Country and Beauty

Chen An did not sacrifice a single soldier to successfully take down the outer city of Xiangguo City. At this time, Chen An had climbed onto the walls of the Xiangguo City, his face solemn as he watched the Shi Le Army in Onyx City. Because Onyx City was small, it was actually more suitable for the troops of Lu Ming to concentrate. Also, because the siege space was not as spacious as the outer city, Chen An was unable to unleash his full strength at this time. Chen An did not go to the extent of racking his brains to think about those schemes to destroy the city at the moment. He knew that even though the other party was only an average person among Shi Le's eighteen riders, he was not an idiot and would not make such foolish mistakes at such a crucial moment. As a general who fought on the battlefield, if he were to place his hopes of winning on the enemy's mistakes, he was actually an idiot himself.

As the Xiangguo City was the capital of the former Zhao Empire, he could not afford to lose. Although Lu Ming did not have much talent, he knew that if the Xiangguo City fell, forget about Shi Le blaming him, even if Shi Le did not blame him, he would not have the face to go back and see Shi Le. And the brothers of the eighteen cavalry generals. At this time, Liu Ming actually calmed down. He could only defend with his life, without any other option.

Tactics had Yin and Yang, the trick was to face the enemy with the truth, to confuse them, and then to lure them into an ambush, regardless of the strategy behind it, they had to do it in a positive way, paying attention to the control of the situation and the strength. Any trickery was useless in front of absolute strength. Even if War God Han Xin was reborn, he wouldn't be able to use ten thousand of his weak and handicapped veterans to fight against the forty thousand Qin State and the army of wolves.

This was because in a decisive battle, it would be a bloody battle, and it would be a battle between strength as a whole.

For example, when they attacked the Xiangguo City city, no matter what plan they used, even if they had to defend at all costs, all thirty-six strategies would be useless. The key was to use absolute strength to tear through the defensive lines, occupy the city, and then push into the city.

Chen An said: "Anyway, we have time, as long as we can attract Shi Le's army over, the pressure on the Duke of Qin will definitely lessen, and this will be our victory. "Send orders, order the first to fifth siege echelons, the echelons to attack."

Just at this time, the Qin Army's siege troops started to move. A siege army of about 2000 people, including more than a thousand four hundred armed siege troops with horizontal blades, as well as fifty to sixty escalators, started to slowly charge towards the Xiangguo City's fortress.

The speed of the Qin Army wasn't fast, it was as if they were walking together.

At this time, a Academy Officer of the Shi Le Army reported to Lu Ming, "General, the enemy has already entered an arrow field."

Although it was early winter, Yao's forehead was covered with sweat. Lu Ming looked at the Qin Army's siege troops and ordered, "Beat the drums, get ready to attack!"

"Dong Dong!" The battle drums of the Shi Le Army rang out, the archers of the Shi Le Army pulled their bows and arrows into a full moon, aiming straight at the attacking Qin soldiers.

Finally, the Qin Army walked in neatly and entered the range of fifty steps. This was the best range for Shi Le Army's light arrows.

"Release the arrows, quickly release the arrows!" Lu Ming hastily ordered.

"Swish, swish, swish," The arrows of Shi Le's army were shot towards Qin Army like a violent storm. At the same time, the soldiers that were attacking the city raised their left arms and placed their shields in front of their bodies, blocking the arrows of Shi Le's army. "Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang."

The arrows collided intensely with the shield and the bright armor s of the Qin Army. However, other than the scattered sparks that the arrows landed on the shield and armor, the Qin Army did not suffer any losses.

Not only did the Qin Army not slow down in its attack speed, it even charged towards Shi Le's army at an even faster speed. However, when Liu Ming saw that the arrows actually had no effect on the Qin Army at all, he immediately ordered his troops to roll wood and slam rocks to resist the enemy.

At this time, Shi Le's soldiers began throwing rocks or rolling wood towards the city walls. The Qin Army who had rushed to the city walls were immediately smashed to death, with quite a few people injured.

The moment the Qin Army's battle formation started to disperse, all the soldiers started to get into position. The ones in front directly participated in the competition on the city wall, while the ones at the back started shooting at the Shi Le Army on the wall using their crossbows. Qin Army's equipment were strong, their crossbows' accuracy was high, so their firing time was short, and every time they shot, they would be able to shoot two arrows. Arrows were shot from both sides of the wall. Both sides suffered casualties.

Although Qin Army's bright armor could completely defend against the arrows and arrows, they could not do anything against the rocks and trees that were thrown down from the city walls. Although both sides had not officially started the battle, corpses were strewn across the fields below the city walls, and blood was flowing everywhere. Knowing that the arrows were ineffective against the Qin Army, Shi Le's army no longer wasted time. They completely gave up on attacking with their arrows and switched to using rocks and rolling wood. Due to Zhang Bin's suggestion to stay in Xiangguo City to fight, the rocks and rolling wood, as well as the arrows, were all well-prepared.

After more than an hour of being shot by the crossbow, the Qin Army finally had soldiers on top of the city walls. At this time, the garrison at the top of the city walls had also been shot to death by the crossbow bolts, over two thousand of them. However, the losses of the Qin Army's siege troops were not small either. According to the reader-in-charge, from the time they launched the attack to the moment they climbed onto the city walls, at least three thousand of their elite Qin soldiers s fell to the ground forever.

"Kill!" Kill! Kill! " Over forty thousand people of Qin Army roared in unison, shaking the heaven and earth. In an instant, a strong gale of military spirit blood qi engulfed the entire Xiangguo City's space. The sky and earth changed color, and the blood vitality of the forty thousand Qin Army s condensed into a wave of killing intent, causing the sounds of killing, screams, sounds of weapons clashing, and the howls of war horses to fill the skies above the north, south, and west of Xiangguo City's walls.

In a frontal assault, the final outcome will depend on the strength of both sides' forces and the level of their morale. Whether it was reasonable to deploy on the battlefield, the proficiency of the array coordination, the completeness of the various weapons, or the use of the strategy had nothing to do with it. Whether it was in terms of equipment, morale, or training of soldiers, the Qin Army was obviously stronger than the Shi Le Army. At the very beginning, the Qin Army was at a complete disadvantage on the battlefield, and the Shi Le Army could still resist.

Although the light steel bright armor s worn by the ordinary soldiers of the Qin Army weighed eighteen kilograms, and even if they were hacked with a horizontal blade, a single slash might not be enough to cut it open, but the weapons that the Shi Le Army used were mostly iron ring head knife s, steel weapons were something that only a few extremely high level officers of the Academy Officer would have the chance to equip. Although the strength of the ring head knife was extraordinary, it was not the type of equipment that was invented by the Tang Dynasty, so the pros and cons could be distinguished from the cons and cons.

In the battle for the city wall, both sides had the courage and determination to compete. Whoever had the stronger will would have the advantage. Although the number of people who climbed onto the wall was not many, they were fearless, fighting with their lives on the line, ignoring the blades that were slashing at them, although the bright armor s' defensive capabilities were not bad, they were still cut in half by the Shi Le Army's ring head knife s and scimitars, the Qin soldiers's blade that rushed towards the enemy's chest without any hesitation, and was completely a battle of mutual destruction. Even if they were stabbed with several blades, they had to grit their teeth and persevere, until they finally swallowed a heart wrenching cry.

In the battle on the city wall, the casualties among the Qin Army were reduced by a lot. Because of Qin Army's fearless and fearless desperately fighting style, Shi Le's army began to grow fearful. There was a saying that made people afraid to stare blankly, that made them afraid to risk their lives. In the eyes of Shi Le's soldiers, all the Qin soldiers were just a group of lunatics.

At this time, Chen An, who was standing on top of the outer city walls, finally revealed a knowing smile. At the same time, there were also other emotions. Chen An felt a little proud in his heart, and said to himself: "Shi Le, oh Shi Le, I'm afraid that this Xiangguo City will have to change hands today."

After another hour of perseverance, the number of Qin Army on the city wall increased more and more. Shi Le's army who had already suffered heavy losses could no longer withstand the black waves that surged towards them like the waves of the ocean.

At this moment, Lu Ming's face changed drastically. He muttered, "Your Majesty, it looks like this general can only die to repay Your Majesty's kindness."

Right at this time, a Academy Officer next to Liu Ming reported, "General, there are several strongholds in Weng City that are in urgent need of reinforcements. I hope that General Ji will make up his mind soon. "

Lu Ming sighed and said, "Order all of the defenders on the east wall to withdraw and support the frontlines."

Academy Officer replied: "General. "But …"

"Don't say anymore. I've made up my mind!" Lu Ming continued, "According to my orders, whoever kills a Qin soldiers will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver, and all officers will be promoted by 3 ranks after the Qin Army is driven off the city walls."

"Yes." Academy Officer hurriedly went down to pass down the order.

The ancient soldiers didn't have the same awareness as the modern soldiers. They didn't have the key to protect their country or their home. To the ancient soldiers, serving as soldiers and eating food was just a way to earn a living. Following Lu Ming's orders, everyone in the Shi Le Army heard it. Shi Le's soldiers were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, they shouted as they attacked Qin Army.

Following the transfer of the garrison troops at the east gate to support the defense operations on the other three walls, along with the sudden great shock to the morale of the Shi Le Army,

The situation on the battlefield seemed to be showing signs of turning around. As Shi Le's army poured more and more troops into the city walls, the situation on the battlefield slowly returned to the hands of Shi Le's army.

The Qin soldiers on top of the cloud ladder fell down, until he was dizzy. Fortunately, Weng City was relatively low, with only three meters between them and the city walls filled with corpses. Qin soldiers who had fallen down the ladder were only injured, there were no major casualties. The ladders were the only way for the Qin Army to support the troops on the battlefield. The ladders on the wall were becoming smaller and smaller, and gradually, the troops on the wall became an isolated army.

The Qin soldiers on the city wall gathered together, forming a circular defensive formation, and started a life and death battle with the Shi Le Army, who were several times stronger. The Qin soldiers on top of the city wall was like a black boulder within the ocean waves. The corpses of the surrounding enemies were stacked on top of each other, there were scattered Qin Army Warriors whose bodies were dyed in blood.

"On the upper floor of the city gates of Weng City, Gu Ming was watching the battlefield, watching the group of black silhouettes on the battlefield with an irrepressible fear flowing out of his body." "He really is a mighty god of war!"

Qin Army's morale was not down, although she was fighting alone on the city wall and facing the endless tide of soldiers, the bloodied Qin soldiers was unafraid, her aura was still impressive, although his blade had many cracks on it, but the blade light was still enough to move people's hearts. Every soldier believed that they fought on the battlefield for the sake of the glory of Hua Xia, for the sake of their people's pride that they could still stand proudly in the world even after countless years of war. They could die in battle, but before they died, they had to make the enemy pay a heavy price and fear from the bottom of their hearts.

This was the resolute belief that Xie Fei had brought to this troop, which was also the steel soul that Xie Fei had forged for the Qin Army.

Chen An clenched his teeth, his eyes burning with killing intent, and shouted: "Soldiers, listen to my orders, regardless of the cost, seize Xiangguo City for me!"

Just as Chen An was about to lead a hundred thousand Jin Army to fight a bloody battle, it was sure.

Standing in the chaos, Wang Dun married the princess of Xiang Cheng, daughter of Martial Emperor Sima Yan. Although he had left behind the notoriety as an official of the East Jin Dynasty in history, he had extraordinary military attainments. In the chaos of the eight kings, Wang Dun had aided Wang Sima in his attack on Sima Lun, and after the chaos of Yongjia, the Jin Huaidi was kidnapped, with Sikong Xun fan pushing Sima Rui to be the alliance head. However, at that time, the Jiang Prefecture's thorny history Hua Yi did not listen to Sima Rui's orders, so Sima Rui sent Wang Dun, together with General Yang Lie and Shi Gan Zhuo to attack Hua Yi, to defeat him, and to kill Hua Yi. Du Tao went on a rampage in the Xiangzhou area, broke through the Tomb of Zero, and invaded Wu Chang, Changsha, Yidu, Shao Ling and other counties' Wang Dun and defeated Du Tao. In the first month of the first year of Yongchang (322), Wang Dun started his army in Jingzhou and attacked Jianang with the name of killing Liu Zhong. Then, Wang Dun defeated Dai Yuan, Liu Zhong, Director Wang, Zhou Jun, Guo Yi and Yu Tan's attacks.

As Wang Dun got closer to the real time, he was afraid that Xie Fei would discover his conspiracy ahead of time, so he secretly sent his troops to break away from the main army, and take advantage of the darkness to occupy the nearby towns. The objective of the siege was achieved. At the same time, Wang Dun was bluffing, using 40,000 troops to disguise as a hundred thousand strong army, going all out and advancing forward.

When Wang Dun led his troops to the southern gate of True Body City, he said to the Qin soldiers who guarded the gate: "I have come to reward you with an imperial edict. I order the Duke of Qin to lead a group of Qin Army's civil and military officials out of the city to welcome the arrival of the Heavenly Army!"

The city guards quickly reported this to Xie Fei.

Wang Dun began to feel complacent. In Wang Dun's eyes, Xie Fei was basically waiting for the same death.