When Liu Che was busy farming and developing technology.
The Thorny Wall City on the front line is already crumbling.
It has been nearly eight days since the Wu-Chu coalition attacked Jibi.
For eight days, Spiny Wall turned into a meat grinder, and tens of thousands of people died here.
At this time, the towers of Spiny Wall were already riddled with holes, and almost all the brick-and-tile houses in the entire city had been demolished and used as ordnance for defense.
The moat in front of Thornbill City has long ceased to function—dead corpses and various broken siege equipment have blocked the moat.
The battle had reached this point, both the Wu and Chu coalition forces and the Liang army were all exhausted mentally and physically.
At this time, various undercurrents emerged.
In the camp of the Wu-Chu coalition, several Chu generals quietly gathered together to discuss.
"I heard that the king is not dead and is still in Chang'an..." A captain said in a low voice: "King Wu has driven me and other Chu people to die under Jibi City these days, just to consume the strength of our Chu country..."
These days, anyone who is not a fool can see that something is wrong.
Except for Minzhuang, who was coerced for the first three days, the rest of the main force in the siege was the Chu army.
The Wu army of the King of Wu was acting as a warlord, arrayed behind, euphemistically called to assist in the battle, but in fact, everyone knew that the King of Wu was consuming the strength of the Chu army, especially those troops loyal to the King of Chu.
It turned out that the Wu-Chu coalition had great momentum along the way. Although the benefits could not be equally shared, the Chu army also gained a lot of benefits.
But at this time, with the bloody battle under Jibi City, the Chu army suffered heavy casualties.
At least more than 10,000 Pengcheng disciples will never return to their hometown. This was a great shock to the local Chu army.
The most important thing is that those who died in the war were all troops loyal to the King of Chu, while those who had surrendered to the King of Wu early and showed their loyalty did not suffer much loss.
This makes people have to suspect that Wu King Liu Bi is using Jibi to consume the Chu army.
If you can tolerate this, then you are no longer human!
What's more, there are still many Chang'an nails hidden among these Chu army generals. At this time, it would be too stupid to encourage people to alienate!
"I have an autographed letter from Xiu Hou..." Seeing that the generals were a little moved, the captain took out a silk letter and said quietly: "Xiu Hou said in the letter that the king was indeed assassinated. But.
The assassin was sent by the King of Wu, and now the King is still well in Chang'an!"
The silk letter was passed around and read over.
In fact, these generals had already heard the rumors that King Chu was not dead.
Although King Wu tried his best to block the news, how could this kind of thing be blocked so easily?
Therefore, everyone has heard of it. It has just never been confirmed.
At this moment, after listening to the captain's words and thinking about the experience of being driven to death in the past few days, the "loyalty to the emperor" thoughts that had long disappeared in many people's hearts began to stir up again.
only……
A school captain said: "I have also heard about it, but we are all rebels now. Even if we want to be loyal to the King of Chu, what can we do?"
At this time, the original captain immediately lowered his voice and said: "Gentlemen, you may not know something. The Taiwei Duke Zhou has arrived in Suiyang with the emperor's edict and the king's handwriting. As long as we can put things right, everything will be forgotten.
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"Really?" Many people suddenly began to feel warm.
Originally, when the wind was favorable, he followed the King of Wu to grab money and food, and lived and drank, so naturally he had no sense of identity with Chang'an. Even the King of Chu was just like that.
But at this moment, with the arrival of the imperial army, the spine wall was like a meat grinder, stirring up countless lives.
Many people in the Chu army began to dislike King Wu.
Even after fighting for eight days and still not being able to take down a thorn wall, what about Suiyang? What about Luoyang? What about Chang'an?
Once the army of King Qin from all over the world arrives, what can be accomplished with the hundreds of thousands of Wu troops alone?
At that time, Han Xing was a warrior like a god, but he was killed at the emperor's command. Yingbu was wise and powerful, but he died in the hands of the Dongou people.
The King of Wu is probably in danger too!
Thinking like this, for a while, the hearts of the entire Chu army camp were in a state of confusion.
The officers at the top wanted to bring order to the chaos, but the soldiers at the bottom also began to miss their hometown.
For the people of Chu, it was really uncomfortable to follow the King of Wu and bear the name of such a rebel.
It would be better to go back to my hometown in Pengcheng.
Didn’t you say that the king has nothing to do?
We still have a fight!
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On the other side of Suiyang, the situation is different.
The Battle of Jibi was like a meat grinder, throwing the entire Liang army into it.
Tens of thousands of troops who had been painstakingly accumulated were only seen going in, not coming out, of the meat grinder called Spiny Wall.
Countless treasury savings flowed out like water.
Liang Wang Liu Wu has no intention of reciting poems and composing poems these days.
I just looked at the map and studied it all day long.
At the same time, inadvertently, an idea lingered in his mind like a devil.
"I am just the king of Liang. What does the gain or loss of Chang'an have to do with me? How about letting the Wu and Chu troops go?" Although Liu Wu knew very well that his king of Liang and Chang'an were both prosperous and devastated.
If the emperor of Chang'an was not his imperial brother, he would not be able to be the king of Liang and might even be killed.
Just like Zhu Lu did back then.
It’s not like there are no good people in the Lu family.
However, once the building is about to collapse, no matter what you have done in the past, everything will be killed.
Even the young emperor's brothers, who were only thirteen or fourteen years old, and Lu's infant babies were not left alone.
Besides, when things have reached this point, it is indeed useless to think about these things anymore.
Looking at the map, Liu Wu sighed: "We can't defend Jibi anymore. It's time for Zhang Yu to break out!"
"This Zhou Yafu..." Liu Wu shook his head: "I must go to Brother Huang to file a complaint against you!"
In Liu Wu's view, if Zhou Yafu had sent his army southward at this time, Jibi might not be in the current situation.
It was a pity that after Zhou Yafu's army arrived in Suiyang, they actually came to meet him, the king of Liang, and then hunkered down in Changyi.
In the past few days, the reports Liu Wu received turned out to be the imperial army. Zhou Yafu's 100,000 troops came to rescue Liang Guo. They dug trenches in Changyi and made a strong appearance of defending the country.
Moreover, Zhou Yafu also sent an envoy to inform him: "Your Majesty, please sit in Suiyang, and your ministers will guard Changyi. Don't let Wu Ni escape from the Liang Kingdom with one soldier!"
What are these words?
"Which one is the one who controls the world, or the emperor's brother?" The more Liu Wu thought about it, the angrier he became.
But there is nothing you can do.
This Zhou Yafu is famous for his bad temper. Even the late emperor couldn't do anything to him back then!
On that day, with the support of Han Anguo, Jibi Liang's army broke through the encirclement at night.
The Battle of Thorny Wall has come to an end.
The Wu and Chu troops suffered 40,000 to 50,000 casualties at the foot of Jibi City. In order to support Jibi, Liang Jun also defended the city and broke through. The losses before and after were similar.
Once the cliff is overturned, the only obstacle blocking Liu Bi's march to Chang'an is Suiyang.
Liu Bi was extremely proud of this, and said to his generals with great satisfaction: "When we go to Suiyang again, we can take Chang'an directly and destroy this imperial edict!"
Countless people echoed and applauded.
Because of the capture of Jibi, the main force of the Wu army did not suffer much loss. All those who died were Chu people, and the elite of the Wu army suffered almost no losses.
In this situation, who is not happy?
Everyone began to long for the dream of marching to Chang'an, King Wu taking over the world, and everyone becoming a prince.
But Hengba was worried.
He felt extremely uneasy because all the imperial reinforcements had arrived in the Changyi area three days ago.
what are they doing?
Nobody knows.
What are they preparing for?
No one knows either.
The unknown is the scariest thing!
Zhou Yafu, a famous general in the world, was appointed as a Taiwei by the Emperor of Chang'an, which further illustrates his extraordinary status.
In front of such a famous general, Hengba believes that no matter how cautious he is, he can never be too cautious.
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Changyi, the camp of Zhou Yafu's Chinese army.
It was already midnight when news of Thornbill's fall came.
But Zhou Yafu immediately got up, beat the drum, raised the tent, and summoned the generals to discuss matters.
"Gentlemen, Jibi has fallen into the hands of Wu Ni this evening, and Wu Ni has opened up the march route to Suiyang!" As soon as all the generals arrived, Zhou Yafu made an introduction.
As soon as these words came out, the entire camp cheered.
Of course, I am not cheering for the fall of Jibi and the victory of Wu Jun.
But cheer for King Wu to embark on the road of no return.
Three days ago, after the army arrived in Liang State, Zhou Yafu led his generals to survey Liang State and interviewed many local people. Then he sent people to follow Han Anguo and went to the previous observations.
Finally, Zhou Yafu came to a conclusion.
For the time being, the morale of Wu's army is very high and their combat capabilities are also good. In a head-to-head confrontation with them, if they want to win in the field, the current Han army is still somewhat unable to do so.
But after observing Wu Jun's deployment, many generals discovered that Wu Jun had a fatal flaw.
His supply line is too long!
Now, under Thornbill City, the problem is not big. Wu Chu's army can rely on the supplies obtained from the recently captured city to maintain operations.
However, fighting is very physically demanding.
That little supply won't last long at all.
Therefore, the Wu and Chu armies must definitely rely on supplies from Guangling and Pengcheng.
As for transporting military rations from Guangling and Pengcheng to the front line, one place is key.
That’s Huaisi!
This is the fatal point of King Wu!
As long as the Wu army continues to advance to attack Suiyang, it will give the Han army favorable conditions for a surprise attack on Huaisi.
Just as Zhou Yafu's father Jianghou Zhou Bo's confidant Deng Duwei said to Zhou Yafu: Wu's army is so sharp that it is difficult to compete with it, while Chu's army is light and chaotic and cannot last long. For the general's plan, it is better to lead troops to the northeast wall.
In the city, use Liang to conquer Wu, and Wu will use all his strength to conquer it. The general will dig deep ditches and barriers, so that the light troops will cut off Huaisikou and block Wu's food and salary roads. Wu and Liang will be shielded and the food will be exhausted, so they will be forced to stop.
Wu must be defeated!
To put it simply, this strategy is to send Liang to Wu to fight, and when Wu's army is tired of fighting, suddenly cut off its food routes. People are iron, rice is steel. Without food, Wu's army will be abolished immediately.
Then, as long as the walls are fortified and the country is cleared, the Wu army is not given a chance to sink the ship.
Then it would be difficult for Wu Jun to remain undefeated!
Zhou Yafu had reported this plan to Chang'an two days ago and received approval.
At this moment, the fall of Thorny Wall represents the beginning of this plan.
It is no exaggeration to say that when the Wu-Chu coalition crossed the thorn wall, it was also the beginning of their downfall! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
ps: Ahem, there are still 1,000 words left~ But I can’t hold it anymore, so go to bed first~
