Chapter 753

Zhu Xieyuan also realized that it is not possible to win Xiangyang in the short term. The Hanjiang plain will be the battlefield for the decisive battle between the two sides.

So Zhu Xieyuan began to deploy troops and generals and began to deploy to the new situation.

Zhu Xieyuan understood that several giants of the Chinese army were smart characters who were good at fighting and would not make those low-level mistakes. They would attack Xiangyang and Yiling in two ways, so he also began to make necessary preparations.

Since Xiangyang could not attack for a long time, Zhu Xieyuan began to change his strategy. This strategy was like Liu Zhongyong against Wuchang mansion, turning into encirclement without attack.

Since they can't win in the short term, they will adopt the method of long-term siege. As for the long-term siege, it takes time, especially if they can't block the Han River, and there is no way to talk about the siege. This means that they have to start to solve the problem of the Navy of the Chinese army when they siege Xiangyang City.

So Zhu Xieyuan summoned the generals, changed his strategy again, and prepared to dig a huge HaoGou around Xiangyang City, erect a huge fence, and then build a sentry camp to form a blockade line. First, he blocked three sides of his land, and then gradually pushed forward.

Zhu Xieyuan set a new plan, that is, after encircling the other party for three bread, he began to order a large number of civilian men to carry the soil, gradually push the soil over, and prepare to slowly advance with a large amount of human and material resources, fill in the moat, and then attack the city.

To put it bluntly, the plan is to surround Xiangyang City before making a decision, which can also allow him to draw out a large number of mobile troops to deal with the upcoming reinforcements of the Chinese army.

But the situation was not as good as Zhu Xieyuan thought. When Zhu Xieyuan was ready to withdraw and stop attacking Xiangyang City.

However, Li Dingguo put all the Xiang King Zhu Yiming's family on the city wall, publicly announced their top ten crimes, and then cut off the heads of dozens of Xiang King's family, and put their heads on the flagpole on the city wall.

The king of Xiang passed down six generations. After 200 years, he was killed in the exchange of lamps. The king of Xiang lost his heir and was removed from the name.

The cruel atrocities of the Chinese Army stunned the Ming army under the city.

This is a fan king. In theory, it is the grandfather of the Emperor today. They are six generations. They have taken root here in Xiangyang and become one of the local symbols. As a result, the Xiangwang family, which has been handed down in Xiangyang for six generations, has been beheaded by Li Dingguo.

It's a great shame.

At first, Li Dingguo wanted to use the Xiangwang family as a chip to threaten each other, but the other party was unmoved by these threats. He really didn't dare to kill Xiangwang for a while and a half, because this was the royal family they captured. It was an important chip. It was easy to kill. It had to be pursued, and Li Dingguo couldn't afford to go away.

However, he received an order from Nanjing to supervise the king of China. Liu Yuanqiao ordered that in order to retaliate for the atrocities of the Ming army in Yiling, he decided to kill King De, King Lu and King Xiang, and kill all the members of their three royal families as revenge.

This is also what the Chinese army has always done, that is, revenge, revenge, don't stay overnight.

After receiving the news, Li Dingguo immediately put the Xiangwang family on the wall, publicly counted the charges, and then executed them.

It is said that the blood flowed into a river and the fishy smell remained for a long time. Several knives were cut and rolled.

Zhu Xieyuan executed the prisoners of the Chinese army in Yiling. He knew that the two sides were at odds, and cut off his men. Seeing that the wind was wrong, he took refuge in the other side. The best thing was that the Chinese Army massacred the Ming army wantonly, which deepened the hatred between the two sides. The Chinese army could not accept the prisoners of the Ming army, and the Ming army did not dare to surrender.

However, the top echelons of the Chinese army are also smart. They know that this is the other party's trick, so they do not massacre prisoners on a large scale for revenge, but kill the royal family for revenge.

Killing the royal family can't cause any damage to the military power of the Ming army, but it can have a great impact on his senior level.

The fallen vassal king, but even the emperor can't bear the great accusation. For example, Zhu Xieyuan is now holding a military talisman and is in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops and horses. The emperor doesn't dare to do anything about him. At most, he just scolds him, but he will be investigated afterwards. As long as he is an emperor surnamed Zhu, he will be investigated for responsibility, which will have a great impact on him, It can also be said that they were killed by Zhu Xieyuan. Not only is it difficult for Zhu Xieyuan to get rid of them, but even the generals under Zhu Xieyuan will be implicated and influenced.

Zhu Xieyuan suddenly heard that the Xiangwang family had been killed after all, and that they had been publicly beheaded. After the killing, the body was hung in the sun at the city gate, and the head was inserted on the flagpole. This was the revenge for the battle of Yiling.

The retaliation of the Chinese army was beyond his expectation, which caught Zhu Xieyuan a little unprepared. The other party's retaliation was not aimed at all the Ming army and the people of the Ming Dynasty, but at their senior level, which made these generals pale and depressed.

This also made Zhu Xieyuan realize that his policy of forcing the two sides to completely isolate and expand hatred was a failure, and Zhu Xieyuan also understood that if it had been in the past, the crime of losing the vassal king would certainly not have been counted on him, but now I'm afraid it will be counted on him.

Others were persuading Zhu Xieyuan to apologize immediately, but Zhu Xieyuan had nothing to be afraid of. He knew that this matter would have a great impact on himself. Even if he calmed down the rebellion of the traitors and wanted to retreat, it would be very difficult. The people of the royal family and the royal family would certainly investigate the responsibility for the killing of his three kings.

In fact, Zhu Xieyuan understood that he was responsible for the killing of the Xiangwang family, because the other party had repeatedly proposed peace talks and hostage exchange, but Zhu Xieyuan categorically refused, and these were publicly announced by the other party.

But Zhu Xieyuan still didn't have the slightest regret. If he did this, he knew that if he didn't insist on it, he would be controlled everywhere. It would be not only the Xiangwang family, but also his hundreds of thousands of troops.

From a calm and rational point of view, the Xiangwang family has been doomed to their tragic fate since they were captured. The other party believes that rare goods can live in, and will threaten them. It is impossible for Daming to exchange how much land and money for food.

Even if the emperor was captured, he would not compromise, let alone a vassal. Zhu Xieyuan would be investigated in the future, but he was not afraid at all. It was the same sentence: he would spare no pains to break his bones and stay innocent in the world.

Zhu Xieyuan now began to understand what Yu Shaobao thought when he wrote this poem.

But there was one thing Zhu Xieyuan had to do. Zhu Xieyuan had planned to stop the attack and encircle Xiangyang City without attacking in order to cope with the incoming reinforcements of the other party, but their vassal king was publicly beheaded and his body was exposed. This was a great humiliation. If he didn't do anything, it was estimated that the public opinion in the world would not spare him.

Zhu Xieyuan also understood the other commander's intention to execute the Xiangwang family at this time. In fact, he was executing the Xiangwang family. Naturally, he wanted to annoy the Ming army, make them lose their mind and go all out to attack Xiangyang, that is, they wanted to drag the Ming army in Xiangyang.

Zhu Xieyuan knew that this was the other party's plot, but he had no way. Even if he knew it was the other party's plot, he could and could only be caught.

Sure enough, when the news came out that the Xiang King's family was killed, all Zhu Xieyuan's men were filled with righteous indignation. They shouted one after another that they must avenge the Xiang king and kill the Ming army in the city.

In fact, they have no relationship with Xiang Wang Mao. The death of Xiang Wang's family can't cause them any loss, but they just have to be filled with righteous indignation. Why? After all, King Xiang is the Royal aristocracy second only to the emperor. If the emperor's uncle is executed, they are not sad or angry, which shows that they are unfaithful.

Therefore, they must be filled with righteous indignation and go all out to attack Xiangyang City and avenge the king of Xiang.

This forced Zhu Xieyuan to change his orders day and night.

Originally, he had made a plan and was ready to fight the enemy and have a good game, but now he really forced him to jump into the fire pit of Xiangyang.

Zhu Xieyuan was forced to continue to command his army, besieged Xiangyang City, pretended to act, and vowed in public not to break Xiangyang.

Of course, Zhu Xieyuan also knows that this is impossible. Unless there is a miracle, it will be very difficult for him to win Xiangyang City. The main thing is that there is no way to take the huge moat and city wall. Zhu Xieyuan and other people know that this attack is a feint, but with real troops, he hopes in his heart, If you can turn grief and anger into strength and capture this city, it is also a good thing.

The soldiers of the Ming army were killed by the Xiangwang family, which aroused their great anger and morale. From the bottom of his heart, he still hoped that the Ming army could capture Xiangyang. If he could capture Xiangyang, Zhu Xieyuan was sure that he had 100000 troops. Relying on the dangerous place of Xiangyang City, the Chinese army sent out his six divisions, and he was sure that he could hold it.

But if he didn't win Xiangyang and just fought a decisive battle with the other side in the vast Hanjiang area, the odds of victory were not good.

What's worse is that the enemy controls the river control power in the Han River Basin. Their warships come and go freely and can attack any point of the Ming army, which makes them in a quite passive state. Although there are hundreds of thousands of troops, the advantage is not obvious. This is because his hundreds of thousands of troops are not of high overall quality, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and their equipment is not good.

In recent days, the army under Zhu Xieyuan's command set out from Sichuan and Chongqing one after another to support Huguang, bringing his troops to 200000, and is still increasing.

In order to win the Chinese army, Zhu Xieyuan did everything possible to increase his troops.

When his military strength exceeded 200000, he knew that in terms of military strength, the Chinese army was not his opponent in any case, but the large number did not give him an advantage.

When Zhu Xieyuan thought of the Chinese army, he was impressed by the fact that the enemy was a division of tigers and wolves.

When Zhu Xieyuan commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Xiangyang day and night, the news of the loss of Yiling came, and the whole army was in a great uproar.