Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 271, building tall buildings, building mountains and soil
As the sun set to the west, a more tragic siege battle began.

Far more Hun soldiers than in the morning attacked the border city one after another. The soldiers on the top of the city were constantly changing. Chen Shou killed the Hun soldiers who rushed up with his sword, and looked at the soldiers who were still charging.

Seeing the simple ladder on the top of the city again, General Chen shouted

"Throw all the rolling logs and rocks at me!!"

"Yes!!"

The soldiers on the top of the city picked up the rolling wood and rocks and threw them down towards the ladder. The Huns soldiers who were climbing were hit on the head by the rocks on the spot, and a stream of blood flowed out of their mouths before falling straight down. Some Huns soldiers were shot to death with bows and arrows.

He took a weak look at the Hun soldiers gathered below, and thought of their marching with a lot of kerosene this time, so he shouted
"Someone bring up the fire oil and pour it down!!"

Hearing Dunwei's order, Wang Ben kicked down the Hun soldiers in front of him and shouted
"Wait, don't pour kerosene."

Looking at Wang Ben weakly, he asked in puzzlement.

"Why, general? If the fire oil is poured, they will all die."

"It's freezing cold now, and the kerosene is poured down and burned. When the weather cools down, the city walls will easily crack," Wang Ben explained.

If it is the city wall of Fushi, the method of weakening is a good method, which can effectively stop the enemy, but the wall itself of the border city is fragile enough. If it has been roasted by fire, it is now after winter, and the sun will set in another hour. When the city wall is cold at this time, cracks are likely to appear.

After thinking about it for a while, they can only give up this idea. They need to rely on the city wall to hold on for at least five days. If there is a crack, it is really a dead end.

"Suppress everyone, suppress these people!" Dunruo shouted, and then slammed down the log in his hand.

On the platform of the chariot, King Zuo Xian looked at the tragic battlefield ahead and the city that could not be climbed. He was very depressed. He could say that he sent most of the soldiers, even some of him and King You Xian.

"Damn it, send people up to attack the city again!" Zuo Xianwang shouted.

"It's getting late now, and the soldiers are tired, should we postpone the siege!?" A tribal leader asked.

Looking at the setting sun, King Zuo Xian had a complex expression, and finally let someone blow the horn to retreat. As the Huns soldiers retreated, the soldiers on the city wall also got a chance to breathe.Looking at the large number of corpses left by the retreating Hun soldiers outside the city, Wang Ben shook his head helplessly.

"I hope I can hold on." Wang Ben said to himself.

It's not that Wang Ben feels that they don't have enough manpower to defend the city, but he hopes that the walls of the border city can hold up.

"General, the wounded have been transported down, you should also go down to rest." Chen Shoujiang came to Wang Ben's side and said.

"Do you know the patrol rules and defenses of the Huns camp?" Wang Ben said, looking at the Huns camp in front of him with his back to the setting sun.

"I don't know. After the Huns set up camp, the spies went to investigate. The Huns still follow the old rules, with Touman's king's tent as the center, their cronies on the left, the camps of Zuo Xianwang and You Xianwang on the right, and the camps of various tribes on the periphery. As for patrolling, these camps are ordered by order, and the patrols are irregular." Chen Shoujiang said.

"You go down and choose a team to lead the way. Dunwei and I will take people out tonight to have a look." Wang Ben said.

"Does the general want to attack the camp?" Chen Shoujiang asked.

"That's right, we can't just keep defending blindly, we'll see if we have a chance to attack the camp tonight," Wang Ben said.

"promise."

Wang Ben glanced at the Huns' camp and went down to the top of the city with General Chen Shou.The setting sun covered half of the sky. The red sunset and the corpses and arrows everywhere outside the city created a sad atmosphere. The condescending city overlooked the continuous camps below, and no one would be the first to be breached.

As the smoke rose, the sunset glow gradually disappeared, and the night covered the entire sky. Torches were raised in the Huns camp and the border town, and the patrolling soldiers on both sides did not dare to be careless.There was a dead silence in the king's tent of the Huns.

Sitting on the throne, Touman looked at King Zuoxian, King Youxian and the tribal leaders who came to plead guilty, and threw the whip in his hand aside.

"How did you promise me yesterday? More than 2 people can't take down a city with [-] defenders. You are used to enjoying your daily life, have you forgotten how to fight?" Touman cursed at Zuo Xianwang.

"Qi Shanyu, there are definitely more than [-] defenders in the city. The resistance we encountered this afternoon was far greater than this morning, and the arrow rain of the Qin army was far greater than this morning. Many warriors died on the way to charge." A tribal leader said.

"Shut up, I don't want to listen to these reasons. You issued a military order saying that you can definitely take the city today, right? Zuoxian King? Right Xianwang!?" Touman said, looking at his younger brother and uncle.

"Yes." Zuo Xianwang bowed his head and said.

"Not now, what are you going to do?" Touman asked angrily.

"Please give me another chance. I will definitely be able to win the city. Today is just to test the resistance of the Qin army. Give me another chance and I will definitely be able to win the city." Zuo Xianwang said.

"Give you another chance, right? Is it enough for me to give you another day and a half?" Touman looked at King Zuo Xian and asked, although he really wanted to punish King Zuo Xian now, but he still held back the thoughts in his heart.

"Yes, if there are three more days, I will definitely be able to win the city." Zuo Xianwang said.

"Okay, I'll give you another three days. If you don't capture the city after three days, then don't blame me for the military law." Touman said.

"If I don't capture the city in three days, I'm willing to be punished." Zuo Xianwang said.

"Okay! I want you to swear to the wolf god!"

"I, Arut, the wise king of the left, swear to the wolf god that if the city is not captured within three days, I am willing to bear some punishment." King Zuo swears.

"Okay, I'll give you another three days."

Touman looked at King Zuo Xian with coldness in his eyes, and took three days to capture the city. Even if he sent a large army to suppress the situation, he might not be able to do it, let alone people like King Zuo Xian.The other tribal leaders looked at King Zuoxian who was forced to swear an oath, and couldn't help feeling a little pity in their hearts. At the same time, they became more afraid of Touman. People as powerful as King Zuoxian were suppressed by Touman, let alone them.

The meeting in King Hun's tent ended when King Zuo Xian was forced to swear an oath. After King Zuo Xian returned to his camp, he immediately called for Zhi Huan.

"The military master saved me, and Da Shanyu let me take the city in three days, what should I do?" Zuo Xianwang looked at Zhihuan and said.

Zhihuan was a little stunned looking at King Zuo Xian. He naturally knew what happened at the meeting of the Xiongnu king's tent. What big order asked you, you obviously agreed to it yourself. Thinking of the resistance of the Qin army during the day, Zhihuan didn't think that King Zuo Xian would be able to take the city in three days.

Seeing Zuo Xianwang's anxious and expectant eyes, Zhihuan thought for a while and said

"The border city is difficult to capture because the top of the city is condescending. Our soldiers were suppressed by the Qin army's arrows, rolling logs and stones. It would be easier if we could occupy a higher point and capture the city."

"Higher? Are you joking? Are you going to let our soldiers fly into the sky? If our soldiers can fly, it will take three days. Today I will capture the city." Zuo Xianwang said.

Listening to Zhihuan's words, Zuo Xianwang felt that what he just said in the king's tent was a bit absolute. Faced with Touman's persecution, he was confused for a while, and in order to fight for breath, he said that he had won the city in three days. After calming down and thinking about it, it was impossible, unless he really kept attacking the city regardless of casualties.

"Build mountains of earth and build tall buildings." Zhihuan said.

"What do you mean?" Zuo Xianwang asked.

"Your Majesty, you can ask your soldiers to build a mound of earth higher than the city wall, or a tall building outside the border city, and let the soldiers put their bows and arrows on it, which can suppress the defenders on the top of the city. It's just that it will take more time." Zhihuan said.

Zuo Xianwang looked at Zhihuan in surprise, he didn't expect to have such an operation, but after thinking about it, he found that he didn't have the ability to build tall buildings or build mountains.

"Tall buildings, I didn't bring craftsmen this time. If it was a mound of dirt, there wouldn't be enough sand around here for us to use."

"Your Majesty can send the cavalry under his command and the cavalry of the tribal leaders to other places to transport sand and pile it up outside the city. The craftsmen we bring are enough to lead the soldiers to complete the pile," Zhihuan said.

King Zuo Xian thought for a while, and now this is the only way he can try it. If he had known that he would have taken the initiative to be punished today, he would not have been punished more severely three days later.Immediately King Zuo Xian came anxiously to his guard captain and asked him to convey his order to send the cavalry to transport the sand tomorrow. At the same time, he sent someone to notify the other tribal leaders and King You Xian to cooperate with him in transporting the sand.

Tens of thousands of people transported the sand together, and King Zuo Xian estimated that he would be able to transport enough sand in less than a day.

At this time, taking advantage of the night, the gate of the border city was quietly opened. Wang Ben quietly walked out of the city with Dunwei and hundreds of cavalry. Everyone came to the Huns camp quietly.

(End of this chapter)