After Zhang Xun led the vanguard army out of Luochuan, Ji Zheng also led Qingmen and several retinues to the north gate of Gusu City.

Although Ji Zheng hated King Wu, he still had many good memories of the city of Gusu, the bustling bazaar, the warm and kind people, the remote courtyard, and the heart lake like the Milky Way falling during the Lotus Lantern Festival on May 15. If it hadn't happened, he really hoped to be with Hana for the rest of his life in Gusu.

So deep down in his heart, he didn't want to destroy the city with his own hands, and he wouldn't embarrass the people of Gusu. Xiao Shi had already led an army to attack Gusu ten days ago, and 20,000 people attacked an empty city, so it should be taken no matter what. When he arrives in Gusu, he only needs to capture the prince and bring him back to Yueguo.

However, when Ji Zheng came to the outside of Gusu City, he never expected that Gusu City was still impregnable at this time, and the Vietnamese army's position was far away from the outer edge.

When he came to the position of the north gate of Gusu, there were only about 100 people here, lying loosely on the ground and talking, and he didn't even notice the sudden arrival of Ji Zheng and others.

Ji Zheng grabbed a centurion and asked, "Why haven't you taken the city so far?!" ”

The centurion recognized it as Ji Zheng, and hurriedly knelt down and explained: "General! We...... We were ordered by General Xiao to besiege the North Gate here...... General Xiao is attacking the south gate, and the army is also gathered there, so we really don't have any fighting here......"

"It shouldn't be so loose! Quick, get up and patrol me! ”

"Whoa! I'm going to set it up! ”

Ji Zheng was angry, and immediately turned on his horse and rushed to the South Gate position.

Qingmen hurriedly caught up and said, "General, I just heard from the soldiers that they haven't attacked the city for three days. ”

"Damn! Siege warfare is about constantly pressing and pressing the opponent, and once the opponent is relieved, all opportunities can be lost! What the hell is this Xiao Shi doing?! ”

"The soldiers said that the Wu people had a very powerful weapon that could throw fireballs, and the range was extremely long, so they would retreat so far to avoid attack."

"Weapons? What is that? ”

Qingmen pointed to the city wall and said, "It should be that." ”

Ji Zheng looked up and saw ten huge siege machines on the city wall, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Go find Xiao Shi first!" See how he explains. ”

"Whoa!"

Not long after, Ji Zheng and Qingmen came to the South Gate position, and after some searching, they found the drunk Xiao Shi in the camp tent.

Ji Zheng was furious and ordered Qingmen: "Qingmen! Tie up this sake bag and rice bag for me! ”

"Whoa!"

Qingmen immediately stepped forward and held down Xiao She, Xiao Shi opened his eyes in a daze, and when he saw Ji Zheng, he said with a smile: "Senior Brother Ji, why are you here?" Hiccup, hehe, come, take a sip with my brother. ”

As he spoke, Xiao Se picked up the wine bag and handed it to Ji Zheng. Qingmen knocked off the wine bag, then grabbed Xiao Se's arm and pulled it back, holding Xiao Se to the ground.

Xiao Shi was in pain, and hurriedly shouted, "Oops! Oops! Hurt! It hurts me! ”

Ji Zheng looked down and saw that the wine spilled from the wine bag had wet his shoes, he looked at Xiao Shi with disdain on his face, and asked, "General Xiao!" 20,000 men against an empty city! Why hasn't the city been broken for ten days?! ”

"Wu Guo...... Wu Guoren, hiccup, has very, very ...... Well...... It's a very powerful instrument, and it kills people from a distance of 800 miles, hiccup, I can't beat it, hehe, it's useless for anyone to come......"

At this time, several other guards brought Li Zida over, and when Li Zida saw the scene in front of him, he saluted tremblingly: "General, you ...... You're coming. ”

Ji Zheng nodded and asked, "General Xiao said that the people of Wu have very powerful weapons, tell me, what's going on?" ”

"Oh, well, when we attacked the city on the first day, it was going well, but in the evening, Wu Guoren didn't know where to get a lot of siege engines, and threw the big fireball far away, and the fireball smashed right into our position, killing a large number of people at once! I've never seen a siege machine shoot this far. ”

"Humph! How many times can that device be used? Scatter the formation and concentrate on the city wall, I don't believe that I can't rush down! ”

"Haha! Ha ha! Xiao Shi suddenly laughed, "Senior Brother Ji, have you never seen that formation, the soldiers are all frightened, and they don't dare to charge at all, haha!" If you want me to say, let's go back, this Gusu City can't be attacked at all! ”

"Xiao Shi! You disturb the morale of the army! Slackness and dereliction of duty! What a crime! ”

Xiao Shi was drunk and said with a smile: "Hehe, general, my subordinates are incompetent, please ask the general to watch it!" However, if we still want to live, we better leave for China now! ”

Ji Zheng was furious and glared at Xiao Shi fiercely.

Seeing this, Li Zida was afraid that Ji Zheng would be punished with him, so he hurriedly pleaded: "The general is angry, the general is angry, General Xiao has not been able to attack for a long time, and he is depressed in his heart before he uses alcohol to dispel his sorrows, and I hope that the general will not be punished." ”

Ji Zheng took a deep breath and tried to calm down his emotions, and then ordered: "Send General Xiao back to sleep, and the military aircraft affairs will be discussed tomorrow!" ”

"Whoa!"

Xiao Shi was carried out of the camp by the guards, and he dragged the ground while laughing: "Hehe, I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk, let's go back to China quickly!" ”

After leaving the camp, Xiao Shi immediately "sobered up", he shook off the guards who supported him, scolded angrily, and then walked back to his residence quickly.

Then, Ji Zheng stared at the sand table and saw the second half of the night, until the candle was about to burn out, he walked out of the camp tent and looked at the tall and wide city wall from afar, and at this time, Gong Wanran was also looking at the Vietnamese army camp on the city wall.

The sky was about to dawn, and the sound of swords slashing came from the Vietnamese position.

Ji Zheng's swordsmanship is fierce, and his feet are constantly rushing, every move and style is extremely fierce, and there seems to be endless anger burning on the blade of the sword. Ji Zheng jumped up and jumped, Qingmen's double knives crossed his head, and although he barely blocked, he was still shocked and almost fell.

Aomen kept parrying, and from Ji Zheng's attack, Aomen could feel the anger and uneasiness in his heart, and every chop was more like a vent.

Suddenly, Ji Zheng almost exerted all his strength and slashed towards Qingmen, only to hear a loud "bell", and the blade and blade collided with bright sparks.

The Chongli Sword fell to the ground, and a strong tremor inspires a rapid beep. Ji Zheng half-squatted on the ground, his left hand tightly grasped the wrist of his right hand, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and the pain was unbearable.

Qingmen immediately stepped forward to help Ji Zheng and asked eagerly, "General, it doesn't matter, right?!" ”

Ji Zheng pressed the scar on his right wrist and shook his head in pain.

Qingmen picked up the Chongli sword, helped Ji Zheng put it back in its sheath, and then handed over a pot of water and said, "General, you can take a rest." ”

The sharp pain in his wrist seemed to have lessened a little, Ji Zheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, took the kettle and took a sip, and then stared at the ground in a daze.

"General, go get something to eat?"

Ji Zheng did not respond.

Qingmen saw that Ji Zheng didn't speak, and he didn't dare to say more, so he stood aside and waited quietly.

Suddenly, Ji Zheng got up and said, "Immediately convene a meeting of military aircraft and launch a general attack this morning!" ”

"Whoa!"

A moment later, the military aircraft was in the big tent.

Xiao Se's eyes were worried, and he covered his mouth and yawned. Li Zida leaned up, gently pressed Xiao Shi's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "General Xiao, be in good spirits, I heard that the general is in a bad mood today." ”

Xiao Shi snorted contemptuously and said, "Can you capture the city if you are in a bad mood?" ”

"General Xiao, if I hadn't interceded for you last night, you wouldn't have escaped punishment, so be careful today."

At this time, Ji Zheng suddenly lifted the curtain and strode into the big tent, only to see that he was wearing black and gold armor, his momentum was fierce, and the anger revealed between his eyebrows and eyes was chilling.

"General Xiao! An hour later, launch a general attack on Gusu City, how do you say to take Gusu City? ”

Xiao Shi shook his head and said: "The subordinates originally planned to attack head-on, but they didn't expect that the defense of Gusu City was solid, and the subordinates couldn't attack for a long time, and they didn't know how to act, so they asked the general for advice." ”

"Huh, solid? As far as I know, Gusu is an empty city at all! There are only a thousand defenders in the city, and a few wooden shelves can scare you into this way? ”

"Wooden shelves? Well, the subordinates don't explain, anyway, the general will be able to see it today. ”

Ji Zheng suddenly drew out the Chongli sword, pointed at Gusu City on the sand table, and ordered: "Organize 3,000 troops, form a scattered formation, and storm Gusu City!" ”

"Whoa!"

An hour later, Ji Zheng lined up a scattered offensive line in front of the position, and the three thousand Vietnamese soldiers were ready to go.

On the other side, Yu Xianyao carried a basket of food, hurriedly climbed the city wall, and saw Gong Hui Ran looking at the Vietnamese army's position, so he said with a smile: "Lord Gong Hui, shouldn't you be busy all night?" I'll bring you something to eat. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Yu." Gong Wan turned around and saluted, but immediately said with a serious expression: "But it seems that the Yue people are about to organize a strong attack, and I ask Yu Lao to leave quickly, it will be very dangerous here." ”

"Oh? I thought the Vietnamese people had stopped? How? It's going to be played again? ”

"Yes. In the past few days, I always felt that the Vietnamese were attacking like they were doing something, but this time it was different. As he spoke, Gong Wanran pointed to the Vietnamese army's position, "Judging from the fact that they lined up this time, they should have planned to break us in one fell swoop." ”

"Lord Gonghui, you have been holding on with the people of the whole city for eleven days, and we believe that you can hold it this time!"

Gong Wanran nodded, but his expression seemed to be a little unconfident.

At this moment, a horn sounded from the position of the Vietnamese army, and 3,000 Vietnamese soldiers launched a general attack on Gusu City.

Gong Wanran immediately ordered, "Launch!" ”

Wu Bing loaded the ignited ammunition into the siege machine, and immediately after, ten siege engines threw fireballs at the same time, and the fireballs streaked across the sky and smashed a violent explosion on the Vietnamese front.

The blast was full of flames and rubble. The soldiers who charged in front of them disappeared in an instant, and the severed arms and stumps mixed with rotten flesh rained down blood from the sky, and several soldiers who were covered in fire screamed and jumped out of the sea of fire and fell to the ground in pain, rolling and struggling in pain, and were burned to charcoal in a short time.

The horrific scene frightened the Vietnamese soldiers, and the pace of the attack slowed down, some soldiers even stopped in place and did not dare to step forward, and even worse, two soldiers fled desperately as if they were crazy.

Suddenly, Ji Zhengyue stepped forward, drew his sword and stabbed one of the deserters to death, and then drew his sword and slashed it, cutting off the head of another deserter.

Ji Zheng pointed the Chongli sword forward and shouted loudly: "Those who escape from the battle will be killed!" ”

As soon as the order fell, a platoon of soldiers stretched out their halberds, forcing the besieging soldiers to continue to advance forward.

Seeing that there was no way to retreat, the Vietnamese soldiers had to continue to rush forward to kill. As soon as they were halfway there, ten huge fireballs flew into the sky, and the fireballs exploded in the crowd again, setting off a ball of flames.

Who knew that the flames had not yet dissipated, and the rain of arrows followed one after another, and the black arrows covered the sky and the sun, and the Vietnamese soldiers were killed and wounded.

Finally, the Vietnamese soldiers paid the price of more than 1,000 people to rush to the city, and the remaining Vietnamese soldiers immediately erected a ladder and began to climb the city. But after ten days of recovery, the people of Wu have eased up, at this time they have complete supplies, sufficient personnel, for a time the oil splashed everywhere, the wood flew sideways, and the shouting of killing was earth-shattering.

After a fierce battle, all 3,000 Yue soldiers were annihilated, although dozens of people climbed the city wall, but they could not set off any wind and waves, and were easily killed by the defenders of the city.

At noon, Gong Wan ordered people to clean up the battlefield, and he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh as he looked at the black smoke and dense corpses rising from the city.

At this time, the prince came to inspect the defense line, and he stepped forward excitedly and said: "Lord Gonghui is really powerful!" This battle killed 3,000 of them! Haha, I don't think it's possible for the Yue people to capture the city! ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, I think this time the Yue people are testing, they are testing our defensive strength, I'm afraid it won't be so simple next time."

"Hmph, let them test it, with these siege engines here, I don't think many people can attack it!"

"However, I'm afraid they'll attack from the other three directions at the same time, and if that's the case, it won't be easy......"

Before Gonghui finished speaking, the prince interrupted: "Hey, why should Lord Gonghui grow others to destroy his prestige? I see that the popularity of the Yue Kingdom has been exhausted, and when my father comes back, the first thing is to destroy the Yue Kingdom! ”

"Yes, this time the king has to face up to the threat of the Yue Kingdom."

"Good! As long as you hold on for a while, when my father returns, I will definitely express your merits to him, and my father will definitely reward Gonghui well!" ”

Gong Wan saluted and said: "It is the duty of the ministers to hold on to the city, if we can really hold on until the return of the king, please Your Highness explain to the king the merits of the people, this time the people have paid the most, I hope the king can reduce the tax burden, and tax exemption for three years, in order to alleviate the suffering of the people." ”

"Well, don't worry, Lord Gonghui, I know this in my heart!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"