Chapter 45: The Massacre Plan
A rugged road, which looks like a winding and fat pig intestine when viewed from the mountain, winds left and right between the two cities of Chenliu and Zhongmou. A large army of cavalry, infantry, and chariot soldiers
, marching toward the west with mighty force, like a
The dragon crawls in the wilderness. The red flags fluttering in the wind are connected for fifty miles, and they are so powerful that they throw a whip across the river! The sound of clattering horse hooves, the neighing of horses, the rolling sound of wheels, and the sound of horns urging in.
, emerging from the ranks from time to time.
It was already dusk, and the sky in the west was filled with red clouds, as if they were full of peach blossoms, or like blood stained yellow sand. The majestic momentum was a little bleak. The whole earth was shrouded in a bright red light like drops of blood. The soldiers
Their swords and guns are red, their armor is red, and their eyes are red. Xiang Yu's face is also red!
"Spy!" Xiang Yu stared ahead, reined in the horse with his right hand, and the black horse stood still like its hooves were nailed.
A spy was riding on horseback in front of him. The horse was running very fast and he was approaching in a blink of an eye. The spy's riding skills were very good and he had already jumped off the horse while it was running.
"Report, Your Majesty, there is no ambush ahead, and there is no obstruction within fifty miles, directly to Zhongmou."
"Okay, order the three armies to advance at full speed and enter Zhongmou City before dark! We will attack Xingyang City before dawn tomorrow and kill all the residents in the city, leaving no chickens or dogs behind. This will be used to punish Ying Huhai, a treacherous villain!"
Xiang Yu's eyes widened in anger and his hair trembled.
Fan Zeng was speechless, just punish the King of Qin. The damn King of Qin did deserve to kill the nine tribes, but why did you kill the common people? Ying Huhai wouldn't feel bad! Sometimes Xiang Yu's thoughts are really understandable.
"Overlord, our army has come a long way so we should rest in Zhongmou City for a few days before attacking Xingyang. Besides, we don't want to massacre the city -"
"No, no, no -" Xiang Yu said three no's in a row, his head shaking like a rattle: "Ying Hu Hai is so shameless, it's hard to eliminate the hatred in the hearts of everyone without massacre of the city!"
Fan Zeng rolled his eyes: "Ying Huhai offended the overlord, and it has nothing to do with the people in the city. Why did he massacre the city?" Xiang Yu's answer was perverted: "Because they didn't get up and drive that bastard Ying Huhai out of Xingyang City!"
I have never seen anyone so unreasonable. Fan Zeng smiled bitterly and said, "The King of Qin has an army of 200,000 in his hands. How can the people of Xingyang drive him out with their bare hands?"
Xiang Yu said willfully, "I don't care. Anyway, they didn't drive away Ying Huhai, but they just couldn't get along with me. I must kill him as a warning to others, so that the people in other places will learn from these unruly people in the future!"
Kill one person as a warning to a hundred people, kill one person as a warning to a hundred people. If you really do that, it will indeed have the effect of killing one person as a warning to a hundred people. The common people will think: Never let Xiang Yu enter the city. No one will survive if he comes. Instead of waiting to die, it is better to follow him
It's better to fight hard! Xiang Yu doesn't understand this truth. He thinks that his force and bravery can conquer everything in the world.
Fan Zeng, this cheap dad, was really angry, thinking that if you were my biological son, I would strangle you to death! When Xiang Yu saw Fan Zeng's eyes burning, he kept comforting him: "Father, don't be angry. I'll kill you when we get into the city."
Kill those unruly people to vent your anger!"
"No, no, the overlord should spare those people. I don't need you to vent your anger on me!" Fan Zeng added in his heart: "Don't throw dirty water on me, it has nothing to do with me."
When Fan Zeng saw Xiang Yu's brute strength rising again, he had nothing to say and sighed silently: "Let's go, Overlord, it's best to enter Zhongmou City before dark."
When I heard that Xiang Yu's army was coming, the magistrates and magistrates of Zhongmu County all ran away, and even the common people ran away. Night had just fallen, and the whole city was as quiet and eerie as Yizhuang. Those who didn't know it thought they had just
There was a plague that killed even cats and dogs.
"They must have been massacred by the brutal Qin army!" Xiang Yu judged a gentleman with a villain's heart. Advisor Shang Jing coughed and cautiously questioned: "Why is there no body!"
Xiang Yu said, "It's not clear yet. The Qin army must have eaten the corpses because they were short of food." Shang Jing didn't understand, so he continued, "There should be bones there too!" Xiang Yu's eyes stood up and he was heavy.
He snorted: "Where did you get all these troubles from? Why don't you send someone to the city to look for it!"
When Shang Jing saw that Xiang Yu was anxious, he was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat and said: "Yes, yes, yes, go immediately, go immediately." Shang Jing waved his hand and took Tu Gangqiu and Ji Xin with thousands of troops and divided them into two groups.
Searched to the south and north of the city
In the past, Long Jieti caught up with his horse from behind and said loudly, "Overlord, be careful of the Qin army's ambush. The city is quiet." Fan Zeng said, "It's better to let the large army camp outside the city, and a small group of cavalry to come in person."
Soldiers accompany the overlord into the city."
Xiang Yu smiled and said, "No need. I have just said that I have no intention of setting up camp at all. What I want to do is to launch a fierce attack on Xingyang tonight to let Ying Hu Hai know how serious the consequences of offending me are." Fan Zeng was anxious.
He was sweating: "Overlord, the soldiers haven't eaten yet. You can't fight when you're hungry!"
"Thank you, Father, for reminding me——"
Fan Zeng breathed a sigh of relief, he is such a good son.
"Send the order and let the soldiers have a good meal. After an hour, they will march towards Xingyang and prepare to attack the city!"
Fan Zeng almost fell off his horse, he was so happy for nothing!
While Xiang Yu's army was still in Chenliu, Wang Zhu had already received the news and the result of the discussion with the generals was to hold on! The reason is simple. Wang Bi and Guan Ying are outside. If they can return in time, they can attack Xiang Yu from a flank.
Therefore, delaying tactics can be used.
But Wang Zhu never thought that Xiang Manzi was not such a thing, and came to attack the city before he could stand firmly?! Upon hearing the news, Wang Zhu's mind suddenly went blank, and his eyesight went dark. 'Desperado','
Two hundred and fifty', I don't know which word is more appropriate to describe the Overlord of Western Chu!
After this period of fighting, the Qin army was also a little afraid of fighting Xiang Yu. Although Wang Zhu's show of weakness tactics successfully deceived Xiang Yu and bought precious time, it also increased the psychological burden on the Qin army's soldiers, and people were more convinced that
The outside world has long rumored that Xiang Yu is the reincarnation of the God of Thunder. It is believed that Xiang Yu is invincible. Therefore, the morale of the Qin Army, Wei Army, and Lu Pheasant Army in the city is very low, just like a group of mice who heard the news that the old cat is coming.
Wang Zhu calculated it and found that he currently has many generals, which can basically be said to be counselors like wolves and generals like tigers. However, Xiang Yu also has many powerful people, and he still can't get any advantage if he fights head-on.
He has never really seen what kind of strength the Chu army can display in hand-to-hand combat. The Chu army outside Hangu Pass has been bombarded by thunder and can't find its way north and south, so that doesn't count at all.
This time, Wang Zhu's thunderbolt didn't work, and the people he sent to find sulfur came back empty-handed, with no harvest. They could only play with cold weapons in a good manner.
Wang Zhu sent all the important generals on the field. After analysis, Xiang Yu was most likely to attack the east gate with all his strength, and surrounded the other three gates without attacking. Because the east gate was closest to Zhongmu. Therefore, Wang Zhu, Wang Ling, and Qin Aiao,
Qin She personally defended the east gate; the west gate
Leave it to the veterans Xin Sheng and Fan Kuai; at the south gate are Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Wu Pu; at the north gate are Zhang Ping, Xia Houying, and Lu Jia; Zhang Yishuai's 20,000 cavalry are in the center to support and come and go for rescue; Dong Yi, Chen Ping, and Feng
Respectfully, E Qianqiu leads a small number of troops to guard the city gate!
There are four gates in the east, west and south, each equipped with 30,000 defenders, 20,000 crossbowmen, 5,000 fortification troops, and 5,000 reserves. Before the arrival of the Western Chu army, everything had been arranged, including archery towers, horse paths, and enemy platforms, with a total of 8,000 troops.
The eight hundred and seventy crenels were all filled with strong and leather-armored Qin army crossbowmen. The bows and arrows were already strung, and the arrows were shining with a poisonous light, as if the eyes of poisonous snakes were tightly locked on the darkness below the city.
At ten o'clock in the morning, there was suddenly a chaotic sound of horse hooves outside the east gate, and the red light of the torch shone for ten miles, gradually approaching. Xiang Yu, Long Qie, Zhong Limei, Yu Ziqi, and Ji Bu were the first to bear the brunt and rushed to the bottom of the city. They were running.
The Chu cavalry stopped behind the four men. The formation was not disordered at all, and they were still lined up in rows, as straight as a forest. Wang Ling sighed with emotion when he saw it: "It is indeed amazing, Xiang Yu has a good way of training troops!"
Wang Zhu laughed and said, "It's a small trick, but the cavalry of the Qin Kingdom used to be much stronger than him." Wang Ling pulled out his sword and shouted sharply, "The crossbowmen are ready, any enemy who comes within range will be killed!" The generals agreed in a loud voice. The voice shook.
The bluestone at the top of the city swept away the arrogant and arrogant Chu army at the same time.
Long Qie rode out, pointed at Wang Zhu at the top of the city and shouted loudly: "King Qin, Overlord wants you to answer!" Wang Zhu cupped his hands at the top of the city: "Please speak, Overlord, I am here to listen!"
Long Qie sneered, "The Overlord wants you to come out of the city and kneel in front of him to answer!" Before Wang Zhu could get angry, Qin Aiao beside him fired an arrow, and Long Qie's horse fell to the ground with a loud bang on his forehead.
A white withered feather arrow was buried in it. The dragon was thrown out by a foot.
Besides, luckily he was very skilled and could jump up even while wearing heavy armor, otherwise he would have lost a lot of face. Even so, Long Qie was a shameless person, which greatly damaged his prestige. He was so angry that he screamed outside the city.
I'm a high jumper. I guess if I know how to do Qinggong, I can jump up to the top of the city.
Among the Chu army, the war drums shook the sky, and the trumpets roared to the ground! "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo]sssinging."
Xiang Yu came to the city wearing armor and holding a halberd. When Qin Aiao saw it was a good opportunity, he wanted to shoot an arrow to kill Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu suddenly raised his head, his eyes were filled with light, and he shouted: "You dare to shoot cold arrows, I will
The Overlord has his whole family hacked to death!" This sound was like a mountain falling apart, and the tower under Wang Zhujue's feet seemed to sway a few times!
Qin Aiao's ears were buzzing, and all consciousness in his mind disappeared. He seemed to be shaken out of his soul, and he didn't even dare to draw the bow string. Wang Zhu especially sympathized with Qin Ao, and he was also afraid. Xiang Yu did have the ability to sweep through thousands of armies.
The temperament of looking down on the world can make people frightened, and they dare not look at him. This is unacceptable. But Qin Aiao's reaction was too much! It was like being struck by lightning.
The nearby soldiers noticed that Qin Aiao was frightened, and each of them turned even paler. Wang Zhu hurriedly found a step for Qin Aiao to get down: "Forget it, General Qin, I just want to say a few words to the overlord, why don't you put it down?"
Put away your bow and arrows." He said and stabbed Qin Aiao quietly on the waist. Qin Aiao woke up with a jolt: "Ah - it's the king!"
Wang Zhu knew in advance that Xiang Yu was not a great general, and that he died miserably in the end. In addition, he was not weak in skills, so he did not panic like Liu Bang. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Wang Zhu pretended to be calm and spoke pleasantly.
Xiang Yu, who was standing at the foot of the city, said, "Overlord, what business do you have with me?"
"Nonsense, don't you know something about this overlord? Ying Hu Hai, you are a shameless person with no faith. This overlord has been as kind as a mountain to my heart-to-heart kindness, but you actually repay kindness with hatred. Aren't you afraid of the ridicule of the world?" Xiang Yu's face was filled with laughter.
Dese thought he had hit Wang Zhu's vitals.
Wang Zhu thought to himself, I am afraid that if I don’t have a beautiful woman to hold me, I don’t have golden flowers, and I won’t be able to eat what people in the world laugh at or not, so who cares?
"Don't be afraid!"
Xiang Yu was stupid! He thought that Wang Zhu would quibble, confess, or even act rogue and refuse to admit it, but he didn't expect that he could answer like this! For a moment, the lines he was preparing to embarrass Wang Zhu were no longer needed.
After a long time, Xiang Yu finally restored power to his short-circuited head and said angrily, "So you know you are wrong?!"
"I don't know!"
Xiang Yu was furious. Wang Zhu's attitude was simply an insult and contempt for him: "Ying Hu Hai, do you dare to come down and fight to the death with me?"
"Don't dare!"
Damn it, Xiang Yu almost threw the iron halberd up the tower: "Ying Hu Hai, you can't say anything else, you fucking come down and fight with me!"
Wang Zhu suddenly laughed and said, "Why does Overlord hate me so much?"
Xiang Yu let out a long breath and finally said something humane!
"Ying Huhai, you are ungrateful. I think that when all the princes in the world rebelled against Qin, they all wanted to kill you and then kill you. It was this overlord who interceded for you in front of Emperor Yi, so you saved Qin's Sheji and Sanchuan lands. Is this the case?"
"Yes!" Still very concise, Wang Zhu still maintained a sweet smile like a stewardess.
"Just admit it. I will ask you again. I went to Jingxingkou for a banquet that day. I wanted to kill you like I would crush an ant. I magnanimously let you go. Are you your benefactor?"
"yes!"
Xiang Yu lost his temper a little and said angrily: "Then why did you destroy the four countries of Linjiang, Wei, Henan, and Yin, and kill Linjiang King Gong Ao, Wei King Wei Bao, Henan King Shenyang, and Yin King Sima Yi? Is this true?
Isn’t that ungrateful? If you are sensible, commit suicide as soon as possible and hand over the land you have seized. I, the overlord, can also consider making your descendants kings. Otherwise, I will immediately attack the pass and kill them all!"
"casual!"
"As long as you have the ability!" Wang Zhulankey kicked the man to death with all his strength!
"How dare you say that again!" Xiang Yu tightened his horse's reins fiercely, and the black horse's front hooves jumped into the air, kicking in the air and roaring to the sky.
Chapter completed!