Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 271 Liu Ji still has a way of fighting!

slam-la-

Amidst Lei Zhe's admiration and despair, the clear water waves swarmed along the river like a herd of white horses galloping under the sun.

The defenders of the Western Regions on the city wall were very anxious, and jumped to the defender Robe Ze hidden in the trench outside the city: "There is a flood from the upper reaches of the moat... Go to the city, go to the city..."

In fact, Qiang people are not the only ones who are not good at water.

Ninety-nine percent of the coalition soldiers born and raised in the Western Regions Basin were also landlubbers.

At this time, most of the defenders of the Western Regions outside the city had already sensed something unusual from the vibrations on the ground. They thought it was the galloping momentum of the cavalry of the Qin Army.

At that moment, he was so shocked that his face changed, like a frightened rabbit, he crawled out of the trench bunker, and ran towards the city wall behind him.

As for the city gate, it has been sealed!

From the moment the Qin army set up the siege formation in the early morning, it has been sealed inside, and it will not be opened at all for a while!

If you want to enter and exit the stone city, you can only rely on the rope hanging from the top of the city.

This method of going up and down with ropes is actually very useful. When the Qin army attacked, it could strengthen the determination of the defenders outside the city, because it is very difficult to escape the battle, but it is very easy for the reinforcements from the city to the city. .

After all, it is very difficult to climb up the rope, but it is very fast to slide down the rope...

But at this moment, this very useful method has become a stumbling block for the defenders under the city to retreat actively. Thousands of defenders under the city are crowded under the ropes, scrambling to climb up.

Pulling, pushing, stepping on each other... and even stabbing each other, but the more anxious they are, the harder it is to climb up!

slam-la-

In this chaos, the flood has rushed into the moat from the upper river.

The turbulent water waves, much higher than the river bank, passed through the broken gap in the sheep and horse wall, diverted and rushed into the inner defense circle under the city wall.

The garrison outside the city who were recently connected to the upper reaches was undoubtedly the most unlucky. The flood flooded in from the diversion instantly knocked them down who were crowded under the city wall, and they could only float and sink in the waves and cry for help.

"help me……"

"Ah~ Gudu..."

"Give me a gurgle..."

We are all landlubbers, who can save whom?
In the panic, if you don't press Pao Ze under your body and treat it like a human-shaped raft, you have a conscience!
The flood flooded over the eastern city wall closest to the upper reaches of the river, and smashed the defenders under the adjacent north and south city walls, and finally met under the western city wall with a bang.

Gradually, the turbulent water waves stabilized!

However, the internal defense under Stone City is already a swamp country, and the floating corpses of defenders who died of choking are floating quietly on the water.

Luckily, the survivor, wet all over, got up from the water and found that the water was no more than waist deep.

For those who are good at water, big rivers are just like that, and they can cross if they have sufficient physical strength, but for landlubbers, playing in shallow water swimming pools may choke on the water... not to mention the rushing water!
The rest of the defenders didn't know whether they were afraid, or were frozen, or both, all of them turned pale and trembled uncontrollably.

The defenders at the top of the city resisted the despair of the rabbit's death and the fox's sorrow, and called them to go to the city, and dropped more and more ropes!

call out--

boom--

During the Qin army's siege formation, a huge crossbow gun was shot out, and it was accurately shot at the back of a soldier from the Western Regions who was climbing up the rope.

The crossbow spear was so powerful that it shot through the back of the Western Region soldier's heart, and then forcibly shot into the wall, nailing the corpse to the city wall.

This frightened the soldiers from the Western Regions nearby who were climbing up the rope. Several people couldn't hold on tight and fell into the stagnant water below the city again.

Even if the crossbows of the Allied Forces of the Western Regions were condescending, they could not hit the Qin army who deliberately kept their distance.

But the ballista of the Qin army can easily hit the city wall, and its accuracy is scary. This is the equipment that makes the desperate poor!

"General Lei Zhe, there seems to be paper bound on the crossbow gun. I'm afraid it's a letter from the Qin army."

"General Lei Zhe, what's wrong with you..."

A soldier guarding the city found that on the lonely crossbow spear, there was a note specially attached by the Qin army, and the leader of the small army hurriedly went to report to the chief general Lei Zhe.

However, Lei Zhe's mental state seemed abnormal, or he was completely desperate. Facing the report from the leader of the small army, he just looked dull and watched the Qin army attacking the city outside the city.

Toriti couldn't help showing disdain beside him, because the son of aristocrats who were born in high positions was indeed a swank, and he pulled his hips at the slightest setback.

Such a bastard, how could he have the face to call me mean?
"Go get the paper and have a look with me."

Toriti didn't count on him anymore, took the initiative to take over the conversation, and gave orders to the little army leader.

The leader of the small army was under Lei Zhe's command, so he was probably not very willing to listen to his orders, but seeing that Lei Zhe was still half-dead, he had no choice but to accept his orders and leave resentfully.

Later, the head of the small army returned with a blood-stained letter in his hands, and presented it to Toriti for viewing.

Toriti opened his eyes, then handed the letter to Lei Zhe who was still in a daze, and said, "The last general doesn't understand Qin characters... General Lei Zhe, take a look, what is written on it..."

Lei Zhe didn't reach out to pick it up, he turned his eyes and looked at it for a moment, and said hoarsely: "The one who surrenders will not die, and the one who resists will be tortured..."

In just one sentence, he was full of domineering arrogance and fierce aura.

Tori swallowed his saliva, and then his expression suddenly became ferocious, and he tore up the paper in his hand: "Our coalition army still has more than [-] deadly soldiers, and there is still a strong city to rely on, Qin Gou really thinks that he is a heavenly soldier No? Fly to the top of the city if you have the ability!"

"If we survive and surrender, we will end up as the Yue clan of the Xiongnu, who subjugated the country and exterminated the family and became slaves. This time, we are relatives and family members on the plateau. How can we surrender to the Qin dog?!"

Hearing these words, all the soldiers from the Western Regions on the nearby city wall were shocked when they heard the sound.

Even those embarrassed soldiers who had just climbed up from outside the city and were shivering from the cold gritted their teeth secretly.

They really have no way out!

Don't talk about the big truth, even if you are a wife, child and parents on the plateau, you can't surrender!

"Many of the soldiers of the Western Regions who were flooded in the water just fainted from choking on the water. They should be induced to vomit by continuously pressing the chest and abdomen, which may save a life..."

Lei Zhe waited for Toriti to finish his rhetoric, and then continued to read in a hoarse voice.

Toliti was stunned, and secretly scolded the idiot in his heart, panting for words, and hurriedly shouted to the Western Region soldiers stranded below the city: "Quickly pick up the corpse in the water, press the chest and abdomen to induce vomiting, maybe it can save life... Don’t be dazed, if you can save one, it counts as one.”

The soldiers of the Western Regions under the city were skeptical, picked up the corpses around them, and began to try to rescue them.

Toriti then ordered his personal guards to shout in unison to teach the defenders on the other three walls how to treat those who choked on water.

Fortunately, Stone City is not that big, one spreads to ten, ten spreads to hundreds, and soon it spreads throughout the city.

And what Toretti didn't know was that at this time, the other few walls surrounded the west wall that was not besieged by the Qin army. In fact, there were also letters of persuasion from the Qin army and a cure for fainting from choking water.

The soldiers from the Western Regions who hadn't climbed up to the city had already begun to treat Paoze according to the law!
"Ouch... hoo..."

Under the city, there were soldiers from the Western Regions who fainted from choking on water, but they were successfully rescued by Pao Ze. After vomiting out a large beach of sewage mixed with food residues, they breathed heavily.

Seeing the soldiers from the Western Regions in the city, they couldn't help clapping their hands, even cheering, the atmosphere of despair and depression seemed to be swept away.

Toriti was also overjoyed, and hurriedly sent more soldiers to the city to help.

Before the flood recedes, it is impossible for the Qin army to attack the city, and there is no way to attack the city. They can go all out to save as many robes as possible!
Joyful emotions can be contagious, and even the sluggish Lei Zhe regained some anger in his eyes. Seeing more and more rescued subordinates in the city, he couldn't help blurting out: "The people of Qin are so overbearing. I never thought that there is such a compassionate heart..."

As soon as this remark came out, Toriti, who was still busy in directing, was stunned.

Then, the look of joy on his face gradually froze, and finally disappeared completely, replaced by despair.

Well, Lei Zhe is no longer desperate, but it is his turn to be desperate...

……

Outside the east city facing Toriti, the Qin army's siege formation was slowly retreating.

Before the flood receded, the Qin army really couldn't attack the city!
"My lords, why did General Meng Tian teach the western region's miscellaneous hair how to treat choking and fainting in the letter of persuasion? Wouldn't this encourage the western region's miscellaneous hair to arrogance, let alone surrender!"

Through the binoculars, Liu Ji saw the cheering soldiers of the Western Regions on the stone city, so he couldn't help but put down the binoculars, and frowned and complained to Qin Mo.

Zhang Liang answered immediately, and explained to his good friend with a smile: "Old Liu, you are trying to get it wrong. Since it is to persuade you to surrender, you must bring a word of persuasion."

"Therefore, in order to give hope to the Allied Forces of the Western Regions, if we blindly threaten them strongly, it will make the Allied Forces of the Western Regions develop a heart of defense. When our army attacks the city, the city will definitely fight back."

"And General Meng Tian's move is a tactic to attack the heart. At the moment, it is natural to encourage the arrogance of his generation, but in the long run, it has already planted in the hearts of the soldiers of the Western Regions the idea that I, the Qin Army, also have compassion. .”

"Even if they don't surrender at this moment, once our army is in a hurry to attack the city, they will have the idea of ​​surrender when they come to a life-or-death decision. When our army breaks the city, it will be several times easier!"

Liu Ji pulled his beard, turned to Qin Mochi and asked, "Is that so?"

Qin Mo nodded: "It seems that it is. Senior Meng Tian is worthy of being a famous general. Tonight when the flood recedes, the city can be attacked at dawn tomorrow. While the mud is freezing, the city will surely be destroyed!"

Liu Ji suddenly nodded, pulled his beard and said in a hesitant manner: "War is really a delicate job that requires brains. In this life, I, Lao Liu, may not be able to achieve the achievements of General Meng Tian."

He's just plain humble.

Perhaps later generations' impression of Han Gaozu is often an illusion that without generals such as Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Ying Bu, they would not be able to fight.

But in fact, if you really understand the history of the late Qin Dynasty, you will find that when he led the army in person, his record was almost always a victory or a tie. same number.

There are so many big defeats, it is because the opponent is too weak.

Such as Xiang Yu.

For example, Mouton.

Even later, when the anti-bone boy Yingbu wanted to rebel, he dared to revolt only after he was sure that Liu Bang was old and frail and would not personally lead the army to conquer him...

Therefore, Liu Ji definitely has a way of fighting wars!

……

The Qin army recuperated overnight to recharge their batteries, and before dawn the next day, the drums for soldiers had already sounded.

The gang leader buried the pots to make food, and the more than [-] soldiers ate and drank enough. Then, like yesterday, they set up a large siege formation on three sides, facing the morning glow, and pressed towards the stone city.

This time, the Qin army pressed very close, until it overwhelmed the moat, and only started to set up firearm positions at the edge of the bow and crossbow range!
At this time, the flood under the city has receded, and the moat has returned to its original water level.

However, the defensive facilities inside the moat had already been soaked in water, and the ditches, traps, and bunkers were filled with water that had frozen with thin ice.

thump—

dong dong——

dong dong dong-

The battle drum sounded, and the Qiang warriors, under the cover of the chariot, advanced to the side of the low wall built a few days ago, waved their shovels to dig it down, and pushed it into the moat.

It took several days of hard work to build the wall, but it was much easier to destroy it. In less than half an hour, the low wall had disappeared.

The Allied Forces of the Western Regions in Stone City shot waves of arrows, but they failed to stop the Qiang warriors from destroying the low wall!

After the low wall was destroyed, the Qiang warriors followed the order step by step, either pushing the trench bridge carts to the side of the moat to erect trench bridges one after another, or pushing the trench filling carts directly into the moat to quickly fill out passages with sand and soil.

The coalition forces of the Western Regions couldn't bear it anymore, and used the only remaining trebuchets again, trying to destroy those various siege equipment.

However, the trebuchet hidden behind the city wall was set on fire by the Qin army's firearms as soon as it shot a round of boulders, and then completely misfired...

After losing the only remaining heavy defense equipment, the coalition forces of the Western Regions had no way to deal with the step-by-step Qiang warriors. They let them shoot round after round of dense feather arrows, but they could not hurt the Qiang people hiding behind the siege equipment. warrior!
The Qin army's siege seemed to be in no hurry, but in fact it advanced extremely fast, and it also had a strong sense of oppression as stable as Mount Tai.

When the sun was rising, the vehicles of the Qin army had already passed the moat, filled up the trenches and traps, and approached the city gate and the continuous city wall!

Yesterday, Lei Zhe thought that Qin Jun would attack one side, but he actually made an empirical mistake.

Meng Tian's plan was to attack from three sides from the beginning, because the Qin army had firearms, so the difference in strength was not a problem.

The three city walls were in emergency at the same time, which made Toriti, who is the chief general of the reserve army, feel devastated for a while, and what made him even more strange was why the Qin army had already killed the defenders on the three city walls without using firearms after a round of firearms. , I was forced to be anxious again and again.

So, after he climbed up a city wall and took a look, he saw that Qin Jun's chariot was about to push under the city wall, and he couldn't help jumping up and cursing: "Idiots, they are all idiots... such a way of fighting , I give you all the backup reinforcements, how can I resist the advance of the assault vehicles... Do you expect the feather arrows to shoot those sturdy assault vehicles to pieces?"

"Falling soldiers down the city, fighting with the Qin army, hacking with big axes, burning with fire, destroying these tortoise chariots, never let them get close to the city gates and city walls~!!!"

(End of this chapter)