Mythical Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Sui and Tang Dynasties, establishment of empire

Chapter 238 Attack the city, Wang Li VS Xiang Jian
Wang Li was personally responsible for defending the city at Hulao Pass. As the commander-in-chief of the Great Wall Guards, Wang Li's entire army's talent for defense could improve the defense and resilience of his soldiers in all aspects.

It can be said that Wang Li is the most capable of defending the city among the commanders of the Qin Dynasty. With Wang Li defending Hulao Pass, even if the enemy siege general is Xiang Jian, he will never be able to take advantage at all, and all the troops at Hulao Pass are They are elite and have sufficient logistics. They can spend a year with the coalition forces outside.

Due to the terrain restrictions of Hulao Pass, it was impossible to fully utilize the strength advantage of the coalition of princes, so Xiang Jian divided the 40-strong army into eight teams, with each [-]-strong army taking turns to attack.

The [-]-strong army still couldn't be deployed, so Xiang Yan divided it into five teams and attacked the city in succession.

The allied forces of the princes are well prepared for this battle. They have ladders, well rails, battering rams, catapults... all the siege equipment should be available, which is dazzling.

Looking at the majestic pass in front of him, Xiang Jian raised his sharp sword and shouted: "Send the order, the first echelon is ready to attack!"

The red hot energy and blood rose up in Xiang Jian's body, turning into blood mist, and then submerged into the entire army.

After the military order was given, the first group of tens of thousands of Chu troops pulled out their weapons and officially began to attack the city. The eyes of all the Chu soldiers were filled with burning eyes.

The task of the first team of the Chu army was not to attack the city tower, but to fill in the moat of Hulao Pass.

With this moat, the difficulty of attacking the city by the coalition of princes will be at least [-]% higher, so it must be filled in to minimize the damage.

If you want to break through Hulao Pass, you must first fill in the moat.

Under the command of Xiang Jian, the Chu soldiers formed two teams, one holding a shield to block the front, and the other carrying a sandbag to hide. They braved the rain of arrows and rushed towards Hulao Pass. After receiving the blessing of Xiang Jian's energy and blood, The speed is obviously faster.

"Chu Blood Witch! I didn't expect that this kind of system in the history books would appear again after so many years!"

When Wang Li, who was locked in Hulao, saw this, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. He quickly ordered to stop blocking arrows and said to Su Jiao Shejian on the left and right: "Give me the order. When the enemy enters the attack range, release the stone first, and then release the stone." Bow and arrow.”

"Yes." The two of them responded together, and then quickly went down to make arrangements.

The princes were well prepared to attack the city, and the Qin army was equally well prepared to defend the city. There was no shortage of materials to defend the city. As soon as the Chu soldiers approached, they immediately launched a wave of 'breakthroughs', followed by thousands of arrows.

There were constant screams on the battlefield, and the Chu army's attack was not going smoothly. The casualties were heavy in the first step, but Xiang Jian, as the commander, looked indifferent, as if the soldiers who died were not his soldiers.

"Pull up the manholes and catapults to cover the army's movements." Xiang Jian said calmly. In order to boost the morale of the soldiers in the first battle, Xiang Jian directly used the Xiang family's most powerful trick, the Blood Witch System. Now, The blood witch system is different from the past that required blood connection. It only requires the soldiers to have a common belief and they can rely on the powerful energy and blood power of the general to resonate.

This is the result of several generations of the Xiang family integrating the blood witch system into Wu Qi's essence system.

In the Chu army's formation, row after row of behemoths slowly drove out. When Wang Li saw this, he immediately said in a deep voice: "Send orders to the catapult and crossbow troops to prepare to defend the city."

The Qin army's catapult troops moved very quickly. Before the Chu army's new formation under the city was fully deployed, fifty catapults and fifty crossbows were already ready on the tower.

After seeing this scene, Xiang Jian finally showed a solemn look and sighed: "As expected of Great Qin, if you want to take Hulao Pass head-on, you will probably have to pay a huge price. I hope Yu'er's plan goes well."

The Qin army is too strong, and it relies on the resources of the entire Qin State. It cannot be dealt with within a year of their restoration.

However, Xiang Jian was determined to restore the country and destroy Qin, and immediately issued an order to fill the moat at all costs, even with corpses.

Under the Qin Army's sniper attack, Chu's first ten thousand troops soon lost more than two thousand troops. Chu's second ten thousand troops were also ready. Under the cover of wells and catapults, Attack Hulao Pass again.

Wang Li looked into the distance and made secret calculations in his heart.

"We are at a high altitude and can attack the enemy's catapults at this distance. Once the princes lose their catapults, they can only be beaten passively."

After letting go of the Chu army's infantry phalanx, when the Chu army's catapults officially entered the range of the Qin army's catapults, Wang Li immediately gave the order and shouted: "Prepare the catapult troops, focus the first round of fire on the enemy's left flank, let go!" Following Wang Li's order, Hulao was closed and a spectacle of tens of thousands of stones was instantly staged. The scene was so spectacular that even some of the attacking Chu soldiers were stunned.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

The slinging troops of the coalition of princes obviously did not expect that the Qin army's catapults could launch the stone projectiles so far. The left wing was completely unprepared and suffered a devastating blow in an instant.

"How did the Qin army's catapult throw it so far?"

"This range is almost half of our army's!"

"How can we fight this battle? Even the catapults can't get close to the city wall."

The total number of catapults of the coalition of princes was much greater than that of the Qin army in Hulao Pass, about 150 in total, and Xiang Jian brought out fifty catapults this time.

Fifty catapults were already a lot, and the Qin army only had fifty in total. They thought they could make a contribution, but before they even reached the city, the left wing was hit hard, and about a dozen catapults were smashed. Obviously, It can no longer be used.

After seeing this scene, Fan Zeng beside Xiang Jian couldn't help but sigh: "Da Qin's equipment is indeed so powerful."

The Mohist Prime Minister Li of the Qin Dynasty was famous for his weapons, which could be launched farther than the catapults of the princes, which is reasonable.

"Transfer the remaining one hundred catapults to the alliance leader."

Fan Zeng said calmly: "Since we can't compare in terms of quality, we have to make up for it in terms of quantity."

At the Yellow Turban headquarters ahead, Xiang Jian showed an angry look on his face. He pulled over a messenger and shouted: "Go to the military advisor quickly and get..."

"Report to the leader, the military advisor has sent a hundred catapults."

"Great, you won't be afraid of the Qin army."

With the arrival of rear support, more than 100 catapults were scattered in front of Hulao Pass. The reason why Xiang Jian did not dare to let the catapults gather together was naturally because he was afraid of being attacked by the Qin army.

In addition to catapults, the Qin army also had bed crossbows that were extremely powerful. The effective range was 200 to 300 meters after the cloud and temperature had been adjusted, which was enough to destroy the catapults.

Because the catapult is clumsy and slow, while the Qin army's catapult and bed crossbow have a longer range and are still condescending.

If the catapults of the allied forces of the princes were gathered together, they might be completely destroyed by the enemy's flying rocks before they reached the corner of the city.

Only by spreading them out can losses be minimized.

Xiang Jian's dispersion tactics brought great trouble to Wang Li, but based on the idea that mosquitoes are still flesh no matter how small they are, Wang Li still tried his best to cause more damage to the Chu army.

The first day of the city defense basically ended with a duel between catapults.

Of the 150 catapults of the coalition of princes, less than seventy were left in the end, while the Qin army only lost nine. The coalition of princes was completely defeated.

However, although he was completely at a disadvantage in the Feishi confrontation, Xiang Jian accomplished his strategic purpose.

In this battle, Xiang Jian used hundreds of thousands of sandbags and the corpses of [-] Chu soldiers to finally fill in the moat of Hulao Pass, paving the way for the subsequent siege.

(End of this chapter)