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"How about that?"

Wei Wei replied:

"So, we must attract Qin Jun's attention in other directions."

"For example, feign attacks at the east, west, and south gates, and even the north gate..."

"When the Qin army and our army are fighting fiercely, I will personally lead two thousand elite soldiers out of the city from Shuimen to take Guangwu Mountain!"

Shi Cheng widened his eyes and looked at Wei Xi:

"Only bring two thousand elite soldiers?"

"General, it's a narrow escape. If something happens to you when you go to battle in person, this girder..."

Wei Xi shook his head and interrupted Shicheng's words:

"If this plan fails, it will only be a matter of time before Daliang falls."

"Anyway, they are all dead, so how can it be a few days?"

Shicheng was moved by the heroism in Wei Xing's words, and sighed after thinking about it.

His political views are quite different from Wei Xi's, and he has always been at odds with him on weekdays.

I don't want to feel sorry for each other when the Qin army came to the city... If the prime minister and the general could be like today, how could the state of Wei come to where it is today?

But it was too late to say these things at this time.

Shi Cheng cupped his hands and said:

"So, Shicheng will not say more."

"I wish the general a great victory and return, and then I will drink three hundred cups with the general in Shicheng!"

Wei Wei nodded and said:

"it is good!"

"If anything happens to me, Daliang and the King will all depend on the prime minister!"

Chapter 138

That night, Wei Xing started as planned.

Originally, Wei Wei could have made the plan bigger, such as deploying reinforcements or the follow-up battle to capture Guangwu Mountain, etc.

But he only has 3 people in his hand, which is not bad enough to act tonight, so he can only take one step at a time.

Wei Wei's troops were distributed like this: 5000 people were deployed on each of the east, west, and south sides for feint attacks, and the remaining [-] were used for the north.

The north is obviously the most important, after all, that is the breakthrough.

Of the 5000 people, 7000 were used for a feint attack, [-] elite soldiers were selected for a surprise attack on Guangwu Mountain, and the remaining [-] were used as support.

The so-called support means the modern "reserve".

It is impossible to use up all the troops in one go in a war, and some troops need to be left to deal with emergencies, otherwise there will be no soldiers to use if the situation changes during the war.

Wei Xi also made some other preparations for this. He asked each of the two thousand elite soldiers to prepare some hemp ropes, and then wrapped the hemp ropes around the shoes and tied them up.

Wei Xi is from a farming family. He knows some ways to walk on muddy ground, so that the shoes will not be "sticky" to the mud, and it will also prevent the feet from getting stuck in the mud so easily.

To explain it with modern science... That is to increase the force-bearing area and reduce the pressure on the ground.

Although Wei Wei doesn't know the principle, it's enough to know how to use it.

At three o'clock that night, the battle planned by Wei Xing started.

With a rapid drumbeat, the city gates on all sides of the girder were opened wide, and the suspension bridge was lowered, and Wei soldiers rushed out of the city gates shouting loudly.

These Wei soldiers also carried ladders, because what stood in front of them was a series of dams built with sandbags, so going out of the city to fight was like attacking the city.

However, just as they rushed out of the city gate, there was a sound of piercing through the sky in the darkness... Crossbow arrows and stone bullets hit the suspension bridge from all directions.

The Qin army had long been prepared to block the city gates, especially the trebuchets.

A new type of trebuchet was opened one after another in the direction of the city gate. All of them have been tested and the counterweights have been adjusted, and the impact points are all near the city gate.

At this time, as soon as Wei Bing rushed out from the city gate, the stone bullets hit his head and head like hail.

All of a sudden there was screams and the sound of heavy objects smashing into flesh... The exit of the city gate was narrow, and the Wei soldiers were almost crowded with their front feet next to their back feet. Every stone bomb hit could knock down several Wei soldiers.

Then several sackclothed fire bombs fell from the sky, and the firelight illuminated the corpses and blood at the city gate.

But Wei Bing was not intimidated, they still rushed out of the city to attack the dam.

Soldiers of the Qin Army lined up to meet them and fight with them, shouting for killing and drums rumbling loudly.

When the Qin and Wei armies were fighting fiercely, Wei Wei quietly set off from Shuimen with two thousand elite soldiers.

The water gate is just beside the Bian River.

Most cities have rivers connected to the moat, especially if the moat is an outflowing river with shipping value.

The Bian River is an outflow river leading to the Chu State, and the Wei State will of course use it.

So a branch was dug to lead to the inland river, and several ports could be set up in Daliang City, and ships sailed directly from the city to the outside of the city and then to other places.

And because the city must be protected from attacks by outsiders, there are water gates at the city walls.

At this time, because the upstream estuary had been blocked by the Qin army and there was no water in the river, as soon as the water gate was opened, Wei Wei and the two thousand elite soldiers filed out along the river, and then quietly walked northward along the river.

In Daliang Palace, Wei Wangjia was awakened by the sound of drums.

He turned over and sat up and asked in surprise:

"Where is the call to kill? The Qin army is coming to attack?"

The attendant reports:

"Your Majesty, it's not the Qin army who came to attack, but General Wei who led the troops to fight!"

Wei Wang was taken aback for a while, and it took a while to react and let out an "oh".

In fact, he had already forgotten the promise to give Wei Xing [-] soldiers to let him fight.

It can't be said that he forgot, Wei Wangjia actually didn't know about the [-] Wei troops going to battle.

First of all, King Wei did not participate in the planning.

Secondly, although Wei Xun had listed the detailed plan in the memorial and handed it to him, Wei Wangjia didn't even look at it.

Just kidding, when is it too late to enjoy it?

How can there be any time to watch the memorial!

So Wei Wang pretended that he didn't know Wei Wei's battle plan from beginning to end, so of course he couldn't "forget".

Even the king of Wei thought that Wei Wei was just talking, so he didn't dare to lead troops into battle.

Unexpectedly, Wei Wei would actually do such a thing.

After thinking about it, King Wei said:

"Come on, put it on for the widow, and the widow will go to the top of the city to have a look!"

His own servants responded and put on the armor for the king of Wei.

After walking to the top of the city, King Wei frowned when he saw the battle situation.

Under the firelight at the top of the city, there were bloody and screaming Wei soldiers everywhere. Groups of them attacked the embankment and groups were cut down, as well as the crossbow arrows and stones shot from nowhere. Afterwards, Wei Bing was beaten so badly that he cried like ghosts and howled like wolves.

Seeing this, King Wei couldn't help being furious:

"Well, you Wei Wei, you said that this is how you lead troops out of the city to fight?"

"This is not called a confrontation, it is clearly to let our army go to die!"

"Where is Wei Wei, where is Wei Wei?"

Shicheng rushed up and reported:

"Your Majesty, General Wei has led his troops to take Guangwu Mountain..."

Wei Wang pretended to be angry, and cursed before Shi Cheng finished speaking:

"What Guangwu Mountain to take?"

"The Daliang City in front of me can't be defended well, so why take Guangwu Mountain?"

"Let that Wei Xi come back and order the troops to withdraw!"

The corpse was shocked and said:

"Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

"General Wei is on his way to sneak attack Guangwu Mountain at this time. If we withdraw our troops and return to the city, General Wei and his party will be in danger!"

King Wei cursed falsely:

"Can all these Wei soldiers be sent to die for Wei Wei?"

"Are you stupid?!"

He ignored Shicheng's persuasion while speaking, and ordered loudly:

"Ming Jin withdraws troops!"

Where the servants dared to resist, they immediately rang the gong to take back the Wei soldiers who had gone out to fight.

Wei Wei on the other side just crossed the embankment line.

At that time, Wei Xun was secretly happy.

Because the waterway from the dam line is the river section where the Qin army cleared the silt and blockage, and from here to the north there is much less silt, so their marching speed can be accelerated.

At the same time, the defense of the Qin army in the north is also weaker. As long as they penetrate to Guangwu Mountain smoothly, they may really be able to turn the tide.

Unexpectedly, at this moment...the sound of gongs came from Daliang City in the rear.

Wei Wei's face changed drastically.

What's going on here?

It is clear that they must insist on attacking for an hour no matter what, but now it is less than half an hour.

Without my order, Wei Wei, who would dare to withdraw the troops so boldly?

After thinking about it, Wei Wei understood who it was.

He couldn't help but secretly sighed: "It's over!"

Sure enough, after the Wei army retreated, the Qin army began to sweep the battlefield with torches.

Then someone came towards the river...

Chapter 139 Chu Jun

Wei Wei was carried back by the guards.

Needless to say what the situation is, Wei Jun was immediately shot indiscriminately by Qin Jun's bows and crossbows on both sides after being discovered by Qin Jun.

Knowing that the plan had failed, Wei Xing hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of troops back to the city.

But there was no hurry to return to the city at this time... The crossbow arrows of the Qin army shot towards the river, and the two thousand elite soldiers had no way to resist. There were countless casualties, and the entire river was stained red with blood.

The personal guards used shields to protect Wei Xun to retreat, and then snatched Wei Xun back into the city.

But even so, Wei Xi was covered in blood with several arrows in his body.

When Shicheng heard the news, he falsely reported to King Wei:

"Your Majesty, General Wei has been seriously injured and has been carried back to the city by his personal guards."

Shicheng originally thought that King Wei would immediately go with him to check on Wei Xing's injuries after hearing the news, but he didn't want King Wei to "hum" and said:

"I already knew that you can't wait to fight easily."

"Now you know what the widow said is right?"