Hundreds of large counterweight catapults ejected stones and fireballs almost at the same time, and five hundred crossbows shot crossbow arrows day and night, covering Fancheng with a dense attack!

boom!

Twenty-four red cannons filled the smoke and fired solid bombs at Fancheng, which violently bombed Fancheng's walls!

Shangyong Army invested 50,000 troops, Youzhou Army invested 100,000 troops, the Central Plains Army invested 150,000 troops, and tens of thousands of captured Jingzhou Army, a total of 300,000 troops. Under Wu Qi's command, he attacked Fancheng day and night!

The crowds of people almost flooded this city!

The only thing Fancheng relies on is the troops and food transported by the Jingzhou navy from the water surface.

However, the speed at which Fancheng's wall was destroyed exceeded that of the defender Liu Renzhan's speed of repairing the wall.

The Xia army had two powerful siege weapons: Xiangyang cannon and the red cannon. In addition, Wu Qi applied to transfer the "Pili chariot" Liu Ye, which had a bonus to the catapult. Therefore, the Xia army's offensive was extremely brave, so that Liu Renzhan, a famous Southern Tang general who was good at defense, was becoming increasingly tired.

Liu Renzhan finally fell ill because of his high-intensity battle to defend the city.

At this time, the Xia army's offensive became more and more fierce!

Han Shizhong led the Jingzhou navy to continuously support Fancheng, but did not dare to land from other places, otherwise he would be defeated by the Xia army on land.

Fancheng was full of smoke, and Han Shizhong was powerless. The deep sense of powerlessness made Han Shizhong feel guilty: "Fancheng has now become a lonely city in Jiangbei. Liu Renzhan defended Fancheng, but it was just a dead end. It would be better to give up Fancheng."

However, almost all the generals of Jingzhou knew that if they gave up Fancheng, Xiangyang would most likely not be able to defend it.

Boom-

Accompanied by a loud bang, a wall in Fancheng could not withstand the continuous high-intensity bombardment of Xiangyang cannons and the red cannons, and eventually collapsed!

"kill!"

Li Guang took Zhou Yafu's Xiliu Camp to grab the gap and launched a fierce street battle with the Fancheng defenders!

It has to be said that as a first-class guard, Liu Renzhan provided a lot of bonuses to the Fancheng defenders.

However, once the city wall that the defenders believed to be a barrier collapsed, it almost means that a city fell.

Li Guang was like a god descending to earth on the battlefield in Xiangfan, shooting and injuring the tiger crazy Xu Chu. He was also the first general of Xiliu Camp, and he took the lead in entering Fancheng, and no one could stop him!

Huang Zhong, who could stop Li Guang, Qin Qiong retreated to Xiangyang, and Liu Renzhan could only fight alone!

"You? Come and kill the enemy!"

Liu Renzhan got up from the hospital bed? He dragged his seriously ill body and led the Fancheng defenders to fight for trapped beasts.

The defenders of Fancheng were affected by the chief general? After Fancheng was captured, they still swear to never surrender and fought bloody battles with more and more Xia troops in the city!

Li Guang rode his horse and galloped in the city? He shot all the arrows in the air arrow bag, and even killed two defenders with one arrow!

Li Guang had to pull out his ring-headed sword? Fight with the Fancheng defenders!

The fighting spirit of the Fancheng defenders is extremely tenacious? Fight to the death without retreating!

"Fancheng has been broken, surrender quickly!"

Li Guang killed dozens of people in a row, shouted loudly, and tried to surrender the defenders of Fancheng.

The Fancheng defenders are still defending their fortifications such as deer antlers, fences, arrow towers, etc.? Every step forward in Xiliu Camp has to pay a price!

The Wei Wushang, the Yellow Turban Army, the Yulin Guard and other elite corps also successively attacked the city, and Fancheng was bleeding!

"The siegemen are most afraid of such dead defenders."

Wu Qi couldn't help but feel a headache for Liu Renzhan when the Fancheng defenders, who were commanded by Liu Renzhan, still fought to the death after the city was broken.

First-class city defenders generally have the charm of influencing the defenders to the end.

"war!"

Liu Renzhan pressed the sword? Kill a soldier in the Xiliu Camp!

More than a dozen soldiers of Xiliu Camp held long halberds and besieged Liu Renzhan, who was seriously ill? The long halberd pierced Liu Renzhan's chest!

Liu Renzhan fell to the ground with a bang.

Even though he knew it was in vain, Liu Renzhan did not receive the order to surrender? He fought until his death.

The battle in Fancheng was extremely tragic. In the end, 50,000 Fancheng defenders were almost wiped out? Only two or three thousand were captured.

Wu Qi got a city that was turned into ruins.

Li Guang was also shocked by the scene in front of him. Fancheng was in a mess, with black smoke rolling and corpses everywhere. He did not see many surrendered soldiers. Even if some soldiers were captured, they were injured.

Liu Renzhan, the guard of Fancheng, was killed in battle and his body was taken to Wu Qi.

"Most famous generals who defend the city will encounter misfortune. Those who come will be buried with them."

Wu Qi has no kindness as a woman.

On the contrary, Wu Qi treated himself and his soldiers strictly, sharing joys and sorrows and hardships.

Wu Qi knew that Ci would not take charge of the troops.

In troubled times, it is common for both your own generals and enemy generals to be injured or killed in battle, and it is not surprising.

Liu Renzhan turned Fancheng into a bloody city, giving the casualties of tens of thousands of people from Wu Qi's siege troops, and has won the respect of Wu Qi.

However, the opponent is the opponent after all. Only by conquering Fancheng and oppressing Xiangyang can the Xia army achieve the combat goals.

Fancheng was lost, and Wu Qi's army was only separated from Xiangyang by the Han River.

"The shipyards in Xinye City and Shangyong City are mass-producing warships. As long as you prepare enough ships and transport 300,000 troops to the south of the Han River, you can capture Xiangyang, then Jiangling, Jingnan... No, maybe you will take Xiangyang and Jingzhou will all surrender."

Wu Qi stood on the broken walls of Fancheng and looked at Xiangyang opposite the Han River.

It is more difficult to attack Xiangyang City than Fancheng. Xiangyang City is on the south bank of the Han River, and the Han River is used as the moat in the north of the city. The city is high and the pool is deep, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. Fancheng is on the north bank of the Han River, and the terrain is unobstructed and there is no danger to defend, so it is guarded by Xiangyang.

Therefore, there is a saying - Xiangyang is made of iron and Fancheng is made of water.

"Fifty thousand defenders in Fancheng were wiped out!"

The Jingzhou Navy witnessed the tragic bloody battle in Fancheng, but was powerless. He watched Wu Qi, Li Guang, Wei Qing, Zhou Yafu and others annihilated 50,000 defenders in Fancheng.

The navy has more restrictions than the cavalry and is often powerless.

The Xia army almost leveled Fancheng and was preparing for warships and crossing the river.

As long as you are willing to spend money, Xinye and Shangyong City can also produce hundreds of warships quickly.

The purpose of the Xia army was only to cross the Han River.

"Liu Renzhan is really a ruthless person. I am far inferior to him when it comes to defending the city."

Han Shizhong also had to think that Liu Renzhan was a cruel man who lived and died with the city.

The generals of the Jingzhou Navy were silent, and the situation was not optimistic for them.

The Xia army has made progress on various battlefields.

In Hanzhong, Dingjun Mountain, Liu Bei received news that the three counties in Nanzhong were lost and the three passes of Shu Road surrendered without fighting, and his expression was lonely.

No matter how tenacious Liu Bei's will is, it is difficult to withstand the sudden blow.

The fire broke out in the backyard, and Liu Bei worked hard to manage the territory, and it was in chaos.

"I have been wandering all my life, from Youzhou to Jizhou and Yizhou, is it just a mirror and a moon?"

Liu Bei was not sure what to do when facing such a situation.

Yiren Military Advisor Chen Xi also fell into a long silence.

"Brother, let's fight another way to defeat the Xiliang army and take advantage of the situation to conquer Xiliang and Guanzhong. It's better not to Shu County!"

Zhang Fei suddenly had a whim when everyone was silent.

Chu Tian went to steal Chengdu, but Zhang Fei thought he could go to Xiliang and Guanzhong.

Liu Bei's first reaction was to look at Chen Xi.

Chen Xi said slowly: "Yi De's words may not be unreasonable, but... the probability of success is close to zero."

Guan Yu stroked his long beard and said, "Since a breath is still there, then the elder brother might as well give it a try. Whether it is life or death, we will fight with the elder brother on the battlefield."

Liu Bei seemed to have made up his mind: "Jingluo can still defend Chengdu. We will take a risk and fight to the death with the Xiliang army in Dingjun Mountain. If we win, we will attack Wudu County and Hanyang County and take over the entire Liangzhou."

"Let Yang Su try to defeat Wang Jian and conquer Guanzhong. Only in this way can there be a glimmer of hope."

At this time, Liu Bei hoped to exchange his family with Chu Tian and take over Liangzhou and Guanzhong.

In Liangzhou and Guanzhong, the strategic position must be above Yizhou.

The Shu army gathered in Dingjun Mountain and planned to launch a decisive battle with the Xiliang army, defeat the Xiliang army in one fell swoop, and then attack Liangzhou.

Military advisor Chen Xi remained indifferent. He knew that Zhang Fei's success rate of suggestions was extremely low, but he did not stop Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was too tenacious and ambitious. If he was not desperate, it would be difficult for him to truly be loyal to other princes.

Chen Xi also gave up the leadership of Liu Bei's forces. Any strategy or strategy is difficult to make up for in the face of the absolute gap in strength.

Chen Xi can only hope for a miracle to happen, provided that there is really a miracle.

The Guanzhong army of Qinling, Wang Jian, Meng Tian and Li Ji fought for a long time with Yang Su, Han Qinhu, Shi Wansui, He Ruobi, and the three generals of Northern Qi.

Yang Su and other military generals guarded various exits of the Qinling Mountains and set up fortresses, preventing the Guanzhong army from deploying its troops, and blocking Wang Jian, Meng Tian, ​​Li Ji and others for more than a year.
To be continued...