From April 6th to April 9th, the catapult troops of the Wei army launched an indiscriminate bombardment on the west city wall of Shouxing, the capital of Chu King.
Originally, the Wei army only had 600 catapults, but after hearing that the Wei army had an absolute advantage in the western suburbs, King Lu Xi of Qi actually sent general "Zuo Zizhang" and 9,000 "Muleng troops" to come to help.
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Of course, the nine thousand "Mulengqi soldiers" are actually nothing. What shocked Zhao Hongrun was the total nine hundred catapults escorted by this army - this was already half of the total number of catapults in the Qilu coalition forces.
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"Isn't His Majesty the King of Qi afraid that General Tian Dan will be furious when he finds out about this?"
When meeting Zuo Zizhang, Zhao Hongrun asked jokingly.
After all, his bet with Tian Dan was not a secret among the high-ranking generals of the coalition forces. Some bad guys even set up bets in private to bet on the outcome of Zhao Hongrun and Tian Dan.
It could be seen that Zuo Zizhang might have a good relationship with Tian Dan on weekdays, so he smiled and replied: "Tian Dan, in the past, always showed off his power in front of us. If Mr. Run can severely dampen his arrogance, it will be a big deal."
It’s a good thing.”
Zhao Hongrun laughed and held a banquet in honor of Zuo Zizhang that day.
After all, the generals of Qi State generally have high cultural quality. Sometimes they take off their shirts and look at their gentle and elegant appearance. You would never imagine that they are actually generals with military power.
This was the case with Zuo Zizhang. The image of this person vaguely overlapped with the Confucian general in Zhao Hongrun's memory. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun had a good impression of this general.
With the Wei army's 600 catapults and the 900 catapults brought by Zuo Zizhang, Zhao Hongrun's army now had a total of 1,500 siege weapons.
When a total of 1,500 catapults bombarded Shouying, the capital of the King of Chu, it must be said that this was an extremely spectacular scene.
The roaring sound was endless, and hundreds of stone bullets, like a rain of stones, hit Shou Ying head and face.
Not to mention other people, even Zhao Hongrun's heart was beating excitedly.
However, Chu Jun's strange response always made him feel confused.
Even as they bombarded Shouying day after day, the generals of the Wei army and the new allied general Zuo Zizhang gradually noticed something strange: they bombed Shouying like this, but the Chu soldiers in Shouying City were actually still there.
Not fighting back?
"Go and find out who is commanding the Chu army now after Gongsun Po's death?" Zhao Hongrun ordered.
Not long after, a reply came from the former army: It was Xiang Yan, a veteran of the Xiang family.
"Xiang Yan?"
Zhao Hongrun muttered in his heart.
You must know that although the Xiang clan of Chu State has produced many tiger generals for generations, its population is not prosperous. This may be a means of self-protection for them to avoid being suppressed by the Xiong clan.
Therefore, judging from Xiang Yan's age, he should be the uncle of the original Fulisi General Xiang Mo, Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei, and Zhaoguan General Xiang Kuan. It is difficult to imagine that such an experienced veteran is actually choosing
Defending the city is a stupid tactic.
But what puzzled Zhao Hongrun was that in the past few days, he had been sending Northern Sichuan cavalry to investigate the surrounding areas, but he had not discovered any ambush by Xiang Yan outside the city.
"Could it be that you are old and confused?"
With a skeptical attitude, Zhao Hongrun watched helplessly as Shouying was bombarded by his Wei army's catapults day after day, until finally a section of the city wall was collapsed by the Wei army's catapults.
The city wall of Shouning was blown down, and the Wei army was naturally surprised, but Zhao Hongrun, Zuo Zizhang, Wu Ji and others looked at each other in shock.
After being stunned for a long time, Zuo Zizhang said with a strange expression: "If he didn't know the status of the Xiang family in Chu State, I would really have some doubts about whether the young master had instigated the rebellion of Xiang Yan..."
"In fact, I can't figure it out either." Zhao Hongrun took a breath and couldn't figure it out.
On April 11th, the Wei soldiers who had destroyed the section of the west wall of Shouying were so morale that they launched an all-out attack on Shouying.
Zhao Hongrun had simulated this siege battle in his mind for a long time in advance, whether it was the Northern Sichuan cavalry using mounted fire to suppress the crossbowmen in the city, or the Wei army infantry's route to seize the city wall.
Even in order to cooperate with the siege, Zhao Hongrun sent a group of black crows to sneak into the city in the dark a few days ago, hunting Chu soldiers in the city and creating chaos.
It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Hongrun tried his best for this siege and to win Tian Dan's general banner.
But the fact shocked him greatly.
Why? Because the Wei army actually attacked the west city wall of Shoying on the first day and planted the flag of the Shang Shui army on the city gate tower for an hour.
Since ancient times, it is unprecedented for a siege to achieve such progress on the first day.
"The Chu army...is letting off steam? Or is it that Xiang Yan saw that the war situation was not going well and deliberately betrayed me so that he could defect to the Wei Dynasty in the future?"
No matter how he thought about it, Zhao Hongrun felt that this matter was a bit strange.
After all, no matter how powerful the Wei infantry was, they probably wouldn't be able to break through the enemy's city on the first day. You must know that it was the capital of the Chu State, not a small border county.
However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there was really no need for the Chu army to let go. Moreover, based on the Xiang family's status in the Chu state, it was absolutely impossible for Xiang Yan to defect to the Wei state.
"What's going on?"
Zhao Hongrun was puzzled.
Fortunately, he finally won the bet he made with Tian Dan, although his win was a bit inexplicable.
On April 13th, the Wei army began to intensify its siege on Shoying.
It may be that the Chu army's morale was generally low due to the repeated attacks on the city wall by the Wei army, so that the Wei army became more and more fierce, and actually invaded the city and started street fighting with the Chu army in the city.
This news reached the ears of Tian Dan of the Eastern Route Army. Tian Dan was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head.
You must know that he has not yet broken through on the battlefield in the eastern suburbs. Chu State General Shen Tufang and Diyang Jun Xiong Shang jointly blocked the blockade, but the Wei army on the west route actually attacked Shouying City?
"When did Ji Run become so fierce?"
With his mouth open, Tian Dan couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
In fact, not only him, but also King Lu Xi of Qi was overjoyed after hearing about this incident. He immediately ordered his Qi and Lu coalition forces to launch a fierce attack on the northern suburbs of Shoying by leveraging the momentum of the friendly Wei army.
In Shouying City, because the Wei army invaded the city, the nobles in the city were greatly frightened.
Ignoring the repeated orders of Chu King Xiong Xu, these people hurriedly fled from the south city gate with their clan members and family property, and fled to the south.
The escape of the nobles in the city immediately devastated the army and civilians in the city, and made the public panic. So within two days, the two battlefields in the northern suburbs of Shoying and the eastern suburbs of Shoying were successively attacked by Qi kings Lu Xi and Tian Dan.
Finally, the coalition forces completed the strategy previously formulated by King Lu Xi of Qi: attack Shouying from three sides!
On April 15, the coalition forces launched an unprecedented fierce attack on Shouying from three directions: west, north and east. Hundreds of catapults were put into use. An incalculable number of stone bullets were tilted on the city wall of Shouying, causing Shouying to collapse.
Ying, the capital of the King of Chu, was on the verge of collapse.
"Finally...finally..."
King Lu Xi of Qi sat on a horse and watched the battle in person.
Suddenly, a burst of cheers came from far ahead.
"Going in..."
"Fight in!"
King Qi Lu Xi's eyes suddenly widened, and a thick smile appeared on his face.
He knew what the cheers meant. It meant that the soldiers of the Qi and Lu armies under his command had finally broken through the city wall of Shouying!
"Hehehe, hahahahaha, hahahahahaha..."
King Lu Xi of Qi couldn't help laughing.
"Good! That's good!...Shou Ying is about to attack. Once the city is broken, and then the army goes south, even if the Chu country is not subjugated, it will be difficult..."
Just when he thought of this, King Lu Xi of Qi suddenly felt a twinge of cramping pain in his heart.
"What's going on? I laughed just now. Did I lose my temper?"
King Lu Xi of Qi raised his left hand and pressed his heart tightly, hoping to suppress the cramping pain.
However, the cramping pain not only did not subside, but intensified, so much so that the scenery in front of him began to spin.
He opened his mouth and wanted to shout, but no matter how hard he tried, no sound came out of his mouth.
"Uh... uh..."
Just when the hundreds of thousands of Qi and Lu soldiers were all ecstatic that Chu King Du Shou Ying was about to conquer, no one noticed that Qi King Lu Xi was clutching his heart with his left hand, and tremblingly grabbed Shou Ying in the distance with his right hand.
It seems as if he wants to capture all the enemy kings in the distance in his hands.
Somewhere in the dark, King Lu Xi of Qi seemed to realize something, and there were waves of unwillingness and bitterness in his eyes.
"No...it's not even...a little bit..."
He grabbed the distant city with his trembling right hand, and the pain on his face became more and more intense.
Finally, the scene in front of me turned completely black.
"Plop..."
There was a sound of a heavy object falling.
At this time, Ji Zhao was happily looking at Shou Ying in the distance when he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from beside him and subconsciously turned his head to look. For a moment, he was stunned and his face was dull.
"Great...King?"
Following Ji Zhao's soft call, the nearby soldiers and generals who were paying attention to the siege turned their heads. Only then did they realize that the most outstanding king in the history of Qi State had fallen off his horse in full view of everyone.
Thousands of soldiers near the formation fell silent, looking at their king in disbelief. They fell from their horses to the ground and did not move again for a long time.
"King?!"
"King!"
"King!"
After a period of sluggishness, the main formations of the Qi and Lu armies were in chaos. Tens of thousands of rear soldiers were stunned when they heard the shouts from behind.
About half an hour later, the news that "King Qi fell from his horse and fainted" quickly reached Zhao Hongrun's ears.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was listening to the battle report from the Wei army in front. After all, his army had already attacked the city of Shouying. It is no exaggeration to say that Shouying, the capital of the Chu Kingdom, was already in the hands of the coalition forces.
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But at this moment, Zongwei Lu Mu appeared out of nowhere, hurriedly came to Zhao Hongrun, and whispered a few words to the latter.
After taking several breaths, Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth wide and his face was dull.
He looked at the King of Chu's capital, Shouying, which was about to be captured in front of him, and then at Lu Mu, who had a solemn face. The expression on his face was indescribably wonderful.
"At this time?...Are you kidding me?!"
"Step up the attack! Capture Shouying for me today!"
After dropping a strict order, Zhao Hongrun turned his horse's head and headed towards the Qi and Lu armies in the northern suburbs with a livid complexion.