Fu Song

Chapter 543 The Battle of Xiangfan
Lu Wenhuan stood at the head of the city, his fists clenched tightly, his veins exposed, on the other side, Fancheng was experiencing a moment of life and death.

Stone bullets weighing hundreds of catties were thrown by huge trebuchets, making a palpitating whistling sound in the air, and then fell heavily on the city wall. Every time it hits, a large part of the city wall will be crushed. The entire Fancheng was already in dilapidated condition and was in disrepair.

However, Xiangyang, who used to support each other as the horns of Fancheng, is now tightly restrained, unable to allocate troops to rescue Fancheng, and can only watch helplessly as Fancheng falls into crisis step by step.

General Yelumin of the Liao Dynasty commanded [-] vassal troops and tens of thousands of surrendered troops gathered by Cui Ang, Qu Zhen, etc., and the siege of Xiangfan has lasted for more than half a month.

At the beginning, Xiangcheng and Fancheng supported each other and used the pontoon bridge on the water to move their troops back and forth.

But as Yelumin collected hundreds of ships, launched an attack on Xiangyang from the water, and completely cut off the interaction between the two cities, life in the two cities became increasingly difficult.

For Xiangyang, Yelumin is now besieging but not fighting.

Instead, all the heavy weapons and troops were concentrated, driving the descending army, and recklessly launched a fierce attack on Fancheng.

And Lu Wenhuan knew that once Fancheng fell, Xiangyang City would inevitably follow in its footsteps, the difference was only in the length of time.

Now, the only thing he can look forward to is the surrounding reinforcements.

But who will send reinforcements?
Except for a few places in Xiangfan, the entire Southwest Road of Beijing has been captured by Yelumin and Cui Ang's coalition forces, and the only thing that can be counted on is that the Jinghu Road Navy can come from the river.

This is the quickest and most effective way of support.

During the battle, Lu Wenhuan sent a rescue letter to Jinghu Road, but until now, he has not received a reply, and he has not seen even half of the reinforcements.

The city of Tokyo was destroyed, the emperor and the Supreme Emperor were captured in one go, and Wudi hit the entire Song Kingdom with a blow. At this time, there must be many people with various ideas.

Naturally, the Liao people would not give up such an opportunity. Many people were selected from the captives of the Song Dynasty to go to various places to surrender. Even Lu Wenhuan and Fan Wenshun were treated like this, and the people who came to persuade them to surrender were old acquaintances of the two. .

Lu Wenhuan beheaded this old acquaintance unceremoniously.

The importance of Xiangfan is self-evident. If it is lost here, it will open the door of the whole south to the Liao people. Although the Zhao Song royal family is gone now, Lu Wenhuan still wants to guard this crucial door for the Han people. , to prevent the barbarians from fleeing into the last piece of pure land in the south.

But how difficult is it to accomplish this?

"Let General Fan abandon Fancheng and retreat across the river!" Lu Wenhuan sternly shouted at the lieutenant beside him.

"General Lu, General Fan must not withdraw. He said that Fancheng cannot be defended. If they retreat along the pontoon bridge, the Liao army will follow. Coupled with the cover of enemy ships on the river, Xiangyang will be destroyed. It's also dangerous, he told you to break the pontoon bridge, General!" said the deputy general.

Lu Wenhuan fell silent immediately, and after a while, he said, "Can we still organize a counterattack to relieve the pressure on Fancheng?"

The lieutenant general shook his head: "Today, we have organized three times, and none of them succeeded. General, the people sent out can only die in vain. It's not worth it."

"What do you mean it's not worth it? Is it possible for us to watch thousands of brothers in Fancheng die in battle?" Lu Wenhuan was furious and sternly reprimanded.

The lieutenant lowered his head and remained silent.

He knew that Lu Wenhuan was very aware of the current situation, and he just lashed out at him in a moment of impatience.

But what can be done?

The most painful thing in the world is watching a comrade-in-arms go to destruction step by step, but there is no way to rescue him.

"Liu Zheng, you bastard, don't fall into my hands, or I will definitely tear you apart." Standing at the top of the wall, Lu Wenhuan gritted his teeth.

It was precisely because of the Linjiang system on Northwest Beijing Road that Liu Zheng brought hundreds of warships and sailors to Cui Ang, which made the situation in Xiangfan change suddenly and become extremely dangerous.

If the Han River is controlled by their own family, let alone a month, it will be a year, ten years, how can the Liao people control Xiangyang City?

There are soldiers in the city, food on the river, and a steady stream of reinforcements along the river. How can the Liao people, who don't care about boats, take Xiangyang?
But now it is completely different.

Liu Zheng's surrender caused the Han River to fall, and there has been no news on Jinghu Road. I am afraid that he also knows about Liu Zheng's surrender, right?If they want to come to help, they must first compete with Liu Zheng for supremacy on the river.

Jiang family, do you still have the spirit?

Or are they also up for grabs?

The emperor is gone,
The court is gone,
The backbone is naturally gone.

Who are you fighting for?

this is a problem.

"The enemy has entered the west city!" The lieutenant beside him exclaimed.

Lu Wenhuan was startled, and opened his eyes wide. Through the layers of smoke, he saw groups of soldiers in red uniforms climbing up the ruins in the northwest corner that had been bombed by the catapults.

These red-robed troops should all be the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty in the past. Now they haven't even changed their clothes, but they have become the pioneers of the Liao Army.

The imperial guards guarding the city wore the same battle robes as them. At this time, the two sides were entangled, and it was difficult to distinguish who was their side from the clothes.

West City is in danger.

Then Lu Wenhuan saw a Xuanjia general leaping out from behind the ruins like a god, with a long spear in his hand, he stabbed more than ten enemies in front of him to death in an instant.

The momentum of the besiegers was suddenly stagnant. Taking advantage of this opportunity, countless people rushed up from behind and pushed the besiegers back.

Under the sound of bows and crossbows, the besiegers who fled back in embarrassment left corpses all over the place.

Xicheng survived this crisis. Under the command of that general, the people who had just rushed up hurriedly used the discarded bricks and tiles to rebuild the barrier.

This place has basically been bombarded by trebuchets, and it will definitely become the focus of attack next time.

But at the same time, the defender can also use this place to set up some traps to kill and injure opponents in large numbers.

Seeing the successful defense of the west city of Fancheng, bursts of cheers came from above the city wall of Xiangyang, but Lu Wenhuan couldn't laugh at all.

It's like the flashback of a dying patient. Just now, if Fan Wenshun saved it once, can he save it ten times?

And this is not the only problem that will go wrong next?
When everything becomes a loophole, there is no way to save it.

On the surface of the river, the enemy's navy was wandering unscrupulously, approaching Xiangyang City intentionally or unintentionally from time to time.

It was these ships that plunged Xiangyang into trouble.

In the future, Xiangyang City must establish a navy of its own, if it can hold this time without falling.

Lu Wenhuan thought in his heart.

At this time, Yelumin, the commander-in-chief of the Liao army, did not put his mind on the battlefield.

He is unscrupulously alienating the relationship between King Zhao Cui Ang and Qu Zhen.

Naturally, Cui Ang would not appear in front of Yelumin in such a grand manner, especially in front of him on the battlefield.

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi!

Ten years ago, in front of Cui Ang, Qin Min was nothing more than a small bug, and he crushed it to death if he wanted to.

But ten years later, in front of Yelumin, although Cui Ang was stronger than Chongzi, he was not much stronger.

He really dared to take it like this, Yelumin really dared to create an accident, and killed him easily.

If you die, you will die in vain, and Cui Ang has no place to reason.

As the queen's confidant, Yelumin is the commander of the [-] Shan army. Could it be that the Liao Kingdom will come to question Yelumin because of Cui Ang?
Even if you ask the crime, I'm afraid it will be raised high and lowered gently.

I have a bright future, how can I die so vaguely?

So this time when the joint Shan army attacked, Cui Ang stayed in the rear obediently, delivering food, grass and ordnance to the front, but he himself would never take a step in danger.The command of the army was handed over to Qu Zhen.

"What kind of thing is Cui Ang?" Yelumin put his big feet on top of the big case, and said to Qu Zhen with disdain: "He can be the king of Zhao, but you can't be the king of Zhao?"

Of course Qu Zhen knew the grievances between these two people, and he didn't want to intervene in the conflict between these two people.

Any one of them can kill him.

In other years, Cui Ang was cautious in front of Yelumin, but in front of him, Quzhen, he was a proper big shot.

Right now, there are tens of thousands of troops in my hands, but they are really my confidantes, and they are only a few thousand people.

The rest are all pointing to Cui Ang, King Zhao!
If Cui Ang knew that he had other thoughts, he would be murderous towards him immediately.

Back then Cui Ang relied heavily on himself, that was because at that time, he really had no experienced generals to use, and he had no choice but himself.

But now, with a large number of the Fourth Army and the Forbidden Army around Gyeonggi surrendering, there are too many people available to Cui Ang. Some people's skills are no worse than his own, and he is no longer indispensable.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help being surprised again.

Self is not indispensable anymore.

"You can replace me now!" Yelumin said with a chuckle: "And you know that this King Zhao has a lot of scandals, how long do you think he will tolerate you? Follow me and keep your glory and wealth, this King Zhao's seat , and it will be yours sooner or later."

While her heart was pounding, Qu Zhen also resisted the urge to express her loyalty immediately.

Anyway, we have to get through this period of time.

The emperor of the Liao Kingdom died. Qu Zhen didn't know what was planned before his death, but Cui Ang definitely knew.

Cui Ang didn't come out this time, not just because he was afraid of Yelumin.

Next, there will inevitably be a fight between dragons and tigers in the country of Liao.

What Cui Ang said was vague, but Qu Zhen still guessed something.

The imperial party is going to have a showdown with the Houtang.

Yelumin, on the other hand, is a proper queen.

The Liao Kingdom arranged Yelumin here, and put Cui Ang behind him, but the intention was very sinister.

But will the queen party really lose?

Qu Zhen didn't think so either.

No matter how powerful Yelujun was, he was still a dead man.

His opponent, Queen Xiao Chuoke, was still alive.

A living person must have a great advantage over a dead person.

If he offends Yelumin now, if the queen party wins, I'm afraid life will be sad.

But on the other hand, if the Queen's Party fails, but I have expressed my loyalty to him, I am afraid that the Emperor's Party will clean up itself later.

Hey, it's really hard for people to live!
If one is not careful, the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out!
Yelumin was not angry when he looked at Qu Zhenwei, talking about him from left to right, and said with a smile: "General Qu, this battle should be fought well, don't care about the dead, as long as we take Xiangyang, we will open the battle." Once we cross the gate of the Jianghan Plain, even the whole south will tremble because of us. Take control of Nanyang and Xiangyang, and you will be prosperous in the future! These soldiers in your hands are not your confidantes or your own. Why do you keep so many? Will they show off their power in front of you when the time comes?"

It was too explicit.

This is to let Qu Zhen send Cui Ang's confidant army to die, and then secretly preserve his strength. In the future, he will control Nanyang, hold Xiangyang in his hand, and become a springboard for the Liao Kingdom to attack the south. This is important and worthy of a crown. Bar!

"The final general must work hard. Tomorrow, no, today, the final general will definitely take down Fancheng!" Qu Zhen said eagerly, "I also ask the commander-in-chief to give an order to General Liu Zheng to let his navy fully cooperate with my attack."

"That's natural. Don't worry about someone who dares not to exert all his strength. I'll be watching from behind!" Yelumin laughed and said, "If anyone doesn't work hard, no way, I'll invite him to have a meal of bandao noodles!"

It seems that Yelumin is going to kill Cui Ang's confidant army, anyway, it is a good thing for Cui Ang's confidant to die.

As for the loss of the army, it is not the same thing. Now there are many scattered troops around Gyeonggi. As long as they recruit a little, the army can be fully staffed again.

And if you recruit again, of course you can play tricks.

Qu Zhen walked out of the big tent excitedly.

The crown doesn't seem so out of reach.

At this moment, he suddenly hoped that the Queen's Party would win the battle between the Queen's Party and the Imperial Party in the Liao Kingdom.

As long as the queen's party wins, Yelumin will inevitably gain power. Given his deep blood feud with Cui Ang, he must deal with Cui Ang. Then the title of King Zhao may really fall on him.

Stepping on the horse, he drove towards the front line in high spirits.

"Pass me the military order." Riding on the horse, he roared loudly.

Inside the big tent, Yelumin sneered.

People die for wealth, and birds are the king of food.

A crown of King Zhao can turn Qu Zhen and Cui Ang against each other, these people have no shame at all.

Cui Ang, I will take your skin off!
Yelumin grabbed the water bottle on the desk and took a big gulp.

The battle between the imperial party and the queen party is a joke here in Yelumin.

Everything was planned by the empress.

When they return to Shangjing, those who want to make the empress look good will know why the flowers are so popular!

(End of this chapter)