Since the news of Liu Tai's southern expedition was sent out through Wang Xizhi's newspaper, it was naturally released by Liu Tai consciously.

The purpose is to let everyone in the Jin Court focus their attention on themselves.

With the arrival of September, Liu Tai led Liu Ming as his deputy, Liu Yao as his minion, Xi Jian as the mastermind, Xun Sui as the army, and Ge Xin, Weixiong, Deng Yue, Zhou Ping and other captains no less than dozens of people, leading about 50,000 people in his headquarters to join Wang Sang's army in Xinye.

When he saw the news, Tao Kan even breathed a little urgently.

After all, people get names, trees get shadows, Liu Tai started his army from Qingzhou to fight all the way, and now only the Jin court is left in the pacification world, which makes Tao Kan not careful.

Tao Kan can make a decisive judgment, this Fan Cheng is afraid that it is in danger.

Liu Tai came to the Hanshui River to observe the situation in Fancheng.

I have to say that although Fancheng and Xiangyang are only separated by a Han River, Tao Kan has an elite naval army that can rescue Fancheng from time to time.

In this way, although Wang Sang successfully cleared the defense system around Fancheng, there was nothing he could do about Fancheng itself.

Because he didn't have a navy in his hands, Tao Kan sent a navy to assist Fancheng in defending every time.

Fancheng has reinforcements from time to time, which can not only transport supplies, but also transport the seriously wounded to retreat.

This gives the soldiers of Fancheng a great psychological advantage, they still have comrades who can be relied on, under this high morale and sufficient materials, it is naturally not easy for Wang Sang to capture Fancheng!

Of course, Wang Sangzhen didn't want to let the soldiers fill in their lives, and Fan Cheng might be able to take it.

However, Liu Tai gave the order, and it didn't matter if Fan Cheng couldn't take it, which naturally made Wang Sang choose not to force it.

The perimeter defense facilities that should be cleaned up will be cleaned up by themselves, but if they really can't take Fancheng in a short time, then they will be prepared and let Liu Tai solve it!

Of course, there is also a bit of a desire to give a gift to Liu Tai.

After all, Wang Sang has lived until now that he has stepped into the opportunity to divide the seal with one foot, and Li Gu, who made another choice at the beginning, is now eating sand in Yanmen, Wang Sang naturally cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, Wang Sang naturally pushed the boat and let Fan Cheng stay as a gift and handed it over to Liu Tai to deal with.

To a certain extent, Fancheng is the chicken that Wang Sang prepared for Liu Tai, and killed it for Tao Kan on the other side!

And Liu Tai was more or less clear about Wang Sang's thoughts, but he didn't say much, after occupying Xinye, he only continued to organize the transportation of materials to Xinye for hoarding, so as to ensure that he could play a role.

And Liu Tai's siege method is very simple, so simple that it doesn't look like a siege, but like a demolition!

Only the engineering battalion led by Jianfei continued to build one thunderbolt after another.

For this, Fancheng's guards did not have any doubts, after all, Wang Sang had also used this kind of thing to attack with catapults.

Although the first day of attack was very thrilling, for the vast majority of soldiers, they were more or less accustomed to it, as long as they took refuge under the city walls and not be directly hit.

And Liu Tai didn't have any nonsense when he saw this scene, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "I'm very curious, how strong is the wall of Fancheng, which can withstand the stones of my thunderbolt!" ”

To tell the truth, Liu Tai's thunderbolts introduced the concept of vectors because of standardization, and at the same time, ballistics was introduced by his mathematically skilled alchemists, and corresponding sights were added to all of these thunderbolts.

Even the weight and shape of the stones were uniform, which was polished day and night with a simple steam engine.

It can only be said that war is really the propeller of scientific and technological development, and I want the steam engine to derive new effects from the most superficial pumping and crushing effects, and there has not been much improvement in a few years.

But I ordered the engineering battalion to find a way to polish the stones day and night, and the craftsmen who could think of the corresponding methods would be rewarded, otherwise you would go and polish them for me personally.

Then Xie Fei took the lead, and they came up with a steam engine to grind the stones, the details are needless to say, but for the workers who operate, they only need to add water and coal day and night.

And Liu Tai's attack on Fancheng was really untechnical, and it was a continuous stone throwing with a thunderbolt.

But this simple and crude tactic was that Liu Tai hoarded enough supplies to Xinye for several months, so that Liu Tai could gather enough ammunition for this attack on Fancheng, and then let the catapult continuously throw stones at one place after another.

This is not only a test of the quantity of stones saved by Liu Tai's army over the years, but also a test of the quality of the catapults that have been erected.

After all, using the Thunderbolt to use the "Van Vliet Ammunition" tactic is in itself an unparalleled destruction of the Thunderbolt itself.

In this era, the vast majority of people have a concept of catapults to suppress and then attack.

It's not that they don't want to break down the walls, it's that if the catapults are not powerful enough, the accuracy is insufficient, and the quality is too poor, they can't break the walls at all.

But Liu Tai rushed to smash the city wall directly with a thunderbolt car.

The foundation left over from so many years of semi-industrialization has ensured that the catapult has enough replacement parts, no matter where it breaks, there are parts that can be quickly replaced, and with previous preparations, such tactics can be used in this era.

This offensive method directly blinded the defenders of Fancheng, and even the naval army sent out by Tao Kan early was stagnant.

Because even they don't know whether they are going to the rescue or watching at this time.

After all, the current confrontation between the two sides is completely different from the previous wars, who has ever seen a thunderbolt car directly smash the city wall.

Can you still use your flesh and blood to resist this boulder that is about the same size as your own body!?

Tao Kan's sailors couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the scene in front of them, they didn't know what else they could do.

At this moment on the battlefield, they could only watch Liu Tai's engineering battalion continuously throwing stones, and they could only watch.

Under this huge number of stones that I don't know how many stones to throw, the indestructible wall of Fancheng in my eyes collapsed directly after withstanding an unknown number of attacks!

"Attack! Take Fancheng! Liu Tai didn't hesitate, watching the walls of Fancheng collapse, he immediately ordered the soldiers to attack!

Naturally, the soldiers did not hesitate and charged towards the smashed city wall.

By now, it was impossible for the defenders of Fancheng to resist their frantic fighting spirit.

"Sure enough, it is still the modern concept of war to fight the ancient war." Liu Tai watched the walls of Fancheng collapse, and couldn't help but show a smug smile on his face.

Over the years, I have worked so hard to climb science and technology, strengthen my organizational strength, and increase investment in the industrial system, at least at the moment of the collapse of Fancheng, all of which have value.

I can proudly declare that from now on, the logic of siege warfare is about to change.

Thinking that the city wall is thick, it can withstand the opponent's attack, and what makes the opponent unable to move forward is that the era is completely over.

Of course, this can't be regarded as a victory of technology, at most it can be regarded as a victory of materials, and whoever has the capital can do this.

It's just that Liu Tai can accumulate these technologies, organize an engineering army, and dispatch Kyushu materials to gather in Xinye, this is Liu Tai's ability.

If you don't directly oppress people with power, can't you still use your life to fill it?

"Your Majesty, with this improved thunderbolt, even Xiangyang can't resist our army's front!" Wang Sang also came over to congratulate Liu Tai at this moment.

"After the fight, arrange for people and the engineering battalion to recover all these stones!" Liu Tai glanced at Wang Sang and said, "As long as it is not broken, use it as many times as possible, and it will be used in Xiangyang in the future!" ”

"Subordinates understood!" Wang Sang nodded again and again when he heard Liu Tai's words.

Although Liu Tai was really handsome when he attacked Fancheng with a thunderbolt just now, behind such a handsome, he needed to work hard to recover the embarrassment of these stones.

When the city wall collapsed and Fancheng fell into street fighting, the Fancheng army could not resist the attack of Liu Tai's army at all.

Perhaps, they were just fighting with the Han army with the intention of being soldiers to eat.

This allowed them to obey the orders of the guards while the city was still there, and to defend as much as they could.

But losing the protection of the city wall, in the face of the fierce Han army like wolves, some of them resisted, some begged for mercy, and some directly took off their armor and jumped into the river, but they didn't expect to swim across the Yangtze River, but as long as they swam to their own sailors, it was enough!

At this moment, Tao Kan, who was on the other side, also looked serious when he watched his soldiers flee from Fancheng in a hurry.

To be honest, Tao Kan had tried his best to think about what kind of way Liu Tai would attack Fancheng.

The sailors sent out by themselves are also ready to support Fancheng at any time, after all, the ships are condescending to shoot, and the ships also carry a strong crossbow against the armor of the Han army, the purpose is to give the Han army a heavy blow here in Fancheng, even if it can't do a heavy loss, it will kill the prestige of the Han army.

But Tao Kan didn't expect that Liu Tai's way of attacking Fancheng was so simple and rude, but he would drop ten times with one effort.

directly smashed Fancheng with a dense catapult, and then let the Han army kill it from the front, so that all his preparations were not needed and he was pushed all the way by the other party.

This sense of aggrieved is the most aggrieved for any general.

Because this shows that the strength of your own army is inferior to that of the other party.

And Liu Tai also knows very well where the strength of the Han army is, which is why he will use such an incredible, but such a suitable fighting method for the Han army!

Although Tao Kan completely lost all the strongholds north of Hanshui, the only thing that made Tao Kan feel relieved was that Hanshui itself was the biggest restriction on the Han army, and with the naval blockade, no matter how strong Liu Tai's army was, no matter how accurate the thunderbolt was, it was meaningless.

And Liu Tai took Fancheng, so he could only find a suitable place to set up a water village, build boats, and prepare to cross the river.

It's just that it's not easy for Tao Kan to use his own sailor to destroy.

After all, the large-scale thunderbolt car directly threw a stone without killing at one time, and the naval army directly turned over and broke countless times on the horse.

After suffering a loss, Tao Kan did not dare to come again during the day, but sent troops to harass him at night, and Liu Tai's words directly made the practice of strengthening the Han River at night, so that Tao Kan had to deal with it carefully.

All in all, in the process of confrontation between the two sides, Liu Tai and Tao Kan always find ways to disgust each other.

Liu Tai is naturally very happy about this, after all, he is waiting for Su Jun to attack Jiankang, but Tao Kan, what are you waiting for?

Tao Kan naturally didn't know Liu Tai's thoughts, at least on the current battlefield, Liu Tai's tactics were not to say how clever they were, but Liu Tai's play was always to constantly play the superiority of his army.

For example, Liu Tai's army is more numerous, so Liu Tai is attacking from all sides, as if he has to cross the river everywhere.

Tao Kan had to send his soldiers to keep an eye on everywhere and further dilute the army in his hands.

However, Liu Tai took advantage of his large number of soldiers and a wide range of generals, and changed a group of soldiers to make a gesture of crossing the river during the day, and the professional soldiers went to sleep last night.

Tao Kan took advantage of the sailor's initiative to attack and grasp the initiative, and disrupted Liu Tai's shipbuilding rhythm.

But Liu Tai's army did not panic like ordinary troops even at night, on the contrary, they could see the enemy in the dark and sound the alarm as soon as possible to counterattack.

Tao Kan and Liu Tailing fought back and forth, because of the excellence of Liu Tai's soldiers, so that Tao Kan wanted to cause riots in the soldiers' surprise attack strategy, which was completely useless.

On the contrary, Liu Tai's construction of the water army camp in such a bright and bright manner successfully attracted Tao Kan's attention and made his soldiers take the initiative to attack a few times, but it was his own army that suffered a small loss.

Of course, it cannot be said that Liu Tai has no last resort, but every time Tao Kan's plan is successful, but the quality of Liu Tai's low-level soldiers is a little too much beyond Tao Kan's expectations.

Let Tao Kan feel like the other party has clearly stepped on the trap, but after the other party stepped on the trap, he still blew himself up, which is really an indescribable depression.

And Liu Tai unhurriedly built the water village as a bait, and Tao Kan would always find a way to stop it.

In the continuous exchange of battles between the two sides and the continuous temptation, the losses of the grassroots soldiers on both sides are actually very large, especially the losses of the opposing attackers.

But in Tao Kan's view, what he wants to do is to rely on the Han River to intercept Liu Tai, and it is necessary to slow down Liu Tai's purpose of building this water military camp.

After all, as long as Liu Tai crosses the river and uses the tactics of attacking Fancheng to attack Xiangyang, even if Xiangyang is taller and stronger than Fancheng, it is all a city wall made of Sanhe soil, and Xiangyang cannot be defended in the face of the opponent's unreasonable attack method.

In this case, it is better to replace defense with offense and delay the speed of Liu Tai's army.

In the final analysis, human life is the least valuable in this era, and it is even more willing to use it in the hands of famous generals.

Tao Kan was like this, and Liu Tai was even more so, and the war between the two sides gradually turned into a scout war, or a small force fight.

Liu Tai's fight with Tao Kan attracted the attention of everyone in the Jin Court.

After all, this is Liu Tai, and the protagonist of this attack on Jin Ting is not Liu Tai, so who is it?

At this moment, Su Jun successfully boarded his warship, followed the monsoon and cold current, and swooped straight towards the hinterland of the Jin Court!

(End of chapter)