Infinite war begins with Cao thief.

Chapter 289 Besieged on all sides
"What my young master means is that if you don't present the city, we will kill all Xiang Yan's people!"

In Jiangdu City, Chun Shenjun's envoy spoke with a arrogant expression, but he was more confused than anyone else - Xiang Yan's tribe has a far-fetched relationship with Yu Jun, so Xiang Yan's tribe Threatening Yu Jun? Isn't the young master foolish?
"Pfft..."

After hearing what the messenger said, Xu Chu couldn't help but smile.

[You threaten us with the lives of your general and his family? 】

Xu Chu felt the absurdity of Ji Wuye threatening Dong Huangjun with Han An's life before: People in this world have abnormal brains, right?
Other generals also had unkind expressions on their faces that made them laugh or cry.

Zhuge Liang chuckled and said politely: "Please come back with your envoy and tell Lord Chun Shen that if you have any skills, we will do it!"

Zhuge Liang had actually guessed the other party's intention: the other party's war agent wanted to use this to test whether Xiang Yan was dead. If Xiang Yan was already dead, these Xiang Yan's tribesmen would naturally be of little use. After all, it was impossible for the other party to use Xiang Yu's His father sent him here; but if Xiang Yan had not died, then in order to make Xiang Yan return to his heart, Dong Huangjun would most likely get Xiang Yan's people at all costs.

Zhuge Liang took a high look at the other party's war agent. The fact that the other party could instigate Chun Shenjun to make such a suggestion was enough to prove that the other party had become Chun Shen Lord's confidant and high-ranking officer. Being able to come up with such a wild and unconstrained idea also showed that the other party's wisdom was sufficient. It is considered relatively tall among mortals.

But it's still just human wisdom.

"The enemy should not be attacking the city on a large scale in the near future, but we must be careful that the enemy intercepts the water in Hangou and attacks our navy."

Xiang Yan was really sick to death.

The Yu army was really good to them. Apart from being trapped, their food, clothing, housing and transportation were better than when they were with the Xiang clan.

Death is indeed simple, but what if what Yu Jun said is true?
If the foolish king and his slanderous ministers really harm the Xiang family, they are the Xiang family's only hope for revenge!

In the next few days, the Chu army made several tentative attacks and launched a night attack, but did not achieve much results.

However, judgment is judgment, and caution is still necessary.

"Your Majesty will not do this!"

This is the most ugly casualty ratio since the founding of the Dayu Army, and the terribleness of the military formation can be seen from this.

Xiang Yan is not stupid, at least not as politically minded as his grandson.

Xiang Yan hesitated.

He had actually sensed that there might be something wrong with Lord Chun Shen, but then again, who could guarantee that Dayu Jun's remarks were not a stratagem?

Xiang Yan:......

Even when defending the city, even with Huang Zhong, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun and other fierce generals, the casualties between Dayu Army and Chu Army were 1:1.

"The thieves are treacherous and are committing crimes other than war!"

Xiang Yan and his four generals from Feng Linhuoshan discussed several times and finally decided to stay useful.

Xiang Yan made a decision and slept in the tent sent in by Yu Jun.

The outsiders didn't argue, but just said: "Even if the King of Chu is not stupid, will Chun Shen Jun let you go? Who do you think leaked the information about your navy to us? Who do you think will be most affected by your defeat?" Is it beneficial? You know, the conflict between Chun Shenjun and Li Yuan has become intense, and Chun Shenjun doesn’t dare to cross Jiangdong!”

Think carefully? Think carefully!

Dayu not only sent food and drink to Xiang Yan's troops, but also tents, clothes, medicinal materials, and even several doctors.

The situation is unclear, so at least Wu Zixu of the Xiang family must be left behind.

Now Xiang Yanjun was embarrassed.

Trapped behind the Eighth Formation of Stone Soldiers, Xiang Yan's army was unable to respond to calls every day, and watched helplessly as the servant army was eaten bit by bit by Dayu's army.

When the Jiangdu front line and the Chu army fell into a brief calm, Jia Xu had made substantial progress in persuading Xiang Yan to surrender.

At this time, the person with the highest status in the city should be Huang Zhong.

Xiang Yan frowned and yelled.

"Who is coming?"

After Chun Shenjun's envoy was driven away, Zhuge Liang expressed his judgment.

"For now, it's delicious and delicious, but I want to see what Yu Jun does!"

He even considered killing himself at one point.

After that, it’s the “Besieged on All Sides” segment that everyone loves to hear.

However, there is not all good news for Dayu's army.

Finally, the people outside said sincerely: "The general is an outstanding person in the world, so he must have some considerations. I hope the general will think carefully about it!"

However, Dayu's army did not persuade them to surrender again, until one day, the fog of the Eight Stone Soldiers suddenly cleared, and an old man who looked as amiable and harmless as a rich orange cat walked in.

In the Chu State, it was a very honorable thing to overthrow an army and kill a general, but whenever the thought came to his mind, there would always be people outside asking loudly: "General Xiang Yan wants to commit suicide in such a cowardly way. He doesn't want to save his parents, wife and children." Is the whole family taking revenge?”

There are all kinds of mind-attacking tricks.

Jia Xu ordered the prisoners to sing Chu songs at night, especially the homesick Chu songs. During the day, he shouted various slogans, such as "The Yu army treated the prisoners preferentially", "King Chu has killed Xiang Yan's family", and "You are the king of Chun Shen". "Framed" and even "The King of Chu ordered to kill all the Xiang clan" and "Follow the Yu army to have meat to eat"...

Among the military generals, Huang Zhong should be the benchmark for Fazheng and the number one military general. After all, Jia Xu's status is a bit special, and there is no way to benchmark him if he wants to. However, at present, the senior leaders of Dong Huangjun are very harmonious and basically inconsistent. There was internal strife, and Huang Zhong relatively recognized Zhuge Liang's resourcefulness.

The people outside did not force him, but just said: "We have sent food and wine to the battle. Please take care of yourself, general and all the heroes. We have been actively inquiring about the situation of your family. If there is any news, we will help you rescue your family." "

Xiang Yan hated him to death.

The greatest result of the Chu army was the previous main attack, which caused tens of thousands of casualties to the Yu army.

Especially Xiang Yanjun was starving inside, but the aroma of wine and meat came from outside, which made Xiang Yan's troops salivate.

Several generals of Dayu's army took turns patrolling and guarding the city, making sure not to give the Chu army any opportunity to take advantage of it.

Xiang Yan looked at the man in front of her warily.

Although this man's strength gave him the feeling that he was only at the level of myth, and it stands to reason that he could kill him with one hand, it gave him a feeling of extreme danger. It felt as if he was a little mouse, and the other party But it was like an orange cat holding itself in its mouth.

"I am Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe, Prime Minister of Yu Dynasty. I have something important to inform the general!"

Jia Xu, who had already reached the first level of mythology, sounded a little urgent.

Recently, Jia Xu's main energy has been spent on improving his strength. He feels that his talent should be similar to Zhuge Liang. Why can Zhuge Liang, a latecomer, be promoted to the first level of mythology first?

After much deliberation, he came up with the most practical reason - the problem of martial arts.

Neither Dayu's witchcraft nor Yingzhou's yin-yang skills were very suitable for Jia Xu's practice. On the contrary, the yin-yang astrology of the Yin-Yang family in this world was very suitable for Zhuge Liang's practice. So Jia Xu found Concubine Yan, I want to browse through all the techniques of the Yin Yang family.

Concubine Yan gave Jia Xu a share of the skills without any hesitation.

When Jia Xu turned to "Li Hun Chapter", his eyes lit up and he immediately knew what he should practice.

He wanted to practice "Yin Yang Ritual Soul Chapter" and decided to ask Dong Huang to become the god of the underworld.

"Yin Yang Ritual Soul Chapter" As soon as he practiced the Yin Yang Ritual Soul Chapter, Jia Xu felt that his strength increased by leaps and bounds, and he unconsciously began to consume the ghosts in the shadow of death, until all the ghosts below the ninth level were consumed. Jia Xu's strength also increased. Finally reached the peak of the first level of myth.

Just then, the latest intelligence from the north came, and Jia Xu came to see Xiang Yan in person.

"If you are trying to persuade me to surrender, please don't open your mouth!"

Xiang Yan maintained her last stand.

"No, please general, please reorganize your troops quickly!"

The expression on Jia Xu's face became more urgent, and he said sincerely: "We have just received the latest news. The King of Chu has massacred the general's family. Now Li Yuan's army has surrounded the prime minister, vowing to destroy the Xiang family. The prime minister is in danger, but still Please make a decision soon, General!”

"What? How dare you!"

Xiang Yan was furious.

Xiang Yan's generals were all filled with righteous indignation.

We are here fighting for the Chu Kingdom, but you, the King of Chu, really want to slaughter my whole family and my Xiang clan?
"Is this true?"

Feng Jiang couldn't help but ask.

"Our army has prepared ships and 30,000 elite troops, ready to send the generals north to rescue the Prime Minister! If there is a conspiracy, our army does not have to spend so much time."

Jia Xu said sincerely.

"I believe the Prime Minister, our army will go to the Prime Minister now!"

Xiang Yan held Jia Xu's hand. It felt a little cold, but she didn't care.

Now Xiang Yan's mind has been occupied by hatred, because he knows very well that at this time, the Dayu Army has no need to deceive him. Even if the Dayu Army wants to cooperate with them to save the Xiang clan, it is impossible. False, the reason is very simple. The target of Dayu Army is Xiang Yan and his family!
Dayu needs his "Fenglinhuoshan" military formation.

Moreover, as Jia Xu said, if the Yu army wanted to kill them, all they had to do was deny food and starve them to death, so why bother?

The "Fenglinhuoshan" troops who had eaten well and had a good rest recently quickly organized their troops, and following Jia Xu, they all put on their war horses and rode quickly.

Jia Xu was willing to provide them with war horses, which also showed from the side that Jia Xu really had no ill intentions.

Xiang Yan and others were more grateful and more aware of the seriousness of the matter.

Afterwards, Xiang Yan's troops boarded the ship at Yanziji. Zhou Tai's troops, Gao Shun's troops, Zhang Liao's troops, Yue Fei's troops and many generals had been waiting here for a long time.

This time, almost all generals from Dayu's army came out to see with their own eyes the strength of Xiang Yan's army in battle. Next, the army will enter the sea from the river, go north along the coastline, then enter the Huai River, and from the Huai River into the Surabaya River to rescue Xiang Xiang.

Zhou Tai said that he was familiar with this road. During the Three Kingdoms era, he had detoured north of Shouchun through the Huai River and dealt a fatal blow to Yuan Shaojun. This time, it was time for him to perform again.

Xiang Yan and others were even more moved when they saw that Dayu's army was so well prepared and ready for help. Xiang Yan also realized that everyone might have no choice but to join Dayu.

"Yan here thanks King Yu and the Prime Minister. If he can save his people this time, he will definitely repay the King and the Prime Minister to the death!"

When the army was dispatched, Xiang Yan finally couldn't help but speak.

At this time, he did not know that the leader of Dayu was an emperor, and thought he was a king like the Chu State.

"Dayu is His Majesty the Emperor. The general can be called Your Majesty. Your Majesty has been looking forward to the General for a long time. However, this fashion is overseas. His Majesty must be very happy to get the General! Please relax, General. I, Dayu, will definitely help the General save the people. , take revenge on the foolish king and traitorous ministers of Chu!"

Jia Xu promised swornly.

"Yan Ming is grateful for the kindness of His Majesty and the Prime Minister!"

Xiang Yan expressed her gratitude again.

Hao Jing, cabinet.

"As expected of the Prime Minister, it seems that Xiang Yan is stable."

Concubine Yan looked happy when she saw this scene through a mirror.

"Thanks to His Highness Dongjun and the Yin Yang family for the information!"

Jia Xu narrowed her eyes and looked cheerful like a big orange cat that had eaten and drank enough.

"The Prime Minister's plan was good, and I didn't expect that the Prime Minister is also a prodigy in practicing Yin and Yang! No one has been able to master the "Rite Soul Chapter" for hundreds of years."

Concubine Yan praised Jia Xu.

Concubine Yan's praise was definitely out of emotion, not yin and yang.

The "Yin Yang Ritual Soul Chapter" that no one in the Yin Yang family has refined for many years was actually refined by Jia Xu. Not only that, Jia Xu also developed his own special magical power, which can condense ghost clones and can also bring out the vision of ghost clones. Condensate it for others to watch!
There is no doubt that it was Jia Xu's clone who negotiated with Xiang Yan before.

A cautious person like Jia Xu, who is also the prime minister who holds the most important position in the country, naturally cannot take such a risk for Xiang Yan. Even if he knew that 90% of the time Xiang Yan would abandon the secret and turn to the light, he would not take the risk.

But now, everything is moving in a good direction.

The army moved quickly, and Qiao Daoqing occasionally used some magic to blow the wind to the army and increase the speed of the ship.

The army hurriedly rushed slowly, and finally felt Xiaxiang before Xiaxiang's city was broken.

Before Xiang Xiong's uprising, although he once captured Sishui County, Chu State also responded quickly and directly ordered Li Yuan to lead the elite troops on the Qi-Chu border to quell the chaos.

Li Yuan led 40,000 regular troops, 50,000 private soldiers of varying abilities, and 200,000 seventh- and eighth-level main forces across the Huaihe River to quell the rebellion, and confronted Xiang Xiong's army along the Si River.

The war agent who originally relied on Xiang Xiong saw that the situation was over and it was impossible to get Xiang Yu, so under the temptation of Li Yuanfang's war agent, he formed an equal alliance with Li Yuanfang, joined Li Yuan's army, and helped the elite of Li Yuan's army to cross the river at night. By surprise, Defeated Xiang Xiong's army.

Xiang Xiong had no choice but to lead his remaining soldiers to abandon the surrounding cities and defend the prime minister.

At this time, the limitations of the indigenous people became apparent.

Xiang Xiong's uprising was only based on righteous indignation and self-preservation. There was no program or strategic plan. The core was only the descendants of the Xiang family. It did not have a broad mass base. After the defeat, he made another major mistake and actually defended the country. This place is theoretically impossible to have reinforcements.

Under such circumstances, it seemed natural that the Xiang clan would be wiped out.

Xiang Xiong discovered this belatedly, but it was too late.

After all, Xiang Xiong is not Xiang Yan, let alone the Overlord of Chu, but he does not have the ability to lead everyone out to kill him! In fact, he couldn't even use military formations well. The military formation of the Xiang clan is in his hands, which is just better than the regular army of Chu.

Despair spread among the Xiang clan, but knowing that the King of Chu would never pardon them, the Xiang clan was inspired to have the courage to fight to the death and repelled several attacks by Li Yuan's army.

Li Yuan also became angry.

Nowadays, the Chu State has lost troops and generals in the southeast, and many feudal lords have rebelled internally. This has made the King of Chu anxious.

The king of Chu was not afraid of these rebellions. Given the size of the Chu State, none of the most elite royal soldiers took action, and the main force of the main army in the capital was not dispatched. The king of Chu did not think that suppressing the rebellion was a problem. What he was really afraid of was that other countries, especially Qin and Qi, would take advantage of the chaos to attack. Therefore, the King of Chu was eager to end the war as soon as possible and could not let these tiger and wolf countries see the weakness of Chu.

The pressure from King Chu naturally spread to Li Yuan.

In order to complete the mission of the King of Chu, Li Yuan did not care so much. Not only did he not regard the private soldiers and ordinary main forces of the war agents as human beings, forcing them to use their lives to consume the Xiang clan's city defense material reserves, he also ordered the official many times The army formed a military formation to attack the city.

The effect of the army's siege was actually very average. This can be seen from the situation when Chun Shenjun attacked Jiangdu. Li Yuan's side was not much better than Chun Shenjun's.

Xiang Xiong mobilized the military formation with all his strength to "not move like a mountain" and gave the Chu army a head-on attack.

But the question is, how can the Xiang family protect the four walls?
The Xiang family, most of whom are old, weak, sick and disabled, are almost risking their lives and have suffered heavy losses!

Of course, Li Yuanjun's losses were heavier, and the casualty ratio with the Xiang clan once reached four to one. You know, the Xiang clan is mainly old, weak, sick and disabled!
But even with such an embarrassing casualty ratio, the Chu soldiers' will to attack the city was still very strong, because Li Yuan not only gave a huge reward to the first climber, but also promised not to seal the sword after breaking the city, but to break the city first. The army can be crazy for three days in the next phase!
At the same time, if he could get the Xiang family's military formation, he would be willing to share it with the generals who were attacking the city.

This kind of temptation is enough to inspire the Chu army's combat effectiveness from top to bottom.

Especially the temptation of the military formation made the middle and high-level officers go crazy!
Judging from the current situation, the Xiang family's military formation is already the top military formation in Chu State.

Under various temptations, both officers and soldiers took advantage of it.

Looking at the crumbling Xia Xiangcheng, a smile appeared on Li Yuan's lips.

Li Yuan already knew that Chun Shenjun's attack on Jiangdu was in vain.

Chun Shenjun's efforts were in vain, but he swept the fallen leaves in the autumn wind. Doesn't that prove that he is stronger than Chun Shenjun?

Although Li Yuan had to cooperate with Chun Shenjun in order to deal with Song Yu and others, they both knew that they were already fighting each other to the death.

So Li Yuan couldn't wait to compare with Chun Shenjun in all aspects.

This time is his chance.

However, what Li Yuan did not expect was that an enemy would attack from behind.

The vast area north of the Huaihe River was the territory of the Chu State, and Li Yuan had no defenses in this direction. So Dayu's army was able to advance straight in. The angry Xiang Yan led his equally angry soldiers into the middle of Li Yuan's army from behind.

Li Yuan was not completely mediocre. He had already had doubts when he saw the fleet on the Surabaya River. When someone came down from the fleet, he quickly ordered the elite to form a formation.

But he had already asked the elite to besiege the city on all sides before. In a hurry, how could it be so easy for the troops besieging the city to gather into a military formation? The elites he could gather were no more than 10,000 people.

What's more, when we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins.

At this time, Xiang Yan's troops were brave men full of revenge and not afraid of life and death, but Li Yuanjun was already exhausted.

"Brothers, kill all the Chu troops and rescue your parents, wives and children!"

Xiang Yan roared, raised his military flag, and then rushed towards the Chu army.

With the blessing of anger and the addition of the united military formation, Xiang Yan's strength at this moment was faintly at the level of the third level of mythology. And Xiang Yan's troops, who were full of revenge, also burst out with great strength one by one. They gave the Chu army a disastrous attack. The wind and fire troops directly opened two gaps in the Chu army's formation. Linbu and Shanbu followed immediately.

Behind them, the elite troops of Gao Shun, Yue Fei, and Zhang Liao followed up one after another, following Xiang Yan's troops and tearing apart the Chu army's formation.

"It's the general!"

"The general is here to save us!"

On the top of the city, Xiang Yan's soldiers were overjoyed when they saw Xiang Yan's banner and the familiar Feng Linhuoshan military formation.

"My sons, follow me out of the city!"

Xiang Xiong put on his armor and mounted his horse, leading more than 3,000 elite soldiers to fight out from inside.

The main force of Li Yuan's army, which was attacked from two sides, was defeated.

Li Yuan had no choice but to flee to the camp in other directions, but was pursued by Dayu's army, breaking through more than a dozen camps. It was not until the elite of another camp formed a military formation to block Xiang Yan's army who was at the end of its powerful crossbow. As for the collapse of a thousand miles.

After the defeat, Li Yuan had to gather his troops and retreat twenty miles to camp.

Dayu's army quickly gathered its troops and assisted Xiang's family to get on the boat and evacuate.

Now that we are in an enemy country, it is better to be careful.

Under Xiang Yan's prestige, the Xiang family moved quickly. They boarded the ship almost on the same day and then retreated overnight.

Li Yuan could naturally guess the purpose of the Yu army, but after the defeat, Li Yuan could no longer control the Chu army.

There is nothing that can be done about it. Li Yuan was originally a disciple of Chun Shen Lord, but now he and Chun Shen Lord have parted ways. However, the middle and high-level leaders of the Chu army in Huaibei all followed Chun Shen Lord to destroy the Lu State. As he grew up, his heart naturally turned towards Chun Shenjun.

If Li Yuan can bring them victory and the military formation of the Xiang clan, they will naturally be willing to follow Li Yuan. If not, they will have no choice but to abandon Li Yuan and join Chun Shenjun.

Li Yuan was obviously keenly aware of this.

Li Yuan is more of a politician than a soldier. When faced with this kind of problem, his first reaction is how to get rid of the blame while maximizing the benefits.

So, he came up with a clever plan: the defeat was indeed due to the sneak attack by the traitor Xiang Yan and the shameless Dayu army, but the main reason was that the generals along the river who were originally under Chun Shenjun did not report the news in time, and the battle ended At that time, these people also did not work hard, and in the end they took advantage of us to attack.

In short, Li Yuan was completely ignored by these Chun Shenjun's subordinates...

If you are undecided when something happens, throw the blame and fight among yourself!
Li Yuan allowed Dayu's army to leave calmly, and then captured several subordinates who had fought with Chun Shenjun and began to torture them to extract confessions.

(End of this chapter)