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The horns rang.

It was the Hanoi soldiers led by Yang Duanhe who started the battle first.

Yang Duanhe froze for the news sent by Shen Bing, and then sighed:

"Shen Bing is really a heavenly man, and Chu Jun makes him count everywhere."

I said that I didn't hesitate anymore, and I ordered the soldiers to go to war while hanging on.

Yang Duanhe’s Hanoi soldiers had been preparing for a long time outside Shouchun City, and the siege equipment had already been prepared. At this time, after Yang Duanhe gave the order, the Hanoi soldiers launched an offensive against Shouchun City.

The first is Mai Fireball.

This thing is undoubtedly a siege artifact, especially in the dark night...

Just like the previous Ruyin battle, the night is actually not suitable for cold weapons to attack the city, because the visibility is too low to further increase the advantage of the defender.

However, it is different with Mai fireball.

Fireballs were thrown into the city one by one, some even on the wall.

Not to mention whether there was a riot caused by igniting the houses in the city. Only the light of this kind of fire can illuminate the city wall and place the Chu army on the head of the city in the light. Instead, the Qin army who is attacking the city is in the dark.

To achieve such an effect, the Mai fireball is indispensable, so the fireball played a stick of incense for a long time, and Yang Duanhe beat the drum and ordered the Qin army to attack the city.

With a loud shout, Qin Jun rushed towards the city wall while lifting the siege ladder.

This shocked King Chu in the city. He immediately found Zhang Qi and asked in a panic:

"Why Qin Jun will attack the city at this time?"

"Could it be that Qin Jun knew about our army's breakthrough?"

Zhang Qi answered:

"Please be relieved, the king, this is absolutely impossible."

"In the opinion of his subordinates... Qin Jun may be suspicious of attacking the city because he noticed that the pontoon bridge was cut off and the water was drastically reduced."

The king of Chu felt a little at ease.

Zhang Qi's statement also makes sense.

After all, Qin Jun was not stupid. He found that the pontoon was broken and guessed that the Chu army would move, so it was possible to attack the city first to disrupt the Chu army's plan.

But Xiang Yan, who rushed to the north of Shouchun City, was not so optimistic.

He saw fireballs from the south of the city piercing the dark night sky straight to Shouchun, and the number was daunting.

Seeing this, Xiang Yan frowned:

"No, Qin Jun may be prepared."

Mr. Changping asked puzzledly:

"Why did the general say this?"

"It is Nanying who is attacking the city, and its momentum is so great. Doesn't it mean that the main force of the Qin army is in Nanying instead of Beiying?"

Xiang Yan shook her head and replied:

"According to common sense... If Yang Duanhe finds that the pontoon bridge is broken, he should be ordered to build the pontoon bridge or reinforce Beiying at the first time."

"However, the Qin Army did not provide reinforcements and attacked the city."

"This proves that they have no fear, and their siege is intended to contain Shouchun and make it impossible to break through with all their forces."

If Shen Bing heard Xiang Yan's words, he would regret that he shouldn't be so impatient for Yang Duanhe to attack the city.

Jun Changping couldn't help but change, and said:

"The general's intention is this Yang Duanhe..."

Xiang Yan answered very positively:

"It's not Yang Duanhe, but Shen Bing."

Jun Changping felt the same way, because he was also afraid of Shen Bing.

After hesitating, Mr. Changping asked again:

"So for the present..."

Xiang Yan sighed again and said:

"Now that the arrow is on the string, I have to send it."

"At this time, it is only a stick of incense time until I am waiting to meet the king and break through."

"At this time, if you send a letter to the king... I'm afraid it will be wrong."

What Xiang Yan said was.

In order to be able to attack the Qin army, Xiang Yan calculated the time very tightly.

At this time, if you use a carrier pigeon to send a letter to tell King Chu that the plan is to be cancelled...what if the letter fails to be delivered?Or what should I do if it is delivered to the king of Chu after a while?

Too much uncertainty, at that time, might instead allow King Chu to leave the city alone to meet the enemy.

Thinking of this, Xiang Yan could only gritted his teeth and ordered:

"According to the plan, but be careful in everything, Qin Jun may be fraudulent."

The generals responded and led their troops to attack.

The war drum soon rang, and then the stone bullets from the darkness...

These stone bullets were from the Chu army.

The Chu army had learned a new type of catapult, so he could attack the walled city from a distance.

It's just that Chu Jun didn't seem to be very proficient, most of the stone bullets missed the target, and he didn't know how to adjust.

But Chu Junsheng was in the dark, and from time to time he would hit a few sackfire balls... useful things on the battlefield always spread quickly.

So war is sometimes inaccurate.

It's not good. The progress of human society is almost always driven by war... In order to defeat the enemy and opponent, we are desperately developing this and that.

Otherwise, as the farmer Xu Ying said, as long as everyone has enough food, there is no reason to fight.

However, this is not the case. In modern society, most countries have solved the problem of food and clothing, but they are still in constant chaos.

Li Yan obeyed Shen Bing's orders. Even if the walled city was hit by a stone bullet and fell in a row in some places, he would not insist on going to the battle, but patiently waited for the enemy to come up.

It didn't take long for the Chu army to stop firing stone bullets, and the Chu army appeared in the dark in groups to the sound of war drums.

The Chu army soldiers did not attack, but steadily moved forward, following the drumbeat step by step.

This is a strategy that Xiang Yan decided early in the morning to cope with the confusion.

He knew that it would be useless to rush to attack the city as usual in dealing with the wolf pit, and that would only cost him a lot, even if the Chu army was much more than the Qin army.

So Chu Bing had to move forward steadily.

Once a wolf soldier appears in front of you... use a trebuchet to deal with it.

It is not easy to do this, because this is the modern "foot gun coordination".

But it’s not easy, but it’s not difficult, because modern “infantry coordination” is mainly concerned about accidental injury. It is difficult to require “infantry coordination” that does not accidentally be injured. Decreased.

Xiang Yan's requirements are very low.

That is to say, you are not afraid of casualties, even if the stone bullets may hurt your own people.

This should be said to be normal in ancient times, because the concept of "human rights" did not exist in the minds of high-ranking officials or generals.

What they think is: Anyway, rushing on the battlefield is death. Although this method may be accidentally injured, it can break the formation and kill more enemies. Why not?

As a result, when the Chu army pushed towards the walled city step by step, the trebuchet behind also followed and was ready to launch.

As long as the torch is raised and shaken in front, the trebuchet will hit that direction regardless of everything.

This trick is ruthless enough, and it should be said that it is also effective against the mandarin duck array set by the wolf.

No matter what formation it was, it could not stop the blast of stone bullets, and the Chu army could advance step by step under the cover of stone bullets.

The problem is... when the Chu army walked to the front of the walled city step by step, they were stunned to find that what was waiting for them was not a wolf, but a fierce Qin army.