Hong Chengchou didn't move, watching the five cannons fired in turn, one cannon after another bombarded the city wall, the gravel and soil on the wall flew in the air, like a stone snow, the entire city wall was filled with choking stone dust, and the city was covered with a layer of white powder.

As the bombardment continued, many large pits had been blasted out of the city wall, and many stones could not withstand the violent shock, and they were loosened one after another, at first small stones fell downward, then the size of a fist, and then stones the size of a human head, rolling down the city.

Hong Chengchou could see clearly, he glanced at the stormtrooper not far behind him, and the general led by him raised his steel knife and signaled to him that his side was completely ready.

With another burst of artillery bombardment, one part of the city wall suddenly shook violently, and the Qin troops standing here hurriedly ran to both sides. Then there was a muffled sound, and a piece of the city wall, about half the size of a roof, slid down towards the city like a landslide with too much rain.

Since the city wall below has been blasted into a large pit, large stones that are no longer stressed fall directly under the city, making a loud noise.

In the midst of the dust, a wall about two feet wide collapsed.

Nearly 400 shells finally collapsed the city wall.

Hong Chengchou pointed at the flag, and the stormtroopers behind him let out an earth-shattering shout, carrying the ladder and rushing up. At the same time, the arrow array of the official army began to move forward, and the shield bearers held their shields above their heads to prevent the Qin army from firing arrows, and the archers behind them began to fire arrows at the Qin army at the head of the city to suppress the Qin archers.

Hearing the shouts outside the city, Ziyi ordered the first team of Qin troops of 1,000 people to drive up to the city for reinforcements.

The stormtroopers of the officers and soldiers rushed to the edge of the ditch, set up the ladder horizontally at both ends of the ditch, and rushed to the city under the ladder, only to see that the collapsed city wall appeared a gap more than two zhang wide, and the gap was only two zhang high from the ground, and the gravel and soil were piled up, and they could climb up, and these officers and soldiers began to rush up the gap with red eyes.

Without Li Yan's order, the soldiers of the Qin army began to pounce on it, blocking the officials and troops and preventing them from climbing the city wall, so the tragic battle began at the gap in the city.

At this time, the cannon under the city finally stopped roaring. It has completed its mission, and now it will be up to us to see which side is more capable of killing and fighting.

The Qin army is condescending, there are always advantages, but there are also disadvantages, that is, the archers of the official army, in order not to hurt their own people, they always shoot arrows diagonally towards the sky, and almost all of those arrows fall on the city, and the Qin army has to fight with the officers and soldiers who climb up, and on the other hand, they have to guard the top of their heads, and many Qin troops are shot down by the rain of arrows.

At the beginning of the war, Li Yan was dragged to the side of the horse road by two Qin soldiers and did not let him go to the city, because the king of Qin had specially instructed that Li Gongzi was too young to go into battle to kill the enemy, but could only go into battle and be killed, so no matter what, he could not be allowed to meet the enemy.

Below Li Yan, there was a lieutenant named Zhang Ji, who led the Qin army to fight.

At this moment, reinforcements from a thousand Qin troops under the city came up. The officers and soldiers climbed up the gap one by one, and they screamed and were chopped down one by one, but the officers and soldiers also fought hard, because Hong Chengchou's supervision team was behind, and whoever wanted to escape the ditch would be called to the ground.

The two sides held a gap and attacked and killed desperately.

Zhang Ji held a red tassel gun, stood directly above the gap, and killed it. To tell the truth, this kind of red tassel gun, he had never used it before, in the Warring States Period, there was no such gun, and the only long weapons used for fighting were Ge and halberd, as well as beryllium, and the lethality was far inferior to the gun. Therefore, after resurrection, Zhang Ji began to practice using the red tassel gun, at this time he shook the gun away, the bowl of gun tassels shook dazzlingly, as long as he waved the gun, there was an officer and soldier screaming and falling down the city.

And he used this gun to pick eleven people in a row.

But the next one got him into trouble. This officer was also shot by him, and he was directly in the stomach, and the tip of the gun appeared in the back, but this person was extremely fierce, although he was mortally wounded, he was not dead for a while, but he threw away the knife, held the gun with both hands, and did not let go of his hand.

Zhang Ji grabbed it twice in a row, and he didn't move. At this time, an officer crawled beside him, swung a knife, slashed at his arm, and cut off half of his arm along with the red tassel spear.

Blood gushed out, Zhang Ji was a tough guy in the end, he was so seriously injured, he didn't snort, raised his leg and kicked the official soldier who made the knife down the city, but at this time, another shot came from the bottom and went straight into his lower abdomen.

Zhang Ji's eyes widened, and he suddenly roared, and the sound shook the four fields, he jumped forward, and rushed down the city with the gun on his lower abdomen, knocking over seven or eight officers and soldiers, who fell with him with a gap more than two feet high, either dead or wounded.

As soon as Zhang Ji died, the soldiers of the Qin army were also red-eyed, and they fought desperately, and the officers and soldiers could not rush through the gap for a while. Li Yan watched from the horse road and hurriedly ordered the Qin army behind him to seize this opportunity and plug the gap. The Qin army behind each carried a sand attack on their backs, and some carried stones, and rushed to the city.

Hong Chengchou saw it and ordered the archers to shoot arrows at the head of the city continuously, and some Qin troops were hit by arrows and fell on the city wall, Li Yan urgently ordered everyone to put sandbags on their heads to avoid being shot by arrows.

In this way, the Qin army piled sandbags in the gap, and even the corpses of the officers and soldiers were also built inside.

Seeing that the Qin army was about to plug the gap soon, Hong Chengchou sneered and ordered all the officers and troops who had attacked the ditch to withdraw, and then continued to bombard the gap with artillery.

But this time, the effect was not obvious.

Because the sandbags were full of sand, the cannonballs hit it, and with a tom, they hit the sandbags, and they had no power, so they were trapped in it, and at most some sand and soil were leaked, and the Qin army threw a few more bags up and immediately made up for it.

After firing more than a dozen cannons, Hong Chengchou ordered not to open fire, it was almost noon at this time, he ordered the rear army to set up camp, prepare to eat, and attack again in the afternoon.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were no longer attacking the city, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and he watched the officers and soldiers a few miles outside the city begin to camp and cook, and his heart seemed to be heavy.

Hong Chengchou's attack was nothing more than a tentative attack. He wanted to test the solidity of Xi'an City and the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, after this battle, the casualties of the officers and soldiers were not large, at most more than 100 people died, and the Qin army also suffered dozens of casualties, but the city wall has been collapsed in one place, so that the officers and troops have the upper hand.

Just thinking about it, Ziyi accompanied King Qin and Fan Ju to the city together. Li Yan saluted, and King Qin asked, "Gongzi Li, how do you see the combat strength of the official army?" ”

Li Yan frowned: "Hong Chengchou is a good hand at fighting, and his soldiers are also very fierce, and looking at his appearance, if he doesn't capture Xi'an this time, he will definitely not leave." If he keeps bombarding it with cannons, there will be many gaps in the Xi'an city wall, and it will be difficult for us to deal with it. ”

Fan Ju nodded and agreed with Li Yan's opinion: "King, the cannons of the official army are really powerful, I heard that Zhang Xianzhong used a trebuchet to fight for a long time, and he didn't break the city wall, and these cannons only worked hard for a while, and they made a gap in such a thick city wall, if it is really like what Li Gongzi said, Xi'an is difficult to defend." ”

The King of Qin also agreed with them: "In this way, as long as the officers and soldiers do not have artillery, it is still easy to deal with." Can we surprise and destroy the cannon? ”

Li Yan smiled: "King, when I was in Huayin, I fought against Shi Kefa, and I once used a surprise attack to destroy his trebuchet. It was attacked with fire, because trebuchets were made of wood, and it was easy to burn them to the ground. But those five cannons, all cast in iron, are extremely bulky, and they have to be pulled by a car to move, and three or five people can't lift them. ”

Ziyi said: "It can only be burned, but such a big iron cylinder, you have to use a furnace, it is impossible for the officers and soldiers to let us move the furnace into their camp, and it is not easy to steal such a heavy cannon." ”

Fan Ju thought for a while and asked Li Yan: "The cannon is too heavy, those iron projectiles are not heavy." Can you steal all the shells? ”

Li Yan's eyes lit up: "It's not easy to steal shells, but I have another way." ”