beggar prince

Zhao Yuanjian led the Southern Army to attack Xiangyang City to the north of Fancheng.Xiangyang City is the most important pass in the Yellow River Basin. Xiangyang and Fancheng are interdependent, "crossing Jingyu, controlling the north and south", relying on the Han River, the terrain is dangerous, and the navy is good at fighting.

Zhao Yuanjian has captured Fancheng, and Fancheng can no longer reinforce Xiangyang. Once he breaks through Xiangyang City, Wei's strength will be exhausted.The Empress Dowager sent 15 sailors and heavy troops to guard Xiangyang City.

Zhao Yuanjian rushed to the outside of Xiangyang City, beat drums and trumpets, raised banners, and insulted outside Xiangyang City for three days and three nights.The general of Xiangyang knew how powerful he was, so he closed the city gate tightly and refused to send troops to fight.

The Southern Army had no choice but to forcibly attack the city, trying to build a ladder under Xiangyang City.There are many traps outside the city of Xiangyang, including three traps: caltrops, trapping horses, and robbing horses. The soldiers of the southern army rushed under the city wall and fell down countless people, their bodies were pierced by sharp knives.

Soldiers in Xiangyang shot guns down the wall, and entertained the soldiers of the Southern Army with fire arrows, rolling logs, and stones.The chief general of Xiangyang personally went into battle and led the soldiers to tie the rings with iron cables, swung his generals, and went around the city to beat the soldiers of the southern army who had climbed up the ladder and knocked them off the ladder.

Hundreds of Xiangyang soldiers pulled up huge maces with thick ropes and threw them at the southern army climbing on the ladder.

So Zhao Yuanjian set up fire ox formations, set up ladders, and used □□ bags, which can be said to be exhausted, but he still couldn't break through for a long time. The Southern Army suffered heavy casualties and began to weaken.

Zhao Yuanjian owned the treasures of the previous dynasty, and he used one hundred million taels of silver to recruit one hundred thousand men in the Yangtze River Basin and incorporate them into the army.They also bought food and grass for horses, and the southern army was still strong and strong.

The chief general of Xiangyang City prevented the southern army from attacking fiercely again and again, but life in Xiangyang City was not easy.

Zhao Yuanjian had no choice but to besiege Xiangyang City, and the grain and grass were brought in from the Han River. He built a long wall outside Xiangyang City to cut off the Han River, and sent [-] sailors to cut off the water transportation channel of the Xiangyang Navy to implement a siege strategy.

The sailors of the Southern Army are all soldiers in the south who are familiar with water, and under the leadership of the general of Xishu, they are all invincible.The Empress Dowager sent the Great Wei Navy for reinforcements, but was robbed and killed by the Southern Army Navy every time.

Xiangyang City was besieged by Zhao Yuanjian's army layer by layer. The food and grass outside could not be brought in, and the food and grass were cut off. The Xiangyang army was starving and the weather was getting colder and colder.

The Huns in the north went deeper into the hinterland of the Wei Dynasty. Except for the army in Xiangyang, other armies were fighting against the army of the Huns in the north with all their strength. For a while, Xiangyang was isolated and helpless.

It was winter now, the sky was gray and the sun was dim and insufficient.The river outside Xiangyang City is covered with thin ice, the reeds and grass leaves by the river are withered and yellow, covered with cold dew and slightly frosty, and there are occasional snowflakes in the sky.Wild goose platoons flitted across the gray sky in a zigzag pattern, heading south.

The temperature at night was very low. The soldiers of the Southern Army were soldiers from the south, and they couldn't stand the cold in the north.They were hunched over from the cold, wearing cotton robes, and sat around the fire to keep warm.

The temperature was lower at night, Zhao Yuanjian asked people to buy coal, and burned charcoal in each of the soldiers' tents to keep warm.In order to boost morale, he slaughtered chickens and sheep, bought thousands of cattle and sheep, and cooked them into big bone soup every day for the soldiers to eat.

Zhao Yuanjian was sitting in the warm tent, drinking bone soup and eating pouch cakes from the soldiers. Hearing the military division's long-term siege strategy, he felt that it would be better to attack fiercely. He was eager to see Xiao Heng.

Master Xu persuaded: "The vassal king must be stable in attacking the city. What you are doing is tantamount to telling the soldiers to rush forward to die."

Zhao Yuanjian wiped the corners of his mouth with a brocade handkerchief, he dropped the brocade handkerchief, calmed down, he understood this truth, he thought: it is better to give up the original strategy of rushing to attack, and fight steadily, so as not to damage the soldiers any more.

Zhao Yuanjian's eyes were completely different from before. There was a sharp and shrewd light in his eyes, and he touched the two beards on his lips.He is only 23 years old now, and he wanted to make himself more powerful in front of the soldiers so he could hold his ground, so he trimmed his beard.

Zhao Yuanjian said: "Okay, stay put for now, military commander, you send someone to learn how to improve weapons. Our siege weapons are really difficult to use."

Zhao Yuanjian used projectile weapons such as sacks and catapults to attack Xiangcheng every day.However, if the range is too far, good results will not always be obtained.

The military division sent General Wu Xin to Tubo to study and improve the catapult, which increased the attack distance and accuracy.At the same time, they sent people to buy dozens of copper cannons, which were many times more powerful than gunpowder and catapults.

Because of these elite weapons attacking the city every day, and because the southern army besieged the city all day long, and Xiangyang lacked food and grass, the battlefield finally turned around.

On this day, the gate of Xiangyang City was opened wide, and Xiangyang soldiers rolled out the war drums, beat the three-way war drums, blew the high-pitched and sharp horns, and erected the Wei banner.The soldiers waved their flags and shouted, and the gongs and drums sounded to encourage the soldiers of the Southern Army to come to fight.

Several charge generals in Xiangyang stood in front of the formation, waiting for the southern army to come to fight.

Zhao Yuanjian knew that this fierce battle would turn the tide of the battle, so he sent General Zhongwu, Qi He, Li Yuan and several vanguard young generals to fight.

Send [-] cavalry and [-] troops to follow them.

Zhao Yuanjian boarded the high platform and looked at the city of Xiangyang from a distance, looking forward to this battle that turned the tide of the battle.

His eyes were as sharp as eagles, shining with a cold light.He raised the wine jar, swallowed the clear plum wine in his mouth, his throat was burning like fire in an instant.He also wanted to participate in this fight, but he was the leader of the southern army, so he could only watch from afar.

General Zhongwu led the army, rushed to the front of the Xiangyang army, set up the formation, beat the drums and sounded the horn.

Qi He took the lead to fight, and he rode to the center of the battlefield to meet Xiangyang young general.

Qi He was majestic, holding a halberd, and collided with Xiangyang young general's serial swords.

Qi He danced his halberd, and slashed at the young general's face, the young general blocked it with his treasured sword, and retreated the halberd.

Qi He stabbed the young general's chest more than a dozen times with his halberd, and the young general dodged all of them.The young general raised his sword horizontally and slashed at his head and face.Qi He dodged and dodged the knife.The young general exerted too much force, like skewing to the right.

Taking advantage of his unstable chassis, Qi He quickly retracted his halberd, swept across the young general's chassis, and the young general fell off the horse.

Qi He stabbed the young general to death with a halberd. The young general lay on the sand, vomited blood, stared and died.

The morale of the Southern Army was greatly shaken, and the drums were beating loudly.

General Zhongwu has a purple face. Holding his beard hanging down to his chest, he rode out and pointed at the Xiangyang pioneers with a treasured sword and shouted: "Which yellow-mouthed kid dares to come to fight!"

A fierce general with a wasp waist and ape arms riding a yellow horse came forward, holding a meteor hammer in his hand and wearing bright armor.

The two fought fiercely in the open field, and the fierce general from Xiangyang held two meteor hammers, danced in the air, and rushed straight to General Zhongwu's chest.General Zhongwu swung his broadsword to push the meteor hammer away, and he pedaled his horse to turn behind the fierce general.

The fierce general pulled the reins and spun around, he slapped General Zhongwu with two meteors.

General Zhongwu raised his head and dodged. Immediately, he swung the sword and slashed at the fierce general.

The fierce general lowered his head to dodge, General Zhongwu sat up and swung his treasured sword, showing an opening, and pretended to slash forward.

The fierce general dodged suddenly, General Zhongwu's knife stabbed him in the leg, the fierce general screamed in pain, pulled his horse and ran away.

The morale of the southern army was even stronger, the flags were waved, the horns were blown, and the drums made a loud noise that shook people's eardrums.

The soldiers of the Southern Army looked up to the sky and roared: "The Southern Army is mighty! The Southern Army is mighty!"

Seeing how brave the general of the southern army was, the general of Xiangyang hurriedly ordered the vanguard to withdraw, and ordered the soldiers to fight the southern army under the city of Xiangyang.

The north wind howled, the setting sun was like blood, and snowflakes of goose feathers floated in the sky, shining brightly in the setting sun.On the battlefield, the sound of trumpets and drums resounded.

General Zhongwu climbed onto the high platform, waved the white and red command flags, commanded the formation of Taiyi, and commanded the direction of the soldiers' attack. He shouted: "The soldiers of the Southern Army charge forward and break through the gate of Fancheng!"

Following the command of General Zhongwu, the soldiers formed the Taiyi formation, and the Southern Army formed the flock formation, and the two sides began to fight fiercely.

Under Xiangyang city, soldiers from both sides met with swords, and the two groups of armies collided like two torrents, causing huge waves.

Arms are like a whirlwind, and arrows are like locusts passing through the border.The cavalry of both sides rode horses and fought together with golden weapons. The weapons and weapons were as fast as lightning, and sparks burst out when they collided together.

The cavalry of the southern army were all elite divisions. They stabbed the mounts of the Xiangyang cavalry with long spears. Soon after, they were turned over. Blood everywhere.

The soldiers on both sides were covered in sweat and blood, the sound of clashing cards with long swords was endless, and the screams were creepy.

No soldier dared to slacken half a point. They all knew that this was a fierce battle, and it was either you or me.The soldiers responded to this fierce battle with the same nervous attitude as they would deal with a sworn enemy.

Countless soldiers were killed by arrows or stabbed to death on the ground, and the corpses exuded a stench.

The southern army was well-trained on weekdays, with sufficient food and grass, and the soldiers were well fed and warmly dressed.They listened to the urging voices from General Zhongwu, and the morale of the Southern Army was high, and they all moved forward bravely.The Xiangyang army was short of food and grass, physically weak, and morale declined, and gradually fell into the lower ranks.

The chief general of Xiangyang stood on the tower, his face was full of black air, his hair was turning white with worry, and he slammed the wall hard.He immediately withdrew his troops, then turned around and returned to Daying to write a letter to the Queen Mother, saying that Xiangyang would fall if the court did not support it.

The Xiangyang Army quickly fled back to Xiangyang City carrying the military flag. The Southern Army did not dare to catch up, fearing an ambush. The soldiers of the Southern Army captured more than 1 Xiangyang soldiers under the city.

Zhao Yuanjian asked General Fuyuan to carry the catapult and copper pillar artillery, and fired continuously at Xiangyang City.The soldiers in Xiangyang City were smashed up and down, and the houses were on fire everywhere.

The generals in Xiangyang complained endlessly, they knew that they had reached a dead end.

Zhao Yuanjian stood on the high platform and took a big sip from the wine jar, showing an expression of certainty.He threw down the wine jar happily and sat on the high platform. The cold wind blew the hair on his forehead and the cloud sleeves with dark patterns, and there was an intoxicating smile on his face.

When all the generals returned to the army, Zhao Yuanjian was overjoyed, and he wanted to hold a celebration banquet.He ordered the cooking soldiers to kill chickens and sheep, make all kinds of delicacies, and made a thousand tables full of banquets.All the soldiers drank in big bowls and ate meat in big mouthfuls.

They sang war songs around the bonfire, recalling their hometown and relatives.

Zhao Yuanjian personally rewarded the soldiers who made military exploits. He presented a lot of jewelry and silver to the soldiers who made military exploits. He was never stingy in rewards.

He also named two outstanding soldiers as teenagers.These two young generals understood the strategy of marching and fighting quite well, which surprised Zhao Yuanjian very much.

Zhao Yuanjian wanted to besiege Xiangyang for a few more days, and Xiangyang would collapse without attack. He heard that all the military rations in the city were gone, and the Xiangyang army was picking up beans in the fields to eat.