Country and Beauty

Along with the taiwai Fu Cheng, seven thousand men from the twenty thousand men of the Catechism army died in battle, with more than three thousand injured. The rest surrendered. Zu Ti asked Ran Zhan to clean the battlefield. Jean had reported the situation and the outcome of the ambush to Xie Fei. After Xie Fei received the news, he laughed out loud and ordered his troops to continue to suppress and attack the Chengdu City walls.

Almost at the same time, Cheng Han Emperor Li Xiong also received the news. The twenty thousand man army ended just like that, Li Xiong was so angry that his heart fell on them, and he vomited blood and fainted. All the ministers of the Cheng Han palace fell into a state of confusion. The Prime Minister Fan Changsheng's face was gloomy.

When the Qin Army enters the river, they must pass through the five gates of Jia Meng Pass, Sword Gate Pass, Fancheng Pass, River Oil Pass and White Horse Pass. Li Qi was very depressed at the moment. A hundred thousand men were born, and when they returned, there were less than thirty thousand, almost half of them were injured, the other few who accompanied them also suffered heavy losses, the Miao, Yi, Ba, Bai Yi, and Ye Lang Clans had lost a few thousand warriors, all of them including the injured. All of them had died, and for the minority tribes, the loss of a large number of strong warriors was not a small price to pay. In addition to the front lines' defeat, low morale, heavy casualties, many soldiers dragging armoured weapons and broken flags, staggering and supporting each other as they walked at a very slow pace.

From Zhaohua (Jia Meng Guan) northwest of Tianxiong Pass, the north side of Baiwei Ling, Grand Cloud Mountain, Mao family stronghold, skyscraper, land pass. On the south side, there were: East Mountain Stronghold, Jianmen Pass, Bitter Bamboo Stronghold, Little Hanging Rock, Granite Stronghold, Qingqiang Ridge. It constituted a famous and dangerous mountain pass of the ancient Sichuan Dao. The so-called "Shu Dao is more difficult than the blue sky", "fear of the rocks do not climb" means here. It had become a barrier between the Hanzhong and the Central Plains into Shu [Gate of the Sword]. The terrain was steep and precipitous, and it served as the throat for the Central, Hanzhong and Ba Shu Clans.

When it was about time for Li Qi to retreat and return to the Shu Sword Sect, Du Ceng led the fifty thousand over elite Qin Army, along with the hundred thousand army of the Eastern General Chen An's army that had pledged their allegiance to him, and quietly entered the borders of the developed countries. Just as Li Qi was retreating to the Sword Door Pass, Du Ceng led her troops over to Jia Meng Pass.

With the help of the imperial guards and the Blood Blade special forces inside the city, Du Ceng managed to easily take over Jia Meng Pass without any bloodshed. Leaving five thousand troops to guard the city, the army continued to head south, heading towards Deyang. There was a secret message that Zhuge Mingyue had given to Du Ceng at that time, to try her best not to take down the army, not only would it reduce the casualties of Qin Army, it would also help strengthen the army and prevent conflicts between the army and the citizens. As a result, after taking over a few small cities in the east, on one hand, Du Ceng had to organize the army, assign the defensive tasks, and on the other hand, send messengers to the area of Deyang in front of Deyang to recruit the army. At the same time, the officials accompanying the army took up their posts urgently and issued out the order to the Qin State to pacify the people and resume production.

At this time, there was still another five thousand troops of the Qin State that were quietly approaching Zalantong. This unit was formed in ancient Qin, with five men in a single unit, with a commander; two soldiers for what purpose, one commander in chief, one in Wu Shitun, one in Wu Shitun, one in Wu Shitun, one in Er Tun, one in Er Tun, one in Bai Tun, one in Yi, eleven thousand, one in Qian Fu, and then a lieutenant cavalry officer, lieutenant general, Cockroach, vanguard general, deputy general, and general. The leader of this army was Wang Ling, the descendant of the famous Qin general.

He stood on the podium and shouted, "Soldiers and soldiers, the Duke of Qin has led the army to surround Chengdu, the capital of Cheng Guo. This general has ordered the Duke of Qin to lead the troops in a surprise attack on Tengtong City. Punishing traitors! "

"Achievements! Punishing traitors! " The five thousand soldiers raised their weapons and shouted loudly.

This unit was made up of more than a thousand survivors of the previous Qin Dynasty and local soldiers of the Qin Province. The whole army's standard equipment were a horizontal blade, a folded shield, a single foramina, and two foramina. There weren't many cavalrymen, only about five hundred. It was equipped with Qin Army's Light bright armor. Just as Xie Fei was about to enter Shu, Wang Ling led his troop and began climbing the mountains and rivers with Meng Tianhu and Bai Yi. He approached Zitong quietly.

The city of Zitong took up ten miles of the local garden, the city walls were several zhang tall, and they spanned over the east and west mountains. It was the first city to obstruct entry into the land of Shu, and after that, it would be the Pingchuan Basin. No matter if the carriages and horses traveled side by side, it would not be a problem to occupy this place, and control the stronghold of entering and leaving Shu and Shu. Shutong taiwai Fu Cheng led the army of Shutong to the city to support Chengdu. At this time, there were only two thousand elderly, weak, and handicapped soldiers on guard. Apart from dealing with a few bandits, they were completely useless against the enemy's military assault.

A group of hundreds of people were working on a combination siege weapon in the Qin State Wolf Army camp, such as a multi-function catapult, a spring hook gun, a high wall shield mechanism, and so on. All of these were blueprints designed by Xie Fei according to the knowledge of physics and the different types of siege weapon that appeared during the different dynasties of the past two thousand years, and the result was the combined efforts of Gan Xin, Zhuge Mingyue and a few thousand of Institute of Martial Studies's technicians. During the march, the huge equipment could be disassembled into a number of components, which could be quickly assembled during the critical moments of the siege.

In half a day, two hundred catapults were assembled. Wang Mausoleum allowed the troops to rest for half a day. The next morning, they attacked the city.

Five thousand men formed a phalanx outside the city of Zalantong, five hundred cavalrymen in front, two hundred light catapults followed by four infantry soldiers, each one carrying a catapult weighing less than three hundred pounds, with a range of two hundred paces. Two rows and two wings at the front, two thousand men at the back, holding a single foramina in their hands, carrying a quiver of arrows on their backs, were preparing to attack the city and shoot it. Different from the other troops, all the archers in Qin Army were equipped with horizontal blades. Even if the enemy army were to charge forward, the Qin Army had the ability to block them. Unlike the other troops, it was completely one-sided as long as they clashed.

At this time, the horn within the city of Zi Ling blew. The city guards rushed over in a fluster, standing on the tower and looking down, they shouted, "Who are you? Where did you get your troops from? "

Wang Ling turned his head to the side, and the assistant general, Meng Tianhu, understood what he meant and shouted: "Guard General listen up, I am the vanguard under the Great Qin's Rushing Wolf Army and the King's Tomb of the Academy Officer. I am also the vanguard under the King's Tomb of the Great Qin. "Open the gates to welcome Wang Shishi into the city."

Li Xiong was not a fake, since ancient times, his methods of dealing with traitors who commit acts of rebellion had always been extremely cruel and intolerable. The ones who cut off their heads were light, and the nine familial exterminations were the most common. But compared to the Jin State, as a former official of the Jin Clan, Zhong Wenliang was far too disappointed in the Jin State. However, he did not want to truly resist right now. The thousand men under his command were not even enough to fill the gaps in Qin Army's teeth. The masters of the Qin Army, the tigers and the wolves, had always been famous for their ability to fight. However, it was hard for him to surrender because when Li Xiong did not rebel, he was just an uncle-in-law of the Jin State's Luo County, a gatekeeper in charge of five people. When Li Te and Li Xiong were in a rebellion, he opened the city gates to welcome the army into the city. Continuously leveling up several levels. Zhong Wenliang pondered for a moment, weighing the pros and cons, before replying, "I'm sorry General Meng, without the King's will and the Tiger Tally, no troops are allowed to enter the city of Zitong. Please go back."

Meng Tianhu shouted: "How dare you! You are not letting Master Wang into the city! You are clearly allowing your vile subjects to run rampant, you are extremely foolish. After just three attempts, if the city does not open, the army will attack."

There were only two thousand troops defending the city, which meant that the city had five times the army and ten times the army. In other words, the city had five times the army and the city could be encircled and surrounded by ten times the army, while the Qin Army only had five thousand soldiers, which meant that the city was only two and a half times the army. However, he was not worried.

"If General Meng were to bring his followers into the city, naturally, all of the generals would listen to him. However, if you were to bring troops here to commit an offense, don't even think about it and quickly retreat. Otherwise, don't blame the defending army for firing your arrows." Zhong Wenliang thought to himself that the Bashu Li Clan's power was strong and that they might be able to push back the Qin Army very soon. To choose a position between the two forces, naturally they would have to rely on the Bashu Clan.

Wang Ling said in a low voice, "Soldiers, prepare to attack the city!"

"One, two, three … Fire the arrows! " "A guard holding a big bow fired an arrow high in the sky. With a" chi "sound, the arrow exploded in the air." Kill! " The two thousand archers shot their arrows at the top of the city gate. Immediately, the rain of arrows whistled through the air. The catapults under the city gate began to move, and under the cover of the rain of arrows, they rushed towards the city gate.

"Quick, all soldiers, counterattack!" The guard commander, Zhong Wenliang, roared. At the same time, the people and horses in the city started to clamor, and the defending troops from all directions started to gather at the city gate, preparing to block the attack of the enemy soldier.

As the name implied, the high wall shield car was a shield car similar to the high wall. It had a relatively simple structure, as long as a few thick wooden planks were nailed together to form a few large shields, with wheels below them, and then the ten large shield carts were placed side by side, as if they were high walls, they were pushed forward by soldiers. The bread in front of the big shield had layers of iron plates, and the arrows and oil were unable to harm it.

Under the cover of the huge shield, there were at least hundreds of soldiers pushing their armoured vehicles. Archers and crossbow archers followed closely behind, and the archers walking in front of them were like rows of wolf teeth that were protruding from the gaps in the huge shield, shooting at the defending army. Most of the archers behind them were unable to be covered by the huge shield, and could only look at the defenders on the city wall in the open; however, they were shooting at each other, and the dense rain of arrows was like locusts flying back and forth.

At this time, the position and angle of the stone-throwing machine behind him had been adjusted. The stone-throwing machine was supported by a large piece of wood, and the connecting part was connected with a piece of metal. Each one was pulled by a few robust men and had a range of up to two hundred steps. At this moment, however, the stone throwing utensils that were placed inside were not stones, but jars filled with a mixture of strong alcohol and fuel. Once thrown out, they would explode, and at the slightest moment, they would rain down fuel and alcohol on the ground. In terms of destructive power, Heaven Bombing grenade was unwilling to let go, but in terms of killing power, Heaven Bombing grenade was not even comparable to a firebomb.

This kind of strong alcohol was not the high purity alcohol used in modern times, but a type of flammable impurity alcohol. Adding the turpentine oil and fish oil, the moment the wine was thrown out and collided with the city walls, most of it would explode. Furthermore, the flammable liquid would spill out and attack the enemy with fire. Speaking of which, when attacking, cannons and Heaven Bombing grenade are actually more practical. Even if there was no catapult, as long as dozens of death squads were dispatched and the Heaven Bombing grenade was placed at the city gate to be ignited, no matter how strong the city gate was, it would not be able to withstand the gunpowder bombardment.

"Stone Throwing Machine, get ready to fire!" Wang Ling shouted.

A Academy Officer took over the order and immediately waved the order flag, the thousands of big sized men roared out together, with a tug of force, through the change in principle and energy, the urn was immediately thrown out, it was extremely powerful, it flew through the air in a parabola, and suddenly landed at the top of the city, under the confused situation of the defending army, with a few explosions, two hundred urns suddenly exploded, bursting out in two hundred bottles and shooting everywhere, causing the surrounding soldiers to be instantly injured, screaming in pain.

Immediately after the explosion, strong alcohol and fuel splashed out, sprinkling onto the crenellations of the city walls and the path at the top of the city walls. Flames were like tongues, and thick smoke rose up, igniting more than ten places of fire, "Ah …" Many soldiers who were on fire ran back and forth in fear. Some of them were rolling on the ground, while others directly fell off the city wall due to the burning pain.

Zhong Wenliang's expression changed greatly as he said in panic, "What is this? "To think that its destructive power would be so great. Quickly throw the flames onto its face and defend the city with all our might …"

The other generals were also shocked, the strategists were even more terrified, in the midst of the explosion, they almost fell over. The battle had just started, the soldiers of the two armies had not even started fighting, but everyone saw the endless power and methods the Qin Army had, and they were already unsure in their hearts.

"Get ready, throw!" Academy Officer waited for the soldiers to place the urn back before he shouted the order.

"Hey …" "Oh …" The brawny man pulled on the rope and pulled at the air. Dozens of urns were thrown out and collided with the city wall. A series of explosions occurred again and the fire quickly spread. The guards panicked and ran around, their defenses were in disarray.

At this rate, it wouldn't take long for the city to be destroyed. There weren't many troops in the city, and now that the morale was low, the situation wasn't looking good. At this time, Wang Ling did not allow the soldiers to directly attack the city, so the Qin Army's catapults continued to bombard the city.

"I heard that the one who attacked the North City was the Qin Army, the most valiant army in the Central Plains. Their soldiers were all victorious, this time we are in for a hard time, we can't hold on to the catechism." A young guard said to the surrounding soldiers.

"That's right, I also heard that not only did the Qin Army surround Chengdu, they have also occupied the eastern part of the land of Sichuan and are about to take over the entire Ba Shu. If we were to go against the Qin Army, we would definitely have struck the rock with our eggs."

"Will they slaughter the city?"

"Relax, Qin Army is a righteous teacher, as long as you surrender on the spot, they will not kill you!"

"Oh, that's good. Oh, right. Old Wang, what if the city breaks down? Will you surrender?"

If the city is broken, there is no need to fight to the death and be buried here. Furthermore, I have a wife and children in my family, so I do not wish to die here. I heard that the cities occupied by the Qin Army are open for the citizens to open up their stores and abolish the old system.

I also think that way, why don't we just get out of the armor and hide, and split up the food tomorrow? I still need to bring my family members to register to be part of the Han family, and I heard that as long as they become the Han nationality, they will be protected by the Qin Army. They also have many rights and benefits, so they won't need to be oppressed by the nobles anymore.

"There's no time to lose, let's go!" One of the veterans quickly threw away his weapon and took off his armor. Beside him was a team of thirty patrolling guards who followed suit. After taking off their armor, they all gathered together and hid themselves somewhere else.

This was not the only thing that was happening. As the two city gates were in a precarious situation, many civilians who had been captured to join the army began to retreat, making the defense of the city gates even more weak.

What's more interesting is that one of the soldiers of the guard said to his comrades, "I heard that the Qin Army's military merits are calculated by using a person's head. After killing the enemy's centurion, one can become a centurion and even the general who kills the enemy can become a general!"

A sturdy man around thirty years old spoke: "I have also heard that the Qin Army's soldiers have great profits. As long as they have a certain amount of military merits, not only can they get rewards, they can also get land."

He spoke without thinking, but he heard that it was intentional. Coincidentally, at this time, a centurion of the army arrived with several soldiers and shouted, "You few come over here. The city gates are in a hurry. Hurry and support the city gates."

The thirty year old soldier lifted his weapon and walked towards the centurion. Suddenly, his eyes were filled with killing intent. He raised his hand and swung his blade, causing his head to fall to the ground. The centurion, even in death, did not understand why his subordinate wanted to kill him.

This matter was just a fuse that gradually spread throughout the city.

Wang Ling, who was attacking the city outside the city, suddenly felt that something was wrong. The sounds of fighting within the city could shake the heavens. No one on the wall resisted. Wang Ling did not understand and ordered his troops to stop attacking. About an hour later, the four gates of Zitong were opened, and about a hundred blood-stained soldiers of Zitong put down their weapons and kneeled in front of Wang Ling's army with one or more heads in their hands. It took the hundred of them a great deal of effort to explain it. Wang Ling bitterly smiled. It seemed that he had delayed his time to be awarded the title of a general. This group of people were too shameless. In the city, let alone the officers, even most of the captains and sergeants were beheaded.

Speaking of which, Wang Ling's five thousand soldiers and horses had attacked Zirong, and there were more than two thousand soldiers guarding the city, which would more or less cause some casualties. But what made Wang Ling feel incredulous was that out of the two thousand people in the city, besides the soldiers who took off their uniforms and fled, as well as the over a hundred soldiers who surrendered, the rest were all beheaded. More than a thousand heads were placed in front of Wang Ling. Wang Ling took over Zitong at the cost of zero casualties.

According to Xie Fei's orders, the war in Ba Shu no longer had anything to do with his Royal Tomb.

Xie Fei did not expect that the situation would change so quickly. The Miao, Yi, Ba, Bai Yi, and Ye Lang Clan, with their reinforcements of over a hundred thousand people, were watching from the sidelines, as if they had lost confidence in Li Xiong. With a wall in front of them, history had never lacked people who would add insult to injury. Xie Fei shook his head and laughed bitterly. Other than Li Qi's thirty thousand broken soldiers, Li Ji's twenty thousand men, and Yang Xiong's ten thousand men from his brother's son, Li Ban.

Just as Xie Fei was about to pack up the net, a strange thing happened in Chengdu City, forcing Xie Fei to treat it with caution.