The crown prince Liu Ying 'put on the battlefield', and also stimulated Wang Ling, Zhang Cang, and even senior generals such as Li Shang and Jin She, whose skills were unbearable, or they shot with their bows or stabbed with halberds, and they all threw themselves into battle.

In turn, the high-ranking generals, including the prince himself, were thrown into battle, which also made the soldiers of the Yongcheng defenders more and more high-spirited, and the Huainan rebels, who had at least twice the strength advantage, were not able to get close to the city wall for a while!

For such a situation, Yingbu was obviously unexpected.

But now, Yingbu didn't think much about it.

- It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't dare to think about it, I can't think about it······

"Beat the drums!"

"Take the widow to !!"

A shout full of fighting spirit suddenly provoked the Huainan generals on the side to step forward one after another, making a gesture to persuade Yingbu not to be impulsive.

But only a moment later, the idea of dissuading Yingbu turned into an indomitable determination with Yingbu's fluttering words.

"Everyone!"

I saw Yingbu turn around from the chariot, with his back to the southern wall of Yongcheng a few miles away, facing the Huainan generals who accompanied him, raising his head slightly, facing the rebel camp in the south, and Huaishui Yao in the distance.

"Even if the widow does not speak, the generals should also know."

"——When tomorrow, if Yongcheng still can't go down, the army will have to go south and cross the Huaishui, and then enter Jingdi."

"There are no widows, and there is no reason to lead the army back to the camp and delay time under Yongcheng······"

The tone was full of sadness, and Yingbu couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

After a moment, Yingbu turned to the side with a strange smile and pointed at Yongcheng behind him; The eyes, which were already small, were narrowed with a dangerous slit.

"Yongcheng ······"

"——If the Yongcheng is broken, then the Han will be chaotic, and the widows can knock on the Hangu Valley when they enter, and they can divide the world into two points when they retreat, and they will rule by the Han King by dividing the river!"

"However, if the city cannot be broken, there will be foreign aid from all walks of life to ······"

As Yingbu stopped talking meaningfully, the faces of the generals of Huainan only surged with a touch of determination.

What is a last stand?

——The situation of the Huainan rebels at this time is the truest portrayal of the 'Last Battle'!

It's not that at this moment, the Huainan rebels who attacked the southern wall of Yongcheng to the north have their backs to Huaishui, so they are 'fighting against the water', but the current situation.

Before arriving at the western outskirts of Qi County and encountering Liu Ying's Guanzhong army, the Huainan rebels, or Yingbu's strategic intentions, were still only 'attacking Chudi', and gaining more soldiers by controlling Chudi, and posing a threat to Qidi.

If everything goes well, Yingbu's original plan was to 'first conquer Chu and get troops, and then lay down Qi land to get troops'.

When there are enough soldiers and horses of about 300,000, they will raise troops to the west and march towards Hangu Pass.

However, after leading the army to flee from Hongyi, raiding Liu Ying's troops in the western suburbs of Qi County, and driving Liu Ying's Guanzhong army into Yongcheng, the war has developed in a direction that Yingbu cannot control.

- The prince is in Yongcheng!

This alone is enough to make every soldier of the Huainan rebel army, including Yingbu himself, leave all their reason behind, and even if they do everything they have, they must grasp this good opportunity to capture alive and even behead the Han prince!

Gai's blow to the crown prince Liu Ying was a huge political blow to the Han family, and it was an incomparable booster for the Huainan soldiers.

- The prince has been arrested/killed, Son of Heaven, is that still far away?

This is the reason why the entire Huainan rebel army under the command of Yingbu has fallen into such a situation of 'fighting against the water' now.

- Since you have come to Yongcheng, if you want to leave, you must take Liu Ying with you!

Whether it's a living mouth or a corpse, it's the head, or it's okay!

Among them, there is no strategic or tactical problem, just a psychological problem, a problem of the morale of the Huainan army.

In the past, the Son of Heaven Liu Bang was far away in Chang'an, and the crown prince Liu Ying did not know where to go, so it was just a dozen rebels fighting Chudi, which can also be interpreted as 'small first and then big' and 'step by step'.

But since it is a rebellion, it is inevitable to compete with Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, but it is only a matter of time.

Under this premise, if the army attacks Yongcheng but can't get it, wants to capture/kill Liu Ying but can't get it, and has no choice but to escape under Yongcheng, what does it mean?

It means that in the hearts of every soldier of the Huainan army, there will be such doubts.

- Yongcheng can't be taken, so how can we take it down in Suiyang, the eastern capital of Luoyang, and even the Hangu of Xiongguan and Chang'an, the Han capital?

- The prince can't be caught/killed, so how can he win the Son of Heaven?

——The prince has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Yongcheng is unbreakable, the Son of Heaven sits in the world, and there are tens of millions of soldiers and horses when he raises his hand, how can Chang'an be breached······

As long as such a thought appears, the Huainan rebels, who are still united and seem to be high-spirited, will collapse in an instant!

The reason is very simple: the only thing that supports the morale of the rebels is 'fight for the world with courage, and everyone will be the founding marquis'.

Other than that, there is no faith that can support the belief of such an armed force.

And when this only belief is also shattered by the conclusion that "we can't beat the Son of Heaven" and "we can't attack Chang'an", what follows will inevitably be a collective collapse.

This is also the main reason why the righteous army can always be defeated and defeated again and again, while the rebels often gather like the wind when they win, and scatter like birds and beasts when they lose.

——In the face of failure, the only thing that can make people have the courage to fight again is faith!

And the righteous things and the teachers of the king are all groups with firm beliefs such as protecting the family and defending the country, reimbursing the society, and glorifying the ancestors.

On the other hand, the rebel thieves are like a thin, taut cotton thread, which looks extremely sharp, but in fact breaks at the slightest touch.

And this is the reason for the situation of the Huainan rebels at this time.

——In order to prove that there is a chance to defeat Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, and capture Suiyang, Xingyang, Luoyang, and even Hangu Pass, Chang'an City and other strategic towns one after another, Yingbu must lead his army to defeat Liu Ying and capture Yongcheng!

If not, let alone the soldiers under his command, even Yingbu himself is afraid that he will have the idea of 'never winning hope again'······

After a while, the Huainan generals who bowed their heads and pondered turned back from their thoughts, and immediately looked up at Yingbu with an indomitable determination.

At this moment, Yingbu had already turned around again, standing on top of the chariot, holding the reins of the horse, and a posture ready to go.

"Slow down, king!"

An abrupt call sounded, causing everyone to turn their heads in a hum.

Before he had time to look at the man from whom he was born, he saw the man slap his thigh fiercely, and immediately turned sideways, took the reins of the horse in the hands of the guard, and immediately turned over and stepped onto the horse!

"The last general, etc., I am willing to fight bravely with the king and die without giving up !!"

Hearing this, Yingbu, who always stood on top of the chariot, couldn't help but look at it.

Then, one after another, the figures with gold and silver seals on their waists turned over and got on their horses, and their eyes were full of determination to look at Yingbu.

At this moment, Yingbu sincerely felt the feeling of being followed and firmly followed.

But what Yingbu didn't know was that this moment was also the moment he was closest to the position of 'Son of Heaven'.

- At least at this moment, Yingbu had a slight feeling of 'empathy' with Liu Bang, the son of heaven.

Valley dizziness

Unfortunately, Yingbu didn't know this······

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"Kill !!"

"Ah~"

"Quick! Lift it down! ”

Both sides made a desperate bet and put all the hole cards on the table, so that the battle situation completely entered the white-hot stage in a moment.

The time has come, and there are only two hours left until dawn.

And at this point, whether it is outside the city or inside the city, it is no longer possible to see even a single general or soldier holding a bow and shooting.

- The bows and arrows in the city have been exhausted······

As for the outside of the city, although bows and arrows could be picked up everywhere, the attention of all the rebel soldiers was only focused on the mile-long section of the city wall.

There are no long-range strikes, no arrays, no tactics.

The battle has entered its final stage.

- White-knuckle ······

·

The battle on the city wall became more and more miserable, but Liu Ying had already left the bow and crossbow phalanx in the city wall, and came to a military camp in the city to rest with the smell of sweat all over his body.

As for the reason, it is not that Liu Yingti is unable to 'continue fighting', or that he does not dare to continue 'fighting'.

First, it was Liu Yinghao who shouted out 'no need to save, use it all', and the bows and arrows in the city were all consumed after dozens of rounds of salvos;

The bow and crossbow phalanx, which was supposed to be thrown with a bow, had already come to the city wall at this moment, ready to climb the city wall at any time and fight with the enemy army on the wall.

Previously, the crossbow phalanx was hiding behind the city wall and throwing bows, but Liu Ying joined them, but he could barely cope with it.

But now, it is impossible for Liu Ying to climb the wall and fight the enemy hand-to-hand no matter what.

- Not to mention how dangerous the city wall is, whether the southern army guards can protect Liu Ying's safety, just Liu Ying's ultra-high level of guards will inevitably tell the rebels outside the city bluntly: Here, there is a big man!

At this point, Liu Ying didn't insist anymore, and humbly accepted Li Shang's suggestion of 'attacking the heart first'.

This 'attacking the heart first' is the reason why Liu Ying retreated to the city at this moment, pretending to be calm and recuperating.

- Your Highness is here, and the soldiers can have the determination to share the same hatred; However, now that the war is more than halfway through, His Highness can retreat to the city with peace of mind, which can reassure the soldiers.

Recalling the explanation given by Li Shang, Liu Ying couldn't help but sigh slightly, turned sideways, and untied the wallet on her body from the position under her armpit.

The meaning of Li Shang is actually not complicated.

In the final analysis, it was Liu Ying who put on a posture of 'I'll go to sleep, and I'll leave the rest to you', so that the soldiers had the idea of 'Your Highness is not worried, it should be a sure victory', so that they can fight with peace of mind.

Then there is the hand-to-hand combat, which is different from the long-range bow and crossbow salvo.

The salvo of bows and crossbows is said to be a team battle, but in fact, it is only the soldiers who shoot the bows and crossbows and arrows in their hands together under the orders of the superiors; Aside from the point of 'shooting at the same time', there was little cooperation to speak of.

But it's not that simple to climb the wall to meet the enemy and fight hand-to-hand.

The battle group with the team as the unit, as well as the "team" as the unit of the city wall section to assist in the defense, all require years of experience accumulation before they can have fun!

In order to maintain a tacit understanding with basic combat units such as 'Shi' and 'Wu' and have complete trust in each other, the basic military unit establishment of the Han family is even based on 'relatives' and 'township party'!

- One army of five people must be neighbors from the same mile, and the captain must be the big brother of the other four people who play with their bare butts until they grow up!

——One tithe, ten people, must be from the township party of the same village, and the chief must be a contemporary 'hero' who even the two military chiefs admire and obey their words!

Under such a military establishment system, Liu Ying is an outsider, and he is also an outsider who is indescribably expensive and must not make mistakes, and this will inevitably destroy the tacit cooperation between these basic combat units, which has tended to mature.

It is even very likely that something like 'there is an enemy around Liu Ying, and the hundreds and dozens of Han soldiers around him are in a hurry, and they immediately give up their defensive positions to come to escort them'.

In the siege of the city, the loss of a defensive position will most likely cause the 'loss' to spread to the entire city wall like a virus.

Therefore, even if he was not in the consideration of 'pretending to be very confident', just so that the soldiers could throw off their arms and not worry about their own safety, Liu Ying could only retreat to the city.

But people have returned, but Liu Ying's heart is not at all relieved.

"What time is it?"

An irritable roar suddenly provoked Lu Shi on the side to step forward, and bowed his hand to Liu Ying with low eyebrows.

"Your Highness, it's been three o'clock ······"

But when Liu Ying heard this, she only stood up from the hard couch anxiously and paced back and forth for a while.

"No way!"

"Lonely is really relieved to !!"

As he spoke, Liu Ying made a gesture to open the curtain of the military tent, but found that his right leg was imprisoned in place by an inexplicable force, and he couldn't get out.

Turning his head full of doubts, when he saw that his uncle Lu Shizhi was already kneeling on the ground without tears, hugging his thighs tightly, Liu Yingzong was upset in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh a little.

"Uncle's ······"

"Your Highness!!"

"Your Highness, ~~~~~~~"

Without waiting for Liu Ying to speak, he saw Lu Shizhi's call without warning, and he cried out with a 'wow'.

"Your Highness~~~"

"Your Highness, don't embarrass the old minister again~~~~~~~"

"If His Royal Highness insists on going his own way again, and when the old minister returns to Chang'an, I am afraid that he will have to give the head of the Emperor and ~~~~~~ in front of the queen."

"Your Highness~~~~~

“······”

Seeing Lu Shizhi crying like a child with a horn, holding his back thighs, Liu Ying was also a little at a loss for a while, and he didn't know what to do.

Just when Liu Ying reluctantly decided to give up the idea of 'going to the city wall to see', and stretched out his hand to help Lu Shizhi up, he saw a horse galloping from the direction of the city wall, and only jumped off the horse and ran into the military tent when he was more than ten steps outside the military tent.

The sudden change provoked the southern army guards around the military tent to be startled for a moment, and put on a defensive posture as if facing a great enemy!

"Who is coming?!!

A roar of horror and anger did not attract the attention of the soldier, who only raised his head high, and the southern army jailer who was in a circle across the general's tent let out a hoarse roar.

"Your Highness~~~"

"Your Highness!!"

"Right Prime Minister Guoyan: Reinforcements have arrived outside the city!!"

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