Chapter 228: The Third Day (Part II)
The entrances to the four forts found have been broken, and a steady stream of Qin soldiers have been killed, and the strange thing is that some of them soon poured in, and some of them were pushed out as soon as they entered, which made the soldiers waiting outside feel confused.
After Qin soldiers entered, they were faced with a corridor with seven bends and eight turns, and after they entered, some of them were blocked by the defenders who lined up to fight, and what was not blocked by the defenders was the mechanism of encountering ground subsidence, ground spear stabbing, etc., five hundred people lost nearly four hundred in less than a quarter of an hour, and the remaining nearly 100 people were also trapped by the gate gate that suddenly fell from the top. The Qin soldiers, who were divided into sections, were confronted by the sharp spears that were constantly piercing from the walls on both sides of the aisle, and it would not take long for them to die in battle.
Put some in, block some, the defensive tactics of the fort have been practiced hundreds of times, and after the chief officer Shuo died in battle, the second officer Gao took over the command and made the defense system of the fort flexible again.
What Shao Ai saw was the continuous entry of his own soldiers, and it seemed that the fort could be captured at any time. However, it had been half an hour, and there were at least a thousand soldiers who had entered it, but the fort was like a gluttonous head that kept devouring the soldiers but to no avail, and he conveyed a new order to let some of the soldiers go in and exit to explain the situation inside.
The shouting and killing in the fort was actually not intense, and the defenders only relied on the organs to kill people in addition to organizing people to use human wall tactics to fight hand-to-hand, and Qin pawns were often not encountered by the defenders but were killed by the organs and shouted at whom.
From the outside, it looks like a two-story fort, but in fact, there are some structures underneath it, which are earthworm holes, which are connected by a garden well of about two meters that has been fired, but there are fewer of them. They are used for movement, as well as to clean up corpses. A group of about 100 defenders had been moving the corpses for two quarters of an hour in a row, which was why the corpses had been fighting in the aisle but not stacked.
Offense is layered, it's conventional. The more elite the army, the more it adheres to this offensive convention, because the battlefield is so large, and there is already a fixed number of people that can accommodate it. However, now the Qin army can no longer care about the level of attack, and they have already guessed the number of defenders in the fort after three days of fighting. This time the general attack was to use the numerical superiority to shoot the few defenders of the fort like a tide.
Shao Ai is waiting for someone from his own side to return, he is now very confused about the architectural pattern in the fort, there are at least 1,500 soldiers who have entered it, and the fort itself should also have 1,400 defenders, it stands to reason that so many people should also take down the fort, no matter how bad it is, it should be killed on the top floor, but it is obvious that they are still fighting for the bottom building.
In fact, almost all the Qin soldiers who killed in were stunned, they not only had to break through the defenders' human wall tactics, but also carefully trapped, ground spear stabs, sluice gates, and two-sided stabs, killing a distance would always face a fork in the road. A lot of the time, it's clear that it's always moving forward, but many times it's attacked and attacked and went back to the place where it had been. The tragic fighting, coupled with the seemingly ubiquitous organs, the nervous Qin pawn was already suspecting that he was attacking not a fortress that belonged to the human world, but an underworld.
Looking at what kind of troops are developed in Nanjun, you can guess Lu Zhe's thoughts, and in the difficult stage, Lu Zhe made Teng Dun short spearmen, and if he has a little bit of money, he must have enough defense power for any type of army. According to his concept of defense first, he has been committed to building a defensive chain in the territory since he started, and the number of armor forts has been built within three months. The outer city wall is because the Qin army's long-range attack ability is strong, and there is no way, will the internal defense ability be poor?
Qin pawns continued to kill in, and the resistance they encountered became stronger and stronger, and a few people fell with each push. In the fierce fighting, more and more people died in the battle, and there was no opportunity to clean up the bodies in the individual walkways, so that the bodies of the dead on both sides were almost full.
The garrison of the fort had reinforcements, which had reached more than 1,300 people, and it was close to two hours of defense. Nearly 500 troops have been lost, and several aisles at the entrance have been lost.
There were fights everywhere, and it was already difficult for the defenders in the fort to use the hidden military routes to invest troops to cut off the Qin army, and some of the hidden military routes had to be blocked after they were discovered. It can't be seen from the outside, but the Qin army is indeed already grasping the initiative.
The military marquis was not familiar with the terrain in the fort, so he took on the responsibility of supporting the crisis area with armor. He's moved three locations, all of which are walkways to the second floor or the center.
The sound of low roars and the constant clashing of weapons filled the entire corridor, and the two groups of people were almost crowded due to the restrictions of the terrain. What is often seen is that the two sides charge each other, and the people who run in front without accident are inevitably killed by the blade, and then you kill one on my side, and I kill one on your side, until one side completely falls.
Jun Hou Mian, who once again led people to support the emergency area, pushed through the movable wall again, and they entered the fighting aisle one by one, rushing towards the rear of the Qin pawn.
Before the two phases were killed, more than 30 Qin pawns appeared, and a fight between people and people broke out again, Junhou Mian was squeezed and couldn't retreat, and his left arm was hit hard, and he lay behind a pair of big feet, stepping on it once, it was okay, stepping on too much blood immediately vomited out of his mouth, if someone hadn't pulled him up from the ground, it was estimated that he would have been trampled to death.
Two thousand or more Qin soldiers who entered the fort and more than 1,300 defenders inside the fort were all in every aisle. The two sides fought for nearly two hours, and the losses on both sides were very large, and it was impossible to guess how much the Qin army lost, but the deputy officer Gao who was sitting in the military intelligence room was clear about his own losses.
Although there were organs, the defenders of the fort had lost nearly 400 people after two hours of fighting, and according to the guess of the deputy official Gao, the loss of the Qin army should be about three times that of his own, that is, 1,200 people.
At this moment, the deputy official's eyes were fixed on the parchment on the long case, and the number of symbols marked with "X" on it was increasing, and each "X" character represented a corridor or room was lost.
The Qin army attacked for two hours, paid a heavy price of casualties, and had already occupied the area near the four discovered entrances, if there was no military marquis to lead people to continue to support, it may have been attacked by the Qin army on the second floor.
Fortunately, this is a soldier fort, and the distance that the Qin soldiers can pass is limited, and the military marquis Mian killed all the Qin soldiers who found the second-floor corridor three times. Fortunately, it is a labyrinthine terrain, and no one leads the way to the second floor or to the Central Military Intelligence Room, unless it is a blind cat that runs into a dead mouse.
"General!" Someone shouted at the skylight in the hall.
The vice-lieutenant looked up and saw that it was an observer arranged at the top.
"There is an army from the south ten miles away, and the number should be 30,000!" The observer's tone sounded full of excitement.
"Huh?" Vice Minister Gao showed a happy expression, "It's time to come!" He stood up and walked to the microphone, "Command everywhere, gradually abandon the first floor of the building and retreat to the second floor!" ”
This was an arrangement in advance, if the Qin army was attacking and reinforcements were coming, then the fort would create an illusion that it would be lost at any time to attract the Qin army and create opportunities for the upcoming reinforcements.
The defenders who received the order began to fight and retreat, and the attacking Qin army found that the resistance of the defenders had decreased, thinking that the defenders could not bear it, they were excited and attacked more desperately.
Shao Ai waited for a long time and no soldiers returned, and now the number of troops attacking has approached two thousand, and there are still soldiers in the back. The scouts he spilled out should have also detected the news of the arrival of reinforcements from Nanjun, but it will take some time to run back and report.
The defenders of the fort took the initiative to retreat, and the soldiers sent by Shao Ai were finally able to come back, and he heard from the soldiers that he was surprised by the many walkways inside the fort, and the terrain was no different from the labyrinth. This kind of fort is the first time in the history of China, no wonder it has been killed, and it has not been captured for more than two hours. When he heard that the inside of the fort was still full of mechanisms, his surprise deepened.
Imagining it in his mind a little, it may not be accurate but there is already an outline, Shao Ai thought to himself: "The threat of the defenders who have not appeared suddenly is too great, and they can cut off the head and tail of the attacking side at any time." Even if this kind of fort is attacked for three days in a row, I am sure that I will be able to take the first layer......" As he was thinking, cheers erupted in front of him.
A lieutenant who was in charge of leading the army to attack came happily, "Tell the general, our army has taken the first floor, and now it is attacking the second staircase with all its might!" ”
Shao Ai had just deduced that it would be difficult to capture within three days, and when he was thinking about whether to withdraw his troops and consolidate the army before the arrival of the enemy's reinforcements, he was stunned when he heard the captain's advice, and subconsciously looked at the fort and found that the soldiers were pouring in, and he felt that something was wrong in his heart for a while. After he was stunned for a moment, his face changed greatly: "Retreat!" Exit them all! ”
The lieutenant who reported the gratifying military situation was stunned, and he wanted to say, "How can you retreat if you are about to take the fort?" However, the discipline of the Qin army does not allow disobedience, so even if you don't want to, you can only respond to "hey" and go to carry out the order.
He listened to the numbers constantly reported by the observer, "The number of Qin troops entering is about two thousand five or two thousand six ......", thinking that the order should be ordered to lower the gate, but before the order was issued, he heard the report of the Qin army withdrawing, and immediately shouted: "All the gates are lowered, and the second-layer soldiers use the hidden military passage to kill one by one!" ”
A rumbling sound began to sound from the position of the fort, and when the iron gates fell, some of the unlucky Qin soldiers were actually smashed from the top of their heads, and their bodies were either cut in two as they fell, or their necks were broken and they died.
"Fooled!" Almost every Qin pawn who poured into the fort and was trapped by the iron gate thought so in his heart.
Shao Ai's order was given, probably on the way to carry out the order, a fast horse shouted "urgent military situation" galloping.
The fast horse dismounted in front of the high platform, and carried the wooden ladder to Shao Ai with a "bang", "Report to the general, 30,000 enemy troops have been found seven miles away in the south!" ”
Shao Ai couldn't help but breathe, "It's so fast!" It is speculated that the fort deliberately attracted a large number of its own troops to enter the castle has become a reality! (To be continued......)