Chapter 1013: The Magnificent Power of Han (VI)

At dawn, Shang Kexi woke up from his sleep behind a parapet. He slept on the city wall at night. He stretched out his hand to rub his eyes, turned his head and looked into the distance through the gap between the parapets. He couldn't help but open his eyes wide and rubbed them hard again to confirm that he was not mistaken. In front of the Qin army camp not far away, under the slight white of the sky, he saw a densely packed and endless huge siege vehicles. Each of these siege vehicles was almost as high as the city wall of Shannan County.

Damn it, how could the Qin people build so many siege vehicles overnight. Shang Kexi thought in shock, looking at the slightly farther On the mountain, there were originally lush trees, but now it has become a mottled area.

His face became serious. The Qin people were about to start a crazy attack.

Wang Xiao stood in front of the huge siege vehicle, very satisfied with his son's attack that night. These siege vehicles have been greatly modified compared to ordinary siege vehicles. Although the workmanship is rough, and some even have branches and leaves shaved off, they are extremely strong. Huge iron nails nailed together the thick tree trunks of the bowl. At the front of the siege vehicle, there were large iron shields as high as a person, providing the greatest protection for the siege vehicle. On the top two floors of the siege vehicle, there were several beds. Crossbows can suppress enemies on the walls. More importantly, behind the siege vehicle, there is no longer a ladder, but a long ramp that is dragged out diagonally. In this way, when attacking, soldiers can rush up the ramp to the top of the siege vehicle and then directly attack the opponent's wall without having to climb up the ladder. In terms of time, it saves a lot, and time is of course the most important thing at that moment. The fastest way to climb the wall will give the attacker the shortest reaction time. When everyone is at the same height, the two sides are almost on the same level.

"Good, good, take down Shannan County City, and you will be given the first attack." Wang Xiao stroked his beard and smiled.

"Father, your son requests the first wave of attack." Wang Jian said loudly.

"No need, you worked hard last night, take a good rest today, go to sleep, when you wake up, we will probably be standing on Shannan County City!" Wang Xiao was obviously in a good mood. Looking at the smoke rising from the camp, "After breakfast, the attack will begin. Today, we must take down Shannan County."

On Shannan County City, all the people in the city were silently preparing for the next hard battle. Sacks filled with soil were carried On top of the city wall, a high wall was built. The enemy had made so many and so tall siege vehicles. For the city, raising the city wall was the simplest and most effective way.

In the past ten days, the Qin army outside the city suffered heavy losses, but the city was not feeling well either. With the 10,000 soldiers under Shang Kexi and the reserve soldiers of Shannan Camp, he had lost more than 3,000 people. For Shannan County City, which required 20,000 people to guard, this was a huge number gap. Outside the city, the Qin army was still increasing its troops. Seeing that the enemy had a new camp every day, the people in the city were silent.

Not knowing when their reinforcements would arrive Come?

"There are still a lot of good wines in the warehouse." Shang Kexi suddenly said, "Move it out and let the soldiers drink it, it can also add some strength."

"Wine?" Qian Kezhuang turned his head and looked at Shang Kexi, "General, you seem to lack confidence?"

Shang Kexi smiled bitterly, "You are right, I am indeed lacking confidence. Although there are sufficient weapons in the city, the problem is that we don't have more people to use them. Next, it will inevitably be a brutal hand-to-hand combat. Old Qian, I am afraid that your reserve troops will not be able to hold on by then, and I can't spare more people to support you."

Qian Kezhuang was silent for a while "Shannan Camp does not need help. Even if we have to use our bodies to block the wall, we will defend the city wall. General Shang, I will go to defend Beibei, and the rest will be left to you." Shang Kexi nodded, "I hope we can survive today. If we can survive today, the blow will be fatal to the enemy on the opposite side, and we can hold on for a longer time." "Commander Helan should be on the way now, right?" "The army is moving out, so it can't be so fast. The logistics supply alone is a systematic project. This time the incident happened suddenly. I'm afraid that Commander Helan's army will not be able to leave Dai County in a short time. Conservative estimates show that with Helan Even the fastest cavalry under the commander's command may take five or six days to reach us." Shang Kexi sighed, "I'm afraid distant water cannot quench nearby fire."

The drums rumbled, and the huge chariot array on the opposite side began to move forward.

"It's started!" Shang Kexi took a deep breath, "Come on, Wang Xiao, let me see what tricks the Qin general has!"

To be honest, Wang Xiao really didn't have any tricks to win by surprise. Facing such a military fortress with sufficient weapons and food, there was no other way to use except to fight head-on. Fill it with human lives and drown the city with blood.

At the north gate, Qian Kezhuang stood in front of his Shannan Battalion. These days, his Shannan Battalion did not engage in hand-to-hand combat and basically maintained a complete organization. Now that the city's troops are seriously insufficient, Shannan Battalion must also take the lead. It's on the front line. Different from the regular army, the age structure of his team varies greatly. There are teenagers aged fifteen or sixteen and old men aged fifty-six. But without exception, Qian What Ke Zhuang saw in their eyes was a firm will to fight.

"Brothers, get ready to work!" Qian Kezhuang waved his hand, shouting casually as if he was greeting everyone to go to the fields to do farm work.

The crossbow arrows were raised. Qian Kezhuang stared at the approaching siege vehicle on the other side, spit into the palm of his hand, and moved the handle of the crossbow.

With a loud bang, the bed crossbow crossed the space and fired heavily at the siege vehicle, but was blocked by the thick shield. Half of the bed crossbow was embedded in the shield, unable to cause any more damage. The people on the city all changed their minds, but below the city, the Qin army gave a huge cheer. It was cumbersome, and sometimes it had the advantage of being cumbersome.

"The bed crossbow is of little use to this thing. The front is blocked by the big shield. The bed crossbow extends to shoot the infantry behind, and the arm crossbow covers the shot. Damn it, you should give the siege vehicle another cover, so that I can I have nowhere to say anything!" Qian Kezhuang snorted.

Along with the rumbling sound, one after another siege vehicles leaned against the city wall. The huge force made the entire city wall seem to be shaking. The city wall was raised with sacks, but at this time it was much higher than the siege vehicles. More than one meter away, the soldiers on the city knelt half-kneeling on one of the earthen fortresses, shooting wildly at the siege vehicles with their crossbows. The soldiers of the Qin army shouted, pushing the soldiers in front row by row to charge forward. The soldiers at the front were already dead, but they could not fall because the people behind were using them as human shields.

"Lancer, spearman!" Qian Kezhuang shouted crazily, and it was too late to cock the arm crossbow. He threw away the arm crossbow in his hand, picked up a spear at his feet, and shouted After pricking it out, Qian Kezhuang heard a slight explosion, just like popping a urine bubble.

Shake the bowl, put away the gun, and stab it out again. Two spears in front of him were stabbed at him fiercely. With two clanging sounds, a shield appeared next to him in time, blocking the two spears. Qian Kezhuang took the opportunity to stab the two in succession. Qin Jun killed him on the spot.

"Dad Wang, thank you very much!" Qian Kezhuang turned to look at the old man who was taking a step to his side. The old man grinned, showing his mouth that was missing several front teeth, "The old man can't poke anymore, but he can still give it to you." Block the gun."

On the other side, Shang Kexi danced his spear, shouted loudly, and jumped directly from the battlements to the siege vehicle on the opposite side. The spear danced like a windmill, and he actually made a clear space in the crowded siege vehicle. Following the gratifying move, more soldiers jumped onto the siege vehicles on the city wall and started fighting on the enemy's territory.

On the city wall, fierce shouts of killing could be heard from everywhere. The Qin army in many places also jumped on the city wall and fought with the Han army who rushed to counterattack. There was no place on the entire city wall where fierce fighting broke out. .

"Set fire, set fire!" Shang Kexi turned back and fought back to the city wall, shouting as he looked at the dangerous situation everywhere.

"General, we've run out of grease."

"Wine, there is wine in the warehouse." Shang Kexi suddenly remembered something. "Bring those wines here, they are all strong alcohol and can be ignited."

Soon, a jar of strong liquor was brought to the top of the city. Shang Kexi picked up the jar of strong liquor and said, "Damn, I'm so lucky for you!" He threw it away and threw the jar of liquor at the siege vehicle. A torch followed. Was thrown up.

With a loud bang, the jar shattered, and pale blue flames rose into the sky.

"Throw the wine, throw the wine jars over." Jars flew in the air and landed on the siege vehicle leaning against the city wall. The fire ignited again.

It was nearly noon, and the Qin army's attack was finally repelled, but Wang Xiao's face showed a smile under the city.

"Have they finally run out of oil? They even used wine to set fire to it, but they don't know how much wine there is in Shannan County." The aroma of wine permeating the battlefield made many people drink. Chong was salivating, and after just one sniff, he knew it was good wine. This was produced by the Wu family of Han State. In Qin State, they still could not brew such strong wine. Even the dignitaries of Qin people drank wine. It was also imported from Han.

Qian Kezhuang's face was full of regret. In the round of arson just now, he just threw a dozen wine jars out at once. At that critical moment, he didn't care about pity. Now the enemy retreats, smelling the wine It smelled so good that he couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

"Son of a bitch, son of a bitch!" He kept scolding: "Old Wangtou, can you find some small jars, preferably ones that can only hold half a catty of wine."

"Old Qian, you have to keep some secretly!" Lao Wang asked in a low voice.

"Fart, when I was in the Liaoning Guard, I saw General Meng Chong of Nanye also use this trick, but he put wine in a small bottle, put a twister on the front, lit it, burned it for a while and then threw it out, with a bang, This bottle exploded. Not only did it burn people, but the sharp fragments could also kill people. It would be such a waste to throw it away like before." Qian Kezhuangdao. (To be continued)