Zhuge Liang of the glory of the king

Chapter 33 Siege!

A few days later, Xiang Yu led his troops to the outside of Pengcheng.When they arrived, the cavalry and the Beiwei army had already set up camp next to the Han army.

Not long after Xiang Yu and others entered the camp, Liu Bang brought all his subordinates to visit.

"Brother Xiang, I've been waiting for you!"

As soon as Liu Bang arrived at the main tent, he hurried forward to hold Xiang Yu's hands tightly.

"I don't know which general of the Qin army is in Pengcheng, and he can resist the edge of the Han army? Brother Liu, please sit down first, and let's talk slowly."

Xiang Yu was extremely uncomfortable with Liu Bang's enthusiasm, but he knew that he was worried about the war, so he welcomed him into his account without being too sarcastic.

When Liu Bang entered the tent, he didn't show much politeness, and directly pulled Xiang Yu to the front of the sand table.

"Brother Xiang, please see that each of the four gates of the city is defended by 5 elite soldiers. Not only that, there are also [-] reserve troops in the city. If you insist on it, I'm afraid you and my army will suffer heavy casualties!"

When Xiang Yu heard that there were 30 Qin troops in the city, his expression became serious.

"Why are there so many troops? Besides, why don't they go out of the city to fight? Brother Liu, have you tested the strength of the Qin army?"

"Tested, they are all elite soldiers. Before you arrived, I sent five thousand elite soldiers to attack the city, but the result was less than a stick of incense, and they were all lost. After that, no matter how much I insulted, the Qin army did not leave the city. fight."

Liu Bang helplessly explained the combat situation in the past two days, with a look of hatred on his face.

"So tolerant? Who is this Pengcheng general? And why did he gather elite soldiers here?"

"The leader of the army this time is Wang Li's elder brother, Wang Feng! According to my information, Wang Feng is very good at defending the city. This time Wang Feng volunteered to avenge his younger brother Wang Li! As for the troops, he almost exhausted the other troops when he went out. The troops of the Qin army used in the city. If we can eliminate them this time, then the next battle will be easy!"

It turned out that Wang Feng was avenging his younger brother.In an important situation in Pengcheng, he brought all the troops of the Qin Dynasty except the frontier army.Wang Feng wants to fight to the death in Pengcheng!

Xiang Yu figured this out and muttered to himself.

"Pengcheng is the place where soldiers must pass through to enter Xianyang! Moreover, it has more room for maneuver and mobility than Hangu Pass. It seems that this Wang Feng is not an ordinary person."

"Have you tried any tricks? Cut off water and food, dig tunnels to attack the city?"

Seeing everyone's sad faces, Zhuge Liang stepped forward to ask Liu Bang.

"Little brother, it's useless, we've already tried it. This Wang Feng directly stored enough food and water for a year in the city, and dug wells for his own use. As for the tunnels, since the tunnel warfare before you, there are now everywhere in the city walls. It's a big urn, and if there is any movement, they will know immediately."

Zhang Liang helped Liu Bang answer, also frowning.

"This is a tortoise shell, water and fire will not invade it!"

Zhong Wuyan couldn't help shouting loudly after hearing what the crowd said.

"Although we brought more than 6 elite troops, we didn't dare to forcefully fill in the siege. This is simply a bottomless pit!"

Zhuge Liang first vetoed the idea of ​​directly attacking the city, and turned his head to think about other countermeasures.

"I can try!"

Daji took the initiative to come up, pointed at the sand table and said.

"The power of the magic way I practice is the power of the mind, and I can control them to open the city gate."

"No!" As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuge Liang raised objections.

"No matter how strong your spiritual power is, you can still affect more than 5000 people? There are not so many people causing chaos, even if you open the city gate, we don't have time to break in!"

Zhuge Liang looked at Daji and felt that she was becoming more and more human.But with such a suggestion, Zhuge Liang rejected her decisively.After all, excessive use of the power of the magic way will extract the vitality in the body.

"Since conventional methods are useless, why don't we try unconventional methods?"

Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes and thought of a weird plan.

"What way?" Everyone asked together.

"I don't know if you have burned the fire with wet straw? Once the wet straw catches fire, it will emit very choking smoke. As long as people smell the smoke, they will definitely cough and feel weak. If you add some spicy things to it , It is estimated that the knife is difficult to lift."

Zhuge Liang explained the strategy to everyone.

"But isn't this hurting the enemy ten thousand and self-damaging three thousand? We're just as powerless in attacking."

Chen Ping and Liu Bang came together. Seeing that Zhuge Liang's strategy was being considered by everyone, he hurriedly pointed out the omissions.

"Chen Ping, you don't know something. If you soak the handkerchief with water and cover your mouth and nose, it will not be affected. Junior brother, no wonder the master said you are smart, this plan is really great!"

Han Xinwei thought about it, and found the key point from his poor experience since he was a child.So he helped him explain the mystery to Chen Ping.

"This matter must not be leaked! Order the Wei army to look for straws and attack the city tomorrow!"

Xiang Yu publicly announced the attack order.

"Here!"

Liu Bang and Zhang Liang returned to their tents, ready to discuss who would cooperate with the Chu army in attacking the city.

As soon as he entered the tent, Chen Ping stepped forward and offered to speak to Liu Bang.

"My lord, you see that Xiang Yu started commanding our Han army as soon as he arrived, and directly ordered to send troops to attack the city together. Originally, we invited him to overthrow the Qin Dynasty together, but now it is good that he is the master himself. My lord, from now on, we two There will be a battle in the army, you have to be on guard."

"Don't talk nonsense! At this time, our common enemy is the King of Qin! Besides, the strength of the Chu army is stronger than our army. Isn't it reasonable for Xiang Yu to take command?"

Liu Bang scolded Chen Ping and told him to shut up.However, there was a trace of dissatisfaction on Liu Bang's face.

Zhang Liang and Han Xin looked at each other, and there was a hint of amusement in their eyes: "Brother Liu's acting skills are really good!"

Seeing that Liu Bang was about to get angry, Chen Ping returned to his original position and discussed with everyone about sending troops to attack the city.

Early the next morning, everyone gathered their troops and stood outside the gate of Pengcheng.The Beiwei army at the front each held a huge shield in their hands and carried a large bundle of straw on their backs.

Hearing the drums of the gathering army outside the city, Wang Feng also stood on the city wall and looked at them.

"Why are you dressed so strangely? Is this going to attack the city?" Wang Feng muttered in his heart, looking at the sergeant at the front of the enemy, his face was full of confusion, but there was something wrong in his heart, as if he had the illusion that a catastrophe was imminent.

"Beiwei Army! Attack!"

With a wave of his hand, Lian Po led the sergeant and rushed up together.

"Get ready, wet the hand towel and tie it around your mouth and nose! Once the smoke rises, attack immediately!"

Xiang Yu issued an attack preparation order.

Lian Po waved his armguards to block the arrows shot at him, and the army behind him raised their huge shields above their heads to resist the crossbow arrows shot by the Qin army.

Not long after, he had rushed to the bottom of the city wall.Wang Feng on the city wall saw that the army was approaching, so he ordered the crossbowmen in the first row to retreat and let the sword and shield soldiers come up.

"Fire! Retreat!"

Lian Po issued a combat order, threw the wet straw on his back under the city wall, ordered the sergeant to light a torch, and threw it on the straw.Then lead the army to retreat.

As soon as the Beiwei army withdrew to the army, black smoke was already billowing on the city wall, and loud coughing could be heard continuously on the city wall.

"Army! Attack!"

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