Chapter 357

"If the order goes down, who will be the first to kill the head of the city and reward a thousand liang of silver!"

After sun expected to kill at the foot of Jingmen City, he didn't stop for a moment. He just hurried to make hundreds of simple wooden ladders and launched an attack.

Obviously, I don't know that more reinforcements have been sent in the city, so I want to take Jingmen quickly and then raid Xiangyang with lightning speed.

Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men. With the order of sun hope, 2000 heroes rushed to the south wall of Jingmen with ladders.

Compared with the past, after wandering around, hungry and full, and occupying the three houses in Changsha, these 50000 people finally look like a regular army.

Not only does everyone have real guys, but also uniform clothes. His face also looks shiny, but he lacks bows, arrows and armor.

"Let go!"

Thump, thump

As soon as the Chu army rushed nearly a hundred steps, the Chinese Army on the wall began to raise their guns and shoot, hitting two thousand Chu troops. From time to time, someone fell to the ground.

As they rushed closer and closer, more and more people fell. When 2000 people rushed to the root of the wall, more than 200 people had fallen.

When the rolling wood and thunder stone at the top of the wall fell down, less than a moment later, more than 1000 Chu troops retreated in embarrassment.

Although sun Wang's face was a little ugly, he also knew that it was unrealistic to kill the city at one time. He was just testing it.

Therefore, ten thousand troops were immediately mobilized again and Besieged from all sides. For a time, there were fierce shouts and gunshots outside Jingmen, which lasted all day.

"Young general, the garrison in the city is not only 1000, at least 5000 or 6000 people, and it seems that they are all the elite of the Chinese army. I'm afraid it's difficult to capture them in a short time!"

"It seems that the Chinese army has long been on guard and ordered to stop the attack."

Sun expected to nod, his face as black as the bottom of the pot. He knew that it was impossible to raid Xiangyang.

Because the Jingmen alone was enough for them to chew for a while, and he didn't dare to rush north before he took the Jingmen.

However, I didn't care much about it. I was holding it to have a try to see if I could quickly take Jingmen and raid Xiangyang. Now it's not feasible. Then I'll attack hard, and then the army will press it directly.

After making up his mind, sun expected to order the army to surround the city first. On the one hand, he sent troops and horses to the four fields to catch young carpenters, raise food and build siege equipment. On the other hand, he sent someone to report to the eighth king to quickly break through Jingzhou Prefecture and counties, and then go north.

At this time, the eight kings had taken Mianyang state, which was located in the northwest of Honghu Lake. The 120000 troops had stood firm and were going north to attack the Qianjiang River, but they found out that Qin Huan was building a warship near the Han River.

Now the eighth king also knew the importance of warships. If he had not been afraid of the navy of the government, he would have led the army to cross the north of the river to capture Jingzhou and Wuchang mansion. Where would he wait until Qin Huan went south.

"Can you see clearly that there are more than 100 warships?"

"Yes, your majesty, although those warships are only laid with keels and are still being built, I'm afraid they are not less than four or five hundred heavy ships according to their size."

A black and thin middle-aged man quickly replied that his name was Liu San. He was originally the largest water bandit in Dongting Lake. After being accepted by Li Dingguo, he joined the Chu army.

This time, he also crossed the river north with Zhang Xianzhong, and was appointed commander of the Navy. He has more than 500 fishing boats and tens of thousands of water bandits.

"So those warships haven't been built yet. They're just an empty shelf?" Zhang Xianzhong was slightly disappointed.

"King, even if it hasn't been built yet, as long as we seize those warships and let the carpenters continue to build them, I'm afraid they can be completed in less than half a year. With these hundreds of warships, the king can easily defeat the official Navy, seize Wuchang, and even go down the river to attack Jiangnan."

Liu San explained that his eyes were shining, and he was obviously an ambitious person.

"Oh, there are only hundreds of warships. Can they still win the navy in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Zhang Xianzhong doubted, but he was obviously a little excited. He also knew that without cavalry, he would not be able to compete with the little beast to enter the Central Plains. Therefore, if he could occupy the prosperous Jiangnan, it would also be a good choice.

"Your Majesty doesn't know. The navy of the army has long been rotten. Even the navy in the south of the Yangtze River doesn't have many war ships of four or five hundred loads..."

Liu Sanli immediately spits and makes up for the knowledge of the eight kings about the Navy.

"But our ships are parked in Honghu Lake. How can the army cross the Han River? I'm afraid the ships near Hanyang have long been wiped out by the Chinese army. "

Zhang Xianzhong looked at the map and frowned. To tell the truth, if it weren't for the Han River, he really wanted to kill Qin Huan and break him into pieces.

Now he has 120000 troops, and the little beast has 30000 or 40000 people. He has to guard against Lu Xiangsheng on the south bank, so he is not afraid at all.

"Your Majesty, in fact, you don't have to enter the Han River from the entrance of Hanyang. You can also enter the Han River from Honghu along the north of Qianjiang River. However, usually only small boats less than ten loads can pass through. Sometimes even small boats can't pass. But now it's rainy season. The water levels of Qianjiang River and Honghu Lake are soaring. Even ships of twenty or thirty loads may not be able to pass through."

Pointing to the map, Liu San patiently explained that he was obviously very familiar with the terrain in this area.

"Oh? That's true. "

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes lit up. He didn't expect to enter the Han River from Honghu. If it was really feasible, he would definitely catch Qin Huan by surprise, but he found that there was no Qianjiang River on the map.

"Your Majesty, it's true that his subordinates and brothers used to make a living in Honghu Lake. Only after Lu Xiangsheng came, he sent sailors to encircle and suppress several times, so he had to go to Dongting Lake." Liu San hurriedly promised.

"Ha ha, good, God help me too! Liu San, if you can defeat the Chinese army in one fell swoop this time, I must give you a good reward. "

Zhang Xianzhong laughed. Even if he didn't understand water warfare, he knew how important such a hidden waterway was.

Then Zhang Xianzhong made a deployment. The army was divided into two, and Liu San took the Navy with 20000 men and horses to attack the Qianjiang County along the north of the Qianjiang River, then entered the Hanshui River and killed downstream to Hanyang, while he himself took the remaining 100000 troops eastward to attack Hanyang house.

The two armies met on the Bank of the river near Hanyang. He did not believe that there were 500 or 600 fishing boats and tens of thousands of water bandits, and more than 100000 troops could not cross the river.

The eight kings thought for a moment, stared at the map and thought for a while. They sent someone all night to inform sun hope that if they had conquered Jingmen, they would continue to fight Xiangyang, but if they had not conquered Jingmen, they would not attack. They took the army to find a place to cross the river, and then moved eastward to cut off the way for the Chinese army to retreat to Suizhou.

After the herald left, the eighth king looked at the map and was more and more satisfied with his deployment. If it was operated well, it was likely that the little beast of his family was surrounded near the east of Hanyang.