Daqin: Prince Peerless, guarding Hangu for ten years!

Chapter 387: South Korea is next!
An hour later.

The Qin army's offensive has stopped.

The Zhao defenders on the city wall were all in shock, leaning on the city wall with pale faces and dejected expressions.

Corpses were carried off the city wall one after another, and even some of the seriously injured defenders still clung to the city wall, fearing that the Qin army would suddenly attack them.

For Zhao Jun on the city wall, this moment seemed as long as a century. Listening to the screams, wails and helpless cries for help that kept ringing around him, he felt extremely tormented and helpless in his heart.

After an hour of fighting, the Zhao defenders on the city wall never inflicted any serious damage on the Qin army under the city wall.

On the contrary, they suffered a lot of casualties in the face of the Qin army's fierce arrow rain offensive.

If it had not been at night and the Qin army's sight was affected, they believed that their casualties would be far more than this due to the strong strength of the Qin army.

The county guard looked panicked and ran to Zhao Yu. Taking advantage of the pause in the Qin army's offensive, he hurriedly asked: "General, the Qin army suddenly launched an offensive. What should we do now? We can't keep watching the Qin army wantonly. Are you going to kill my Zhao soldiers?"

Zhao Yu clenched his fists tightly and looked around at the injured soldiers, feeling helpless in his heart.

As a general, why would he want to see this scene!
None of the remaining Zhao people were determined to fight to the death. If they were to huddle in the city and let the Qin army massacre them, it would undoubtedly not be a heavy blow to the Zhao defenders.

But there is nothing to do!

Their bows and arrows did not have as far a range as the Qin army and could not hurt these Qin soldiers at all.

Not only could they not leave the city to meet the enemy, they even had to face the Qin army's offensive. In order to reduce the casualties of the army, they could only choose to avoid the Qin army's offensive as much as possible and wait for news from Qi.

As long as Qi State can send troops to aid their Zhao State, other countries will no longer fear the powerful Qin and will definitely send troops to aid their Zhao State.

After all, once this restraint that has lasted for hundreds of years is broken, the entire situation will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Once their Zhao State is annexed by Qin State, other countries will slowly be cannibalized and annexed by Qin State.

By then, no one among the nations will be able to resist this powerful country of tigers and wolves.

Now not only could they not take the initiative to attack, they also had to guard the city wall to prevent the Qin army from suddenly launching an attack.

Now, their only hope lies in Qi State!
Immediately, Zhao Fu looked at the Qin army outside the city wall, then turned to look at the Zhao defenders on the city wall, and shouted loudly: "My soldiers of Zhao, the Qin army is cunning. They use their arrows to take advantage of This has demoralized our Zhao army, and the Qin army's purpose is to provoke you and make you go out of the city to fight with them."

"Once you leave the city, you will completely fall into the trap of the Qin generals. As long as you leave the city, you will face attacks from countless Qin troops and countless war horses. This battle is related to the survival of our Zhao country and must not be defeated!"

"All soldiers should guard their respective positions, find bunkers, conserve their strength as much as possible when the Qin army launches a general offensive, and wait for the arrival of Zhao's reinforcements!"

After listening to Zhao Yu's words, countless soldiers' eyes suddenly shone with light, and their faces were filled with unconfident looks and discussions.

"Reinforcement?"

"We actually have reinforcements?" "Impossible! Wei, Han, and Chu are not willing to assist our Zhao State, and Yan State is unwilling to send troops to assist our Zhao State. Where can we get reinforcements now?"

"That's right. Apart from our Zhao State, which country dares to openly confront the Qin State? With the current strength of the Qin State, no country dares to compete!"

"No, no, General Zhao will never lie to us. If he says there is one, there will definitely be one. Although the other four countries are unwilling to assist our Zhao State, there is still the Qi State. Maybe the Qi State will send troops to assist our Zhao State!"

"Qi State? Impossible. Who among these countries doesn't know that Qin and Qi have never violated each other? What's more, there are still interests between them, and Qi State has always attached great importance to the development of interests. How could they Why should we, Zhao State, openly give up our interests with Qin State and go against Qin State?"

"Why is it impossible? In these troubled times, how long can a relationship maintained by interests last? Besides, the kings of Qi and Qin have not signed an alliance agreement, so there is no possibility of aiding our Zhao country!"

"..."

For a time, countless defenders on the city wall had different opinions, and their initially panicked expressions gradually calmed down as they discussed among themselves.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Fu let out a long breath. Although he didn't know whether the Qi State Congress would assist Zhao State, but now, he didn't care so much. He could only calm down the panic of the Zhao State defenders first. , in order to withstand the subsequent Qin army's offensive.

And this time.

Yingjun led the army and was already on the way to Daijun.

After calculations by Li Cunxiao and Dian Wei, in addition to the soldiers killed and injured in the past few days, the number of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry has now increased from the original 5000 to 1.

The Beiwei army under Dian Wei also increased from 1 to [-].

Overall calculation, including those captured Zhao troops, the overall strength of the army has been increased to 20.

Ying Jun was not surprised at all by this. Now more than half of Zhao's territory has been included in Qin's territory. Without some improvement, wouldn't the soldiers killed and injured in the siege these days have been sacrificed in vain? It's not much for Yingjun.

After all, these soldiers are far from being compared with the terrifying combat capabilities of the Hubao Cavalry and Beiwei Army under his command, but he also knows that the strength of the Hubao Cavalry and Beiwei Army is not just based on strength. , sophisticated equipment is also part of it.

Compared with the equipment of the Zhao army, whether it is the Beiwei army or the tiger and leopard cavalry, the armor worn by everyone is hundreds of years ahead of the Qin state, and its toughness is not comparable to that of these armors.

Therefore, if you want to completely improve the combat capabilities of Qin's soldiers on the battlefield, you can only start with these armors. As long as the equipment is upgraded, and with the fearless spirit of the Qin warriors, their combat effectiveness will surely increase several times again.

Thinking of this, Yingjun sighed deeply and shook his head slightly.

Although pig iron was not developed and used during this period, it was extremely rare in the Central Plains.

It is not difficult to see from the last purchase of pig iron. Not long ago, he asked Fan Sui to spend three times the price to purchase it from other countries. In the end, he only purchased less than [-] kilograms. The rest came from South Korea, which produces pig iron. It was robbed, which shows how rare pig iron is in the Central Plains.

Korea?

A glint suddenly appeared in Yingjun's eyes, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a smile: "In that case, South Korea will be next!"

(End of this chapter)