Left and right, whether it is Liu Qi, Kuai Yue, Chu State's civil and military forces, all of them changed color in shock.
They were instantly shocked beyond bewilderability.
Just a moment ago, he had just received a good news from Wen Ping, saying that he had just repelled the attack of the pottery thief, and Wen Ping also swore to Liu Biao that Xinye City would never be lost, and told him not to rush to the rescue, and to walk slowly.
Liu Biao's father and son, the monarchs and ministers, were still enjoying the joy of thwarting the invincible Wei army, but they never expected that in a blink of an eye, Xinye City would be breached.
Liu Biao, who was surprised, couldn't believe it, and shouted hoarsely: "Xinye City is indestructible, Wen Ping didn't just repel the pottery thief, how could it be that he lost the city in just one day."
The scout then explained how the potters cast wolf smoke to relax Wen Ping's vigilance, and how to make an archer named Hou Yi shoot Wen Ping with an arrow through the fog, and then took advantage of the collapse of the Xinye defenders' hearts to break the city, and silently said.
Under the big tree, there was a deathly silence, and everyone fell into a panic and dazedness.
No one expected that under the command of the potter, there would be a guy who pretended to be the name of the ancients, and he had such superb archery skills, and he could shoot Wen Ping through the wolf smoke.
"Zhongye, how could it be possible to be shot to death like this, how could this be" Liu Biao froze in place, his face was as white as paper, and his eyes were filled with horror and confusion.
The dignified Wen Zhongye, the first general in Jingbei, was shot to death like this.
Xinye Castle, a strong fortress that he had spent countless years of energy and financial resources to build, also fell Liu Biao never dreamed that there were such strange people hidden under the command of the pottery merchant, who could shoot his general through the wolf smoke and fog with an unfathomable arrow.
"Pottery thief, pottery thief" Liu Biao was frightened and angry, the blood in his chest was tumbling and agitated, and under the anger, for a while, he was dizzy and dizzy, and there were signs of unsteady standing.
"Father" Liu Qi was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward with Kuai Yue and others to support Liu Biao.
After gasping for a while, Liu Biaocai suppressed the tumbling qi and blood, forcibly calmed down the surging mood, gritted his teeth, and scolded angrily: "Tao thief, Tao thief, dare to kill this king's love general, hateful, hateful" "Father, don't worry, we have tens of thousands of male soldiers in our hands, and we are fighting on the Jingxiang homeland, even if we lose Xinye, what are we afraid of, why don't we go north with the army and fight to the death with the pottery thief, and avenge Wen Zhongye" Liu Qi was young and vigorous, and shouted angrily and confidently.
Liu Biao was not so stupid, and looked at Kuai Yue, seeking his opinion.
Kuai Yue sighed lightly, stared at his brows and said: "The pottery thief broke my two cities in a row, and killed my general, morale is flourishing, and although the pottery thief's soldiers and horses are equivalent to our army, but there are many cavalry under his command, pure land warfare, our army does not have the upper hand, for today's plan, the more I think that the king should quickly retreat to the south bank of the Han River to set up defenses, and then leave a powerful general to guard Fancheng, relying on the natural danger of the Han River, coupled with the backing of our superior water army, the pottery thief will be nailed under the city of Fancheng, and he will fight a protracted battle, only wait for him to divide the old city, when there are changes inside and outside, it is not too late to talk about the counterattack. ” After being silent for a long time, Liu Biao had no choice but to give an order to Cai Mao on the south bank, ordering him to lead the naval warship and quickly come to meet his army to cross to the south.
At that moment, Liu Biao changed his route to the south and went straight to Fancheng.
In the evening, under the response of Cai Mao's water army, nearly 40,000 Chu troops finally crossed the Han River and boarded the water camp on the south bank.
Stepping onto the trestle bridge, Liu Biao looked back at the north bank, where most of the land would be ceded to the potters, leaving only a Fancheng city across the bank.
Liu Biao's brows were deeply locked, his eyes were burning with unwillingness and indignation, and there was still a little worry.
He was worried that Fancheng might be lost, and the Hanshui natural danger would not be able to stop the pottery merchants' troops.
"Don't worry about the king, the Wei army is all northerners, and it's just a matter of being crazy on land, when it comes to the Han River, all of them are useless, there are the last generals and our water army, not to mention that the pottery thieves only have 50,000 soldiers and horses, even if the soldiers of the country come, the last general will never let him cross the Han River half a step."
Cai Mao, the governor of the navy army around him, said proudly.
Liu Biao's Jingzhou Navy is divided into three branches, one is the Xiangyang Water Army, the second is the Jiangxia Water Army, and the third is the Jiangling Water Army.
The Jiangxia naval army was led by Huang Zu, guarding Xiakou and responsible for guarding the state of Wu.
The Gangneung Navy is stationed in Gangneung and is counted as a reserve of the Navy.
And this Xiangyang naval army was stationed in the north of Xiangyang and was led by Cai Mao.
Cai Mao is familiar with the navy, and is an old friend of Liu Biao, born in the Cai clan of Jingxiang, and now he has become his eldest brother, Liu Biao naturally handed over more than 10,000 sailors in Xiangyang to Cai Mao.
"De Jue, the life and death of my Da Chu are entrusted to you by this king."
Liu Biao patted Cai Mao's shoulder and said in a deep tone.
Cai Mao said proudly: "Don't worry, the king can rest assured, Fancheng has my brother Cai He to guard it, and I have my commander of the navy as his backing, if the pottery thief dares to go into the water, he will be killed in the end to avenge the killing of my brother Cai Zhong." ” Back then, in the battle of Nanyang, the potter killed Cai Zhong, this hatred, Cai Mao naturally remembered, and now that he has the opportunity, he still can't wait to fight with the potter.
And although the potter is strong, it is also a fact that there is no water master, which is also where Cai Mao's self-confidence lies.
Looking at the warships of the Hanshui Army, and listening to Cai Mao's bold words, Liu Biao relaxed his heart, and his gloomy face finally showed a trace of relief.
At that moment, Liu Biao relaxed his heart and immediately went to the dry camp, planning to return to Xiangyang first.
Halfway through, Liu Biao felt uneasy, so he summoned his eldest son Liu Qi to the front and instructed: "Although the pottery thief wants to cross the river, the chance is slim, but the father feels that it is still not to be taken lightly, Qi'er, you should quickly go and move all the Jingxiang clans such as Kuai Cai Pang Huang to Jiangling temporarily." ” The support of the Jingxianghao clan is the foundation of Liu Biao's foothold in Jingzhou, and Xiangyang is the place where the big clans live the most.
After the potters captured Jinyang, they killed the Jinyang clan, and Liu Biao was naturally worried that if someone missed and Xiangyang fell, these Jingxiang clans would also be slaughtered by the potters.
If these clans are wiped out, he Liu Biao will lose the foundation of his commander, so he has to prepare in advance to protect these supporters of his.
"I understand, I'll do it."
Liu Qi immediately understood, surrendered his hand, and rode away.
Liu Biao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, climbed to the high place of the dry land, looked back at the north shore again, and in his old eyes, he had rekindled a little arrogance, and snorted coldly: "Tao thief, it's just that you are majestic in the dry land, this surging Han water, I see what tricks you can play." ” Just when Liu Biao had just withdrawn from the Han River, the 50,000 cavalry army led by the pottery merchant had already left Xinye, marched south, and went straight to Fancheng.
Before dusk, the potter finally saw Fancheng.
This river city across the bank from Xiangyang stands majestically on the north bank of the Han River, and its towering and long city walls highlight its importance.
"The legendary Fancheng is really worthy of its name, the city wall is so tall, it seems that Liu Biao spends no less thought in this city than Xinye" The potter looked at Fancheng and sighed, and in his mind, those memories of Fancheng turned over one by one.
The city of Xiangyang, since ancient times are very strange, although it is the core of Jingzhou, a strategic town, but if you want to hold Xiangyang, you must first defend Fancheng, if Fancheng is lost, then Xiangyang must not be defended, as the so-called no Fan is no Xiang, Xiangyang and Fancheng are as one.
The pottery merchant remembered that in history, Guan Yu's northern expedition to Xiangfan, although he captured Xiangyang, was killed by Cao Ren to defend Fancheng, and he could not attack it for a long time, and was finally copied by the Wu army, and finally ended up dead and famous.
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Historically, the Southern Song Dynasty and the Mongol army fought fiercely in Xiangfan for many years, and the Mongol army was only able to cross the Han River and take Xiangyang after conquering Fancheng.
If Xiangyang is the core of Jingzhou, then Fancheng is the core of the core, how can the potters not know this truth.
Right now, the core of this core is right in front of you.
The pottery merchant did not talk nonsense, and on the same day, he ordered the army to complete the encirclement of Fancheng from the north, east and west, leaving only the south gate unsurrounded.
The potters did not enclose the south gate according to Zhang Liang's proposal for two reasons.
First of all, the army of Taoshang went south, killed Wen Ping, and captured Xinye, which must have shaken the army and people of Chu State, and the people's hearts were unstable.
Leaving a gate is equivalent to leaving a way out for the people of Fancheng, giving them one more choice to abandon the city and flee.
Another reason is that the south side is the surging Han River, and if the pottery merchant besieges the south gate, his soldiers and horses will be attacked from both sides by the Chu army in the city and the powerful Xiangyang water army on the Han River The siege was over, and the pottery merchants did not rush to attack, but first launched the attack tactics, and fired the heads of the Chu soldiers collected from Yuyang and Xinye into Fancheng with heavenly thunder cannons, and shattered the enemy's resistance with blood.
When the heads of the people falling from the sky fell, sure enough, Fan Cheng's already uneasy hearts became even more panicked, and before the battle, they had a deep fear of the Wei army.
Immediately afterwards, the potters shot thousands of inscriptions into Fancheng with arrows, informing the soldiers of the Fancheng army that they would sacrifice Cai He's head and surrender the city, and the potters would not commit any offence against them, otherwise, after the city was broken, they would pay a heavy price.
Under this powerful psychological offensive, the morale of the people in Fancheng soon suffered a heavy blow, and Cai He had to take high-pressure measures in order to maintain stability in the city.
Within a few days, more than 100 soldiers and civilians were all beheaded by Cai He, and with this bloody high-pressure policy, Cai He also suppressed the uneasy hearts for a while.
At the same time, Cai He invited several families in Fancheng to come forward and use their prestige to appease people's hearts.
Because it was the pottery merchants who wantonly wiped out the heroes of the clan in Bingzhou, and implemented the Shang martingale reform law in the Wei State, which seriously damaged the interests of the heroes of the clan, after the news reached the Chu State, the pottery merchants were regarded as mortal enemies by the heroes of the Jingxiang clan.
Now that the army of potters is pressing, these powerful people are afraid that after the city is broken, the pottery chamber of commerce will be ruthless to them, and they are naturally very active in contributing to Cai He.
These clans not only came forward to appease the hearts of the army and the people, but also pulled out their own servants and guests to form a private corps of more than 2,000 people to assist Cai He in maintaining order within Fancheng, so that Cai He could transfer all his forces to the front line of the city wall.
The strong help of the powerful people of the world made Cai He feel a little more confident all of a sudden.
"These powerful people of Fancheng are really not afraid of death, are they determined to go against this king" The potter threw the information in his hand on the case, and the murderous intent in the eagle's eyes was fierce.
"The king has implemented a change to get rid of the cancer of the world, and their resistance is also expected, after the city is broken, they will be wiped out."
Zhang Liang explained lightly.
Fan Xu followed and shouted: "Simply, let's stop such a psychological offensive, the king will give the order, the whole army will attack the city and raze this Fan City to the ground." ” As soon as Fan Xu asked for battle, the rest of the generals were also enthusiastic, clamoring to attack the city.
"If we attack with all our might, we may not be able to defend it with Cai He's ability, but don't forget, above the Han River, there are Cai Mao's 10,000 water army eyeing you, and this enemy army should not be underestimated."
The potter waved his hand calmly, signaling the generals to calm down.
The potter waved his hand, calming the excitement of the generals.
"At this time, the king can still remain neither arrogant nor impatient, which is really the blessing of my Great Wei."
Zhang Liang praised with his hand.
Fan Xu gave him a blank look, "I said house, don't shoot the king's ass, don't forcibly attack the city, then what do you say, do you continue to engage in any psychological offensive to scare Cai and the dog mongrel, and you can't surrender." ” The potter smiled, looked at Zhang Liang, and asked him for a good solution.
"Well, Fancheng is strong, not inferior to Xinye, there is plenty of food and grass in the city, there are more than 10,000 soldiers, and Cai Mao's army on the Han River is a horn, but water warfare is not our strong point, at this moment, it is really a bit of a headache" Zhang Liang muttered, and he couldn't think of any good plan for a while.
At this moment, Jing Ke outside the tent rushed in and enshrined a letter to the potter.
Under the curious gaze of everyone, the potter unfolded the silk book, and after only a few glances, his young face couldn't help but burn with extreme excitement, and he couldn't help laughing wildly. isjgy: