Xiangyang's city has a rigorous layout, the situation is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. All six gates have towering city towers, and the four corner towers are steadily so that they can watch and guard in wartime and set firearms. In normal times, they are magnificent and magnificent, so that the city gate can be built with magnificence and magnificence. However, the majestic construction of the city gate is not only to show the majesty of the city, but also with the shielding and protection of the gate tower, the city gate can be protected from rain erosion, arrow and stone attacks, and the defense can be more sturdy and durable.

The south gate, the east gate, the west gate and the southeast corner of the city are located in the important land transportation routes, and have been the focus of the enemy's attacks in history, so the moat is relatively wide. The West Gate moat has a trench that is more than 100 meters long and about three meters wide and connected to the moat. A sheep and horse wall is built along the moat, which is the first line of defense outside the city gate. There is also a urn city outside each city gate, also called the garrison city, used to garrison troops and store weapons and other things to defend the enemy. In particular, the South Gate is a must-pass place from south to north. Large open areas are most susceptible to enemies and are dug the widest.

At this time, Shi Bi stood on the south gate tower, holding the railing, looking out at the south of the city, and was in a heavy mood. The Song army broke through the defense line from the west from the middle of Xian and suddenly appeared in the west of the city, causing the mountains to lose their role in blocking Xiangyang. Moreover, the Song army controlled the access paths to the mountains, and put the supply of the Mongolian army stationed in the mountain city into trouble.

"General Manager, the enemy has already reached the city, and there are more than 30,000 defenders left in Shanzhong Fort City, and the food and grass can only be provided for two days. They risked to send people into the city last night and requested to withdraw from the mountain city to the city." Alihan was pulled by Shi Bi early in the morning to patrol the city, and turned from the north gate to the west gate, and then to the south gate. Now that he has been surrounded by the Song army on all sides, he is in a bad mood all the way, so he turned his face and said.

"Oh, it's not easy." Shi Bi sighed, "Although the Southern Dynasties' army has opened its own way, there are still large troops in Xianshou to confront our army. Once the troops are withdrawn rashly, they will follow and chase after them. And there are already southern troops in the south of the city, and the two sides attack them, and they may find it difficult for them to enter the city safely."

"General Manager, my subordinates think that even though they are dangerous, they will try it." Alihan said, "The Song army suddenly arrived, but its troops were scattered, and there were only a few thousand troops stationed in the south of the city. And they would definitely gather troops from all over the city one after another. At that time, enemy troops gathered in the south of the city, and they had no hope of breaking through. My subordinates thought that they should take this opportunity to make them break through from the mountains, and at the same time, they also sent troops to open up roads in the city to help them break into the city, so as to strengthen our defending power."

"How much food and grass are available in the city now?" Shi Bi asked instead without asking.

"There are more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, and they need to consume at least 3,000 stones of grain every day, and the food of the military and horses is also 500 stones. Our mansion has 400,000 stones of grain, and the subordinates estimate that the number of grain stored by the people is not enough to provide us with food in a year. Unfortunately, the harvest of autumn grain is less than 30%, so it was blocked by the Southern Army, otherwise we could get more than 100,000 stones of grain."

"Well, now the Guanghua Army and Gucheng have been lost one after another, and the troops have suffered heavy losses. There are less than 60,000 troops in the city. Now they are trapped on all sides and reinforcements have not arrived for a long time. I am afraid that we can only rely on ourselves. If we can bring the defenders in the mountain fort into the city, the troops can reach 100,000. You can try it." Shi Bi nodded and said.

"The guards of the Iron Fo Village said that the Southern Army had visited the city many times and were afraid that they would attack in the near future. They were worried that they could not resist and wanted to retreat into the city." Alihan suggested again.

"No, if we retreat without fighting, it will not only damage our morale, but also allow the enemy to drive directly to the city without restraint." Shi Bi immediately refused.

"The general manager, according to the soldiers who fled back from Pipa Mountain and Guishan, the firearms used by the Southern Army to attack the mountain were very sharp. The camps within ten feet were destroyed, all the people and horses were destroyed, and the plants and trees were not born. They thought the Iron Fozhai camp was weak and vulnerable, and could not stop the enemy's attack, which would cause unnecessary losses. The subordinates thought what they said was reasonable!" Alihan said again.

"No, given the arrangement of the Song army, Ximen was not their main attack direction, but it should be the South Gate. As long as the Tiefo Village is still there, the Song army could not do it at will. It was not discovered that the Southern Dynasties had used such weapons earlier, so those rumors were just reasons for their defeat and should not be believed. If there were such powerful firearms, how could the Song army wait until this time to use them, otherwise Xiangyang would have been lost long ago." Shi Bi said disapprovingly.

"Oh, I hope it's as the headmaster said!" Alihan sighed.

"The prefect doesn't have to worry. I have already placed Hui Hui cannons in the west city. Once the Song army sieges, they can fire cannons to support them. The range of the South Arms is limited, so it is difficult to shoot into the city if it does not reach the moat bank. Therefore, the Iron Fo Village cannot make any mistakes, otherwise they can shoot the shells directly into the city, just like the North City, and they are panicked every day." Shi Bi patted his shoulder and said.

"The general manager is right!" Alihan thought that this was true. Now Beicheng is bombarded by the enemy troops in Fancheng every day, and it is not clean every day. A few days ago, when they were evading artillery, they directly sent troops to Xiangyang Wharf to tow most of the merchant ships and fishing boats there in broad daylight. He regretted that if he had sunk all the ships after hearing Shi Bi's words, he would not have been used by the enemy.

"Since I have decided to break through the siege of the Xianshou Mountain City, I must arrange it as soon as possible. Otherwise, I am worried that they will have a different intention because of the cut off food and grass, and that it will be not good for the enemy to use it at that time." Shi Bi did not care about what he was thinking, but arranged it.

"Yes, the general manager is worried about it. The Southern Army is best at bewitching people's hearts. In the past two days, they sent people to assist the people outside the city in autumn harvest, so they coaxed the untouchables to surrender. Not only did they not resist at all, but they helped them build the city!" Alihan said. He knew that Shi Bi's concern was reasonable. In addition to the Red Army stationed here, the surrounding military farms and the Han army signed for the conquest.

The most combat-capable of the Dismai Chi Army, but they have been stationed in prosperous places for a long time and have not experienced any war for many years. The combat-capable force is not as good as before. Therefore, the current main force is the military farms, but they are busy farming and are also neglected in the battle formation. The largest number of people is the Han army signed from Henan. They all enlisted in the army, but they have not been trained or paid any salary. Even their armor is supported by their families. If they are cut off food, they will definitely be defeated without fighting.

"The city detention center said very much that we cannot afford the food to the southerners, and we must try to destroy the crops." Shi Biyan said.

"The General Manager said it is good, but it is not easy to destroy it!" Alihan said with a wry smile.

"Why is this?" Shi Bi asked in surprise.

"My subordinates also sent troops to take advantage of the Yehu City to burn the unharvested crops. They were not only pursued by the Song army, but also blocked and chased by farmers who plowed the fields, and suffered heavy losses." Alihan said with a bitter face.

"Oh, why do those farmers dare to resist the official army? Aren't they extremely obedient on weekdays?" Shi Bi said inexplicably. This is a world of difference from what he usually sees.

"I don't understand either. Later, I asked the wealthy families who fled into the city and found out that the Southern Army not only helped the farmers harvest crops, but also told them that all the harvests belonged to each household, that is, they did not have to pay taxes, and the tenants did not have to pay grain to the landlords. If those untouchables get benefits, wouldn't they be willing to look to the Southern Army!" Alihan said helplessly.

As the city guard, he certainly knew that the taxes of the people were very heavy. Most of them had no land and could only rent land from landlords or Mongolian nobles. They not only had to pay regular taxes to the government, but also had to pay tenant rent to the master. The individual's income was not as high as 30% of the harvest. At present, whether it was self-cultivation or tenant rent, the income was all the asserted by the farmer. If the Southern Army did not take any of them, they would of course "abandon the dark and turned to the light" and ran away with the Southern Dynasty. They sent people to burn other people's crops and rob other people's grains, so they naturally had to fight with them.

"If I had known this, I would have killed them all. It would have been a disaster for a moment." Shi Bi said hatefully after hearing this...

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"Your Majesty, I will be guilty!" Wu Longqi knelt down and apologized in the morning.

"What's the crime?" Zhao Bing raised his hand and asked him to get up.

"Your Majesty, last night, the city went out from the south gate to attack the camps of our third division. The enemy troops stationed in Xianshou Mountain, Hutou Mountain, Lumen Mountain and Yanggu Mountain took the opportunity to break through the mountain pass that our troops were guarding, and retreated into the city at the back of the enemy's army in the city." Wu Longqi did not get up, but knelt down and reported.

"Oh, has the Third Division camp been broken?" Zhao Bing saw that he did not get up, so he let him kneel down and asked.

"Your Majesty, the Third Division has set up a battalion outside the southern city. In fact, the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment guard the road out of the mountain. Only the First Regiment and the Division's direct team were among them, which resulted in insufficient troops. The enemy's army was powerful, so they could only defend the camp and did not dare to go out to meet the enemy. Although the two regiments guarding the mountain pass tried their best to intercept, the enemy broke through the siege, and there were tens of thousands of people, so they rushed past the gate and fled into the city under the help of the enemy."

"Well, did the Six Army not move?" Zhao Bing nodded and asked again.

"After the Sixth Army discovered that the enemy in the mountains fled, they also sent the troops to chase after him, but the more they chased them, the more desperate the enemy fled, and we could not stop it!" Wu Longqi said with a bitter face.

"You didn't stop me. Should Pan Nian come to me to file a lawsuit? If you hear that, come to me to report it first!" Zhao Bing looked at him and asked.

"Yes... no, it was because the last general dereliction of duty, which led to the enemy troops breaking out of the mountain, thus destroying Your Majesty's plan. The last general's crime is unforgivable!" Wu Longqi kowtowed and said in a 'sad and angry' manner.

"You are indeed guilty, then just kneel down!" Zhao Bing nodded and said after hearing this.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, why don't you ask the reason for the last one!" Wu Longqi was stunned. He didn't understand why His Majesty didn't play according to the routine today. You should know that why didn't you get up early to reply, but now you're backfiring. I don't know when you're going to kneel down!

"When did you figure it out, and then get up again!" Zhao Bing stared at Qi's eyes with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I know. You shouldn't have secretly ordered the two regiments stationed at the mountain pass to break through the enemy's siege and not to fight!" Wu Longqi immediately reacted and kowtowed again...
Chapter completed!