Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 456 Ask the king to beat the drum

"Wind! Wind! Wind! Wind!"

Outside Suicheng, tens of thousands of soldiers of the coalition army stood mightily in the wilderness, shouting loudly.

Pissed off!

Banners cover the sun and spears are like forests!

The phalanx of the coalition army was divided into more than ten phalanxes, and the frontmost ones were all Wu Jun soldiers wearing crimson robes, helmets and armor, with big arms and round waists.

They stared ahead with resolute expressions, and the weapons in their hands reached to the sky.

From top to bottom, looking around, I saw a large red wave, with no end in sight.

Standing on the top of the city, Xiong Zhen, king of Chu, couldn't help swallowing when he saw this scene, his legs and stomach were trembling.

However, he is no longer past Xiong Zhen!

After experiencing so many things in the past six months, Xiong Zhen has more or less grown up by escaping from death.

But, that's all.

"General, can we hold it?"

Xiong Zhen set his eyes on Shen Zhuliang who was on the side.

Shen Zhuliang supported the crenel with one hand, scanned the crowds of people below the city, and said with firm eyes: "My lord, we will definitely hold it!"

"Please, Your Majesty, trust the subjects of Chu State, trust the soldiers of Chu State!"

"Chu people, never let their king down!"

Hearing this, Xiong Zhen couldn't help feeling a little hot on his face, he was ashamed of himself!

He recalled all the past and felt ashamed.

At that time, if Xiong Zhen had been sticking to the palace of Chu, if he hadn't been greedy for life and afraid of death, he would have given it a try, and he might have waited for the reinforcements from the state of Chu from the front line to arrive.

It's a pity that Xiong Zhen retreated at the critical moment.

"My lord, if a big battle breaks out in a while, please beat the drums for our army and supervise the battle personally!"

"it is good!"

Xiong Zhen agreed to Shen Zhuliang's request.

On the battlefield, the role of the monarch's personal conquest is very important.

Even if King Xiong Zhen of Chu just stood here, all the generals and soldiers of the Chu army could see him.

Invisibly, it can increase the morale of Chu people a lot!

Monarchs, be with them!

At the same time, Qingji was also standing at the large banner of the coalition army's central army, standing on the military chariot, looking around.

The capital city of Suiguo also looks quite strong.

The city is more than three feet high, and a moat is set up to flow around the city.

The city walls are all solidified with rammed earth, and there are signs of renovation.

Obviously, the Chu people knew that the Wu army had powerful siege equipment such as trebuchets, so they made early preparations to build the already strong Suicheng even stronger.

It is somewhat puzzling that Suiren would help Chu to abuse and help Chu people resist the invasion of Wu army.

After all, Sui and Chu were sworn enemies many years ago!

Suiguo is the boss of "Princesses of Hanyang".

In the past, King Zhao and King Mu of Zhou continued to send troops to Huaiyi, Yuyue, and Jingchu.

In order to consolidate the control of the southern border, and at the same time to seize the strategic material "copper" and protect the southern expedition channel, Zhou Tianzi sealed some brothers, uncles and nephews surnamed Ji to the upper reaches of the Huai River and the upper reaches of the Han River.

Dozens of feudal states such as Sui, Tang, Cai, Ying, and Xi were established, forming a huge group of feudal states surnamed Ji, known in history as "Hanyang Zhuji".

They are the horns of each other, responsible for monitoring and blocking the alliance between Jingchu, Huaiyi, and Yuyue, and played an important role in stabilizing the south.

From the very beginning, Suiguo had an "indissoluble bond" with Chu.

In a sense, a history of Sui Guo is a history of Sui Chu's relationship.

After King Wu of Zhou conquered Shang and established the state, he successively enfeoffed seventy-one states, including fifteen brothers of King Wu and forty persons from the state surnamed Ji.

As the head of the "Hanyang Zhuji", Suiguo's mission is to monitor the barbarian country in the south to defend the Zhou border.

The Chu Sui war lasted for hundreds of years, and finally ended with Chu's complete victory.

However, Chu State did not destroy Sui State.

Suiguo was able to linger on, but it was also in decline, and the territory was gradually eroded by the Chu people.

At this time, Chu State had completely controlled Sui's neighboring countries and completed the strategic encirclement of the Suizao Corridor.

Suiguo also changed from resisting Chu and resisting Chu to being pro-chu and attached to Chu, becoming Chu's strategic alliance.

The people of Chu have fallen so far, and no one has taken the opportunity to add insult to injury!
"Your Majesty, do you want to order the siege?"

Grand Sima Sun Wu next to him asked.

"Siege!"

"promise!"

As Qingji's order was conveyed, a hundred trebuchets were brought to the front line and placed at the front of the coalition's phalanx.

To be honest, Qingji didn't want to use this cruel strategy of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred to capture this city and eliminate the main force of the Chu army.

However, this is already impossible.

The coalition army has [-] people, and the Chu army in the city also has more than [-] people.

In terms of military strength, the Chu army is slightly more than the coalition army.

It's just that the combat power of these Chu soldiers is not to be praised.

These are not just some improvised soldiers, but also many old men with gray temples, and youngsters who are still immature.

Not to mention a complete set of armor, they may not even be able to do the most basic weapon!

Moreover, Qingji estimated that there were [-] to [-] soldiers and civilians in the city. Even if Shen Zhuliang had already mobilized a large amount of food and grass to store in Suicheng, how long could it last?
As far as the coalition forces are concerned, the best way now is to encircle and not attack, and trap all the soldiers and civilians of Chu State in the city.

Chu people will choose to surrender until they are starving and dying everywhere, and they can't hold on anymore.

Soldiers without a fight!
However, the coalition forces are now under the pressure of the Qin army's upcoming attack.

Qingji had to take down Suicheng first, and eliminate the main force of the Chu army as quickly as possible, before he could focus on dealing with the Qin army who came from afar.

"put!"

With Sun Wu's order, a hundred trebuchets immediately fired all the stone bullets in the leather case.

"Boom!"

A large number of stone bombs and rocks pierced through the air, and suddenly bombarded the city wall, leaving pits and pits one after another.

The soldiers of the Chu army on the top of the city couldn't dodge in time, and some of them were smashed into meatloaf by stone bullets, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere!
The pitiful screams like killing a pig can be heard endlessly.

King Xiong Zhen of Chu looked at a soldier of the Chu Army who was missing arms and legs and was still bleeding like a fountain, and couldn't help but feel acid regurgitation in his stomach, and he almost vomited.

Fortunately, he held back abruptly.

After firing a round of stone bullets, another soldier of the Wu army took the stone bullets and placed them on the holster.

A trebuchet, loaded with seven tips, that is, seven leather cases, can fire seven stone bullets in an instant.

However, this kind of human trebuchet requires a lot of soldiers to operate.

"Hey!"

The soldiers with big arms and round waists shouted chant and pulled the rope with all their strength.

Like a tracker, put the rope on your shoulders, pull it with both hands, and then keep pulling forward.

Dozens of people work together to operate a trebuchet.

"Crack clap..."

With a toothache sound, the gears turned, and the wooden tips were pulled one by one.

"put!"

"Boom!"

Another burst of rocks pierced through the air.

(End of this chapter)