Nowhere in the world has more corpses piled up than Chen Ying's royal city. The Qin, Wei, and Chu armies—most of course, were Qin and Wei—they were all staggered and overlapped around an earthen city that was only 400 meters long and wide.

This is the earth city that was hastily built after the royal city was captured by the annihilation a few days ago, and the last fortress of the Chu army. Each side of it is three hundred meters away from the wall of the royal city, which is a distance specially selected in consideration of the Qin army's crossbow and the Wei army's twelve-stone crossbow. In terms of the effective range of two hundred steps of Wei Wushu's twelve-stone crossbow, this distance is still close, but Xiong Jing has no choice, Wang Cheng is small, and the military camp alone occupies a quarter of the space, he must maximize his control area, and three hundred meters is the limit of concession.

In addition to building this thin earthen city that is no more than three meters high, Xiong Jing also commanded his soldiers to tear down all the palaces and walls in the east of the royal city. In the past, the east side of the royal city was a palace like a three-entry compound, and the west side was the palace of the royal family, and now the three hundred meters between the earth city and the city wall of the royal city have become a flat open space. The timber of the palace has long been dismantled, and the walls and high platforms of the palace have also been violently pushed to the ground, and the earth is just used to build the earthen wall.

The corpses of the enemy were piled up next to the earthen wall and piled up a high platform several meters wide, leaving a thick layer of corpses here every time the city was attacked, so that the corpse platform became wider and wider, and even exceeded the height of the earthen wall. The city is small, from the perspective of Xiongjing, that is, as long as four football fields and as wide as eight football fields. The bodies could not be buried, could not be burned, and could only be left to rot outside the walls. The weather in April was already very warm, and under the sun, the wind was not full of birds and flowers, but the smell of corpses that choked people.

Flesh, corpses, bones, internal organs, maggots, ......, not to mention the soldiers on the front line, even Xiong Jing has seen a lot. He does feel disgusted at first sight, and when he gets used to it, he doesn't care, and besides, what he cares about now is not the corpse platform outside the wall that is getting wider and wider, and the higher and higher the base, but his own survival.

There were still more than 36,000 Chu troops who retreated into Tucheng, half of whom were wounded; All standard artillery shells have been used up, and now they are irregular artillery shells and fire shells fired with corpse oil, and the trebuchets have fired too many times, and the bearings are seriously worn, and the thrown artillery shells are difficult to have any accurate head;

The archers' arrows are basically used up, and the arrows of the Chu army are the same, the arrow feathers of the enemy's crossbow arrows cannot be reused after shooting, although some soldiers are collecting the enemy's crossbow arrows and reassembling the arrow feathers, but the crossbow arrows and bows are completely different, and the short arrows that are pretended to shoot are inaccurate, and they can't shoot far; There are more than 300 crossbow arrows, but they are only used at critical moments, mainly to shoot important targets such as enemy generals and repeaters, and do not assist in the battle.

Of the 50,000 people who had been fed for nearly three months, there are now only 36,000, and after only two months, there is no shortage of food. The water source is not a problem, there are dozens of large wells in the royal city, and the groundwater level gradually rises in the spring, enough for 36,000 people plus more than 2,000 war horses and other livestock to drink; All the firewood and coal are used up, but there is no shortage of fuel, not only is there no shortage, but it can also be used to burn artillery shells; Medicine, alcohol, and hemostasis were all exhausted, but fortunately, it was spring, and the numbness and silk wool that had faded from the soldiers were barely usable after steaming.

In addition to the fatigue tactics of changing several people for one, the enemy also mobilized tens of thousands of crossbowmen to stand on top of or under the leveled royal city, and every time they attacked them, the arrows were like a rainstorm. The soldiers of the Chu army who did not wear the armor were shot as soon as they were exposed, and the soldiers with the armor were negligent, and the face, arms, and thighs that could not be protected by the ring armor were also shot by arrows from time to time. The three-edged arrows of the Qin army are just that, and the poisonous arrows of the Wei army have barbs, and they cannot be pulled out rashly after being hit by the arrow, otherwise the muscles and blood vessels will be torn apart, and the arrows can only be dug out by cutting the wound with the scalpel of the witch doctor.

The endless, rainstorm-like arrows became a nightmare for the Chu army, and even if the huge armor was temporarily strengthened and the large shield was added, it was difficult for the soldiers in the front row to be spared, and 15,000 of the 36,000 people were injured. This can't help but remind Xiong Jing of the Battle of Junji Mountain and the Battle of Kalai that SB once popularized, both of which are called the nightmare of the infantry and an important example of how to deal with the heavy infantry.

In the Battle of Junji Mountain, once the arrows carried by Li Ling's troops ran out, the Han army was gone; In the Battle of Calle, once the more than 2,000 cavalry under the command of Soukla Jr. were destroyed, the defeat of the Roman legions was assured. However, it is precisely because of these two examples that Xiong Jing has consolidated his confidence in supporting it. Compared with the Han army and the Romans, the Chu army's biggest reliance was on sufficient grain and drinking water, and it was precisely because of the abundant grain and water sources that the Chu army was able to build one or several simple earthen walls.

At the same time, the enemies of the Han army and the Romans were all cavalry. The light cavalry could rush twenty or thirty meters in front of the formation and throw it, and then turn back, so close that even a weaker cavalry bow could penetrate the iron armor with arrows; Once the Han army and the Romans wanted to attack, the heavy cavalry waiting on the side would take away the attacking soldiers in waves. It is equivalent to saying that the Han army and the Romans can only be beaten, not resisted; And in order to prevent the heavy cavalry from attacking, they also had to set up a dense formation as an arrow target.

The Chu army faced only infantry, and the crossbowmen could only shoot at the head of the royal city, or at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces from the earthen wall. At such a distance, even a twelve-stone strong crossbow could not penetrate the giant armor. Of course, they could have gotten closer, but they didn't dare. Because no one could stop the Chu army from rushing out of the city and smashing those crossbow arrays to pieces.

In addition, what made Xiong Jing happiest was that the time was already April, and according to the plan of the Great Sima Mansion, Xiang Yan had already made a surprise attack on Aocang, which was the enemy's grain base, and once Aocang was burned, the enemy army would have to withdraw in half a month at most.

"Your Majesty, the enemy is about to attack the city." Looking at the sweet smile on the corner of the king's mouth, Zhuang Quji, who was standing beside him, had already turned a blind eye. The protracted killing numbs people, he doesn't smile, and his face is lifeless indifference.

"What about the siege? They can't break the spear array. Xiong Jing was standing on the high platform of the main hall, and Lian Po, who had recovered from his illness, was sitting beside him. At this time, the main hall has been demolished, and only a bare, high-platform of about three meters high remains. Xiong Jing chose this place because he could see it and see himself anywhere in the city, and the nine-foot-tall flag was planted behind him, fluttering in the wind.

"Ready-" the artillery general said in a jealous voice. The Chu army was in a desperate situation, and Xiong Jing not only asked the witches to dance and pray more every day, but also asked all the generals to stand on the front line to boost the morale of the army.

"Ready-" Gong Loser shouted, and the trebuchet cannon commander continued. With their shout 'Put!' ’。 With a raspy 'pop', the trebuchet rack shook dangerously again, and the clay cannonballs made of corpse oil were thrown high by the boom.

'Boom, boom, boom——! After half a year of siege, the enemy soldiers had long ignored the trebuchets of the Chu army, except for those who were shot and let out a penetrating scream, the others still rushed to the corpse platform outside the city from all sides like a tidal wave.

Chen County's right Sima Chen Bu town guards the south of the city, the general of the boat division guards the west of the city, the king of the pawn will raise the town to guard the north of the city, and the general of the feudal monarch will the viscount Liufeng town guard the east of the city. On each side were 2,400 elite armorers, armed with round shields, standing in six rows under the earthen wall, four hundred meters wide, followed by several rows of unarmored soldiers.

The arrows were like a shower, and the shields in the hands of the armorers were thrown and the arrows were shot with a thud, and the armor also made a clanging sound from time to time. Fortunately, the Chu army was arrayed under the earthen wall, and the anticline naturally avoided the arrows, and no matter how far away, the strength of the arrows was weak, and even ordinary leather armor could not shoot through.

"Kill!" There is no need for military orders, once the enemy army rushes to the corpse platform, the first three rows of spearmen will rush up the stairs, stab all the enemy soldiers on the corpse platform to death, and then firmly control the top of the platform, so as not to let the enemy troops come to the platform.

At this time, the arrows were all shot at the top of the platform, regardless of whether they were friends or enemies. The armor soldier was either killed by an arrow, or wounded by an arrow, and all the dead armor soldiers and the wounded armor were dragged into the wall. Their armor was swiftly removed and put on by the unarmored soldiers behind them. Once the first six platoons were all gone, they had to rush to the corpse platform to continue the battle to withstand the continuous onslaught of the enemy.

When the bloody armor was put on Chen Sheng's body, his legs trembled so badly that he couldn't stand steadily. The pawn commander who hung his arm with sackcloth kicked him and shouted, "Riichi! ”

"Only, only... Only. Chen Sheng was not only shaking his legs, but also his teeth.

"The king is looking at you!" The next sentence caused a layer of goosebumps to rise on Chen Sheng's back, and countless indescribable chemical physiological reactions occurred in his body, and the heat flow finally rushed to his brain. He replied in confusion: "Great, great king......"

"Yes!" The pawn pointed to the high platform less than two hundred meters behind him. "The king is standing on the stage, and the king is looking at you." After speaking, the pawn chief knocked on the ring armor that Chen Sheng had already put on: "There is armor, why is Qin Kou afraid?!" ”

The uninjured soldiers fought less and less, and weak soldiers like Chen Sheng, who were more than ten years old, also put on armor and went into battle. The commander knew that these young men were afraid, so he used the phrase 'the king is watching you' to boost morale and dispel fear. After he finished speaking, Chen Sheng unconsciously looked back at the high platform, and the king turned around at this time, and in the excitement, he forgot everything, only heard the shouts of his comrades.

"Ah——!h The blood was no longer dazzling, the stench was no longer smoking, and the shouting Chen Sheng rushed up the stairs to the top of the stage.

'Dangdangdang......' rainstorm of arrows kept hitting his armor, but except for a few pains in his chest, all the arrows fell helplessly. He clumsily stabbed through a Qin soldier with the spear in his hand, and several halberds from the other side immediately swung at him, one of which actually hooked his calf. Just when he thought that his unarmored leg and stomach were about to be lost, the halberdier suddenly screamed, and when he fell, Chen Sheng saw two crossbow arrows stuck in his back.

Chen Sheng was lucky, his comrade Chen Shi was shot in the face by an arrow as soon as he rushed up, and he was dragged back after stumbling down. Wu Chang Chen is the most tricky, and Chen Gou is a scholar of him. They didn't stab spears at all, but picked up a broken shield on the corpse platform - the enemy army didn't actually need to kill themselves, the enemy crossbowmen would help kill, and all the Chu army had to do was to survive in the rain of arrows.

Chen Heibutt is probably the craziest of them all. There were three rows of spears, and he stood in the last row, constantly stabbing his spears, stabbing one after another enemy soldiers who had been hit by the spears. After the war, he said that all he wanted was that he had eaten so much meat that he would repay the king with his death.