Chapter 437 Fighting to Promote Peace
After bidding farewell to Qu Boyong, the Chu envoy and his left disciple, Wei Prime Minister Gong Sun Qi followed the palace officials who had been waiting for a long time into the back hall of the Wei Palace.
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has arrived."
"I know."
After the palace attendant who led the way retreated and finished the memorial in his hand, King Wei Feng slowly raised his head and looked at Gongsun Qi in front of him.
"The left disciple of Chu State has left?"
"Exactly."
"How's it going?"
"This Zuo disciple seems to be in a very difficult position regarding the conditions proposed by Wei State."
"It's okay to be embarrassed." A smile appeared on his face, and Wei Feng stood up from his seat, "Withdrawing from the Yue Kingdom means that the Chu Kingdom's victory in the war against Yue has failed."
"The loss of the east of Chen County and the north of Juyang means that Chu State has basically lost its initiative in the central part."
"It doesn't matter whether Wan County falls into the hands of Wei or South Korea. What matters is that a sharp long sword has been placed on the neck of Chu."
A bright color appeared in his eyes, and Wei Feng looked at Gongsun Qi with a burning gaze, "Prime Minister, if I were a disciple of the Chu Kingdom, I would definitely feel embarrassed."
"only……"
"It's just that the Chu State is in a dilemma. Today, Chu State doesn't have many other options." Looking at Wei Feng, Gongsun Qi answered his words loudly.
Both the monarch and his ministers knew very well that according to the current war situation, if the Chu State did not want to see the Han and Wei allied forces approaching the capital city of Ying, it would only be a matter of time before they agreed.
After looking at each other and smiling, Wei Feng had a solemn expression on his face, "Prime Minister, please send me an order to the general. I hope that the coalition forces can send back more good news."
Today, there are two battlefields in the war between Wei and Chu. One is naturally the confrontation between the two armies on the front line of Wancheng, and the other is the contest between the top officials of Wei State and the left disciples of Chu State in Anyi City.
Since Chu's Zuotu felt that Wei's conditions were too harsh, it was time for the Wei army to put some pressure on Chu on the battlefield.
It just so happened that Wei Feng still felt that most of Wan County was a little petty, so it was better to include the entire Wan County into the territory of his ally South Korea.
Gongsun Qi, who understood what Wei Feng meant, didn't say much. After a moment of understanding, he immediately bowed.
"My lord, I respectfully obey the king's orders."
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Wei Chu front line, Wan County, Wancheng.
"The stone car, prepare!"
"put!"
As an order sounded, the long arms of dozens of stone-emitting vehicles located behind the coalition forces suddenly rose to their highest point, and stone bullets carrying huge kinetic energy were ejected.
These stone bullets crossed the phalanx of the Wei-Korean coalition forces, crossed the gap between the two sides, and roared towards Wancheng on the opposite side.
"Bang bang bang..."
Although the city wall of Wancheng is strong enough, it is constantly shaking in the face of the stone bullets falling from the sky.
Compared with the solid city wall, the Chu soldiers stationed on the city head were much miserable.
With fearful eyes, he watched the stone bullets in the distance getting bigger and bigger, and horrified shouts continued to sound among the Chu army's ranks.
But the moment the stone bullets fell, all the shouts seemed to disappear, and only the Chu soldiers who were hit by the stone bullets and died on the spot were left on top of the city.
Scenes on the battlefield continued to play out in front of his eyes, making Zhao Yang, who was standing at the top of the city watching the battle, extremely anxious.
In the past few days, the stone bullets of the Wei and Han coalition forces were thrown into Wancheng as if for free, causing considerable casualties to the Chu army stationed there.
Whenever he saw a soldier under his command die in front of him, Zhaoyang could not wait to lead his army into battle.
However, his qualities as a general made him suppress this idea.
There are now less than 60,000 Chu troops in the city, but there are 200,000 elite Wei-Korean coalition forces outside the city.
Relying on the strong defense of Wancheng, the Chu army still has the strength to fight; but if they go out to fight in the field, the Wei-Han coalition with an absolute advantage in strength will definitely let Chu know what it means to return with a great defeat.
Even so, Zhaoyang felt extremely aggrieved when faced with the allied forces of South Korea and Wei who only used stone wheels to bombard the city but showed no signs of attacking the city.
"boom……"
A fist hit the city wall heavily, and a twisted expression appeared on Zhaoyang's face.
Outside the city, the stone-launching carts of the Han and Wei coalition forces continued to throw stone bullets towards the city. Zhaoyang, the general of the Chu army on top of the city, watched all this angrily and helplessly.
As for the chief general of the Wei army, General Pang Juan, he was currently in the main tent of the coalition camp, looking at a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand.
A quiet and peaceful atmosphere filled the big tent, in sharp contrast to the noisy and fighting battlefield outside.
Just as Pang Juan was concentrating on reading the book in his hand and flipping the bamboo slips from time to time, the sound of footsteps appeared outside the tent.
"Report to the general, the king's army has arrived."
Pang Juan put down the bamboo slip in his hand and slowly took the military order from Anyi from the ordering soldier. Pang Juan read it carefully.
After a while, Pang Juan put down his military orders, thought for a moment and then ordered outside the tent: "After today's battle is over, I order all the generals to come here to discuss matters."
"Here."
At night, when darkness enveloped the earth and silence replaced the hustle and bustle, the generals of the Korean and Wei coalition forces who had attacked Wancheng for one day gathered in Pang Juan's Chinese army tent.
Sitting in the commander's seat, Pang Juan's majestic eyes swept over every general present.
"Generals, how is the battle today?"
"Reporting to the general, the walls of Wancheng are strong and the defenders in the city are well-defended. Our army has never been able to find a fighter plane."
"However, relying on the stone carts, our army inflicted considerable casualties on the Chu army in the city."
The Wei general's answer made Pang Juan nod with satisfaction.
Pang Juan never thought of conquering Wancheng in a short time.
As the core of Wan County in Chu State, it has strong city walls and a large number of defending troops.
These conditions destined Wancheng to be an extremely difficult nut to crack, and Pang Juan would not waste the elite Wei troops under his command.
The reason why Pang Juan did not force the army to attack the city these days was precisely for this reason. He wanted to use his superior strength to continuously consume the effective strength of the Chu army in Wancheng.
If it weren't for the king's order coming from Anyi City, Pang Juan would have wanted to drag down the Chu army bit by bit and capture Wancheng at the minimum cost.
But since Wei Feng needed the frontline battlefield to build some momentum for the negotiations between the two sides, Pang Juan didn't mind making moves in other directions.
Who allowed the Han and Wei coalition forces to occupy almost all the advantages on the Wancheng front line at this moment?
"Generals." He glanced around and heard Pang Juan say in a deep voice: "I have thought over and over again and decided to divide our troops into two groups."
"The main force of the army continues to besiege Wancheng, holding back the army under the command of Chu State Commander Yin Zhaoxixie."
"Fifty thousand Wei troops under General Gongsun Yang crossed the turbulent water eastward, returned to Rangcheng, and then went south to capture..."
Coming from the general's position to an area, the generals in the tent finally saw Pang Juan's finger landing on a city.
"Dengcheng."
Chapter completed!