General Qin

At dusk, the sky slanted westward.

Looking at the Shouchun battlefield in the distance, Zhao Tuo frowned slightly as he watched the black-armored Qin soldiers recede like a tide amidst the sound of golden gongs.

Beside him, the attendant Lu Wan said with a little regret: "It's a pity that our army is too small. If the general can have another 30,000 troops under his command, he will definitely be able to win this Shouchun City in one battle."

"Today is just a test."

Zhao Tuo spoke lightly.

His face was calm, but there was still a little regret in his heart.

Because today is indeed a good time for him to attack the capital of Chu State in one fell swoop.

Seeing the enemy soldiers approaching the city, the King of Chu didn't think about how to improve the morale of the soldiers and how to defend the city. Instead, he held some sacrificial ceremonies on the top of the city, pinning his hopes on ghosts and gods, which is ridiculous.

Zhao Tuo seized the opportunity, and first fired a burst of cannons to frighten the people of Chu, and their morale plummeted.

Immediately afterwards, the Qin army took advantage of the situation to attack the city. Under the fierce offensive, this side of the Shouchun city wall almost fell.

It's a pity that Shouchun is a majestic city in Huainan after all, with thick walls, and the number of defenders in the city is much larger than that of the Qin army.

One by one, the Chu soldiers were rushed to the city wall to fight with the Qin people. Facing the danger of subjugating the country and breaking the city, these Chu people fought bravely despite the fear in their hearts, making it impossible for the Qin army to enter the city.

In addition to the desperate resistance of the Chu people, this failure is also related to Zhao Tuo's lack of troops.

The Qin army had only 20,000 available soldiers, and the attack on the city was still a tentative attack on the first day. Naturally, it was impossible to send all the troops, so the siege force became slightly weaker in the later stages.

On the contrary, the Chu army in the city continued to come to the top of the city to provide support, making it impossible for the Qin army to gain a firm foothold even if they took down the city wall.

Zhao Tuo's troops were smaller than the defenders in the city. It was almost impossible to break the city in one battle without the enemy's fighting spirit collapsed.

As Lu Wan said, if Zhao Tuo had tens of thousands more men, the situation would be different. He could launch attacks on several other walls at the same time.

"We still have to wait for the army to arrive. It's not realistic for my 20,000 people to take down such a large Shouchun."

According to the information provided by the Chu people in the army, Shouchun City covers a vast area, with eight water gates and eight land gates.

This city not only has a tall and solid outer wall, but also a towering palace city of the King of Chu in the city. In front of the palace wall, there is a moat formed by diverting Fei water.

Even if Zhao Tuo captured Shouchun Waiguo, his force was still not enough to storm the palace city of King Chu inside.

"So General Li's surprise attack on Shouchun last year was just whimsical."

Zhao Tuo shook his head, thinking of Li Xin's combat strategy last year.

Only when we got to Shouchun City and faced this Huainan city, did we know the concept of 30,000 people surprise attacking Shouchun.

It's easy to say, but if you really want to come here to attack the city, facing the desperate resistance of tens of thousands of Chu people in the city, there are two solid walls inside and outside, coupled with the constant return of the Chu army, and the lack of supplies of the Qin army, How to win a battle?

Even if Lord Changping hadn't betrayed the Qin State last year, I'm afraid Li Xin would have to return home in front of Shouchun City, or even lose his master here.

Just as Zhao Tuo sighed, Zhong Limei, who had been silent all this time, said, "Our army is short of troops, why doesn't the general use the strategy of attacking the heart?"

"Attack the heart?"

Zhao Tuo narrowed his eyes slightly, and whispered: "Siege the city is the bottom, attack the mind is the top, I know it. But now Shouchun is an isolated city, once the city is broken, it will be the end of the country. The king of Chu knows very well, If the city is not destroyed, he will still be the king of Chu. If he surrenders, he will be a prisoner of our Qin State. So how can this person surrender before the city is destroyed?"

Zhong Limei shook his head and said: "If our army can't take the outer city, we will certainly not surrender. But the general can take advantage of today's events to break the hearts of the army and the people in the city, and make the Chu people lose their fighting spirit and dare not resist. This city should be taken easily. Now that the outer city has been captured, our army will enter Shouchun and surround the palace wall of the King of Chu. At that time, if we send a lobbyist, we may be able to capture him without a fight."

"Use today's events?"

Zhao Tuo's eyes lit up, and he said, "You mean ghosts and gods?"

"Of course! The important thing of the country is to worship and fight. Chu people believe in ghosts and gods most. Today, they sacrificed at the top of the city, praying for the command of the chief commander, but they were rejected by the gods. Not only did they fail, but they were bombarded by our army with giant artillery. It will definitely make the Chu people in the city panic."

Zhong Limei took a deep breath and whispered: "Our army attacked the city at that time, but it aroused the blood of the Chu people in the city. Under the threat of our army, they ignored it for a while."

"From the point of view of the last general, the general might as well postpone the attack for two days, and let the Chu people in the city think carefully about what the gods have abandoned today. There will definitely be fear in Shouchun."

"At that time, the general will shoot a book in the city again, saying that the gods have abandoned Chu, and the destiny is in Qin Zhiyu. It will definitely have an effect. If we attack the city after a few days, the resistance in the city will definitely decrease!"

"What a Zhongli, this method of attacking the heart is really a clever strategy!"

Zhao Tuo gave a compliment.

He is not from Chu, not even a native of this era, so his understanding of ghosts and gods is naturally inferior to Zhong Limei and others. Facing Shouchunjian City, all he thought about was all kinds of ways of fighting, but he was quite ignorant of ghosts and gods.

Now that Zhong Limei reminded her, she realized that this matter could indeed be used to make a big fuss.

After Zhao Tuo broadened his mind, a classic case about Chu people's belief in ghosts popped up in his mind.

"Bonfire foxes chirping."

"Da Chuxing, King Chen Sheng."

"Hey hey."

...

"lighter!"

"It hurts so much!"

Shouchun City, in the deep palace of the King of Chu.

The king of Chu was lying on the soft bed, screaming.

The clothes on his back had been picked up, exposing his back and buttocks, which had been shot by dirt and gravel.

Two beauties exuding fragrance were carefully applying the golden sore ointment on the wound on King Chu's buttocks.

Although the palms of the two beauties were soft and they were reluctant to use even a little bit of strength, every time they applied the medicine, the king of Chu let out a painful "woo woo" sound from his mouth.

He was born noble, and he was born with rich clothes and fine food, and he had never suffered such an injury. Every time he took the medicine, he felt very painful, and even the gentle touch of the beauty could not bring him the slightest comfort.

However, compared to the wounds on his body, what really made King Chu Chu feel painful was his failure to pray to the gods.

"Da Si Ming, why didn't the divine punishment come down? Could it be that the gods have abandoned the valley?"

At the sacrificial ceremony, the gods did not respond to his call, but Qin Jun's terrifying flying stones came oncoming.

Even the big witch who presided over the sacrifice fell in the chaos, was trampled by a group of wizards, and was sent to see the big priest.

The result of such prayers made King Chu of Chu feel more fearful and fearful.

The battle failed, Xiang Yan fled to the east, Huaibei was lost, and the Qin army approached the city...

Now, even the gods have abandoned him.

"There is still a large army in Bugu!"

"Come on, go and call Zuo disciple here!"

King Chu's eyes showed the desire to survive, and he would never give up until the last moment.

The two beauties were chased away by the king after they finished applying the wound medicine.

After a brief silence in the room, an old man in his fifties walked in.

Among the courtiers of the King of Chu, King Songyang Jingzhao went to Qi State to lobby, but did not return because Qin soldiers cut off the road.

Ling Yin Xiangyan disobeyed the king's order and led his army to defect.

Youyin Jinxia was murdered by the rebel Zhaoyuan.

Now in Shouchun City, the only important minister who can stand up to the table is the left disciple Sun Chang in front of him.

"Zuotu, can Qin Jun retreat?"

King Chu of Chu spoke eagerly. If the Qin army broke through the city, he would have to defend the palace to the death.

Sun Chang hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, my lord. Today's soldiers have fought hard and have repelled the Qin people."

"That's good."

The King of Chu heaved a sigh of relief, and asked again, "How many soldiers, horses and grain are there in my Shouchun City?"

Sun Chang thought for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, there are now about 20,000 elite soldiers in the city. There are also about 20,000 soldiers who have returned from Xiacai and the front lines. If the King recruits the young and strong in the city, there will be two more soldiers. Thirty thousand people."

"As for the food, the king ordered people to transport the food sent to Chenying to the city, plus the food stored in Shouchun. The amount is huge, enough to meet the needs of the soldiers and civilians in our city for a year!"

A look of joy finally appeared on the face of King Chu of Chu.

"Okay! Bugu still has 70,000 troops, a year's supply of food, and these high walls. Don't say that there are only 20,000 or 30,000 of Zhao Tuo's troops outside the city, even if there are 100,000 or 200,000 Qin troops outside the city. , I don’t take it seriously.”

He said to himself: "In the past, Zhao Xiangzi was trapped in Jinyang. Zhibo Goulian, Wei and Han, led the Fen River to irrigate the city, and the city did not soak three times. In the city, the cauldron was hung for cooking, and the son was eaten for food. The ministers all have ulterior motives, and the situation is several times more critical than today's Bugu, what will be the final result?"

"In the past, when the Five Kingdoms attacked Qi, more than 70 cities of Qi were destroyed by the people of Yan, leaving only the two cities of Jimo and Ju. The result? Didn't the kingdom of Qi be completely restored, and the people of Yan fled north!"

"Although Bugu has been invaded by Qin soldiers today, there is still a majestic city with an army of 70,000 and countless food and grass. It is much better than Zhao and Qi in the past, and it is enough to consume Qin's army."

"Not to mention that Huainan still has our cities in the Chu Kingdom. Bugu had issued an edict before, ordering the cities in Huainan to raise the soldiers of King Qin, and even summoned people from Baiyue to come here."

"There are also Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi. Although they are rebels, they will not surrender to the Qin people. Presumably they will fight to the death with the Qin people. It will prevent the Qin army from attacking Shouchun who is not Gu."

"From this point of view, there is still hope for Bugu!"

"As long as Bugu's 'Tian Dan' appears, maybe the Qin army can be completely chased away and the land of Chu State can be restored!"

"Left disciple, do you think so?"

Sun Chang saw that the king was staring at him with red eyes, his eyes full of anticipation.

He knew that the king was looking for comfort in despair.

The reason why the king said so much is just that he wants to agree with him, so that he can continue to sit in the deep palace with peace of mind, waiting for the hope that is almost impossible to appear.

Sun Chang sighed inwardly, cupped his hands and said, "His Majesty's advice."

A happy smile appeared on King Chu's face.

...

At night, the city wall of Shouchun.

The night guard soldiers stood facing each other on the city wall.

From time to time, the night wind blows across the city, making them shiver uncontrollably, and the coldness grows even more on their crotch.

"Your Majesty prayed to the gods to punish the people of Qin, why didn't Da Si Ming respond?"

"Shh... I heard people say that it was because the king killed the previous emperor and made the gods hate him, so the chief minister was unwilling to lower his divine power."

"It makes sense, it seems to be the king's problem."

The soldiers whispered about the sacrificial ceremony a few days ago, recalling the events of that day, it was really thrilling.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Shut up, talk nonsense, and cut your tongues carefully!"

A two Sima came over.

"Stand up for me, don't sit on the ground. Keep your spirits up. Although the Qin army has not attacked the city in the past two days, we must not take it lightly. You must be extremely careful when you watch the night. Do you hear me?"

The two Sima reprimanded the guards with stern faces. Under his stern voice, the soldiers staggered up from the ground one by one.

It's cool at night, standing up to blow the air is much colder than sitting on the ground.

"Sima, the villain wants to pee."

A Chu soldier called out.

The two Sima rolled their eyes and scolded: "If you urinate, you have to tell Naigong, you just urinate on this city wall, maybe when the Qin army attacked the city, they would be fainted by the smell of urine under the city." .”

"Hahaha……"

The other soldiers laughed.

The peeing soldier didn't smile. He was standing by the wall that was smashed by the Qin army's flying stones a few days ago.

Immediately afterwards, he let out a piercing scream.

"ah!"

All the Chu soldiers trembled in fright, and the two Sima were about to turn around to scold them, but when they turned their heads, they saw the pissing soldier pointing firmly at a certain place under the city.

He instinctively looked in the direction of the soldier's finger.

Dozens of steps outside the city, under the faint moonlight, I could barely see something moving.

"what is that?"

Chu Zu asked in astonishment.

A strange car slowly drove past the city.

The Chu people on the top of the city saw that the driver was four strange beasts.

These strange creatures are about the same size as a horse, but they have a cow-like horn on their heads, and tentacles dancing in the wind around their necks. Their bodies are red, and they look like blood under the moonlight. appalling.

The coachman driving the car was even more of a monster. He looked like a man in general, but he also had horns on his head and huge wings like a bird on his back.

Behind the coachman is a chariot made of magnolia wood, surrounded by vines, and a blood-colored flag is inserted on the chariot, whistling in the wind.

Of course, the one who really attracted the attention of these Chu people was the man standing against the wind on the carriage.

It was a woman.

She was dressed in white, with a graceful figure and a strange wreath on her body. Her black hair danced in the night wind, making it impossible to see her face clearly.

Only bursts of desolate and distant female voices came from the top of the city.

If someone likes the mountain, he will be brought by Xue Lixi.

It's both gazing and laughing, and Zi Muyu is good at slimming.

...

Soon, under the horrified eyes of dozens of Chu soldiers at the top of the city, the strange beast pulled the vehicle and drove slowly into the night and disappeared.

Only the figure of the woman in white still filled their minds.

"Who is that?"

Someone chattered their teeth and asked tremblingly.

"I don't know, maybe it's not human?"

When all the soldiers questioned each other, it was the two Sima with higher backgrounds who responded.

His eyes were wide open, and his face was full of horror: "Mountain ghost!"

"What happened just now must be a mountain ghost!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the Chu soldiers were in an uproar.

Mountain ghost!

It turned out to be a mountain ghost among the gods of Chu!

No wonder it haunts at night, the chariots are pulled by strange beasts, driven by strange people, and there are women in white singing in the wind.

That mournful and desolate song reverberated in the minds of all Chu people, making people tremble even more and feel cold hands and feet.

The legendary mountain ghost appeared outside Shouchun City, what does this herald?

Just when everyone was speechless in shock, something even more strange happened.

In the night, there were bursts of chirping sounds similar to foxes.

The sound moved from far to near, gradually changing from the voice of a fox to the bleak and sharp human voice.

"Is it a fox?"

"Did you hear me?"

A Chu soldier cried out, looked up and looked outside the city, but there was no sign of the fox.

But the strange screams still blew to the city wall along with the wind.

"I heard clearly, the voices of those foxes were saying 'Big Pig King, Assistant Xiang'."

"Big Pig King, assist Xiang?"

All the Chu soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what this meant.

It was the well-educated two Sima who understood first.

His face was pale, his lips were trembling, and he was muttering.

"Great Chu is dead, and I will surrender!"

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