After Lu Pheasant led his troops away, Xiang Yu rested for a day and threw all the elite Chu troops into the brutal siege!

The red sun like a fireball shines on the desolate and grim ancient battlefield. On top of the city, raging bonfires burn tung oil, and black smoke rises like giant black pythons! There are piles of wood, rolling stones, millstones, and lime everywhere. Violent.

The north wind whistled sharply among the mountain peaks and valleys, and the sound was as miserable as the wail of evil spirits from hell. The weather was so cold that it almost froze and cracked the blue-gray stones building the city wall.

Under the city, hundreds of thousands of people surrounded the city, with spears and halberds like a forest, and chariots like a wall! The armor and weapons of the Chu army's soldiers shined more dazzlingly than the sun! Every soldier's face was filled with a chilling aura of looking forward to death.

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Thousands of five-foot-long flags hung coldly on the flagpole, fluttering wildly and roaring like thunder. The red waves stretched for dozens of miles, forming a sea of ​​​​blood that could swallow the world! Each pale knife

The spear flashed with blood in the void, as if blood was slowly flowing, and the battlefield was filled with murderous aura that oppressed the heartbeat!

Wang Zhu and a group of generals stood at the head of the city, looking numb at the Chu army's powerful and terrifying lineup.

Xiang Yu has used his full strength this time!

Countless ladders, crash cars, arrow-blocking personnel carriers, toad trucks for filling trenches, trebuchets, and crossbows pushed out of the triple trench with loud roars. The trench was almost collapsed, and overwhelming yellow dust was raised on the dirt road!

Behind the chariot are tens of thousands of scull shield soldiers in an orderly formation, with boots and armor, and uniform movements. They hold a shield in their right hand and a bow in their left hand! The scull shield is the largest shield, made of thick wood, with a sharp spike underneath.

It can be inserted into the soil layer, and the archers can hide behind the oars and shields and start shooting with the Qin soldiers at the top of the city, covering the siege chariots and jumping into the trenches! At this time, these oars and shield soldiers are strutting, giving orders in order, and marching in a sonorous manner.

Steps, move forward! "Thumb, thump, thump, thump"

The infantry behind the shield soldiers were divided into three teams, each with about 50,000 to 60,000 people. They were led by Yingbu, Jibu, and Zhonglimei, one of the five tiger generals. Yingbu led the troops to line up the central army, and Zhongli

Ji Bu is in the position of the left and right wing troops. The central army is all lightly armed swordsmen. In addition to a bright steel knife, each two people has a ladder in their hands, ready to attack the city wall at any time. The left and right wing troops are in

After a hundred steps, the shield soldiers formed a crescent moon formation, with one row for every thousand people. The fifteen rows at the front were heavy-armored infantrymen, and the five rows of crossbowmen were among them. At the back were still heavy infantry holding down the formation! This is a kind of

The cautious formation, with the heavy armor in front, can effectively prevent the rapid impact of light cavalry from all directions. Five thousand crossbowmen can resist the enemy from a long distance under the protection of the infantry, and are also effective.

Protect the infantry's charge! When the infantry in front successfully jumped the trench, the crossbowmen immediately bent to the wings like waves, jumped out of the human wall, and gave way to the infantry behind them. These infantry would destroy the city tower that was on the verge of falling.

Sexual blow.

In the formation in front of us, Yingbu's central army is closest to the trench and is obviously the first echelon to charge into the formation. Zhong Limei and Ji Bu's wing army should join the battle later!

The rear army preparing to enter the city was led by Ji Xin, Xiang Zhuang, Huan Chu, Long Qie, and Yu Ziqi. Five thousand chariots were formed into five square formations like tofu blocks, with a distance of two feet between the formations.

Xiang Yu, the remaining generals, Fan Zeng and other counselors deployed five teams of light cavalry behind the chariot formation. Each team has about 5,000 men. They can rush out of the lanes of the chariot formation at any time and enter the battlefield!

This nearly 30,000 cavalry is the elite of Xiang's army. Every warrior and every horse is one of a hundred. The horses can travel eight hundred times a day, and the warriors are powerful and no more than twenty-five years old. They have great martial arts and bravery.

The level is very impressive, and it is the trump card among the trump cards led by Xiang Yu himself! It has the powerful power of cutting through with a sharp axe.

The war drums shook the sky, the horns sounded, and the Chu army entered the final charge. The sound of the horseshoe men's footsteps shook the city tower. The chariot soldiers advanced ten feet away from the first trench. After a bang of a clapper, they stood firm.

Immediately there was a strong deterrent force that made people feel that the Chu army was well-trained and united. Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng, Tu Gangqiu, and Xiang Bo led thousands of soldiers and came slowly. The soldiers moved away from the soldiers on both sides in order.

They passed through the human wall of the alleyway and lined up next to Yingbu. They all faced the city wall with sneers.

The army is in great shape and its morale is high.

Its power is enough to give people a domineering aura that makes them unable to compete without a fight!

The Chu army put up such a destructive formation, of course Wang Zhu would not sit still and wait for death!

The meaning of the generals is to strictly guard the city and consume the Chu army!

Wang Zhu firmly opposed this based on his military knowledge. The reason was very simple. The enemy was too strong and the morale of the Qin soldiers was low. If they retreated and defended, they would probably be defeated because they could not withstand the strong pressure!

Don't show weakness in this situation!

Wang Zhu has not been idle these two days. He ordered people to build twelve 3-foot-high wooden archery towers in the gaps in the middle of the three-layered city-protecting trenches that are five miles long and 100 feet apart.

Each tower was covered with bags of sand and mud, and five hundred soldiers armed with bows and arrows were hidden underneath, guarding day and night. In addition, a trebuchet designed by Zou Ming was newly added to the tower, ready to deliver a fatal blow to the Chu army who was filling the trenches!

At this time, the trumpet sounded, and the Chu army's siege vehicles and trench-filling vehicles, amidst the sound of war drums, advanced slowly and powerfully towards the young commander's army in unison. The momentum was extremely frightening!

The trumpet sounded loudly on the city tower, and the six thousand soldiers who were ambushing behind the sand and mud bags below the city, led by Meng Duo and Li Shiqi, had their bows and arrows ready, just waiting for the enemy to enter the shooting range!

Tall and neat arrow-blocking vehicles concealed rows of trench-filling vehicles as they advanced to the edge of the trench.

At the top of the city, behind the sand and mud bags under the city, after Wang Zhu gave the order, arrows burst out like a downpour of arrows. "Bang, bang, bang, bang", they were nailed to the arrow-blocking cart without any obstruction.

Hundreds of arrow-blocking carts with thick wooden planks about 10 feet high suddenly turned into hedgehogs with erect white hairs. Within the time of burning an incense stick, there was no space left for an arrow to be inserted into the wooden planks.

However, it was useless. The arrow-blocking vehicle still protected the toad vehicle behind it, and the ten thousand trench-filling fortification troops advanced towards the trench. At the same time, Wang Zhu also discovered that there were more than fifty stone-moving machines and a hundred chariots carrying a

Ballistas with hundreds of arrows were also mixed in the trench-filling truck and came to the edge of the trench!

This kind of ballista chariot can fire hundreds of powerful arrows at once. Each arrow is about the same size as a spear. If fired at close range, it is so powerful that it can penetrate even a weak city wall. If a few arrows are concentrated

The result of a bombardment by hundreds of ballistas is bound to be the collapse of houses and the destruction of the world. Ballistas are highly maneuverable and can be used in conjunction with chariots. They can not only attack cities, but also play a huge role in field battles. Their range is even greater

It is more than ten or twenty times more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows.

As the chariots advanced, the shield soldiers also began to advance. Once they reached the firing range, they immediately drew their bows and arrows to fight back. The intensive exchange of bows and arrows from both sides began. In order to cover the soldiers filling the trenches, they fought hard to attack the trenches at any cost.

After the sand and mud were packed, they started shooting with the Qin soldiers at the top of the city.

Xiang Yu prepared a reserve team for the archers. When one archer fell, more people immediately came up to replace him. The intensity of the arrows fired at each other exceeded that of a modern machine gun battle. The sky for several miles above the city was obscured and darkened.

There is no light. In the blink of an eye, you can hear dozens of wails, representing the end of dozens of lives.

Taking advantage of the moment when the arrow rain at the city head was suppressed, the arrow-blocking vehicles filled with arrows quickly flashed out of dozens of lanes. Three to four hundred trench-filling trucks and tens of thousands of Chu army engineering soldiers rushed out of the lanes, risking their lives.

Boundless arrows filled the trenches. As soon as they showed up, dozens of people in the front row were immediately put into death, almost in the blink of an eye.

Wang Zhu, who has always despised cold weapons, finally realized the true lethality of bows and arrows this time. The exchange of fire in front of his eyes had almost covered all the space he could see. Even a fly or mosquito would not be able to escape from being hit.

The fate of the arrows. Without the protection of the oars, shields and arrow-blocking carts, all the hundreds of thousands of people in the Chu army would have been dead in just five or six hours.

The engineering soldiers filling the trenches were like construction work under a pouring rain. The soldiers who were shot into honeycombs immediately rolled into the trenches and made their final contribution to the trench filling project. Nearly 80% of the 10,000 engineering soldiers were buried forever in the trenches.

Within. The efficiency improved by this is immeasurable. The remaining fortification soldiers have filled a five-foot-wide gap, which can completely allow the infantry, cavalry and even chariot soldiers behind to pass.

The chariots and shield soldiers howled and strode forward along the gap. Every step cost dozens of lives. The crowd fell one by one like chopped sorghum stalks. Yingbu's first echelon

The siege troops also followed behind the shield troops and advanced to the edge of the first trench.

Although they passed the trench, the distance between the first trench and the second trench was tens of feet wide, and there were four extremely lethal archery towers to ambush the elite Qin army with red eyes downstairs. They didn't want to

Will let him go easily. The Chu army immediately paid a heavier price than before.

Because the distance was too close, the accuracy of the soldiers on the archery tower was greatly improved, and all the lives of the remaining fortification soldiers were instantly taken away. Even the shield soldiers had to raise their shields high to cover the vital parts of their heads and body parts.

There was no place to worry about. The battle became a stalemate for a while, and the Chu army was unable to move forward.

Yingbu sneered with a black face and said sternly: "The flag soldiers sent the order, the ballistae was ready, demolish these arrow towers for me!"

Fifty giant chariot ballistae made a series of mechanical sounds, and many Chu soldiers adjusted their positions in time, aiming at the archery tower and the city head respectively. The flag soldiers in front of Yingbu, with red flags waving, and ballistae with their heads raised, all fired towards

It shoots out loud arrows with a whistle and cold wind.

"Boom, boom!" There was a series of loud noises, and two of the four archery towers were directly hit by giant crossbows. Several huge crossbars used to build the archery towers were immediately broken. There was a crackling sound, and the Qin soldiers on the archery towers let out a shrill wail.

If you fall to the ground, those who fall to death are considered lucky. Those who don't fall to death are immediately shot into hedgehogs by arrows from our own side and the enemy's. In the sand and mud bag fortifications as high as one person, stone fragments shot by giant crossbows fly away, dust and blood.

Lao Gao jumped up, bags swaying this way and that, no longer able to cover the Qin army's crossbowmen; on the top of the city, at least two to three hundred Qin soldiers behind the arrow stacks were pierced by giant arrows, and some were even directly carried away.

The arrows of the wind tore into two and three halves, and the blood turned into pink blood mist and floated in front of Wang Zhu.

The shield soldiers took advantage of the situation and fired at the Qin army. The Qin army suffered heavy losses immediately. Meng Duo, who was commanding outside the trench, shot down countless arrows with his strong martial arts and suffered dozens of scratches on his face, arms and legs, and a feather

The arrow swept past his eyes, and the white eagle feather opened a gash in his forehead. Blood flowed down his forehead, blinding his eyes. Seeing this, he promptly directed the remaining Qin troops to escape from the gap between the trenches.

, retreated back to between the second trench and the third trench, preparing to continue to face the enemy.

Wang Zhu took a look at the top of the city and realized that this was not going to work. Xiang Yu's ballistae was too powerful and the second and third levels of trenches could never be defended. If he persisted, he would only increase his own casualties.

There were stone-throwing machines on the top of the city, and Wang Zhu ordered all the stone-throwing machines to aim at the ballistae and fire outwards. "Bang bang bang bang" three or four ballistae were immediately smashed to pieces by the incoming boulders and lost their combat capability.

By the way, dozens of Chu soldiers were smashed into lumps of meat, and the blood plasma and internal organs and stomach were splashed more than ten feet high——

Amidst the sound of wheels rolling, three groups of enemy reinforcements advanced towards the trench in three directions: left, center and right. Each group had about 3,000 men, each with a hundred trench-filling vehicles and twenty-two arrow-blocking vehicles. The collision vehicles had not yet been dispatched!

The Chu army filling the trenches regained their vitality after receiving reinforcements, and screamed again to risk their lives to fill the trenches. Due to the suppression of the ballistae, the arrow rain on the city head was not as dense as before, and the Chu army filling the trenches further accelerated.

The second trench was filled in within half an hour. Of course, the Chu army also paid a heavy price under the heavy rain of arrows and heavy boulders. Yingbu's first echelon alone had lost 10,000 troops so far.

There are as many as five thousand. The Chu army has a large number of people. The casualties are just drizzle. Yingbu doesn't care. If he breaks into Guanzhong, he won't have to worry about not having strong men to supplement him.

The third batch of fresh troops of the Chu army began to advance adventurously. The infantrymen, consisting of three mixed teams of archers and engineering soldiers who held shields in their left hands and spears in their right hands, filled the trenches filled by the Qiuyuan.

Approaching, the spear kept hitting the shield, shouting the death chant "Kill, kill, kill——"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Hundreds of war drums were beating at the same time, regulating the pace of reinforcements commanding tens of thousands of soldiers, and intensifying the murderous atmosphere in the death battlefield.

The four arrow towers and sand and mud bag fortifications of the second trench, after playing a short-term role, also suffered the same fate as the first trench. The arrow towers collapsed, the fortifications were destroyed, and 80% of the soldiers were killed or injured. The remaining soldiers continued to retreat, and the city

The stone machine above the head destroyed four or five ballista carts during this period.

This doesn't work. The maneuverability of the stone machine is too poor, and it often cannot hit the ballistae that can be moved for combat. It cannot defeat others. Xiang Yu's army relied on this heavy weapon of mass destruction to advance straight into the third trench.
Chapter completed!