Chapter 32: The First Battle of Fancheng

Yue Fei led an army of 70,000 to Fancheng. According to Yue Fei's idea, he hoped that Deng Sheng could give him a 100,000 army, so he could divide his troops into two groups, attack Fancheng and Jiangxia, but now there are only 70,000, so it is not appropriate to divide the troops into two groups. After all, although Jing State is very weak, tens of thousands of troops can still be gathered. If the troops are divided, it is difficult to form an advantage in terms of force. Besides, Jing State has more strong cities and fewer troops, and I am afraid that even the city will not be able to capture it.

While Yue Fei came to Fancheng, Cai Mao also led a 10,000 army to attack Fancheng. Now Jing State has only 60,000 troops left. Jiangling is the capital, and it is impossible to keep troops and horses without leaving them to guard. If Cai Mao took all his troops away, I am afraid that King Jing Wang Yao would be the first to deal with him. In desperation, Cai Mao had to leave 10,000 troops to guard Jiangling. Xiangyang behind Fancheng is an important town and the gateway to the capital Jiangling. Cai Mao also had to leave a group of troops to guard Jiangyang in case of an accident. So he left five thousand troops and Jiangxia in Xiangyang. Although all the troops of Deng army were under Fancheng, Jiangxia bordered Deng State. If Deng State sent another troops to attack Jiangxia, Jiang Xia must not be able to defend it, so Cai Mao sent another 15,000 troops into Jiangxia, 10,000 troops to guard the Xiling of Jiangxia's capital, and 5,000 people to guard Xiakou to prevent accidents. Therefore, only 20,000 troops were able to come to Fancheng with Cai Mao. In addition, the 10,000 troops originally stationed in Fancheng, a total of 30,000 troops formed the first line of defense. Cai Mao was also worried about the combat effectiveness of Deng's army. In addition, the 30,000 Jing army was truly considered elite, and only 10,000 troops who had been guarding Fancheng for many years were basically new recruits in recent years. Without the battle formation, their combat effectiveness was worrying. Therefore, as soon as he arrived, Cai Mao hurriedly ordered people to strengthen the city, prepare the materials to defend the city, and planned to defend the city to death and not fight against the Deng army.

Seeing Cai Mao's posture, Yue Fei didn't understand. The Jing army was planning to defend to the death, but Yue Fei was not panicked. The soldiers and horses in his hands were all elite. Even if they attacked a weak brigade like Jing, there would be no problem at all.

At night, Yue Fei summoned Yang Yanzhao, Ma Chao, Zhang Fei, Deng Ai, Pang De, Li Xiucheng, Song Guang, Wang Ce, Su Hong, Zhang Bin, and Yao Guangxiao to discuss siege.

Yue Fei said: "Everyone, I received the news that the general of Jing State Cai Mao has led a large army to Fancheng, and the city is also strengthening the city. It seems that he wants to defend the enemy. General Yang, you have fought with Cai Mao, I wonder what you think?"

Yang Yanzhao thought of Cai Mao and said disdainfully: "Cai Mao is a man with a higher heart and a thinner life than paper. Although I don't have much contact with him, when I was in the king's residence, I often took out some examples of Cai Mao's battles with General Chang Yuchun. This person is so happy to be successful. On the surface, he has won more than less than defeat for so many years in the army, but his victory is against some bandits, bandits, etc. He can take the position of General Jing State. In my opinion, it has nothing to do with his family background." Then, Yang Yanzhao briefly explained Cai Mao's battles over the years.

After hearing this, Yue Fei shook his head and said, "I thought Cai Mao was the general of Jing State and the number one general. Although he was not a famous general in the world, he at least had the strength of General Huang Biao. But he didn't expect that he would be so unbearable. It seems that I would be too cautious about the king saying that he would destroy Jing State within a year." Although Yue Fei is Huang Biao's subordinate and respect Huang Biao very much, in terms of ability, he said that he was far better than Huang Biao. The commander of Cai Mao had 100,000 troops and 30,000 people defeated Huang Biao and his abilities. He was really not a good match.

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed.

Yue Fei touched the sword in his hand and said, "Since that's the case, then we can't play any tricks with Cai Mao. Just attack directly and get the matter done. All the generals obey the order!"

"The last one will be here!"

"From tomorrow, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Deng Ai, Pang De, Song Guanger and other five people will lead 10,000 troops to attack the city in batches. Each batch will attack the city for two hours, day and night, within three days, to capture Fancheng, Yang Yanzhao, Wang Ce and our general will lead 10,000 troops to support the formation, and Li Xiucheng will lead 10,000 troops to take over the camp!" Yue Fei said with a sword in his hand.

"Here!"

"Dong!Dong!Dong!" Early the next morning, the sound of war drums from Fancheng started. Zhang Fei, as the first siege, brought 10,000 troops to the city.

Zhang Fei looked at the defenders on Fancheng coldly and ordered: "All the soldiers obey orders and take down Fancheng!"

"Kill!" Ten thousand soldiers and horses were divided into several groups, carrying ladders, and pushing chariots to kill Fancheng.

Cai Mao, who was on the city, looked at Jiang Xiajun under the city with a serious look and said, "Arrowman, come on!"

Tens of thousands of arrows were fired in Fancheng, and many soldiers of Deng's army who were rushing in front fell down instantly. After several shootings, Zhang Fei and Deng's army finally rushed to the city, set up a ladder, and followed the other to climb the city wall.

Cai Mao shouted: "Big rocks, prepare for rolling wood."

Yue Fei and others in the Deng army formation looked at the bloody battle on the city, and there was no trace of turmoil in their eyes. The general died in hundreds of battles, and the hero returned for ten years. When fighting, there was no one who could not die.

Two hours later, Zhang Fei led his troops to retreat slowly. After all Zhang Fei's troops retreated, the city was in chaos and under the city, and the bodies of soldiers of the two armies were everywhere.

When Zhang Fei retreated, the second batch of siege troops led by Ma Chao came to the city and started siege without saying a word. This scared Cai Mao on the city. He originally thought that Deng's army was just a tentative attack today, but he didn't expect it to be a direct attack, which caught him off guard.

Two more hours later, Ma Chao led his troops to retreat slowly, but when Cai Mao recovered, the third batch of siege troops led by Deng Ai attacked. When things got to this point, Cai Mao finally understood that Deng's army was fighting a rotating battle, and several troops took turns to attack the city.

After all the five siege troops attacked, Yue Fei gave the army two hours to rest, and also took this opportunity to count the number of casualties.
Chapter completed!