When the battle flag of the 1st Regiment of the First Division of the 7th Army of the Imperial Army was planted onto the Madam City in the northwest of Xiangyang, under the guidance of the battle flag, all the officers and soldiers of the 1st Division rushed up the city in various ways along the roads opened. Everyone understood that only by increasing troops at the fastest speed and occupying an overwhelming advantage can the current achievements be consolidated and the enemy will not be driven down from the city.

‘Kill, kill, kill…’ The first regiment immediately developed southward after going up to the city. After several rounds of musket shooting, the Pioneer Battalion attacked south along the city wall. A fierce bayonet assaulted, scattered the land in front of him, and swept forward like a whirlwind, sweeping the enemy on the city wall, following the second and third battalions behind him, while clearing the remaining enemies, he kept throwing the grenades down the city and suppressing the enemy from the city down.

"Don't stop, spread to the two wings, establish a blocking position, and cut off the enemy's upper city access!" Liu Chao followed the Second Regiment to the city. He commanded the troops on the corner of the city to quickly occupy the key points, control the upper city access, and build a blocking position based on the female wall to consolidate the breakthrough.

The Song army took Lady City as the basis and advanced in two directions. However, the enemy troops in the city were far stronger than them, and they knew very well that once the city wall was lost, there would be no suspense. Therefore, they attacked the city wall regardless of casualties and tried to drive the Song army down. Their reserve team also came one after another in the city. After a group of people rushing toward both wings, it was difficult to advance. They used the materials on the city to build a simple fortification and launched a fierce battle with the enemy.

Seeing that the enemy was increasing and the casualties of a regiment were increasing, Liu Chao was anxious. Thousands of troops were crowded on the narrow passage and climbed up, and the speed of sending troops was too slow. The troops that could not wait also used all the means that could be used to go to the city, but it was still difficult to satisfy him.

"Explode the city gate and attack the city!" Look at the 3rd Division of the 7th Army's reserve team. After they opened the gap, they also rushed toward this side along the embankment. At that time, tens of thousands of troops were crowded under the city and could not go up to the city in time, and they could not play a role. He found that there was a small city gate connecting the main city with the Madam City, and immediately ordered the reopening of the passage and launched an attack from the city and the city at the same time.

‘Boom!’ Another loud bang, the city blasted successfully, the city gate was blown away, and the officers and soldiers gathered in the city rushed into the main city like a tide, killing the enemy group under the city. The enemy was caught off guard and was in chaos for a moment. The Song army on the city got a chance to breathe, and found that the enemy troops in the upper city had dropped sharply, and they launched an attack again, and the controlled front continued to extend to the two wings...

The First Brigade of the Imperial Guards, who was feinting the attack on the North City, immediately turned to attack after discovering that the friendly forces had already entered the city. Under the cover of the gunship, the vanguard braved his arrows and rolled into the city, successfully carried out several blasts, exploded the north gate of Xiangyang, defeated the enemy, and occupied the city gate. The subsequent troops quickly crossed the river through the crossing bridge between Fancheng, repelled the counterattacking enemy with a hundred-screw gun, and then attacked the city along the city gate stairway.

After several rounds of repeated attacks, the assault troops of the First Brigade of the Guard finally rushed to the top of the city and defeated the enemy troops stationed at the west gate. They used the battlements and women's walls on the city to build a defensive system, controlled the city gate, and inserted the general's flag into the city. Then, as the large army entered continuously, the troops of the upper city launched an attack westward. The enemy troops on the city fled or surrendered under the attack of two units. The First Brigade and the First Division of the Seventh Army returned to the city.

The Second Division of the Seventh Army, which attacked the West Gate, fought with the enemy for a long time. After the First Division attacked the city from the Tingcheng City, the enemy had to draw troops to counterattack, and their pressure was reduced. The enemy soldiers who left the city through the secret gate could not get reinforcements, and under the continuous impact of the Second Division, they all suffered casualties. They then used gunpowder to blow up the mechanisms in the secret gate, expanded the entrance of the cave, rushed into the city from multiple points, and cut off the enemy troops in the Xicheng from the roads under the city. They also waited for an opportunity to seize the city gate, opened the city gate, and subsequent troops flocked in.

At this point, the Seventh Army participated in the battle, attacking from the upper and lower sides of Xicheng, and attacking southward. The Xicheng and Beicheng fell one after another, like dominoes pushed. The defenders on the South City panicked and their morale was greatly reduced. The Sixth Army commando that sieged the city was motivated. As one fell swoop, the other was in decline, more and more Song troops climbed the city, and the enemy gradually lost their support and were defeated by the Song army.

The Sixth Army's troops of the city climbed the city defeated more than ten counterattacks of the enemy, not only consolidating the position, but also following the chasing and chasing the enemy's defense line, and successively captured the city wall and the main city tower. Opening the city gate, the large army crossed the moat and entered the city. They divided into two groups, one after another, and one after another to reinforce the city climbed the city heading, spreading to the two wings along the inner ring road, attacking the defeated troops in the west of the city, and alerting the enemy in the east city.

At the time of the war, the Song army completely controlled the city walls on the south, north and west, cleared the remaining enemies, and established a half-circular defense line of 50 meters deep. As the artillery crossed the river and entered the city, the artillery positions were established on the city, and looked down at the whole city from a high place. At this time, the Xiangyang City was covered by artillery fire, and it can be said that Xiangyang City had been included in the bag. During the siege, the dragon flag behind them always fluttered on Guishan.

After the troops entered the city, Ni Liang moved the command headquarters to the top of Xicheng City, ordered the attack to be suspended, and the troops were ordered to rest and call for a brief rest to surrender to the city. At the same time, the heads of each division were summoned to arrange the next stage of combat tasks and divide their respective responsible areas. After the enemy refused to surrender, they were prepared for street fighting and night fighting, and the prefectures outside the city gathered to the east of the city to prevent the enemy from jumping into the mountains to find a way out after leaving the city.

When the Song army was discussing the next combat plan, the city suddenly started to be in chaos and was in chaos. A scout reported that the rioters were in chaos in the city, killing the people, robbing merchants, setting fire to burn granaries. Some thugs took advantage of the fire to rob, stir up trouble, and rob money. Ni Liang immediately ordered the end of the rest and advance in accordance with the pre-determined plan to annihilate the remaining enemies.

Sixth, the seventh army should quickly seize the commanding heights, control the traffic nodes in the city, and annihilate all resisting enemy troops. The rogues who take advantage of the situation can rectify the law on the spot. At the same time, they should protect the safety of merchants and people, especially seize the granaries and official warehouses as soon as possible, and protect them. The armies gradually drove the enemy eastward and drove them to the city to annihilate them.

The First Brigade of the Imperial Guards guarded the northern city, protected the docks, and prevented the enemy from taking advantage of the chaos to escape. At the same time, they served as a reserve force and prepared to reinforce the various units. In fact, everyone knew this arrangement. Now that the city has been broken, the most difficult time has passed, the enemy was wiped out only day and night, the guards did not want to compete with the Jingxiang army in this way...

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Looking at the sun that was already westward and the city shrouded in the smoke, Shi Bi could not see joy and anger on his face. But his heart was like a huge wave. He couldn't understand that when the Southern Dynasty was cut off from foreign aid, he was alone in Xiangyang for seven years. He was full of plans and once he came to the periphery of Xiangyang, the city was broken after less than three months.

"Is it because I am incompetent, or is the Southern Army too strong?" Shi Bi thought that when he was young, he joined the army and followed the Mongolian Yuan army to capture cities and plunder land, breaking countless cities, and rarely encountering enemies. After Xiangyang City was captured by the army, they swept across the south of the Yangtze River with a destruction. The Southern Dynasty court opened the city and begged for surrender, and all the flowers and mountains returned to the Yuan Dynasty.

But after only ten years, with the passing of Kublai Khan, the remnants of the Southern Dynasty who were entrenched in a corner of the sea rekindled. In just a few months, more than 100,000 troops stationed in Jiangnan were wiped out and re-entered Jiangnan. At that time, he thought that the Han generals who surrendered the Southern Dynasty were incompetent and went south were foolish. If he had guarded Jiangnan, he would not have made Jiangnan easy to change his hands, and lamented that he had no use of martial arts and the court had no wisdom.

The court placed himself in Jingxiang. Shi Bi thought he was useless, but he believed that there would be a great war between the Song and Yuan dynasties. In recent years, the army was reorganized, the city was repaired, and the army was trained, and the army must be used for the court and re-activated. Therefore, at the end of last year, after the Southern Dynasties launched the Northern Expedition, he was even more ready to put on his armor and go into battle again.

However, Shi Bi never waited for the imperial court's order, but heard news of defeat. First, Yuxi Timuer's army destroyed all the main forces of the two capitals Wanhu Mansions in Jiangdong, and was defeated and died. Then Yangzhou was lost, and King Tuohuan of Zhennan was saved only. Later, Huaidong, Huaixi, Xuzhou, Yingtianfu and other important towns fell one after another. The Jinghu area was also full of bad news, and countless prefectures and counties were captured by the Song army, but the court did nothing. He could only secretly lament that the Khan was partial and believed, the important officials in the court were foolish and incompetent, and the generals were unfavorable in the battle.

Today, Shi Bi realized that he was too naive. The Song army was no longer the army of another day. He had an invincible firearm in his hand. And this Xiangyang City, which he was proud of, thought he could hold on for three years and make immense achievements for the court, but was captured by the Song army in just half a day. Think about how ridiculous his original thoughts were and how sad the end would be!

"General Manager, the Southern Army sent people to persuade the surrender, which led to the unstable morale of the army. We should make a decision early on whether to fight or to reconcile!" Alihan walked over and said with a frustrated expression.

"What do you think?" Shi Bi asked back.

"General Manager, we still have nearly 20,000 troops to fight and have the power to fight. It is better to drive the people as vanguards and drive the Southern Army out of the city." Alihan said.

"Look at how many people are under the city. If they start to mess around, can we control the scene?" Shi Bi pointed at the people who gathered under the city and were eager to take refuge. He sneered.

"Master, let's go out of the city. I have a few clutches hidden in the river bay. I can find another way out!" Alihan hesitated for a moment and said again.
Chapter completed!