Chapter 67 South Gate
From the morning when he received the order from Zhao Zheng, Xianyang City was in panic. The Chu army headed straight for Xianyang, but the Qin army landed far behind and could not catch up. Xianyang could only rely on its own strength to defend and wait for assistance. Xianyang was a mighty city in the world, with a city of seven or two feet high and a wall of twenty-one feet thick. Including the slope protection at the inner and outer walls, it was twenty-six feet.
It is not difficult to defend such a majestic city according to the king's order for three days, but the Chu army defeated Lantian City only for a moment. With a thunderous weapon, the city wall flew into the sky. Although the officials and common people in Xianyang City did not witness it with their own eyes, the saying that the Chu army had broken the city one day for more than half a month, the saying that the Chu army relied on the wizard weapon to break the city one day spread throughout Xianyang. Even the important officials in the court did not feel that they could defend it.
What's more, in order to block the Chu army from Lantian, including Shi Zi of the school and the royal palace, all the men and strong men in the city were born in Lantian. If the remaining ones were either old or weak, they were officials and craftsmen. Including the temples in the palace, there were more than 80,000 officials, and the craftsmen of the Shaofu (including a large number of ministers) had as many as 280,000. Although there were many people, they rarely experienced battle formations. These people could not even hold the swords firmly, and the formation was defeated at the touch of the touch, and the defense of the city was vulnerable.
Therefore, as soon as the court meeting was presided over by the left prime minister Wei Zhuang, the court officer Li Si and the lieutenant Zhao Bo dispersed, the Dongcheng began to panic. Then the city behind the royal city was crowded with people, including corn, vinegar sauce, chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep..., as long as it could be eaten, they were all sold out.
The rush to buy the market naturally caused chaos in the Xicheng and the suburbs. The Qianshou in Xicheng also entered the market to grab corn and grain. The Qianshou in the suburbs either fled to other places or poured into the city.
All of them were under the rule of Qin, but the Qianshou also had ranks. The Qianshou in Xianyang was one level higher than the Qianshou in other cities of Qin, and the Qianshou in other cities was one level higher than the Qianshou in the rural areas, and the Qianshou in the wild land was one level higher than the Qianshou in the newly conquered areas. The officials naturally would not be as arrogant as they were against the Qianshou in Xianyang.
The Qianshou in Xicheng went to the city to buy food and fodder, and the officials could only let it go. At this time, Zhao Bo, the lieutenant responsible for the defense of Xianyang, issued another military order: He asked the men and women in each of the city to bring their own armor and soldiers and stationed in sections of the outer city.
Qu, cart, trestle, building, chopping, orange tiles, trestle, long axe, long vertebrae, long hoe, hook, flying rush, crook, rope... If these cities guarding equipment are available, they must be moved to the city head immediately. If not, Shaofu made it overnight; charcoal fire, stones, thorns, rolling wood, sand, gravel, iron filings, ash, bran, valley, grain, horse urine, human shit, these cities guarding objects must also be transported to the city head head and collected in a hurry.
In addition, there are also thousands of steps on the city, two hundred steps on one floor, one hundred steps on one oar, one pavilion, fifty steps on one stove, and one thirty steps on the Hou Tower (protruding outside the city wall, similar to the later horse face). Under the city, it is necessary to bury obliquely to block the wood planting of ladder trucks. On the inside of the moat, there must be a firewood that extends outward and even a low-high Feng Yuan.
Of course, defenses should be set up in the city - the battle to defend the city is not ended just by taking the city head. The standard city defense tactics are: behind the city wall is a ring road, and there is a simple earth wall on the inside of the avenue. There is a deep trench under the wall, and the trench is filled with firewood. When the enemy enters the city, they ignite the firewood in the trench to form a fire wall. In addition, barriers should be set up between each of the miles to build walls to prevent traffic and strictly guard against spies.
The Mohist school's technique of defending the city was the most complete, but unfortunately, Xianyang had never experienced war since its construction. Last month, he heard that the Chu army was about to enter Guanzhong, so Sikong began to build buildings on the city and plant wood outside the city. However, the 80 miles of Xianyang City was not enough to cover ten days. Now that the Chu army suddenly arrived, they could only abandon the outside of the city and make every effort to build the city.
There were only more than 20,000 soldiers in the city, and they could only barely maintain order in the city. Dongcheng, Xicheng, and the suburbs of the city were all chaotic, and it was extremely difficult to recruit soldiers in chaos. Not to mention the common people in Xicheng, even the powerful and wealthy people in Dongcheng also had many escaped and self-mutilated to avoid the conscript.
When the ministers were at a loss, Yan Wuyi, with the order of the Mo family's master, led tens of thousands of Mo people, and craftsmen to the top of Xianyang City, which stabilized the people's hearts. The chaos in the city was curbed, and the soldiers from all over the country were gradually called together, and things gradually became orderly. The daytime was too short and too short. When the Chu army flag appeared under the city of Xianyang, only the south wall was hung with canals, wooden flags, wooden buildings, wooden oars, wooden pavilions, charcoal stoves, and the hou Tower was still not complete.
According to the habit of the Chu army, whenever they go, they must set off firecrackers to test the enemy situation and intimidate all directions. In the south of the city where the Zhao army knights died last year, a battalion of artillery soldiers set up and set off firecrackers aimed at the three gates of the south city.
The sound of cannons was deafening, and the shells hit the cannon, and even the cannon and the cannon poles were knocked away, revealing the timid Qin soldiers on the front of the city; when they hit the city gate, the city gate immediately had a hole with a big head - time was urgent, and the door hole was blocked in the city; when they hit the air, the cannonballs roared over the wall and landed in the palace, and some of the high-firing angles crossed the Yingmen and hit the main hall.
The main gate of the south city is opposite the main gate of the palace, and the main hall is within the Yingmen. Yingmen is within the Jimen, the Jimen is within the Kumen, the Kumen is within the Gaomen, and the Gaomen is within the city gate. Xianyang City has been expanded several times, and the Xianyang Wangcheng is subsequently expanded, but no matter how much it is expanded, the scale of the royal city is nine parts of the country. Xianyang City is twenty-two miles long in the north and south, and the royal city is only seven or eight miles long in the north and south (the Forbidden City is only two or three miles long in the north and one or eight miles wide in the east and west). Behind the main hall is the road gate, and the bedroom palace is within the road gate.
It is extremely normal for five times the charge, and the shells fired at an angle of more than 40 degrees fell more than 2,000 meters away (about six miles). More than 2,000 meters were just within the door. After finding that the door hole was not blocked, the Chu army immediately adjusted and more artillery aimed at the main gate of Nancheng, and then rushed to the front gate, but there was still a company of fifteen-pound cannons aimed at the royal city two thousand meters away. Every time the shell fell, the temples and palace maids in the city would scream in fear, and then they avoided the gate and hid deep in the bedroom.
"The Jing people are here! The Jing people are here! The old poisonous wife wants to destroy my Great Qin! The old poisonous wife wants to destroy my Great Qin..." The temple's palace maid was frightened, the queen mother was shocked, the queen mother was
Zhao Ji was even more crazy and confused. Mi Ji was dead, but she would never forget the harm Mi Ji brought to her.
"Queen! Queen! Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo
"Mother Queen, Mother Queen," hundreds of concubines flocked to Liuying Palace. The seven-year-old Fusu was not afraid but curious. He asked naively: "Why didn't your father invite his uncle to the banquet in Xianyang City?"
He was seven years old and was less than the age to enroll in school. War is synonymous with blood. Mi Lu never told Fusu about the bloody war between Qin and Chu, but only told him that Qin and Chu are friendly. The son's problem made Mi Lu frown, and she had to say: "Your father is still in Lantian, and the uncle first came to Xianyang. Those who did not dare to open the door without the orders of the king."
"Why don't you dare to open the door?" Fusu asked with his head raised, rubbing his body against Mi Qian's leg. "If they open the door, my uncle will no longer use witchcraft. Mother, everyone is already in panic. Why don't you let me let my uncle not use witchcraft?"
"Why, why, how much do you have?" Mi Qian was actually anxious. She hoped that Qin and Chu would never join the war. Unfortunately, since last month, Qin and Chu fought in full swing, and Wang Di even led their troops to the outside of Xianyang City.
As the princess of Chu, her mother country recovered the old Ying, she was extremely happy. But as the queen of Qin, Qin lost Nanjun, Nanyang could, but if Xianyang was removed, would the king's brother be destroyed?
"Shangwu..." Mi Qian's words made Fusu laugh. He thought this sentence was very interesting. Mi Qian ignored her son and called Shangwu, an old temple man.
"Queen." After Mi Ji died, Shangwu served in Liuying Palace. He said he was serving, but in fact he was just a rest. He also looked after Mi Qian. If Zhao Ji really wanted to harm Mi Qian, he would not pity his life.
"Take this item with you, I want you... to go out of the city," Mi Qian hesitated, "Brother Wang..."
"I know." The Chu army actually attacked Xianyang, and rumors gradually arose in the city, saying that the Qin army was defeated and the king had passed away. Regardless of whether the king died or not, the most important thing at the moment is to understand the King of Chu's intentions. Shangwu knew what Mi Qian meant. "I will leave the city now."
After saying that, Shangwu hurriedly stepped down. Unfortunately, he had not left the city yet. He gradually entered the Liuying Palace in the night. Mi Qian suddenly heard a tsunami-like scream in the south, followed by the crowded voices and drums. No one knew what was happening outside the palace. The concubines in the court cried again and cried again, and finally even Fusu was so scared that she cried.
"Report to the Queen, the Jing people broke through the South Gate..." Wei Weitu rushed into the Liuying Palace and reported urgently. From the afternoon, there were no figures in the government office outside the gate. As soon as the Chu army used witch tools, even the temple people outside the gate ran away. Tu could not find the minister, so he had to find the queen.
When the concubine heard Wei Weitu’s urgent report, she cried even more tragic. Mi Qian’s face also changed. She murmured: “As for this, Brother Wang will attack the palace in a moment…”
"Don't worry, the queen, I will never let the Jing people attack the palace!" Tu said anxiously. His mission is to protect the palace.
"Hundreds of thousands of Qin troops can't defend it. How can you not let Brother Wang attack the palace?" Mi Qian glanced at the picture, and she turned to say, "Come on! Quickly help me dress up and change my clothes."
After several expansions, Xianyang, which had never had any war, did not have a urn city. Without a urn city, it means that once the thirty-two kilograms of siege cannons break through the city gate, the city outside the city will be transparent. The Chu army can sway from the three paths about ten meters wide and twenty meters wide into Xianyang City (only the south gate connecting the royal city is more than twenty meters wide. Although the east and west gates are also three gates, the three gates are only ten meters in total).
Chapter completed!