After the violent explosion, this young generation of officers of the Chu State who was inspired to serve the king was killed on the spot, or rather shocked to death.

A few people who were a little farther away from him were completely unconscious, and they stood there in a daze, losing their balance at the slightest movement, and they didn't know the east, south, north, west, and north.

This kind of mining explosives is very ineffective in field use, and has little use, but it is the best choice for siege.

Whether it is the best thing for the miners and sappers of the Mo family to dig holes and bury explosives, or this kind of stone thrower projectile that is used to fight on the edge of the inner line, the effect is excellent.

Dozens of stone throwers threw about ten groups, and after stopping, the remnants of the Chu army above wisely raised the white flag in accordance with the rules of Sishang.

After occupying the fort unscathed, two companies of men were left behind, and the rest swooped down on the next one.

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Sleeping Castle.

The Grand Sima of Chu had already known the news of the abdication of the Duke of Song after the sacrifice of the Sanglin Society not long ago, and also knew the various remarks in the Mojia newspapers after the capture of the King of Chu.

The news that Shi led the army out of Yangxia did not shock him too much.

The fortress near Yangxia can delay the Mo family's attack, and he still has enough time to prepare.

He understands what he's here for, not to attack, but to threaten.

The 40,000 soldiers in his own hands are not able to reconcile the field battle of the suspended army at all, because if the 40,000 is the standard of the army, Sishang can pull out 200,000 or even 300,000 troops, which is meaningless.

Of the 40,000 soldiers, 30,000 were fiefdom peasant soldiers who had been improvised with their spears.

The reason why the soldiers went out of the sleeping city was that he still had illusions about the neutrality of the Song Kingdom.

To the north of the dormitory is Chen, to the east is the Mohist-controlled Fu Lisai, and to the southeast are Xia Cai and Shouchun.

Stationed an army here, under the premise of the neutrality of the Song State, can threaten the Jianghuai region of the Mo family, so that the Mo family must station part of the army here, so that the logistics line will not be cut off.

However, after the news of Song Gong's abdication and suitability to lead troops out of Yangxia came, the city where he was located was extremely dangerous.

After the first battle of Yicheng, Liuzhi divided more than two and nearly three divisions of troops to attack Shenxi, and took down the empty Xinyang generation after the battle of Shen Gong.

If it is suitable to capture Yangxia again, then the forces of the Great Sima of Chu State can only choose to retreat, because if they don't retreat, they will be surrounded.

Moreover, there is only one route to retreat, retreat to the northeast to Chendi, support Yangxia and wait for reinforcements, or retreat from Chendi to Xudi, with Wei Han on their backs, and gather the troops of the feudal monarch for defense.

Fortunately, he was very confident in Yangxia's defense, and there should be enough time to retreat.

However, just as he was about to carefully plan the retreat route, a soldier ran in with a panicked face and said: "The fortress is suitable for the siege, and no one will be injured in one attack!" ”

Chu Guoda Sima only felt that his head was buzzing, and it took a long time for him to come to his senses and ask, "Is this ...... How is this possible? It was the last time the six fingers attacked Dangshan, and they were still besieged for several days......"

The forts near Yangxia had learned the lessons of the Siege of Dangshan and improved in many places, and he simply did not believe that anyone could take it without a single injury.

Even if over the years, with the support of the people's single-mindedness and technological progress, the Mo family has broken through the reputation of being good at attacking and defending cities, and having similar field forces and no one can win, but after all, those names are still within an acceptable range.

The fortress near Yangxia attacked and no one was injured, which made the great Sima of Chu State have a feeling of despair, the gap is so big, so what else to fight? So why fight?

After calming down and stabilizing his emotions and asking about the specific situation, the generals and strategists around him said: "It's better to retreat quickly!" ”

Da Sima said: "It is necessary to retreat, but what does the Yan Zhishi want to do?" ”

He wanted to figure out or guess the right purpose.

There are strategists who said: "Yangxia is connected to Daliang in the north, Chendi in the south, and Xu and Lushan in the west. The momentum of the Ta Zhishi is surging, don't you want to capture Xu Di and cut us off? ”

These words immediately aroused the vigilance of the Grand Sima of the Chu State.

If that's really the purpose, then it's terrible.

Xu Zeng belonged to Zheng, and the Mo family was rampant there, once Xu was captured, then the Mo family could attack Ye and Lushan through Xu.

As a result, the remnants of the feudal forces of the Chu State were completely surrounded.

In the west, there is the Mo family's garrison in Nanyang, and the east is the Mo family's base camp, and these feudal lords of the Chu State actually have only one way to the north with their backs to Wei Han.

The reason why these feudal lords are still holding on is because they know very well that if they give up their fiefdoms and retreat to Wei Han, then they will have nothing.

The king of Chu is gone, as long as the country is restored, another one can be established in the future; If the feudal monarch insists, Chu will exist, and the princes will send troops, and then the state of Chu can be restored.

The feudal monarchs of Chu still have a certain amount of strength, as long as they hold out until the princes send troops.

But if the appropriate purpose is really to attack Xu after capturing Yangxia and cutting off the way for the feudal monarch of Chu to flee north, then all these plans are meaningless.

When did the princes send troops? So far, there have been no results.

Yangxia is one hundred and thirty miles away from Xudi, and with the speed of the Mo family's march, it will take Yangxia at most five days to reach Xudi.

originally thought that after the Fengchi Meeting, Yangxia and other places spent a lot of manpower and material resources to block the Mo family's westward march into the Central Plains, who would have thought that those fortresses that had provoked popular uprisings and uprisings were captured without even holding up an attack.

Yangxia is a big city again, and the more big cities are like this, the easier it is to attack, because it is impossible to repair the entire city with that angular defense system, and although the number of copper cannons in Yangxia is relatively large, how can it be compared to the Mo family?

The purpose of the original Central Plains Covenant was only to hope that Yangxia and the surrounding four forts could hold off the main force of the Mo family for two to three months, and buy time for Wei, Han, and Chu to jointly send troops.

But now it seems that the significance of building the Yangxia fortress group has not achieved the desired effect.

Another strategist said: "Cloud, the nine stops in the world, the most dangerous ones are none other than Dafen, Hades, Jing Ruan, Fangcheng, Yin, Jingcheng, Lingfang, Ju Note, and Juyong." ”

"The third of the nine stops is in Chu. However, the Mo family has already obtained the land of Tongbai and Shenxi. There is no point in the underworld. ”

"Jing Ruan, the Mo family has gained Danyang, drink Ma Han water, and the land of Jing Ruan will be returned to Mo."

"Only Fang Cheng and Xianghe have not yet fallen into the hands of the Mo family."

"The six-fingered army is tired from the expedition, and it has to guard against the soldiers of Qin and Han. The Qin soldiers went out to Shangluo, also to guard against the Mo family, even if they had the intention of occupying the land, they could also force the six fingers to go east to seize Fang City. ”

"Isn't it a good command of the army, don't you want to capture Fang City?"

As soon as the strategist said this, the great Sima of Chu State felt more and more reasonable.

The saying of the nine stops in the world has long been there, and the three of the nine stops are in the Chu State.

Now that two-thirds of them have been acquired by the Mo family, it is not that these fortresses are not strong enough, but where would the Chu State have thought that the Mo family would advance along the Yangtze River to Hubei and enter the Jianghan?

Now there is still an extremely strong fortress of Xianghe Pass in the lower city, and this fortress is part of the Great Wall of Chu, precisely to prevent the princes of the Central Plains from entering the Nanyang area of Chu State.

Xianghe Fortress is built on the mountain, and there is a "summer road" to connect the rear, which is the earliest place to build a road in the Chu State.

From Xianghe to Luguan, according to Funiu Mountain, the purpose of the existence of a series of fortresses in the Chu State is indeed to prevent the north from the south.

Obviously, now that it is impossible for the Mo family to reconcile with the princes, then the Mo family is likely to seize the Xianghe fortress group before the princes send troops.

The six-fingered army stationed in Chu also needed to disperse a part of the remaining rear, and also stationed in the Jianghan area, and also organized the construction and defense of the Jingruan fortress to prevent the Qin State from sending troops from the direction of Shangluo.

After occupying Wancheng, the feudal lords of Chu State were already nervous. It was the front line of the Chu State against the Central Plains before, and the power of the feudal monarchs could still defend it, and the Six Fingers side was unable to completely wipe out the Chu army in the entire Fangcheng, Xianghe, and even Luyang regions.

According to the strategist, it is very likely.

Capture Yangxia, march to Xu, capture Yinyang, through Yinyang, Zhaoling, Xu and attack Luyang, so as to form a north-south attack, when the Nanyang region of the unhanging army only needs an elite army to attack Xianghe Fang City from behind, so as to close the door and fight the dog, the Chu feudal monarchs trapped in the south of Wei and Han.

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Moreover, in the view of Chu Da Sima, the six fingers are now at the end of the crossbow, and the army stationed in Chu is no longer able to organize a large-scale attack after the Qin army sent troops to Shangluo, which leads to a loophole in the Mo family's defense of the northern princes.

Since ancient times, all countries have attacked Chu, except for the time when Wu State, basically had to pass through Fangcheng and Luyang, after all, the biggest enemy of Chu State is the Sanjin Dynasty, and the number of battles is also the largest.

If the Great Wall defense line of the Chu State and the Xianghe fortress area were not captured by the Mo family, the northern princes could send troops to Nanyang, thus forming a situation of flanking the Qin army.

Although the Mo family is good at field warfare, their troops are obviously insufficient, and they are far inferior to the original defense line of the Great Wall of Chu State.

If they can increase their troops by 30,000, capture Xianghefang City, and organize defenses there, the Mo family can save a lot of troops.

First of all, although Wancheng is located in the plain, the Mo family is good at defending the city.

Assuming that the Mohists held the defense system of Xianghe to Luyang and Jingruan to Danyang to defend against the alliance of princes, then the alliance of princes would be difficult to break.

It is impossible for the Qin State to send troops to the Yiluo front line to cooperate with Wei Han, what if the Mo family attacks Lantian from Shangluo and threatens the heart of the Qin State?

The Wei Han army wanted to defeat the Mo family and help the Chu State recover Jianghan, and the army could only take the line from Luyang to Xianghe, and there was no point elsewhere.

After Wancheng was controlled by the Mo family, with the Mo family's ability to defend the city, Sima of Chu knew very well in his heart that the huge Wancheng was the place where the Mo family "helped" to build an iron-smelting workshop in Chu State, and it was deeply penetrated, so how could it be so easy to be counterattacked?

At that time, it will be difficult for the Qin army to break Danyang, and Wei Han will be sad for Luyang, even if the Mo family cannot break it individually, it will be enough to drag the retreat of various countries, and there will be no hope for the restoration of Chu at that time.