Ni Chu

The open space with a radius of dozens of steps below the city was filled with arrows shot by the Qin army, and there were Chu troops shot by the arrows everywhere.

Many wounded Chu soldiers fell to the ground and howled miserably, clutching their wounds, and the battlefield was shrouded in a heavy cloud of gloom.

These howling wounded soldiers of the Chu army quickly quieted down. Their bodies were pierced by the arrows that were shot afterwards, and heroic souls burst out of the ground and rushed straight into the sky.

Groups of officers and soldiers were injured and fell to the ground and then died. The dark city wall of Yongqiu seemed to have turned into a giant beast with a bloody mouth, constantly devouring fresh life.

General Cao, who was squatting in the shield formation, saw groups of Chu troops fall through the gap between the shields, and his heart was like a knife.

Those were all Tongze who had eaten with him, slept at the same table, and fought side by side with the Qin army. Although he was a partial general, and the charge was made by low-level officers and soldiers, he who fought from the bottom was watching When Tongze fell down one by one, his heart was still in pain.

"Kill!" Another batch of Chu troops fell, and General Cao could no longer bear the pain of watching Tongze die. With a roar, he rushed out of the shield formation with a small shield and rushed towards the city wall. past.

The crossbowmen of the Qin army on the city saw him rushing towards the city wall, and more than a dozen people quickly turned around and shot crossbow arrows at him.

General Cao was holding a shield, and when he saw someone shooting a crossbow at him from the city, he quickly rolled forward to avoid more than a dozen crossbow arrows that flew down. As much as three inches.

After a few maneuvers, General Cao rushed to the front siege ladder.

Fifty soldiers carrying siege ladders were shot by Qin Jun's bows and arrows, leaving only a dozen or so soldiers.General Cao rushed to the dozen or so soldiers, grabbed the siege ladder, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!"

More than a dozen soldiers saw that he also rushed up, and their will, which had been shot by random arrows, suddenly became firm again. They all shouted, and together with General Cao, they carried the ladder and rushed towards the city wall at a faster speed. past.

Courage and cowardice will also have an impact on the people around them. The appearance of General Cao bolstered the courage of the Chu army carrying the siege ladder. Many of the Chu troops who were squatting on the ground and shielding their bodies before him and the dozen or so Inspired by the soldiers, he also stood up, lifted the ladder and ran towards the city wall quickly.

Arrows that were as dense as raindrops "swish" flew past General Cao, and the Chu army in front of and behind him would fall down from time to time.

The fall of Tongze did not break his will to move forward. He howled, blocked the rain of arrows with his shield, and carried the siege ladder to the city wall with the people who had not yet fallen.

Twenty steps, ten steps, five steps!When they finally rushed to the foot of the city wall, only seven or eight people were left carrying the ladder with him.

"Siege the city!" When the ladder reached the bottom of the city, General Cao let go of the hand on the ladder, drew out his sword and shouted to the swarming Chu army: "Build the city ladder!"

A row of siege ladders was slowly erected under the push of the Chu army, and they were built on the black Puyang city wall.

"Go!" General Cao waved his hand and took the lead to climb up a city ladder. After climbing a few steps, he felt something was wrong. There is a feeling of sliding down every step.

On the top of the city gate, Li You put his hands behind his back and looked at the Chu army who was struggling to climb the city with a smile on his face.

He stretched out a hand, gestured to the side general, the side general nodded, and shouted to the Qin army on the wall: "Throw the big stone!"

Following the general's order, countless Qin troops began to move the boulders on the city wall to the edge of the battlements, and threw them at the Chu troops below the city.

The shield formation of the Chu army maintained its formation, and the archers were still hiding in the shield formation and firing arrows at the Qin army.When the Qin army on the top of the city began to move the boulders, the Chu army's bows and arrows also caused them a lot of trouble, but these Qin troops did not feel afraid at all, and still scrambled to lift the stones and threw them down the city.

A boulder fell head-on towards General Cao, and he quickly turned sideways, and the boulder fell against his body.

Several Chu soldiers who were climbing up behind him couldn't dodge in time, and were hit straight by the boulder. They didn't even have time to scream, and fell to the foot of the city wall and fell into a puddle of mud.

After the boulder hit those soldiers, it fell heavily on the siege ladder.The siege ladder swayed suddenly, and fell flat on the ground with a "wow".

General Cao was only two steps away from the city wall at this time, and the ladder fell downwards. He quickly let go of the shield and dagger in his hand, jumped up, and put his hands on the edge of the city wall.

The city wall was covered with a thick layer of mountain varnish, and it was very slippery when he picked it up. Fortunately, his hands didn't sweat. After he picked it up, he jumped up again and jumped towards the city wall.

When Qin Jun saw someone jumping on the city wall, he was taken aback. Immediately, more than a dozen people brandished weapons and rushed towards General Cao.

Two soldiers of the Qin Army rushed there first. As soon as General Cao stood up, two spears pierced his chest.

He didn't dodge, but just stretched out his hand to sweep forward, and the two spears were hit out of sight.

After the spear was missed, he grabbed the shaft of one of the spears again, and yanked inward, pulling the Qin army who was holding the spear, including the spear, to the front of him.

That Qin Jun was pulled in front of him, he wrapped his arm around Qin Jun's neck and twisted it violently, only heard a crisp "click", Qin Jun tilted his neck, his eyes widened, softly Limp on the ground.

General Cao pulled the spear from this Qin army, and before the other Qin army retracted the spear, he stabbed with it, stabbing that Qin army to death.

After killing two Qin Jun in a row, he jumped forward and counterattacked the rushing Qin Jun.

The dozen or so Qin soldiers rushing over didn't expect him to dare to counterattack, they were taken aback, and their footsteps froze for a moment.

General Cao shouted violently, and thrust his spear straight forward, piercing into the chest of a Qin army.At this time, another Qin army on the side also yelled and stabbed him with a spear.

As soon as Qin Jun's spear arrived at his side, General Cao leaned back and pulled out the spear that was stuck in the chest of another Qin Jun. With a tilt of the spear, the spear hit the waist of the rushing Qin Jun fiercely. Smashed it.

The spear shaft hit Qin Jun's waist, and Qin Jun was staggered, staggered a few steps, and fell to the side.Shocked by General Cao's bravery, the remaining Qin army stopped the attack and surrounded him in groups.

General Cao stared at the Qin army surrounding him, and then glanced at the edge of the city wall. Since he climbed the city wall, no soldier has followed him up.

The archers of the Qin army were firing arrows down the city one after another. He could hear the wailing of the Chu army coming from the city. Later, the wailing gradually decreased, and finally he could no longer hear the wailing from the city. screams.

completely annihilated!This was the only thought in General Cao's mind after the Qin Army's archers stopped firing arrows.A sadness welled up from the bottom of his heart. Nearly a thousand Tongze died on the battlefield just under a charge, and their deaths were meaningless at all. Some of them fell under the city of Yongqiu.

There was a burst of sound of ringing gold in the large formation of the Chu army, and the shield formation fifty steps away began to retreat slowly.

Every time the shield retreated a step, some Chu troops would fall under the crossbow arrows shot by Qin troops.

The first siege failed, and the failure was very complete. Except for General Cao who had already climbed the city wall, no one from the Chu army climbed to the top of the city.

"Come on!" General Cao yelled at the surrounding Qin army with rounded eyes, raised his spear and rushed towards Qin army.

When he rushed forward, Qin Jun, who had several circles inside and outside, stabbed forward with spears.The Qin army surrounded by a large circle pointed all their spears at a point in the circle, and this point was where General Cao was.

General Cao rushed forward. When he was only three or four steps away from the Qin army in front, a wall of spears pressed down on him. pierced through his chest.

When the spear pierced his back, the whole battlefield fell silent.There was no more shouting and killing around, no more the sound of the Qin army firing the crossbow when firing the crossbow.

All the Qin soldiers on the city wall looked at this man who was pierced like a honeycomb by a spear. In the eyes of each of them, it was not the light of hatred, but the endless admiration, the admiration for the hero.

General Cao tightly held the spear in his hand, and he waved his arm weakly. With the swing of his arm, the spear swayed up and down, and finally fell down helplessly.

He stood upright, supported by Qin Jun's spear piercing his body.A ray of heroic soul has already come out of the shell, but his body is still standing unwillingly, as if he will open his eyes in the next moment, and enter the Qin army again.

Xiang Ye looked at the city wall of Yongqiu from a distance, and he could feel that a tragic and tragic song of lofty ideals had just been played on the low and dilapidated city wall that was polished by the oily light of the paint.

The Qin army on the city wall was silent, and the Chu army surrounding the city was silent.The camps on both sides were in a panic, and no one even coughed.

"Ah~~" A shrill howl came from the Chu army's camp. The howl was not from the wounded soldiers who had just retreated, but from Ji Bu who had been riding on his horse and quietly watching the battlefield. dispatched.

After a miserable howl, Ji Bu rode his horse out of the formation and shouted to the Chu army in his headquarters: "Everyone, kill me! Avenge General Cao!"

Nearly [-] Chu soldiers howled and rushed towards Yongqiu City after Ji Bu.

"Quick! Stop them!" When Xiang Yu found out that Ji Bu was behaving abnormally and wanted to stop him, it was too late, and the Chu army had already rushed into the range of the Qin army's crossbow arrows.

The Qin army on the city fired crossbow arrows downwards, while the berserk Chu army became their best crossbow training target.

Many people fell down, but more people rushed towards the city wall of Yongqiu one after another, and there was a bloody scene of crossbow arrows touching human flesh under the city of Yongqiu.