Chapter 27: The Mantis Arm Blocks the Car (Part I)
A rocket soared into the air, leading countless Chu troops to swarm, and in an instant, Chen Liucheng was as bright as day, and tens of thousands of torches were lit at the same time, illuminating every inch of land like the sun.
Zhou Bo took the lead, he galloped hard, led three thousand cavalry, went straight to the south gate to kill, a hundred steps away, the ladder, the crossbowmen rushed to the city wall, Chen Liucheng sounded a chaotic gong, followed by the frightened shouts of the Qin soldiers, they did not react, the Chu army set up a ladder on the city, to Chenliu County to kill,
A Qin military captain just poked his head out and looked down at the city, suddenly, a feather arrow came, just hit the captain's eyeballs, the captain covered his eyes in pain, and screamed heartbreakingly, soon, in severe pain, the captain turned over and fell under the city, after a long roar, the Qin army in the city was even more chaotic,
A team of more than 500 Qin troops rushed to the south city gate, trying to block the Chu army from entering the city, but they just came to the city gate, Zhou Bo's cavalry had already killed, with the centurion who had just captured the city, everyone rushed to kill, more than 100 Qin troops brandished halberds, stabbed forward, the two sides launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat, war horses galloped back and forth, swords whistled, Qin soldiers let out a series of screams
The five hundred Qin army could not stop the three thousand Chu cavalry ready to attack, and soon, after the cavalry rushed into the city, behind, nearly 20,000 Qin infantry swarmed in, the Qin army was gradually suppressed, and the southern city gate was controlled by the Chu army.
A Biao military horse, rushed to the county office, at this time, the news of the Chu army's sneak attack on Chen Liu had just arrived, there was chaos in the palace, the chaotic drum sound at the head of the city woke up the sleeping Fang Clam, he hurriedly got up, put on a wide robe with sleepy eyes, picked up a long sword, rushed out of the inner office, and faced a Chu general who had swung his sword and slashed, Fang Clam was caught off guard, was cut down by a sword, he struggled to retreat, his right hand trembled and pointed forward, a sixty-year-old man was quietly staring at Fang Clam,
"Yes...... Be...... You betrayed me," Fang Clam fell quietly in a pool of blood with reluctance and anger,
The Chu general who killed Fang Clam was Cao Wuxian, at this time he glanced at the county government with an expressionless face, and ordered coldly: "Kill everyone, no matter old or young, no one will be left,"
This order was issued, there was a bloody massacre in the county office, Li Shiqi wanted to step forward to stop him, but Cao Wuxian did not listen to any dissuasion from him at all, Li Shiqi was remorseful, he walked weakly to the corpse of Fang Clam, stared quietly for a moment, and sighed: "This is the case in troubled times, Brother Fang, don't blame me,"
In Chenliu County, there was a "da-da" sound of horses' hooves stamping on the ground everywhere, and the people were frightened and closed their doors one after another, lest these Chu soldiers would take advantage of the chaos to enter the house and loot, but to their surprise, the night passed, and there was not a single Chu soldier who broke into the house.
The sky gradually turned white, and a group of Chu troops in the city were cleaning up the battlefield, and several guards were beating gongs and shouting in various streets and alleys in the city: "Pei Gong has an order, the Chu army will cross the border, never disturb the people, and those who dare to disturb the people will be decided,"
The city gates of Chenliu County have been controlled by the Chu army, and a group of Qin soldiers are dejected, holding their heads in their hands, standing in several rows, and marching towards the school field in the north of Chenliu County.
A surprise attack on Chenliu after a night of fierce fighting, silently ended, about three poles in the day, the Chu army posted notices in the streets and alleys, pacified the people, and opened warehouses to release grain, to help the hungry people, the Chu army did not oppress the people at all, won a high praise,
In the county office, Li Shiqi thanked Liu Bang, just now, Liu Bang added Li Shiqi as Guangye Jun, staying under the curtain, this is the recognition of Li Shiqi, Li Shiqi was happy in his heart, a personal entourage handed a token to Li Shiqi with both hands, this is the token in and out of Liu Bangshuai's account, with this token, Li Shiqi can be unimpeded in the Chinese army,
Everything has been arranged, Liu Bang was a little tired at this time, he raised his head and yawned, ready to order the account to be dispersed, but Li Shiqi walked out first, came to the position just now, and arched his hand: "Lord, I still have something to know,"
Seeing Li Shiqi walk out again, Liu Bang couldn't help but smile dryly: "Is there anything else to do with Old Li?"
"I have a younger brother, named Li Shang, unlike me, he loves to practice martial arts since he was a child, and he has also practiced a good martial arts, and now he also wants to go to the general's command, and he hopes that the general will accept him," After Li Shiqi finished speaking, Liu Bang thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Then let him come in,"
A personal singer, turned around and left the room, soon, a burly middle-aged man was brought in, Liu Bang looked the middle-aged man up and down, he was indeed burly, heroic, and couldn't help but love talent in his heart, and laughed loudly: "Since it is Brother Ling, I will add him as a general, how,"
Li Shiqi knelt down with Li Shang to thank him, and Liu Bang said: "My army is moving westward, it is the time to employ people, Li Shang, you are a local, you are responsible for recruiting troops in Chenliu, how many soldiers and horses are raised, all under your command, are you willing?"
"I am willing to listen to the general's orders," Li Shang bowed his hand to Liu Bang again, this time, Liu Bang really couldn't hold on, he got up slowly, stretched his waist, and ordered loudly: "After a night of fighting, everyone is tired, go back and rest,"
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The rumbling drums resounded all over the city of Julu, in the Qin army array, on a tall watchtower, Zhang Han's sword eyebrows were upside down, staring into the distance, the battle of Julu has lasted for several months, in order to prevent the Chu army from going north, Zhang Han invested 200,000 troops to garrison the Thorn Plain, but it turned out that the Chu army was indeed watching the fire on the other side, they had no intention of crossing the river to fight, and the war of Julu, the Qin army suffered heavy casualties every day, and paid a great price, but could not shake a bit,
Zhang Han originally wanted to return to Hanoi, wait for the spring of next year, and then fight with the Zhao army, in this way, he can also support the Chu army for a year, especially the Chu army goes north, there is not too much cold thing, once the winter comes, the Chu army's grain and grass supply and transportation will be more difficult, and if it goes on like this, the Chu army will collapse.
But a bad news came from Sanchuan County, the Chu army marched westward, more than 100,000 troops were invincible, and many counties along the way surrendered, their purpose was very clear, that is, they wanted to take Hangu Pass before Zhang Han,
Although there are also soldiers and horses stationed in the land of Kanto, and the defenders from all walks of life are also rushing to Hangu Pass to resist this Chu army, but the battle of Julu dragged Zhang Han, and it is very likely to give the Chu army a chance to enter the pass again.
It is precisely because of this that Zhang Han had to transfer troops from Thorn Plains to the north to attack Julu, at this time he could no longer take care of the Chu army in Anyang, as long as they did not cross the river to the north, it was Zhang Han's greatest luck.
Moreover, the Qin army has grown from the original 400,000 troops to less than 300,000 troops, and the available troops are more than 270,000 at most.
But looking ahead, the 20,000 Qin troops who had just rushed up gradually lost their strength after attacking for several hours, and their morale was once low, Zhang Han couldn't help but be furious, he slapped the handrail and said hatefully: "If you add troops to me to attack, you can't take the giant deer, and none of you want to rest,"
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In this battle, not only Zhang Han was anxious, but even the Zhao Palace, in the past few days, has held emergency meetings one after another to discuss how to resist the fierce attack of the Qin army.
Although the Zhao army held the city and relied on the city defense to resist the Qin army, the Qin army would continue to increase its troops every day, and the Qin army had a strong logistical supply, and the siege weapons and ladders were endless, so that the Zhao army also suffered heavy casualties, and the available soldiers at this time were more than 40,000, if the stalemate continued, the giant deer would inevitably fall,
Also, a very practical question is in front of everyone, how long can the grain and grass of the giant deer be supported, this is a serious question that everyone has to face.
At this time, the hall was very quiet, everyone bowed their heads and was silent, everyone was thinking about countermeasures in their hearts, and Zhao Xie, the king of Zhao, had also participated in more than one guard battle, and he had also been slightly injured in the war.
And Zhang Er has been really dissatisfied with Chen Yu in the past few days, with nearly 50,000 troops, but he refuses to reinforce Julu, is he Chen Yu already disagreeing?
Based on Zhang Er's understanding of Chen Yu, he should not be a person who forgets his righteousness, among them, it is possible that Chen Yu has become afraid of the Qin army, and only this possibility will cause Chen Yu to stop and wait and see, and stop moving.
Thinking of this, the anger in Zhang Er's heart ignited again, he looked at Zhao Xie who was bowing his head and pondering, and sighed: "King, I think that at the moment, we should urge all kinds of reinforcements to come to the aid as soon as possible, my lips are dead and my teeth are cold, I think, they will not die without help, in addition, we must urge Chen Yu to rescue Julu, he has an army of 50,000 under his command, if he is willing to come to help, the pressure on Julu will be reduced a lot,"
After thinking for a while, Zhao Xie nodded slightly, his gaze slowly fell on Shen Yang's head, and ordered: "You go out of the city tonight, go to the camps of the various armies, and persuade them to come to help immediately, there is no mistake,"
Shen Yang nodded, arching his hand and singing a promise, at this time, Kuai Che on the side sighed: "Yan State, Qi State, and Chu State all have reinforcements, but they are far away from the battlefield, there are only two reasons, either they are afraid of the Qin army and dare not move forward, or, they are waiting for the war between Qin and Zhao to end, no matter which side wins, they will be swallowed by them,"
Kui Che's suggestion was recognized by many people, and they all nodded, at this time, Zhang Er sighed: "No matter what they think, we must ensure a low profile and let them come to help immediately, otherwise, I am worried that the giant deer will not last until it snows,"
With a light sigh, Zhang Wei strode out, came to Zhao Xie, and arched his hand: "The situation is critical, I am willing to go out of the city overnight, fight my way out of the encirclement, and go to Chen Yu's camp to urge reinforcements,"
Zhang Wei's request was like sending charcoal in the snow, Zhao Xie couldn't help but be overjoyed, and on the side, Chen Ze also strode out, arching his hand beside Zhang Wei and said, "I am also willing to go,"
"Okay, the widow will repair the book immediately, and the two of you will go out of the city overnight to ask Chen Yu for help," Zhao Xie said loudly,
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