Chapter 653: Falling Phoenix Slope
On the top of Luocheng.
This morning, the Jingzhou Army launched another fierce attack without any awareness of the Yizhou Army.
This attack was less than three days apart from the last attack time, and in terms of the frequency of siege, it is relatively frequent.
The time point that Liu Qi chose today is quite special. It is the morning between the day, and it is also the time when a person is relatively lazy in his day, even more relaxed than when he is sleeping.
The Allies of Liu Qi and others launched a fierce attack in the early morning, which really caught Liu Xi and others off guard.
The Yizhou army rushed to the top of the city and rushed to respond to the coalition's offensive.
This time, the Jingzhou army attacked the city, and the generals Gan Ning, Dian Wei, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, etc., who were good at fighting were all sent. When attacking Jiangguan, the injured Pang De and Xu Rong were also recovered and participated in the battle. Jia Long and Ren Qi's troops also came out in full swing.
The powerful offensive was like a black cloud covering the city, pressing heavily on the walls of Luocheng.
During the morning battle today, many of the coalition soldiers had even climbed to the city head on the east side of Luocheng. If Liu Xu had not visited the front line in person and fought bravely to fight the enemy, not afraid of swords and weapons, they were afraid that the east city of Luocheng would have been lost today.
In the end, the Yizhou army still protected the position and watched the troops of Jia Long, Liu Qi and others slowly retreat to the rear.
Liu Xu stood on the top of the city wall, leaning against the pillars on the city wall, looking at the Jingzhou army, who were withdrawing troops step by step in the distance without leaving any room for his pursuit, couldn't help but sigh.
As the war time prolonged, the endurance and subsequent strength of the Jingzhou Army have gradually been revealed.
Although Luocheng is a strong city and the Qing Qiang soldiers are brave and good at fighting, the difference between the Yizhou Army and the Jingzhou Army is really not that big.
Especially the brave generals under Liu Qi... there are too many who are accustomed to fighting, good at placing troops and attacking difficulties. On the other hand, these generals led by the Yizhou Army are probably not even half of the ability of the opponent's generals.
Liu Xun rubbed his eyes, sighed, and felt inexplicably sad.
This battle feels really harder to fight.
Moreover, Liu Xu received the reward from the spy, saying that Jia Long had reached some kind of political cooperation with the Yi King of Ba County Pu Hu. Now the seven surnames Yi Kings are supporting Jia Long and constantly sending old soldiers to the front line of Luocheng.
Liu Xun rubbed his temples in pain, feeling inexplicably sad.
Then, with the help of his soldiers, he returned to his residence in the city.
After returning, Liu Xi went to bed. His spirit was too nervous during this period. After a big battle this morning, he suddenly felt tired and rushed over.
Then, Liu Xun slept until dark.
It was not until noon that Liu Xi had just gotten up, and at this time, his guards came to report to him that Zhang Song had brought Liu Zhang's order to pay homage.
Liu Xi felt very uncomfortable. He wanted to ask Liu Zhang for reinforcements, but Liu Zhang only sent him one Zhang Song and one Mianzhu Order that could not bear any soldiers and soldiers. What should he do?
But after all, it was Liu Zhang's envoy, so Liu Xun still met Zhang Song.
After seeing Liu Xun, Zhang Song said that although Liu Zhang wanted to send reinforcements to Liu Xun, Mianzhu also needed to defend. At present, 50,000 troops were already in the hands of Liu Xun, and Liu Qi, Jia Long and others had only 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers. It was enough to just treat defense.
Liu Xu almost died of anger when he heard this.
He held back his anger and said to Zhang Song: "Zhang Jun, you are just talking about the situation here in the rear, but you don't know what the situation here is! The soldiers and generals under Liu Boyu occupied Jiangzhou east of Yizhou. After having a foundation, they won the hearts of the people. Now they heard that Yan Yan has contacted the Yan family of Ba County, reconciled with his family Yan Yong, and captured the spirit of the powerful Ba County. Now the people in the eastern part of Yizhou have joined Liu Qi, and Jia Long has joined forces with the seven surnames of Yi Wang Pu Hu to recruit the soldiers of the Sou. The soldiers are brave and fighting, and are not afraid of life and death. It is very difficult to deal with! I heard that Park Hu has recruited Jia Long for less than 20,000 soldiers. Maybe this number will increase. If Liu Qi recruits soldiers in the east of Shu, with his current number of military farms, he will increase more than 10,000 troops next year. However, our army's morale is low and people are not attached to him. How can we fight against him?"
After hearing this, Zhang Song suddenly said, "So that's it. It seems that we are misunderstanding the general."
Liu Xi shook his head and sighed without saying a word.
Zhang Song said again: "General Liu, can you give up the topographic map of Luocheng to the next view?"
Liu Xun looked at him in confusion and said, "What's the use of Zhang Jun looking at the topographic map?"
Zhang Songyan said: "Zhang came to help the general with his orders as the lord. If he could contribute one or two good strategies and help the general defeat the enemy, it would not be considered in vain. I would like to ask the general for kindness."
Liu Xun was disdainful, but he still agreed to Zhang Song's request.
After carefully studying the map of Luocheng, Zhang Song suddenly discovered that five miles east of Luocheng, he gently drew a curve with a thin line for some reason.
His eyes rolled, and he pointed casually at the thin line and said, "General, how is your map wet?"
Liu Xu didn't know that it was a plan, so he looked around and said casually: "No, this is a small road east of Luocheng, which can lead to the west city. It's just that the forests and grass are dense and not easy to be discovered. Few locals know about it."
Zhang Song suddenly said, "There is still a way that Zhang, as a person in Shu, doesn't know, how dare you ask what's the name here?"
Liu Xu thought for a while, and said, "I remember it seems... called Luofengpo."
...
Liu Qi's camp.
Among the Allies, a noble man was welcomed today.
This person was the souren from Ba County, Park Yong, the younger brother of the seven surnames of King Yi. This time, he was ordered by his brother Park Hu to bring three thousand elite souvenirs to support Jia Long.
Seeing that the old soldiers arrived one after another, Jia Long couldn't help but be overjoyed. He personally led Park Yong to Liu Qi's camp and recommended him.
Little did he know that Liu Qi had already known about this.
Park Yong did not come this time to help Jia Long, but Park Hu has been heavily bribed by Liu Qi. Liu Qi also promised Park Hu that if he could help him get things done and deal with Jia Long, he would inevitably have more financial support in the future.
The old people have been oppressed by the powerful for a long time and their living environment is harsh. How can they resist the temptation now when facing Liu Qi's bribe?
So, Park Hu began to secretly collude with Liu Qi, constantly sending his old people to Jialong camp, and now even Park Hu is coming.
But the problem is that Jia Long knew nothing about this and thought that Park Hu sent someone to give his surname Jia!
Compared to Jia Long, Ren Qi's attitude towards those old men was a bit unkind.
The younger brother of the seven surnames, Yi Wang, led his troops to help him personally. Liu Qi and Jia Long held a banquet together for entertainment, but only Ren Qi was not interested in him and left on the pretext of being unwell.
As soon as he left the tent, Liu Ye hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Where is Ren Fujun?"
"I feel uncomfortable, go back and lie down." Ren Qi hummed.
Liu Ye looked at Ren Qi with a little curiosity and said, "I see Ren Fujun is full of energy, and there is no discomfort?"
Ren Qi turned around and glanced at the big tent and said, "I felt uncomfortable when I saw those old men. I ate with them. I was uncomfortable all over and felt so uncomfortable... Say goodbye!"
After saying that, he bowed and left first.
Liu Ye stroked his beard and looked at Ren Qi's back, thinking.
Chapter completed!