Updated: 2013-07-01

After learning the news that the two eastern countries surrendered to the Zhao army and that more than 5,000 of their own troops in the two countries were annihilated by the Zhao army, King Shule angrily smashed several 'fine' porcelain bought from the merchants of Zhao State.

But no matter how strong he was in the past, now, King Shule can only secretly scold, but there is nothing he can do about it, and he even has to worry about the situation in front of him.

In order to prevent the remaining two countries from being unable to resist the pressure of the Zhao army and surrender, the Shule State placed the armies of these two countries among the soldiers of the Shule State, and invited the kings of the two countries to the territory of the Shule State to jointly defend against the enemy.

King Shule knew very well that it was impossible to resist the Zhao army. Now, his only hope is that the city can be taken in the shortest possible time, so that he can flee west with his family wealth. Therefore, after arranging the defense of the eastern front and letting the soldiers of various departments resist the Zhao army, the king of Shule personally rushed to Keluo City to speed up the attack on Kedu City.

When the king of Shule rushed to Keluo City, the battle under Keluo City had already begun for two days, but the results of the battle made King Shule's heart cold. In two days, the attacking team's Shule ** team lost more than 4,000 people, but it failed to approach the walls of Keluo City.

When he saw the wall of the Kedu City, which was almost twice as tall as before, and the rows of rejecting horses outside the city wall, King Shule suddenly felt disheartened, and he knew that it would be far more difficult to attack this Kedu City than he had expected. If it weren't for the report of the corporal under his command, who said that there were only about 3,000 Zhao troops in this Kedu city, I was afraid that King Shule would turn around and leave directly.

Of course, no matter what, now he has no way to retreat, if he can't get back the city of Kedu, then he can't flee west, not to mention keeping his property, even if his 'life' is not guaranteed. In addition, the territory of Shule can still be defended along the line to resist the Zhao army, is it not because these magnates and leading generals know that as long as they take Kedu City, they can leave safely? Therefore, he must now take the city of Kedu, and he must take the city of Kedu before the Zhao army attacks the capital of the king of Shule.

Otherwise, King Tashule will die without a place to be buried. Zhao Jun will not let him go, even if he is incognito, he is afraid that those powerful people who have hope for him will not let him go. Without the Shule Kingdom, what is this former king? Therefore, he must take the mountain pass, and he must open the way to flee west.

He believed that as long as he could take the city of Kedu, he would not only be able to flee west, but also leave with countless money, and even hope of returning to the Western Regions and recovering the country in the future.

The fiercest battle had begun after the arrival of the King of Shule, and the heavy snow had stopped, but the temperature had not risen at all, but had become colder. On the ground, there are also white 'colors' that have turned into red 'colors', which are all created by the blood of the Shule ** team.

Outside the city wall of Keducheng, the Zhao army left three rows of rejecting horses, and the high rejecting horses made the attacking Shule soldiers miserable, and if they wanted to get close to the city wall, they had to cross the rejecting horses, but after the three rows of rejecting the horses, there were three narrow and long trenches, which were three meters deep, so that the Shule soldiers who turned over the rejecting horses had to fill in the trenches before they could continue to advance.

This alone has already made the attacking Shule soldiers scold their mothers, but the arrows that continue to 'shoot' on the city wall make them even worse. The advance is not smooth, and you have to guard against the killing machine above your head, so that the siege soldiers will suffer heavy casualties. Although the Shule soldiers had built the proposed ladder out of nearby trees, what was the use of them if they couldn't get close to the city walls? Fortunately, these soldiers also used these several to 'get' some of the suggested wooden shields, otherwise, the casualties would have been heavier.

What made the king of Shule and the generals feel aggrieved was that although they had a lot of soldiers and horses in their hands, this Keluo city was located between two mountains, and the west was the land leading to the extreme west, so it had nothing to do with them, and they couldn't fight it. The north and south are even more so, directly connected to the side of the Desperate Ridge, and they cannot attack. The only east side is not very large, so they have empty forces, but they cannot use all their strength.

But no matter what, King Shule is already 'forced' to a dead end, and there is only one way out to take Kedu City. Therefore, he could only desperately send soldiers to storm the city.

Three days, another three days, within three days, the Shule ** team lost more than 7,000 yuan, and the Shule ** team was also able to fill in the trench outside the Keluo city, afraid of being knocked down. And they are just 'pressing' to approach the walls of Kedu City and officially launch an attack on Kedu City. In the six days before and after, the Zhao army defending the city did not have a chance to die, only dozens of people were injured, and most of them were frostbitten, so it can be said that there was no loss of opportunity. The Zhao army occupied a favorable position and occupied the armor to the sharpest, so that the attack of the Shule State failed to hurt the soldiers on the city wall at all in six days.

After Zhao Jun told about the current situation in Shule and other countries, and under some favorable conditions given by Zhao Jun, among the captives and young men in the city, among the 3,000 people, 2,000 were willing to join Da Zhao and fight for Da Zhao. Therefore, Zhao Jie reorganized the two thousand young men and divided them into five teams, which followed the Zhao army to defend the city in turn. Thanks to the large number of arrows stored in the city, they are now used by the Zhao army to deal with the siege soldiers of the Shule Kingdom.

"Attack!" The king of Shule personally sat in the rear of the central army, and only the soldiers attacked the city of Kelu. The king of a country, with a hideous face, held a defective horizontal knife bought from a Dazhao merchant in his hand, and constantly waved it in the void. At this moment, King Shule only has the fastest time to win Kedu City, and the rest has been left behind by him. He can't help but be in a hurry, one-third of the territory and soldiers of Shule Country have been taken by the Zhao army, and if they don't take back Keluo City, they will have no play.

Because the walls of Kelu City were heightened by Zhao Jie, and the bottom was thickened, it was very difficult for the defenders of Shule to attack. And because of the heavy snowfall, the loss of bows and arrows in the hands of the Shule soldiers was quite serious, and it was not easy to transport them in the rear. It's a ladder, and it's been improved again and again, so that it can barely be used.

"Attack! Attack! ”

Two days passed, and the army of Shule Kingdom was like a 'tide' rushing to the walls of Keluo City, and the Zhao army of Keluo City even used dozens of earth-shattering thunder dishes to defeat the enemy army back.

How many people were killed and wounded in these two days and two nights? King Shule can't remember clearly, and Zhao Jie can't remember clearly. But that city has turned blood-red. The corpses on the ground also raised the ground by a third.

The stumps and flesh were scattered on the ground, and they were all frozen together in this cold weather. The corpses of these fallen soldiers of the Shule State were raised to the ground, providing another help for the Shule army to continue the attack.

The defense of the Zhao army was very powerful, bows and arrows, crossbow arrows, and crossbow machines appeared one after another, especially the appearance of earth-shaking thunder at night, which made the morale of the Shule generals plummet. Zhao Jun's defensive equipment is really terrifying......

"King, we can't fight anymore!" A general of the Shule State looked at the soldiers under his command who were constantly being 'shot' by the Zhao army's arrow rain, and shouted in a sad voice: "King, here, it is difficult for us to go to the city at all, and the weapons of the Zhao army have not decreased. The supplies that had been hoarded in the city in the past were enough for them to hold out for more than a month. This city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are too few places for us to attack, we have filled in more than 17,000 people, and if we go on like this, I am afraid that sooner or later our army will all be 'handed over' here! ”

"All the 'handover' is here?" The king of Shule looked sad, since then the country of Shule has been surrounded on all sides, since he came here, there is no way out, even if all the troops of the country of Shule are 'handed over' here, he must also take the city of Kedu.

Seeing that the generals under his command still 'wanted' to persuade, King Shule "pulled" out the scimitar. With a wave of his hand, he cut down the general, and shouted: "Whoever shakes the heart of the army, cut it off!" ”

Subsequently, he personally used the money. Beautiful 'women' and official positions came to 'excite' the soldiers, and in addition, the overseers also sharpened their knives. Seeing this, the remaining generals also had to continue to lead the army forward and launch a frantic attack on Coro City.

"These people are so crazy that they even take off their clothes!" Seeing that many siege soldiers of the Shule Kingdom directly threw away their clothes and armor and approached the city wall naked, Zhou Qing, the commander of the capital, couldn't help but sigh.

Looking at the wind under the city wall, there are more and more Shule soldiers, and the sound of the order of General Zhao Jun is also heard on the city wall.

"Smash me!" With Zhou Qing's order, the soldiers on the city wall threw out the stones and logs in their hands, and smashed them out of the city with a whistling sound. In an instant, boulders and logs flew, and wherever they passed, ice chips splashed and blood and flesh flew sideways. It wasn't clear how long it would take to hold out, so the city was already saving on the loss of arrows. After all, if this 'shooting' is out, there will be no replenishment, and there is no manpower and resources to build arrows in the city.

"Hmm...... Looking at the scene of the attack of the Shule Kingdom, our army must have 'approached' the capital of the king of Shule. Otherwise, they would not have been so eager to attack here in complete disregard of the soldiers' lives. Zhao Jie looked at the scene outside the city and couldn't help whispering.

"This is a good thing, this shows that the land of the Western Regions is about to be pacified, and as for these people outside the city, there is not much time left." Hearing this, Zhou Qing laughed and said.

"It's true, but it also means that the soldiers of Shule outside the city have begun their final desperate struggle. The pressure on us is also greater, and we must not be careless. Deputy General Mu Feng said in a condensed voice.

Zhao Jie nodded and said, "That's right, now we don't have many arrows and crossbow arrows in our hands, and the sky-shaking thunder has also consumed nearly half of it." And the soldiers of Shule outside the city began to go crazy. ”

Mu Feng looked at the enemy army that had become, and suddenly said: "General, the weather is cold, we splash water from above, what kind of scene will this be?" Even if they are not afraid of the cold, they are afraid that they will not be able to stand it. ”

Zhao Jie was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "Okay, your method is good, let people prepare it immediately, and we will give them a bath." ”

A series of ladders leaned against the city wall, and countless Shule soldiers climbed up. Just here, on top of the city wall, I suddenly saw buckets of cold water poured down. Although this is just cold water, it makes the soldiers of Shule who are besieging the city miserable. In the cold season, the ice water poured down from the head, making these soldiers cold and piercing in a moment. Many of the soldiers who were climbing let go of their hands directly because of the thorns of the cold water and fell down. Even the soldiers who did not climb were covered in cold and piercing armor, which made them uncomfortable and 'desired' to death.

Soon, these soldiers found that the armor on their bodies was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and they were so cold that they were weak. What's more, there are even many soldiers who were directly frozen and collapsed to the ground, and began to gradually lose consciousness.

Zhao Jie and the other generals stood quietly under the banner directly above the city gate, looking at the soldiers of Shule who were wailing and screaming outside the city, all expressionless. They have experienced a lot of fighting, and this scene of death and wounding is nothing special for them. They just didn't want to fight, and the simple method actually made the siege stones stunned. There were not many casualties, but they all knew that the later these people returned, the more casualties they would have.

Freezing to death and frostbite is normal in this weather, not to mention being poured from the head by Zhao Jun now, and he is still soaked. It's the hands that are 'exposed' outside, and in this weather, there are many soldiers with frostbite, let alone being drenched all over.

"Now in this situation, the commander of the Shule Kingdom, King Shule, should withdraw his troops. The morale of the siege soldiers has been completely lost, and the situation continues, which is too bad for the king of Shule. Zhou Qing said with a sneer.

Zhao Jie and the others naturally understood that in this case, they could only collect their troops and go back. It is unwise to know that you cannot do it. If it continues, it will simply be the 'life' of the 'waste' Fei's pawn. Of course, for Zhao Jie and other Zhao soldiers, the longer the time dragged on, the better, after all, their task was to hold this place, not to defeat the other party. It is already a great merit to be able to hold the city of Kedu.

However, to Zhou Qing's disappointment, the king of Shule on the opposite side did not immediately withdraw his troops, but continued to order all troops to attack the city.

"It seems that this King Shule is crazy......" Zhou Qing shook his head and sneered.

Mu Feng said: "We are not in our position, and we are not in our politics." If you're not in the seat of the king on the other side, you can't feel the pressure from him. We have blocked the only way for them to flee west, and our army has begun a full-scale attack, although there is no detailed news yet, but the presence of the king of Shule here has already shown that the country of Shule is only afraid of being in danger. If he wants to live, he naturally has to take this place. As for these soldiers, they don't matter to him anymore. The Shule country is gone, can he keep these soldiers? ”

"Want to escape? He was delusional. He was the king of Shule, but the king ordered him to be killed. The monarch of a small country dares to organize an alliance of nations against us, and he simply does not know whether he is alive or dead. ”

King Shule finally found that in the face of Zhao Jun's methods, it was impossible to break the city. In the end, he secretly scolded and scolded again, and then gave the order to withdraw the troops. At this time. The attack, which lasted for most of the day, finally stopped in the afternoon.

The siege soldiers were naturally lucky and hurriedly retreated. But today's battle made King Shule's teeth itch with hatred, and after losing thousands of people's lives, he still gained nothing. And Kedu City is still firmly in the hands of Zhao Jun. The price paid was a batch of arrows and buckets of ice water. Compared with the heavy losses of the Shule Kingdom, the casualties of the Zhao army were only more than 100 people.

King Shule once again received news from the rear that the Zhao army was getting closer and closer to the king of Shule, and in addition, the remaining two countries were finally broken through the royal capital by the Zhao army. Fortunately, their magnates and kings were all in the capital of the king of Shule, but they also lost tens of thousands of soldiers. Of these, most of them were taken prisoner.

And Li Chenfeng, Xu Ye, Nangong Hao and others who were on the front line also began to send people to contact Zhao Jie in Keducheng. However, due to the heavy snow problem and the strict blockade of the Shule Kingdom, the spies of the Zhao army could not get close to the city of Kedu. In addition, the king of Shule personally attacked Kelu City, which also made the soldiers of Shule within a few dozen miles east of Kelu City.

But Li Chenfeng and the three of them didn't dare to be careless, whether this Kedu City was in hand or not was related to the westward flight of the kings and magnates of the Three Kingdoms such as Shule, and in addition, the 'life' of the three thousand soldiers was also very important.

Therefore, while strengthening the speed of the westward advance of the army, the three began to increase the operation of the spies. In addition, they released carrier pigeons. At the beginning, when Zhao Jie occupied Kedu City, there was a caravan to assist. In this caravan, there are not only armor and equipment, but also falcons with communication.

As early as when the army of the State of Kedu occupied Kedu City and the Shule Kingdom attacked Kedu City, Zhao Jie had already released the Eagle Falcon. The army knew some of the situation of the Zhao army in Keducheng, but it did not know the exact situation. A few days ago, due to heavy snowfall, the falcon could not be dispatched. Now that the snow had stopped, they immediately released the falcons to find out what was going on in the city, so that they could act accordingly.

The General's Mansion in Corocity.

"In connection with the three-day and night battle, our army is exhausted, and the enemy army outside the city is the same, I see that the morale of the enemy army has plummeted today, and I think that the enemy army should not continue to attack tonight."

"However, General Ben doesn't want to be so passive and defensive, pressed and beaten by them. In addition, after several days of war, more than 2,500 young people have begun to have doubts about whether we can continue to hold on. Therefore, the general launched a surprise attack on the enemy forces outside the city. ”

"Night raid?" The generals were stunned.

"General, even if the enemy army outside the city is defenseless, there are still 20,000 soldiers in their camp. During the siege of the city, because of the terrain, they could only send more than a thousand people close to the city wall at a time, but this surprise attack ......," Zhou Qing said hesitantly.

"General Ben knows what you are worried about, and General Ben has no intention of completely defeating the other party. When we attack at night, we only need to kill and disperse the enemy at night, and we can retreat at one touch, and we don't need to fight for a long time. Coupled with the earth-shattering thunder, it was enough for them to panic themselves. Zhao Jie said in a deep voice.

Deputy General Mu Feng nodded and said, "It's okay, this will not only catch the enemy army outside the city by surprise, but also calm the hearts of the young people in the city." Now, we need their support as well. After all, we don't know when the Great Army will be able to defeat the Shule Kingdom once and for all. ”

"In this case, General Ben personally went to battle, and this time General Ben is ready to take a thousand cavalry to act. When the night comes, remove the blockage behind the gate. ”

Although the ground outside the city is because of corpses, various utensils. The earth rose several meters, but in order to be able to enter the city and facilitate the entry of the army, the soldiers of Shule did not block the road outside the city gate. It just so happened that this also facilitated Zhao Jun's actions.