Tibetan beads

Chapter 401: The Way of Defending the City
In Xingtong City at this time, there was a scene of hell on earth.

Blood was everywhere on the streets, corpses that hadn't had time to be buried were everywhere, and the survivors hid in their houses tremblingly.Most of the shops were closed, but some restaurants and shops were forced to open for these rioters to come and go to eat and drink at will.

To say that the best preserved should be Huajie Liuxiang.These rebels escaped all the way, and finally found a place to stay, and couldn't wait to enjoy it, so the brothel didn't suffer, and it even seemed more lively than usual.

The leader of this group of rebels was placed in the brothel.

After slaughtering the city that day, he went to the largest Baihua Building in Xingtong, where he played wildly for two days and nights.Unexpectedly, before they had a good time, it was reported that Nanyuan soldiers had arrived.

General Liu was very upset, but he had to take it seriously.

Nanyuan is the old capital of Chu, and it is the most prosperous and prosperous place in Chu. Since Xu's daughter assassinated Wu Zijing two years ago, its strength has risen rapidly, and it has become a force that cannot be underestimated.

"I heard that the leader of the army is Miss Xu San." The soldier who reported the letter was very disturbed, "The one who killed Wu Zijing, Jiangbei Jiang Yi seems to have fallen into her hands."

After Jiang Yi's incident came out vaguely, everyone believed what had happened in Dongjiang, and they were even more afraid of Miss Xu San.

There were even some messy rumors among the people, some said that she was a celestial girl who had various visions when she was born, and some said that she was suddenly taught by a god, and Wu Zijing died under the spell.

This General Liu was also in a high position before, and he didn't believe in weird things, but he knew one thing.

This Miss Xu San is Yan Er's fiancée!
Thinking of Yan Er, he hated and feared at the same time.

At the beginning, the Yan family divided the troops, and the second son of Yan came with thousands of people to attack the city where he was stationed. General Liu was overjoyed when he heard about it.

A fledgling brat thought he had the talent to lead the army after he killed Balth with one punch?There are only a few thousand soldiers and horses, and I am preparing for the battle early, so I am afraid that I will not be able to win?When the time comes, he will cut off Yan Er's head, and let Zhao Guogong taste what it's like for a white-haired man to give a black-haired man!
The abacus was good, but things went wrong when they met face to face.

Looking back now, General Liu doesn't even know how he lost.He just set up a trap, feigning an attack to lure the opponent into the bait, but he didn't know that once the fight started, the situation behind him was completely out of his control, and he found that he couldn't return to the city after fighting.

That Yan Er cut off his retreat, ate his reinforcements, and cut his formation to pieces, the soldiers could not be assembled, so they had to abandon the battle and flee.

It was a nightmare.

Fortunately, he escaped successfully.Later, one after another, when he encountered retreating rout soldiers, he gathered them together, and gradually there were thousands of them.

With these thousands of people, it is impossible to capture a big city under normal circumstances.But they were lucky, there happened to be riots from mountain people in Xingtong, and they got in the middle of it and directly took down the county town that was loosely guarded.Taking advantage of Xingtong's opportunity to send out the garrison troops, he played a trick to win Xingtong again.

General Liu has been in good health these past few days.He even thought that if the original Xingtong garrison could be gathered in the follow-up, it would not be impossible to occupy the land as king.

I haven't finished this dream, yet I reported it to Ms. Xu San!

"Why is he from his family again!" General Liu gritted his teeth.

He kicked over a crescent stool, and walked back and forth in the room several times, before calming down, he turned around and asked, "How many soldiers and horses? How is the military appearance?"

The soldiers reported: "It is said that there are tens of thousands of them. It seems that the soldiers are strong and well equipped."

General Liu snorted: "How could Nanyuan pull tens of thousands of people? He doesn't need to guard his own territory? It's fine to deceive laymen."

Still, well-equipped is certainly true.Nanyuan was originally a rich place, and Xu Huan managed it well.

General Liu sat back and meditated on countermeasures.

Head-on confrontation is definitely not enough. His subordinates are all defeated remnants, some of them are from other state capitals. There is no military discipline at all, let alone fighting spirit.

That being the case, only keep it.

General Liu put on his clothes and decided to go and see for himself.

After going up to the watchtower, the city was indeed besieged. The flying military flags, bright armor, and orderly array all showed that this was indeed a well-prepared and disciplined army.

General Liu withered.With such a big gap, it is difficult to defend the city!

The Nanyuan army sent people to call for formation, while the other side was already piling up the mountain, and all kinds of siege equipment were also dispatched one after another.

But judging from their appearance, it seems that they have no intention of attacking the city immediately.The soldiers defending the city shot a few arrows down, and the soldiers who built the soil immediately moved away and shrank behind the barrier.

General Liu had an idea.

Nanyuan didn't have many troops in the first place, and this battle was not a matter of life or death, so they would definitely fight slowly to minimize losses.

Isn't there a chance?Xingtong is not his, and these remnant soldiers are not his direct descendants, he has already been defeated once, what he wants to save most is his own life.

Making up his mind, General Liu put on a nonchalant look, and waved his hands with a smile: "I don't know how powerful I am, so there are only this few people. Don't worry, according to my estimation, their soldiers and horses are several thousand at most, not necessarily more than There are so many of us, we claim tens of thousands to scare people.”

Those generals gathered by him halfway were doubtful: "Really?"

"This general has led the army for more than 20 years, how can there be a lie?" General Liu said slowly, "When sending troops, it is a common practice to report the number of people falsely. Nanyuan is the old capital of the Chu State. When the state capital was established, it was under the control of the state. The place is not big. In this situation, he has Hexing to the east, and foreign races to the west and south, so how dare he send out a large army? Thousands can’t be more.”

What he said sounds reasonable at first glance, but it is actually true and false.For example, the estimation of Nanyuan was accurate, but deliberately ignored the fact that Yongcheng had already belonged to the Xu family, and then pressed down on the number of people, it became "no more than us".

Those people believed his words: "In this way, we can completely hold on!"

General Liu clapped his hands approvingly, and encouraged him loudly: "Everyone, we were caught in the trick of the Yan family earlier, so we escaped here as a last resort. If we can hold this city, we can make a comeback! The so-called heroes come out of troubled times, and now we have set a new record. Fan Jiye, you will never have enough to enjoy in the future!"

In the past few days after taking Xingtong, these rebels have tasted the sweetness.If you can occupy this city for a long time, life is of course much better than wandering around.Even if the fallen grass becomes a bandit, how can it be fun to own a serious city?
So they all echoed: "What the general said is that we hold on to Xingtong and make a comeback! Hold on to Xingtong and make a comeback!"

Seeing their excitement, General Liu was very satisfied, and ordered to go on: "Since you are of one mind with me, let's defend the city together! Deputy General Zhang, you gather everyone and line up in teams; Lieutenant Li, go find some Civilian, clear up the corpses on the street, and you will have to transport food and goods later. Wang Canjun, go and count the armaments in the city..."

After General Liu made arrangements, he returned to Baihualou contentedly.

He asked the soldiers: "How do you think Ben will deal with it?"

The soldiers replied: "The general has arranged properly, and he will be able to guard the city safely!"

"What are you guarding?" General Liu rolled his eyes unceremoniously, and lowered his voice under the inexplicable gaze of his subordinates, "Tell the brothers, put on a show of diligence these few days, and when the war enters a tug-of-war, we Just retreat quietly!"

(End of this chapter)