Chapter 20: Peng Yue Comes to Vote



Since defeating Wang Li, Liu Bang's army has greatly boosted its morale, and it has played a triumphant song all the way to Changyi.

On the wide gallop road, the Chu army was mighty, at this time the Chu army had nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the 20,000 captured Qin army was disrupted, following the ranks of the Chu army, although the loyalty of the Qin army was not high, but in the Chu army array, they could not make waves, besides, Liu Bang treated his subordinates very fairly, so that many Qin generals gradually became loyal to Liu Bang,

At this time, Liu Bang, under the escort of the Chinese army, slowly marched in the ranks, and the battle with Wang Li made Liu Bang find self-confidence, and also made him willing to be replaced by pride and excitement by the fear of the Qin army.

After defeating Wang Li, Liu Bang chose to march into Changyi, diverted from Changyi to Sanchuan County, and marched into Hangu Pass, so that Liu Bang could enter Guanzhong half a year earlier than expected.

As the so-called soldiers make strange moves, they can win, Liu Bang is the same, he hopes that when Zhang Han is tied to Zhao Di, he has entered Xianyang as quickly as possible, so that even if Zhang Han has the heart to return to the army, it is too late in time, and when he reacts and wants to return to the army, Guanzhong has already been lost,

Of course, everything is just Liu Bang's idea, and Liu Bang himself doesn't know whether he can achieve his goal.

Suddenly, a horse galloped in the distance, he had a clear purpose, and went straight to Liu Bang, and soon, he came to Liu Bang's side, and arched his hand: "Lord, General Fan Hao has arrived at the city of Changyi, and is making preparations, and the first round of attacks will be launched in half an hour, so let me make it clear to the lord,"

Hearing that Fan Hao had begun to attack the city, Liu Bang couldn't help but be overjoyed, waved his hand to the cavalry, and the cavalry retreated, at this time, Liu Bang looked at Xiao He on the side, and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that we have to speed up,"

About half an hour later, the main force of the Chu army arrived at the city of Changyi one after another, at this time, Fan Xu had launched two rounds of attacks, but could not take Changyi, Fan Xu came to Liu Bangma with a little shame, and said: "I can't take Changyi, please punish the lord,"

Seeing Fan Hao like this, Liu Bang couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, and asked, "How many defenders are there in the city?"

"About 30,000 people,"

"Then how many soldiers and horses do you have,"

"Seven thousand,"

"Hehe, 7,000 soldiers and horses are really hard to attack Changyi, I don't blame you," After speaking, Liu Bang turned around and looked at Cao Shen, and ordered: "Give you 20,000 soldiers and horses, and immediately prepare for the third round of attack,"

Cao Shen sang the promise and left, at this time, Fan Xu was slightly unwilling to arch his hand: "Lord, give me another chance, I am willing to storm this city and sacrifice it to the lord,"

"It's not that I don't trust your ability, it's just that the soldiers are fast, and your subordinates are tired and useless, so you better go down and rest and rest," Liu Bang finished speaking, ignoring Fan Xu, and dismounted and walked towards the sentry tower not far away, at this time, Fan He looked at Xiao He on the side, and cast a pleading look, hoping that Xiao He could help talk, but Xiao He smiled helplessly, shook his head slightly, and signaled that Fan He didn't need to ask, seeing that Xiao He was the same, Fan Hao lowered his head and sighed, and walked in the direction of Liu Bang,

About half an hour has passed, in the distance, the Chu army is preparing the cloud platform, ladders, rushing cars and trebuchets, these are the necessary items for the siege, Liu Bang went west this time, brought nearly five hundred transport vehicles, to load these siege equipment, even, Liu Bang would rather load less food, than less than a siege weapon,

The rumbling drum sounded slowly after the Chu army lined up, and the low horn sounded in the air and whimpered, at this time, a Chu general rushed forward, he was the main general of the siege Cao Shen, at this time the Chu army had made the final preparations, Cao Shen stared at the city tower in front of the battle, and a general with black armor also stared at himself on the city tower, Cao Shen knew that this was the guard of Changyi,

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Cao Shen turned around and ordered: "First, fifth column, siege,"

The drums in the Chu army were beating louder and louder, nearly 7,000 Chu troops were deterred by the drums, carrying the ladders, and rushed to Changyi, and the cloud platforms and rushing cars also began to move forward slowly, approaching the city wall, not far away, the trebuchet waved its arm pole, throwing stones the size of a wine jar onto the city, and from time to time the Qin army screamed and fell from the city wall,

But this is only the beginning of the war, many Yuntai have approached the Changyi city wall one after another, the crossbowmen on the Yuntai began to shoot arrows, and the Qin army on the city wall to shoot, the Qin army is holding a big crossbow, and is also struggling to shoot back, the two sides have killed and injured each other, at this time, a cloud ladder began to set up the city head, the barb hooked the wall battlements, and the Qin soldiers began the first round of fierce attacks,

On the city tower, General Qin was anxious, and he shouted anxiously: "Push the ladder down, don't give the Chu army a chance to climb the city,"

Groups of people were driven to the city, throwing rolling wood and thunder stones to the city, some crossbowmen, spearmen and Ge soldiers came to the battlements, and began to counterattack the Chu soldiers who tried to use the cloud ladder to climb the city, Yuntai was also gradually approaching the city wall, and the Chu army's offensive became more and more fierce,

Liu Bang, who had been watching the battle on the sentry tower, saw that the first round of the Chu army's attack was not able to attack the city, although the Chu army was approaching step by step, but the defense of the Qin soldiers was not something that could be shaken overnight, thinking of this, Liu Bang turned around and looked at the baby, and ordered: "Increase troops to attack the city,"

The baby sang a promise, and left in a hurry,

Soon, the battlefield sounded the horn of the second round of attack, the pace of the first round of attack did not stop, the second round of the attack has been launched, Cao Shen pressed two columns, about 7,000 troops to attack Changyi City, Guan Ying also led nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses to participate in the siege, he directly sent 17,000 soldiers and horses, pressing towards Changyi, the shield soldiers in front, Ge soldiers in the back, crossbowmen followed the shield soldiers slowly forward, step by step towards Changyi City,

The Qin army saw that the situation was extremely critical, they adopted the only killer weapon, one by one the Qin soldiers holding round shields approached the city head step by step, resisting the crossbow arrows of the Chu army on the cloud platform, and soon, they came to the city, untied the ropes next to the battlements, and struggled to pull down, some of the giant tripods that had been prepared suddenly tilted, and the boiling gold juice flowed out of the big ding, and the city suddenly resounded with heart-rending screams, many Chu troops fell from the ladder and rolled on the ground, even the Chu army under the city was also affected, they covered their faces and strung around,

This is only the first step of the Qin army's counterattack, after solving the Chu army climbing the cloud ladder, nearly a thousand Qin soldiers held torches, approached the city, and threw them hard, the torches fell on the cloud platform, the Chu army crossbowmen quickly retreated, and soon, the fire swallowed the cloud platform, some Chu troops tried to extinguish the fire, but to no avail, the Chu army continued to fall on the cloud platform, and the screams were extremely miserable,

The first wave of the Chu army's attack was contained, and at this time, many Qin soldiers began to add dung soup to Juding, preparing to resist the second wave of the Chu army's attack, and the Chu army was seriously frustrated by the first wave, and the soldiers of the second wave of attack were reluctant to climb the city, and the siege fell into a stalemate.

Cao Shen not far away was furious, took the spear from his hand, jumped off the horse, and prepared to personally lead the troops to attack the city, suddenly, the sound of withdrawal of troops sounded in the Chu camp, Cao Shen looked at the battlefield in the distance, struggling, roaring Chu army wounded soldiers, he wanted to bring these soldiers back, but he was powerless, after hesitating in place for a while, Cao Shen sighed and ordered: "Withdraw, all evacuate the battlefield,"

At this time, the infant army also slowly retreated,

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In the big tent, Liu Bang was extremely angry, the first time he attacked the city, he encountered such a severe blockade, which was a fatal blow to the morale of the Chu army, at this time everyone was silent, they didn't expect that the defenders of Changyi would defend the city so desperately, which was different from the Qin army they had encountered in the past,

Soon, Cao Shen angrily walked into the big tent, came to Liu Bang, and arched his hand: "Lord, why don't you let me launch a second round of attacks,"

"The second round of attack," Liu Bang was extremely angry, and asked rhetorically, seeing Cao Shen nodding in agreement, Liu Bang roared angrily: "In the past round of attack, the casualties have been so heavy, how can you make me believe that you will definitely be able to defeat Changyi in the second round,"

Reprimanded by Liu Bang, Cao Shen didn't dare to speak, at this time, Guan Ying walked into the big tent quickly, and sighed: "Lord, I just checked the soldiers and horses, and in only one battle, we suffered nearly 7,000 casualties,"

"Bang......" Liu Bang slapped the table case angrily, at this time, Fan Hao hurriedly said: "Lord, there are always dead people in war, you give me another 10,000 soldiers and horses, I will definitely take Changyi, if I can't take it, I will come to see you,"

Fan Xu's request for his life once again aroused the determination of the generals to attack the city, and everyone knelt on one knee and arched their hands: "We are willing to fight hard and take Changyi,"

The generals asked for their lives, and Liu Bang's determination to delay the war was also shaken, and just about to give the order, a personal entourage walked in and arched his hand: "Lord, there is a person outside the camp who calls himself Peng Yue, who led thousands of troops and came to meet each other,"

"Peng Yue," Liu Bang was slightly surprised, and on the side, Xiao Helang smiled and said, "Lord, I've heard of this person,"

Liu Banggang wanted to ask Xiao He, but when he saw that the generals were still kneeling on the ground, he had to order: "Get up,"

Everyone got up one after another, and at this time, Liu Bang looked at Xiao He and asked, "Who is Peng Yue?"

"I once heard that there is a heroic man in Julu Daze, named Peng Yue, who has raised more than 1,000 heroes, killed the county order, stood proudly, and won the hearts of the people, and now he is willing to go along, why don't the lord accept him,"

Seeing that Xiao He praised this person, Liu Bang hesitated slightly, but in the end, he nodded in response: "Since Lord Xiao is so sponsored, I will see him,"

After Liu Bang finished speaking, he looked at his relatives and ordered, "Bring him in,"

The entourage was just about to leave, but Xiao He called out to him, and then said to Liu Bang: "The lord can't lose his etiquette like this, you might as well go out to greet him in person,"

"If you don't say it, I almost forgot," After speaking, Liu Bang laughed and walked out of the tent,

Soon, Liu Bang led the generals to the front of the camp gate, only to see not far away, a team of more than 2,000 people sitting on the ground resting, in front of the team, a middle-aged man in light armor anxiously wandered, Liu Bang is not difficult to guess, he should be Peng Yue,

Liu Bang walked quickly towards Peng Yue, at this time, Peng Yue also saw Liu Bang who was hurrying forward, he immediately took a step forward, and arched his hand: "I don't know, you are Pei Gong, General Liu Bang,"

"It's Liu Bang below" Liu Bang replied with a laugh, at this time, Peng Yue immediately knelt on one knee and arched his hand: "I heard the name of General Liu Bang early, like thunder, I saw it today, and it really deserved its reputation.

Seeing that Peng Yue was burly, and he was a war general at first glance, Liu Bang was secretly happy in his heart, Xiao He recommended this person really deserved his reputation, thinking of this, Liu Bang helped Peng Yue, and said admittedly: "General Peng doesn't have to be polite, quickly, continue with my account,"

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The war against Changyi lasted for three days, the Changyi guards could not hold out, Liu Bang was a little anxious, Peng Yue entered the account, offered Liu Bang, it was better to change the route, take Gaoyang to the west, so as not to waste the source of troops here, Liu Bang listened to Peng Yue's strategy, withdrew the troops to the west, and left Peng Yue here to wait for the opportunity to move, Peng Yue received the order, and Liu Bang said goodbye,

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