"What he said is right, the governor has always been benevolent and righteous, and will not harm our family, so in my opinion, it is better to surrender!"

"Yes, if we don't surrender, we will die, and our families will be killed by the Shu army in the future, so it's better to surrender, maybe there will be a chance to reunite with our families."

Under the deterrence of the Han army, the Shangmi defenders decided not to resist and surrendered in Kaesong.

Since it was still early, Huang Xu sent 100 soldiers into the city, and then continued south to capture the city.

Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Liu Chan has led his troops to march into Deng County, which is the destination of Liu Chan's march this time, because Fancheng is located in Deng County.

Fancheng is a military fortress, across the river from Xiangyang, but it is not the seat of Deng County, which is located thirty miles northwest of Fancheng, and at this moment Liu Chan has led his troops into the county seat of Deng County to station.

In the past ten days, the Han army went south along the Danshui, recovered several county seats, more than 20 cities, some cities surrendered directly under the threat of the Han army, and some cities were still stubbornly resistant, but ten days to march into Deng County, the speed was about the same as the speed of the normal march, and the stubborn resistance of the city did not delay the Han army for long.

Deng County Mansion.

Liu Chan asked Zhang Bao, who was in charge of contacting the news: "Now Deng Ai, where are Zhang Ren's two troops and horses?" ”

Zhang Bao replied: "Now that they have entered the Hanshui Valley, the city there has been recovered by His Majesty when he comes, they can come directly, and it is estimated that they can arrive within three days." ”

Liu Chan marched along the Danshui, Zhang Ren marched along the Junshui, and Deng Ai marched along the calcium, these three rivers are the three branches of the Han River, and the three rivers converge together, which is the Han River, that is to say, now Deng Ai and Zhang Ren have recovered the cities of the Junshui and Calcium-water basins.

Liu Chan marched along the Danshui, and after the convergence of the three rivers, the Hanshui Valley, and the surrounding cities were also recovered by Liu Chan, so Deng Ai and Zhang Ren only need to directly lead their troops over now.

Liu Chan asked again: "What is the situation in Fancheng and Xiangyang?" ”

Zhang Bao replied: "According to the information obtained by the scouts, there are now 20,000 defenders in Fancheng, and a large number of earthen mountains have been established outside the city, which seem to be used to resist our army's return artillery. ”

Liu Chan sneered when he heard this: "It turns out that Hu Zhen asked the defenders of the cities to resist desperately, just to arrange a mountain in Fancheng to resist the return artillery." This is indeed a way to defend against the return cannon, but other cities do this, and I don't have a solution, Fancheng's words? It's not a mere dirt mountain.

But didn't Cao Rui mobilize a group of craftsmen to go south? Why didn't you use cement to rebuild Fancheng? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Bao said: "The last general suspects that they are rebuilding Wancheng, and now he has sent someone to the north to investigate and confirm." ”

Liu Chan nodded: "In Fancheng, the earth mountain will resist the return cannon and delay the time, so that Wancheng will have enough time to complete the reconstruction of the city." It would be wise to abandon the car to protect the handsome, but I will not give him this time, so you can continue to talk about the situation in Xiangyang. ”

Zhang Bao continued when he heard this: "Now the Guan Ping brothers are adding troops to Xiangyang to increase food, and the warships at the ferry are crossing the river, which is spectacular, and the last general has sent someone to contact him, he said that within ten days, the soldiers, horses, grain and grass can all be in place, and then they can cross the river to attack Fancheng." ”

Liu Chan bowed his head and said: "Okay, you tell him that our army has not much grain and grass, so first transport a batch of grain and grass." ”

"No!"

Liu Chan immediately looked at the generals and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, Hu Zhen asked the defenders of the cities to resist our army desperately, just to accumulate soil in Fancheng to defend against the return artillery. Now let's take a look at the results of his busy time. ”

Liu Chan then led hundreds of cavalry with the generals to Fancheng, the county seat of Dengxian was only thirty miles away from Fancheng, and the cavalry was fast, and it took less than half an hour to spread the hooves and run.

Everyone came to a mountain outside Fancheng and looked at Fancheng condescendingly.

Liu Chan stood on the mountain, facing Fancheng, on the left hand side is the wide Han River, looking to the south of the Han River, it can be vaguely seen that there are countless warships lined up on the river, which is the warship of Jingzhou.

Huang Xu looked at Fancheng, only to see that Fancheng had been surrounded by earth and mountains, and on the road below the mountain, there were imitation return cannons of the Wei State. Huang Xu smacked his lips: "The soil is a mountain, and there are also return cannons between the mountain roads, and it is difficult to take Fancheng." ”

"yes, is there anything you can do about it?"

"It's difficult, this method was thought up by Cao Cao back then, although it is troublesome, but it can restrain the return cannon."

Liu Chan glanced at Fan Cheng, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Huang Xu happened to see Liu Chan's expression, and hurriedly asked, "Does Your Majesty have a way?" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Chan nodded slightly.

Huang Xu muttered: "Your Majesty, when the first emperor attacked Chang'an, Cao Cao also used this method to resist the return artillery, at that time, the first emperor and Cao Cao were in a stalemate for several months and did not come up with a way, I don't know what your majesty has to do?" ”

Liu Chan smiled and said: "The Wei army has accumulated a mountain of soil, and our army's return artillery is useless, and the Wei army has also arranged return artillery and strong bows and crossbows in the mountain road, our army can't approach it at all, according to normal circumstances, there is no way to solve it, but Fancheng is an outside the column." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Chan pointed to Fancheng and said: "You see, Fancheng is in a low-lying area, and there are floods every year.

The enemy army is trapped in the city, and now that the rainy season is approaching, it is only necessary to cut off the upstream river, this dirt mountain has recently piled up, although it is solid to trample, but it is not a real mountain after all.

At that time, if the flood is released, the soil and mountains will naturally be washed away and razed to the ground. ”

"Yes, yes, it's May now, the rainy season is coming, save a few days of river water, then open the gate to release water, and the soil and mountains will definitely be gone."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

When the generals heard this, they praised Liu Chan one after another.

The first general said: "Your Majesty, since you are attacking with water, why not store more floods and directly rush to Fancheng?" ”

"Can't rush!" Before Liu Chan could speak, Guan Yu on the side shook his head and said: "Back then, I led the army to attack Fancheng, and I also used a naval army, and when the flood was the largest, I couldn't flood Fancheng. Now Fancheng is taller and stronger than in previous years, and if you want to flood Fancheng, you have to wait until at least July and August, when it encounters heavy rains that occur once in decades before it can be able to flood Fancheng.

It's just that providence is unpredictable, who knows if there will be that kind of rainstorm this year? What's more, it's only May now, and the rainy season has just begun, if Fancheng is flooded, you have to wait until July and August, then it is better to use the flood to wash the earth and mountains first, and then attack with back artillery. ”

Guan Yu has been in Xiangfan for a long time, how to attack Fancheng, he is the best, after listening to Guan Yu's analysis, all the generals did not object.

Seeing this, Liu Chan said: "Since this is the case, he ordered the soldiers to go upstream to cut off the river, the weather is extremely hot these days, I am afraid that there will be rain to fall, just take advantage of the rain to wash these dirt mountains." ”

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