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Chapter 74 A big game of chess (down) (seeking a few

ps: I was squeezed off the recommendation list, I am quite depressed. I asked everyone for a few recommendation votes, and everyone will go back to the homepage! The northern foot of the remnant of Mount Tai, five thousand Chu troops were resting in a dense forest in a valley.

Although this valley is remote, it is less than a hundred miles away from Linzi City.

Although it is broad daylight now, after ten consecutive days of high-intensity night marching, most of the Chu soldiers were exhausted, and now they have fallen into a deep dream.

Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao and Wu She were completely sleepy, and the three of them were gathered together to discuss plans to attack Linzi.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Linzi has always been the capital of Qi. After more than 500 years of operation, Linzi's city has become extremely large and the city defense fortifications are also extremely strong. In addition, Qi has a large population and abundant strong men. Although Han Xin took away more than 300,000 troops, the troops left behind in Linzi will definitely not be short.

Wei Liao had been to Linzi when he was young, and was explaining to Xiangzhuang at this time: "General, Linzi is divided into large and large cities. The circumference of the big city is more than 30 miles long, the small city is more than 20 miles long, the wall is five feet high, and there is also steroid water. The water flows through the east and west sides, and ditches on the north and south sides are dug to be a moat. I am afraid that there is no chance of winning a strong attack!"

Wu She thought about it and suddenly suggested: "Can you send hundreds of sharp men to the city quietly from the drainage entrance, and then open the city gate at night to pick up the army into the city?"

Xiang Zhuang suddenly felt excited when he heard this. In the vast city, there must be hundreds of thousands of residents in the city. The use of water for so many residents is a big deal, so basically, there are large water supply and drainage projects. In this way, this water supply and drainage system becomes a secret passage connecting the inner and outer cities of the city.

"No, no." Wei Liao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I had carefully inspected the drainage entrance in Linzi. It was about twenty meters long from east to west, four meters wide from north to south, and two meters deep. It was all made of huge stones. The water outlet was divided into three layers, upper, middle and lower, and five square water holes in each layer. The stones in the holes were arranged interlaced, and the water came out of it but people could not pass, which was not possible at all!"

Xiang Zhuang was stunned and couldn't believe it, saying, "The drainage system in Linzi is so tightly built?!"

Wei Liao sighed and said helplessly: "The General doesn't know that Linzi's water supply and drainage system was specially designed by the famous skilled craftsman Gongshu Class three hundred years ago." Xiang Zhuang was so shocked when he heard this. Isn't the Gongshu Class the craftsman Lu Ban? It seems that it is impossible to enter Linzi City from the sewer.

Wu She said again: "Then you can only send Ruishi Qiao Zhuang woodcutter and hunter to sneak into the city."

"This is not appropriate." Wei Liao shook his head and said, "Linzi is not like Ao Cang. There are a large number of hungry people outside Ao Cang City, and Chen Xi likes to raise soldiers, so it is easy to get in after fifty dead soldiers in the camp first. However, there are no tens of thousands of hungry people outside Linzi City as a cover. Suddenly, hundreds of strong men appeared inside to enter the city. How can it not arouse the suspicion of the defenders?"

"Then let's go to the city in stages and batches." Wu She said again, "and then gather together and seize the city gate at night!"

"It is easier to get into the city in stages and batches!" Xiang Zhuang shook his head repeatedly when he heard this. It is true that the Chu army is unstoppable, and it is true that it is not afraid of death, but the military discipline is also extremely bad. If these big-headed soldiers enter Linzi City and no one restrains them, it would be strange if they don't cause trouble. But once the trouble occurs, they will play everything!

"Then there is nothing to do." Wu She spread her hands and said with a wry smile, "Is there any other way?"

When the three of them were at a loss, Gongsun suddenly strode over and reported: "General, the scout, the reward, there were a group of Hu people outside the mountain pass in front of him, with more than 500 good horses but only fifty people. Our army was short of horses. Should we send troops to kill these Hu people and seize these good horses?"

"There is still this?" Xiang Zhuang suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice, "Let Jing Qian, Gao Chu lead five hundred people and take the horse away!"

"No!" Gongsun then responded to the promise and took the order. However, Wei Liao's expression moved slightly and suddenly said, "General, I have a plan to enter the city!"

When Xiang Zhuang plotted to attack Linzi, Liu Bang's army had already advanced to Daliang along the Honggu.

The troops of various princes such as Han Xin, Ying Bu, Zhang Er, Wu Rui were also accompanied by Liu Bang's army. The princes were actually unwilling to come, but there was no way. Liu Bang had already received the support of Han Xin. If anyone jumped out to oppose it at this time, he would offend Liu Bang, Han Xin, and Peng Yue, the three strongest princes. This is not a joke.

At this time, Daliang City had been completely destroyed by war, and most of the buildings in the city were burned. The original residents were either killed or fled. Liu Kou's three thousand tiger and wolf soldiers were definitely real beasts. They didn't care that Daliang was once the capital of Wei, and now it was Peng Yue's territory. After entering the city, they still burned, killed, plundered, and did what they did.

Surrounded by Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Xiahou Ying and more than a hundred personal soldiers, Liu Bang climbed to the city of Daliang. Standing on the city, he looked into the city, and saw broken walls everywhere. It had been two days since Liu Kou's army passed by, and many houses were still blazing blue smoke, and the whole city was beyond recognition.

"This Liu Kou!" Xiahou Ying felt angry and said with hatred, "It's so unreasonable!"

Liu Bang also felt a deep pain on his face, and he whispered: "The Liang army should rectify the military discipline."

Behind Liu Bang, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping looked at each other and smiled bitterly. The reason why Peng Yue's army was corrupt and the reason why Liu Kou's three thousand tiger and wolf soldiers became so cruel and bloodthirsty, Liu Bang could be said to be the initiator. If Liu Bang hadn't instigated Peng Yue to divide his troops to attack Chu and Qiao Zhuang's Chu army went to Chu to burn, kill and loot, there wouldn't be the cruel Liang army today!

"King, it's not time to rectify military discipline now." Zhang Liang sighed lightly and advised Liu Bang, "In order to pacify Liang land as soon as possible and destroy the remnants of the Chu army, King Liang still needs to borrow this tiger and wolf army!"

"Yes, the discipline of rectifying the army is small, and the matter of pacifying the Liang area is big." Chen Ping also said.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping both said it very tactfully, but Liu Bang, a rogue in the market, is indeed very high. He immediately heard the implicit meaning of the two. The Liang army is still Peng Yue's army now. How could you, Liu Bang, rectify the military discipline for him? If you really want to rectify the military discipline of the Liang army, you have to wait until you destroy the Chu army!

"Well, don't worry about rectifying military discipline." Liu Bang took good care of himself and immediately changed his words.

After saying that, Liu Bang said to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping again: "Zifang, Chen Ping, are you wondering? All the way north has reached Daliang. Liu Kou's three thousand tiger and wolf soldiers have already arrived at Xingyang City, but the main force of the Chu army is still missing. Could it be that they have all hid in Aocang City? Or, run away?"

Chen Ping nodded and said, "I am also deeply trapped."

Zhang Liang was silent for a moment and suddenly said, "Master, I have a very bad premonition."

"Oh, a bad premonition?" Liu Bang frowned, "Then you are."

Zhang Liang nodded and said Lei Ran: "Just just now, I suddenly remembered the scene of playing chess with Fan Zeng back then."

Liu Bang, Chen Ping and Xiahou Ying suddenly felt attentive and listened to each other. Zhang Liang was completely immersed in his memory of the past, and then said: "At that time, I and Fan Zeng did not sleep for three days and three nights, and I lost four games in a row, and only won the fifth game. Five days later, I played against Fan Zeng in the sixth game. It was really a rare big game, and I still remember it freshly!"

Chen Ping couldn't help but be fascinated. It can be imagined that in that game of chess, Zhang Liang and Fan Zeng must have had a thrilling desperate battle. Unfortunately, he never watched the game from the list.

Zhang Liang continued: "In this sixth game, Fan Zeng made a move like a flying move, and his positioning was extremely simple, but after falling on the chessboard, he immediately formed a suffocating heavy force. With just over ten moves of chess, I seemed to feel an invisible mountain being crushed. I tried my best to build momentum, but I still couldn't stand it. Finally, I lost the game in the 107th hand!"

Chen Ping immediately exclaimed and said in disbelief: "Only one hundred and seven hands, Brother Zifang lost the market?!"

"This Fan Zeng is very powerful in using troops. He doesn't want to play chess so well." Liu Bang took a breath and said with lingering fear, "But fortunately he is dead."

After saying this, Liu Bang suddenly changed his face again: "Zifang, do you mean that the game between Liangdi is also a big game of chess?"

"That's right!" Zhang Liang nodded with a serious expression and said in a deep voice, "Just just now, I suddenly felt like I was playing chess with Fan Zeng again, as if an invisible mountain was crushing me. I clearly knew Fan Zeng's chess path, but I just couldn't think of a solution. I still remember that powerlessness and fear!

Liu Bang immediately took a breath and shouted: "Is that old man Fan Zeng really not dead?"

Zhang Liang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "King, Fan Zeng must be dead. What I am worried about is Wei Liao."

"Yu Liao?!" Chen Ping said in disbelief, "Brother Zifang, this seems unlikely, right? Didn't you say that Wei Liao has defected to Xiangzhuang? Xiangzhuang is now trapped in Dabie Mountain, so how could Wei Liao come to Liangdi?"

"Yes, Zifang." Liu Bang also said, "How could Wei Liao run to Liangdi?"

Zhang Liang nodded and sighed, "This is exactly what I can't understand. Wei Liao is mostly trapped in the Dabie Mountains, so how could it appear in Liangdi?" After saying this, Zhang Liang said again, "Let's take a step back, since Wei Liao ran to Liangdi alone and he has no army in his hand, how could he make such a big noise?"

Liu Bang and Chen Ping looked at each other. There is really a mystery in this world that Zhang Liang cannot understand?!
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