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Chapter 1061 Changes in the situation

Early that morning, the defenders who had patrolled the city of Fanyu all night were exhausted and were preparing to hand over to the camp to rest as usual. Most of these soldiers were militia soldiers from Nanhai County. As soon as they arrived at Fanyu City, they were sent to do such chores as patrols.

Suddenly, a harsh alarm sounded from the highest viewing tower on the city. This was an alarm for the arrival of the enemy. The thousands of defenders on the city were in chaos and rushed towards the north battlements. However, the defenders only ran for dozens of steps and found something was wrong. The alarm actually came from the viewing tower on the south city.

The defenders turned around and rushed to the south city. Although they were very surprised, there was a sea in the south. How could the enemy come from the south? The soldiers standing on the south city were no longer confused. Everyone's face became very serious, and they stared blankly at the sea.

I saw a huge fleet of ships appearing on the sea in the distance, with the smallest being a thousand stone warships, with nearly a thousand sails covering the sky and the sun, and were sailing towards Fanyu City.

But the soldiers were shocked for a short time. After a moment, the city wall fell into chaos again. Some soldiers ran down the city and into the barracks. Some soldiers threw down their weapons and ran home directly. The city lord Liu Feng shouted loudly and killed several people in a row, which stopped the chaos of the militia soldiers.

Liu Feng was also extremely nervous and urgently sent someone to report to his father Liu Bei. At the same time, he ordered that the city gate that had just opened be closed immediately and the suspension bridge was pulled up. At this time, the residents in the city were also influenced by the soldiers guarding the city. They thought that the Han army had attacked the city, and the city gate began to become chaotic first, crying at dad and calling on his mother, and there was chaos. The women buying vegetables on the street ran to their homes. The shop that had just opened the door and was about to open business was so scared that they closed again. Soon, every household in the city closed its doors, and the entire Fanyu City was shrouded in an inexplicable panic.

At this time, Liu Bei also came to Nancheng surrounded by dozens of guards. The top of the Nancheng was covered with thousands of soldiers, and everyone's eyes were filled with shock. Liu Feng stepped forward and whispered, "My father, it should be the Han army that came."

Liu Bei seemed to have not heard him speak, and his eyes were dull and looked at the warships that covered the sky in the distance. His eyes were full of despair, Ma Su next to him looked pale, and his heart was even more filled with fear and shame. He knew that he had made a big mistake.

At this time, the warship was moored outside the mouth of the Dongjiang River, waiting for the warships behind to gather. After a while, Liu Bei sighed, "I am dead!"

His eyes turned dark and he fainted on the top of the city. The guards were so scared that they all supported him. Liu Feng shouted: "Father! Father!"

Liu Bei woke up after a while and couldn't help crying loudly, "I regret not listening to the military advisor's words, which will bring disaster to this day!"

Huang Quan, the servant next to him, said anxiously: "Loss calm down first and never affect the morale of the army."

Liu Bei woke up and wiped away his tears and asked the officials around him, "What should we do now?"

Wang Lei, the left minister, said: "I suggest that we dispatch the navy first, try to intercept the enemy warships, and do not allow them to enter the Dongjiang River. Then send people to General Guan and General Zhang back to the rescue immediately."

The Jiaozhou Army also established a naval army, with hundreds of warships of all sizes. Originally, General Chen Dao was commanded by General Chen Dao. Now Chen Dao led reinforcements to Cangwu County. The naval army was temporarily commanded by Deputy General Mi Fang. Liu Bei nodded and looked at General Mi Fang, "Can General Mi share my worries?"

Mi Fang was also afraid, but at this time he had to bite the bullet and say, "I will be willing to solve my problems for my lord."

Mi Fang quickly walked down the city and walked towards the military camp. Liu Bei asked him to go and quickly inform Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to return. At the same time, he ordered Liu Feng to send someone to inform the military advisor to come back.

After arranging an emergency response, Liu Bei returned to the Yue Palace with the support of the guards. Liu Bei was able to be considered a battle-hardened person and would not be scared by the vast Han army. He was because of his despair.

Liu Bei was very clear about the situation in the city. Although there were nine thousand defenders, the six thousand were militia soldiers with extremely low combat power. Half of them had no soldiers and only three thousand formal soldiers. Militia groups from all over the country were on their way to Fanyu. It is still a question whether they could catch up. More importantly, the size of the Han army was tens of thousands. How could they defend Fanyu City?

Now he can only hold a glimmer of hope. Perhaps the Han army will implement the tactic of siege and attacking aid, and there is no rush to attack the city. Yun Chang and Yide's troops can come back in time.

Liu Bei was so anxious that he walked back and forth in the lobby to the ant on the hot pan. He stopped from time to time to pray to God, begging God to help him again.

The main force of the Han army arrived as scheduled, Gan Ning was the main general, and Lu Xun was Sima. The two led 800 warships from Kuaiji County and headed south with the north wind. The fleet sailed along the coast. Due to the unfamiliar route, the fleet finally arrived at Lingdingyang for more than a month.

At this time, the 800 warships of the Han army had already assembled. On the 3,000-stone ship headed, Gan Ning and Lu Xun looked at Fanyu City several miles away, and walked hard all the way. Now they finally arrived at the destination. Both of them were very moved. Gan Ning asked with a smile: "Do we want to conquer Fanyu City in one go?"

Lu Xun served as Sima, responsible for the fleet's expedition to Hainan, and at the same time, he had to establish a route. On the other hand, he was actually the military advisor of this expedition. Liu Jing had ordered that Gan Ning was in charge of the army, but Lu Xun was responsible for the offensive strategy.

Lu Xun smiled and said, "Don't be too anxious. Let's see Liu Bei's reaction first. In addition, we are sending an army north to prevent Liu Bei from abandoning the city and fleeing."

A sentence reminded Gan Ning. He immediately turned around and said to Deputy General Shen Miling: "You can lead 5,000 troops to the shore to block the road north and prevent Liu Bei from abandoning the city and escaping!"

"Abide by the order!" Shen Mi bowed and turned around and left.

At this time, a soldier came forward to report: "Report to General, an army left the south city and headed to the wharf, with about 3,000 people."

Gan Ning was stunned and didn't understand what the other party meant. He looked at Lu Xun, and Lu Xun smiled faintly and said, "You can guess that this should be the Jiaozhou army is preparing to intercept us from the water. I heard that they also have hundreds of warships, and they probably want to fight with us!"

Gan Ning smiled contemptuously, "I overestimate my ability, do three thousand people want to come and shake the car with a mantis arm?"

Gan Ning immediately ordered: "Beat the drum!"

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’ The huge attack drum sounded, and five hundred Han warships lined up in three rows, slowly heading towards the entrance of the Dongjiang River, preparing to enter the Dongjiang River.

Because the Jiaozhou Army had too few troops, it could only drive 100 warships to intercept them. Most of them were small boats of about 100 stones, and the largest warship was only 500 stones. Seeing the vast Han army warships ahead, Mi Fang looked frightened and waved her sword and shouted: "Stop up and fight to the death with the enemy!"

Liu Bei locked himself in a quiet room and waited quietly for news outside to come. He initially wanted to escape, but this idea was quickly dispelled. He knew that he had nowhere to go, and even a vast fleet of ships appeared on the sea. Where else could he escape?

He knew that the situation in Jiaozhou was hopeless, not to mention that their soldiers were small and few, they were far from rivals of the Han army. More importantly, Jiangdong had been destroyed and the unification of the south was unstoppable. What should he do under the general trend? Liu Bei himself did not know.

At this time, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the Jing room, and then a guard reported, "Reported to the emperor, the general situation is not good, Mi Fang cannot defeat the Han army and has already surrendered with the white flag."

Liu Bei felt a pain in his heart, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. He shook his body a few times and held the wall before he could barely fall. After a while, he whispered: "I understand!"

Even Mi Fang, who had followed him for many years, surrendered. It’s really God’s going to destroy him, Liu Bei!

"Father!"

The ten-year-old son Liu Chan appeared at the door. Seeing blood on the ground, he was so scared that he hurried forward to support his father, and couldn't help crying and said, "Father, how are you?"

Liu Bei smiled, "I'm fine, I'm just so depressed. Please help your father to go for a walk in the garden!"

Liu Chan carefully supported his father and walked slowly towards the garden, "Father, I heard that the Han army has reached the city, are we going to finish?"

Liu Chan asked with a sad voice.

Liu Bei looked at his son with sharp eyes, "Are you afraid of death?"

"Don't you know?"

"Tell me the truth, are you afraid of death?" Liu Bei's tone became even more severe.

Liu Chan finally started crying, "The boy doesn't want to die!"

Liu Bei's heart softened again by his son's crying. Yes! He was only ten years old, why did he blame him so harshly? He sighed and said, "Actually, no one wants to die. There is no way for those who die. You had a few brothers and sisters before, and they all died in the chaos. I know they don't want to die. Unfortunately, my father can't protect them, but my father will definitely protect you and will not let you be like your brothers and sisters again."

"Dad, the child knows that he is wrong."

Liu Bei stroked his son's head lovingly and said with a smile: "Stop saying these stupid words, help your father to sit in Fengyi Pavilion."

As Mi Fang led the Jiaozhou navy to surrender to the Han army, the already insufficient defenders became even more elbow-locked. There were only 6,000 soldiers left in the city, all of which were militia soldiers, and they were not equipped. Half of them had no soldiers and armor, and could only hold various strange weapons, wooden sticks, hoes, hatchets, kitchen knives, etc., and they had no armor, and could only wear short clothes and cloth shoes.

Even more terrible is that Fanyu City has never considered being besieged, without any defensive preparations, without large defensive weapons, catapults, stone cannons and other weapons, nor is there any experienced general to defend the city. Only Liu Feng led 5,000 people to trap the city.

However, Fanyu City is still a solid city, with a tall and strong city. The moat is connected to the Dongjiang River, with a water depth of two meters and a width of more than thirty meters. For ordinary attacking troops, such a wide moat is indeed a big problem.

Unfortunately, Xiao He succeeded and defeated Xiao He. The moat, which was more than 30 meters wide, gave the Han army warship the greatest convenience. Hundreds of Han army warships sailed from the Dongjiang River into the moat, surrounding the city to show their power, especially more than a dozen three thousand stone tower ships were taller than the city wall. The soldiers on the warships shot arrows at the top of the city from a high place, which scared the defenders to escape.

Liu Feng stood in the city tower, looking at the huge Han army warship, his heart was filled with despair. He could not defend Fanyu City at all, and no one could defend it.
















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