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Chapter 200 Digging the moat

"Master, why didn't you say it earlier? If you build the Arrow Tower early, you wouldn't have been released like this!" Ali Hague was very dissatisfied. He should have taken out the good things early, so why should he hide them?

"The Hague is right, it's true. Then I tell you that I really have good things here." Ah Shu took out another gun, but this gun was obviously different from Terminator One.

The two of them looked at each other, but Liu Zheng was still very keen to observe: "Master, this is the number one we are guarding against!"

There was joy and excitement in his voice, and Ali Hague was not willing to fall behind and followed suit. He was a little dissatisfied and was led by Liu Chi one step further.

"It's true!" A Shu is now in a state of uncertainty. He kills people casually when he is not good, and he can say anything when he is good.

This was only shipped. He was not very lucky or too impatient. If he launched an attack later, and these things came in handy, the result might be different.

"Master, how many?" Liu Zong asked anxiously.

"Not many, only three hundred!" A Shu replied, "Remember to keep the quantity confidential."

"How about the power range?" asked Ali Hague. These parameters were crucial to his tactics and he could not care about it.

"Then try the gun!" A Shu himself needed to see the power of this imitation version No. 1.

Several people led a team of hundreds of people to test. I have to say that the Mongolian Yuan territories are large, and there are many resources and wealthy people. They directly tested each gun, which consumed a lot of bullets.

At this time, many gunfires rang out at the same time, with a range of 250 steps. Although they could not catch up with No. 1, the gap was not too big. The power was also very huge and could also penetrate very thick iron plates.

The durability was not enough. After only ten shots, two guns exploded. At least they were only slightly injured and it was not serious. A Shu wisely paused the gun test and vented the soldiers, saying that this was an example, so that there was no problem with the guns.

A group of Mongolian generals returned to the camp with excitement. Even the most cautious Liu Zheng thought that he could launch a general attack. This time A Shu was not good enough, and now he had another plan.

In fact, this plan was not made by him, but by Zhang Hongfan in the letter. This guy was particularly valued by the Khan. It seems that he should be called the emperor now. He has always been determined to use him to command troops. Here he presents various battle reports to the emperor, and Zhang Hongfan has the right to read them.

The strategy he proposed was not to fill the pit, but to dig the river. To put it bluntly, drain the water from the moat and draw it into the tributary nearby. As for the sudden surge in the tributary and the major floods, it is not his responsibility.

Although two-thirds of the tributaries are from Mongolian areas and there are 20,000 households, so what? Is he still afraid of these untouchables? Besides, the Emperor has agreed to this plan.

Of course it is this huge project, but didn’t he send 50,000 civilians? Since they dare not dig to the front line, let them dig a trench in the back, and no matter what they say, they have to squeeze out these untouchables as a punishment for their disobedience.

Song Chen and the others found that Mongolia should be said to be the first to be the Mongolian Yuan, and they stopped. This was a bit wrong. Other aspects were progressing well because time was on their side. Every ten days a cannon was sent and they arranged it in a secret place.

However, Song Chen had a feeling that Mongolia was brewing a big move, which was very lethal. Two days later, they received a tip and reported a series of recent actions by the Mongolian army.

"These Tartars are so crazy that they actually came up with such a sinister way!" Niu Fu said indignantly.

"To be honest, I have done a lot of this kind of thing!" Fan Tianshun was very open-minded, and others knew that what he was talking about was the truth.

"Then we should notify the people of the Song Dynasty in Yan'an." Song Chen thought that they knew it and had to do something. With their current military strength, it was impossible to go out of the city to connect with the Mongolian soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, so they almost only watched the Mongols dig dikes and dig the river.

"Of course, I have already written a letter to Lu Wenhuan, and he knows this!" Fan Tianshun continued.

"The scope of notification should not be limited to the Song people along the river, but also to notify the people on the other side!" Everyone was a little surprised by what Song Chen said. It was under the Mongolian rule that it would be good if they were not gloating. People would have to send aid.

"Song Chen, why is this for?" Niu Fubi didn't understand the reason for doing so.

"These people are all my Han people. This is to let them know that I, Song Dynasty, have not forgotten them!" Song Chen explained patiently.

"Actually, if we don't inform, the Mongolians will definitely notify you. After all, population is wealth!" Fan Tianshun saw it much more clearly. Yes, the Mongolians are not fools either.

"Because of this, our notification is 'love', and they tell it is 'share'. If we were earlier, it would be more and more affection!" Song Chen also had his own theory, which would be rude to buy the hearts of the people, or to express his true feelings. He should do this.

A month later, an explosion sounded, and the moat was finally blown up. The Mongols also began to use gunpowder to deal with the stubborn stones. After paying the price of many soldiers, the water from the moat was finally drained.

There are already five cement fortresses in front of Fancheng, and they are also built under their noses. Of course, it is to repair it, and the Yuan army also paid a lot of money.

It took two days to wait until the moat water was dry and no longer so slippery, and they attacked the city again.

A total of 200,000 troops attacked Fancheng, and this general attack really began.

The sound of cannons kept roaring, and the shouts of killing under the city kept coming, cloud ladders, arrow towers, and revive cannons. Even with so many targets within the attack range of the cannons, the cannons seemed to be very conspicuous.

Now Fancheng is in danger. After the moat was drained, the attack range of the Mongolian army changed from a city wall of 300 feet to a length of six or seven miles, and the reinforcements included in the city were only 5,000.

A person has to manage a long section of the city wall, and now they are under great pressure.

Xiangyang was also attacked by 200,000 troops. Now the Yuan army is almost in full swing. There are 18,000 defenders in Xiangyang, several times that of Fancheng, but they are facing greater pressure.

Because they had at least ten miles of city walls, even Song Chen himself admitted that this was still a "decision field" three miles away. It was originally built by Lv Wende when he was "under the trap", but now it has become a barrier to attack Xiangyang.
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