Chapter 18: The Temptation I
The first night of the Qin army's arrival passed peacefully.
Considering that the Qin army came from afar, Prince Ran originally wanted to make a night attack to demoralize the other party, but the scout reported that the Qin army was heavily guarded and it was difficult to get close to the five miles of the camp, so Prince Ran had no choice but to give up.
The Qin army had traveled a long way, the soldiers were tired, and Hu Yang did not plan to have a melee in the dark that did not distinguish between the enemy and me. So the two sides tacitly understood the rest and recuperation, and the preparation for war.
The next day, as the morning sun rose, the Qin army camp was unobstructed.
Hu Yang was really bold, and actually arranged 100,000 troops at the south gate, west gate, and north gate of Yewang, and the camp stretched for ten miles, and there were horsebacks, deer barricades, and thistles everywhere.
The crown prince sighed, the Qin army was really well-trained. Just looking at the time of eating, there was no noise and noise in the Qin army camp, which showed the strictness of the army.
Shangdang County, north of Yewang, raised no more than 100,000 soldiers. Aside from the 80,000 soldiers needed to defend the city, 20,000 soldiers could come to help. Therefore, the crown prince also instructed the party to guard the party without reinforcing the wild king, and it is a great achievement to be able to defend the party.
Perhaps the Qin army was confident enough not to care about the enemy troops that might come from Shangdang County behind them. But in this way, the pressure on Yewang City is greater.
The crown prince had no doubt that if Wen Di was still in the hands of the Qin army at this time, the Qin army would even dare to besiege the city on three sides. After all, the biggest reinforcements of the Wild King must come from Chenggao's side.
Just when the crown prince was at a loss, the Qin army, which had eaten breakfast, had already begun to assemble. The black army was solemn and orderly. All that could be faintly heard was the shouting of the officers.
In a short time, a large army came from afar. Hu Yang stood on the chariot, the rumbling war drums echoing in his ears, looking at the Yewang City that was getting closer and closer, he felt a bloody impact rippling in his heart.
The wild king will be his Hu Yang's famous battle, just like the white Yique. And the 100,000 army behind him will be the greatest guarantee of his victory.
Hu Yang suddenly raised his hand, and the herald beside him hurriedly waved the order flag. The 100,000 Qin troops stopped abruptly in unison, and for a moment, the surging smoke and dust rushed towards Yewang City like a giant dragon.
"Shouting." Hu Yang said lightly.
"Whoa!"
A horse had already crossed the phalanx, ran to a place only a stone's throw away from Yewang City, and said loudly: "The defenders in the city listen, King Han has no way and betrays my Great Qin." My king is kind-hearted, and he doesn't want to be ruined, and the blame lies with King Han. You can be caught as soon as you have a stick of incense, otherwise after the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not be left. ”
Prince Ran frowned, and said to Zhu Hai beside him: "Shoot down this person who speaks wildly for me." ”
"No!" Zhu Hai replied loudly.
After speaking, he picked up a strong bow and aimed at the envoy of the Qin army under the city.
In a snap of a finger, the Qin envoy fell from an arrow, and the horses returned to their camp in fright.
"Dahan is mighty! Great Korea! The prince shouted.
At this time, the Han army woke up like a dream, and shouted like crazy: "Han is mighty, Han is mighty!" ”
Zhu Hai was born with divine power, and ordinary strong bows couldn't be used at all. Prince Ran specially played a ten-stone strong bow for Zhu Hai, and today he tried his skills, and the envoy of the Qin army was caught off guard and was killed by a sneak attack.
All of a sudden, the huge pressure brought by the Qin army was swept away, and the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, but the Qin army was a little dumbfounded.
Hu Yang frowned slightly, and said in a loud voice, "Drumming, forward."
The Qin army began to methodically erect catapults and place repulsors. The archers lined up in formation, and the death squads assembled on standby.
As soon as the violent kite saw the Qin army acting like this, he immediately built a prince and left the city.
Prince Ran also knows that the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and the offensive and defensive battles are the most ruthless. If you stand at the head of the city, can you boost morale, wait for the rain of arrows of the Qin army to fall on your head, in order to protect yourself, I don't know how many people's lives will be taken.
Seeing that the prince listened to his own construction, the violent kite was overjoyed. Immediately ordered: "The enemy army is about to attack the city, and the archers are ready." ”
It didn't take long for the first real confrontation between Han and Qin to begin.
The first to strike was the catapults of both sides.
The Han army had already cleared the wilderness, and all the houses in the suburbs were demolished, and even the larger stones in the field were transported into the Yewang City. Therefore, the Qin army's catapult was declared useless after only a few rounds of fire. The Han army's catapult is crazy about long-range damage output.
In the first game, the battle in the catapult workshop, Qin Jun VS Han Jun, Han Jun won completely.
Seeing that the previously tried and tested strategy failed, the Qin army was not discouraged. Under the command of the Chinese military order banner, the commander and the hundred generals shouted at their subordinates to speed up. At this time, only as close as possible to the city wall will the opposing catapult lose its effect.
But the Qin army had just escaped the kiss of death from the catapult, and was about to meet the Han army's world-famous crossbow to defend the city.
A city-defending crossbow with a range of up to 800 paces is the biggest nightmare in every soldier's mind. Unlike catapults, the city crossbow is mounted on the head of the city, so it is more accurate.
Once the city crossbow hits the target, it often means that a dozen foot soldiers are nailed to the ground like skewers. Phalanxes and clusters are the favorites of the city-defending crossbows, because they can inflict maximum damage.
The Qin army naturally also has a way to deal with it, that is, siege crossbows.
After conquering Yiyang in the Battle of Yique, the Qin state obtained the method of making large crossbows. After ingeniously using crossbows for siege cities, the Qin army unexpectedly discovered that the crossbow arrows fired from large crossbows could penetrate several feet deep into the city walls, enough for soldiers to climb the rocks. More importantly, the siege crossbow can greatly make up for the weakness of the Qin army's lack of ultra-long-range firepower.
As a result, the Qin army's countless siege crossbows were fired one after another. The South Korean army did not show weakness either, and with the help of catapults, they counterattacked with all their might. After a while, Yewang City was like a hedgehog full of thorns, and it was amazing. However, the Qin army lost more than two-thirds of the city-defending crossbows, and the Korean army occupied a favorable position, but lost only four or five city-defending crossbows.
In the second game, the Qin army's siege crossbow VS the Korean army's city defense crossbow, it was still the Korean army's victory.
After paying the price of more than a thousand people, the Qin army finally rushed within two hundred steps of Yewang City.
Dodging the double blow of trebuchets and crossbows, the surviving Qin army shouted luck in his heart. Just rush another 200 steps to reach the bottom of the city wall and set up a ladder, and the rest will be simple.
Every old Qin person was convinced that when their butcher's knives were raised, the armies of the Six Nations would only beg for mercy.
I saw that the Qin army under the city was skillful and cooperated with each other. Every second Qin army held their shields on their backs, covering their colleagues who were holding ladders behind them.
Finally, the Qin army took the lead in entering the range of the Korean army's bow and arrows. The arrows fired by the Han army condescendingly were fast and far, and the archers of the Qin army, who were looking up and shooting up, advanced the line by forty paces in order to make up for the gap between the two.
However, in just forty steps, the Qin army paid at least more than 500 lives.
Next, Qin Jun showed Han Jun why they were invincible.
I saw that the archers of the Qin army were lined up in a small formation of 50 people by 10 people, and the archers in each row shot the arrows in their hands almost instantly. Then he tacitly retreated to the rear of the phalanx, on the one hand, to replenish the arrows, and on the other hand, to replenish the body. At this time, the soldiers in the back row followed, repeating the actions of the previous row.
Each Qin army is in order, like a part in a machine, closely fitting.
The Han army at the head of the city is not satisfactory. Although they also tried, they were not cooperative enough. An archer will run out of strength after firing ten arrows without stopping. And the archers of the Qin army, because they had enough time to rest, could shoot arrows for a long time.
Especially after the Qin army watchtower and the turret were built, the Qin army archers could condescendingly shoot at the Korean army at the head of the city. The terrain advantage of the South Korean army was wiped out a lot at once.
Although the Qin army left at least 2,000 corpses along the way, in the end, under the cover of the Qin army's archers who were not afraid of death, the death squad still set up a ladder.
The war still entered the familiar rhythm of the Qin army.