Seeing that the King of Chu was furious, Gongsun Yan couldn't help but be a little worried that the King of Chu would order the siege of the city when he was not well prepared.

So, he immediately surrendered his hand to the war and said: "The king, the king humiliates the ministers to death, the king is humiliated, and the ministers feel the same way." Therefore, the minister asked for an order that in tomorrow's battle, the minister is willing to lead the guards to act as the vanguard, enter the city, and destroy the entire clan of the Yue generals to eliminate the hatred of the king. ”

Xiong Huai quickly gasped twice when he heard this, and then a wave of doubts rose in his heart.

When the Yue people were seriously lacking in strength, they made such a move as cooking and killing the envoy, would it be to provoke him, so that he was blinded by anger for a while, and in the case of insufficient preparation, forcibly attacked the city to calculate the Chu army.

Thinking about it, he took two deep breaths again, forcibly wrote a word of forbearance in his heart, and then responded with hatred: "Okay, then there will be Lao Xi's head." ”

"I want to serve the king."

At this time, the news that the Yue people had killed the envoy of the king of Chu and humiliated the king of Chu soon spread among the soldiers besieging the city.

When the generals heard this, they were furious and immediately asked for battle.

But in the end, he was pressed down by Jing Cui.

Early the next morning.

Xiong Huai personally took the Chu army, who had been holding back his anger all night, with the siege ladder that he had made yesterday, left the barracks and went to Shandao City.

Then, after leaving the camp, the Chu army quickly divided into four routes, Xiong Huai and Jing Cui led the army to the north of Shandao City, Ejun to the west, Gongsun Yan to the east, and Jingyang led the army to the south.

After Xiong Huai led the army to set up a siege formation in the city, he drove Wang Che to stand in front of the army, still with anger in his eyes, staring closely at Shandao City.

Soon, a scout came from the east to report: "King, the head of the rhino has come to report, the army has surrounded the east and is ready to attack the city at any time." ”

"Okay."

Then, a scout came to report: "The king, the king of E, has come to report, and he has surrounded the west." ”

"Okay."

After a while, Jingyang's messenger finally arrived:

"King, General Jingyang is ready."

Xiong Huai nodded when he heard this, and immediately ordered: "Order, beat the drum, the whole army will attack the city, and the widows will break the city and destroy the entire clan of the Yue generals in the city." ”

"No."

As the war drums sounded, the Chu army, which had already been ready, immediately rushed towards Shandao City with a long ladder.

After entering the firing range of the city, the Chu army was immediately fired by a wave of arrows.

It's just that Xiong Huai saw from a distance that this wave of arrows was sparse, only about a few hundred, far less than the dense rain of arrows encountered when attacking the city of Qi.

Then, another wave of equally sparse arrows fell.

A series of two waves of arrows, in the case that the Chu army had very few siege equipment and did not have a lot of protection, the casualties caused to the Chu soldiers were still minimal.

Could it be that the Yue people have some conspiracy?

Xiong Huai looked at the Yue people on the city wall, and secretly hesitated in his heart.

Then, I saw that the Chu soldiers at the front had already set up a long ladder and were ready to attack the city, and the arrows shot by the Yue people were even less.

It seems that there is a serious shortage of people in the city.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he also frowned.

Xiong Huai's side, Chen Zhen, who was also paying close attention to the battle situation, saw that there were already Chu soldiers climbing the city wall, and his heart was immediately settled, and he bowed and said: "King, it seems that the overall situation has been decided, and it won't be long before this good Dao city will be captured by our Chu army." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, but his eyebrows were more compact.

Chen Zhen saw that the King of Chu was hesitant, as if he was worried about something, and his heart moved, and he had a guess, so he immediately asked: "King, seeing that our army is about to break through the city, why don't you see the king happy." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "There is a question in the widow's heart.

Yesterday, the Yue people in Shandao City cooked the widow's envoy, and the widow suspected that the city was prepared, so he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and waited for our army to be more prepared, and then proceeded to attack the city.

As a result, judging from the situation of today's battle, the Yue defenders on the city wall are scarce, not only are there no stones, there are few strong crossbows, and even ordinary bows and arrows are pitiful. This only shows one problem, that is, there are not enough troops in the city, and after they are scattered in all directions, there are not enough shooters. ”

Chen Zhen already had some guesses in his heart, but he still asked puzzledly: "King, in this way, isn't it greatly beneficial to my Chu army to attack the city, why is the king still worried?" ”

Xiong Huai sighed: "The widow is not worried that the soldiers will not be able to break through the city, but they are puzzled in their hearts, why do the Yue people know that the strength in the city is insufficient and it is difficult to resist the attack of the Chu army, not only do they not surrender, but instead cook the widow's envoy, so that the widow has no face, and provokes the widow to be angry?"

Isn't that abnormal? can stay in the position of Huaibei, the guards in this city must not be stupid, why do you want to do such an unwise act.

I don't know why Xianqing thinks this is? ”

Hearing this, Chen Zhen immediately let out a long breath, this situation he thought of after learning that the envoy was killed yesterday, maybe the Chu State encountered the most difficult problem after the decisive battle. If this problem is not solved in advance, I am afraid that the opportunity for the Chu State to destroy the Yue State will not only fail, but also lead to a great loss of national strength.

But at that time, the king of Chu was angry, and he did not dare to speak at that time.

Until today, when the king of Chu calmed down, he dared to induce the king of Chu.

At this moment, hearing the King of Chu's inquiry, Chen Zhen immediately surrendered his hand and said: "King, King Yue has been on the throne for more than 30 years, although he is often confused, and because of the dispute between the two sons, there are constant internal disputes in Yue and chaos, but King Yue is not cruel to the Yue people, and the dispute between the two parties in Yue has not affected ordinary people.

Moreover, since the King of Yue formed an alliance with my Chu State, he has won many battles against the Qi State, and in the past few years, the King of Yue has a very high prestige in the hearts of ordinary Yue people.

In addition, the king of the north of the Huaibei guarded the town of Huaibei for many years, in order to resist the two countries of Qi and Chu, he treated the soldiers very well, and his prestige in the Huaibei army was very high.

In yesterday's battle, King Yue and Wang Xing both died in battle. When the news reached the city, if the Yue people in the city were filled with grief and anger, it would be like losing a relative. It is not difficult to explain that the Yue people, who were blinded by hatred, did such crazy acts. ”

Listening to Chen Zhen's explanation, Xiong Huai thought thoughtfully, looked at the Good Dao City in front of him, and muttered in a low voice: "Is it because of hatred!" ”

Then, Xiong Huai was thoughtful and silent.

Seeing that the King of Chu didn't speak, Chen Zhen thought about it, although he only said half of it now, it wouldn't take much time to break through the city, and the remaining half, it would not be too late to mention it after the city was broken.

Thinking about it, he took a half step back and looked at the battle-going wall.

At this time, on the city wall in the north, the two armies of Chu and Yue were engaged in a fierce battle.

Although the Chu army did not have large-scale siege equipment, there were very few ladders for siege, only some simple ladders.

However, in the face of the serious shortage of defenders, Shandao City still quickly gained the upper hand.

Initially, when the Chu army climbed the city wall, they would be driven down by the Yue.

However, as the Chu soldiers continued to climb the city wall, the Achilles heel of the few Vietnamese soldiers was revealed.

After fighting for half an hour, the Chu army took control of a section of the city wall in the north and replaced the Yue flag on the city wall with the battle flag of the Chu army. Seeing this, the Chu army under the city immediately flocked to the place where the Chu flag was. As the Chu soldiers continued to climb the city wall, the advantage rapidly expanded, and gradually turned into victory.

On the other side, after Xiong Huai saw that the Chu army had occupied two sections of the city wall, he looked at the banner of the Yue general on the city wall and ordered: "Pass the order and tell the army that the widow will capture the main general of the city guard alive." ”

"Yui."

After the messenger left, Xiong Huai still said angrily: "The widow wants to ask this Yue general, what kind of medicine did he take wrong, and in an absolute disadvantage, he still disregarded etiquette and killed the widow's messenger." ”