The battle for Tianjiaping fortress has entered a white-hot degree in a very short period of time, after all, Gouxin is from a famous family, a family of generals, he made the most correct decision, in the Han army launched an attack for a short time, he was clear about the situation he was facing, if the other party was allowed to fight like this, soon, the city wall he wanted to rely on would be completely crushed by the opponent, and it also dealt a serious blow to his own soldiers, the only chance to win was to fight with the opponent, so that the opponent's most powerful weapon could not exert its power, After sending a group of soldiers to try to kill and wound the opponent's sappers, and thus succeeded in attracting the opponent, he immediately abandoned the soldiers who had left the city, closed the gates, and used a crossbow or a trebuchet to scatter gravel shells on the city to inflict damage on the enemy, and once the opponent retreated, he immediately sent his soldiers in pursuit, thus drawing the opponent back again, and so on and so forth.

Although Jiang Fu fought a lot of battles, as a battalion-level commander, it was the first time he commanded such an operation. However, this also stimulated the bloodiness in Jiang Fu's bones.

Seeing that although his subordinates had killed all the Qin soldiers who rushed out of the city, the covering shooting on the city also made his subordinates lie down under the city, Jiang Fu's eyes were red.

"Artillery, three salvos. Guard platoon, follow me. He yelled.

In the roar of artillery, Jiang Fu held a big knife in his hand, jumped out of the position, and rushed forward, the cannonballs on his head were flying, Jiang Fu was running wildly on the ground, accompanied by a loud sound, the gravel on the city head was splashed, and another wall battlement was smashed, Jiang Fu had rushed to the city.

"Ladder!" He roared.

With a thud, a ladder was erected and leaned against the blasted gap in the wall. Jiang Fu took the knife in his mouth, used his hands and feet together, and quickly climbed up.

Two push rods on the city resisted the top of the ladder, trying to push the ladder away with all their might, the Han army under the city pressed the ladder to the death, and the Qin army leaned out. Arrows rained down on the soldiers at the bottom, such a distance, even if they were wearing armor, they could not resist the attack of arrows, and several soldiers were shot like hedgehogs, blood soaked the armor, and flowed all the way down their bodies to the ground, but as long as there was still a breath, these soldiers clung to the ladder with both hands. Hang yourself from the ladder with the weight of your own body so that it does not get pushed away.

The second round of shell firing, the landing point was still in the position just now, the cloud ladder that was pushed away fell back with a bang, and the severed arms and stumps of the Qin soldiers above the city were flying, Jiang Fu had climbed to the top of the cloud ladder, his head was exposed from the gap, and he saw it at first sight. More than a dozen Qin soldiers were getting up from the ground, roaring and rushing towards his position.

Jiang Fu himself was also affected by the explosion of the artillery just now. Shaking his head, his hands and feet were sore for a moment, and he struggled to climb the city wall, he took out a grenade from his bosom, lit the fuse on the fire that was still burning beside him, and waited for a moment. The splitter threw the grenade out.

With a roar, more than a dozen Qin soldiers who rushed up and wanted to plug this gap suddenly fell into a pool of blood.

Tumbling from the wall to the inside, Jiang Fu finally regained some strength, roared angrily, and pounced on the Qin army in front of him. Behind him, one after another Han troops climbed up. Behind him, more than a dozen Han soldiers gathered in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that the city wall was broken through, Hook Xin couldn't help but be shocked, the city wall attack and defense, as long as one point was broken through, if this loophole was not quickly blocked, it was a thousand miles of embankment, and it could also collapse in the anthill.

"Follow me and kill the dog." He roared loudly and rushed towards Jiang Fu's location, and behind him, hundreds of Qin soldiers rushed over with shouts, all of them were veterans and knew the priorities.

The third round of artillery began to sound again, this time the impact point was tens of meters on both sides of the city wall that had just broken through, and in the roar, Gou Xin only felt that the sky was spinning, his legs were weak, and he fell to the ground all of a sudden, and he turned his head with great effort on the ground, and the shell just now fell right in the crowd of Qin soldiers behind him, causing huge casualties. A swirling, scorching fireball that took countless lives away in an instant.

The Qin army in the city was dumbfounded by such an attack, and in a moment, more Han troops had already broken through the city wall.

Jiang Fu turned his head, looked at the still smoky artillery position, and praised loudly: "The dog's day is good, if this cannon is crooked, Lao Tzu will go to see the king of Yama, and I will go back to you to ask for credit." ”

Rising from the ground, the aftermath of the explosion still made him dizzy, but he still managed to rush towards the nearest Qin soldier.

"Kill!" Jiang Fu roared angrily: "Brother Crab, look at my brother to avenge you!" ”

The city was slaughtered, and under the city, the city gate was also blown open by the Han army engineers, and more Han soldiers poured in, and Gou Xin looked at his fortress in despair, from the beginning of the war to the present, in less than an hour, the Tianjiaping fortress that once seemed impregnable was about to be lost.

"General, let's go, otherwise I won't be able to go!" His own soldiers dragged the dejected letter and left in the wilderness.

The battle started in the early morning, and it was not yet noon, and the calm on the battlefield had been restored, and the Tianjiaping fortress was no longer in shape, and there were gaps that had been blown up everywhere, and the broken walls were in ruins, which was shocking. The soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, but Jiang Fu walked up to the artillery, stroked the cannon body that still had residual warmth, and muttered: "With you, the future war will be very different." ”

The appearance of artillery has indeed made the city offensive and defensive, and it is no longer a moat.

Lubin City, one after another messengers rushed into Xu Yahua's general Yamen, from this morning the Han army began to enter, to noon, the first bad news came, Tianjiaping fortress lost, Tianjiaping lost, Xiyangping and Huangshiping must not be able to hold, sure enough, less than half an hour after the loss of Tianjiaping, the other two fortresses were also lost, the third division of the twentieth army of the Han army, is passing through the war zone, quickly rushing towards Lubin.

"In half a day, half a day, the three fortresses garrisoned by 5,000 soldiers were all lost." Xu Yahua propped up on the edge of the sand table with both hands, looking at the miniature model of the Lubin Fortress defense area in front of him, when he took it to the three small cities of Tianjiaping, Xiyangping, and Huangshiping, before the Lubin Fortress area, there was no longer any danger to defend.

"General Xu, the number of soldiers who have fled back from the front line is increasing, and there are about 1,500 people gathered at present, and the subordinates have found the officers among them, and they all mentioned that the Han army has a new weapon, and the city wall cannot be resisted at all in front of this weapon, and a large piece of collapse will be destroyed as soon as it is exploded." Adjutant General Qian Shouyi was worried.

"New weapons?" Xu Yahua turned his head. Over the years, the new things of the Han Kingdom have not been investigated, and he has already been a little numb, but it is a little unusual for the officers of the Qin army in the three places to mention this weapon invariably.

Qian Shouyi took out a few pieces of paper and put them in front of Xu Yahua, "According to the descriptions of those officers and some soldiers, my subordinates drew a general appearance of this thing, he must have been driven by gunpowder, and when it exploded, a large amount of smoke was generated, and an iron ball of about ten catties was sent to the city, causing a lot of casualties to our city walls." ”

Looking at the things on the picture, Xu Yahua sighed slightly. "Are you in a hurry to Hangu Pass?"

"The messenger had departed early in the morning, and now the second wave had gone. I can't imagine that we can't hold on for even a day in Tianjiaping and other places. Qian Shouyi sighed, the worry in his eyes was extremely obvious, although Lubin City was much taller and stronger than the fortresses such as Tianjiaping that were built later, could it really be defended?

"Shou, there must be difficulties." Xu Yahua looked at the sand table, "The opponent has such a siege weapon, if we can't shrink back, then we can only be beaten passively." ”

"What do you mean?"

"The Han army definitely can't imagine that we are not busy reinforcing the city wall and preparing for defense, but going the other way to attack and seek field battles, defend righteousness, you take 5,000 people to attack, I will give you all 2,000 cavalry in the headquarters, you must kill the majesty of the other party, the Han army is strong, but our Qin people are not easy to mess with, there is an attack to defend." Xu Yahua looked at Qian Shouyi with blazing eyes.

"The last will obey." Qian Shouyi answered the order loudly, turned around and strode out.

Hangu Pass, several groups of messengers arrived almost one after the other, the first letter Lu Chao saw was the Han army attacking, but the second letter was the loss of Tianjiaping and other places, and the Lubin fortress area had been exposed before the Han army's attack surface.

"It's coming so fast." Lu Chao lost his voice, and two days after Gao Yuan arrived in Jinyang, the Han army's attack had already begun, which caught Lu Chao off guard.

If Lubin is lost, then Hangu Pass will face it head-on, which Lu Chao does not want to see, but to reinforce, his current focus is not here, Xianyang and other places in the Qin State have already begun to prepare tightly, at this time, if the troops are transferred to Lubin, the previous preparations are very likely to be in vain.

Takato, what do you want to do? Are you ready to really shut down the fire with me in Hanya? Lu Chao took a deep breath, the reason why he dared to do this was that he was sure that Gao Yuan must have the intention of profiting from the fisherman, and he also wanted to use Gao Yuan's mind to take advantage of the fire and fight for a glimmer of life in the impossible.

But the speed of the Han army's offensive and march was too fast.

"General, another messenger from Lubin is coming." One of the guards rushed in and shouted.

"What? It can't be that Lubin is also lost, right? Lu Chao lost his voice.

"No, no, General Xu won a victory at Lubin, defeating the 3rd Division of the Twentieth Army of the Han Army, and now the Han Army has been recovered." The guard shouted beamingly. (To be continued.) )