Chapter 1478: The Chu Army Changes
Meng Kuo led the mechanical army outside Yingcheng and insisted on fighting until dusk!
Unfortunately, there was little success, not even any gains.
The mechanized army fought bravely, and even though the walls of Yingcheng were thick and thick, with the help of powerful ordnance, they could still destroy the city walls.
Even if the mechanical army saw a crack in the wall of Yingcheng, there was a wide moat under the city, and the mechanical army could not cross the river and break the city, as if it was a tiger eating the sky and unable to lay down its claws!
This made Meng Kuo and the mechanical army very anxious.
The strong attack was fruitless, so the only way to do so was to stop and lead the troops back to the barracks!
Prepare to follow Lin Feng's orders, send the elite mechanical army to secretly cross the river at night, and try to dig a trench under the Yingcheng base!
If this plan is successful, it will be taken by surprise and it will be easy to capture Yingcheng!
At night, inside the Yingcheng City Tower.
An Ziran led the army to change the guard, and specially prepared a banquet to entertain Li Musheng!
In today's battle, he saw the strength of the mechanical army with his own eyes, and he also realized Lin Feng's determination to capture Yingcheng.
Yingcheng.
Now it is standing, but sooner or later it will be broken into by the Yan army.
The city changed hands, and Southern Chu was destroyed.
As a general, he is loyal to Xiong Heng and loyal to Nanchu!
As an individual, he has his own ideas and plans.
After three rounds of drinking, An Ziran was slightly drunk, and said with a mouth full of wine: "General Li, at dusk, a certain personally led troops to inspect the city wall, and today, the mechanical army attacked and caused great damage to the city wall!"
If it goes on like this, if the Yan army finds a way to cross the river, the Chu army will be in a very disadvantageous situation, and the Yan army will be able to carry the cloud ladder on its shoulders, and even rush to the head of the city with one blow."
He has examined in detail that there are three cracks in the wall of the north gate, two of which are in urgent need of reinforcement, and one of which even needs to be excavated and repaired.
"Hey, the range of the mechanical army's ordnance is too far, and it's too far from the city walls, our archers can't help them at the head of the city.
If you want to resolve the crisis, unless there is a general who leads the army out of the city, attacks by surprise, and engages with the Yan army, there is even hope of victory.
However, the Yan army came to Jiangnan from the north of the Yangtze River, and was invincible all the way, and everywhere it passed, the elites of the countries were terrified!
In recent years, the Chu army has fought against the Yan army, and has been defeated repeatedly, and the battle of Wuwei City has lost the momentum of the Chu army!
The Chu army in the city was already frightened by the Yan army, and they didn't dare to go out of the city to fight the Yan army head-on!"
Li Musheng took a sip of wine, smashed his fist on the food table, and said angrily.
Yingcheng!
Yingcheng was reduced to a lonely city, there were no reinforcements on all sides, and the Yan army outside the city was arrayed, and he couldn't hold it.
"Hey!"
"It is true that the Chu army is afraid of the Yan army, but the Chu army must not sit still, before coming to the city, a certain has discussed with the emperor, if necessary, you can choose the right time to go out of the city to attack the Yan army, and even fight the other party head-on!" An Ziran also drank wine, and said in a firm tone: "Otherwise, if it goes on like this, the Chu army will be tortured to death by the Yan army."
When Li Musheng heard the sound, he looked up at the outside of the city tower, and the Yan military camp in the north was in full view.
Asked: "General An, is the emperor still unwilling to surrender to the Yan army, now there are many soldiers in the army, under the onslaught of the Yan army and the temptation of wealth and power, there is an urge to break out of the door and lead the Yan army into the city.
If the Yan army cannot be expelled in a short period of time, when the Chu army in the city can't stand the pressure, they will definitely choose to take a risk, either break the door and lead the Yan army into the city, or break into the palace, slash the emperor, and exchange the Yan army for fame."
"You know, Emperor Yan wants to take the emperor's head, and the emperor has no master, so it is impossible to surrender to Emperor Yan.
In the early days of this day, the emperor swung his sword in the court to kill Lord Xia, and in the afternoon, he slashed and killed two eunuchs in the palace.
Recently, the people in the palace are panicking, whoever mentions the name of Emperor Yan and the prestige of the Yan army will be killed when it reaches the ears of the emperor.
I will tell you that in front of others, I definitely don't dare to mention Yan Jun, for fear that the emperor will detect it and suffer an unjustified disaster." An Ziran held the wine glass, spinning back and forth, helpless!
"General An, are you afraid?" Li Musheng stared at An Ziran and asked in a low voice.
"Isn't General Li afraid?" An Ziran asked rhetorically: "When the Son of Heaven is angry, blood flows like a river, not to mention, in recent days, the emperor has a thirst for killing, and everyone is in danger."
Hearing this, Li Muchang sighed and said with a sigh: "If it goes on like this, it is not a way, the emperor continues to kill the courtiers, and if it causes the dissatisfaction of the ministers, it will definitely cause the ministers to fight back!"
"Lord Xia died tragically, there is already an undercurrent in the court, you and I, as courtiers, can only persuade the emperor, but we can't change the emperor's attitude, if it really comes to that point, what are your plans, General Li?" An Ziran asked!
"This...."
Li Musheng stammered, not sure how to answer.
He has thought about his future, but he cares more about Xiong Heng's kindness.
Although he was afraid that the Yan army would break the city, causing a river of blood to flow in the city, and even, he died on the battlefield and was shrouded in horse leather, but he did not have the idea of surrendering to the Yan army.
Now, An Ziran asked, he really realized that the problem burned his eyebrows!
If the emperor continues to indulge and wantonly kill the ministers and servants, once he is in the court or palace, he will be killed by the officials or eunuchs and palace maids who want to protect themselves!
The emperor died, and the dragons of Southern Chu were leaderless.
Even if he assists the new emperor to ascend the throne, I am afraid that he will not be able to control the situation in Yingcheng.
At that time, the ministers led the troops to break the city and surrender to the Yan army, and he led the soldiers under his tent, but he still couldn't change the ending of Southern Chu!
"Drink, drink, and we'll talk about the future!"
Li Musheng didn't answer An Ziran's question, picked up the wine bowl and touched An Ziran, urging.
The Yan army was about to begin, and the emperor was reduced to a frightened bird.
Bao Buqi An Ziran asked, it was instructed by the emperor.
If he said that he surrendered to the Yan army, I am afraid that the head will soon fall to the ground.
At present, the emperor is crazy, and everyone in the ministers is in danger, and he does not dare to take it lightly.
An Ziran saw Li Musheng's expression, and did not ask, to this day, everyone has their own plans!
What will happen in the future is all up to creation!
After a glass of spirits, An Ziran said: "General Li, it's not early, after a day of battle, the general should rest early!"
"Farewell, General be careful!"
The land of right and wrong did not stay for long, Li Musheng put down the wine bowl, turned around and walked out of the city tower.
When he was young, outside the city tower, An Ziran's deputy general Han Qingsong walked in, sat in front of Li Musheng, poured a glass of strong wine and drank it, and said softly: "General, do you really want to surrender to Emperor Yan?"
"Lord Xia is a veteran of the three dynasties, he was deeply valued by Emperor Chu, Xiong Heng usurped the throne, and tried his best to assist Xiong Heng.
However, Xiong Heng said that if he kills, he will kill, without leaving any affection, and without thinking about the old feelings.
If you don't manage to surrender, Xiong Heng will continue to kill, and one day, there will be no one in the court, and the butcher's knife will fall on you and me."
An Ziran took a bite of food, and whispered while eating: "On the other hand, Emperor Yan, the generals of the princes and countries who surrendered to Yan State, no matter how many Yan soldiers they killed in the past and how much trouble they caused to the Yan army, they surrendered to Yan State and sincerely allegiance to Emperor Yan, and they were basically reused.
You and I are trembling and defending the city of Ying, and we will be slashed and killed by Xiong Heng with a knife in the future, so it is better to try to get in touch with Emperor Yan and lead the troops to surrender to Emperor Yan, maybe we can be prosperous and rich."
"However, there is still Li Musheng in the city, the general is tempting him, Li Musheng is very vigilant, will he detect the general's scheme, secretly monitor the general's actions, and report to the emperor?" Han Qingsong said cautiously!
"Li Musheng is an elm head, what you said is not impossible." An Ziran said in a low voice and let out a long sigh: "This matter is sooner rather than later, and it will change later."
"General, do you want to go out of the city in person at the end of tonight and go to the Yan military camp!" Han Qingsong asked.
"Hmm!"
An Ziran bowed slightly: "Success or failure is here, General Han, you must be cautious."
"General rest assured!"
At midnight, in the dead of night!
Yan military camp.
In the camp of the mechanical army, a group of more than 100 people, wearing night clothes, tiptoed out of the barracks, with shovels and pickaxes, and quickly touched in the direction of Yingcheng.
When approaching Yingcheng, 100 soldiers divided into four roads and rushed to the four gates of Yingcheng.
When the 100 mechanical troops arrived at the moat under Yingcheng, they looked at the Chu army at the head of the city, quietly touched the river water, carried shovels and pickaxes, and swam to the other side of Yingcheng.
These people are all carefully selected by Meng Kuo in the mechanical army, and they are not only proficient in water, but also good at martial arts.
Although there are not many of them, they are expected to be high.
At the head of the city, the Chu army patrolled back and forth, unaware that a mechanical army swam across the moat and hid under the city walls.
The mecha army leaned against the walls, some sentry, some digging.
If there is any movement on the wall, stop immediately, lean back against the wall, and be cautious.
In the second half of the night, the mechanical army harvested a lot, and the foundation of Yingcheng was as Lin Feng expected, the soil was soft and the foundation was sinking.
If you continue to excavate and hollow out the foundation, during the battle, the ordnance will bombard indiscriminately, and Yingcheng will not be able to keep it, and sooner or later it will become a broken wall.
"General Han, be careful all the way!"
In the middle of the night, there was a sudden slight noise at the head of the city!
The mechanical army under the city, quickly stop digging, lean back against the city wall, grasp the shovel, iron pickaxe, and be cautious and vigilant.
"The general can rest assured that if the discussion goes well, the last general will act according to the original plan." Han Qingsong replied softly.
At this time, there was a sound of rustling on the city wall, and soon a long rope ladder was lowered from the city.
The mechanical army under the city did not dare to stay for a long time, and tiptoed away in all directions.
I can't guess what the Chu army means, why the Chu army was released out of the city at night, and if you want to surprise the Yan army camp, you should also release the rope bridge and go out of the city gate.
At this moment, Han Qingsong didn't know that dozens of mechanical soldiers were hiding under the city wall, grabbing rope ladders and slowly climbing down from the city.
As soon as he landed, a mechanical army suddenly pounced on him, pressed Han Qingsong to the ground, and covered his mouth.
Suddenly, Han Qingsong didn't have time to speak out and became a prisoner of the mechanical army!
His eyes swept over the soldiers from all directions, and his expression was panicked!
Yan Jun?
Under the city wall, how can there be a Yan army?
His eyes swept in all directions, and he saw that there were many deep pits on the ground, and the soldiers next to him were holding shovels and pickaxes!
In an instant, he suddenly realized and said in a low voice: "It is Han Qingsong, the deputy general of General An, who wants to go to the Yan army camp and discuss the surrender with Emperor Yan."
Hearing the sound, the two mechanical soldiers quickly stunned Han Qingsong and said to the mechanical army next to them: "Withdraw, quickly withdraw!"
The group sneaked into the moat, protected Han Qingsong, and swam in the direction of the Yan military camp.
When he was young, dozens of mechanical soldiers took Han Qingsong, who had fainted, back to the tent of the mechanical barracks, and without the slightest hesitation, they immediately went to the Mengkuo military tent!
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