The army camped ten miles north of Pei County, and Montenegro ordered to cook and cook.

"It's not too late, but I'm camping here, what other plans does the general have?" Xiao He asked.

"The king of Chu wants to take advantage of the opportunity of Great Qin to destroy Yan and use troops against Qin, and we have another purpose when we go south this time, which is to deter the Chu State. Since the south, although several cities have been captured, a decent battle has not been fought and the strategic goal has not been achieved. I want to capture Pengcheng and then return to the army, so that the government and the opposition of Chu will be shaken! ”

"General, with only 20,000 people, Pengcheng can't be beaten!" Xiao He hurriedly persuaded.

"I only have 20,000 people, Pengcheng must fight, you just need to tell me some of Pengcheng's situation, and I have my own life for the rest." Montenegro replied.

Xiao He introduced Pengcheng to Montenegro! In the early days of the Chu State, there were no Xiang nobles, and the Xiang family was just a small family of generals and scholars in the Chu State. Later, after several generations of efforts, it was sealed in Xiaxiang (now Suqian) more than 100 years ago, and the land was only 50 miles. When King Chu Huai, there was a period of time when Qu Yuan changed the law! Xiang is Qu Yuan's follower. Later, Qu Yuan's reform failed, but Xiang continued to use Qu Yuan's new method in his fiefdom. He governed Xiangdi impressively, and trained a new army of thousands of people called Jiangdong soldiers. Relying on this new army, the Xiang clan was sent by the Chu State to quell the rebellion in Yuedi many times, and made countless military exploits. Later, the six kingdoms attacked Qi, and all the Song land and Pengcheng assigned by the Chu State were given to the Xiang clan. The Xiang family not only built Pengcheng into a fortified city, but also the 40,000 Xiang family troops under his command became the elite of the Chu State. Now, although the financial resources are ranked after Zhao, Qu, and Jing, when it comes to war, the Xiang family can rank first. The current Xiang Yan, Xiang Liang, Xiang Rong father and son are known as Xiang's three masters. We 20,000 men went to attack a fortified city guarded by 40,000 elite soldiers, and there was no chance of victory. ”

"How many cavalry are there in Xiang Yan's 40,000 army?" Montenegro asked.

"There shouldn't be many cavalry, and the Chu State has always lacked horses! After the Qin army controlled the grassland, it was strictly forbidden for war horses to flow into other countries, and the Chu State was even more short of war horses! Xiao He replied.

"I'll send a thousand horsemen to escort Brother Xiao back to Tao County! I'll take the others to Pengcheng and come back! Montenegro said lightly.

After dinner, Montenegro immediately ordered: "A thousand people escort Xiao He's family and the stolen money back to Tao County." The others, with their horses wrapped in their hooves, only brought a day's dry rations. Bypass Pengcheng overnight and go straight to Xiaxiangcheng! ”

The soldiers are preparing, the 20,000 cavalry have fought the Xiongnu and the Zhao State, and when they heard that there was a tough battle, they immediately lifted their spirits, and they rubbed their palms! Everywhere the shouts of the officers were heard: "The sword and shield are opened, and the things are tied!" Whoever makes a noise on the road, Lao Tzu rewards him with ten whips! ”

"General, I know that we are going to capture Xiangcheng, and we will save it by attacking it. But why go so far around Pengcheng? That's at least a hundred and fifty miles more! Xin Sheng asked.

"Xiang Yan can also be regarded as a general! He should know the situation of our army and is waiting for work in Pengcheng! If I were he, he would have set up an ambush outside Pengcheng. Only by walking in this way can we avoid danger. He definitely didn't think that I would bypass Pengcheng and dig out his nest! Montenegro laughed.

Peixian is less than 200 miles to Pengcheng, and Pengcheng is 250 miles to Xiaxiang. The army hurried in the moonlight, and turned left to bypass Pengcheng fifty miles from Pengcheng. At dawn, he suddenly appeared under the castle of the lower phase. When the army reached the city, the gates were closed, and the drums on the walls were beating. "Five thousand men cut down trees to make ladders, and the rest rested, and the city was attacked in an hour!" Montenegro commanded.

A group of soldiers shouted under the city: "We have taken Pengcheng, and you are limited to open the city and surrender within one hour!" Otherwise, our army will immediately attack the city, and there will be no chickens and dogs left! ”

"This is the psychological warfare of the Qin army! Don't believe it, everyone! We will hold on to the day to the death, and reinforcements will arrive in the evening! A young general in the city shouted loudly, cheering everyone on, and commanded the men, women, and children of the city to move stones and logs to the city walls.

The Qin army under the city shouted that one team was tired and changed to another team, endlessly! The hearts of the people in the city were heavy. The next minister is a small city, usually only 2,000 troops are stationed, plus the young and strong people, it is only 5,000, can it be held? Fortunately, the Xiang family has been prepared for a long time, and they usually train the people! Although everyone has no bottom, they do not procrastinate in their work.

After an hour, everything is in place. Montenegro ordered: "The east and west gates are feinted, and the north gate is attacked." Five thousand archers cover! ”

Master, let me go first, I'll be the first to attack the city! "Nobita is dressed in iron armor, holding a large special shield in one hand and a large iron rod in the other.

Seeing that Nobita was so equipped that ordinary stones couldn't hurt him at all, Montenegro agreed and said, "Be careful! ”

The drums of war on the east and west sides sounded first, and the feint attack had begun! Montenegro said to the three thousand crossbowmen who were covering: "Every twenty men are responsible for firing a battlement, whether there is anyone or not, and it must be continuous. So that the Chu army could not raise its head. ”

"No!" The crossbowmen replied in unison. At this time, the Qin army was equipped with crossbow arrows, which could be wound first, aimed at the target and then fired.

"Knock knock!" The war drums sounded, and the Qin army's arrow rain fell on the battlements at the head of the city one after another. The first group of soldiers quickly put twenty planks on the moat, the second echelon quickly rushed across the wooden bridge with a large shield in hand, and the third echelon rushed to the city wall in groups of two, carrying a three-zhang high ladder! The Chu army in the city was suppressed by the rain of arrows, and many of them were shot in the face as soon as their heads were exposed. He had to block the battlements with his shield and throw stones downward, which also blocked his view, and his bow and arrows and stones lost their heads.

As soon as the ladder reached the city wall, Nobita took the lead, raising the big shield above his head with his left hand, climbing with his right hand, and carrying the big iron rod behind him! Montenegro ordered an additional thirty men to suppress the battlements on Nobita's head. When the general of the Chu army saw that someone was climbing up below, he hurriedly threw stones downward, but the arrow rain was too dense, and several of them were hit by arrows in the face! The general asked people to carry a large stone weighing a hundred pounds, and shouted, "Everyone prepare, as soon as their arrows stop, they will prove that they are about to climb the top of the city, and immediately throw a large stone downward." The spearmen prepared to deal with the Qin army that jumped in. So the two men carried the big stone and hid under the battlement! When they heard the creaking of the ladder outside the city, the rain of arrows suddenly stopped!

"Throw big stones!" As soon as the general of the Chu army gave an order, the two quickly stood up and threw the big stone down the city. I thought to myself, the people below must have been smashed down the city. But they were wrong, if Nobita was under the wall, a big stone of more than 100 catties could hurt him by falling, and when he got to the wall, he only felt that the big shield had been hit. Nobita jumped on the city wall first, and seven or eight spears pierced his shield together, but he did not retreat, but lunged forward, knocking all the opponents to the ground, and took off the big iron rod with his hand, and swept it away, like a tiger into a flock of sheep, no one could stop him! There was chaos at the head of the wall, and the Qin army kept jumping into the city and quickly took control of the wall.

"Brethren! Fight to the death! The general of the Chu army did not flee and did not surrender, but ordered a hard fight. The Qin army that climbed over the wall also scrambled to be the first, and the two sides fought together. After all, it was the Qin army that was superior, and the Chu army suffered hundreds of casualties. "Retreat into the city street fighting!" General Chu ordered again. The Chu army immediately fled off the city wall and ran into the streets and alleys. The Qin army soon opened the city gates, and a large group of men and horses entered the city. The resistance of the Chu army did not end, and cold arrows flew out from the rooftops and alleys to injure the Qin army. When everyone could only hide behind and fight back, the people ran away again!

"If they don't surrender yet, if they continue like this, they will sacrifice the lives of the soldiers in vain, so it's better to set fire to it!" Xin Sheng said viciously.

"No, then we'll be a real tyrant! Call their general to come out and answer! Montenegro said.

"Please General Chu Jun come out and answer!" The soldiers shouted.

After a while, a bloodied general came out and replied, "I am their captain!" Don't bother if you want to persuade you to surrender, my Xiang clan only died in battle and did not surrender! ”

"My name is Black Mountain, and I am the chief general of the Qin army! What's your name? You have already been defeated, not that you can't do it, but that the difference in strength is too great. I will give you a way to live, and you will withdraw from the south gate, and I will not chase after you. I only need money and food from the treasury, and I will not harm the people. He will leave in two days. If you insist on resisting to the end, I will not accompany you to fight this and lose the battle, you can only burn the lower phase with a fire, and the chickens and dogs will not be left. Give you half an hour to think about it. Montenegro said.

"My name is Uncle Xiang, how can we believe your words?" Xiang Bo said.

"General Xiang Bo, the Qin army destroyed Han, Zhao, and Yan, and never slaughtered the people. If I send someone to chase after me, it's not too late for us to fight hard outside the city, why would we hurt 30,000 old and weak women and children under the Prime Minister? They are the foundation of your Xiang clan! Montenegro said.

"In that case! I, Uncle Xiang, exited the South Gate, and I hope you will keep your word! Xiang Bo said, ordering the remaining more than 1,000 Chu troops to withdraw from the south gate.

"I'll lead people to chase them down, and I'll kill them all!" Xin Sheng said viciously.

"Don't chase it, hurry up and rest, and make food. There will be fierce battles at night! The scout battalion probed north. Let's go, go and see what's good in the warehouse! Black Mountain said as he walked towards the treasury.

The people of the whole city were closed, and the Qin army did not bother them, and the two sides were safe. Seeing that several of the old officials in charge of the warehouse were still there, Montenegro ordered them to open the warehouse. There is not much gold, only a hundred thousand gold, and the most kudzu cloth and grain, filling the warehouse!

"It seems that the Xiang clan also knows that only grain and cloth are the real strength! Same as the Qin people. Montenegro said.

"Do you want to burn it! Anyway, you can't take them away, and don't cheap them! Xin Sheng said.

"No more burning! If so much grain is burned, it will be damned. Take the gold away. Montenegro said.

After lunch, Montenegro summoned the generals to discuss the matter and said: "Pengcheng is two hundred and fifty miles here, this is the Xiang family's lair, and they will send rescue troops to help last night." Where will the infantry march for a day and a night? ”

"At most, one hundred and fifty miles, no matter how far away we don't need to fight, they will die of exhaustion!" Xin Sheng replied.

"Then we will go north in the evening, and wait for them a hundred miles away before dark!" Montenegro said.

Just after the hour, the scouts came to report that the reinforcements of the Chu State had reached fifty miles away. Xin Sheng was puzzled and asked, "In less than one night and one day, the Chu army marched two hundred miles on foot, and was not afraid of dying of exhaustion?" ”

"General, the Chu army has more than 2,000 ox carts, which take turns to walk in carts. Not only did it run two hundred miles, but it also maintained considerable combat effectiveness! The scout replied.

"Don't be surprised! There are more solutions than difficulties! Tian Dan can use the fire ox array to break the Yan army, and Xiang Yan will use the ox cart instead of the war horse. It's not as fast as the cavalry, but it's much more advantageous than walking! Get ready to head out of the city to meet the enemy! Montenegro said.

One of the lieutenants asked suspiciously, "Why don't we work in the city?" ”

Xin Sheng replied: "The cavalry dismounted to defend the city is tantamount to sacrificing the original and seeking the end, and there are still 30,000 people in the city eyeing the city, if the Chu army comes to attack at night, they should join forces with the outside, and we will be defeated." When we go out of the city and collapse on the war horse, we can fight if we want to, and leave if we don't want to fight, why can they bear me? ”

When the sun was half of its face left, Montenegro met the Chu army ten miles away. The Chu army immediately connected the ox carts together, besieged the city in a circle, and immediately became a big fortress! The outer side is covered with iron sheets, which is both fireproof and strong. It turns out that they have also put a lot of thought into this ox cart, which is specially built for the battlefield. Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, Montenegro ordered a retreat of ten miles.

After a while, it was dark, the Chu army wanted to recuperate, and the Qin army did not know the truth and reality, and they were on guard all night, and they were safe and sound. After dawn, the two armies faced each other again, and the Chu army slowly drove out of the car formation. The pace is neat, the army is strong, and the morale is high.

"The 20,000 infantry of the Chu army dares to face our 20,000 cavalry army, and there is no fear, there will be something to rely on. Do you see the fame? Montenegro asked.

"Birds, just rush over and kill them, even if they are a piece of pig iron, Lao Tzu will also kill them." A lieutenant said.

"Generals can be proud of the enemy, but generals must be sober. Back then, Wu Anjun Bai Qi fought with Qu Yuanlian's new army, and the Qin army only won a miserable victory, so we can't be careless! I see that their formation must have the method of defeating cavalry. Order, 10,000 people dismount and fight! As soon as Montenegro gave the order, 10,000 cavalry immediately dismounted and formed an infantry phalanx.

The general of the Chu army was Xiang Rong of the three heroes of the Xiang family, and the Xiang family studied the tactics of the Qin army in depth, and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy the prisoners of war of the Qin army from the hands of Zhao State, and finally learned the three three formations of the Qin army and the wooden hammer formation of the cavalry. When Xiang Rong saw Qin Jun dismounting, he immediately knew that the other party was also a veteran soldier. also immediately changed the formation, putting on a white three or three formation.

Seeing that the Chu army had changed formations, Montenegro smiled and said to Nobita: "It's better to take you as the head, a hundred iron eagle warriors will follow you, you don't care about anything else, just focus on killing the enemy general wearing a red robe." ”

"No!" Nobita immediately took a hundred iron eagle sharps and arranged a skill arrow in front of the phalanx.

"Inform down, when the drums stop, let the soldiers shout 'General Xiang has been killed by an arrow'!" Montenegro said.

"Will they be fooled?" Xin Sheng asked in understanding.

"Even if they don't believe it, they'll look back. In the fierce battle, this turn back is a big flaw. When the enemy army is in chaos, 10,000 cavalry will charge and kill again, and you can win a complete victory! Montenegro replied.

"No!" Xin Sheng responded and went to arrange it in person.

The two sides are arrayed. They are all proud and do not show weakness, shouting and killing in unison, and the sound is vibrating. With a wave of the Black Mountain Command Flag, ten big drums sounded in unison, and 10,000 Qin troops marched forward in unison. At the same time, the drums of the Chu army also sounded, and the two armies attacked at the same time. As the drums beat faster, both sides ran! Like a landslide and tsunami, two torrents, one black and one brown, collided together with a bang, and immediately flesh and blood flew sideways.

Nobita is like a lion rushing into a pack of wolves, and the big iron rod sweeps left and right, invincible. The 100 Iron Eagle Warriors behind were also very brave, tearing a crack in the enemy formation, and this crack was extending towards Xiang Rong.