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Chapter 9 The Daughter of the King's Mausoleum

"Over King, I finally think that I need to take down Pengcheng before Han Xin's army arrives, otherwise our army will be attacked on both sides, and the situation may not be good." Zhongli Mei said.

After this day of siege, although he failed to take down Pengcheng, Zhonglimei also knew the situation in the city. No matter how capable Wang Ling was to defend the city, he could not cook without rice. There were few soldiers and food in the city, and there were heavy casualties. The people in the city knew that the king had returned, but they refused to help the Han army. They all hoped that the king could regain Pengcheng. Under such circumstances, how long could Wang Ling last?

"Our army will suffer a lot of losses in one day. If we attack again tomorrow, we can slow down the offensive of the North Gate. The other three gates will increase their efforts to lure Wang Ling away from the North Gate. Ji Bu is leading an ambush in the north of the city, which can completely wipe out Wang Ling's army." Xiang Yu also knew the importance and urgency of taking down Pengcheng, but the best way is to pull Wang Ling out of the city. Without the protection of the city wall moat, with the courage of the Chu army, Wang Ling and the Han army had no power to fight back.

Zhong Limei's eyes lit up and he said, "What is the meaning of a king? Is it a good place to open the net?"

"Yes, I'll open the net and make Wang Ling feel that there is a way to escape, and I set up an ambush on the way to escape, so I can sleep with Wang Ling in one fell swoop." Xiang Yu nodded and smiled.

"The overlord's goal is not enough." Zhongli said in surrender.

The next day, just as the sky was dawn, groups of Chu troops rushed up and rushed towards Pengcheng.

During this siege, Xiang Yu personally supervised the battle, the soldiers worked hard, waving spears and supporting shields, and climbing towards the city wall.

Wang Ling did not close his eyes all night, and suddenly heard the Chu army coming again and hurriedly took his subordinates to the top of the city to resist the enemy. But unlike yesterday, all the Chu army was desperate at this time, facing the rain of arrows and rolling wood and stones on the city, climbed the ladder, and advanced to the city tower.

"General Wang, you can't defend it anymore. Let's break through. Now, it may be too late." A general saw that the Chu army was coming in full force, and his subordinates were suffering heavy casualties and were unable to stop the Chu army's attack, so he hurriedly persuaded Wang Ling.

Wang Ling shook his head helplessly, sighed, closed his eyes and said, "There are Chu troops everywhere, where can we escape?"

"According to the last general, the Chu army in the north has the weakest offensive. If our army gathers its forces to attack the northern city gate, the chances of victory are very high." The general said.

"It seems that this is the only way. General Chen immediately clicked up five thousand soldiers and met at the North Gate. When the Chu army's offensive was weak, he would kill the general in one fell swoop and attack him by surprise." Wang Ling ordered.

"How can the general's family be released?" another general said anxiously.

"It is a great crime to be a minister but not be able to guard his city. How can you care about your family? If you see the pity, I think they should be able to escape this." Wang Ling sighed, his eyes moistened.

"General!" Many deputy generals shouted, and there were already sobs in their tone.

Wang Ling turned his head, forced his tears, turned his head and shouted, "Generals, can we break through the siege? We ordered the rest of the army to surrender half an hour after we rushed out to avoid casualties and innocent people. Now we all follow me to gather at the North Gate."

The generals put away their sadness and led their troops to the north gate to gather. Wang Ling saw that the troops arrived, and while the new round of attacks of the Chu army had not yet begun, he ordered people to open the city gate and led 5,000 soldiers to rush out.

The Chu army was indeed "abnon-guard" and rushed out by the Han army. Wang Ling looked back at the towering walls of Pengcheng and said in his heart that Pengcheng was Pengcheng, my Wang Ling would come back soon.

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Xiang Yu personally led a group of people to attack the South Gate. When the Han army guarding the city saw that the main general had broken through and had no intention of fighting, the city gate was suddenly broken by the Chu army. Xiang Yu led his troops to attack Pengcheng. He saw that the Han army, who were still resisting, all knelt on the ground, raised their weapons with both hands and surrendered.

The matter of recruiting prisoners was handed over to Zhonglimei. Xiang Yu took his personal guards to search the general's mansion, hoping to find the supplies he needed from there. In addition, some surrendered Han soldiers said that Wang Ling's family was still in Pengcheng and did not escape.

Capturing Wang Ling's family and treating him well may change Wang Ling's prejudice against him. As long as his prejudice changes, it is not impossible to persuade him to surrender.

The Wangling Mansion was still calm, and even the decorations in the yard had not been moved. Obviously, although it was in a war, Wangling's family was not greatly affected, which shows that he was good at managing the family.

Xiang Yu led his men and horses into the ground. As soon as he entered the yard, a row of servants held weapons and blocked outside the inner door. The leader shouted: "Who dares to break into the general's mansion?"

"Haha, who are you? How dare you talk to the King of Western Chu like this?" Xiang Yu glared, scared one of them and lowered his head, trembling all over.

"What, are you the King of Western Chu?" the man screamed in horror.

"Who dares to pretend to be the Lone King in my Great Chu army?" Xiang Yu snorted coldly and said.

"Wang Lu, you go back." A woman's voice sounded in the room.

"But Miss, Chu Army, the Overlord has arrived at the mansion." Wang Lu said in fear, with the words containing the elements of worry.

"It is because Xiang Yu's Chu army has arrived that I don't want you to die in vain. They are going to catch me, it has nothing to do with you." As he was speaking, a heroic woman walked out and saw her eyebrows as far as the mountains, her hair as thick clouds, her face as bright moon, her shoulders as solid fat, her eyes as deep pools, her body was wearing a soft silk armor, a red cloak, and a sharp sword in her hand. Although she was in a military uniform, she was also a peerless beauty who was fascinating to the whole country. She had a serious eyes, a cold expression, and a cold aura of heroism.

"Who is this lady Wang Ling?" Xiang Yu raised his eyebrows and asked.

"This is my lady Wang Qian. I hope the overlord will spare her life. The villain is willing to exchange his life for his life." Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Lu quickly knelt down and begged.

"Wang Lu, you have a life and death, why bother to ask for this only husband?" Wang Qian put his sword eyebrows forward and a light of hatred shot out in his eyes.

"I have a genital," Xiang Yu laughed, "I am worthy of being a tiger girl in the general, and I have no name for insulting the royal tomb."

"Only husband, stop talking nonsense. Today, I, Wang Qian, will avenge my grandmother and look at the sword." Wang Qian lifted the sword angrily and slashed it towards Xiang Yu. (To be continued)
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