"Brother, that's not right! Why is Zhongwu City so difficult to attack?"

Xiang Quan was wearing Chu army armor, holding a sword, and riding on a war horse. He looked at Zhongwu City in the distance with confusion, watching countless Chu army soldiers under the city, climbing the city tower one after another, but he still didn't see Qin Qin on the city tower.

The army was defeated, but for two consecutive days, all the soldiers of the Chu army who attacked the city died on the city walls.

Vaguely, Xiang Quan suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Soon!"

When Xiang Le heard Xiang Quan's words, he frowned and stared at the top of Zhongwu City.

"When I capture Zhongwu City and the Zhongli clan, I will kill all of them and leave no one alive."

Xiang Le said with a gloomy look.

Looking at the top of the city, except for a few Qin soldiers who were holding crossbows and holding long swords to defend themselves, Xiang Le could clearly see that countless men in civilian clothes were also on the top of the city, constantly pulling their bows, throwing boulders, and even holding weapons.

With Chang Ge, he helped the Qin army resist the Chu army.

Looking at the people in the city, Xiang Le was filled with anger. How could the Chu people in the city help the Qin people? What's more, the Qin army had already gone to Hongcheng to support, and there were not many Qin troops left in the city.

The only explanation is that the nobles in the city called on the people to help the Qin army resist their Chu army.

As for the noble clans in Zhongwu City, the entire Chu State knew that only the Zhongli family was the most powerful.

"If it is really the Zhongli clan, it must be related to the Zhongli clan's change. I am afraid that Zhongli Hao and Zhongli Chuan in the city are all worried that the city will be destroyed and they will be arrested and taken to the Chu Kingdom court."

Xiang Quan looked at Xiang Le and said, then hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

"Brother, Zhongwu City has been captured and won't last for two days. How about we retreat first and wait for my father to lead the troops and then capture Zhongwu City in one fell swoop? Quan is a little worried. The reinforcements of the Qin army have arrived here. If we retreat then, we will be in trouble.

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Xiang Quan advised.

However, after hearing Xiang Quan's words, Xiang Le immediately shook his head with a persistent look on his face, his eyes full of anger, and glanced at Zhong Wucheng before turning his head to look at Xiang Quan.

"The two of us led an army of 50,000 to attack Zhongwu City, which had a vacancy, but were unable to capture it. If we retreat like this, reinforcements from the Qin army will arrive in the future. If we miss the opportunity, it will fall on the two of us. Our colleagues in the court and the army will

How will the generals and soldiers view us? Have you ever thought about it?"

Xiang Le asked back, his eyes looking like he had lost his mind.

Hearing this, Xiang Quan couldn't help but fall silent. Not to mention Xiang Le, who had always been at odds with his brother Xiang Liang, and had always wanted to prove that he was no worse than Xiang Liang. Even he, now thinking about the consequences of withdrawing his troops, was hesitant.

It is easy to withdraw troops, but it is difficult to give an order! This order, and this incident, will probably stay with the two brothers throughout their lives and make people laugh at them.

"Brother, I'm going to order someone to inform my father about what's going on here!"

Xiang Le finally thought that this was a hard-earned opportunity. Xiang Liang was not here, and the two brothers had to seize this opportunity.

Xiang Quan watched Xiang Le go to order his cronies, and then continued to look at the battlefield in Zhongwu City.

Zhongwu City.

Looking along the top of the city, you can see Chu soldiers approaching the city from outside the city and climbing the ladder on the city road. The whole city is full of howls and screams, and a steady stream of Chu soldiers are climbing up the city.

, countless Qin troops continued to fight on the top of the city.

The corpses of Chu soldiers who were killed and fell to the ground can be seen everywhere. In the chaos, it can be clearly seen that Chu soldiers were constantly being killed, or they were hacked to death just after they climbed up the tower. Compared with the Qin soldiers who fell to the ground and were killed,

The number of corpses of Chu soldiers was almost ten times as many.

"kill!!"

A Chu soldier climbed up the city tower, took advantage of the gap between the Chu soldiers and Qin soldiers in front of him to jump into the city road, and then slashed at the back of a man wearing common clothes. In the eyes of this Chu soldier, any help

Everyone in the Qin army should die, even if he is from Chu.

However, the feeling of the sharp sword cutting into the body was different from what was expected. Almost after slashing the man's back, Chu Zu suddenly discovered that his palms were vibrating, but the civilians who were supposed to fall to the ground and died only felt pain.

He stumbled a few steps but did not fall to the ground.

Following this scene, Chu Zu looked at the sword in astonishment, then raised his head to look at the man. In an instant, he saw that the clothes on the man's back were cut open, revealing the armor underneath.

"Armor!"

The Chu soldier was stunned. Before the Chu soldier could react, other men in civilian clothes had already come to kill the Chu soldier. The man who was slashed also turned his head and looked at the Chu soldier with a ferocious expression.

While it was stinging, he and other men in civilian clothes took sharp swords and chopped the Chu soldier into bloody pieces.

With his face covered in blood, the unrecognizable Chu soldier fell to the ground against the outer city wall. As the blood flowed, he became another corpse among countless footsteps and countless corpses.

Under the inner city wall on the other side.

Densely packed Qin soldiers, wearing uniforms and armor, holding long swords, stood neatly in rows behind the city wall.

Listening to the screams of killing on the top of the city, Jiu was wearing Qin armor, holding the Qin sword on his waist, and kept walking back and forth. Dozens of Qin army generals were all standing in front of the Qin soldiers.

Under the city gate.

A huge crash made the towering gate of Zhongwu City make a sizzling sound. Dozens of Qin army soldiers held on to the giant trees and supported the city gate to defend themselves against the impact of the Chu soldiers outside the gate.

Whenever the Qin soldiers' palms were numb from the shock, they felt the frightening crashing sound, and they felt a little panicked.

The Ge stands as tall as a forest.

Any panic immediately dissipated in this scene.

"You haven't withdrawn yet?"

In the city guard's house, Bai Yan felt a little unbelievable when he listened to the general's report, and gradually discovered that he had somewhat overestimated the general of the Chu army outside the city and the Xiang brothers.

"General, the soldiers came to report that the city gate was almost destroyed by the Chu army!"

The general bowed his hands to Bai Yan, then turned his head and glanced at Zhongli Hao and Zhongli Chuan who were also in the study.

When Bai Yan heard the general's words, he looked at Zhonglihao and Zhonglichuan strangely.

Even Pu You turned his head curiously and looked at his father-in-law.

"Both of us never imagined that the Zhongli family would be so corrupt and extravagant in nature, which is shocking!"

Zhongli Hao said awkwardly. With these words, he directly left everything to the Zhongli clan's group. With the financial resources of the Zhongli clan, not to mention a hundred city gates, it would be difficult to maintain them.

No problem.

The gate of Zhongwu City is in such bad condition right now, which the two brothers never expected.

"General, can you continue to delay this?"

At this time, Mang looked at Bai Yan and asked.

"Continue to hold back the Chu army. If the Chu army makes a surprise attack, they will not bring much food and grass! If the Chu army cannot attack today, Xiang Yan will definitely realize that something is wrong. Let's see if Xiang Yan dares to send troops to rescue!"

Bai Yan said, turning to look at the map.

"promise!"

When the general heard Bai Yan's words, he accepted the order with his hands, then turned and left.

In the study.

Bai Yan looked at the map, then turned his head to look at his cousin Boyu, and then looked at Zhonglichuan.

"I'll trouble you two about the food and grass matters!"

Bai Yan opened his mouth and said.

In order to support the soldiers of the Qin army in Chudong, Bai Yan had squeezed out almost all the food and grass he could find. Even the food and grass sent by Lu Qi and Xiao He were almost exhausted.

Without enough food and grass, the soldiers would not be able to fight, and they would not even be able to survive the winter.

In order to avoid being defeated because of the grain and grass, Bai Yan removed Lu Qi and Xiao He's grain and grass, so he could only place his remaining hope on his cousin Boyu, and let Boyyou represent him to go to other places to persuade the nobles of Chu.

If there is danger, or if his words are not weighty enough, Zhong Lichuan will follow Boyu.

Now that his cousin Boyu has married Zhongli Xi, the daughter of the Zhongli clan, with such conditions, Bai Yan does not want his cousin to go to the battlefield again, but to use another way to contribute, and this is also good for the Zhongli clan, as long as Zhongli

If you can survive until the end, the benefits will become more obvious.

"General, don't worry!"

Zhong Lichuan raised his hand and saluted Bai Yan.

"General, don't worry!"

Boyu also raised his hand to salute, looked at Bai Yan seriously, and nodded.

At this time, a close confidant suddenly came to report that Yao Jia, your minister, was about to arrive at Zhongwu City and wanted to enter the city to see Bai Yan.

Hearing this, Zhongli Hao, Zhonglichuan and Boyu all looked surprised.

Yao Jia?

There was a war in Zhongwu City at this time. Why did Yao Jia insist on entering Zhongwu City at this time? Wasn't Yao Jia always in Qi State before?

"Yao Jia? We must take Yao Jia into the city!"

Bai Yan said.

Since Yao Jia Ming knew that there was a war in Zhongwu City and wanted to send someone to inform him that he wanted to enter the city, then Yao Jia Ming must have something to inform him. Thinking of this, Bai Yan turned his head and looked at Mang.

"Hey, after nightfall, personally lead the guards out of the city and bring Yao Jia into the city!"
To be continued...