It was already noisy in Xiangyang Fort, and with the arrival of Hu Bugui and his party, the news of the counterattack of the 100,000 dreadnought imperial troops inevitably began to spread in Xiangyang Fort.

The common people didn't care about any strategy and tactics, they just instinctively understood that the 100,000 army sounded like an unstoppable enemy, but it was just half a day's work, helping the old and the young, and the fleeing crowd pushing carts and donkeys had blocked the gate of Xiangyang Fort leading to Qi State.

No matter how the defenders persuaded them, no ordinary people would pay attention to them at all, they only cared about whether their family could escape this military disaster.

And Ling Xiao, who had just reunited with a group of friends, didn't care to say a few more words to his sister Yueya, and got the news that a large number of people in Xiangyang Fort had fled.

It's just that this bad news in the eyes of others has an extraordinary meaning for Ling Xiao.

Originally, the city was most empty, a castle with only soldiers and no people, no matter how strong, it was always like a tree without roots, water without a source, and the most direct consequence of the people fleeing was the heavy loss of logistics, without all kinds of handymen, without the source of auxiliaries, and even the source of daily food would be cut off.

Therefore, the leaders of the various families who heard the news were anxious in their hearts, and they were bent on responding with the absolute execution of the army and forcing the people to stay.

However, Ling Xiao, who heard the news, said a different opinion.

The flight of the people will certainly bring a series of disadvantages, but there are also some advantages, that is, the separation of soldiers and civilians, the most critical point of the war between the parties has always been the situation news, and basically all the spy intelligence officers will always choose to lurk among the people due to identity problems.

As soon as the people fled, the entire Xiangyang Fort would immediately become an incomparably huge military camp, which could no longer tolerate any outsiders to infiltrate, basically cutting off the exploration path of some ordinary spies.

Moreover, Hu Bugui and his entourage had only just arrived at Xiangyang Fort for half a day. The news of the arrival of an army of 100,000 would have spread throughout the city, and it was not surprising that it had been spread by the enemy.

Then, as soon as the people flee, four or five out of ten of the people who do not run away are the enemy's spies. Therefore, after Ling Xiao, the owner of the fort, received the news that the people had fled, his first order was to leave if he wanted to, but all the people who stayed behind would enter the baggage camp and work as servants and do some hard work.

Such an order at once. At the very least, it ensures that the information in Xiangyang Fort will not be leaked casually, and the people who are willing to stay in the Fort naturally have a certain amount of preparation in their hearts, and they will not have any resentment about this order, after all, if Xiangyang Fort is broken, they will also suffer, and it is also the proper meaning of the question to do their part.

The second order was to send a team of 50 roads to collect all kinds of supplies in the city and prepare for the future battle to defend the city. This order is equally understandable, and the people flee. The things left in the house are naturally discarded, and the garrison collects them, no matter how large or small, even if it is a door panel. It's always useful.

But Ling Xiao's third order was a little confusing, "All the archers in the army, change into the clothes of the people, and go out of the city with the fleeing crowd." The assembly point is at Shilipo, and the escape and assembly tasks must be completed after five hours. ”

People whose minds turn faster such as Hu Bugui, Zhang Yangming, and Su Qing already understand that they have some understanding of Ling Xiao's thoughts. There was admiration on his face, and people like Jiang Xian, Yue Yatou, Zhao Xiaobao, Liu Dashao and others who were not very experienced were confused, I don't know why, fortunately, they don't need to understand, just execute.

At this point, Hu Bugui and his party had just recovered a little bit of strength, and they were not even familiar with the streets in Xiangyang Fort, so they hurriedly changed their clothes under the leadership of Ling Xiao again, mixed with the fleeing crowd, and left Xiangyang Fort.

The affairs of the fort were dominated by Jiang Xian as the honorary lord of the fort, which was essentially commanded by Zhang Yangming, who was old in the battlefield, and basically fought hard to defend the city, and the key to the victory of the battle of Xiangyang Fort fell on the five thousand archers led by Ling Xiao. At least, no one could know where these 5,000 archers went, and even if the city closed down and sent countless spies and scouts as many as 600 people, they couldn't understand how these archers, who had played a decisive role on the battlefield, left Xiangyang Fort.

In fact, it was just when Ling Xiao had just gathered and assembled the archers, and the 90,000 troops who had sealed the city had already appeared ten miles outside the city of Xiangyang Fort, and the reason why they were so close was that the troops were superior, and there was no need to be afraid of any harassment and ambush at all, and the second was to give the defenders in Xiangyang Fort a kind of deterrence, and the soldiers who surrendered without a fight have been the highest goal pursued in war since ancient times.

However, the defenders in Xiangyang Fort, especially the major leaders, were not very afraid in their hearts, the key was that they understood that they still had more than 5,000 archers lurking in the shadows, and this battle still had to be fought, and the dreadnought army might not have much advantage.

In fact, the reason why the city closed the city with such a huge posture was also had to be done, and their soldiers were already exhausted after days of hurrying, and they had no ability to attack the city at this time, so it was better to simply be generous, show their strength, and deter the enemy from daring to make any changes.

And the continuous scouts also sent the situation in Xiangyang Fort to his tent one after another, as expected, the people fled, the logistics were cut off, and the lone army of 20,000 was trapped in Xiangyang Fort. Lockdown is confident that as long as his soldiers recover, there is no way for this small Xiangyang Fort to turn out of the palm of his hand.

It is sunset, and the soldiers who are able to survive the night and get enough rest will be able to reappear on the battlefield again tomorrow to teach these hateful enemies a profound lesson.

In the tent, it was already the dawn of the oil lamp, and the city did its best to arrange a qiē military affairs, that is, to ensure that enough soldiers could rest, but also to ensure the safety of the entire camp, the whole 10,000 heavy infantry was sent to Xiangyang Fort by the blockade, and arrived at the defense, the task was to ensure that the troops in Xiangyang Fort had the opportunity to attack at night. The cavalry of 5,000 men was scattered around the barracks, and if the harassing troops reappeared, they would be killed to death.

Even the masters in Xiangyang Fort gathered, and it was very likely that they would come to assassinate him, the commander-in-chief of the dreadnought army, and the closure of the city was taken into account, don't look at the silence in the tent in front of him, as long as there is something abnormal, there will be more than 100 high-ranking people to maintain their safety immediately.

In addition to the nearly 10,000 troops abandoned along the way, and the 15,000 people who will not be able to participate in the battle tomorrow for night defense, there are still more than 70,000 people in their hands that can be used for tomorrow's siege, plus the survival of the 3,000 Shanyue people, it can be imagined that Xiangyang Fort has no chance at all.

It's just that a wise man thinks a lot, he must make a mistake, he thinks a lot, but he doesn't expect that he has taken precautions to command the people of Xiangyang Fort to escape from the tide, but there is still an extremely powerful attack force hidden, and even so strong that the entire God of War Continent will not appear the same second army.

That's right, the team of 5,000 archers led by Ling Xiao now is not too many in terms of quantity, but in terms of quality, it is much stronger than the archers of any country.

In the battle of the deserted city and the battle of the passage, there were more than 900 archers who got his guidance, plus nearly 100 disciples of the Arrow Sect developed by the Liu family, that is, nearly a thousand strong archers, and other archers from all over the country who came to help and the archers in Xiangyang Fort Although their strength was a little weaker, under the teaching of other veterans, it was only a short four hours, and the tactics and tactics of some archers were already understood.

And the Yue girl and Zhao Xiaobao in the accompanying army gave Ling Xiao a lot of surprises, that is, the storage of the Danzong Zhan Dan poison pill, a small poison pill soaked in water, it was enough for more than forty archers to quench their arrows with poison, although the poison pill carried by the girl was not too much, but it also made almost all strong archers attack power step on a step again.

And Zhao Xiaobao, who has always liked machinery, brought four giant crossbows to Ling Xiao as a treasure, this kind of city defense equipment has been greatly reduced in weight under Zhao Xiaobao's improvement, but the power has not only not decreased, but has improved, the most important thing is that the range of this giant crossbow is far away, and it is almost the same as the strong archers.

And not far after ten miles of slope is the Holy Mountain Range, among the Holy Mountain Range, which is absolutely impossible to climb, Ling Xiao, who has already planned, has selected a slightly prominent mountain cliff, and it is basically impossible to climb it under the Zun Realm, but with the help of the rope, it took some time to let Ling Xiao transport the entire strong bow team.

In such a situation, after a series of operations, at least the strongbow team is in an excellent position where they can attack the enemy, but the enemy has absolutely no way to attack them.

The thousand-man strongbow team was in place, commanded by Zhao Liuxing, the former captain of the strongbow, and the remaining nearly 4,000 archers began to infiltrate the dreadnought barracks under the leadership of Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao's target is the Shanyue people who are no longer a secret, if the three thousand Shanyue people are annihilated, it can be said that the dreadnought imperial army that lacks siege equipment basically has no ability to capture Xiangyang Fort in a short period of time.

And for Xiangyang Fort, which has just become independent from the hands of the Dreadnought Empire, what is lacking is time, you must know that Jiang Xian's identity as the prince of Qi has been recognized by the widow of Qi State, and the resistance forces of Qi that insist on fighting are gathering in the direction of Xiangyang Fort, seeing that the opportunity for Qi to rise again is just around the corner, but the nail of sealing the city is firmly nailed in front of Xiangyang Fort.

So don't look at the fact that there are only 20,000 troops in Xiangyang Fort at this time, but as long as there is time, it is not difficult to gather more than 100,000 troops. It's a pity that the lockdown came too quickly, and many resistance forces wanted to determine Jiang Xian's identity, and second, they had to take the strength at hand to avoid the garrison troops of the Dreadnought Empire, but it would take at least three days to reach Xiangyang Fort.

However, although the lockdown had absolute certainty in his heart to occupy Xiangyang Fort in one day, Ling Xiao had a greater certainty of dragging on these crucial three days, and even annihilated the 100,000 troops of the Dreadnought Empire here. (To be continued......)