Ni Chu

When the first light of dawn jumped from the end of the horizon, piercing the dark night sky and bringing the first ray of light to the earth, the Qin army who had stayed on the city wall all night realized that besides [-] paces away, there was nothing but the ground. There was a vast expanse of whiteness, and there was nowhere to be seen Chu Jun's shadow.

The weather was already hot, and the fire below the city was still burning. Qin Jun, who had maintained a defensive posture on the city wall all night, was sweating profusely.It wasn't until dawn, when they saw clearly that the Chu army under the city had long since disappeared, that they let out a long breath, sat down on the ground and kept fanning the cool breeze with their palms.

After setting off the fire, Xiang Ye and Wei Feng went back to the barracks and had a good night's sleep. The sun climbed three poles the next day before he rubbed his sleepy eyes and walked out of the tent.

As soon as he reached the curtain, a soldier opened the curtain and rushed in, bumping into Xiang Ye.

"General...general...general!" The soldier bumped into Xiang Ye, his legs went limp in fright, and he stuttered for a long time before calling out "general".

"Will... what a fart!" Xiang Ye, who hadn't fully woken up yet, was bumped by the soldier and staggered back two steps. When he stabilized his body, he glared at the soldier and scolded in a somewhat depressed manner. Said: "I don't know what to do, why are you running around? Your sister was kidnapped and your wife was stolen?"

"Uh!" The soldier was a little scared at first, but after being scolded by Xiang Ye, his mood became calmer. He straightened his clothes, straightened up and said to Xiang Ye: "Report to the general, my sister is married a long time ago. My daughter-in-law ran away with Liu Laosan from the neighboring village last year!"

"Fuck!" The soldier's words almost didn't put Xiang Ye on the ground, this guy was so real, even his wife ran away with someone, and said it without hesitation.

He gave the soldier a gloomy look, and said angrily, "Tell me, what's the matter with running in in a panic?"

"We're going to attack the city." The soldiers bowed and said timidly, looking at Xiang Ye.

"We're going to fight!" As soon as Xiang Ye heard that he was going to attack the city, he quickly took off the armor from the shelf in the tent, and put it on his body without thinking. The soldiers hurried forward to help him put the armor on, and then Bow and stand aside.

After putting on his armor, Xiang Ye left the camp, and another soldier quickly helped him lead Chiji over.

He turned over and jumped on the horse. At this time, Meng Su and others also came out of the tent. They gathered together and followed Xiang Ye to the place where the army gathered.

Under the leadership of Xiang Yu, the Chu army marched mightily to the place they had visited the day before.

From a distance, they saw that there were still bits and pieces of fire burning under the city of Yongqiu. Under the baking of the fire, the city wall painted with mountain paint had a charcoal-black color.

"Where is Yingbu?" After the army formed their formation, Xiang Yu looked at the city wall of Yongqiu and shouted loudly: "Come and listen to the order!"

Ying Bu, who had black letters tattooed on half of his face, heard the shout, and galloped out quickly. He clasped his fists in front of Xiang Yu and said, "The last general will obey the general's order!"

After Yingbo came out, Xiang Ye couldn't help but glanced at Shi Lei twice.Half of Yingbo's face and Shi Lei's face are somewhat similar, they both have big black characters engraved on their faces, but Yingbo's face is engraved with the word "Prisoner", while Shi Lei's face is engraved with "" Obscenity" word.

Xiang Yu's gaze was still on the wall of Yongqiu in the distance. He raised the halberd in his hand, pointed at the wall, and said to Yingbo: "Order your troops to attack Yongqiu!"

"Decree!" Yingbo responded, and galloped back to his base.

"Listen to my orders! Start attacking the city!" Returning to the base, Yingbu raised his spear obliquely and shouted to the soldiers and horses in the base: "Kill!"

Following his order, tens of thousands of soldiers holding large shields rushed out of the Yingbu camp. These soldiers did not form a shield formation like the soldiers and horses under Jibu's command the day before, but shouted loudly to the Yongqiu The city wall rushed past.

Hundreds of Chu soldiers ran towards the city wall with a large shield in one hand and a siege ladder in the other; another twenty or thirty Chu soldiers rushed towards the gate of Yongqiu City carrying a thick log. past.

The Chu army spread out and rushed towards Yongqiu City like a tide.Seeing this, Li You in the city quickly ordered the Qin army to take precautions.

Qin Jun, who had just replaced the dead general and gave orders, stood on the top of the city. He did not look at the Chu army rushing towards the foot of the city like a tide, but stared nervously at Li You's face, observing Li You's face. Every little change in facial expression.

When the Chu army under the city rushed to a place only more than 300 steps away from the city wall, Li You waved his hand towards that general.After seeing Li You's gesture, the general shouted loudly: "The crossbowman listens to the order! Launch!"

With a loud roar from the general, the crossbowmen of the Qin army on the city wall shot densely packed crossbow arrows at the Chu army below the city.

A rain of crossbow arrows flew towards the city. When the crossbow arrows fell, Chu Jun quickly squatted down and blocked the big shield in front of him.The dense crossbow arrows shot into the Chu army, and there was a "crackling" sound on the battlefield, like raindrops hitting an umbrella.

After a baptism of crossbow arrows, Yingbu's combat strategy and Jibu's combat strategy immediately competed.

Yingbu broke up the soldiers and charged towards the city wall for the battle. On the surface, the discipline was loose and disorderly, but when the crossbow arrows fell on the city, the soldiers could hide behind the big shield to avoid it. Yingbo's soldiers did not pose much threat.

As for Ji Bu, advancing forward with a shield array, the tactical cooperation between soldiers is particularly important. A slight difference may cause a defensive hole, and it is easy to be broken by the Qin army's crossbow arrows.

The attacking Chu army squatted on the ground, advancing forward bit by bit, and saw that they had advanced to a place less than a hundred steps away from the city wall.

At this moment, the Qin army on the city suddenly added many archers into the battle sequence, and the arrows and arrows poured down the city together. Immediately, under the city of Yongqiu, a criss-crossing arrow net was intertwined within a hundred steps.

Under the dense arrow net, some Chu soldiers failed to protect themselves well after all, and fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.

"Kill!" The general who led the charge of the Chu army held a large shield and rushed towards the foot of the city first while resisting the rain of arrows falling from the city.

The Chu army who was carrying the log held a shield over his head, braved the arrow rain, lifted the log and rushed towards the city gate. Whenever the person carrying the log fell down, other people would immediately fill it up. .

Braving the rain of arrows, Chu Jun finally rushed to the bottom of the city, where flames were still jumping "beep beep bobo", and the stench of burnt corpses stimulated Chu Jun's olfactory nerves.

Some Chu soldiers couldn't bear the stench, and stretched out their hands to pinch their noses unconsciously. They just relaxed a little, and were shot by arrows falling from the city, and fell to the ground.

The Chu army who carried the log to the gate of the city violently hit the gate with the log, and the gate screamed in pain under their impact.

"Rolling oil!" On the top of the city, Li You held a shield in front of him, looked down at the Chu army who was hitting the city gate with his head, and shouted loudly to the general.

The general quickly ordered the soldiers to transport the boiling oil to the top of the city gate. The cauldron was very hot. The soldiers of the Qin Army wrapped their sleeves around the ears of the cauldron and carried the pot of boiling oil to the top of the city. Then it poured down on the city gate.

The boiling oil fell down, and there was a scream at the gate of the city. Chu Jun, who was poured into the boiling oil, screamed and covered his scalded face, and fell to the ground and twisted his body continuously.

Pots of boiling oil were poured down the city by the Qin army, and the Chu army who rushed to the gate of the city fell down one by one under the scalding of the boiling oil, and soon piled up on the ground a pile of corpses that seemed to have been fried.

Under the deterrence of the boiling oil, the Chu army gave up the attack on the city gate, and turned to rush towards the siege ladder that had been erected on the city wall.

With their big shields on their backs, the Chu army braved the rain of arrows to climb up the siege ladder, and climbed up the city wall with difficulty.

The Qin army on the city saw that the arrows could not hinder the Chu army too much, so many soldiers moved boulders and threw them at the Chu army who was climbing to the city.

The big shield has one advantage, that is, it can protect the fighters in a larger area, but at the same time, it also has a disadvantage, that is, when attacked, the force-bearing area is too large.

The Qin army's boulder hit the Chu army's shield that blocked the big shield above their heads and climbed up. The Chu army holding the shield below couldn't bear it, and fell towards the city like dumplings.

When the Chu army ascended the city, the Qin army's archers and crossbowmen aimed at the waist of the Chu army who was climbing the siege ladder, and shot the Chu army who only cared about protecting the top of their heads but ignored the lower half of their body from the ladder.

A group of soldiers of the Chu army finally climbed to the top of the city despite the boulders dropped by the Qin army and the arrows shot from the side. Only a few managed to gain a foothold.

As soon as the heels of the Chu army on the city wall stood firm, they swung their swords at the Qin army crossbowmen and archers beside them. Several Qin army crossbowmen were cut straight without any defense, and fell down screaming. on the ground.

Seeing someone climbing the city wall, the Qin army rushed towards them. Seeing the Qin army rushing towards them, the Chu army formed a circle and prepared to defend against the Qin army's attack.

The Chu army below the city was still swarming towards the city, and people were constantly shot down to the foot of the city by boulders and arrows.

The flames that ignited the night before were also smashed out by the bodies of the fallen Chu soldiers, and there were nearly a thousand dead bodies of Chu soldiers under the city of Yongqiu.

Just when the two sides were fighting to a critical juncture, there was a sound of Mingjin from the Chu army's formation.The Chu army who was attacking the city heard the sound of gold, and did not dare to delay, and quickly retreated to the main formation.

The Chu army who had already climbed the city wall heard the sound of gold ringing from the main formation, and smiled wryly at each other. The oldest soldier said to the companions beside him: "Brothers, it seems that we are going to die here today. My brother said to the brothers in advance that no one is allowed to go first when we get to the other end, and we will go on the road together when the brothers are gathered together!"

"Let's go on the road together!" After he finished speaking, several Chu soldiers raised their weapons at the same time, shouted in unison, and rushed towards the rushing Qin army.