw their hands at Xie Xuan.

Lexiang was captured, and the upstream Yiling, Gong'an, Baling, Chibi and other places all lost their meaning.

If you think about it further, half of Jiangdong will not last long.

The Yangtze River is not only the barrier of Jiangdong, but also the dead knot of Jiangdong, once the northern army crosses the Yangtze River, it will form a trend of destruction and decay.

Xie Xuan was personally taught by Xie An, and he also inherited his character, even though there were turbulent waves in his heart, his face was always calm and calm.

This composure has affected others as well.

"Lexiang is lost, and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are gone, so it is better to surrender Wuchang!" Guerrilla general Wang Tanzhi arched his hand.

Lexiang and Jiangling are like Xiangyang and Fancheng.

While clamping the Han River, the Yangtze River was choked.

Xie Xuan paced back and forth for a few steps, Xiangyang couldn't hold it, Wuchang definitely couldn't hold it, there was a thunderstorm outside, and there was a shock in the hall, "Since ancient times, the city can't be defended, Xiakou guards the three rivers, and it is important for Jianghan to rush, the weight of this place is still above Wuchang, Xiakou exists, then Wuchang exists, Xiakou does not exist, and Wuchang is difficult to hold for a long time!" ”

Xiakou faced the Jianghan Plain on one side, guarded the Han River on the one hand, and sheltered Wuchang, Chaisang and other places downstream on the other.

Just like Lukou is to Hebei, Fangtou is to Yezhong, and there is no room for loss.

"The Liang army has more than 100,000 troops, and there are siege weapons, but I am afraid that our army will ......" Wang Tanzhi actually didn't even want to defend Wuchang.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just a trapped beast.

"Oh? What does the general mean? Xie Xuan looked at him.

"Instead of defending one by one and being broken by the enemy, it is better to quickly withdraw to Jiangdong, rendezvous with Your Majesty, and then fight a decisive battle with the enemy on the Yangtze River, just like the Battle of Chibi back then."

The Liang army of more than 100,000 is not something that their 20,000 horses can stop.

And it was Emperor Liang himself who came, and the pressure was even greater.

Xie Xuan glanced at it, and suddenly found that the eyes of the other generals in the hall were full of expectation.

The families of the Beifu army are all in Guangling downstream, and the thoughts of the soldiers are naturally also in Guangling.

It's okay for them to come and suppress the bandits, but it's a different matter if they are desperate here.

"It's not that we're afraid of war, but the situation is unfavorable, so it's better to preserve our strength in order to make a comeback." Wang Tanzhi's statement is not unreasonable.

20,000 horses were stationed in Xiakou, most of which were naval and Beifu troops.

The Liang army had already broken through the Yangtze River, and Xiakou was not originally a male city like Xiangyang, Jiangling, and Wuchang, the city was low, and the morale was insufficient, and sooner or later it would fall.

"Even if you want to surrender Wuchang, you have to wait for the heavy rain to pass." With such a military heart, Xie Xuan could only retreat and try to gain time.

Even if he wanted to retreat, Xia Kou couldn't just throw it to the enemy.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, "The general is wise. ”

There were a few thunderclaps outside the hall, and a heavy rain came as promised, and everyone was preparing to leave.

Outside the hall, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps, "Huh...... General, enemy ...... Enemy cavalry is coming from the west! ”

"What?" Wang Tanzhi's whole body was shocked.

The enemy's arrival from the west meant that their retreat was cut off.

The heavy rain delayed their movements, but it did not delay the Liang army's desire to win.

Soon, there was a rush of chaos in the city.

The enemy army came so suddenly that it almost broke everyone's psychological defenses.

In the heavy rain outside the city, a row of black and oppressive Liang cavalry lined up in the west of the city, lightning and thunder, and the figure appeared from time to time, like a ghost.

Although the city has not yet been attacked, it has caused a great psychological impact on the defenders in the city.

However, the cavalry did not rush to attack the city, but disappeared into the rain like a ghost.

The scout team was immediately released from the city, and as soon as they followed, there were several screams, and the horses dragged the corpses of the scouts back in terror, and the blood dripped in the rain, bringing out a red halo, and then faded, and finally dissipated.

"Ghost ......" As soon as one of the soldiers opened his mouth, a sharp arrow came out of the rain, and happened to shoot in, and the soldier babbled back a few steps and fell on the city wall.

There was chaos on the walls.

"Whoever moves, behead it!" Xie Xuan climbed the city tower, and as soon as the defenders saw him, they were immediately relieved.

Xie Xuan raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and there was nothing in the rain, but this added to the psychological shadow of the soldiers.

The Chu army was all naval troops and foot soldiers, and the only 1,000 cavalry was definitely not the opponent of the cavalry of the Liang State.

Xie Xuan's brows furrowed slightly, but there were more things that upset him.

After a stick of incense, another warning signal came from the east, "General, enemy foot soldiers have been found in the east!" ”

"What? Why is Liang Jun so fast? ”

There were cavalry in the west to cut off the retreat, and there were enemy foot soldiers in the east, and Xiakou was already under siege.

You must know that the Liang army on the opposite side has more than 100,000 people.

"How many?" Xie Xuan's voice was still calm.

"I don't know, our scouts were shot as soon as they left the city, and General Xun estimated that there should be about 10,000 people based on his movements."

"10,000 people?" Wang Tan's face was frightened.

In the field battle, 10,000 Black Cloud elites were enough to match 20,000 Chu troops, and there were still thousands of enemy cavalry in the west of the city.

Xie Xuan said: "Why panic? This suspicious plan is also, the heavy rain continues, the area around Xiakou is low-lying, and most of the enemy cannot be so fast! ”

Woohoo –

A string of high-spirited warhorses chirped.

In the rain curtain, the figure of the cavalry suddenly appeared, and a burly beam slowly drove forward with a big bow, with a murderous aura in his eyes as if he wanted to swallow this small city alive, "The people in the city listen, Yiling, Lexiang, Wuchang, and Weisu have all fallen, and Jiangdong is dead, why not descend early!" ”

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, booming, and reverberating.

"Jiangdong is dead, why not descend early!" In the midst of the rain, thousands of people screamed.

Xie Xuan's face turned blue and white for a while, secretly thinking that this enemy general was cunning, skillfully using Tianwei to attack the heart.

Although he saw through the enemy's intentions, he couldn't crack it.

It is true that Lexiang was lost, it is also true that the enemy army appeared in Xiakou, and it is also true that hundreds of thousands of troops of Liang State marched south......

So far, the Liang army has not been defeated on the battlefield.

Yan Guo, Di Qin, and the powerful opponents in the past all fell under the soldiers of Liang State, so why should Jiangdong be an exception?

Even Emperor Huan Wen of Chu had suffered two defeats at the hands of the Liang army.

The consistent psychological advantage is infinitely magnified with the help of this Tianwei.

Even he, the main general, was shaken, not to mention ordinary soldiers.

On the city wall, the eyes of the soldiers converged on Xie Xuan, and in the wind and rain, a drop of cold sweat slipped on Xie Xuan's forehead.

Since the enemy cavalry appeared, it meant that they had been bitten to the death and could not escape at all.

The beam-backed general roared a few times before retreating into the rain, followed by the sound of horses' hooves moving away.

But that didn't take the pressure off the crowd in the slightest.

There was silence on the walls.

Xie Xuan frowned deeply and looked at the river in the north, the waves were shaking, the other bank was hidden in a rain and mist, and touched the bag in his arms, which was sent by Xie An before the start of the war, and now it seems that it is time to disassemble it......

(End of chapter)