Ni Liang led the order to attack Fancheng, and he took advantage of the darkness to order the cavalry brigade to use the pontoon bridge exposed to cross the river, strengthen the defense of the opposite side, and expand the cordon circle to ensure the safety of the river crossing. Then he ordered the 1st Brigade of the Protector Army, Commander Tian Zhong, to lead the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment to cross the river on foot, seize the commanding heights, establish a defensive position five miles away from the river embankment, and open the landing ground. At the same time, he also ordered the rest to gradually reinforce the pontoon bridge, except for the pro-guard regiment to stay in the camp, and the rest of the departments to collect and log and cooperate with the engineering teams of the various departments to strengthen the pontoon bridge.

Regarding Ni Liang's arrangement, Zhao Hao smiled and did not say anything, turned around and went back to sleep. Its arrangement can be described as decent, although it seems to be stupid, but it does not leave any opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of. And there is no lack of cleverness among them, and horses are the most timid and easily frightened, even if they are trained to fight.

During the day, when the war horses saw the rickety pontoon bridge, the turbulent river must have been frightened, and they were too frightened to go on the bridge. But in the darkness of the night, the horse could not see clearly, and was deceived in a daze under the traction of his master. And the vision is not good at night, and the enemy army does not dare to attack rashly at night when the situation is unknown, and if you get more lanterns and torches to be suspicious, you can arrange everything safely.

At dawn the next day, after Zhao Yu got up, the other side of the ferry was already a barracks, and there were cavalry guards in the upper and lower reaches of the river, and a pontoon bridge with a width of more than 20 zhang lay across the river surface of 20 zhang wide, the width was enough for the chariot to pass, and there were already soldiers leading the carriage to move slowly on the pontoon bridge cautiously to test the traffic capacity of the bridge. The camp had also been packed, and when the meal was finished, the river crossing began.

"Your Majesty, you slept well last night, didn't disturb Your Majesty, right?" Ni Liang saw that the emperor was out of the account, and came over to give a salute and ask for peace.

"Fortunately, I only heard a few shots in the distance!" Zhao Yu said with a smile while moving his body.

"Last night, an enemy cavalry visited the camp, and was discovered by our scouts, who fired a few shots to drive them away." Ni Lianghan replied with a smile.

"Well, how's the water going?" Zhao Hao asked again.

"The river drains quickly, it has recovered as before, and the river can be crossed!" Ni Liang replied.

"Is there any reaction from Fancheng's side?" Zhao Hao asked again.

"Our reconnaissance cavalry arrived ten miles closer to Fancheng and did not find any abnormal movement of the enemy. It's just that they frequently send small groups of rangers to try to explore the camp, thinking that they are afraid that they will be attacked by our army and Zhang Ba's troops when they go out of the city in a big way, so they dare not act rashly. Ni Liang analyzed.

"Did Zhang Ba send someone to contact?" Zhao Yu nodded.

"No, are we going to send someone to get in touch?" Ni Liang shook his head and said.

"Hmph, we have marched thousands of miles to this point, and even the enemy army knows to come and take a look, not only does he not lead the army to meet him, but he pretends not to know. Shall I go up to him in a hurry, but to see how long he can wait!" Zhao Hao snorted coldly.

"Zhang Ba neglects Your Majesty, and his subordinates are willing to go to him in person!" Ni Liang said.

"Not necessarily!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and asked, "We are marching thousands of miles, and we are sleepy and lacking horses, can we be sure of taking Fancheng?" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the Guardian Army is the first strong force of our armies, and the first brigade is the strongest army in the world, how can the little Fan City stop us." Ni Liang replied.

"Yo, you've learned to brag too, and your tone is very loud!" Zhao Hao looked at him and said jokingly.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates' words are by no means bragging, they will be defeated in Fancheng within two days!" Ni Liang blushed and reassured.

"Well, I believe you, this battle is under your command, just let go and fight, don't let the Jingxiang army underestimate you!" Seeing that he didn't know how to tease, he also admonished.

"Yes, please cross the river after your Majesty's meal!" Ni Liang nodded emphatically......

After the middle hour, the whole army began to cross the river, since Zhao Yu and all the people below got off the car to cross the river in batches, in order to avoid the pontoon bridge overwhelmed, each workshop opened the distance and crossed the bridge in turn. The cavalry brigade further expanded the cordon circle, searching and alerting along both sides of the road, while the infantry occupied the commanding heights along the way, controlled the junctions, and fortified step by step to prevent the enemy from suddenly launching a surprise attack.

By noon, nearly 1,000 chariots had safely crossed Baishui, and Zhao Hao had also landed ashore with the army, and there was no enemy attack on Bandu. After a short rest, the chariots regrouped and drove in the direction of Fancheng. On the way, except for sending a small force of cavalry to harass them, the enemy army did not have a decent battle, allowing them to reach the city of Fancheng smoothly.

Shi Bi's immobility made Zhao Yu very strange, was it to preserve his strength and become the eighth king, or was he afraid of our army's tight defense and had no chance to take advantage of it? If he is afraid, he can't be believed, this old Wang Ba dared to kill three in and three out of the army alone, and he may not know how to write the words of fear. They arrived for such a long time, and they did not take advantage of their unstable foothold to make a surprise attack, and let themselves camp with peace of mind.

"Contempt, this is the contempt of the old man for himself!" Zhao Hao smiled when he thought of this section, this old Wang Ba used this attitude to show his contempt for himself as an emperor, after all, he was an old-timer, and he beat Xiangyang down back then, so he was naturally determined to defend it.

Regarding the enemy's 'peace and self-defense', Zhao Hao naturally had no reason to provoke under the city at this time. Instead, he led a team of men and horses out of the camp quietly, found a high place to check the terrain, and saw where Shi Bi's confidence came from.

Zhao Yu climbed high and looked far away, the left and right of Fancheng in the lens were unobstructed, the city was built in the period of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty, from a distance it looks like a boat, and the Han River depends on the water, and the Xiangyang on the opposite bank is like lips and teeth, relying on a floating pontoon bridge on the river to hook up. But compared to the opposite Xiangyang City, it is more like a little brother, and there are no strong and majestic walls and wide moats.

"This is really a papier-mâché Fancheng!" Zhao Yu couldn't help but sigh after a cursory look. The east, west and north sides of Fancheng are plains, just like the flat boat floating in the Hanshui moat, it is really a soldier who has no danger to defend, and the water will flood the whole city.

The walls of Fancheng are not tall, and they are made of rammed earth, which looks like a torn garment that has been patched up, and you can see from a distance that the rammed earth of the city walls is of different shades of color, which is obviously consistent with the record that the city wall was repeatedly destroyed by fires and floods, and rebuilt many times. In the past hundred years, Fancheng has experienced many fierce battles, and the city wall has been seriously damaged, but no one has thought of pushing it to reconstruction.

The moat, which is the first barrier of the city, is also pitiful, only more than three zhang wide. Zhao Hao also wondered why for so many years, no one dug this small river ditch in any dynasty or generation, and it is said that it is not too difficult for Fancheng to be close to the Han River to divert water from it around the city, but everyone is so improvised, comparing each other to see who is lazy and who is thrifty.

"Our army is afraid of flooding the city, why is the enemy not afraid?" Zhao Yu twisted his face and asked Zhang Jindao.

"Your Majesty, although Fancheng is often threatened by floods, it is not a disaster every year. The people who have lived here for a long time know that the first to be flooded during the flood season is Yuliangzhou; The water level rose again, flooding Jiawa; rises again, threatening Fancheng; If it rises again, it floods Tanxi, and the people can judge whether they need to avoid water. Zhang Jinyao pointed to a few places and returned to the road.

In addition, the Xianghe section of the river has not been repaired, so the flood water can spread to both sides of the horizon, thereby reducing the impact and damage of the flood to the city. Therefore, although there is water news in Hanshui every year, the rise of the water level is always very limited, and there are still people living on the sandbar in the river. ”

"Well, I see!" Zhao Yu nodded, and asked again, "Fancheng is known as connecting the east and the west, connecting the south and the north. It is connected to Chongqing and Shaanxi in the west, Jianghan in the east, Hunan and Guangdong in the south, and Wanluo in the north, which is the thoroughfare of Hubei, Henan, Sichuan and Shaanxi. ”

He knew that ancient Xiangyang, which had a history of more than 2,000 years, had already been lived here by water as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and gradually became a ferry. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was already the key for the Chu people to enter the Central Plains, and there were two ferries of "Beijin" and "Dongjin" at that time, which achieved the cause of the five tyrants and seven heroes. During the Warring States Period, the Xiangyang land and water wharf was more prominent, and Cai Yong recorded the Xiangyang wharf in the "Han Jin Fu": "The south aided Sanzhou, the north set Kyoto, the upper control Longdi, and the lower part connected the rivers and lakes." guide material transportation, Mao relocation or not".

After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, through the Han, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties, Xiangyang along the river along the banks of the water wharf and land transport of carriages and horses, converged here. In the Song Dynasty, it was also a necessary place for tea and silk from the south to go north, transported north by mules and horses, through Luoyang, across the Yellow River, and into the southern and western regions. Later, it successively set up a field with Jin and Mongolia, and the goods from the north and south converged here.

"Your Majesty's words are true, in the past, ships on the Han River were constantly coming and going, and there were thousands of ships on the wharves along the river in Xiang and Fan. After our army entered Jinghu, they controlled the Han River, and the waterway to the north was cut off, and the ships going south could only reach Xiangfan. The trade routes were cut off, the merchant ships were reduced, and it was much more depressed than in the past. Zhang Jin replied.

"Have the two trolls ever fought?" Zhao Yu looked at the river where there were only a few small boats cruising, but there were no warships coming and going, it really didn't look like a battlefield where hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides gathered, and asked curiously.

"As far as his subordinates know, most of the inland warships of our army were deployed by Jiang Shuai to the Tenth Army of the Forbidden Army in Shu to carry soldiers and transport baggage, and the remaining warships appeared in the first attack on Fancheng. The Meng Yuan gathered all the large and small ships along the river at the wharves of Xiang and Fan, and some of the large ships were converted into warships, and the small boats were changed into fireboats. Zhang Jin replied.

"Oh, I see!" Zhao Yu frowned, feeling a little unhappy in his heart, when Meng Yuan attacked Xiangyang Iron Lock Shenjiang, Jiajiang Lizhai blocked the waterway to cut off enemy aid. And he looked across the river at the Qianmo outside the city of Xiangyang, a piece of oil and green, obviously not even the farmland outside the city was destroyed, and he didn't know how to deploy this battle.

"Then the Xiangyang cannon on Fancheng?" Zhao Yu retracted his gaze and saw several tall machines placed on Fancheng City, he asked.

"Exactly, according to the old man in the city, the Mongolian army relied on these to break the city back then, and then it was placed at the head of the city, and it has been more than ten years!" Zhang Jin replied.

"It's all antiques!" Zhao Yu chuckled when he heard this......

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