In fact, it has always been a controversial topic for who can fight among senior generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Some people believe that Su Jue, the commander of the Liaodong Corps who pacified Liaodong and destroyed the Wanyan Yong regime, was the one who could fight the most.

Some people also believe that Su Haisheng, the commander of the Qilu Corps who pacified Guanzhong and destroyed the remnants of the Jin Kingdom and the main force of the Western Xia, was the one who could fight the most.

Some people even think that Han Jinggui, the commander of the Hebei Corps who recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and fought against the grassland, was the one who could fight the most.

Who is the leader of the Five Tiger Generals? Since the Ming army officially established its organization, it has been a hot topic of debate.

Especially a few days ago, Sun Ziyi, the former commander of Yanyun Corps, resigned, Li Xiao succeeded, and the newly established Hexi Corps and its commander Jiang Liangping emerged. Now, the topic of who is the best among the senior officers of the Ming army is very easy to cause controversy.

But this does not prevent the soldiers below from expressing their respect to the generals who have made great achievements...

Faced with the great general who made great achievements in military affairs, Xu Tong was quite regular and did not dare to surpass it at all.

Zhang Yuejing likes Xu Tong's modesty quite well.

"It is right to be humble, but you don't have to be too humble. You must recognize your own credit. Don't take your credit if you are not your own credit. Your credit is recognized by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and your courage is also praised by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

Xu Tong smiled, his heart was excited, and his face turned a little red.

The two continued to say something was missing for a while, and Zhang Yuejing took him to the artillery position.

The artillery positions were set up in the front enemy areas. Because they were worried that the Song army would also be equipped with super long-range weapons such as large eight-niu crossbows in the military camp, this distance could not guarantee the absolute safety of the artillery, even if the Song army's eight-niu crossbows would not fire bombs.

Despite this, because of the brilliant achievements of the Song army in killing the Liao army marshal with the Eight-Nuo Crossbow, Zhang Yuejing also prepared some defensive facilities for the artillery positions.

After Xu Tong arrived at the artillery position, he saw the number of copper and iron giant beasts as long as ten feet long, and was quite shocked.

He immediately stepped forward and stroked the cannon body, took a look here and patted the other side, his face full of curiosity.

"How heavy is this general's cannon?"

Xu Tong looked at He Feihu, commander of the Shenji Camp.

He Feihu smiled and said, "Two thousand pounds are more than 2,000 pounds, and there are even some heavy general artillery weighing 3,000 pounds. Generally, it needs to be transported by large ships by water. For land transportation, it requires special large vehicles, and ordinary vehicles cannot carry them at all."

"Oh my God, that's that heavy?"

Xu Tong was shocked: "How much iron is needed to make it? Is it really powerful?"

"It's quite big, and it's specially prepared for a strong city like Xiangyang."

He Feihu stepped forward and stroked the cannon body and said, "If Xu Shishuai is not in a hurry to go back, you can keep it and watch tomorrow's battle. We will demonstrate to you, and to other people who have never seen cannon firing, why His Majesty spends a lot of money to build this new firearm."

Xu Tong looked at the Song army camp that could be seen in the distance, as well as the vague and almost impossible to see Xiangyang City and Fan City, and his heart was full of yearning.

"Okay, then I'll stay here to see if this cannon is really that powerful!"

The attack of Shenji Camp is scheduled to be on the fifth day of April. According to the plan, Shenji Camp will be divided into three parts and advance to Fancheng from three directions. First, use artillery to destroy the defense facilities around Fancheng, and completely destroy the Song army camps around Fancheng, creating opportunities for the main force of the Henan Corps behind.

The attack mission was completely handed over to the artillery of the Shenji Camp and the Shenji Camp. The elite infantry cavalry of the Henan Corps only provided protection tasks later to prevent the Song army from jumping into the wall and taking the initiative to attack.

According to the scheduled plan, Shenji Camp will take about three days to completely destroy all the Song army camps around Fancheng. The General Village will be destroyed, and all the soldiers in the General Village will be defeated, and then the troops will be suppressed.

After completing the siege of Fancheng, almost another army will break the enemy and arrive. They will attack from the east and reach the east of Xiangyang City through the Guest Gate Pass. In this way, the army will complete the siege of Xiangfan City on three sides, leaving only the mountains and ridges to the west.

"Three days?"

Xu Tong did not listen to the subsequent military arrangements, but became confused about this number.

"Yes, it's only three days, in just three days, Shenji Camp can destroy all the Song army camps around Fancheng."

He Feihu is very confident about this.

Xu Tong was half-believing and half-doubted, and kept his own opinion.

If you want to break your head, you can’t even think of a way to break through quickly. Can Shenji Camp do it?

That night, Xu Tong had a meal at the station of Shenji Camp.

Then he found that the food in the Henan Corps was really good. The menu that night was braised pork, pork and vegetable soup and full cooking cakes. The soldiers ate meat and cakes in big mouthfuls, and they had a lot of fun. Xu Tong took a bowl of meat by himself and found that the taste was really good, very good.

"Our food is good, right?"

He Feihu sat next to Xu Tong, swallowing a large amount of fat and thin flesh in one bite, with a satisfied face.

"It's really good. Although we can eat enough food, eating meat is still rare. Although we have raised a lot of goats, we mainly produce milk and make cheese, and rarely eat meat."

Xu Tong also swallowed a large piece of meat and felt great satisfaction.

"I was almost the same when I joined the army at the beginning. I just could eat enough, so how could I have such good conditions now?"

He Feihu rolled a piece of meat with a piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it in big mouth, then smiled and said, "But I thought it was pretty good at that time. As long as I could eat enough, I'm getting better and better now. I've eaten meat regularly, and I've never had a shortage. I really dared not think about such days.

Of course, the days ahead will get better and better. There is no condition for you now. However, after this battle, Jinghu and Jiangxi will be connected. At that time, the peasant army will be our Ming army, and set up a Jiangxi regiment. At that time, our food will be the same, and we will eat meat in big mouthfuls."

As he said this, another large piece of braised pork with fat and thinness was swallowed by He Feihu, and his mouth was full of oil.

“That’s a must!”

Xu Tong felt a sense of excitement and satisfaction in his heart. This feeling stimulated him to eat two bowls of meat, a bowl of soup and seven pieces of cooked cakes all night, and his belly was about to bulge.

The next morning, the weather was clear, and Xu Tong had breakfast with the soldiers of Shenji Camp. After eating the pancakes, meat and soup that he had not finished last night, he ate about 70% full, and then began to prepare the entire army and the battle started at any time.

The sound of war drums and horns kept blowing, and the entire attacking army entered a level 1 combat readiness.

The main force participating in the battle today is Shenji Camp, and the Shenji Camp is divided into three parts and attacks the Fancheng defense circle from three directions. Xu Tong followed He Feihu and attacked the Fancheng defense circle from the north.
Chapter completed!