Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 680

[Chapter 680]

“What your Highness said is very true, it’s better to be careful.” Chang Wei looked at Xiangyang City, his eyes narrowed slightly.

That night, there was not a single star in the sky, it was as black as ink, and everything was silent.

Only the torches held by the patrolling soldiers at the head of Yangcheng city loomed.

At this moment, the sound of bells flickering suddenly sounded outside Yangcheng, breaking the tranquility.

In an instant, countless flames flew out from Yangcheng, lighting up the surrounding area within a hundred meters.

At the head of the city, the Lucheng artillerymen guarding the artillery were staring at the place illuminated by the fire, ready to light the fuse and shell the enemy at any time.

The fusiliers took aim at the same time.

What surprised them was that it was not the soldiers of King Yan who were attacking in the light of the fire, but several donkeys with their hooves wrapped in cloth, a branch picked out from their backs, and tied with grass.

It turned out that these donkeys broke through their trap.

A general immediately descended from the city wall and walked a distance of 100 meters.

He told this situation to Wang Xie and Xie An who were playing chess in a shop along the street.

Wang Xie frowned upon hearing this, with a slightly annoyed expression on his face, obviously upset because his plan had been cracked.

For a moment, Xie An wanted to laugh, but he forcefully held back.

Although he was a little dissatisfied with Wang Xie who looked so noble.

But right now they are on the battlefield, and if their strategy fails, they may face serious consequences.

Looking at Wang Xie, he said, “What should we do now?”

“Kill those donkeys, I want to see how many donkeys King Yan has available?” Wang Xie said angrily.

He originally wanted to use the method of the Battle of Yanguan to deal with the soldiers of the King of Yan.

In this way, they can kill and injure King Yan soldiers in large numbers at the moment when the fire is illuminated.

His order was transmitted to the city wall, and there was a burst of gunshots.

One donkey was shot and fell to the ground. The other donkeys were frightened and ran wildly, disappearing into the darkness.

“Damn it, he actually used the same method we used to deal with Beidi to deal with us. This Wang Xie must have learned all the battles we have fought.” Chang Wei felt chills behind him.

During this period of time, due to the smooth progress of the war, he was really a little paralyzed.

Originally, tonight he was going to let the skirmishers touch the city wall and throw grenades.

Fortunately, King Yan reminded him to think carefully before attacking the city.

Otherwise, the stragglers sent this time may suffer heavy casualties.

Zhao Xu didn’t sleep either, he was standing beside Chang Wei at the moment.

The flaming arrows shot from Yangcheng gradually extinguished, and the front of Yangcheng fell into darkness again.

He believed that some Yangcheng soldiers would come out of the city and reset the bell trap.

“This Wang Xie is a bit shrewd, but he can only learn superficially.” Zhao Xu said lightly, “Go find some bells.”

Chang Wei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, he laughed and said: “Gao, It’s really high.”

After saying that, he ordered a soldier to go.

Not long after, the soldiers brought thirty bells.

Chang Wei distributed these bells to thirty soldiers.

Let them try to find obstacles at a distance of 150 meters from the city wall to cover themselves.

The reason why this distance was chosen was that the furthest arrows in the city were only about 130 meters away.

One hundred and fifty meters away it was complete darkness.

The soldiers were ordered to hold down the copper bump inside the bell so that the bell would not make a sound and reach their respective positions.

Then they suddenly shook the bells in their hands according to Chang Wei’s order.

“Dingling bell…” A bell rang, and many burning arrows flew out of Yangcheng again, illuminating the area 130 meters away from the city wall.

On the city wall, the soldiers immediately looked for the target but found that there was nothing outside.

They suddenly showed surprised expressions.

This situation was immediately reported to Wang Xie.

Turning his eyes, Wang Xie’s face suddenly became gloomy.

Xie An also figured out the key point, he said: “The soldiers of King Yan must be shaking the bell on purpose to trick us into shooting arrows.”

Wang Xie nodded, this is exactly what he thought.

He said: “This is troublesome. The sound of the bell is true or false. It doesn’t matter once or twice. The soldiers will definitely get tired and relax their vigilance after one or two hundred times.”

Xie An’s expression was solemn, and Gurtu said Sure enough, the generals under King Yan are really difficult to deal with.

After pondering for a while, he said, “If that’s the case, we can only change the soldiers in turn, so that the soldiers won’t get bored.”

“That’s the only way.” Wang Xie couldn’t think of any other way.

While the two were talking, suddenly the archers under the city wall shot out burning arrows.

It must be the sound of bells coming from outside again.

He couldn’t help feeling angry again.

“It is said that King Yan is also in the army this time, and this idea may be his.” Wang Xie sighed secretly, suddenly angry and lost in his heart.

He had always thought highly of himself, and thought that although he was not as good as King Yan’s soldiers in terms of firearms, he would definitely be slightly superior in strategy, but he was disappointed in the end.

“Dingling bell…” The

bell continued to ring from midnight to dawn the next day.

When the east was pale, countless half-burned arrows fell in the area more than 100 meters in front of Yangcheng.

“The last general will see how many arrows they have left to waste!” Chang Wei snorted coldly as he looked towards Yangcheng with a binoculars.

Then he said: “Your Highness, they keep changing soldiers at night, so it’s not easy to paralyze them.”

Zhao Xu yawned, “You can only be a thief for a thousand days, there is no reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days, don’t worry, play with them again A few days, and besides, this king is not just here to paralyze Wang Xie and the others!”

“Your Highness means…” Chang Wei looked at Zhao Xu, thinking that His Highness King Yan must have a new plan.

Sure enough, Zhao Xu said, “Let Qin Shan command 30,000 soldiers and horses, march day and night, and go to Jicheng.”

Chang Wei slapped his thigh when he heard this, “Fighting with His Highness for a day will benefit you a lot. It turns out that His Highness commanded all the troops to attack Yangcheng just to attack the west, so that Jicheng and Zicheng will be less prepared, and then seize the opportunity.”

Zhao Xu nodded slowly, looking confident, but actually felt guilty for a while.

This matter was really not as complicated as Chang Wei thought.

He just saw that Yangcheng had hoarded a large number of powerful soldiers and horses, and Yangcheng was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It would take a few days for this real and false bell scheme, and even if the opponent is paralyzed, Yangcheng hoards at most soldiers and horses, and there will be many casualties among the royal family’s troops.

So suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and decided to use the trick of real and fake bells to show a gesture of not giving up until Yangcheng was taken.

In fact, Chen Cang was kept secret to see if he could win Jicheng.

It’s just that, of course, he couldn’t tell Chang Wei directly, otherwise it wouldn’t affect his glorious image.

After this matter was settled, the bell in Yangcheng rang for another night.

At the same time, Qin Shan led 30,000 soldiers and horses to quietly leave the camp and head for Jicheng.

After four nights of rapid march, they arrived at Jicheng, ready to attack the city.

(end of this chapter)