After three days of study in Yicheng, senior military and political officials from various departments in Jingxiang received the order and returned to their garrison with the dispatched supervisory regiment officials. Zhao Bing adjusted the current combat direction of each department. The Sixth Army's combat direction is still in the southern part of Xiangyang, the Seventh Army's combat direction is in the western part of Xiangyang, and the Eighth Army's combat direction is in the Gucheng on the other side of the Guanghua Army.

At the same time, Zhao Bing ordered the 1st regiment of the Second Artillery Division to go to Fancheng to assist the First Brigade of the Guards to defend the city; ordered the Second Cavalry Division to launch harassment operations in the direction of Nanyang, making the enemy of Nanyang dare not send reinforcements to Xiangyang arbitrarily. In the name of the camp, the General Administration issued a battle preparation order, and ordered all garrisons in Jingxiang to carry out pre-war training and reconnaissance operations plan for Xiangyang.

After the order was issued, under the guidance of the supervision regiment, each department carried out training on the mountainous terrain and profound cities around Xiangyang, requiring strengthening the mountain combat and infantry and artillery coordinated combat command capabilities of regiment and battalion-level commanders; the attack tactics of the squad commanders and the command capabilities of the mortars; strengthening the training of soldiers' assassination, bomb drops, climbing cities, crossing trenches, swimming and attack tactics, and improving the level of melee skills and tactics.

For senior officers, lack of overall view of the situation, weak command ability, and lack of forward-looking in the combat process, they strengthen their overall view of the situation through analysis of the entire battle situation and the investigation of the geographical situation in Jingxiang; and when formulating combat plans, they preset possible problems and formulate different plans to improve their command level.

After more than ten days of intensive training, each army launched an attack on its own targets. The Sixth Army and the Seventh Army began to fight toward the enemy fortresses on the outer edge of the Han River to clear the obstacles to entering the hinterland of Xiangyang; the Eighth Army, with the assistance of the Imperial Navy, forced the Han River to attack Gucheng; the Second Cavalry Division took Fancheng as the base and launched harassment operations to the Mongol-Yuan occupied area in the north.

During this period, Zhao Bing was not idle. As the camp stationed in Yicheng, the communication channels with the capital were established again, and official documents began to be sent to his case. Although the Empress Dowager Supervisor, Lu Xiufu and others assisted in handling some matters, some matters still need to be handled by him as the emperor or reported to him.

Therefore, in two months, many official documents and memorials have been accumulated. Not to mention giving instructions one by one, it takes a lot of time to read them through them. Zhao Bing obviously does not have that much energy. Fortunately, the imperial front office has classified them according to priorities. For urgent reports and official documents that require His Majesty’s decision to deal with must be sent to the imperial case every morning.

For official documents that have been pre-processed by the Empress Dowager and the Prime Minister after the court's discussion, as long as His Majesty uses seals, they must inform His Majesty in time and make a reply as soon as possible; as for those official documents that have been approved by the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, they are only documents of informatization and congratulations of irrelevant congratulations, and they are just briefings, so that His Majesty must understand them immediately.

Even these filtered documents are delivered to Zhao Bing every day, but they are a few feet thick. After all, the country is big, and I don’t know how many things will happen every day. And these have to be summarized layer by layer and coordinated and made opinions on handling. It can be seen that the daily workload is so great, but who made him an emperor and the centralized person in this country?

After several days of forgetting to eat and sleep, Zhao Bing finally finished the backlog of emergency documents and took the time to write letters to the empress dowager and his wife, comforting him. Although new documents have been delivered, they have been much less after all, and have returned to their daily level, allowing him to deal with it calmly and be distracted to pay attention to the current war.

"You did a good job. You completed the reconnaissance of the outer periphery of Xiangyang area in more than ten days and obtained detailed information!" Zhao Bing looked at the sand tables in the inner hall and maps hanging on all four walls. He looked at Xu Wunan and said very relievedly.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have not been able to go deep into the north bank of the Han River and enter the hinterland of Xiangyang for reconnaissance. Please allow your subordinates to explore again!" Xu Wunan did not take the credit and said with politeness.

"Do you have any ideas?" Zhao Bing asked in surprise.

"I know that the current situation is very urgent. Your Majesty wants to conquer Xiangyang as soon as possible. He suddenly had an idea during his reconnaissance." Xu Wunan replied.

"Well, although I have this idea, using troops is a big deal, and I cannot be eager to achieve success because of this!" Zhao Bing nodded and said.

The current situation is generally not optimistic, not only because of the combat effectiveness and command level of the various armies. They came from Yingtian Mansion for a long journey. In order to pursue speed, they did not carry a large amount of baggage. Although there were supplies along the way, it was only enough for the headquarters to take one month. Although the Imperial Navy later transported a batch of baggage, it was a drop in the bucket for the 200,000 army and was not enough to support the consumption of the entire battle.

The Jingxiang War Zone was not sufficient ammunition, and the storage was poor and the loss was large, so there was a lack of ammunition, so it would take some time to transfer from Lin'an. Moreover, Xiangyang City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the city is heavy. If you want to break the city, you must rely on firepower support. The gunpowder and artillery shells consumed cannot be estimated, but it is definitely a number beyond imagination. In addition, there are heavy enemy troops in the city, which increases the difficulty of attacking, and then there are concerns about enemy reinforcements coming to attack.

Although the enemy and us have equal strengths at present, it also goes against the principle of using troops that double the siege troops. If a strong attack is organized, it will inevitably suffer major casualties. This is very unfavorable for future defensive operations and does not conform to Zhao Bing's principle of using troops. However, if the siege fails rashly and the loss of troops and materials is serious, it will take longer to organize the attack, which is actually too haste.

"Your Majesty, please let my subordinates report to see if this is right!" Xu Wunan did not give up because of His Majesty's attitude and said again.

"Okay, let me listen!" Zhao Bing looked at him carefully. After half a month of field reconnaissance, Xu Wunan's face lost a lot of weight, and there were traces of scratches on his neck, but his eyes were still firm. He agreed with him as he looked stubborn.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates think our army can launch an attack from the west of the city." Xu Wunan pointed to the sand table and said.

"Master Xu should not be unconventional. In the past dynasties, the mountain roads in the west of the city were difficult to move, which was not conducive to the movement of the army. Therefore, all attacked the city to the south. Are you more skillful than the famous generals of the past dynasties?" Wang Yinglin frowned and said.

"The King of Kings is right. But the officials thought that it was because all the attacks on Xiangyang in the past dynasties took the road to the south of the city, so they gathered heavy troops in the south of the city and set up forts to block the attack path based on Xianshan. If our army wants to go from the south of the city to the bottom of the city, they must first attack the mountain and then attack the city, resulting in a slow attack speed and blocking the entire combat plan. "Xu Wunan pointed to the fortress roads spread across the southern part of Xiangyang on the sand table.

"In the west of Xiangyang City, the enemy also built many fortresses on the Wanshan Mountains to guard the access to Xiangyang. If you want to get to the city, you must also remove them one by one. Moreover, the mountains here are steep and trees are flourishing, so it will be even more difficult to attack the mountain." Zhao Bing asked back.

"Look at this, there is Hutou Mountain five miles southwest of Xiangyang City. This mountain is blocking Baihekou and can cut off the grain route in Xiangyang!" Xu Wudao.

"Well, A Shu besieged Xiangyang City back then, built Lumen and New City Forts here, and blocked the access roads. There will inevitably be heavy guards here." Zhao Bing nodded and said.

"Your Majesty is looking west. There is a mountain called Pipa Mountain here, which is connected to Guishan in the east, Wanshan in the west, Han River in the north, and belongs to the remaining lineage of Hutou Mountain. The enemy has a fortress here. However, as long as we pull out this village, we can avoid the other fortresses and open the westward path. And we can defend a small amount of troops, which can block the enemy and keep the road open." Xu Wudao.

"That's right, let's continue!" Zhao Bing looked at the sand table, but this was the case. As long as he occupied this small mountain, he could retreat with evidence, and whoever occupied it could control this section of the road leading to Xiangyang City.

"Your Majesty, look again. This mountain is called Guishan. It is four miles away from the west gate of the city. It is not very tall, but has an excellent location. It is northwest of Tanxi, the city is southeast of the city, and the mountains surround the right, and the Han River is surrounded by it." After being recognized by Your Majesty, Xu Wunan was more confident and continued.

"Yes, this mountain lies across the southwest of the city, like a barrier protecting the city. As long as we occupy this mountain, we can cover the five ridges, Hutou, Huashan, Phoenix and other peaks behind it. Not only did we avoid the enemy fortresses they set up on the mountains, but we also cut off their connection with the city. After losing the supply in the city, they collapsed without fighting." Zhao Bing nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

"It is, as long as we control these two hills, we open the road to the west of Xiangyang City. As long as we conquer the Dazhai located in the west of the city, we can go straight to the city." Xu Wunan said excitedly.

"Is it here?" Zhao Bing said a few times.

"Yes, this village is set up on the road to the city, protecting the Xicheng Gate." Xu Wu Lam, "After Fu Jian of the Former Qin Dynasty captured Xiangyang, he captured the eminent monk Shi Daoan and brought it back to Chang'an. Later, Shi Daoan was invited by the monk Xi Zaochi to come to Xiangyang. An open-air iron Buddha statue was cast outside the west gate of Xiangyang. A monk Huai, a monk in Zhenguan of the Later Tang Dynasty, once built a temple called Iron Buddha Temple. Later, the temple was repeatedly destroyed and repaired, so he called this village the Iron Buddha Village."

"Your proposal is very good. As long as our army removes the two strongholds of Pipa Mountain and Guishan, it will open a corridor and use a few troops and firepower to curb the enemies on the mountain. The main force approaches the city wall, "The tiger draws its heart" and directly attacks the city." Zhao Bing praised after hearing this, drawing a line on the sand table with his fingers.
Chapter completed!