Jiangshan into painting

Chapter 4

In Xiangcheng, Chen Junshuai's mansion is located in Xiangwang's mansion, and Chen Qi is sitting on the handsome chair at this time.The Qi army threw General Xiao Hong's head on the tower, and stopped the attack, and both sides cleaned up the battlefield.In this attack and defense, more than 3000 soldiers were killed or injured by Chen Jun. Except for the 1000 people that Xiao Hong brought out of the city to make a surprise attack, most of the rest were injured by the first wave of arrows from the Qi army.Thousands of civilians were injured in the city.

Chen Qi's inner misery made him look much older all of a sudden.Xiao Hong's body had been returned by the Qi army, along with the bodies of the dead thousand cavalrymen.Chen Qi knew that this was the Qi army's mind-cutting technique, but let his soldiers die in the enemy's camp and cannot enter the soil, how could he feel at ease?Looking at Xiao Hong, who had been with him for many years, just lying in the hall, his body had been stitched up by his assistant.Several of Chen Jun's generals stood around silently, some weeping, some gnashing their teeth.

Gongsun Xiao looked at Chen Qi, "Commander, the Qi army returned the corpses of our army but did not allow us to go out of the city for burial. I'm afraid it's not good if we don't bury so many corpses quickly. First, it will affect morale, and second, it may cause death. Harmful."

"Then choose a place to burn and bury." Chen Qi waved his hand, told Gongsun Xiao to do it, and then said to Lu Kuan and the others: "Generals, let's put away our sorrow first, and we will wait for General Xiao Hong's funeral when we return home." .It will take a lot of hard work tonight, arrange for the city guards to be on guard, and the others will take turns to rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle."

Sending everyone away, Chen Qi walked slowly outside the house, looked up at the stars in the sky, the crescent moon was like a hook, the Big Dipper was shining, and the autumn wind was blowing gently, the sound of the wounded ### was mixed with the sound of the drums coming from all around, The darkness of night added a trace of sadness to Chen Qi's heart.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the Shuai's mansion, and the sound of horseshoes approaching from far away, and Li Wenming rushed in in a hurry.Holding a piece of paper in his hand, he shouted at Chen Qi: "Marshal, the Qi army will issue arrows and let the citizens of Xiang in the city rebel against Chen."

Chen Qi hurriedly took the arrow book, glanced at it briefly, and frowned.The arrow book of the Qi army reads: Xiangcheng was originally the capital of the state of Xiang, and it was trapped by Chen. Now the Qi army is helping Xiang to attack Chen. They rose up and drove Chen Jun together.

Looking at the arrow book in his hand, Chen Qi realized that he had really underestimated his opponent, Qi Jun's move was really powerful.Let the Xiang people in the city make chaos, so that I can't defend the city with all my strength, and attack from inside and outside, forcing myself to abandon the city and retreat, and regain Xiangcheng at the lowest cost.

During this time, Lu Kuan, Gongsun Xiao and others also came, and seeing that Chen Qi hadn't spoken for a long time, Li Wenming asked anxiously: "Marshal, are you going to confiscate these arrow books, and everyone who sees the arrow books will be beheaded immediately? "

Gongsun Xiao, Lu Kuan, and Zhang Yong looked at each other, nodded, and said to Li Wenming, "General Li, let's do it!"

Chen Qi was about to stop him, but when he saw that Li Wenming had already turned around and left in a hurry, he didn't say anything, and called the others to enter the room to discuss.

Xiangcheng is destined to be restless that night.A bloody smell wafted in the night wind again.

Several generals in Chen Junshuai's mansion in Xiangcheng stayed up all night, and the city was noisy all night long, with shouts and flames everywhere. It was not until dawn that the city became a little quiet, and the horns of the Qi army outside the city sounded one after another.

Li Wenming, who was in charge of clearing up the riots in the city, had just returned to the commander's mansion, and the scouts came in hastily. "Report to the commander-in-chief, the Qi army has increased its troops!"

"What?!" Chen Qi and the others stood up and asked in surprise when they heard this.Li Wenming even grabbed the scout officer's arm and stared at him with wide eyes.The scout officer gasped heavily, his face turned pale with fright, and he replied timidly: "The Qi army has increased its troops."

Chen Qi didn't care too much, got up and left the hall, called the guards to prepare the horses, and hurried to the tower.Climbing up to the tower and looking at the Qi army, I saw that the Qi army directly in front was setting up more tents, and the camp was obviously much larger and denser than yesterday.

Gongsun Xiao has also checked with the reports from several other places. From the southeast to the north, there are no less than [-] new Qi troops.

After hearing Gongsun Xiao's report, Chen Qi couldn't help but gasped.He asked Gongsun Xiao softly, "Has the Flying Pigeon letter sent to the capital gone?" "It was sent out yesterday morning. I guess I can reply tomorrow."

Chen Qi looked around at the soldiers guarding the city, and then fixedly looked at the inside of the city. The houses were densely covered with the arrow feathers of yesterday's Qi army, the doors and windows in the streets were messy, and thick smoke rose from time to time.He walked down the tower slowly, inspecting the soldiers standing or sitting behind the wall.After a day's battle, the soldiers' faces were covered with blood and their clothes were messy. Seeing themselves standing up and saluting one after another, Chen Qi knew that there was fear deep in their hearts, although they still looked so resolute on the surface.Thinking of this, Chen Qi also felt a little panic: Chen Jun's morale has been overwhelmed by Qi Jun.

Chen Qi guessed that the tens of thousands of reinforcements were either made out of nothing by the Qi army, or they were revealed later, but in any case, in the view of Chen Jun in Xiangcheng, the Qi army's tents increased, and the reinforcements came continuously. Trapped in an isolated city, cut off from Lincheng, breaking the city is only a matter of time.I may be able to inspire the determination of soldiers to die, but I can no longer inspire their confidence in victory.

"It seems that I underestimate this kid Qi Si." Chen Qi thought to himself while leaning on the wall and looking at the Qi army's barracks.

"Chen Qi, I've decided on your [-] army! I've decided on this land!" Wuyou Wang, who was upstairs in the Qi Army, was also looking at Xiangcheng in front of him.

The eyes of the two seemed to collide with each other.

There was no fighting overnight, and the Qi army in the joint camp had a good sleep and got a rest, while the Chen army in Xiangcheng was harassed by the Xiang people organized everywhere, and they were all exhausted.When the sky dawned, it was time to prepare for the Qi army's siege.In addition to strengthening the joint battalion, the Qi army's antlers are just drills, and it seems that they have no plans to attack the city.

Looking at the formation of the Qi army outside the city, Chen Qi and several generals were also puzzled, so they had to let the soldiers take turns to rest on the city wall.Then let Li Wenming lead two thousand imperial troops to search for the hidden troublemakers in the city.

Chen Qi had already seen that the city could not be defended for a few days, and most of them would not be able to wait for reinforcements from the Chen Kingdom.Sooner or later, this country will be captured by Qi State, and this person's support of the people will be ignored.In order to reduce unnecessary harassment, kill those Xiang people who seem to intend to cause chaos, so as to defend the city with all their strength.At the same time, in order to store enough food and grass, it is natural to compete with the people for food, and swords and soldiers will inevitably meet.

This city was originally the capital of the state of Xiang, and most of the people in the city were the tribes of King Xiang and the officials and gentry of the state of Xiang. They had a deep hatred for the invasion and occupation of the state of Chen. Xiang's soldiers joined forces one after another to attack and kill Chen Jun.As for the Chen army in Xiangcheng, the original defenders were more than 3000 soldiers left behind by the eldest prince Chen Cheng after he attacked Xiang, and [-] soldiers were transferred from the border of Chen State, plus [-] forbidden troops brought by Chen Qi.The three forces are relatively unfamiliar, and there is suspicion in the combat cooperation. In addition, the soldiers and horses left behind by the eldest prince Chen Cheng think that they are the heroes who took down the kingdom of Xiang, so they naturally have words that look down on the frontier soldiers.The forbidden army is all the elite of the Chen state, and they even look down on the soldiers who have been guarding the border all year round.It was because of the contempt of the Forbidden Army and other departments that the defenders also secretly slandered. The frontier guards who were familiar with the Qi army's battles avoided the arrow rain yesterday before the Qi army attacked the city, and those Forbidden Army were fighting against the city. Amidst the sarcasm and laughter of the frontier soldiers, arrows were shot one after another, so most of the more than [-] Chen soldiers who were killed or injured were the forbidden soldiers.In the past, they were ridiculed by the forbidden army, but after seeing their miserable situation, the soldiers could only curse inwardly for retribution.The three times were at odds with each other, and their respective generals were also not convinced by each other.Fortunately, the old general Chen Qi had great prestige, and the several chief generals he brought with him were also well-known generals in the Chen country, so Chen Jun did not make any big troubles.Chen Jun's big disturbance did not come out, but the disturbance in Xiangcheng gradually became unstoppable.

Last night there were no fewer than a hundred battles of various sizes in Xiangcheng, and Chen Jun either captured or killed hundreds of Xiang people.Now, Chen Jun is patrolling in Xiangcheng. Anyone who goes out after the night curfew will be arrested, and those who resist arrest will be killed;Although Xiang's army was defeated, there were many wandering soldiers who hid in the city. At first, they were forced to endure because of the strength of Chen's army. Now Chen's army is tired of defending the city. Insufficient, there will be more omissions.

A team of Chen Jun had just passed a street, and in a deep alley beside the street, a half-hidden door was closed.There were more than a dozen strong men gathered in the house, most of them were in their 30s or 100s, surrounding a middle-aged man.The middle-aged man's name is Xiang Dingyuan, he is from the same family as King Xiang, and his official worship is the general.Xiang Dingyuan was tall and tall, with a full beard and a mighty look on his body.He glanced around the crowd, lowered his voice, but said firmly: "Tonight, General Han took [-] people with me to burn Chen Jun's food and grass; Brother Li, find a way to contact the Qi army outside the city, and tell them about our actions, so that His Majesty will know that our Xiang army is still there."

While talking, Xiang Dingyuan pointed to a picture on the table, and several people around who had their names called were gearing up and excitedly agreed.

There was also a young man dressed as a merchant inside, listening to the arrangements of Xiang Jun's generals, he was also secretly planning.His name is Li Da, and he is the eldest son of Li Gong, the largest grain merchant in the Xiang Kingdom. The Li family can be regarded as the richest man in Xiangcheng, with tens of thousands of dans of grain and wealth in the mansion.Li Gong was originally a minister of the state of Xiang. He resigned from office and started a business. He was engaged in the grain business, not only in the grain shops of the state of Xiang, but also in various places in China.Li Da has often made friends with powerful ministers of the Xiang Kingdom since he was a child, and became brothers of the opposite sex with many of them in the same year.This time Xiang Dingyuan summoned the subordinates in the city to plan to burn Chen Jun's food and grass, so he was naturally called here.

Seeing that Xiang Dingyuan's plan was right, and once the allocation of manpower was completed, Li Da had his own idea. "