After saying that, he turned to the blushing Li Shuwan and said: "Shuwan, you go and order the heavy artillery team to find a suitable artillery position to deploy the formation."
"mmd, I have to blow down the city wall of Jingzhou!"
"Okay!" Li Shuwan agreed and turned away.
At the foot of Jingzhou City, the infantry began to retreat slowly under the cover of chariots. Xiang Jun, who was under tremendous pressure, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Withdrawn?" Xiang Tianxing frowned slightly as he listened to the battle report. He was about to attack the city. Why did he withdraw?
But it’s okay to withdraw, no matter why, immediately order the troops to quickly fill the vacancies, repair the fortifications and prepare for the next enemy attack.
Just when the various armies were repairing their fortifications and were glad that they had escaped once again, the distant Ming army's position suddenly remembered the rumbling sound of artillery.
The sound of this cannon was different from the ones just now, it was duller and louder: "Boom...boom..."
The sound came, but before the troops could react, almost at the same time, the cannonball hit the city wall of Jingzhou with a roaring sound.
Immediately afterwards, countless large, medium and small caliber artillery pieces of the Ming army opened fire, pouring ammunition crazily at Jingzhou City.
Nan Yanxi's tactics are very simple. No matter what poisonous plot you have waiting for you, I will blow you up first.
Anyway, I have plenty of ammunition.
"Heavy artillery...the Ming army's heavy artillery is coming..."
Xiang Jun's artillery commander loudly commanded: "Fight back, all fortress artillery, fire freely, suppress it!"
However, his thoughts were just good wishes. Although Xiang Jun's fortress artillery was huge in caliber and powerful, it was still too lagging behind that of the Ming army.
Especially the reloading speed, it fires one shot, which is enough for the Ming army's heavy artillery to fire five shots.
If it weren't for the protection of fortifications, it would have been destroyed by the Ming army's artillery group.
"Boom...boom...boom..."
The two sides once again engaged in a fierce artillery battle.
Because the Ming army brought two heavy artillery teams, a total of sixty heavy artillery pieces.
In conjunction with a large number of medium and light artillery from the vanguard, they conducted a fierce bombardment of Xiang Jun's tower and defensive positions below the city for an hour.
For a time, smoke filled the air inside and outside Jingzhou City, and the solid city walls had collapsed in many places.
The fortress artillery group that Xiang Jun was proud of had been destroyed, and eight out of ten of them had been destroyed, and they no longer had the ability to fight back.
Nan Yanxi once again gathered the siege team, ready to take down the city in one fell swoop. He waved his long sword and shouted: "Attack!"
"Kill...!" Under the cover of tanks and artillery fire, the leading 20,000 army troops launched another assault on Jingzhou City.
However, in the face of this attack, the defenders in the city became silent and almost did not fight back.
Nan Yanxi was afraid that there was a trick, so he quickly ordered the siege troops to slow down the attack and proceed with caution. At the same time, he sent cavalry troops to both wings of Jingzhou City to cover the infantry attack.
Other troops are on standby, ready to respond to emergencies.
In the military tent, Nan Yanxi and other generals were discussing possible unexpected events.
Some people think that the enemy set up an ambush, while others think that they may have set up gunpowder in the city just like they did in the previous attack on Zhongzhou.
Just when everyone was having different opinions, the messenger finally brought the news: "Report..."
"Reporting to Your Majesty, generals... Our siege force has successfully captured Jingzhou City. There are only some wounded and abandoned Xiang troops in the city."
"The defenders must have run away..."
"The cavalry was moving on both wings, but no ambush was found. Please tell me if your majesty will give chase..."
"Run away?" When the generals heard this, they were stunned and expressed doubts.
Although our own artillery fire was fierce and Xiang Jun's fortifications were severely destroyed, they were not without the strength to fight.
Even if the positions outside the city cannot be held anymore, there are still gates and inner city, and street fighting can still be fought.
The people attacking this time were the vanguard of the Ming Army on the Western Front, which only numbered 100,000 people. The defenders in the city were at least 150,000, and at least 160,000 to 70,000.
No matter what, it's unlikely that we would have to withdraw after just one day of fighting.
But Nan Yanxi seemed to have expected it and ordered: "Tell the cavalry to keep their distance and just keep up. There is no need to fight."
"We must prevent enemy counterattacks and ambushes, keep a distance and wait for the arrival of our large forces."
"Yes!" the ordering soldier hurriedly agreed, turned around and walked away.
Later, Nan Yanxi told the generals: "Leave 20,000 troops to garrison Jingzhou and take over the defense. Send someone to tell the joint command that we have captured Jingzhou and are pursuing Xiang Tianxing's troops."
"If there are any new instructions, ask them to send them as soon as possible."
"yes!"
The generals all performed their duties, and Nan Yanxi began to command the troops to enter Jingzhou City. He took a short rest and continued the pursuit tomorrow.
Small groups of troops were detached to take over the defense of each city, but only 10,000 people were left busy east of Jingzhou City.
Seeing his thoughtful look, Xiang Ning'er suddenly felt a little confused: "Husband...why are you not surprised at all?"
"Logically speaking, Xiang Jun should not have withdrawn so quickly."
Nan Yanxi shrugged and smiled mysteriously: "Because I can pinch my husband... I know this old boy is holding back his bad intentions."
"But it's okay. I ordered the cavalry to follow him slowly, keep a distance and not fight with him. Just stick to him."
"We just follow the territory behind."
Hearing this, the girls were even more puzzled, but when they wanted to ask another question, Nan Yanxi shook her head with a mysterious face and did not answer.
He just kept saying...the secret must not be revealed, which made these girls extremely curious.
In the next few days, Xiang Jun was like a dam made of sand. He resisted the Ming army for a few days and then quickly retreated.
There were occasional ambushes along the way, but due to Nan Yanxi's cautious marching method, they did not cause too much damage.
Su Rile, Ye Zhiyu and others on the southern front also encountered the same problem. Xiang Jun fled at the first touch and retreated after a few hits. It seemed that he was deliberately trying to attract the Ming army to go deeper.
In half a month, Xiang Jun retreated from two states.
If the Ming army pursues further, it is estimated that they will see the east coast in a few days.
Because there were too many cities captured along the way, necessary troops had to be left to guard each city.
Therefore, Nan Yanxi's West Route Army and Su Rile's South Route Army are currently pursuing less than 200,000 troops.
For fear of loss, the two armies stopped their pursuit and began to consolidate their defense lines.
However, as soon as the Ming army stopped chasing, Xiang Jun, who had been retreating all the way in front, stuck up again, seemingly deliberately trying to stick to the Ming army.
"Husband, the enemy attacked again last night."
Xiao Li, who was dressed in black armor and with black ash on his face, was sitting in the handsome tent and complaining: "What do you think these people want to do?"
"If we chase him, he will run. If we stop, he will run back."