From time to time, people on the city wall screamed and fell, some of the Qin army and some of the Chu army, and the corpses were piled up on the stomping wall, so that the Chu army that climbed up had to throw the corpses of their comrades off the city wall in order to clear a path that could kick the city. The two sides of the fierce battle were close to each other, and there were swords and swords everywhere, all of them gritting their teeth and trying to force the other party back.

Flesh and blood flew on the city wall, blood flowed like a river, and the soldiers of the Qin and Chu armies all desperately moved forward, and the shouts of killing were deafening. With the addition of the Qi and Zhao armies, the already tight defense line of the Qin army suddenly crumbled, the horn for help continued to sound, and the walls of the eastern and northern cities were in an emergency at the same time.

Han Xin had already put all the reserves in the city into a defensive battle, but such a long defensive line made the Qin army, which was strained, seem to be overstretched. As a last resort, the only guards in Xianyang Palace and the patrols who maintained law and order in the city were also transferred to fight, but it was still to no avail, and the Qin army that fought bloodily on the city wall still couldn't stop regressing step by step.

Losing the resistance of the bow and crossbow, the Chu army that kicked the city was no longer hindered, and the soldiers armed with short blades swarmed from the cloud ladder to step over the broken stomping wall, and jumped onto the city to kill the Qin army.

The eastern city wall was the section of the city defended by Zhao Wuji, and he faced the onslaught of Yingbu, the first fierce general under Xiang Yu, and the 23,000 Qin troops under his command fought for two hours, and more than half of them were killed and wounded. The originally wide city wall was densely packed with Qin and Chu soldiers, and the soldiers on both sides were fighting and shouting desperately. Fighting each other in close quarters, poking with guns, slashing with knives, punching with fists, from far away to near the road, from the city to the city, there was flesh and blood flying everywhere, stumps and broken arms everywhere, and the blue and dark city bricks had already been soaked in blood.

Zhao Wuji waved the big knife in his hand vigorously, killing and killing, his body was densely covered with wounds, but he didn't feel the slightest pain, as if this body no longer belonged to him. Zhao Wuji cut off the head of a Chu army soldier in front of him with a knife, and the blood spurted out violently and splashed his face, but he didn't care about erasing it with one hand. When I looked up, I saw Yingbu in the distance, waving a big knife with a hideous face, and he was invincible everywhere he went.

Yingbu's bravery Zhao Wuji has already seen it in the past few months of battles, and his bravery in the Chu army is second only to Xiang Yu, and like Xiang Yu, he likes to take the lead in every encounter, relying on a strong martial arts to boost the morale of his soldiers. Zhao Wuji secretly calculated in his heart, thinking that it would be a great help to Qin Jun to get rid of this person.

made up his mind at the moment, and yelled at Yingbu in the distance: "Yingbu Xiao'er, do you dare to fight with your Grandpa Zhao?" ”

Ying Bu was furious when he heard this, and glared at Zhao Wuji viciously, his red eyes tumbling with murderous aura. He saw Zhao Wuji dressed as a general of the Qin army from a distance, and thought that he must be the general of the Qin army, so he yelled at the Chu army standing in the way beside him; "Get out of the way."

The Chu army around him hid to make way for him, and the big knife in Yingbu's hand flew up and down, and the Qin soldiers in front of him had no opponent, and they quickly killed in front of Zhao Wuji. Zhao Wuji saw Yingbu coming, and laughed: "It's a good time." ”

After speaking, he swung his knife and stepped forward to fight with Yingbu, and the blades smashed together, and the staggered eyes of the two were stunned, and they were both shocked by the strong arm strength of the other party. The two of them had the intention of competing in their hearts, gave up their tricks, and turned to a simple knife encounter, wanting to overwhelm each other with their arm strength.

Zhao Wuji is known for his bravery in the Northern Army, and his arm strength is naturally amazing, and this Yingbu is a rare brave man in the world, which is even better. After more than ten moves, Zhao Wuji showed a look of inadequacy, but Yingbu became more and more courageous.

Suddenly, Zhao Wuji shook his knife, turned around and ran to the rear, Yingbu was killing Xingtou, who would be willing to let him go, so he roared and jumped away.

Zhao Wuji was waiting for this opportunity, and suddenly shrank back and shouted: "Release the arrow." Behind him, more than a dozen armorers armed with crossbow machines suddenly poured out, shooting at Yingbu, who had just landed.

Yingbu was already vigilant when Zhao Wuji shouted, and as soon as he saw the armorer with a crossbow, he knew that he had been fooled, and hurriedly rolled to the ground to avoid it, but it was too late, and two crossbow arrows 'fluttered' through his body. Although he barely avoided the vital point, he was not lightly injured.

As soon as Zhao Wuji saw it, he hurriedly roared and rushed up with the morale-boosting Qin army, wanting to take the opportunity to divide Yingbu's corpse, but the Chu army had already caught up and snatched Yingbu down, and the two armies were in a mess.

The sun was close to the middle, and when viewed from the high tower, the offensive of the Chu army below him was still surging against the shore like a tide, and Xianyang was like a crumbling ship in a tsunami. At this moment, Han Xinzhong was already worried, but he forced himself to keep calm, and decisive orders were constantly conveyed through the heralds, and the few poor troops on hand were used by him to fight the fire everywhere, but in the end he found that there was no army available except for a dozen personal soldiers around him.

Han Xin had already realized that it was time for Xianyang to be able to hold it.

There were too many uncertainties in his heart, whether the defenders could support the arrival of the time, whether the military orders he conveyed to Li Xin could be implemented in a timely manner, and Xiang Yu's various reactions and countermeasures all determined the success or failure of the Qin army.

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Han Xin's forehead, and he remembered what Xiang Yu had once said to him: Relying too much on the trickery of the military family will eventually come to an end. Since he was in the army, he has always relied on tactics to defeat the strong with the weak and bully the strong with the weak, and there is no lack of gambling elements, but he has relied on his extraordinary talent to maximize the winning side. Although you can win every time, there is always a day when good luck runs out, and if you lose, it will be a disaster.

I hope I can win this time!

He forced himself to suppress the worries in his heart, and still stared at the battlefield as usual, because he was the boss, if he was all messed up, how could the people below still have confidence.

Ying Keqiao stood beside Han Xin, the killing sound and bloody scene under her made her little face pale, she bit her lip tightly, looked at Han Xin worriedly, and saw that he looked as usual, so she relaxed a little.

At this time, the city tower stumbled up, and a Qin soldier covered in blood saw Han Xinbai fall to the ground and said loudly; "General, General Wang asked for reinforcements, Beicheng couldn't hold it anymore. There are too many Chu troops, and more than half of our brothers have been killed and wounded. ”

Han Xin said coldly with an expressionless face; "I don't have any reserves at hand, if he can't hold it, I can only take the king on the sickbed and the eldest princess to reinforce him."

"Tell Wang Qi that behind him is Xianyang, that is, Daqin, if he can't hold it, then all die in the city and be loyal to the country."

The wounded soldier opened his mouth, his eyes were full of despair, and he looked at Han Xin with a pleading face, hoping that he would change his mind, but saw that Han Xin still had a cold face, and there was no sign of changing his mind. Only then did he stand up, gritted his teeth, and said: "The humble post must be truthfully relayed, please rest assured that the general is from the old Qin, and it is just a big deal to die." ”

After speaking, he limped around and left, Ying Ke looked at his back, couldn't bear it, looked at Han Xin and opened his mouth, but he still didn't open his mouth after all. looked down to the city, but saw a team of ministers in court clothes walking in the distance, led by Prime Minister Meng Jian, Han Xin and Ying Ke looked at each other, and they both felt that the comer was not good.

This is the highest lookout tower in Xianyang City, more than 100 steps high, Meng Jian is over fifty years old and usually pampered, this section of the city tower has already been out of breath when he climbed up, and when he saw Han Xin from a distance, he forced himself to calm down, and walked up.

Han Xin looked at the ministers and said; "There are no eyes on the city wall, so please retreat quickly to avoid being injured by the disease."

Before Meng Jian could speak, a person jumped out behind him, pointing at Han Xin's nose and scolding angrily; "Okay, you Han Xin, our old Qin people have a lot of heart for you, and even handed over the entire Qin country to you as an outsider, but your conscience was eaten by dogs, and you actually wanted to abandon my Great Qin."

Han Xin had already recognized this person as Du Wei of Shaofu, Du Wei was jealous and hateful in the court, so he had been suppressed by Zhao Gao, but he was also a capable official, so he was promoted to Shaofu by Meng Jian. Han Xin was not angry in the face of his angry rebuke, but said lightly: "I don't understand what Du Shaofu said. ”

Du Wei snorted heavily and sneered: "You naturally know what I said, since you know it, why bother to ask me." ”

This is Meng Jian stood up, made a look and motioned for Du Wei to retreat, and then looked at Han Xin and said slowly; "General, Du Shaofu has always been straightforward and fast-talking, I hope you don't mind."

glanced at Ying Ke and said: "Since the eldest princess is also here, then in front of the princess, I don't know anything and want to ask the general for you." ”

"Prime Minister, please speak."

Meng Jian pointed to the soldiers who were fighting fiercely on the city wall in the distance; "What's going on in the city right now?"

"It's dangerous." Han Xin said without changing his face.

"Since it is in danger, why do you not support the city with 40,000 elites, but let them idle in the camp?" Meng Jian stared at Han Xin's eyes and said word by word.

He was already very polite, and he didn't directly say that Han Xin had evil intentions, and wanted to keep the elite and wait for the city to break when he fled on his own, abandoning the safety of Great Qin.

In his heart, he still vaguely hoped that Han Xin could give him a reasonable reason, after all, in the past few months of cooperation, he also felt that Han Xin was a world-class talent. Or maybe only this kind of person can save the overthrow of the Great Qin Jiangshan Sheji.

It's a pity that Han Xin's answer disappointed him very much, Han Xin just looked at him and said four words calmly: "No comment." ”

Meng Jian was furious, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a trembling voice; "I'm the prime minister of the Qin State, don't even I have the qualifications to ask?"

"Prime Minister, military affairs are the duty of the national captain, and I will act as the national captain, so naturally I don't need to report to you."

"Then I ask you, what if the walls cannot be defended?"

Han Xin hesitated for a moment, and then said; "I have ordered the distribution of weapons to the old and the weak and the able-bodied, and when necessary......"

"Han Xin!" Meng Jian glared at Han Xin angrily, interrupted him with a loud yell, his face twitched with anger, and he said in pain; "You actually let them go to the city to defend it, and let the elite soldiers watch coldly in the camp, I want to ask you, even if you hold Xianyang like this, how will my Great Qin establish a country?"

Han Xin lowered his head and said for a long time; "I have my own plans, Prime Minister, please don't worry."

Meng Jian turned his head to look at Ying Ke angrily and said; "What do you think of the eldest princess, do you also let him come and let my people of Daqin die in the city?"

Ying Keqiao's face was pale, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she hesitated for a while before whispering; "Prime Minister, don't embarrass the general, since we have entrusted Xianyang to him, we should trust him, and we should trust him at all times."

Meng Jian laughed angrily, looked up to the sky and laughed, his laughter was full of sadness, and he said 'good', 'good', 'good' three times in his mouth!

"Since you Ying clan believe that he let his people go to death, then what else do we surnamed Meng have to say, this country belongs to your Ying clan, you just have to make your own decisions."

After speaking, he drew his sword and shouted at the sky; "Old Qin, follow me to kill the enemy, today is my Great Qin's death day, and it is also our death day."

The ministers followed Meng Jian to the city tower one after another, and Han Xin knew that they hated him at this time, so he naturally couldn't listen to his own admonition. He summoned the captain of the pro-soldiers and asked him to take the few remaining pro-soldiers around him to protect these old men, so as not to really damage the vitality of the Qin State on impulse.

Looking at Meng Jian's figure of rushing away, Ying Ke said worriedly; "Brother Han, why don't you tell the prime minister what you think, and let them misunderstand you plainly."

Han Xin shook his head bitterly and said, "I was worried that they would not support me, but would interfere with my plan in every possible way, so I didn't tell them." I have already given a strict order in the barracks, unless the Tiger Talisman and my handwritten letter arrive at the same time, no one can mobilize a single soldier. ”

"You must know that I am gambling with the fate of the Qin State this time. If it wins, the Qin State will still be able to hold on, but if it loses, it will be doomed. ”

After a pause, he looked at Ying Ke deeply and said; "It's you, aren't you worried that I'll lose the Qin State's Sheji?"

The corners of Ying Ke's mouth rose slightly, and he smiled lightly and looked at Han Xin and said slowly; "I originally had nothing, you gave me and gave Daqin a glimmer of life, even if you lose, it's a big deal to become nothing again, what do I have to worry about?"

Han Xin looked at Ying Ke's somewhat sad smile, and his heart was moved, and he reached out to gently hold her soft twing.

"You won't have nothing, won't you still have me by your side?"

Ying Ke's face turned red, he lowered his head, and the hand that was held only symbolically struggled for a moment, and then let Han Xin hold it. Han Xin raised his head, looked at the somewhat dazzling sunlight, and suddenly said, "It's time." ”

Li Xin, I hope I didn't believe you wrong!

The sun had already passed over the city, and a large number of coalition soldiers were crowded under the city, and the earth-shattering sound of fighting on the city made their blood surge. The officers were full of excitement and told them that Xianyang City was about to be captured, and the treasures and women in it could be plundered by them.

The soldiers screamed excitedly, and they couldn't wait to line up under the ladder to wait for their turn to go to the city, and some of the soldiers who couldn't wait even pushed and shouted. At this moment, the east gate, which had been closed, suddenly opened.

At the city gate were the soldiers of the Wei State, and when they saw the city gate suddenly open, their eyes widened and they couldn't believe their good luck. Several Wei soldiers who were the first to react rushed into the city brandishing their weapons and shouting, and the people next to them remembered the heavy reward promised by Xiang Yu, so they hurriedly swarmed up, lest they be left behind.

The soldiers who rushed into the city stopped in a daze, and their frightened eyes were met by a dense bronze chariot. At the front of the queue, the horses in front of a huge chariot about a foot high were snorting impatiently, and the armor soldiers on the chariot were staring at the Wei army in front of them with cold eyes.

The originally noisy and chaotic city gate suddenly quieted down, and the Wei army looked at the terrible bronze chariot in front of them with horror on their faces, and watched the sword raised in the hand of the armored officer in the lead slowly fall, and spit out a word in his mouth: Kill!

"Ahh I don't know who shouted out in horror first, and soon the screams were crushed into powder by the rolling torrent of bronze. The 10,000 Wei states outside the eastern city were quickly crushed into a mass of flesh in front of the invincible chariot troops of the Qin army.

In the pre-Qin era, the chariot troops of the Qin people were famous for their great impact and destructive power in the six countries of the Kwantung region. The chariot of the Qin people is mainly bronze, dragged by four war horses, and the chariot is equipped with three armor soldiers, one is a royal hand, one is a crossbow archer, and the other is a halberd hand, all of whom are wearing heavy armor. The horses were also guarded by armor to prevent enemy attacks on the horses, and the blades on both sides of the chariots were used to easily tear through the enemy's carefully arranged defenses as if they were thundering.

In the past, during the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi sent 5,000 light soldiers to cut off the Zhao army, and the chariot troops of the Qin State were far away. This force was only 5,000 people, but it cut the 450,000 powerful Zhao army in half, which shows how shocking its huge impact is.

However, the chariot unit also has its obvious shortcomings, that is, the requirements for terrain are extremely high, if it rushes up in the plains, it is naturally unstoppable, but once it reaches the hilly and mountainous areas, it is like a deep quagmire and can only be slaughtered by others. After a long period of use, the opponent understands how to deal with the vehicle, spurs and tripping ropes can easily turn a powerful vehicle into a mass of scrap metal, and the cost of a vehicle and maintenance is astronomical. Over time, the Qin State gradually abandoned this ace army that had made great achievements in battle, and replaced it with lighter and more flexible crossbow cavalry and rangers, and the few remaining chariots were used more as the honor guard of the Son of Heaven.

Han Xin was a treasure when he found these chariots in Xianyang City, and as a posterity, he certainly knew what these ancient armored vehicles would mean once they appeared on the battlefield of Yima Pingchuan. For this reason, he tried every means to collect the chariots, and even did not hesitate to risk the world's condemnation to secretly steal the bronze chariots in the unfinished Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, and finally collected more than 2,000 times, with 6,000 armor.

The cars were sparkling, the horses were Xiaoxiao, and the sound of thousands of sentences converging into the sky was interrupted by the bronze torrent rushing out of Xianyang City.

The powerful chariot troops of the Qin State, which had been silent for decades, once again burned their glory under Xianyang City.