In the Battle of Langyatai, Wu was defeated, only 28 people escaped from the 20,000 sailors, and the main general Xu Cheng was wounded and went to the island to heal and take refuge. The remaining 20,000 men were killed, and all the ship's supplies were either burned or captured.

Wu Wangfucha is a high-minded and arrogant person, where can he bear it when he hears this news? It was decided to retaliate. They took the form of a secret march. Quietly approaching Langya Terrace.

The Qi naval division won a complete victory, and 20,000 sailors left the ship to go ashore and celebrate, and the Wulu coalition army quietly surrounded the Qi army camp and cut off their escape passage on the boat. The result was the total annihilation of 20,000 sailors of the Qi State. All supplies were seized. It's a vicious breath.

This matter was originally none of Wu's business. The reason was that the leader of Lu in Qicheng robbed the envoy of the Yue State to the State of Qi, which annoyed the State of Qi, raised troops to break through the City of Qicheng, and even killed the defender General Yufu.

This offended Lu Guo, and what was even more coincidental was that the husband turned out to be the brother-in-law of Ji Sunsi, the secretary of Lu State, and Ji Sunsi was afraid of his wife, and his wife's younger brother was killed, of course, Ji Sunsi wanted to raise troops to take revenge.

Ji Sunsi invited Lu Hou to send troops to break through the capital of the State of Yi and capture the monarch Zhu Ziyi.

Coincidentally, that Di Ziyi turned out to be Qi Hou's brother-in-law. The State of Lu broke through the capital of the State of Qi and captured the State of Qi, which was bullying the State of Qi. Qi is a big country in the north, how can it be bullied by Lu?

So they raised their troops to war. Lu Guo believes that he is not an opponent of Qi State. Hurriedly asked Wu Guo for help. King Wu weighed it again and again, believing that if the Qi State defeated the Lu State and obtained a lot of wealth, it would inevitably become bigger, and then the balance would be broken and a huge threat to the Wu State.

So Wu Wu contacted Lu and three other small states to form a five-nation alliance to kill Qi State. The coalition army of 180,000 men and horses formed an overwhelming advantage over the Qi country. The whole country of Qi panicked.

Before, Lu Guo was forced by the pressure of Qi State and had already released Di Ziyi. At this time, if Qi sues for peace, pay compensation. King Wu also intends to stop, the first is to have face, the second is to get some benefits, the third is that Wu does not have the conditions for a decisive battle with Qi, even if Qi is defeated, the Wu army will be greatly reduced, at this time the Jin State in the west will send troops to attack, and the Wu army will be in danger.

Therefore, there is still a possibility of a peaceful settlement of this battle.

At this time, the news came that the Qi army's naval division had completely annihilated the Wu national naval division. annoyed King Wu all of a sudden, and he annihilated all the sailors of Qi and did not relieve his hatred. He also ordered the coalition army to move westward and attack Laiwu

At this point, the passage to peace was completely blocked.

Laiwu is an important town of Qi, if Laiwu is lost, the coalition army will move north, and Linzi, the capital of Qi, will be dangerous.

Laiwu garrisoned 30,000 people and tens of thousands of residents, and when they heard that the army of Wu was coming, the city was terrified. If the coalition forces break through Laiwu, King Wu, driven by a sense of revenge, is very likely to slaughter the city. Not a single of your 30,000 garrisons remained, and all the common people in the city, men and women, old and young, were killed.

Liang Hui, the general of the Qi army, was a bit politically minded, and he mobilized all the propaganda forces to propagate the people, telling them that there was only a way to survive if they resisted desperately and waited for rescue.

After mobilization, tens of thousands of militias were organized in the city, all of which were issued with weapons. Incorporated into the army and participated in the defense of the city.

The common people also mobilized to transport all the bricks, stones, wood, and other materials that could be used to defend the city under the city walls. Some people even demolished their houses for the purpose of defending the city. The common people erected many cauldrons on the city walls, boiling water to scald the besieging soldiers.

Other old and weak women cooked for the defenders. If you have a little craft, you can make bows and arrows.

In a word, all the people of Laiwu City are soldiers.

Laiwu City has sufficient grain and grass, and there is no problem in guarding it for a year and a half.

Within a day, King Wu led a large army to Laiwu and immediately blocked the siege of Laiwu. King Wu led the leaders of the coalition armies around the city, inspected the terrain, and ordered to prepare siege equipment and attack the city the next day.

The coalition forces had just won a complete victory in the total annihilation of the Qi National Naval Division, and it was inevitable that there would be pride from top to bottom. A small Laiwu city, the strength of the coalition army is several times more than the defenders in the city, and it is just to capture Laiwu and take things.

But I don't know that Laiwu City is mobilized by the whole people, all the people are soldiers, and they have people, and there are city walls for fortifications, and they have good geographical advantages, and there is enough food and grass, which is suitable for fighting a protracted war.

The advantage of the land and the people is enough to offset the advantage of troops.

The siege began.

More than 100,000 troops, the drums of war were beating loudly, and the sound of shouts was heard for miles. The coalition began to fire arrows, which were denser than raindrops, and the defenders on the walls were completely suppressed behind the female wall.

The siege soldiers carried the ladder. The tide rushed to the city walls.

A ladder is a very tall ladder. It is the only siege engine. The Spring and Autumn City Wall is not like the city wall of later generations with a maximum height of four or five zhang, but it is still two zhang high, that is, five or six meters high as later generations, and then intuitively, it is as high as the second floor of the community. At such a height, it is impossible to go up without a ladder.

When the army attacked, the defenders on the walls were unmoved, neither beating their drums nor shouting. The besieging soldiers attacked the city without incident. The ladder reached the wall, and the soldiers climbed up.

At this time. The coalition forces will not be able to shoot arrows. If you shoot arrows again, you will hurt your own people.

The soldiers quickly climbed towards the city wall, but there was still no movement on the wall. When he was still a few feet from the top, he suddenly lifted a piece of wood and threw it sideways.

The person was already weak in mid-air, and was smashed by the wood, so he had to let go and fell straight down. The soldiers on the ladder climbed up one after another, and the top one fell down and fell on the body below, and the bottom also fell, one by one, and fell down in a string.

The second floor is so high, if you fall down, you will be injured if you don't die, even if you are lightly injured, you will lose your combat effectiveness.

Some of them were about to climb to the top, and several people suddenly appeared on the city wall, each with a brick, and smashed them down together, a few feet away, one by one. So he fell down again.

Others were about to climb to the top, and suddenly a basin of boiling water splashed down. Everyone knows that boiling water is more painful than cutting with a knife. With a basin of boiling water on his head, the soldier at the top of the ladder instantly lost his combat effectiveness and fell down, or like that, it was a string of falls. What's even worse is that this basin of boiling water is not scalded by one person, almost everyone has a share, so this string is scalded one by one, and there can be no more wars. And the one or two above, after the boiling water is scalded and falls down, it is hot and falls, and it is difficult to survive.

Some soldiers were about to climb to the top, and suddenly a bundle of lighted firewood and grass was thrown on it, and needless to say, people could not avoid it on the ladder. Usually I can't stand the pain of burning a spark on my hand when I cook on the fire, but now a bundle of burning firewood and grass falls on my head or in my arms, do you let go? As soon as the top hand was released, it fell down again.

One wave goes up, one goes down, one goes up another, and then falls down, and one wave goes up.

To go up is to send to death, but the soldiers dare not go up. At that time, there was a special group of people in the army who supervised the war, and if you didn't charge when it was time to charge, you would be executed immediately.

A day of fierce attacks was in vain. It was dark, and King Wu had to order the troops to be collected. The coalition forces besieging the city retreated, and the Qi army defending the city began to release arrows, chasing the ass of the Qi army and shooting. A corpse fell outside the city.

On this day, Laiwu was not captured, but the coalition forces suffered thousands of casualties!