Author: Taiqing Yaodao

The sun sets in the west, and the sunset fills the entire sky.

Outside the east gate of Lanxi County, the water of Wujiang River was dyed red at some point.

Blood red.

Rolling stones fell directly from the head of Lanxi City like a curtain of rain.

The clippers charging on the river were hit by rolling rocks from time to time, capsized instantly, and the soldiers on board disappeared.

The blood floated up from the water and spread instantly.

…

Yu Ze stood at the top of the city, flanked by Li Yuanyi, Du Bixing, Wang Bo, Wang Qin, Feng Hua, Xu Wen and others.

Rolling stones fell from the Wujiang River toward the city wall, hitting the outer wall heavily and making a huge roar.

Although the city wall was shaken by the impact, it never hit the city wall.

Didn't hit anyone.

Yu Ze looked towards the Wujiang River. Several warships were quickly approaching the city wall, but as soon as they got close, they were directly hit by the catapults on the city wall.

The catapult is higher on the city wall than on the ship, and its attack range is much longer. Before the warship gets too close, it will be full of holes.

"That's probably what happened today." Yu Ze breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look to his side, and whispered: "Immediately spread the word, Your Majesty, let me know the situation!"

"Follow the order!" A Nanchang palace guard in black immediately stepped forward, handed over his hand, and turned around quickly.

Yu Ze turned back to discuss with Li Yuanyi and Du Bixing: "We need to beware of their sneak attacks tonight..."

…

"Okay, let's retreat for the time being." Wen Fuzhi, with a livid face, directed his warships to retreat until they were out of the attack range of the catapults on the city.

"Sieging a city cannot be accomplished in a day and a moment." Zhu Si rushed over from another ship and persuaded Wen Fuzhi: "The siege of the city is unfavorable now because the Wujiang River is strong and the warships are in trouble."

Once it turns sideways, it will be easily moved by the impact of the current, making the hull unstable and the catapult even more inaccurate."

The Wujiang River flows from south to north, and the water moves very fast.

It may be possible to go upstream, but it is not easy to stand sideways and firmly on the Wujiang River.

Wen Fuzhi glanced at Zhu Si and shook his head bluntly, his eyes still fixed on the city wall: "The problem is not the catapult. As soon as our soldiers landed, they were immediately shot by the crossbows of the city wall, or

There are more preparations behind the city wall, and with the cavalry roaming around, it will be difficult to attack the city."

If you want to capture a city, even a county town, you can only rely on catapults on warships.

However, the other troops on his side were unable to get ashore at all. Once ashore, they were immediately charged to death by the cavalry.

Lanxi County has long been prepared to defend the city.

Wen Fuzhi shook his head and said solemnly: "I originally wanted to take part of the fleet to attack Wuzhou City while the fleet was attacking the city, but now we cannot put enough pressure on Lanxi County. We

There is no way to get away, otherwise as soon as our front foot steps away, someone will immediately come up to chase us on the back foot."

"It's better to set up camp on the east bank first and prepare for a long-term siege. In this case, they will definitely not dare to act rashly." At this time, Yuan Chao came up from behind and put forward his own suggestion in a low voice.

Zhu Si immediately agreed and said: "This is feasible. Sanheguan and Lanxi Camp can be connected in this way. Even if there is an eventuality and we have to retreat, we can still stabilize our position and even have the power to counterattack. By surprise,

You can even make a comeback.”

At the end of the sentence, Zhu Si's voice became lower and lower.

If they really reached the last step, it meant that all their other actions had failed.

"Something is wrong." Wen Fuzhi shook his head, walked to the bow of the ship, and looked at the warships monitoring them in the upper reaches of the Wujiang River several miles away. Wen Fuzhi's heart suddenly became tight for some reason: "Today

Since arriving here, I have never seen the King of Nanchang, and I don’t know where he is hiding."

"Is it true that the King of Nanchang is not in Lanxi County?" Yuan Chao couldn't help but ask.

Wen Fuzhi shook his head and said firmly: "If he were here, with his style, he would have come out early today, so he must not be in the county town. Where he is, perhaps he is somewhere where he can see us.

, and where we can’t see him.”

Wenfu subconsciously looked at the rolling mountains to the east. He really suspected that Li Xuan might be hiding there.

"How about we fight back?" Yuan Chao suddenly spoke, approached Wen Fuzhi, and lowered his voice and said: "Xiaoguan knows that there is a small road that can lead to Pujiang. Although the road is difficult and dangerous, it will definitely be unexpected."

Going east from Lanxi and crossing the mountains, you can reach Pujiang County.

By bypassing the mountain road from Pujiang, you can reach Yiwu.

Yiwu Dongyang used to be Yuezhou and Hangzhou.

You can even attack the city of Wuzhou from the east.

"Sir, you want to go by yourself." Wen Fuzhi glanced at Yuan Chao coldly, as if he could directly see his heart.

Yuan Chao looked a little embarrassed and took a step back, cupped his hands and said: "If we go to Pujiang, we can at least collect food and grass. In two days at most, my subordinates can return with food and grass."

"Two days are not enough, sir, you should stay in Pujiang for a little longer." Wen Fuzhi turned his head indifferently, looked at Lanxi County opposite, and said coldly: "Maybe we only need to delay one day, I will wait for these

Everyone will die at the hands of King Nanchang."

"Why is this so!" Zhu Si hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Young Master, although the King of Nanchang is good at calculations, as long as we unite as one, we will be invincible and unfavorable."

"Invincible, omnipotent?" Wen Fuzhi snorted disdainfully, glanced at Yuan Chao, smiled coldly, and then his expression turned solemn: "You don't understand the King of Nanchang. When he does one thing repeatedly for a long time,

Or, if he doesn't show up for a long time, it means that he has already started to plot something. This is actually the time when we should be most careful. Just like us now, if we don't pay attention, the whole army may be annihilated.

.”

After thinking for a moment, Wen Fuzhi turned to look at Yuan Chao again and said, "Mr. Yuan is going to draw up a list and ask them to set off for Pujiang immediately. If they can return in time, they may be able to become a surprise army."

"I obey the order." Yuan Chao accepted the order with his hands raised, and then turned around with a ferocious look on his face.

What about returning in time, what about surprise troops, they are just sending his people out so that he can't do anything at the critical moment.

This kind of wariness and distrust is simply unfounded.

Immediately, Yuan Chao's expression calmed down completely. Isn't the reason why he is doing this now just to allow his cronies to escape the disaster?

How could the King of Nanchang be so easy to deal with!

Yuan Chao couldn't help but sneer in his heart. When he was on the ship, the King of Nanchang had already looked at every ship, and even met every team leader. In this way, it can be said that he knew their details.

Know it like the back of your hand.

Yuan Chao is not blind. From yesterday's Sanheguan to today's Lanxi County, the King of Nanchang did not even show his face.

Wen Fu knew himself but not the enemy, so in one battle, he was already half likely to lose, while King Nanchang knew himself and his enemy, so in one battle, he had more than half a chance of winning.

Soon, Yuan Chao drew up the list and sent it to Wen Fuzhi, and the leader was none other than Yuan Lin.

Seeing this obviously selfish list, Wen Fuzhi's face immediately darkened, but he finally nodded and said, "That's it."

After Yuan Chao retreated, Wen Fuzhi immediately said in a faint voice: "It seems that he is sure that we will lose."

Zhu Si loosened his robe, glanced at the head of Lanxi City in the distance, and then looked at Wen Fuzhi and said: "We promised him earlier to succeed Shi Xu as the governor of Muzhou and the governor of Muzhou. Wu Yue The general manager originally expected to give him the position after taking Wuzhou, but after the defeat at Meiling Pass, he immediately begged the imperial court for surrender, perhaps because he saw that the future was hopeless."

Wen Fuzhi suddenly turned his head, looked at Zhu Si, frowned and asked: "Is it possible that he knew about our plan in advance, so he suddenly rebelled?"

The real general manager of the Tianyin Sect is Wen Fuzhi, and he will always be Wen Fuzhi.

Their original plan was to have Yuan Chao resign as general manager after taking over Yuezhou, and "abdicate" to Wen Fuzhi. Yuan Chao would then serve as a servant, and then they could find a time and a reason to remove Yuan Chao as the general manager. The servant shot is also exempted.

This is their plan.

After all, Yuan Chao was not one of their own, and his position in the new dynasty could not be left to outsiders.

If Yuan Chao understands the situation, then he will be given a casual job to provide for him in the future. If he does not understand the situation, then he can only send him to the West.

This is a tacit understanding among the top management of Tianyin Sect.

"Probably not. Who would tell him such a thing?" Zhu Si immediately shook his head.

"Either he overheard it somewhere, or he guessed it himself, so he delayed the march from the beginning." Wen Fuzhi looked stern and waved his hand: "Let's not talk about it anymore. , immediately ordered people to set up a camp on the east bank, and secretly sent people to collect food and grass everywhere."

"Follow the order!" Zhu Si immediately turned around and made arrangements without any hesitation.

The Tianyin Sect claims to build a heaven on earth where everyone is equal for the people. Even at the beginning of the uprising, they planned to seize grain and grass from the government's warehouses, not wanting to plunder it from the people. However, now that the food is insufficient, they have already taken care of it. Not much more.

Although the east bank is at the foot of the mountains and there are not many people living there, there are still many villages.

Unlike the west bank, the cavalry of the Thousand Ox Guards roared in and roared away, and they could not gain a foothold at all.

It's true that Wen Fuzhi didn't send a large group to set up formations and plunder the surrounding villages, but the people on the west bank had already been evacuated.

During the time they were delayed at Sanheguan, Li Xuan had already sent people to make comprehensive preparations.

From Sanheguan to Lanxi County, there were a large number of iron cables crossing the river every five miles, and there were occasionally hidden piles lurking under the water, which made them dare not move forward at all their strength, and it took them most of a day to reach Lanxi.

In addition, there were cavalry charges on the shore, so they could not go far from the shore to collect food.

Wen Fuzhi understood that Li Xuan wanted to make them short of food and force them to attack urgently. If they could not attack for a long time, they would have to choose another way.

Wen Fuzhi had a feeling that he was stepping into the trap set by Li Xuan step by step.

There is only one way to break the trap, and that is to kill Li Xuan.
To be continued...