Wang Changyong stood on a high ground, staring at the county seat of Longshou not far away, his eyes were full of irritation, it had been almost ten days since he attacked Longshou, but there was no progress. He knew what General Lu Chaolu expected of him, attacking the Han State, to make the Han State soft, and to beat the Han State for a long time, it was mainly on his way. Although Xu Yahua's headquarters in the middle road has more soldiers and horses in Hangu Pass, it is very difficult for him to break through the three integrated armies of the first military region of the Han army and the perfect defense network, and Qu Wan's way is too close to the Chu State, even if there is a breakthrough, I am afraid that it will immediately attract the attack of the Han army, and it is difficult to cause too much damage to the Han State. Only by oneself can do this, Dayan County, Jishi County, Liaoxi County, these are the fundamental places of the Han Kingdom, and if these places are destroyed, it will inevitably make the Han Kingdom hurt its muscles and bones, and it will be impossible to relieve its breath without more than ten years or even decades.

The current Qin State does not have the strength to occupy these places at all, and all they think about is to beat the Han State to a pulp, and it is enough to destroy it completely.

King Wulie of Qin had already seen this when he was still alive, but that battle ended in the defeat of Qin, Li Xin and Wang Xiao were killed, and tens of thousands of troops disappeared. This is the second attempt of the Qin State, and unlike the last time, this time, the main force of the Han Dynasty is thousands of miles away from here, even if they grow wings, they can't fly, not to mention, in Yingshui, in Hangu Pass, they also need more soldiers and horses, enough to keep them busy.

If he succeeds this time, then he Wang Changyong will surpass Li Xin and Wang Xiao back then, and will become another general of the Qin State, which is enough to go down in history.

But now, he's being held back. It's not just the head of the dragon, Beiyu. There was no progress on both sides of Yaoqu. There are not many soldiers and horses in the third military region of the Han Kingdom, and looking at the flags played by the other side, they are actually the militia reserves of Dayan County and Jishi County. In the last Qin-Han war, the Hun cavalry led by Gu Li, which made the Qin people suffer a big loss, was the militia reserve of the Han State.

The militia reserves of the Han State were similar to those of the Qin State, except that these Han reserves were trained during the slack period. During the training, the Han government paid salaries, which was simply impossible in the Qin state, which made the two sides really different from the combat effectiveness of the reserve forces.

The Han people allowed the common people to hold weapons, and a large number of weapons that were cut out in the army were sold to the people at very low prices, and the Han people had weapons in every household, even bows and crossbows, which was once believed by the Qin people to be bound to cause great chaos in the country. But what disappointed them was that the Han Kingdom was calm and quiet, nothing happened, and the common people were much better behaved than the people of Qin Chu. On the contrary, it is Qin Chu, even if the control is strict in recent years, riots have occurred from time to time, especially in the Qin State. Rioters have become the climate.

But no matter how strong the reserve is, he is also a reserve! What made Wang Changyong extremely puzzled was why the reserve could withstand his own attack in such a hard-fought offensive and defensive battle.

Snow is big. The wind is strong, which increases the difficulty of the attack, but this God is fair to both sides, the Qin army is uncomfortable, and the other party is by no means uncomfortable, and Wang Changyong thinks that the tolerance of the elite Qin army is by no means comparable to those reserves on the other side, in such a cold battle, what surprised him was that the first to resist it was his subordinates. In recent days, he had to reduce his offensive in order to send more people out in search of firewood, and it was not an easy task to look for something to burn on the prairie on a snowy day.

"If we don't capture Longshou and other places, we will freeze to death on the prairie." General Wang Zhijun was full of sorrow, "General Wang, there are logistical supplies behind the enemy, and our logistical supplies are too far away to keep up with our consumption." We should just do it quickly! ”

"The opponent's combat effectiveness was beyond our expectations, I doubt that they are not a reserve at all, but a regular army, and their tactics, I always have a familiar feeling, which is different from the Han army's fighting style!" Another general, Yue Peng, looked at Wang Changyong puzzled: "The trainers of the Han army's reserve are all from the active or retired officers of the Han army, and their combat methods should be in the same vein as the main force of the Han army, but these enemies in front of us are not like the Han army, but like the tactics of our Qin army?" ”

"What I'm worried about is not this, but Helanxiong of the Third Military Region, where did Zhao Xilie's troops go, if all we have in front of us are the reserves of the Han army, then where did the main force of the Third Military Region go, General Wang, in the Third Military Region, Helanxiong has a cavalry of 5,000 people, and when Zhao Xilie came, he also brought a personal army of more than 10,000 people, where did this army go? I'm worried that they're going to take our back route, and if we cut off our supply lines, we'll be in big trouble. Wang Zhijun reminded Wang Changyong.

"Don't worry about this, I'm also a person with veteran soldiers, how can I not pay attention to this, Hook Xin and his troops are doing this, in such weather, if you want to bypass us in a big way to attack our supply line, how is it possible, they can't bypass it in ten days and half a month? What about Gouxin with 5,000 cavalry, waiting for him to spend time and effort to get around, is it our opponent who waits for work? I estimate that Helanxiong's main force is still hiding in the rear, he wants to use these reserves to grind with us, drag us, and when our logistics are poor and our physical strength is exhausted, then the main force will come out together and catch us off guard! Wang Changyong sneered.

Yue Peng spread his hands: "But the current reality is that we are walking into the trap he set step by step." Our morale, physical strength, and logistics are being consumed, and now I'm afraid Helanxiong is recuperating. General, what shall we do? ”

Wang Changyong knocked on the table, "It's me who underestimated the enemy, but what Yue Peng just said is indeed very strange, Yue Peng, think of a way to catch a few people, I want to figure this out." ”

"Understood."

"Zhijun, your main attack Yaoqu, the opponent's performance is the weakest, I will give you more explosives, grenades, don't be stingy with these things, as long as you win, you have everything, if you lose, you have nothing." Wang Changyong said.

"The last general understands that at the cost of casualties, the last general will definitely defeat Yaoqu." Wang Zhijun nodded vigorously: "We can't compete with our opponents for time, what we need is time." ”

Yaoqu, responsible for the defense is the real from Jishi County and Dayan County two militia reserves, two 5,000 people reserve guard Yaoqu, the commander-in-chief is the dean of the staff department of Jishi City Military University, and the two deputies are respectively served by two instructors of the command department of the military university, these two instructors are meritorious generals who have repeatedly made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and they have extremely rich experience in actual combat. "Until now, it is estimated that the Qin army has finally tested our weakest here." The former provost, the current general wave Zhao Youguo looked at his two colleagues with a smile, "The combat effectiveness of the reserve is indeed worse than that of the regular army, and next, they will definitely increase their attack on us, it is now the tenth day, and Commander Helan should have almost arrived at the predetermined position, so we will hold on for at least one or two days before the enemy will react, two, are you confident?" ”

The two deputies laughed, "Brother Zhao, this heavy snow is our greatest help, the cold weather makes our city walls stronger, since the end of the last battle, I have ordered the big guys to build the city wall three feet high with snow, and pour it with water, before the night, it became a solid ice wall, and it is definitely not lost to the cement city wall, and when those Qin people carry the ladder to attack again, they will suddenly find out, why is my ladder shorter?" Hahaha, the siege vehicle will also be much shorter, and when Meng Chong chariot hits the city wall, the first thing it encounters is the countless solid ice stones in front of the city wall. Our combat effectiveness is a little weaker, but we have firepower to make up for it, which is enough to make the opponent look at the city and sigh. Zhou Hao, who walked down from the Donghu battlefield, laughed and said that he had a wealth of experience in using ice and snow to fight.

"In terms of artillery, we have enough ammunition, but the quality of the gunners is much worse, after all, they have basically not fired any artillery, and it is good to be able to operate, and a large number of enemies are killed, I am afraid that they have to rely on crossbow arrows and grenades and close kills." Another commander, Qian Minyi, said.

"Artillery can only be left to their free play, even if they can be blinded by some, but the people of the big Han never rely on weapons when they need weapons, even if they fight face-to-face, we will not lose to anyone, and in the next day or two, we will face the most fierce challenge. Let's face him together. Zhao Youguo said heroically.

"Wang Jian sent someone to ask if we need reinforcements? How do we answer them. Qian Minyi asked.

"No, they are the main force in the next battle, they need to accumulate strength and Commander Helan to complete the gathering and annihilation of Wang Changyong's troops, and now we can withstand this battle." Zhao You National Road.

As Zhao Youguo expected, since the next day, the Qin army attacking Yaoqu suddenly increased the offensive, Wang Zhijun fulfilled his promise, regardless of the cost, regardless of casualties, from the beginning, the Qin army was against the bombardment of the explosives thrown by their own throwing machine to rush forward, the ladder was short, cut off some of them tied to others, they even used a large number of explosives to directly carry out blasting operations, trying to directly blow up the city wall, thanks to Zhou Hao with ice and snow solidified into ice to thicken the city wall, the violent explosion cut the ice layer by layer, The city wall was blown to a shaky knot, but it still stood proudly in front of the Qin people.

Casualties on both sides climbed at an alarming rate. (To be continued.) )