Chapter 272 Bloody Battle of Siege

The sun was dazzling, the flags were like forests, the horns were sobbing, and the shouts of killing were shaking the sky.

After a series of "thunder-striking" deterrents, the main force of the Qin army was like a big black bird in the sky, densely covering the sky outside the east gate of Julu. This time, the Qin army besieged did not choose to attack the city in multiple ways, east, south and north. The real main attack direction was only in the west. On this route, the Qin army formed 35,000 elite troops to attack the city.

"The iron-blooded warriors of the Qin Dynasty, ahead is where you have made achievements and been named King Chenghou, rush!" Before the battle formation, the Qin frontier commander Li Shang held up a sword that symbolized glory and shouted loudly at the soldiers beside him.

Being named King Chenghou is the dream of countless soldiers who fought on the battlefield.

This is also the slogan that excited the soldiers the most. Li Shang, who had been leading the troops for a long time, had a very accurate understanding of ordinary soldiers. The Qin State, which had recovered from the ruins, was showing signs of prosperity. The people no longer only seek food and clothing, nor were they fighting for their lives just for a bite of food. What they yearned for is a better life and a higher status.

Even if there is only one out of ten thousand people, it will still make countless passionate men shed blood and sacrifice their lives for it. At this point, the battlefield is actually like the "talented show" performance in later generations. There are countless young people who are eager to become stars overnight, but in the end, there are only a few people standing on the PK stage.

The sky was flying with arrows. Under Zhang Er's desperate roar of "If the city is broken, the entire clan will be destroyed", the Zhao soldiers guarding the city also regained their fighting spirit to fight to the death.

The Qin Gou in front of him was the enemy who killed 400,000 soldiers, and the executioner who was covered in blood with the blood of the Zhao people.

"Kill them and avenge their dead relatives, and all kinds of shame of the country and the destruction of the country since the Battle of Yixue Changping!" Under the control of this strong revenge mentality, the bloody nature of the same men as the Qin people immersed in the bones of the Zhao army was aroused. They held their weapons tightly and turned their hatred eyes to the charging Qin army.

"Wind, strong wind!"

Amid the fierce shouts of killing, Qin soldiers rushed towards each other with arrows. They began to try to flow through the moat that was close to the dry and approached the foot of the city wall. However, just this short distance became the "death zone" of Qin soldiers.

Although there is not much water in the moat, it can lure Qin soldiers into it one by one. Then the stone rolling down from the city suddenly hit the soldiers climbing up at a thunderous speed. If it weren't for the stone-cannon troops that fell in advance, they could be used as cover. Just this wave of rolling stone attacks, the Qin army would have to pay the price of thousands of casualties.

"Damn it, I'll put it on the ladder! Armstrongman crashed and hit the door."

Seeing that the soldiers under his command had their lives taken away, Li Shang could no longer wait and see. He stared at a pair of blood-red eyes and rushed to the front line while shouting.

Cloud ladders, crashing into a car to attack the city, this kind of tactic is not uncommon. In the late Spring and Autumn Period, Lu Ban (Kongshu Ban) suggested to King Hui of Chu to attack the capital of Song State. Cloud ladders were one of the magic weapons he offered. However, Lu Ban was unfortunately, he met the strongest opponent in his life, Mozi, the creator of the Mohist school.

Lu Ban and Mo Zi set up a formation in front of King Hui of Chu. One used a ladder to attack the city, and the other burned the ladder with a rocket; one used a car to hit the city gate, and the other used a rolling wood to hit the car; one used a tunnel and the other smoked.

Lu Ban used nine sets of attack methods to complete the attack methods, but Mo Zi still had many of the best tricks to defend the city. Afterwards, Lu Ban had no choice but to admit defeat.

In fact, although the result of this "paper talk" has certain reference value, it cannot be used as evidence that Lu Ban will definitely lose and Mo Zi will definitely win, because in addition to the advantages in equipment, the number of soldiers on both sides, combat strength, morale, and the wisdom of generals in the front line, etc. on the battlefield, etc.

Therefore, although Lu Ban did not realize its ideal, the application of cloud ladders to the battlefield was unstoppable. Mozi could stop a war, but could not stop countless subsequent siege battles.

At the same time, the many tactics of defense that Mo Zi invented were also widely used by both sides of the battle on the battlefield, just like the tactics of siege created by Lu Ban. In this sense, the debate between the two of them is still continuing.

Hearing Li Shang's order, the Qin army immediately seemed to have been given a shot of a cardiotropic agent. Under the cover of crossbow archers, the Qin infantry began to choose to set up ladders in the area where huge rocks were smashed. At the same time, four or five hundred strong men with large arms and round waists also pushed out from the back of the formation, which had two people holding the thick and thin solid wood at the front end and rushed towards the same solid Julu City Gate.

"Quick, rocket! Put it on, hot oil, lift it up!"

The Qin army's tactics of siege are changing, and the Zhao army on the city is also not to be outdone. The Zhao army, who has experienced the pain of siege, has prepared a lot of supplies. With enough defensive equipment, Zhang Er also has a little confidence to defend the city.

Unfortunately, Zhang Er's joy did not last long, and the Qin army's courage to fight while siegeing the city made him nervous again.

On the other side of the battlefield, unlike Zhang Er, who was hiding in a relatively safe rear, commanded the battle, Qin general Li Shang has already come to the front line to fight.

To be the soldiers, Li Shang climbed on a ladder, holding a large shield in his left hand, and the long halberd in his right hand kept attacking upwards.

Driven by the commander, the Qin army was full of fighting spirit. When one fell down, the other rushed up. The fire of the arrows jumping on them kept jumping, but it seemed that even the fire was dimmed by the layers of murderous aura.

Several ladders had already forced the city walls, and the solid city gate was also shaking by a car crash. At this time, a general of Zhao army ran to Zhang Er with a sad face and said repeatedly: "Prince, we can't stand it anymore, let's run away."

Zhang Er glanced at the Zhao General wearing the lieutenant armor.

He recognized that this person was the bravest general in the Zhao army. When Zhang Er returned to Zhao to form an army, the guy who escaped by chance in the Battle of Jingxing rushed to join him. He was overjoyed by Zhang Er, who lacked his right-hand man, not only praised the bravery of this person in public, but also personally awarded him the important position of the captain.

What a glory it is to be promoted from a deserter to a captain. Zhang Er was almost convinced that the captain named Wang would hold on the city until the moment of victory. However, the fact made Zhang Er very angry. The other soldiers were still holding on, but the person he valued the most came to him and said to him: Abandon the city and flee.

The human heart will never be able to see through.

The more you get, the more you can see a person's essence.

"The line of life and death, who dares to retreat at this time? Even me is no exception!" Zhang Er, who knew that he could only turn into a collapse, gritted his teeth hard, stepped onto the torture city, and shouted loudly.

The city walls were covered with dead bodies.

Nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians guarding the city died and were injured. Almost half of them had been killed, and the remaining half was exhausted.

"Rolling stones, bring the rolling stones up to me!"

The Zhao army soldiers shouted eagerly. Under the crazy attack of the Qin army, the Zhao army was actually on the verge of collapse. The equality of the equipment between the two sides could not offset the difference in combat power. When the Qin army launched fierce attacks one after another, the morale of the Zhao army was gradually fading away.

Finally, a burly Qin general covered in blood jumped up to the top of the city from a ladder. The sword flew in his hand and quickly chopped over several Zhao soldiers around him and guarded a small foothold.

"Quick, transfer the archer over and shoot him to death." Seeing this, Zhang Er shouted loudly.

"Prince, we have no arrows!"

Such a helpless cry sounded by his body. Without arrows, it was not easy to kill the Qin generals by hand alone. Compared with the rich combat experience of the Qin generals and soldiers, the Zhao army, which hastily formed a military force, was too big in this regard.

"You, go over and kill the head of the Qin general. I will reward you with a thousand gold and a marquis. No, reward ten thousand gold and a king!" Zhang Er grabbed General Zhao who had just been panicked and promised repeatedly.

When he was named king, Zhang Er himself was just a grass-headed king. How could he be appointed as king? But at this time, he didn't care about so much and defeated the Qin army first.

"Your Majesty, do you think this is true?" Zhao Jiang, the surname Wang, lit up, and greed and madness appeared in his eyes.

"When will I stop talking, go!" Zhang Er said loudly.

Under the control of desire, General Zhao finally plucked up the courage to fight again. He picked up a spear and led more than ten soldiers to kill the Qin general who had climbed the city.

"Damn it, another useless guy!"

During the fight, the Qin general shouted with a fierce shout and the sword slashed over a Zhao Zhu.

This person is nothing else, but Li Shang, a general of the Qin army.

If the blood on his body had not dyed the armor on his body into a color that was unseen, Zhao Jun might have quickly recognized that the Qin general in front of him was the enemy's chief general.

Both sides are bound to win.

Before the subsequent troops landed in the city, Li Shang had to defend the small area he occupied, and for the Zhao army, this gap must be blocked, no matter what the price it was paid.

"kill!"

Both sides burst out with a shocking roar almost at the same time. The spear of General Zhao, surnamed Wang, pierced Li Shang's abdomen, and then the tip of the spear hit the hard city wall. After success, the general Zhao army couldn't help but smile with joy.

However, his smile soon froze.

"General, be careful!"
Chapter completed!