The siege of the capital lasted a whole day, and countless soldiers followed one after another, and the gods and ghosts Da Shan Yu sitting on the high platform, as if he had killed his cousin in public, was indifferent to this, and occasionally a few gongs sounded, which always meant more troops to be invested. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This army is good at attacking with fire, throwing boulders, shooting arrows, and even the iron mallet that hits the door, all with flames, and the king of the East China Sea and others have never seen this kind of fighting, and they are terrified to see it.

Around noon, there was a group of enemy soldiers about to attack the city, Qiu Hong was very proud, and said to the king of the East China Sea: "There are many beautiful women in Chu country, do you have a wife?" Also live in the city? ”

The King of the East China Sea was furious, turned his head viciously to look over, Qiu Hong was happy, and said with a smile: "You have to know one thing, as long as I am the one who asks for it, the Son of Heaven will not disagree." ”

The king of the East China Sea trembled with anger, knowing that this would make the other party even happier, but it was still difficult for him to control it, and finally turned his head stiffly and said coldly: "The Chu people are still here, and the capital is not broken." ”

Chuhong laughed, and soon, he couldn't laugh anymore, and the soldiers who had managed to approach the city were all picked off by spears.

The king of the East China Sea wanted to ridicule each other, but after glancing at Zhao Ruosu, he still held back.

The defending side is still at a disadvantage, and there is no point in talking big until the final result is seen.

The siege continued, and the winter days were short, and it was nearly dark, and the enemy broke through a city gate.

The enemy troops on the front line cheered in unison, and soon converged into a neat sound, like the mountain of the Chu people shouting long live, and when the call stopped, the gong on the high platform sounded repeatedly, and the call sounded again.

Qiu Hong also shouted, and even knelt on the ground, kissed the platform, and when he stood up to face the Chu envoy, he put on that triumphant face, "Tonight, we will enter the city of the Chu people, live in the houses of the Chu people, eat the food of the Chu people, and embrace the beauties of the Chu people. ”

The faces of the Chu envoys were like ashes, and even Zhao Ruosu couldn't keep his composure, and his expression changed suddenly.

The enemy army paid a huge price for the breach of the capital, but they could afford it, and the remaining forces were still large enough to attack Hangu Pass.

The soldiers in front were moving their battering rams and swarming into the city.

For the first time, the King of the East China Sea had a strong feeling that the country was ruined and his family was ruined, and he muttered, "Great Chu...... Da Chu ......"

Zhao Ruosu was the first to regain his composure, and asked Qiu Hong: "You drive the soldiers of the occupied country to fight to the death, but there is no big country east of Great Chu, if you capture Great Chu, where else can you drive your troops to?" ”

Qiu Hong glanced at Zhao Ruosu contemptuously and did not answer, obviously looking down on this person's status.

The King of the East Sea came back to his senses slightly, "Yes, where else can you go?" Once there is nowhere to conquer, will you still be able to control this army? ”

Qiu Hong snorted, "It's too late to beg for mercy now, and the Son of Heaven only rewards those who wake up first." As for where to go after the capture of Chu - the Son of Heaven will not stop, but will continue to move forward until the end of the earth, the rising of the sun, and then turn the direction, and then go to the land of sunset, under the sun, there will be the footprints of the Son of Heaven. ”

The King of the East China Sea glanced at Zhao Ruosu and didn't understand what he meant by asking this sentence.

The enemy army in front seemed to be blocked, a large number of soldiers crowded the city gates, the city head was still shooting arrows, and the gongs on the high platform sounded again, and the soldiers who respected it like gods and feared like ghosts tried to advance towards the city, but the effect was not obvious.

"What's going on? Could it be that the Chu soldiers are stronger than the city walls? Chuhun was a little confused.

"The capital is not broken." The king of the East China Sea whispered, his spirits were uplifted, as if he was going out of the city for the first time when the spring flowers were blooming, and he couldn't even feel the coldness of the cold wind, "The capital is not broken!" He raised his voice.

"Shut up, if Chu City is not broken, you will be in danger." Chuhun threatened, hurried away, and climbed the steps to the high platform.

The surrounding soldiers stepped forward and watched Chu Envoy more closely.

The king of the East China Sea didn't care, he was both excited and uneasy, and asked everyone: "The capital has not been breached, is it?" ”

Zhao Ruosu stood on tiptoe and looked at it from afar, not as happy as other Chu envoys, but his concern was revealed, "The city gate must be broken, and the Chu army will stop the enemy army in the city, I don't know how long it can last." ”

"I'm going to make it, I'm going to make it." The king of the East Sea clenched his fists, and his nails did not hurt when they sank into the flesh.

When it was dark, the enemy was still attacking, and a large number of soldiers were still advancing into the city, while another group of soldiers began to attack the other city gates.

The second gate was also breached, followed by the third and the fourth.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, the flames are illuminating the ground, and the heart of the King of the East China Sea is sinking again, "How does Zhuo Ruhe defend the city?" I lost the city gate so quickly and blocked the city gate. ”

There was an endless stream of soldiers who came back from the front to report the news, they could only come to the stage, and then the news was passed on by others, these people couldn't understand a word of the East China Sea King, they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, but Qiu Hong didn't reappear, and he couldn't even find anyone who could ask.

He suddenly remembered that he had two interpreters with him, and turned to one of them and asked, "What are they talking about?" What's going on in the city? ”

The interpreter shook for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head, "I only know Xiongnu, they don't speak ......"

The king of the East Sea said to another interpreter, "What about you? ”

The second interpreter replied: "I learned the lingua franca of the Western Regions......

"The Western Regions and the gods and ghosts are close to each other, you can always understand a few words, right?"

To the west of the Western Regions are mountains and deserts, far away from the territory of the gods and ghosts...... When it comes to walls, I can only understand a few words. ”

"The wall? They have already breached the city gates, and they still care about the city walls? "The king of the East China Sea didn't know why, and felt that the interpreter must have heard it wrong.

The enemy moved several siege engines closer to the walls, and the huge flints fell into the city over the towering heads, regardless of whether they hit their own soldiers.

The King of the East Sea had no one to ask, so he could only guess for himself, if he was defending the city, what would he do in the face of so many enemy troops?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind.

"Walls, walls! I understand, another wall has been built in the capital, no, it's a lot of walls! ”

Even Zhao Ruosu looked at it, and the King of the East China Sea laughed, "It must be like this, a few more walls have been built on the city gate in the city, and the enemy soldiers were stopped after entering, and their siege equipment is too big to enter!" ”

The Chu envoys all nodded, feeling that the King of the East China Sea had guessed correctly.

"Whose idea was this? It's definitely not Zhuo Ruhe. The King of the East Sea was extremely excited, and it didn't take long for him to start worrying again, "The capital has been besieged for more than a month, and the walls that were built in a hurry are definitely not high or strong, can they really block so many enemy troops?" ”

No one could give him an answer.

Qiu Hong came back, his face was not very good, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he confirmed the guess of the King of the East China Sea, "The Chu people are very cunning, and they have built a few more walls within the city wall, but it doesn't matter, the inner wall is fragile, and our soldiers can also knock it down with their hands, and before dawn, the capital will definitely be owned by me." ”

"It's a pity that you can only sleep with someone else tonight." The King of the East Sea knew that he should not provoke this person, but he still couldn't help but sneer.

"Hey, the people in the city have angered the Son of Heaven, and even the luck of being a slave is gone, after the city is broken, everyone will be killed, regardless of men, women, old and young, the capital is your grave."

The king of the East China Sea trembled in his heart, but he was not too afraid, but a little more confident, "The Chu people are much smarter than you, can there only be the trick of building a wall within the wall?" You'd better be careful. ”

Qiu Hong snorted a few times, as if he was about to open his mouth to refute, suddenly turned around and went up to the high platform again.

The King of the East Sea regretted it, "Really, how can I alert the enemy? Shut up, you ......"

The King of the East Sea closed his mouth tightly.

Qiu Hong quickly returned, saying nothing, but his face was pale, and he seemed to have been reprimanded.

No one spoke, everyone looked at the capital quietly, after all, the night was no better than the day, although there was a fire, it was still difficult to see the specific situation, the soldiers who came back on horseback to report were more frequent, the king of the East China Sea still didn't understand a word, but he would rather die than ask Qiu Hong, only occasionally glance at it, and guess the movement from Qiu Hong's face.

Qiu Hong gradually showed joy, and the heart of the King of the East China Sea sank a little, silently praying that the soldiers defending the city still had strange tricks to defend the enemy.

With a bang, the southeast of the capital was in flames, far above the city wall.

The heart of the King of the East Sea sank to the bottom.

Qiu Hong jumped up, and after landing on the ground, he laughed three times, "It's broken, the capital is finally ......"

Then there was another fire, and it spread rapidly to the west of the city, and soon the whole southern city was burning.

"Burn the capital! Burn down the capital! Qiu Hong said loudly, as if he had finally achieved his dream wish, "I want to remember this night, remember this scene, the capital of Chu State, the most prosperous place in the world, will be destroyed in the sea of fire tonight!" ”

The King of the East China Sea almost stood unsteadily, beside him, several Chu envoys collapsed to the ground, seeing their appearance, the King of the East Sea stood firm instead, and said to Zhao Ruosu, who was also standing firmly: "Your Majesty will avenge us, right?" ”

Zhao Ruosu hummed and didn't speak.

The King of the East Sea looked up at the high platform, and the spears of several soldiers immediately arrived, but the King of the East Sea didn't care, raised his head and said, "Do you think you can scare everyone in the world?" What can you do when everyone is scared and not afraid of death? ”

The soldiers stepped forward and forced the envoys to kneel, with their swords and guns on their necks.

Qiu Hong smiled: "I have seen many arrogances, and I have also seen the same number of fiascos and begging, and Da Chu is just one of them. ”

The King of the East Sea knelt on the ground, but struggled to raise his head and look at the capital.

The fire was not extinguished, and there was a faint scream, and slowly, the screams became louder and louder, and in the darkness outside the city, the army rose and fell like a wave of wheat.

The King of the East China Sea suddenly remembered something, "If you set fire like this, won't even your people be burned to death?" ”

"Huh?" Chuhong smiled, not paying attention to this sentence.

The fluctuations of the enemy army became more and more obvious, and the king of the East Sea laughed loudly without care, even if his head was cut off on the spot, he had to laugh, he had never been so happy, and he suspected that even if he won the throne in the first place, he might not be so happy.

"That's not the fire you set out, we set it, it's not the capital that burns, it's your people!" The King of the East Sea said loudly.

Chuhong didn't believe it, but the army outside the city was faintly retreating, and the soldiers who had already attacked the city seemed to be running out, forcing their own people to retreat.

The screams stopped, and there were drums in the distance, followed by nearer, more drumming, unhurried, unhurried, steady as mountains.

The king of the East China Sea stood up, and the two soldiers couldn't hold him down.

"Reinforcements from the capital are coming." The King of the East Sea said confidently, although he did not know where this army came from. (To be continued.) )