Chapter Eighty-Three: Preparing for War
Liu Bang looked at the mighty Xiang Yu with eager eyes, hoping to get his affirmative answer.
Xiang Yu was slightly surprised, thinking that now was the time to unanimously confront the enemy, and then laughed loudly: "It's rare that Pei Gong has such affection, let's worship as brothers of the opposite sex, share the same hatred of the enemy, and overthrow the tyrannical Qin as soon as possible." ”
Liu Bang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said sincerely: "The young general does not dislike it, it is really Liu Bang's blessing, although Liu Bang is a few years older, but he has admired the general for a long time, in terms of talent and merit, the young general should be respected as a brother, I am a brother, I don't know what the brother wants?"
"Pei Gong doesn't have to be so humble, the elders are the greatest, from now on you are the brother, I am the brother. Xiang Yu said boldly.
"Okay, Brother Xiang is really happy, we will swear by blood, in front of all the generals, worship heaven and earth, and hope that you and my brothers will work together to create a great cause from now on!"
"Brothers work together, destroy the tyrannical Qin, and create a great cause together!" Everyone drinks this cup together!" Xiang Yu raised his wine glass with high interest and drank it all.
All the soldiers also drank it all, although the two teams were their own masters, but at this moment they were sincerely united and attacked Qin together.
Xiang Zhuang stood up and said frankly: "Pei Gong, don't talk too much, you come all the way, you must also know the current situation in Chengyang, if you want to capture Chengyang, you must destroy Chen Qi first, but Chen Qi is really powerful, I don't know if anyone in your army can take down this person?"
Liu Bang looked around at his soldiers and was silent.
Suddenly, Xiahou Ying said loudly: "The last general is willing to meet him for a while, he only knows that Baiyue's spells are subtle, where do you know that my Central Plains Dao Technique is even better." ”
Xiang Zhuang poured a full bottle of wine and raised it to Xiahou Ying, "General Xia is brave, may the gods of heaven and earth bless the general to open the banner and succeed." ”
Xiahou Ying took it, first dipped her fingers in the wine to salute the sky, and then sprinkled the rest of the wine on the earth.
Xiang Zhuang also ordered the guard Gao Jian to put out a screen, on which a map was hung.
This map is a picture that Ling'er spent a night, and she recently consulted many generals and soldiers who were familiar with the nearby terrain to draw the terrain around Chengyang overnight.
Waiting for the generals to surround him, Xiang Zhuang pointed to the map and said: "Everyone, please see, this is Chengyang, I discussed with the young general to prepare to surround the three queyi, now Sima Xin and Chen Qi rely on the high wall and do not come out, when General Xia destroys Chen Qi, Sima Xin will definitely not be able to hold the lonely city, and will definitely escape from the side where we are not surrounded, as long as he escapes, we can take the opportunity to destroy him." ”
"That's a good idea!" everyone agreed.
Xiang Yu waved his hand to stop the commotion, and motioned for Xiang Zhuang to continue.
Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said: "Our army and Pei Gong's army have a total of 50,000 troops, I will now make overall arrangements, General Fan and General Ji will lead 10,000 horses to camp outside the north gate of Chengyang, and be sure to gamble on the road to the breakthrough of the Qin soldiers, and not one person." ”
"No!" Fan Ji and the others suddenly agreed, and immediately ordered the people from the headquarters to go to the north gate.
Xiang Zhuang said to Zhou Bo again: "General Zhou, you and Xiang He led 10,000 horses and set up camp outside the south gate of Chengyang. ”
"No!" Zhou Bo and Xiang It received the order, and immediately beat their horses and walked into the formation, and lit up the soldiers to look at the south gate of Chengyang.
Seeing the four generals lead the army away one after another, Xiang Zhuang ordered again: "The army is still camped at the West Gate. ”
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Chengyang Chengtou.
Seeing that the Chu army was divided into camps, the corners of Chen Qi's mouth couldn't help but bloom a sneer, "Surround three queyi? Xiang Yu'er can't help but underestimate me too much, if I Chen Qi wants to break through, can he stop it? Not to mention that they can't attack the city at all.
Sima Xin felt in a trance, anxious in his heart, and said: "General Chen, don't underestimate the enemy, now that the reinforcements of the Chu army have arrived, the morale has increased greatly, and I heard that there are many strange and fierce warriors in Liu Bang's army, and tomorrow will attack the city, our army should be fully prepared to be worry-free." ”
Chen Qi said with a smile: "Last time, it was the last general who underestimated them, this time I will use the most mysterious and vicious Gu Poison Array composed of the most mysterious and vicious ancient beasts in Baiyue to deal with the Chu army, so that they will not return." ”
Sima Xinqi said, "What is the mystery of this Gu Poison Array?"
Chen Qi said: "This array is composed of spirit beasts and giant pythons, and the fog spit out by those giant pythons is extremely poisonous, as long as the Chu army rushes into this formation, the limbs of this mist will immediately turn into powder, even if it will fly, it will be difficult to cross this formation." ”
After hearing this, Sima Xin was overjoyed: "General Chen is really the pillar of my Great Qin, even if the Chu army has millions of armor soldiers and thousands of fierce generals, it is really my Great Qin's blessing." ”
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That night, the night was like ink, Ling'er had a strange dream, dreaming that a large group of green snakes opened their teeth and claws to themselves, spitting out layers of mist, they were deeply trapped in it and couldn't move at all, the fox fur on her body fell off layer by layer, and then a long sword with a cold light had slashed towards her neck like lightning, she was suddenly taken aback, and could only watch the long sword slash to her neck, and suddenly Xiang Zhuang's appearance appeared in the air, she desperately wanted to shout for help, but found that her head had fallen to the ground.
Just when she was about to struggle, she suddenly woke up, and it turned out to be Nan Ke's dream.
"Whew. Ling'er couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, this nightmare actually scared her into a cold sweat, and she was faintly worried about tomorrow's war, and even more worried about Xiang Zhuang's safety, he was injured and barely recovered, this time she can't be injured again, she wants to see him immediately, so that he must be ready tomorrow.
Ling'er hurriedly walked to Xiang Zhuang's big tent, and walked outside the tent door to stop the guards: "Gao Jian, is Brother Xiang inside?"
"The general is still reading the book of soldiers, and he has been particularly obsessed with it lately, so go and persuade him, he hasn't closed his eyes for a few days. ”
Ling'er walked in quickly, and sure enough, when she saw where Xiang Zhuang was reading at night, she approached and said: "Brother Zhuang, don't look at it, I just had a nightmare, I dreamed that a group of giant pythons swallowed clouds and spit fog at me, and I was also cut off by a sword, and I was worried in my heart, afraid that it would be ominous." ”
Xiang Zhuang said: "I heard that General Xia Houying is good at divination, let's go to him and do the math." ”
Xiang Zhuang and Ling'er came to Xiahou's infant tent, and Ling'er told him that the scene in this dream was not a good thing, and wanted to ask him to explain the dream. Xiahou Ying said: "I will know as soon as I take the money and divination." ”
Xia Houying was busy arranging incense, personally making incense, searching for gossip, and exclaimed: "It's not good, Chen Qi will use the ancient Gu poison array to deal with us, once our army enters this array, the poison of this Gu will be heavy, and the limbs will be wiped out immediately." ”
Xiang Zhuang said: "If that's the case, does General Xia have a way to crack it?"
Xia Houying said: "This formation is extremely dangerous, but if the formation can be created, there must be a way to solve the formation, as long as we find out the flaws in this formation, we can solve the formation, just wait for tomorrow to watch the formation and see the opportunity to act." ”
The next day, after a night's rest, Xia Houying and Xiang Zhuang Ling'er asked Xiang Yu to be the vanguard, and led 10,000 horses to launch a tentative attack on the west gate of Chengyang.
The head of Chengyang City is still very quiet, under the reflection of the morning sun, everything is so peaceful, so transparent, there are still no Qin soldiers on the city wall, and there is no trace of danger in sight, but the uneasiness in Ling'er's heart is getting stronger and stronger.
The city wall was so quiet that not only was there no voice, but there was not even the sound of the wind, and the entire city wall was shrouded in a lifeless atmosphere, and the people could hardly breathe.