Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 468 The Precarious Pengcheng

Chapter 467: The Precarious Pengcheng

"Boom! Boom!" Outside Pengcheng, Li Rubing, the commander of the Zhao army, rode his horses in front of the formation, commanding a hundred thousand Zhao troops to attack the city. If this city is broken, the entire state of Chu will fall apart in an instant, but the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Although the Zhao army's offensive is fierce, the Chu army's resistance is also very tenacious.

"It's been four days, and 10 people have besieged Pengcheng, which is only guarded by more than ten thousand Chu troops, and they can't advance an inch for four days!" In front of the Zhao army, Li Rubing looked at the Zhao army who was slowly retreating because of the failure of the siege, and gritted his teeth. Under normal circumstances, if 10 people besieged a city with more than [-] people, it would be normal if they 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 in Chu State However, part of the elite of the entire Chu State rebelled with Yu Zilong, and the rest were taken to Xiapi by Chen Feng and Jiang Zi. The Chu army guarding the city is just a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, but this group The old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled blocked him for four days.

"General, it's not that the soldiers are afraid of fighting, it's that the Chu army is too tenacious. Our army has suffered a lot of casualties these days, but the Chu army is not having a good time. Please rest assured, the general, and give the soldiers some more time. Destroy the city!" Standing beside Li Rubing, General Kou Fei of the Zhao Army said to Li Rubing with an embarrassed expression on his face. In fact, even Kou Fei was very dissatisfied with the current progress of the siege, but there was nothing he could do. It 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 State. In order to defend the capital, each Chu army has exerted [-]% of its strength. Coupled with the advantages of the city, Zhao Jun's offensive was repeatedly blocked.

"Hmph! Time, what I lack the most is time. If Deng Jun marches northward, or if Chen Feng and Jiang Zi break through the siege and reinforce Pengcheng, then there will be a lot of variables in this battle. Breaking the city a moment later will not be good for us. It will be even more unfavorable for the army!" Li Rubinghan said with a face, this time the purpose of going south was to make a quick decision, but now it has been too late to break through Pengcheng, if Pengcheng's reinforcements arrive, then this battle will be even more difficult beated.

"Don't worry, general. According to the report from the spies, Yu Zilong stood still in Xiapi and had no intention of rescuing Pengcheng. Chen Feng and Jiang Zi were dragged to Lu County by General Dong Zhong. Maybe they came over, but as for Deng Jun, there was no movement at all, even if Deng Jun wants to go north, it will take time, and when they arrive, Pengcheng has already been captured by our army!" Kou Fei also understood Li Rubing's worry, So I briefly talked about the situation of the various people who might rescue Pengcheng.

Li Rubing nodded after hearing this, but the worry in his heart did not ease in the slightest. Instead, he said: "Although there is no trace of Pengcheng's reinforcements for the time being, I am not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. , the use of soldiers is unpredictable, even when General Zhao Xin was alive, he was very afraid and had to guard against it. In addition, the state of Qin in the west is also an extremely restless existence. What's wrong with you."

Zhao Guo can be said to be the enemy of the whole world. There are Hu people in the north, Xiong Qin in the west, and strong Deng in the south. Zhao Guo always loses more than wins, and the record is very embarrassing. As a result, every time Zhao Guo mobilizes troops, he needs to defend this and that. There are 5 elites, and less than [-] can be sent out. The rest are either defending important places or guarding border.

Everyone nodded after hearing this, not to mention Deng Guo's strength. Since Deng Sheng ascended the throne, which country has Deng Guo really suffered from?Even if there are occasional defeats, they are all insignificant battles, which will not shake the foundation of Deng Guo at all, and Qin Guo in the west, to be honest, if it was before, Qin Guo would not be regarded by Zhao Guo at all with Qin's strength, but Ever since there was a Bai Qi, everything has changed. The Qin army under the command of Bai Qi can be said to be invincible. Among other things, Li Rubing, the general of the State of Zhao who is known as the No. 1 general of the State of Zhao, was once Shangjun was so beaten by Bai Qi that he couldn't hold his head up. If it wasn't for Qin's weak strength, Li Rubing would have been beaten to the ground. Can the generals who are not in the ranking be able to stop Bai Qi?

"Proceed with the order to strengthen the offensive. Within three days, Pengcheng must be broken. If not, from now on, all military measures will be dealt with!" With worry, Li Rubing looked firmly at the top of Pengcheng, and said fiercely .

"Here!" All the generals responded in unison.

With Li Rubing's ruthless words, Zhao Jun's offensive became more and more fierce. Pengcheng was beaten to the point of collapse, as if it would be breached in the next second. The head of Pengcheng City was in charge of commanding the battle. Some of the generals were taken by Chen Feng and Jiang Zi to Xiapi to conquer Yu Zilong, and Xiang Quan was already the only general in Pengcheng who could be ranked high.

Xiang Quan also realized that Zhao Jun's offensive was strengthening, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly commanded the soldiers to resist, repelling several waves of Zhao Jun's offensive in a row. Seeing the sky gradually darken, Zhao Jun finally retreated.

Looking at the retreating figure of Zhao Jun, Xiang Quan seemed to have been drained of all his strength, slumped on the ground, leaning against the city wall, panting heavily.

"General, the Zhao army's offensive has obviously strengthened. If we follow this offensive, I'm afraid we won't be able to defend it for two days!" The lieutenant sitting next to Xiang Quan said to Xiang Quan.

After hearing this, Xiang Quan nodded.He is also very aware of the seriousness of the problem, but what can he do if he has no strength inside and no reinforcements outside?

Xiang Quan thought for a while, and said to the lieutenant general: "I will go to Fan Xiang to discuss countermeasures, and you lead the soldiers to guard the city wall!" After finishing speaking, Xiang Quan got up and walked to many mansions.

When Xiang Quan saw Fan Ting, Fan Tingzheng had just sent away a group of court ministers. Seeing Xiang Quan coming, Fan Ting rushed up to meet him and said worriedly, "Why is General Xiang here? But the city gate What's going on?" Fan Ting saw that Xiang Quan was covered in blood, and knew that he had just experienced a bloody battle, so he was very worried whether the city could not be defended.

"The gate of the city can still be defended temporarily, and there is no problem!" Xiang Quan shook his head and said.

Fan Ting also heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, it's just that there is something wrong with the city gate.

But then.Xiang Quan said again: "But the situation is also very bad!"

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

Xiang Quan sighed, and said: "Today, Zhao Jun's offensive suddenly strengthened a lot, and our army was almost unable to withstand it. According to Zhao Jun's offensive, I am afraid that Pengcheng would not be able to defend Pengcheng for two days, so I specially prepared to defend Pengcheng. Come to discuss countermeasures with Fan Xiang!"

"What! Two days!" Hearing Xiang Quan's words, Fan Ting exclaimed with a pale face. He didn't expect that Pengcheng would not be able to defend even two days after Zhao Jun stepped up his offensive. What should we do? !
"Yes, this is still an ideal situation, so I came here today to ask Fan Xiang, is there any reinforcements in Pengcheng?" Xiang Quan affirmed Fan Ting's words, and then asked Fan Ting, what is the time? .Will there be reinforcements in Pengcheng?

Fan Ting shook his head sadly, and said: "At this time, how can there be any reinforcements? If there were reinforcements, they would have arrived long ago. Why wait until today?"

Xiang Quan took a deep breath, he knew it would be like this, so he said: "Fan Xiang, if there is no reinforcements, Pengcheng will fall within a few days. Since Pengcheng cannot be defended, why don't we protect the king and the king?" The prince withdrew and retreated to Guangling County. In Guangling County, I still have some soldiers and horses, and Deng Guo behind me may be able to stop it!" Since there was no reinforcements, when Pengcheng was about to fall, Xiang Quan suggested to evacuate Pengcheng retreated to Guangling County, and then asked Deng Guo for help to preserve a trace of incense in Chu State.

In Xiang Quan's view, retreating to Guangling County is the best choice at this time, but Fan Ting shook his head after hearing this, and said: "General Xiang, now that the Zhao army is besieging the city, let's not talk about whether we can break out of the encirclement or not. I'm afraid at this very moment, Your Majesty is not willing to leave Pengcheng either!"

"Why?" Xiang Quan was very puzzled by Fan Ting's words, why Xiang Kuang didn't want to leave when he had a chance to save his life?
(End of this chapter)