The speed of defense collapse on the periphery of Xianyang was not only unexpected by the Qin people who were trapped in the lonely city, but even the attacking Han army was greatly unexpected, so that after occupying the outer defense line, the pause stopped temporarily because the Han army was not ready to attack Xianyang in the final attack.

But three days later, the cannons roared again, and this time, the one who directly attacked the tall and steep city walls of Xianyang. As the capital of a country, the tall and steep city walls of Xianyang City are naturally well-known. After the emergence of steel and concrete, Xianyang City was once again strengthened. In history, there are many examples of being trapped in the lonely city for more than ten years but still being able to stand firm. This has also become the only thought of people in the city.

In the Black Ice Platform Hall, Lu Chao was dressed and sat upright on the imperial throne. Under the steps, all officials of all sizes and big and small in Xianyang were told today that they must go to the court to face the emperor.

In the Black Ice Platform, rows of Eagle soldiers stood with swords, adding a bit of murderous aura to the already solemn Black Ice Platform Hall. Everyone was afraid to breathe, looking at their noses and their noses. Since the Qin and Chu formed an alliance to attack the Han Dynasty last year, Lu Chao's temper has become moody. Killing people is common. It is not because of how long your family history and how high your prominent position, you will be a big knife serving you in disagreement or a dissatisfaction.

The heavy door of the Black Ice Tower Hall was covered, and the light in the room suddenly dimmed. Huge cow candles were lit, and faint cannons reflected everyone's changing face.

Although the gate was thick, it could not stop the rumbling sound of cannons coming from afar. Moreover, the landing point of the cannon seemed to be getting closer and closer. Accompanied by the huge roar of cannons, there were countless strange chirping sounds. And this strange sound actually flew over the Black Ice Platform Hall from time to time. The whistle that broke through the air made everyone frightened.

This is the latest weapon of the Han army. At Hangu Pass, Qian Zhongyi's 20,000 elite defenders were destroyed in one fell swoop. As more and more information on the defeat of Hangu Pass became more and more scared to the people in Xianyang City. It was the sickle of the god of death, the harvester of life, and it could not be stopped at all.

Since yesterday, this strange chirping sound has never stopped. The only difference from Hangu Pass is that after the shell explodes, what falls is not the kind of ghost fire, but the opening and opening of the sky.

The content of the post was self-evident, and naturally it was to persuade the surrender, and to call on the people of Xianyang to rise up and overthrow the tyranny, and lure the soldiers in the city to surrender. Gouyi's Eagle soldiers led by Gouyi broke their legs and wanted to confiscate all of these posts, but no matter how fast they ran, they were not as fast as those outside. After the explosion, all the snow-white posts were flying all over the sky, and they could not be destroyed. In the end, Gouyi gave up this meaningless action.

"Tell me, what should I do now?" Above the imperial stairs, Lu Chao's cold voice sounded, as if the Nine Nether Hells came. All the court officials lowered their heads silently. Now, they were really helpless, no. There should be another one, but unfortunately, no one dared to say it.

Outside the city, the Han army's artillery was pulling out the fire points on the city one by one. Compared with the life-threatening suicide-related bad guns in the outer defense line, the quality of the artillery in the city is much better. Although the firing speed is slow, it has been fired under the city. However, as soon as he exposed his fire points, he would immediately attract fierce artillery fire. Coverage shooting will destroy the cannons on the city bit by bit, and eventually remove the fire points.

This is the last battle, and without that commander, he will still care about the loss of ammunition.

Teams of infantry took advantage of the gap between artillery shooting in the city and passed through the fire blockade net, advanced straight to a place not far from the city wall, and began to set up their infantry artillery.

Small cannons lined up in a row, and with a command, shells jumped out of the cannon bore. Unlike other artillery artillery, this kind of infantry cannon flew through a high parabola, accurately landing on the city wall one by one. The continuous explosions and the flash of fire, accompanied by the screams of soldiers on the city, formed the main theme of the entire battlefield.

The firepower of the Han army covered all areas in the middle and far, and the fierce artillery attack lasted for a whole morning. The number of shells consumed was 100,000. The counterattacks on the city finally became weaker and weaker, and finally became completely silent.

With the loud sound of the military horn, the infantry who had been holding back for a long time finally began to attack. Countless siege cars, siege plank roads, bumped into city hammers, rushing cars, and ladders were pushed by the Han army. They looked up and rushed towards the Xianyang city wall amid the roaring shouts of mountains and mountains. The range of artillery began to extend at this moment, and the small cannons under the city became more and more fierce, blowing the Qin soldiers hiding in the military cave on the city could not reach out at all.

As the earth was shaking, ladders mounted on the city wall, siege cars came up, and anchor hooks in front of the siege towers hooked the battlements tightly. Countless Han troops climbed up like ants along these siege tools. On the tower city, which was almost as high as the city wall, countless magic crossbows fired crossbows like locusts, suppressing the Qin army at the top of the city. Almost as soon as the Qin army emerged, they would fall down like hedgehogs. Occasionally, there was a rain of breakthrough arrows that rushed to the front. Facing the tall tower city, the tight anchor hooks had no choice but to wave the knife in despair and chop the anchor hooks as thick as a child's arm. Qingfly wanted to push these huge guys away from the city wall.

There was still a dead silence inside the black ice platform, no one spoke, and no one dared to speak.

With a bang, the closed door was knocked open by the wall, and a blood-filled general rushed in. He staggered and fell on the cold black ground. He tried his best to get up but was powerless. Seeing the blood flowing out of the general's body, someone in the hall actually burst into a thud and fainted on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the Xicheng Gate has been broken through. The Xicheng Guard has retreated to the inner city. The Han army is expanding its attack surface. The outer city cannot be defended." The loyal general lay down on the ground, but still stretched out his bloody hand high, "Your Majesty, go quickly, go quickly, the Han army's artillery fire is too fierce, we cannot resist."

With a snap, his hands raised were hanging down. The general who tried his best to say this, stared at his big eyes and died in a pool of blood all over the ground.

"Your Majesty." The white-haired chief assistant Liu Zhilong trembled and slightly stepped out of the line and knelt down in front of the steps: "Your Majesty, please make a decision early."

"Decision, what decision?" Lu Chao leaned forward, with a smile on his face: "Liu Qing, what decision do you want me to make?"

Liu Zhilong raised his head: "Your Majesty, the situation is over and the manpower is hard to recover. For Xianyang and the people, please ask Your Majesty to surrender to the Han people! The Han Emperor is lofty and has never had a precedent for killing surrendered people. If you ask the Han Emperor to surrender, even though you lose your country, you can protect the ancestral temple!"

"Jiangshan, ancestral temple?" Lu Chao laughed out loud: "The successful one is the king, the loser is the enemy. Since you lose, you will lose more thoroughly? Surrender? Hahaha, yes, surrender, of course you can surrender. After surrender, you just changed your master and still live a prosperous life and a happy life, but I don't think so. I can surrender to anyone, but I will never surrender to Gao Yuan."

Liu Zhilong looked at Lu Chao in surprise: "Your Majesty, you and the Emperor of Han are friends of the general horns, and have a connection with each other for many generations. Please surrender to him. With the style of the Emperor of Han, you will not treat Your Majesty badly. Even if Your Majesty doesn't think about himself, you have to think about the Empress Dowager and the Prince!"

"Please ask Your Majesty to surrender to the Han Emperor for the ancestral temple!" In the hall, hundreds of court officials knelt down. In fact, everyone had no idea in their hearts, but they just didn't dare to say it. Now that Liu Zhilong had started this, everyone was just going to do it and persuade the emperor together that there were many people and great power, and they were not afraid that the emperor would not submit.

With a thud, Lu Chao overturned the imperial case in front of him and stood up with anger on his face, "Chun Gao Yuan, sinister and cunning. I, Lu Chao, would rather be crushed to pieces than surrender to him, and you don't have to think about it."

Looking at the courtiers kneeling under the steps, he suddenly smiled coldly: "And you can't think of it." He raised his hand and made a gesture to the guards in the hall.

With a choking sound, the steel knife was unsheathed. An Eagle officer took a step forward and grabbed a young official kneeling in front of him like a chicken. He slapped the man's neck with a slap and threw it on the ground.

The official who fell to the ground had already died, but his body was still twitching in a pool of blood. The others around him were stunned. It was not until another official was cut off by a soldier's neck, and the hall was in an uproar.

"The Emperor is going to kill us, run!" One jumped up, turned around and ran towards the gate. A steel knife whistled in the cold wind, passed through his chest, pierced him flat, and fell heavily to the ground.

There were endless screams in the hall. Almost all those gathered in the hall today were civil officials. In front of these Eagle soldiers, there was no such thing as a slightest ability to resist. Occasionally, there were military generals who could rarely resist, and they were killed in a blink of an eye.

Liu Zhilong looked at the bloody scene and his lips trembled, "You, are you crazy, are you crazy?"

Gou Yi walked up to Liu Zhilong with a sneer: "Prime Minister, haven't you said that you should be loyal to Your Majesty and always serve Your Majesty? Your Majesty is in the midst of the nineteenth lunar month, but you still have the position of Prime Minister for you. Please feel free to go on your way."

With a knife, Liu Zhilong stared at the steel knife that was sank between his chest and abdomen, and fell down with a tragic smile.

More than a hundred officials were slaughtered in an instant. Looking at the corpses in the hall and pools of blood on the ground, Lu Chao laughed wildly: "No one wants to live. Gou Yi, go do your business!"

Gou Yi knelt down and bowed a few times to Lu Chao: "Take care, your Majesty, I will still serve Your Majesty in the next life."
Chapter completed!