Chapter 68: Battle under the city of Handan

As he spoke, he didn't care about Lin You's extremely ugly face, and walked straight out of the tent. Wang Bin saw Lin You's expression, and also knew his thoughts, and said directly: "The Bright Sect is too rampant, but they are all reckless, how dare they threaten you, Marshal?" Lin You shook his head: "You have a short time in Huaibei, you don't know." On the surface, this Bright Sect is a straw bag in the rivers and lakes, and it seems that it is easy to be used as a gun, but for so long, I have not found the location of their sect in Huaibei. It's so mysterious, it gives me a feeling that I can't control it. "Marshal, while we are in a big position now, it is better toβ€”" He made a gesture to wipe his neck. Lin You shook his head: "So far, I have never seen the head of the Bright Sect, and the grass must be eradicated, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

On the night of the 15th, the moon was exceptionally bright, and Xu Yuan was patrolling with a team of sergeants on the city tower with a spear in hand, and suddenly, a fire appeared. Xu Yuan shouted: "Enemy attack!" Then he picked up the drumsticks of the soldiers defending the city and began to beat the drums. The sound of the drum reached the stronghold of the next drum, and the defenders began to beat it. For a time the drums in the city were beating, and all the sergeants took up arms. In the light of the fire, there were countless flaming arrows that rained down from the sky, illuminating the darkness and piercing the soldiers' leather armor. As a scream came out, a different drum sound came from outside the city, and the Qinwang army launched a general attack! The shouts of killing shook the sky, and 600,000 soldiers brandished short knives, spears, and siege ladders. Rushing towards Handan, Xu Yuan ordered: "Where is the artillery?" The cannon roared, and the city instantly turned into a sea of fire.

The smell of burnt grass, human flesh, clothing and fur permeated the entire battlefield. Xu Yuan ordered again: "Where are the archers?" A round of bows and arrows was fired, and there were not many soldiers left in the Standing King Army. But this wave is dead, and the next wave will continue to rush up one after another, and if this continues, the bow and arrow gunpowder will always be unable to support it. Xu Yuan looked at the adjutant: "Send someone to get reinforcements, and bring five thousand cavalry out of the city with me!" The adjutant general shook his head: "General, 5,000 is too little, and there are 50,000 horses outside the city." "Less nonsense!" Xu Yuan roared with a stiff neck. With the spear in his hand, he turned and went down the tower. Just as he was about to open the city gate and rush out, Zhao Qian appeared out of nowhere and stopped him: "General Xu is in a hurry to send him to death?" "Your Highness, the enemy army is attacking fiercely, and it won't be long before we reach the city tower, and we can't delay it!" "When we got to the bottom of the castle, we still had rolling stones and swords. What are you afraid of? It's not dawn yet, the outcome is undecided, are you just going out of the city in a panic? I don't know much about the art of war, but it's not the right thing for you to do. ”

"The tripping horse rope outside the city has not been used yet, I am really worried that your General Xu has not taken two steps out of the door, and he will be made by his own tripping horse rope, which is too unsightly. Besides, let your soldiers see it and laugh at you. Zhao Qian gently persuaded him, and it seemed that he was still the same as usual, without the slightest mood swing. Minister, obey the orders of His Highness. "Now, it's not just one of your gates that has been attacked, many city gates have it, but now it's not as fierce as yours." "The minister will defend this gate and fight to the last soldier." "Okay, okay, it's not necessarily as tragic as you say, maybe God is on our side?" He turned his head and said to his lieutenant: "Pass my order, anyone who takes a step back before and after the battle will be beheaded immediately, and the soldiers will be cut off ten times when they retreat; The centurion retreated, and the centurion slashed; The centurion retired and the lieutenant was beheaded; The lieutenant retreated and the general was beheaded; If the general retreats, then I will kill it myself! The thin young man held the long sword tightly in his hand, word by word, sonorous and powerful: "Anyone who does not obey orders before the battle will be immediately beheaded; Those who bewitch the crowd before the battle will be beheaded immediately; Flee before the battle, those who defect will be punished by the Nine Clans! He looked at Xu Yuan, and his face was still as warm as jade: "General Xu understands?" "I understand." "Go ahead, although the Qinwang army is powerful, it is not monolithic, as long as we hold it and easily do not leave the city, they can't do anything to us." "Yes!"

Outside the city, in the military tent. "Marshal, you ordered the siege of the city, but you didn't say which gate was the main attack, and now we have lined up, just waiting for the marshal's order." "What do you want from 600,000 to 200,000? Give it all to me! Beat him up! "The generals who led the troops, look at me, I look at you, no one dares to say whether this decision has any practical significance, they all looked at Wang Bin, Wang Bin stood behind Lin You and nodded." The ministers receive orders. At this time, the sky had just dawned, and the siege ladder of the soldiers under the city had reached the bottom of the tower, "General, smash it?" "Wait a minute." When the first person's head was about to appear in his field of vision, Xu Yuan shouted: "Smash!" The rolling stones fell, and there were a few screams, and the soldiers of the King of Qin were smashed off the moat, and the battering ram was slowly approaching. Xu Yuan picked up a bow and arrow, took the bow and shot the arrow, and hit the eyes of the first soldier carrying the battering ram, and the soldier instantly let go of his hand and covered his eyes with a scream. Because he let go, several soldiers next to him were not prepared, and the battering ram in his hand suddenly became heavier and smashed into their feet, and for a while, the battering ram fell to the ground, making it difficult to continue.

Here, when Xu Yuan was still looking to see if there were any big officials among the sergeants who came to attack the city, Wang Bin of the overseer found this man with white hair standing on top of the city tower, "This person is Ren Qiu, give me a bow and arrows, let me shoot this person!" The sergeant brought a big bow, and Wang Bin took the big bow with one hand, and the full string was like a crescent moon, shooting towards Xu Yuan. The arrow broke through the wind, and when the deputy general saw it, he hurriedly pushed Xu Yuan away and took the arrow alive. Xu Yuan saw the deputy general with an arrow stuck in his head falling straight in front of him, and without snorting, he was already lifeless. Thinking of the usual training with him and handling cases together, I couldn't help but feel sad, and because I didn't dare to attack in an emergency, I could only cover his eyes with my hands. Brother, good to go.

Meng Jia had just taken the two hundred cavalry up the mountain at this time, and the cavalry who were usually used to spreading wild on the plains could only put their horses down the mountain and hike up the mountain. Meng Jia was anxious, but he didn't know how to say it, so he could only quickly walk to the front and wait for them, and walked for two days and two nights without any rest before they arrived in front of the Dao Mansion.