Destiny Only Han

Chapter 97
Under the city of Wuguan, Cao Shen just held up his long sword.

"put!"

In an instant, another dense rain of stones hit the city wall.

But like the first time, the killing effect is equally touching.

But, it doesn't matter.

The trebuchet was only used to suppress the Qin army at the top of the city, so that they would not dare to show their heads and operate the crossbow, so as to cover the daredevils led by Fan Kui and quickly approach the city wall.

In the age of cold weapons, the most effective means of killing is always close combat.

Another reason is that the production of arrowheads, arrow shafts, and arrow feathers is very cumbersome, and the rain of arrows is covered. To put it bluntly, it is a waste of money.

After all, even if the arrows shot were won, the arrows would be recycled at most, and the shafts and feathers of the arrows would need to be redone.

Well, in "Braveheart", King Edward I of England said that it is too expensive to use arrows, and the Irish are used first, and the dead are free...

Under the city wall, Fan Kui led people to quickly set up a ladder.

Since taking over Nanyang County and accepting a large number of engineers, the Chu army's siege equipment has become more complex, effective and reliable.

Take the ladder as an example. When Fan Kuai and others launched a siege, they would find some wood and tie a few ladders in advance. Under the taunt of the Qin army at the top of the city, he ran back in despair to redo...

But now the ladder they use is not only just right on the top of the city, but also has a hook at the top of the ladder, so that it can be firmly attached to the city wall.

After all, to calculate the height of a ladder, all you need is a simple Pythagorean theorem.

Well, easy.

As early as the eleventh century BC, Shang Gao, a mathematician in the Zhou Dynasty, proposed the classic ratio of "go three, four strands, and five strings".

After a while, the ladder was on the top of the city, and the Qin army under the parapet was also holding a long halberd and a crossbow, ready to fight.

Under the city wall, Fan Kui threw a crossbow to Ji Xin: "I'll go first, you cover!"

After he finished speaking, he immediately raised his shield and went up with his sword in his hand.

Ji Xin was helpless. In fact, he also wanted to go up to fight first, but Fan Kui had already taken the lead, so he could only hold up the crossbow, look up the mountain through the crossbow, aim and shoot any Qin soldiers who dared to show their heads.

The daredevils on the ladder, holding their shields high, bent their bodies, climbed up the ladder like a bunch of ants. This is what is called ant attachment in military books.

The falling bricks, wood and stones, the roaring arrows, almost every moment, there will be soldiers who fall into the battle or the Qin army desperately defending the city, falling from the top of the city.

At this moment, human life is worthless.

But kindness does not command soldiers, not only Liu Bang in the distance, but also Cao Shen who is directing Zhang Shi to come forward to support, or Fan Kuai who is holding up his shield and holding his sword, all of them have not wavered in the slightest.

Finally, Fan Kui climbed to the top of the city first. With a loud roar, he hid his body behind the shield and rushed out, forcefully pushing several Qin soldiers far away, and firmly guarding the crenels where the ladders were placed behind him.

Behind him, the daredevils climbing on the ladders sped up their movements and climbed to the top of the city one after another.

"nice!"

Under the city wall, Ji Xin sighed, threw the crossbow in his hand, and crawled towards the top of the city with hands and feet.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Among the Chu army, the war drums rang.

When the first climbers reached the top of the enemy's walls, the battle was already drawing to a close.

It's just that on the city wall, the Qin army is still fighting stubbornly. They shouted to kill the enemy for the country, but they were outnumbered and fell under the swords and halberds of the Chu army.

In the guard's mansion in the distance, Li Cang, who was rumored to be hungover, burst into tears as he silently listened to the sound of brutal fighting coming from the distant city.

Beside him, a pregnant young woman with picturesque eyebrows put her arms around his head and comforted him softly:
"It's not your fault, you saved the lives of most people by doing this..."

"You know in your heart that it is impossible for them to surrender to the Chu army..."

"Rather than being killed from behind by your own people, it's better to be a hero on the top of the city, fight with the enemy with all your strength, and fight vigorously until the last soldier..."

Li Cang thumped his chest: "But I'm still very sad..."

The young woman patted him on the back, comforted him a few more words, then turned to tell the boy servant beside him: "Light the fire according to the plan..."

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"Wan Sheng!"

Cheers came from the top of Wuguan City. The Qin flag full of holes and black characters on a white background was thrown from the top of the city, and replaced by a battle flag of the Chu Army that was as red as blood.

Under the soaring flames in the distance, the Chu characters written in bird seal script are like a phoenix reborn from the ashes.

The men who dared to die in the battle were in high spirits, regardless of the pain of their wounds, they held up their swords and shields to celebrate the victory of capturing the city.

The city gate was wide open, and Liu Bang stood on the chariot with the battle flag in his hand, and slowly drove into Wuguan.

He was deeply moved, after Wuguan, there was no danger in the road ahead.

Many years ago, he once sighed in Xianyang City, he should be like this!

And now, the dream is about to come true!

He looked around, and what he saw were mighty and majestic soldiers with faces flushed with excitement.

But in his heart, for some reason, there was a trace of regret.

"It's a pity that the brat isn't here, otherwise, he could have seen with his own eyes how powerful his father is!"

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The news of Wuguan being breached reached Xianyang City a day later.

The Prime Minister's Mansion.

Zhao Gao, who had a false alarm because Hu Hai only lived in the Wangyi Palace and sacrificed to the ancestral temple, looked at the battle report sent by the fast horse, and was stunned on the spot, sweating profusely.

Where is Wuguan?

The southern gate of Guanzhong, although there are Gaoguan and Lantian in the future, there is no danger of mountains and rivers, so we can only fight against the enemy according to the city!
The point is that the current state of Qin does not have so many troops!

"I don't regret the beginning!"

Zhao Gao let out a long sigh, and if he had known about it, he would have let Zhang Han withdraw to Hangu Pass to protect himself.

At worst, divide Wang Guanzhong with him, and then slowly erode...

Suddenly, Zhao Gao remembered something. There was a Confucian scholar from Nanyang County who claimed to be an envoy from the Chu army to persuade him to surrender.

He looked at Ma Ping beside him and asked, "What was the name of that Confucian scholar from Nanyang County before? Where did we lock him up?"

Ma Ping recalled: "Wei Ningchang, under the order of the prime minister, put him in the prison of Tingwei's Mansion. He was delicious and delicious, but he was whipped twenty times a day..."

Zhao Gao sighed, "Hurry up, invite him out and let the best doctor treat him... Also, prepare the car, I'll go see His Majesty..."

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Wangyi Palace.

Hu Hai went hunting in the suburbs today, and he gained a lot, so he asked all the officials with a salary of more than a thousand stones to come, and he was going to share his prey with everyone.

He knew that many people were dissatisfied with his becoming the heir of the empire, so putting down his posture like this and having a banquet with everyone should be able to appease these people a little.

After the sky darkened, the banquet officially began.

With the sound of Shao music, dozens of graceful dancers danced graceful court dances, like willows swaying in the wind, which was too beautiful to behold.

Hu Hai showed off to everyone with a bit of drunkenness: "Everyone, do you know this thing?"

He clapped his hands, and several burly warriors came up carrying a huge cage.

Everyone took a closer look and found that what was locked in the cage was a beast with a shoulder height of more than six feet, a very short tail, no markings on its body, and a large white patch on its hip.

A fat, white and extremely tall official came out from behind the desk, looked carefully with the light of the torch in the warrior's hand, and said with certainty: "This is a deer, because it is a doe, it has no horns!"

"No, you're wrong..."

At the gate of the hall, Zhao Gaojian walked up to the hall, striding forward, looked at the fat man and said, "This is a horse!"

Some drunken fat people didn't care about the winks from their colleagues, and said unquestionably: "This is a deer!"

Zhao Gao looked around for a week: "You might as well ask all the ministers here, what is this?"

"is horse!"

"The prime minister said it was a horse, and it was a horse!"

Hu Hai's face changed, and his long and narrow eyes narrowed slightly: "Why do I think this is a deer?"

Zhao Gao smiled faintly: "Your Majesty is also wrong, this is a horse."

Hu Hai looked at the minister in the palace and asked, "What do you say?"

In an instant, needles could be heard falling in the huge hall.

But only the drunken fat man muttered to himself after a moment of silence: "This is a deer, it is a deer..."

Zhao Gao looked at him and said: "Shi Zhangcang under the pillar, lost his temper after drinking, and lost his manners before the emperor. Come, drag him out, and give him twenty punishments!"

As his words fell, a group of soldiers poured into the palace gate, dragging Zhang Cang out involuntarily.

Hu Hai's face also became more and more ugly.

Zhao Gao ignored him and said, "Your Majesty is tired, you all should step back."

After speaking, he briefly saluted Hu Hai, then turned and left.

Behind him, the ministers who had pushed the cups and changed the cups left one after another, leaving only Hu Hai, whose expression changed drastically, staring at the messy cups and plates and the empty hall in a daze.

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Three days later, Wangyi Palace slept.

Hu Hai sat in the palace blankly, watching the memorial sent by an eunuch risking his life, tears streaming down his face.

He asked in a crying voice: "The state affairs are already like this, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

The eunuch bowed his head and said nothing.

Suddenly, there was a shout of killing outside the hall, the door of the hall was kicked open, and two teams of soldiers entered one after another.

The first person is Zhao Gao's son-in-law, Yan Le, the magistrate of Xianyang.

Hu Hai scolded loudly: "What do you want to do?"

Yan Le said coldly: "Kill you."

Hu Hai begged: "Can you let me go, Qin Guo gives you, I only want to be the head of Guizhou."

When he was young, his elder brother Fusu once told him that the real death of a person is when everyone in the world forgets you.

He doesn't love the throne, he just wants to live!

In this way, his closest elder brother can live in his heart for one more day, even if it is only one day!
But in front of him, Yan Le shook his head slightly.

Hu Hai understood that there was no possibility of survival, so he picked up the long sword thrown by Yan Le and hung it on his neck.

"Linzhitoe, Mr. Zhenzhen, Yu Qilinxi..."

This is the poem Fusu taught him. He only hopes that when he sees his brother later, the other party can forgive him...

"Brother, Royal Father, I'm here to accompany you..."

(End of this chapter)