Chapter 467: Pengcheng in the storm

"Bang! Bang!" Outside Pengcheng, the commander of the Zhao army, Li Rubing, led the formation and commanded the 100,000 Zhao troops to attack the city. The city in front of him was the most difficult to defeat in the entire Chu State and the most solid fortress in the Chu State. As long as this city is broken, the entire Chu State will collapse instantly. However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Although the Zhao army's offensive is very fierce, the Chu army's resistance is also very tenacious.

"It's been four days, and 100,000 people besieged Pengcheng, which was guarded by only more than 10,000 Chu army, but it was not enough to advance for four days!" In front of the Zhao army, Li Rubing looked at the Zhao army who slowly retreated due to the failure of the siege and said gritted his teeth. If, under normal circumstances, 100,000 people besieged more than 10,000 people besieged more than 10,000 people besieged more than 10,000 people, it would be normal that it could not be defeated in four days. However, Li Rubing was very dissatisfied with this. If the defenders in the city were the most elite troops of Chu, it would be fine if the entire Chu army rebelled with Yu Zilong, and the rest were taken to Xia Pi by Chen Feng and Jiang Zi. The Chu army guarding the city now was just a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, but it was these old, weak, sick and disabled who blocked him for four days.

"General, it's not that the soldiers are afraid of war. The Chu army is too tenacious. Our army has suffered a lot of casualties these days, but the Chu army is not easy. Please rest assured. Give the soldiers some time to break the city!" Kou Fei, the general of the Zhao army standing beside Li Rubing, said to Li Rubing with an embarrassed look. In fact, even Kou Fei is very dissatisfied with the current progress of the siege, but there is no way. The offensive and defensive battle is full of variables. In addition to testing the strength of both sides, the will to fight is also very important. Pengcheng is the capital of Chu. In order to defend the capital, each Chu army has exerted 200% of its strength. Coupled with the benefits of the city, the Zhao army's attack has been repeatedly blocked.

"Hmph! Time, what I lack most is time. If Deng's army leads its troops north, or Chen Feng and Jiang Zi break through the siege and reinforce Pengcheng, then the variables in this battle will be greater. Breaking the city one moment later will be more unfavorable for our army!" Li Rubinghan said with a face. This time, the south was aimed at a quick battle, but now it has been delayed in attacking Pengcheng. If the reinforcements from Pengcheng arrive, the battle will be even more difficult to fight.

"Don't worry, General. According to the spy's return, Yu Zilong did not hold his troops in Xia Pi and had no intention of rescuing Pengcheng at all. Chen Feng and Jiang Zi were dragged to Lu County by General Dong Zhong. Although they were not far from Pengcheng, it was impossible to come in a short period of time. As for Deng's army, there was no movement at all. Even if Deng's army wanted to go north, it would take time. When they arrived, Pengcheng would have been taken down by our army long ago!" Kou Fei also understood Li Rubing's worries, so he briefly explained the situation of various people who could rescue Pengcheng.

After hearing this, Li Rubing nodded, but his worries did not ease at all. Instead, he said: "Although there is no trace of reinforcements in Pengcheng for the time being, I am not afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid that if there is anything, the famous generals of Deng State are full of unpredictable troops. Even General Zhao Xin was very afraid of it when he was alive. In addition, Qin State in the west is also an extremely restless existence. Now that most of my elite troops are heading south, it is difficult to guarantee that Qin State will not have any bad intentions."

The State of Zhao can be said to be an enemy of the whole world. There are Hu people in the north, Qin people in the west, and Deng people in the south. But in addition to being more confident in the face of the Hu people, Zhao countries, whether against Qin or Deng, Zhao countries suffered more defeats or wins less, and their record was very embarrassing, resulting in Zhao countries having to defend against this and that every time they deployed troops, there were 100,000 elite troops, and less than 50,000 people could be sent out. The others were either defending important places or guarding the border.

After hearing this, everyone nodded repeatedly. Needless to say, Deng's strength, since Deng ascended the throne, which country has truly suffered a loss against? Even if there are occasional defeats, they are all irrelevant wars that cannot shake the root of Deng. To be honest, if it were the past, the strength of Qin would not be taken seriously by Zhao at all. However, since Bai Qi appeared, everything has changed. The Qin army under Bai Qi's command was invincible. Not to mention anything else, the general of Zhao, Li Rubing, who is known as the first general of Zhao, was once in Shangjun and was beaten up by Bai Qi. If Qin had not had the strength of Qin, he would have been defeated long ago. If the Qin army really took the opportunity to fight and Li Rubing was not here, could he expect those generals who were not as good as those in Zhao to be able to stop Bai Qi?

"Send the order to strengthen the offensive. Within three days, you will definitely break through Pengcheng. Otherwise, from the general, you will deal with all military laws!" With concern, Li Rubing looked at the city of Pengcheng with a firm look on his face and said fiercely.

"Here!" the generals responded in unison.

With Li Rubing's harsh words, the Zhao army's offensive became more and more fierce. Pengcheng was beaten to a shaky point, as if it would be broken in the next second. The head of Pengcheng was responsible for commanding the battle with Xiang Quan, the general of the Chu State clan. Most of the generals of the Chu State were taken to Xia Pi by Chen Feng and Jiang Zi to Xia Pi to conquer Yu Zilong. Xiang Quan was already the only general in Pengcheng who could rank first.

Xiang Quan also realized that the Zhao army's offensive had been strengthened, so he did not dare to neglect at the moment. He quickly commanded the soldiers to resist and repelled several waves of the Zhao army's offensive. As the sky gradually darkened, the Zhao army finally retreated.

Looking at Zhao Jun's retreating figure, Xiang Quan sat on the ground as if he had been exhausted from his full strength, leaning against the city wall, gasping for breath.

"General, the Zhao army's offensive has been significantly strengthened. If we follow this offensive, we may not be able to defend for even two days!" The deputy general sitting next to Xiang Quan said to Xiang Quan.

After hearing this, Xiang Quan nodded. He was also very clear about the seriousness of the problem, but if he had no strength inside and no reinforcements outside, what could he do?

Xiang Quan thought for a while and said to the deputy general: "I will go to Fan Xiang to discuss countermeasures. You will take the soldiers to guard the city wall!" After that, Xiang Quan stood up and walked to a long mansion.

When Xiang Quan saw Fan Ting, Fan Ting had just sent away a group of ministers in the court. Seeing Xiang Quan coming, Fan Ting hurriedly came up and said with concern: "Why is General Xiang coming? But what happened to the city gate?" Fan Ting saw Xiang Quan covered in blood and knew that he had just experienced a bloody battle, so he was very worried that the city could not be defended.

"The city gate can be kept for the time being, and there is no problem!" Xiang Quan shook his head and said.

After hearing this, Fan Ting breathed a sigh of relief. It would be better if there was a problem with the city gate.

But then Xiang Quan said, "But the situation is also very bad!"

"Is there any difficulty?" Seeing Xiang Quan say this, Fan Ting was stunned and asked quickly.

Xiang Quan sighed and said, "Today, the Zhao army's offensive suddenly strengthened a lot, and our army almost couldn't stand it. According to the Zhao army's offensive, Pengcheng may not be able to defend for two days, so I came to discuss countermeasures with Fan Xiang!"

"What! Two days!" Hearing Xiang Quan's words, Fan Ting exclaimed pale. He did not expect that when the Zhao army strengthened its offensive, Pengcheng could not defend for even two days. What should I do?

"Yes, this is still ideal, so I want to ask Fan Xiang today if there are any reinforcements in Pengcheng?" Xiang Quan affirmed Fan Ting's words, and then asked Fan Ting again, at this time, will there be reinforcements in Pengcheng?

Fan Ting shook his head with a sad face and said, "Where are there any reinforcements at this time? If there were reinforcements, they would have come long ago, so why would they wait until today?"

Xiang Quan took a deep breath and knew that this would be the result, so he said: "Fan Xiang, if there were no reinforcements, Pengcheng would have fallen for one or two days. Since Pengcheng cannot be defended, it is better for us to protect the king and the prince to evacuate and retreat to Guangling County. There are still some troops in Guangling County, our great Chu, and the Deng Kingdom behind it, which may be able to stop it!" Since there are no reinforcements, when Pengcheng is about to fall, Xiang Quan suggested evacuating Pengcheng and retreating to Guangling County, and then ask Deng Kingdom for help to protect the incense of Chu.

In Xiang Quan's opinion, retreating to Guangling County was the best choice at this time, but Fan Ting shook his head after hearing this and said, "General Xiang, now that Zhao's army is siege, let alone whether we can break through the siege, I'm afraid that the king will not be willing to leave Pengcheng at this moment!"
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