"General Liu, is there a good way to break through Chengyang?" The young general on a black horse looked at Cheng Yang, who was faintly configured, and asked the man in armor in his fifties beside him.

The fifty-year-old man stroked the gray beard on his chin, smiled slightly, nodded at the young general and said: "General Xiang asked about the best way to break the city, Bang really didn't have it, presumably the general army should already have a strategy, but if the general is driven, Bang will move forward!" ”

This fifty-year-old man is none other than Liu Bang, who killed the White Snake Uprising in Pei County. He was originally stationed in Fengxiang with the army, but a few days ago, Xiang Liang ordered someone to convey to him the order to join forces with Xiang Yu to march westward, and he left Fengxiang and embarked on the road to the west.

Riding a jet-black war horse is naturally Xiang Yu, seeing that Liu Bang didn't say what he planned in his heart, he raised his head and laughed, raised his finger and nodded at Liu Bang and said, "General Liu, you!" What a scheming! Well, since you don't talk about the plan, then I'll tell you what I'm going to do. ”

As he spoke, Xiang Yu pointed at Chengyang and said: "The city wall of Chengyang is low, the number of defenders is not large, if our army besieges it, it only takes a few days to force the defenders to surrender, but our army has a large number of people, and the consumption of grain and grass is quite large, and the defenders in the city cannot consume it." I mean, I'll lead 10,000 men to storm the city, and the whole army will be stationed in Chengyang before dark! ”

"Ten thousand?" Liu Bang frowned, and said with some concern: "General Xiang, since ancient times, whenever a siege battle is carried out, the attacker needs to be at least five times the strength of the defender to be sure of success, you only bring 10,000 soldiers and horses, I am afraid that the strength is insufficient, if you lead 20,000 people to launch a strong attack on Chengyang, the chance of victory may be greater." ”

Xiang Yu shook his head with a smile, and said: "I think that when I and my uncle raised troops, I single-handedly killed more than 100 guards of the county guard, and killed Yin Tong, how heroic is its momentum, now if it is for a small Chengyang, and let me Xiang Ji lead 20,000 people to attack the 5,000 Qin army, I am afraid that I will be laughed at by the world, I have made up my mind, please General Liu for me to sit in the rear army, I will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to break through Chengyang, today the moon is on the willows, and the army will be stationed in the city!" ”

After saying that, Xiang Yu shook the horse's reins, gently clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, and rushed out of the horse down the hill.

Liu Bang looked at Xiang Yu's back, let out a long breath, and involuntarily praised: "Xiang Yu, he is a real hero!" ”

"Xiang Tong, quickly gather 10,000 soldiers and horses, and go to attack the city with me!" After descending the hill, Xiang Yu rushed into the formation, and Le Ma shouted at a partial general who was squatting on the ground and didn't know what he was doing.

The general turned around, who would it be if it wasn't Xiang Tong who was thrown into the Yellow River by Zhao Tong's order that day.

Zhao Tong threw him and Xiang Qing into the Yellow River, and the two woke up soon after being rescued by Mo Feng, and then found a ferry boat to cross the Yellow River all the way to find the Chu army, but did not want to meet Xiang Yu and Liu Bang who were heading for Chengyang halfway, so they stayed and drove together with Xiang Yu.

Hearing Xiang Yu's call, Xiang Tong hurriedly stood up, answered, and gathered soldiers and horses.

Xiang Yu was about to turn his horse and follow Xiang Tong to prepare his troops and horses, when a horse rushed towards him at a gallop. He was taken aback, and hurriedly looked at the rushing war horse, only to see a young general with clear eyebrows straddling the horse, constantly raising his whip to urge the war horse to rush towards him.

"Phew!" When he was about to rush to Xiang Yu's front, the young general stopped the galloping war horse with a rein, and a pair of willow eyebrows stared at Xiang Yu: "Big brother, why don't you take me with you when you attack Chengyang?" ”

"Take you?" Xiang Yu carefully looked at the young general from head to toe, pursed his lips and said, "You stay in the camp obediently, take care of your sister-in-law for me, and don't worry about the rest!" ”

After the young general listened to Xiang Yu's words, his pretty face suddenly wrinkled, and the angry face that was originally full of willow eyebrows turned into a miserable face in an instant, and he had a bit of talent as an actor, pouting and saying to Xiang Yu: "Don't, big brother, you are my dearest big brother, let me go with you to fight Chengyang!" ”

"Don't come with me!" Xiang Yu waved his hand and shouted to the young general: "Uncle is just your daughter, if you have any three strengths and two weaknesses, how will I go to see my uncle in the future." Xiang Qing, you listen to me, you have to listen to me here, if you are disobedient, beware of me letting the sergeant beat you on the board! ”

"You dare!" Hearing that Xiang Yu was going to beat her board, Xiang Qing was suddenly angry, her two big eyes glared, and she yelled at Xiang Yu: "My father has never beaten me on the board, if you dare to beat me, see if I don't sue my father!" ”

"Do you like to sue!" Xiang Yu shrugged his nose and shouted to the few officers who came to watch the excitement: "Take care of Xiang Qing, if she dares to go out of the camp without permission, I will ask a few of you!" ”

The officers responded and glanced at each other, each of them had a bitter look on their faces that they had just drunk two catties of yellow lotus water, they originally wanted to come over to see the excitement, but they didn't expect it to be burned, who in the Chu army didn't know that Xiang Qing was used to being domineering on weekdays, except for Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, I am afraid that no third person can control her. Let them look at Xiang Qing, it really makes them embarrassed.

"General Xiang Qing, the little ones are also helpless, you still pity us, feel sorry for the little ones, listen to General Xiang's words, go back to the camp tent!" Several officers who had received Xiang Yu's order surrounded Xiang Qing with a bitter face, although they were pleading, but everyone knew that no matter whether Xiang Qing was willing or unwilling, it was impossible to have a chance to leave their sight for half a step.

Xiang Yu saw that Xiang Qing was entangled by several officers, pouted and smiled proudly, and said to a soldier: "You go and call the dragon for me, this siege, I will let him fight the vanguard for me!" ”

"Yes!" The soldier answered, turned around and ran.

It didn't take long for Xiang Tong to prepare 10,000 soldiers and horses and line up to wait for Xiang Yu's order. Long Ji had already arrived at Xiang Yu's side, following behind him to inspect the army preparing to attack the city. As for Xiang Qing, he had already been brought back to the camp tent by those officers with both soft and hard methods, and he lost his temper by throwing things and smashing the table in the tent.

Xiang Yu led the dragon and rode on horseback and walked around twice in front of the 10,000 Chu troops who had just gathered, and all the Chu troops turned their eyes to Xiang Yu and Long Yu, who were walking slowly in front of them on war horses.

There were also many officers and soldiers who were not selected by Xiang Tong gathered around, and those who were not selected looked at the 10,000 troops lined up in the open space of the barracks with admiration on their faces, waiting for Xiang Yu to give the order to attack the city.

"Soldiers!" After turning around twice, Xiang Yu grabbed his war horse and shouted to the ten thousand: "In front of you, a city blocks our way to the west, and there are only 5,000 defenders in the city, but these 5,000 defenders have released big words, and they want to trap our army of Dachu outside Chengyang City, you say, is this a great shame?" ”

"Yes! Be! "When the 10,000 Chu troops heard that the defenders of Chengyang were going to trap them to death outside the city of Chengyang, they were all filled with righteous indignation, and the Chu troops holding spears and Changge kept pressing their weapons to the ground, and under the knocking of their weapons, the ground made a trembling sound like a sea tide; The Chu army, armed with bows and arrows, raised his fists high and shouted loudly; The infantry with shields and short swords drew out their short swords, constantly banging on the shield with their blades, and shouted loudly: "Get the Qin dog out of the city!" ”

After waiting for 10,000 people to roar for a while, Xiang Yu raised his hand and pressed it towards them a few times, and the noisy team suddenly quieted down, and everyone's eyes looked at Xiang Yu, who was standing in front of them with a cold face like a god.

Xiang Yu saw that the 10,000 people had calmed down again, and then said to them: "You have been in the army for some days, during which we have also attacked the city and fought a bloody battle with the Qin army. To me, each and every one of you is the pride of our Dachu! are all Zheng Zheng men who hold up a piece of the sky for Da Chu! ”

At this, he paused, and his eyes swept around the team of ten thousand people. Every Chu officer and soldier in the team felt that Xiang Yu's gaze seemed to linger on their face for a moment, and everyone held their breath and quietly listened to Xiang Yu's speech.

"You should know that if you are attacking a city, the attackers should have five times more troops than the defenders before they can break the city." Xiang Yu took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled his breath, and then said: "But I want to break this myth today, I want to attack Chengyang with only twice the force, and I must take Chengyang before the moon rises on the willows!" Do you have faith? ”

"Yes! Yes! The 10,000 Chu army suddenly became noisy again, and the bloodthirsty excitement was written on each of their faces.

"Saying that Chengyang is a city is actually exalting them!" When the 10,000 people calmed down again, Xiang Yu pointed to the Chengyang city wall in the distance and said, "Look at their low city wall, and then think about the old and weak soldiers in the city who have no combat power!" They are nothing but a flock of lambs to the slaughter! What are we? We are wolves! We are tigers! We're going to swallow them in our stomachs and then turn into dung-pulled predators! ”

When Xiang Yu said this, the 10,000 Chu troops who were ready to go and the Chu troops who were watching from the sidelines burst into laughter.

"Laugh? What are you laughing at? Xiang Yu glanced at the laughing Chu Jun with a serious expression, and the whole army suddenly fell silent again, he raised the halberd in his hand and pointed at Chengyang, and shouted loudly: "Is such a city worth attacking with five times our troops?" ”

"It's not worth it!" The Chu army let out a tsunami-like roar again, and its morale was raised to the extreme.

"Kill! Follow me into Chengyang! Xiang Yu let out an angry roar and walked in the direction of Chengyang.

Long He followed, Xiang Tong also got on the horse, and followed Xiang Yu in the direction of Chengyang. The 10,000 Chu troops followed them with neat steps, and the ground made an earth-shattering sound under the trampling of 10,000 people.

The 10,000 Chu army marched towards Chengyang under the leadership of Xiang Yu, while the defenders at the head of Chengyang City trembled as they looked at the Chu army that was getting closer and closer in the distance.