The Chinese Army and the Ming Army fought in the Xiangyang area. Both sides knew that the war was of great importance and did not dare to take it lightly?

Zhu Xieyuan had an advantage in military strength and was on the offensive side. Li Dingguo was mainly a small soldier, but he defended with the dangerous city.

Xiangyang City relies on the Han River and can enter the Yangtze River. The water transportation is very developed, which is also the key to its competition for the north and south.

Any force wants to surround Xiangyang City, it must cut off its internal and external connections. The main thing is to cut off its connection between the rivers.

The Mongols of that time surrounded Xiangyang City and cut off all his internal and external transportation. They fought for ten years before they fought, which shows their importance.

Zhu Xieyuan's army must first encircle Xiangyang City, which seems a bit difficult.

Because the water transportation in Xiangyang City was very developed, the Chinese navy firmly controlled the control of the Han River and the Yangtze River. Although they had no choice but to take the Zhu Xieyuan army on the land.

However, Zhu Xieyuan's army did not dare to appear by the river, as it was easily attacked by the Chinese Navy.

Zhu Xieyuan assembled a group of naval troops in Sichuan and prepared to advance east along the river, but his navy generals saw that the Chinese navy was so powerful that they did not dare to fight easily.

Although the Chinese army was defeated in Yiling, their navy advanced straight into the Three Gorges. If they wanted to launch a fierce attack, it would not be difficult to capture this place. They also beat the Ming army's navy to the point where they dared not raise their heads and did not dare to fight at all. They even dared to use the Yangtze River to transport supplies.

This is also the reason why Zhu Xieyuan's army lacks food and grass.

Zhu Xieyuan's army gathered a large number of military rations in Sichuan and Chongqing, but they were unable to transport them to the front-line army, so they had to raise grain on the spot.

Those who come to besiege Xiangyang City must advance water and land to capture this place. However, Zhu Xieyuan's navy was not strong and could only send his powerful land troops to siege the city on three sides of Xiangyang City.

His army formed several huge square formations, overwhelmingly, and put huge pressure on the Chinese army.

Because of insufficient troops, Li Dingguo gave up all the fortresses and checkpoints on the periphery and concentrated his main force in Xiangfan County.

Fortunately, there is one side of Xiangyang City that is close to the Han River. Their navy is invincible and the enemy cannot get close to it at all, which makes the enemy's siege become empty words.

Through the Han River, the Chinese army continuously obtained military food supplies. It became impossible to cut off the connection between Xiangyang City and the outside world.

Li Dingguo sighed that fortunately he persuaded the navy to stay at that time, otherwise the city would be besieged on three sides, which would lead to panic.

Although the Ming army is at the city, the people in the city are gradually moving towards stability and no one is in panic. This is because the Ming army has no way to surround Xiangyang, and it is even more difficult to take him down.

Another point is that for those powerful people, if they want to leave, they can also leave by boat. Of course, the shipping fee is quite not cheap.

Since Li Dingguo took over, martial law has been carried out in Xiangyang City, especially after he heard of the great defeat in the Battle of Yiling, he began to order martial law throughout the city, and he was allowed to go out and not enter.

The main purpose of Li Dingguo's measures was to prevent the enemy from sending spies into the city, working inside and outside, breaking into the city.

Li Dingguo is very smart. Although he has never been a senior officer and cannot be said to be experienced, some people's talents and abilities are almost born.

Li Dingguo is the kind of person who allows you to be a team leader and can do the job of a hundred households. He has immediately worked in an orderly and very stable manner.

Many people think that Xiangyang City is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of enemies, so it should be panic and very frightened.

However, under the governance of Li Dingguo, it was indeed very good. The stability of the people in Xiangyang City was the prerequisite for them to defend Xiangyang City.

Li Dingguo was also very clear about the other party trying his best to penetrate the city. His response was very simple. This was to close the city gate, not to enter. Moreover, his troops were concentrated on the front line of the city gate, and all those approaching were driven or executed.

Moreover, his method of seizing a large number of powerful and officials as hostages in the city gate tower gave him more personnel. These people were registered, had a background, and had guarantees. This proved that they were innocent and were at ease.

Every time they encircle and attack the city, they must first create panic. If they cannot siege the city, they will naturally be unable to panic. They still have the Han River retreat, so they are not afraid at all.

Originally, Li Dingguo wanted to clear the fields nearby. If time was enough, he would move all the people to the city, burning all their food and houses, and not giving anything to Zhu Xieyuan's army. This is called the scorched earth tactic, but it is too late to go.

Li Dingguo made every effort to win three days, mainly to improve urban defense and to put cannons on the city wall.

But Zhu Xieyuan was quite smart. It was not easy for him to fight for three days. He sent so many envoys to lobby the other party, but the other party didn't even talk, and directly chopped his head.

Li Dingguo admired this very much. If the other party had a member of the Liu royal family, Li Dingguo would definitely be timid and dare not let go. However, Zhu Xieyuan was so cruel, one killed the other and did not waste any time.

Several large armies quickly arrived at Xiangyang City and surrounded Xiangyang City on three sides.

Xiangyang City is composed of Xiangcheng and Fancheng. Both sides are separated by the Han River. Because of insufficient troops, Li Dingguo placed his main force on the two cities. He wanted to give up Fancheng, but he also understood that the two cities had a cold and depended on each other. The area of ​​defense was large, which gave the enemy more targets to attack. But at the same time, there was also one thing that was that the difficulty of the enemy to surround them was greatly enhanced.

The Ming army only had a hundred thousand troops. It was impossible to siege them in a tight way and siege them, especially because their navy was not strong enough and there was no full siege.

After Zhu Xieyuan's army arrived, without any rest, it immediately launched a tentative attack. Zhu Xieyuan sent his archers to enter within a hundred steps and used the bow and arrow to shoot the city in a covered manner.

The Ming army dispatched nearly 10,000 archers to launch large-scale shots on the city, and saw countless arrows pouring on the city wall like raindrops.

Li Dingguo had already expected this.

His spies had already received enough information, which was to know that the Ming army did not carry heavy siege equipment, and they only had some light weapons, which meant that their siege method would be very single.

Li Dingguo ordered people to remove a large number of door panels and move them to the city wall. When the enemy used bows and arrows to shoot them, they used these door panels to block them. The bows and arrows did not hit them. The seemingly powerful arrow rain tactics were not harmful to the Chinese army.

Li Dingguo knew that Zhu Xieyuan was a veteran of the siege and his tricks were impossible. In fact, Zhu Xieyuan is also very timid now.

The biggest problem comes from their navy who is not strong enough. If the navy is not strong enough, it cannot surround Xiangyang City in full and cannot put pressure on the opponent. The enemy can attack and retreat and defend, and they are not afraid of them at all.

The second is the real city of Xiangyang City, with a very wide moat. These moats are introduced into the Han River, and their river sections can even be shipped, which makes it impossible for them to quickly send large troops to set up ladders to attack the city.

The offensive and defensive battle between the two sides has not yet begun, and the Chinese army has not cut off the hanging gate outside the city gate. If they cut off the hanging gate, the enemy will have no choice but to attack the city.

For such a city, the only way is to dig out the river, lure away the river water from its moat, then fill the moat with soil, then build a ladder to attack the city.

This takes a lot of time.

With the use of explosives, there were new ways to attack the city. This was to dig tunnels, bury a large amount of explosives under the city wall, collapse the city wall, and attack them. However, because there were rivers everywhere, there were underground rivers everywhere, they had no way to dig tunnels. Zhu Xieyuan's army of 100,000 rolled in, and looked huge. In fact, he felt that a tiger could not bite a hedgehog in the small Xiangyang City.

Zhu Xieyuan thought about the map and thoughtfully, and he also saw that the enemy's naval commander had become the key. If there was no way to solve the opponent's naval commander, he would not be able to siege Xiangyang in full and would not be able to capture the city.

Zhu Xieyuan said: "The enemy's navy is the key."

But seeing that the opponent's navy was all huge hazy giant ships, and they were extremely fast, coming and going like the wind, and the ship was full of cannons, just like moving turrets. The Chinese army's tactics were very advanced and no longer used traditional string fighting and fire attack. The two sides fought with cannons to bomb you. This was crushing for the Ming army's navy, and they were crying and calling for their parents, and they were no match for them at all.

Zhu Xieyuan said to Guo Chun, the deputy general of the Navy, "The enemy's navy is the key. If the navy cannot be solved, our army will have no way to take Xiangyang. Are you able to do it?"

Guo Chun is a veteran of the navy and has always been responsible for the training of the navy in Sichuan. He is also an executor of traditional water wars and is very clear about the traditional fire fighting and water attacks. However, after fighting with the enemy, he suffered a lot. He knew that the opponent's cannons were very powerful and his navy was no match for them at all.

He didn't dare to say this to Zhu Xieyuan, so he had to say, "I think of a solution."
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