Xuzhou, Guangling County, Guangling City.
After receiving Liu Zhang's military order, Pang Tong immediately launched a siege on all sides.
Guangling City is located in a dangerous location, but it is not an easy-to-defend or difficult-to-attack place.
It is open on all sides, and every wall can be used as a means of attack.
For the Qin army, which had a numerical advantage, this was really a blessing from heaven.
However, after seven consecutive days of attack, the Qin army made almost no progress.
In the first three days, we didn’t even go up the city wall!
Huang Zhong was furious and wanted to lead the charge himself.
Only on the fourth day did they climb the city wall and start a bloody battle with Guangling County.
Even so, it was still not captured, but the commander-in-chief Huang Zhong was slightly injured.
After that, Pang Tong refused to let Huang Zhong attack the city himself.
No matter how eager Huang Zhong was, he was suppressed by Pang Tong.
And completely different from when he attacked Jiangdong mainland before, Pang Tong was not in a hurry.
Even after receiving Liu Zhang's order to attack quickly, he still remained calm and unhurried.
No arrangements were made except for a siege on all sides.
Huang Zhong, Zhang Ren, Wei Yan and others were extremely anxious, but to no avail.
It wasn't until the eighth day that the generals finally couldn't bear it anymore and came together to ask for Pang Tong's orders.
Even Huang Zhong is on the list!
Everyone bowed down together, which made Pang Tong very frightened and looked extremely panicked.
"General Huang, what are you doing! You are the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army! I, Pang Tong, am only assisting you!"
"And you, generals, what are you doing?"
Everyone just bowed their hands and didn't say anything, waiting for Huang Zhong to speak.
Huang Zhong was unambiguous and asked Pang Tong directly for orders.
"Military strategist, Huang is bold enough to ask the military strategist for an order to let us lead the army to attack the city together!"
Pang Tong had long guessed that everyone was here for this matter and quickly appeased them.
"General Huang, and other generals, please get up first!"
"How about you please sit down and let's discuss it slowly?"
Everyone was silent. Huang Zhong didn't say anything. Who dared to get up?
Pang Tong had no choice but to discuss with Huang Zhong.
"General Huang?"
"Military advisor, it's not that Huang is eager to achieve great results, but that King Qin has strict orders first!"
"Huang Zhong has been with the King of Qin for nearly thirty years and has been deeply favored by the King of Qin! As long as the King of Qin gives the order, he will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Pang Tong nodded in approval.
"General Huang is a loyal man. Who in the world doesn't know that?"
"In that case, please give the military advisor an order!"
"Why..."
Pang Tong sighed softly and tried his best to lift Huang Zhong up.
"General Huang, generals, can you take your seats first?"
Huang Zhong respected Pang Tong very much and admired his intelligence.
Therefore, as the commander-in-chief, he actually sought Pang Tong's opinion.
Naturally, he didn't want to trouble Pang Tong too much.
Set an example now and greet everyone.
"Generals, Huang must have a clever plan when thinking about the military advisor. Why don't you sit down first and listen to how the military advisor defeats the enemy!"
"As you command!"
Everyone stood up one after another and sat down according to their status.
Pang Tong did not sit for a long time, but chose to stand among the crowd.
As he said, Huang Zhong has the greatest power, status and status in the camp.
Now that Huang Zhong is sitting at the bottom of the table, how should he sit?
Instead of being humble back and forth, it is better not to sit down to avoid another dispute.
"Generals, I understand what you mean."
"Since our army arrived at Guangling City, our army has been besieging it but not attacking it. We only launched the attack after receiving the military order from King Qin."
"But because the attack was not very rapid, there was no gain for several days."
Pang Tong's opening remarks made everyone couldn't help but nod their heads.
The offensive is really too weak.
Huang Zhong was not the first person to ask for orders to personally lead the charge, nor was he the last.
However, Huang Zhong was the only one allowed.
This made everyone even more puzzled.
That is to say, they are familiar with Pang Tong's character and loyalty to the King of Qin, otherwise they will misunderstand that Pang Tong wants to use means to murder Huang Zhong!
"Guangling City is small, so it must be in the pocket of our army. It is understandable that the military advisor is not in a hurry to attack!"
Huang Zhong stood up and took the lead in excusing Pang Tong.
"It's just that now we have King Qin's military orders in front of us, and the battle in Huainan is behind us! If we can't capture Guangling City quickly, King Qin will definitely be disappointed!"
"General Huang's words make sense!"
Pang Tong did not refute, but also showed approval.
Wei Yan stood up and asked for orders.
"Military advisor, I would like to ask you to personally lead your troops to attack the city!"
"General Wei, please be patient. Please sit down."
Wei Yan opened his mouth and wanted to say something else, but after thinking about it, he sat down.
Regardless of public or private matters, he fully recognized Pang Tong.
"Generals, in the past few days, I have only allowed General Huang to lead his army to attack the city. You may not understand."
"But it doesn't matter. Today, I will let General Huang tell you about his experience in personally attacking the city."
Huang Zhong didn't understand what Pang Tong meant, but he still followed Pang Tong's words.
"Everyone, this Guangling City looks ordinary. The city is not big and can be attacked from all sides. Logically speaking, it should be taken in one go."
"However, after Huang personally attacked the city, he discovered that the walls of Guangling City are very high, more than ten feet higher than other cities."
"Moreover, the layout on the city wall is definitely beneficial to the defenders!"
No one had any objections. In fact, it could be seen from the first day of the siege.
The ladder carried by the Qin army could not even reach the top of the city. It was only after a section was added that they could barely reach the city.
As for the other things, everyone has never been there, so naturally they don’t understand them either.
"Strategist, Huang thinks that we should let the army launch a fierce attack together, and not give Cheng Pu's rebels any time to breathe day and night."
"In this way, Guangling City can be destroyed in just a day!"
Pang Tong nodded again, acknowledging Huang Zhong's words.
"General Huang is worthy of being a general. He is really powerful! If we follow General Huang's strategy, we will definitely be able to capture Guangling!"
Huang Zhong was about to ask for help, but Pang Tong spoke first and stopped him.
"It's just that the casualties will definitely not be small!"
Everyone was stunned.
They didn't expect that Pang Tong would use casualties as an excuse.
Since ancient times, the casualties in siege battles have been very huge.
There are even ten times more comments!
It takes ten times more to besiege a city. Can the casualties be small?
No one cared about the casualties at all.
And everyone believed that when Liu Zhang issued this military order, he would definitely not consider casualties.
In a war, no one will die!
"Military advisor, there are few people in Guangling City. If we launch a fierce attack, we will definitely be unable to resist."
"In this way, there shouldn't be too many casualties!"
