14, defeated
With the last Chu soldier falling outside Chencheng, the 23-day Chencheng defense battle ended.
The 30,000 soldiers of the Chu army were all annihilated, the commander Jing Yan died in battle, and none of the remaining soldiers were captured by the Wei State except for the seriously injured and unconscious soldiers.
"General, our army has suffered 50,000 injuries, and now with the 60,000 soldiers sent by King Wei, there are only 90,000, do you still want to attack it?" The adjutant general said with some concern.
Gongsun Yan looked at the corpses everywhere and said, "Chen Cheng is the northern gateway of the Chu State, and the gate has been broken, so our army can drive straight in." ”
The deputy general was still a little worried, and said: "However, after Chen Chengli, Juyang, Shangcai, Pingyu, and Fanyang are all guarded by heavy troops from the Chu State, I'm afraid that our army can't hold it for a long time." ”
Gongsun Yan smiled and said: "It's okay, the 30,000 defenders of Chencheng are the most elite troops in the Chu State, and now the whole army is annihilated, the Chu troops in Juyang, Shangcai, Pingyu, Fanyang and other places are not to worry, they are all rabble, and after our army takes the Huaibei Jiujiang and other places in the Chu State, we can join the army and conquer the capital of Ying, and it will be just around the corner." ”
The adjutant general was a little surprised, and said: "Yingyi is not ordered by the Chu army Yin Jingshao to send troops to attack, our army only needs to destroy the Hanzhong sergeant of Zhaoyang of Chu State, why do you want to enter Yingdu with the Chu army?" ”
Gongsun Yan said: "Now send troops to explore the road first, if we send troops to destroy Chu in the future, I will naturally be familiar with the road." ”
The deputy general was shocked, Gongsun Yan nodded, and said: "It's exactly what you think, time is pressing, send an order to the whole army, divide the troops into four routes, conquer Juyang, Shangcai, Pingyu, Fanyang, and then conquer the land east of Dabie Mountain in Chu (I don't know what it was called in ancient times, let's replace it with this for the time being)!" ”
Thinking of this, Gongsun Yan was a little excited, Chu was the most old country in the Warring States period, and it was strong. Back then, when the ancestors of the Qin State were still fighting against the barbarians in the west, the Chu State had already claimed the king.
Especially the sentence "If the king does not add the throne, I respect my ears", how magnificent. However, now the state of Chu has been tossed by Jing Shao and is about to die.
To tell the truth, Gongsun Yan also looks down on traitors like Jing Shao, who take the overall interests of Chu to seek personal interests for himself, this kind of person, in Gongsun Yan's opinion, is just a villain.
And Jing Shao is still complacent, thinking that he is very strong. As everyone knows, Wei State secretly ordered that after destroying Xiong Huai, Jing Shao would be killed.
"The land of ten thousand vehicles, that's all." Gongsun Yan smiled.
In September of the first year of King Huai of Chu, the Wei State broke through Juyang. Captured 20,000 Chu troops.
At the beginning of October, Wei conquered Shangcai, Pingyu, Fanyang, and the eastern part of Chu was returned to Wei.
Yanling south, Ganyukou, Xionghuai's last 100,000 troops gathered here.
"Great King," outside the tent, Jing Yang walked in with a battle report, and said, "Chen Cheng, Xia Cai, Juyang, and Fanyang have all been lost, and now, our army has fallen into a desperate situation." ”
Xiong Huai held his forehead and asked, "How is the war in Yingdu?" ”
Jing Yang sighed and said, "Jing Shao besieged but didn't attack, I don't know what to do." Moreover, Jing Shao stationed 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yunmeng to prevent our army from coming back. ”
Xiong Huai nodded and said, "It's time, this scene is also going to end." ”
Jingyang walked down knowingly.
Yingdu. The Chu army was changing its guards, and the soldiers of one school entered the city, while the soldiers of the other school slowly walked out of the city.
Suddenly, arrows covered the sky and the sun and shot at the Chu army in Yingdu, and a captain defending the city shouted that the enemy was attacking.
Seeing this, the soldiers of the Chu army who changed their guards hurriedly raised their shields, blocked their bodies diagonally, and slowly retreated into the city, while the soldiers on the city wall squatted under the battlements.
Most of the arrows were shot outside the moat of Yingdu, and some of the arrows were shot into the city of Yingdu, causing casualties to the Chu army in the city, of course, this casualty was negligible.
After a rain of arrows, groups of black-armored soldiers emerged from the horizon in front of Wuguan, followed by several massive catapults.
The gate of Yingdu was slowly closed, and the suspension bridge above the moat outside the city was also pulled up, and on the city wall, a group of elite foot soldiers boarded the city wall, forming a three-line array that the Chu army has always had, three horizontal rows of Chu troops, the first horizontal row of archers, the second horizontal row of Qin's crossbows, and the third horizontal row of archers, waiting for the rebels to approach, causing casualties to the rebels in turn.
"Kill!" The rebels shouted and rushed up to Yingdu, and many ladders had been erected on the walls of Yingdu City, and the rebels climbed up the city wall step by step along the ladders to fight with the Chu army.
Due to a surprise attack, the Chu army did not react for a while, but immediately after the rebels killed the city wall, they immediately entered the fight.
Zhao Sui climbed the city wall in armor, looked at the black rebels in front of him, took a long breath, and said, "It's here after all." ”
He immediately drew his sword and pointed it diagonally at the sky, shouting to kill. After thousands of Chu troops had the backbone of Zhao Sui, they immediately rose up bravely and killed the rebels.
Outside the city, Jing Shao looked at the tall city wall of Yingdu and said: "Tut-tut, it's a pity, this city wall is about to be swallowed by the flames of war, Xiong Huai, this is already a dead end, see what you do." ”
"Report ————" A soldier rushed over and said, "General, Yanling City has been attacked by a tyrant, and Lingjun is asking for help!" ”
"Rubbish!" Jing Shao scolded, "But the Chu army is attacking, what's the big deal, I don't believe that the city defended by his 50,000 army can't stop the attack of 100,000 people!" ”
Now that the war has entered a stalemate, now Jing Shao and Xiong Huai will win and who will lose, it depends on whether Jing Shao will take the lead in breaking through Yingdu and make Xiong Huai known as the king of the lost family, or Xiong Huai will take the lead in breaking through Yanling and make Jing Shao the dog of the lost family.
Both of them are gambling, of course, objectively, Jing Shao's chances of winning are greater, because Jing Shao still has the two cards of Qu Qi and Wei Jun in his hand, and he occupies the initiative, Xiong Huai, only Zhaoyang, a foreign aid, is also blocked in Dengcheng.
(End of chapter)
Wait a minute, there's another one, I feel like I want Kavin so much, this chapter is really grinding,,,,,