It was a long night.
Jiyuan City, City Lord Manor.
Ouyang Shuo's secret letter was delivered to Bai Qi's desk in less than two hours.
Bai Qi opened the letter and read it. He muttered to himself, "Is it Han Xin? Interesting. "
"Men!"
"Here!"
"Summon him for a meeting!"
"Yes, sir!"
The personal guard did not dare to slack off and immediately went to inform the generals. Even though it was late at night, none of the generals dared to complain about the meeting.
It was common for generals to be woken up in the middle of the night due to the urgency of the situation.
In less than fifteen minutes, Zhang Han, E Lai, Zhang Liao, Qin Qiong, Wang Bei, Lin Yi, and the other generals gathered in the City Lord Manor's conference hall.
These generals knew Bai Qi's style of doing things, so they didn't dare to delay. On the other hand, the generals of the other lords arrived late, causing Bai Qi to frown.
"Who dares to accept Xiang Yu's challenge tomorrow?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the generals couldn't react in time and were all stunned. Didn't the general refuse to accept Xiang Yu's challenge? Why did his attitude suddenly take a 180-degree turn?
Bai Qi sat at the head of the table expressionlessly.
"General, I wish!"
E Lai was the first to step forward. He wouldn't pursue the matter. Xiang Yu's provocations outside the city over the past few days had left E Lai feeling stifled.
"Good!"
Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction. As expected of one of his generals.
"Who else?"
"My wish!"
Zhang Liao, Qin Qiong, Wang Bei, and the other generals requested to accept the challenge.
All of them had been suppressing their anger for a long time.
"Very well!" Bai Qi raised his head and looked around. "Tomorrow, General E Lai, General Zhang Liao, General Qin Qiong, and General Wang Bei will face Xiang Yu."
"Yes, sir!"
The generals who were called were all overjoyed. Those who weren't called, such as Lin Yi, were dejected.
After the generals left, Bai Qi stayed behind to discuss the matter with Lin Yi.
A moment later, Lin Yi left the tent.
Under the cover of the night, the Imperial Guard Division quietly left the city and disappeared into the night. Only the Imperial Guard Division, who had undergone strict combat training, had the confidence to march in the night.
Night, Anyang City.
In addition to sending a letter to Bai Qi, Ouyang Shuo did not just sit and wait for his death.
After the battle ended, the two women mobilized the citizens of the city to clean up the battlefield. The corpses at the top of the city wall were cleaned up so that they would not affect the soldiers' positioning.
Most importantly, the stones and logs that were thrown out of the city in the afternoon were also retrieved by the commoners from the pile of corpses and moved back to the top of the city wall.
Ouyang Shuo had no other choice. The resources to defend the city were scarce, so he could only resort to this.
As for digging up the moat again, firstly, the people in the city did not have the ability to do so. Secondly, it would easily alarm the enemy on the other side of the moat. The gains did not make up for the losses.
Other than that, Bai Hua and Feng Qiu Huang had to be mentioned.
During the day, in addition to organizing meals, the two ladies also did something big.
Less than ten percent of Anyang's citizens survived. Naturally, there were many empty houses.
The two ladies decisively ordered the people to demolish all the empty houses to obtain stones and wood. Throughout the day, hundreds of houses in Anyang City were demolished.
Taking advantage of the darkness, the stones and logs that were cleared were transported to the top of the city wall.
In this way, they would have ample supplies to defend the city the next day.
Ouyang Shuo could not help but admire the intelligence of the two ladies.
They worked until the second half of the night before Anyang City regained its peace.
Even so, the people in the city could not sleep peacefully. As long as they were not blind, they would know that there would be a tough battle waiting for them the next day.
No matter which camp occupied Anyang City, the people who would suffer would be the people in the city.
When the people prosper, the people suffer.
When the people perish, the people suffer.
These words were not false.
Anti-Qin camp, Chu army camp.
When Di Chen's messenger arrived at the camp, it was already the second half of the night. The entire camp was silent.
"Who is it?"
Before the messenger could get close to the camp, he was stopped by the patrolling guards.
"A messenger representing Di Chen from the Mutants. We have urgent military news to report to General Xiang. Please inform him."
The guard's tone was unfathomable as he said sinisterly, "Di Chen's messenger?"
"Yes!"
The messenger's tone was firm. As the representative of the Mutants, Di Chen's status in the army was quite high.
Unexpectedly, an accident happened.
"Humph, how dare you." The guard's expression changed as he shouted, "Arrest him!"
"Yes, Sir!"
The four guards quickly tied up the messenger.
"What are you doing?" The messenger was furious. He struggled and shouted, "Can you bear the consequences of delaying military news?"
"Ptui!" The guard spat and said, "General has orders. Di Chen disobeyed orders and left his post without permission. He deserves to die. How dare he walk right into our trap. "
The messenger felt bitter when he heard this.
His master had miscalculated Xiang Yu's character.
Who was Xiang Yu? How arrogant.
How could he allow others to challenge his authority in the army?
Di Chen dared to disobey orders and was naturally wanted by Xiang Yu.
The messenger was helpless. He no longer had the arrogance on his face. He said respectfully, "Big Brother Guard, I have urgent military news to report to General Xiang."
"No, General is already asleep. He cannot be disturbed."
The guard's attitude was firm.
"Big Brother Guard, please pass this secret letter to General Xiang."
The messenger could only settle for the next best thing.
The guard nodded and took the secret letter. He waved his hand and said, "Take him away!"
"Yes, Sir!"
"Big Brother Guard, you must pass this secret letter to General Xiang. This is urgent!"
The messenger was dragged away, but he still did not forget to turn around and give instructions. As for the secret letter to Han Xin, he could only leave it to fate. It was still lying in his arms.
The guard would not listen to him. He kept the secret letter and continued his patrol.
He did not dare to disturb the General at this time.
The next morning, after Xiang Yu had washed up, he received the secret letter from the guard.
After reading the secret letter, Xiang Yu was silent.
"Han Xin, humph!"
Xiang Yu was not a fool. He immediately guessed the mastermind behind the scenes.
This was a slap to his face. He had just mocked Han Xin's deduction, but it turned out that Han Xin's deduction was correct. How could he not embarrass Xiang Yu?
"I'll deal with you after this!"
Although he was angry, as the commander of the army, Xiang Yu still had to consider the big picture. He also knew that if the Qin army attacked them from both sides, they would be defeated immediately.
"Guards!"
"Here!"
"Bring Ying Bu to see me."
"Yes, Sir!"
After a while, Ying Bu came to the tent.
Ying Bu, also known as Qing Bu, was punished by the Qin laws. He first belonged to Xiang Liang and later became a general under Xiang Yu. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, he was conferred the title of Duke of Huainan. Together with Han Xin and Peng Yue, they were known as the Three Great Generals of the Early Han Dynasty.
"General!"
Xiang Yu nodded and briefly introduced the situation in Anyang. "You will personally lead 50,000 soldiers to Anyang. You must take Anyang before the Qin army arrives."
"Don't worry, General!"
Ying Bu was a fierce general, so he was naturally confident.
If an army of fifty thousand could not take down a small Anyang City, then he might as well kill himself.
Just then, a report came from outside the tent.
"Come in!"
"Reporting, General. The Qin army has sent a letter of challenge, saying that they are willing to accept your challenge. "
"Good!" Xiang Yu was overjoyed. "These cowards have finally shown their faces."
"Men, put on your armor!"
Xiang Yu was overjoyed. He was about to put on his armor and go fight.
When Ying Bu heard this, he frowned and said, "General!"
"Hmm?"
"I was just about to reinforce Anyang when the Qin army accepted the challenge. Could there be a trap in this? "
Ying Bu said carefully, afraid that Xiang Yu would misunderstand.
"Heh!" Xiang Yu laughed. "The Qin army must be trying to delay me so that we can't reinforce Anyang. How can such a simple plan work? "
"No matter who the Qin army sends to fight, I will definitely be able to kill him." Xiangyu was extremely domineering. He waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. With me here, there won't be any trouble."
Ying Bu did not say anything else, so he nodded and left.
After a while, the 50,000 soldiers headed straight for Anyang under Ying Bu's command. Because they were going to attack the city, Ying Bu had specially brought a large number of siege weapons.
Because of this, Ying Bu's army could not march as fast as Di Chen's army.
The red sun rose, shining brightly.
Under the morning light, Anyang was covered in a layer of golden light. Yesterday's bloodstains were hung on the city walls, speckled with spots. This was the best annotation for yesterday's battle.
In the future, Anyang was destined to be remembered in history because of this battle.
Facing the rising sun, Lian Po led the army to attack Anyang again.
Although Di Chen had asked Xiang Yu for help, he still held a glimmer of hope that they could take Anyang before the reinforcements arrived.
This time, Lian Po changed his strategy.
Without the help of siege weapons, it was too difficult to take down the city walls.
Lian Po set his sights on the city gates. Once the gates were breached, Anyang would be taken. The only problem was how to repair the city gate in a short period of time after taking it down.
After all, if they occupied Anyang, they would still have to face the main force of the Qin army.
In order to take Anyang, Lian Po could not care so much.
The city gates were narrow, so he could not arrange for too many soldiers. Lian Po sent the most elite troops of Handan City to attack the city gates.
The focus of the attack was still the west gate.
As for the other gates, Lian Po did not care about them.
Anyang was surrounded by water. To attack two or three gates at the same time, it meant that they had to fill up a few moats. With the number of soldiers they had, it was beyond their ability.
That was why Lian Po had chosen to attack the west gate.
Ouyang Shuo, wearing his signature scarlet cloak, arrived at the top of the city walls early.
After a night of teasing and the medicine that Bian Que personally made, Ouyang Shuo's external injuries were no longer a problem. Only the poison in his body was still stirring.
Behind Ouyang Shuo, there were three more generals. They were Cao Can, Zhou Bo, and Xiahou Ying.
Ouyang Shuo could not understand what magic Bai Hua and Feng Qiu Huang had used last night to make Xiao He and the other three obediently submit.
At this time, Xiao He was coordinating the logistics in the city.
The flames of war were about to be reignited! (To be continued.)
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