Outside Liyang City, Zhou Yin, Zhou Huan and his son were standing on the hill to inspect the reality of the Chu army, and suddenly heard a huge noise from Liyang City, the momentum was like the sky falling apart, the Jiujiang camp was nearly ten miles away from Liyang, but it was still clearly audible, Zhou Huan couldn't help but change his color and said: "Father, it seems that the morale of the Chu army is still very high." ”

Zhou Yin nodded thoughtfully, after ten days of fierce fighting, the 30,000 Jiujiang army was already exhausted, and the 40,000 Han troops of Jin She and Li Zuoche were almost exhausted, but the Chu army at the head of Liyang City still looked like they were still in high morale, and they didn't know where the Meng who was responsible for defending the city came from, it was so difficult? [.]

"Lost!" Zhou Yin's thick eyebrows frowned, and he said in a deep voice, "What is the origin of this Meng?" ”

Zhou Huan smiled bitterly and shook his head, the Jiujiang Army's meticulous work took a lot of effort, but he only heard that the surname of the Liyang guard general was Mengming, but he didn't know what the specific origin was, but one thing is for sure, this Mengyan is definitely not the general of the Chu army, it should be Xiang Zhuang who has just recruited recently, thinking of this, Zhou Yin was secretly frightened, Xiang Zhuang is under his command, and now he is really full of talents.

When the father and son were relatively speechless, suddenly a personal soldier went up the mountain to report: "General, General Jin She and General Li Zuoche ask to see you." ”

Zhou Yin didn't look back and said, "I have invited the two generals to go up the mountain." ”

"Whoa!" The soldiers agreed and took the order.

After less than a moment, Jin She and Li Zuoche went up the hill together.

Before he could see the ceremony, Jin She said angrily: "Zhou Yin, the arrogance of the Chu army in the city is becoming more and more arrogant, you are still in the mood to hide in the mountains and watch the scenery?" ”

Zhou Huan snorted coldly, and said hungrily: "Jin She, if it weren't for your ineffective fighting last night, the coalition army would have captured Liyang City a long time ago, what qualifications do you have to teach others here?" ”

"Zhou Huan'er!" Jin She was furious when he heard this, "How can you speak here!" ”

"I'm telling the truth!" Zhou Huan did not back down, "Since the start of the war, our Jiujiang army has suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and General Li Zuoche's troops have also suffered 4,000 casualties, but what about your troops?" So far, there have been less than 2,000 casualties, if it weren't for your shouting and deliberately preserving your strength, Liyang would have been captured a long time ago! ”

"Fart!" Jin Shu became more and more furious, "The old man lost all the elite, how can it be like your Jiujiang army, the people who died in the battle were only farmers, woodcutters, and hunters, and they were simply a rabble, Zhou Huan, if it weren't for your father's face, the old man would have to screw off your head today, hum!" ”

"Break my head?" Zhou Huan said coldly, "I'm afraid you don't have this ability." ”

Where can Jin She still hold it, he was about to draw his sword to cut Zhou Huan, but Li Zuoche struggled to hold his right hand, Zhou Yin also stopped in moderation, and finally drove Zhou Huan off the hill.

Li Zuoche stomped his feet and said angrily: "When is it now, you are still in the mood to quarrel?" ”

After saying this, Li Zuoche said again: "Do you know that Mei Kai's 150,000 Hengshan army has been wiped out by Xiangzhuang's 20,000 elite soldiers, and the Dongou army has also been defeated by the Chu army!" ”

"Huh?!" Zhou Yin changed color when he heard this, "Mei Kai is finished, and Ji Yu is also defeated?" ”

"Wouldn't it? Quite a word! Jin She also said in disbelief, "Mei Hong's 150,000 army, it's over?" This is an army of 150,000, Li Zuoche, don't be alarmist! ”

"Alarmist?" Li Zuoche didn't have a good breath, "I don't have that much to spare." ”

Zhou Yin was awe-struck when he heard this, and Jin She also frowned and said, "Now we are in big trouble." ”

"That's not all." Li Zuoche paused, and said, "The meteor scouting horse returned, Yingbu's Huainan army has also withdrawn from Guangling, and the seven-way coalition army besieging Jiangdong is now left with the three of us, just wait for Xiang Zhuang to return to the division, and the Chu army will definitely cross the river next, and at that time, none of us should think about it!" ”…,

"How, how is this good?" Jin She was shocked when he heard this.

In last year's battle of Shouchun, Jin She really scared Xiang Zhuang, so as soon as he heard that he was going to fight against Xiang Zhuang, Jin She instinctively felt a little stunned, what do you think, last year he and Li Zuoche took 30,000 people, but they couldn't beat Xiang Zhuang's thousands of remnants, and now Xiang Zhuang has 100,000 soldiers and horses, how can this battle be fought?

Zhou Yin was also beating a drum in his heart, and it seemed that there was no need to fight this battle again.

Li Zuoche seemed to have guessed what Zhou Yin was thinking, and said coldly at the moment: "General Zhou Yin, I'm afraid it's a little late to withdraw from the army now, even if you retreat, do you really think that Xiang Zhuang will let you go?" If it weren't for your rebellion against Chu and the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu would not have been defeated, let alone kill himself in Wujiang......"

"Enough!" Zhou Yin said angrily, "Li Zuoche, you don't need to remind General Ben of this!" ”

"If you know, it's good." Li Zuoche nodded, turned his gaze to Jin She again, and said, "For today's plan, we can only abandon our previous suspicions, first do our best to capture Liyang, and then fortify along the Wujiang River, or we can still block the Chu army in Jiangzuo, otherwise, just wait for the Chu army to come to the door and take your and my heads to ask for credit." ”

Zhou Yin nodded silently, and now it seems that there is only this way to go.

Jin She's eyes showed a fierce light, and said in a cruel voice: "Okay, my personal guard team will be responsible for capturing the city this morning, but you don't have to hide your little family wealth anymore, what wells, siege vehicles, and catapults are all taken out by his mother, I don't believe it, just a Liyang City, and you can't take him down?" ”

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At the head of Liyang City, Meng Yan slept soundly against the battlements.

Last night, the siege lasted until midnight, after the Han army retreated, Meng Xi had to be busy settling the wounded soldiers, counting the materials such as rolling wood, stones, fire oil, etc., and coming to the city early in the morning to cheer up the soldiers and prisoners of the Chu army.

Suddenly, a long and low trumpet sounded outside the city.

Meng Yan was startled, and when he looked up urgently, he saw that no less than tens of thousands of Han troops had been gathered in the wilderness outside the north gate, especially what made Meng Yan's heart awe-inspiring was that in the rear of the Han army, there were even sharp wooden towers erected high for the first time, Meng Yan couldn't help but gasp, Jing Yan, it turned out to be Jing Yan!

No, there are catapults behind the well, and there are even catapults!

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"Woo woo woo ......" in the continuous sound of the horn, tens of thousands of Han army heavy armor holding oars and shields, shouting a uniform number, dragging dozens of wells, catapults and catapults slowly crushed towards Liyang City, looking at the towering wells and catapults, the prisoners on the head of the city suddenly commotioned.

In the suffocating wait, time passed little by little.

A hundred and ten paces away from the city wall, a dozen catapults finally stopped.

In the sound of the uniform trumpet, a team of Han military wrestlers suddenly exerted their strength, pulling hard, and in an instant, more than a dozen huge throwing arms have bounced into the air, and the hanging basket connected to the far end of the throwing arm through the iron cable suddenly roared and threw into the air, and after rising to the highest point, the boulder in the hanging basket was thrown out violently to the front.

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In the tsunami-like trumpet sound of the Han army's Lishi Mountain, more than a dozen boulders roared up from the rear of the Han army, and fell down towards the head of Liyang City, and the prisoners guarding the city head suddenly became chaotic, one by one shouting and shouting to avoid everywhere, crowded with each other, several prisoners were squeezed off the female wall and fell into serious injuries.

However, the prisoners were panicked, but none of them slipped down the city and fled.

Meng Yan looked up suddenly, and saw a boulder whizzing down towards his head.

Between the lightning and the fire, Meng Yan suddenly dodged, and a boulder weighing four or five hundred pounds fell on his side, accompanied by a loud "boom", several prisoners were suddenly shocked into the air, and fell to the outside of the city wall, and then the city head rose thick smoke and dust. …,

After a while, the smoke and dust dissipated, and I saw that a huge gap had been smashed out of the city, and a few veterans and more than 20 convicts who were originally guarding Meng Yan's side were either shocked and fell directly off the city wall, or they turned into natives, and the two most unlucky convicts were directly smashed into flesh by the boulder.

However, the remaining dozen or so boulders were deflected, either falling into the city or smashing on the city walls.

In the sound of the trumpets of the Han army warriors wave after wave, rows of boulders were thrown into the air, and tumbled and tumbled towards the head of Liyang City, however, the boulders that really hit the head of the city were very few, and most of the stones fell on the towering city wall, while smashing the bricks, they also left shallow pits on the city wall.

The catapult bombardment lasted for half a meal, and it was not until the well was close to the city wall that the firing finally stopped.

When the Han army's catapult stopped firing, the head of Liyang City was already in a mess, although there were a few stones falling on the city, but each boulder caused great damage to the Chu army, in addition to the killing and wounding of personnel, but also destroyed a large number of rolling wood stones and fierce fire oil, and more seriously, the morale and confidence of the prisoners were greatly destroyed.

When the smoke and dust that hung over the city cleared, the prisoners who had shrunk behind the battlements stood up tremblingly, but all of them were as pale as dirt, and they were like frightened birds! After all, these prisoners have not received formal military training, let alone experienced a real baptism of war, and it is inevitable that they will be afraid of such siege weapons as catapults and wells.

However, the 3,000 veterans brought by Meng Yan from Jiuyuan were as calm as ever, they were not slightly afraid of the blow of the Han army's catapults, and they were not panicked because of the approach of the Han army's wells, they just quietly guarded the city, waiting for the Han army to come and take the ...... city.