Yiyang.

The siege was still fierce. Countless soldiers of the Three Jin coalition forces climbed onto the city wall like ants and fought fiercely with the Qin army on the city wall.

The tall earth mountain spreads, and countless young and strong men carrying earth and rocks are running back and forth to transport it. The length of hundreds of feet makes people suspect that this is a naturally formed hill.

Many crossbowmen from the Three Jin coalition forces stood on the earthen mountain and shot fiercely with the Qin crossbowmen on the top of the city. The sound of arrows leaving the strings and the screams of being hit by arrows became the most commonly heard sounds.

"Be careful of the huge rock!" Many sharp reminders came from the top of the city. The Qin soldiers who were originally focused on fighting against the Three Jin coalition forces subconsciously hid behind the battlements.

Dozens of huge stones roared down and hit the city wall heavily, making a short and dense roar, and smoke and dust splashed everywhere, mixed with extremely painful screams.

There are now countless bumpy gaps on the thick city wall, which look extremely miserable. Shocking cracks have even begun to appear in many places, looking like a dangerous building that has been disrepaired, shaking.

"Yiyang is going to be smashed by us." This is what Zhao He said to Le Yi.

Although it sounds a bit proud, everyone must admit that this is the fact.

This time, Zhao He brought a total of 5,000 craftsmen to the army and transferred another 5,000 craftsmen from South Korea. The result was that a total of 100 trenchers were built in three months.

When one hundred catapults were launched at the same time, the feeling even made Zhao He have the illusion of dreaming back two thousand years later.

I have to say that no matter what it is, as long as it scales up, the scene will be quite shocking.

Faced with Zhao He's somewhat complacent words, Le Yi nodded slowly and reminded: "King, we must pay attention to Bai Qi's desperate counterattack."

Zhao He smiled and asked Le Yi back: "Do you think his counterattack will succeed?"

Le Yi said seriously: "It's impossible."

In the city, Bai Qi listened quietly to the reports of his subordinates in front of him.

"Daliangzao, the offensive of the Three Jin coalition forces is becoming more and more fierce!"

"Daliangzao, our army's casualties are increasing day by day!"

Amid the reports, there was an extremely obvious eagerness and pleading.

Bai Qi's face remained unchanged, but he sighed in his heart.

It seems that this Yiyang City is really impossible to defend.

In fact, it is understandable to think about it. In the past few years alone, Yiyang City has changed hands three times between Qin and South Korea. Each siege is a damage to Yiyang City's city defense. When facing the strong pressure of the Three Jin coalition forces, all the original hidden injuries were oppressed and emerged, which finally led to the current result.

Zhao He did not use any tricks or tricks, but just fought over with his life to capture Yiyang City, which made Bai Qi feel helpless.

There is no doubt that the casualties of the Three Jin coalition forces must be higher than those of the Qin army, and much higher.

But the problem is that the number of the three Jin coalition forces combined is much larger than that of the Qin army.

Bai Qi had 200,000 people in his hands, but the Sanjin coalition on the opposite side had 320,000 troops.

If this continues, the first thing that cannot be withstood is the Qin army.

Just like the Qin generals in front of Bai Qi at this moment, they are actually not cowardly at all, and they will not avoid war because of fear.

But they still hope that Bai Qi will retreat from Yiyang City, because they can feel from the soldiers under their command that if such a war continues, they will definitely be defeated!

Bai Qi was silent for a while, and when he looked up, he saw a sunset slowly falling to the earth.

Bai Qi finally spoke.

"Send the order and withdraw troops tonight!"

The next morning, Zhao He had just gotten up and was still enjoying breakfast when he received news that Mangmao, Baoyuan and three generals Le Yi requested an audience at the same time.

Soon, Zhao He learned about something.

"Has the Qin army retreated from Yiyang?" Zhao He's expression moved slightly, and he put down the dagger in his hand.

A moment later, Zhao He climbed up to the platform and happened to see a large army slowly withdrawing from Yiyang City.

The Qin army's retreat formation was obviously different from the usual marching formation. It was not a long-distance retreat, but a posture that could fight at any time and slowly headed towards the West.

Beside Zhao He, the Wei army commander Mang Mao couldn't help but say, "Master, it's time to order the pursuit!"

Like a normal siege, the Sanjin coalition also adopted the tactic of siege three que one this time.

This tactic uses the psychological suggestion of "it seems to be a way to retreat" to put psychological pressure on the defenders coming to the city and disintegrate the mentality of the defenders in the city's stubbornness to the end. But in fact, once the defenders in the city choose to escape from the gap, the siege can not only easily take the city, but also launch a unilateral slaughter pursuit.

Therefore, it is natural for Mangmao to pursue the situation at this moment.

Zhao He pondered for a while, shook his head slowly and said, "There is no need to chase after chasing. Look, the lineup of the Qin army is still strict when retreating. If our army chases us in a hurry, it will be a disadvantage compared to the Qin army. Let him go, we have more important things to do."

Mangmao wanted to speak but stopped, but in the end he could only shut up his mouth, but his face was a little dissatisfied.

Zhao He saw Mangmao's reaction in his eyes, smiled, and did not continue to explain.

If the chief general of the Qin army opposite was replaced by someone else, then Zhao He would definitely not hesitate to suppress the entire army and pursue him directly.

But who knows if Bai Qi will set up an ambush when retreating?

To the west of Yiyang is the famous Wuhan Passage. This passage is very steep and is a natural ambush.

More than 300 years ago, Qin Mugong, the only overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period of Qin, was attacked by Duke Xiang of Jin on his way back to his country on the way to the east. Not only did he set a record of the first complete army annihilation in Chinese military history, but Qin was also defeated by Jin in the war before liberation. It was not until two hundred years later that a guy named Shang Yang entered Qin from Wei State, and Qin State passed reforms to taste the powerful taste again.

With ready-made examples in front, how could Zhao He be willing to take the risk of pursuing?

Anyway, I just pushed it steadily. After retreating to Yiyang, I pushed Hangu Pass and Xianyang. I didn’t do anything to do anything. Everyone was just trying to consume hard power, and they just had to rely on national strength to waste your Qin State!

Zhao He said to Bao Yuan: "General Bao Yuan, you Han army must be the most familiar with the terrain here. After the Qin people retreat, you will enter the city and take over the city, and then send a scout to follow the Qin army. You must find out whether the Qin people are ambushing in the Wuhan passage, so that our army can continue to advance smoothly!"

As he was about to take back Yiyang, the joyful Qian Yuan naturally said that he had promised it.

Zhao He turned his head to Mangmao on the other side again, and after thinking about it, he showed a strange smile.
Chapter completed!