The river is surging and rushing rapidly, and rolling waves are coming out, with a majestic sound of shaking and shaking.

Above the river, the wind was blowing, and dozens of ships came, surging with flags floating, and the armored men stood in awe of solemnly, holding long spears and spears in their hands, carrying crossbows and bows and arrows, with a cold air.

This is Dahua's army, which went down the river and approached Xiazhou.

We must attack and land on the river beach in the northern part of Xiazhou, which will cause the Liang army in Xiazhou to be severely damaged in the front.

The land of Xiazhou is at the mouth of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, so it is named after it. The terrain is complex, with cliffs and cliffs. The mountains are covered with dense forests and cannot march. Only one artificially built river beach is used as a ferry for the Xiazhou waterway.

The Liang army has 20,000 troops stationed here, and has already been set up. Deer barriers, wooden fences, trenches, and trenches are all arranged on the river beach, and the ferry has been destroyed. A lot of large stones are invested near the shallow water area of ​​the ferry. If the ship approaches, it is easy to be knocked out of the bottom of the ship.

As a deputy general, Xue Wanbei was responsible for this water attack. He brought 30,000 troops to restrain the defenders at the ferry and attract more troops to cover up General Li Jing's raid on the Xiazhou City behind him.

This is Li Jing's strategy to attack the east and west. He only relies on water to attack, but he does not have an advantage. With Li Jing's military habits, he will definitely not act recklessly and attack forcefully. Therefore, according to conventional ideas, he sent a fleet to attack the ancient ferry and river beaches to attract the support of the troops in Liang's city.

"Reported to General Xue, the sailors in front of him discovered the shallow waters of the river beach, and there were a large number of sunken rocks to prevent the ship from approaching."

Xue Wanbei hesitated and ordered: "Drive a raft and climb the 6 river beach. Since it is a shallow water area, the water flow is not turbulent, and the raft can carry people to the shore."

"Abide by the order!"

Before the water battle, they took into account various factors, so they had reserved a lot of rafts and longboards on the ship. At this time, the ships leaned towards the side of the river, and then opened the ship's wiper board and bottom warehouse board. Many soldiers were ready. After the raft was still in the river, the soldiers began to jump on the raft, or around the raft, and then took the raft to the dock.

At this moment, many archers emerged from the mountains along the river and began to design arrows below.

Some soldiers on the raft did not dodge in time and fell into the river after being shot, either dead or injured.

"Bun Shield!" There was a team on each raft. The soldiers who were wearing Teng Shield took off their shields and gathered together to protect them with shields, which immediately reduced casualties.

"Shenji Camp, cover with bows and arrows!"

"Here!" The soldiers of Shenji Camp were all crossbowmen and archers, adjusting the angle toward the mountainous areas where the arrows were shot out, and shooting arrows out of the boat, covering without any difference.

These crossbow arrows fell into the forest and penetrated through them, which would also injure some Liang Jun who ambushed them here.

Soon, Dahua navy soldiers landed, filling trenches, tearing down deer barriers, and cutting down barbed wooden fences.

Puff puff puff —

A round of arrows came, and the sharp blades held by the soldiers on the front line were shot through the armor, and their bodies and mouths were bleeding, and they all fell into a pool of blood.

"kill--"

A great Dahua soldiers attacked the river beach. The war drums on the ships behind them were beating, and the shouts of killing were shocking the sky. The momentum was huge, putting pressure on the defenders.

The Liang army had the advantage of geographical advantage, so they could still defend it. However, Dahua had the advantage of weapons. Some crossbow arrays began to shoot wildly from the ships to the military defense area above the river beach, and even used black gunpowder arrows, which kept blowing up there, causing some casualties to the Liang army.

Xue Wanbei stood high on the bow of the boat, the wind blew the cloak, and the eyes were flying between his eyebrows.

The ferry in the north of Xiazhou is a very critical defense line and entrance to Xiazhou, and it is also very convenient to lead to Jiangling. If you take 6 routes to attack, the terrain in the south will be full of hills, mountains, lakes, rivers, dense jungles, and a lot of rain, making it very inconvenient to march. Therefore, the ferry in this place is indeed a major area fortress.

Cai Guan, the Liang army guard general, felt guilty when he saw Dahua's firepower was so fierce and his attack power was strong. Over the years, he had rarely fought hard battles, and the Liang army soldiers had no experience of fighting. Therefore, when he saw the casualties spread continuously, blood was formed, and the river was dyed red, and the corpses were floating in the water, with bloody aura, and they were all a little scared.

"General, the enemy's offensive is too fierce, and the morale of the soldiers is a little floating. I'm afraid our troops will not last long. We need to return to the city to move troops and ask General Xu to send some more troops."

"No, but sending people back to deliver the letter is a bit slow. I immediately went out to rescue the wolf smoke, sending signals, the most dangerous kind. When the defenders in the city saw that the ferry was in danger, they would naturally send troops!"

This is the military information transmission signal they agreed to. Once the river beach is in danger and needs rescue, it will burn smoke and a beacon tower of two miles. This way it will be transmitted back to the city of six or seven miles, which is very fast.

"As for orders, I will do it now!"

Soon, the wolf smoke burned and rushed into the sky, and could be seen from afar.

After the scout on duty at the beacon tower appeared, he immediately lit the wolf smoke and passed on it like this.

Sure enough, in less than half a cup of tea, the scouts in the city passed the news to the on-duty chief lieutenant, and the chief lieutenant urgently reported the news to the new guard Xu Xuanche.

"Will the river beach be lost so quickly? No, go to support as soon as possible. This is the gateway to the northern part of Xiazhou. After it was cut off, the Yangtze River waterway was blocked. Food, grass, soldiers, reinforcements, etc. were difficult to communicate, and they could only rely on 6 places."

Xu Xuanche sent a general and took 20,000 troops out of the city and rushed to support him.

Who knew that the reinforcements had just run for several miles, and less than half of the journey, were ambushed by a Dahua army from the mountains and forests.

At the same time, a large number of Dahua troops appeared northwest of Xiazhou City, rolling in, the sound of horse hooves shook the sky and the earth, and the infantry phalanx was sonorous and powerful.

"No, I've been trapped!" Xu Xuanche stood on the city tower, watching the enemy approaching from the northwest, and heard the sound of fighting in the distance from the north of the city in his ears. His face changed drastically, and cold sweat was flowing on his back. He realized that he had been trapped.

There were 20,000 troops at the ferry and 20,000 reinforcements sent out, and the city had less than 30,000 defenders. Even Xu Xuanche himself did not know how long it could last to fight against Li Jing's ground army and was unsure of it.

The Liang army was recruited temporarily, with little training, and had not been tempered on the battlefield. Compared with Dahua's good combat soldiers, it was much inferior. Once there were 30% or 40% casualties, the Liang army would inevitably be defeated, and the rest of the troops would definitely not be interested in fighting again.

"General, should you defend the city to the death or abandon the city?" A confidant general Zuo whispered to Xu Xuanche.

Xu Xuanche looked calm and hesitant. If he abandoned the city and fled, it would be difficult to get a job when he went back. If he didn't do it well, he would lose his head. He thought that he would resist for at least two days, look at the situation, and then break through and leave after the situation is not good.

At that time, there were also some hardships to be told about when fleeing back to Jiangling. The Dahua army was more sharp and the battle was not good. The city was broken and had to retreat.

It is completely different from escaping when you see the enemy and fleeing.

Therefore, Xu Xuanche gritted his teeth and said, "Persevere for two days first, and then talk!"
Chapter completed!