"Although General Chen is a vanguard general appointed by His Majesty, and he is also a young talent of my Chu State, he will definitely be another general of my Chu State in time, but now he is young after all, and he lacks the experience of big wars, but I am afraid that this important task is not appropriate," Wei Chi Shun said with a cold snort.

He didn't target Chen Rui, he just talked about the matter, if Chen Rui was ambushed because of his lack of experience, if he was broken out of the camp, it would be a great blow to them, so he was quite dissatisfied with Pang Xiong's decision.

Pang Xiong glanced at the generals, although they didn't say anything, but it could be seen from their expressions that they disagreed with this decision, and said directly: "The old general's concern is not unreasonable, but have the old generals and the generals thought about it?" Who of us here could be better suited than General Chen, but for this task? ”

"The Qin army is General Chen's personal soldiers, and it is the elite of a hundred battles, the Liang army will not dare to underestimate it, and this corner momentum can also make the Liang army more afraid, which army can give the Liang army such pressure besides the Qin army?"

"This ...... But General Chen is young after all," Wei Chishun said.

"The old general is pedantic, who doesn't have a young age? Could it be that the old general forgot that General Chen was calm and measured before, beheaded the enemy generals, and smashed the enemy army? General Chen is a good general of my Great Chu, how can he be despised because of his youth? The more the second prince looked at this Wei Chi Shun, the more he wanted him to go home to recuperate, and finally couldn't help but say out loud.

At this time, he felt that Pang Xiong was much more pleasing to the eye, and in order to get rid of Chen Rui, he came up with such a plan, when the Liang army attacked the camp, they were looking for a way not to send troops to save him, then he would be killed by the Liang army sooner or later.

But what the second prince didn't know was that although Pang Xiong also wanted to get rid of Chen Rui, this method was really not to get rid of him, a small county town, it didn't take too many soldiers to defend the city, and it was a good way to build a large camp outside the city.

Of course, if Chen Rui dies because of this, then he is very happy to see it.

Although Wei Chishun still wanted to dissuade him, he had no better reason, so he had to sit down stupidly.

No one stopped him, Pang Xiong said: "Chen Rui, you lead the elite soldiers of the headquarters to camp in the mountains outside the city, echoing with the county seat of Ansan County, if the enemy army besieges the county seat, you attack its rear, if the enemy army comes to attack, you defend the camp and wait for my reinforcements to come to the rescue." ”

"Whoa!" Chen Rui responded, although he said it well, but Chen Rui didn't believe that the Liang army besieged the camp, and he would come to the rescue.

However, it is also in line with his desire to be able to divide the troops out, it is really good to find the flaws of the Liang army, see if there is a chance to make contributions, and occupy a dangerous place, and there is an elite army like the Qin army, he is not too worried about being eaten by the Liang army.

Of course, since he was asked to take the army out to camp, the materials were naturally indispensable, and with the permission of Pang Xiong, under the resentful eyes of other soldiers, he moved nearly half of the grain and other materials in Ansan County, which was enough for 30,000 troops to eat for more than two months, and 300,000 arrows.

Pang Xiong didn't say anything about this, after all, there was no reason to ask the horses to run and not give grass to eat.

Moreover, it is very intimate to make up the 2,000 soldiers of the pioneer battalion.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Liang army had not yet arrived, Chen Rui led the army to the mountains outside the city, and after consulting with the six generals, he chose a place with a water source and was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

And the Liang army also came to Ansan County at the same time as Chen Rui set up camp, and chose a place to camp twenty miles away from Anshan County.

A peaceful day, on the second day, the Liang army three watches made fires, five watches made food, and when it was time, the whole army set off, and surrounded Ansan County, which made the second prince resentful, why did you surround us and not besiege the mountain camp?

Except for the second prince's resentment, the others looked calm, after all, there are more than 100,000 people guarding a small county town, even if 30,000 are divided, it is more than enough, and they can't stand on the city wall, so they can keep a day and change some people, so that the soldiers are not so tired.

The Liang army was surrounded on all sides, and it seemed that they had the determination to annihilate the army in the city in one fell swoop.

"Uh......h Woo...... Woo......"

When the formation was set, the horn of the siege sounded.

"Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......"

And, of course, the drums of war.

"Put!"

"Whew...... Shout...... Whew......"

The boulders flew into the air and smashed into the city at great speed, some hitting the city walls, some crossing the walls and smashing into the houses, although the casualties were not large, but they also caused a panic.

That's right, this time the Liang army used the siege monster - catapult.

After firing several waves of boulders, smashing many buildings and killing a few unlucky people, Liang Jun replaced them with clay pots filled with fuel and launched them after the fire was lit.

The jar smashed on the city wall, and the burning oil saw the Chu soldier's body, and immediately turned him into a fire man, and the fire man went out with a terrible scream, and fell to the ground in a circle, hoping to extinguish the fire on his body, and the soldiers next to him also helped him extinguish the fire.

More jars were smashed into the walls, or over the walls and into the city.

After a few rounds, the Liang army raised his shield and slowly pushed the siege towers, ladders, and chariots forward, and at this time, the siege tower, which was higher than the city wall, was already full of archers.

The crossbow machine on the city wall is not vegetarian, and when the siege tower enters the firing range, under the command of the general, it shoots towards the Liang army on the siege tower, and many Liang soldiers on the siege tower are hit by arrows, falling from the tower, and those who are not killed by the crossbow arrows are also killed.

And when the Liang army entered the range of the archers, the steamed buns rained arrows, and some of them were shot by the Chu army on the city wall, some by the Liang army under the city, and some by the Liang army on the siege tower.

The two sides engaged in a war of attrition with long-range weapons, which seemed to be tragic, but in fact the casualties were not too large, and they were all tentative attacks.

At the Liang Army Lookout, Xie Wu looked at the Tanma below and asked, "Is there any movement of the Chu army on the mountain?" ”

"General Yu, so far, there has been no movement of the Chu army on the mountain."

"Exploring!"

"Whoa!"

Wu Xu asked, "Does the general think that the Chu army on the mountain will come to reinforce it?" If we don't, then our ambush won't be ......"

"It's the Qin army on the mountain." Xie Wu didn't answer his words, but said something that was not brainless.

If they can ambush the 30,000 Qin troops, then they can take Anshan County just around the corner, but they are Qin troops, how can they be so easily fooled? I only hope that the general surnamed Chen can't see the truth in this because he is young!

The attack continued, the ladder set up the city wall, the Liang army climbed up from the ladder, and the Chu army overturned the ladder when the ladder was full of people, and suddenly the ladder man fell to the ground like this, and the siege vehicle hit the city gate one by one.

A day was spent in the attack of the Liang army, which seemed to be fierce, but in fact did not even climb the city wall.

This was the case for two days in a row, and on the third day, everyone came to the city tower, and the second prince saw the arrows in the sky and the surging Liang army, his face turned pale, and he said with some trembling: "Why didn't General Chen rush to help?" Didn't he see the ferocity of the Liang army's offensive? ”

Pang Xiong looked at the lookout outside the city with burning eyes and did not speak, but Wei Chishun said: "Your Highness, the Liang army's offensive seems to be fierce, but in fact it is just a feint, and the main force of the Liang army may be ambushing General Chen's way to help. If General Chen came with his troops, he would be ambushed. ”

"Then he can't ignore it! Isn't he worried about the destruction of the city? The second prince's heart relaxed a lot, and said that it would be better if he rushed to help and fell into an ambush.

Wei Chishun explained helplessly: "There are still more than 70,000 defenders in Anshan County, and it is not so easy to break the city. ”

……

In the camp on the mountain, He Yongchang arched his hand and said, "General, why don't you go down the mountain to help?" The Liang army has launched a fierce attack on the third day, and if it continues like this, there is a risk that the city will be broken. ”

Chen Rui looked at him, a faint light flashed in his eyes and said, "General He thinks there is a danger of breaking the city?" ”

"The Liang army is attacking fiercely, the brothers in the city may not be able to resist it, if the city is broken, you and I will not be able to escape the responsibility."

"That being the case, then I will allow General He to take his troops and horses down the mountain to help and attack the enemy's rear road."

He Yongchang was anxious: "General, there are only five hundred soldiers under the account, and going down the mountain to help is no different from sending him to death!" ”

Chen Rui smiled and said: "General Ben doesn't think so, back then, Gan Xingba led a hundred cavalry to dare to attack Cao Ying at night, rushed left and right, and killed Cao Jun to disrupt, it can be described as extremely brave, and in my eyes, the general's courage is no less than Gan Xingba, and General He has five hundred soldiers, which is five times that of Gan Xingba, I think General He will not let me down." ”