Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 234 Solid as a Rock

Outside Liyang City, Zhou Yin, Zhou Huan and his sons were standing on the hill to inspect the situation of the Chu army. Suddenly, they heard a huge commotion from Liyang City. It was still clearly audible, Zhou Huan couldn't help but change his face and said: "Father, it seems that the morale of the Chu army is still very high."

Zhou Yin nodded approvingly. After ten days of fierce fighting, the [-] Jiujiang army was already exhausted, and the [-] Han army of Jin She and Li Zuoche were almost exhausted, but the Chu army at the head of Liyang City seemed to be exhausted. The morale is still high, and I don't know where the man in charge of guarding the city came from, so difficult to deal with?

"Mongji!" Zhou Yin frowned deeply, and said in a deep voice, "What is the origin of this Mengji?"

Zhou Huan smiled wryly and shook his head. The Jiujiang Army spent a lot of effort on the meticulous work, but they only found out the name of Liyang Guard General Meng, but he didn't know the specific origin, but one thing is certain, this Meng is definitely not Chu. The military veteran should have been recruited by Xiang Zhuang recently. Thinking of this, Zhou Yin was secretly startled. Xiang Zhuang's subordinates are really full of talents now.

When the father and son were relatively speechless, a soldier came up the mountain to report: "General, General Jin She and General Li Zuoche are asking to see you."

Zhou Yin said without turning his head: "I invite two generals to go up the mountain."

"Here!" The guards suddenly agreed and took the order.

After a while, Jin She and Li Zuoche went up the hill hand in hand.

Before seeing the ceremony, Jin She said angrily: "Zhou Yin, the arrogance of the Chu army in the city is getting more and more arrogant, and you still have the mood to hide on the mountain and watch the scenery?"

Zhou Huan sneered coldly, and turned his lips back: "Jin She, if it weren't for your poor fighting ability last night, the coalition forces would have already captured Liyang City. What qualifications do you have to teach others here?"

"Little Zhou Huan!" Jin She was furious when he heard the words, "How can you speak here!"

"I'm telling the truth!" Zhou Huan did not back down, "Since the start of the war, our Jiujiang Army has suffered more than 4000 casualties, and General Li Zuoche's trilogy has also suffered 2000 casualties, but what about your trilogy? ? So far, less than [-] people have been killed or injured. If you hadn’t shouted hard and deliberately preserved your strength, Li Yang would have taken it long ago!”

"Fart!" Jin She became more and more furious, "I lost all the elite, unlike your Jiujiang Army, who died in the battle are only farmers, woodcutters, and hunters. They are simply mobs. Zhou Huan, if you don't see In front of your father, I will screw your head off today, hum!"

"Break my head?" Zhou Huan said coldly, "I'm afraid you don't have the ability."

Jin She couldn't hold back anymore, she was about to draw his sword to cut Zhou Huan, but Li Zuoche held down his right hand with all his strength, Zhou Yin also had enough time, and finally drove Zhou Huan off the hill.

Li Zuoche stomped his feet, and said angrily, "What time is it now, and you are still in the mood to quarrel?"

Having said this, Li Zuoche said again: "Do you know that Mei Yu's 15 Hengshan army has been completely wiped out by Xiangzhuang's [-] elite soldiers, and Si Luoyao's Dongou army is also in Wuzhou? The Chu army was defeated by the injury!"

"Ah?!" Zhou Yin's expression changed when he heard the words, "Mei Yu is finished, and Si Luoyao is also defeated?"

"No way?!" Jin She also said in disbelief, "Mei Yan's 15 army is over like this? This is a 15 army, Li Zuoche, don't listen to alarming words!"

"Worry words to listen to?" Li Zuoche said angrily, "I don't have that much time to spare."

Zhou Yin heard the words awe-inspiringly, and Jin She also frowned and said, "Now we are in big trouble."

"There are more troubles than that." Li Zuoche paused, and then said, "Meteor scouts reported back, Yingbu's Huainan army also withdrew from Guangling, and the Seventh Route Allied Forces besieged Jiangdong. Now there are only three of us left. When Xiang Zhuang returns to the army, the Chu army will definitely cross the river, and by that time, none of us should think about it!"

"Well, what should I do?" Jin She was horrified when he heard the words.

In the battle of Shouchun last year, Jin She really scared Xiang Zhuang, so when he heard that he was going to fight Xiang Zhuang, Jin She was instinctively a little scared. Think about it, last year he and Li Zuoche took 3 Ten thousand people can't beat Xiangzhuang's thousands of disabled soldiers, and now Xiangzhuang has at least one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, how can we fight this battle?
Zhou Yin was also beating drums in his heart. It seemed that there was no need to continue this battle.

Li Zuoche seemed to have guessed what Zhou Yin was thinking, and said coldly: "General Zhou Yin, it's too late to retreat now, even if you retreat, you really think that Xiang Zhuang will let you go ? You and the Xiang family have a death feud. If it wasn't because of you rebelling against Chu Guihan, Xiang Yu would not have been defeated by Gaixia, nor would he have killed himself in Wujiang..."

"Enough!" Zhou Yin said angrily, "Li Zuoche, you don't need to remind this general!"

"It's good if you know." Li Zuoche nodded, turned his eyes to Jin She again, and said, "For the present plan, we have to abandon the previous suspicions, first try our best to capture Liyang, and then set up defenses along the Wujiang River, or If you can keep the Chu army on the left side of the river, otherwise, just wait for the Chu army to come to your door and take your and my heads to claim credit."

Zhou Yin nodded silently. Up to now, it seems that there is only this way to go.

With a fierce look in Jin She's eyes, he said in a fierce voice, "Forget it, my personal guards will be in charge of capturing the city this morning, but you don't need to hide your little wealth anymore. What about well rails, siege vehicles, and stone throwing?" Take out Che Quan, I don't believe it, Liyang City is just a mere place, and you can't take him down?"

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At the head of Liyang City, Meng Ji leaned against the battlements and slept soundly.

Last night, the siege continued until midnight. After the Han army had retreated, Meng Ji was busy arranging for the wounded, counting supplies such as rolling wood, rocks, kerosene, etc., and coming to the city early in the morning to give the soldiers of the Chu army and the criminals. The disciples cheered, until just now, he had no time to rest on the stack of plates, and fell asleep thinking about it.

All of a sudden, a distant and deep horn sounded outside the city.

Meng Yu was startled, and when he looked up quickly, he saw that tens of thousands of Han troops had assembled in the wilderness outside the north gate, and Meng Yu was especially shocked that, for the first time ever, they appeared in the rear of the Han army. Seeing the tall pointed wooden towers, Meng Ji couldn't help but gasp, the well fence, it turned out to be the well fence!

No, there is a catapult behind the well, and there is even a catapult!

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"Wuuuuuuuuuuuu..." Amidst the endless sound of horns, tens of thousands of heavy armored soldiers of the Han army held scull shields and chanted uniformly, dragging dozens of well rails and catapults towards Liyang. The city slowly rolled over, looking at the towering wells and catapults, the prisoners on the top of the city suddenly became commotion.

In the suffocating wait, time passed by little by little.

A hundred steps away from the city wall, more than a dozen catapults finally stopped.

Amidst the uniform chants, teams of Han warriors suddenly exerted their strength and pulled down hard. In an instant, more than a dozen huge swinging arms had bounced into the air, and were connected to the arms at the far end of the swinging arms through iron cables. The basket immediately roared and was thrown into the air, and after rising to the highest point, the boulder contained in the basket was suddenly thrown forward.

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Amidst the tsunami-like chants of the Han soldiers, more than a dozen huge boulders roared from the rear of the Han army, and rolled down towards the top of Liyang City. The prisoners guarding the top of the city immediately There was a commotion, one by one yelled and fled around, and under the crowding, several prisoners were squeezed off the parapet and seriously injured.

However, these prisoners panicked and panicked, but none of them slipped down to the top of the city to escape.

Meng Chu suddenly raised his head, only to see a boulder roaring down towards his head.

In the blink of an eye, Meng Ji dodged suddenly, and a huge boulder weighing four to five hundred catties slammed down on his side. With a loud "boom", several prisoners were immediately shaken. Flying into the air, it tumbled and fell to the outside of the city wall, and then thick smoke and dust rose from the top of the city.

After a while, the smoke dissipated, and a huge gap had been smashed into the top of the city. Several veterans and more than [-] prisoners who had been guarding Meng Chu's side either fell down the city wall due to the shock, or turned into disgrace. He became a native, and the two most unlucky prisoners were directly smashed into a meat paste by the boulder.

However, the rest of the dozen boulders were deviated, either falling into the city or hitting the city wall.

Amidst the chants of the warriors of the Han army, rows of boulders were thrown into the air, and rolled down towards the top of Liyang City. However, the boulders that really hit the top of the city However, there were very few of them. Most of the stones fell on the towering city wall, leaving shallow pits on the city wall while breaking the bricks.

The bombardment of the catapult lasted for half a meal, and it was not until the well was close to the city wall that the launch finally stopped.

When the Han army's catapults stopped firing, Liyang city was already in a mess. Although there were not many stones that fell on the city, every huge stone caused great damage to the Chu army. A large number of rolling stones and fierce fire oil were destroyed, and more seriously, the morale and confidence of the prisoners were greatly destroyed.

When the smoke and dust covering the top of the city had cleared away, the criminals who had shrunk behind the battlements stood up tremblingly, but all of them looked like ashes, as panic-stricken as birds in fright!After all, these prisoners have not received formal military training, let alone experienced the baptism of real war. It is inevitable that they will feel fearful when faced with siege weapons such as catapults and well rails.

However, the [-] veterans brought by Meng Ji from Jiuyuan were as calm as ever. They were not a little scared by the attack of the Han army's catapult, let alone panicked by the approach of the Han army's Jinglan. Standing quietly at the head of the city, waiting for the Han army to come and seize the city.

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PS: There may only be one update tomorrow, and it will be at night.

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