Wang Deng snorted unhappy, then understood his intention to cover his body and dress up: "You are going to go out tonight to attack the enemy at night?"

Yang Xuan tightened the belt on his arms and said with a sarcastic tone: "Night is a good time to fight. I, the Tulong Army, cannot do the matter of going out of the city during the day to fight the powerful Hu Qi. After breaking for a while during the day, I took it out to retrieve it at night. This is the style of Zheng Yunming, deputy governor of Jing and E, right?" He nodded at Zheng Yunming.

Zheng Yunming once again showed his trademark ambiguous smile: "Using the regular soldiers to resist their strengths and attacking their weaknesses with surprise soldiers is the reason why I, Zheng Yunming, use the troops."

He said to Wang Deng: "You have selected 200 people from the Zhenwu army that did not go out to fight today and go out to the city with Chunfu. The daytime defeat is a morale blow to the Zhenwu army. Let them see that we have a way to defeat the Mongols."

Wang Deng asked, "When will Chunfa take action?"

"The third day." Yang Yu said: "At this time, most of the Mongolian soldiers and generals were already asleep, and the sentries guarding were also tired. At that time, the two groups came out together to attack the Mongolian military camp."

He had to say something else, and suddenly he saw a soldier waiting with a man under the light outside the main hall.

Zheng Yunming had a good eye. At first glance, he realized that Pei Gen, a firearm craftsman who had been arranged as a key protection, had arrived. During this period, Yang Xuan pretended to be mysterious and made a gesture, walked out the door, talked with Pei Gen for a while, then took the thing from Pei Gen's hand and put it in his arms, and returned mysteriously.

Zheng Yunming smiled and said, "This black light is made in the middle of the night, like a thin joint. What kind of good thing is to hide so closely?"

Yang Yu took out the thing and put it in his palm. It was a small box made of brass. Yang Yu gently opened the box, and inside it was a piece of vine of a dried plant.

Wang Deng asked, "Is it a fire?"

Yang Xuan nodded: "It's hard for us to visit others in the middle of the night to bring the lights. If we want to burn a firearm, we have to rely on this dark fire." He carefully put the fire back in his arms and said to Zheng Yunming: "When the fighting sounds sounded from the north and the east, the general of the governor can order people to set off copper at the four gates to disturb the enemy, so that the enemy can't figure out our way, so that I can take advantage of the chaos to rob."

Zheng Yunming said, "That's natural. At that time, the four gates shouted and fired firecrackers to support your night attack. Do you go through the east gate and the north gate?"

"How could it be possible to open the city gate? There must be a Mongol spy outside watching." Yang Xuan said: "Let's go by the water."

There is a wall of more than twenty feet in the northwest corner of the city. It was built by the mother of the Eastern Jin general Zhu Xu, who led his servants and maids to his family. With this wall, the Eastern Jin Dynasty repelled many attacks by King Fu Jian of Qin. Xiangyang City called this wall of the city of Lady. After Zheng Yunming took over Xiangyang, he mobilized thousands of manpower and built a Jiaocheng in the northwest corner on the basis of the wife's wall. There was a water gate at the inconspicuous place under the Jiaocheng, which could directly lead to the moat.

"I have expanded the moat in Xiangyang by myself." Yang Xuan said: "I am afraid that even the deputy governor may not know everything about the moat in the inner city. In the second update tonight, I will only take two thousand people to go out on a flat-bottom patrol boat, go ashore at the east gate and the north gate, and raid the enemy."

"No matter what happens outside the city, don't worry about it, just stick to it." Yang Xuan said: "The enemy is powerful and there are many cavalrymen. Even if the night attack is successful, they will not be able to give Qu Rao easily. When I go there, I can only give Qu some eye drops. After the task is completed, I will use three quail calls as a sign, open the water gate, and pick us up on the same route."

He bowed to Zheng Yunming, then bowed to Wang Dengyi and left in a hurry.

"This is Yang Chunfu's tactic." Zheng Yunming smiled at Wang Deng and said, "Look at how much the outcome of Chunfu's trip?"

Wang Deng said without hesitation: "It is common sense for military tactics to rob the camp after the enemy's victory. If I were tonight, even if the enemy was prepared, he would have to go out to rob. It is not the famous generals in the Central Plains that cannot be guarded against the night attack at this time. Now the banners of the East Gate and the North Gate are all leaders of the foreign generals. Chunfu's trip was just at the right time."

Zheng Yunming picked up a light on the table and smiled and said, "Tonight, you and I will sit on the North Gate Tower together, let's see how Yang Yu defeated the enemy."

What Wang Deng did not expect was that there were not only Zheng Yunming and Lu Xunzhi, but also Zhao Kui, Wu Qian, Bai Yijie, Ma Guangzu and everyone from the deputy governor of Jing and E were there. A pine oil torch was lit at the top of the city to illuminate the city. This was the rule set by Zhao Kui to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the opportunity of the defenders to enter the city wall and select the city under the city wall. In the war between the Mongolian and Jin Kingdom, both sides had such surprise attacks. When they were fighting with the Southern Dynasties, both sides should be more careful about this surprise attack.

Zhao Kui asked, "When will Yang Chunfather take action?"

"It's going to be after the third update," Zheng Yunming said: "Everyone might as well chat and wait first. Otherwise, the phone will make people anxious to wait this night."

At this time, the personal soldiers of the corps office had already put down the seats and everyone sat down according to the ranks. Zhao Kui started a conversation as usual. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and said to Zheng Yunming: "Do you know the origin of Xiangyang City?"

Zheng Yunming replied, "I was young and knowledgeable. I only read some local chronicles after I arrived in Xiangyang City in my spare time. This place returned to Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Xiangyang County was established here in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty. During the Han Dynasty, they were all under the jurisdiction of Nanjun County. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Biao was the governor of Jingzhou and set up the capital in Xiangyang. Later, this place belonged to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao established Xiangyang County here."

"The three kingdoms were in harmony, and the first lord sent general Guan Yu to the north to fight with Xu Huang, Pang De and others in Xiangyang. Later, during the Eastern Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, this place had an extraordinary strategic position over the Southern Dynasties. All dynasties have been stationed here with heavy troops, and countless offensive and defensive operations have occurred around this city. But in general, this place has always been firmly grasped in the hands of the Southern Dynasties, because this place is the key of the Southern Dynasties. Once occupied by the Northern Army, it is inevitable that the army will follow the Han River and go straight to Jiangling, Wuchang and other places, using the Han River for supplies, which is very convenient, and then it can sweep across the south of the Yangtze River."

Zhao Kui nodded in praise: "It is true that since the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty, Xiangyang Prefecture was changed to Xiangzhou. After the Jingkang Incident, the pseudo-Qi occupied this place. Yue Wumu made northern expedition from Ezhou and recovered the three cities of Xiangyang Prefecture, Dengzhou and Tangzhou. Since then, Xiangyang has become the location of the Jinghu Ambassador stationed in the Jie. The army advanced and retreated, and fought against the Jin Kingdom. They all set out since then. Therefore, whether it is to defend the hinterland of Jinghu or to advance to the Central Plains, this place is a choice for the country that is related to fate."

He pointed his finger forward and said, "What's more, for the use of troops, this Xiangyang City is indeed a natural treasure land that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Let's look at the Han River flows through the east, north and west sides. On the south side of the land is the steep Xianshan Mountain system. To deploy a large army to attack the city, you have to face the attack of the castle on Xianshan. Looking down at the Han River in the north of the city, it is high. If the enemy uses this place as the main attack direction, it is tantamount to arraying the back water and risking being driven into the river. The space for the formation in the east of the city is also very limited, and seven miles west of the city is Tanxi. Although the place is slightly wider, if you only attack from this place, it is tantamount to defending and difficult to attack. Therefore, it has been an easy place for easy defense since ancient times."

Bai Yijie sat behind Zheng Yunming, shaking his feather fan and said, "Forgive me, ask a bold and abrupt question. If the commander leads a large army to attack this city, how should he set up a formation?"

Zhao Kui was stunned. This matter had actually been calculated countless times in his mind. If he wanted to defend the city, he had to repeatedly imagine how he should attack the city. Only in this way could he realize the weaknesses and loopholes in the city wall defense. Therefore, he had already led the Mongolian army to capture Xiangyang countless times in his heart. He pondered: "If the enemy's troops defending the city were just tens of thousands or thousands of people like Yue Wumu back then, I should deploy the entire army to the south of the Han River, marry the main force in the west and south of the city, and then concentrate all the big cannons and bombard the southwest corner, and use this place as the focus to attack the target, first attack a corner, then take advantage of the situation to capture the south gate, and then expand the results towards the center of the city. Or at the same time, attack the defenders from both sides of the west gate, giving enough pressure."

"If the enemy has tens of thousands of troops, a sufficient number of troops will not be able to spread in such a narrow area. I think we should concentrate our forces to attack Fancheng, first defeat the Fancheng defenders, then build a floating bridge on the Han River to communicate between the north and the south, and then the army will take turns to attack Xiangyang from three sides, and then supplement the method of siege."

"Fortunately, the Tartars didn't understand how to build a floating bridge this time." Bai Yijie said with a smile: "I think that life and death in Xiangyang now depends on the periphery, not on the struggle under the city wall. From the west to the south, our army built multiple castles in turn, which were built in sequence by the Great Zhao Commander (Zhao Fan) in previous years. Since Zhao Commander took office, he has urged all the generals to renovate. Although the Mongolians have come in large numbers, our army can still firmly guard the Wanshan Fortress on Wanshan, the Wutuoling Fortress on the west side, the Yiziguan Fortress in Nanshan, the Xianshan Fortress and Niujiao Fortress, and Fancheng

In the north, there are hundreds of soldiers guarding each fortress. These fortresses echo the defenders in the city to form a horn. The Mongols have arrived, and these fortresses have no time to take care of them. However, their cavalry have blocked the fortresses. It is obvious that before the enemy attacks Xiangyang, they must capture these fortresses that are in trouble one by one. Our army must send troops to rescue these fortresses outside the city, so that they can delay the pace of the Mongolian siege as much as possible. In this way, when the enemy and us really confront each other under the city wall, the situation will become more and more beneficial to us."
Chapter completed!