Xiang Tong brandished his spear and rushed straight towards the gatehouse, and after he killed a group of Qin soldiers to make a gap in the Qin army, the Chu army behind him immediately followed behind to fill the gap he had killed.

While Xiang Tong led the people to the gatehouse, Xiang Yu and the dragon in the east also strengthened the attack, and the Qin army on the city wall tried to make the last resistance, and it was about to be defeated.

The Chu army was in the middle of the battle, only to hear a gong under the city, a group of people dressed as civilians with hoes and forks and other instruments rushed towards the city wall under the leadership of a Qin general.

While waving the short sword in his hand, the general shouted to those civilians: "Fathers, you must remember the lesson of Xiangyang, Xiang Yu is a devil, he will definitely kill all of you after he enters the city, everyone follow me, drive Xiang Yu out of the city!" ”

A large group of civilians under the black pressure roared and rushed towards the city wall under the fan of the Qin army's partial generals, but they didn't know that it was their actions to help the Qin army this time that brought ruin to the entire Chengyang.

Xiang Yu frowned, looked at the civilians rushing to the city like a tide under the city, turned his head and shouted to another general beside him: "You take a thousand people to kill the city, and kill all those with weapons!" ”

"Yes!" The general answered the order, led the troops to the city, and killed him.

Although the civilians who rushed towards the city wall were numerous, they were an untrained rabble after all, and a thousand Chu troops rushed to the steps of the city wall, and first the archers shot several rows of arrows at the civilians below the city.

Those civilians had neither shields nor nowhere to hide, and the Chu army only fired a few rows of arrows, which caused great damage to them, and under the attack of bows and arrows, civilians armed with hoes and other tools fell in pieces.

After shooting these civilians, the partial general who led the 1,000 Chu army waved his hand at the Chu army behind him and shouted: "Brothers, they are just a rabble, rush with me and slaughter them all!" ”

A thousand Chu troops shouted in unison and rushed towards the city. The civilians under the city had also rushed down the stairs at this time, and an almost one-sided battle had begun under the stairs above.

Every Chu army was like a tiger coming out, rushing towards the civilians under the city. And those civilians, like a group of goats with horns and a desire to resist but obviously lacking strength, resisted stubbornly, but after all, they were still unable to compete with the well-trained and well-equipped Chu army, and were soon killed by the Chu army.

At this time, Xiang Tong had almost rushed down in front of the city gate tower, and the five Qin soldiers saw Xiang Tong killing the commander, and hurriedly stabbed him with a spear.

Xiang Tong sidestepped the spear that Qin Jun stabbed at him, and stabbed one of the Qin soldiers with a spear in one hand, but the Qin army couldn't dodge and was pierced by him with a shot. Seeing that their companions were killed, the five Qin soldiers on the side let out an angry roar and stabbed the spear in Xiang Tong's hand again.

Xiang Tong didn't entangle with them, and with a horizontal spear, he pushed the four spears aside, and jumped onto the city gate.

Before his feet could stand firmly, he suddenly felt a pain in his lower abdomen, he raised his head, and saw that the Qin army guard was clinging to his body, and the short sword in the guard's hand was deeply pierced into his abdomen.

Because the distance between the two sides was too close, it was impossible for Xiang Tong to stab the guard with a gun, he didn't care about the severe pain in his lower abdomen, he raised the spear in his hand violently, and hit the guard's head desperately with the barrel of the spear.

The barrel of the gun hit the guard's head, and the guard felt a dull and piercing pain in his head, but he still had a blue face, no matter how Xiang Tong hit his head, he didn't let go of the hand holding the hilt of the sword, and he stubbornly put the short sword pierced into Xiang Tong's lower abdomen and refused to pull it out.

The short sword was pierced in the lower abdomen, and the main general of the Qin army did not let go of the hilt of the sword, Xiang Tong howled in pain, handed the spear to the back of the guard with one hand, and pulled out the head of the gun violently in the other hand, after the head of the gun was pulled out, he held the head of the gun tightly, and stabbed the back of the neck of the guard, and the guard snorted and fell to the ground.

Xiang Tong pulled out the short sword inserted in his lower abdomen, ignoring the blood gushing on his lower abdomen, he grabbed the guard's hair bun and slashed the guard with the sword on the neck.

Cutting off the head of the guard, Xiang Tong staggered to his feet, he lifted the bloody head, stood on the gatehouse, and shouted to the Qin army who was fighting with the Chu army: "Your lord has been ambushed, why don't you surrender quickly?" ”

After speaking, Xiang Tong's eyes darkened, and he fell straight backwards. The two Chu soldiers who followed him saw him fall, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold him.

Seeing that the lord was about to be killed, the remaining fighting spirit of the Qin army finally collapsed, many people dropped their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads held and became prisoners of the Chu army, only a few people were still struggling to fight against the Chu army, and this part of the Qin army that did not surrender was finally squeezed by the Chu army on a small and narrow city wall.

"You really don't come down?" Xiang Yu stood in front of this group of Qin soldiers with a halberd in his hand, and asked them with a very complicated expression on his face.

"We are all soldiers of Great Qin, how can we surrender to you Chu barbarians?" A Qin army officer with a bloodstained face and tattered armor on his body stood up, holding tightly in his hand a short sword that had been cut out of many gaps and the sword was stained with blood, and shouted at Xiang Yu: "If you want to fight, you will fight, why bother to make noise!" ”

Xiang Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, since you are bent on death, I will fulfill you and let you die like a warrior." ”

With that, he raised the blood-stained halberd in his hand high and shouted to the Chu army behind him: "Archers, prepare to send them on their way!" ”

A large group of Chu archers rushed forward after receiving the order, and they crowded to the front, and they all set up bows and arrows to aim at the Qin army who was surrounded in the middle.

"Brethren!" The officer of the Qin army who had previously replied to Xiang Yu shouted at the Qin army behind him: "Today we are all dead horizontally and vertically, go up with me and fight with these Chu barbarians!" ”

After he shouted, the Qin army, which was huddled together, shouted in unison and rushed towards the Chu army.

Xiang Yu's face was solemn, and his eyes were unprecedentedly full of respect for these Qin troops, and when the Qin army rushed over, he shouted at the Chu army archers: "Release the arrows!" ”

The arrows as dense as bees and locusts flew towards the Qin army with Xiang Yu's order, and the Qin army that rushed over fell to the ground with a miserable howl, and almost everyone had become hedgehogs full of arrows before they fell to the ground.

When these Qin troops were slaughtered by the Chu army, those Qin soldiers who had already surrendered were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands and peeking at Tong Ze, who was killed by arrows, and almost every Qin army that had surrendered was trembling.

Soon after the Chu army rushed down, there were no weapons and no morale, but the civilians who followed the Qin army to attack the Chu army with a moment of passion were beaten to pieces, and fled with their heads in their hands.

When several Chu soldiers carried the injured Xiang Tong past Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu took two steps forward and took Xiang Tong's hand, and said to Xiang Tong in his rare gentle tone: "Good brother, you are good!" Take good care of your wounds, and fight with me on the battlefield in the future. ”

Xiang Tong reluctantly smiled at Xiang Yu, and said extremely weakly: "General......"

Before he could finish his sentence, his head tilted and he fell unconscious. Xiang Yu waved his hand to the few soldiers carrying Xiang Tong, left a good sentence to take care of him, and turned to look at the corpses of civilians left behind after fighting with the Chu army in Chengyang City.

Liu Bang, who led the army to watch the battle in the rear, was overjoyed when he got the news that Xiang Yu had captured Chengyang, and hurriedly led the army towards Chengyang.

Before the army entered the city, the 10,000 Chu troops brought by Xiang Yu had already cleared the battlefield, and in a corner of the city, the corpses of the Qin army and civilians were piled up, and the Chu army killed in battle was neatly arranged on both sides of the entrance of the city gate.

Liu Bang entered the city, jumped off his horse first, and bowed deeply to the corpses of those Chu soldiers who died in battle, and the Chu troops who followed him also put their weapons on their chests, expressing their heartfelt respect to Tong Ze who died in battle.

After entering the city, Liu Bang came to Xiang Yu standing on the city wall, following Xiang Yu's eyes, he saw the corpses of the civilians who were killed in the siege battle with the Chu army, the corners of his mouth were pulled, and he said to Xiang Yu: "General Xiang, this time our army is attacking the city, and the people in the city are assisting the Qin army to resist our army, if you don't give them some punishment, I am afraid that they will be followed by future generations!" ”

Xiang Yu nodded thoughtfully, and sighed: "Yes, if you don't let Chengyang know the strength of our army, I'm afraid that no one will be able to conquer the city and plunder the land in the future." General Liu, I want to slaughter the city, what do you think? ”

Liu Bang smiled slightly, bowed to Xiang Yu and saluted with his fists and said: "Everything depends on General Xiang, but whenever the general drives it, Bang Wu will be the first to respond." ”

After listening to Liu Bang's words, Xiang Yu smiled bitterly and said to Liu Bang: "General Liu, they all say that you are a generous elder, but I don't think that's the case. If you reward the three armies and compassionate the people, I'm afraid you won't shirk it like this, and the slaughter of the city will be spurned by the people of the world, but you have to hand it over to me to deal with. ”

When Xiang Yu said this, Liu Bang's face changed, but he did not show great embarrassment, but clasped his fists with both hands and gave Xiang Yu a deep look, and he didn't straighten up for a long time.

Xiang Yu's eyes stared at Liu Bang, waited for a while, and didn't see Liu Bang respond, he suddenly raised his head and laughed, and said loudly: "I, Xiang Ji, stand between heaven and earth, why am I afraid of the saliva of the people in the world?" Since General Liu pays attention to honor, I can't say it, only I will do this wicked man this time! ”

With that, he turned around and shouted to the soldiers standing behind him: "Send the order, the army will be stationed in Chengyang for three days, and within three days, all men over the age of fifteen and under the age of seventy in the city will be killed!" The soldiers have a three-day holiday, and during this period, all items in the city are free to take at will! ”