Because he underestimated the defensive capabilities of Daliang City, Chu Shuijun decided to temporarily withdraw his troops and return to the main camp even though it was still bright that day.

After returning to the camp, he sent someone to invite the chief general of the Weiguo army to the commander's tent.

The chief general of the Wei Kingdom's army is called "Wei Shao". He is a close cousin of King Fei of Wei. He is quite trusted by the latter. He is in charge of the Puyang Army, which is known as the most elite of the Wei Kingdom. Although he is mediocre as a general,

He is quite generous, and overall he is a relatively upright person.

After a while, Wei Shao came alone and met Chu Shuijun in the commander's tent of the coalition army.

"Wei Shao has met Chu Shuijun."

"General Wei Shao."

After greeting each other, Chu Shuijun invited Wei Shao to sit down in the tent, and said with a slight sigh: "I knew Liangcheng was difficult to attack, but I never thought it would be so difficult... General Wei Shao must have fought the battle just now.

I’ve seen it too, but I wonder if there’s any good way to break the city?”

Wei Shao looked stern and said: "Daliang is the old capital of the Wei State, so the city's defenses are naturally strong. For a while, the general could not think of any strategy to break the city."

What he said is true. After all, he is not good at leading troops in battles. Although the Puyang Army is called the most elite of the Wei Kingdom, the fundamental reason is that the weapons and equipment of the Puyang Army are all purchased from the Wei State, not from the Wei State.

It refers to the combat capability of this army, not to mention Wei Shao's leadership ability.

But having said that, even if Wei Shao had a plan to conquer Daliang City, he would not reveal it to Chu Shuijun.

The reason is very simple, because this time his Weiguo army did not really want to surrender to the coalition forces of other countries and turned against Wei. It was just because the coalition forces of various countries deployed troops on the border of Weiguo at that time and used the threat of force to force Weiguo to join the crusade.

It's just the ranks of the Wei State, otherwise, the Wei State would not have betrayed the Wei State.

"I thought General Wei Shao would have some good plans. From this point of view, our army has no choice but to attack by force." At this point, Chu Shuijun looked at Wei Shao and finally said that he had sent someone to ask Wei Shao to come.

The real intention: "General Wei Shao, in recent days, we have been serving as the vanguard of our Chu army and Qi army. After several hard battles, the soldiers of the two armies are also quite tired. I wonder if I can ask you to attack the city tomorrow."

The army will serve as the main force in the siege?"

After hearing this, Wei Shao secretly complained in his heart.

In fact, after receiving the summons from Chu Shuijun, Wei Shao had already made a guess in his mind. Unexpectedly, the facts turned out to be as he guessed: Chu Shuijun intended to sacrifice his own army to attack Daliang.

Excluding the issue of betrayal or not, if it had been another city in the Wei State, Wei Shao would have probably responded due to the situation. But that was Daliang City, the old capital of the Wei State! It could have been conquered so easily.

Of?

During the day today, Wei Shao could clearly see the battle of the coalition forces of various countries attacking Daliang.

At that time, the elite soldiers under Xiang Mo, Xiang Juan, Xiang Pei, Tian Dan, Wu Qi and others were killed by the war weapons on the city wall before they could even touch the walls of Daliang City. Not only were their losses in vain.

He killed nearly 10,000 soldiers and even lost more than 30 thousand generals, forcing Chu Shuijun to give the order to stop the siege twice.

Wei Shao is self-aware, and he knows very well that if their Weiguo troops were to fight in today's war, they would not get any benefits.

Thinking of this, he looked embarrassed and said tactfully: "Mr. Chu Shui, our country only has 50,000 or 60,000 troops. I'm afraid it's not enough to be the main force to attack Daliang..."

After hearing this, Chu Shuijun said with a smile: "General Wei Shao must not be humble. Everyone knows that your army, weapons and equipment are all purchased from Wei. Among our coalition forces, when it comes to the advantages of soldiers and armor,

I'm afraid even the Qi army may not be able to surpass your country, so why should General Wei Shao be so humble?"

After that, he saw Wei Shao's hesitant look on his face and his lips moving slightly as if he wanted to refuse again, so he added, "Or is it that General Wei Shao actually doesn't have the same thoughts as us?"

Wei Shao was shocked when he saw the smile on Chu Shuijun's face slowly fade.

To be fair, if given a choice, Wei Shao would prefer to unite with the Wei army. After all, Wei and Wei have had an alliance for decades, and Wei has never threatened Wei with force, even in the past.

In 2000, Wei and Wei were very unhappy because of the death of Wei Gong Ziyu, but Wei King Zhao Run still did not take any measures against Wei to avenge his cousin Wei Yu.

But unfortunately, the situation was so pressing that Wei Shao did not dare to offend Chu Shuijun.

After all, the current Central Plains has clearly shown two poles, namely, the "increasingly growing Wei State" and the "increasingly weakening countries." If he shows his intention to defend the country in favor of the Wei State, the coalition forces of the various countries will definitely take the lead in defeating him.

It was captured.

When he thought that Lord Chu Shui had the ability to overthrow the Wei Kingdom at any time, Wei Shao was trembling in his heart. He did not dare to say any more words of rejection and accepted the matter with a forced smile.

Seeing this, Chu Shuijun immediately put on a smile again and said with relief: "General Wei Shao, there is no need to be suspicious. Since your country has joined the "Alliance to Defeat Wei", I will treat everyone equally and will never deliberately harm your country."

Soldiers... When your army attacks the city tomorrow, I will ask some of my troops from Dachu to assist."

"I hope so..."

Wei Shao smiled bitterly in his heart.

After bidding farewell to Chu Shuijun, Wei Shao immediately returned to his guard's camp - which was actually just an open space where a camp had not yet been built.

After returning to the commander's tent of the Wei army, Wei Shao ordered people to invite "Marquis Weiyun of Juancheng" and "Marquis Weizhen of Tanyuan".

There were three armies of the Wei State that were forced to join the war with the allied forces of other countries, namely the "Tan Yuan Army", the "Juancheng Army" and the "Puyang Army" which was known as the strongest elite of the Wei State. The three armies added up to approximately

There were about 60,000 people, commanded by Wei Shao, the Marquis of Juancheng, Wei Yun, and the Marquis of Tanyuan, Wei Zhen.

In the commander's tent in the guard camp, General Wei Shao discussed Lord Chu Shui's order with the Marquis of Juancheng, Wei Yun, and the Marquis of Tanyuan, Weizhen. Both of them felt resentful.

Although Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen could not be said to be generals who were good at commanding troops to fight, they were not so stupid that they could not see through Lord Chu Shui's intentions.

They felt that in Chu Shuijun's eyes, their defending army had joined the coalition midway and might not have the same thoughts as the coalition - in fact, this was true. Therefore, it would naturally take priority over Chu's army and be consumed by Qi's and other armies.

Anyway, whether the Wei soldiers kill the guards or the guards kill the Wei soldiers, this is beneficial to the coalition.

The hateful thing is that even though they knew Chu Shuijun was not well-intentioned, Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen still did not dare to make mistakes and could only obey orders honestly.

"If Master Wei Yu was still here, how could our country of Wei be in this situation?"

Tan Yuanhou Weizhen sighed.

Hearing this, Juancheng Hou Weiyun couldn't help but look a little unnatural. The reason was that he had been captured alive by Meng Ben, a fierce general under the command of Prince Wei Yu.

This humiliating incident still haunts him to this day.

Out of resentment in his heart, Juancheng Hou Wei Yun said angrily: "Huh, if Wei Yu is still alive, can the situation be changed? Hey! This time the allied forces of the countries joined forces to conquer Wei, and sent out as many as one thousand troops.

One and a half million, even if Wei Yu is alive, what will happen? Didn’t you see that even the Wei Kingdom has lost consecutive battles?"

After hearing this, Wei Zhen, the Marquis of Tan Yuan, glanced at Wei Yun and sneered twice, but did not refute Wei Yun's words.

Because he must admit that the strength of the coalition forces of various countries this time is too huge. As Wei Yun said, even Wei, currently the most powerful country in the Central Plains, cannot stop the coalition forces of various countries. Even if they add more

How big of a change would it make if the Wei Kingdom sided with the Wei Kingdom?

Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen just believed that if the young master Wei Yu was still alive, his country would be more or less different.

After all, in the last war that affected the entire Central Plains, because of the relationship between Wei Gong Ziyu, the standing army of the Wei Kingdom once surged to more than 200,000. This young master alone had hundreds of thousands under his command.

As an ally of the state, it annexed the entire Dongjun of Qi state, and for a time it seemed that there were signs that the Wei state was about to rise.

It's a pity that the signs of the rise of the Wei Kingdom were like a bubble, disappearing with the death of Wei Gong Ziyu.

"Okay, okay."

Seeing that Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen's face was uncertain and that he was probably quarreling with Juancheng Hou Wei Yun, Wei Shao quickly smoothed things over and said: "The most urgent task is how to deal with tomorrow's siege..."

Thinking of tomorrow's siege, Wei Yun, Wei Zhen, and Wei Yun all sighed secretly.

When the Wei army attacks Daliang tomorrow, the last trace of friendship between Wei and Wei will probably end here. The terrible thing is that no matter which side wins this battle, the Wei army will not be able to reap the benefits in the future: If

coalition forces

If the state of Chu wins, the state of Chu will rise, and the life of the state of Wei will not be easy in the future; if the state of Wei wins, with the character of King Zhao Run of Wei who is determined to retaliate, he may be the first to deal with the state of Wei. Who makes the state of Wei close to the state of Wei?

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It seems that the defense of the country will not end well no matter what.

"I don't know how many soldiers will be left to return to the country after this battle." Wei Shao let out a long sigh.

The 60,000 troops of the Wei State who accompanied the Chu army to conquer Wei this time are already one of the few troops of the Wei State. The reason is due to the civil strife between the "Eastern Army" and the "Western Army" a few years ago.

During that civil strife, Wei Gong Ziyu died unexplainedly, and the Wei State Eastern Army headed by the "Salt-Free Army" was disbanded. After that, the soldiers of the Eastern Army were disappointed with the Wei State and fled into exile in large numbers and moved to Wei.

On the one hand, it brought a large number of young and strong men to the Wei State, and on the other hand, it also caused the decline of the Wei State.

When they thought about how many guards would be killed in the attack on Daliang tomorrow, Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen felt as if there was a heavy weight on their shoulders, weighing them down and making them breathless.

The next day, August 12, Chu Shuijun once again sent his army to attack Daliang.

In today's siege, Chu generals Xiang Mo and Xiang Kuan led their troops to attack the south gate of Daliang City as a feint attack. The main target of the attack was still the east gate of Daliang City, with the Weiguo army as the main force.

However, Chu Shuijun also planned to force the Wei army to a dead end. He told the Wei Shao, the chief general of the Wei army, that in the first round of the offensive, he would still send Chu's grain recruits to consume the physical strength of the Wei soldiers.

This made Wei Shao feel greatly relieved.

If you think about it, you will know that in any siege battle, the army sent out first will definitely suffer the most casualties. If Chu Shuijun is determined to do this, and asks the Weiguo army to take turns to fight, it may be possible in one day.

, maybe more than half of the 60,000 Guardsmen were killed or wounded.

"Woo-"

"Woo-"

As the allied army's main formation sounded a trumpet, and then the war drums sounded in unison.

Accompanied by horns and war drums, outside the east gate of Daliang, tens of thousands of soldiers recruited from the Chu State took the lead in attacking the city wall. For a moment, it seemed as if the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking, and the momentum was quite intimidating.

But having said that, the offensive of recruiting soldiers is just a mere show of force. At least for Daliang City, which has extremely strong city defense capabilities, it is not necessarily possible to gain an advantage by relying on the human sea tactic alone.

"Bang bang——"
To be continued...