Chapter 31: Return to Yi County



Han Xin's strategy made everyone staggered, dusting at night and attacking the city during the day, the small Fengyi can indeed be captured in half a day.

In order to cooperate with Han Xin's strategy, Xiang Zhuang turned around and ordered: "Liji, you can take a thousand soldiers and horses to feint, only defeat, not victory,"

At this time, Xiang Zhuang looked at Liu Bang and laughed: "Brother Bang, the matter of dusting at night ......"

Liu Bang secretly scolded in his heart, such a difficult task, Xiang Zhuang actually pushed it to himself, but he only complained, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, general, I will send someone to dust the soil tonight, but ...... If spotted by enemy troops, the Shan will be hindered,"

As soon as Liu Bang's words fell, Xiang Zhuanglang smiled and said, "I will send troops as suspicious soldiers to distract Yongya's attention,"

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, not far away, there was a rumbling war drum, and the thousand Chu troops of Liji carried the ladder, with the shield soldiers in front and the spearmen behind, and launched an attack on Fengyi, Xiang Zhuang also put away his thoughts at this time, no longer chatting with Liu Bang, he looked into the distance with deep eyes, and at the head of the city, the defenders of Yongya also began to shoot arrows, resisting the approach of the Chu army,

In fact, Xiang Zhuang can directly withdraw his troops and feint to attack Fengyi, just to test Fengyi's defense ability, at this time, a cloud ladder to set up the city tower, the Chu army desperately climbed to the city, on the city tower, the rolling wood thunder stone is constantly thrown downward, and the feather arrows shoot down from time to time, and the defenders are extremely tightly defended,

Seeing that the casualties of the Chu army were gradually increasing, and the pressure of attacking the city was getting bigger and bigger, Xiang Zhuang raised his right hand and made a move to withdraw the troops.

The Chu army retreated ten miles to the village, and around the village, the iron thistle terrestris was sprinkled all over, and a team of scouts scattered and galloped to the vicinity of Fengyi.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and when I couldn't see my fingers, the seven thousand Pei troops died down and quietly marched in the direction of Fengyi.

At the same time, another team of 2,000 men hurried around to the north of Fengyi, cut off the Meridian River, and cut off the water source in the city.

For this era, it has been illuminated by torches, and it is difficult to see the situation in the distance, and the defenders on Fengyi City can only see the faint torches in the distance, there are more than 10,000, this is the rhythm of the Chu army about to attack the city.

And the east gate of Fengyi, Liu Bang ordered his subordinates, ten bags per person, to fill the earth under the city of Fengyi, although the Pei army was silent, try to avoid being discovered by the defenders, but when the soil bag was filled to more than half, the defenders on the city still found Pei Jun, drums, gongs were chaotic, and a team of crossbowmen rushed to the city and began to shoot arrows under the city.

Pei Jun had already prepared, in this case, nearly 2,000 shield soldiers gave up their dusting, set up a shield wall near Pei County, and escorted the rest of the soldiers to transport dirt bags, but there were still many soldiers who fell to the ground with arrows, and casualties occurred from time to time.

The sky is slightly bright, the earth bag is almost close to the city, and Pei Jun has also sat on the ground to rest in the distance, and the war is about to start.

The Chu army at the west gate gradually withdrew, they marched north, near the Meridian River, met the Yongya army that came to rob the Meridian River, as the first lieutenant, drew the iron sword at his waist, pointed forward, and roared: "Kill them all,"

At the east gate of Fengyi, nearly 30,000 Chu troops came mightily, at this time, the sun did not know when, it had quietly emerged, and the defenders of the city could clearly see that under their feet, a dirt mountain suddenly appeared, and the earth mountain went straight to the city wall, and they were stunned,

The war drums rumbled, and the Chu army was ready for battle,

Different from the past, this time the Chu army, has been cavalry in front, the archers in the center, the spearmen and Ge soldiers on both sides, the shield soldiers as the vanguard troops, in a figure-eight formation, at this time, on the city tower, Yongya came to the city, he saw the Chu army erected the earth mountain, but also saw not far away, the Chu army waiting in formation, he burned a trace of bad thoughts in his heart, it seems that last night's attack on the West Gate was just the Chu army's suspicious strategy,

Xiang Zhuang drew his long sword on the horse, swung it forward, and said loudly: "Kill with me,"

This time, Xiang Zhuang personally led the team to kill Fengyi, the Chu army was like a big wave, wave after wave, rushing forward, not far away Pei Jun who had just rested for an hour also picked up weapons, followed the Chu army, and killed Fengyi City,

The mighty shield soldiers changed from a figure-eight shape to a straight line, running forward in an orderly manner, behind, the archers and cavalry followed up, and when they were nearly a hundred steps away from Fengyi, the archers half-knelt down // body, raised their bows and arrows, and aimed at the head of the city, but the cavalry and shield soldiers did not stop, they still rushed towards the earth mountain,

The defenders of the city saw that the Chu army was a hundred steps away, so they wanted to shoot arrows, and they couldn't help laughing, the general hard bow could shoot fifty steps, which was already very powerful, but they were a hundred steps away, and suddenly, there was a burst of laughter in the city, and the tension of the war was swept away.

But they don't know that the Chu army uses the most primitive compound bow, under the improvement of Xiang Zhuang, the stability and range of the bow and arrow are very good, at this time, under the order of a captain, the Chu army's feather arrows roared out, a distance of 100 steps, it has been shot to the head of the city, the arrows rained down, the defenders had no fortification at all, and the screams of the rounds sounded, and the rest of the defenders at the head of the city were stunned,

Suddenly, there was a big chaos at the head of the city, at this time, the cavalry and shield soldiers of the Chu army were also approaching the head of the city, Yongya saw this scene on the guard tower not far away, his anxious eyes were about to pop out, and he couldn't help shouting in the distance: "Quick, shoot arrows, don't let the Chu army get close to the city,"

But it was too late, the powerful Chu army under the cover of the shield, approaching the city step by step, although there were occasional casualties, but the Chu army still persistently rushed forward, soon, the first batch of Chu troops were less than five steps away from the city wall, they half knelt down // body, set up a human wall, the Chu army behind rushed up, stepped on the human wall, and attacked the city wall,

Behind, the cavalry each carried a bag of soil, and when they came to the front, the bag was thrown down, and soon it rose one layer higher, and as the cavalry turned around and left, the mound was completely level with the city wall, and the second team of cavalry also arrived, jumped up to the city wall, slashed with his sword, and the defenders could not resist it, and retreated.

Spearmen, Ge soldiers have jumped on the city wall, to the surrounding fighting, Xiang Zhuang at this time also rushed to the city wall surrounded by the generals, everyone in their own formation, fighting the defenders, at this time, Xiang Zhuang saw not far away, the same fighting Yongya, he immediately turned the horse's head, went straight to Yongya,

Yongya's force is also very good, several Chu troops besieging him were killed, just when Yongya led a hundred people to follow, ready to lead the army to continue to move forward, the sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded, Xiang Zhuang led a team of Chu troops galloped forward, Yongya instinctively waved his sword to resist, Xiang Zhuang's iron sword also split at this time, the fire splashed, Yongya's copper sword was divided into two, and his right hand was also shocked to blood,

Looking at the copper sword in his hand, Yongya was stunned, at this time, Xiang Zhuang had turned the horse's head, and ran to Yongya again, and the Chu army also surrounded and killed, on the side, several relatives who swore to protect Yongya died in battle, seeing that the general trend had gone, Yongya picked up a sword from the ground and fought hard, finally, Yongya killed a bloody road and fled to the west gate,

The fire on the head of the city was filled, the blood flowed into the canal, the Chu army fought hard, and soon, the city gate was slowly opened, and more Chu troops poured // into Fengyi,

After Liu Bang entered the city, he ran to his home as soon as possible.

The smoke of gunpowder hovered over Fengyi, shouting and killing, crying, and begging for mercy resounded non-stop, and the war lasted for a whole day before it subsided, and Yongya fled from the West Gate and went to Weidi,

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At the gate of the county ya, scattered people began to assemble, in the step mountain, Liu Bang stood with his hands in his hands, today, he was in a good mood, at least, his family, not in the fall of Fengyi, was abused // treated or slaughtered, which made his hatred of Yongya, a little less,

The people's hearts are unstable, even if the strength is strong, there is a day of collapse, Liu Bang lost Fengyi this time, and thoroughly understood this truth, at this time, the people have gathered almost, Liu Bang stepped forward, coughed dryly, and scolded with a little displeasure: "You and I are both villagers and elders, I Liu Bang since the uprising, I have never treated you badly, and I have also garrisoned Fengyi, guarding everyone's property and safety, but you are helping to abuse, helping Yongya to defend the city, resisting me, today, I gather everyone, I want to inform you, Whoever is in the service of the enemy and resists us will be killed on the day the city is broken."

Everyone was speechless and didn't dare to say more, at this time, Liu Bang said again: "Forgive you for being a first-time offender, besides, Yongya forced you to defend the city, this time I won't bother with you,"

Liu Bang's tolerance won a voice of praise, at this time, Liu Bang said: "I have joined the Chu army, from today on, Fengxiang will be renamed Fengyi, under the jurisdiction of Chu State, we will also return to Chu ......"

Liu Bang's precepts, said a full three hours, during the period, he and the people about three chapters, hope that everyone is in the camp, but the heart is to themselves, in the afternoon, Liu Bang sent a letter, to Xiang Zhuang to report the victory, and recruit the people, repair the city,

A few days passed, Liu Bang received the order of Xiang Liang to go north to join the division, and let Liu Bang completely unify the military uniform, summarize the Chu army, this day, is also the day when Xiang Zhuang is ready to leave, at this time, on the gallop road south of Fengyi, Liu Bang raised a wine glass, for Xiang Zhuang practice: "May we be able to gather in Xianyang in the future,"

This is Liu Bang's long-cherished wish, hoping that the Chu army can overthrow the Qin State, Xiang Zhuang also drank a full cup at this time, and laughed: "You and I will see each other again,"

Immediately, Xiang Zhuang took the reins from his hands, turned the horse's head, and galloped south.

A few days later, the Chu army rushed all the way, returned to Hengshan County, along the gallop south, Xiang Zhuang non-stop, ten days later, finally arrived at Yi County, from a distance can be seen, thousands of people are carrying stones and soil, increase the city defense, Xiang Zhuang at this time, there is a feeling of going home, turn back and hold Cao Feng's reins, go forward, soon, Ding Gu Shuai people hurried to meet,

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