My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

Chapter 241 I can’t be calm, but I can’t live up to my expectations of my elder brother!
Looking at Ying Chengyu's face, which he had never seen before, Bafu's heart was lifted, and he asked tentatively: "Master, are you okay?"

Ying Chengyu neighed in a low voice: "Xinzheng is being besieged by the Chu army!"

Yafu was stunned for a moment, then said subconsciously: "Master, let's withdraw our troops and return reinforcements!"

Ying Chengyu said without hesitation: "Order! The entire army will withdraw from camp immediately..."

Ying Chengyu doesn’t want to calm down!
What a bloody strategy!What a bloody tactical purpose!Go to hell and seize territory!

How could ruling the world compare to the life of my eldest brother!

Ying Chengyu just wants to bring all the soldiers and horses he can and rush to Xinzheng City under the starry night!
But midway through his words, Ying Chengyu fell silent.

On the bamboo slips, Ying Chengyu seemed to be able to feel the warmth of Ying Zheng's hands.

Those lines of earnest and firm handwriting revealed Ying Zheng's deep expectations.

Ying Zheng trusted Ying Chengyu's ability and entrusted all the frontline command authority to Ying Chengyu.

So now instead of thinking calmly, but relying on inner emotions to support Xinzheng, can Ying Chengxuan be worthy of Ying Zheng's trust?
Come to think of it, Ying Zheng wouldn't want his younger brother to be someone who couldn't deal with major events calmly, right?
Holding the bamboo slip tightly with his right hand, Ying Chengyu continued to speak in a hoarse voice: "Send the order to the entire army to maintain the offensive."

"The news of the siege of Xinzheng City is kept strictly confidential."

"If anyone leaks it, it's the Yi clan!"

Meng Tian looked stunned.

Based on Ying Chengxuan's past performance, Meng Tian also believed that Ying Chengxuan would definitely want to return support as soon as possible.

But now, Ying Chengyu is unwilling to return aid?
For a moment, Meng Tian had to wonder if Wei Liao had guessed correctly.

Ying Chengxuan's usual performance was all disguise, but now faced with the opportunity to seize the throne without any blood, Ying Chengxuan finally showed his cards, stopped pretending, and just sat back and watched Ying Zheng be killed and seize the throne!
Meng Tian held up his hands solemnly: "There are certainly some soldiers and horses in Xinzheng City, but we don't know if they will be all the Chu army's soldiers and horses."

"If the Chu army suddenly sends a large army to Xinzheng, the king will be in danger!"

"Even if the Chu army does not increase its troops, the king will still be in danger if he uses Xinzheng City's troops to resist [-] Chu troops!"

"I dare to ask Lord Chang'an to immediately lead the army back to Xinzheng City to aid!"

Before making a decision, Ying Chengyu's heart will be shaken, entangled, and hesitant.

But when the decision was made, Ying Chengxuan's voice was full of firmness and determination: "It is precisely because the Chu army attacking Xinzheng City is not all the Chu army, that is why I cannot return for reinforcements."

"Once this general returns to support, the main force of the Chu army will lose control, and the army will surely overwhelm our Qin territory!"

"My general's troops can only bring back 17 reinforcements. Even if they bring Wang Ben's troops back with them, they can only bring [-] reinforcements."

"But it will bring more than [-], or even more than [-] enemy troops!"

"At that time, the king's situation was even more dangerous."

"For this plan, there is no way to survive by retreating. Only the attacking side can find a smooth path!"

Meng Tian asked solemnly: "Since Lord Chang'an also knows that we are outnumbered in this battle, how can Lord Chang'an make a smooth journey?"

Ying Chengyu said firmly: "Because Brother Wang trusts me more than King Chu trusts Xiang Yan."

"Just because we, the warriors of the Great Qin Dynasty, work together, the Chu army is at war with each other!"

On a large-scale battlefield, pulling is an extremely important link, and can even make up for the strengths and weaknesses of the troops to a certain extent.

If Ying Chengyu immediately comes back to help because he is trapped in Xinzheng, Xiang Yan will complete the pull on Ying Chengyu.

Ying Chengyu did not believe that Xiang Yan was not ready for the subsequent series of ambushes.

But if Xiang Yan immediately came back to help because he was trapped in Shouchun City, Ying Chengyu would have completed his pull on Xiang Yan.

At this point in the war, the competition is no longer just about the abilities of the generals on both sides, but also a test of the monarchs on both sides!

As for Ying Zheng's character and ability, Ying Chengxuan has absolute trust!
Meng Tian was unable to persuade him any more, so he could only sigh softly, cupped his hands and said, "Then I just hope that Lord Chang'an will win."

Ying Chengyu returned the gift with his hands raised: "Thank you very much."

"Come here, take Minister Meng down to rest!"

Before he finished speaking, Ying Chengyu got on his horse and rode around Shouchun City.

Shouchun City is approximately rectangular as a whole, with a length of about 500 meters from north to south and a width of about 300 meters from east to west. Its total area ranks among the top three in the world today. It is a quite spacious capital city. There is a road connecting Feishui River outside the city. The moat and waterways crisscrossing the city have served as the shipbuilding and commercial center of Chu State in recent decades.

However, Shouchun City has only been the capital of Chu for four years. During these four years, King Kaolie of Chu and King Han of Chu were still in the process of handing over power. Chu State did not have the time and energy to further repair Shouchun City, so that the overall city defense structure of Shouchun City still remained. Maintain the rules and regulations that Chun Shenjun lived at this time.

The only thing worthy of praise is that there is a small city six miles southwest of Shouchun City with a wall circumference of 1000 and [-] meters.

This city was originally the residence of Lord Chun Shen, but now it has been repaired into a small fortress that can help Shouchun City in wartime.

But the city wall of Shouchun City is about five feet (11.55 meters) high, the base of the wall is about ten feet (23.1 meters) wide, and the top of the wall is about three and a half feet (8 meters) wide.The thickness of the city wall is only one-third that of Daliang City and half that of Xinzheng City. Its height is similar to that of Xinzheng City. The city gates only have four road gates and one water gate, which cannot be called flexible.

When he rode his horse around to the east of Shouchun City, Ying Chengyu suddenly stopped and asked, "The east city is also heavily guarded?"

When he first arrived at Shouchun City, Ying Chengyu adopted the tactic of surrounding three towers and one, only gathering [-] troops in the west, south and north directions to attack the city.

Although the Chu army's troops and horses in the west, south and north directions are not small, they can never be said to be sufficient.

In this case, the city-defending generals chose to garrison the East City with no fewer troops than other city walls.

What did the city guard think?

Ying Chengyu immediately ordered: "Send orders to Wang Pan to lead all the catapults under his command to the east city."

"Instruct me to transfer my troops to the east city to protect Wang Pan's troops."

"Send the order to Commander Jiang Ming, Commander Xiao Tu, and Commander Meng Nan to send the main army to attack!"

Two quarters of an hour later, 120 catapults moved in outside the East City Gate.

Ying Chengyu ordered in a deep voice: "Every ten catapults aim at the same city wall."

"volley!"

Wang Pan quickly shouted: "Adjust the position!"

"Salvo!" At the command, 120 heavy boulders were thrown out by catapults and crashed down on the east wall of Shouchun City!

"boom!!!"

A roar sounded.

The entire east city wall was trembling as 120 boulders weighing dozens of kilograms were thrown down at the same time.

After just five rounds of flying rocks, a crack appeared on the top of the east city wall!
The messenger galloped like crazy, all the way to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty!"

"All the catapults of the Qin army have turned into our east city, and there are already cracks in the wall of the east city!"

Li Yuan asked in disbelief: "Have you seen the crack?!"

"How could the Qin army's flying rocks be so powerful?!"

Li Yuan originally thought that Xiuyu City and Daliang City could withstand the heavy damage from the Qin army's flying rocks for several months, and Shouchun City would not have any problems.

But reality gave Li Yuan a loud slap in the face.

Xiuyu City has Pang Nuan's temporarily thickened ice wall, Daliang City has the tireless thickening of successive Wei kings, what does Shouchun City have?
How could it withstand the Qin army's violent bombardment by flying rocks!

The messenger asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, are our troops going to go out of the city and destroy the Qin army's catapults?"

Li Yuan knew very well that the advice of the messenger was the right choice to deal with the current war situation.

But one problem Li Yuan had to face was that the main defenders in the city were Jing's private soldiers.

In the city, Li Yuan can also mobilize them in the name of Ling Yin.

But once they leave the city, it is entirely possible for the middle and high-level generals in Jing's private army to tamper with Li Yuan's orders and run away with the private soldiers.

Unless the regular army, county soldiers and guards are ordered to go out of the city to fight, it is likely to be a meat bun beating a dog, and there will be no return!

After hesitating for a long time, Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "Summon the corvee in the city and immediately dig soil in the city to the east city to thicken and repair the east city wall!"

Outside the East City.

Looking at the Chu army carefully huddled under the female wall and the city gate that was still closed, Ying Chengyu was a bit speechless: "Our army's catapults are all outside the east city, and they are only supported by [-] soldiers and horses."

"As long as the elite soldiers are sent out of the city, it is possible to break through our army's defense line, destroy our army's catapults, and save Shouchun City from the threat of flying rocks."

"Isn't the guard not interested in this?"

"Or is it that the guard is unable to move?"

Ying Chengyu felt that the situation was getting more and more strange, so he immediately issued another order: "Instruct Jiang Ming's troops to give up the attack on Nancheng, join forces with Xiao Tu's troops, and attack the West City together!"

"Instruct the scouts to pay close attention to the movements of the Chu army at the city head. Once the Chu army's troop movements are discovered, inform the general immediately!"

Two quarters of an hour later, the scout hurriedly returned to the central army: "Report to General, Nancheng will dispatch four thousand troops to reinforce West City."

Ying Chengyu immediately asked: "After transferring four thousand soldiers and horses, how many soldiers and horses are left on the southern city wall?"

The scout said without hesitation: "It's more than three thousand, but we don't know the details."

The scout's field of vision was also limited. He could only give an estimate based on the battle situation he saw with his naked eyes. He could not observe the enemy's hiding caves, city gate towers, or soldiers and horses under the city.

But the answer given by the scout was enough for Ying Chengyu to make further judgment.

Ying Chengyu said thoughtfully: "The three thousand soldiers and horses left behind must be Jing's private soldiers, right?"

The scout raised his head unexpectedly: "Reporting to the general, the flag is indeed the Jing family's troops."

Ying Chengqiao nodded slightly: "It seems that Lord Changping has never deceived me on such a major matter."

Based on several troop mobilizations, Ying Chengyu had already made a basic judgment.

As long as the city's defender is not a novice who has never read a military book, or is a veteran who is very good at attacking people, otherwise there may still be serious problems within the Chu army, so the defender has to sit back and let the opportunity slip away.

Ying Chengyu didn't know what method King Chu Han used to gather Jing's troops.

But King Han of Chu still failed to erase the gaps between the various departments of the Chu army.

This gap may be the key to Ying Chengyu's rapid attack on Shouchun City!
After pondering for a long time, Ying Chengyu said in a deep voice: "Order!"

"Without the general's orders, Wang Pan's troops would be flying rocks!"

"Three crossbowmen, Jiang Ming, Meng Nan, and Xiao Tu, came forward, not to seize the city, but to kill Jing's private soldiers!"

"Order! Captain Li Xin will return to our unit immediately."

"Captain Cen Bian led his navy to obey General Wang Ben's orders."

"General Wang Ben will move into Xiangcheng immediately. We must try our best to intercept Chu General Xiang Yan's troops!"

"Summoner Zhuang Jia!"

All the messengers retreated with their hands folded, and Ying Chengyu took a knife and carved words on a bamboo slip.

When Zhuang Jia arrived, Ying Cheng blew off the bamboo scraps, closed the bamboo slips and handed them to the soldiers to seal them with mud. He asked solemnly: "I need you to sneak into Shouchun City."

"Can it be done?"

Zhuang Jia frowned: "Now that our army has reached Shouchun City, it is extremely difficult to sneak into Shouchun City."

"If there is no internal response, I will need more than [-] prisoners of the Chu army."

Ying Chengyu said without hesitation: "I will give you a thousand prisoners, and it is up to you to decide how to deal with them."

"If you have any other needs, please inform me at any time."

Taking the bamboo slips sealed with mud and handing them to Zhuang Jia, Ying Chengxuan said solemnly: "At any cost, you must give this letter to Lord Changping!"

Zhuang Jia suddenly raised his hand: "Wei!"

(End of this chapter)