"Old Qin, restore my rivers and mountains-!"

"Gale! The wind is blowing, the clouds are flying! ”

From morning to close to noon, the fierce battle between the Qin and Han armies around the Xicheng city wall became more and more white-hot, Gan Yong killed the head of the city in one go, under the siege of three or four new soldiers of the Han army, his back against the strong wall did not retreat, only a moment of effort, and another Qin army soldier appeared on the ladder.

Under the example of Gan Yong's team of first-mounted soldiers, the morale of the Qin army's attacking troops soared, and the Qin troops on several other ladders were in a hurry, desperately fighting to climb up.

The Han army was caught off guard.

Although the number of 7,000 Han soldiers was quite large, they were a ragtag army that had retreated from many cities in Hanzhong County and Ba County, and many soldiers were urgently pulled to the front line of the battlefield before they even recognized their own leading generals.

"Quick, urgently inform the King of Han, and order the Marquis Teng to lead the reserve troops to support the city." Cao Shen urged again and again.

This time, the Han army's city wall defense adopted the method of letting the new soldiers and young and strong defend the city first, and the elite troops served as reserves, which could effectively avoid the loss of the Han army's few elite troops in the first few rounds of the Qin army's attacks, so as to achieve the strategic goal of "preserving strength and holding on for a long time".

However, only half a day later, Cao Shen found that the battle situation was not good, the Qin army did not even have a tentative attack, and suddenly turned into a strong offensive posture, and the dead soldiers who climbed the city wall were completely the pawns of the Qin army, and in the face of such a strong enemy, the Han army fell into a panic.

Just when Cao Shen was anxious on the city tower, Liu Bang's cronies, Tenghou Xiahou Ying, led a team of Han princes to the city.

"Han Wei, kill the thief with me!" Xiahou Ying shouted, holding a halberd and heading straight towards Gan Yong.

Just a moment, Gan Yong's side. Five or six Qin soldiers have been gathered, they are centered on Gan Yong, forming a small team, they are fighting against the scattered Han army in the form of collective combat, and they are expanding their territory little by little, at Gan Yong's feet, the corpses of two Han army marquis are all the testimony of his efforts.

"Qin thief, give death!" Xiahou Ying's tall body was close to the battlements, and the halberd stabbed at Gan Yong like a match.

"Gan Junhou, be careful." A Qin pawn shouted. He stepped forward with a sword and tried to block Xiahou Ying's approach.

"Poof!"

The tip of the halberd cut through the thin armor, splashing a stream of blood, Xiahou Ying raised a kick and kicked the Qin pawn who was bleeding from the intestines into the city with disdain.

"Kill!"

Gan Yong shouted angrily, and the heavy sword roared out, directly hitting Xiahou Ying's throat, and the halberd and sword intersected with each other, making a piercing and crisp sound of gold and iron.

In terms of strength, Gan Yong, who had just turned seventeen, was obviously much weaker than Xiahou Ying. After the big sword collided, it was bounced high, leaving Gan Yong's front door wide open.

"Die!" Xiahou Ying laughed fiercely, and the halberd stabbed quickly.

"Whoosh!"

A sharp arrow came at a roar. Xiahou Ying's eyes swept over the corner, but he saw an arrow meteor, and the three-edged arrow became bigger and bigger in his eyes, getting closer and closer.

Xiahou Ying was frightened. For a while, he couldn't worry about entangling with Gan Yong anymore, his knees were weak, and he knelt on the ground obliquely. At the moment of falling to the ground, Xiahou Ying only felt a tingling of his scalp, and the arrow swept the tips of his hair, and then the arrow did not disappear, and flew several meters away, and then firmly nailed to the wooden pillar of the city tower.

――。

Under the city.

Li Zhongxiang sighed lightly, Fang Cai's arrow was exactly what he was accumulating, as soon as Xiahou Ying's tall body appeared, Li Zhongxiang targeted this Han general, and killed the enemy general with an arrow, such a credit actually ran away, Li Zhongxiang couldn't help but be curious about the identity of the escaped Han general. Being able to detect danger before it happens, this feeling must go through countless life and death tests and countless battlefield battles before it can be obtained.

Xiahou Ying led the Han guards to protect the Han King Liu Bang's elite soldiers, their joining, so that the Han soldiers who were originally like a mass of scattered sand became orderly, and the main thing is that Xiahou Ying brought the big red flag with the word "Han" was inserted at the top of the city tower, this flag hunted loudly, so that the Han army was excited.

"King Han, King Han-!"

"Kill the thief, kill the thief!"

Liu Bang treated his soldiers leniently, and he was highly expected in the army, although he did not go to the city wall in person at this time, but his big banner was erected at the head of the city, but it was as if he was there in person.

There is no going back.

After a while, on Gan Yong's side, more than half of the six Qin soldiers were killed or injured in the blink of an eye.

In the face of more and more Han soldiers, Gan Yong could only retreat!

The first wave of the Qin army's offensive was repulsed, so that Cao Shen and Xiahou Ying breathed a sigh of relief, although the west city held the key point of Hanzhong, but the city wall was not strong, for the defending side, the too wide front city wall also caused many problems to defend the city, although this time the Qin army was repulsed, but next time, with this group of miscellaneous soldiers in his hand, Cao Shen did not know how long he could hold out.

"Tenghou, is King Han gone?" Cao Shen asked in a low voice.

Xiahou Ying is Liu Bang's driver, and he is also Liu Bang's most trusted person, this time Liu Bang sat in Xicheng with illness, which made Cao Shen feel huge pressure, in case he really let the Qin army break the city, then Liu Bang had no way to escape even if he wanted to.

Xiahou Ying nodded silently and said: "Back to Pingyang Hou, early this morning, Guan Ying took a team of Han guards to protect the Han King out of the city, at this time it should be on the way to Wuguan, we must keep it secret, otherwise, the army's heart will be turbulent, and Xicheng will be in danger." ”

Liu Bang left Xicheng at the Zuihou moment. Before, in front of the soldiers of the whole army, he vowed to live and die with the city, which was a big panic for the 7,000 Han troops who were struggling to hold on to the city. Xiahou Ying saw that it was Cao Shen who asked the question, so he began to answer truthfully, and if he had changed to someone else, he would not tell the truth.

From the perspective of ordinary Han army generals, the Han King's Chinese army Daxu is on the city tower, and the fierce general Xiahou Ying next to the Han King is also among the generals guarding the city, and even a group of Han guards are also there, plus Liu Bang appeared with a sick body not long ago, it is also extremely difficult for the Han soldiers not to believe that Liu Bang is not in the city.

Cao Shen was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Tenghou, this time, you and my brother are afraid that they won't be able to get by, and in the blink of an eye, Ah Xu's sacrifice day is approaching." ”

Fan Xu died in the second year of Qin II, in the battles again and again, time passed quickly, somehow, Cao Shen at this time, Fan Xu's figure emerged in his heart.

After a continuous onslaught for half a day, the Qin army slowed down the pace of the attack. Han Xin is still quite satisfied with the results of the first round of attacks, such a hard battle as the siege, expecting to take the enemy city at one time, is an unrealistic idea, in the next attack, the most important thing for the Qin army to do, is not to attack like a barbarian, but through trial attacks again and again, find the weak points of the defenders, and then implement key breakthroughs.

The Han army, which got a chance to breathe, under the command of the general, stepped up the time to replenish the various consumption in the city, and on the city tower, Cao Shen and Xiahou Ying were relatively speechless.

The Qin army commander Li Yuan is powerful, they have been taught several times, in addition to being able to compete with the disparity in strength in Xingyang, the subsequent battle of Hanzhong was completely one-sided. This time, Qin is strong and Han is weak, no matter how hard you try, the weakness of the Han army's insufficient strength and soldiers' combat strength will be exposed more and more quickly.

"Knock knock!"

In the afternoon, the war drums resounded in the west again, the Qin army after a short rest, that is, began the second round of attack, this time, Han Xin divided the siege troops into three batches, each batch of rapid attack for an hour, if the time is not down, then replace the next group of Qin army up, this kind of wheel warfare method immediately made the Han army defending the city miserable.

The Qin army was strong and strong, and it was the attacking side, holding the initiative on the battlefield, so Han Xin could divide his troops to attack in layers, but Cao Shen did not dare to divide his troops in the same way.

The weak Han army was already timid, if there were fewer people defending the city, some new soldiers and young men would immediately turn around and flee, and even if there was a team of supervisors, they would not be able to block a large range of deserters.

In the absence of a way, Cao Shen may grit his teeth and hold on, and in the fierce battle for a whole afternoon, not only Xiahou Ying's reserves were all thrown in, but even Cao Shen himself went to the battlefield many times.

Finally supported until the sun gradually set, under the reflection of a touch of residual sun, up and down the walls of Xicheng, broken flags, dumped soldiers, and charred broken trees, built a magnificent war scene.

Cao Shen stood on the city tower with a pale face, Fang Cai's tearing made his robe stained red with blood, and he began to have deep remorse in his heart, in the past half a day, Cao Shen almost instinctively commanded his soldiers, but after a day of defending the city, the defenders of Xicheng have obviously reached the point of exhaustion.

Most of the rolling wood fuel in the city has been used up, even the houses in the city have been demolished, the casualties of 7,000 Han soldiers are as many as more than 2,000, and the remaining 5,000 soldiers are also frightened, although according to Cao Shen's estimate, the price paid by the Qin army besieging the city will never be less than him, but this kind of war of attrition, Cao Shen is unaffordable.

Perhaps, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, when the city is broken, Cao Shen already knows in his heart that in the attack of the Qin army, the young and strong minds who have already assisted in defending the city have completely collapsed, shouting in their mouths that they are willing to surrender, and want to open the city gate from the inside, and Cao Shen ordered the supervision team to shoot them all.

The fighting spirit of the soldiers and civilians in the city was close to collapse, and the soldiers and civilians who still believed in the Han King Liu Bang in the city gradually began to have doubts, where was the Han King when they sacrificed their lives and forgot to die? Even if you are sick, you should go out to the city to boost your morale, instead of using a big flag as a cover to make everyone die for it.

Cao Shen knew very well that there was no possibility of defending Xicheng at all, and at this time, in his chaotic mind, the figure of the lady who was still unwilling to leave Xicheng flashed, and Cao Shen only felt endless exhaustion welling up in his heart. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )