Zhao Bing looked at the towering Xiangyang cannons on Fancheng, with only contempt in his eyes. In the rumor he remembered in his previous life, when the Ming army broke through Xiangyang, he saw several Xiangyang cannons on the top of the city, which was said to have been built by Bo Yan when he attacked Xiangyang. It seems that the rumors are really possible now, but it is also seen that it is bulky and difficult to carry for a long distance. It can only be made immediately and re-created.

After a rough look at the geography around Fancheng, Zhao Bing turned back to the camp. At this time, the camp had already taken shape. A van was used to set up camp every day. The first brigade of the Guards, which was unfamiliar with vans in the past, could also skillfully use it. They could form corresponding vehicle arrays based on different terrain and uses, and quickly complete combat deployment.

Now that we have entered the war zone, the enemy and us are only a few miles apart, with no barrier in the middle, which can be said to be completely exposed to the enemy's sight. Therefore, they formed the "Yuhuan Formation", which is named after the jade ring with a hole. The camp was selected on a circular mound, and a brigade was in the outer ring, with the cavalry brigades in it, with the inner ring of the guard regiment and the baggage regiment as the inner ring, and the driving was in it.

This formation is very suitable for the open wilderness. It is based on the mounds. It can not only deal with the enemy's siege, but also fully exert firepower on both sides of the high and low levels. It can also use cavalry to attack from all sides to break the enemy's siege. Of course, this formation is not without weaknesses. What is most afraid of is to be surrounded by the enemy army, digging trenches and building blocks to siege layer by layer, making it difficult to break through, and eventually exhausting food, grass and ammunition and destroyed.

However, Ni Liang was confident in setting up such a formation. He was less than 30 miles from the imperial guard Zhang Ba's troops and only a hundred miles from the main camp of Jingxiang. The imperial navy was going upstream to meet them. Once there was a problem here, they would all come to rescue the siege quickly. The vans fought with the army as if they were carrying houses, which greatly increased their self-sustainment. The materials they carried could ensure that they fought independently for twenty days.

"The Holy Lord returns to the camp and releases the suspension bridge!" The sentry saw the emperor and his group coming from afar, and prepared to release them in advance.

"Salute!" As we approached the camp, Zhao Bing and others also slowed down their horse speed and walked slowly across the bridge. Whether it was the sentries or those who were digging trenches, the soldiers who arranged to refuse horses immediately stood at the scene and saluted him immediately.

"Your Majesty!" The emperor returned to the camp and the commander-in-chief Tian Zhong, who was organizing officers and soldiers to arrange the camp, immediately came forward to salute.

"No need to be polite!" Zhao Bing flew off the horse and threw the reins to his personal guards and returned the courtesy. The military discipline stipulates that horses are strictly prohibited in the camp. Although he enjoys privileges and does not subject to this limitation, he also abides by them.

"Your Majesty only brings a small team of guards to the camp, which is too risky." Tian Zhong complained.

"I've worked hard to follow me in person this time!" Zhao Bing did not refute, but smiled. Tian Zhong came from the Mansion of the Imperial Front Guard and was the oldest among the Imperial Front Guards. He is nearly fifty years old this year. He chose to be protected by the First Brigade. In addition to his strong combat power, he was also because of his old age, loyalty and reliable, and many things were done without worrying about.

"I am healthy and my children have already started a family. I am free from housework. I am not worried about it, and it is annoying to go home!" Tian Zhong can be said to have watched the little emperor grow up, treat him like a son and nephew, and speak casually.

"Since the Jiazi army started, you have followed me. Many of your colleagues have already been in high positions, and your former subordinates are already on the same level as you." Zhao Bing sighed. When he was training the new army in Qiongzhou, Tian Zhong was the commander of the general, and many of the students were the commander-in-chief of the division and the marquis of Yu, and he is still the commander-in-chief of the brigade.

"When I entered the mansion, I could not even imagine that I could command tens of thousands of subordinates. I can still stay with Your Majesty. I am satisfied with the guards of the imperial city and the battles of Your Majesty." Tian Zhong said with a smile of concern.

"With you by my side, I will sleep more peacefully. The Ministry of War wants to promote you to another department several times. I have rejected it after thinking about it. It has ruined your future!" Zhao Bing said apologetically.

"Your Majesty is so serious, and I am used to being by Your Majesty. If you can see Your Majesty live in the imperial city, I feel that there is no regret in this life. I just want Your Majesty not to dislike me for driving me away." Tian Zhongyan said.

"We all have a good night's sleep tonight, replenish our energy, and strive to break the city in one fell swoop tomorrow!" Zhao Bing patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, we cross the river today. The Yuan army has not sent troops to attack the half-cross, and there have not set up ambush on the way. When the camp is established, no troops have been sent to harass me. My subordinates thought they are likely to launch a night attack, but why is Your Majesty sure that the enemy will not move troops?" Tian Zhong did not agree and frowned.

"This old man Shi Bi thought he had a strong city in his hands and a hundred thousand powerful soldiers, so we could not shake the city. He also thought he was brave and famous in Huguang, so he disdained to use a trick and wanted to fight us upright and defeat you, a strong army known as the No. 1 Brigade of the Song Dynasty, to shock our army and make me give up the idea of ​​capturing Xiangyang." Zhao Bing laughed.

"Haha, he is arrogant. Then tomorrow his subordinates will ask him to learn about the power of His Majesty's personal army. First knock off his front teeth, then pull out his tongue!" Tian Zhong said sneered twice. The First Brigade of the Guards was originally adapted from the General's Mansion's Personal Guards, and participated in the battles of defending Qiongzhou, attacking Guangzhou and Quanzhou. He also fired the first shot of counterattacking Jiangnan with His Majesty as a vanguard. He then attacked Lin'an, captured Pingjiang, and fought several fierce battles in Ezhou. This Northern Expedition participated in the two major battles of Jiangdong, Xuzhou and Suzhou, annihilated tens of thousands of enemies. He had their own pride, so how could others be despised.

"Yes, we have to tell this old man that the era of theirs has passed, and it is not the time to flatten the world with a long sword and a fast horse!" Zhao Bing also said sternly.

"Well, I follow the order. I will seize Fancheng tomorrow and put Your Majesty's dragon flag on the top of the city!" Tian Zhong said loudly with great enthusiasm.

Zhao Bing nodded, and then talked to Tian Zhong for a while before returning to the camp. Although Tian Zhong received the hint from His Majesty, he did not dare to ignore it. He personally supervised his subordinates to dig the trenches wider, build the camps more solid, and have a tighter warning. After patrolling again, he returned to the camp to listen to the rewards of the generals and scouts, discussing how to attack the city tomorrow, and after writing a document, he reported to Ni Liang for approval, and then began to deploy the siege...

Although the officers and soldiers of the battalion were waiting for the battle, as Zhao Bing said, the Yuan army did not launch a night attack. The next day, Ni Liang did not order a siege, but personally led the cavalry brigade and the officers above the first brigade to investigate the terrain of Fancheng, explore the city defenses of the enemy's gates, and once again discussed the siege plan, deployed the tasks of each department, and ordered the engineering battalion to prepare siege equipment.

Zhao Bing did not interfere with their actions, nor did he participate in the discussion, so he let them arrange it themselves. He made an appointment with Wang Yinglin to play chess and chat. Of course, it was a turbulent time at this time, and the two of them couldn't help but turn to the current situation as they spoke.

"Your Majesty, Jingxiang should have received the news long ago, but no one came to welcome him. Is Jiang Shuai too proud?" It has been a few days since he entered Jingxiang, but he has never seen anyone. Wang Yinglin also doubted his previous judgment and became suspicious of Jiang Jin's actions.

"The old general was trapped in the palace, so the pawn naturally had to jump out and show off his power!" Zhao Bing picked up the pawn and arched across the river border.

"Ship Jiang was seriously injured and could not be in charge of the director. Someone wanted to take the opportunity to get power. Who is so bold?" How could Wang Yinglin not hear the implicit voice of His Majesty and frowned.

"At present, our army in Jingxiang is stationed in three places north, south and west of Xiangyang, and the general tent is placed in the mountains south of the city. Who do Wang Xiang thinks it is?" Zhao Bing jumped on the horse track.

"There are big rivers in the west of Xiangyang City. The camp can only travel west along Zaoda Road, and then cross the river in Gucheng into the hinterland of Xiangyang and head to the main camp. Zhang Ba abandoned Fancheng and cut off the marching road of Xingchang. It is also the closest to Xingchang, but he does not come to see him. Could it be that he has a strange intention!" Wang Yinglin was jumped by his guess. If Zhang Ba rebelled, Xingchang would be trapped under Fancheng.

"He doesn't have the courage, he just acts cleverly, and he may have hit himself in the foot in the end!" Zhao Bing stepped on Wang Yinglin's cross-river and held the chess piece in his hand and played with it.

"Your Majesty is this..." Wang Yinglin felt a little distressed when he was eaten by the river. He wanted to regret the chess and felt rogue. He withdrew his hand, "He is rebellious, why haven't he come to see the driver for a long time? Could it be that His Majesty will go in person!"

"He was afraid, so he pretended to be deaf and blind, just pretending not to know that I had crossed the river here." Zhao Bing urged Wang Yinglin, who was undecided, to move quickly.

"What are you afraid of?" Wang Yinglin put the chess piece back to his original position and looked at His Majesty and said.

"He was afraid that Fancheng would be lost and punished by me, afraid that Gucheng would not be able to explain it after a long attack, and that he would not know how to excuse me when he saw me. So he covered his eyes and blocked his ears and pretended that he had not seen that he had arrived and could not hear the sound of cannons from attacking the city." Zhao Bing said with a smile.

"Isn't this... deceiving oneself? Can you escape from the crime in this way?" Wang Yinglin said in surprise and amused.

"So this is so smart!" Zhao Bing urged him again.

"Isn't this a fool? How can he explain to His Majesty when he arrives in front of the army tomorrow?" Wang Yinglin pondered for a moment, but did not understand where his intelligence was. He felt that His Majesty was testing his IQ and said excitedly.

"The king is wrong!" Zhao Bing stacked several chess pieces up and down and made a crisp sound. "He thought he would be blocked by the Yuan army when he crossed the river. He had to change his way through the border and could hide his own actions. But I safely crossed Baishui, and he thought the Yuan army would set up an ambush on the way, so that he could lead the army to rescue the horse. Even if I knew his mistake, how could I be embarrassed to punish him if he had made merit in saving the horse!"

"Oh, it turns out that he has such thoughts. But now our army is heading straight to Fancheng City, why haven't he come to see him?" Wang Yinglin nodded, shook his head and said in confusion.
Chapter completed!