Competing

Chapter 49

At noon, Copper Mountain.

The water of the Kui River flows quietly, calmly and calmly.Not far away, the flames of war in Tongshan Castle were raging, and the sky was full of arrows. The movement and stillness formed a sharp contrast.On the castle, Chen Liao's face was pale. Seeing that the rammed earth wall was damaged in many places, and the wounded soldiers were carried down from the top of the city, his heart was very heavy.

For two consecutive days, the Kuaiji army launched a fierce attack on Tongshan with great joy.For two whole days, the Kuaiji army came in batches continuously, day and night, so that the Pengcheng defenders did not dare to relax at all.The continuous crossbow arrows and the simple catapult machine that Yin Xu ordered to make overnight caused serious damage to the already weak earthen city wall of Tongshan, which had collapsed many times. Fortunately, the repair was timely and the city was not breached.

What troubled Pengcheng's army the most was Yin Xu's full-line attack method. The army launched attacks from different directions one after another.This made it impossible for the defenders of Pengcheng to determine where the main attack direction of the Kuaiji Army was.Chen Liao, the guard on the top of the city, was suffering under pressure.The twelve-hour continuous attack made his soldiers vigilant all the time, and they couldn't get a good rest at all. After two days of high stress, they were already showing signs of exhaustion.

"The Kuaiji army seems to have more than 8000 people?" On the top of the city, a school lieutenant took the lead in questioning, not wanting to attract echoes one after another.

"That's right! There must be an error in the military report. The Kuaiji army is obviously large in number. How can you do it with only 8000 people in four-sided battles?"

"The damage to the city wall is very serious. If this continues, it will be a matter of time before the city is destroyed. If it is surrounded by people, it will be very bad."

"After two days, we have already suffered as many as a thousand casualties. If this continues, we may not be able to hold on."

There were not a few people who doubted it, and the powerful offensive of the Kuaiji army had already caused heavy psychological pressure on them. Their eyes fell on the main general Chen Liao in unison.

"General, please ask Pengcheng for help?"

Chen Liao didn't know the current situation, so he said helplessly: "Pengcheng originally has limited troops, except for Tongshan, several passes in the south must be insisted on, not to mention that Pengcheng is the capital of the king, naturally there must be more troops."

"General, don't count on Pengcheng, at least let Yong Chi come to support us!"

"That's right! Didn't Da Sima say that if Tongshan is in a tight situation, he will ask Yong Chi to reinforce it?"

"The best thing is that Yong Chi can harass the imperial army from the outside, or reverse the siege, and we attack from inside and outside. It would be the best if we can annihilate the Kuaiji army in one fell swoop. At worst, we must kill their prestige."

Brainstorming, at this time, the ideas of the generals can be said to emerge in endlessly, controlling Chen Liao's thinking.At this moment, a young general came over. It was Su An, who was favored by Qin Jia because of his understanding of Yin Xu and Ying Bu, who was discussing the military situation in the Pengcheng Palace that day.Now he is the lieutenant general second only to Chen Liao in the Tongshan garrison, but because he is young and has no qualifications, everyone doesn't take him seriously.So what if Da Sima takes a fancy to you?Don't you just happen to know the names of a few people?What's the big deal?snort!
Su An came over, saluted Chen Liao, and said, "General, there seems to be something wrong!"

inappropriate?What's wrong?Everyone pricked up their ears, and some raised their nostrils high, wanting to see if Su An's inappropriateness refers to everyone's suggestion, or is there something wrong with military intelligence and defense?
"Bozhou, what do you think?" Chen Liao asked politely.

Su An, the name is Bozhou!
As a newcomer, a newcomer who was suddenly promoted, Su An was very low-key and said humbly: "My subordinates think that the number of the Mo Kuaiji Army should be around [-], and at most it will not exceed [-]. What you see during the day may be an illusion. "

Everyone showed disdain, who is your kid?Do you really think of yourself as a lieutenant?He has only been on the battlefield for a few days, yet he dares to speak so boldly.Little bastard, can you compare with grandpa in marching and fighting?I don't know how old I am, so isn't this a slap in the face?
As a general, Chen Liao had a certain tolerance, and because of Qin Jia's face, he said politely, "Why did Bozhou say that?"

Su An looked at the nostrils and haughty eyes of the generals, knowing it well, but ignored it, and said calmly: "The Kuaiji Army seems to be aggressively attacking, attacking from all directions, but there is no way. If we simply break the As far as the city is concerned, it only needs to concentrate our forces to attack one or two places, and it is not difficult to open the gap. Why bother to disperse our forces?"

Everyone looked at Su An suspiciously, and the vast majority were contempt and disbelief.

Su An didn't see him all, and continued: "I have heard people talk about Yin Xu before. When he was in Jiangdong, he was able to attract [-] officials with more than a hundred people, and suffered losses one after another. It can be seen that this person is resourceful. Subordinate I have always felt that the reason why the Kuaiji Army did this seems to be to make us feel pressure and force us to mobilize reinforcements."

"You mean to say that Kuaiji County is encircling the reinforcements, and the purpose is to lure the reinforcements to come to the rescue, setting up an ambush on the way?" Someone immediately asked back, and the disdainful smile on his face made people feel a little disgusted.

Su An's heart burst into anger, but his face was extremely restrained, and he said: "It's possible, so I have to guard against it!"

"Haha!" The generals laughed and said, "Tongshan is here, and Kuishui is behind them. How could the Kuaiji Army bypass the back? Vice General Su, you are overdoing it." The arrogant disdain made Su An burst Feeling sick, he suppressed his anger and said: "Maybe!" He had other thoughts in his heart, but swallowed the words back.

After a moment of silence, another matter came to mind, and he hesitated: "But one thing, have you noticed that the water level of Kuishui seems to have dropped?"

Everyone looked at Kuishui not far away at the same time, the water was sparkling and flowing slowly.After careful observation, the river water does seem to be a little smaller than before, but it is not very obvious.

Someone said disapprovingly: "There has been little rain recently, the weather is hot, and the spring drought is severe. It is normal for the river to be low."

Out of the prejudice in his heart, it seemed that most people ignored it, and Su An was chilled for a while. He intended to remind everyone that the other party might flood the city, but everyone had such an attitude.He couldn't help but cast his eyes on Chen Liao to see how he made a decision.

Chen Liao also felt that Su An was a little too sensitive, even if the city was really flooded, he would not be rescued.Even though the opponent has only 8000 people, but now he has only [-], or [-] to be precise, and his morale is low and exhausted. How can he be the opponent of the Kuaiji Army.It's better to let Yong Chi come, the reinforcements arrive, and the strength can also boost morale.

At this moment, the Kuaiji army launched a new round of attack, which further strengthened Chen Liao's determination.Listen to him say: "Send a request for help to Yong Chi!"

Su An was suddenly very disappointed, but Chen Liao still didn't believe in himself, and all the schoolmen shot contemptuous glances at him, making him very embarrassed.The bloody young man had a strong self-esteem, Su An turned and left, thinking: I thought of a good strategy against the enemy, since I look down on me and don't believe me, then forget it, don't regret it when you die!
Not long after, billowing black smoke rose from the top of Tongshan City, soaring into the sky.Yin Xu stood in the distance, looked into his eyes, and murmured: "This is the wolf smoke?" The river wind blew, the battle armor moved lightly, the broken water hung on his waist, and the heroic general stood proudly.Especially the confident smile on the corner of the mouth, which shows that victory is in sight.

On the edge of a forest somewhere north of Tongshan, Liu Bang stood side by side with an elegant middle-aged man.Watching the wolf smoke rising into the sky from the south, they looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.

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