Chapter Eighty-Nine: Fierce Battle (1)

On the south gate tower of Xiangping City, Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun looked at the cavalry led by Qiu Duo under the city wall, and their faces were dead.

Soon after they left Nancheng, the only 700 cavalry under their command were brutally attacked by Gongsun Xu's troops.

Not even a single face, they had already been crippled by Gongsun Xu's trebuchet and half of their cavalry.

As for why it is not even a face, it is because Qiu Duo and they have only come out of the city and have not yet launched an attack on Gongsun Xu's troops.

Only Gongsun Xu's subordinates carried out a trebuchet attack, so in this matter, it can really be said that there is no face-to-face.

They could not imagine what kind of method the Han army had used to throw such a large stone from such a distance to the city gate, and to deal such a severe blow to their cavalry with precision.

As soon as the trebuchets smashed down with boulders, their strategy of pinching the Han troops in front and back was basically declared a failure.

Looking at the soldiers with low morale at the head of the city, Qiu Liju had an ominous premonition in his heart.

If Qiu Liju was 100% sure of defending Xiangping City before, at this time, he felt that his hope of holding Xiangping City was less than fifty percent.

His nephew Qiu Duo had already rushed out of the city at this time, his life and death were uncertain, and the possibility of returning to Xiangping alive was very slim, and there were only three hundred elite Wuhuan cavalry left under his command at most.

What is the great cause of Wuhuan to build the country, what has become the big single of the new generation of Wuhuan, Qiu Liju feels that these things have begun to leave him.

Qiu Liju suddenly felt a sense of remorse at this time, regretting why he didn't happily agree to Liu Yu's request and take Xiangping for himself.

At this time, even if he wanted Liu Yu's subordinates to reply to Liu Yu and asked Liu Yu to hurry up and make the decision to give Xiangping to him, he would not be in a hurry in time.

Qiu Liju looked at Zhang Chun beside him gloomily, and his boredom with Zhang Chun became even stronger.

If it weren't for this damn fool, if it weren't for his insistence on expanding the results of the war and occupying the entire Youzhou, how could they have fallen into such an embarrassing situation.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Han Dynasty has produced many talents, which is really not something he can touch.

If Qiu Liju could see the step he was taking now, he would definitely directly agree to Liu Yu's plan and directly take over Xiangping City.

Now at this time, it is useless to say anything, Qiu Liju is just hoping that the reinforcements on the other side of Nanlin can have a miracle, and they can quickly break through Gongsun Xu's battle formation and disperse Gongsun Xu's army.

Only when such a situation occurs, and all the elite soldiers of Xiangping City are killed together, it is possible to win this battle.

Zhang Chun's face was even more ugly than Qiu Liju's face, he had always had an idea before, as long as he defended the city, even if the Han army had 10,000 troops, Xiangping City would not be able to be defeated by the Han army's army.

As long as he repels this attack of the Han army, he will be able to live a good life of being the king and hegemon.

However, the appearance of the trebuchet cast a shadow on Zhang Chun's heart.

Although Zhang Chun didn't know what was going on with the trebuchet in his heart, Zhang Chun knew that the power of this kind of big killing weapon, if there were many such big killing weapons on the Han army's side, then Xiangping City was a strong city, and the possibility of wanting to defend it would not be very great.

Zhang Chun's face gradually turned hideous, looking at the Han army still fighting under the city, he swore a poisonous oath in his heart, even if he beat a single soldier left, he would not surrender back to the Han Dynasty, as long as he did not die, he would always be his king of stability.

Zhang Chun knew very well in his heart that once he lost Xiangping, he would have no value to use.

Qiu Liju's pseudo-Shan Yu of Wuhuan may also return to Karasuma Country, and he may recuperate in the future and start all over again, but he has no chance.

Whether it is Karasuma Kingdom or this Han army under the city, they will kill him, the culprit, and present it to the Han court, and he must do everything in his power to defend Xiangping.

After Zhang Chun's hideous face gradually calmed down, he called several generals behind him and gave the order to defend Xiangping City.

After a round of trebuchet attacks on Gongsun Xu's side, although there were heavy casualties, and only about 200 cavalry were left to keep up with his advance, Qiu Duo did not have the slightest idea of panicking.

In Qiu Duo's heart, they are Wuhuan cavalry, the most elite troops under the command of Lord Qiu Liju, and they still have the ability to fight.

Don't look at the Han soldiers' boulders who killed and injured many of his men, but they still have the power to fight, as long as Lord Nanlin can break through the battle formation of the Han army and destroy the camp established by the Han army, then the men and horses in Xiangping City will take the opportunity to kill, even if there are more Han soldiers than them, they will achieve the final victory.

Qiu Duo led his cavalry did not directly rush towards the middle of Han Yu's Han army, but made a diagonal tilt and attacked the far left of the Han army.

Although Qiu Duo did not know the distance of the Han army's trebuchet throwing stones, he could also think that this kind of mass killing weapon must have a distance limit, and they had to stay away from that strange thing.

As long as they can fight their way out of the far left, there is still a good chance that they will be able to merge with the reinforcements of Lord Nanlin, and when that time comes, it will even be the moment for them to start a counterattack.

Just as Chu Duo commanded his cavalry to the far left to prepare to charge, Han Yu's trebuchets had already aimed the trebuchets at Qiu Duo's location.

These trebuchets had a great desire for merit, and although they did not go out to fight the enemy with real swords, their feats were the highest among the entire Han soldiers.

According to the reward given to them by General Gongsun last time, they received at least nearly a year's salary, and with these salaries, they were even able to live the same life as the generals at the level of tun commander, and they were also able to buy land and family business.

If they only send out one stone, then they will feel that they can't get over it, and they must do their best to deal the best blow to the enemy.

With the order of the commander in charge of the trebuchet's launch, the trebuchet roared again and launched an attack on the position of the Wuhuan cavalry of Churdor and them.

Chudo's cavalry was about the same distance as the trebuchet could reach, but due to insufficient training in adjusting the speed and aiming of the trebuchet, only a dozen boulders fell to Chudo's location, and did not inflict heavy damage on Chudo's and his cavalry.

Seeing that Qiu Duo's soldiers did not attack the Chinese army, but turned their target to the left flank, Han Yu's eyes lit up suddenly.