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Located in the western part of the Nanyang Basin, the river flows southward, sparkling in the setting sun, as if thousands of gold coins are shining, making the corpses floating on the river less dazzling.

The main city of Nanyang is located on the west bank of the river, but after Liang Cheng rushed into the main Nanyang, he took the means of building a city by the river, and built a new small city on the east bank of the river, standing with the main city by the river, and the two cities were connected by a trestle bridge, and each other was horns, so as to enhance the overall defense capability of Nanyang City.

Luxury Wenzhuang sat in the car, slowly went south along the avenue on the west bank of the Shushui River, crossed Luofeng Slope, just looked at Nanyang City more than ten miles away, pointed to the east and west cities of Nanyang, and Hu Zongguo and Nahe Azig, who were walking across the horse on their sides, said: "The so-called Ten Tigers of Liangmen, only Liang Chengchong, the Marquis of the near township, is still worthy of the name......

Hu Zongguo smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Liang Chengyi is a young man who is named, but how many years has he been in the border army?" If Liang Chengchong was not affected by the battle of Chen Tangyi, he had to retire with his father Liang Xi, and the Liang family would not have pushed Liang Chengyi out in the seventh year of Chongguan - if Liang Chengyi was pushed out, it would be a great harm, and when Liang Xi guarded Shandong, Liang Chengyi could not compete for Liang Chengchong's status as a son-in-law, so he was naturally reluctant to give up Hezhong Mansion and concentrate troops and horses to defend Jinan. The dispersion of troops is the direct defeat of the Liang family. Liang Chengchong has been in the border army for many years, but he has really accumulated some military exploits and some ability to govern the army. In the rout in Shandong and the situation in Hehuai could not be maintained, Lin Tie supported Liang Cheng to rush into Nanyang, which was also important. However, Liang Chengchong probably couldn't have imagined that Lin Jian would give up Nanyang so simply and decisively this time......

Some abilities do not mean that they have strong abilities.

There are few people who are good at getting along, but it doesn't mean that there is no superiority between each other.

In the later period of Emperor Chongguan, Li Zhuo was the only mainstay who regarded the Yue Ting's ability to turn the tide, and he thought that he had a corner of the land, and he had been fighting with it for ten years, and he had not fallen behind - with this record, it was enough to laugh at the heroes, and he didn't beat Huaidong like a dog when he came to the end?

Hao Wenzhuang thought sadly in his heart, and said secretly: Although Liang Chengchong has some ability, how can he be the opponent of the East China Sea Fox?

Even Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan, Hu Wenmu, and Zhang Han, who are shrewd and popular figures, have no ability to compete head-on with Lin Jian after Huaidong grasps the initiative.

The pattern of the north and the south competing for supremacy has been formed, and the only one who can compete and defeat Huaidong is the Northern Yan.

Looking at the political affairs of Beiyan, the Emperor of the Mandate of Heaven can be called one of the few wise monarchs in history, but unfortunately he has not had the opportunity to see him, but I don't know who will die between him and Lin Tie. Or will the pattern of confrontation between the north and the south be maintained for a long time?

Liang Chengchong fought against the Yandong tribes in the border army in his early years and had some reputation, but the younger generation of generals in Nahe Azig had no impression of Liang Chengchong, so when Hao Wenzhuang and Hu Zongguo discussed Liang Chengchong, they did not interject.

Accompanied by Hu Zongguo and Nahe Azig, Luwenzhuang came to the outside of Nanyang City, and as soon as the carriage galloped up and down Fengpo, hundreds of horses rode out of the camp tent and galloped to this side. On behalf of the luxury generals, the main general of Nanyang was Tian Chang, who dismounted, knelt on one knee, and said: "Tian Chang pays a visit to the Governor of Dadu......"

After seizing Xinye, Haowenzhuang officially accepted the recruitment of Yan Ting, was named the king of Fujian, and served as the vanguard governor of the Western Road army, controlling the soldiers and horses under his command.

Haowenzhuang picked up Tian Chang and asked, "Has Prince Mu been to Beiying?" ”

"When Tian Chang came to welcome the governor, he heard that Prince Mu was not far from Beiying, so he must have just arrived in Beiying." Tian Chang said.

"Then you will go with me as soon as possible to meet Prince Mu." Luxury said.

Ye Ji Luorong, as the commander of the West Road Army, has been sitting in Fangcheng before, and Luwenzhuang has not yet had the opportunity to meet Ye Ji Luorong; This time, it was naturally Luwenzhuang who took the initiative to meet Ye Ji Luorong.

Surrounded by hundreds of horsemen, the group went around the camp in the south of the city, detoured from outside the west city, and galloped to the camp in the north of Nanyang City.

On the west bank of the river, from Luofeng Slope to the north, all the way to the foot of Nanyang City, there are endless tents. The camps are one after another, stretching for several miles, and Tian Changsuo led 30,000 soldiers and horses of the luxury family, all stationed in the south of Nanyang City, responsible for attacking the main city of Nanyang from the south.

To the north of Nanyang, there are about 30,000 soldiers and horses of the main force of the new annexed army Zhou Fan.

There are also 10,000 cavalry led by Meng Anchan stationed in the west of Nanyang, with a total of 70,000 cavalry from the south, northwest and north, surrounding the main city of Nanyang on the west bank of the Shushui River.

On the east bank of the river, except for a few small camps, there was no large force of soldiers and horses.

Circumference three que one.

Luo Xiancheng troops out of Tongbai Mountain, into Xinyang, Dong Yuan not only did not send troops from Shouzhou, but ordered Cai Yi to abandon Luoxian and other counties in the southeast of Xinyang, and stick to Xinyang City, so that in the short term, the passage of Huaidong's troops and horses stationed in Luzhou was cut off.

Even if Huaidong will eventually send troops to aid Nanyang, it will also need Nanyang soldiers and horses to survive the most difficult early stage.

After Xinye sent troops to the luxury family to take it away, Liang Chengchong could only give up the outer cities such as Fangcheng and Wuguan, and concentrated the peripheral soldiers and horses in the two cities of Nanyang and Miyang, resisted stubbornly, and waited for the last chance to serve.

It's not that Liang Chengchong was reluctant to give up Nanyang at this time, but that the luxury family had already captured Xinye at that time, and from Xinye to the hinterland of Nanyang Mansion, the soldiers directly cut into the plain on the east bank of the river between Nanyang and Miyang, which was very convenient. At that time, in that situation, Liang Chengchong didn't want to attack the flank of the soldiers and horses from Xinye when he retreated eastward, so he could only defend Nanyang City first.

In Nanyang City, Liang Chengchong still had 14,500 soldiers and horses, and at the beginning of the war, nearly 100,000 people avoided Nanyang City, and at this time, Liang Chengchong was also requisitioned to help defend the city. At the western foot of Tongbai Mountain, Miyang City was headed by Yuan Guizheng, gathering soldiers and horses withdrawn from Wuyang and Fangcheng, and there were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses and tens of thousands of people.

If Huang Binghao could contain the tens of thousands of elites of the Huaidong Army in Yuanzhou, and the hinterland of Jiangxi could not move, Beiyan and the luxury family would join forces to calmly besiege Nanyang City until the day when the food ran out.

But Huang Binghao fought too much in Yuanzhou, and he didn't hold on for half a month, so he asked Lin Jian to take the entire territory of Yuanzhou Mansion, and forced Beiyan and the luxury family to take Nanyang City before the main force of Huaidong went north, and completely opened the passage from Nanyang to the south.

Liang Chengchong also had a time to run Nanyang, and in his early years, he guarded the border with his father, and was known for guarding the city.

Although the field combat ability of Nanyang soldiers and horses is not good, there are cities to defend, especially most of the soldiers' families are in Nanyang City, and the will to defend the city is still quite firm, and it has not been completely destroyed.

If Nanyang is besieged to death and its retreat is cut off, and Liang Chengchong sees the hope of Huaidong's reinforcements going north, he may lead 100,000 soldiers and civilians to defend Nanyang City to wait for help.

If you want to storm Nanyang City before the main force of Huaidong goes north, Luwenzhuang can't estimate how heavy the price will be? At least the worst outcome is something that neither Luxury Wenzhuang nor Ye Ji Luo Rong can accept.

From the west bank of the river, it encircled the main city of Nanyang, and only let go of the new city on the east bank, and even deployed only a small number of surveillance soldiers and horses on the east bank of the river, so that the soldiers and civilians of Nanyang could see a possible passage to retreat eastward to Miyang, so as to weaken the will and determination of the soldiers and civilians of Nanyang to defend the city.

Zhou Fan and Tian Chang led their troops to besiege Nanyang City from the west bank of the river for nearly 20 days, although they did not launch a fierce offensive, but drove the people, filled in the trenches outside Nanyang City, and built a long wall on the periphery, besieged the main city of Nanyang, so that Liang Chengchong could not send troops out of the city to counterattack in the main city.

In the south and north of Nanyang City, Tian Chang and Zhou Fan drove the people, each filling out four siege roads, until they reached the head of Nanyang City. In the past few days, thousands of lives have been filled in the siege road, but it is really useful, and the casualties caused by Nanyang are not so many - outside the long wall of the siege, there are more than a dozen heavy stone-throwing crossbows erected there. During the war, there would be hundreds of people behind each heavy stone-throwing crossbow to pull the giant rope together and smash the boulder weighing more than 100 catties to Nanyang City.

Azig rushed to the northern camp with Hao Wenzhuang and others to meet Ye Ji Luorong, and saw the siege of the army along the way, but he didn't know whether to admit it or not, after meeting with the luxury family, their siege ability was greatly strengthened.

In the early years, the Yandong tribes were invincible in the world, but it was always difficult to bite the fortified city with soldiers and horses.

Ye Ji Duodi was under Yangxin City, and Lin Tie was defeated, not so much that Lin Tie was good at defending the city, but that they were clumsy in attacking the city. When entering the customs, the Emperor of the Mandate of Heaven personally led a large army to attack Jinhai, and it was also extremely laborious, not so much to capture Jinhai City, but to say that Huaidong took the initiative to give up Jinhai City.

In the later period, Chen Zhihu, Zhou Fan, and Yuan Lishan generals surrendered, and the new annexed army became the main force of the infantry battalion of the Southern Expedition, and the siege ability was greatly improved, but it could not be called perfect.

Before launching the Nanyang War, the luxury family surrendered, and the luxury family taught the siege technology, and the offensive and defensive tactics took a big step forward; This also made it possible for the Yanyu coalition to capture Nanyang City, which was held by hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in a short period of time.

Of course, Azig is no longer the impulsive boy he was at the beginning - the luxury family is so skilled in offensive and defensive tactics, with as many as 200,000 soldiers and horses at its peak, but he lost his armor to Huaidong on the Eastern Front, and finally had to give up Jiangxi in a hurry and flee north across the river, so how strong is the strength of the Huaidong Army?

Conquering Nanyang is the first step to gain strategic superiority on the western front, and in the end, it is necessary to fight with Huaidong soldiers and horses on both sides of the Yangtze River.

In addition to leaving a deep impression on the Jiangdong Left Army, the predecessor of the Huaidong Army, in Yannan at the beginning, Azig did not participate in the Xuzhou War, so he still lacks an intuitive understanding of the strength of Huaidong after the real rise.

Although the Huaidong Army lacked intuitive understanding of this at this time, Azig would never despise Huaidong again.

After the Battle of Xuzhou, the Emperor of Heavenly Destiny categorically decided to abandon the eastern front and decided to bypass the Xusi defense line defended by Huaidong and seek to win a breakthrough on the western front, which caused great controversy within the Yan court. Although Azig did not have any status at that time, he was a staunch supporter of the strategy of the Western Front, and for the past two years, he has also been fighting on the Western Front with Yezirorong.

The Huaidong army is good at defending the city, which is fully reflected in the battles of Yannan and the later Jinhai wars, and the Huaidong water camp is invincible in the East China Sea, which is almost a recognized fact. The Xusi defense line has a strong city, and there are Huaisi and other rivers crisscrossing it, as Azig, who has been in contact with the Huaidong army, there is no confidence that he can break through the Xusi defense line held by the Huaidong elite from the front.

As long as the army breaks through the Nanyang Pass and captures Jingzhou in one go, it will be able to occupy the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Huai River at the same time, and gain the strategic initiative over Huaidong.