It is useless to talk more, so Guanqiu Jian and Hu Zhi began to try to connect Xiangyang from Fancheng.

It's just that Fancheng is adjacent to the Han River in the south, and it can be said that it is under the eyes of Wu Jun's navy.

As soon as the two men made a move, they were immediately informed by Wu Jun.

"Come up, General, there seems to be some movement among the bandits in Fancheng!"

Lu Xun seemed to have expected it, and smiled calmly:

"I originally thought that the thieves would come down the river from Shangyong, but I didn't expect that they would still force their way through Fancheng."

Speaking of this, Lu Xun seemed to be thinking, and then there was a look of disbelief on his face:

"Maybe the traitor has given up on Xiangyang?"

To the west of Tezhong are Fangling and Shangyong.

If we say that when Dawu attacked Peizhong, the bandits from Shangyong and other places were unable to reinforce in time because of the obstruction of Bashan.

So now that Xiangyang has been besieged for so long, it stands to reason that the bandits from Shangyong and other places should also have arrived.

To be honest, Lu Xun would be a little worried if the thieves' reinforcements came from Shangyong and other places.

Because in Shangyong and other places, not only can you reach Xiangyang directly by water, but you can also go ashore halfway and take the land route.

As for fighting the Wei army on land, Lu Xun naturally did not dare to be completely at ease.

Nowadays, there has been no movement from the Shangyong thief, which makes Lu Xun, a calm man, unable to help but feel happy:

In the past, Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan, but Shangyong's reinforcements never arrived, so he was defeated and died.

Now that I am attacking Xiangfan, Shangyong's reinforcements never arrive. Could it be that this is God's will and that I am destined to succeed?

Thinking of this, Lu Xun's eyes flashed, he subconsciously looked at the north, and then immediately ordered:

"Come here, take my warrant and go to General Bu. Tell him that he must send more scouts and be careful of the bandit troops in Shangyong and other places. If there is any news about the bandit, he must report it immediately!"

"Here!"

After giving the instructions, he looked in the direction of Fancheng again with a smile on his lips:

"Want to rebuild a pontoon bridge across the water from Fancheng? I wonder how many naval forces you have?"

No navy?

If you want to cross the Han River, just dream!

This is also the reason why he destroyed the Xiangyang City Water Wall immediately after cutting off the Han River.

The purpose is to eliminate as much as possible the navy troops deployed by the Wei thieves in Jingzhou.

At this time, on the wall of Xiangyang City, Puzhong, the guard of the Wei army, looked at Xianshou Mountain outside the city in the south, with a look of worry on his face.

Xianshou Mountain, which was originally the gateway to Xiangyang, was now filled with the flags of Wu State.

Turn your head again and look north.

The surface of the Han River was covered with densely packed water troops of the state of Wu.

But the only hope, the upward direction, is still missing.

At this time, Pu Zhong was already a little desperate.

Xiangyang City is indeed very large, with very high and thick walls.

But at this time, Puzhong hoped that Xiangyang City could be smaller, even smaller.

Otherwise, when the Wu army is ready, the defenders in their hands will continue to rush between various sections of the city wall.

Not to mention that the Wu invaders now occupy high places such as Xian Mountain and can clearly see the layout of the city.

As time goes by, the soldiers will inevitably become exhausted.

If the imperial reinforcements cannot arrive in time, it will only be a matter of time before the city falls.

While I was thinking about it, I heard a reward:

"General, the Wu invaders shot the letter into the city!"

"Oh?" When Pu Zhong heard this, his heart moved and he stretched out his hand and said, "Show me."

When I opened the letter, as expected, it was a letter from Wu Kou to persuade him to surrender.

It was nothing more than a million elite soldiers besieging the city. Wang Shi was benevolent and could not bear the suffering of the people and soldiers in the city from the unnecessary war, so he persuaded himself to open the city gate and surrender.

Before Pu Zhong finished reading, he tore it into pieces and said to the soldiers:

"From the top of Xiangyang City, you can see the north bank of the Han River. The imperial reinforcements have arrived and are trying to break the siege."

"The advantage of the Wu invaders lies in the navy. What else is wrong?"

"But how can the navy attack the city? Therefore, as long as we defend the city and do not surrender, the thieves have nothing to do."

Having said this, he glanced around again, raised his voice, and said:

"If any letters from thieves enter the city again in the future, they will be burned and not allowed to be kept privately. Otherwise, they will be executed!"

All the soldiers responded with a roar.

Lu Xun, Zhu Ran, and Bu Zhi fired letters of persuasion into the city from different directions, but received no response.

Knowing that the defenders in the city were determined to defend the city, they began to prepare for the attack.

Before the use of counterweighted trebuchets in sieges, the methods of siege basically did not change much no matter what time or era.

Push the cart, set up the ladder, climb the cart, build the mountain of earth, dig the tunnel...

It's all done at the cost of human life.

Although now, due to the illegal crossing of a certain country turtle, Ji Han has embarked on a completely different path, and at the same time mastered the counterweight trebuchet more than a thousand years in advance.

But the engineering camp was Ji Han's secret. Especially after the Yang Yi incident, Feng Duhu paid more attention to the confidentiality of the engineering camp.

Although the Wei State also knew something about stone cannons, they did not have professionals, a large number of experiments, and a large number of actual combat situations.

It is impossible to make a high imitation. The most you can do is make a copycat version, or even a Xixi version.

Ma Jun is powerful, but no matter how powerful he is, how many nails can he drive?

Not to mention those projectile parameters.

Let’s just say that the craftsmen who build this thing need to be trained.

And the soldiers who operate this thing also need to be trained.

This also involves certain knowledge of mathematics, physics, materials, mechanisms, etc.

Ji Han's engineering battalion already has a prototype of standardization, but it will take a lot of time to prepare to build qualified stone cannons that are powerful enough and large enough to take down a big city.

Not to mention the Wu State, which only heard the name of the stone cannon but never saw the reality.

The southeast of Xiangyang City is the main attack direction of Wu State, and it is also where Zhu Ran is located.

In order to capture Xiangyang City as soon as possible, Lu Xun assigned Zhu Ran with the most elite soldiers.

Group after group of Wu soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and civilians braved the rain of arrows, and under the cover of the soldiers in the front row holding large rafts, they carried earth bags on their backs, pushed carts loaded with earth and rocks, and kept pouring them into the moat.

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During this process, people were constantly being shot by stray arrows, falling to the ground wailing, or being seriously injured and killed.

This is the price that must be paid, and it is just the beginning.

A few days later, Zhu Ran stood at the foot of Xiangyang City and promised to the Wu soldiers who were about to attack the city:

"The general only wants Xiangyang. After the city is destroyed, all the gold and silk for the children in the city will be taken by you."

"But if you are unsuccessful in attacking the city," Zhu Ran looked at everyone and said word by word, "then the gold and silk of the children in your family may be owned by others!"

After speaking, he drew his sword and shouted, "Attack the city!"

The rumble of war drums sounded.

The Wu soldiers carrying ladders and other siege equipment began to rush towards Xiangyang City.

"Fire the arrow!"

The garrison at the head of the city watched Wu Jun come within shooting range and began to give orders.

Logically speaking, in a big city like Xiangyang, in addition to the moat, there should also be a sheep wall under the city.

In front of the sheep wall, one or even several horse barriers can be arranged.

This can cooperate with the defenders at the top of the city to continue to consume the troops of the siege party.

However, there were too few Xiangyang defenders at this time, so Puzhong had no choice but to gather all his troops into the city.

This allowed the Wu army to attack the city directly after filling in the moat.

The arrows were like locusts, but they did not frighten the attacking Wu army.

Not only that, but after Zhu Ran tested it out and roughly figured out the number of defenders, he immediately invested heavy troops.

Wave after wave of offensives, with no regard for casualties.
To be continued...