My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

Chapter 244 Selling yourself to save your brother!Xiang Yan has not gone to bed, and neither has Wang Ben.

That night, three houses in the south of the city caught fire.

The flames soared into the sky, reflecting half of the clouds red, and also came into Ying Chengyu's field of vision.

Ying Chengyu felt a little more relaxed: "Chang Pingjun's movements are quite fast."

"I just don't know if Lord Changping can convince the Jing family and King Han of Chu!"

While he was thinking about it, Zhuang Jia entered the central army under the leadership of his eighth husband.

"Commander!" Zhuang Jia bowed his hands and said, "Here is Lord Changping's letter!"

In order to avoid revealing his identity, Xiong Qi did not use his own seal to seal it, but used the seal of the Qin traveler stationed in Chu.

After checking the ink pads and taking them apart, Ying Chengyu unfolded the bamboo slips and glanced at the rows of words.

[The Zhao family has sent three thousand soldiers and servants to the city to guard the east city. They can provide support at critical moments. 】

[Jingchou intends to marry his legitimate daughter as the young concubine of Lord Chang'an. If Lord Chang'an accepts her, the Jing family is willing to make peace with Lord Chang'an. 】

[However, the Jing family cannot betray the Chu State, and can only help from the side. 】

[The King of Chu was unwilling to make amends with Qin, so he sent a messenger to urgently summon the Yan of Shangzhu State of Chu to return to aid Shouchun, and ordered Xiang Rong, the son of Yan of Shangzhu State, to speed up his attack on Xinzheng City. 】

[If the Lord of Chang'an wishes to accept Jing's daughter, he can light three fires outside the south city to inform her. 】

Looking at the words on the bamboo slips, the corners of Ying Chengyu's mouth twitched slightly: "Jingchou must be sick!"

"It is true that I attacked the Jing clan fiercely in the previous campaign and killed tens of thousands of Jing clan members."

"But Jingchou won't repay this by marrying his daughter to me!"

Before the expedition, Queen Mother Huayang, Mrs. Han, and Ying Zheng were urging the marriage, which made Ying Chengyu exhausted both physically and mentally.

Now that he is away on the battlefield, Ying Chengyu's ears are finally clear.

But in the end, my own family stopped urging the marriage, and instead the enemy generals pressed for the marriage?

If this general doesn't marry or take concubines, he must have violated some rule of heaven!

As for urging this general!
Moreover, Ying Chengyu almost knocked the brains out of the Jing family in the previous episode, but Jing Chou wants the two parties to get married?

Isn’t this really embarrassing?
Ying Chengyu felt embarrassed for Jingchou!
Continuing to look down, Ying Chengyu frowned.

[Jingchou is deeply afraid of the power of Lord Chang'an. If Lord Chang'an is unwilling to accept Jing's daughter as his concubine, Jingchou intends to recruit private soldiers and invites nobles to increase their troops to aid Shouchun City. 】

[How to choose, please make your own decision, Mr. Changan. 】

[Qin Xiang Bangqi wishes Changan Lord a triumphant return! 】

Ying Chengyu had no doubts about Jingchou's determination.

In fact, through Xiang Yan's arrangement, Ying Chengyu could already feel Xiang Yan's murderous intention!
There are only two results before Ying Chengyu.

Or, take Jing's daughter as a concubine.

Or, Jingshi fights back with all his strength.

But can Ying Chengxuan withstand the desperate counterattack launched by the Jing family and other clans?
The answer is clear, it can’t be stopped!
Bai Qi could lead tens of thousands of troops to attack the Chu capital, but when all the nobles of Chu united to resist, Bai Qi had to retreat with his troops.

If Bai Qi is like this, let alone Ying Chengyu?

More importantly, Ying Chengyu needs internal support!

Closing the bamboo slips, Ying Chengyu frowned: "The nobles raised their troops and forced me to take Jing's daughter as my concubine."

"Jing, you are so shameless!"

Ying Chengyu did not want to take Jing's daughter as his concubine.

Until the situation is stable, Ying Chengyu doesn't want anyone to hold him back.

But for the sake of Ying Zheng, who was trapped in Xinzheng, Ying Chengyu had no choice but to compromise.

Sighing softly, Ying Cheng said bitterly: "Eight husband, in two hours, lead ten soldiers to go [-] feet outside the south city wall."

"Build three bonfires and light them!"

"I will accept this Jing's daughter!"

Ying Chengyu compromised.

But Ying Chengyu couldn't let Jingshi think that he compromised easily.

They always have to show more struggle to make Jing feel that their offer has reached Ying Chengxuan's psychological bottom line and not regret it later.

Yafu solemnly raised his hands: "Yi!"

Bafu took the order and left, and Ying Chengyu gave the order again: "Order!"

"Jiang Ming, Meng Nan, and Xiao Tu stopped attacking and stationed outside Shouchun City to set up a defense line."

"No man or bird in Shouchun City is allowed to stand out and surround you!"

"Captain Wang Qun led [-] infantry to the northeast, captured Shishan, Sidingshan, and Xiaowushan, cut off the rocks, and returned to the army."

"General Qi Ai will be the one to take over if he needs it. There is only one thing I can do. I need the heavy supply camp to provide more than [-] flying stones every day!"

From the first time he arrived in Shouchun City to learning that Ying Zheng was trapped in Xinzheng City, and then to finding the Jing family and Zhao family as internal agents, Ying Chengyu's overall strategy was constantly changing.

The attitude towards Xiang Yan's and Xiang Rong's troops also changed from the initial encirclement and reinforcements to the encirclement of Chu to save Qin, and then to the current interception of reinforcements and fierce attack on Shouchun!

Orders were issued one after another, and famous messengers rushed away.

Ying Chengyu raised his eyes to look at Shouchun City, and spoke out the last general order in a deep voice: "Send the order to Captain Wang Pan."

"Smash me hard!"

Accompanied by Ying Chengyu's words, another round of flying rocks was thrown out by the catapult.

"boom!!!"

Li Yuan pressed one hand on the female wall to stabilize his body, and looked at the retreating Qin army outside the city with eyes full of concentration: "The Qin army has predicted that it will be difficult for the general to send troops out of the city."

"So why don't you just stop attacking the city wall and just attack our Shouchun City with flying rocks?!"

Li Yuan guessed Ying Chengyu's tactical thinking.

Ying Chengyu just bullied the Chu army into not being able to leave the city to fight, and bullied Shouchun City because its walls were weak!
If Ying Chengyu catches a shortcoming, he will attack it to death without any bottom line.

Let alone two arrests!

But even if Li Yuan guesses correctly, what can he do?

Li Yuan could only ask: "How was the conversation between the king and the nobles?"

The retainer Guo Cang shook his head: "Young Master Qi represents the Qin State to seek peace, and all the nobles are admonishing the King to agree."

"However, the king refused to accept the advice."

"Young Master Qi, Jing Mo Ao and other ministers all left unhappy."

Li Yuan shook his head bitterly: "Your Majesty is too anxious."

"Now that the clans can no longer send private soldiers to help defend the city, is the king willing to summon the Shangzhu Kingdom to return reinforcements?"

Guo Cang nodded and said, "Your Majesty has sent fifty soldiers to summon Shangzhu to return."

"A quarter of an hour ago, the messengers just came out from the east gate." In the morning, King Chu Han firmly refused to summon Xiang Yan to return to the army, and wanted to use the Qin army's sword to kill Jing's people.

But Chu King Han never expected that the Qin army's sword would be too sharp!

Without any persuasion from others, King Chu Han had already obediently issued the order to withdraw his troops.

Li Yuan shook his head again: "I'm afraid that only fifty messengers can't defeat the Qin army's siege."

"Mr. Guo, you personally lead two hundred guards to break out of the city from the north gate. We will send three thousand regular troops to protect you."

"We must fight our way out of the siege and order Shangzhu Kingdom to immediately return reinforcements!"

Guo Cang suddenly handed over his hand: "Wei!"

After watching Guo Cang rush out of the city under the protection of the main army, Li Yuan turned his attention to the east city.

Looking at the flying stones that continued to fall on the east city wall and the cracks that the corvees could not repair despite their efforts, Li Yuan felt nervous: "Shangzhu Kingdom, we must return to the army as soon as possible!"

……

Two days later.

Guo Cang, covered in blood, broke into the Chencheng military camp.

With the support of his soldiers, Guo Cang finally met Xiang Yan.

"Shangzhu Kingdom!" Guo Cang shouted anxiously: "The Qin army is surrounding my Shouchun City and attacking it."

"The walls of Shouchun City could not hold out for more than a few days under the threat of flying stones from the Qin army."

"Please come back to Shangzhu Kingdom for help as soon as possible!"

Xiang Yan nodded slightly: "I have received the king's order."

Guo Cang asked again: "Why haven't Shangzhu's troops mobilized their troops yet?!"

Xiang Yan explained: "This general has ordered the Zhao family to return reinforcements."

"As long as Zhao's troops arrive, Shouchun City's difficulties will be solved!"

Guo Cang asked: "Where are the Zhao family's troops?"

There was helplessness in Xiang Yan's voice: "We were stopped by the Qin army's partial troops."

As soon as he knew that Ying Chengyu was going south, Xiang Yan ordered the Zhao family to go south to Xicheng so that he could return to Shouchun City through the Huai River at any time.

As a result, Qin General Li Xin and more than ten thousand Qin troops jumped out of nowhere.

Although the troops were relatively small, they continued to harass the Zhao family like a swarm of bees, greatly delaying the Zhao family's march.

Guo Cang almost laughed out of anger: "The Qin army only has more than [-] troops, but Shangzhu's troops have more than [-] troops."

"But now Shangzhu State said that more than [-] troops were divided into two groups, but they were stopped by the Qin army divided into three groups."

"Shangzhuguo thinks this is justified!"

Xiang Yan was in trouble and couldn't tell.

Although the Qin army only has more than [-] soldiers, it has a strong morale and is internally united.

Although the Chu army had more than [-] troops, it had many internal conflicts. Simply resolving the internal conflicts would consume a lot of Xiang Yan's energy.

Moreover, Ying Chengyu, Wang Ben and Li Xin, who were leading the army alone, each had different tactical ideas, but they were not easy-going people!

Xiang Yan is very difficult!
Guo Cang didn't understand Xiang Yan's difficulties at all, so he just handed over his hand again: "Since Shangzhu Kingdom has received the king's order, please ask Shangzhu Kingdom to respect the king's order!"

Xiang Yan shook his head: "The Zhao family reported to the army yesterday that they had defeated the Qin army's partial division once."

"It won't take long for the Zhao family to defeat the Qin army and move down the Huaihe River to reinforce Shouchun City."

"Now the main force of the Qin army is stationed twenty miles south of our army."

"Once our army moves troops, the Qin army will definitely send troops to intercept it."

"This battle will be lost!"

Guo Cang broke away from his soldiers, forced his trembling legs to step forward and asked, "Which is more important, the victory or defeat of this battle, or the safety of Shouchun City?"

"Does Shangzhu Kingdom intend to disobey the king's order because of victory or defeat in a battle?"

"Please remember in Shangzhu Kingdom that your family is still in Shouchun City!"

Xiang Yanhu's eyes froze, and there was unconcealed murderous intent in his eyes.

Guo Cang looked at Xiang Yan firmly: "Shangzhu State can kill humble people."

"But if the Shangzhu Kingdom refuses to return, the Shangzhu Kingdom will no longer exist!"

Xiang Yan pressed the hilt of the sword with his right hand, and his voice returned to calmness: "Do you want to be a loyal minister who is willing to sacrifice his life to dissuade you, and leave your name in history?"

There was a moment of panic in Guo Cang's eyes, and then he said in a deep voice: "I just want to remind Shangzhu Kingdom, please respect the king's order!"

Xiang Yan suddenly drew his sword and chopped off Guo Cang's head with one strike!

Letting blood splatter all over his body, Xiang Yan said in a deep voice: "Throw this body out of the camp gate and feed it to the dogs!"

"Pass the order!"

"The navy prepares for war."

"The Sun family and the Chencheng garrison were active in the camp to confuse the Qin army."

"The rest of the troops boarded the ship after nightfall, and took advantage of the darkness to sail down the river to increase their troops in Shouchun City!"

Night falls.

Xiang Yan didn't go to bed, and Wang Ben didn't go to bed either.

Looking at the Chu army camp in the distance, which was the same as before, Wang Ben said in a deep voice: "Order!"

"Cen Bian's troops went upstream and arranged their battle lines."

"Xin Sheng's troops gathered on the right bank ten miles away to the south, and the snake array spread out."

"Qiang Yu's troops were hoarding on the left bank ten miles away to the south, and the snake array spread out."

"All ministries are not allowed to raise fire, lest they disturb the enemy!"

All the captains raised their hands in unison: "Wei!"

After responding to the order, Xin Sheng couldn't help but ask: "General, is the Chu army really going to forcefully break through our blockade tonight?"

Wang Ben nodded slightly: "I let those two teams of messengers go on purpose."

"How dare Xiang Yan not come back to help after the king's order is issued?"

"Not everyone is called Lord Chang'an!"

Qiang Yu said bitterly: "But we don't call you Lord Chang'an either."

"The general order Chang'an Lord gave to our department was to intercept the enemy's army, not to defeat it!"

Wang Ben naturally asked: "Isn't defeating the enemy a way to intercept the enemy?"

(End of this chapter)