Chapter 879 Coerced Xiangyang City

In fact, judging from the defense of Jiangxia Water Village, the destruction of Beizhai is not fatal. From the end of the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, Jiangxia has always been a key road to guard the Yangtze River, which is not only related to the rich land of Jingchu, but also has the important task of guarding Sichuan. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was able to occupy Xishu and capture Hanzhong, also because he had Jingzhou in his hands, and Jiangxia was the gateway to Jingzhou. Jiangxia Water Village has been reinforced, especially the frontal three-layer Water Village, which can fully build a defensive task. But the problem is that the destruction of Beizhai is a fatal blow to morale, and for many years it has been a bad name, and the Jiangxia defenders have been lacking in confidence, and now that Beizhai is destroyed, many people still doubt whether to continue to fight hard. Kuai Qi is an authentic Jingchu person, he knows too well the psychology of the Jiangxia defenders, the Jiangxia defenders are not the real descendants of the Chai family, most of them are Jingchu children, and the guards of Jiangxia are mostly to defend their hometown, and they are not very interested in the dispute between the Chai family and Ding ****. Next, the Jiangxia water battle was not easy to fight at all.

Everything was as Kuai Qi expected, after destroying the Beizhai, the Dingguo Army Naval Division moved forward again, and they drove against the north, and the resistance was reduced a lot. However, the battle has been fought for nearly four hours, and both the attacking side and the defending side are already very tired, so near the evening, both sides invariably chose Mingjin to withdraw their troops. The order to collect troops is naturally to regather strength and launch the next round of onslaught, while Kuai Qi ordered the collection of troops in order to preserve strength. Due to the destruction of Beizhai, the commander in charge of the defense of Fancheng made Tang Yingjie come to Jiangxia in a panic, as soon as he entered the Jiangxia Mansion, he met Kuai Qi, Tang Yingjie met with Kuai Qi in his early years, and the two studied together in Shigu Academy. Shigu Academy is a well-known institution in the Jingchu area, and the style of study has overshadowed the famous Yuelu Academy over the years, and Kuai Qi is the leader of Shigu Academy. And Kuai Qi's choice to play for the Chai family is also the credit of Tang Yingjie, in a way, Tang Yingjie is definitely a hardcore Chai family. Tang Yingjie is very worried about Jiang Xia's situation, once Jiang Xia is lost, then he Tang Yingjie will be unlucky, so he is more anxious than anyone else, "Big boy, I heard that Beizhai was destroyed, what is going on?" ”

Jiangxia Sanzhai is one, relying on this set, I don't know how many people have been in the thighs for thousands of years, who would have thought that in less than a day, Sanzhai was ruined by the ****, of course Tang Yingjie couldn't figure it out. Kuai Qi smiled wryly, and simply recounted what happened, "Brother Tang, the general situation is like this, Ding **** took out almost all the firearms to attack the Beizhai cliff, the other party has a range advantage, we have no way." Hehe, this world can do this kind of thing, and only Ding****, next, Ding**** will definitely attack the main village in front, and it is really not easy to hold the front Dazhai. ”

"What about the people from Hanyang? Why don't you hurry up to help the Jiangxia defense line? Tang Yingjie was anxious, and even said something ridiculous, the Hanyang army is on the other side of the Yangtze River, even if it rushes to help, it is impossible to come directly to Jiangxia, if Jiangxia can't hold it, it must not be a matter of strength, so the Hanyang army came to Jiangxia and didn't have much effect. It must be attacking from Hanyang to the east, and launching a fierce attack from behind Ding****. Tang Yingjie was a little ignorant, and Kuai Qi didn't want to explain anything, but said lightly, "There must be actions on the Hanyang side, but we can't count on the Hanyang army to save Jiangxia." We must find a way to minimize the damage caused by the destruction of Beizhai, otherwise no one will be able to save us. ”

In the east of Jiangxia Water Village, Li Bao was also sitting on the boat thinking about the next move, and all the lieutenant generals and colonels were gathered here, and everyone had their own ideas and contributed their own ideas. In the end, it was decided to directly attack Jiangxia head-on, and the next day, the **** relied on the strong guns of the ship, and once again launched an impact on the Jiangxia Water Village, but this time the Ding **** Water Division obviously had more adequate preparations, they did not let people climb the bamboo wall of the Water Village, but sent some strange boats to rush to the front, these ships are one of the few iron ships, the bow is very sharp, the impact is full, the soldiers squatted on the boat and held the shield above their heads, which directly made the bow and arrow of the defenders of the Water Village lose their effect, and the soldiers rowed the boat hard, I saw the iron boat slamming into the wall of the water village, and at the same time, some water ghosts jumped into the water and entered the water with axes in their hands to destroy the bottom of the water village. Under the vigorous rowing of the soldiers, the iron boat retreated and advanced and repeatedly hit the wall, which actually played the same role as the city wood. Most of the water villages on the periphery of Jiangxia are built with bamboo after special treatment, although the bamboo is fireproof and slippery, but the solidity is not comparable to the traditional city wall after all. With more and more impacts, the Jiangxia soldiers above the water village can already feel the tremor from the water village, there is a way that the ants bite the elephant to death, if the **** is determined to hit like this, there will be a loophole in the water village sooner or later.

In order to prevent this scene from happening, Kuai Qi ordered a group of soldiers with very good water properties to dive into the water and destroy those iron boats from the water, but as soon as these Jiangxia soldiers swam to the periphery, they were blocked by the **** water ghosts. So, in the waters of Jiangxia, the soldiers on both sides carried out a hand-to-hand combat on the water surface, at this time there was no skill at all, the two sides relied on water and courage, in the water is not as good as on land, on land you can rely on strength and strength, but in the water, all this is useless. Many people hugged each other, and the short knives and axes in their hands beckoned vigorously, but no one would back down. Patches of blood continued to emerge from the water, and corpses floated up, this kind of fighting, no one can get benefits, almost killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred. Gradually, the **** water ghosts couldn't take care of it, because they suffered a big loss in numbers, and as the defensive loopholes became bigger and bigger, many Jiangxia sailors swam to the side of the iron boat and poisoned the **** soldiers who rowed the boat. The iron ships of this era are not as heavy as later generations, not to mention, they are also very easy to capsize, under the interference of Jiangxia sailors, four iron ships have sunk to the bottom, and the soldiers on board are also surrounded and killed. By this time, Ding****'s offensive was already facing great difficulties. Li Bao put down the clairvoyant mirror, his face was very ugly, should he take it down? At this time, Li Bao was very hesitant, with the continuous impact of the iron ship, the periphery of the water village has obviously begun to crack, once it is withdrawn, it is very difficult to re-play this effect, but if it is not withdrawn, under the resistance of the Jiangxia sailors, the casualties must be not small. After pondering for a long time, Li Bao still made a choice, "Let all Kangyong's people go into the water, and block the Jiangxia Navy no matter what!" ”

Li Bao said this, it is tantamount to fighting, there are more than 4,000 water ghosts under Kang Yong's command, 1,000 people were invested before, and now there are less than 3,000 people left. These water ghosts were drawn from the whole army, and they have a high talent in water, but the underwater devils who spent a lot of money to train were all thrown into it at once, which is equivalent to leaving no way back for themselves. The order was issued, and after Kang Yong got the order, he personally led the troops to the front line, and it can be seen from the order that this battle is only allowed to win and not lose, so Kang Yong is very hard. The addition of a group of new forces immediately made up for the previous gap, and the Jiangxia sailors who rushed over were also cleared, and after a period of panic, the iron boat could once again attack the Jiangxia Water Village with peace of mind.

Kuai Qi, who was standing in the middle of the water village, his face was tense, he didn't expect that after being hit head-on, Ding **** did not retreat, but continued to increase his troops, so Li Bao's head is iron, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to withdraw when the time comes? Kuai Qi had no other choice, and ordered half of the men and horses in the southern water village to take off their clothes and join the water melee, but Kang Yong's department was really tenacious, and he blocked all the gaps, and fought hard for half an hour, and the Jiangxia sailors could no longer break through the defense of the **** water ghost. However, the damage of Kangyong's department is also heavy, in half an hour, his subordinates have already paid more than half of the casualties, if they fight for another half an hour, I am afraid that there will be no one left. Obviously, all this is worth it, a crisp click sounded, immediately touched everyone's hearts, turned to look, only to see the wall twisted inward, the gate next to it also slowly fell into the water, the entire wall of the water village revealed a very large gap, which can accommodate a keel ship to pass easily.

"Haha, it's finally succeeded" Geng Yi couldn't wait to laugh three times, from the moment the gate of the water village sank into the water, the **** fleet, which had already been ready to go, pounced violently under the leadership of a keel boat, in front of these keel boats, those Jiangxia ships looked so weak, and many Jiangxia guards had just taken a boat to kill, and they were knocked over by keel boats. As soon as he saw this posture, Kuai Qi knew very well in his heart that the water village on the outskirts of Jiangxia could not be defended, "Pass my general order, everyone should not fight, immediately withdraw into the city wall, and reorganize the defense." ”

The Jiangxia defenders fled to Jiangxia City without looking back, and the **** also achieved a phased victory. The reason why Jiangxia City is powerful is because there are three villages in one outside and a water city wall inside. The Yangtze River rushes through, and the east wall of Jiangxia is built on the Yangtze River, and the city gate water gate is a sluice, and it is also the only entrance to Jiangxia from the Yangtze River. Li Bao's head was hard, but he wasn't stupid enough to think that his head could crash into the Jiangxia city wall. After seizing the peripheral water village, the Dingguo Army Navy Division unexpectedly did not continue to attack, but sent people to land and attacked Lishui Town on the south bank, not only Lishui Town, but also several villages and towns along the way all suffered. The refugees asked to enter the city, how could Kuai Qi agree?

However, the military order is dead, the person is alive, no matter how strict the defense will be, there will be loopholes, there is a wealthy family in Lishui Town, known as the Jiangxia Mountain Overlord, this person is named Cao Huaili. Cao Huaili's family has a big business, and he also has a deep influence in Jiangxia City, and Cao Duoduo, the second son in Cao Huaili's arms, serves in the city. Due to the **** attack, Cao Huaili also led a group of family members to the outside of Jiangxia City with the refugees. During the day, Cao Huaili had been enduring it, but at night, Cao Huaili sent the letter into the city and found his second son Cao Fangfang. Cao Duofang is a well-known filial son, no matter how he is, it is impossible to watch his old father suffer outside the city, if the **** is really killed at this time, then the whole family must not be slaughtered immediately? Therefore, Cao Duofang took advantage of the garrison to put down the bamboo basket and put Cao Huaili and his clansmen into the city. But what Cao Duofang didn't expect was that as soon as those clansmen entered the city, they showed their sharp fangs, looking at these fresh faces, Cao Duofang's back was a little cold, "Who are you?" ”

Cao Huaili was afraid that Cao would make trouble in many ways, so he quickly pulled his son aside, "Silly boy, don't do stupid things, my father has already said that if you don't let you do anything, you will lose your life." Now that the water village has been lost, Jiangxia Bacheng can't hold it, it's better to do General Li Bao a favor, and it can also be exchanged for the glory and wealth of our family, do you really want to be so tired that the whole family is buried because of a Jiangxia City? ”

Dad's words have already come to this point, Cao Fangfang knows what is going on no matter how stupid he is, but he really didn't expect that the rock-solid Jiangxia City would one day be buried in his hands Cao Fangfang. On this day, a small person became famous, and this person was Cao Duofang, because of his carelessness, dozens of **** soldiers mixed into the city.

On October 28 of the second year of Taikang, Li Bao led his troops to storm the water gate of Dongcheng, and the offensive and defensive battles also entered the white-hot stage, just when the battle was most intense, the **** soldiers who mixed into the city with the cooperation of Cao Duo attacked the south gate of Jiangxia, and the three thousand marines of the water division who had been hiding for a long time broke into Jiangxia, so far, it also announced the fall of Jiangxia City. The sound of killing came from behind him, Kuai Qi closed his eyes in pain, he couldn't figure out how Ding **** rushed in, but Jiang Xia's lost responsibility must always be borne by someone, when the water gate was opened, in the cheers of Ding ****, Kuai Qi pulled out the sharp sword, the cold flashed, leaving behind a cold corpse. Kuai Qi had to die, how could he survive if he didn't die?

On October 29 of the second year of Taikang, the naval division of the Dingguo Army took over Jiangxia in an all-round way, and the marines of the naval division attacked from all sides, and the defenders of Jiangxia surrendered countless people. Fan Cheng commanded Tang Yingjie to lead troops to rescue, but he was also ambushed by the marines and Jiangxia Mountain, and was captured and killed in one fell swoop. Jiangxia fell, Jing Chu shook, because he knew with his ass that Ding****'s next move must be to attack Jiangling Mansion, and then go north to threaten Xiangyang City. Coercing Xiangyang City, no matter how you look at it, is a joke, because no one will think that **** will be able to break through Jiangxia, but a miracle is just around the corner. Jiangxia fell, the Hanyang army on the other side of the river suddenly panicked, they gave up the eastward advance, wanted to retreat to Gangneung Mansion, and planned to join forces with the defenders of Gangneung Mansion to block the Dingguo Army Naval Division in Gangneung Mansion. As a result, the Hanyang army was attacked head-on in the area of Yanshan, and the Hanyang army had no temper at all. (To be continued.) )