Xiangzhou City is full of dangers. For Pan Chongche, the emperor supervising the battle in the rear was like a sword hanging above his head, forcing him to speed up the attack.

However, in the rainy weather, the Tang army's unique night attack advantage could not be exerted at all, and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

Dozens of stone throwing cars are running continuously every day, but Xiangzhou City still looks stable.

"It seems that this is forcing me!" Pan Chongche looked at Xiangzhou City and murmured.

Immediately, he had to rely on the Shooting and Sound Department again to collude and attempt to separate the Xiangzhou defenders and the imperial guards, thus creating a estrangement.

Unfortunately, Cao Bin was delicate and fair in his work. A small rebellion was put down in the blink of an eye and did not cause much loss to Xiangzhou.

This made him particularly angry, but he could not force the imperial camp to force the city to attack with his flesh and blood. Not only did his subordinates refuse to agree, but the emperor behind him was even more reluctant.

In this way, the stalemate was at the end of May and early June, and after more than a month of hard work, Xiangzhou City was still safe and sound.

At this time, the Shooting Department heard that in order to support Xiangyang, Kaifeng dispatched another 30,000 troops and 10,000 stones of grain and grass to transport them to Xiangzhou.

This can count as good news.

Because Kaifeng's imperial guards now have less than 50,000 people. Although they are not as dangerous as they are, they are already very dangerous. Kaifeng is a plain area and a city with a population of 400,000 or 500,000 people, and even the city wall is unsatisfied.

It was very normal for ancient China to have a large size, population, area, and a population of one million. Not to mention anything else, the central officials of the Tang Dynasty had at least 10,000, and the families and slaves of these people alone exceeded 100,000.

Once the population is large, the city will naturally be large, which creates an embarrassing fact - it is too big to guard.

Whether it is Luoyang, Chang'an, Beijing, or Kaifeng, as long as the enemy arrives near the capital, the court and the emperor can only escape because the country cannot be defended, which is known to everyone.

Even in Changsha, the most important thing is Yuezhou, which is the gateway. Li Wei has been stationed for several years and has never left.

Faced with such news, Pan Chongche felt sad and happy.

As long as you conquer Xiangzhou, Kaifeng is equivalent to half-opening, but in the same way, Xiangzhou is becoming increasingly difficult to defend.

"We must conquer Xiangzhou City before reinforcements arrive!" Pan Chongche became more and more strict, and the imperial camp, which has always been precious, was not hesitant.

In this way, there were complaints, and two or three thousand people were killed or injured in a day. What’s the point?

The Imperial Camp officer had nothing to do with it, and he was suddenly stabbed to the emperor.

The letters were also very miserable. They captured Xiangzhou City with words, and at least half of the imperial camp was killed or injured. The imperial camp was to protect the capital, and the emperor's confidant. If this situation continues, I am afraid it will be too much.

Although Li Jia ignored him, she was really uneasy:

The troops and horses of the Imperial Camp were too severely damaged. Not to mention the future strategy of Kaifeng, just say that if the situation continues, the outside is important and the inside is neglected. How to suppress those external generals?

Maybe it is easy to conquer the Northern Song Dynasty, but I will be surrounded by a group of arrogant soldiers and generals.

Besides, if you are incompetent in front of you, can you seem wise and powerful?

"It seems that I can't sit still anymore."

"The power of artillery is not omnipotent in this era, or the power is not as great as imagined."

Li Jia looked calm and even felt a little proud: "Xiangzhou City will be opened in my hands and shocked the world."

"Come here, prepare ten coffins for me-"

"This..." Tian Fu was shocked, his mouth was trembling: "Your Majesty, this thing is not auspicious, I'm afraid it's, I'm afraid it's..."

"I'm very useful-" Li Jia said confidently: "In addition, tell Pan Chongche that I am going to visit Xiangzhou in person and let them prepare for the welcome."

"promise--"

Tian Fu was full of doubts and felt a little nervous again. What does the coffin have to do with war?

The news that the Imperial Lord visited Xiangzhou again panicked Pan Chongche, which meant that the emperor had already had doubts about him commanding so many troops.

Whether it was suspected that he was not good at siege or that he had too many soldiers and horses, it made him panic.

There were no vassal states in the south for too long. Whether it was Hunan, Jiangnan, Wuyue, or Southern Han, the power of the central government was stronger than that of the other, and there was no soil for the army to rebel.

Therefore, the holy favor is important enough, it means your future.

Pan Chongche is one of the top two. If the Holy Family is no longer there, how can he lead the troops?

"Come here, take out all the catapults with me and bombard the city of Xiangzhou hard. Where is the hot turbulent oil? Use it for me too-"

After taking the initiative, the emperor's imperial carriage arrived in Xiangzhou, and there were still two or three days left to win the city of Xiangzhou and win the holy family again.

"Does Pan Chongche want to take down our Xiangzhou in one fell swoop?" Shi Shouxin lay under the female wall, his face unpredictable.

"It should be!" Pan Mei also lay down and whispered: "Let's go down, it's too dangerous here."

As he was speaking, a piece of mud bullet was thrown into the city, and it instantly bounced open, scattered and splashed, wounding several soldiers and blood flowed all over the ground.

"Send the order and make some wooden shields, the city is too dangerous-"

Shi Shouxin gasped and growled: "Damn it, I just saw that there were nearly a hundred catapult cars under the city. This Tang army was really crazy."

Then, many fierce tinctures were thrown away, either to the city or to the city wall, and then there were fireballs, shooting like meteors.

In an instant, the entire Xiangzhou became a sea of ​​fire.

Countless mud bombs and stones fell like rain, endlessly, from morning to late at night, with the rumbling sounds endlessly.

Such powerful firepower made the entire Xiangzhou City stunned and stunned. Shi Shouxin and Cao Bin put out the fire while defending the city.

Fortunately, Xiangzhou City is small and its troops are enough to cope with these situations. After two consecutive days of large-scale bombing, Xiangzhou City still persisted.

"Damn-"

Pan Chongche became more and more disappointed. The damn Xiangzhou City actually made him so embarrassed.

"Deployment, the imperial guards are only twenty miles away-"

"Suspend the siege-" Pan Chongche said angrily: "But don't stop the stone throwing car, leave the necessary protection, and the others will follow me to welcome His Majesty-"

Therefore, when Li Jia came to the city of Xiangzhou and entered the military camp, Xiangzhou City was still subjected to various bombings and baptisms, and Li Jia kept making noises in her ears.

However, what surprised Pan Chongche and others was that the emperor actually came with ten coffins. What the hell was there?

"I heard that the reinforcements from the State of Song are coming soon?" Li Jia asked casually.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Pan Chongche lowered his head helplessly and said, "Time is getting more and more urgent. If you drag on it, Xiangzhou City will be more and more difficult."

"So, I came here to capture Xiangzhou before his reinforcements arrived!"
Chapter completed!