The origin of Xiangyang City is in the early Spring and Autumn period at the latest, that is, the existing Beijin Shu, which is a large military ferry port in the north of the Chu State.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the Chu State advanced northward, expanded eastward, and expanded westward, the old place of Xiangyang City was the gathering place where the Chu army, especially the Chu Wangshi, came and went, and was a military fortress with considerable infrastructure and the preparation of boats and grains.

During the two Han Dynasty, the old land of Xiangyang began to set up a county, so the Hanshui Ferry Military Town, which was originally called Beijinshu, became a county place, and gradually formed the Xiangshui River because of the local Hanshui change of course, which is located in the Beijinshu on the bank of Xiangshuiyang, it was called Xiangyang County.

Later, after Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, he began to rebuild Xiangyang County, and finally turned Xiangyang City into the seat of Jingzhou's state governance, and also turned Xiangyang City into a historical city in Jingzhou, and it was also a military city that guarded the north to the south of the Yangtze River.

Since ancient times, there has been an iron battle of Xiangyang City, although now Xiangyang City has just been rebuilt under the supervision of Liu Biao, but it has also shown the connotation of a military city.

The ease of defending and attacking Xiangyang City is not only the size of the city itself mentioned above, in fact, the terrain around Xiangyang City also provides many natural barriers for Xiangyang City.

The north of Xiangyang City and Fancheng on the other side of the Han River are connected to each other through the water gate, and they are guarded by each other's horns, unless Fancheng is captured first, this side is not suitable to become the main battlefield for attacking Xiangyang City.

Even if Zhu Wei had the method of blasting the bamboo tube with black powder to blow up the water gate, when Zhu Wei's river boat carrying troops arrived here, it would fall into the two sides of the Han River by the troops stationed in Xiangyang and Fancheng, and it would be difficult to get close to the water gate area north of Xiangyang City.

On the east side of Xiangyang City, there is the Han River surrounding and guarding, between the Han River and Xiangyang City is mainly a mud flat area formed by mud and sand alluvium, the ground is wet and soft, the soldiers are difficult to walk, and the large siege equipment is even more difficult to transport on such a thin and soft ground, so this side is also not suitable for use as a battlefield.

If there is no siege equipment, it will be even more difficult to attack Xiangyang City.

Finally, the south of Xiangyang City is guarded by a mountain that connects the Jingshan Mountain Range, and if you want to attack Xiangyang City, you can only bypass the mountain and take the ancient road on the west or east side of the mountain to come to the front of Xiangyang City.

It can be said that this Da Hyeon Mountain is like a natural barrier to the south of Xiangyang City, once again providing a natural protection for Xiangyang City.

Since ancient times, foreign enemies who want to attack Xiangyang City can only take three offensive routes.

The first offensive route was to first capture Fancheng in the north of Xiangyang City, and then cross the Han River through Fancheng to attack Xiangyang City, but because there was still a Han River barrier in it, it was naturally not easy to attack Xiangyang City on the Han River.

The second offensive route is to take the Wanshan and Liuzishan ancient roads in Shangxian District on the west side of Xiangyang City, so that you can directly reach the West Gate area of Xiangyang City, but between Wanshan and Liuzi Mountain, which is about ten miles away from the west gate of Xiangyang City, there is a Liuzi Pass as the outer checkpoint of Xiangyang City, which has become the outer barrier of Xiangyang City, making it impossible for people to directly kill it.

The third offensive route is to take the ancient road on the southeast side of Xiangyang City, so as to reach the south gate of Xiangyang City, but it is also about ten miles away from Xiangyang City, on the side of Da Shou Mountain and Guanyin Pavilion, there is also a Fenglin Pass that chokes the pass to Xiangyang in the south.

Liuzi Pass and Fenglin Pass have been built into the model of a checkpoint military town, stuck between narrow mountain cliffs, and outsiders must get through them in order to really face Xiangyang City.

However, now that Zhu Wei's army is stationed near Lumen Mountain on the north bank of the Han River in the southeast of Xiangyang City, it is naturally ready to choose to take Fenglin Pass and attack the south gate of Xiangyang City.

In fact, this is also the direction of attack that the military forces on the Jiangdong side usually choose when attacking Xiangyang City.

About six years ago, Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to conquer Jingzhou and attack Liu Biao's Xiangyang City, which was to take the offensive route of Fenglin Pass.

In the first battle of that year, after Sun Jian defeated Huang Zu in Jiangxia, he pursued Huang Zu's defeated soldiers all the way to Xiangyang City, Nanjun.

Later, after Sun Jian's army crossed the Han River, he took the road of Fenglin Pass, and came directly to Xiangyang City to surround the city, while Liu Biao closed the door without a fight, and secretly sent Huang Zu out of the city at night to transfer reinforcements to Xiangyang.

But after Huang Zu returned with reinforcements, Sun Jian fought with Huang Zu again, but Huang Zu was defeated again and fled all the way to Da Xian Mountain.

And Sun Jian pursued closely and refused to let Huang Zu go again.

Then in the narrow strip between Xianshou and Fenglin, I don't know whether Huang Zu's subordinates fired a hidden arrow from the bamboo forest on the mountain, killing Sun Jian with an arrow, or whether Liu Biao's general Lu Gong smashed Sun Jian's army on the mountain with a falling rock, and as a result, a stone fell on Sun Jian's head, and Sun Jian was killed at that time.

In this way, the danger of Xiangyang was resolved like the will of heaven.

If Sun Jian had not died at that time, it is estimated that Sun Jian had already conquered Xiangyang City and become the new lord of Jingzhou, and the situation in the world would be very different.

However, Sun Jian was able to attack Xiangyang City before he was able to attack Xiangyang City, but because Fenglin Pass had not yet been built, and now Xiangyang City has been rebuilt, and Fenglin Pass has also been built, so it is more difficult to attack Xiangyang City.

Although Zhu Wei's current strength and military preparations are stronger than Sun Jian at the beginning, Zhu Wei already has a sand table map of the Fenglin Pass area and Xiangyang City in his hands, which can allow Zhu Wei and Wang Yuyan to directly command the battle according to the sand table in the military tent.

At the same time, Zhu Wei can also see the distribution of Liu Biao's troops here through the war interface map of the Three Kingdoms game system, which can be regarded as a clear understanding of Liu Biao's defense system in Xiangyang City.

However, if Zhu Wei wanted to storm Xiangyang City, he would indeed encounter great obstacles, so before the official start of the war against Xiangyang City, Zhu Wei inevitably discussed with Wang Yuyan again in the military tent the tactical plan for attacking Xiangyang.

In the previous battle of Yicheng, it was a strategy to let Liu Biao send out nearly 20,000 regular soldiers, which were ambushed and eliminated by Zhu Wei, so that Zhu Wei took the opportunity to send Tai Shici to attack Yicheng, which was only guarded by young and strong people, and it was easy to capture Yicheng.

But now Zhu Wei believes that Liu Biao will not be easily tricked again.

Although Yicheng wiped out more than 20,000 regular soldiers of Liu Biao in the first battle, and now Liu Biao only has more than 10,000 regular soldiers left in Xiangyang City, but with these 10,000 soldiers and the new army formed by Liu Biao in Xiangyang City, Liu Biao still has at least more than 40,000 troops to protect Xiangyang City.

If Liu Biao is stubbornly defending Xiangyang City, it will really be a difficult bone to gnaw......