Just as Xiong Huai was looking south, in the Wei army camp outside Fangcheng, Wei general Ni Liang was also looking forward to Fangcheng.

At this time, Han Chen, who took the initiative to come to the Wei army camp to relinquish the command of the war, saw Ni Liang looking at Fang Cheng, and couldn't help but ask a little nervously: "General Ni Liang, how, are you sure to conquer Fang Cheng." ”

"Yes, as long as General Han is willing to hand over all the Korean troops to Ben Cheng's command, then Ben will be sure to conquer Fang Cheng. As long as the king of Chu does not retreat from the fight, the general will be sure to capture the king of Chu alive.

Of course, the premise of this must be that General Han can fully support the general. ”

When Han Chen heard this, his heart darkened, now that his position as Han Xiang is gone, and he was reprimanded by the new king for losing the battle, if he can't make meritorious service this time, then he will be finished.

"Now, Ben Jiang has nothing more to ask for. As long as the general can capture the city, let alone the army under my command, even if he is below, he is willing to obey the general's command. ”

"Good." Ni Liang nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time sighed in his heart.

If Han Chen didn't want to listen to his command because she was the honor of Xiangguo, and she didn't have much military talent, she forcibly wanted the command of the war, so that Han and Wei fought separately and did not cooperate in battle. Otherwise, with the number of Chu troops in Fangcheng before, they had already conquered Fangcheng half a month ago, how could they wait until now, how could they wait until the reinforcements from all over the Chu army arrived here.

At this time, Han Chen saw that after Ni Liang got the command of the Wei and Han coalition forces, he didn't have any tactical arrangements, and couldn't help but ask hesitantly: "I don't know how the general plans to conquer Fangcheng." ”

Ni Liang frowned when he heard this, and then saw Han Chen's nervous face, so he held back his thoughts and patiently explained: "There is no other way but to storm Fang City." ”

"Assault?" Han Chen was stunned, this was the next step.

"Not bad." Ni Liang nodded and said: "Fangcheng is the gateway to the north of Han, the north is the endless Great Wall, and the south is high mountains and mountains. ”

Saying that, Ni Liang saw Han Chen's face full of worry, so he said carefully: "But General Han doesn't have to worry, although we are attacking, we still have great hope."

There are too few defenders in Fangcheng, most of the troops are ordinary people, and they are also composed of many old and young people, such an army, the combat power cannot be compared with us at all.

In addition, according to Ben Jiang's estimate, the king of Chu mobilized the entire seventeen counties of northern Han, but not all the people of northern Han would come to Fangcheng. The people of the four counties such as Luyang Zhaoling all went to Luyang Pass to garrison, while the people in Xiyi Danyang and other places all went to the Danxi defense line. Therefore, there are only eight counties in Hanbei County who will come to Fangcheng, including Fangcheng, Wuyang, E, and Pheasant County, which have been disabled by us.

The remaining four counties, although there are still two large counties of Wancheng and Deng County, but after all, the northern Hanbei regions were swept aside by the Qin and Han coalition forces only a few years ago, and there was a large loss of people. Therefore, there must not be too many people who come to Fangcheng.

Even according to the number of Chu people in northern Han before the Five Kingdoms invaded Chu, the reinforcements in Wancheng were at most 20,000, about 15,000 in Deng County, and about 10,000 in the remaining two counties combined, plus about 50,000 private troops from the sale of the king of Chu. Together, the reinforcements from these places would not exceed 100,000. ”

Han Chen nodded convincingly, the number of Chu people that Ni Liang said was similar to the number of people on the household registration of the counties in the northern part of the Chu State that South Korea obtained last time, and this was still the number of people when there was no war. And the last time Qin and Han counties ravaged Hanbei, they killed many people, and a large number of people also fled.

Therefore, the number in the hands of the king of Chu now definitely does not exceed 100,000 people. If Hanbei has not recovered its vitality in the past few years, there are only fifty or sixty thousand people in Fangcheng now, and even if Hanbei has gradually recovered its vitality, the army in the hands of the king of Chu is only between seventy and eighty thousand.

Thinking of this, Han Chen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, this was still under control.

At this time, Ni Liang saw Han Chen's soothing face, smiled, looked at Fang Cheng and said, "The army in the hands of the King of Chu is either old, weak, sick and disabled, or some ruffians and hooligans, how long can they hold out with such an army."

As long as we attack the city with all our might, as the main force of Fang Cheng is bigger and smaller, Fang Cheng's resistance will become weaker and weaker. In this way, according to our current siege situation, the short is two or three months, and the long is May, and the square city will be broken.

As soon as Fangcheng is broken, the entire Hanbei is the thoroughfare. ”

When Han Chen heard this, he immediately said confidently: "Okay, good, good, in the next step, transfer the 50,000 Han troops outside Ye County to continue to put some pressure on the King of Chu." ”

"Okay, there's General Lao Han."

The next day, the Wei and Han coalition forces joined forces, and more than 100,000 troops commanded by Wei General Ni Liang rushed frantically towards Fangcheng.

On that day, the three kingdoms fought fiercely for one day, and both sides suffered heavy losses.

Among them, more than half of the Wuyin County soldiers who were responsible for defending the city on the Chu side suffered casualties, and they could no longer complete the task of defending the city independently.

The next day, 40,000 Han troops from the 50,000 Han troops outside Yejun came to reinforce them, and Fang Cheng's pressure suddenly increased greatly.

On another seven days, the Deng County reinforcements suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat to rest, and then, Wancheng's reinforcements took over the defense of Fangcheng.

After ten days of fierce fighting between the two sides, the morale was low, the soldiers were tired, and the reinforcements from Wancheng, who suffered heavy casualties, were replaced, and then the private army of the nobles who had been training for a month officially took over the city defense of Fangcheng.

In the fierce battle between the two sides, on the other side, Zhaoju successfully attacked the Wei army again, and then jumped out of the encirclement of the Qi-Wei coalition army in a thrilling way, and then hurriedly retreated in the direction of the Yellow State.

On the way, Xiang Junshen, who was following Zhao Ju's side, said with a heavy face: "Ling Yin, in the past month, it seems that the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song have become more and more vigilant against our raids.

Otherwise, a little slower, we will be surrounded by the Qi-Wei coalition army. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ju nodded slightly, and responded: "Hmm..."

"Ling Yin." Xiang Junshen said again: "The student thinks that the Three Kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Song..."

"Hmmm..."

Xiang Junshen said a long time, only to hear Zhao Ju respond softly, it seemed to be very perfunctory.

So, Xiang Junshen immediately looked at Zhao Ju, but saw that he was already wandering, and he didn't listen to him at all.

Seeing this, Xiang Junshen thought that Zhao Ju was worried about the war in Huaibei and wanted to comfort Zhao Ju, but he opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything, so he had to follow Zhao Ju's side and go to Huang Guo in silence.

Soon, in the middle of the march, Zhao Ju suddenly asked, "Today is the day?" ”

When Xiang Jun heard this, his spirits perked up, and he hurriedly responded: "Ling Yin, today is May 16, just an ordinary day. ”

"May 16!" Zhao Ju was shocked when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "In the middle of May, calculate the time, if this year is the same as in previous years, then the heavy rain season is coming soon." ”

Saying that, Zhao Ju didn't wait for Xiang Junshen to answer, then opened his right hand, put it in front of him, and said slightly: "If I'm not mistaken, it seems that the north wind hasn't blown for three days since three days ago." ”