Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 751: The City Will Be Broken

Of course Zhang Han was not in a hurry.

Not only was he not in a hurry, but Zhao Gao next to him was even less anxious.

The tripod is the treasure of people’s hearts.

What is the treasure of human heart?

Between heaven and earth, no matter whether it is the most top-level spiritual treasure or an ordinary magic weapon, if no one activates it, if no one infuses it with magic power and the vitality of heaven and earth, their power will be weakened little by little during the process of use.

But the treasure of people’s hearts is a treasure that can be accumulated.

Even if no one activates it, once this treasure of human hearts appears, people's hearts will naturally gather towards it.

The power of the treasure of human heart will become stronger and stronger with the passage of time.

Therefore, Zhang Han and Zhao Gao were not in a hurry at all.

As time goes by, Xiang Yu and his men's physical strength will certainly be restored and replenished, but the treasure of the people's hearts will become stronger and stronger to suppress them and bless themselves, their chances of winning will become greater and greater, and their chances of capturing Xiang Yu alive will also become greater and greater.

On the bank of the river, Xiang Yu led his elite troops to charge again, trying to break through Zhang Han's blockade. At the same time, the situation in Daze City had reached its most dangerous moment.

No matter how Liu San, Chen She and others tried to boost morale, the gap between the soldiers and civilians in the city and the elite Qin troops outside the city - both in terms of numbers - always existed.

Whether it is the gap in numbers, or the gap in training, physical strength, and equipment.

Such a gap obviously cannot be filled simply by the morale boosted by Liu San and Chen She.

At the beginning, the defenders on the city wall could barely hold off the Qin army's offensive.

But as time went on, this resistance became more and more difficult.

When Xiang Yu broke through the enemy's formation and was surrounded, Qin's elite soldiers had already climbed the city wall several times.

The corpses piled under the city wall were almost as high as the wall itself. The elite Qin soldiers under the wall could almost directly step on those corpses to climb up without having to rely on siege equipment to get onto the wall.

Zhang Liang, who was beside Chen She, frowned more tightly than ever before.

The same was true for Liu San, who was still leading the rangers to intercept the Qin army.

They also have a good understanding of battle formations and military struggles - in their view, the so-called battle formation is a competition of who has more elite soldiers, who has stronger morale, who has better equipment, and who has the advantage on the battlefield.

But at this time, the development of the battle on the city wall made them realize the nature of war again.

A battle of national power.

Military tactics, battle strategies, people's hearts, and morale are all just reflections of a country's national strength.

There was an extremely huge gap in national strength between Qin and Daze - as a result, Daze won battle after battle, but became weaker and weaker.

On the other hand, Zhang Han was defeated repeatedly, but he became stronger with each defeat, and the more he was defeated, the larger the army under his command became.

At this time, the side defending the city had the advantage of geographical location, and the morale of the army defending the city was also strong - especially after the news that General Chen had defeated the 300,000-strong army came out, the morale of the army defending the city was even higher.

On the other hand, although the Qin army under the city was powerful, the existence of the city wall made it difficult for them to fully display their military strength. The battlefield on the city wall also had a great suppressive effect on the Qin army with many soldiers and generals, making it difficult for them to launch an all-out war and also making it difficult for their vanguard to withdraw for rotation.

The morale of the Qin army's soldiers gradually declined during the siege.

But those deputy generals in charge of the troops paid the price with their lives.

The corpses turned the natural barrier of the city wall into a thoroughfare.

When the Qin army's rear troops pressed forward, even though the defenders in the swamp were rotating, the rotating soldiers were far from fully resting.

Relying on their huge numbers, several deputy generals of Qin State turned the siege into an encirclement and suppression war to eliminate tired soldiers.

"Prime Minister Zhang, Prime Minister Wu, when will General Xiang Yu be able to return?"

"The battle on the city wall is really unsustainable." Liu San wiped the blood off his face.

Wu Guang and Zhang Liang were looking at Liu San in front of them, with some surprise on their faces.

He had also heard that Liu Bang had the ability to lead troops - but again, without verification, no one dared to hand over part of the few troops in the city to Liu Bang.

So until now, Liu Bang still led only the rangers in the city.

However, in this war to defend the city, the role played by the knights led by Liu Bang was even greater than that of the generals who had followed Xiang Yu under his command on the four city walls.

There were considerable flaws in the coordination between those generals - however, after Liu San joined with the rangers, they were like flowing water, silently infiltrating into the defenses of these generals, not only filling in the gaps in the defenses of these generals, but also inadvertently smoothing out the conflicts when they were mobilized.

With Liu San's supplementation and filling in, the soldiers defending the city were obviously under the command of different generals, but they advanced and retreated as if they were following the same order.

——If now, the ability of these generals in dispatching troops can only be regarded as third-rate, or at most barely second-rate, then under the assistance and guidance of Liu San, the ability of those generals in dispatching troops will remain firmly at the second-rate level.

Moreover, he is not an ordinary second-rate general who only knows how to charge into battle, but a general with the potential to be a commander, who can make his own arrangements and coordinate with the overall battle situation.

The most valuable thing is that Liu San’s guidance and cooperation with those generals never highlighted his own presence, nor did he let those generals notice it.

Up to now, those generals all believed that it was their ability to command troops that had brought about a qualitative breakthrough in this cruel battlefield.

Therefore, Chen She, Wu Guang and others paid more and more attention to Liu San's opinions.

When Chen She and his men heard Liu San's opinion that the city wall was about to be lost, they did not have the slightest doubt - even though in their opinion, the battle situation on the city wall could still be stabilized no matter what, even though it was still a long way from the time they had originally planned to hold out.

After all, although the Qin army could advance on the corpses, the difficulty, concentration, and physical strength required to form a battle array on the corpses were completely different from those required to form a battle array on the city walls.

But since Liu San has raised this issue so seriously, it means that Liu San must have seen some hidden dangers that others have not seen.

"Have all the women, children, the elderly and the young in the city retreated into the inner city?" Chen She asked.

Although the city of Daze was simple, it was built according to the specifications of a regular city. Inside it, there were Chen She's palace, a barbican, an inner city, an outer city, and a city wall.

However, when Xiang Yu left the city, the outermost Guocheng, which had no strategic location to defend, had already been abandoned.

"They have all retreated into the inner city." Zhang Liang nodded.

Organizing the people in the city to retreat to the inner city and the palace was what he had been doing since the battle to defend the city began.

"Then let's retreat to the inner city." Chen She looked back at the empty houses in the outer city.

Although everyone had left, some clothes in the house were still there.

Those who retreated to the inner city are still waiting to come back after the Great Swamp City is defended.

"Liu San, lead everyone to retreat to the inner city and hold on there."

"Wu Guang, these mansions in the outer city must all be demolished. If they cannot be demolished, burn them down. Do not allow them to be used by the Qin army."

"Zhang Liang, you and Wu Guang, take people to calculate and record the destroyed houses, property, and food." "When this battle is over, compensate them."

"Your Majesty," Wu Guang said with a bitter face, "Where in the city are there any extra goods?"

"Then tear down the palace and sell its beams and pillars to those noble families."

"I just don't believe that those aristocratic families are unwilling to pay a good price for something that possesses the 'king's aura'."

"What about you, my king?" Zhang Liang glanced at Liu San who turned around and left to lead the rangers and soldiers, and then his gaze fell on Chen She.

"I'll stay here."

"I will withdraw after everyone else has withdrawn."

"Otherwise, once I leave, morale will probably collapse." Chen She said as a matter of course.

For a large army, retreat is always the most difficult thing - because retreat means the battle situation is not going well.

When the battle situation is not going well, there will be a sequence of retreat.

Those who leave first naturally have a greater chance of survival, and those who leave later have a lower chance of survival.

It is even possible that after those who retreat first have given up part of the road, those who retreat later will be surrounded and have nowhere to retreat.

Since the rise of military conflicts among humans, there have been countless armies that could have clearly maintained a stalemate with the enemy, or even had the possibility of defeating the enemy, but during their retreat, disputes and rifts arose, and the enemy discovered their weaknesses and subsequently pursued them to the north.

So, at this time, Chen She must stay here.

As long as he stays here, even if the troops retreat some in front and some in the back, those who leave later, as long as they look back and see Chen She is still here, they will know that they will not be abandoned or sacrificed, and their hearts will not be confused, and their formation will not be broken.

Only in this way can more people be brought back to the inner city to defend it.

In this way, the inner city can be defended longer and there will be a better chance of waiting for Xiang Yu to return for help.

This is a positive cycle.

However, as the defenders retreated to the inner city, Chen She's place would become more and more dangerous - in fact, because Chen She's flag was here, and because Chen She was here, the attack on the section of the city wall where Chen She was located had always been the strongest and most fierce.

If Zhang Han and Zhao Gao had not repeatedly instructed to "capture" Chen She alive before leaving, the Qin army's powerful crossbows would have covered Chen She's place long ago.

Soon, the defenders of the outer city retreated to the inner city, and Chen She also retreated under the support of Liu San and others.

Then, there was a blazing flame that set the outer city on fire, temporarily forcing out the Qin army that was chasing them.

In the inner city, immortals and gods, with the support of Chen She, had already used magic to protect the people in the inner city from being harmed by the fire from the outer city.

On the distant river bank, Xiang Yu also looked back suddenly.

He also saw clearly the blazing flames rising into the sky.

"Something happened in Daze." Xiang Yu realized this in an instant.

A fire like this could not be caused by simple attack and defense.

"It's time to set off." Xiang Yu calmed down.

Although he was not ready yet, the soldiers' strength had not recovered, and he himself had not gotten used to the pressure from the Nine Cauldrons, but that was how war was.

Your opponent will never give you the chance to prepare.

All military books talk about making plans before taking action.

But in reality, in a war, except for the party with absolute initiative, no one else can make plans before taking action - because, if you can't even control the situation, how can you make the situation follow your "plan" and allow you to act after making plans?

Therefore, although the Xiang family retained the tradition of military strategists, Xiang Yu's military tactics were not the tactics of any military strategist predecessors, but were unique to him, Xiang Yu.

Call it charge, call it kill!

This is his own unique military strategy, which he distilled based on his supreme courage.

Planning?

Regardless of.

situation?
Regardless of!

Just charge, just kill.

You just need to crush everything that stands in your way, and all situations will be solved.

There is no need to consider any strategy, tactics, or battle situation.

Just need to win!

If you win all the way, then no matter what the situation is, it will turn to your side.

That's it.

He was trapped here, in a city of great swamps, and in danger of collapse. It seemed that he was in a hopeless situation.

But as long as we can fight our way out of here, there will be a chance to turn everything around.

"Everyone, it's time to leave."

"King Chen is still waiting for us."

"Follow me and break through the enemy's formation." Xiang Yu jumped on his horse and pointed the weapon in his hand directly at the 'Nine Cauldrons'.

He looked at his elite soldiers - all the current suppression came from the Nine Cauldrons.

In that case, let’s overturn these nine tripods.

As for whether it could overturn the Nine Cauldrons... could a mere dead object really suppress a living being like him?
Overturn these nine tripods!

When this thought naturally arose in Xiang Yu's mind, the speed at which the power in his blood recovered became faster and faster.

The speed at which the blood and energy in his body circulated became faster and faster.

The heat rising from the circulation of qi and blood was all on Xiang Yu's body, swirling into bursts of smoke.

"And prepare your armor and hold your weapons."

"Look, I will overturn this broken tripod!" Xiang Yu shouted, shook the reins in his hand, and rushed towards the 'Nine Tripods'.

The eyes of countless people then fell on Xiang Yu. This feeling made Xiang Yu extremely intoxicated and obsessed.

(End of this chapter)