On the second day, the fiery red sun once again hung high in the sky, bringing a slightly hot temperature to the earth. Outside Lantian City, most of the ground that was muddy yesterday due to the trampling of soldiers has dried up and returned to a clean and flat ground.

For the Lantian defenders, when the weather clears, it is the coming of danger. Yesterday's battle in the rain, the defenders of the Han army saw the strength of the Zhao army's strong and brave attack. Let what was originally just heard become a reality in their eyes.

At ten o'clock in the afternoon, the sun shone for half a day, completely smoothing out all the muddy land outside the city, and the original small waterhole also disappeared completely. In the past half a day, the Zhao army did not move, which also made Ma Qing, the Lantian guard, and his subordinates breathe a sigh of relief. Of course, Ma Qing knew that since the Zhao army outside the city could attack in the rain, he would naturally not give up. Although there was no attack in the morning, if the Zhao army did not move, it would be thunderous if it moved.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

"Woohoo......"

I have to say that Ma Qing's guess finally came true, although he didn't want to, however, Zhao Jun was not under his control.

Under the city of Lantian, the endless sound of war drums and the low sound of horns resounded in the sky, on the empty wilderness outside the city, the army of the Zhao army swept from the barracks several miles away like a tide, a vigorous flame unicorn banner wind hunting and hunting, embroidered with a majestic flame unicorn, under the sunlight, it looked extraordinarily domineering.

Under the banner, Zhao Kang and Yang Wangqing stood solemnly in military uniforms, and the generals at all levels stood behind them, and then in the rear, the Sensen iron armor gathered into a sea of steel, flashing with a terrifying coldness, and the spears pierced the sky, as well as the cherry red tassels on the helmets of the Zhao soldiers, which were as beautiful as blood in the sunshine!

Elite! A real elite! Although the Zhao army appeared outside Lantian City for a few days, the army attacked Lantian from yesterday. In the early days, Zhao Jun just wanted to attract the Lantian defenders. It's a pity that the Lantian guards followed Lin Shucheng's orders and did not go out of the city under any circumstances, even if it was a Chang'an military order forged by Zhao Jun.

Yesterday, the Zhao army came out together, although it was the same as today. However, not long after the Zhao army was reorganized yesterday, the sky began to be dark and rainy. Therefore, Ma Qing and the Lantian defenders did not see the Zhao army's military formation in detail. At this moment, they had to be shocked by Zhao Jun outside the city.

"No wonder the Zhao army was able to drive the tribes of the Turquoise to the north, suppress the Turks, and attack the countries of the Western Regions in the west, they relied on the army in front of them, and they relied on these tiger warriors!" At the head of the city, Ma Qing's eyes showed amazement and envy, and he sighed: "This really elite division, if you can be a general in this army, it will be really comfortable." Alas, it's a pity ......"

What is a pity? It is nothing more than that now the two sides are hostile, and they are enemies. The thoughts in his heart can only be a momentary emotion, and he will always be buried deep in his heart.

"The order goes down...... Catapult army formations are ready! ”

"Oh my God. What the hell is that? ”

Looking at the huge wooden pillars that had begun to move slowly behind the Zhao army's formation, a Qing who had gone to the city to help defend the city gasped and looked frightened.

"Damn! Zhao Jun's catapult! Although Ma Qing had already heard that Zhao Jun's baggage team had begun to build siege equipment on a large scale, and could assemble the city as a whole at any time, he never thought that here, he would encounter Zhao Jun's catapult queue. Zhao Jun's catapult, earth-shaking thunder, and bed crossbow are the three major artifacts of the Zhao army's siege of the city, among them, in different terrains, different instruments are used, and now, they will teach Zhao Jun the power of the catapult.

With the efforts of the baggage soldiers, the catapults began to march towards the city walls, preparing to move to the appointed distance for the siege. The Lantian defenders, on the other hand, looked at Zhao Jun's catapult with horror on their faces, but they couldn't do anything. Although Lantian County has made the city taller and thicker because of its important location, they really don't have such a large equipment as a catapult.

"Back to the general, the catapult queue has arrived at the designated position, and it is ready to listen to the military order!" The officer in charge of the catapult hurriedly reported to Zhao Kangyu after completing the arrangement of the catapult.

"Good!" Zhao Kang nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Order, siege!" ”

The herald standing behind Zhao Kang waved down the pennant in his hand, and in an instant, the continuous sound of war drums suddenly became agitated, and the low sound of the horn suddenly became extremely loud. The soldiers of the Zhao army, who were waiting for the battle, also couldn't help but puff up their chests to make themselves look more energetic. The passionate sound of war drums and horns always involuntarily arouses the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

"Attack!" In the catapult formation, the officer shouted violently, and the command flag in his hand waved closely with the herald command flag under the commander's flag.

"Put! Put! Release ......" The little colonel, who was on both sides of the queue of the catapults, saw the flag waving and gave a solemn and cold order. More than fifty heavy soldiers near the catapult began to manipulate the cable in their hands, and the proximal end of the catapult fell fiercely. Suddenly, dozens of boulders were thrown high, screaming with a terrible scream, tumbling and rolling towards the enemy troops on the opposite side.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The huge stone hammer city, the huge impact sound sounded endlessly in an instant, and the entire city wall began to groan and tremble, and many young people, including some soldiers who had never seen the catapult attacking the city, were frightened by the power of the Zhao army's catapult eruption, and their faces turned pale and their bodies were like chaff.

Of course, in addition to the damage to the city walls, the boulders thrown by catapults were more of the defenders. Although they began to hide under the orders of Ma Qing and the defending officers, there were still many soldiers who were directly hit by stones, broken bones and tendons, and died tragically on the spot. There were also rocks that thuded into the burning oil pot. That yesterday failed to play a role, and the fire oil that I thought could be used today was suddenly smashed and splashed in all directions, and in an instant it was ignited by the falling torch, and suddenly the flames were churning, and the surrounding soldiers and the soldiers who had been hiding were all suffered, and they were engulfed by the raging fire in an instant.

Even so, there was a mess on the towers, but no one escaped. Of course, it was not that these soldiers were not afraid of the catapults of the Zhao army, and they were not afraid of the roaring boulders, but that they did not dare to evacuate. In addition to the boulder that fell at any time on the top of his head, Ma Qing and other guards also retreated in order to prevent today's battle, and they had already left a team of warlords on the inside of the city wall. Ma Qing has an order in front, and anyone who retreats privately without a military order will be killed!

Therefore, although these defenders were very afraid of the boulders thrown by the Zhao army's catapults, there were still very few evacuations.

"Boom!" After a whistling sound, a boulder almost passed by Ma Qing's ear, slammed heavily on the ground of the city wall beside him, and suddenly smashed a pit on the city tower. The top layer of hard bricks was also smashed several times, revealing the mottled loess underneath.

"Not good! This wall is newly raised and repaired, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that this wall will not last! Ma Qing looked at the scene on the ground, and his face couldn't help but change. However, now he can only worry in his heart, because he has not used the means to counteract. Let's hope Zhao Jun's catapult won't last long! Ma Qing could only comfort himself like this.

It's a pity that Zhao Jun won't follow his idea. After Yang Wangqing reminded Zhao Kang, Zhao Kang had already aimed the catapult at the southwest corner of Lantian City. Because here, I can already see several crooked cracks with clairvoyance. It doesn't seem to have much impact on the defense of the city, so after Ma Qing discovered these problems yesterday, he didn't come up with a good solution. He also did not expect that the army of Zhao Jun would also attack the city with catapults this time.

At the head of the city in the southwest corner of "Hu ......", several young men who assisted in defending the city saw more than a dozen black shadows flying from the sky, and quickly enlarged, pressing down fiercely towards their section of the city wall.

"Boulders projected by catapults, fast! Find a place to hide, find a place to hide......"

The old defender next to Qing Zhuang had already seen the anomaly in the sky, and immediately roared hoarsely. It's a pity that except for the Han soldiers around them, those young men have seen such siege battles, and they have already forgotten everything else, and as for the officers' orders, they didn't hear them at all. Even, some young men have fallen into a frenzy of exhaustion, unaware of the impending doom.

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom ......"

The continuous loud noise made the ears of the defenders numb, and the seemingly solid city wall was also trembling violently, moaning in pain, and the originally smooth and smooth wall was suddenly pitted and full of water, and from time to time broken bricks peeled off the wall, falling into the city with a cloud of dust. The female walls of the city walls gradually crumbled and gradually disappeared.

"Uhh......h

"Help......"

Screams and shouts rang out one after another on the city walls, and the defending generals suddenly felt that it was a mistake not to let these young men leave the city in the first place. Their panic and flight, even the original defenders began to panic, scattering to avoid the boulders thrown by the Zhao army's catapults. Even if the situation of the catapults of the Zhao army is not continuous and continuous, it still makes the city wall a mess.

Even many people were caught off guard, and fell headlong from the city head in the violent earthquake trembling, and some were lucky enough to catch the parapet, but their good fortune only stopped there, and soon someone ruthlessly stepped on their hands, and then howled and fell into the city wall in pain, and fell to their deaths outside the city, and the female wall that could have been used as a railing had already disappeared under the crazy projection of the Zhao army's catapult.

"Why does Zhao Jun always shoot at our southwest corner!" The captain of the Han military academy in the southwest corner couldn't help but lament. The dozens of subordinates under his command are now not even a quarter, and the rest were all killed by Zhao Jun's catapults.

With a whistling sound, another boulder fell from the sky.

"Captain, get out of the way!"

In the midst of the lieutenant's confusion, a black shadow fell in his direction. The captain was suddenly in his spirit, but fortunately, as an old pawn, the battlefield reaction was still good, and before the boulder was killed, he could turn over and take it over. The next moment, a huge black shadow had already roared and smashed down on the place where he had just stood, and with a loud bang, it splashed the sky with debris and choked dust.

In contrast, he was still lucky, not far from him, a dozen or so soldiers and young men who had not had time to dodge were smashed into a mass of flesh by another boulder in an instant, waiting for the dust and smoke to dissipate. The lieutenant was horrified to find that a boulder weighing hundreds of catties had smashed into the ground, and in the gap between the boulder and the blue brick wall, there were two bare toes, and a pair of bloody palms were still struggling slightly. If it weren't for the speed of his dodge, I'm afraid his fate would have been the same.

"Boom la la ......"

The sound of collapse suddenly sounded, and after an hour, the makeshift wall could no longer withstand such violent damage, and in an instant a large corner collapsed, and the soldiers who had taken refuge in this corner were wrapped in the broken bricks and ruins, and tumbled and tumbled down to the tower, where they were buried alive in the dust of the broken earth. The Lantian city wall finally began to be unable to resist the onslaught of the Zhao army's catapults and collapsed.

Zhao Kang, who was outside the city, had naturally seen it clearly with clairvoyance, and a faint smile couldn't help but appear on his originally calm face. Immediately, his right arm pressed forward lightly again, and the herald galloped away with the command flag in hand, and the mournful sound of the horn resounded in the sky: "The general has an order, the catapult stops moving, and the first capital ...... Offensive ......"

Suddenly, in the midst of the army formation that was originally standing outside the city, the first general suddenly swarmed out and killed towards the collapsed southwest corner. The city wall has collapsed, the obstacles in front of the Zhao army have been exhausted, and now it is the time for the soldiers of the Zhao army to make meritorious contributions.

"General, the walls are falling!" Seeing that the catapults of the Zhao army stopped moving, and saw that the infantry of the Zhao army began to advance, Ma Qinggang thought that the Zhao army was preparing to attack the infantry soldiers, and thought that when he ordered the soldiers to go to the city to guard the counterattack, the generals under his command hurriedly came to report.

"What? The walls have collapsed? Ma Qing suddenly felt a dizziness in his mind. The city wall collapsed, how could they still fight against the Zhao army? Originally, the strength was inferior to the Zhao army, and if it weren't for the existence of the city wall, they would not be able to confront the Zhao army here. If there were no walls, how would they fight?

"General? Checkmate...... The Zhao army is here, it's time for the soldiers to go to the city to fight! The lieutenant next to him said in a trembling voice.

"That's right! Let the soldiers prepare to fight back! Ma Qing suddenly came to his senses, "Pass the order, prepare to counterattack, and never let the Zhao army enter the city!" Let the soldiers approach the southwest corner and stop the attack of the Zhao army for me. ”

It's a pity, because of the previous power of the Zhao army's catapult, the defenders have been in a mess, and now Ma Qing's military order is simply difficult to pass on quickly. As a result, before the Han soldiers could support the southwest corner, the Zhao army had already killed the defenders in the southwest corner and entered the city. As the Zhao army surged more and more, the Zhao army began to occupy more and more advantages, and began to occupy more and more walls along the gap.

For the defenders, the news was getting worse and worse. As time passed, the occupation soon fell to the side of the Zhao army. The city wall of Lantian County has collapsed, and the city gate has been opened by the soldiers of the Zhao army, the first capital of the city. In particular, the cavalry of the Zhao army took the lead in entering from the city gate, and immediately let the Han army around the city gate encounter the baptism of the Zhao army's iron cavalry. These iron horsemen of the Zhao army poured into the city like a tide from the open city gate, and the iron hooves of the war horses had already broken through the icy streets of Lantian, and countless defenders were either killed or surrendered......

Ma Qing leaned weakly on the top of the city tower, and a remnant flag that was still burning fell from the top of his head, and the red fire reflected on his face. On his shoulder, he had been shot by an arrow, making his entire arm unable to exert force, which he had left behind when he went to the front line to fight against the Zhao army. If it weren't for the desperate protection of his personal guards, I'm afraid he would have died in front of him by now.

"Alas! The last general is still defeated! My lord, I will be incompetent! After giving an explanation to his subordinates, Ma Qing let out a long sigh in his heart, pulled out his sword with his backhand, and killed himself.

This time, the Zhao army took the city, and the casualties were minimal. At first, the catapult was used to throw boulders, and the soldiers did not suffer any casualties. Although the siege was a close combat, the defenders at that time were already frightened, so under the slogan of surrendering and not killing, as the defenders surrendered first, the defenders also surrendered one after another, and there were almost no casualties for the Zhao army. Therefore, Zhao Kang is still very satisfied with this battle.

"Someone is coming, report to the king immediately!" Zhao Kang commanded with a smile on his face.

"General, Lantian has been taken. But we can go further! Yang Wangqing said to Zhao Kang with a smile.

"Oh? Just say it! Zhao Kang suddenly became interested.

Lantian City is broken, and it will definitely not let the Qingni Pass know. The Han army in the city, although the commander was killed in battle, but there were many surrenderers. In this way, under the military order of Chang'an, we assisted the guards of Qingni Pass and the first gate of Jingzhou to take this place in one fell swoop.

"However, the Lantian defenders are all problems guarding Lantian, how can they help them guard the Qingni Pass?"

"Chang'an sent reinforcements, but Lantian was only blocking our army's mission to block the connection with Jingzhou after all, not to fight with us. We can tell the guard of Qingni Pass that Chang'an has sent some men and horses from the south to reinforce Lantian, but we are worried that Lantian will be difficult to resist the attack of the Zhao army, so we should take the dangerous pass of Qingni Pass as the next place to resist the Zhao army. Therefore, it is only natural for Lantian to send reinforcements to assist. In addition, we can also escort this batch of grain and grass with us. ”

"In contrast, Qingni Pass is more difficult to attack than Lantian. Although there are not many enemy troops there, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we can take it by surprise, it will be of great benefit to us! ”

"Well, since Lantian has been taken, then the Qingni Pass can't be ignored, take advantage of the situation to take this place, even if you can't take Wuguan in the future, you can still keep the enemy out, so that the soldiers of Jingzhou can't go north." Zhao Kang agreed to Yang Wangqing's suggestion, and immediately sent the second general to replace the Han army armor banner, and with some prisoners, he hurried to the Qingni Pass.