MTL - Farmer of Shu Han-Chapter 1229 Battle of Xiangyang

  Chapter 1229 The Battle of Xiangyang

  In fact, Lu Xun did not know how much preparation he had made in secret for this battle.

  With the speed at which he led the army to cut off the Han River, even if Hu Zhi can come at a normal speed, it is still unknown whether he can break through the defense line of the Wu Guoshui Army on the Han River and re-establish the connection with Xiangyang.

  But people always like not to hit the south wall and not look back, and not to give up when they see the Yellow River.

  The current situation in Xiangyang, obviously only across the river to the north, Wei Guo has enough troops, but can only watch helplessly as the Wu army besieges Xiangyang.

  With nothing to do, a normal person will naturally think "If I knew this earlier, I might as well...".

   Or "why don't you..." thoughts.

  Walk down this road, and when it doesn’t work, I always subconsciously imagine whether it would be better if I took another road.

   Guanqiu Jian has been in Jingzhou for a long time, and has accumulated a lot of experience in military affairs.

   After all, before the Wei State lost Guanzhong, the small-scale encounters between Xiangyang and Nanjun had never stopped.

   It's just a big battle like now, but this is the first time Guan Qiujian has encountered it.

   And he was attacked by Lu Xun and Feng Yong at the same time.

   This treatment is no longer available to anyone, and it is normal to deal with some mistakes.

  Although Feng Yong ran away halfway through the fight.

   There is a feeling of giving up halfway.

   Dan's name, the shadow of a tree.

  Facing the famous and vicious King Feng Gui, Guan Qiujian, who was stationed at Caoqiao Pass in person, still did not dare to be careless after the withdrawal of the Han army on the opposite bank.

The   company sent a dozen teams of scouts to confirm that the Han army had returned to Wuguan, so he dared to lead the troops back to assist Xiangyang.

   What he didn't expect was that the situation in Xiangyang had deteriorated to such an extent.

  Being anxious, he naturally had a bad tone.

  It's just that Hu Zhi is also full of anger.

  Which of the leading generals at the front likes to be restrained by those behind him like a puppet?

   It is their credit for winning the battle.

   If you lose a battle, the responsibility is all on yourself.

   Unfortunately, Hu Zhi is now facing the second situation.

   Facing the defense line on the Hanshui River personally arranged by Lu Xun, Wei Guo, which did not have many naval troops, naturally had a headache for Wu Qiujian and Hu Zhi.

   "What do we do now?"

  Hu Zhi didn't care about Guan Qiujian's tone, he just looked at him and asked.

   Guanqiu Jian has lived in Jingzhou for a long time and is familiar with the situation in Jingzhou. If even he has no idea, then the two of them will be punished!

   Unexpectedly, Guan Qiujian shook his head:

   But hear him say:

   "No one has a good solution for the current plan. The only way is to see if we can rely on Fancheng to rebuild the pontoon bridge on the Hanshui River and connect with Xiangyang."

  Hearing this, Hu Zhi couldn't help being a little disappointed. Isn't this going to break through Lu Xun's water defense line?

   After thinking for a while, Hu Zhi asked again:

   "Where is Shangyong? Can you let Shangyong's defenders put pressure on Wu Kou from the west?"

  Hearing this, Guan Qiujian showed a wry smile:

   "During Emperor Wen's reign, the powerful clans in Shangyong and other places were not small. When the first emperor ascended the throne, the Shen family and others dared to engrave official talismans privately and give them to others in the name of the Son of Heaven."

   Speaking of this, Guan Qiujian sighed:

   "After Sima Taifu personally quelled Shangyong Mengda's rebellion, the imperial court wanted to investigate the household registration and land of the local Ding, but was stopped by Sima Taifu."

   "It is only said that the Shu captives were bound by a dense net, so they were abandoned. The great Wei Yihong gave an outline, and the officials were naturally at ease, so the court no longer mentioned this matter."

   "And Sima Taifu has guarded Wancheng for a long time, persuaded farming and mulberry, and banned floating fees. Therefore, the local officials in the south are mostly grateful for Sima Taifu's kindness."

  In fact, there are extremely complicated historical reasons for the problem of power in Shangyong and other places.

  A little closer, at least back to the period when Emperor Wu and Liu Bei competed for Hanzhong.

   (Note: Shangyong and other places belonged to Yizhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty)

  A little farther away, it can even be traced back to Liu Biao, Liu Yan, Zhang Lu and others.

  Shangyong and other counties are located at the junction of Nanyang, Xiangyang and Hanzhong.

   It is surrounded by Bashan again, and the road is difficult.

  In the past few decades, no matter which forces have owned this place, they must appease the local tyrants.

  Hu Zhi frowned:

   "General Wuqiu has been guarding Jingzhou for so many years, but he still hasn't been able to get the officials from the mediocre place to return to the court?"

  When Guan Qiujian heard this, he cursed in his heart:

   What nonsense are you talking about!

  During the reign of the first emperor, Sima Taifu was the assistant minister, and the officials from Shangyong and other places, which one was not loyal to the court?

  When the first emperor visited Xuchang in the east, Sima Taifu retreated to Luoyang, and the Great Wei lost even Guanzhong.

  I have to guard against both Wuguan in the north and the Wu people in the south. How can I have the energy to appease Shangyong and other places in the west?

   To be honest, given the current situation in the world, these places have not caused chaos, and it is already rare to have the intention to return to Xishu.

   Still want Shangyong to send troops?

  Not to mention Sima Yi, are all the Shu captives in Hanzhong dead?

   Seeing Guan Qiujian's face was ugly, Hu Zhi coughed, and didn't ask any more questions, so he had to change the subject:

   "In Xiangyang City, is there enough food?"

   Guan Qiujian's face was gloomy.

  Hu Zhi's heart sank, and his face became ugly:

What do you mean?

   After working in Jingzhou for so many years, you didn’t do this well, and you didn’t do that well. What the **** did you do?

  He was thinking, only to hear Guanqiu Jian finally said:

   "When Emperor Wen was here, all the ministers in the court discussed the affairs of Jingzhou, and they all said that there was no grain in Xiangyang. Zhonghou (that is, Cao Ren) used this as an excuse to return Wancheng."

   "After Emperor Wen agreed, Zhonghou also burned the second city of Xiangfan and returned it to the north. Later Sun Quan sent people to occupy Xiangyang, and Zhonghou followed the order to crusade and regained Xiangyang again."

   "In order to prevent the people in the south of the Han River from being oppressed by the Wu people, not only ordinary people, but also many Yi people were moved to the north of the Han River by the Zhonghou."

   "Over the years, the area between Xiangyang and Nanjun has become white land! Therefore, most of the food in Xiangyang is transported from the north."

   Having said this, Guanqiu Jian closed his mouth.

   (Note: In the original history, because of the lack of food in Jingzhou, Lu Xun of Wu State wrote to Sun Quan, asking the soldiers of Jingzhou to garrison the fields; and when Yanghu of Jin State took over the defense of Jingzhou, there was no food for a hundred days in the army, which shows the shortage of food in Jingzhou)

  Hearing this, Hu Zhi was silent for a while, and then asked:

   "How long will the remaining food in Xiangyang city last for the defenders?"

   "Most of Jingzhou's military rations are stationed in Wancheng, and there is not much food in Xiangyang, and it will only last three months at most."

  Actually, if he didn’t take away part of the defenders, the Xiangyang military rations would last up to a month.

   This is actually impossible.

   After all, Xiangyang is considered to be on the front line and separated by the Han River, so it can be described as an isolated city south of the Han River.

   It is impossible for anyone with a little military knowledge to put a large amount of military rations there.

   "Three months..."

   Hu Zhi pondered, then looked up to the south.

   "That is to say, even if Xiangyang is not destroyed by Wu Kou, it can only be guarded for another two months at most?"

  Xiangyang has been besieged for almost a month.

  Three months minus this month, wouldn't that mean there are only two months left?

   Guan Qiujian still didn't answer, he also looked up to the south.

   Maybe it can last for two and a half months?

  Because it is in the middle of the battle, it is very likely that it has already fallen!

  If the defenders in Suizhong lost too much and could not retreat to Xiangyang City, then there would be even fewer defenders in Xiangyang.

   But in the same way, the fewer defenders, the harder it is to defend a big city like Xiangyang.

   "There are still two months, try to open up the contact between Xiangfan."

  It's useless to talk too much, Guanqiu Jian and Hu Zhi began to try to connect Xiangyang from Fancheng.

  It's just Fancheng, facing the Hanshui River in the south, it can be said that it is under the eyes of the Wu Jun Navy.

   As soon as the two made a move, Wu Jun knew about it immediately.

   "General, the bandit army in Fancheng seems to be moving!"

  Lu Xun seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and smiled lightly:

   "I thought that the thieves would go downstream from Shangyong, but I didn't expect that they would still forcefully break through from Fancheng."

   Speaking of this, Lu Xun seemed to be thinking, and then there was a look of disbelief on his face:

   "Could it be that the thief has given up Xiangyang?"

  The west side of the center is Fangling and Shangyong.

  If it is said that when Dawu attacked Taizhong, because of the barrier of Bashan, the bandit troops in Shangyong and other places could not reinforce in time.

   Now that Xiangyang has been besieged for so long, it stands to reason that the thieves from Shangyong and other places should have arrived.

  To be honest, if the bandits' reinforcements come from Shangyong and other places, Lu Xun is really a little worried.

  Because Shangyong and other places can not only reach Xiangyang directly by water, but also go ashore halfway and take land.

   As for fighting the Wei army on land, Lu Xun naturally didn't dare to rest assured.

  Now the thief of Shangyong has not moved, which makes the calm person like Lu Xun uncontrollably rejoicing:

  In the past, when Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan, Shangyong's reinforcements never arrived, so he was defeated and died.

  Now I am attacking Xiangfan, but Shangyong's reinforcements have not arrived. Could it be that this is God's will, and I am destined to make myself successful?

  Thinking of this, Lu Xun's eyes flashed, he looked at the north subconsciously, and then immediately ordered:

   "Come here, take my warrant, go to the general, and tell him that we must send more scouts, and be careful of the bandits in Shangyong and other places. If there is news of the bandits, we must report back immediately!"

   "Here!"

  After finishing the order, he looked towards Fancheng again, with a smile on his lips:

   "Want to rebuild the pontoon bridge from Fancheng? I don't know how many sailors you have?"

  No sailors?

  If you want to pass the Hanshui River, then go dreaming!

   This is also the reason why he wanted to destroy the Xiangyang city water village as soon as possible after cutting off the Han River.

   It is to eliminate as much as possible the navy army deployed by the Wei thief in Jingzhou.

  At this time, on the Xiangyang City Wall, Pu Zhong, the guard of the Wei Army, looked at the Xianshou Mountain outside the city to the south, with a worried look on his face.

  Xianshou Mountain, which was originally the gateway to Xiangyang, has been filled with the flags of Wu State at this time.

   Turned his head again and looked to the north.

  The surface of the Han River is covered with densely packed Wu Kingdom water troops.

   But the only hope, the direction of Shangyong, still has no news.

   At this time, Pu Zhong was somewhat desperate.

  Xiangyang City is indeed very large, with very high and thick walls.

  But Pu Zhong hopes that Xiangyang City can be smaller at this time, and then smaller.

   Otherwise, wait until the Wu army is ready, and the guards in their hands will continue to rush between the various sections of the city wall.

   Not to mention that now that Wu Kou occupies high places such as Mount Xian, he can see the layout of the city clearly.

   Over time, the soldiers will inevitably be unable to catch up.

  If the imperial reinforcements cannot come in time, it is only a matter of time before the fall.

  I was thinking about it, only to hear something reported:

   "General, Wu Kou shot the letter into the city!"

   "Oh?" When Pu Zhong heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he stretched out his hand, "Show me."

  Opening the letter, as expected, it was Wu Kou's letter of persuasion.

   It was nothing more than a million elite soldiers besieging the city. The king was benevolent and righteous. He couldn't bear the suffering of the people and soldiers in the city from unnecessary wars, so he persuaded himself to open the city gate and surrender.

  Before Pu Zhong finished reading it, he tore it up and said to the soldiers:

   "From the head of Xiangyang City, you can see the north bank of the Han River. The imperial reinforcements have arrived, and they are trying to break through the thieves."

   "Wu Kou's benefit lies in the navy, what else is there for the rest?"

   "But how can the navy attack the city? So as long as we defend the city and do not surrender, the thieves have nothing to do."

   Speaking of this, he glanced around again, raised his voice, and said:

   "In the future, if any more letters from thieves enter the city, they will all be burned and not kept privately, otherwise they will be beheaded!"

   All the officers and men responded loudly.

  Lu Xun, Zhu Ran, and Bu Zhi shot letters of persuasion into the city from different directions, and after receiving no response.

  Knowing that the defenders in the city are determined to defend the city, they began to prepare for the siege.

  Before the counterweight catapult was used in siege, no matter when and what generation, the way of siege basically did not change much.

   Pushing carts, erecting ladders, boarding carts, piling up hills, digging tunnels...

   They all take human lives to fill.

   Although now because of the illegal crossing of a certain ground turtle, Ji Han has embarked on a completely different path, and at the same time he has mastered the counterweight trebuchet more than a thousand years in advance.

   But the engineering battalion is Ji Han's secret, especially after the Yang Yi incident, Feng Duhu pays more attention to the secrecy of the engineering battalion.

  Although Wei Guo also knew some things about stone cannons, he didn't have professionals, and didn't have a lot of experiments, and didn't have a lot of actual combat.

  High imitation is impossible, the most is to create a copycat version, and it may even be the Pinxixi version.

  Ma Jun is powerful, but no matter how powerful he is, how many nails can he drive?

   Don't talk about those projectile parameters.

   As for the craftsman who built this thing, he needs to be trained.

  And the soldiers who operate this thing also need to be trained.

   It also involves certain mathematics, physics, materials, organs and other knowledge.

  It is Ji Han's engineering battalion, which already has a standardized prototype, but it takes a lot of time to prepare to build a qualified stone cannon that is powerful enough and large enough to take down a big city.

   Not to mention that Shi Pao only heard its name, but never saw the real Wu State.

  The southeast of Xiangyang City is the main attack direction of Wu State, and it is also where Zhu Ran is located.

  In order to capture Xiangyang City as soon as possible, Lu Xun equipped Zhu Ran with the most elite soldiers.

Group after group of Wu soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and civilian husbands, braved the rain of arrows, and under the cover of the soldiers in the front row holding the big pole, they carried soil bags and pushed carts filled with earth and rocks, pouring them into the moat continuously. .

  During this process, people were constantly shot by arrows, or fell to the ground crying, or were seriously injured and died.

   This is the price to be paid, and it is only the beginning.

  A few days later, Zhu Ran stood under the city of Xiangyang and made a promise to the generals of the Wu army who were about to attack the city:

   "The great general only wants Xiangyang. After the city is broken, you will take all the gold and silk from the children in the city."

   "But if the siege is unsuccessful," Zhu Ran looked at everyone and said word by word, "Ner and others' children, Jinbo, may be owned by others!"

  After speaking, he drew his sword and shouted, "Siege the city!"

   The rumble of war drums sounded.

  The soldiers of the State of Wu, carrying ladders and other siege equipment, began to rush towards Xiangyang City.

   "Shoot the arrow!"

  The guard at the head of the city watched Wu Jun enter the range and began to give orders.

   Logically speaking, in a big city like Xiangyang, in addition to the moat, another sheep wall should be built under the city.

   In front of the sheep wall, one or even several lines of rejecting horses can be arranged.

   This can cooperate with the defenders at the top of the city to continue to consume the troops of the attacking side.

  But at this time, the Xiangyang defenders had too few troops, and Pu Zhong had no choice but to bring all the troops into the city.

  This led to Wu Jun being able to attack the city directly after filling up the moat.

  The arrows were like locusts, but they did not deter the Wu army who attacked the city.

   Not only that, but Zhu Ran immediately deployed heavy troops after testing and roughly finding out the number of defenders.

   Wave after wave of offensives, regardless of casualties.

   "Crack!"

  A light ladder with an iron hook was placed on the city wall, and it was firmly hooked to the parapet.

  Wu Bing under the city began to climb up.

  When they climbed halfway, stones and logs were suddenly thrown down from the top of the wall.

   Many unlucky Wu soldiers were smashed to pieces on the spot.

  And some light ladders, before they reached the top of the city, Wei Jun stretched out his long guns, shouted in unison, and took the ladders out.

   And the ladder is not so easy to destroy.

  The thick chassis is destined to be unable to be easily damaged by soldiers who can stand on the narrow city head.

   But it is also not enough to protect the besiegers.

  Every time he climbed halfway, Wu Bing fell from midair like a dumpling in the water.

  Screams of killing, wailing, the human body being hit by some object, making a dull sound like defeating leather...

  Haunting over Xiangyang City, it lingers for a long time.

  Zhu Ran did not go to the front to supervise the battle, but handed over the front line to Zhu Yi.

   As for himself, he returned to Xianshou Mountain, stood on the top of the mountain, and looked at the city of Xiangyang.

  Beside him are the soldiers with the best eyesight in the army.

   "General, the commander-in-chief of the bandit army is here!"

  Zhu Ran nodded, but remained silent.

  My direction is the main way in and out of Xiangyang, and it is also the most convenient place to attack the city.

   It is understandable for the thief generals defending the city to put heavy troops here.

   "Send someone to tell Captain Qi (that is, Zhu Yi) to continue sending more troops!"

   "Here!"

   "Send someone to the west and tell the infantry general that we can start."

   "Here!"

  (end of this chapter)