The fire dyed the dark night sky red.

Even if the wooden ladder was wrapped in a little metal, it still couldn't stop the burning of the fire, and it was engulfed in the fire in an instant.

"Ahhh

The soldiers of the Qin State, who were climbing hard, fell from the ladder like dumplings, and many people were directly thrown to the point that their brains burst and they were killed on the spot.

There are also some people who don't know if they are lucky or unlucky.

They are said to be lucky because these people fell from the top of the ladder and were not killed, but were broken to the bones.

They are said to be unfortunate because these people, though they were not thrown to their deaths, fell into the fire, burned by the flames, and died in a wailing of pain, a torture like a hell on earth, and no one wants to try it.

It's not just the soldiers of the Qin State on the ladder.

Beneath the city walls, there were also many soldiers waiting to climb the ladder, surrounded by the sudden flames, shouting, flipping, wailing, and running.

Even if the military law is as strict as the elite of the Qin State, it can't stop the engulfment of the flames.

The so-called: blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

"Chirp!"

Some of the Qin troops who had escaped the fire zone suddenly heard the sound of the bowstring pulling, and they looked up at the sky by the firelight, only to see thousands of feathered arrows falling from the sky, and even the sky seemed to be obscured.

"Puff puff!"

The dense Qin army under the city made the soldiers of Zhao State in the city not need to deliberately aim at all, thousands of arrows fell to the ground in unison, and in just one salvo, the Qin army suffered nearly 1,000 casualties.

"Puff puff!"

The first round of arrows is just the beginning.

Since the Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry archery, all the men of Zhao have learned the art of riding and archery, and their archery skills are the best in other countries.

There were no stirrups before, and the men of the Zhao Kingdom could shoot left and right on horseback, let alone shoot at fixed points on the city wall.

Whether it was the speed of their bow drawing or the accuracy of their arrows, they made the soldiers of the Qin State who were still within the range of the bow and arrows feel deep despair.

"Protect the General!"

The generals around Meng Fu all roared.

Meng Fu began to retreat under the protection of everyone, but he still looked back at the soldiers of the Qin State who died tragically from time to time.

He thought that his daytime arrangement was enough to confuse the defenders in the city, and this night attack on the western wall of Pingzhou would be an extremely easy thing.

Unexpectedly, his side suffered a head-on blow, with more than 3,000 casualties.

Although for the 100,000 Qin army, more than 3,000 casualties were nothing, but there were so many casualties in the first battle, and they did not gain an inch of merit, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to the morale of the Qin army.

Under the protection of the generals and the sword and shield soldiers, Meng Fu fled out of range of the city's bows and crossbows.

He looked back at the city walls, and his face was extremely gloomy.

"On this section of the city wall, there are more than 3,000 defenders, and the section of the city wall that Ah Wu feints to attack, it is expected that there are not too many defenders."

"I only hope that Ah Wu can attack the city wall."

"Report!"

At this moment, the herald galloped over, and when he saw the tragic situation of the Qin army, his face was extremely shocked.

Meng Fu recognized the herald in front of him, and often followed Meng Wu to help Meng Wu pass on the military information, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Did Meng Wu attack the city wall?" ”

The herald's throat rolled a few times, and finally his voice was a little dry: "That section of the city wall is covered with flags, and the drums are shaking the sky, General Mengwu saw this, and immediately led the troops to retreat!" ”

Meng Fu's face turned pale when he heard this.

"The east of the city must be suspicious, didn't Meng Wu observe it carefully?"

This plan was originally planned by Meng Fu with full authority, and the plan ended in failure, and Meng Fu can only be blamed for his thoughtlessness.

The matter is a foregone conclusion, and no matter how angry he is, he cannot anger others.

"Withdraw your troops!"

Since the defenders in the city had already taken precautions, coupled with the defeat of the Qin army in the first battle, there was no need to continue to attack the city, otherwise it would only increase casualties.

On the city wall, Su Mo looked at the retreating Qin army in embarrassment, and a smile finally appeared on his tense face.

The battle was too dangerous.

If it weren't for Qi Xuan's unconscious reminder, Su Mo might not have figured out the key, and if he really wanted to mobilize all the soldiers and horses to ambush on the east wall of Pingzhou, I am afraid that Pingzhou would have fallen at this time.

"Captain, this battle is a great victory, and the soldiers are all excited!"

When the generals of the Zhao State saw the retreat of the Qin army, they all gathered around Su Mo, their faces full of excitement.

In this battle, the Qin army suffered more than 3,000 casualties.

You must know that the number of defenders in the entire Pingzhou City is only 5,000 people, and more than 3,000 Qin troops can be killed and injured in one battle, but there are few casualties on your side, which can definitely be regarded as a complete victory.

Su Mo looked at the generals and soldiers with excited faces, and his heart was also full of joy.

He did not hesitate to give up the eastern defense of Pingzhou, risked the use of suspicious tactics, and also mobilized almost all the defenders here, just to kill and wound the Qin army as much as possible, so as to boost the morale of the defenders in the city.

Otherwise, if it was just to hold the western wall of Pingzhou, even if Meng Wei commanded tens of thousands of troops to attack, with the steepness of this city wall, it would only take less than a thousand people to block the attack of the Qin army, and there would be no need to recruit so many soldiers and horses.

"Although we won this battle by luck, we should not be careless, but should be more cautious."

"Pass on my military order, no matter day or night, each section of the city wall must be defended by someone in turn, and the Qin army must not be given a chance to take advantage of!"

Pingzhou was built on the side of mountains and rivers, and in many places the Qin army could not launch an offensive at all.

Even if some places can launch an attack, due to the narrow terrain, the number of Qin soldiers who can participate in the siege at the same time will never be too many.

Therefore, even if Meng Fu divided his troops to attack Pingzhou in many places, Su Mo could rely on the five thousand defenders in the city to defend Pingzhou City like an impregnable wall.

However, he said that Meng Fu returned to the camp, and after counting the casualties, he looked at the Pingzhou City built by the mountains and rivers on the map, but his brows were twisted.

"If you can't break the city with a strange plan, Pingzhou will be solid, even if you wait until Zhao Jia leads the army to help, I'm afraid you won't be able to break Pingzhou."

"How can I delay my expedition here?"

"Do you really have to rely on Tian'er?"

Meng Fu's brows furrowed into Sichuan characters, and there were already many white hairs on his head, but at this time there seemed to be a lot more white hair.

"General Qiyu, Mi Hao asks to see you!"

Just when Meng Fu was frowning, the voice of the guards suddenly came from the door of the tent.

"Huh?"

When Meng Fu heard this, his face showed displeasure.

Mi Hao is just a grassroots general, and he is originally a Zhao person, Meng Wei does not look down on grassroots generals, but now he is upset in his heart, and suddenly a grassroots general came to disturb him, so he was naturally a little unhappy.

"Huh? Zhao Ren? ”

Suddenly, Meng Fu seemed to think of something, and his cloudy eyes suddenly became extremely bright, and he shouted, "Let him in." ”

"I've seen the general!"

After Mi Hao came in, he saluted Meng Fu very respectfully.

"No courtesy."

"Why did you come to visit Ben Shuai late at night?"

Mi Hao lowered his head and said: "The last general was originally a Zhao person, who happened to be a fellow villager of Su Mo, and had a good relationship with him when he was young, and my family and the Su family also had close contacts, and I knew that some of the people in power in the Su family were also close to the Qin State. ”

"The last general is not talented, and he is willing to go to Pingzhou to act as a lobbyist, and he will definitely be able to persuade Su Mo to open the city and surrender."