A few people came to a place not far from the city wall and secretly observed, and at this time the lights on the city were bright, and the soldiers were patrolling the city with swords and guns. [Full text reading. Bai Qi looked at it, there were no cannons, it seems that this place in Sichuan did not adopt the way of defending the city with cannons, but still used conventional crossbow arrows to beat stones and other things.

Bai Qi looked at the height and width of the city wall, and the surrounding terrain, and nodded secretly. Then return to the camp with a few people.

Li Dang had been waiting in the tent, he was not worried about Bai Qi's safety, and at this time, seeing Bai Qi come back safely, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "General, have you ever seen carefully?" ”

Bai Qi didn't answer, but ordered: "General Li Kang, I'll give you an order arrow, you have to act as soon as possible." ”

Li dared to say: "The general just orders." Bai Qi said: "You lead 3,000 men and horses to cut down trees in the surrounding mountains and forests overnight, the trees cut down should not be too thin, preferably thicker than a person's thighs, and remove the branches, as long as the trunk of the tree is cut into a section that is as high as one person, so that one person can carry it." ”

Li Dang was puzzled: "General, what do you want so many tree trunks for?" ”

Bai Qi waved his hand: "Don't ask more, just do it." Li dared to take the order out of the account, muttering in his heart, but he didn't think much about it, he knew that the plan set by Bai Qi must be unexpected.

He took 3,000 strong soldiers, armed with big axes, iron saws, and other things into the mountains, and cut down trees when he saw them.

These soldiers laughed secretly in their hearts, thinking to themselves that the trunk of a tree that is more than one person high, it is too difficult to burn firewood, and no one can lift it when it is used as a torch, I really don't know what General Li Kang is going to do.

Three thousand people went into the woods, danced their hands, and began to cut wood. The three thousand people each cut down a tree, and naturally it didn't take much effort, and in less than half an hour, each of them carried a section of the trunk and came back to give orders.

Li Dang brought both people and trees back to the camp, and came to see Bai Qi, who was very serious, and came out to look at the woods, and felt satisfied, so he ordered water to be brought and poured a lot of water on the woods, so that they could go back to rest. Li Kang really didn't understand, but Bai Qi said it clearly, everything will be known tomorrow.

In the blink of an eye, the next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Bai Qi ordered the whole army to have a meal, and assembled after a cup of tea. Eating in the army is fast, this is after a long training, and it only takes one-fifth of the effort of ordinary people to eat a meal.

After the whole army was assembled, Bai Qi ordered to pull out the camp and set up the village, leaving no one behind, and all the men and horses pressed up, and swore to break the city today.

When Li Dare heard this, he opened the drum in his heart, this kind of strong city, Zhang Xianzhong personally sits in charge, and there are a lot of people, how can he take it down in one day?

But the battle array has begun, and anyone who hesitates in the slightest is guilty of slowing down the army. Li Dang naturally understood, so he shook his spirit and led 10,000 horses to march in front.

When they came to the outside of Mianzhu City, the city had already received a report, Zhang Xianzhong ordered the whole army to fight, the city was full of soldiers, and rows of crossbow archers stood behind the battlements, staring at the Qin army under the city, just waiting for them to rush into the S Cheng, and then they fired arrows in unison.

Behind these crossbow archers were spearmen with swords unsheathed and guns in hand, ready for a bloody battle with the Qin army attacking the city. The men and horses that followed them stood along the road to the streets of the city, ready to replace the wounded and dead soldiers.

Zhang Xianzhong did not supervise the battle in the city, but sent a close associate general, surnamed Zhao Mingjie, who followed him when he was together, from an ordinary soldier to a deputy general, fighting fiercely and not afraid of death, he was a fierce general. Zhang Xianzhong brought him here, because he valued his bravery.

Bai Qizao saw that the Daxi people and horses at the head of the city were waiting for him, he was not in a hurry, urged the horse to come to Li Kang's side, and asked, "Are you ready?" Li Dang frowned: "General, the ladder and everything are ready, do you want to attack the city immediately?" ”

Bai Qi said: "Okay, attack the city, but don't use the ladder, order 3,000 people to move those logs." ”

Li Dang waved his hand, and the three thousand men and horses behind him had already put the wood on the horse's back, and before bringing it to the battle, Bai Qi looked at these people: "You are divided into three teams, each team is in groups of fifty, and throw all these logs under the city wall. ”

These people were stunned for a moment, didn't understand what they were trying to do, and stared at Bai Qi with wide eyes.

Bai Qi accentuated his tone: "Hear no, pile these logs under the city, the higher the better, it's best to pile them all the way to the city, and then you can rush directly to the city without a ladder!" ”

Li Dang was the first to understand, he slapped his thigh and shouted, "General, this method is really wonderful. How did you come up with the idea? ”

Bai Qi said: "The Mianzhu city wall is not too high, and thousands of tree trunks can definitely be piled up to the head of the city." ”

Li Dang waved his hand and ordered the three thousand Qin troops: "Charge me." ”

The three thousand Qin troops shouted in unison, each holding a piece of wood in their arms, divided into three teams, left, center and right, and rushed under the city wall.

When the Great Western Army at the head of the city saw it, they couldn't help but be puzzled, these Qin troops besieging the city did not have ladders in their hands, nor did they hold weapons, each holding a piece of wood, what was this for?

Zhao Jie didn't understand either, but he knew that when the enemy entered the S journey, he had to open his bow and release arrows, so he ordered the crossbowmen to start releasing arrows.

For a while, arrows rained down on the head of the city, and S went to the Qin army under the city.

If it were any other situation, many of these Qin soldiers would have been hit by arrows, either dead or wounded, but this time was an exception, because each of them was holding a tree trunk in their arms, covering their entire bodies and heads, and the arrows came over, except for those that missed, most of them were on the trunk, and only a few Qin soldiers were hit by S and were slightly injured.

Soon the Qin army, who rushed to the front, ran under the city wall, threw the wood in their hands under the city wall, turned around and ran back. This time, there was no wood in their hands, and the Qin army showed their shields one after another to block the chaotic arrows at the head of the city.

Three thousand Qin troops, you come and go, like shuttle, all throw wood under the city wall, just the blink of an eye, three piles of wood will be built up, the Qin army behind will pave these logs into a slope, the people in front of the pile, the back of the hands of the opponent's pass, only to see the wood handed up one by one, the higher the pile, the closer it is about to approach the city.

This time, Zhao Jie understood that the Qin army wanted to pile up a horse road with wood, which was as high as the city wall, and then it could be attacked, and he saw that the arrows could not kill and injure many Qin troops, so he ordered to set fire.

Zhao Jie secretly thought in his heart, no matter how powerful Bai Qi's tricks are, these are also wood, and they can be burned with just one fire.

He commanded the soldiers of the Great Western Army to set their bows and arrows on fire, S to the pile of wood, and some of them threw down 10,000 enemies.