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Although Yangfu is a township in the administrative level of Da Chu, it was actually built as a small city decades ago.

The circumference of the city wall is only four miles, but the wall is more than twenty feet high, and there are only two city gates in the east and west.

The Chu imperial court originally had a patrol station here, similar to the Inspection Office, as well as government agencies such as the tax office.

On weekdays, the Yangfu market is mostly held outside, and merchants and people also trade outside the city. It is quite prosperous because it is one of the main water and land transportation routes of Runing Prefecture.

Now that the war has broken out, there is naturally no one outside the city.

The city was almost overcrowded.

In addition to the tens of thousands of people who originally lived in and around Yangfu City, there are now more than 10,000 local soldiers from the Great Chu and more than 3,000 border troops.

If we include the young and strong men who can be temporarily recruited from the people, the military strength of the small city of Yangfu may be close to 30,000!

This many soldiers and horses should be more than enough to guard such a small city.

However, when Chen Wan learned that Xincai and other places had fallen, he immediately sent Fan Ao with more than 10,000 troops to provide support.

Of course, Fan Ao's more than 10,000 soldiers were not in Yangfu City, but had built a camp on a nearby hillside.

Together with the two camps originally built by the Yangfu defenders on the edge of the city, the small city of Yangfu now had three large camps to guard it, forming a fairly complete defense system.

There are even four Tianwei cannons in the small town of Yangfu!

However, upon learning that the Hui army was coming to attack, people inside and outside Yangfu City were still in a panic.

Yangfu's original commander, Feng Yi, was only a lieutenant general of the Hebei border army, and the more than 3,000 border troops in the city were under his command.

When he first came to Yangfu to garrison, he was full of confidence. He felt that with 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses, he could easily defeat such a small city, even if the enemy was a notorious pirate.

He even thought at one point that it might not even be his turn to engage in battle with the bandits and the war would be over.

However, when news came that Xincai, Shenqiu and Gucheng had fallen one after another, and he learned about the true strength of the bandits, Feng Yi not only lost the confidence to hold on to Yangfu, but even began to panic.

According to information from the army, when the bandits attacked Xincai and other places, they actually used hundreds of Tianwei-level cannons!

How could the small town of Yangfu where he was stationed bear this?
In order to avoid chaos in the army, Feng Yi did not even dare to let the news spread among the army.

However, there is no wall that is impenetrable, and in recent days there have been many rumors in the army about the ferociousness of the enemy's artillery.

Now the local soldiers in the two camps outside the city are clamoring to enter the city - if the Yan army really has hundreds of Tianwei cannons to use for attacking the city, Yangfu will not be able to be defended, and the two camps outside the city will be even less able to be defended.

Staying in the camp means waiting for death.

In this case, it is no wonder that the soldiers stationed in the camp were unwilling.

However, putting all the soldiers from the two camps into the city would cause the city to be overcrowded. Without the two camps, Yangfu would have no hope of being defended.

After the news of the attack by the Hui army spread, the local soldiers in the two camps became more and more violent. Feng Yi could no longer suppress the situation and had to send people to ask Fan Ao for help.

The messenger came back with a handwritten letter from Fan Ao.

"Useless! No matter whether it is the border troops or the local troops, they are all soldiers of the Great Chu and should obey military orders. If there are those who disobey military orders, they will be beheaded. Why do they need to ask me for help?" Behead?
With so many people making a fuss, were they all killed?
However, if we cannot suppress these local troops now, Yangfu will be lost without the need for the Hui army to attack.

Therefore, Feng Yi sent his family servants with hundreds of elite border troops to the two camps, found several middle and low-level officers who had caused the most trouble, beheaded them in public, and only then was the local troops barely suppressed.

That afternoon, the Hui army appeared in the wilderness outside Yangfu City...

Although Fan Ao was quite rebellious among the border army generals, he was indeed brave and daring in battle.

Seeing that the Hui army was deployed outside Yangfu City and was about to attack the city, he immediately pulled out more than 3,000 cavalry and 7,000 to 8,000 infantry and deployed them to one side of the Hui army.

The meaning is very clear. As long as the Hui army dares to attack the city, he will send troops to attack the flank of the Hui army.

In front of the Chu army, the commander of this battle, Shengjiewei Brigade Commander Wang Kuan, used a telescope to look at the Chu army's Fan Ao's formation and couldn't help laughing: "This Fan Ao's formation is worthy of its reputation for bravery. I have more than 30,000 troops here, but he dares to lead his troops out of the camp and prepare for a field battle with my army."

Xunfengwei had already found out the troop deployment in Yangfu. In addition, Yangfu was closer to Ruyang, so the Ruyang Chu army was likely to continue to provide support. So this time Liu Sheng asked Wang Kuan to bring four regiments of his personal guards and two Shandong garrison brigades, so the total force reached more than 30,000!

Wang Kuan is now in his forties. Although he has served as the commander of the Royal Guards for many years, this is the first time he has commanded so many troops, so he is quite excited.

Of course, his skills in cultivating his Qi are pretty good now, as can be seen on the surface.

After putting away the telescope, Wang Kuan immediately instructed the messenger: "Inform all units. Later, the Third Regiment of the Fourth Brigade of the Tiger Guards and the First Brigade of the Security Army will keep an eye on the Chu army in Yangfu City and the two camps. The rest of the units will follow me to defeat Fan Ao's troops first!"

"Yes!"

The messenger left in response, and soon the Hui army began to move.

Generally, they were divided into two parts, with a small part continuing to stare at the direction of Yangfu city; the other large part turned to face Fan Ao's troops and launched hundreds of field artillery vehicles!

The top of Yangfu city.

Although Feng Yi and others did not have telescopes, their eyesight was good. In addition, the area outside the city was open, so they could still vaguely see the changes in the Hui army's formation - after all, the Hui army's formation consisted of tens of thousands of people and occupied a large area, so its movements were more conspicuous.

A captain said, "General, it seems that the Lai army wants to attack General Fan first. Should we send out some troops to contain them?"

Feng Yi frowned upon hearing this and asked in a cold voice, "How should we send troops to contain them? Should we send the more than 3,000 border troops in the city, or send the local troops from the two large camps?"

"Let's not talk about whether the three thousand border troops can defeat the remaining small group of bandits. Who will defend the city of Yangfu?"

"As for sending local troops, do you think it is more likely that those local troops will be scattered after leaving the stronghold, or will they fight against the bandits?"

Qian Zong said angrily, "I'm afraid the possibility of collapse is greater."

The local soldiers in the two camps were barely suppressed by Feng Yi, and they were already full of resentment. If they were asked to defend the camps, there was still a possibility, but if they were asked to fight the bandits in the field, they would probably be scattered after a round of bombardment.

However, if they did not send out troops to contain the enemy, how could Fan Ao defeat the Hui army?
Thinking of this, the commander could only ask as a reminder: "What about General Fan?"

Feng Yi said: "General Fan is confused. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, we should defend and fight. Now he has taken the initiative to go out of the camp and fight the enemy in the field. I am unable to help him and can only hope that he can win the battle."

Just as Feng Yi finished speaking, there was a rumbling sound coming from the wilderness. It turned out that the Hui army's field artillery launched an attack on Fan Ao's Chu army!
The Battle of Chuyangfu begins! (End of this chapter)