Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-11-19

Long Qi looked at Yingchuan City from the army, he had already noticed that the arrow rain on the city was greatly reduced, and finally a smile appeared on his face.The feint attack these past few days was not in vain. After all, the crossbow arrows in the city were exhausted. In this way, taking Yingchuan City by myself would not hurt too many soldiers' lives.With a wave of Long Qi's hand, a messenger immediately walked up to him, waiting for his order.After squinting his eyes at the city wall that was not very strong, Long Qi said in an unquestionable voice: "The whole army obeys the order and must take down this Yingchuan City before sunset today. The crossbows and arrows in the city are exhausted , the soldiers guarding the city are far inferior to me, if you can't take down the city today, then you and I don't have to go back to meet the Overlord."

The messenger immediately took the order and left, and after a while, the military order reached the ears of every soldier.In the past few days, the Chu army has also been suffocated. Although people continue to rush up, they have to retreat as soon as they reach the range of the Qin army. Now they can finally fight the Qin army for real.Under the command of their respective generals, the soldiers of Chu lined up their siege formations, and the powerful ones had already put the bumper and the ladder at hand, and waited for the general's order to attack at the fastest speed. .

Long Qi looked at the high-morale soldiers with satisfaction, and his heart was full of confidence. He believed that with the number and strength of the Chu army, Yingchuan City would be theirs before sunset.He looked at Yingchuan City again and saw that the rain of arrows on the top of the city was a little weaker than before, so he took a deep breath and said loudly: "Beat the drum! The whole army is attacking!"

What the Chu army was waiting for was this military order. With the sound of the rumbling drum resounding through the sky, the Chu army had already rushed towards the city wall with shouts.This time their formation was completely different from the feint attacks of the previous few days. The soldiers in the front were all holding huge wooden shields, and behind them were the soldiers carrying bumpers and ladders. Behind them are the Chu soldiers who are preparing to go to the city to fight.

The Qin soldiers in the city suddenly heard the majestic drums in the Chu army's formation, and saw the entire Chu army's camp that had not moved for several days move, so they knew that the Chu army was about to attack aggressively.After Liu Liu heard the news, he immediately ordered: "All the crossbowmen shoot at the Chu army who are carrying ladders and bumping logs. Without them, no matter how many Chu soldiers there are, it would be impossible to capture Yingchuan City."

But not long after, he was disappointed. Those huge shields completely covered the Chu soldiers behind him. The crossbow arrows could only hit the shields and made a sound, but they couldn't stop the Chu people's attack. .Because the soldiers in front had to hold their shields, their marching speed must be consistent, otherwise the uneven attack would give the Qin army in the city an opportunity to take advantage of it, so their forward speed was not very fast.But it is this unhurried marching speed that puts more pressure on the defenders than rushing up all at once.Seeing that their arrows could only be nailed to Chu people's shields in all likelihood, those crossbowmen were stunned and didn't know whether they should continue shooting.Liu Liu looked at the approaching Chu army and knew that these crossbow arrows could no longer stop them, so he decisively ordered to stop shooting arrows, and asked other soldiers to move stones and other objects to the edge of the crenel. , Just use these to smash them down.If it weren't for the fact that the crossbow bolts were almost consumed a few days ago, and now all the crossbowmen were transferred to the top of the city, those shields would not be able to cover all directions.Now Liu Liu could only sigh, preparing for the start of the cruelest battle.

Finally the Chu army came to the city, and immediately there were soldiers carrying ladders rushing out of the shield formation, and quickly put ladders on the top of the city. The Chu soldiers began to climb up the ladder.Then those Chu soldiers who were carrying the bumper also rushed over, shouting loudly and crashing towards the closed city gate.

Liu Liu in the city saw that the Chu army finally put up the ladder, and immediately ordered the soldiers to throw down the stones to prevent those Chu people from climbing up.At this time, he also heard the booming sound from the city gate, and immediately knew that the Chu army was attacking from both sides at the same time, so he ordered those crossbowmen standing on one side to rush to the top of the city gate and shoot arrows at the Chu army. Make them unable to hit the door smoothly.

Seeing that the crossbow arrows of the Qin army could not stop his troops from reaching the bottom of the city this time, Long Qi couldn't help but feel relieved. Then he saw stones and trees constantly falling down on the city, knocking down the soldiers of the Chu army who were climbing up. It fell back to the ground, bloody and bloody, but this was what he expected, he never expected to take down Yingchuan City without any casualties.Calmly and calmly, he immediately ordered the Chu army to ignore the stones and trees thrown from above, and ordered the Chu army to continue going up the ladder.Finally, nearly half an hour later, the first soldier of the Chu army boarded the top of the city.Although he was hacked and killed by the Qin army in the city as soon as he went up, it also greatly inspired the Chu army who was still climbing up.As for the Chu soldiers who were banging on the door and half dodging to parry the crossbow arrows at the city gate, they were still exerting their strength there, but the city gate remained motionless.

It turned out that after seeing people from Chu hitting the city gate, Liu Liu immediately ordered people to reinforce the city gate. At the same time, he also piled up some sundries that had been prepared at the back of the city gate to withstand the force of the impact and increase the impact. Shangchu's military force hit it with all its strength, so although the sound of bangs could always be heard, the city gate remained motionless.

Liu Liu ran back and forth on the city wall with a spear, and kept cheering up the Qin army guarding the city to prevent the Chu people from climbing the city.But even so, the Chu people, who were far more numerous than their own side, slowly attacked near the crenels of the city wall.The stones and other things at the top of the city have all been used up, and the Qin army defending the city will start a head-on confrontation with the Chu army.

Looking at the situation, Liu Liu knew that Yingchuan City could no longer be defended, so he gave the order to retreat.While the Chu people were still busy turning in from outside the city, the Qin army standing firm at the top of the city went down as fast as possible.After arriving at the city, go to the north gate together with other soldiers in the city.Their mission of defending the city has been completed, and it is time to abandon the city and retreat.They had already made preparations at the north gate. As soon as they arrived, the soldiers waiting there immediately opened the city gate and threw Yingchuan County to the Chu army.

Looking at the soldiers from outside the city, Long Qi finally boarded the city, and a big stone in his heart fell to the ground.He looked up at the sky, the sun was still high in the sky at this time, his soldiers did not disappoint him, they took down the Yingchuan City just after noon.When the city gate opened and he rushed in with other soldiers, there was no Qin army fighting his soldiers in the city as he imagined, and there were no people in the city except the Chu army.

It turned out that after learning that the city could be abandoned, Liu Liu had already made up his strategy of defending the city first, and then abandoning the city and leaving once the city really couldn't be defended.Just a few days ago, he had already let the people in the city go out of the city and take refuge in the mountains.

Seeing that Yingchuan City, which he had worked so hard to take down and killed and injured thousands of soldiers, turned into an empty city at this time, Long Qie only felt bitter.But now the soldiers were very tired, and it was impossible to go out of the city to chase those Qin soldiers, so he had to order the whole army to rest in the city. "After the Qin army changed the emperor, it is really different from before. The Qin army in the past would rather die in battle than abandon the city." Long Qi walked in the empty city, thinking in his heart, he would not leave the city. I know whether this is good or bad for me. If I say it is good, I only get an empty city after laying down a city like this. But if I say it is bad, now my soldiers can at least rest and recuperate, instead of going into the city and fighting with each other. The Chu army fought in the streets, causing more soldiers to die here.

At this time, his personal soldiers ran over and asked: "General, the other generals have already settled down their troops. They asked me to ask the general, what should we do next? Should we stay here for the time being, or go to the city after resting?" Go north?"

After thinking about it carefully, Long Qi said: "Let me report the situation here to Overlord and let him make a decision. In my opinion, it is best for our three-way army to go north together, so that we can have a good relationship with each other." a care."

Long Qie captured Yingchuan City, but Xiang and his tens of thousands of horses were blocked by Handan City.Although the Qin army in Handan City is less than [-] people, because Handan City has a good location and the city wall is two feet higher than normal, no matter how they attack it will help.

Xiang Zhuang angrily took off his armor and cursed: "These Qin people are too gutless. Even if I scold the sky, they won't come out of the city to fight with us. It's been almost ten days. However, we still have nothing to do with the city walls of Handan, if this continues, what will the Overlord think of us!"

Xiang He sat on one side but didn't feel any anxiety on his face. He shook his head and smiled and said, "Brother Zhuang, why do you have the same temperament as the Overlord? It's just because the high wall of the city blocked us for a while. Why don't you Can't hold back? There are only [-] people in the city now, but we have [-] people. This Handan City must not be able to hold it. It's just that the Qin soldiers in the city are not in chaos. Wait until I find a way to let them When things get chaotic, the walls of Handan City seem to be twice as high and twice as thick as they can't stop our attack."

Xiang Zhuang knew that Xiang Ta was also a resourceful person, so he became interested when he heard what he said, and asked, "How do you make the Qin army in the city mess up? As long as you can let me break the city as soon as possible, I will do anything." I can listen to you."

Xiang He smiled slightly and said, "It's not the time yet, let's wait a few more days for us to attack."