While the third trench was being filled in, two cannon shots suddenly erupted inside the pass.

Huan Yan and Wang Ben led two cavalrymen out of the city. The cavalry rushed towards the Chu army's fortifications and chariot troops like a whirlwind. The steel knives rose one after another, chopping vegetables and melons, cutting thousands of Chu army's soldiers into pieces.

The lives of people were sent to the west. General Zhong Limei, who was on the left wing and was facing the enemy, reacted at this time and hurriedly sent cavalry out to rescue. But it was too late. Most of the fortification soldiers with only shovels in their hands could not walk two feet in front of the bloodthirsty Qin cavalry.

After a round, either the head was lost or the arms and thighs were removed. For a time, the surrounding trench turned into a river of blood, with pools of purple stomach and crushed skulls, which were stamped to pieces under the horses' hooves. From a distance, it looked like

A vat of sauerkraut pickled with blood.

The Qin army's cavalry in black armor and the Chu army's fortification soldiers in green leather armor were so densely packed together that it was difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. In this situation, the Chu army's shield soldiers were unable to shoot arrows to kill the enemy, and could only watch helplessly.

Watching the fortification soldiers and chariot soldiers being slaughtered.

The Chu army's cavalry arrived. A hail of arrows flew down from the top of the city. When they fell on the ground, they immediately caused a mass of death. The cavalry at the front wailed, their horses stumbled and fell to the ground. The cavalry behind them could not keep their posture.

Some were tripped by the horses, and some trampled directly over their comrades. For a moment, the people howled and the horses neighed. The tragic situation was unbearable to watch. Rows of arrows were fired from the top of the city with ruthless arrows to attack the enemy cavalry!

The Chu army had a large number of cavalry. Although there were losses, it did not affect the overall situation. The arrows on the top of the city were slightly suppressed by the Chu army's archers, and the Chu army's cavalry fought with the Qin army.

This was a head-to-head cavalry battle. Both sides were furious. The clang of swords and spears, the hoarse roar of beasts, and the neigh of war horses flying into the air were all mixed together, making people's blood boil and countless grips.

The arm holding the handle of the knife and the head with angry eyes rolled down to the ground with a rain of blood, passing between the horse's hooves and the human foot——

Wang Zhu sent Wang Bi and Huan Yan out not to fight with the Chu army, but to destroy his ballista chariot! Wang Bi and others threw the porcelain jars they carried with them on the chariot, containing kerosene.

Suddenly it splashed all over the car body. The soldiers risked being killed by taking out fire sticks from their arms and throwing them on. The chariot made of wood immediately burst into flames, and even the giant arrows as thick as spears that had no time to launch were almost destroyed.

Melt away in the light of the fire.

After Wang Bi and Huan Yan burned their chariots, there was a loud sound of gold ringing on top of the city. The cavalry soldiers fought and retreated. Under the cover of the archers in the arrow tower, they turned back and fought back to the pass. The two of them took five thousand cavalry out of the city and were able to come back.

There were less than two thousand of them, and most of them were injured. One can imagine how brutal the battle was.

Xiang Yu, who was watching from behind, was furious and furious. He ordered the vanguard army, Zhong Limei, and Ji Bu's wing army to dispatch all at once, attacking from three directions at the same time, aiming directly at the outer wall of Hangu Pass!

Without the support of the ballistae, the archery towers and sand and mud fortifications immediately showed their due advantages. Rows of hidden or condescending arrows drew strange arcs in the air. The Chu army there was densely packed, and they headed towards it.

Plunge there! They didn't need to aim at all. They put the arrow shaft on the bow string, aimed in that direction and shot out, which immediately caused a cry. The counterattack arrow was firmly blocked by a bag of sand and mud as high as a person.

The triple trench in the ground, this straight strip of land, has become an insurmountable dead zone.

Xiang Yu watched his attacking troops attack the city wall like a tide, and then recede like an ebbing tide in an instant. The trenches were filled with corpses of soldiers wearing Chu army armor. The battle lasted for nearly three days.

For an hour, the nearly thousand-foot battlefield was strewn with corpses of fallen soldiers from both sides. Of course, 80% of the corpses were from the Chu army, because the main force of the Qin army was still in Hangu Pass. Yingbo's first echelon vanguard

The army has lost more than 20,000 people, and his eyes get hot just thinking about it. This is a siege! The defensive side has an unparalleled advantage!

In fact, the losses of the Qin army were not small. After the arrow stack on the city tower, soldiers fell down one after another beside the city wall. At first, they were thrown on the horse road. Later, there were too many, which affected the normal shooting. Wang Zhu had no choice but to order a group of soldiers.

Thousands of engineering soldiers came up and were responsible for carrying the corpses.

"A bunch of rubbish! I'll go up there myself." Xiang Yu couldn't help it anymore, shook his horse's reins and was about to rush out.

Huan Chu stopped him from the side and said, "General, let me go. If I can't do it, you can go up again."

Huan Chu was a close friend of Xiang Liang. He was the son of Huan Shanyue, a famous general in Chu State, and was a family friend of the Xiang family. Xiang Yu still respected him.

"Okay, but it must be taken down. If not taken down, it will be dealt with by military law! If you want men or horses, please say something!"

Huan Chu handed over his hand: "Don't worry, general. Within half an hour, Huan Chu will definitely pull out these nails. I have only one request, that all the siege troops be withdrawn and only the five thousand scull and shield infantry be given to my command."

That's enough." Xiang Yu was eager to win, and he knew that Huan Chu was a steady man and could do what he said, so he immediately ordered his soldiers to withdraw Ying Bu and others' troops.

Huan Chu came to the team and took over the command of Ying Bu. Ying Bu was not satisfied and thought, if I can't take it down, no one else can succeed. Go up and see how you retreat in embarrassment!

The Chu army sounded the gold, and the three armies formed a tight defensive formation and retreated back without chaos. This shows that Xiang Yu usually manages the army with a strictness, which is far better than Liu Bang.

Huan Chu used the fastest time to select 5,000 uninjured oars and shield soldiers, and gave each of them a ghost-headed sword to wear at their waists. He only said one sentence: "This is a hand-to-hand battle, no need to shoot arrows.

Just move forward and the enemy will jump out on their own."

Huan Chu was afraid that the soldiers would not understand what he meant, so he personally held a shield to protect his whole body, and pushed forward slowly against the arrows from high places and underground. The soldiers suddenly understood and followed his example.

Like a group of turtles with their heads and limbs retracted into their shells.

No matter how powerful the Qin army's arrow rain was, there was nothing they could do about this tactic. Just when Huan Chu's army was approaching four feet away from the sand and mud bag, Meng Duo and Li Shiqi let out a loud howl: "Brothers, kill!"

——" The Qin army ambushing outside the city jumped up. While running, they did not forget to shoot a few arrows, forming a dense network of cross arrows in the parallel space. Some Chu soldiers who had just emerged suddenly died suddenly.

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It's impossible not to come out. It's too close. Bows and arrows have lost the advantage of long-distance killing, and the only way left is hand-to-hand combat. Huan Chu thought this way from the beginning.

One after another, they threw off their oar shields and drew their sabers from behind. The Chu army regained their strong nature. They screamed and fought back without any fear on their faces. The soldiers on both sides were like two trains traveling at high speed, colliding with each other with a bang.

The consequences of this kind of impact are conceivable. In the blink of an eye, there were hundreds of headless corpses on the ground. The blood flowing out of the cavity was like a wine jar being kicked over.

The earth gushed out, and the khaki earth was dyed black and red by the pungent smell of human blood——

Huan Chu commanded the soldiers and slashed at the archery tower with the sword in his hand like crazy. Wood chips flew everywhere. In an instant, all four archery towers collapsed. The Chu army was so majestic that they held bloody swords and raised their arms and shouted. The Qin army

Due to the small number of people, it gradually became exhausted.

Xin Sheng, a veteran Qin general who had just escorted grain and grass from Xianyang, was so angry that he ordered three thousand infantrymen under the city and fought out of the city.

The cannons fired continuously, and Xiang Yu had already seen clearly.

If the Qin army increases its troops, of course the Chu army will also increase its troops!

The trumpet sounded, the war drums thundered, and Xiang Yu immediately issued the order for a general attack. Hundreds of thousands of infantry led by Zhong Limei and others pressed forward together. Looking down from Hangu Pass, the overwhelming enemy troops and densely packed heads of people surged, as if

The torrent is about to collapse the city wall, which can't help but shock people's hearts.

Wang Zhu shouted: "Zou Ming! Prepare the stone machine and smash it for me! Fire up 10,000 cavalry and I will leave the city myself."

Wang Zhu was a little excited. Xin Sheng was originally going to take over, but he didn't expect that the Chu army's individual soldiers were strong and good at fighting. Just like rice cakes, once they get stuck on them, they can't be shaken off. This is great.

Meng Duo did not rescue him but instead threw himself in. One hundred and fifty thousand Chu troops had already approached the second trench. If they did not enter the city immediately, Xin Sheng, Meng Duo and five or six thousand Qin troops would be destroyed in an instant.

Trampled to pieces.

Wang Zhu also imitated Xiang Yu and screamed strangely. He thought that this could boost his morale, but the generals all suspected that he was scared to tears, which in turn hurt his morale.

Wang Zhu took the hundred-jin copper rod from Zhang Xi and shouted loudly, "Follow me out of the city!" He spoke too quickly and ran too fast, like a fugitive being tracked by the police, and went down to the city in a flash.

Wang Zhu was afraid that those old ministers would act like Tang Monk in his ears. He didn't bother to listen to nonsense like "Your Majesty is the king of a country, and he is concerned with the safety of the country -" "Your Majesty's body of thousands of gold cannot be touched lightly." Such nonsense!

The city gate, covered with three layers of iron, one foot high and three feet thick, was pulled open by the combined efforts of four soldiers. It made a sharp rattling sound and opened to both sides. The loud shouts of killing immediately hit the people gathered inside the gate like a strong wind.

The faces of the 10,000 cavalrymen. The tragedy outside the door makes people's blood boil, and it also makes people feel frightened. They are one step closer to death!

Unable to explain, Wang Zhu, like a wild beast that doesn't know what death is, turned around with his bronze stick, hit his horse and rushed out of the city gate.

The Qin army outside the door suddenly burst into cheers: "Long live your majesty - long live -" Everyone seemed to have been injected with an overdose of stimulants and suddenly became manic and restless. Some people even threw their spears and knives far away.

, rushed towards the Chu army, biting off the carotid artery of the Chu army, inserted the knife into the lower abdomen from behind, and did not feel the pain. He pulled it out with his backhand, hacked to death two Chu soldiers on the left and right, and then fell to the ground! This kind of sudden madness

There are many examples. All the Qin soldiers' eyes were blood-red, and there was nothing else in their minds except the consciousness of killing and protecting. This shows how powerful the emperor's spiritual inspiration is.

The Chu army, which had an obvious advantage, was retreating steadily under this explosive force, and was forced to retreat ten feet. Huan Yan suddenly shouted: "Brothers, the time has come for meritorious service. Those who kill the faint king will be rewarded with tens of thousands of gold and be crowned kings."

!” Damn it, this is amazing. There must be wild beasts under the heavy reward. With such a heavy reward, hundreds of wild beasts can appear!

All the Chu troops spurted flames from their wide-eyed eyes, aiming at Su Yu in an instant, roaring like the water of the Yangtze River rolling eastward.

When Wang Zhu saw that Yingbu's army was about to press forward, he shouted anxiously: "Xin Sheng, Meng Duo, retreat to the pass quickly!" He did not want to lose these two generals. Talents were still in short supply at this moment.

Xin Sheng, Meng Duo, and Li Shiqi had already set their sights on His Majesty. Although they could not hear Wang Zhu's voice, they could unite in one consciousness - even if they died, nothing would happen to His Majesty! They must protect His Majesty.

Withdraw to the customs!

Therefore, as soon as Wang Zhu showed up, they commanded their men to return to the defense and retreat regardless of casualties. The Chu army behind them wanted to crown the king, so how could they let Wang Zhu return safely, like a pack of wolves that would not stop dying?

He came over with the Qin army's tail in his mouth and killed the general.

Wang Zhu wheeled his copper stick and rushed into the enemy's formation to meet the oncoming force. He leaped his horse and killed more than ten Chu soldiers in an instant. The heavy copper stick slashed left and right, cracking one's head and shattering one's neck bones. Some of them were concussed and changed.

There are idiots - two Chu army generals were killed, but they were hit by Wang Zhu's left and right sticks. One hit his chest directly with blood spurting out and fell from his horse. The other lost his hand with the steel whip and was paralyzed. He saw stars in his eyes and turned around to escape.

, Wang Zhu was willing to let go, reined in his horse and caught up: "Damn it!" A stick was stuck on the back of the head, the helmet was suddenly smashed, and the white hair flowed into the neck like tofu.

Without even making a sound, he fell to the ground and died.

The Chu army only cared about being crowned kings, and everyone was close to being a pervert. They still cared about the love of comrades, and they didn't care about their own parents. The corpses of the two generals and their armors were immediately trampled into powder, and the blood and blood were

The internal organs and fur were mixed together and ravaged by iron hooves into a sticky paste.

Yingbu's 150,000 troops arrived and immediately formed an iron wall to surround the Qin army.

Meng Duo and others, with their beards and hair spread out, cut three bloody paths at the same time, came to Wang Zhu's side, held the emperor in the center, struggled to open a hole in the thousands of horses, and moved slowly towards the city gate.

The four men wielded swords and guns at the same time, killing countless enemies, and no one could stop him! Wang Zhu's eyes were blood red, his horse roared, and he swung his copper stick to charge left and right. He was like a god descending from the earth, frightening the Qin army to give way. A few bold ones came up.

After receiving the move, they could not withstand the heavy weight of the copper stick, and one by one they died unexpectedly.

The Qin army behind him poured outwards along with the opening opened by Wang Zhu. All the Qin troops put their lives and deaths aside to protect the emperor. Even though the Chu army was getting larger and larger, they could not stop it.

Countless boulders and arrows suddenly erupted from the top of the city, shooting at the densely packed Chu army that was following them. Because the Chu army was so numerous, they couldn't even escape sideways, let alone dodge. They suffered heavy losses for a while, and they all started to attack.

Go back.

Wang Zhu and others took advantage of this opportunity to enter the city from the lowered suspension bridge!

Yingbu lost the golden opportunity to capture the emperor. He was so angry that his mouth was filled with smoke and his head was on fire. He desperately rode his horse to the moat and commanded the ladder to attack the city!

After giving the order, the Chu army, like a large number of black ants fearless of death, used ladders to cross the moat.

There was a bang on the top of the city, and tumbled wooden rocks rained down immediately. The arrows were much denser than the raindrops. The ladder was so shot that it broke every inch and crashed into the river. Countless Chu troops fell into the river.

Yingbu stood at the foot of the city and was almost shot into a honeycomb by powerful arrows. He resisted for a while, then turned around and watched the soldiers attack the city from a distance! As a result, the morale of the Chu army was relatively low, and the siege was not going smoothly.

Hundreds of ladders were lost, and the city wall was not even touched. Instead, the moat was blocked by countless corpses, and the water flow was cut off. The number of casualties increased greatly!

After four or five hours of offensive and defensive battles from early morning to now, the Chu army paid a price of 30,000 lives, but they still couldn't climb to the top of the city! Seeing the setting sun like blood, the night slowly closed like a curtain, and the sight in front of me became more and more blurred.

It's getting darker and darker. The soldiers of the Chu army are shouting gold loudly!
Chapter completed!