Chapter 1610: Petition for War
"Stand still. Ye Shikai said lightly.
"General, the last general, please ......"
"Okay, you can step down, I'll arrange it freely. Ye Shikai directly interrupted Mancang's words and asked him to retreat, Zheng Lang personally stood at the south gate, seeing that he was already convinced that this was the main direction of attack, so he would arrange so many sergeants to defend, in addition, he himself guarded the south gate to command, now is a good time to attack the east gate with all his might.
"Inform Shangguan Jian and let him lead the main force to attack the east gate, if he can overcome it, the remaining three gates will also be self-defeating. Ye Shikai asked the guards to go and give orders.
"Wow. ”
The trebuchet continued to throw, suppressing the archers of the Qin army. Ye Shikai shouted loudly, Wancheng is more than four feet high, and the ladder must be lengthened to be able to reach it, and many rebels have just climbed halfway before they were shot down by the Qin army's random arrows and fell directly to the ground.
"Pour hot oil on it and light the fire. The sergeants poured hot oil on the stones, lit them with torches, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen fireballs rose into the air and threw them into the city, and the flying flames attached to the clothes of the Qin army burned, which plunged the Qin army into chaos for a while.
"Battering ram, rush for me. ”
Bang, bang.
Dozens of sergeants pushed the battering ram to the city, the city gate was reinforced, covered with bronze plates, the city gate not only increased its hardness a lot, but also became extremely heavy, the battering ram smashed on it and it was difficult to shake, and there was the top gate of the Qin army on the inside of the city gate, so there was no progress after a long time, Ye Shikai was quite anxious, the first batch of siege soldiers died, the wounded, there was not much left, if it could not be beaten down, then it could only go to the second batch.
"Continue the siege. ”
East Gate.
"Brothers, we have experienced a hundred battles, and the victory or defeat of this battle is related to the overall situation, and all the soldiers must work together to attack the city with all their might. Shangguan Jian rode a war horse, stood in front of the whole army, and shouted loudly.
"Brothers, can this battle be won? ”
"Victory. ”
"Victory. ”
"Well, brothers, the siege of Wancheng is today. ”
"Siege. ”
"Kill. ”
Shangguan Jian commanded an army of 10,000 and more than 30 trebuchets, and suddenly launched a fierce attack on the east gate, leaving no one behind, even the men rushed up with knives, the black pressure was pressed, and there were not too many defenders arranged on the east gate, in the face of such a big battle, he suddenly seemed a little helpless, and one by one the burning boulders were thrown up, directly knocking down an arrow tower.
"Knock open the gates for me. ”
Bang, bang.
on the city walls.
"General Zheng, something is wrong, the thief army suddenly stormed the East Gate, the number is no less than 10,000, and the brothers at the East Gate have already suffered one-third of the casualties, and they are about to be unable to withstand it. ”
"What, come with me to the east gate. "Zheng Lang personally brought the guards to reinforce the East Gate, and he didn't expect that there were more people here than the South Gate.
"This surnamed Ye actually put the main force at the east gate, it's really cunning enough. Zheng Lang said coldly.
"General, the thief army is storming our east gate, and the city gate is almost overwhelmed. ”
"Quick, let the boiling oil ignite and splash it directly. ”
"Wow. ”
The Qin army at the east gate ignited the hot oil and poured it directly from above, and the sergeant who operated the battering ram was defenseless, and the lit hot oil was poured on his body, which was simply painful, not to mention that the flames were ignited, and many sergeants were burned to death directly, and the battering ram was also ignited.
The two sides fought fiercely for a whole day, from day to night, the rebel army did not capture the city, the city wall changed hands repeatedly, the soldiers of the Chu army just boarded the city wall, they were counterattacked by the Qin army, and the Chu army behind made up again, back and forth, until after Mingjin collected the troops, the city was already full of corpses.
"More than 1,000 brothers were killed or wounded at the North Gate. ”
Simon also suffered more than a thousand casualties. ”
"East Gate...... More than 2,000 were killed in battle, and more than 1,000 brothers were wounded, most of them seriously wounded, and it was difficult to recover in a short time. "Shangguan Jian blamed himself very much, he led the main force to be responsible for the main attack on the east gate, they are the hope of the whole army, but...... But they did not take the gates, and they suffered more than 3,000 casualties.
"There were also two or three thousand casualties at the South Gate. Ye Shikai sighed, in one day, the 30,000 army suffered seven or eight thousand casualties, even if the lightly wounded could continue to fight, the seriously injured and killed brothers also had six thousand, such a heavy price, who could not be heartbroken.
"Generals, now is not the time to be discouraged. Ye Shikai clapped his palms, it is still wartime, no matter how sad he is, he can't lose his temper in front of so many generals.
"The casualties of the Qin army are not small, and the city gate is seriously damaged, which is conducive to our siege tomorrow. ”
After a day of fierce fighting, the morale of the Qin army was also low to the bottom, if it wasn't dark, I am afraid that Wancheng would be able to be taken tonight.
"Shangguan, you don't have to blame yourself too much, Zheng Lang is indeed a good general, I was able to react in such a quick time and adjust the main force defending the city, I underestimated him, it was my fault. ”
"General, please give me another chance, tomorrow I will definitely conquer Wancheng. ”
"I believe in you, the morale of the Qin army is extremely low now, and you will definitely be able to break the city tomorrow. Ye Shikai nodded and said.
"General Man, you can't go in. ”
"Get out of the way. At this time, there was a sudden quarrel outside the door, and Man Cang pushed the guards at the door away and forced his way in.
"Full. ”
"General Ye, General Shangguan, the last general is here to ask for battle. Man Cang handed over a letter, Ye Shikai glanced at it, and it was full of names.
"This is a petition from the Ironclad Army, and the names of thousands of brothers cannot be written, so I will ask all the chiefs to sign as representatives. Man Cang explained.
"General, there are so many brothers killed in the siege today, but our ironclad army can only watch from behind, and the last general is ...... It's worse than death, please general, let us fight. ”
"Lao Ye, tomorrow is the last battle, now the morale of the Qin army is low, we have to give them a fatal blow, the ironclad army is the vanguard of the siege of the city, I think ...... Let's make it a full warehouse. Shangguan Jian also persuaded.
Ye Shikai walked up to Man Cang and patted him lightly on the shoulder.
"Full. ”
"The end will be. ”
"I order you to lead the ironclad army tomorrow, and attack the east gate with General Shangguan, be sure to conquer the city, if you don't win, you won't come back. ”
"The last general is willing to make a military order, and if he does not win, he will come to see him. Man Cang said firmly.
"Alright, you go back and prepare for tomorrow's action. ”
Report. Before Mancang could get out of the tent, a sergeant hurried in.
"Something happened. ”
"According to the information I got just now, the counties of the Central Plains have gathered 120,000 Qin troops, and their vanguard has entered the territory of Nanyang County. ”