The 20,000-like Zheng army, led by Wang Renze, finally arrived at Xiangyang City. This army once entered Xiangyang City when attacking Jingzhou. They knew the prosperity and prosperity of Xiangyang City. However, at that time they were strictly restricted and did not dare to act recklessly. But now Wang Renze has released the devil in each of their hearts, making every soldier's heart full of violence and desire.

They burned and killed all the way, and the original goodness in their hearts had long been wiped out. Everyone's eyes were red, and they just wanted to go into the city immediately and vent their inner desires violently again.

But on the other hand, after being baptized by killing and violently, this army became cruel and fierce and fearless, with high morale and solidified military morale. Twenty thousand troops gathered under the southern city of Xiangyang, full of murderous intent.

Wang Renze stared at the defenders on the top of the city with a serious look. The flag of the defenders was no longer the Tang army, but the Qinglong Red Flag of the Sui army. This made Wang Renze a little panicked. He thought that there were at most one or two thousand defenders in the city and could fight down, but there were densely lined up the city with bright armors, at least 10,000 soldiers, but he did not have any siege weapons. How could he attack this strong city?

"Your Highness, the situation is not good!"

Chief Su Lun whispered: "I'm afraid the Sui army not only occupied Xiangyang City, but also cut off our retreat."

Wang Renze was shocked. He understood Su Lun's meaning and immediately turned around and ordered a team of cavalry: "Go to the riverside to check the situation immediately!"

The cavalry team ran away quickly and ran back in a moment to report. The voice of the chief captain trembled a little, "Report to Your Highness, the riverside is full of Sui army warships."

Wang Renze was so shocked that he took a breath of air conditioning. Sui army warships indeed blocked the river. At this time, he suddenly remembered something and said anxiously: "Go and check our fleet quickly so that they cannot go north."

"Your Highness, we have gone to find the fleet, but the fleet is gone."

"What!"

Wang Renze couldn't speak for a long time. The fleet disappeared. What should they do with their food?

At this time, Su Lun whispered: "I suggest you go and look for it again! If the fleet is gone, the consequences will be very serious."

Of course, Wang Renze knew the consequences were serious, so he urgently ordered: "Go to look for the fleet again. If you want to see people in your life and corpses in your life, you must find them!"

A team of cavalry ran away again. At this time, several generals rushed over and shouted: "Your Highness, when will you attack the city, brothers are already impatient."

Wang Renze gritted his teeth and ordered: "Tell me the order, and the First Army will go to the nearby area to cut wood and build ladders!"

Half of the soldiers disbanded, and tens of thousands of soldiers rushed towards a small hill several miles away. The hills were covered with pine forests, and the pine trees were tall and straight, which was suitable for making simple siege ladders. When night fell quietly, ten thousand soldiers cut down thousands of pine trees and began to busy creating simple siege ladders. The simple siege ladders were simple to make. Two thick trees were chosen as ladders, drill holes in the trunks, and thick wood was punched into the holes at both ends. A ladder was made without a nail.

However, this kind of ladder is very simple to make and easily fall apart. Although Zheng Jun can make them stronger and more durable, such as drilling through the wooden holes at both ends, directly piercing the thick wood into the holes, nailing wooden strips on the outer sides of both ends to fix them, etc., Zheng Jun has no time anymore, so they can only rush to make crude siege weapons and attack the city as soon as possible.

There is another hidden secret for Wang Renze to decide to attack the city. They burned, killed and robbed all the way, and seized a large amount of gold, silver and fines. In order to get a little more, the soldiers did not hesitate to discard other items, such as spear sheaths, grain, etc., but the fleet that transported the food disappeared unexpectedly. The food in their hands can only last for two days.

But Wang Renze did not dare to make this secret public, otherwise it would cause chaos in the morale of the army. Only by conquering Xiangyang City as quickly as possible can their food crisis be solved.

On the one hand, Wang Renze ordered the army to speed up the production of siege ladders, and on the other hand, he secretly ordered a confidant general to lead 2,000 people to plunder food near Xiangyang.

In the night, thousands of torches shone like daylight in the wilderness of the southern city. More than 10,000 Zheng troops worked overnight and tried hard to create siege ladders, but the defenders at the city were very calm. Hu Ben Lang General Zhu Kuan stood at the top of the city and looked coldly at the extremely busy Zheng soldiers who were miles away. It was completely delusional to want to capture Xiangyang City with such a simple ladder.

Yang Shilin next to him was quite nervous. He inferred that the other party had made at least hundreds of siege ladders, and tomorrow would be a fierce battle. The Sui army had only 5,000 people, and whether the militia soldiers could withstand the opponent's fierce attack.

He finally couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "General Zhu, are we no reinforcements?"

Zhu Kuan saw his nervousness and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Junmaster Yang, there are still 10,000 naval troops on the water outside the city. If Xiangyang City is in crisis, the old general will lead 10,000 naval troops to fight for reinforcements. However, with our 5,000 troops and 20,000 militia soldiers, I think there is no problem in defending Xiangyang City."

"I'm afraid the other party will attack the city from all directions tomorrow, and will not only attack Nancheng."

"I know, it should be a siege on three sides. Outside the North City is the Han River. They dare not attack the North City, and they will only attack the three walls on the east and south sides. However, we have already made arrangements on the east and west sides, and we will only face the attack from the South City in the end, and the five thousand troops are enough to defend the South City."

Yang Shilin was stunned, "General Zhu, what are the arrangements outside the East and West City?"

Zhu Kuan smiled mysteriously, "Will the county magistrate know when he attacks the city tomorrow?"

Yang Shilin was confused and didn't know what Zhu Kuan sold in the gourd, but Zhu Kuan was so confident that he felt a little worried.

The fifth hour passed, the east sky turned white, and the sky was still gray. At this moment, the sound of rumbling war drums suddenly sounded outside the south city. The Sui army soldiers and militia soldiers who were sleeping in the military blanket on the top of the city were awakened one after another. They jumped up with weapons, and did not bother to rub their sleepy eyes, and quickly entered their combat positions.

The Zheng army several miles away from the city had already assembled. Overnight they built more than 700 simple siege ladders and a large number of rafts. The rafts were used to place them on the moat, so each raft was four or five meters long and made of giant pine. Although most of the Zheng soldiers did not sleep all night and their eyes were red, the desire in their hearts was burning in their hearts. But they seemed extremely excited and wanted to kill into the city immediately and vent their hearts. Wang Renze was very awake at this time. The fleet was sure to be missing. Needless to think, it must have been captured or destroyed by the Sui army warships.

At dawn, the soldiers he sent to collect grain came back to report that the civilians within 30 miles of Xiangyang were moved into the city and all the food was taken away. Only less than 100 stones of food were found, which was found in the cellar of a wealthy family.

Wang Renze's heart was half cold at that time. Without food, he had no way out and could only fight to the death. If he could conquer Xiangyang, both food and security issues would be solved.

Wang Renze waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Let's attack!"

Twenty thousand troops were dispatched amid the sound of war drums. They divided into three groups. General Zhao Heiquan led 6,000 troops to attack Xicheng, and another general Huo Jian also led 6,000 troops to attack Dongcheng, while Wang Ren personally led 8,000 troops to attack Nancheng, and all the 20,000 troops were pressed. Whether the city could be captured was in this way.

Zhao Heiquan is from Liyang County. His real name is Zhao Heiquan. He thought the name was ugly, so he changed his name to Zhao Heiquan. He has been following him since Wang Shichong ascended the throne. After Wang Shichong ascended the throne, he was named Duke of Liyang County and General Zhenwei. This time he followed Wang Renze to conquer Jingzhou. His status in the army was second only to Wang Renze and Tianzan, and he was the third person in the southern expedition to Zheng army.

Zhao Heiquan started his own business by looting. During the years he followed Wang Shichong, like other Huainan generals, he accumulated a large amount of personal wealth through looting. He was rich and became a rich man in Luoyang City. Now he has served as a high-ranking official in the army. It can be said that he won both fame and fortune. It is precisely because of his own experience that he not only did not dissuade Wang Renze from restraining, but instead encouraged soldiers to plunder and make money, becoming a fuelling player for Wang Renze's army to ravage Jingzhou.

Zhao Heiquan was responsible for attacking Xicheng. Six thousand soldiers rushed to the outside of Xicheng with hundreds of simple siege ladders and dozens of rafts. Outside the Xicheng, there were large wheat fields distributed outside the Xicheng. The wheat had turned yellow and would be ripe and harvested in another month, but the wheat had been cut away by the people in the city, and the wheat fields became bare.

Zhao Heiquan followed Wang Shichong to fight for many years and had rich combat experience. He shouted, "Two thousand crossbowmen came first, and use bows and arrows to suppress the city head!"

The order to attack the city was issued, and two thousand crossbow troops raised their shields and ran towards the city.
Chapter completed!