As the saying goes, interlacing is like separating mountains, Zhang Jin is an intelligence officer, good at lurking and collecting intelligence, but he is a layman for strategy and tactics and marching and fighting, and it is difficult to understand the strategic and tactical arrangements from a deep level even if he is rough. However, he was able to truthfully provide what he had seen and heard to Zhao Hao, so that he could understand the deployment and intentions of the two sides for the war.

According to Zhang Jin, Zhao Yu understood Jiang Cheng's strategy and tactical deployment to recover Xiangyang after a little analysis, and it basically followed the strategy of Meng Yuan to break Xiangyang more than ten years ago. At first, he also wanted to lure the enemy army out of the city and fight with him in the field, and use his own equipment advantage to annihilate the enemy outside the city, so he attracted the enemy army out of the city through continuous point pulling tactics.

However, the enemy's Xiangyang defenders did not fall for the plan, but took the initiative to abandon the outlying strongholds, shrink the main force into the city, and deploy them in the three cities of Gucheng and Xiang and Fan of the Xinghua Army. And with part of the troops, they stubbornly defended Fenglin Pass, and held Da Xian Mountain and Yanggu Mountain, so as to block the passage of the Song army into the hinterland of Xiangyang from the west and south. In fact, there is nothing new in the deployment of the two sides, it is almost a copy of the battle of Songmeng and Xiangyang, it is just a mutual exchange of offense and defense.

Zhao Yu thought that the two sides had not jumped out of the confines of their predecessors in such a formation, but he also had to admit that this was an extremely mature strategy, and this was also determined by the unique terrain of Xiangyang. Xiangyang is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side. If the enemy wants to attack this city, he must attack from the side of the mountain, and the other three sides are surrounded by water, which makes it more difficult to invade; And the people inside, if they want to defend Xiangyang City, they only need to defend themselves on the side of the backer.

The banks of the Han River to the south and west are mostly tidal flats and sandbars, which are not conducive to crossing the river. The nearby ferry port is at the foot of the city wall in the north of the city, downstream of Da Xian Mountain and Fan Cheng on the opposite bank. Moreover, the northern wall of the city is less than 50 meters away from the Han River, and the height of the river bank determines that it is extremely difficult to attack from the water, so the land route will be chosen to attack Xiangyang in previous dynasties.

There are two main land passages, westward through Wanshan, leading to Shiyan and Hanzhong; To the south through Da Xian Mountain, to Jingzhou. The roads of the two mountains are narrow, which is conducive to defense. In particular, the southwest corner of the city is less than 300 steps from the foot of Yanggu Mountain, which is exactly within the range of the crossbow and the stone thrower, which can cut off the connection between the two land routes.

In this way, Wanshan, Da Xian Mountain, and Yanggu Mountain divide the open space outside Xiangyang City into two relatively small, closed, and isolated spaces. This terrain was conducive to defense, and the defenders of Xiangyang easily divided the attackers outside the city into three by virtue of their geographical advantages. Whether it is from the west, from the south, or from the north shore, it is difficult to echo each other. And if the attacker lacks a direction, the defender will have one more reinforcement. As long as Guseong is not lost, it will be able to obtain a steady stream of personnel and materials from the Han River.

It can be seen from this that the strategy of the Mengyuan defenders was to fight a protracted battle with the Song army, delaying the battle until the rainy season, so that the river could be used to block the enemy's attack. After the loss of Xuzhou, the imperial court had already proposed peace to the Song court, so as long as they guaranteed that Xiangyang was not lost, the two sides could only demarcate the boundary with their existing actual control areas for a year, and finally the two sides concluded an alliance under the city, and Xiangyang was preserved.

After a series of battles, the Song army cleaned up the surrounding strongholds, only to find that the Mengyuan side did not care about this, and refused to send troops to fight a decisive battle with them, and even sat back and watched the loss of the surrounding strongholds. Then they had to re-follow the old road of the Mongolian army besieging the city, use troops at the mouth of the Baihe River, and capture Lumen Mountain to cut off the communication between the Mongolian army and the Handong region; Use the fort built by Meng Yuan to build around Xiangyang in that year, and cut off the road of Xiangfan Caiqiao; At the same time, it seized the Wanshan Mountains to cut off the westward traffic of the Han River, and cut off the eastward flow of the channel......

"Who is the Xiangyang Guard?" The enemy's deployment in response to the Song army's offensive was appropriate, in addition to making full use of geography and terrain, but also taking into account the current overall situation. Zhao Yu felt that this guard was not simple, so he took a sip of tea and asked Zhang Jindao.

"Your Majesty, now the head of the Mengyuan Xiangyang Road Governor's Mansion and the head of the army and ten thousand households is Shi Bi, and the Xiangfan Governor is Alihan." Zhang Jin replied.

"Shi Bi?! No wonder, he participated in the attack on Xiangyang City in his early years and made great contributions! Zhao Yu nodded.

"It is him, who is not afraid of death in battle, has killed countless generals, and is famous for his murder in the Huguang area, even if our officers and soldiers are still terrified when they hear it!" Zhang Jin replied.

"When he was in Qiongzhou, he served in Huguang and Yangzhou, but he failed to fight with him by mistake, so that he has been free until now, I deeply regret it, and now I can finally punish this fang!" Zhao Hao said in a deep voice.

Shi Bi is a native of Boye in Lizhou and should be regarded as a remnant of the Jin Dynasty. Zhao Yu thought that he should be Han from the perspective of his origin, but he was good at Mongolian, and it was rumored that he was extremely powerful, able to hold a strong bow, and once lifted a stone lion of 400 catties. In the fifteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Shengjiang Huaixing Zhongshu Province participated in politics, and successively served as a consolation envoy in eastern Huaidong and eastern Zhejiang, and attacked the Song Dynasty with Liu as the general manager of the army.

When attacking Xiangfan, Shi Bi once challenged, and after shooting two people in succession, he shouted with a horizontal knife: "I am Shi Fengyu!" One sentence scared Song Jun away. Attacking Fancheng, he was ordered to attack the northeast corner of the city, attacking for a total of 14 days and nights, breaking the city, and killing the Song army. After the surrender of Xiangyang, Shi Bi was given silver, brocade clothes, and gold saddles for his merits, and was promoted to the general of Yuanyuan and the deputy Wanhu.

Later, he followed Boyan on his southern expedition, and when he attacked Shayang Fort, he was shot in the arm by an arrow, but he still fought, and his sleeves were already full of coagulated blood when the city was broken. During the attack on Yang Luobao, Boyan announced: "Those who climb the south bank first are meritorious." "Shi Bi led the elite troops to attack, defeated the Song army, and after Boyan landed on the south bank, Shi Bi ranked first in merit and promoted him to the general of Dingyuan.

After the Yuan army captured Ezhou, they marched to Dagu Mountain, and suddenly the wind was fierce, Boyan ordered Shi Bi to pray to the god of Dagu Mountain, and the wind actually stopped immediately, so the wind said that the ghosts and gods were afraid of it, and the reputation was even greater. The Yuan army was stationed in Guazhou, and Shi Bi was ordered to lead 3,000 people to establish a wooden fort at the main road of Yangzi Bridge.

Jiang Cai led more than 10,000 troops to attack that night, and Shi Bi defended tightly and killed more than 1,000 people. Jiang Cai retreated, Shi Bi sent troops to pursue, and the Yuan general Ah Shu and others also led troops to help, and Jiang Cai was defeated and retreated. Later, he led his troops to attack at night, and Shi Bi won three battles and three victories. After dawn, Jiang saw Shi Bi with few soldiers and led his troops to besiege. Shi Bi was invincible and killed dozens of people. After breaking through the siege, hundreds of Song soldiers rode behind to chase after him, and after Shi Bidian, the Song army did not dare to enter after seeing him.

After the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, Shi Bi was awarded the title of General Zhaoyong, Yangzhou Road Governor Dalu Huachi, and 10,000 households. Later, Mengyuan Huguang Youcheng Ali Hague was defeated and killed during the attack on Qiong, and he was transferred to Huguang Province to serve as a consolation envoy. After that, the Song army counterattacked Jiangnan, the Yuan army was defeated, and its army retreated to Jiangbei. After Zhenjin succeeded to the throne, he was demoted to the head of the Xiangyang Road Governor's Office. Therefore, under the mistake of yin and yang, Zhao Hao failed to meet him when he attacked Jiangnan and Yangzhou.

Shi Bi turned to fight half of China, fought Xiangfan, broke Huguang, attacked Yangzhou, took Huaidong, and killed the enemy, which can be described as a famous murderer, and the soldiers and people of the Song Dynasty were afraid of him like a tiger. All the units of the Song army that attacked Jingxiang were stationed in Huguang, and the soldiers were also from all over Huguang when they were expanded, so they were familiar with what they did. As the chief general of the First Army, Zhang Ba was born in the Huai Army, and he is likely to have fought with Shi Bi. Therefore, Zhang Jin's statement that 'the soldiers are afraid of it' is still credible.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing I don't know whether to tell or not!" Zhang Jin thought about it and said.

"To be blunt, what you just said is very useful for me to judge the current situation." Zhao Yu said.

"Your Majesty, when our army regained Fancheng, my subordinates listened to some people in the army, in addition to the officers and soldiers who were jealous of Shi Bi, they were also very afraid of the 'Xiangyang cannon', so they strongly opposed the attack on Xiangyang. Zhang Ba was especially serious about this, after Jiang Shuai was seriously injured in his visit to the city, because he was old and had been in the army for the longest time, he temporarily led the military affairs and presided over the siege of the city. Zhang Jin said.

After Zhang Ba presided over military affairs, he ordered to abandon Fancheng and move to Dengcheng, and attack Gucheng County. It was said that it was because of the heavy rain for several days and the early autumn flood, and he was worried that the enemy army would intercept the water and flood the city. But there are rumors in private that Zhang Ba heard that Meng Yuan was going to recapture Fancheng and had mobilized the artillery army to board the ship, and he was afraid and worried about the crime of retreating without a fight, so he came up with such an idea to abandon the city. ”

"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous!" Zhao Yu listened and said angrily.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry, maybe it's just a rumor. However, after the enemy army entered the city, several 'Xiangyang cannons' were erected, and some enemy soldiers ridiculed our army for being as cowardly as rats, and abandoned the city and fled before the artillery was fired. Zhang Jin saw that the emperor was angry and a little panicked, but he still told the truth.

For the 'Xiangyang Cannon', that is, the Huihui Cannon, Zhao Yu not only heard the name for a long time in his previous life, but also thundered in this life. Not only had he seen the description of it in the collected notes, but he had also heard the legend of this giant cannon, and in short, the most he said was two words—terrible.

In fact, the first battle of Xiangyang artillery was in Fancheng, in the first month of the tenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, and it attacked Fancheng with return artillery and won in one fell swoop. Then the Yuan army moved its artillery to Xiangyang and placed a huge cannon in the southeast corner of the city. As a result, a shot hit Xiangyang Tower, "the sound is like thunder, shaking the city" Lu Wenhuan knew that he was invincible, so he accepted the city and returned to the Yuan army.

The Battle of Xiangfan, which lasted for five years, ended in a roar of the Huihui Artillery, and the Huihui Artillery became famous in this battle. Then, the Yuan army used this powerful return cannon to continuously expand the results of the battle. In the eleventh year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan army crossed the river, and the Song soldiers Chen were on the south bank of the Yangtze River, supporting the boat division to meet the battle. Buber, the son of Yismain, shelled it back on the north bank, and Song Zhou sank completely. In the thirteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan army first Ketanzhou with artillery, followed by Kejingjiang, and expanded the results to Hunan and Guangxi.

However, Zhao Yu has been in this world for more than ten years, and has fought countless battles with the Yuan army at sea and on land, and there are also trebuchets participating in the battles. But he really had never seen this kind of legendary giant cannon that was several stories high, fired more than 300 catties of stone bullets, and had a range of several miles, and the so-called 'Xiangyang cannon' that he had seen had no outstanding performance, but it was destroyed by his own artillery in a moment......

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