Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 457: The offensive is irresistible!

After explaining everything, Xiang Yan secretly left Dangyang City with the servant sent by Xiong Qi, without realizing that there was a pair of eyes staring at them from behind.

Inside the Qin army camp.

Li Mu and a group of generals are waiting for the news. Li Mu has given them combat instructions. As soon as they are sure that Xiang Yan has left Dangyang City, they will launch an attack and swallow up all the 200,000 Chu troops in Dangyang City. The direct road to Yingdu.

The sound of hurried footsteps and the clash of armors sounded outside the camp. A messenger quickly walked into the camp and said those words under the expectant eyes of all the generals.

"Commander, Xiang Yan left Dangyang City with the King of Chu's envoy! My spies found that there were many more Chu army scouts around Dangyang City than usual, and there were more Chu soldiers guarding the city than before."

"Great!"

"Finally a chance!"

Some generals clenched their fists and said excitedly that Xiang Yan could implement their plan without them.

"Okay!" Li Mu stood up from his commanding position and said, "Su Jiao obeys the order!"

"The general is here!" Su Jiao said, cupping his fists.

"You are the vanguard general. Tomorrow you will be responsible for leading the Ruishi camp and the trapped camp to attack the city! I will hand over all the archer corps and two White Tigers to you. We must capture Dangyang City!"

"General, take your orders!" Su Jiao said, cupping his fists.

"Zhao Tuo obeys the order!"

"The general is here!"

"Tomorrow you will lead the C-shaped legion to attack from the east gate of Dangyang to attract the troops of Dangyang City. At the same time, you need to send people to block the Chu army in Fangnei Mountain!"

"The general will obey your orders!"

"Ren Xiao!"

"The end will be here."

"Tomorrow you lead your soldiers to attack from the west gate of Dangyang City. You are not required to attack Dangyang City, but you must act like the main force and cover the main attack!"

"The last general takes command!"

"Meng Wu, listen to the order! You will lead the 20,000 cavalry under your command to bypass the Dangyang road after the attack tomorrow and ambush behind Dangyang City. When Dangyang City falls, the Chu army will inevitably be defeated and flee. I need you to do your best. Behead the Chu army!"

"promise!"

After arranging all the orders, Li Mu raised the handsome seal in his hand and said

"Gentlemen, after breakfast tomorrow, attack the city at midnight!"

"promise!"

After receiving the order, the generals left the camp and went back to prepare for the siege.

Suicheng.

At this time, Suicheng was surrounded by the Qin Army, and there was no way out. Xiang Liang stood on the top of the city, surrounded by exhausted soldiers. Even Xiang Liang himself was exhausted at this moment.

"Young Master, the king's edict is here." Xiang Liang's lieutenant said, holding a dove.

"Give it to me." Xiang Liang took the pigeon and took out the letter from the pigeon's leg.

He opened the letter and there was only one sentence inside: "Hold the city and do not retreat."

"Young Master, what instructions does the king have?" the deputy general asked curiously.

Xiang Liang glanced at the gloomy sky and the continuous Qin army camps outside Dangyang City and handed the letter in his hand to the deputy general.

After seeing the content, the deputy general was a little surprised and a little angry.

"This is unreasonable. Does your Majesty doubt our confidence in fighting the Qin army?" the deputy general cursed angrily.

Xiang Liang glanced at the deputy general but said nothing. The lieutenant general was unaware of Xiang Yan's previous order to retreat from Jingling. After Xiang Yan's order was sent, before Xiang Liang had time to think about how to withdraw his troops, the Qin army surrounded Suicheng and destroyed all the docks and ships on the docks, making Suicheng completely A dead city.

Seeing that there was no way to break out, Xiang Liang hid Xiang Yan's order in order to stabilize the morale of the army. Now that Xiong Qi's order came, Xiang Liang had problems with his consciousness.

The deputy general was still angrily scolding the officials in Yingdu, while Xiang Liang looked at the Qin army camp below without saying a word, thinking about the current situation in Yingdu.

Xiong Qi's order passed over Xiang Yan and was directly given to him. This shows that Xiong Qi has become wary and suspicious of Xiang Yan. Disagreement between kings and generals is a taboo in wartime.

"This is the usual method used by Qin State." Xiang Liang said in a low voice.

Divorce tactics can be said to be a common method used by the Qin State, but this method is often the most effective method for generals fighting abroad. The general has a large number of troops outside, and the monarch is in the palace with no power. As long as there is any abnormality, the danger signal will be infinitely amplified in the hearts of both parties.

"What did you say, young master? What is the usual method used by the Qin State?" The deputy general looked at Xiang Liang in confusion.

"Nothing, I'm talking about the Qin army's attack method outside the city." Xiang Liang shook his head and said, whether it was Xiang Yan's order, Xiong Qi's order or his guess about the current situation in Yingdu. It cannot be leaked, otherwise the morale of the entire 40,000 soldiers in the city will fall apart in an instant.

"The Qin army's attack on the city is still the same as before. If we didn't have enough soldiers, we might not be able to defeat the Qin army." The deputy general said.

The Qin army's siege was suppressed by a hail of arrows. The Ruishi battalion was responsible for attacking the city wall, and the Xianden battalion was responsible for attacking the city gate. Although the method was very common, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army was much higher than that of these soldiers who had just been trained for a short time. If it were not for their defenders Enough that Suicheng has fallen now.

"Let the city prepare more bows and arrows and rolling wood and rocks. The Qin army will not let us go easily." Xiang Liang said.

"No. I just don't know when reinforcements will arrive." The deputy general said in a low voice.

Reinforcements? There should be no more. Xiang Liang thought in his heart that now all the elites of the Chu State were dragged into Dangyang City, and it was lucky that the troops in other cities could defend their own cities. There were no soldiers to support them.

"The Book of War says: When attacking a city, there is only one missing. When attacking a city, a way out is usually left for the defenders to prevent the defenders from jumping over the wall and fighting to the end. How could Wang Jian, a famous general in hundreds of battles, not know this truth, but he first sent someone to general All the roads leading to the city's breakout were blocked in order to trap us. As long as there are troops from other cities to support us, they can encircle the point and provide reinforcements.

Our docks and ships have been destroyed, and the Lishui River has been controlled by the Qin army. They can go down the river at any time to attack Anlu and enter Yunmengze. The reason why we are besieging us now is simply because we are worried that the troops stationed in Peiwei Mountain will cut off their retreat, so we are besieging us in order to lure the garrison troops stationed in Peiwei Mountain, Xinshi and Anlu to support us. "Xiang Liang clenched his fists and said.

"Damn the Qin army." The deputy general cursed. Although they knew the Qin Army's plan, their numbers and strength were not as good as the Qin Army's, so they could only scold the Qin Army to relieve their helplessness.

"How much food do we have?" Xiang Liang asked.

When it came to food, the deputy general's face became even more ugly, and his whole person revealed a sense of powerlessness.

"With the food we brought back from Tangcheng, it's enough to support the army for a month."

"Where are the people?" Xiang Liang continued to ask. "If you include the people, the food in the city can only last for half a month." The deputy general said while avoiding Xiang Liang's eyes.

"How could this happen? Although the food and grass in Suicheng is not as much as that in Tangcheng, it should be enough to support the whole city for two months." Xiang Liang asked with a gloomy face.

"It's the governor of Suicheng. Before the war, he sold half of the grain in Suicheng's granary to wealthy businessmen. If Da Sima hadn't ordered the military grain and civilian warehouses to be separated, I'm afraid our military grain would have been sold too," the deputy general said.

"Damn it, where are the others?" Xiang Liang asked.

"After we retreated to Suicheng, we ran away secretly." The deputy general said with evasive eyes.

"Why are you telling me now?" Xiang Liang said coldly.

"It was my subordinate who failed in his duty and allowed him to run away," the deputy general said.

Xiang Liang pulled out the sword from his waist and wanted to kill the deputy general on the spot, but thinking that the Qin army was watching him with eager eyes, he checked the sword back and said

"That's all, I think we are in need of people at this time, so I will spare your life for the time being."

"Thank you, young master."

"If the news is concealed, the king's edict cannot be spread, you know?" Xiang Liang said.

"promise!"

Xiang Liang looked at the Qin army camp below and was already preparing for the worst.

Inside the Qin army camp.

Wang Jian was discussing with Sima Su how to go south to attack Anlu.

"Chu's army is divided into three parts. The one in Xiling has been captured by Yang Duanhe. Now Yang Duanhe should have arrived in the Jiangnan area. Li Mu led the army to hold Xiang Yan back. According to the intelligence sent back, , there was a problem between Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi, and it was only a matter of time before Yangcheng was captured. And the last part was also the 60,000 army led by Xiang Liang.

In the battle of Tangcheng, there were only 40,000 Chu troops left, all of whom were following the city. His docks and ships have been destroyed by us, and we can attack Anlu directly along the river. "Sima Su said.

"There are still 20,000 Chu troops accompanying Weishan. If they cut off the connection between us and the navy going south, the navy will be in danger." Wang Jian shook his head and said.

"We can take a gamble and let my subordinates lead the navy south." Sima Su said.

Wang Jian still shook his head and said

"No, the navy is the key to our attack on Chu this time. We can't even siege Ying without the navy."

Seeing that Wang Jian was still cautious as usual, Sima Su could only give up the idea of ​​going south alone.

While Wang Jian was studying other ways out, a messenger hurriedly broke into the camp.

"Why are you so panicked?" Wang Jian asked with a frown.

"The general sent people with the Chu army from Weishan. They said they would surrender to our Qin country." The messenger said hurriedly.

"What did you say? The Chu army accompanying Weishan is going to surrender?" Wang Jian grabbed the messenger and asked.

"That's right, there is also a Confucian gentleman named Zhan Taique accompanying us." The messenger said.

Wang Jian let go of the messenger, and Sima Su whispered:

"General, Zhan Tai is a great scholar in Chu. I heard about him when I was stationed in Xin and Cai. The defenders at Paiwei Mountain seem to be brothers from the same clan as him."

"No matter what, we need to meet him." Wang Jian said.

Wang Jian knew some things about Confucianism, but he didn't know much about Zhan Tai. However, it was related to Peiwei Mountain and would affect the overall war against Chu. He had to meet someone.

"No." The messenger said and went out.

Soon the messenger led Zhan Taiqu into the camp together with a man in armor who looked 70% similar to Zhan Tai.

"Meet General Wang Jian and General Sima." Zhan Tai said.

"I've met Mr. Zhan Tai, but I wonder who this is?" Wang Jian looked at the man next to Zhan Tai and asked.

"This is my younger brother, and he is also the general of the garrison at Paiweishan. He was the commander of Anlu in Qin State before the Nanjun Three Lands fell." Zhan Tai said with a smile.

Hearing what Zhan Tai said, Wang Jian and Sima Su smiled knowingly. After Xiong Qi took over the three places of Nanjun, he purged the original officials of the Qin State, but some officials were left behind. These people were once people of the Qin State, and many of them secretly became Qin State officials. The intermediary of Chu State.

"I feel ashamed to say that I had no choice but to agree to Xiong Qi." Zhan Taihan said.

Zhan Taihan was planning to run away at first, but his family was detained, and he had no choice but to stay in Chu State, because he was a county lieutenant of Qin State before. In order to stabilize the three areas of Nanjun, Xiong Qi also Instead of killing him, he was given an official position as a general accompanying the Weishan garrison and transferred him away. This can not only stabilize the three areas of Nanjun, but also transfer him away from the core of Chu State.

After Zhan Taihan became the general of the Peiwei Mountain garrison, he always wanted to contact Qin secretly, but Xiong Qi monitored them very strictly, and he never had the chance. Now that Qin is attacking Chu, Zhan Taihan doesn't pretend The man who killed Xiong Qi in the Peiwei Mountain garrison, seized control of Peiwei Mountain, and found his brother Zhan Tai but came to surrender to Qin.

After listening to Zhan Taihan's words, Wang Jian and Sima Su both expressed their understanding and promised to tell Ying Zheng about his difficulties and pardon his family.

"With General Zhantai's help, we no longer have any worries." Wang Jian said, "General Sima, lead your troops south immediately."

"promise!"

At this time, Xiang Liang, who was actively preparing to defend the city, had no idea that the Peiwei Mountain garrison behind him had surrendered to Qin, nor did he know that Wang Jian was preparing to surround them instead of attacking them, and instead went south to attack Anlu.

The next day, it's sunny.

When Xiang Bo was patrolling the city as usual, the loud sound of the trumpet made him scream in his heart.

"The Qin army is about to attack the city!" Xiang Bo shouted.

The alarm bell sounded in Dangyang City, and the defenders of Dangyang prepared their plans to defend the city. Xiang Bo looked at the dense army outside the city, and his whole body was extremely nervous. He knew that this time the Qin army was really serious.

"Damn it, why did the Qin army attack the city at this time?" Xiang Bo cursed secretly. Xiang Yan just left yesterday, and the Qin army attacked the city today. If there was no problem, Xiang Bo would not believe it, but there is no time now. Let’s delve deeper into this matter.

At this time, Li Mu was in the center, and the front army was led by Su Jiao. Following Li Mu's order, the Qin army began to attack the city.

When the Chu army on Yang City fired arrows wildly and threw thunder stones and rolled logs to block the Qin army's attack, Su Jiao nodded to the deputy general next to him when he saw more and more Chu troops on the city.

The deputy general immediately raised his flag, and two white tigers rushed out of the Qin army's camp.

Xiang Bo, who was guarding the city, saw the two white tigers rushing out of the Qin army's camp. He was suddenly horrified, but then he ordered:

"Shoot arrows! Stop these two machine beasts from approaching!"

After hearing the order, the Chu soldiers immediately drew their bows and drew arrows to prepare for the two White Tigers approaching from below.

(End of this chapter)