For this kind of thing that greatly affects morale, Qian Yu resolutely denied it, and directly determined that it was a rumor in Chu State.

After a pause, Qian Yu frowned again and said, "Why did the people know about this? Also, why did the news spread so quickly? ”

Yue Kui responded: "When Ding Zhuang fled, he invited his relatives and friends to flee together, some ran away, and some were unwilling to flee because their family members died tragically at the hands of the Chu people, so the people knew a lot. ”

Qian was furious: "The soldiers in charge of night patrols, why don't they stop the people from running to tell each other?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Qian Belly immediately reacted, and the fierce battle lasted for nearly ten days, with heavy casualties among the soldiers, and the patrol had already been handed over to the people.

Those people patrolling, even if they didn't sleep, were afraid that they would turn a blind eye when they saw their neighbors.

Not only the patrolmen, but now in the entire south, most of the soldiers have been dispatched, all of them are the people responsible for defending the city, and even the captain who guards the city has run away, so you can imagine how bad the situation is.

At this time, Yue Kui hurriedly said: "Xiangguo, now is not the time to hold accountable, the top priority is to come forward as soon as possible to quell the rumors in the city." Otherwise, people's hearts will be in turmoil, and the city will inevitably be lost. ”

Qian was stunned for a moment, and immediately nodded and said: "Pass my general order and tell the people in the city that there are spies from the Chu State spreading rumors in the city, so that the people will not believe the rumors or spread the rumors, and the king and the prime minister are still in the city, and they will work with the people to stick to the city and fight to the death." ”

Saying that, Qian Yu immediately saluted to the Yue Wang Jiu, who was sitting on the top seat, and said: "King, rumors are spreading in the city, please come forward to inspect the city immediately to appease the people." ”

When Yue Wangjiu heard this, he immediately responded with a pale face: "Okay, the widow will go to the city immediately to appease the people." ”

On the other side, Qian Bei's eyes caught a glimpse of Yue Wangjiu's face was different, remembering that when King Yue ascended the throne not long ago, he was not very reluctant, and he was a little worried that King Yue would also run away.

So, the moment King Yue got up, he immediately spoke: "King, now that there are spies of the Chu State in the city, for the safety of the king, please transfer the ten personal guards around you to the king to protect the safety." ”

Yue Wangjiu was stunned for a moment, and then his face was a little unnatural and he smiled: "Thank you Xiangguo for your care!" ”

Saying that, Yue Wangjiu immediately walked out, and while walking, he secretly thought: The city is no longer defensible, where should the widow go?

Soon, Yue Wangjiu and Qian Bei appeared on both sides of the city in the east and west to appease the people in the city.

···

Outside the city.

After the Chu army laid out the formation again, Tang Yu stood in front of the army and shouted: "Fathers and brothers, in yesterday's battle, our army has captured a large section of the city wall, which shows that the city is no longer able to resist our army, so the breakthrough of the city is today.

Kill! Conquer the city, and we will spend the night in the city today. ”

When the soldiers heard this, they shouted: "Kill! ”

Soon, the shouts of killing sounded one after another from the Chu army's array.

Then, the sky-high war drums sounded, and the Chu army rushed towards the city with full morale with the sound of war drums.

It was still the same siege mode, and after half an hour of bloody fighting between the two sides, either because of the high morale of the Chu army, or because of the rumors in the city and the instability of the people, the Chu army quickly opened a gap.

Soon after, gaps opened in the east and west.

An hour later, a gap opened again in the northern wall.

The two sides fought fiercely until the middle of the day, and the Chu army controlled more than one-third of the city wall.

Although the Yue people continued to throw warriors into the city wall, the decline was already apparent.

At this time, on the left side of the northern city wall, two Chu armies were working together to kill the stairs of the city wall in the city.

At the same time, a steady stream of people from the staircase mouth are pouring up the city wall, trying their best to defend the city wall of more than ten zhang at the staircase entrance.

At this moment, the besieging side and the defender side seemed to have been reversed.

Half an hour later, as the sun began to set in the west, a cheer erupted on the left.

"The city is broken!"

"Kill into the city!"

"Quickly open the gates."

For a while, all kinds of shouts with a thick Chu sound, accompanied by cheers, continued to sound on the city wall.

Qian Bei, who was commanding the soldiers on the city wall to block the Chu army, immediately looked forward, but saw that the Chu army was entering the city along the stairs in the distance.

"Not good!" Qian Bei shouted bloodlessly: "Quick, immediately organize the people in the city to come to support, be sure to block the Chu people, and control the city gate."

The guards, with the general, killed the enemy and drove the Chu army off the city wall. ”

As he spoke, Qian Yu personally killed the Chu army on the city wall.

On the other side, the Chu army followed the stairs to the city wall, and soon cleared an area under the city.

It's just that with the continuous arrival of the Yue people, under the desperate resistance of the people, the pace of the Chu army's advance is very slow.

After fighting for a while, just as the Chu army and the Yue people were tugging back and forth in the distance of the city gate. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the city, and the sound quickly reached the north wall from a distance.

"The king has gone out of the city from the south."

"The king has escaped!"

“···”

When Qian Belly, who was fighting on the city wall, heard this, he was stunned, and when he was shocked, someone came to report: "General, the king of Fangcai, under the protection of several ministers, jumped off the wall from the south and escaped.

The people near the south gate, hearing that the king had abandoned the city and fled, were pouring into the south gate in large numbers. ”

When Qian Belly heard this, the six gods and no master murmured: "It's over, Huiji City is over, and there will be a negative trust from the previous king." ”

At this time, the guards around who also heard Yue Wangjiu's escape immediately asked, "General, what should we do now?" ”

Qian was stunned, and then said disheartenedly: "While the city has not been lost now, and the Chu army has not entered the city in large numbers, you should also flee!" ”

"General, what about you?"

"Ben General?" The corners of Qian Belly's mouth hooked, and he smiled miserably: "Ben will guard the city on the order of the first king, of course, it is to accompany the burial of Huiji City, otherwise, how to meet the first king under the nine springs." ”

When the surrounding guards heard this, they saluted with tears in their eyes: "I am willing to follow the general to accompany the funeral of Huiji City." ”

Hearing this, Qian Yu looked at the remaining twenty or so guards around him, and saw that their eyes were firm, so he nodded vigorously, and then looked at the surrounding form, and found that the city wall was no longer defensible, so he choked up and said: "Okay, since this is the case, then you will follow this future, and we will retreat to the city and guard the mansion together, and stick to the last moment, and be loyal to the first king." ”

"No."

Not long after Qian Belly left the north wall, the north gate burst open with a cheer.

The moment the city gate opened, Tang Wu, who had been commanding in the rear, immediately showed great joy and shouted: "The city gate has been opened, the whole army will assault and immediately enter the city." ”

"No."

"Order, immediately order people to seize the city treasury and the city household registration books, and strictly prohibit anyone from destroying them."

"Send an order to send people to drive the people home, send patrols to patrol the city, strictly prohibit any people from walking outside, and all the Yue people who wander in the city will be punished and killed as spies."

"Deliver orders, control all parts of the city, restrain the army, and strictly disturb the people."

"No."