Outside Zhu Fang City.
The Chu coalition forces were launching rounds of fierce attacks outside the city gate.
According to Wu Ju's arrangement, the Chu State had used all its strength to attack the city. Tens of thousands of troops came forward one after another, all rushing towards the city gate. Screams and wails could be heard endlessly. The battle situation was not without tragedy.
Under the long-range cover of trebuchets and archers, the main force of the coalition forces has arrived under the city gate, and everyone on the left and right is preparing to climb the city on ladders.
At the same time, the Chu army's crossbows had to stop. Because if he fired again, he might accidentally injure the friendly troops climbing up the wall.
When the crossbows outside the city stopped, all the defenders who had been standing on the city pier suddenly stood up.
Rolling logs, boulders, and even fireballs burning with raging fires all headed towards the heads of the coalition forces.
Because Zhufang City was built according to the mountains, the materials for defending the city were inexhaustible.
Therefore, the Chu army's offensive fell into decline at the first stage.
The defenders in Zhu Fang City tried their best to defend the city, but the Chu army's vanguard suffered heavy losses. Every soldier was like a piece of grass, rolling down the ladder one after another, and falling straight into the mountain of corpses and sea of blood below.
At the city gate, the soldiers with shields on their heads and pushing siege vehicles to hit the city gate were obviously not much better.
Due to the continuous fireballs thrown down from the city tower, the surrounding area had already turned into a sea of fire when it hit the car. Many Chu soldiers were also covered in flames, screaming and rolling on the ground. However, before they could put out the flames on their bodies, huge boulders fell from the sky and hit them directly on top.
Alas!
Outside Zhu Fang City, human lives are passing away like grass and grass at a speed visible to the naked eye.
And it's not over yet.
The archers on the tower also began to prepare themselves at this time.
I saw them bending their bows and setting up arrows, shooting straight at the coalition forces below the city. Although many of the coalition forces were covered by wooden shields, under the blind cover of this hail of arrows, they obviously had no other bunkers to hide in. , so many people were shot through immediately, and fell down without even letting out a scream.
Then, although the infantry of the Chu army were extremely brave, they climbed straight onto the platform set up along the frame of the crashed car, and jumped onto the tower with a leap.
However, their number was too small and they were unable to compete with the city tower defenders who had been waiting for a long time. Many of them simply jumped out from the city wall. He fell down the city and was bloody and bloody.
Seeing this scene, Wu Ju, who was in charge of the central army, was furious!
"Where's Sun Wu!"
"Where's Sun Wu!"
The army has been attacking the city for more than half an hour, but there is still no movement at the city gate. The coalition forces have suffered such heavy losses. If they still cannot successfully capture Zhu Fang City, wouldn't his old face be completely lost?
"Send the order!"
"Order the entire army to break through the door with all your strength. The trebuchets and bows and arrows will cover my front!"
"grown ups!……"
"Send the order!"
Wu Ju couldn't care less about his own people at this time. If he couldn't break through, the siege would end in a disastrous defeat, which he absolutely couldn't accept.
As for the coalition forces from various countries, why did they fight so fiercely even though they clearly had a huge advantage in numbers?
This is because, although this coalition has a large number of people, the combat styles of each country are very different after all. The tactics they are good at are also very different, and they have not gone through any exercises, so there is no coordination at all.
Despite the military orders, it eventually evolved into fighting independently without any coordinated cover at all.
This led to the fact that although Chu's advance troops attracted the attention of the defenders, and although the troops in the rear also rushed forward, their charge disrupted the position of the forward troops, causing the gap just opened from the tower. , unable to continue to put pressure because of the inability to follow up.
It is precisely because of this that the entire battlefield looks so messy.
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At the same time, on the other hand, Sun Wuzheng led his troops to set fire to the grain storage area in the city.
Because of the battle at the city gate, there must not be many defenders at the food station in the city. In addition, they were already wearing the armor of the defenders and knew the secret code for night patrols, so it was very easy to set fire to the food.
According to the original plan, shouldn't Sun Wu rush to the city gate immediately and try to seize control of the city gate? Why did he appear at the grain harvesting office in the city at this moment?
In fact, this was all because Li Ran had given him another request before he left.
"In this battle of Zhu Fangcheng, with Chang Qing here, it shouldn't be a big problem to win. But after winning, we still need to find a way to consume as many Chu troops as possible."
"Why?"
Sun Wu was very puzzled at the time.
Li Ran put his hands behind his back, his face was indifferent, and he raised his head and looked north.
"Haha, obviously, if it is too easy for Chu to win this battle, then Chu's ambition to look north will only be even greater in the future."
"Zhu Fang City is far away in the east corner of the Chu Kingdom. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is a fatal place that cannot be attacked for a long time! This city can just make the Chu people suffer some hardships, so that they will not dare to underestimate the Central Plains anymore. Therefore, this battle Although we want to win, we must also suffer a tragic defeat from the Chu people!”
"Furthermore, since the King of Chu and Prince Qiji are determined to kill me, Li Ran, then letting the Chu people fight harder may not be a bad thing for Li Ran's life."
The implication of Li Ran's words is that as long as the Chu people encounter difficulties in Zhu Fangcheng, it means that he, Li Ran, is an indispensable talent for the rise of the Chu country.
So, for a useful person like him, would King Chu easily think about how to take his life in the future?
Obviously not.
Sun Wu heard this and roughly understood what Li Ran meant, so he immediately nodded in agreement.
"In addition, since Changqing was summoned by the King of Chu this time, Wu Ju may also have the intention of framing him."
"So this time, the Chief Minister is out, so we need to be careful to be on guard against this person."
Li Ran's vision is far-sighted.
Even before the war started, he had already predicted what Wu Ju would do. It was as if he had planted a roundworm in Wu Ju's stomach that could tell the truth.
The final facts also proved this. Wu Ju did have the intention to harm Sun Wu.
But Sun Wu, who had already been reminded, would naturally not give him this opportunity again.
Therefore, it is not surprising why Sun Wu appeared at the place where the defenders were collecting food.
Now that the food and grass in Zhu Fang City have been burned, it is time to complete the most important thing: capturing Qingfeng alive!
Sun Wu and his men quickly arrived outside the city tower. Because they were wearing the armor of the defenders, and the night was dark, the defenders only regarded them as friendly troops coming for reinforcements, so they could not recognize them for a while. Sun Wu led his troops and soon He smoothly blended in and arrived in front of Qing Biao, who was commanding the defenders on the tower.
It was just a little different from what he expected. The Qing Feng in front of him looked to be in his forties, with not a single gray hair on his head. His eyes were sharp and his expression was awe-inspiring. It was obvious at a glance that he was not the same person as Yi Yu.
"Send the order, all the garrison in the city will be mobilized to the city gate! If the food and grass are burned, they will be burned. As long as the city is there, there will always be a chance to turn around in the future!"
Qingfeng's idea was very simple. The city's defense capital was very sufficient. At this moment, he only needed to defeat Wu Ju until Wu Ju did not dare to attack the city again, and then his crisis would be solved.
Therefore, no matter what, they must hold on to this night as much as possible.
However, what Qingfeng never expected was that the Chu soldiers who attacked his granary would eventually become the key to the entire battle.
(End of chapter)
