This is a marching marches of suffering for half a year. I don’t know how many difficulties it is. Not to mention anything else, just food and grass will kill you.

Besides, even if Fan Yi's army worked hard and spent more than half a year to walk out of Wu Gorge, there was still a heroic city waiting for them at the exit of Wu Gorge.

At that time, Fan Yi's army, which took half a year to finally get out of Wuxia, would be really stunned. They were blocked under Xiakou City, unable to pass, and could not advance or retreat, and even the entire army was wiped out...

In fact, if Fan Yi had not had a successful battle example to refer to, he would not have thought of a plan to counterattack from the downstream to attack Chengzhou from the upstream.

This world is an example of never winning by attacking Chengzhou through waterways.

However, it is no wonder that although the history of this world is long, the development of the three prefectures of Jiangzuo has not been long, and the role of the Dajiang Waterway is not obvious. No dynasty has ever built a powerful Dajiang Watercraft.

Therefore, when attacking Chengzhou, soldiers were usually sent from Qinzhou or Lingzhou.

Although the mountain roads in those places are quite dangerous, the difficulty of sending troops is too small. Unlike the fact that it is going upstream from the waterway, it takes half a year to walk the 700-mile waterway alone.

If Fan Yi didn't know that in another world, he had two examples of the successful attack on Shuzhong, and if he had been in the lower reaches of the southern regime, he would not have had such a thought.

Both of these happened in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, one was Huan Wen and the other was Liu Yu.

In fact, those two successes bullied the lack of powerful naval masters in Shu. Now Wukongdao also has no powerful naval masters.

What's even more terrible is that the Dongyu Navy is too powerful. Although the Chengzhou Navy is cheaper than the upper reaches, it has never left Wu Gorge, let alone had the opportunity to fight.

Therefore, the navy in Chengzhou is not strong. Fan Yi's navy has an absolute advantage, although this advantage is almost offset by the countercurrent of Wuxia.

But after this, Wukongdao had no choice but to block Fan Yi's army from the waterway into Chengzhou.

As for setting up some fireboats to harass these things, it is really just a path. It can also play a role in dealing with unprepared people and make people fumbling. But for those who are prepared, it will not be of any effect.

Even so, Fan Yi has already had various psychological and material preparations for the difficulties along the way, but the difficulty of this journey has also caused the army led by Fan Yi to suffer enough.

The road slowly moved westward. Because it was a countercurrent, the waterway was dangerous and the speed was very slow. It was not until June of the 11th year of Changping that it arrived at Baidi City.

The entire 700-mile Wu Gorge, 20,000 troops walked for more than six months, and they did not arrive in Xiakou City until summer.

During this period, the Chengzhou Navy sent troops to harass him several times. However, the waterways in the upper reaches of Chengzhou were not wide, lacking large ships, and even lacking experience in water warfare. Although he tried every means, he could not stop the footsteps of Fan Yi's army.

But now, Xiakou City is full of large armies, with 20,000 troops stationed here.

You should know that this Xiakou City is located at the mouth of Dajiang Wu Gorge, surrounded by water on three sides. It is dominated by important water and land. Due to its dangerous terrain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is a must-fight for military strategists in all dynasties.

At this time, the 20,000 troops stationed at this time, even if there are 100,000 strong soldiers, you can't even think of attacking in a short period of time. Not to mention that Fan Yi's army only has the same 20,000 troops.

According to military tactics, the number of people siege is not three to five times the number of people defending the city. It is simply impossible to capture the city.

However, no one expected that in the Dongyu fleet, a few cannons were launched and a few cannons were bombarded at Xiakou City. Amid the explosion of the sky and the earth, the defenders of the entire Xiakou City were so scared that they were devastated and surrendered quickly.

Speaking of which, this cannon is very simple and not very powerful. It is not that easy to break open the city wall.

But this thing was the first time it was born. During the bombardment, the earth shook, as if the entire city was trembling.

Have you ever heard of these defenders? They even thought that the gods were angry. They were naturally frightened and obediently raised the white flag and surrendered.

In fact, when many new weapons were first released, they were just relying on scaring people. The real practical power was quite limited.

Especially when such weapons were first released, they brought the greatest shock and threat to people.

The city of Xiakou City was stationed in 10,000 troops. However, in just half an hour, the city gate was opened and surrendered.

When the news came out, the entire Chengzhou was shocked. At this time, the gate of Chengzhou City was opened to Fan Yi. Xiakou City was only a few hundred miles away from the location of Chengzhou City...

Just as the King of Fairness woke up from the singing and dancing, mobilized the army in panic, and prepared to fight to the death with Fan Yi's army.

Something that no one expected happened. Behind Chengzhou, a warning suddenly came from the Jingxian County in the southwest.

An army that came from somewhere suddenly came out of the vast mountains under the banner of Dongyu, and had occupied the entire Jingxian County and rushed towards Chengzhou.

For a moment, the fair king Li Zhi was completely panicked. He was originally not prepared for Fan Yi to capture Xiakou City so easily.

However, now Fan Yi not only easily captured Xiakou City, but also an army emerged from behind.

This is like a wolf entering the front door and a tiger entering the back door. The enemies of the Jingwang County have not yet been defeated, but the enemy has already captured Xiakou City with Wuxia.

When he heard the news, Li Zhi almost became stupid. He didn't understand how Fan Yi captured the Xiakou City guarded by 20,000 soldiers, unless the guards ate inside and outside, surrendered directly.

However, what Li Zhi couldn't understand even more was where did the Dongyu army attacked by the Jinxian County come from?

You should know that this Jingwang County was originally a barbaric land with a sparse population and was mostly local natives. Outside the Jingwang County, there were deep mountains, canyons, vast forests, and thousands of miles.

Where did the enemy troops emerge in this kind of place?

In short, Li Zhi never expected that the army led by Fan Yi himself, which was so powerful that he went upstream was just a partial army.

In fact, long before Fan Yi swore a swearing battle, Fan Yi had already sent Shen Tuhu to attack the Southern Wilderness again and advanced troops to sweep away the tribes of the Southern Wilderness.

In that year, a great war was lost. Some of the witches in the Southern Wilderness surrendered and were moved to the plain where Yunhang Lake was located. More of them hid in the deeper mountains farther away. It was no longer a problem!

However, this time, the Dongyu army did not seem to let them go. They still entered the mountains and dangerous places, breaking hundreds of tribes, conquering nearly 200,000 witches.

This was a brilliant victory. After all, Shen Tuhu's troops were familiar with mountain combat and had fought with the witch people countless times.

Later, too many witches from that time were recruited, and they were not unfamiliar with witches, terrain, and jungle wars.

This is how this is achieved such a brilliant victory, but what no one expected was that this is not the end.

No one knew that Shen Tuhu followed Fan Yi's order and brought an army of 10,000 to cross the holy mountain of the southern wilderness and came to the territory of the Qiongqi Witch Clan.

Then, with the help of the Qiongqi Witch Clan, more than half a year later, Shen Tuhu actually walked out of the vast mountains and endless jungles with his men. He crossed the River and broke into the River County under Chengzhou from behind.

This was something that no one expected. The entire Jingxian County was easily taken down. Then it was stance to directly attack Chengzhou.

Chengzhou is surrounded by mountains. I never thought that one day the enemy would appear directly in the hinterland behind him. He was confused for a moment. He hurriedly dispatched troops to deal with Shentuqi.

The army led by Fan Yi was not polite, and went up the river, and also posed as a stance of attacking forward and backward.

In a panic, Li Zhi simply closed the city and defended himself, gathering all the troops he could collect into Chengzhou City.

Faced with such a stupid enemy, Fan Yi naturally would not be polite. He easily occupied the city all the way and even showed off his appearance, not planning to fight the state first, but to seize Jianmen Pass first.

At this time, everyone could see that Li Zhi was in a desperate situation, let alone Wukongdao was lost in Chengzhou.

Fan Yi's march was extremely smooth, and there was no need to attack cities and villages along the way. All the cities along the way surrendered one after another, and many powerful families even rekindled and became active.

These people are as deep as the sea of ​​Wukongdao. Although Wukongdao killed very hard at the beginning, these powerful people have a deep foundation in the local area, which is beyond the imagination of outsiders.

After Wukongdao later ruled Chengzhou and stopped the slaughter that was shaking at the beginning, he still had a considerable amount of residual power.

At this time, even if revenge is taking revenge, it is time to curry favor with the new owner of Chengzhou. These powerful households took action.

Fan Yi is different from Wukongdao. Wukongdao is a demon thief, a commoner who incites religion. It is naturally an opposition to them.

Fan Yi was born into a public clan. As early as the time of Fan Zhen, the Fan family had already had several famous families in the world. They were the most top-notch family among the powerful families.

This is completely his own people, with natural closeness. It is the kind of ruler they agree with in their ideals.

Therefore, these powerful households were to gain a better position under the new rule or simply to seek revenge on Wukongdao.

In short, either help Fan Yi's army to take down the city, or to supply food, supplies and supplies along the way.

Faced with this collapse of betrayal of relatives, Li Zhi was stunned and quickly sent an army to fight Fan Yi head-on.

However, in this atmosphere of complete collapse, countless local gentry used various means to bribe and win over, and countless were not at the extreme.

Before Fan Yi's army was dispatched, the 30,000 troops sent by Wukongdao to fight were surrendered directly and neatly...

It is conceivable that the news came back to Chengzhou City. Li Zhi was furious and had no confidence in his loyalty to his troops, and even no one dared to send him out.

Similarly, the troops under their command were even more panicked.

What's more, a few days later, the army led by Shen Tuhu had already entered the city of Chengzhou.

Originally, when he set out, he had only 10,000 troops under his command. At this time, there were as many as 30,000, which directly surrounded Chengzhou City.

At this moment, there were more than 70,000 troops in Chengzhou City. However, when people were in a state of turmoil, they did not dare to fight and were surrounded by 30,000 troops.

At this time, Fan Yi's army rushed to Jianmen Pass.

The Wuxia Waterway is in the eastern part of Chengzhou, while the Jianmen Pass is in the northern part of Chengzhou. Although it is far apart, it is the two major portals of Chengzhou's water and land.

Fan Yi's army entered Chengzhou from the waterway, and as long as he seized Jianmen Pass, he would completely seize the Chengdu gate. The future foreign enemies would be completely blocked outside Chengzhou.

In this way, Li Zhi in Chengzhou City can hold on to it anymore. How long can he hold on to it if he loses the entire Chengzhou City with just one city?

The situation of Jianmen Pass is extremely steep. It lives at the breaking point of Dajian Mountain. It has sharp cliffs on both sides, and goes straight into the sky. The peaks and mountains lean against the sky like swords. The cliffs are broken and the two walls are opposite each other, and the shape is like a gate, so it is called "Swordmen". It is said that one man is at the gate, and tens of thousands of men cannot open it.

However, no matter how dangerous the level is, it depends on people to guard it. Not to mention that the defense of any city is external, not internal.

Facing Fan Yi's aggressive attack, although the defenders had 20,000, the Jianmen Pass defenders, whose rear route was cut off, easily made the decision to surrender. Fan Yi easily captured Jianmen Pass.

At this time, the army under Fan Yi expanded to 70,000. After leaving 20,000 troops to defend the city, he led the remaining 50,000 troops to attack Chengzhou City in a mighty manner.

At this time, most of the counties and counties in the entire Chengzhou had all surrendered to Fan Yi. While Fan Yi was selecting outstanding local talents, he drew officials from Chu County to manage the local area.

The news was even informed by Jiangzuo, and the entire Dongyu court was shocked. Originally, he was just a major general Fan Yi and was crazy. He thought of attacking Chengzhou from the Wuxia Waterway.

I talked about this as a big joke, but it was just that time had passed too long. When most people had forgotten this matter, Fan Yi, who was regarded as a fool by them, had occupied the entire Chengzhou...

Well, although Chengzhou City has not been defeated yet, who can’t see the momentum of catching turtles in the jar at this time? It’s only a matter of time to capture Chengzhou City.

The news reached General Fan Zhen's ears, but the general seemed not as happy as others had imagined. He just sat alone in the study room for a night, and on the second day, a sharp-eyed man seemed to see his temples turn a little white... It seemed that he hadn't even yesterday...

But I'm afraid no one who is seeking death dares to say this!

The backyard of the General's Mansion has a very quiet and graceful separate courtyard. Fan Zhen rarely comes here.
To be continued...