[No pop-ups. Li Yan found these hooks thrown up from below, and knew that the official army was about to start attacking the city, but at this time, the arrows under the city were shot more quickly and densely, and if the Qin army rose up to fight, it would suffer heavy casualties, but if it did not fight, it was bound to be climbed up to the top of the city by the official army.

In a hurry, Li Yan was in a hurry, and ordered loudly: "Shield bearers, put the shields on the battlements, and the spearmen will be behind to block the officers and soldiers who are climbing the city,"

Listening to his order, the Qin army with the shield in his hand stood up, protected the shield and moved to the battlement, these people did not show their heads, so the arrows below could not shoot them, followed by two hundred spearmen, holding spears to the edge of the battlement, looking down from the gap in the shield, only to see a black pressure below a human head, is crawling towards the city wall,

The Qin army wanted to cut off the hook and let those officers and soldiers fall off the city, but after cutting with a knife for a while, they kept chopping, and the flying claws and iron chains were very hard, and they wanted to cut the rope behind them, but they couldn't reach it, so they had to stare dryly, and watched the officers and soldiers below getting closer and closer to the city.

From time to time the two hundred pikemen were shot by arrows, and were replaced by those who followed, and the wounded were carried down from the city.

The officers and soldiers finally crawled under the battlements, these people roared, the Qin army thought that they were going to draw their swords to fight, and they stabbed down with spears, but the officers and soldiers took out not knives, but crossbows,

They hold the rope in one hand and the crossbow in the other, and shoot upward.

Because it was too close, there were gaps in the shields, and they couldn't stop everyone, so they only heard the sound of the crossbow machine, and the pikemen of the Qin army fell down in response,

At this time, the Qin army began to panic a little, not to mention the random arrows that kept shooting overhead, and the officers and soldiers on the city wall also shot with crossbow arrows, and the Qin army couldn't reach the officers and soldiers on the city wall, staring at them and suffering losses, and after those officials and soldiers shot crossbow arrows, they threw their hand crossbows to the people below, and immediately took the new crossbow handed by the officials and soldiers below, and continued to shoot arrows.

Li Yan was so angry that his eyes were red when he saw that his people were shot down in batches, he pushed away the soldiers around him and shouted: "Roll wood with stones and smash the enemy down,"

The Qin soldiers threw down their spears, lifted stones and rolling logs, placed them under their shields, and pushed them down.

No matter how powerful the officers and soldiers on the city wall were, they couldn't stop this thing, and they screamed and were smashed down the city, Li Yan did not give up, and ordered to throw down the 10,000 enemies and the ash bottle,

The city immediately became smoky and burning, and the officers and soldiers could no longer attack, so they had to retreat, and He Renlong also stopped firing arrows and began to rest in the distance.

Taking this opportunity, Li Yan counted the number of people, the Qin army was shot dead more than 70 people, and more than 100 people were injured, Li Yan secretly scolded the officials and soldiers for being cunning, he understood at this time, He Renlong did not want to rush to the city in one go, but purposefully consumed his own men and horses, and killed and wounded the Qin army as much as possible.

The official army only attacked once, and they suffered 200 casualties, and if they attacked a few more times, wouldn't the Qin army in the city be consumed?

He Renlong sat on the horse, looked at the head of Huayin City, and couldn't stop sneering, he calculated in his heart, this assault, at least a few hundred defenders had to be killed, and there were a few more such attacks today, waiting for his infantry to arrive, bringing siege equipment, at that time, he would attack with all his might, and he would inevitably break the city in one fell swoop.

He was thinking about the place of pride, when he suddenly saw that the Qin army at the head of Huayin City in the distance began to get busy, and many people kept running up and down, not knowing what they were doing.

He Renlong was stunned for a moment, and immediately sent a few light cavalry: "You go over and see what the thieves are doing,"

Several officers and light cavalry clinged to wooden shields, ran to the city to see, there was a place half an arrow away from the city wall, running back and forth, running and looking, they saw that the Qin army on the city was transporting wood, some people brought ropes, and were standing sections of wood on the city, as if they were building a shelf,

After looking at it for a while, I finally understood that the Qin army had set up a row of simple wooden sheds at the head of the city, these wooden sheds had no walls, and the canopy was covered with wooden planks to block arrows falling from the air.

With this, you are not afraid of random arrows from the officers and soldiers,

The officers and soldiers saw it clearly, and then ran back to report to He Renlong, when He Renlong heard it, he was furious and scolded: "This Li Xiaogui, really has a bit of a ghost idea, hum, you build a shed, Lao Tzu burned it for you,"

He commanded one of his generals, to bring more rockets, and shoot them at the head of the city.

The partial general took five hundred cavalry, ran close to the city wall, and began to fire rockets, those rockets hit the wooden planks, and some began to burn, but Li Yan smiled slightly, he had expected this, he ordered to pour water on the wooden planks,

The soldiers of the Qin army used wooden barrels to bring well water, splashed it upwards with scoops, and hundreds of people splashed it together, and in less than a moment and a half, the roof of the entire wooden shed was soaked, and the rockets were shot up, and they couldn't burn at all.

The officers and soldiers shot for a while, but they had to return in vain, and He Renlong was so angry that he stomped his feet in the kick and began to curse to the city.

Li Yan naturally ignored these, he set up these wooden sheds to avoid arrows in a short period of time, and his heart was a little more stable, but he knew that this was only the first day of battle, and he didn't know how many officers and troops were coming to Huayin, so he ordered a partial general, with ten cavalry, to ride out of the city on fast horses, go to Xi'an, and inform the King of Qin of Huayin's affairs.

And he himself is ready to hold on here, as long as he can hold Huayin for five days, the king of Qin will inevitably send reinforcements, Huayin is the pivot button between Xi'an and Tongguan, if Huayin is lost, Tongguan and Xi'an will be separated, that is very disadvantageous,

This partial general brought Li Yan's handwritten letter, rode fast horses with ten Qin soldiers, and rushed out of the West Gate to Xi'an to report the news.

Li Yan instructed that the Qin soldiers on the head of the city did not take off their armor, did not leave their swords, ate and slept, and they were all on the city, and he himself took the lead in setting an example, and moved his own arrows and clothes to show his determination not to go down the city.

Not to mention that Li Yan was defending in Huayin, not to mention that the partial general, with a letter, led ten Qin troops to fight horses and flew straight to Xi'an, these people did not eat or drink, did not stop for a moment, and entered Xi'an City in less than a day.

When King Qin saw Li Yan's letter, there was no expression on his calm face, he just nodded lightly, and said lightly: "It's finally here," he sent someone to lead the partial general to rest, and then sent an edict to let all the important ministers of the Qin army come to discuss the matter.

After a while, Zhang Yi, Wang Qian, Li Kangzi, Yi Ji Mengdie all came, these people already knew about Huayin before they arrived at the palace, so they came very quickly,

Among them, Li Kang's expression was the most nervous, he knew that his brother Li Yan only took two thousand men and horses to guard Huayin, and the people were lonely and dangerous.

In fact, a few of them know that Huayin is not easy to defend, because everyone has a base in their hearts, in addition to attacking Tongguan, the most likely thing is to sneak attack from the north, and now it is true,

King Qin circulated Li Yan's handwritten letter, and then said: "The official army is coming suddenly, Huayin is in danger, let's talk about it, how Huayin is defended, whether to increase troops to go,"

Li Dang immediately said: "King, Huayin is the gateway to Xi'an, you must not guard it, the last general is willing to bring a team of men and horses to help Li Yan defend the city,"

Ziyi also said: "Huayin is an important place connecting Tongguan and Xi'an, once lost, Tongguan will inevitably not be guaranteed, and when the time comes, the official army will go all out to besiege Xi'an, and we will have no room for maneuver,"

It seems that Ziyi's words are very reasonable, but in fact, there is a mystery inside, Ziyi knows that Sun Chuanting is pouring into the nest, there are tens of thousands of people, this first hammer will be smashed in Huayin, if Li Yan does not withdraw from Huayin City, he will inevitably be captured by Sun Chuanting, and the army will be defeated and killed, he wants to see this, in case Sun Chuanting destroys Li Yan for him, it will save him a lot of effort, so he advocates with all his strength and defends Huayin,

King Qin listened to it in his ears, remained silent, and looked at Zhang Yi and Wang Qian,

Wang Jian has been frowning, at this time seeing the King of Qin looking at him, then he said: "King, Huayin City is not big, and there is not much grain in stock, Li Gongzi said in the letter that the general of the official army who came to attack was He Renlong, and there were 3,000 cavalry under his command, and there may be infantry behind, but I don't know how much, in my opinion, the one who attacked Huayin this time must be Sun Chuanting, because he is the governor of Shaanxi, and he must agree to use troops in Shaanxi, if Sun Chuanting comes to attack, he will have at least tens of thousands of horses, so that Huayin's 2,000 men and horses, In any case, if you can't hold it for a few days, if you want to continue to hold it, you must increase your troops,"

Zhang Yi shook his head lightly: "If you want to defend Huayin, you must send a large team of men and horses to reinforce, but once the team of people and horses goes out of the city, what will happen to Xi'an, besides, will this be Sun Chuanting's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, at that time, Xi'an was empty, and the officials and troops took the opportunity to attack, wouldn't it be a mistake,"

Before King Qin could say anything, Li Dare said first: "But if you don't reinforce Huayin, wouldn't Li Yan and those two thousand brothers sit still and wait to die?"

King Qin looked at Ji Mengdie and asked, "Miss Ji, what do you think?"

His meaning is very clear, Sun Chuanting is Ji Mengdie's father, and Ji Mengdie has been in Sun Chuanting's army for a long time, so he may know Sun Chuanting's use of soldiers.

Ji Mengdie's tone was very calm: "I don't approve of reinforcing Huayin,"

Li Dang's eyes widened immediately, and just as he was about to ask a question, Ji Mengdie continued: "What I want to say is that Huayin City cannot be defended, and it is recommended that Li Gongzi take all the horses to withdraw to Xi'an,"

Ziyi immediately said: "But in this way, what should I do with Tongguan, after the official army takes Huayin, it will attack Tongguan on both sides of the east and west,"

Ji Mengdie said: "I know, so I suggest that I simply abandon Tongguan and abandon it together,"

When this idea was spoken, everyone was shocked,

Wang Jian said: "In this way, the Qin army is only left with a lonely city in Xi'an, and there is no room for maneuver except for General Bai Qi,"

Ji Mengdie said: "The Qin army is not too many, if it is divided into two parts, it is really difficult to defend Huayin and Tongguan, that will cause the worst result, that is, Huayin, Tongguan and Xi'an will not be able to keep it, since Sun Chuanting did not attack Tongguan, but attacked from the north, then he must be dispatched, at this time, Tongguan has no need to defend,"

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