Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 396 The Fall of Fan City (2)

"How did Fancheng fall, and what happened to the soldiers of Fancheng?"

When Kuai Liang heard what the soldier who reported the news said, he didn't care about anything else. He asked the soldier who reported the news eagerly. He also wanted to know how Zhu Wei captured Fancheng.

According to the defense strategy of Xiangyang City, even if Fancheng is not easy to defend, at least it can use the city to consume some of Zhu Wei's troops. Lost, which is too incredible.

"Reporting to my lord, according to what the defeated soldiers in Fancheng said, it is not known whether the enemy army pretended to be the reinforcements of Wancheng Zhangxiu and entered Wancheng to deceive the city gate, or whether Wancheng Zhangxiu had already surrendered to Zhu Wei and led his troops to deceive the north gate of Fancheng. Anyway, it is said that after the Zhangxiu Department of Wancheng led Hu Che'er into the city with the soldiers of Wancheng, they suddenly repeated and controlled the north gate of Wancheng. Now the enemy army is chasing the defeated soldiers from Fancheng and coming to Xiangyang, and the north of the city has sealed off the water gate, how to decide from now on, please let me know!"

The soldier who reported the news also knew some of the failure of Fancheng, so he spoke in general about the reasons for Fancheng's fall.

Liu Biao couldn't help opening his eyes wide when he heard the words, and he clenched his fists and shouted angrily, "Zhang Xiu's soldiers have cheated the city gate? This...how is this possible? Hmph, it must be another trick by Zhu Zi. This Zhu Zi is deceiving people too much. Just pass the order and stay here for now." Nanmen, come here, hurry up and go to Fanmen with me, lest this scorpion attack my north gate again!"

Liu Biao didn't dare to be negligent at this time, and hurriedly led his troops to the water gate in the north of Xiangyang City. No matter what methods Zhu Wei had used to attack the water gate in the city, if he didn't go to the water gate in the north of Xiangyang City now, Zhu Wei's army would be afraid. Then they can chase the defeated soldiers in Fancheng and directly enter Xiangyang city.

Of course, Liu Biao was more worried about whether Zhang Xiu in Wancheng had really voted for Zhu Wei.

If Zhang Xiu really voted for Zhu Wei, would the Wenpin Office in Xinye have been wiped out by Zhu Wei's army? That would mean that Nanyang was completely lost, and he would never be able to wait for any reinforcements from Nanyang.

As for Cai Mao in Jiangling, there was no trace of the reinforcements he had sent before, and Zhu Wei's army was threatening Jiangling City, so Cai Mao might no longer be able to support the soldiers in Xiangyang City.

Although Liu Biao is still looking forward to the spontaneous formation of soldiers and horses in Jingzhou to rescue him, this possibility is really unlikely. He has sent Yiji out to lobby various ethnic groups before, but the news reported by Yiji is not very accurate. .

Now the rich families in Jingzhou are obviously watching the situation. If Zhu Wei clearly has the upper hand, they will certainly not come to rescue Liu Biao, and maybe they will take the initiative to vote for Zhu Wei instead.

Therefore, now that Liu Biao knew that he had no way out, he could only use the help of Xiangyang City to make the final insistence. Only when he showed some advantages in the battle of Xiangyang City, could he send someone to persuade the local rich families in Jingzhou to support him.

Therefore, Xiangyang City must not be lost easily.

So at this moment Liu Biao was naturally very concerned about the situation at the water gate in the north of the city, so he hurried to the water gate in the north of Xiangyang City with [-] regular soldiers and [-] selected new soldiers from the young and strong.

What reassured Liu Biao was that the six thick iron gates at the water gate on the north side of the city had fallen, and the defeated soldiers who had escaped from Fancheng climbed in through the soft ladders placed on the city wall. Entered Xiangyang.

Afterwards, Liu Biao also took a few steps to the upper gate of the water gate, and looked towards the opposite Fancheng.

Below the gate tower of the north water gate of Xiangyang City is the Fanshui River, which connects the Han River to the inner waterway of Xiangyang City. In terms of terrain, Xiangyang City is high in the north and low in the south, so at this time you can see the river below, which is also gurgling through the iron gate fence. Flowing towards the city of Xiangyang.

Many of Liu Biao's defeated soldiers who escaped from Fancheng took boats directly from the south gate of Fancheng, and escaped through the Han River to the city wall of Xiangyang. In the middle of the river, I swam to the edge of Xiangyang City, and then climbed up the soft ladder.

However, after Liu Biao saw this scene, he immediately sent someone to screen the soldiers who had fled from Fancheng, so as not to include any of the secret agents of Zhu Weijun.

Afterwards, Liu Biao deployed manpower on the water gate to strengthen the defense. Since the main force of Zhu Wei's army was in the opposite Fancheng, Liu Biao would naturally use the water gate in the north of the city as a center of defense.

Liu Biao could see that Zhu Wei's flag had been erected on the opposite side of Fancheng across the Han River, and many soldiers of Zhu Wei went directly to the top of the wall of Fancheng, shooting feather arrows and crossbow arrows at Liu Biao's soldiers who had fled. The fleeing of the defeated soldiers was even more chaotic.

Fortunately, the water gate in the north of Xiangyang City directly uses the Han River as the outer moat, so it is naturally impossible for Zhu Wei to easily bury a passage on the Han River.

In this way, if Zhu Wei wanted to attack the water gate in the north of Xiangyang City, he could only use river boats to transport his soldiers to the city wall before continuing to attack the city.

At the same time, Zhu Wei's siege equipment could not directly hit the water gate of Xiangyang across the Han River, unless the boat crossed the Han River, the siege equipment could be erected on the tidal flat between the Xiangyang city wall and the Han River.

But in this case, Liu Biao can naturally send troops from the water gate to destroy these siege equipment.

Although the Hanshui River and the city wall on the north side of Xiangyang have waterways directly connected to the inland river of Xiangyang City, the real bank of the Hanshui River is about fifty steps away from the city wall of Xiangyang City.

It's just that if Zhu Wei's army crossed the Han River with the help of river boats, and then attacked Xiangyang City, the distance from the bank of the Han River to the Xiangyang City Wall was about [-] steps, but it happened to be within the bow and arrow range of the defenders on the top of the Xiangyang City Wall.

In this way, Zhu Wei's army will definitely suffer a large number of casualties when they disembark and attack the city.

And Liu Biao can also send troops suddenly from the water gate, with the help of the archers on the city wall, launch a half-cross attack on Zhu Wei's army crossing the river, making it impossible for Zhu Wei's army to land on the south bank of the Han River, and can easily destroy Zhu Wei. The siege equipment transported by the army.

But if Zhu Wei wanted to take a boat directly to the water gate in the north of Xiangyang City and launch an attack on the water, it would not be easy.

As mentioned earlier, not to mention the water flow on the side of the water gate, making the ship unstable and difficult to climb the city ladder on the ship, even if it is to ensure that the ship is stable in one place, it is already very difficult.

Besides, the attack above the water gate can easily sink the ships attacking the water gate, so it is indeed more difficult to attack the water gate than the land gate.

Therefore, only Zhu Wei who controls the method of blasting the water gate can have the idea of ​​attacking the water gate. Otherwise, normal attacking parties will rarely choose the water gate to attack...

(End of this chapter)