Chapter 108: The Battle of Yongqiu 1
Meng Su's eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly, Xiang Ye's actions had already made her unable to pronounce a single syllable. She didn't expect that he would announce to others that she was his wife in this situation.
Two fiery lips were attached to Meng Su's small mouth, Meng Su took the kiss blankly, slowly closed his eyes, and wrapped his hands around Xiang Ye's broad back.
This night, Xiang Ye and the others had no sleep. The six men sat side by side outside the barracks, looking up at the stars in the night sky, and it was not until dawn that they got up to pick up their weapons and walked towards the school grounds.
Xiang Yu had already given an order for Liu Bang to stay in Chen Liu to be responsible for the rear, and he himself led his troops and horses towards Yongqiu.
The army marched majestically in the direction of Yongqiu, and in one of the carriages in the team, Li Xinpeng lay on his back.
An orange-red sun hung high in the sky, and the soft morning light shone on the earth, and the whole world was shrouded in an orange halo.
Li Xinpeng stared directly at the orange fireball in the air with his eyes wide open, although the light was soft, but after looking at it for a long time, he still felt some swelling pain in his piercing eyes.
He rubbed his eyes, his elbows propped himself up, and he struggled to sit up.
As soon as he moved, there was a tearing pain in his shoulder, and he bared his teeth and lay back helplessly.
"This is an indisputable body!" After lying down, he clenched his fists and slammed the wooden board, sighed helplessly, and tried to look up at the outside of the carriage.
Xiang Ye was riding on horseback, and since he set off with the team, his face had not looked good. He would always look back at Chen Liu from time to time.
Meng Su rode beside Xiang Ye, and behind them were Shi Lei, Bai Fu, and Wei Feng in sergeant armor.
Xiang Yu did not arrange a very high position for Xiang Ye as soon as he came, like Liu Bang. He only made Xiang Ye a partial general, so it was still on the side of Xiang Ye who fought with him for more than ten rounds that day.
Xiang Ye is very satisfied with the official position of a partial general, at least now he is not just a false name in Liu Bang's military camp, and he also has more than 1,000 soldiers in his hands.
Xiang Ye turned his head and looked at the mighty and majestic soldiers who followed behind, he smiled slightly, before leaving, he was ready, since Xiang Yu asked him to assist in launching a strong attack on Yongqiu from the front, he would become famous in this battle, and let the world know that he Xiang Ye was also a brave general who could fight well.
As for Li You, Xiang Ye didn't have time to think about it so much. When he broke through Yongqiu, he would try his best to find Li You, if he could save it, he would do his best to save Li You, but if he couldn't save it, he could only watch the wheel of history crush Li You into powder.
The Chu army marched towards Yongqiu, and at the same time, on Yongqiu City, Li You, who had already received the news of the Chu army's attack, stood on the city gate tower wearing armor and stretched out his head to look at the official road.
There was silence on the official road, and the figure of Chu Jun had not yet appeared. Li You knew that this tranquility would be the last tranquility he enjoyed in Yongqiu, and perhaps today, Yongqiu City would usher in a fierce battle, and not many of the officers and soldiers standing at the head of the city with him might not be able to see the sunrise tomorrow.
Gradually, a piece of smoke and dust that covered the sky appeared in Li You's field of vision, and with the appearance of this piece of smoke and dust, the earth seemed to be trembling, making a "boom" sound.
The Chu army approached Yongqiu step by step with neat steps, and when the Yongqiu city wall gradually emerged from the end of the horizon, the eyes of nearly 100,000 people flashed with bloodthirsty brilliance almost at the same time.
Xiang Ye turned his head and looked behind him, and the more than 1,000 Chu troops assigned to him by Xiang Yu were holding their weapons tightly with red eyes, and they were about to pounce on Yongqiu in the next second and bite the Qin army in the city to death.
On Yongqiu City, Li You turned his head sideways and said to the general beside him: "Are the things I asked you to prepare ready before?" ”
"Returning to your lordship!" The general hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed to Li You and said: "We have brushed the city wall paint with mountain paint according to the instructions of the adults, and fifty stoves have been prepared on the city, and a large cauldron has been set up on each stove, and boiling oil is boiling in the pot, and we have also prepared 5,000 stones and 100,000 arrow clusters. ”
Li You nodded slightly, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.
The number of Chu troops is nearly 100,000, and the Yongqiu defenders are only more than 10,000 people, which is a ratio without suspense at all in the siege war. All Li You could do was to try to cause more trouble to the Chu army, so that they would encounter more obstacles when attacking the city, and it was best to come to the rescue of Zhang Han, who could defend Puyang.
"Soldiers!" As the Chu army got closer and closer, Li You drew his long sword, pointed at the city, and shouted to the Qin army in the city: "The robbers have come to the city, and their number is ten times ours!" As soldiers of Great Qin, are you ready to die? ”
There was silence on the city wall, no one answered Li You's question, and all the Qin troops looked sideways at Li You, who was standing at the city gate with a resolute face.
"Are you scared?" Seeing that no one answered, Li You looked around, and the Qin troops around him were all like ashes, looking like they were mourning.
"Look at you! Look at each of you! Li You stretched out his hand and pointed to the Qin army around him, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Among you, there are many warriors who once guarded Xingyang with me, and at that time, no one was afraid in the face of 300,000 robbers, what happened to you today?" Just 100,000 thieves, so you are afraid of being like this? ”
"My lord, it was Xiang Yu who led the troops to attack Yongqiu this time, he is a devil who kills people without blinking!" A Qin soldier said timidly.
His voice was not very loud, but on the quiet city wall, where even a feather could be heard, the sound of the feather rubbing the ground was like a thunderclap, and everyone on the wall felt as if their eardrums were about to be pierced by his small reply.
"You come out!" Li You pointed at the soldier and motioned for the soldier to stand in front of him.
The soldier's legs trembled unconsciously, and he timidly walked in front of Li You, trembling all over, and peeked at Li You.
Li You inserted the long sword into the scabbard, stretched out his hands to straighten the unturned collar for the soldier, patted him lightly on the shoulder and said, "You are right, Xiang Yu is a devil, and he is a devil who kills people without blinking. He slaughtered Xiangyang and Chengyang, and may slaughter Yongqiu and Xianyang in the future! The entire city of Great Qin could withstand his slaughter! ”
The Qin army on the city wall listened quietly to Li You's impassioned statement, and on the city wall, which was crowded with tens of thousands of people, it was so quiet that even the sound of people's breathing could be heard clearly.
"You are all warriors of Great Qin, and in the same way, you are all the people of Great Qin!" Li You said to the Qin army with a sad face: "You all have parents, wives and children, when you are on the battlefield, the gray-haired old parents may be leaning on the door and looking into the distance, looking forward to your home!" While your blood-stained robes are being stained, your delicate wife may be holding your babbling child, praying for your peace! ”
Speaking of this, Li You suddenly raised his voice and roared loudly: "They are concerned about you, who among you has worried about them?" ”
"We have never forgotten them!" As soon as Li You's words came out, tens of thousands of Qin troops were suddenly unhappy, and many people shouted loudly: "We all want to go home, we don't want to fight!" ”
"Don't want to fight?" Li You raised his hand and pressed it a few times to stop the noise of Qin Jun, he first pursed his lips and sneered twice, and then raised his voice and shouted at Qin Jun: "Go home? Don't want to fight? Open your eyes and see! Who are the people under the city? Bloodthirsty bandits beneath the city! It's a demon-like Xiang Yu! Are you going home? Won't they kill you when you get home? Will you be able to protect your loved ones by going home? ”
Li You's words, the tens of thousands of Qin soldiers who suddenly said looked at each other, and each of them had panic written on their faces. No one is not concerned about their family, and no one is not afraid of the misfortune of their relatives, they are all bloody men, and naturally they will not watch their relatives suffer.
"Your Excellency, you say, what should we do!" A rough-faced officer pushed away the soldiers standing in front and stepped forward, clasped his fists at Li You and shouted, "Even if we die, we can't let the robbers pass through Yongqiu!" ”
"Good!" Li You clenched his hand into a fist and shook his arm, shouting: "Soldiers, look back in the direction of home!" There are our relatives there! We are fighting here so that our loved ones can live a peaceful life! For the sake of our loved ones, we will fight our lives and fight to the death against the robbers! ”
"Fight to the death! Swear not to give up! "Fight to the death! Swear not to give up! "Tens of thousands of Qin troops held their weapons high on the city wall, and let out a heaven-shattering roar.
The roar pierced through the sky, stirring and spreading in all directions.
"Li You is really a character!" Xiang Yu, who was walking at the forefront of the whole army, heard the roar from Yongqiu City, pursed his lips and smiled, and said to Zhong Liwu beside him: "I can still stir up the army's spirit under such an obvious disadvantage, it seems that it will not be too easy to take Yongqiu City!" ”
Zhong Liwu looked at the banner of the Qin army with white characters on a black background on Yongqiu City and smiled, shook his head and said to Xiang Yu: "If we are not in a hurry to attack the city, just surround but not fight, and not half a moon, Yongqiu will be broken!" ”
Xiang Yu waved his hand and said to Zhong Liwu: "The method of besieging the city is not advisable!" Our army has more people than the Qin army, and the consumption of grain and grass will inevitably be much more than theirs, although the Qin army will face a shortage of food after half a month, but our army's logistics supply will also encounter difficulties. Although the morale of the Qin army is quite high now, our army can still use the numerical advantage to break through the city! ”
"That's it!" Zhong Liwu looked at Yongqiu City in the distance, sighed secretly, and after answering, he rode a horse and walked towards Yongqiu City with Xiang Yu.