Chapter 90 Soldiers Arrive at Hanshui

At this time, outside Xiangyang City, there was already a lot of war. After Luo Rucai, Li Shuanzhu, Zhao Erlu and others were ordered to enter Xiangyang, they set out from Nanyang Mansion and rushed to Xiangyang to kill. Along the way, they were blocked by several officers and soldiers and reached Xiangyang City at the end of March.

After they arrived at Xiangyang Mansion, they still used the old method commonly used by Xing Tianjun, that is, to sweep outside the city, pull out the hostile forces within dozens of miles around Xiangyang one by one, and get a lot of grain from some powerful villages as military supplies to support their next attack on Xiangyang City.

And because of geographical reasons, Xiangyang City has been a must-have place for soldiers since ancient times, and it has the title of Xiangyang. When the Mongolian army went south to the city of Xiangyang, 100,000 troops besieged the city, set up more than a hundred return guns, bombarded Xiangyang day and night, and at the same time cut off Xiangyang's external All contacts prevented the rescue of Xiangyang in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the end, it took a few years to capture the two cities of Xiangfan, and then crossed the Yangtze River to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty. It can be seen that Xiangyang City is strong and difficult to attack.

In addition, because Xiangyang is located on the bank of the south of the Han River, surrounded by water on one side and a mountain on one side, it has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the Xiangyang city wall was renovated on a large scale, which not only widened and raised the original city wall, making it reach a height of three feet, but also expanded to the Han River. Because of the convenient use of water, the city river is very wide, which is really a strong city. As an important town in Jiangbei, Xiangyang has always been valued by all dynasties, making Xiangyang City still very large. Each wall is several miles long, and there are heavy soldiers stationed in the city.

When Luo Rucai and Li Shuanzhu came with their troops, there was news that Zuo Liangyu was defeated first, which made Xiangyang Mansion have been alert and did not give them any chance to raid Xiangyang City at all. In addition, Xiao Tianjian wanted to open the seal, and the heavy artillery in the army was basically concentrated in Kaifeng Mansion by Xiao Tianjian. Li Shuanzhu's headquarters only carried a few battalion guns. The team is mostly a light three-pound cannon to attack Xiangyang City, which is obviously a little difficult for them.

What's more, in Xiangyang City, there are general soldiers as fierce as tigers, and more than 5,000 officers and soldiers such as Liu Shijie are stationed. When Luo Rucai and Li Shuanzhu led their troops across the Han River and approached Xiangyang, many officers and local landlords and armed forces also fled to Xiangyang City to take refuge, so that Xiangyang City does not lack troops.

In addition, Xiangyang is not like Kaifeng. After all, it is guarding the Huguang land known as the granary of the world. The grain reserves are very sufficient. There is no shortage of food in the city, and the defenders are also hostile to the Xing Tianjun. Therefore, Luo Rucai and Li Shuanzhu looked at Xiangyang City and launched several tentative attacks after they arrived in Xiangyang, but they did not work. On the contrary, they lost a lot of soldiers. In desperation, they had to report to Xiao Tianjian, temporarily trapped Xiangyang City outside the city, and continuously searched for all kinds of ships on Hanshui to prepare for Xiao Tianjian's army to go south.

Xiao Tianjian arrived on the north bank of the Han River on April 27. Fancheng, located on the north bank of the Han River, is not treated like Xiangcheng on the south bank. Fancheng is still an old city. It has not been renovated during the Hongwu period, so it is still the old earthen wall, just painted with lime and some glutinous rice juice outside the wall. That's all. Moreover, there are few garrisons in Fancheng, and the wall is much lower. Therefore, when Xiao Tianjian led the troops to arrive here, Fancheng has been captured by Luo Rucai and others, and a large number of civilian boats have already been prepared on several docks on the north bank of the Han River. A large number of boatmen have gathered to prepare for Xiao Tianjian's army.

After arriving in Fancheng, Xiao Tianjian ordered the military generals to rest for two days, and recruited Luo Rucai, Li Shuanzhu, Zhao Erlu and other generals to the north bank of the Han River to learn more about the situation in Xiangyang.

After understanding the situation of Xiangyang on the south bank, Xiao Tianjian climbed the wall of Fancheng and looked at Xiangyang City across the river with binoculars. Because the distance was relatively far, he could not see why. However, Xiao Tianjian knew that Zhang Xianzhong had taken Xiangyang lightly in the original history. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong had already entered Sichuan. Yang Sichang led a large number of officers and soldiers into Sichuan to chase Zhang Xianzhong, but Zhang Xianzhong took the opportunity of Yang Sichang to lead the main force of the officers to enter Sichuan. He led his troops to suddenly kill back to Xiangyang, and sent Li Dingguo to disguise himself as Yang Sichang's subordinates. He took the captured Yang Sichang's hand order token and mixed into Xiangyang City. After nightfall, he set fire everywhere in the city. , which caused chaos in Xiangyang City. Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the opportunity to take Xiangyang and killed the king of Xiang. As a result, Yang Sichang was forced to die on a hunger strike.

But now history has been completely different by him, and it is impossible to take Xiangyang lightly, so there is only one way to attack Xiangyang at present. Thinking that he has just attacked Kaifeng, in less than a month, he has rushed here to fight a strong city like Xiangyang. It seems that such a long life will be long in the future. !

At this time, Luo Ru came to Xiao Tian's fitness and said to Xiao Tianjian with an unhappy face, "General, in the first two days, the brothers met Zhang Xianzhong's department in the area of Nanzhang County. Originally, the brothers had just taken a Zhuangzi who was an official and got a lot of food, leaving dozens of brothers waiting to transport these things back. In the army, we were suddenly attacked by the people under Zhang Xianzhong's command. The brothers who came back showed their identity, but they still took action. Under the raid, we lost more than 20 brothers, and the grain we got was also taken away by the soldiers and horses under Zhang Xianzhong's command. We sent people to find Zhang Xianzhong's theory, but he avoided it in Baokang, and He beat up the people sent to the humble position and rushed back! Li Dutong and Zhao Vice Dutong were very angry about this. They said that they would send troops to clean them up and get justice for the killed brothers. They thought it was better to wait for the general to come. After all, we have to fight Xiangyang first, and we can't turn against these eight kings!"

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian frowned, looked at Luo Ru, and immediately said angrily, "This loyalty is too arrogant!" It's enough for him to hide in Gucheng to rest. Now that he sees that we have defeated the officers and soldiers in a row, he jumps out to ask for a favor. That's all. Why do you still want to fight against us now? These more than 20 brothers can't die in vain. They always have to make it clear to his eighth king. If he doesn't kill the person who caused trouble, what can he turn against him?

Let me tell you! I have sent someone to contact Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong actually wants us not to fight Xiangyang. He wants to rule with us with the Han River. He doesn't want us to take Xiangyang! When it's time to turn against him, you have to turn against him. This guy is not a good thing. If you don't teach him a lesson, he doesn't know that our Xing Tianjun is a tiger who can't touch his buttocks! After crossing the river tomorrow, I will send someone to find him with my oracle. If he doesn't explain it to me clearly, then this matter will not be over!"

Luo Ru nodded after listening. He followed Xiao Tianjian for such a long time and saw that Xiao Tianjian was a very strong person, and he did not allow his brothers to suffer a little loss at all. When he first started his army, Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang wanted to annex him at that time. He was famous and powerful, but he didn't buy the account of the two of them at all. Under the city of Longzhou, he left as soon as he said, abandoned Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng to act alone. Finally, he gained a foothold in Jinnan and laid the current foundation.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian said that he was not afraid to turn against Zhang Xianzhong. He suddenly saw that Xiao Tianjian did not want to embarrass Zhang Xianzhong just because of this matter, but also had a considerable component. He wanted to swallow Zhang Xianzhong, so he had nothing to say.

What's more, Xiao Tianjian has gathered more than 40,000 elite soldiers and horses in the three divisions of the Xingtian Army in the area of Xiangyang. If Zhang Xianzhong is not interesting, it is more than enough to fight with their current military strength and deal with Zhang Xianzhong outside Xiangyang.

Then Luo Rucai said to Xiao Tianjian, "Marshal! Beizhi also heard that Yang Sichang had led his people out of Beijing and went south. He arrived in Nanjing more than ten days ago, and then gathered soldiers and horses to go up the Yangtze River against the current. It is said that he has arrived in Wuhan. It seems that he wants to deal with us and Zhang Xianzhong to go south to Huguang! The general should also prepare early! Now He Renlong from Shaanxi has been ordered to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to march towards Yunyang. It seems that he has been ordered to attack us on three sides with Zuo Liangyu and Yang Sichang! The general must be unprevented!"

Xiao Tianjian smiled indifferently and said, "I already know this! You don't have to worry. What you're afraid of is that they won't come. If they come, I'm not going to make them take advantage of it! He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu are both our old rivals, and they are both our losers. Don't worry! As long as Xiangyang is killed this time, it will be difficult for Yang Sichang not to die! You should know that Yang Sichang has gradually fallen out of favor with today's emperor. If Xiangyang is lost, how can today's emperor forgive him Yang Sichang? At present, it's better to concentrate on Xiangyang first. If they want to come, just come!

By the way, we should also speed up the collection of ships. After we attack Xiangyang this time, we will divide our troops and go south to attack Suizhou and Jingxiang. Without ships, it will take a lot of effort for us, so Brother Luo might as well work harder on this matter! In addition, Yang Kunshan, the deputy capital of the Yellow River Water Camp, will also lead his troops south in the near future. When they come here, we will set up a water camp as soon as possible. Otherwise, I'm afraid we will be very inconvenient in the Huguang area in the future!"

After hearing this, Luo Ru immediately took the order, saying that he would try to collect all kinds of ships to ensure the next action of the Xing Tianjun.

(To be honest, I didn't expect to be so tired to participate in this activity this time, but since the words have been said, it is time to do what you say. Today, on the third day, continue the seventh update, and never break your promise! Today's first chapter is here. Brothers, please cast a few more flowers! Let the reward come more fiercely! Ha ha!)