Jieting, blood flows into a river, and there are corpses of soldiers with crossbows and spears, curled ring-headed swords, broken longbows, broken shields, and valleys everywhere on the battlefield.

The soldiers on both sides died too quickly, and they were not even too late to hide!

The vultures flying above the street pavilion were shouting loudly below and dared not come down to enjoy the carrion.

The Qin army and the Han army still stood firm in the barriers of Jieting. The flags of the Qin and Han coalition forces stretched for ten miles, and all the soldiers' eyes were covered with bloodshot.

Zhang Hua's bloodletting tactics were too ruthless and he was attacking all the time, which left the Qin and Han coalition forces without breathing time and suffering.

Fan Kuai held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. He stood in the sea of ​​corpses and blood, his eyes wide open, his bearded and his beard was like a halberd.

Liu Bang's 300,000 Han troops came into battle and blocked the Xia army's offensive for five consecutive days, with heavy casualties. Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, Li Guang and other Han generals fought for five consecutive days, and everyone was physically and mentally exhausted.

A powerful general of Fan Kuai's level, fighting with all his might, almost lost his strength.

"Everyone is waiting, don't relax! The other party is attacking the city again!"

When Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo, Guan Ying and others thought the opponent's offensive was about to stop, the sound of war drums that made people's scalp tingling sounded, and Zhang Hua actually ordered the soldiers to attack again!

Fan Kuai roared: "Continue to fight!"

"kill!"

The Han army forced themselves to cheer up, roared and fought again!

Fan Kuai fought to the death with Zhang Fei who was climbing the city. Two powerful generals with a back and a waist attacked and killed each other. The weapons collided violently, and a sound like a blacksmith broke out!

Fan Kuai of the Western Han Dynasty and Zhang Fei of the Eastern Han Dynasty fought fiercely on the city wall. Fan Kuai used his shield to knock open Zhang Fei's Snake Spear. Zhang Fei seemed bulky, but in fact he was extremely fast. He sideways to avoid Fan Kuai's big sword!

"drink!"

Zhang Fei shouted loudly and swung the Snake Spear with both hands. The next moment, the Snake Spear attacked Fan Kuai again!

Fan Kuai once again protected her with a giant shield and was hit by the Snake Spear. The shield was scratched, and Fan Kuai's majestic tiger body was repelled a few steps!

The flying stones shot by the trencher flew past the two of them from time to time, smashed into Jieting Chengguan, destroyed the arrow tower and camp tent, and almost flattened Jieting to the ground.

The offensive arranged by Zhang Hua was not completely without rest, but even if the Xia army rested, the Gongshu squad and their disciples' catapults and crossbows would continue to attack Jieting, and they would destroy all the city defense fortifications over and over again.

The arrow tower in Jieting was probably destroyed by flying stones wrapped in flames, and the stone walls were riddled with holes. The Xia army also used thick siege hammers to hit the wooden door of Jieting Pass.

The Qin and Han coalition forces had been guarding Jieting for fifteen days at this time, and more than 200,000 people were killed or injured unilaterally. Jieting became a purgatory on earth, and King Zheng of Qin and Liu Bang were moved by it.

King Zheng of Qin was called a tyrant by the ancients. He often recruited 600,000 troops to destroy the Chu State in the east, 300,000 troops to attack the Xiongnu in the north, 500,000 troops to pacify Baiyue in the south, built the Great Wall and Mount Li, and died a lot of labor.

But it is one thing for King Qin to use so many soldiers and horses, and it is another thing for witnessing 200,000 deaths in front of him...

Moreover, the Qin and Han coalition forces who died in battle were not counted as rural braves, and many of them were veterans of the Qin Dynasty who followed the Qin King's government to conquer the world.

Every time a veteran of Qin was killed in battle, Qin Wangzheng's face became even more ugly.

For the king, he could send hundreds of thousands of troops with a wave of his hand, but for the soldiers fighting in front of him, they had to sacrifice their lives, shed their blood, wrap their bodies in the horses and leather, and no one cared about them!

Meng Yi, covered in blood, stood beside King Zheng of Qin. As the Shangqing of Qin and the close minister of the King of Qin, Meng Yi fought seven times in a row of 15 days, beheaded at level 18, and was frown: "Jieting was almost razed to the ground, with millions of corpses and bleeding thousands of miles. On fifteen days, 700,000 soldiers and horses were killed in battle. On another fifteen days, 400,000 were killed in battle. If we have 300,000 remaining soldiers, we may not even be able to fight back... Zhang Hua wanted to shine our blood..."

"Report! Shang Jun, Yinghou, recruited 150,000 new soldiers and arrived at Jieting. In fact, 100,000 people arrived, and 50,000 people fled on the way!"

"Report! Some Qiang and Di tribes in Wudu launched a rebellion and attacked Qishan and other places. More than 3,000 grain trucks of the Han army were burned down!"

"Report! There are village heads and pavilions in Longxi, Tianshui and other places one after another, and nine out of ten houses are empty!"

On the 16th day of the Jieting Battle, unfavorable news came from the rear, which made King Qin extremely passive.

Because of years of war, the Qin State was on the verge of collapse because of too many soldiers and horses killed or injured in Jieting.

The fleeing of the people and the rebellion of the tribe are enough to illustrate many problems.

One-third of the 150,000 new recruits recruited by Shang Yang and Fan Sui fled halfway.

Not only that, Liu Bang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, learned that the Di tribe and Qiang tribe began to attack Qishan Road, and the Han army's grain trucks were severely damaged and could not help but be moved.

If the barbarians of Wudu County occupy Qishan Road, then Liu Bang's Han army may not be able to flee back to Hanzhong once they are defeated.

Zhang Hua was stumbling to Liu Bang, making Liu Bang hesitate whether to continue fighting to die in Jieting.

Wudu County has many mountains and forests, with many Di and Qiang tribes. If all these tribes defect to Zhang Hua, then Liu Bang would not be able to return to Hanzhong.

"Chen Ping, what should I do?"

Liu Bang could only rely on Chen Ping, the think tank under his command.

Liu Bang cherishes his life than many kings, because only by living can he have hope of gaining the world.

Chen Ping pondered for a while, and then replied: "The Di people and Qiang people were mostly suffering from the heavy labor service and military service of the Qin State, so they launched troops to rebel. As for why they chose to gather in the Qishan area and attack our grain trucks, the reason was very simple. Behind them, there must be Zhang Hua's lobbyists."

"The military advisor is very insightful, consistent with what I want."

Liu Bang did not doubt Chen Ping's wisdom.

Chen Ping is the most proficient in human nature in the world, so even if Chen Ping does not have a God's perspective, he can infer the reasons behind it through the facts that happened.

Chen Ping's guess is almost the same.

Chen Ping continued: "What the lord is worried about is that the retreat route was cut off by the barbarians of the Di and Qiang people..."

Liu Bang nodded, he was indeed afraid of death.

Thinking back to the beginning, Liu Bang was in Pengcheng, and hundreds of thousands of vassals were smashed by Xiang Yu's 30,000 cavalrymen and fled in a hurry. In order to escape faster, he even pushed his son Emperor Hui of Han and his daughter Princess Lu Yuan out of the carriage.

If a person does not care for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. This is a principle of Liu Bang's belief.

Gu Li

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Bang was already trying to find a way out.

Zhang Hua asked Su to serve as an envoy and lobby. Huairou attached himself to the Di and Qiang tribes of Qin, in order to cut off Liu Bang's retreat, which made Liu Bang panic.

Wang Shouren offered his advice and grasped Liu Bang's weakness of cherishing his life. Liu Bang was indeed frightened.

"Does the military advisor have a plan?"

"The lord can bring a lot of money and beauty to lobby for the Di tribe and Qiang tribes, not asking them to withdraw their troops, but only asking them to turn a blind eye and deliberately give up a way to retreat their troops to Hanzhong. The Di tribe and Qiang tribes are greedy. As long as they give them enough benefits, they should not refuse."

Chen Ping was calm and had already thought of countermeasures to resolve Wang Shouren's strategy.

"It's reasonable!"

Liu Bang immediately arranged people to carry gold and beautiful women to go lobby for the Di and Qiang people, and let them let themselves have a way out.

Liu Bang's 300,000 Han troops fought away, losing 80,000 people, leaving only 220,000.

These Han soldiers who still survive until now are also covered in scars and their combat effectiveness is far less than that at the beginning of the war.

For his own life and the return of these Han troops to Hanzhong, Liu Bang had to make arrangements in advance.

"Even if one of the other party's plans was resolved, the bloodletting plan on the front of Jieting is still unsolvable."

Chen Ping could only help Liu Bang leave a way out. Even if Chen Ping had super first-class intelligence, there was no better way to fight against Jieting.

Zhang Hua set up a frontal formation, embarked on the Qin and Han coalition forces, launched a rotating battle, and bleed the Qin and Han coalition forces. Chen Ping had no countermeasures.

On the contrary, the conspiracy to lobby the Qiang tribes and rebelled by the Su Dynasty and cut off Liu Bang's retreat was easier to resolve.

The reason why open plots are open plots is that they are difficult to deal with on the surface.

"King of Han, the King of Qin has something to discuss!"

When Liu Bang conspired with Chen Ping, King Zheng of Qin sent someone to recruit Liu Bang to discuss how to defeat Zhang Hua.

"At present, only by using the Dragon Summoner Xu Fu's Dragon Summoning Formation can the victory or defeat be reversed. However, the Dragon Summoning Formation can only last for a short period of time. If used to defend the city, there will be no result in many battles. Unless the army comes out in full swing and fights with its back to the water, it can kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent."

King Zheng of Qin put his hands behind him, looking down at the tragic Jieting battlefield below. After Liu Bang and Chen Ping arrived, he explained his intentions to the two.

Liu Bang was one of the true dragon emperors, and Chen Ping was the best strategist in the world. Both of them were qualified to talk to King Zheng of Qin.

Xu Fu, a pre-Qin alchemist beside King Zheng of Qin, squinted his eyes and looked up and down at Emperor Gaozu of Han, with his eyes bursting out with spirit: "Only the True Dragon Emperor can use the Dragon Emperor. I said bluntly that this person is also possessed by dragon energy. If you use the Dragon Emperor with Your Majesty, then the soldiers of Qin and Han will be invincible and will be as powerful as a bamboo shoot!"

King Zheng of Qin turned around and said to Liu Bang: "Liu Ji, now do you know why I summoned you to discuss it? The two emperors joined forces to activate the Dragon Summoning Formation, and one battle will determine the universe! After defeating Zhang Hua, you and me will divide Guanzhong equally!"

"Dragon Summoning Array?!"

Liu Bang's eyes were a little crazy.

He knew that Xu Fu, the alchemist of King Zheng of Qin, was familiar with the art of strange gods and was known to be able to find immortal medicine.

Although Liu Bang thought from the bottom of his heart that Xu Fu was a liar in the world, Xu Fu really knew the formation.

"What do you think? Although you will lose your strength after using the Dragon Summoning Formation, this is our only opportunity to defeat Zhang Hua!"

King Zheng of Qin clenched his fists in his sleeves, and he knew that Liu Bang would agree.

Once Liangzhou is lost, Liu Bang will have a hard time and will be suppressed to the south of the Qin Mountains. In the end, just like Qin State, Zhang Hua will be exhausted by national strength.

"Okay, I will fight against the powerful enemy with Your Majesty!"

Liu Bang agreed!

In the Battle of Jieting, the Qin and Han coalition forces were killed and injured, and the morale of the army was shaken. King Zheng of Qin and Liu Bang must try to break the deadlock.

At present, the Qin and Han coalition forces still have 500,000 soldiers, as well as the 100,000 new soldiers recruited by Shang Yang and Fan Sui, which is 600,000 troops. At this time, there are still troops to fight back.

If 200,000 veterans were lost, the Qin and Han coalition forces might not even have the qualifications to counterattack.

On the 19th day of the Jieting Battle, early in the morning, the mist shrouded in the valleys in Jieting area had not yet dissipated, and the battlefield was filled with the smell of pungent blood and the smell of rotting corpses.
To be continued...