Chapter 241 I can’t be calm, but I can’t live up to my expectations of my elder brother!
Looking at Ying Chengyu’s face, which he had never seen before, Bafu’s heart was lifted, and he tentatively asked: “Master, are you okay?”
Ying Chengyu neighed in a low voice. : "Xinzheng is being besieged by the Chu army!"
Bafu was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously said: "Master, let's withdraw our troops and return reinforcements!"
Ying Chengyu did not hesitate. Said: "Order! The entire army will withdraw from camp immediately..."
Ying Chengyu doesn’t want to calm down!
What a fucking strategy! What a bloody tactical purpose! Go to hell and seize territory!
Unifying the world is nothing compared to the life of my eldest brother!
Now Ying Chengyu just wants to bring all the soldiers and horses he can and rush to Xinzheng City under the starry night!
But midway through his words, Ying Chengyu fell silent.
On the bamboo slips, Ying Chengyu seemed to be able to feel the warmth of Ying Zheng's hands.
Those lines of earnest and firm handwriting reveal Ying Zheng’s deep expectations.
Ying Zheng trusted Ying Chengxuan's ability and entrusted all the frontline command authority to Ying Chengxuan.
So instead of thinking calmly now, but relying on inner emotions to support Xinzheng, can Ying Chengxuan be worthy of Ying Zheng’s trust?
Thinking about it, Ying Zheng wouldn’t want his younger brother to be someone who can’t deal with major events calmly, right?
Holding the bamboo slip tightly with his right hand, Ying Chengyu continued to speak in a hoarse voice: "Instruct the entire army to maintain the offensive."
"The news that Xinzheng City is besieged is strictly confidential."
"If there is any leakage, it will be the Yi tribe!"
Meng Tian was stunned.
Based on Ying Chengyu’s past performance, Meng Tian also believed that Ying Chengyu would definitely want to return support as soon as possible.
But now, Ying Chengyu is unwilling to return aid?
For a moment, Meng Tian had to wonder if Wei Liao had guessed correctly.
Ying Chengxuan's usual performance was all disguise, but now faced with the opportunity to seize the throne without any blood, Ying Chengxuan finally showed his cards, stopped pretending, and just sat back and watched Ying Zheng be killed to seize the throne!
Meng Tian solemnly handed over his hands: "There are certainly some troops and horses in Xinzheng City, but we don't know whether they will be all the Chu army's troops."
"If the Chu army suddenly sends a large army to Xinzheng, the king is in danger”
"Even if the Chu army does not increase its troops, the king will still be in danger if he uses the strength of Xinzheng City to resist the 30,000 Chu army!"
"I dare to ask Lord Chang'an to immediately lead his army back to Xinzheng City to support Xinzheng City!"
< br>Before making a decision, Ying Chengyu's heart will be shaken, entangled, and hesitant.
When the decision was made, Ying Chengyu’s voice was full of firmness and determination: "It is precisely because the Chu army attacking Xinzheng City is not all the Chu army, that is why I cannot return for reinforcements."
“Once this general returns to support, the main force of the Chu army will lose control, and the army will definitely overwhelm our Qin territory!”
"My general's troops can only bring back 70,000 reinforcements. Even if he brings Wang Ben's troops back with him, it can only bring 170,000 reinforcements."
"But it will bring another 200,000 reinforcements." There are more than 300,000 enemy troops!"
"At that time, the king's situation was even more dangerous."
"For the current plan, there is no way to survive. Only the attacking side can find a smooth path!"
Meng Tian asked solemnly: "Since Chang'an Lord also knows that we are outnumbered in this battle, how can Chang'an Lord find a smooth path?"
Ying Chengyu said firmly: "Only because Brother Wang trusts me, he is far more trustworthy than King Chu trusts Xiang Yan."
"Only because we, the warriors of Qin Dynasty, work together and work hard, the Chu army is constantly divided!"
On a large-scale battlefield, pulling is an extremely important link, and it can even make up for the strengths and weaknesses of the troops to a certain extent.
If Ying Chengyu was trapped in Xinzheng and immediately returned to help, Xiang Yan would have completed his pull on Ying Chengyu.
Ying Chengyu didn’t believe that Xiang Yan was not ready for the subsequent series of ambushes.
But if Xiang Yan immediately came back to help because he was trapped in Shouchun City, Ying Chengyu would have completed his pull on Xiang Yan.
At this point in the war, the competition is no longer just about the abilities of the generals on both sides, but also a test of the monarchs on both sides!
Ying Chengxuan has absolute trust in Ying Zheng’s character and ability!
Meng Tian was unable to persuade him any more, so he could only sigh softly, cupped his hands and said, "I just hope that Lord Chang'an will win."
Ying Chengyu returned the favor by cupping his hands: "Thank you very much."
"Come here, take Minister Meng down to rest!"
Before he finished speaking, Ying Chengyu had already climbed onto his horse and rode around Shouchun City.
The overall shape of Shouchun City is approximately rectangular, with a length of about 6,500 meters from north to south and a width of about 4,300 meters from east to west. Its total area ranks among the top three in the world today. It is a quite spacious capital city. , there is a moat connecting the Feishui River outside the city, and the waterways in the city are crisscrossed. It has been the shipbuilding center and commercial center of Chu State in recent decades.
However, Shouchun City has only been the capital of Chu for four years. During these four years, King Kaolie of Chu and King Han of Chu were still in the process of handing over power. There was no time and energy in Chu State to further repair Shouchun City, so that The overall city defense structure of Shouchun City still maintains the regulations that Chun Shenjun lived at this time.
The only thing worthy of praise is that there is a small city six miles southwest of Shouchun City with a wall circumference of 1,200 meters.
This city was originally the residence of Lord Chun Shen, but now it has been repaired into a small fortress that can help Shouchun City in wartime.
But the wall of Shouchun City is about five feet (11.55 meters) high, the base of the wall is about ten feet (23.1 meters) wide, and the top of the wall is about three and a half feet (8 meters) wide. The thickness of the city wall is only one-third that of Daliang City and half that of Xinzheng City. Its height is similar to that of Xinzheng City. The city gates only have four road gates and one water gate, which cannot be called flexible.
When he rode his horse around to the east of Shouchun City, Ying Chengyu suddenly stopped and asked, "The east city is also heavily guarded?"
When he first arrived at Shouchun City, Ying Chengyu adopted the method of surrounding three towers. The first tactic was to gather 10,000 troops in the west, south and north directions to attack the city.
Although the Chu army's troops and horses in the west, south and north directions are not small, they can never be said to be sufficient.
In this case, the city-defending generals chose to garrison the East City with no fewer troops than other city walls.
What does the city guard think?
Ying Chengxuan immediately ordered: "Send the order to Wang Pan and lead all the catapults under his command to the east city."
"Send the order to transfer my own troops to the east city to protect Wang Pan's troops."
“Send orders to Commander Jiang Ming, Commander Xiao Tu, and Commander Meng Nan to send the main army to attack!”
Two quarters of an hour later, one hundred and twenty catapults arrived outside the east city gate.
Ying Chengyu shouted in a deep voice: "Every ten catapults aim at the same city wall."
"Salvo!"
Wang Pan quickly shouted: "Adjust Direction! "
" Volley! " At the command, one hundred and twenty heavy boulders were thrown out by the catapult and crashed down on the east wall of Shouchun City!
"Boom!!!"
The roar sounded.
One hundred and twenty boulders weighing tens of kilograms were thrown down at the same time, and the entire east city wall was shaking.
After just five rounds of flying rocks, a crack appeared on the top of the east city wall!
The messengers galloped on their horses like crazy, all the way to Li Yuan: "Report to your Majesty!"
"All the catapults of the Qin army have turned into our east city, and there are already cracks in the wall of the east city!"
Li Yuan asked in disbelief: "Have you seen the crack?!"
"The flying rocks of the Qin army are so powerful?!"
Li Yuan originally thought that Xiuyu City and Daliang City If it can withstand the Qin army's flying rocks for several months, there will be no problem in Shouchun City.
But reality gave Li Yuan a loud slap in the face.
Xiuyu City has Pang Nuan's temporarily thickened ice wall, Daliang City has the tireless thickening of successive Wei kings, what does Shouchun City have?
How can it withstand the Qin army’s indiscriminate bombardment by flying rocks!
The messenger asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, are our troops going to go out of the city and destroy the Qin army's catapults?"
Li Yuan knew very well that the suggestion of the messenger was the right choice to deal with the current war situation. .
But one problem Li Yuan had to face was that the main defenders in the city were Jing's private soldiers.
In the city, Li Yuan can also mobilize them in the name of Ling Yin.
But once they leave the city, it is entirely possible for the middle and high-level generals in Jing's private army to tamper with Li Yuan's orders and run away with the private soldiers.
Unless the main army, county soldiers and guards are ordered to go out of the city to fight, it is likely to be a meat bun beating a dog, and there will be no return!
After struggling for a long time, Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "Summon the corvee in the city, and immediately dig soil in the city to the East City, thicken and repair the East City wall!"
Outside Dongcheng.
Looking at the Chu army carefully huddled under the female wall and the city gate that was still closed, Ying Chengyu was a bit speechless: "Our army's catapults are all outside the east city, and there are only 20,000 soldiers and horses. Protect."
"As long as the elite soldiers are sent out of the city, it is possible to break through our army's defense line, destroy our army's catapults, and save Shouchun City from the threat of flying rocks."
"Guard the capital. Not moved? ”
“Or is the guard unable to act? ”
Ying Chengyu felt that the situation was getting more and more strange, and immediately issued another order: "Send orders to Jiang Ming's troops to give up the attack on Nancheng, join forces with Xiao Tu's troops, and attack the west city together!"
"Send orders to keep the scouts close! Pay attention to the movements of the Chu army at the top of the city. If you discover the Chu army's troop movements, inform the general immediately!"
Two quarters of an hour later, the scout hurriedly returned to the Chinese army: "Inform the general, four thousand troops will be mobilized from the south city to reinforce the west city. "
Ying Chengyu immediately asked: "After transferring four thousand soldiers and horses, how many soldiers and horses are left on the south wall?"
The scout said without hesitation: "More than three thousand, there is no way to know the details? Know.”
The scout's field of vision was also limited. He could only give an estimate based on the battle situation he saw with his naked eyes. He could not observe the enemy's hiding caves, city gate towers, or soldiers and horses under the city.
But the answer given by the scout was enough for Ying Chengyu to make further judgment.
Ying Chengyu said thoughtfully: "The three thousand soldiers and horses left behind must be Jing's private soldiers, right?"
The scout raised his head unexpectedly: "Return to the general, watch. The flag is indeed the Jing family's troops."
Ying Chengqiao nodded slightly: "It seems that Lord Changping has never deceived me on such a major matter."
Based on several troop mobilizations, Ying Chengxuan had already made a basic judgment.
As long as the city guard is not a novice who has never read a military book, or is a veteran who is very good at attacking people, otherwise there may still be serious problems within the Chu army, so the guard has to sit back and watch. The opportunity slipped away.
Ying Chengyu didn't know what method King Chu Han used to gather Jing's troops.
But King Han of Chu still failed to erase the gaps between the various departments of the Chu army.
This gap may be the key for Ying Chengyu to quickly attack Shouchun City!
After pondering for a long time, Ying Chengyu said in a deep voice: "Order!"
"If there is no order from this general, Wang Pan's troops will keep flying rocks!"
"Jiang Ming, Meng Nan, Xiao Tu's three crossbowmen came forward, not to seize the city, but to kill Jing's private soldiers!"
"Command! Captain Li Xin returns to the capital immediately."
" Wei Cenbian led his navy to obey the orders of General Wang Ben. "
"General Wang Ben will move into Xiangcheng immediately. We must try our best to intercept Chu General Xiang Yan's troops!"
"Send the summons to Zhuang Jia!"
All the messengers retreated, Ying Cheng He held his pen on the bamboo slips and wrote rapidly.
When Zhuang Jia arrived, Ying Chengyu dried the ink, closed the bamboo slips and handed them to his soldiers to seal them with mud, and asked solemnly: "I need you to sneak into Shouchun City."
"Can it be done?"
Zhuang Jia frowned: "Now that our army has reached Shouchun City, it is extremely difficult to sneak into Shouchun City."
"If there is no internal response, we will need more than five hundred Chu army prisoners."< br>
Ying Chengyu said without hesitation: "I will give you a thousand prisoners, and it is up to you to decide how to deal with them."
"If you have any other needs, please inform me at any time."
Taking the bamboo slips sealed with mud and handing them to Zhuang Jia, Ying Chengxuan said solemnly: "At any cost, you must give this letter to Lord Changping!"
Zhuang Jia suddenly handed over his hand: "Wei!"
(End of this chapter)