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Chapter 356 Attacking Xiangyang (End)
There was a violent explosion, and the east gate of Xiangyang burst into flames. The gate covered with a large iron sheet was directly blasted from the middle under the explosive power of the high-explosive grenade, and it was blown to pieces. Nothing obstructive at all.The huge explosion power also blasted some bandit soldiers hidden in the city gate to their backs, and many people were directly killed on the spot.

People who didn't die were also having a hard time, and those who were pushed by the huge explosive force and fell to the ground also had more air output and less air intake.

The gate of the east gate broke down without any resistance.

Although they had already made preparations in their hearts, many soldiers of the Qilin Army and Liangshan Army were startled when they saw that the gate of this fortified city was so vulnerable. Immediately shoot at the top of the city, covering the infantry soldiers entering the city gate.

The range of the compound crossbow is farther than their bows and arrows. Being constantly shot by the crossbow arrows, the defensive bandits on the top of the city will not have any chance to show up. Once they show up, countless crossbow arrows will be pierced through. In addition, their chief general The scorpion was directly bombarded by a cannonball, and many soldiers on the top of the city were also affected by the artillery fire. Without command, they could not fight back effectively, so they could only hide in the top of the city.

Without the harassment of the enemy on the city wall, and the city gate had been blasted open, the infantry captured the city gate with ease.

The first formal cooperation between the Mo army and the Qilin army, a team of Qilin army and a team of Mo army, the Mo army is responsible for the cover of crossbow arrows, and the Qilin army is responsible for killing the enemy at close quarters, using fire as the basic combat unit, and immediately after capturing the city gate They spread out and looked for their own targets. Some climbed to the top of the city wall. The bandit soldiers on the city wall wanted to fight back, but they were shot and killed by crossbow arrows before they got close. Soldiers killed.

The entire battlefield is one-sided.

These thieves were either killed or dropped their weapons and surrendered. Facing the near and far cooperation of the Qilin army, there was nothing they could do.

Soon the four gates of Xiangyang City were all controlled, the gates were closed, and no one was allowed to go out.

After controlling the city gate here, more and more soldiers in the landing area on the shore were transported across the river by boats and poured into Xiangyang City one after another. All shot.

Wang Qing was not found!

He Ji, the main general of Xiangyang, was not found either.

When I asked, it turned out that Wang Qing ran away again.

As early as when the Qilin army blocked the river, this guy saw that the situation was not good and escaped from the south gate ahead of time.

As for He Ji, the captured soldiers said that they led troops out to prevent the Qilin army from landing. Now that the Qilin army has landed, it is estimated that He Ji has died under the random arrows.

Not long after, good news came from Lu Junyi's side. Lu Junyi led cavalry to attack Wang Qing's two camps on the east bank of Xiangyang. All the soldiers surrendered.

When Xiangyang was captured here, Chen Xi was also transferred to Xiangyang by Li Chu. When Li Chu led his troops from Rufen Town, Chen Xi had already come with the army, and at the same time there were several newly recruited civil servants. Now that Xiangyang City was taken down, a message was sent to Dengzhou through the walkie-talkie. After a while, Chen Xi and his party were sent to Xiangyang by boat.

"Mr. Chen, you will be responsible for the management of Xiangyang City."

After Chen Xi arrived, Li Chu saluted Chen Xi.

Now that Xiangyang is under the new leadership, some policies and the rectification of the city need a strong man, and Mr. Chen is currently the most suitable one.

After handing over Xiangyang to Chen Xi, 3000 people were left to garrison. The remaining soldiers only repaired a little in Xiangyang and then set off immediately, heading south from Xiangyang to Jiangling.

Jiangling is in the south of Xiangyang, which is the later Jingzhou City.

Jiangling, this is another important site of Wang Qing. According to the information obtained from the elaboration, Wang Qing also stationed an army of no less than 10 people outside the city of Jiangling. The leader of the army is Wang Qing's uncle. Duan Sanniang's older brother Duan Er.

Duan's family village was the main team of Wang Qing's army. After Jiangling was conquered, Jiangling would be managed by Duan Er.

The Qilin army wanted to destroy Wang Qing. First, they had to destroy Junzhou, which had already been led by Lu Zhishen and Wu Song from the west. The second was to destroy Wang Qing's two military forces. One was in Bianzhou, and the leading general was It's Du Fu.

This Du Po is the coach of Wang Qing's west formation, and also the number one general under Wang Qing, with extraordinary force.

The other one is Duan Er's southern formation, in Jiangling.

And if you want to fight against Bianzhou Du Po, it is the best way to go west from the general to Xunzhou, especially when the army is marching, it can be said that you can only go this way, but this opening happens to be controlled by Jiangling, so Jiangling must take it. Down.

After Li Chu led the army out from the south gate of Xiangyang, he quickly captured Yicheng and Nanzhang, two subsidiary counties of Xiangyang.

Then we went all the way south along the Han River. After walking for more than half a day, we entered Jingmen, the gateway to Jiangling!

Jingmen is the northern gate of Jiangling, and it is the only place to pass through when entering Jiangling.

In "Water Margin", Jingmen is called Jishan.

Since the author of "Water Margin" is Shi Naian, and there must be insufficient information on the study of ancient maps at that time, some place names are easy to be mistaken.

At this time, Jingmen is a majestic pass!
Jingmen Pass!
Between the two big mountains, Xiongguan Henglan blocked the road going south.

Divided obliquely by the Han River across the Qianshan Mountains, the mountains are green and the waters are green and Jingmen Pass.

The terrain is dangerous, with Xiangfan in the north, Jingsha in the south, Baxia in Yichang in the west, and Han River in the east. It is the traffic hub of Jingxiang land road.

On Xiongguan Pass, Wang Qing's King Chu Banner fluttered in the wind.

Li Yan, the guard at Jingmen Pass, had been waiting for a long time.

Li Xuan is the nephew of Mr. Jin Jian Li Zhu. After learning that his uncle was killed by the gunfire of the Qilin Army in Xiangyang, he wished to take the army to take revenge immediately. However, Wang Qing and Duan Er had a decree for him to guard the Xiongguan and not to mess around, otherwise he would have already led the army. Went to Xiangyang.

It's only been a few days, and now Xiangyang has been breached.

After sending Wang Qing to Jiangling, Li Yan led people to prepare here.

Jingmen Pass, also known as Huya Pass.

It opens at the top and closes at the bottom, and its shape is like a gate. The shape of the gate is like a tiger's fangs. That's why it got the name Huyaguan, which shows that its terrain is dangerous.

Li Xun is eager for revenge, but he is not a fool, so he ran out to fight the Qilin army without guarding Xiongguan.

Three thousand archers have all assembled in Xiongguan, and all kinds of materials for defending the city are also fully prepared in Jintang.

In addition, Li Xuan also found two good archers, and waited for the Qilin army to arrive. After finding where Li Chu was, he asked these two good players to shoot and kill Li Chu in the chaos.

After approaching Jingmen Pass, the scouts in front had already reported the situation of Jingmen Pass to Li Chu.

He originally thought that the guard at Jingmen Pass would choose to ambush on the way, so he called two soldiers from the Fushui Army to set up a hot air balloon to patrol the air, but he didn't see a single enemy.

Unexpectedly, this guard is also very bachelor, and he can't keep out of the gate, and he is ready to fight against Li Chu.

(End of this chapter)