"Chu Shu * Song Yu Biography" contains: Jade has a genus, the name is Peng Wei, deep and cold, repeatedly battled, known in the world for conspiracy and trickery, where the plan is not exempt from death, it is deeply trusted by jade.

Thinking that Xu Ren was safe, Xu Yu led 500 cavalry to rush out of the formation. "Second brother, I'm here to save you." For a while, smoke and dust rose from the field, and the horses neighed. All the knights rushed desperately towards the place where Xu Ren fell to the ground, and they galloped tenaciously against the rain of arrows that were still pouring above their heads.

"Hahaha." Peng Wei, who was standing in the city tower, saw this scene and laughed. Suddenly, there was a loud "boom" upstairs in the city, interrupting Peng Wei's laughter, and after a few breaths, a small soldier ran over panting and reported: "General, the bowstring of one of the crossbows is broken, and the rest of the crossbows can't last long, what should I do?" "The repeater crossbow is a militaristic weapon, except for the accident of poor accuracy, it cannot be used for a long time, otherwise the string will break and the bow will be destroyed. Peng Wei's face turned pale when he heard this, and he said helplessly: "Let's stop shooting the crossbow." ”

After the order was issued, no more giant arrows were fired in the city, and most of the cavalry led by Xu Yu reached the place where Xu Ren fell to the ground. "Second brother, eldest brother ordered us to retreat to the big array." Xu Yu said to Xu Ren, who was dressed in loess.

Xu Ren turned over his horse and roared towards the city: "If you don't take revenge, I, Xu Ren, swear not to be a person." The voice reached Peng Wei's ears, and Peng Wei sneered and said, "I'm waiting for you." ”

Seeing a large number of cavalry retreating to the rear formation, the people of Pengcheng were stunned for a while, they couldn't believe the reality in front of them. Song Yu took the opportunity to inspire people and shouted: "The thief is defeated!" Pengcheng is mighty! The stunned people suddenly returned to reality when they heard this voice, and then shouted loudly: "Pengcheng is mighty." The knights galloping under the city looked back at Peng Cheng when they heard the sound, and they had an inexplicable feeling in their hearts: "Can we fight such a city?" ”

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In the large army camp, Wang Jian trained the soldiers who stayed in the camp in the barracks. "Run, haven't you eaten?" Wang Jian roared at the team that was gradually slowing down.

"Commander, we have been running around the camp for 3 weeks at a fast pace, and we have been running for at least 20 miles, and everyone is tired." The small leader who ran at the front was a person who was good at observing words and feelings, and he saw Wang Qian's serious face, so he said to Wang Jian cautiously.

The little leader saw with his own eyes the whole process of Wang Qian's face getting worse and worse. At the beginning of the training, Wang Qian's face was not very good, but he could still force a smile at that time. Then, when the first shout came from Peng Chengzhong, Wang Qian's smiling face disappeared, and his voice suddenly became louder; When the second shout came out, Wang Jian began to be irritable, and he spoke with a roar. In such a situation, although the little leader was very reluctant to plead, his subordinates were already miserable, and as the leader, he had to stand up and plead.

Hearing this, Wang Jian raised the horsewhip in his hand, slashed his head and face, and said while slapping his mouth: "What did you say?" Tired! Don't you know? On the battlefield, being tired means death! You don't value your own life, your brothers do! Do you know that on the battlefield, you will hurt your brother by doing this! Keep running for me! ”

The little leader didn't dare to reply to Wang Qian's whipping, and the whip fell mercilessly on the little leader's body, leaving slender whip marks.

"Strategist, please spare the hundred generals!" The subordinates of the small leader pleaded one after another.

At this moment, a knight galloped into the camp on horseback, looking very anxious, as if something had happened in the battle ahead.

"For everyone's sake, I will let you go today, and if you commit it again in the future, the sin will be increased by one degree." Wang Jian stopped whipping the little leader and said angrily.

After venting his anger, Wang Qian's tone eased a little, and he continued: "Everyone rests in place. Then he turned his horse and galloped away to the camp.

A few minutes ago, in the siege array composed of thousands of people outside Pengcheng, the five Xu brothers sat on the ground with gloomy faces, listening to their subordinates' reports on casualties and discussing their next actions.

"What about the casualties, hurry up and report it truthfully." Xu Yan, the oldest and most senior, was the first to speak, "We can still hold on to this casualty." ”

When the secretary of the army heard this, he truthfully reported: "Returning to the general, in this battle, our army dispatched a total of 911 soldiers and horses, 777 soldiers and horses returned to the battle, a total of 134 people were killed in battle, and 111 wounded among the soldiers and horses returned to the battle, and it is expected that half of them will no longer be able to go to the battlefield again." (During the Warring States period, medical skills were still very backward, and the injuries caused by metal weapons such as swords, guns, swords, and halberds were almost incurable, and the injured could only recover by their own perseverance.) ）

The clerk kept reporting the losses in the first battle, and Xu Ren's face became more and more gloomy the more he listened, "Don't say it again." He slapped the ground and shouted loudly: "Big brother, you are giving me 300 soldiers and horses, and with the rest of my men and horses, I will definitely be able to fight under the city." ”

"Second brother, I have always told you to change this temper, otherwise you will definitely die in this temper in the future. Now that we are on the battlefield, we are willful, and the consequences are that hundreds or thousands of people will die for it, so we must be careful with every order we give. Xu Yan said softly and persuasively.

"I'm a big boss, I'm a fighter, I can't do these things, I can't change this temper, anyway, I can't think of any good ideas, then I'll go back to the camp first and say goodbye." Xu Ren said a lot roughly, and then pulled his legs and left.

"Second brother, don't make trouble, come back quickly." Xu Yan shouted, but Xu Ren didn't seem to hear it, and still left quickly. Xu Yan smiled bitterly at the rest of the group, and then continued: "The second brother is gone, and there are still us left, let's talk about what to do?" ”

Xu Fu has always boasted that he is the most resourceful of the five brothers, and he was the first to speak: "I look at the current situation, I'm afraid we won't be able to take down this city alone, let's invite the military advisor to come, the military advisor is resourceful and well-informed, there must be a good way." ”

Xu Yan objected when he heard this: "No, don't you remember what my father said yesterday, now we are a mess of defeat, if the time goes to invite the military advisor, and the military advisor wins, then the soldiers will definitely be grateful and worship the military advisor, so the military heart will no longer be ours." Once the morale of the army is lost, the foundation of our life is gone. The military advisor can't be invited, at least not when we lose. ”

"Then we can win the battle and then go to please, I see that the second brother wants to take revenge, and the ancestors of the ancestors: eat a trench, grow a wisdom. I think this time the second brother may be able to hit the city. Xu Ji thought about it for a while and proposed a compromise plan.

"Makes sense, and that's it. Xu Yu, you will inform your second brother of this, and say that I will give him 500 people, plus his remaining subordinates, a total of more than 700 people, all under his command, and at three o'clock in the hour, go out to attack Pengcheng, and tell him that he must fight to the city; Xu Fu, you immediately go to the rear army camp to report the situation to the military advisor truthfully, remember, in the case that no one of us has to inform you. You must hold off the military advisor and prevent him from coming to the front. Okay, let's go our separate ways, success or failure in one fell swoop. Xu Yan heard Xu Ji's idea, nodded, and then commanded everyone.

The first battle of Pengcheng took less than a quarter of an hour to end, and although one side suffered heavy losses but did not break its bones, the other side suffered no losses at all. After two o'clock, the two sides invariably began to summarize each other's strength and prepare for the next confrontation, both sides understood that the battle just now was just a trial, and the real battle would start from the next stop, and the war would become more and more difficult from now on, until someone on both sides was down, and it could be called endless.

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At three o'clock, the real battle began. Xu Ren led a cavalry group of more than 700 people out of battle, announcing the beginning of the battle.

"Children, don't say much, see you at the celebration banquet on the next day" Xu Ren still didn't change his true colors and didn't say anything more.

"Never die!" Xu Ren raised the knife in his hand and shouted.

"Never die!" All the knights followed closely behind and shouted loudly.

The knight's cry reached the city and reached Song Yu's ears, Song Yu sighed, and said compassionately: "Pengcheng is about to bleed, I don't know if God will bring disaster to me, a county prince who is not worthy of his name." The voice reached Peng Wei's ears, Peng Wei's fighting spirit was high, and he said to himself: "If you want to fight, then fight." It's a good one to never die, and I, Peng Wei, am happy to accompany me. ”

More than 700 cavalry soldiers and horses galloped rapidly, causing a cloud of smoke and dust on the earth, and the hooves of nearly a thousand horses pounded heavily on the ground, making people feel that the earth did not tremble.

Once again, the cavalry group reached the range of the long arrow, and above the city, Peng Wei repeated his plan. "Crossbowmen ready." Peng Wei shouted.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one" Peng Wei in the city and Xu Ren in Mercedes-Benz counted down.

"Repeater, shoot!" Peng Wei ordered mercilessly and decisively.

In an instant, hundreds of long arrows rained down,