The first day of the siege of the Chu army ended with the cost of leaving nearly 2,000 corpses and nearly 5,000 wounded.

The Qin army in the city suffered very little losses, the Chu army attacked the city for a day, Ji Bu received an arrow on his shoulder, and had no choice but to retreat, and after a whole day of siege, except for the dead General Cao, they did not even climb the wall of Yongqiu.

Looking at the dejected Chu Jun, Xiang Ye frowned. He rode on horseback, looking at the Yongqiu city wall, and a thought flashed through his mind.

Facing the impregnable Yongqiu City, Xiang Yu also felt a little helpless.

Ji Bu was the first brave general under his account, and Ji Bu was injured because the siege ladder could not be relied on, so the Qin army on the city wall seized the opportunity to shoot and wound him. Facing the slippery and greasy city wall, Xiang Yu felt helpless for the first time since his expedition to the west.

"Wei Feng, you come with me to General Xiang Yu's camp." The army set up camp, and after Xiang Ye settled everything, he said to Wei Feng, who was busy sorting out the covering.

Wei Feng answered, threw the cover on the straw mat, and followed Xiang Ye out of the tent.

"What's wrong with Shi Lei?" After the two walked out of a distance side by side, Xiang Ye asked Wei Feng as if he didn't care.

Wei Feng shook his head, sighed, and replied to Xiang Ye, "His condition is very bad, and it may take a long time to recover." ”

"This bastard boy!" Xiang Ye smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said a little helplessly: "I stole someone's daughter-in-law, and I haven't really sobered up yet, don't let him have more contact with outsiders recently." If I think correctly, Zhong Liwu and Long He went to save us, but they only brought him back, and they still looked down on him in their hearts. Liu Bang should hate him to the bone now, and we should let him have less contact with people. Although he used to mess around in the market, he was very unfamiliar emotionally, the first time he invested in his feelings, and he met a woman like Lu Pheasant, you have to remember that we are all brothers, and you can look down on him all day, but I can't do it with you, there is no other reason, the only reason is that we are brothers! ”

"yes, I see!" Wei Feng nodded, and followed Xiang Ye towards Xiang Yu's big tent.

After Xiang Ye walked a distance, he suddenly said to Wei Feng as if he remembered something: "Among these brothers, you are the oldest, and I will not be there in the future, you will have to help take care of them." You must remember that no matter how good someone else's woman is, don't think about possession. If someone finds out, we won't take it for granted. ”

"General rest assured!" Wei Feng smiled slightly, and said to Xiang Ye: "I am different from Shi Lei, I have no interest in other people's women at all, as for the other brothers, I will definitely help you manage them well and not let them be like Shi Lei." ”

"Hmm!" Xiang Ye nodded, and continued to walk towards Xiang Yu's big tent with Wei Feng.

As soon as the two of them approached the big tent, they heard Xiang Yu's angry voice coming from inside.

"What kind of battle is this?" There was a sound of pottery breaking in the big tent, and then Xiang Yu's roar came: "There are almost 2,000 dead, and only one person has climbed the city, so what's going on with the city wall?" Can't even build a ladder? ”

Xiang Ye and Wei Feng were still some distance away from the big tent, and they didn't hear anyone in the tent answer, but after Xiang Yu roared, the big tent was temporarily quiet, and his roar was not heard again.

"Who? Hold it! As soon as Xiang Ye and Wei Feng walked more than ten steps away from the big tent, two soldiers stopped them, and one of them said to them: "General Xiang is discussing important military affairs, please avoid them." ”

Xiang Ye arched his hand to the two soldiers and said, "I am here for military affairs, and I ask my brother to help me." ”

The two soldiers looked at him and Wei Feng from head to toe, and one of them frowned and said, "Wait! ”

Xiang Ye was a little depressed, he had never suffered this kind of treatment in Liu Bang's military camp, if it weren't for the murderous Shi Lei who got Liu Bang's wife, it is estimated that Liu Bang would not have been so blatantly ill-intentioned towards Meng Su, let alone risk the world's disapproval to do something to them.

A soldier turned around and ran into Xiang Yu's big tent, Xiang Ye and Wei Feng stood in place and waited quietly, if it weren't for Xiang Ye's full confidence in the method he thought of this time, when Xiang Yu was furious, he would definitely turn around and leave with Wei Feng.

After a while, the soldier ran out, waved his hand at Xiang Ye and Wei Feng, pointed to the big tent with his thumb and said, "General Xiang called you over, don't say that my brother didn't remind you, this will make him angry, you better not talk nonsense." ”

"Thank you, brother!" Xiang Ye hugged his fists at the soldier and thanked him, and said to Wei Feng, "Let's go over!" ”

As soon as he entered the big tent, Xiang Ye smelled a heavy breath.

Xiang Yu knelt on the main seat, frowned, and glared at Xiang Ye and Wei Feng, who had just entered the tent.

Zhong Liwu, Ji Bu and the others sat on the left and right sides respectively, and when Xiang Ye entered the tent, Yingbu and Long He looked up at him, while the others lowered their heads and didn't know what they were thinking.

Xiang Ye bowed to Xiang Yu, who was full of anger, and saluted with his fists and said, "General, the last general has taken the liberty to come here specifically for today's siege!" I hope you will forgive me for disturbing the general's deliberations! ”

Hearing Xiang Ye say that he came specifically for the siege of the city during the day, Xiang Yu sat up straight, stretched out a hand and made a gesture to him to sit down, and said: "General Xiang Ye is here specifically for this matter, presumably he has a high opinion, please sit down, Xiang Ji is willing to hear the details!" ”

Xiang Ye bowed and sat at the bottom of the position, while Wei Feng naturally stood behind him.

"Today's siege, according to the observation of the last general, the Qin army should have painted mountain paint on the city wall. This thing is slippery and tough, and our army failed to attack the city, not because it could not rush to the foot of the city, but because the siege ladder could not be relied on, and if you want to crack this thing, you can only use fire. ”

"With fire?" When Xiang Ye's words came out, everyone in the tent, including Xiang Yu, was dazzled, and they all leaned over to look at Xiang Ye.

"If the general has any good plan, please come quickly!" From Xiang Ye's words, Xiang Yu seemed to hear some eyebrows, and hurriedly said to Xiang Ye: "If the strategy is feasible, once Yongqiu City is broken, I will reward the general heavily!" ”

Xiang Ye smiled and said to Xiang Yu: "Mountain paint is an oily thing, it can't stand baking, as long as you can put a fire under the city and burn him for a day and a night, the mountain paint painted on the city wall will inevitably peel off, and even if there is a small amount of residue, it will become dry and lose its oiliness." When the fire is extinguished, our army will attack the city again, and it will definitely be broken in one fell swoop! ”

"Good way!" Before Xiang Yu could speak, Long He on the side first slapped his thigh violently and said to Xiang Yu: "Big brother, General Xiang Ye's method is good!" Otherwise, I'll take someone to Yongqiu City tonight and put a fire! ”

Xiang Yu pinched his chin and glared at Long He with a frown. The excited dragon immediately shut up after being glared, and obediently sat aside to look at his nose, nose, mouth, and heart, and instantly became like a monk who had entered the meditation.

"Please ask General Xiang Ye to come up with an idea for this matter." Seeing Long He sitting back honestly, Xiang Yu said to Xiang Ye: "Although this plan is exquisite, if Li You knows, it is very difficult to implement it, I don't know what the general's good plan is?" ”

Xiang Ye smiled, reached out and twisted his chin, which did not grow a beard, and said to Xiang Yu: "Without further ado, it's best to start the action tonight." Please ask the general to get me a hundred ploughing oxen and a hundred wagons of hay, these things should be obtained before the second watch, and we must do it at the third watch! ”

"Can you tell me more about how to do it?" Xiang Yu furrowed his brows and asked Xiang Ye curiously.

Xiang Ye shook his head and said mysteriously: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed!" ”

"Good! Just do what the general does! What everyone in the tent didn't expect was that Xiang Yu not only did not get angry because Xiang Ye refused to answer the question, but laughed out loud and shouted outside the tent: "Come on, go get a hundred ploughing cattle and a hundred carts immediately!" ”

After coming out of Xiang Yu's big tent, Xiang Ye did not immediately return to the barracks, but took Wei Feng to the place where the Chu army lined up during the day.

The two of them looked at Yongqiu from afar with a few fires on the city wall, Xiang Ye said to Wei Feng: "Five hundred steps, are you sure that you can shoot that far?" ”

Wei Feng raised his head high and looked at the city wall, then he stretched out a hand, dipped a little spit on his thumb, shook his head and said, "Difficult!" Tonight is a southerly wind, and although I use a famous bow, I am not sure that I will be able to shoot at a target 500 paces away! ”

"Push closer, 300 steps?" Xiang Ye frowned at first, and then asked, "At a distance of three hundred steps from the city wall, are you sure that you will hit the target?" ”

Wei Feng nodded, and said to Xiang Ye: "I have this certainty, it's only a distance of three hundred steps, and the Qin crossbow can shoot us even if it's not a tailwind, not to mention that it's a tailwind tonight, it's very dangerous!" ”

"Hehe, it's okay!" Xiang Ye patted Wei Feng on the shoulder and said to him: "I will naturally let you hide your traces in front of them, and I will go with you then, if you are really discovered, you will not be alone on the Huangquan Road!" ”

"Haha! The general laughed! Hearing Xiang Ye say this, Wei Feng raised his head and laughed, and said to Xiang Ye: "I, Wei Feng, can meet the general, and call you a brother and brother, I am already very satisfied, since the general commanded, how can I regret this cheap life?" I'll go alone tonight, and the general will just tell me what I'm going to do!" ”

Xiang Ye smiled, looked left and right, and saw that there was no one else around, so he attached himself to Wei Feng's ear and whispered something.

Wei Feng nodded as he listened, and when Xiang Ye finished speaking, he glared at Xiang Ye in amazement and asked, "Are you sure you can do this?" ”

"Why not?" Xiang Ye smiled and said to Wei Feng: "If you don't want to lose a single soldier, and you want to burn a big fire under Yongqiu City, I really can't think of a better idea than this!" ”