Chapter 20: The Temptation (II)
A Qin commander grinned widely, jumped up to the top of the city, and then pounced on the nearest Korean soldier. Sergeant Han was obviously taken aback, and subconsciously retreated. How could Qin Jun let go of such a good opportunity.
"Die!"
A force slashed Huashan, and the big sword went straight to the neck of the Han army.
Han Jun's panic killed him at this moment. He forgot the advantage of the spear in his hand, and just took the spear to his neck in a panic.
The result is a broken barrel and a broken head. The moment the head flew up, Han Jun was still sighing in his mind, how could this knife be so fast.
Without another glance at the corpse that had lost its head, the commander of the Qin army looked at the city.
I saw that sixty or seventy Qin troops had come up from the city, and they gathered together and occupied a corner of the city. In the follow-up, a steady stream of Qin troops continued to come up. Almost instantly, the commander of the Qin army pounced on the position of the robe that had just fallen. The Qin army's formation, which had just revealed its flaws, was back to its knees.
"Zhu Hai, I'll give you three hundred guards. Your task is to drive the Qin army down, do you hear? ”
Seeing that the city head was about to miss, the prince grabbed Zhu Hai and ordered urgently.
"No!"
"Remember to bring a crossbow!" The prince reminded him.
A normal hand crossbow needs to be reloaded after firing a crossbow arrow. This also led to the fact that the soldiers of the Korean army did not like to use hand crossbows very much, and when the two soldiers were short-connected, the hand crossbow could only fire crossbow arrows once and had to be put away, which basically did not play a big role.
In order to solve this problem, Prince Ran specially posted a reward notice in the military workshop of the South Korean army. Anyone who can design a repeater can enjoy a hundred acres of land and a hundred taels of gold.
In fact, the prince did not have much hope in his heart, after all, it is recorded in the historical materials that the crossbow was invented by Zhuge Liang at the end of the Han Dynasty. However, it is also good to motivate the craftsmen and develop new weapons.
Unexpectedly, the next day, a craftsman unveiled the list and said that this thing had already existed. It's just that the cost of the crossbow is very high, ten times that of the usual hand crossbow.
The prince was overjoyed. When anything comes out, it is expensive, and Shaofu does not know how to reduce costs, but puts this weapon on the shelf, which is really dereliction of duty!
For this battle, before leaving, the prince specially equipped his three hundred personal guards with a repeating crossbow. Now it comes in handy.
When Zhu Hai and his entourage arrived, there were more than 300 Qin troops on the top of the city. The archers at the head of the city were squeezed into the corner, seeing that Pao Ze and the Qin army were glued together, with the intention of killing the enemy but also afraid of being injured by mistake.
Having lost the suppression of the archers, the Qin army could finally land on the city with confidence. There is a steady stream of winning the wild king in one fell swoop.
It's not that the Korean army at the head of the city doesn't work hard, but that the Qin army really cooperates tacitly, and the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers is far from being comparable to that of the weak Korean army. The head of the city is small, and there are only so many Han troops who can fight directly with the Qin army. The ROK army had a numerical superiority, but it could not make use of it.
"Get down, let your people lie down for Lao Tzu." Zhu Hai saw that something was wrong, and grabbed the captain beside him.
"Who are you? Why should Lao Tzu listen to you? The lieutenant was red-eyed, seeing his soldiers fall one by one, but he couldn't do anything. This kind of distressing feeling will never be experienced by those who are not in the future.
"Look, this is the prince's token." Zhu Hai took out Prince Ran's token.
"Now, immediately let your people lie down for Lao Tzu. Otherwise, don't blame Lao Tzu for killing innocents. Zhu Hai flashed the crossbow arrow in his hand.
The captain was stunned, but he obeyed the order.
"Sons, let Lao Tzu lie down, lie down."
Although the Korean army in front was puzzled, they still obeyed the captain's order. Only the Han army, who was fighting with the Qin army at the front, was too focused and did not obey this order.
"Shoot!" There was a trace of forbearance in Zhu Hai's eyes, but he still gave an order.
"Puff puff", countless crossbow arrows shot into the body of the Qin army, and the Qin army, which was still fighting arbitrarily just now, seemed to be hollowed out of all its strength in an instant, and fell down with a bang. Falling with it were also the warriors of the Korean army who fought with the Qin army.
There was no pause at all, and Zhu Hai led three hundred guards to cross the corpses of the Qin soldiers and directly kill the Qin troops on the other side.
It was like a perfect replica, and most of the unsuspecting Qin army was killed in an instant. Putting away the crossbow in his hand, the three hundred guards pounced on the remnants of dozens of Qin troops. In the middle of three breaths, the Qin army was slaughtered.
At this time, Zhu Hai took three hundred guards to kill in the middle of the open space, and the Qin army, which had just landed at the head of the city, was caught off guard, outnumbered, and followed in the footsteps of the previous robe before it could resist.
As the three hundred guards began to drive away the Qin troops that were constantly pouring in, the remaining Han soldiers suddenly realized and hurried to their posts. The archers repressed, and the defenders continued to throw stones and rolling logs.
The captain came up with an arrow, full of tears, and stabbed Zhu Hai with a punch.
"Kill my men, you executioner! What a brave soldier that was! They did not die in the hands of the Qin army, but in the hands of Paoze! ”
Zhu Hai looked at the captain coldly, but he didn't fight back, just said lightly: "If it weren't for me, your soldiers would have died more." Captain, remember, guard the walls. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind another rescue. ”
After speaking, Zhu Hai led three hundred guards to withdraw from the sequence of defending the city.
Inside Yewang City, the chaos caused by the Qin army's rockets has subsided as the fire in the last house has been extinguished.
The thick smell of gunsmoke irritates everyone's mouth and nose. But the crown prince didn't mind, looking at the ruins, he sighed in his heart, there is nothing more devastating to the homeland than war. Once the success is achieved, he will never let South Korea die, and he will definitely let the people of Qin taste such a scene.
"General Tyrant, how much did we lose in this fire?"
"Returning to my son, counting the houses we demolished to isolate the fire, a total of 200 houses were damaged, and more than 100 people were killed or injured."
"Pass on my order that the damaged houses should be compensated according to the price after the war, and the dead and wounded should also be properly resettled."
"No!" The tyrannical kite commanded the prince to go down.
"Childe, I am fortunate not to be dishonored, and I am here to restore my life."
Seeing Zhu Hai come back, the prince rarely showed a smile and asked, "How is it?" Are there any casualties? ”
Zhu Hai grinned, "The repeater crossbow given by Childe is very powerful." One of the three hundred guards was unharmed. ”
"Is that true?"
"Where does Lao Zhu dare to lie to his son!"
The crown prince was overjoyed, if this was the case, once the white-knuckle battle was conducted, it could greatly make up for the disadvantage of the weak combat effectiveness of the Korean army's individual soldiers. As long as they cooperate properly, they can't fight with the Qin army.
The premise is that the South Korean army must have seen blood and killed people. An army with courage will not be at a disadvantage in a truly fierce battle. If they have no courage, they are just a pack of armed sheep, and they can't withstand a charge from a hungry wolf.
As if remembering something, the prince quickly added another order. Recruit the doctors of the wild king and do their best to save the wounded. The wounded are a valuable asset, and once they return to the battlefield, they are elite veterans, with strict military discipline and sophisticated weapons, which can compete with the Qiang Qin in time.
War is the best school. It weeds out the cowardly, cowardly, and frail soldiers, leaving behind the essence of the entire army.
At the most critical moment of the Qin army's siege, Prince Ran even thought about putting it to death and coming back to life. That is, to open the city gate by surprise and send a heavy cavalry to destroy all the siege equipment of the Qin army. But after hesitating, the prince still gave up.
After all, the cavalry under his command had only experienced one night attack, and they had not really grown up. Moreover, this time, he and the Storm Kite moved to the Wild King, just to better observe the Qin army, and did not lead many cavalry. There is a cavalry in Yewang City, but it's a pity that the combat power is worrying.
If you are really ruthless in sending this cavalry, the success is good, and the failure will lead the wolf into the house. In the end, under the construction of the violent kite, the prince did not make such a risky decision.
Seeing that the assault on Yewang City for four hours had not been taken, especially the best opportunity had been missed, Hu Yang did not consume it tastelessly, and decisively took advantage of the dusk to withdraw his troops.
On that day, the Qin army suffered more than 5,000 casualties and more than 3,000 wounded. The ROK army suffered 3,000 casualties and more than 2,000 wounded. The first temptation between Qin and Han ended, and both sides licked their wounds and prepared for the next day's battle.