Chapter 257

Xiangyang Prefecture, outside Gucheng County.

It was mid summer, and the hot sun licked everything on the earth like a poisonous snake.

The fierce fighting lasted three days.

The Chinese army killed and injured more than 4000 people, but it was still unable to break through this small county.

Looking at the wounded and hurried female soldiers everywhere in the logistics camp, general Qin Meng was also in a hurry.

In the past three days, Qin Meng almost used all the tricks he had learned from Qin Huan, but he couldn't attack them. In addition, Fan Cheng was attacked a few days ago, which made Qin Meng no longer as excited as when he first came.

"Niu Junshi, you should think of a way quickly!"

"This... The valley city is located by the river. In recent days, it has been raining heavily, digging tunnels and burying gunpowder. I'm afraid it won't work. The terrain is quite high, and water attack is not advisable. The master general is as fierce as a tiger, brave and good at fighting, and it's difficult to recruit and surrender, so there's only a strong attack."

Niu Jinxing is also helpless. If Xiangyang City is broken, this small county will be decided naturally, but now it is almost impossible to subdue people's soldiers without war.

"No, nearly two thousand brothers have been killed and two thousand wounded in the past three days. There are at least two thousand soldiers to fight in the city. We must never attack again. Otherwise, even if we capture the Valley City, our third town will be finished, and the king must peel my skin."

Although Qin Meng's name was fierce, he was not a reckless man. On the contrary, he was a little steady. Otherwise, Qin Huan would not let him alone. When he heard the speech, he immediately waved his hand and refused.

"Since we can't attack hard, there are only two ways to do this. One is to contact the troops in Blackstone town and let them lead troops to attack together. The other is to report to the king of China. After all, the other party suddenly increased troops, which was unexpected in advance."

Niu Jinxing said helplessly. He didn't know whether it was his own bad luck or this guy's bad luck. The other party didn't send more troops early or late. It happened that when they just built a ship to cross the river, the other party's reinforcements arrived.

It was too late to stop them. They could only watch them enter the city across the Han River.

"Better report it to the king!"

Qin Meng thought for a moment and said that although he had no face, he couldn't care about face at this time.

From Qin Wen, he learned that there were only 3000 troops in Heishi town. Even if one or two thousand people were sent, it would not play a big role.

The king did not allow young men to be cannon fodder. He tried to blow up the door with gunpowder. The other party had been prepared for it and it was useless at all.

………

Qin Huan frowned after receiving the urgent report from Qin Meng and Niu Jinxing.

Seeing that the two armies attacked the city, they both suffered heavy casualties. They were also heartbroken. They couldn't help but sigh that in ancient times, cannon fodder troops were really indispensable. There should be elite troops and garbage troops.

However, Lu Xiangsheng's real intention was finally determined. The 50000 troops and horses were definitely going south to reinforce Xiangyang. Otherwise, Yang Sichang would never dare to take out the troops and horses in Xiangyang City to reinforce Gucheng.

Although this is almost hideously conservative and is by no means something that knowledgeable generals can do, civil servants and military generals in the late Ming Dynasty did frequently do wonderful things in history. They played a good hand and finally rotten, so they were too lazy to tangle.

After determining the other party's intention, things will be much simpler. Just make targeted adjustments.

The other party sent 50000 troops to reinforce Xiangyang, so he took another town south, so he immediately asked Qin Yong to lead the fourth town to rush to the valley city with just forged cannons.

The fifth town stayed in Nanyang, and 10000 Pro guard cavalry were mobile troops. Obviously, King Qin did not intend to take the initiative to march again, but decided to defend Nanyang and Ruzhou and attack Xiangyang.

Originally, he intended to defeat the army of sun chuanting or Lu Xiangsheng, and then go all out to attack Xiangyang.

But judging from the current situation, sun chuanting procrastinated. Lu Xiangsheng divided 50000 elite soldiers. According to their cautious nature, they will certainly not give him a chance to fight a decisive battle.

On the contrary, there are 50000 more troops in Xiangyang. If we can't break through the Valley City in time, I'm afraid the sixth town will be in danger.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng's division was beneficial to the Chinese army, so that Qin Huan could safely and boldly attack Xiangyang.

Otherwise, Lu Xiangsheng's 150000 troops will inevitably make the Chinese Army tied up.

At this time, sun chuanting supported 80000 soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng supported 100000 soldiers and Yang Sichang supported 70000 soldiers. From the perspective of combat effectiveness, the strength of the three parties is almost the same.

Although it seems to be located in the north, East and south respectively, surrounding the Chinese army in the Nanyang Basin, in fact, the Chinese army can easily clean up in only two or three towns.

Although King Qin was a monk on the way, he also knew the truth of concentrating superior forces and breaking them one by one.

Anxious about Xiangyang City, Yang Sichang took 50000 troops south to Xinyang and entered Xiangyang in the East. He dared not delay for a moment. Almost when he arrived at Xiangyang City, Qin Yong also led the troops to the North Bank of Gucheng.

"Fancheng has left 3000 elite troops stationed. Why was it captured by the thief army in just two days?"

As soon as Yang Sichang returned to the city, he summoned the civil and military officials and said with an iron blue face.

"It's not that the garrison didn't work hard, but that the thief army forged dozens of cannons and forcibly collapsed the wall for a section. That's why..."

Seeing that Yang Sichang looked at him, Chen Hongfan had to explain.

"Even so, across the river, why not send more reinforcements in time? But watching Fancheng fall? "

Yang Sichang patted the table and said angrily, although he knew that if the thief army went south on a large scale, Fancheng would be broken sooner or later.

However, the significance of Fancheng is to let the other party pay a heavy price when attacking the city, and its spirit is frustrated. Then it will become more difficult to cross the river to attack Xiangyang.

The fact is that after many northern troops captured Fancheng through the ages, looking at the tall Xiangyang City on the other side, the commander directly gave up the plan of strong attack, but now it has no effect at all. Instead, more than 2000 troops and horses have been lost in vain.

In the face of Yang Sichang's question, everyone was speechless, squinting, looking at the nose, nose and heart.

At that time, we didn't know that Yang Sichang could bring 50000 troops. We thought he took the opportunity to run away and wouldn't come back.

Fancheng is obviously unable to defend. Instead of wasting troops to rescue, it's better to defend in Xiangyang City. If there were not the Chinese army in Heishi Town, I'm afraid that even the 2000 troops in Gucheng would withdraw back to Xiangyang City.

Yang Sichang naturally knows what everyone thinks and that he didn't make it clear when he left.

Because at that time, he would have fought. If he could be assigned to soldiers and horses, he would return to Xiangyang. If he could not be assigned, he would stay in runing house and command sun chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng. Therefore, he did not want to investigate the responsibility of everyone.

Instead, he immediately dispatched 20000 troops and horses to reinforce Gucheng against the current, 20000 troops and horses went south to Nanzhang to attack Heishi Town, and the remaining 10000 troops and horses were stationed outside Nancheng. Obviously, Yang Sichang couldn't wait to pull out the nail of Heishi Town, otherwise it would be like a lump in his throat.

If Blackstone town is captured, the valley city can be completely free from defense, and all troops can be concentrated.