I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 156 Liu Bi's Last Struggle
"Pay attention to the defensive distance!"

"Every wall stack must be defended!"

"The generals are all on the move, always pay attention to the situation on the city wall, and when they see any loopholes in the defense, they will immediately ask someone to fill them up!"

In the third year of the Tianziqi New Year, the sixth day of the fourth month of summer, the city of Suiyang.

The rebel attack on Suiyang continued.

But unlike the past month or so, facing the embarrassment of the rebels attacking the city, everything is going on in an orderly manner at the Suiyang wall at this moment.

—— Liang Wang Liu Wu, accompanied by Lieutenant Zhang Yu, stood on the turret above the city gate, covered by his own soldiers, observing the situation inside and outside the city wall;

Liang General Han Anguo and Lieutenant Li Guang of Xiaoqi respectively led Liang Guo's army and the Guanzhong reinforcements brought by Liu Fei to build a defense line on the city wall.

The two armies were not mixed together by Liu Fei, but were distributed across the city wall in units of 'shi'.

The effect of this arrangement is obviously very significant;
——A dozen or so soldiers of the Liang State Army with 'shi' turned their heads sideways during the battle, and they could glimpse their left and right. They were full of energy and sturdy soldiers from Guanzhong.

Just by looking at them like this from time to time, the morale of Liang Guojun's soldiers can be improved visible to the naked eye.

Because the Guanzhong soldiers around them will give them an inexplicable peace of mind.

Similar to the peace of mind of "we are not fighting alone" and "there are these tough men around us".

But with the passage of time, a situation that Liu Fei didn't expect appeared between the soldiers of Liang Guobing and the soldiers of Guan Zhong who crossed the city wall...
"spit!"

On the city wall, a Guan Zhong soldier suddenly stabbed a sword, and stabbed a rebel pioneer who poked his head out of the city wall, and fell down the city wall screaming;

Then, the passer-by spit and tightened his grip on the long sword in his hand;

Although his eyes were still fixed on the outside of the city wall, he said jokingly, "Did you see it?"

"—This is my seventh one today!"

"You handsome ladies of the Liang Kingdom, watch and study hard!"

"Don't wait for us to go back to Guanzhong, and we will be caught by the mob of the clan and princes..."

"go!!"

"Well... the eighth;"

"It's a pity, they all fell off the city wall, so I can't cut off their heads~"

"Tsk tsk..."

While speaking, another rebel with his head sticking out was stabbed off the city wall by the passer-by.

And at a position about ten steps away from the pawn in the pass, the Liang Guo defenders on both sides couldn't help turning their heads slightly, and looked at the pawn in the pass with angry expressions in their eyes.

"The reckless man from Guanzhong!"

After spitting secretly, everyone turned around again, focusing on the battle in front of them again.

It's just that they didn't even notice that after being provoked by the pawns in the pass, everyone's hands wielding their long swords were obviously stronger...

"So, is there really no problem?"

Not far away, Han Anguo only asked a slightly worried question as Liang Guobing and Guan Zhongping pawns crossing the city wall were competing with each other.

But Li Guangman on the side waved his hand indifferently: "Hi~"

"It's nothing more than usual;"

"——They are all full-blooded husbands. If you don't even have this bit of blood, how can you kill the enemy?"

"If you don't even dare to fight this tone, let alone killing the enemy, even if you are chopping a stake, you may not be able to cut it accurately."

As he spoke, Li Guang stretched out his hand and patted Han Anguo on the shoulder.

"Don't worry~"

"Just fight like this, chattering, and before you know it, the battle will be won."

"On the contrary, the soldiers are silent, gritted their teeth, frowned, and tightened the strings in their hearts. That's when there will be a big problem."

Han Anguo bowed his head thoughtfully at his nonchalant words;
Before he had time to nod his head to express his approval, he saw Li Guanghe raised his head with a smile, and shouted loudly: "You guys!"

"Work harder!"

"There are tens of thousands of rebels. You can't. You can count on Liang Guo's handsome girls to kill hundreds of thousands of rebels, right?"

"what?!"

With a cry, the Guanzhong soldiers on the city wall burst into laughter, and they cheered up and put more effort into the battle.

When Liang Guo's soldiers heard the call sign, they blushed sullenly, and turned their resentful eyes to Li Guang's smiling face.

Li Guang didn't care about the reaction of the soldiers, and even secretly proud of it;
But after noticing that Han Anguo beside him had a slightly strange expression on his face, Li Guang turned around with some doubts.

"General Han, this is..."

"--nothing."

Before Li Guang could express his concern, Han Anguo said something coldly, and then gave Li Guang a deep look;
After a while, Han Anguo turned and left, leaving Li Guang alone, frowning in confusion.

"General Li~"

"General Lee..."

Just as he was about to catch up, Liu Fei sighed helplessly behind him, causing Li Guang to turn his head subconsciously.

But seeing Liu Feiman shaking his head helplessly and sighing, he said something leisurely to Li Guang.

"Let's just say, is there such a possibility;"

"—This general of 'Liang Guo', is he also a 'Liang man'?"

"Just in front of your face, calling someone 'Ms. Liang Guojun', General Li, do you still expect him to laugh it off?"

"—Or give General Li another one????"

A joke full of jokes finally made Li Guang react. He just lowered his head a little embarrassed, and laughed twice.

"Hey, hey..."

"The last general is stupid, not good at talking..."

"Hey hey..."

He said something with a silly smile, but it caused Liu Fei to shake his head and sigh bitterly.

After a while, Liu Fei frowned suddenly, stepped forward with a strange expression, leaned over and sniffed Li Guang's upper body.

When Li Guang slightly took a step back in panic, Liu Fei looked at Li Guang with bursts of despair.

"It's not even noon..."

"——General Li didn't forget to drink even after breakfast?"

Trying to keep his voice down, he pulled Li Guang to a position close to the inner side of the city wall, and Liu Fei's eyebrows immediately became serious.

There was no longer any hint of ridicule in the tone of voice, but only endless solemnity.

Seeing Liu Fei's posture, Li Guang couldn't help becoming a little flustered. He groaned and hawed for a long time, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Just as Liu Fei shook his head and sighed bitterly, thinking about how to deal with this matter, a hoarse call sign suddenly came from the Yuantai not far away.

"Wu thief has retreated!"

Liao Yuanzu let out a roar with all his strength, which made Liu Fei and Li Guang stunned;
After a while, when the two came to the outer edge of the city wall, they saw that the rebel army outside the city wall had receded like a tide under the command of the rebel general.

"Ok?"

"The bandit army's offensive has just started not long ago, right?"

"This is..."

"--Return?"

Liu Fei's surprised words only caused Li Guang to shake his head in confusion, obviously also very confused by the abnormal behavior of the rebels.

After a long while like this, in the distance on the city wall, I suddenly remembered a louder and louder cheering sound, which made Liu Fei and Li Guang even more confused.

Until noon, the news that shocked the world was personally announced by Liang Wang Liu Wu on the turret, and the entire Suiyang City was completely immersed in the joy before the victory.

"Taiwei Zhou Yafu sent Qingqi to surprise Huaisikou!"

"The rebel army's food route has been cut off, and the retreat has been cut off!!"

"—Liu Bi, the thief, is already at the end of the road!!!"

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"King..."

"My lord, slow down..."

At the same time, [-] miles east of Suiyang, Wu Chu rebel camp.

Seeing Liu Bi, the King of Wu, who was weak in both hands and feet, being taken into account by the generals of the Wu Kingdom, lying on the king's couch with a face ashen ashes, Tian Lubo, the general of the Wu Kingdom, fell into a long period of stupefaction. .

Even Huan Ba, the vanguard general, didn't know what to do when he saw Liu Bi's appearance.

The coach Tian Lubo and the vanguard Huan Ba ​​are like this, and the rest of the Wu generals are naturally even more helpless;

Surrounded by Liu Bi's king's couch, they were silent for a long time, and finally saw Liu Bi on the king's couch, sitting up with the support of Prince Wu.

Only in those slack and dim eyes, I can no longer see the grace and arrogance of the 'East Emperor'...
"Zhou Yafu sent Han Tuidang to capture Huaisikou..."

"Huaishui and Surabaya have also thawed;"

"The army's food and grass can no longer be transported to the city of Suiyang..."

The low, mournful tone made all the generals in the tent bow their heads deeply;

Although they didn't say anything, the words 'the big thing is over' were written on everyone's face.

——In this generation, food and grass, or food roads, are the most basic guarantee foundation for military spirit and morale!

If the shortage of food and grass in the army exceeds three days, the soldiers will complain, and if it exceeds five days, the morale of the army will start to slump.

And 'the food road is cut off', it will destroy all the morale of the army in one fell swoop;
If it is not handled properly, the entire army will lose more than [-]% of its combat effectiveness...

"This Han Tuidang is really too insidious!"

"——It was enough to capture the Huaisi Pass, but they even drove all the defeated soldiers from the Huaisi Pass out of the camp!"

"Thousands of routs poured into the camp. I'm afraid that the news of the loss of Huaisi Pass has already spread throughout the camp..."

Seeing that all the generals in the tent bowed their heads and said nothing, Liu Ju, Prince of Wu, had no choice but to step forward and say something indignantly;
But seeing on the king's couch, Liu Bi was full of despair and turned his head to the inside of the king's couch.

"The food road is broken..."

"As long as the food and grass in the army are cut off, the army will collapse at the first touch..."

"Everything is over..."

"everything······"

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."

After a few words, Liu Bi coughed lightly, and the blood that had just been wiped from the corner of his mouth dyed Liu Bi's beard a little scarlet again.

Seeing that Liu Bi is so depressed, all the generals in the tent will look at me and I will look at you;
In the end, it was still a slightly older veteran standing up, tentatively surrendering to Liu Bi.

"King;"

"Why don't you retreat first?"

"Although Han Tuidang captured Huaisikou, since it was a surprise attack by Qingqi, he must not have too many troops."

"Your Majesty led the army back to Huaisikou, it will definitely be possible..."

"——No~"

"—I can't return~~~"

"—Absolutely cannot retreat..."

Unexpectedly, before the old general finished speaking, Wu Wang Liu Bi, whose eyes were still gloomy, smiled wryly and shook his head while being held in the arms of the crown prince and lying weakly on the couch.

"Retreat, not really used to retreat;"

"It is used to strengthen the morale of the army, so that the soldiers can concentrate on attacking Suiyang without any worries..."

"The widow leads the army westward, and there are only two choices;"

"——Either, Lien Chan Lian Jie; or, stop at a standstill..."

"Once you retreat, the army will immediately collapse, hundreds of thousands of troops will be scattered like birds and beasts..."

Saying so, Liu Bi twisted his body a little, lay flat in the arms of the crown prince, and cast his dull and empty eyes on the top of the military tent.

"Huaisikou, it is impossible to regain it..."

"The army's food road has been cut off, and the retreat has been cut off;"

"It's only three to five days for the soldiers to lose their morale."

"Suiyang in the west is very difficult to attack with the reinforcements brought by Mr. Fei;"

"Changyi in the north, Zhou Yafu fortified the walls and cleared the fields, dug trenches, and built barriers. He has been operating for a long time, but there is no hope of breaking through..."

"Ah······"

"—The widow finally knows why Zhou Yafu stationed troops in Changyi early, but couldn't hold on..."

"It turns out that it is Huaisikou..."

"Huaisikou..."

There were several more miserable sighs, and Liu Bi finally closed his eyes in despair, turned his body, and turned his back directly to the generals in the tent;

Although he didn't speak, this attitude of despair clearly showed that he had given up on treatment.

Seeing that Liu Bi had been defeated by the news of 'the Huaisi Pass was lost', all his ambitions were crushed, Prince Liu Juman of Wu, with pleading eyes, only locked his eyes on the general Tian Lubo and the vanguard general Huanba. body.

Just the extreme misery in those eyes, and the humble pleading to kneel and kowtow, already made Tian Lubo and Huan Ba ​​bow their heads in guilt, and they dared not look directly at Liu Ju's deep eyes. .

Liu Bi, you are right...

Huaisikou is not only a military ration transfer station to ensure the supply of food and grass for the army, but also a crucial pass on the army's retreat route.

It is indeed as Liu Bi said: the "retreat route" at Huaisikou is not really used for retreat;
Instead, it was used to reassure the rebel soldiers, so that the army moved westward with high morale.

Now, the Huaisi Pass has been lost, the army has no way to retreat, and the morale of the army is shaken;

In a few days, the food and grass in the army will be exhausted, and the new food and grass will not be delivered for a long time. The mighty Wu-Chu coalition army of more than 30 will surely collapse...

"Huaisikou..."

"Huaisikou..."

"Retreat..."

"Food Road..."

Sensing the increasingly miserable eyes of Crown Prince Liu Ju and Liu Bi's miserable back full of despair, General Tian Lubo frowned, his face watery;

He murmured thoughtfully, and made up his mind secretly. Finally, in the expectation of Prince Liu Ju and all the Wu generals in the tent, Tian Lubo stepped forward two steps and walked to the place where Liu Bi was. Before the couch.

"Your Majesty."

"The matter has come to this, there is only one way left, which can turn things around!"

Tian Lubo's solemn tone only provoked Prince Liu Ju to take a deep breath, then hurriedly lowered his head, and looked anxiously at King Wu Liu Bi in his arms, whose breathing rhythm had obviously stopped.

As for the generals in the tent, and even the vanguard general Huan Ba, they turned their eyes on Liu Bi's desperate back at that moment.

After a while, Liu Bi sitting on the king's couch suddenly sat up, although he was still coughing lightly, but there was a little fighting spirit on his face again.

"Is there another way?!"

"Also... cough cough cough!"

"What else can I do!"

"Hurry up!!!"

Seeing that Liu Bi finally got his spirits up, General Tian Lubo didn't dare to delay at all, and hurriedly bowed his head heavily.

When every gaze in the waiting room was fixed on him with anticipation, Tian Lubo's temperament also spontaneously gave birth to an inexplicable and frightening determination!

"Your Majesty!"

"In the current situation, if Your Majesty does not take any action, the army's retreat route will be cut off, and the supply road will be cut off."

"However, a few decades ago, there was also a successful case where a general who led an army took the initiative to cut off his escape route and food road, and lived to death!"

"If Your Majesty can cheer up and turn the disadvantage of cutting off the supply chain into the fighting spirit of Xiang Ji and Han Xin's last-ditch fight, then there is still a glimmer of hope for the matter of your Majesty!!!"

The solemn words only made Liu Bi's complexion suddenly darken, and his expression became more and more serious.

After thinking for a long time, Liu Bi slowly got up from the king's couch, and glanced at everyone in the tent in sequence.

"My widow, I've reached the point where I'm close to death!"

"The emperor of Chang'an has also promulgated an edict long ago: For those who rise up to 'rebel', the key is to go deep and kill more!"

"My widow, there is no retreat for a long time;"

"Soldiers, there is no retreat..."

The low tone made all the generals in the tent raise their heads one after another. After a while, they all looked up at King Wu Liu Bi with firm expressions.

He also knew that at this time, Wu Wang Liu Bi exuded the last trace of kingly aura in his life.

"Send the order down!"

"—The mouth of Huaisi was deliberately thrown to Han Tui by the widow!"

"The reason is to let Zhou Yafu in Changyi divide his troops!"

"Now, less than half of the Han army in Changyi is left!"

"Tonight, the army will reduce the number of soldiers and increase the number of stoves, and turn northward!"

"Before dawn tomorrow, there must be an attack horn in Changyi!!!"

The commanding voice full of aura made all the generals in the tent straighten their backs involuntarily, and they all bowed their hands to Liu Bi.

"Here!!!"

With a bang in response, the despair over everyone's hearts was finally dispersed for a while over the rebel camp.

That night, the rebels quietly retreated from the city of Suiyang, ran all night, and headed towards Changyi where Zhou Yafu was located;

But everything seems to have been concluded at the moment when Han Tiaodang attacked the Huaisi camp of the rebels with a single blow...
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(End of this chapter)