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Jiangxia City.

Liang Tong stood on the city wall, frowning.

The general beside him also had a sad look on his face.

When the news of the fall of Shacheng came, he was so horrified that he couldn't believe his ears.

At the beginning, it was clearly their initiative to outflank King Yan's army with the Changcheng army.

But overnight, the situation became passive.

Instead they were surrounded.

When he first got the news, he wanted to lead troops to take back Shacheng.

But he immediately gave up the idea.

Although he had many soldiers and horses, it was impossible to recapture the city where King Yan's army was stationed.

Because he knew that King Yan's army was currently equipped with a musket that was more terrifying than a front-loading rifle.

Siege is the way to death.

And it is impossible to bypass Shacheng.

King Yan's army will not let them leave easily.

They can definitely dig trenches and cut off the road on the only way to Guizhou.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to defend Jiangxia and at the same time sent people to Changcheng for help.

It is hoped that Changcheng's army can bypass the rear of King Yan's army and encircle them again.

This is their only hope of winning.

But what he didn't know was that Changcheng was already surrounded by the royal family's troops.

The people they sent out were destined to be unable to send the news to Changcheng.

"The food and grass in the city is only enough to last two months. If there are no reinforcements within two months, everything will be over." A general said.

Liang Tong's frown deepened, "This is the case when King Yan is besieging the city but not attacking. If King Yan launches an attack, it is difficult to say whether it can last for more than a month."

Xiangzhou is located in the south of Dasong and is a barren land.

Therefore, the city walls of prefectures and counties are neither high nor thick.

Jiangxia is also a county town, so the city walls are shorter and thinner.

If it was absolutely necessary, he would not be stationed in Jiangxia at all.

However, in order to hold on longer, he dug many trenches around Jiangxia City in the past few days.

Hope this can be delayed as long as possible.

Realizing that what he said was too depressing, he suddenly said loudly, "Everyone, when we set out, I said that this battle is a decisive battle between our clan and King Yan. No matter how difficult the situation is, we can win this battle. If we continue to fight, as long as reinforcements from the Western Turks arrive, we will be victorious."

The generals nodded, now their only hope is the Western Turks.

Therefore, no matter what the cost, they must hold back King Yan.

Even if King Yan wins everything, as long as Bacheng is still there at the last moment, they will have hope of a comeback.

This Dasong will still belong to the powerful clan in the future.

As they were talking, they suddenly noticed that King Yan's army was moving.

The troops of King Yan from the north and east moved towards the two wings of Jiangxia City and gradually surrounded Jiangxia.

At the same time, King Yan's artillery was looking for a suitable location to establish an artillery position.

It seems that they are going to launch an attack on Jiangxia City.

Seeing this, Commander Liang and the generals were silent for a while.

This fierce battle in Jiangxia is inevitable...

at the same time.

After Chang Wei ordered Qinshan and Guantong to surround Jiangxia, they circled the city to the east and met Zhao Xu.

"Your Highness, the last general interrogated the Shacheng county guards in Shacheng. They said that the Wu army only carried two months of food and grass." Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu knew what Chang Wei wanted to say. What he meant was to besiege Jiangxia but not attack, and wait for it to fall into chaos.

From a tactical perspective, this is of course the optimal solution.

However, this is the optimal solution for the battlefield in front of us, but it is not the optimal solution for the overall situation.

Because the war is delayed for one more month, there is more chance that the Western-Turkish army will intervene in the civil strife in Dasong.

Therefore, the Wu army must be dealt with as soon as possible without delay.

After all, after winning Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou, there will be Bazhou, Yunzhou and Yizhou.

Thinking of this, he said: "I have long asked you to take a long-term view, not only at home, but also as a general like you. It seems that other generals have not made much progress now."

After that, he explained it to Chang Wei.

Hearing this, Chang Wei laughed sarcastically, "It's the general's fault."

Zhao Xu glared at him, "When the war in Jiangnan is over, think carefully about Da Song's overseas strategy and how to fight overseas wars."

Looking to the south, he continued, "It's not that if we unify Dasong, the war will be over. On the contrary, the real war has just begun. A group of wolves are at the gate of Dasong, waiting to eat us. They are more difficult than the powerful army." It’s a lot to deal with.”

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei put away his playful smile and turned serious.

At the same time, there was an excitement inside that was hard to suppress.

This is the fighting spirit of a swordsman when he challenges his next opponent.

"Have a night's rest and launch an attack on Jiangxia tomorrow." Zhao Xu gave the order directly.

A night of silence.

Early the next morning, as soon as the eastern sky became bright, bursts of thunder rang out on the earth.

This is the artillery attack on Jiangxia.

The howitzers were responsible for bombarding the soldiers in the ditch in front of the city, while the rifled artillery bombarded the Jiangxia city wall directly.

They want to smash this short and thin city wall directly.

"Tell the artillerymen not to save shells and hit hard." Zhao Xu looked at the battlefield and ordered at the same time.

The battle between Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou is undoubtedly one of the major battles before unification.

After the victory of the battle, he basically stripped away the prefectures and counties controlled by the peripheral powerful families in Bazhou.

After that, they captured Yizhou, conquered Yunzhou, and finally conquered Bazhou. Dasong restored its territory to its most powerful period.

However, this territory obviously cannot satisfy him.

In the future, the territories controlled by Tibet and Beidi will inevitably be taken back.

Otherwise, he would have no face to face future generations.

"Boom boom boom..."

After his order was issued, the sound of artillery became more intense.

Cannonballs landed on the trenches and city walls like no money, exploding into a sea of ​​fire.

Under the fierce bombardment from the royal army's artillery, the powerful generals and soldiers did not dare to stay on the city wall.

Six hundred thousand people could only squeeze into the small city of Jiangxia, listening to the explosions outside the city like frightened birds. The atmosphere was despairing.

This shelling continued for six days and is still continuing.

During this period, soldiers were constantly sent out to supplement the soldiers in the trenches.

The bodies of many dead soldiers and injured soldiers were carried into the city.

In just six days, 30,000 corpses and more than 40,000 disabled soldiers gathered in the city.

It was summer, and these corpses were piled up and rotting quickly, and the stench filled Jiangxia City.

Wounded soldiers continue to die every day due to infection in their wounds.

And compared to death, despair spreads.

More soldiers refused to come out of the city to guard the trenches.

There were even cases where soldiers mutinied and killed generals because of this incident.

Even though he was suppressed, he still noticed the slightest hint of it.

Liang Tong and the powerful generals became more and more worried about the soldiers from the lower-level powerful tribes.

On the seventh day.

Suddenly some black spots appeared in the sky, and then pieces of paper fell into Jiangxia City like snowflakes.

The soldiers of the Shi tribe picked up these pieces of paper and found that there were pictures on them.

Looking at these pictures, many powerful soldiers shed tears.