Demoness, Where Are You Fleeing To?

"Asshole!"

Seeing the scene below, Da Siming did not dare to stay in Zhongxiang Mansion any longer. Immediately, he gathered several heavenly figures in the city and left with the Ziwu Universe Disc.

She knew that the middle-class laymen were always peeping out, waiting for a showdown with her. And with the fall of Kaicheng in Zhongxiang Mansion, Da Siming, who could not rely on the power of the city defense formation, would not choose to fight Zhongliu here under any circumstances.

If she tried her best, she might not be able to win.

But Da Siming doesn't dare to get hurt anymore. She is now the core that maintains the entire Xiangyang. Once both sides are harmed by the middle-class laymen, Li Xuan, the king of Fenyang County, and Yu Jie, the young master, can attack the Xiangyang clan's army without restraint. .

On the way to evacuate, Da Siming looked at Shi Tianze, the master of the White Tiger Palace, and humbly asked for advice: "Why is this? I, the Crown Prince of Guanxiang, still have a good command of the army, and he also gives heavy rewards to his subordinates. How can it be that the whole city surrenders?" to the point?”

The Xiangyang clan has sufficient funds, and the silver and gold they brought this time amounted to five million taels.

Prince Xiang was also generous and spent all his money on the army.

White Tiger Palace Master Shi Tianze smiled bitterly and said: "Palace Master, no matter how heavy the reward is, it is not as important as your own wealth and life."

He looked solemn: "Palace Master needs to know that in the past, when the Jin Dynasty invaded the south and was invincible in the Central Plains, it was possible to defeat the Zhao army of ten thousand people with thirteen cavalry, and then chase and kill hundreds of miles. They are known as the Jin people who are less than ten thousand, but they can't be more than ten thousand. enemy."

Da Siming couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Although what Shi Tianze said had nothing to do with today's battlefield, she probably understood the other party's intention.

Shi Tianze, the master of the White Tiger Palace, looked at Zhong Xiangcheng behind him: "The Fenyang County Prince is in such a state now. In the past month, he has won great victories in consecutive battles. Shuluping was killed in the battle of Chengde, and Shuluping was killed in the battle of Chaobai River. The famous general Liang Heng was victorious in the battle, and the Xuanfu captured him alive. He suppressed King Ning's rebellion within two days, so his power was already established, and he could swallow thousands of miles like a tiger.

Now that this man is coming with 350,000 waterway troops, how can Zhongxiang's defenders not be afraid? The Yangtze River Navy's gunboat bombardment also made Zhong Xiang's many defenders know that the city could not be defended for long, and Kaicheng's surrender was a matter of course. The Prince of Fenyang County, with the appearance of a divine general, came with great momentum, like a turbulent wave, which naturally shocked the hearts and minds of the soldiers in an extraordinary way.

How many people are willing to act like a chariot under such power? Are you willing to risk your life to resist its invincible military might? This is also the art of war, conquering the enemy without fighting. "

After hearing this, the chief of Qinglong Palace in the distance, Si Shenhua, sneered: "Brother Shi, did you miss something? Now that people's hearts are in Jin and the general trend is in Jin, Fenyang County Prince will naturally be unfavorable. What we have done, It is like acting against the will of nature and walking against the current. Naturally, you will be unlucky at times, unable to advance or retreat, and the journey will be long at sunset."

Shi Tianze glanced at Si Shenhua sideways with some dissatisfaction, but did not open his mouth to refute.

Just because Si Shenhua's words were unpleasant to hear, but they were true.

In the fourteen years since Tumubao was built, although the Jin Dynasty had internal and external troubles, Emperor Jingtai's administration had always been more tolerant of the lower class of society and cherished the people's strength, so the people at the lower class still loved the imperial court.

However, Da Siming's expression has returned to calm: "Let's go back to Xiangyang."

She thought that if Zhong Xiang couldn't hold on, there would be no need for Yicheng behind him to hold on.

Yicheng is built near a river and is surrounded by plains. It will definitely not be able to withstand Li Xuan's 350,000 land and water army.

Sure enough, one day later, many gunboats from the Yangtze River Navy arrived in Yicheng. Before these gunboats fired, Yicheng was already filled with white flags.

The Yicheng garrison was a confidant of Prince Xiang, but he tried to resist. However, this man had almost no control over the Yicheng garrison, and he eventually committed suicide at the guerrilla general's residence in the city.

At this time, Li Xuan's hundreds of thousands of troops were crushing forward like an overwhelming mountain. Qianhusuo, Nanzhang, Lumen Mountain and other places in Yiyang south of Xiangyang all fell into the wind and were instantly defeated. The direction of the military front is like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, sweeping everything across thousands of miles.

All the prefectures and counties that Crown Prince Xiang spent more than a month occupying were completely lost in just a few days.

It was not until the army marched to Xiangyang that its invincible momentum was stopped.

Xiangyang is a majestic city in the world. Not only does it have tall and strong city walls, but its moat is also extremely wide, with the widest part being two miles wide, so it is known as "Iron-made Xiangyang".

In the post-Zhao era, this place was built as a military fortress. During the Mongolian Yuan and Jin Dynasties, the imperial court paid more attention to this place, which is "the thoroughfare of seven provinces, connecting rivers and seas, and controlling the heart of the world", and repeatedly built and strengthened it.

Especially after King Xiang was conferred here, he paid even more attention to city defense.

After the fall of Zhongxiang Mansion, Yu Qiyong, the crown prince of Prince Xiang, gave up the hope of resisting and defending at all levels. He gathered all the capable soldiers and horses under his command in Xiangyang, and also gathered all the firearms here.

Da Siming learned the lesson from Zhongxiang Mansion, and not only borrowed two thousand troops from the depths of King Yi Yujian, but also dispersed a large number of Taoist boys from Jinque Tiangong into King Xiang's army to help King Xiang's eldest son Yu Qiyong supervise the battle.

The status of these Taoist boys in Jinque Heavenly Palace is like that of slaves. But their cultivation is not weak. They are generally in the third sect, with a total of more than 700 people.

So when Li Xuan arrived with his army, Xiangyang City was already run like an iron barrel by Yu Qiyong.

There are a total of 140,000 soldiers and horses in the city. All the city walls are like copper walls and iron walls. Food and grass are available, and armaments are sufficient. A total of fifty Hongyi cannons are pointed at the river. There are more than two hundred artillery pieces on the city walls in all directions.

At this time, there were dozens more secret letters of surrender in Li Xuan's sleeve.

However, he only took one look at Xiangyang City from a distance and knew that this city was not easy to capture and could not be conquered in one fell swoop like before.

There is no way to bombard the city wall with gunboats. The gunboats of the Yangtze River Navy use Folang machine guns. The structure of this gun is somewhat like a revolver, which is convenient for loading and rapid firing. But the range and power are far different from the Hongyi cannon.

And even in the era of armored battleships, when those battleships confronted the forts on the shore, they were often the losers.

Li Xuan simply gave up his plan to quickly capture the city. He first sent a force of troops to occupy Fancheng opposite Xiangyang, and then honestly set up camp around Xiangyang City in preparation for the siege.

Compared with Xiangyang, Fancheng's city defense is much more fragile. There is a saying that "Xiangyang is made of iron, Fancheng is made of paper".

In fact, Fancheng is also a fortified city. The problem is that this city is located on the north bank of the Han River, and most of the people who stick to Xiangyang are from the Southern Dynasties, so it gives people a "papery" impression.

Prince Xiang did not put any effort into Fancheng, and the defenders only had less than 2,000 men, so the flag had already been raised in the city before Li Xuan's troops arrived.

In the next few days, Li Xuan was not in a hurry to attack the city, but spent most of his energy on 'organizing the army' and 'building a stronghold'.

Why in history have some generals commanded 35,000 people to be able to win without defeat, but when commanding hundreds of thousands of people, they would be defeated by fewer people and often defeated in a single battle.

A large part of the reason for this is the decline in organizational power.

Commanding 30,000 people to fight against the enemy is completely different from commanding hundreds of thousands of people, and the organizational capabilities required are also several times different.

At this time, Li Xuan only had 40,000 troops under his direct command trained by him, and the rest were cobbled together here and there.

There are a total of 140,000 King Ning's criminal troops, 20,000 Liaodong cavalry troops, 30,000 Nanjing forbidden troops, 40,000 Huguangbiao barracks, and 30,000 Huguang guardsmen.

After the troops entered Xiangyang, there were 70,000 more Xiangyang troops under his command.

It can be imagined how low Li Xuan's control over his army has fallen.

He couldn't even recognize all the generals above the fourth rank under his command, so how could he talk about control or organization?

Such an army can use force to overwhelm others, but it is not suitable for fighting tough battles.

At this time, people all over the world regarded Li Xuan as a god general. He was the general with the most brilliant record of the Jin army after "King of Zhongshan" Xu Tiande and "King of Kaiping" Chang Shiwan.

But Li Xuan has an advantage. He knows his own weight, will not overestimate himself, and will never inflate himself.

He knew that most of his previous great victories were achieved by relying on new weapons and new tactics.

In terms of true military attainments, he may not be as good as many generals of this era. He didn't even study military books such as "Sun Tzu" and "Six Tao" thoroughly.

The marching formations of this era also come largely from Li Xuan's memories of his boyhood, Li Chengji's teachings to Li Xuan, and his own explorations.

So on the one hand, Li Xuan concentrated his mind, shuttled around the military camps of various ministries, understood the generals, military morale, military conditions, morale, etc., and tried to control the soldiers and horses under his command; on the other hand, he followed Zeng Guofan's example, stubbornly fighting the battle.

The core of the latter's military thinking is to make oneself invincible first.

Li Xuan not only worked hard on the camp and fortifications, strictly ordered all ministries to build high bases and deep ravines, but also personally sorted out the logistics to ensure sufficient supplies and smooth logistics.

This is not a big problem, after all, we are fighting along the river. The navy commanded by Duan Dong once again had an absolute advantage on the river.

This army of nearly 400,000 people was delayed outside the city for more than ten days before they began to formally attack the city.

Li Xuan is still neither arrogant nor impetuous, and takes care of himself step by step.

He first spent five days piling up three hills and forts two miles away from the city wall, and placed one hundred and twenty red cannons and more than three hundred Franco machine guns on them.

Then with the help of 40,000 Shenji camp muskets and fierce artillery cover, they drove King Ning's criminal army and Xiangyang's surrender army to fill in the moat step by step.

At this time, Xiangyang was in the city, and the coldness in Da Siming's eyes finally softened a little.

In her opinion, the Xiangyang rebels finally stopped their decline and no longer collapsed at the slightest touch like before. The morale of the soldiers in the city has also stabilized slightly.

Since they have held on for twenty days, it must be no problem to hold on for another half year.

But beside her, White Tiger Palace Master Shi Tianze secretly smiled bitterly. I thought to myself that this Fenyang County Prince was indeed an invincible general in the world!

In his opinion, the Fenyang County Prince was the most hated opponent of any general in the world. He controlled an army several times larger, but he was still able to fight steadily and steadily.

This person uses troops with danger when he should use it, and he uses it cautiously when he should be prudent.

It can be said that it is 'as motionless as a mountain, but as slow as a forest'. It is being crushed by the general trend, leaving no one able to take advantage of it.

Shi Tianze had previously wanted to advise Prince Xiang to leave the city for a night attack, but after Li Xuan's army arrived on the first night, Shi Tianze gave up this idea.

It seems that Xiangyang City has been defended for twenty days, but any general with good military skills can see that all they can do now is close their eyes and wait for death.

At the same time, outside Xiangyang South City.

Dou Zilong, the ‘former Nanchang commander-in-chief and commander of King Ning’s right guard’ who was being ordered to carry earth and dig stones, looked up at the city wall in his spare time and sighed: “His Royal Highness King Fenyang is really benevolent.”

His lieutenant general smiled back: "Who says it's not the case? This King of Fenyang is not only excellent in military skills, but he is also admirable in reading www.uukanshu.net."

The original filling of the moat was bound to result in heavy casualties, as was the case with siege battles recorded in history.

All generals in the past dynasties would force civilians to carry soil to fill rivers. After all, the lives of civilians were not worth anything.

But at this time, with the help of the Tushan forts distributed in three directions of Xiangyang, the Jin army suppressed the firepower on the city wall until they could not lift their heads. The casualties suffered by these criminal armies were minimal.

When Dou Zilong and his subordinates were recruited by Lei Li as the "selected frontmen", they were already prepared to be used as cannon fodder and die.

But the reality was different from what he imagined. Prince Fenyang was cautious in using his troops, and even treated his criminal army with great care.

Although their expenditure on food was inferior to that of the Shenji Battalion and several other troops, this was by no means a harsh treatment.

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