Chapter 10 The Battle of Feishui(7)

In April, the former Qin army arrived in the north bank of of Gaishui River. The defense army general Zhuxu, however, didn't think the army of the former Qin could cross the river as they had no boat. Therefore, he just kept quiet and work as usual without too much care about the army on the other side of the river. The general of Changle FuPI gave his general command to attack the central city, but the war was fierce as it could not be taken for a long time. [13]

Murongchui captured the Zhengyi after he occupied Nanyang city, then he led hit troops to meet General Fupi in Xiangyang suburb, and let his troops join the attacking of Xiangyang city.
In the first month of the third year of Tai Yuan Dynasty (378), Fu Jian, King of the former Qin Dynasty, sent Fu PI, Yang An, Murong Chui and Yao Chang with a total army of 170,000 troops to attack Xiangyang in four different directions. In April, when the Qin army arrived north of Mianyang Shui, Zhu Xu believed that the Qin army had no boats and did not take precautions. When Shi Yue led five thousand cavalry troops to cross the Han River, Zhu Xu was terrified and firmly defended the central city of Xiangyang. Shi Yue captured the outer city of Xiangyang and captured more than 100 ships, which he used to transport the rest of his troops.