Country and Beauty

Guo Jing led less than two thousand handicapped veterans and retreated in a sorry state. The Zhao Capital's Xiangguo City had died in battle, leaving only a total of twenty thousand Zhao Jun soldiers in the battle with the exception of Guo Jing, who had less than two thousand people. However, Liu Can was not in a good situation, Liu Can's hundred thousand Huns had died in battle for over three thousand years, there was nothing to be done about the casualties. But Xie Fei kept his promise. The close to twenty thousand worth of grain and a hundred thousand taels of silver that was seized by the middle mountain were all given to Liu Can. Although he had suffered a loss of ten percent for the hundred thousand strong army, Liu Can still felt that he had struck the jackpot.

Guo Jing reported his situation at the middle mountain to Shi Le, causing Shi Le to have no countermeasures at all. Zhang Bin said: "Qin Army is famous for being good at field battles, but back then, three hundred thousand fresh horse s were still unable to defeat Xie Fei, and now with the addition of the Huns, the odds are even lower. At the moment, there is no other way but to defend! "

Shi Le said worriedly: "But Li Jing reported that Qin Army has a type of Thunderbolt Fireball that can easily destroy city gates."

Although Zhang Bin was intelligent, he was still an ancient person. He did not understand what cannons were, and could only ask Guo Jing for the reason. Zhang Bin very quickly discovered the weakness of this weapon. Although this weapon's power was not ordinary and could easily destroy city gates, it was still not enough to deal with the sturdy green brick city wall. Thinking of this, Zhang Bin made a plan.

Zhang Bin said: "Your Majesty, this kind of weapon from the Qin Army can only have a noticeable effect on gates made of Ironheart Wood, but its power is limited on the stone walls, so if we were to cast molten iron on the four sides of the walls and then pile up some broken rocks in the entrance, I believe that the Qin Army won't be able to break through the walls, and as long as we endure for a while, the Qin Army won't be able to keep up the food. As long as His Majesty commands Great General Shi Hu, as well as the Great General Murong Chui of Yan State, to ambush the Qin Army's supply army, if there isn't enough food, the alliance army's morale will definitely low.

After that, Shi Le quickly commanded the soldiers to build and defend as they stocked up the food. He retracted his army and garnered 70,000 troops in the Xiangguo City, wanting to make a long-term offensive and defensive battle with Xie Fei and the others.

Yanzhou City's Drifting Sun, had just experienced a brutal siege. The corpses of the soldiers were lying all over the broken city wall. The thick smell of smoke mixed with the faint scent of blood in the air. All that could be seen within the city were soldiers dressed in black armor and wielding long blades. Xie Fei ordered Chen An to launch a night of sudden assault, and without any hesitation, he captured Xiaoyang, and five thousand Stone Army soldiers were annihilated, while Qiong Xiong, who was one of Yan Yun's eighteen riders, committed suicide and died. Qi Xiong, Yue Zhong was one of Shi Le's eight riders and one of the eighteen riders, the late General Long Xiang and Grand General Si Kong.

Just as Chen An was about to have his soldiers bury the corpses and post a notice in the city to appease the panicked citizens, a troop of about 3000 light cavalry soldiers rushed over to Xiaoyang. The one leading them was one of the eighteen Shi Le Knights. Liu Bao was rather brave, with a height of eight feet. Riding on a red war horse, he appeared majestic and awe-inspiring. Liu Bao received Xiaoyang Xiong's call for help and quickly called for reinforcements from Wu Ping and rushed over to Xiaoyang. As the eighteen knights that Shi Le used to defeat the world, their friendship was very deep. Liu Bao was worried about Yue Yang's battle. Although the riders were fast, Liu Bao still ordered his soldiers to speed up from time to time.

When dawn arrived, the Qin Army scouts found Liu Bao's group, but they were less than fifty miles away from Xiaoyang. After Chen An received the scout's report, he shouted excitedly: "Brothers, it's time for us to accomplish our duty. The enemy has three thousand cavalry, and three thousand military merits, do you guys want it?"

"Ao ~ Ao ~ Ao ~ Ao ~ ~" The Qin Army's army at the east side suddenly boiled, Chen An said: "Alright, brothers, kill these trash with me!" Chen An held his snake spear which was more than three meters long, the sturdy warhorse beneath him ran up, raising a large cloud of dust. It didn't take long before they heard the unceasing shouts of people and horses ahead. The fire lit up the night sky and turned a mountain ridge. In front of them was an open field. It was the best place for the cavalry to fight.

Chen An reined in his warhorse and ordered: "All three of the crossbows shoot together, and then charge forward, and tear these pieces of trash to shreds!"

When the cavalry led by Liu Bao was caught off guard, in a short moment, the number of Shi Zhao cavalry soldiers who were shot by the crossbow numbered four to five hundred.

However, the situation had suddenly changed, and Liu Bao did not panic. Liu Bao, who was destined to follow Shi Le and defeat the whole world, no matter if it was in terms of individual strength or battlefield command, was experienced. Liu Bao ordered the various officers, squadrons, centurions, and thousand-man commanders under his command to regroup. After a while, Liu Bao's army stabilized.

Then, Liu Bao shouted, raising the axe in his hand, he rushed towards Chen An, with a few Captains behind him also brandishing their weapons, attacking Chen An. Seeing that Chen An was getting closer, Liu Bao raised his axe and slashed at the top of Chen An's head.

Chen An swung the snake spear in his hands towards Wu Chi's axe, and with a loud noise, it shook the eardrums of the people around, and did not stop for a long time. After deflecting Liu Bao's axe, Chen An did not stop at all, immediately rushing past him. At the same time, he brandished his snake spear from his left and right, knocking the two riders behind Liu Bao off their horses.

He had suffered a little at Chen An's hands earlier, he had just been smashed from top to bottom, while Chen An had only blocked his axe from top to bottom. Seeing that the other party was completely fine, he himself felt his arms go numb, it seemed that General Qin's strength was greater than his, and now that Chen An was killing his subordinates, Liu Bao cried out in anger.

Yet another loud sound rang. For the second time today, Liu Bao had tasted the feeling of having both of his shoulders go numb, but looking at the situation, the opposing general was not much better, the snake spear had been bounced up high, and both of their warhorses had to retreat a few steps before stopping. Chen An was also shaken to the point where his hands almost dropped the snake spear, thinking that since General Shi Zhao's strength was greater than his, since he was unable to fight, then let's win in his numbers.

Under Chen An's orders, several Qin Army captains and Battalion Commanders surrounded and attacked Liu Bao together. Liu Bao was suddenly in danger. However, the other Shi Zhao Jun were not so lucky at the moment. The Qin Army cavalry rushed into Shi Zhao cavalry, raising a wave of blood fog, blood splattered everywhere as they screamed miserably, their corpses were all thrown into the fields, and Shi Zhao Jun was forced to flee in all directions. In the end, he was completely exterminated by the Qin Army in the fields.

Liu Bao had endured for more than a hundred rounds and his stamina was insufficient. Taking advantage that Liu Bao was caught unawares, Chen An rushed in and pierced through Liu Bao's throat, picking him out of the war horse.

When the scene returned to the Xiangguo City battlefield, Xie Fei, Liu Can and the others arrived at the Xiangguo City in October 312. Looking at the tall city walls of Xiang Nation, Xie Fei and the others couldn't help but take in a breath of cold air. Here, the city walls were even larger than the walls of Luoyang City, and the city moat was also wide and deep. But then, Xie Fei realized that there were no flags flying above the city walls, and no soldiers guarding the city gates. Could it be that Shi Le knew that he was unable to defend this place and had led his troops to escape?

Xie Fei had already received intelligence from the brocade, and knew that the fresh and low class Murong Mu and Shi Le had reached a secret agreement to form an alliance. Over a hundred thousand of the fresh and low class cavalry elite soldiers had already entered the stage ten days ago, but now they did not find a single trace of the Xianbei army.

Xie Fei ordered a Qin Army general to go and shout something, to see what happened. The general came to the city gate and shouted: "The guards inside have heard this clearly, we are the troops of the Great Qin, there are some who are panting on the city walls, come out and say something, if not, we will attack the city."

Only, after he shouted for a few times, there was no response from the city wall. The soldier could only return to Xie Fei's side and report the situation to him. Xie Fei's heart was now full of suspicions. If the Capricorn in the city had already been withdrawn, then the Han people in the city should still be here. If they were here, they wouldn't keep quiet.

In comparison to Xie Fei's unease, Liu Can was abnormally relaxed. Liu Can laughed out loud: "Seems like Shi Le is only mediocre. After hearing that I was here with Tian Jun, he fled in fright!"

Looking at Liu Can's expression, Xie Fei couldn't help but feel furious. He thought to himself, "Look at you, how can you not see the problem that is so easily seen through?"

Xie Fei had no choice but to shoot rocks and ask for directions. He ordered the equipment camp's artillery to aim at the city gate and fire a few rounds.

To Xie Fei's surprise, the three gates of Xiangguo City's east, south and north, which had consecutively fired dozens of cannons, had still not moved. However, the city gates of the west gate had been destroyed in just a few rounds.

Seeing that the city gate was broken, Liu Can asked Xie Fei: "His Highness Duke of Qin, how are the old rules?"

Xie Fei nodded his head: "This is for the best, we will not harm the citizens, it is up to you if Shi Le and his troops want to kill or not!"

Liu Can ordered the Huyan to attack. Seeing the Huns rushing into the city, the unease in Xie Fei's heart became even more obvious.

At this time, a scream came from the city, "Not good, we've been ambushed!" Xie Fei thought.

Just as Xie Fei had guessed, the Huyan had brought over ten thousand Huns with him to rush into the Xiangguo City. After entering the city, a few miles, a large hole appeared in the ground in front of them, and the Huns who were charging at the very front fell into the hole one after another. The bottom of the hole was filled with sharpened wood. He aimed his bow at the Huns below, drew his bow, and released his arrows. Immediately, the arrows shot into the Hunchbacked Army like locusts, and other than Huyan's men who had already struggled their way out of the city gate, almost no one was spared.

Meanwhile, the Huns who had not escaped yet were also locked inside the city. At the same time, on the city wall, Shi Le's King Zhao's banner was erected, and a large number of Shi Zhao's soldiers also came out from the walls, shooting arrows at the Qin Army Infantry Division soldiers and the Huns who were on the other side of the moat.

Although Xie Fei was not happy with Liu Can, but at the moment, he had not shown it. Although Shi Le appeared to be defeated, his strength was still there, and the truth was that Xie Fei knew the truth.

"Boom boom boom!" The sixty-eight Fu Lang Cannons and twenty-three Red Cannons immediately roared out. The Stone Zhao Jun soldiers did not know of the power of the Qin Army's cannons, and were immediately blown into a large area. The rest of them saw that the situation was bad and hid behind the walls, not showing their faces.

There were already more than a hundred and sixty catapults and more than two hundred wutong tank giant crossbows amongst the equipment masters, so they were not really needed yet. However, under Xie Fei's command, the catapults aimed at the hiding spots of the Stone Golems on the city walls and city gates and started to throw rocks at their targets. From time to time, stone would smash into the soldiers hiding on the walls. After killing many of them, Shi Zhao Jun would command the soldiers in the city to hide in the city walls or to retreat out of sight.

At this time, Xie Fei was about two thousand feet away from the city wall. Since they were four hundred and sixty meters away, normal arrows would not even be able to reach that far, and once they heard the sound of arrows, they hurried to focus their attention to see. Although the Qin Army's standard equipment was a single hole and two foramina machines, there were some people who were born with God Power who could use their own strong arch. This one was around 20 years old, with a face as white as jade, a handsome face, and a slim figure. Using the most ordinary eight stone strong arch, Xie Fei knew that this kind of strong arch required at least three hundred and sixty kilograms of pulling power to open.

At the same time, two arrows shot out towards the wall, at the same time, they shot towards Wang Qi and the drum, symbolizing the power of Shi Le. The flagpole was broken, the golden drum was broken, and right when the battle was about to start, Shi Zhao and his men couldn't hear the sound of the battle drum anymore. They turned around and saw the King's Banner fluttering in the air, but they didn't know what had happened, and their morale immediately dropped.

Xie Fei really did not know that his subordinate was hiding such a hero. To be able to shoot up to three hundred meters with one arrow, that was beyond the distance of a normal arrow and bow by two times.

Xie Fei was a god-like figure in the Qin soldiers. Having been summoned by the Duke of Qin, he was naturally extremely excited.

Xie Fei laughed: "What's your name?"

That soldier mumbled to himself for a long time before slowly saying, "Qin State's third cavalry master, Shi Yue, greets His Highness Duke of Qin!"

Xie Fei carefully searched his memories, and discovered that he didn't have any impression of this name. In fact, Xie Fei's history wasn't good enough to remember at all that such a person had appeared during the period of Wu Hu Guanghua. In fact, Shi Yue had left his name in the Jin Dynasty, before Shi Yue, Qin General, Shi Ping (now Xinping, Shaanxi Province). Have the name of wisdom and courage, participate in Qin attack Xiangyang war. The more you cut it, the more you will flatten it. There was a strong warning. Murong Chui originated from Shandong Province, and had resorted to such strategies many times. Search and prostrate son Murong Nong battle, because of the morale of the troops, a huge defeat, cut.

Xie Fei did not have much manpower to begin with, but when he saw that Shi Yue was just a young rider, he knew that the Qin Army was merely a cavalry leader, managing ten people. Just based on Shi Yue's revealed archery skills, Xie Fei admired him a lot, and decided to nurture Shi Yue from now on. Xie Fei said: "From now on, you no longer need to be in the Third Cavalry Division, just follow me as a guard!"

Shi Yue was elated, "I thank the Duke of Qin!"

The Huns had withdrawn from the city. Huyan took a look at the casualties of the troops. Other than the more than 300 people who had survived due to not entering the city, the remaining 9000 people were all locked up in the city, which meant that the odds were against them. Even the 8 Captains and the several hundred captains did not manage to escape. Seeing that, Liu Can panicked.

Liu Can's heart ached, he wished that he could charge into the city and kill all of the Capricorn.

Xie Fei looked at Liu Can's furious look, sighed and said: "Seems like Shi Le had already made his preparations, and is waiting for us to take the bait. Seems like he already knows our advantages, and will never leave the city to fight with us.

Liu Can said: "What should I do, I can't take this lying down!"

Xie Fei ignored Liu Can and continued, "There is one more thing that we have to be cautious of, looking at how the guards of the city are fighting, it seems like they are planning to keep fighting with us for a long time. I think that Shi Le might be able to come up with a plan to ambush us using Weng Li City, so I am sure that he won't be so stupid as to hide in the city and wait for us to kill him. As for Shi Le's whereabouts, I am sure that he isn't in the Xiangguo City.

Liu Can gnashed his teeth in anger, "This is great, once we capture Shi Le, I will definitely dismember his body into ten thousand pieces."

Xie Fei said: "Let's talk after we capture him! It's still too early to say! "

"Duke of Qin!" Liu Can opened his mouth to speak.

Xie Fei turned around and asked: "What's the matter?"

Liu Can waved his hand and a person slowly walked over. He was dressed in a thin dress with a faint green bottom edge, and his long skirt floated like clouds in the surroundings. On his head was a golden silk felt cloth and his face was covered with a transparent light colored muslin, revealing an incomparably beautiful silhouette. She had a delicate and pretty nose and a rosy little mouth. Her smooth and creamy beauty was like a freshly washed milk bath. Her curvaceous body was wrapped in a thin silk dress. She was like a tall and straight spring tree. Her beauty was beyond imagination.

For a moment, Xie Fei was a little dumbstruck by the sight. Moreover, her beauty carried with it the sacred aura of the prairie, like a holy goddess nurtured by a true god of the prairie. It completely caused one to not dare to have any profane thoughts.

Seeing Xie Fei like that, Liu Can was overjoyed, and laughed: "His Highness Duke of Qin, this is one of my sixth concubines, Liu Di, he is a renowned lady, I hope the Duke of Qin will pamper her!"

Xie Fei was speechless. Damn it, so it was your wife, no matter how Han, the Huns on his body suddenly scuttled up and down, giving his wife to others to enjoy.

Although Xie Fei was lustful, he was not a bug in the brain, so he asked Liu Can: "What's the use of this?"

"This king thinks as I hear that within the His Highness Duke of Qin's imperial harem, Princess Si Wangfei is the best in the world. Liu Can laughed sinisterly.

Xie Fei was furious hearing that, he casually pulled out his blade and suddenly attacked. Liu Can did not even have the time to react, before he was restrained by Xie Fei, who said fiercely: "In this life, there are only three things that I, Xie Fei, do not allow others to do. One is for women, the other is for children. If you want to do this, let's see if your neck is strong enough! "

Seeing Xie Fei's eyes that were as cold as a wild beast's, Liu Can was afraid.

Liu Di looked at Xie Fei's majestic figure and became silly for a moment. Liu Di suddenly raised his head, the depths of his eyes were filled with water mist, "Great King!"

"Go on, This King is not stingy!"