On the evening of November 13, Pengcheng County was quiet and desolate. ~~~~

There are soldiers standing at the entrances of important streets, checking the occasional passers-by, every house is closed, the Chu army has half surrounded the city, and there is a continuous fire outside the city, reflecting a red sè, which is the fire of the Chu army camp.

Pengcheng County, at this time, it is almost the New Year's Day, and the entire Pengcheng County is filled with a depressing atmosphere.

The ordinary people are better, although they know that the Chu army is coming to the city, but the Chu army is known to everyone, which also makes the ordinary people less panicked and more comforted.

But the officials and big households in Xuzhou were panicked.

Soldiers patrolled, and it was forbidden to walk at night, but many deep mansions and compounds still held banquets and discussions at night.

High-rise study

There was silence in the study for a while, Gao Chong, the head of the Gao family, took a cup of tea, the faint fragrance of tea was refreshing, and after a few shìnv served tea, they carefully tiptoed out.

Now in the study, only Gao Chong and his eldest son Gao Qian are left.

Gao Chong stood up, paced back and forth for a while, and said in a heavy whisper: "The major events in Xuzhou have gone, and I am afraid that Pengcheng County will be difficult to hold." My clan is a big clan, it has been rooted here for hundreds of years, and it is connected to the Zhao family many times by marriage, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out of it for my father, but you are different, you can also get out, clean up, and take your wife and children out of the city!"

"The Chu army is not blindly benevolent, those who stick to it often punish the clan, the city is ruined for a day, remember not to take revenge, and pass on the bloodline of my Gao family. ”

Of course, it doesn't have to be that dangerous, but it's always good to be prepared. ”

"Father, if that's the case, why don't you ......," Gao Qian whispered.

"Shhh, there used to be many openings to welcome the army, but now Zhao Guogong has the will to die, and has prestige, at this time there are still some people to follow to the end, you see that the city is now densely covered with military discs, we want to make trouble, but we are afraid that the intention is to overturn the catastrophe, but the descendants go out of the city, this is a tacit approval, otherwise it will cause the whole city to fight back............ You are the son of the Gao family, you must not have sī affection at this time, you must know, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest, and your task is to pass on the incense of my Gao family. ”

Gao Qian had tears in his eyes, and knelt down with "plopping": "My son understands that he will inherit the family and never let down his father." ”

Gao Chong nodded, sat down on the chair, and whispered, "Without further ado, you get up and go out of the city at night!"

Gao Qian kowtowed again, got up from the ground, and said, "Father, I'm going!"

"Go!" Gao Chong waved his hand weakly with tears in his eyes, watching his son go away.

In Pengcheng County, many people think like this in their hearts.

I know that if this continues, we will only usher in destruction.

However, Zhao Guogong has been in business for several generations, and many families have interests that are so involved that their roots are entangled.

Especially now Zhao Guogong's attitude, that is, some people are afraid, they still have to be on the boat, just send the descendants out of the city as much as possible, let them go as far as possible, so that the family will not lose the bloodline inheritance due to a temporary loss of power.

But there are still some families, and the arrival of the opponent Chu Jun is indispensable.

These families, either they are small families in the middle and lower levels, they have nothing to do with Zhao Guogong on weekdays, and they have a deep family background, and any political power to govern Xu Zhou will give them a little thin face.

The next day, Pengcheng County

"Boom, boom, boom!" A series of loud noises shook the sky, and the city wall was repeatedly attacked by boulders, and dust and debris were splashed.

Zhao Ce was wearing heavy armor, standing on the city wall, his face was solemn, his eyes were red, although he had known how powerful the Thunder Car was, he didn't want to be so powerful.

With this siege weapon, why not?

On the plain outside the city, the Chu army is like a forest, one phalanx after another, murderous, waiting to break the city.

Zhao Ce looked up to the sky and roared: "God, why do you treat my Zhao family so poorly!!"

Fan Liuhai was on a high platform, calm and relaxed, while the surrounding soldiers were all standing with their pens, and the whole middle formation was quiet and indifferent, with a deep and quiet atmosphere unique to the general.

"General, only five thunder cars have been transported, but I am afraid that it may not be able to break the city, and the city wall of Pengcheng County is very high, if we use cloud ladders to attack the city, I am afraid that our army will suffer heavy losses. Seeing this, Mu Rong said.

After Mu Rong was appreciated, he fought again and again, and was promoted from a guard general to a deputy commander.

And Huang Jie and Shi Jiaqian were originally team leaders, and now they are both camp leaders.

are very popular in the military.

"Is the thunder car urging?" Hearing what Mu Rong said, Fan Liuhai stared at the city and asked.

"General, I urged it a few times, but it was still on the way, and there was not much left in the army of the boulders that were thrown, and I am afraid it was only enough to be put in half an hour. Mu Rong said.

And when he said this, Fan Liuhai pondered slightly.

The Thunder Car is almost indispensable when attacking the city, but the Thunder Car is huge, difficult to transport, and inconvenient to transport, so it must be disassembled into pieces and then transported, and then assembled, and every time it is replenished, it will take some time, and I don't know if this supply can arrive in time.

Fan Liuhai sighed slightly, he had just received the order a few days ago.

The king urged once, and he hoped that the pace of attacking Xu Zhou would be slightly faster, but Xu Zhou, now there is only this county town left in the core, and as soon as this city falls, all other scattered small cities will fall to it.

The king urged once, and he hoped that the pace of attacking Xu Zhou would be slightly faster, but Xu Zhou, now there is only this county town left in the core, and as soon as this city falls, all other scattered small cities will fall to it.

Thinking of this, Fan Liuhai instructed his subordinates beside him: "Send the order to go down, throw all the boulders on it, after the casting, the army will make a pot for dinner, and at the same time send cavalry to shout in front of the city, telling the people in the city that if you go to our army and surrender, you will not die, otherwise, after the city is broken, there will be no mercy!,

Fan Liuhai commanded again: "If there is no thunder car, will there be no siege?" Order the ladder, siege vehicle, Taolei, and cotton tank to be prepared. ，

"No!, a general was immediately ordered to go down and prepare.

In less than half an hour, the giant body was thrown, although the city wall was cracked in many places, but it did not collapse, at this time, it was almost noon, and the Chu army was already floating in the large camp, which was a treatment only in wartime.

Some of the loud cavalrymen were specially selected and took turns shouting in front of the city.

However, when the defenders of the city saw the intention of the Chu army, they immediately gave an order, and arrows rained downward.

The Chu army who shouted had a shield to block it, and when he saw that the other party did not listen, he retreated.

"General, it's really tough, at this time, you can still be hard without descending, it's really a group of people who are not afraid of death!, under Fan Liuhai's tent, someone said.

Fan Liuhai said with a sneer: "Xu Zhou is now almost under the control of our army, only this big county is left, even if it is attacked, it will be captured before the year, just not afraid of death, it's okay, what do you need the army for?,

"No!, the group will respond.

In the afternoon, the drums sounded, and suddenly the Chu army pushed the Tulong cart forward like water.

This is the same as the train frame, about ten meters in the section, connected, covered with thick rice and soil, arrows fall, most of them are ineffective, and people pass underneath, carrying sandbags and throwing them out one by one.

This new type of wooden frame is not even afraid of splashing oil and gold juice, but is only afraid of boulders falling down.

And the defenders of the city, with a command, poured down the boulders like a torrent of trees, and this pouring down drowned a surging crowd of people, and a terrible sound sounded.

Let a huge stone sassa roll down, the earth dragon car was smashed from time to time, and the Chu army inside screamed, blood and fire burned, soaring, flooding the front of the city.

"Boom, another earth dragon car was smashed, lù out of the people inside, and suddenly a pot of oil boiled down, and there was a sudden steaming and screaming below, and it burned again.

Another bō offensive retreated like sea cháo.

But it can be seen that the moat has been filled in a third of the way.

From the city, the outside of the city is densely packed with troops, one phalanx after another is a ready soldier, and outside a stone, there are soldiers directly cleaning up the battlefield and taking the wounded soldiers back.

"Boom, boom!, the sound of war drums began again, tugging at the heartstrings of everyone on the entire battlefield, and another group of troops rushed up like water.

At this time, the sky, which had been yīn, could no longer hold back, and snow fell.

The yīn sinking, which had been accumulated for several days, was released at this moment.

It didn't take long for a thick layer of snow to be covered on the ground, and a layer of snow fell from the top and bottom of the two armies, and the horses snorted and shook off the snow on their bodies.

The cold wind, which penetrates the bones and makes people feel like pins and needles.

The weather in December, which was already cold, is now full of heavy snow, and it is even more dripping into ice, and the blood stains on the ground have become frozen and covered with snow.

The wounded soldier fell to the ground, and if he was not treated in time, he would soon fall into a coma.

Even so, the earth dragon car continued, frantically filling the moat and opening up the way.

"General, there are already three moats that have been filled up to the city walls. ，

"Ordered, digging pits in multiple places at the same time, but now it is being bombarded by thunder cars and there are cracks in the concentrated Taolei, blowing up the city wall. , Fan Liuhai said orderly.

Chalk alone can't blow up the walls of a big city, but it is possible to blow up the cracked city walls that have been smashed by thunder cars by concentrating firepower.

"Yes!,

Immediately the order was given, and the fighting on the battlefield continued.

Half an hour later, all of a sudden, "boom!", a loud bang that shook the world.

At this moment, everyone on the battlefield looked at it.

I saw a high wall, and finally I couldn't bear it, and in the dust and rubble in the sky, it slowly fell, and a gap five or six meters wide appeared.

"The city is broken!, the Chu army, which has more than 40,000 troops outside the city, cheered together, and their morale increased greatly.

"Siege!, Fan Liuhai gave the order, and suddenly, according to the plan, a formation, cháo water rushed over, although the Zhao soldiers inside resisted stubbornly, blocking the influx of Chu troops from the gap, but the general trend has gone.

"If the news continues, when the armies purge the enemy in the city, and when they clean up the remnants, they should try not to disturb the people as much as possible. ，

"It's been the fifteenth, and I finally laid down Xu Zhou before the New Year. , Snow flakes fell, Fan Liuhai's heart was silent, and the sound of killing in the distance seemed to be inaudible.

The king ordered to urge, although he did not explicitly say that he would capture Xuzhou before the year, but this was the meaning in his words.

Thinking of the information he received about the Hu people's invasion of the Central Plains, as well as the news that the king might be proclaimed emperor in the New Year, Fan Liuhai understood the king's mood very well.

Now that Xu Zhou has been laid, this is the best gift for the king to be the emperor!