When Xu Shu and Zhang Yang went to Bingzhou with Liu Xie's imperial edict, Li Jichen and Jiang Yi also arrived at Wancheng with an army of 200,000 players, threatening Xinye City head-on.

Xinye is located in the north of Xiangyang City and is the gateway to Jingzhou. Further north is Wancheng, the largest county in the Han Dynasty.

At this time, Wancheng has become the logistics base for the players' army. There are countless grains, grass, ordnance here, which are needed by the players to attack Xinye.

Li Jichen planned to send people to attack Xinye after the players were repaired.

Originally, the players were not so tired from traveling. According to the players' previous habits, the fastest and most convenient way to get from Luoyang to Wancheng was to cut their own necks and then choose to resurrect in Wancheng.

However, after discussing with other army leaders, Li Jichen still felt that everyone should walk from Luoyang to Wancheng, and then bring siege equipment from Wancheng to crush them all the way.

This is not because Li Jichen and the other army commanders are too full to do anything, but they want to let Liu Biao in Jingzhou know that his group of people are here to attack you in Jingzhou.

At the same time, I will give you time to prepare, and then let you see what absolute strength is. I also want to tell the rebel princes and let them understand that no matter how well you did your work before the war.

We are also vulnerable when facing our army of players.

In the past, there were players who thought Li Jichen was taking off his pants and farting, but when they followed 200,000 players, the endless line shocked them.

Many players could not post this scene on the Dragon Kingdom network, which made those who were not qualified to play the game jealous.

Some Internet experts also started live broadcasts, directly broadcasting this battle with the largest number of people in the history of human gaming to the people of the Dragon Kingdom.

Of course, this kind of promotion efforts also owes its part to the official work of Dragon Kingdom.

After all, the Dragon Kingdom is now also considering allowing all people to enter the Three Kingdoms, because they have discovered that in reality, although it is possible to practice exercises, the progress is too slow.

In the Three Kingdoms era, one day of practice was worth about ten days of practice in the outside world. In order to comprehensively improve the physical fitness of the people, the Dragon Kingdom still hopes that all people can enter the Three Kingdoms.

And this requires greater efforts to promote it and let more people know about it.

What kind of promotion is the most effective? It’s very simple, that is, the kind that is big enough and makes people excited to watch it.

This is also the reason why Li Jichen wants to build momentum.

Soon, the players finished resting in Wancheng, and at the same time, the siege towers, catapults, and ladders needed to attack the city were all ready.

Although most of these siege equipment are made of wood, other parts that require metal are all made of fine iron.

Including the top part of the ladder and the hooks, which are most vulnerable to attack, these parts have all been replaced with hundreds of refined iron. Even if the defending soldiers want to destroy it, it is not easy to do so.

After seeing that the players had rested, Li Jichen asked Zhang Xuanji to lead his Xuanji Army as the vanguard of the entire army and crush them towards Xinye.

On Liu Biao's side, although he had known the news in advance, the entire Jingzhou was not yet ready for war.

Facing the 200,000 troops sent by Liu Xie, Liu Biao actually wanted to give in. But the wealthy families under him were unwilling.

From Liu Biao's point of view, he is also a member of the Han clan, and it is a good thing for him that the Han clan continues to exist. In addition, Liu Biao himself is old and does not have much ambition.

At the same time, he also knew that his two sons were basically useless and could not inherit his family business. If it were said that under the system of the Han Dynasty, his two sons could at least be guaranteed to have enough food and clothing.

Maybe he could even get into a high position like a prefect.

Therefore, from the beginning, Liu Biao was very reluctant to rebel, because being opposed would be a hundred harms to him but no benefit.

But Liu Biao couldn't stand the instigation of his ministers, and while talking about "Your Majesty,

When in power, clan members like Liu Biao must be targeted, because when His Majesty was in difficulty before, Liu Biao failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a clan member. On the other hand, Cai Mao killed first and then went to join forces with Liu Bei and others.

This time, Liu Biao had no choice but to react.

However, even though he was preparing to rebel, Liu Biao's preparation progress was not ideal and the overall progress was slow.

Because in Liu Biao's view, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Liu Bei and Yuan Shao started this rebellion, and if they want to fight, they must be attacked first. What's more, these two guys are now taking the initiative to attack Xuzhou, which is controlled by the emperor.

There was no reason or reason to beat him, a theatergoer. So when the news that the imperial court sent troops to Jingzhou came back to Xiangyang, the aristocratic families in Jingzhou were collectively confused.

In an emergency, Liu Biao quickly transferred Huang Zhong and Wenpin to the north to garrison Xinye.

However, Liu Biao was still kind. He knew that the walls of Xinye City were short and it was impossible to defend Xinye.

Therefore, Liu Biao's order to them was to let them stay in Xinye for a month, so as to give Xiangyang more time to prepare for the war.

After Huang Zhong and Wenpin received the general's order, they immediately headed north with 50,000 Xiangyang elites.

At this time, it was too late for Huang Zhong to thicken the city wall. He could only order the soldiers to prepare as many arrows, rolling stones and other sharp weapons for city defense as possible.

Because the players used a new type of weapon to break through Yangping Pass when they captured Yangping Pass, Huang Zhong had people block the city gate without leaving a single gap. The real Xinye City only left a gap to the south.

city ​​gate.

Just after Huang Zhong and others reluctantly made preparations, Zhang Xuanji arrived outside Xinye City with his Xuanji Army.

Huang Zhong's face turned dark when he saw that the vanguard alone had a strength of twenty to thirty thousand men. You know, normally, the vanguard army only had a few thousand men, not more than ten thousand at most.

Their mission is also very simple, mainly to explore the path for the team behind them, and after arriving at the place, set up a camp in advance for the army behind them.

Since there is a large army pressing down on the formation, generally no one would foolishly start to cause trouble for the front army, because you don't know how far away the opponent's main force is from the forward.

If you want to send someone to spy, you have to see if the people in the vanguard will let you pass. So, when you see the enemy's vanguard, don't think about finding out how far away the opponent's main force is from you.

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It's not far anyway, so don't think about a sneak attack, because maybe the people you send out for a sneak attack will make the enemy turn around and make dumplings.

Now, Huang Zhong looked at the sky and then at the number of people on the other side. Although he lamented that there were too many people in the vanguard, he didn't care.

It was already approaching evening and the sun was about to set. He thought that the presence of these imperial troops would not discredit the siege. Moreover, they had not even set up a camp.
Chapter completed!