The Summoning World of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 718 The Deadly Moat
Zhang Hao chose to send troops in the evening, so that he could dare to reach Guangling City at midnight.

This is particular. Once a person arrives at around two o'clock at night, it is the most sleepy time. Most night raids in ancient times have followed this rule.

Zhang Hao is also considered a veteran in the army, so he naturally knows this rule.

Let's say that after dispatching [-] troops from Guangling that day, Xue Rengui directly dispatched most of the troops from Guangling City to Wuguan, fearing that there would be mistakes in Wuguan, leaving only [-] troops stationed in Guangling City.

In other words, as long as I, Xue Rengui, are in Guangling City, it doesn't matter whether there are troops stationed there or not.

This kind of self-confidence is not something ordinary people can have.

As usual, after Xue Rengui inspected the city tower, he found nothing unusual, so he returned to the mansion and began to rest.

Fang Tian's painting halberd is in Xue Rengui's bedroom. He also wears iron armor when he sleeps, and never leaves his body.

The Qin army on the city tower didn't think there would be any problems. It was almost time, and all the defenders leaned against the city wall and began to doze off.

It's just that two soldiers woke up from time to time, and looked outside the city quickly to make sure there was nothing unusual, then continued to doze off with the spear in their hands.

"General, something is wrong. We have already spotted Qin Jun's outpost outside the city tower. If we rush over directly, we may be discovered!"

A scout got off his horse and reported to Zhang Hao.

Hearing this, Zhang Hao said in amazement: "This Xue Rengui can be a general of Qin's five armies, so he is an incompetent person who actually set up a sentry outside the city wall..."

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Hao said: "Send the order, the ladder, the flying claws are ready, I will come and fight with Xue Rengui to see who has the best luck!"

While speaking, Zhang Hao stood up and glanced at the war horse behind him. The horse's mouth and hooves were covered, and it was a standard night attack suit.

"Get on the horse, everyone give me enough strength to take Guangling City. I will allow you to rob it for a day and a night. After a day and a night, we will go and take Hancheng! It is the most affluent place in Qin State !"

Although the soldier didn't respond, his eyes were red.

If Deng Qiang was here, he would absolutely oppose Zhang Hao to do things like looting the city, but Zhang Hao didn't think so. If he wanted to mobilize the fighting power of the soldiers in a short time, this was definitely the best way!

"Kill!" Zhang Hao turned the big knife wheel in his hand, and the big knife burst into a violent sonic boom in the air.

Lei Jiu is the ninth son and the youngest son in the family. His elder brother followed Li Cunxu to the north, and he himself did not receive much care from the army. He was only on duty at night in this cold weather.

He opened his mouth, looked out of the city tower, and couldn't help but walk a few times to drive away the cold air all over his body.

"Ok?"

Lei Jiu suddenly saw a rocket soaring into the sky, and he was stunned for two breaths before he understood—enemy attack!
"My gong!"

Lei Jiu turned around and threw away the long spear in his hand, grabbed the ground, and caught a gong. Before he could get to the small hammer, he pulled out the sword hanging from his waist, and beat the gong frantically with the sword!

"Clang clang-"

The crisp sound of the gong echoed in Guangling City under the darkness of night.

"Enemy attack!"

More and more voices echoed, and the entire Guangling City immediately boiled.

"attack--"

Zhang Hao held a big knife in one hand and roared!

"attack!"

Countless soldiers rushed forward, the moat outside Guangling City was so wide that a ladder couldn't even reach the other side!

Zhang Hao's forehead suddenly dripped with cold sweat, he made a mistake!
This mother can't even get through it, that bastard dug the moat so wide?

"What are you looking at! Hurry up and dig the soil and fill it up!" Zhang Hao shouted loudly.

"General, we came here this time. We didn't bring tools such as hoes, so we couldn't dig the soil!" A general shouted, also sweating profusely.

As this charge came, thousands of people couldn't stop, and they were transferred inside the moat.

"Damn it! Who did this, and how did you make the moat so wide?" Zhang Hao kept cursing, like a resentful woman cursing the street.

Under normal circumstances, a moat is dug wide enough to be able to reach the opposite bank with a ladder, but the moat in front of Zhang Hao...is really too much, and at least two ladders are needed to reach the opposite bank in front of him!

While Zhang Hao was cursing endlessly, Xue Rengui, the initiator of the moat, had already rushed to the city wall on a broken soul horse.

Seeing that the enemy troops outside the city were blocked outside the moat, Xue Rengui climbed up the tower, looked around at the soldiers on the left and right, laughed and said: "You complained that the moat would be three times wider, but today you have seen the benefits." ?”

Zhang Haojun, who became Zhang Haojun, held a torch, but was blocked outside the moat. Qin Jun on the tower laughed loudly one by one.

Xue Rengui waved his hand, and everyone fell silent.

"Where did you become a thief, how dare you offend Daqin?" Xue Rengui gathered all his strength, and his violent voice echoed in the night sky.

When Zhang Hao heard this voice, his hands and feet were already numb with fright.

"Withdraw!" Without even thinking about it, Zhang Hao ordered the withdrawal of the troops directly. This is really too rascal and hooligan. I have never seen such a moat, even Cai's capital Shouchun, which is backed by the Yangtze River. Extravagant enough to build such an exaggerated moat.

From the tower of Guangling City, you can see the sea of ​​flames quickly disappearing into the night sky. It is the enemy army retreating with torches...

This can't be blamed on Zhang Hao. Guangling City was originally densely populated. Due to the needs of the war, the population of such a large city was abruptly removed. The city was completely rebuilt according to Xue Rengui's plan. There are vertical and horizontal waterways and straight roads , all barracks, and even all canteens...

As for the wide moat outside the city, how did the soldiers in the city get out?

It's very simple, Xue Rengui has already referred to the way of traveling at the east gate of Hancheng, directly laying a flat boat on the moat, and then going out, and when I don't need it, I take the flat boat back, and even the suspension bridge is saved.

Fangzheng Xue Rengui doesn't think it's troublesome. The purpose of making this moat is to defend the city from the enemy's attack.

No matter whether you have 1 people, 5 people, or [-] troops, if you want to touch my city wall, you should first give the moat that the two ladders in front of you can't reach to the bank. Fill it out.

This time, Zhang Hao led an army of [-] to stay up all night to sneak attack, but he didn't even touch the city wall, and drowned thousands of people in the moat, not to mention how aggrieved he was.

"This is really an idiot leading the army!" Xue Rengui laughed: "I will take care of you here. If this person comes to sneak attack, I am afraid that something went wrong in the battle in Jianyang City in the north. All the troops will go back to have a rest. Tomorrow Liben will send troops northward."

Hearing what Xue Rengui said, one of the generals cupped his hands and said, "General, should we send out scouts now to inform General Zhang Liao of Wuguan and Master Di of Hancheng?"

Xue Rengui thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "No, the enemy army is still wandering outside the city. It would be dangerous if they snatched our letter. Sweep out the bandits!"

"Here!"

At that moment, all the soldiers retreated. According to what Xue Rengui said, go to sleep when you feel comfortable. Filling up the moat is not an easy task.

Zhang Hao suffered a dumb loss outside Pingyang City, lost all his face, and retreated to the Mangrove Army Stronghold in one go, beheading all the hundreds of prisoners of the Qin Army in the Mangrove Army Tent.

If these guys hadn't deliberately fooled himself, how could he have returned in such a dismal manner?
After killing hundreds of people in one go, Zhang Hao's anger also subsided a lot when he saw the piles of human heads. The question now is what should he do?

If you lead the army to attack Fengcheng and Yancheng, you will have to cross the Huai River to open the gap from the north...

It was a good idea to do so, but Zhang Hao made Xue Rengui aware of his existence because of the warning ahead of time. If he went this way, he was worried that his back would be cut off by Xue Rengui. A lone army will be exhausted sooner or later...

The sky was already bright, but Zhang Hao, who hadn't slept all night, couldn't sleep at all.

"Report—General, General Deng Qiang's scouts are here!"

Zhang Hao got up quickly: "Where is it?"

The guard immediately brought in a martial artist who was still covered in dew. The martial artist was blue from the cold in the winter and trembling non-stop. He took off the bamboo tube that he had sealed in the north, and then In front of Zhang Hao, he pried open the bamboo tube sealed with paint, and then handed the letter to Zhang Hao.

After Zhang Hao watched it, he realized that the battle situation in Jianyang City had undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Since Deng Qiang is already on the way, why don't I tell him about the predicament here?" Zhang Hao immediately picked up his pen and briefly talked about the situation on his side.

"Give this letter to your general. Remember, it must be fast!" Zhang Hao said, and then ordered to prepare two generous cotton coats for the scout, and continue on the road!

The scout thanked him repeatedly, and the painter in the army came, quickly put the letter envelope in the bamboo tube, and then handed it over to the scout to leave.

Zhang Hao sent out two groups of scouts, one of which went to the chasm and swamp, and crossed the Huai River to inquire about the news of Fengcheng. She didn't want to encounter such an oolong incident in Guangling City again.

The other way, of course, is to go south to see what Xue Rengui is doing.

Zhang Hao himself was not idle either. There were quite a few siege equipment in the Qingni Forest Army Stronghold, and the ladders he carried to the south before were from the Qingni Forest.

As for weapons, arrows, and these consumables, there are more!

(End of this chapter)