Chapter seven hundred and seventy-ninth difficult to deal with behind
"Push forward step by step," Cao Xiaoda murmured, and then laughed, "This is not Xiao Mohe's usual style."
Yu Chikuan couldn't help but frown and said: "It seems that Xiao Mohe is bound to win Xiangyang City this time, otherwise it would be impossible to fight so steadily, and he has no intention of leaving us any opportunities."
Cao Xiaoda stretched out his hand to support the city wall and remained silent.
The situation in Xiangyang in front of us has obviously become more serious than ever before. The last time Xiao Mohe advanced into Xiangyang, he crossed Xian Mountain and directly surrounded the entire Xiangyang City. But at least that time, reinforcements from all sides of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were coming in a steady stream.
The situation in the church was far from as dangerous as it is now.
At this time, although the Xiangyang defenders still controlled the positions outside the city, and although there was still a tall city wall as a barrier, Cao Xiaoda was not sure because he knew that the Xiangyang defenders had actually become a lone army.
A lone army without foreign aid.
As long as this situation lasts long enough, there is a possibility that Xiangyang will be captured, or it will inevitably fall into the hands of the enemy.
Even Cao Xiaoda, who had always been taciturn in expressions of joy and anger, couldn't help but frown. One can imagine the mentality of Yu Chikuan, Yu Chishun and others.
"Uncle, I have something unclear," Yuchikuan said carefully. He knew that what he said had already questioned Cao Xiaoda's arrangements. "Now that Xiao Mohe's troops have been forced to Xian Mountain, why are they still maintaining their position along Tanxi?"
With so many soldiers and horses, my sixth brother has always fought bravely, so my uncle should transfer him to Xian Mountain."
Cao Xiaoda said calmly: "Which one is better to defend, Tanxi or Xianshan?"
Cao Xiaoda asked very abruptly, and Yuchikuan subconsciously replied: "Of course it's Xianshan."
"Yes, although there are many troops and horses in Tanxi, they may not be able to stop the enemy for five days." Cao Xiaoda said solemnly, "But I believe that relying on the dangerous terrain of Xian Mountain, whether it is Chun Yumei or Xiao Mohe, five days
It’s impossible to take it down within the sky.”
"But..." Yu Chikuan was a little surprised. He glanced at Cao Xiaoda subconsciously. Seeing that Cao Xiaoda had no intention of stopping him, he considered it and said, "Although Ren Zhong's troops outside Tanxi have high fighting spirit, their troops are not strong.
It’s too much, and the front line is very long. If we want to stop them for five days, we can rely on half of the troops and horses we have deployed in Tanxi and focus on guarding a few key places for swimming. Why..."
Cao Xiaoda smiled slightly: "Because Ren Zhong is not our real opponent, what we want to deal with is still behind."
Yu Chikuan frowned and understood something: "Li Xingchen?"
"That's right." Cao Xiaoda nodded simply, "Li Xingchen is the most difficult enemy we will face in the direction of Tanxi in the future. The more difficult enemy is still to come..."
Although Yuchikuan had never dealt with Li Xingchen, seeing the solemn expressions on Cao Xiaoda, Yuchishun and others' faces when they mentioned this name, Yuchikuan knew what kind of enemy this was. At this time, he took a deep breath.
, nodded slightly: "In that case, we should still follow uncle's arrangement, just on the other side of Xian Mountain..."
"If you can't hold it any longer, withdraw. I'll go back to Xianshan tomorrow. Before Li Xingchen comes, hurry up and sort out the situation in Xianshan," Cao Xiaoda said in a low voice, "As for this city, we must keep an eye on it.
Xiao Mohe has been plotting against Xiangyang for a long time, and there must be his spies in the city, so every move we make may fall into Xiao Mohe's eyes, so we must be cautious in everything."
Cao Xiaoda silently turned around and looked outside the city. In the vast wilderness, Xian Mountain rose from the ground, blocking half of his sight. And just over Xian Mountain, Nanchen's army was already in formation, ready to attack this mountain at any time.
The steep but not big mountain was directly bulldozed.
Farther north, a hungry wolf has also shown its claws.
"Send people across Mianshui River to contact Fancheng at night, and be sure to let the Fancheng defenders guard Dengsai. Xiao Mohe only sent a partial army in the direction of Suizhou, and he did not carry many large siege equipment, which would pose a threat to Fancheng.
It's not big, the key lies in Li Xingchen." Cao Xiaoda then added.
The first thing Nanchen Navy did when they came was to pull out the trestle between Fancheng and Xiangyang. This trestle had suffered a devastating blow during Xiao Maha's last attack. Now it is actually just a simple trestle.
Cao Xiaoda had no intention of defending the trestle. The last devastating attack by the Nanchen Navy had already told Cao Xiaoda that the Northern Zhou Dynasty obviously had no advantage on the water.
So Cao Xiaoda simply focused his defense on the nodes outside the city, but he also knew in his heart that neither Tanxi nor Xianshan was a place where one man was in charge and ten thousand people could not open it, so he knew that South
If Chen's army has a sufficient strength advantage or can maintain a siege for a long time, it is bound to have a breakthrough.
What's more, Nanchen's navy was already wandering on the Mian River. If it weren't for the lack of support from the land division, which made the attack meaningless, I'm afraid the trebuchets and crossbows from the navy's warships would have fallen on the city by this time.
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In the end, the only thing Cao Xiaoda could rely on was the city wall under his feet.
But even though Xiangyang City is so high, how long can it hold back?
The one who can really save Xiangyang is not in Xiangyang City at all, but in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenxian and Yang Jian who hold the army.
But at this time, who among Yu Wenxian and Yang Jian would take the initiative to send out their troops? You must know that at this critical moment of confrontation, any side's deployment of troops will cause the original balance to be imbalanced, and the other side
One party will definitely not give up the opportunity in front of it, and will simply put the opponent to death.
Regardless of whether Yu Wenxian would hesitate or not, at least Cao Xiaoda believed that Yang Jian would definitely not hesitate in this matter.
So the reinforcements will most likely not come.
In the coming war, we still need to rely on ourselves to support ourselves.
After nearly thirty years in the army, this is probably the most difficult battle.
At this moment, Cao Xiaoda thought of He Lou Ziqian and Li Xun, and sighed in his heart, hoping that it would not be his last battle.
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"Cao Xiaoda really thinks highly of me," Li Xingchen casually dropped the information sent by Tan Ma. The Northern Zhou army retreated steadily in the Xianshan area, but still maintained a large number of troops in Tanxi. Its purpose was self-evident, as if
I have to wait for Li Xingchen.
Dai Cai and others next to him looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Li Xingchen beat Dai Cai so badly in Cangxi Valley, so it's no wonder that they held grudges.
Li Xingchen then said: "We are attacking step by step. Dengsai is not a big city and should not block us for too long. We will also send people to get in touch with Chun Yucen. There are not many enemies on the Fancheng side, so he is not needed."