Yuan Ang escaped from death and fled back to Chang'an, and told Liu Qi the news of the failure of persuasion, but Liu Qi remained silent.

A month ago, it was he who suggested killing Liu Qi's mentor and vowed to persuade Wu Chu to quit his army, but he returned with disappointing news that Liu Qi had a hundred reasons to kill him, and even exterminate his nine clans. Yuan Ang also has a hundred reasons to run away with his wife and children halfway.

However, Yuan Ang is not this kind of person.

He has the courage to go deep into the tiger's den, he has the courage to come back and receive his death, all he has to do is what all the messengers should do, go back and restore his life.

The guilty Yuan Ang did not wait for Liu Qi's anger, Liu Qi looked at Yuan Ang who was unkempt and dismantled, and there was fire in his heart, but it was also extinguished all of a sudden.

Yuan Ang is also a minister who works for the benefit of the country!

I only heard Liu Qi let out a long sigh, and just said, "Aiqing has worked hard all the way, go down!" ”

Yuan Ang was surprised to kneel down until the attendant asked him away.

Liu Qi had already expected such an ending, when the former military captain Deng Gong came back to meet him, he reported to him the frontline situation of the Wu Chu rebels.

Liu Qi thought of his mentor's miserable death, and his eyes couldn't help but blur with tears.

Although Dr. Chao had to die, after all, he was a teacher who had accompanied him for decades, a teacher for one day and a father for life, Liu Qi, Liu Qi, how could you do it!

Just as Liu Qi was muttering to himself, an urgent report came up.

Seeing that it was another urgent report sent by Liang Guo asking for help, Liu Qi had a headache when he saw it, and wanted to refuse, but after all, he was a brother who worked hard to support him on the front line, and he couldn't chill his heart. After thinking about it, he replied to an edict, to the effect that the court was in difficulty, and there were no soldiers to send, so you should ask Zhou Yafu for help!

Liu Qi is telling the truth, almost all the available soldiers have been sent out, and the southern army that left to defend Chang'an will definitely not be able to send reinforcements, otherwise Chang'an will become an empty city, and if the rebels come to smash Huanglong, then the court will be finished.

However, when the Wu-Chu coalition army stormed Suiyang, the capital of Liang State, the traces of Zhou Yafu's army suddenly became a mystery.

The two sides are facing each other, and the whereabouts of the enemy's main army are unknown, which is undoubtedly a huge threat. However, Liu Bi was not worried, because according to reliable information, Liu Qi only allocated Zhou Yafu a maximum of 50,000 or 60,000 horses, which could not constitute an advantage over Wu Chu's army in terms of troops. Moreover, although Zhou Yafu said that he had led troops, he actually had no experience in big wars, and he served as a lieutenant, and to put it nicely, he was ordered in danger, and if it was not good, it was Liu Qi who was sick and rushed to the hospital.

And Liu Bi is different, he is a tiger general on the battlefield when he is young, he has fought and charged beside countless famous generals, and he has rich experience in big battles and small battles.

However, Liu Wei, who has rich combat experience, did not despise Zhou Yafu too much.

Just in case, he sent a small force of forward troops to set up an ambush from Hangu Pass to Luoyang, and once Zhou Yafu's army was discovered, it would gather and annihilate it, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the Suiyang offensive battle.

Liu Bi's wishful thinking is not bad, and he adopts a steady strategy on the offensive end.

Among the twenty-two vassal states, Liang is Liu Qi's sibling brother, and is the only prince who clearly stands on Liu Qi's side. Even if a detour into Guanzhong Chang'an, the Liang State bites back, and the imperial court strikes back, then the Wu-Chu coalition army will fall into a dangerous situation.

Moreover, pulling out the nail of Liang Guo is bound to deal a heavy blow to Liu Qi's confidence in resistance, and remove half of his country, when Chang'an City will be in chaos without a fight, and those princes who are in the wait-and-see stage will naturally respond to the wind.

Therefore, no matter what the cost, Suiyang must be captured.

Liu Bi had already given the troops a death order.

However, what made Liu Bi painful was that compared with the previous Wu Chu army, which was like a broken bamboo and devastated, Suiyang City was a difficult bone to gnaw. The Wu and Chu coalition forces learned the fortification of Suiyang City, and attacked in turn for several days, but they couldn't open a gap.

Even if the gap was opened, before Wu Chu's soldiers had climbed the city wall, they discovered a strange phenomenon, and the small gap that had just been opened was immediately miraculously repaired.

The architectural level of the soldiers of the Liang State amazed the generals of Wu Chu for a while.

The credit for defending the city is inseparable from the commander-in-chief Liang Guozhong's doctor Han Anguo.

Han Anguo is the No. 1 think tank around King Liang.

In Liang State, there are two people who can be regarded as talents, one is Han Anguo and the other is Zhang Yu, Han Anguo is serious, and Zhang Yu is good at fighting. General Zhang Yu saw that every time he saw the banner of the King of Chu, it was like being beaten with chicken blood, and he would desperately rush to the back of the Chu army's ass with elite knights and bite a few bites.

The Chu army was unbearable, but there was nothing to be done.

Zhang Yu's anger is understandable, his brother Zhang Shang was the prime minister in the state of Chu, and Liu Wu cut off Zhang Shang's head to sacrifice the flag when he raised the army. Therefore, when Zhang Yu saw Liu Wu and the enemies saw each other, he was naturally very blushing.

Liu Wu found Liu Wei and said that it would not work to fight like this.

General Huan, the major general under the account of King Wu, came out to offer a plan, "There are many cavalry in the imperial court, there are many infantry in our army, the cavalry has an advantage on the flat land, and the infantry army has an advantage in the dangerous place. If we can't attack for a long time, once the imperial cavalry arrives, our army will be in danger! ”

General Huan's strategy is not clever, but it is not unreasonable.

If Suiyang cannot be attacked for a long time, the morale of the troops will inevitably be hindered, and if it is delayed, it will give the imperial court more time to gather troops.

Liu Bi asked his old subordinates for advice, and the old subordinates thought that General Huan was young and did not understand the overall situation of the war.

The old man Liu Bi also felt the same way, and his years of battlefield experience told him that if Suiyang can't gnaw it, can Luoyang gnaw it down? Protracted delay will affect morale, so won't a detour to avoid the enemy affect morale?

In the battle of Suiyang, if he retreats after defeat, Liu Wei's old face will be defeated.

General Huan's suggestion was vetoed by Liu Bi, and then, Liu Bi ordered the whole army to strengthen its vigilance, and the soldiers had a full meal, and they were bound to take Suiyang tomorrow.

The dawn broke in the east, and the morning glow was bleak.

The corpses under Suiyang City had been piled up, and the clashes between the Wu-Chu coalition forces and the Liang troops for several days had left both sides unable to spare time to clean up the corpses.

Fortunately, it was a cold spring, and if it was a hot summer, the stench of corpses would definitely fill the air and suffocate people.

In the temporary tent under the city tower, Han Anguo and the generals guarding the city stayed awake all night.

Han Anguo had long heard of the plagiarism of Wu Chu's army, and he was also suspicious, until he really arrived on the battlefield, he was still deeply shocked.

Under the training of Liu Bi, the Wu army fought bravely to be the first, willing to risk the arrows, and rolled towards Suiyang City. If it weren't for the tall and sturdy city of Suiyang and the deep ditch barrier outside the city, I'm afraid Suiyang would have been breached long ago.

Suddenly, a war drum sounded from Wu Chu's army.

Han Anguo woke up suddenly from a slight sleepiness, and Zhang Yu, who had been guarding the city all night, ran down the city tower and came to Han Anguo and shouted: "Doctor Han, something is wrong!" ”

Han Anguo signaled that there was no need to say more, and the two hurriedly stepped onto the city wall.

Han Anguo looked at Wu Chu's camp and was also taken aback.

Liu Bi's front army was lined with two rows of huge trebuchets, with Liu Bi's cavalry flanked by the trebuchets, and the usual heavily armored foot soldiers at the rear.

Liu Bi's old thief means to let the trebuchet cover the cavalry attack, break through the barrier, and finally attack the city by the foot soldiers!

Bird, how is this good, Wu Guo is so magnificent, so many trebuchets are made at once, and the boulders are smashed down, and no matter how strong the city wall is, it will be smashed to pieces!

General Zhang, order the soldiers to cling to the wall and hold shields to hide, once the rebels light cavalry assault, order the crossbowmen to stop!

In the Wu Chu military camp under the city, Liu Bi and Liu Wu were talking and laughing, in their opinion, the city was broken only in the evening, this deadly magic weapon was taken out, and the management of Suiyang City was smashed out of several big holes.

Wu Chu's trebuchets consisted of two rows, each row of fourteen, each with as many as seven pins, and one trebuchet with two hundred and fifty foot soldiers.

Liu Bi originally wanted to take out the magic weapon when attacking Chang'an City, but he had no choice but to show his sword in Suiyang.

Liu Bi gave the order to begin the siege of the city.

The herald next to the trebuchet shouted: "Get up! ”

The trebuchet foot soldiers in the first row quickly loaded the boulder weighing 100 catties, and the 200 foot soldiers shouted in unison to pull the rope down.

The herald shouted again, "Release! ”

The boulders in the sky flew towards Suiyang City.

Although the defenders of Suiyang City had made preparations early, they were still a little unlucky, and they were smashed on the spot. While the trebuchets of the first platoon of the Wu army were loaded with ammunition, the second platoon continued to fire.

Suiyang City smashed a big gap in the northeast corner of the city wall under the dense stone rain.

After half an hour's effort, Wu Jun's stones ran out, and the boulder rain stopped.

Liu Bi seized the opportunity to order, and the cavalry attacked the thorn wall first. The cavalry was followed by hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers.

"Order the elite infantry to press towards the gap in the northeast corner! Be sure to rush forward at all costs! ”

Han Anguo found that the Wu and Chu armies were separated, and the Chu army went around to the southwest, while the Wu army pressed to the northeast corner where a big gap had been smashed, and secretly screamed in his heart.

Where is Zhang Yu?

The end will be!

Grab your brother and crossbowman to the northeast corner, and the gap must be plugged at all costs! If one of the rebels comes up, ask you!

The last will be ordered!

Zhang Yu flew into the northeast corner from the frontal battle, there were many Wu soldiers, and they couldn't show it in the corner, and the number of people became a burden, Zhang Yu resisted the charge of the Wu army, and the corpses of the Wu soldiers at the foot of the city were piled up layer after layer.

In the direction of the attack of the Chu army in the front, the strength of the Liang State guarded by the city wall was thin, and Han Anguo ordered someone to move the oil pot that had already burned hot, and moved it up, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, and fell down in one go, and suddenly the Chu army suffered a large number of casualties.

The battle lasted from morning to evening, and Wu Chu's army rushed up the city tower many times, but was beaten back by Han Anguo, who was well commanded.

Liu Bi saw that Wu Chu's army suffered heavy casualties, and it was inconvenient to attack the city after dark, so he withdrew his troops.

After a day of fighting, Liu Bi lost a lot of troops and was distressed, but he also knew that the Suiyang defenders were also dying.

As long as it takes a few more days, Suiyang will definitely be broken. And as soon as Suiyang is broken, it is equivalent to taking half of the world, and when the time comes, the world will inevitably shake, and the princes will look at the wind to vote, and then knock on the gate and enter is not a difficult thing?

Suiyang must be broken!

When Han Anguo and Zhang Yu went to report to Liu Qi with bloody faces, Liu Qi's first sentence was to scold: "Why didn't that bastard Zhou Yafu send troops to rescue!" ”

Han Anguo and the generals could only smile bitterly at each other.

Everyone knows that if the Wu-Chu coalition army continues to attack like this, Suiyang will be finished sooner or later.

The king, for the sake of today's plan, we must continue to ask the court for help!

The widow didn't know, but the bastard Zhou Yafu didn't come for a long time, and the widow was also anxious!

The king, for the minister, thought that when he asked Zhou Yafu for help, he should ask the court to join him and force him to send troops! It is impossible for His Majesty to let Suiyang City be broken, if Zhou Yafu resists the order and does not save it, the responsibility for the defeat of the army will be borne by him alone.

When King Liang heard this, his eyes lit up, and he stroked his palms and smiled: "Miaoye! ”