There are not many Danyang people in the city who should cooperate with the Chu army, and there are probably more than 1,000 people. These people are basically the private guards of the gentry and clans, and only more than a hundred people are ordinary Danyang Qianshou, and they saw the Chu army besieging the city raising three pillars of smoke in the south and knew the direction of the attack.

Mei Kai was not without precautions against the possible situation of internal and external cooperation in Danyang City, but the Chu army brought by Xiang Zhu attacked from four directions, and the reserves left in order to maintain the defensive line were constantly transferred to the crisis place, leaving only 500 reserves.

In the face of siege from all sides, Mei Kai only had 10,000 troops in his hands, how could he not be stretched, he received the news of the crisis in the south and the internal rebellion of the Danyang people, and the alarm bell sounded in his heart: "Order all troops to fight and retreat to the center of the city." ”

It is simply unrealistic to fight back now, the troops in the city of Lu Zhe's army are too small, but the Chu army is enough to have 80,000 people, even if there are only more than 40,000 people in the 80,000 Chu army. However, Mei Kai has to defend in four directions, and there are also Danyang people in the city who should join forces inside and outside, and if they stick to the same place, they will be broken separately, and only by retreating to the defense line built in the city can they concentrate their forces to continue to resist.

The sound of Ming Jin began to resound in the sky, Qiang Bao heard the sound of retreating Ming Jin without any hesitation and led the troops to retreat, the two thousand in his hands After an hour of fighting, there were less than 1,500 people left, even if Mei Ming Jin ordered him to retreat for a while, he would not be able to withstand it, after all, the attacking Chu army occupied an absolute numerical advantage, and there was a way to defeat four hands with two fists.

The lieutenant, who had rushed back to the western defensive line, was just about to mobilize his troops to counterattack when he heard the sound of gold, and he also received a report that a Danyang army was attacking this side, and he was worried for a moment.

Outside, the Chu army was about to pounce, and then the Danyang people were killing, which was a local flanking attack, which was quite unfavorable to the western defenders of Lu Zhe's army.

Fortunately, Mei Kai urgently mobilized the last reserves, and when more than 1,000 Danyang people were about to attack the defenders to the west of Gongwei, more than 1,000 Danyang people were bitten by the 500 reserves that had been reinforced.

Xiang Zhu saw that the people who should be inside and outside were bitten by Lu Zhejun, and it was a pity that he couldn't form a flank with the troops outside. But it doesn't seem to make much difference now. Part of the queue of Lu Zhe's army on this side has been divided, and it is no longer able to stop the Chu army that has been continuously engaged in battle, and it is just a moment to see a breakthrough in the west.

"Leave five thousand men behind, and the rest of the troops are all thrown into the attack!" When it's time to make a move, Xiang Zhu also has a decisive side.

How many Chu troops were attacking Lü Zhe's army in the west? It should be about 30,000. In the face of the numerical disadvantage of fifteen to one and the reality that it had been divided, as long as the lieutenant had no skills, he could only take the troops that had not yet been divided to start meeting with the reserves that had come over, and then fight and retreat.

Recruits have an obvious psychological trait that makes them shrink back when they go to attack. However, once the situation is favorable to one's side, it will become fierce again.

Seeing that Lu Zhejun was about to be defeated here, the recruits of Huiji County suddenly found that they were also quite powerful, and their original mentality of shrinking back was reversed, and they were able to shout and attack desperately.

Captain Wei Jiang was one of the people who were divided and surrounded, and he was trying his best to let the surrounding robes move closer to him, and at a glance, the number of robes around him was not much, but the Chu army in earthy yellow robes was densely packed and counted.

The divided Lu Zhe army is trying their best to break through, although their combat power is a little higher than that of the Chu army, but the ants can always bite the elephant to death. Faced with the situation of killing one and rushing up and sending two troops, Wei Jiang's face became more and more pale, and it was difficult for them to escape.

Mei Kai, who controlled the overall situation, took the lead in returning to the defense line built in the city, and his face was not good-looking. The commander of the Chu army who led the army to come acted too decisively, and launched a full-scale attack after just a wave of temptation, and this decisive combat method could indeed give full play to the numerical advantage, so that people could only defend on all sides. At this time, there is no room for any strategy or tactic, and some are man-to-man fights, and the next one is counted as one.

Slowly. The defenders to the east, south, and north withdrew to the center of the city, and the pursuing Chu army did not hesitate...... In other words, no one went to regroup, and the Chu army, which was about 40,000 or so, continued to attack Lu Zhe's army, which had not had time to adjust.

"Where's the co-lieutenant?" Mei Kai was a little worried, "Why haven't the troops in the west withdrawn yet?" ”

The Chu army attacking the west was nearly 40,000, and the back road of the communist lieutenant was blocked by the Danyang people who launched the internal and external cooperation, how could they say that they would withdraw if they wanted, that is, the commander of the communist lieutenant could still fight and retreat, and the headquarters of the lieutenant Weijiang, who had been surrounded earlier, had been submerged by the Chu army.

At any time, it is said that it is necessary to use absolute numerical superiority to achieve such results, but Xiang Zhu is not embarrassed at all. War is war, and with absolute superiority, who will politely come to a fair battle with the enemy? He was already thinking about how to build a defensive line to resist Lu Zhe's headquarters retreating from the hinterland of Huizhang County after taking Danyang, and he didn't know that an enemy army was rushing towards Danyang ten miles away.

Su Lie, who knew that there were 80,000 Chu troops besieging Danyang, was really anxious, and he personally rushed towards Danyang with 2,000 cavalry and 30,000 relatively good vanguard troops. This army was not the headquarters of Hengshan County, but the army of the Shu clan that had been left behind to attack Jiujiang County earlier.

One mile in the Qin period is about three hundred meters in modern times, and ten miles is three thousand meters, and this distance is usually a matter of twenty minutes, and it is precisely this time of time to rush that people fall from the Mei Kai headquarters defending Danyang every moment.

Mei Kai's defense now has less than 6,000 troops on hand, and the communist lieutenant who should have led the team to withdraw to the center of the city has not seen a shadow.

"Miscalculation ......" Yes, not only Lu Zhe, but also any of Lu Zhejun's civil and military personnel did not expect that the situation would evolve into the result that Danyang might fall at any time.

In the war in the whole south, Danyang should have been an inconspicuous small city, but because Lu Zhejun used the Yangtze River to transport troops and carry heavy loads, the value of this small city was infinitely increased.

Xiang Liang was able to gain insight into Lu Zhe's withdrawal from Danyang, so how could he not send heavy troops to attack? And Xiang Zhu, who was entrusted by Xiang Liang, did not seem to be a mediocre talent, and very decisively used superior forces to besiege on all sides, and used absolute crowd tactics to drown the Danyang defenders led by Mei Kai.

The fortifications in the center of the city and the periphery are relatively perfect, after all, this is the camp and grain storage place of the garrison, Mei Kai is anxious that the communist lieutenant has not withdrawn, and has been trying his best to put in the small number of troops in his hand to kill and wound the Chu army in the west, and what he did is naturally to leave conditions for the communist lieutenant who may withdraw to enter the camp.

Xiang Zhu discovered Mei Kai's intentions, and the defenders' counterattack to the west was relatively fierce, which was to meet a part of Lu Zhe's army in the west that was still fighting and retreating. He pondered, "Is it a repetition of the old trick?" ”

It's not a tactical duplication, it's just a simple battlefield tactic, which is to slow down the attack on the west, and at the same time release the co-lieutenants who are fighting and retreating, wait for the defenders of the defensive camp to open the gate to let the friendly troops in, and then take the opportunity to follow and kill.

Mei Li suddenly found that the number of Chu troops in the west was decreasing, and when he was confused in his heart, a black shadow appeared in front of him, which was the defenders from the west who had entered the field of vision. He was shocked, the main general of the Chu army seemed to have a talent, and it was a conspiracy to do so, just waiting for him to open the gate of the village.

The lieutenant was cut on his back, and he also killed no less than ten Chu soldiers with his own hands, and at this moment he was already covered in blood.

"The Chu soldiers in front are sparse, let's hold on a little longer, strive to chisel through, and then enter the camp!"

The officers were cheering loudly, they were killed from the dense encirclement of the Chu army, and seeing that they were about to successfully break through, the soldiers who could not wield their weapons were driven by the desire to survive, and their immobile legs were re-injected with strength.

Mei Kai had already sensed the strategy of the main general of the Chu army, and he looked at the situation of the entire battlefield, except for the other three directions in the west, the offensive of the Chu troops seemed to be slowing down, and it was clearly waiting for the final blow. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Order the remnants of the communist lieutenant to fight by the camp!" It means that he doesn't plan to open the camp gate to let the lieutenant and others enter the camp.

The situation is unfavorable, the camp can still be held, as long as the Chu army can't attack, there is always room to persevere, if the camp gate is opened and followed in, the advantage of the camp will be gone, at that time it is equivalent to saving the lieutenant but harming the whole army, Mei Kai can't bear it but has no choice.

Xiang Zhu was waiting, and he also deliberately ordered the Chu army to retreat to the west again, so that the remaining army of the communist lieutenant could move over faster.

"General! The follow-up troops of our army are already close to ten miles, and they should be able to reach the battlefield in two quarters of an hour! ”

Danyang was about to be captured, and Chu Jun's mood was very excited.

"Hmm!" Xiang Zhu has the reserve of an aristocracy, although he is also excited in his heart, he smiles and does not show his inner excitement on his face.

Almost as soon as the words of a general fell, a member of the fast cavalry shouted "Report!! "Galloping.

Quickly get off the horse and kneel on one knee: "General, Lu Zhejun was found eight miles away, there are 30,000!" ”

"Huh?" The smile on Xiang Zhu's face froze for a moment, and he asked, "Which direction is Lu Zhejun?" I prayed in my heart not to come from the south, and Lu Zhejun who came from the south was Lu Zhe's headquarters.

Kuaiqi replied: "Coming from the northwest, it is under the banner of the word 'Su'. ”

Not the south side? That is not the vanguard of Lu Zhe's headquarters. Xiang Zhu pondered for a moment and ordered: "Order the follow-up troops to speed up, don't have to come to the battlefield, rush to intercept the enemy troops coming from the west!" ”

Ride fast and go at the "promise" order.

There were still 40,000 Chu troops rushing by land, and Xiang Zhu thought that this army should have no problem blocking Lu Zhe's army of 30,000, which was enough to drag him out and seize the county seat by destroying the Danyang defenders. (To be continued......)