It was a few days later when Yang Jizhi arrived in Xiangyang.

I don’t know if it’s luck or something, but on the day I arrived, I encountered the Fancheng defenders attacking.

The north of this city is a lake, a mudflat to the east, and a river to the south. Both sides only fight in the west of the city.

This time the scale is quite considerable.

The Huangtou Army fought against the bandits, which shook the foot of the infantry in Maobao's army and made their formation loose. The Shangdang cavalry rushed in and achieved the results of annihilation of more than a thousand enemies.

Yang Jizhi saw the end from the beginning. Although it is most taboo to defend the city, you must go out of the city from time to time to attack and kill.

It made the enemy frightened and could not attack the city with all its might, but the Jin people still had some mistakes in making this happen.

Especially those barbarians who had cut off their hair and tattoos, they only had a sense of blood and courage.

It is indeed barbaric, ignorant, and not afraid of death, but the first thing that revealed the flaw was that they were caught by the Shangdang cavalry and rushed in.

At this time, Yang Yuzhi understood.

The most capable Jingzhou soldiers in the country, which are the Huangtou Army, are considered qualified infantrymen to fight, but they are not strong enough and need to continue to be tempered. At the same time, they have a serious lack of cavalry assistance and are at a disadvantage in combat.

Now he knows why Tao Kan dares not fight to the decisive battle.

If he was facing Shi Le and Liu Cong's soldiers who used cavalry and infantry would be easier to fight, but he would really not be able to defeat the troops like Daliang, which were mainly elite infantry and auxiliary cavalry.

When crossing the floating bridge, Yang Jizhi saw the brigade of infantry and cavalry moving south.

After a while, I found out that Shao Shen had dispatched a group of troops to Jiangling, and it seemed that he was going to attack the main area.

As for Xiangyang, it is probably mainly about siege and surveillance.

Now, the besieged army has begun to dig trenches and build earthen walls.

Built these things can reduce the number of troops in the besieged city, which indirectly proves that Shao Shen has begun to adjust his combat deployment.

Carriages drove through the floating bridge one by one, just under the eyes of the Xiangyang defenders.

When Yang Jizhi followed the last car to the south bank of Mianshui, he happened to see Shao Shen who was patrolling here.

"Taiwei."

"Prince of Julu."

The two of them finished their greetings.

Yang Jizhi looked at the commander-in-chief of the army.

Overall, he is much haggard than before. His originally neat beard has not been taken care of for a long time and looks a little messy.

The staff, guests and personal soldiers who followed him were similar. This battle not only tested the enemy, but also suffered from the Daliang King's Army.

"Your Majesty sent the Grand Marshal to help the army?" Shao Shen asked, glanced at the silk and even wine and meat on the carriage.

"That's right." After saying that, he pulled Shao Shen, left everyone a few steps, and whispered: "Your Majesty has something to say,

The tribe with more damage can be withdrawn, and those who die in battle will be given a pension, and those who survive will be given a reward."

"Your Majesty is kind-hearted." Shao Shen nodded and said, "The tribes in Helonglai have suffered a lot of losses. I think it is better to drive them to continue to attack Xianshan and Fancheng and kill them. Even if these people are put back, they will hold grudges. It is better to treat them all."

Yang Jizhi looked at Shao Shen quietly.

Shao Shen had no choice but to say, "Just do as your Majesty wants."

Yang Jizhi nodded slightly and asked again, "The Jin Navy is still there?"

"Retreat." Shao Shen said: "Four ships sank in front and behind, more than a thousand people. The rest of them retreated south, and I don't know where to go."

"It must be back to Yangkou." Yang Jizhi said, "There may be thieves entering Xiangyang."

"The thief sent two shallow light boats to break into Xiangyang at night. There were only dozens of people, and it was fine," said Shao Shen.

"I just saw the thief army in Fancheng going to fight on the road-" Yang Jiezhi said again.

"I guess the Taiwei also knew that the bandit army was defeated and suffered a thousand soldiers." Shao Shen said, "The bandit army on Xianshan should be less than 1,500,000. I have sent someone to persuade him to surrender. This is just an isolated army, and it doesn't matter if he continues to waste it. There may be a possibility of persuading him to surrender."

Yang Jiezhi felt comforted after hearing this.

The situation is still very good. Once Xianshan descended, only Fancheng and Xiangyang were left.

"Is there any news in Jiangling?" Yang Jizhi asked again.

Shao Shen pondered for a moment and said, "The thief is ready and cannot be taken lightly. The vanguard was ambushed in Zhangshui River Bay, and hundreds of soldiers were damaged. The army still had to be pressed down and protect the back road. The local tyrants in the country did not recognize the power of heaven, so they would be massacred."

Is it possible for Yang Wu to say that?

In his opinion, the powerful soldiers and horses who were fighting with the royal army at the time under the order of the Tao family can be fought over, and at least they should try it. Even if they cannot win over them all, it would be good to attract some people.

With the help of locals, at least the army will not have to be ambushed by people in a mess, and can even shake the morale of the enemy and make more people give up resistance, at least not helping each other.

But this is his business, and he still has to spend time looking for people to talk about the past one by one.

As for the Prince of Julu, he only considered how to use troops. In his military deployment, we should assume that everyone is an enemy, otherwise it is easy to suffer a great loss.

*******

Huan Wen arrived a day later than Yang Jizhi.

As the captain of the Xiangyang branch, he really wanted to move the yamen to Xiangyang instead of governing Nanyang from overseas.

But now there is nothing to do.

When we arrived in Fancheng, it was in the evening that a group of soldiers from Mihu retreated from the south bank and set up camp in the farmland far to the west.

Huan Wen observed carefully.

Many people don’t have horses! I don’t know if they didn’t take them when they went to war, or they were lost on the road, or they were consumed after arriving at the battlefield.

Although it is the same thing for this war, it seems to be a considerable amount of consumption in the invisible places.

Huan Wen's subordinates were more alert.

After becoming the captain of Du Branch, he pleaded with the emperor and transferred 1,500 people who had originally integrated in Hezhou to serve as soldiers.

These people are born in a bitter and cold place, ignorant and barbaric, but after a good training, it is not a problem to carry out the supplies, and it is even a bit too "luxury". After all, they have been on the battlefield and have seen blood, so it is a pity to be a troop transporter.

"Most of them are from Hezhou." Xin Mao, the commander of the Duzhi of Xiangyang, pointed to the Hu soldiers who were turning down the road and heading to the distance, and said, "I just asked, most of them were tribes that depended on the Qifu family, and there were also a few Tufa Xianbei."

"What did they say?" Huan Wen asked.

Xin Mao knew why Shangguan asked this and immediately said, "There are complaints, but after receiving the reward, the shepherds were much happier and the leader was so stern. However, they were about to go to the sun, and the emperor might even give the reward."

Huan Wen stopped and looked at these people silently.

In fact, the one who was really miserable was the group of people who attacked Xianshan. There was really no tricks. They all rely on fierce fighting and hard attacks, so casualties were naturally small. If they really fought in field battles, there would not be such a big casualties.

In addition, there is a factor that cannot be ignored, that is, epidemics.

Even if there is a comparison of "Tremella Disease" and prevent it in advance, even in winter, it can only reduce the possibility of getting sick and cannot be completely eliminated. Not to mention that some people are not actually sick, but after coming to Xiangyang from the northwest, they are inexplicably uncomfortable, and they are listless, and they are still very uncomfortable.

Some people recovered and gradually became lively.

Some people are always sick, and there are also many people who die of illness.

I really don’t know what will happen when summer comes. It rains heavily, the river water rises sharply, and it’s wet everywhere.

Most of these people can't stand it.

"As many battlefields, tens of thousands of Hu soldiers in various departments will die?" Huan Wen asked suddenly.

"There should be no less than 100 people who died in field battles, died of illness, and were slaughtered.

Huan Wen took a few last glances, then rode his horse forward, crossed the floating bridge, and went straight to Gaoyangchi as agreed in advance.

"Huan Yuanzi is here." Yang Jizhi sat by the pond and waved with a smile.

There are also several Daliang officials here, but Huan Wen mostly didn't know him, only the head of the Honglu Temple Yu Mie was a little impressed. However, almost everyone knew him.

There are also many local gentry in Xiangyang. Apart from Qianheng and Li Chong who returned from Yang, Huan Wen still did not know anyone else.

‘Yuanzi, sit next to me.” The master stood up and said with a smile.

Huan Wen glanced at Yang Jiezhi, saw that he nodded slightly, and sat down.

The Xi family’s pond is not small, covering an area of ​​about ten acres. Various pavilions and towers were built around it, lush forests and bamboos were transplanted, and precious flowers and trees were transplanted. At the same time, various rockery and strange stones were obtained from somewhere, which looked quite interesting.

The group sat in the pavilions and pavilions, and immediately relaxed, and could hardly feel that they were in a place of war. Xi Xi Yanwen was already over 60 years old and looked like a slightly fat and rich old man.

He started his career as Linxiang Order, and later became the Gongcao of the Shanjian Shogunate, joined the army in the Records Office, and later retired and returned home for more than ten years.

The Xi family pool is very famous and has invested a lot of money. Even people like Shan Jian who have seen too many worlds praise him. They come to visit from time to time and stay for a long time. The pool is called "Gaoyang", which is commonly known as "Xi Family Pool".

There is also a young man following behind Xi. He was introduced by someone and named Xi Zaochi. He is thirteen years old this year. He has read a lot of books since childhood and is a rising star in the Xi family in Xiangyang.

There are also wealthy families in Xiangyang, including the in-laws Luo family and the closest neighbors Yang family.

Huan Wen only looked at them, smiled, and then stopped looking at them. He was really not familiar with them.

"Yuan Ziguo was young and promising. He was only eighteen years old and was already the prince-in-law and the commander of the branch. The emperor loved talent and was inseparable from the north and south." Xi smiled and said, "I received a letter from Jiangling and called back all my nephews. Don't waste your time."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

"I also have to be summoned by letters." Heng smiled and said, "But if you can make merits, wouldn't it be more beautiful?"

"That's the extreme." Pang Huanshou smiled and said, "It would be a pity if the famous city in Jiangling Ao District was destroyed by war."
To be continued...