Chapter 603 Cheng Jiao, You Little Brat, How Dare You Bully Me Like This! The Commander Is Too Kind!

Su Jiao's warhorse was stomping in place with increasing agitation.

The reins of its fate were firmly grasped by Ying Chengjiao, making it unable to move forward.

It could only watch its master running forward happily like an Alaskan sled dog that had broken free from its reins.

"Brothers, charge and seize the city!"

Leading his troops, Su Jiao strode forward, shouting: "The heroes in the city must hold on!"

"Hold on!"

Xiang Yan unconsciously approached the battlements of the city wall, staring at Su Jiao's troops with his eyes fixed, and hurriedly ordered: "Shoot crossbows and arrows at uninhabited areas."

"Shoot enemy soldiers with soft bows."

"Make sure to create a good illusion!"

"Whether this battle can be successful depends on this moment!"

The sound of bowstrings exploding continuously rang out from the top of the city, making it clear that they would stop Su Jiao's troops at all costs.

But in fact, the arrows in the sky failed to kill several soldiers of Su Jiao's army, so as to prevent Su Jiao's army from withdrawing due to heavy losses.

Xiang Guan was even more surprised and shouted: "Please speed up the march, Qin Qi comrades!"

"We will definitely do our best to stop the violent Chu troops and defend the city gate for Da Qi!"

Under the gaze of Tu Sui's resentment and anger, Xiang Yan's expectation and anxiety, and Xiang Guan's excitement and surprise, Su Jiao's army maintained a straight marching posture and rushed towards the gate of Xia Pi City.

But just when Su Jiao was only ten feet away from the gate of Xia Pi City and was about to enter the city wall, Su Jiao's army suddenly turned southwest and moved towards the city wall by the gate!

Xiang Guan shouted in astonishment: "Comrades, where are you going?"

"Come and take the city gate quickly!"

Su Jiao took the time to turn around and shouted: "Thank you, heroes, continue to hold on!"

"Comrades will come to hold the city gate for you!"

"Fellow heroes, you must hold on!"

While shouting, Su Jiao's men had already reached the city wall, and even inserted the ladder in the ground and threw it towards the city wall!

Xiang Yan angrily punched the battlement of the city wall and shouted angrily: "Cheng Jiao, you dare to deceive me like this!"

Su Jiao's words may be a lie to ghosts, but it is a foolish dream to try to deceive Xiang Yan.

Xiang Yan can conclude that the Qin-Qi coalition must have seen through the ambush Xiang Yan had set up in the city.

But the Qin general did not sit idly by. Instead, he took advantage of Xiang Yan's attempt to lure the enemy deep into his territory and let Su Jiao's troops pretend to fall into a trap. They passed the most tragic section of the road with almost no casualties and rushed to the city wall safely, even setting up a ladder!

This shameless and childish behavior must not be the work of Wang Jian.

Ying Chengjiao did start to lead the army again.

But the first thing Ying Chengjiao did after leading the army was to slap Xiang Yan in the face!

Taking a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart, Xiang Yan forced himself to give a rational order: "Close the city gate!"

"All soldiers in the city leave the houses and go to the city for garrison."

"Order Zhao Huang's troops to turn to the south gate."

"Order Xiang Han's troops to turn to the south gate, escort Zhao Huang's troops into the city, and then continue to return to Jushan to garrison, forming a pincer attack with the city defenders."

"Hold on and delay!"

Xiang Yan's order meant that Xiang Yan would no longer try to lure the enemy deep into Xia Pi by exposing the emptiness in Xia Pi City, and it also meant that the tactics of the Chu army tonight were completely declared a failure!

Thinking of the comrades who were burned and killed in the Qin-Qi coalition camp, a group of Chu generals couldn't help but feel sad.

They all died in vain!

Qu Huan couldn't help but spit: "That's his mother!"

"Close the gate!"

Xiang Guan had a gloomy face, waved his hand to order his subordinates to put away their weapons, ran forward, and personally pushed up the gates of Xia Pi City and Wengcheng City.

Tu Sui: !!!

Seeing Xiang Guan's troops and Qu Huan's troops stop fighting instantly, Xiang Guan even came to close the city gate himself, and then listening to the sudden increase in the screams of Su Jiao's troops, Tu Sui couldn't believe it and whispered: "Your mother is a maid!"

"They are not righteous men, but the Chu army?!"

"That empty city gate is actually an ambush for our army?!"

Nao Dan exclaimed: "Fortunately, we just obeyed the general's order and withdrew from Xia Pi City."

"Otherwise, our army would be annihilated!"

Just now, Tu Sui and Nao Dan even mistakenly thought that Ying Chengjiao forced them to retreat in order to give the credit for the first landing to Su Jiao.

But now, Tu Sui and Nao Dan looked at each other, and they could see the deep fear in each other's eyes.

Tu Sui tightened the reins and said in a broken voice: "This time I almost made a big mistake!"

"After the battle, I will apologize to the commander."

"Soldiers, quickly kill this group, and then cooperate with friendly forces to attack the city to atone for the crime!"

While shouting, Tu Sui's troops accelerated the encirclement and suppression of Zhao Huang's troops.

The Qin army soldiers of various units also crossed Tu Sui's troops and launched a tragic siege against the walls of Xia Pi City!

Until the sun shone on the earth again, the Qin-Qi coalition finally called off the troops.

Holding the battlements of the city wall with both hands, Xiang Yan looked down at the piled corpses outside the city, and it seemed that a lot of white hair suddenly appeared on his head.

Zhao Xiang and other Chu generals stood behind Xiang Yan, looking at Xiang Yan with different expressions.

The Battle of Helu City made the Chu generals and dignitaries realize that even though Xiang Yan was defeated in successive battles, he was still the most capable general of Chu.

But the Qin-Qi attack on Chu made the Chu generals and dignitaries realize that even though Xiang Yan was the most capable general of Chu, he would still be defeated in successive battles by Ying Chengjiao!

Trust is gradually collapsing.

Confidence is also fading rapidly.

"Ah~"

Suddenly, a deep sigh sounded on the battlefield.

Xiang Yan turned around and scanned the generals with a vicissitudes of life and tired eyes: "Generals, you should know that according to my strategy, I intend to start a decisive battle with the Qin-Qi coalition in October."

"Yes, since the king's order has been issued, I dare not disobey!"

"I wanted to break through last night, but I found many ambushes of the enemy. Unless our army is willing to lose most of its troops, it is almost impossible to escape."

"I wanted to lure the enemy deep into the enemy's territory last night in order to fight a decisive battle, but Qin Chang'an Jun was more powerful than me. More patient. "

"Because Qin Chang'an knows that although he is impatient, I have more reasons to retreat!"

"According to my ability, I am really unable to fight Qin Chang'an and Qin General at a time when internal and external troubles are rising. "

"After this battle, I will go to the king to apologize."

"If there is any general who can obey the king's orders, I am willing to step down and let others do the right thing."

Xiang Yan's words made the whole audience silent.

Everyone can hear that the core idea of ​​Xiang Yan's words is only one, that is, to pass the buck!

Why did we lose last night?

It's all because of King Qi of Chu!

But the generals were speechless.

If it weren't for King Qi of Chu's sudden strong order, the Chu army and the Qin-Qi coalition would definitely continue to confront each other. How could they suffer such a big defeat?!

As for the rear crisis faced by King Qi of Chu?

In the eyes of the generals, hasn't Xiang Yan already given a solution!

Even if Xiang Yan's plan can only delay but not cure the problem, the worst that can happen is that Helu City will be breached.

For the sake of the Great Chu, what difference does it make if King Qi of Chu dies?

For a time, the generals' dissatisfaction with Xiang Yan began to shift to King Qi of Chu.

As for Xiang Yan's so-called willingness to abdicate, no one agreed.

If any Chu general thought he was better at fighting than Xiang Yan, Xiang Yan would not continue to lead after a series of defeats!

Xiong Liu said firmly: "The defeat in this battle is not the fault of the Shangzhuguo!"

"In fact, it is because the court of our Great Chu made a wrong order without knowing the situation on the front line."

"After returning to the court, I will explain it to the Shangzhuguo!"

Generals such as Qu Huan also suppressed their doubts about Xiang Yan and spoke in agreement.

Xiang Yan bowed his hands gratefully: "Thank you, my comrades!"

Qu Huangqiang smiled and said: "This is what we should do, why thank you?"

"But there is a king's order above and a strong enemy outside, what should our army do next?"

Xiong Liu took the initiative to speak: "I think that even if our army is willing to go south to the Huai River, it is powerless to break through the enemy's blockade."

"Because of the war situation, our army can only disobey the king's order and defend Xia Pi City!"

"Besides this, do you have any good ideas?"

The generals looked at each other and were speechless.

Xiang Yan sighed softly: "Captain Xiong Liu is right."

"At this point in the battle, our army has no other strategy!"

"I will report the situation of this battle to the king, I hope the king can understand."

"It's not that we don't obey the king's order, but it's that our army can't obey the king's order!"

Xiang Yan suddenly raised his voice and said firmly: "As long as the king is willing to give our army enough time, even if our army suffers repeated heavy losses, our army will definitely win!"

The hearts of the generals were not firm, but they also bowed their hands loudly: "Yes!"

...

At the same time.

West of Xia Pi City.

Looking at the closed gate of Xia Pi City, Ying Chengjiao frowned slightly: "Why does this battle feel so awkward?"

"Is it because the top pillar of Chu is only good at correct strategies, but not good at strange strategies?"

Xiang Yan's performance in this battle was not up to standard!

Wang Jian changed the subject abruptly: "After this battle, the Supreme State of Chu has given an explanation to the King of Chu."

"The King of Chu will not and dare not order the Supreme State of Chu to lead the army south immediately."

"Next, our army will definitely confront the Supreme State of Chu for a long time in Xia Pi City!"

Ying Chengjiao frowned: "If the war situation really develops like this, it will be very disadvantageous to our army!"

"If the war is delayed for too long, the internal problems of our army will break out in a concentrated manner."

"By then, even if our army's strength is several times that of the Chu army, it will be difficult to defeat the Chu army!"

Wang Jian echoed: "This is what the Supreme State of Chu wants."

Ying Chengjiao looked at Xia Pi City with a solemn look in his eyes, thinking carefully.

Wang Jian did not disturb Ying Chengjiao, but just waited quietly.

After a long time, Ying Chengjiao suddenly spoke harshly: "Our army harassed the enemy's rear, and the Chu State General remained indifferent."

"But if Helu City is in danger of falling again, can the Chu State General still remain indifferent as it is now!"

Ying Chengjiao's expression was a little ferocious.

But Wang Jian calmly gave his evaluation: "The commander is a little too kind."

Ying Chengjiao's face froze.

After another silence of dozens of breaths, Ying Chengjiao finally spoke: "I will lead 100,000 troops to the south of Helu City."

"All the remaining troops, including Meng Tian's troops, will be under the command of the general."

"Once the opportunity is right, take action immediately!"