readx;?readx; Chapter 594: Destruction and Rebirth

The sky was cloudy, and the wind was like a knife. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The entire Tongguan city has been soaked in blood.

In this era, in the face of the towering city walls, there are only three options outside the conspiracy, one is to dig tunnels; the second is to find a way to climb over the city wall; Otherwise, they would have to destroy the city wall face to face.

But before the appearance of real cannons, it was almost impossible to destroy the city walls that were several feet thick, and Tongguan City was built on a mountain, and the ground was full of hard granite, and it was quite unreliable to dig tunnels.

The most appropriate and helpless way is to attack directly through the ladder...... The reason why it is most appropriate is because there is no other way; The reason why it is said to be the most helpless is because before climbing to the top of the city, the soldiers have been in a state of powerlessness to be slaughtered, and after going to the city, they will be attacked by the other party because they are outnumbered, and the losses are great.

The more common cloud ladders in the world include flying ladders, tiptoe flying ladders, bamboo flying ladders, etc., and the structure is quite simple...... The front end of the ladder and tiptoe ladder are equipped with wheels, which can be pushed again and attached to the city more quickly. The bamboo flying ladder is just a horizontal pole with a large bamboo as the main trunk and a foot pedal installed on the ladder body.

However, during enemy arrow attacks, using these ladders to climb the city walls often resulted in heavy casualties. Therefore, the Qi people, who were skilled in machinery, developed a series of heavy ladders to reduce the losses of the siege troops.

In order to reduce casualties, it is necessary to shorten the time from the launch of the attack to the arrival of the city wall, and in order to achieve this, the Qi people changed the ladder into a vehicle that can be pushed forward. This time, there are five kinds of chariot-like ladders that appear under Tongguan City, such as the chariot, the overpass, the skyscraper, the women's wall and the ladder.

The second is to strengthen the body of the protection of the siege troops, the above-mentioned chariot is not equipped with any protection, and the overpass is provided with a section of female wall at the top of the ladder, when there is a short encounter with the defending troops, it can be a simple protection for the siege troops. As for the women's wall, the crane and the ladder, the body of the car was protected by raw cowhide as a crew, which minimized its losses before the siege.

The third is to prevent the ladder from being pushed down by the enemy, for this reason, the Qi people have an iron hook at the front end of all the ladders, which can firmly grasp the wall tiles and make them very firm.

Emperor Xinghua moved all his family resources to the front line, and Zhao Wuji threw all of them into the battle of Tongguan City, which caused a rare scene of several generations of cloud ladders of various and different sizes going into battle at the same time.

Facing the overwhelming number of Qi soldiers, Qin **min realized that the most difficult moment had come. They smashed it with sasswood, splashed it with boiling oil, and stabbed it with a long lance, and used all the solutions to prevent the Qi army from going to the city.

The people in the city were also mobilized, they burned oil pots, sent arrows, and even threw stones down! The concerted efforts of the military and civilians caused great damage to the Qi army. However, the disparity in strength still made their defense stretched, and from time to time the Qi army broke through the defense and climbed to the top of the city!

How could the Qin army let the enemy stand on its feet? Wielding broadswords and spears, they fiercely rushed towards the enemy troops attacking the city, launching wave after wave of encirclement and suppression, and driving the enemy troops who had not yet formed the climate down the city again and again.

But the siege of the Qi army during the day today has almost gathered all the essence of the main force of the Qi State! Zhao Wuji didn't send them to participate in the mountain-building, but kept them eating and drinking, and they were naturally full of physical strength and high morale, and the gap between them and the Qin army in terms of individual strength had narrowed to a negligible level.

Zhao Wuji sent them all to the battlefield just to succeed in the first battle!

Although they encountered a strong resistance from the Qin army, they still continued to attack the city with perseverance, and they must open a gap in the Qin defense line!

The roar of the city up and down shook the sky, crowded with people fighting each other, stumps and flesh flew everywhere, mutilated corpses everywhere, deafening war drums, horns, resounded throughout the Tong Pass!

For the soldiers of the Qin army, this was simply a disaster......

Under the desperate attack of the Qi army, the first-line Qin army gradually became a little overwhelmed, and the five-mile-long city wall was in a hurry! Thanks to the effective coordination of the talented men in the staff office, while ensuring the first-line defense, they insisted on setting aside enough reserves, and where there was danger, they went there, so that they stabilized their position and did not completely collapse.

There are dangers everywhere in the city, Bo Xian Saiyang has completely become a firefighter, he takes the most elite black-armored soldiers, where there is danger, I don't know how many holes have been blocked in a day.

From the fierce fighting in the morning to the evening, the Qi army still had no intention of withdrawing its troops, and under the continuous pressure, the Qin army finally gradually lost its strength.

Even if Bo Xiang Saiyang is so brave, it is now the end of the crossbow. Wielding a bloody mace, he led his men to rush to the city wall again and again to block and kill; Then organize a charge, block, kill. At the end of the day, his white robe had already been dyed purple-red, and there were more than a dozen wounds on his body, large and small, and the mace, which he usually wielded easily, had become extremely heavy, but the enemy in front of him seemed to be tireless and not afraid of death, still stubbornly and tenaciously climbing over the city wall, flying down, and raising his sword to kill......

Bo Xian Saiyang didn't know what he was thinking for a long time, he just mechanically danced the stick in his hand, and slapped, slapped, and slapped at the hateful enemy soldiers......

The subordinates around him gradually decreased, and finally after repelling another attack by the Qi army, he found that there were only two left and right. The two of them were also covered in blood and couldn't see their true faces clearly, so Bo Xian Saiyang said in his heart: "This cow is tall and big, it should be Qin Ba's guy, who is that characterless?" Then he asked in a hoarse voice, "You...... Who... Huh? ”

"My lord, I'm Qin Xuan." The man wiped his face with the back of his hand, but it had no effect other than to add a few black marks to his yellowish-gray face.

Seeing the two of them smiling at him, Qin Ji also knew that he was stupid, grinned and showed a mouthful of white teeth, and laughed.

This smile made the fear in the hearts of the three of them laugh. Looking at the Qi soldiers who were climbing up again under the city, Qin Ba tightened the double hammer in his hand and said, "Is there any end?" ”

"It doesn't matter, we're almost done anyway." Bo Xian Saiyang was very satisfied with being able to say such a humorous sentence, and said secretly: "It should have reached or approached the level of the prince, right?" Then he decided to make persistent efforts and said, "It doesn't matter if you die, anyway, the boy of my Bo Xian family did not die in bed." Saying that, he smacked his lips and said, "It's just that Lao Tzu hasn't tasted a woman yet, it's a pity." ”

"There is no lowly position." Qin Ji kindly comforted: "The captain shouldn't have either. ”

"Who says no?" Qin Ba rolled his eyes and said in an urn voice: "I secretly watched the little flower in the east of the village taking a bath...... That ass ball, it's so fat! ”

The two wanted to ask, but Qi Jun came up, so he had to stuff the conversation back into his stomach and meet him. But their numbers are too small, how can they stop the Qi army attacking from several cloud ladders? In the blink of an eye, they were surrounded by enemies who rushed to the city.

The three of them stood back to back without fear, waving the blades in their hands, fighting desperately with enemies several times their size, and the Qi army surrounded them in three layers, but there was nothing they could do for a while.

But the three of them were really powerless to stop the enemy's movements, and seeing more and more Qi troops pouring into the city, Bo Xian Saiyang swung away the weapons in front of him, and shouted to the sky: "Support, if you don't come, it's over!" ”

"It's not over!" There was a rough shout from his side, and then he heard the sound of running footsteps. From the cracks in the people, Bo Xiang Saiyang saw that the first one was Shi Meng.

Shi Meng hugged a wooden beam, and led a team of special battalion gunners to kill him. Although they are easy not to fight, because they deal with dozens of pounds of stone bullets all day long, they are all tigers and bears, and their strength is infinite, and the weapons they use are also the same as their bosses, all of them are wooden stakes more than a zhang long!

I saw that they had thick wooden stakes under their armpits, and they rushed to the Qi army pile with a roar. The soldiers of the Qi army are all short knives in their hands, how can they compete with these things? In the blink of an eye, he was overwhelmed, and he could no longer hold his ground.

Seeing Pao Ze rushing past him, the three of Bo Xian Saiyang's hearts were relieved, and they sat on the ground with their butts, they really couldn't kill anymore!

Fortunately, the days were short in the depths of winter, and the sky soon became dark, although he was reluctant, Zhao Wuji did not dare to let the soldiers attack the city blindly...... I'm afraid that there are more people who fell to death like that than they died in battle, so I had to order someone to ring the golden gong to collect the troops, and the victory or defeat was left for tomorrow!

When the enemy retreated like a tide, the Qin ** people at the head of the city finally breathed a sigh of relief.

An extremely difficult day has finally come to an end. On this day, they withstood the high-intensity attacks of more than 200,000 Qin troops, and the disadvantage of their forces was greatly magnified. Although it will not collapse immediately, if the enemy continues to attack like this, in less than two days, the Qin army will lose most of it, and it will no longer be able to hold Tongguan.

But the extremely tired soldiers just want to lie down and sleep, how can they think about what tomorrow will be? That's what the prince should consider.

Qin Lei was indeed overwhelmed by this question, he stood on top of the watchtower with a solemn face, watching the people clean up the messy battlefield. They turned over the soldiers who were lying on the ground, and threw the enemy from the city, whether they lived or died. If it is one's own, it will be carried down, the dead will be buried, and the wounded will be treated.

The officers and men sat on the edge of the cold wall and watched as their robes were lifted down, but they were silent and did not say anything, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

"Since the start of the war, today is the day with the heaviest casualties," Shi Dang whispered in Qin Lei's ear: "More than 7,000 soldiers were seriously injured or killed, and with the previous injuries, we have less than 40,000 soldiers to fight." ”

"Forty thousand, three days ......," Qin Lei muttered, and sighed lightly, "It's going to snow." ”

"Snow?" Shi Dang couldn't help but look at the sky, and sure enough, he saw that the clouds were low, and he really felt that heavy snow was coming, so he replied softly: "It's time to go down tonight." ”

"Who knows? I can't be the master. With that, Qin Lei walked down the watchtower with his hands and walked on the city wall. When the soldiers saw the prince appear, they wanted to stand up and salute, but they were stopped by him and said, "Don't be polite, hurry up and rest." As he spoke, he asked Captain Niu not far away, "Is dinner ready?" ”

Although Captain Niu didn't fight, he had been leaning on the battlefield, and he was dirty and unrecognizable, so he quickly nodded when he heard the words: "It's almost good, the white flour steamed bun and pork stewed vermicelli, it's enough!" ”

As he spoke, he heard the sound of swallowing saliva around him...... But the officers and soldiers who had recovered were already hungry.

Qin Lei showed a smile and said, "As soon as possible, otherwise you will starve to death." The officers and soldiers also laughed in a low voice.

"Let's go down to sleep after eating." Qin Lei instructed the officers and soldiers on the ground: "The Lone Club will arrange the reserve team to be on duty at night, you can rest assured and sleep boldly." Naturally, the soldiers cheered.

After inspecting the city, Qin Lei went down the stairs and inspected the ambulance station in the city.

The courtyard where the ambulance station is located was originally the residence of a large family in the city, and it was requisitioned by Qin Lei during the war, and the wounded soldiers would be sent here to receive treatment according to their severity.

But unlike other places, here the minor wounded are given priority treatment, but those wounded soldiers who are missing arms, legs, and disembowelments must wait patiently...... Even if it is very likely that you will not be able to wait for the moment when you are rescued......

This is the law of war, cruel but must be obeyed. Qin Lei sighed, and saw Gongsun Jian, who was the director of the ambulance station, walking towards him anxiously, and shouted loudly before he could salute: "Lord Wang, the beds are full, and there is no place to stuff people!" Today's casualties are simply too great. ”

Qin Lei was silent, he knew that he was talking about something, and he was about to speak, but he heard Gongsun Jian complain: "There are not enough people who know how to heal, there are not enough medicines, and even the gauze for bandaging is not enough." ”

Qin Lei scratched his head and looked at the women who came in and out of the courtyard...... The work of rescuing the wounded has always been done by women, which is a tradition in Daqin. After thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "If the gauze is not enough, use cotton cloth, tear the clothes and boil them clean." ”

"What about the medicines?" Gongsun Jian asked.

"Go to every house to dig out the ashes!" Qin Lei frowned and said, "It's okay for that thing to stop bleeding, but fortunately, it's cold and the blood flows slowly." ”

"I had to make do with it." Gongsun Jian nodded and said, "What about the manpower?" ”

Qin Lei patted his head and said, "Call Yunshang to come too......" He stopped in the middle of speaking, because he had already seen the girl, dressed in men's clothes and wearing a big mask, walking from one room to another.

"Yunshang!" Qin Lei shouted.

Yun Shang's body trembled, and he was about to turn around and slip away, but he heard Qin Lei say in a deep voice: "You come over to me!" She knew that she couldn't mess around, so she had to come over dejectedly, walked up to Qin Lei and whispered: "I'm just coming here, it's too boring at home, come out for a walk." "Qin Lei's grounding order has not been canceled, and when this girl saw that she was arrested, she was naturally worried and talked nonsense.

"You can't lie about it." Qin Lei feigned anger and said, "Can you take a walk and be covered with blood? ”

Yunshang raised her head timidly, still wearing the big mask on her face, only revealing a pair of big tearful eyes, and choked up: "People...... I can't bear it......"

The people around looked at it, and they didn't know why the prince wanted to reprimand this kind voice, so they couldn't help but talk about it, but most of them sympathized with Yunsheng.

Seeing that he was being watched, Qin Lei couldn't help but be annoyed and said, "What do you see, haven't you seen someone else training your daughter-in-law?" Seeing that the prince was angry, everyone hurriedly dispersed and gave the courtyard to the two of them. But after everyone entered the house, they still peeked out through the cracks in the windows and doors, and said one after another: "Daughter-in-law? The prince's daughter-in-law? What do you mean? "Stupid, it's the princess."

"Princess? Mother herself bandaged me? A wounded soldier with his arm hanging was surprised. Everyone also found it hard to believe this fact, in their minds, the high-ranking Chitose Niangniang, that is a fairy-like existence, where did they ever think that she would stay here for a day without being dirty or tired, and she also treated hundreds of wounded with her own hands?

"Punish me......" Yunshang said with teary eyes.

"What are you punishing for?" Seeing her aggrieved little appearance, Qin Lei finally couldn't bear to blame anymore, and sighed lightly: "Although you are disobedient again, this time it is forgivable." ”

Yunsheng's eyes immediately lit up, although she was wearing a big mask, Qin Lei knew that she must be smiling.

"It's not a shame to cry and laugh." Qin Lei couldn't help but chuckle.

"People really just want to help you," Yun Sheng smiled embarrassedly: "And they are so pitiful, if they are not treated in time, they will be disabled." ”

"Okay." Seeing that Gongsun Jian was probing his brain there again, Qin Lei also knew that he was affecting the work of the ambulance, so he nodded and said, "Go get busy." ”

"Hmm." Yunshang nodded and responded sweetly: "You have to be careful." ”

"I will." Qin Lei said with a smile.

After taking a deep look at him, Yun Sheng turned to leave, and without taking a few steps, he heard Qin Lei shouting behind him: "Yun Shang." ”

"Huh?" Yunshang turned around in response, looking at Qin Lei with some blankness.

"Take it easy, don't get too tired." Qin Lei also looked at her deeply and said in a low voice.

Yunshang smiled from the bottom of her heart, nodded happily, and flew away like a butterfly.

"Lord Wang," seeing that the two of them finished grinding, Gongsun Jian hurriedly jumped out and asked urgently, "What about the manpower and the house?" ”

"If you spread the news that the princess personally treated the wounded, the women of the city will naturally come in droves." Qin Lei said impatiently.

"What about the house?" Gongsun Jian didn't look long and said, "I really can't stuff it." ”

"You're a pig, huh?" Qin Lei finally couldn't help but burst out: "Won't you requisition another mansion?" ”

"The biggest in the city is the house of the fourth prince of Li." Gongsun Jian obviously had a premeditated plan, and said in a low voice: "I went there twice in person in the afternoon, but there were soldiers standing guard at the door of his house, and he didn't let anything go!" He added: "The impact is so bad that there are no big families in the city willing to borrow houses." ”

When Qin Lei heard this, he was furious, and said angrily: "Li Sihai, this rabbit cub, look at how I clean you up!" Drop a sentence: "Go and ask for it alone!" Then he walked out in a huff.

"Uncle, wait for me, I'll go with you." As soon as he walked to the gate of the hospital, Bo Xianyang hurriedly chased him out, he was also treated in the ambulance, and more than a dozen wounds on his body had been wrapped into zongzi, but fortunately, there was no big problem, at least he could still run and scream, then he couldn't die.

The uncle and nephew took people to the largest mansion in the city, the original city guard mansion and the current Li Mansion, and happened to meet Li Sihai who was about to go out.

As soon as he saw that it was the two of them, Li Sihai's face turned pale, and he turned around and ran away, shouting as he ran: "Stop them!" ”

The pro-soldiers at the door all know Qin Lei, which one dares to stop it? The two looked at each other suspiciously, and said in unison: "What kind of ghost are you doing?" He followed Li Sihai's heavy footsteps and followed him quickly.

"It can't be the Golden House, right?" Qin Lei smiled evilly.

"Then I'll kill the adulteress!" Bo Xian Saiyang glared at him and said: "My sister's whereabouts are still unknown, but he dares to raise birds outside!" ”

"You won't kill the adulterer?" As he walked inside, Qin Lei laughed.

"It's okay to beat half to death." Bo Xiang Saiyang said with his fists: "I can't let my sister be widowed." ”

"You can tell." Qin Lei said with a smile. As they spoke, they arrived in the backyard, and as the two of them were walking towards the back room, they heard a yellow warbler-like cry: "Why are you here again?" The two of them changed their faces when they landed, and Bo Xianyang even lost his voice and shouted: "Saiyue? So he threw off his arms and ran in.

Qin Lei shook his head and followed with a secret smile.

I really heard the chick in the house "Brother ......", but I saw Bo Xian Saiyang standing at the door, trembling like chaff, and said: "You... You ...... for a long time, and you don't know what to say.

Qin Lei poked his head in curiously, and said with a smile: "Why don't you go in, I don't know my sister......" He was also stunned as he spoke, and couldn't help but swallow and spat out: "You guys are too careless......"

I saw Li Sihai kneeling in the house, and Bo Xianyue sitting on the kang, of course, this is not the point, the point is that although she is wearing fat clothes, her abdomen is protruding, and she looks like she has been in a body for ** months.

"I'm going to kill you!" Bo Xian Saiyang woke up from his petrified state and suddenly roared, "You brute! Then he rushed towards Li Sihai, Qin Lei hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab him, but the kid who attacked with hatred moved too fast, making him catch a void.

Hearing only a muffled sound, Li Sihai was kicked against the wall by Bo Xian Saiyang, and the earth fell to the ground.

"Brother, stop......" Bo Xianyue hurriedly got up, wanting to stop his brother from going crazy...... As a younger sister, how could she not know her brother's bullishness?

But Bo Xian Saiyang was already furious, and scolded at the same time: "How do you let my sister see people? How do you let my dad meet people? How do you let me see people!! While picking up a cymbal-like fist, he beat the little fat man with his head and face.

Li Sihai hugged his head, curled up into a ball and rolled on the ground, not daring to say a word.

Qin Lei saw Bo Xianyue running over with his stomach up, and finally became anxious, shouting, "Be careful of your sister." "While running over to pull the rack.

But Bo Xianyun was worthy of being a tiger girl, and he was eager to save people's hearts, so he ran in front of Qin Lei, grabbed his brother's arm with both hands, and cried: "Brother, please......"

Bo Xian Saiyang had already lost his mind, how did he know what was going on behind him, he felt that someone was grabbing his arm, and he didn't think about it, so he shook his arm...... Dengshi threw his sister out.

Fortunately, Qin Lei came up from behind, caught it, and scolded in a deep voice: "Stop!" ”

Bo Xian Saiyang stopped his actions at this time, and threatened the little fat man angrily: "Sooner or later, I will kill you!" ”

But he listened to his sister's groans of pain......