Chapter 385: Trapped in Pengcheng
The battle outside Pengcheng made Vice General Lin feel uneasy, and he really believed in Chen Yang's ability to help him, otherwise, Princess Mingyue would not have handed over the commander of the 60,000-strong army to him.
"I'm willing to obey the command of Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Vice General Lin thought for a while, knelt down and said.
As Vice General Lin gave in, all the soldiers knelt down.
Mingyue's hanging heart finally fell, and she glanced at Chen Yang, her eyes full of gratitude.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, hurry up and give an order, right?" Chen Yang said.
"The generals will listen to the order! You will lead your men and horses to retreat into the city and defend the four gates, and there must be no mistakes!" Mingyue said loudly.
The generals looked at Mingyue in puzzlement, the enemy had just retreated twenty miles, why didn't they chase after them, but retreated to the city, but seeing the princess's determined look, the generals left the city lord's mansion with doubts and prepared to go.
"Heizi, immediately take someone to inform Qinglong and the others, and immediately take his soldiers and push them into the city before dawn. Remember, don't dismantle the bridge over the river. Mingyue said to Kuroko.
"Understood, I'm going to inform them. Kuroko said.
"Chen Yang, do you think there is anything else that needs to be arranged?" Mingyue said.
"Escort Prince Chu to the dungeon and keep him under strict guard, you must not let him have an accident, and you can't let him come out. Chen Yang said.
Mingyue still agreed to the result of Prince Chu's treatment, she was afraid that Chen Yang would be angry and kill Prince Chu, making it difficult for her to clear her name of killing her brother.
"Escort Lei, the task of guarding Prince Chu is entrusted to you, you heard what Chen Yang said just now, something happened, you come to see him!" Mingyue said sharply.
"My subordinates understand, I will personally guard it, and nothing will happen!" said the Lei guard.
"Mingyue, you can't put me in a dungeon, if I enter the dungeon, I will only have a dead end. Prince Chu suddenly spoke.
"It turns out that you have been awake, I don't kill you, it's already benevolent enough, I didn't expect that when the army was pressing, you cruelly let the 60,000 army die in the hands of the enemy for the throne, and you also wanted to kill your own sister. Mingyue said fiercely.
"Put the Prince of Chu in the dungeon!" Chen Yang ordered.
At the moment of the great enemy, he can't let Prince Chu say more here, if Princess Mingyue's heart softens and lets Prince Chu go, they will fall short, and Pengcheng will not be protected.
"Sister, don't listen to Chen Yang's words as an outsider, he will take the throne of our Zhang Chu Kingdom, and you will regret it then!"
His words made Mingyue and Chen Yang both throb in their hearts, and they looked at each other in unison, under the dim torches, they couldn't see the expressions on each other's faces clearly, but it could be seen from this action that both sides had some doubts.
But at the moment of the great enemy, Chen Yang couldn't care about it, and said: "Princess Mingyue, we don't have time to rest, hurry up and go to the city wall to check the defense, as soon as the morning dawns, General Han knows the situation, and the army will attack the city." ”
"Is there only one way to stick to it? If we are surrounded, we won't be able to run if we want to?" Mingyue said worriedly.
"You can only wait for help, you don't know the prestige of General Han, known as the god of war, and we can only wait for your father's reinforcements to save us. Chen Yang said.
The eastern sky finally revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and soon a red sun rose into the sky, illuminating the earth with golden light.
Mingyue and Chen Yang, who were standing on the tower of the West Gate City, had not slept all night, and had experienced life and death, at this time, they looked extremely tired, looked at the soldiers of all nations outside the city, and rushed over with a shout.
"It's really here!" Mingyue said with a wry smile.
"What are you afraid of? The soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth, and the sunspot will obey the order!" Chen Yang shouted.
"Kuroko is here!" Kuroko replied loudly, carrying a sledgehammer.
"Release the arrows!" Chen Yang ordered.
"Shoot the arrows!"
With the shout of the sunspot, ten thousand arrows suddenly fired on the city wall, and the black pressed arrows flew towards the armies of all countries as fast as a flock of birds. In an instant, the soldier fell to the ground. Blocked by the volley of thousands of arrows, the speed of the attack slowed down significantly.
Arrows from soldiers of all nations also rained down on the walls.
"Enter the bunker!" Kuroko gave an order, and all the soldiers crowded into the bunker built with the door panel, and there was a sound of "brushing, brushing, brushing" from the door panel, and tens of thousands of sharp arrows were all shot on the door panel, without hurting the soldiers, and tens of thousands of sharp arrows were obtained.
After just one round of attacks, the defenders of Pengcheng won a temporary victory, which was immediately inspiring and morale-boosting.
Mingyue, who came out of the bunker, asked Chen Yang puzzled: "Where did you learn to fight, and you can use it as soon as you use it?"
Chen Yang smiled and said, "Of course, I learned from books, and I don't know if it works, but I didn't expect it to work after a try!"
Chen Yang had never fought before, and seeing the current situation, he could only search for those combat cases with the same situation from his memory and use them.
"What book?" Mingyue asked.
"The Book of War. Chen Yang said.
After a short rest, the troops of all nations outside the city began a second attack with their shields in hand. But when they only attacked the moat, they were blocked by the deep water, and they were helpless by the moat, and the soldiers gathered more and more.
Seeing the chaotic soldiers of all nations crowded by the moat and helpless, Chen Yang immediately ordered Heizi, Qinglong and others to each bring 2,000 elite soldiers, rush out of the four gates, and then retreat into the city under the suppression of the archers on the city.
This burst of charge caused chaos among the armies of all nations, killing and wounding countless people, and dampening their spirit.
In front of the battle by the big river, General Han had been constantly reported the news, and he was angry and angry: "Chen Yang, I must break your body into ten thousand pieces!"
"General, Chen Yang's martial arts cultivation is not something we can fight against, they are in the city, the city is high and the walls are thick, we are under the city, and there is a moat to block us, we are at a disadvantage, it is better for us to besiege and not attack, tens of thousands of troops and 100,000 people in the city, within a month, the grain and grass will be cut off, and we will be able to defeat ourselves without a fight. The staff officer of the accompanying army suggested.
"This plan is very good, immediately send someone to contact Prime Minister Zhou, ask him to return to attack Pengcheng, and defend Zhang Chuguo's army to support, doesn't Chen Yang want to hold Pengcheng? We will trap him here. General Han said.
"We can block the upper reaches of the river and cut off the water supply to Pengcheng. The staff officer of the army said.
"Send soldiers to immediately go to the upper reaches of the river to build a dam, dig the river and the moat, and divert the water from the moat to the lower reaches of the river, without leaving them a little water, I think Chen Yang can hold on for how long?" General Han ordered.
Mingyue and the generals on the city wall were relieved to see the sudden retreat of the armies of all nations.
"No, General Han must have some strategy? I have only attacked twice, it is impossible to give up?" Chen Yang said puzzled.