Soon after the Chu army was in formation, a scout came to report: "General, the Song army is ready and is attacking the city." ”

Jing Cui bowed slightly, signaling that he already knew, and then immediately pointed his finger at Xue Cheng and ordered: "Order, beat the drum, and attack the city." ”

"No."

With the sound of earth-shattering drums, all kinds of siege equipment, driven by the soldiers, rushed towards Xue Cheng.

The caravan-like chariot was the first to attack, and then a large number of foot soldiers pushed the ladder to follow, and after the foot soldiers set off, the large rushing car and the tall chariot were also pushed forward.

Although the chariot was the first to set off, but the first to be injured was the foot soldier, and when it reached four or five hundred steps outside the city wall, the strong crossbows on the city wall began to return fire, and the crossbow arrows were shot sparsely.

Although not many were killed, the pressure of the strong crossbow and the distance of the city wall four or five hundred steps away could still slightly hit the morale of the Chu army.

After another 200 paces, the catapults of the Qi army also began to exert their might.

After paying some price, the Chu army was killed under the city.

Next, without the command of the general, the soldiers who pushed the ladder immediately erected the ladder on the wall and began to climb the ladder to attack the city.

For the defenders of Qi State, there is nothing new in the siege of the Chu army, it is still the same old, the car is in front, and then the army rushes up, the ladder in front of the siege, and the back is risking arrows to throw stones, or shoot arrows on the city wall to suppress the Qi army, or build a soil slope to siege the city in the back.

In the face of the attack of the Chu army, the Qi army was not to be outdone, the generals and captains on the city wall immediately commanded the Qi army to fight back, and burned the siege equipment of the Chu army, or with stones or fire attacks, and the Chu soldiers who climbed the city wall were stimulated by heavy profits, occupying the large number of people, plus the geographical advantage of the city wall, and rushed up to snatch the heads of the Chu army for money.

At first, many Chu soldiers had just emerged on the city wall, and then they were knocked down by the defenders, and then their lives and deaths were unknown. After this situation occurred one after another, the Qi army, which had too few touching heads, dragged the Chu army into the city wall when he had just emerged and had not yet jumped into the city wall, and then took advantage of his stunned moment to cut off his head in exchange for money.

This situation immediately aroused the vigilance of the Qi army superintendent team, lest the city wall be lost, and the heads of several people were cut off, so as to stop this situation.

Outside the city, Jing Cui saw that many people in the vanguard had begun to climb the city wall, waited for a while, but did not see any effect, and then waved his hand and ordered: "Order the second army, immediately support the vanguard, and the third army is ready to respond at any time." ”

"Yui."

After most of the hour, the scout came to report:

"General, Captain Ding Yang came to report, the Qi army resisted fiercely, the army suffered heavy losses, and attacked the city wall many times, but they were all beaten down, please support the general!"

Jing Cui didn't have any expression about this, and directly ordered: "Order, the third army will attack the city forward, and the fourth army will prepare!" ”

"No!"

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The war was fought from morning to dusk, and under the powerful offensive of Chu and Song, the people of Xuecheng firmly controlled the city wall with a spirit of blood and bravery, and there were no twists and turns.

On the first day of the siege, Xiong Huai fought outside the city for an hour in the morning, and when he saw that the resistance of the Qi army was extremely fierce, he returned to the camp and stayed in the camp ever since.

Xue Cheng is a big city, and it is defended by an army of 150,000 people, so the siege battle is naturally not a result in a short period of time.

The first day was fruitless, and there were no accidents.

Then, for three days in a row, the Chu and Song coalition forces did not gain a firm foothold in Xuecheng.

On the night of the third day, Jing Cui reported to Xiong Huaiyu with an expressionless face: "King, our army has attacked the city for three days in a row, and the resistance of the Qi army is extremely fierce, and the losses of our army are not light. ”

Xiong Huai was also expressionless: "It's okay, this is also expected, when most of the 50,000 elites of the Qi army are consumed, it will be much easier to attack the city at that time." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai asked the Shangguan doctor who was communicating with Song Jun, "Xianqing, how is Song Jun's side?" ”

Doctor Shangguan replied: "Back to the king, yesterday and today, the ministers were all watching the battle in the Song army, and the offensive against Xue Cheng was also extremely turbulent, but the result was the same as our side, all of them were fiercely resisted by the Qi army. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, although his face was expressionless, but his heart was quite complicated, relaxed and heavy.

Fortunately, Xue Cheng was given to Song Guo and Song Guo was allowed to act as the main force in the siege, otherwise, such a fierce siege, when Xue Cheng was defeated, he would have to break two big teeth.

Even if the Chu army is not the main force in the siege, it is still not easy at present!

At this time, Chen Zhen walked in from the outside quickly, and after bowing his hand, he handed over a rag and said: "King, this is the news shot by the spies in the city, please take a look." ”

Xiong Huai took the strip of cloth, glanced at the strip of cloth, was stunned for a moment, showed a heavy look, and passed the strip of cloth to Jing Cui: "Zhuguo, look at this news, it seems that we may have some trouble if we want to defeat Xue Cheng." ”

Jing Cui looked at the cloth and said in shock: "Tian Wen actually opened Xue Cheng's treasury, and a head rewarded a hundred dollars. And tax exemption was carried out, and all his wives and concubines and children were incorporated into the army! ”

"This..."

"No wonder Xue Cheng resisted so fiercely!"

The other people in the tent were all shocked when they heard this, Tian Wen was fighting to the death!

In these years, who will reward ordinary soldiers, basically take care of food, and also ask the soldiers to prepare a part of the food to participate in the war, and if possible, they must also prepare their own weapons and armor.

It's not right, the army of bounties...

Everyone immediately remembered the skilled warriors of the Qi Kingdom, this is the army that needs a bounty.

But the Technician is a recruited army, and this is a very different army from a conscripted army!

Everyone sighed that Tian Wen was rich.

Xiong Huai's face was a little ugly at this time and asked Jingcui: "Zhu Guo, this Tian Wen made such a move, I don't know if Zhu Guo thinks this Xue City can be captured." ”

Jing Cui settled down, thought about it, his face suddenly became relaxed, and he said with a smile: "King, it doesn't matter, although there will be brave men under the heavy reward, but just a moment of bravery, it will definitely not be able to win people's hearts." As long as it takes a long time, when the elite Qi army in Xuecheng suffers a large number of casualties and the people lose a lot, the morale of the city will inevitably plummet, and the people will not desperately resist us. ”

"Besides, the minister has only heard that the people can live and die with the monarch with benevolence and righteousness, and have never heard that the people can be used to make the people sell their lives with money, Tian Wen's behavior can only show that our previous rumors have worked, and Tian Wen has exhausted his skills!"

"Not bad!"

After Jing Cui finished speaking, Tang Yu also spoke: "King, originally the minister was still a little worried that the rumors would not work, but now it seems that the minister is not worried at all, even if Lu Jun does not turn against him, Xue Cheng will definitely be captured by us." ”

Xiong Huai said the same, and hurriedly asked, "Si Defeat, why are you so sure?" ”