Flesh and blood flew under the city wall, and after the armies of Qi and Wei pressed on it, the already crowded city looked even more chaotic.

The soldiers in each other's arms pushed each other, the soldiers in the back pushed the soldiers in front, and the soldiers in front were forced to the foot of the city wall desperately trying to retreat, but they couldn't turn around.

Because of its proximity, the trebuchet has lost its effective killing range, and the rest can only rely on crossbows and rolling logs. The Qin army almost didn't have to aim, as long as the arrows were desperately shot down, and the wooden cannon stones were desperately thrown down, they could bring out pieces of blood, and the coalition soldiers were swept away in pieces, crying and screaming endlessly. The naked and strong men pushed waist-thick siege carts, smashing the city gate with the rhythm of 'hey', but in despair they found that the tall bronze city gate was almost immovable.

Hundreds of huge wells had been pushed a stone's throw away from the outside of the city, because they were too close, many of them had been destroyed by the Qin army at the head of the city with flying locks, and the remaining wells were cautiously away from the city walls. Nearly 10,000 archers on it condescended to shoot like flying locusts, so as to suppress the resistance of the Qin army on the city, and the Qin army was not to be outdone and took advantage of the crossbow machine to shoot at it.

Hundreds of ladders have reached the head of Xianyang City, and the warriors of the coalition army armed with short blades have attached themselves to it, climbing up with the cover of the archers on the well. Finally, a coalition soldier jumped up to the top of the city, and before he could enjoy the joy, he was stabbed in the heart by several halberds in front of him, and fell down the city with a scream.

But soon the second, third, and countless allied soldiers had already rushed up this section of the city wall, and they were in a mess with the Qin army. At this time, Yingbu and Zhong Liwei had already led their troops to jump onto this section of the city wall by kicking the city ladder, and the addition of six thousand Chu land dead soldiers suddenly doubled the pressure on the Qin army at the head of the city, especially Yingbu and Zhong Liwei relied on their martial arts to fight to the death, bringing great casualties to the Qin army.

After the initial confusion, the Qin soldiers, who lacked combat experience and were somewhat panicked, finally gained a firm foothold under the leadership of the officers, holding halberds high and marching forward in a phalanx, trying to force the coalition forces out of the city. The coalition forces did not give an inch, and under the leadership of Yingbu and Zhongliwei, they attached themselves to the body to fight hand-to-hand, and the follow-up reinforcements continued to pour into the city through the ladder. Seeing that the situation was not good, the three generals Tian Shi, Zhao Wuji and Gan Xiao personally stepped forward to reinforce with their own soldiers, which stopped the expansion momentum of the coalition army.

Seeing that the Qin army turned their attention to this section of the city wall, the coalition soldiers under the city took the opportunity to push the city ladder to attack the city wall from other city walls, and even many soldiers climbed up on their own with flying hooks, and many parts of the city wall were in a hurry for a while. The long-awaited reserve Qin army under the inner walls of the city also came to the head of the city to support at this time, and fought with the attacking coalition forces. Fortunately, the coalition army has a limited number of ladders to kick the city, and can only climb the non-commissioned soldiers in batches each time, although they are all carefully selected elites, but after all, there are not many people, and the new soldiers of the Qin army who lack combat experience can also resist.

On the watchtower high above, Han Xin still watched the earth-shattering battle under him with a calm face, and from time to time he conveyed military orders through the flag commander beside him.

Unlike his calmness, a young lieutenant general beside him couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't help whispering; "General, we still have more than 40,000 elite veterans in our hands, why don't we let these people go to the city to fight, but let those inexperienced soldiers go to death."

This is a young general of the Qin State, even a few years younger than Han Xin, and his lips have just grown shallow fluff, but what is not commensurate with it is a fierce air on his face.

He is Meng Tian's young son Meng Shi, when Zhao Gao killed Meng Tian in the past, he once ordered the uprooting of the prominent Meng clan, so as to prevent future troubles. Meng Shi was still a sixteen-year-old boy at the time, but he was already able to sword a tiger and was known for his courage in Xianyang. When the family suffered this great disaster, he showed calmness and bravery beyond his age, and decisively abandoned the women and children when the team sent by Zhao Gao had not yet arrived, and led the brave adult men and die-hard generals in the family to fight desperately out of Xianyang City, so as to retain a little blood for the Meng clan.

Hearing that Zhao Gao had been ambushed and that the Qin State was facing an unprecedented crisis, Meng Shi took the only remaining bit of the Meng clan to Xianyang to defect to the new king. Han Xinzhi was very appreciative of this eighteen-year-old young general, knowing how much determination and courage it took for a sixteen-year-old boy to endure humiliation and leave behind his mother and wife just for the sake of the continuous heirs of the Mengshi clan.

Of course, what made Han Xin look at him differently was his identity, as a descendant of the Montessori who was once prominent in the past, he had an irreplaceable influence in the Qin army, which was also the main reason why Han Xin took him with him and planned to cultivate him carefully.

In the face of Meng Shi's doubts, Han Xin's expression did not change, he still watched intently at the changes in the battle situation under the city, but said slowly in his mouth; "Let them face bloodshed and death now, just so that they can suffer fewer casualties in bloody battles in the future. A soldier who has not experienced a tragic battle will never become a qualified warrior, even if his heart is full of hatred and murderous intent, but when he faces death for the first time, he will still tremble with fear. Instead of panicking in the bloody battle in the future, it is better to let them grow quickly in the first battle today, and only the strong will always survive on the battlefield, and the weak will be ruthlessly eliminated. If you want to survive, you can only become stronger and stronger, even if you pay the price of blood, don't you know as an old Qin? ”

After listening to Han Xin's words, Meng Shi understood, and his face couldn't help but turn red and said: "The general forgives the sin, it is the last general who is abrupt." ”

Han Xin didn't blame him, but continued; "These 40,000 troops are the most elite army in my hands, they are all qualified Qin troops who have seen life and death and experienced iron and blood, I naturally will not let them lose in vain in the city defense of the short army."

"Look at that." Meng Shi followed Han Xin's hope, only to see that the coalition army formation in the distance was still as immobile as a rock, and behind Xiang Yu was the neat 200,000 Chu army, among which the elite cavalry wearing black armor and red armor was the most conspicuous.

"That's where their main force is, and now the siege is just some second-rate troops, Xiang Yu's main force has not moved, we must not mess with ourselves first."

"Have you ever seen a wolf on the prairie? The wolf of the steppe is hungry and lonely, it has a patience and cruelty that other animals do not have, and always conserves its strength until the opponent is exhausted before killing with one blow. And Xiang Yu and I are like two hungry wolves facing each other, we are both very patiently waiting for each other's flaws. People will always make mistakes, it just depends on whether the opponent can grasp the opportunity. ”

"Never despise your opponent, especially a peerless player like Xiang Yu, everyone who despises him has paid the price, and I will never be next."

Meng Shi's face showed a contemplative expression, and then he lowered his head and said convincingly; "Thank you for the general's teaching, Meng Shi is grateful."

After saying a big call, Han Xin stopped talking and continued to watch the changes on the battlefield. In fact, he also had a question in his heart, that is, what was Xiang Yu's purpose in doing this?

He is simply committing suicide, although the coalition army has already captured the city, but the Qin army is not declining, and there are still a large number of available reserve troops, Xiang Yu should not think that he can take Xianyang by relying on this round of fierce attack, right?

If he deliberately did it to weaken the power of the other princes, it would be reasonable. However, this is not at all like Xiang Yu's style, he has always advocated brave fighting, leading the most elite troops to attack fiercely to stimulate the fanatical morale of the soldiers. Although the coalition army under his command was subordinate and chaotic, the soldiers were impressed by his bravery, and the princes would never dare to disobey his orders even if they complained.

Therefore, there should be no reason for him to let these troops go to death, and it will not be just for the simple purpose of consuming the Qin people's guard strength.

Han Xin moved, and asked Meng Shi; "Is there any news from Beicheng?"

The northern city was guarded by Wang Qi himself, Meng Shiyi said; "Back to the general, General Wang sent a military report a moment ago, saying that everything was normal in Beicheng, and only a small group of coalition troops were harassing, thinking that it was to contain the defenders of Beicheng. General Wang, please rest assured, saying that Beicheng must be foolproof. ”

Han Xin nodded, and then he was slightly relieved. Wang Qi is old and has rich combat experience, since he said so, there is no sign of attacking the city when he thinks about the coalition army.

Meng Shi smiled when he saw that Han Xin was still a little worried; "General, why should you worry, the outside of the northern city is narrow, and it is difficult for the rebels' siege equipment to be moved, Xiang Yu can't change the Chu army to the city out of thin air."

After Meng Shi finished speaking, he laughed dryly, but when he saw that Han Xin's face had changed greatly, he couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that he didn't seem to have said anything wrong.

But seeing Han Xin's urgent order: "Meng Shi, you quickly take 20,000 elite soldiers to join Wang Qi, and bring the crossbowmen of the third battalion over, so that Wang Qi can be vigilant to prevent ......."

Before Han Xin finished speaking, he had already heard the horn in the coalition formation, and the shouts of the sky came from the Chu army's array, and a red cloud broke away from the Chu army's phalanx and galloped north.

Han Xin's eyes widened, his face no longer showed a trace of calmness, and he immediately jumped off the city tower and hurried down the city wall with his extraordinary light skills, shouting loudly at the same time; "Yulin, keep up." After saying that, he turned over and got on his horse and galloped along the street towards the north city.

More than 10,000 newly formed Yulin Xiao horses quickly mounted their horses and followed Han Xin closely, and Meng Shi, who had hurried down from the city wall, also hurriedly gathered the remaining foot soldiers to follow.

In front of the Chu army outside the city, Xiang Yu coldly looked at the soldiers of the two armies who were fighting fiercely in the distance, and Long He and Yu Ziqi Zhuma followed closely behind.

Looking at the flesh and blood under the city, Yu Ziqi showed a trace of worry, looked at Xiang Yu and said; "Big brother, the troops of Zhao Yan, Qi and Wei have already suffered heavy casualties, and I am worried that if they continue to lose like this, I am afraid that they will have a grudge against you, big brother."

A sneer appeared at the corner of Xiang Yu's mouth, and he said in a deep voice; "One thing you have to understand, Ziji, is that they surrendered to me not because they were grateful to me, but because I was strong enough that they had to be afraid to the point of bowing down. I don't need them to remember my benevolence and generosity, benevolence is something that only people like Liu Bang would deliberately do, all I need is their fear of me, the fear of great power in their bones, as long as I am strong enough, they will not dare to have any dissatisfaction with me. ”

Yu Ziqi sighed slightly, thinking that it seems that the eldest brother has the same temperament as Xiang Gong back then, he is stubborn and likes to solve problems in the most direct way, and disdains to grasp people's hearts.

Xiang Yu didn't notice the change in Yu Ziqi's mind, and just stared at the city wall intently. He was waiting, waiting for Han Xin to put the reserve army in his hands on the defense of the city, so he kept urging the princes to increase the pressure on the Qin army in order to attract as many Qin troops as possible.

But Xiang Yu was disappointed, he could see that most of the Qin soldiers on the city wall who were fighting with the elite of the coalition army were a little jerky and clumsy, not like the tiger and wolf Qin army that had been in a hundred battles and once shocked the Kanto region, thinking that most of them were recruits from the Qin State who had just formed an army.

After waiting patiently for a few more moments, Xiang Yu's patience finally ran out, and he was worried that Han Xin would see his strategic intentions, and he would give up all his efforts at that time. So he made a quick decision and ordered the fine cavalry to follow closely, and he, Long and Yuzi rode their horses to the north city and galloped away.

The 27,000 elite cavalry under his command, including 8,000 soldiers who followed him when he started the army in Jiangdong, and then successively supplemented the brave and good knights in the coalition army, and recruited 8,000 Loufu tribesmen from the Loufu tribe to form an army and act as the sharp knife vanguard in the Chu army. (The Lou Fu tribe once lived in the northern part of the Central Plains for a long time, and the Zhao people lived together, and then fled north by Li Mu, leaving many tribes in the Central Plains, and these good riding and shooting Lou Fu people were recruited by the princes at the end of the Qin Dynasty.) ）

Han Xin was not good at defending cities, he was still very inexperienced in this area, and almost all of the art of war he came into contact with talked about how to besiege and siege cities, using various weapons and tactics. However, he ignored the fact that when the northern nomads were strong, they invaded the border cities in the south, and they did not have all the equipment used to attack the city, but they could still conquer the city and be invincible.

At this time, Han Xin, who was galloping on horseback, had already understood Xiang Yu's intentions, he wanted to take advantage of the paralysis of the Qin army, thinking that the siege could only rely on siege equipment, and then the cavalry suddenly attacked and captured the poorly defended northern city in one fell swoop.

From the east gate in Xianyang City to the north gate, you have to turn the road through the street to arrive, but the Chu army outside the city is a plain land. This is Xiang Yu's advantage, the advantage of time! Therefore, when the army was dispatched, he did not hide his traces at all, in fact, such a huge force of cavalry was mobilized, and he also concealed the Qin army that was watching from the city. Xiang Yu was full of confidence in his heart, and he was sure to take Beicheng before Han Xin reacted and conquered Xianyang in one fell swoop.

At this moment, Wang Qi, who was above the northern city, had already widened his eyes in horror, and saw tens of thousands of cavalry in the distance galloping towards his city defense.

After all, he was an experienced veteran, Wang Qi reacted immediately, and ordered a small number of crossbowmen to load their crossbows and wait to shoot, while his 20,000 soldiers all pressed on the city, and at the same time lit wolf smoke to ask for help in the city.

Although Wang Qi had 20,000 soldiers in his hands, most of them were new recruits who had just entered the battlefield. It can't be said that Han Xin's arrangement is wrong, he ordered 20,000 soldiers to defend the northern city, which is not too long, which is already very cautious - according to Wang Qi's meaning, this section cannot be the key area of the coalition army, and 5,000 soldiers are enough.

Wang Qi originally felt that Han Xin had made him an idle job, and he still had some complaints in his heart, although he also knew that Han Xin let him take charge because of his rich experience, and Tianshi was inexperienced after all, so Han Xin personally commanded it.

Although Wang Qi did not have any outstanding talent, he focused on the rules, and he knew the experience of attacking and defending the city accumulated by the Qin people for hundreds of years, and he quickly guessed that the Chu army wanted to use cavalry to attack, and hurriedly ordered a shield to be erected.

Sure enough, the overwhelming rain of tens of thousands of arrows came head-on, and the Qin soldiers continued to scream and fall down as far as the long arrows went, and the dense arrow rain caused the Qin army to suffer heavy casualties, and they were unable to shoot back with arrows.

After three rounds of arrow rain, the Chu army was divided into two, one still shooting arrows with a bow, and the other took out its hook and claw from the saddle and threw it at the head of the city, and actually climbed directly into the city with bravery.

Seeing this, Wang Qi was immediately frightened, and hurriedly ordered the halberd to line up, wanting to crush the Chu army that climbed to the top of the city in one go, but unfortunately he ran into Xiang Yu, the invincible overlord who was invincible and capable of being invincible.

Xiang Yu jumped to the city with the second group of soldiers, because the halberd was inconvenient to climb, so he carried a big sword on his back. As soon as his feet landed, he raised his knife and rushed towards the phalanx of the Qin army, and everywhere he went, the halberd war knives in the hands of the Qin people were cut off by him like fine firewood, and the Qin army screamed again and again, and the soldiers were almost powerless to fight back.

Seeing that the lord was so brave, the soldiers of Chu at the head of the city suddenly boosted their morale, and they all fought bravely and then attacked the Qin army.

Wang Qi was shocked, he knew that once the northern city was lost, the Qin State would be completely finished, and in a panic, he actually rushed directly with his own soldiers to meet Xiang Yu, wanting to drive Xiang Yu down the city with more people. Xiang Yu saw that this Qin general actually rushed towards him without knowing whether he was alive or dead, and the murderous intent in his eyes appeared, and he waved his knife into a ball of silver light, and killed him head-on.

Wang Qi was also a person with strong martial arts, but as soon as he took over with Xiang Yu, he felt a huge force coming from his arm, and he could barely hold the sword in severe pain, and his body couldn't help but be pressed by the huge force and knelt down. Seeing Xiang Yu slashing his arm with a horizontal knife, he hurriedly let go and rolled to avoid this killing move, but Xiang Yu refused to stop, and still slashed towards Wang Qi's façade with a knife.

Wang Qi saw the blade coming head-on, but he was already half-lying on the ground and couldn't avoid it, he couldn't help but close his eyes, and a thought flashed in his heart: My life is over!