Chapter 67: The Battle of Xiangcheng

Li Ziqi saw that Xiang Yu led his troops to besiege the city, and the flags covered the sky and the sun, and said to the soldiers: "The Chu people will take revenge, and we can only hold on to the city and fight to the death!"

Xiang Yu said: "It is a small county town in Xiangcheng, and the strength of the army is only a few thousand, so we might as well let the sergeants attack from all sides and raze this county to the ground." ”

Ling'er said politely: "Brother Yu, don't underestimate the enemy, Xiangcheng has high walls, we should design a slow attack." ”

Xiang Yu was eager to win, where was he willing to listen, and immediately ordered the soldiers to attack from all sides, set up cloud ladder cannons, and fiercely attack the city.

Li Ziqi personally stood on the city wall, boosting the morale of the Qin soldiers, the Qin soldiers strictly defended to the death, and attacked for two days and nights, and the soldiers on both sides suffered countless casualties, but they were never able to break the city.

Ling'er persuaded again: "Brother Yu, let the soldiers retreat first and make plans, otherwise the casualties of the soldiers will be increased in vain." ”

Xiang Yu was troubled, so he had to let the soldiers retreat for the time being.

Seeing that Xiangcheng was in danger, the people were worried about the revenge of the Chu army, and men, women and children all picked up spears and swords and lined up to form an army, and the crowd was excited: 'Old Qin, go to the national disaster together!'

Zhao Ziqi was greatly excited in his heart, and issued a final order: "Clean up all the number of soldiers, and each name is engraved on the masonry of the city wall inside the city gate." ”

Two hours later, the adjutant general Tian Ping reported to Zhao Qi that there were 21,343 people in the city, and the old and weak, sick and disabled, all the others wrote their names on the south gate city wall, and swore to fight to the death with the Chu army.

Zhao Ziqi immediately led the guards to the city wall, to pay tribute to all the people, the city wall of Xiangcheng, which is less than three miles from east to west, has all turned into blood-stained masonry, all the names are written in blood, and the summer sun reflects the red light of the crystal, which is dazzling and breathtaking.

Zhao Ziqi was deeply shocked by the unexpected move of the old Qin people.

He looked at the blood-red city wall and shouted the oath of the old Qin people: "The old Qin people have always stood in the world with a strong and powerful way, so why not be afraid of the Chu people!

At this time, a person with a clear air said loudly: "Don't worry, don't worry, the villain Yuan Hao has been learning art in Meishan since he was a child, and now when there are thieves, he has come to help the adults to destroy and chase." ”

Zhao Ziqi was overjoyed and said: "The strong man is here, I don't know what trick can be used to relieve the siege of Xiangcheng?"

Yuan Hao said: "There are thieves in the world, with the Chu army the most, the strongest combat power in the Chu army is Xiang Liang Army, the most powerful of Xiang Liang soldiers is Xiang Yu, the villain is here to meet this person, as long as Xiang Yu is taken, the Xiang army will not attack itself, and the siege of Xiangcheng can be solved." ”

Zhao Ziqi said: "The strong man said this very much, but I heard that the feather power is infinite, the spell is strong, and the strong man has to be careful." ”

Yuan Hao said with a smile: "My lord only needs to lead the people to stick to the city, and when I leave the city, I will kill Xiang Yu to get rid of this big trouble." ”

Zhao Ziqi said proudly: "The safety of Xiangcheng is all due to the strong man, and we will defend the city to the death as a backup." At the same time, he strode to the front of a bluestone under the city gate, took out a sword on his body, cut off a finger on his left hand, and wrote eight big characters in blood, ---The city is here, and the city is dead."

At that moment, more than 20,000 people were boiling.

"The city is in the people, the king of the city and the king of the people!"

The next day, Yuan Hao sat on a sturdy white horse, with a wolf tooth arrow on his left back, a peerless sword hanging on his right back, and an iron rod of hundreds of catties in his hand, opened the city gate, and led a team of men and horses to attack Xiang Jun majestically.

Zhao Ziqi went to the city to watch the battle, and Yuan Hao shouted on the horse: "Xiang Yu!

Xiang Yu was furious and said, "Just a puppet, don't be ashamed to say it, suffer death!" Holding the Seven Killing Sword, he urged the sword qi, and the murderous aura swept towards Yuan Hao like a wave.

Yuan Hao let out a long roar, his body rose in the air, and the raised iron rod slashed towards Xiang Yu's long sword.

Xiang Yu's sword light moved, and a sneer slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth - he seemed to have smelled the breath of death, rushing from the other party's chest.

No matter what the other party is holding in his hand, he can't stop his sword, absolutely not!

There was a loud bang, and the long sword and the iron rod collided together, and the sword momentum was unexpectedly stagnant for a moment. A mighty internal force completely blocked Xiang Yu's sword qi, and he couldn't advance another half a point.

Such an obstacle has never been encountered since he obtained the Seven Killing Sword.

When the strong are strong, Xiang Yu's eyes are full of divine light, and the strong strength of the other party arouses his competitive heart. As soon as the wrist sank, the internal force urged, and the true qi of the whole body pressed upward, wanting to break the opponent's iron rod alive.

Yuan Hao seemed to be a little overwhelmed, and suddenly a whirlwind rose from under his feet, rolling up a cloud of black mist, covering Xiang Yu and the people and horses, and a big python was released behind him, opening his huge mouth, and spitting out a burst of poisonous gas.

Ling'er saw that Xiang Yu was in danger, and rushed forward and shouted, "You brute, how dare you hurt my eldest brother Yu with witchcraft?"

Yuan Hao said: 'Who is coming?'

Ling'er said: "I am the Chu general Hu Ling, you don't correct the way, the second is a tyrannical king, killing heroes, slaughtering siblings, indulging in wine, building projects, the people are miserable, the emperor is angry, and wants to exterminate Daqin, but you help the evil and go against the sky, today you are self-defeating." ”

Yuan Hao looked at it fixedly, and said with a cold smile: "It turns out that you are a little fox demon, and you dare to be presumptuous!" With a wave of his hand, the giant python began to spit out bursts of poisonous mist again.

Ling'er suddenly took out the Kunlun mirror in his hand and looked at Yuan Hao's body, the mirror suddenly emitted dazzling lightning up and down to Yuan Hao's body, Yuan Hao couldn't dodge, and immediately appeared in his original form, turning into a big snake, purple scales, red tail, green head, white horns, and a king character on his forehead, with several injuries on his body, died under the horse.

It turned out to be a thousand-year-old snake spirit, but it's a pity that it has been practicing for thousands of years.

Ling'er took out the antidote and took it for Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu came to his senses in time.

When Zhao Ziqi saw Yuan Hao's defeat, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "The sky is going to destroy Great Qin, and we can only fight with death." ”

Xiang Yu saw that Yuan Hao was dead, waved the command flag in his hand, and ordered the soldiers of the whole army to take advantage of the situation to attack the city.

Zhao Zi was fully armed and issued the final order: "Defend the city!" For a while, there were shouts on the city wall, feathers and arrows fell like rain, wooden boulders surged down, and batches of Chu troops died tragically on the ladder.

Xiang Yu jumped like thunder, holding a huge shield like a giant butterfly, blocking the arrow feather wooden base, flying up to the city like thunder, cutting off Zhao Ziqi's head with a sword, and killing all the way from the city to the city, and then killing to the city and opening the city gate, killing all the way to the river of corpses all over the field.

Ling'er led the cavalry into the city, shouting all the way: "Put down your arms, surrender and don't kill!"

Xiang Yu didn't want to think about it, so he yelled fiercely: "Slaughter the city! Kill a piece of armor and leave no one!"