"Woo woo"

Three long horns sounded in the Qin army.

At this time, Meng Yi, the vanguard general of the Qin army, raised his arm and shouted with a solemn expression: "The front army listens to the order and advances!" ”

At the sound of an order, the Qin army marched in front of a phalanx of five thousand foot soldiers, slowly marching towards Fangcheng, some of them Qin soldiers struggled to push the cloud ladder, while some Qin soldiers carried the long ladder, and the atmosphere of slaughter was permeated at once.

"Is it an attack of 5,000 men?"

On the south gate tower of Fangcheng, Meng Zhong stared intently at the movements of the Qin army outside the city, and calmly gave an order: "Beat the drum!" …… Tell the armies on the city walls to prepare for battle! ”

A moment later, rumbling war drums rang out on the walls of Fang City.

During this period, because Wu Ying was transferred to Yingshan, Meng Sui, as a city cheng, became the deputy commander of the southern city wall, assisting Meng Zhong to command all the Wei generals on the city wall.

I saw his left hand on the scabbard at his waist, calmly walking slowly on the city wall, and as he walked, he used words to inspire the Wei pawns on the city wall.

“…… The Qin army is not invincible! We proved this a few days ago! ”

“…… You have undergone rigorous training in the past few months, and you are fully capable of resisting the Qin army outside the city, and even defeating them! ”

“…… Behind our city is Yeyi, Yeyi is the home of my generation, with you and my old father, mother, brothers, wives and children, we have nowhere to retreat......"

“…… Don't hesitate, don't panic, hesitate will definitely lose, panic doomed to death, whether you were from Yeyi, Lixian, Suixian, or from other places, but at the moment, we have only one identity, that is, the soldiers of Fangcheng! It is a soldier who protects Ye Yi and protects my relatives! ”

“…… If the Qin army wants to break through this city, let them step over the corpses of us and others! ”

After saying that, Meng Sui suddenly stopped, drew the sword at his waist and pointed at the city wall, and shouted with a solemn expression: "Fang Cheng Army! …… Challenge! ”

"Whoa, whoa!"

The Wei soldiers on the city wall stood up and shouted one after another, and countless voices converged into a stream, which overshadowed the sound of war drums for a while.

This also made the Wei soldiers on the city wall, who were inevitably panicked, a little more relieved.

"Pretty good encouragement."

On the city wall more than 20 zhang away, Cao Chun looked into the distance, listened to the encouragement of Meng Sui to the soldiers in the distance, and praised with a smile.

On the side, Meng Hu leaned on the city wall and smacked his lips, as if he was smacking Meng Sui's encouraging words.

He sincerely felt that although Meng Sui spoke very well, it seemed to be a few points worse than Le Yi, compared to Meng Sui, Le Yi could always stir up the hearts of the soldiers, and then lead this fire to the enemy, using this trick to make the soldiers more aggressive.

But considering that Meng Sui was his brother, Meng Hu naturally would not make a bad evaluation, so he hummed twice with a playful face.

"Crossbowmen prepare! …… Shoot the arrows! ”

With an order from Meng Sui in the distance, the Wei crossbowmen on the city wall began to shoot.

While they were shooting, the Qin general Meng Yi outside the city also raised the sword in his hand and pointed at the city wall, and an order burst out from his mouth: "The front army charges!" ”

In an instant, the originally neat Qin army outside the city suddenly scattered the formation, first those Qin soldiers carrying long ladders, desperately began to charge towards the city wall, and they were greeted by a baptism of crossbow arrows that were dense in the rainstorm.

"Ahh

"Ahh

"Hmm"

In the screams and muffled sounds, countless Qin soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, but most of the Qin soldiers were able to carry the long ladder and continue to charge even if they were hit by a few arrows, but there were also many unlucky guys who were directly hit by the arrows, or shot in the face, or shot in the neck.

If the Qin soldiers who were shot in the neck still had time to make the last thoughts about the Qin people at home, then those Qin soldiers who were shot in the face probably didn't even have time to fear death, and immediately fell to the ground.

But almost instantly, a Qin pawn next to them took their place, carrying the long ladder and continuing to charge towards Fang City.

From beginning to end, the soldiers of the Qin army turned a blind eye to the sacrifice of Paoze, as if they only had the nearby Fang City in their eyes, and there was only victory!

I have to say that this is the Qin ** team created by the "military merit system", an army that is not afraid of death.

In fact, the Qin soldiers are not afraid of death, but they know very well that there is something more terrible than death in this world, and this terrible thing is called the law of the Qin State.

"Onward! Advance! ”

Meng Yi, the former army general, stood on top of the chariot, wielding the sword in his hand to inspire the soldiers under his command, and at the same time did not forget to warn those Qin soldiers who hesitated with fierce eyes.

Cowardice and not the former, cut immediately!

This is one of the iron laws of military discipline in the Qin army.

Under this iron law, the soldiers of the Qin army seemed to have turned into fierce beasts that chose people and devoured them, because they knew that only by advancing, only by killing the enemy who was blocking the enemy in front of them, and winning this victory, they could survive, otherwise, even if they were not killed by the enemy, they would be killed by the general or the overseer for violating military discipline.

Even family members can be implicated.

Damn the sitting! Damn Shang Marting!

I believe that the vast majority of Qin soldiers will secretly scold the Shang Jun Wei Ying when they charge to death, because it was Shang Yang who proposed the method of continuous sitting, which made the Qin army's combat capability improve again, but also made the Qin army's soldiers completely lose the room to choose their own destiny.

I have to say that when Wei Ying fled from the Qin State, no Qin people were willing or dared to take him in along the way, and even when he was divided by the five horses afterwards, not many people in the entire Qin State felt sorry for this, which is not unreasonable.

But in any case, Shang Ying, who formulated harsh criminal laws, created an invincible army for the Qin State, and except for Wei Wushu, who could suppress the Qin army in the momentum of seeing death as home, the armies of the rest of the countries, to be honest, it was really difficult to deal with such an army that was not afraid of death.

And the Wei army in Fangcheng, can it be stopped?

"Bang"

"Bang Bang"

Long ladders were erected under the city, and Qin pawns, like ant colonies, climbed up without fear of death, and the atmosphere of the battlefield seemed to have reached a white-hot stage all of a sudden.

"Block them!" Meng Sui shouted in a deep voice.

Under the command of the generals, the Fangcheng Wei army blocked the city wall, and used the Changge in his hand to poke indiscriminately at the Qin soldiers who quickly climbed up.

Different from the previous petty fights outside Fangcheng City, at that time, with Meng Zhong's strategy, the Qin general Jin Kuang was already under his command Qin soldiers who did not know how many Wei troops were lurking under the surrounding night, so when the two sides were fighting, the Qin army would inevitably have some scruples, but now they could see each other clearly, which allowed the Qin army to exert its original combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, the Wei army in Fangcheng seemed to be gradually shocked by the Qin army's momentum of not fearing death, and for a while it seemed to have forgotten the strict training in the past few months, and just stabbed indiscriminately with the Changge in his hand.

"Arrow strike! Circumvent! ”

On the city wall, the shouts of Meng Sui and other commanding generals sounded again.

However, there were many Wei pawns who didn't seem to hear it at all, and still leaned over the city wall with panic, and stabbed the Qin pawns who climbed up from below with the Changge in their hands.

"Bastard!"

Seeing this scene, Meng Sui gritted his teeth with hatred.

He turned his head to look at the city, and saw that at this moment, the crossbowman troops in the Qin army outside the city had already slowly moved towards Fang City.

It was two formations, one on the east side and one on the west side, and there were about four or five thousand people, and the rain of arrows was the handiwork of these Qin crossbowmen.

Don't underestimate Qin's crossbows, if it is said that South Korea's crossbow is the first in the world, then most of Qin is the second in the world, think about it, Qin has been fighting with South Korea for so many years, how can he not secretly learn the craft of building a strong crossbow in South Korea? On the other hand, if it weren't for Korea's refusal to relax its improvement of the crossbow, I am afraid that this country would have been annexed by the Qin State long ago.

"Why don't you hide?!"

Meng Sui glared at those Wei pawns who were lucky enough not to die, and said angrily: "I taught you how to dodge arrows during training......

Zhu Wei looked at each other.

Looking at the Wei soldiers on the surrounding city walls, Meng Sui finally held back his anger.

He knew that they were too optimistic, although a few days ago they used the rice in the farmland outside the city to calculate the Qin army, not only did they win an easy victory in the other city, but also caused many new soldiers to cross the threshold of killing the enemy, however, killing a Qin soldier in that way did not mean that these Wei soldiers had transformed into reliable and trustworthy soldiers.

It is not advisable to take a trick, after all, it is still a real fight with a knife and a real gun, so as to sharpen an army that can really be entrusted with heavy tasks.

If it was Ah Yi, what would he do now?

Seeing that the Wei soldiers on the city wall were obviously unable to exert their due combat effectiveness, Meng Sui's mind quickly turned, thinking about what Le Yi would do in the face of this.

After a few moments, he had an idea.

I saw him angrily reprimand: "This is just the first offensive of the Qin army, the first tentative offensive, you waste have worked hard for several months, can't you even stop a wave of offensive of the Qin army?" ”

The Wei pawns near "......" looked at Meng Sui in dismay.

You must know that in their impression, Meng Sui has always been gentle and elegant, let alone openly humiliating them with waste.

"I told you that behind our city is Yeyi, where my parents, wives and children live, do you want me to be more clear?" Glancing around, Meng Sui pointed to the Qin army outside the city and said sharply: "If we can't resist those Qin people, those Qin people will kill Yeyi, and when the time comes, my old father and mother will be killed by them, and my wife and daughter will be insulted by them, I guess you don't mind that the old father and mother will be killed by those Qin people in frolic?" Don't you mind that your wives and daughters will be crushed by those Qin troops, and you can't survive or die? Maybe they'll enjoy it? ”

"Shut up!"

A tall Wei pawn rushed over and grabbed Meng Sui's shirt and raised his fist angrily, but he was afraid of Meng Sui's identity, he raised his fist but did not dare to swing it.

Seeing this, Meng Sui snapped off the other party's hand that was grabbing his shirt, and reprimanded in a deep voice: "If you don't want your old father and mother to be killed by the Qin army, and you don't want your wives and daughters to be humiliated by the Qin people, then stop them to the death!" Our city has been training you wastes for a few months, not so that you can easily die at the hands of the Qin army! …… Even if you want to die, pull a few Qin pawns on my back! ”

After that, he looked around and shouted loudly: "You group of wastes listen to me, and when you die, you will pull a few Qin pawns on my back, so that even if you die, I will recognize him as a man, and the old and young in his family will be raised by our city!" What are you shit afraid of?! ”

"Think about the ...... parents at home"

"Think about ...... wife and children"

"If you don't want your family to be humiliated by the Qin people, stop them for me!"

Under the stimulus of Meng Sui, the Wei soldiers in Fangcheng regained their strength, just like Meng Sui said, they would not want their old fathers and mothers to be killed by the Qin people, let alone their wives and daughters being insulted by those hateful Qin people.

"Kill all these Qin people!"

As one of the Wei pawns roared uncontrollably, the fighting spirit of the Wei pawns on the city wall was rekindled.

At this moment, they are no longer afraid, no longer confused, and there is only one thought in their hearts, that is, to defend Fangcheng, Yeyi, and their families.

Seeing this, Meng Sui breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he inevitably felt a burst of anxiety on his face.

Damn, what did I just say...... Luckily, Master didn't know about this......

Unlike Le Yi, like Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, who was taught by Zhuangzi since childhood, when did he say those unsightly words? Not to mention the vivid description of the soldiers' wives and daughters being insulted by the Qin people, which made the upright Meng Sui feel ashamed of his words and deeds.

But at this moment, it was obviously not the time to think about this, I saw him take a deep breath, walk behind those Wei pawns, and continue to encourage or stimulate them.

"Excellent! That's it! Even if you are waste, as long as you abandon hesitation and fear, and raise courage, you and others can resist the Qin army, and your parents will not be killed by the Qin people, and your wives and daughters will not be humiliated by the Qin people...... Keep your eyes ahead and keep an eye on your enemies; Listen to orders all the time, and obey orders so that you people can survive and live to see your families......"

From a distance, Meng Zhong looked at Meng Sui, who was like two people on weekdays, and was a little stunned for a while.

It turned out that in a moment he learned that Meng Sui was mad on the city wall, so he immediately came to check the situation, but he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived, Meng Sui had already solved the problem by himself and re-inspired the Wei pawns on the city wall.

It's just a way to inspire......

"Excellent! Very good! It's made me think a little bit more about you shit. ”

"Arrow strike! …… What are you doing over there? Didn't you hear my commands? Hmph, it doesn't matter if you die, I believe that my wife will find another man too......"

Seeing Meng Sui in the distance bursting out of his mouth with a bunch of unsightly words, Meng Zhong opened his mouth, unable to believe it.

What made them feel even more unbelievable was the increasingly coherent and smooth sentences.

…… It seems that it is better for me to leave.

After thinking about it, Meng Zhong returned to the city gate tower.

At the same time, it seems that Menghu, Huahu, and Mu Wu also noticed the situation on Mengsui's side, and they opened their mouths and were speechless in shock.

You must know that if Meng Zhong is the eldest disciple of Zhuangzi, then Meng Sui is the second disciple, who is also loved by Zhuangzi, and Meng Sui used to be calm, not as impulsive as Meng Zhong, so that when Le Yi was still there, he and Le Yi were responsible for staring at Meng Zhong and others to prevent Meng Zhong and others from being too impulsive.

However, such a calm Mengsui made such words and deeds today, which especially made Hua Hu and Mu Wu feel incredible.

"Ah Sui...... Is this emulating Le Yi's way of motivating soldiers? ”

"Well, probably, it's just ......"

Seeing the smile on Meng Sui's face from a distance, it didn't seem like a fake, Hua Hu and Mu Wu looked at each other.

It's better not to dig deeper.

Hua Hu and Mu Wu thought secretly in their hearts.

At this time, at the Qin army's main formation, Sima Cuo and Bai Qi both stared at Fang Cheng intently, communicating with each other from time to time.

"The momentum of the Wei army has gradually become stronger......"

Exhaling slightly, Sima Coo's beard stroked and said to Bai Qi.

"Hmm." Bai Qi replied lightly, and said lightly: "Most of the Wei troops in Fangcheng are recruited from the beginning of this year, and since the training, their strength will naturally not be bad, and the only thing they lack is probably only actual combat experience......

"That's why you used 10,000 soldiers in one go?" Sima asked with a smile.

"Hmph."

Bai Qi snorted lightly, which was regarded as answering Sima Wrong, and immediately, he looked at Fang Cheng for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's okay, if Fang Cheng falls so easily, I still don't feel happy." ”

Sima Cuo glanced at Bai Qi when he heard this, and said lightly: "A powerful army, if it withstands the pressure again, it will be even more difficult to deal with......"

Of course, Bai Qi knew that Sima Cuo was reminding him not to underestimate the enemy, and when he heard this, he sneered: "No matter what, Fangcheng is destined to fall today!" ”

Seriously?

Sima Cuo glanced at Bai Qi, and did not say the rhetorical question in his heart very interestingly, because in his opinion, the Wei pawn of Fangcheng was growing rapidly, although Bai Qi did have a great chance to capture this city with his superiority in strength, but if he wanted to take this city today, he felt that it was still a little difficult.

According to his estimates, Bai Qi should be able to break through Fang Cheng tomorrow.

Of course, the premise is that there are no other changes on Fang Cheng's side.

However, with such a result, I am afraid that Bai Qi will not be satisfied.

"The ladder is down the city."

said casually, Sima Cuo secretly added another sentence in his heart: Whether you can break through Fangcheng today depends on this wave.

Obviously, Bai Qi was also aware of this, and after noticing that the cloud echelon of his own front army was approaching the city of Fangcheng, he immediately closed his mouth, stared intently at the battlefield, and no longer talked to Sima Cuo.

At this time, Fang Cheng's side finally ushered in their biggest crisis so far.

Unlike the previous long ladders used by Qin soldiers to attack the city, the ladder is a siege equipment that is difficult to overturn through Changge, because the bottom of the ladder is very heavy, and when the front section of the collapsible ladder on its car hooks the city wall, it is almost very stable, unless these ladders are burned by fire, otherwise, the Qin soldiers can rely on the passages built by these ladders to continuously pour up the city wall.

Sure enough, the Wei army in Fangcheng took the countermeasure of fire attack, only to see those Wei soldiers smashing palm-sized oil pots on the base of the ladder, and immediately threw torches and ignited the ladder.

But even so, the Qin soldiers under the city were still under the urging and coercion of their respective generals, desperately rushing up the burning ladder, trying to force the city wall while the ladder had not yet been burned.

On the side, there were also Qin soldiers who tried to extinguish the fire on the ladder by slapping and other methods, but unfortunately because of the oil, these soldiers not only did not succeed in extinguishing the fire, but because the armor on their bodies was stained with oil, they were ignited by the fire, and rolled on the ground in horror.

Some were lucky enough to extinguish the fire on their bodies, while others were burned alive, filling the air with a smell like cooked meat.

But even so, the Qin army still rushed to the city wall as if desperate.

Seeing this, Meng Sui ordered bundles of lighted firewood and hay to be thrown off the city wall, intending to ignite a sea of fire under the city to block the Qin army's offensive.

I have to say that this trick of using fire in defense really slowed down the offensive of the Qin army a little, but the problem is that the firewood and thatch dropped on the city are not enough to build a sea of fire that can include the entire section of the city wall, even if the Qin army was burned more than a dozen ladder cars, but there are still as many as thirty, not to mention those countless number of long ladders, which makes the offensive of the Qin army and the defense of the Wei army, there was a temporary stalemate, that is, the Qin army was temporarily unable to attack the city wall, but the Wei army could not completely suppress the Qin army.

Seeing this scene, at the Qin army's main formation, Bai Qi secretly thought in his heart: If that Meng Zhong really has any tricks, it should almost be used.

But to his surprise, in the next half an hour, the Wei army did not change anything except for the rotation of defense.

Hum! It's really calm, huh...... Since you are reluctant to do it, then I will help you.

Thinking of this, Bai Qi once again ordered an increase in troops, and sent his subordinate general Zhong Xu to lead 10,000 troops to reinforce the front army.

Counting this time, the Qin army has increased its troops four times one after another, so that even if the battle damage is removed, there are still nearly 30,000 Qin troops on the battlefield.

This number of troops is actually about twice that of the Wei army on the southern wall of Fangcheng.

But what made Bai Qi feel strange was that even though he had once again increased his army, Fang Cheng still had a strict posture of defending, as if there was no new plan.

This made Bai Qi feel incredible, and he couldn't help muttering: "It stands to reason that if that Meng Zhong has any plan, he should come up with it at this time...... Didn't he have any plan to retreat from the enemy? ”

What do you want that Meng Zhong to do?

Sima Cuo looked at Bai Qi with some amusement, although he couldn't deny that Na Meng Zhong was indeed a resourceful general, he still felt that Bai Qi had overestimated Na Meng Zhong a little.

Maybe it's because Meng Zhong had defeated Bai Qi at the Battle of Yique?

After thinking about it, Sima Cuo said to Bai Qi: "Maybe Meng Zhongji is poor this time?" ”

Poor?

Bai Qi glanced at Sima Cuo, and was a little unhappy in his heart for some reason.

Although Sima Cuo has gotten along with him quite well recently, Sima Cuo's words still make him a little unhappy.

Bai Qi trusted his own judgment more than he believed Sima Cao's words, and with his understanding of Meng Zhong, the latter would never be unprepared for half a year from April to October.

But alas, he couldn't guess.

Time passed little by little, and in a blink of an eye, the sun was about to set, and today's siege battle was about to usher in the final moment.

At this moment, even if it is white, he can't maintain his normal heart, because he has made an oath that when he comes to Fang City again today, he will definitely break through this city!

What he says, he must do!

Thinking of this, he increased his troops again, and once again created oppression on the other city.

At the same time, Meng Zhong was on the south city gate, and he clearly saw the Qin army's move to increase its troops again.

He knew that Bai Qi's patience was draining step by step.

But......

Meng Zhong glanced up at the sun that was about to set, and the corners of his mouth raised a little smile, which disappeared in a flash.

"Don't worry, Bai Qi, I'll help you fulfill that vow, but...... It's not time yet. ”