Chapter 799: On the eve of the general attack

As the loud sound of the boulders bombarding the city wall muffled the footsteps of Huang Sheng and the dragoon guards, dozens of Huainan soldiers did not hear anyone rushing up behind them.

Before the Huainan troops who were walking behind the most lull could even understand what was happening, they were pierced through their bodies by the long sword and fell softly.

Two or three swords were stabbed out in a row, and each of the dragoon guards who followed Huang Sheng killed at least one Huainan army, and the Huainan soldiers in front of him realized that something was wrong and hurriedly turned around.

They had already entered the alleyway between the houses, and even if there were Huainan troops nearby, it was difficult to see that they were under attack.

Dozens of Huainan soldiers found Huang Sheng and the others rushing up from behind, turned around and were about to fight Huang Sheng and the others, when five other dragoons rushed out from behind them.

The team of dragoon guards led by Huang Sheng, plus he was only eleven people, although the Huainan army had a large number, but after all, their swordsmanship was not as good as that of the dragoons, and they suffered a sudden attack.

The two sides engaged in a battle in an instant, and the Huainan army fell.

One by one, the Huainan army fell, and Huang Sheng and the others surrounded the remaining three people in the middle, and a blood-stained long sword pointed directly at the three Huainan soldiers who looked panicked.

Surrounded by Huang Sheng and the dragoon guards, the ground around them was full of companions who were still alive just now, and the three Huainan soldiers were back to back, forming a triangular defensive posture, and when they looked at the dragoons, their eyes were full of panic.

One of the Huainan soldiers who had been slashed to the ground by the dragoon guards was not yet dead, and struggled to climb two steps forward, trying to escape the alley.

A dragoon not far from him noticed him move, strode up behind him, lifted his foot and stomped his back, lifted his sword, and slammed it into the back of his heart.

The long sword pierced deep into the back of the Huainan army, the long sword in the hand of the dragoon guard, one side was full of jagged teeth, when the dragoon guard pulled out the long sword, several pieces of flesh and blood were brought out by the long sword.

Looking at this shocking scene, the three Huainan soldiers who were still alive only felt that both legs were trembling.

Three dragoons strode forward with long swords, intending to step forward and kill the soldiers of the Huainan Army who were surrounded by them.

As soon as they took a step, Huang Sheng made a stop gesture towards them.

Seeing Huang Sheng's movements, the three dragoon guards all stopped and turned their heads to look at him.

Carrying the long sword, Huang Sheng took a step forward, raised the long sword in his hand and pointed at the three Huainan soldiers, and said to them coldly: "Give you a chance to live, as long as you can kill me, I will let you go!" ”

When Huang Sheng said this, none of the dragoons who came here with him showed any expression on their faces, and all the dragoons believed that as long as he made a move, let alone three Huainan troops, even if there were ten or eight more, they would not be his opponents.

But the three Huainan soldiers didn't think so, the desire to live overcame their judgment of strength, the servants glanced at each other, and one of them asked Huang Sheng tremblingly: "Is there any evidence for this?" ”

"Listen up!" Listening to the words of the Huainan Army, Huang Sheng pulled a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and shouted to the dragoon guards on the side: "If they kill me, you can't wait to make a move, let them go!" ”

"No!" All the dragoon guards received Huang Sheng's order, and they all responded in unison, and they all took a step back.

"Let's go together!" Slowly putting down the long sword, the tip of the long sword pointed obliquely to the ground, Huang Sheng said to the three Huainan soldiers in a cold tone.

Glancing at each other again, in order to be able to survive, the three Huainan soldiers let out a loud shout, and they all swung their long swords and rushed towards Huang Sheng.

When they swung their long swords and pounced, the corners of Huang Sheng's mouth pulled into a faint smile, and the long sword in his hand suddenly drew an arc of light.

His body barely moved, and the three Huainan soldiers were still holding long swords, and before they even had time to slash at him, a few puffs of blood had already shot out.

With just a swing of his sword, Huang Sheng put away his long sword, turned around and walked towards the outside of the alley, and as soon as he took a step, he said to the ten dragoon guards behind him: "Go back!" ”

The ten dragoons who had followed Huang Sheng here heard his order and followed him towards the mouth of the alley.

All the dragoons had taken two or three steps, and the three Huainan soldiers, who were still holding their swords high and blood gushing from their necks, fell limply.

The hundred dragoons sent by Deng Zhan returned to their hiding places one after another, and none of the dragoons who went out in each team returned empty-handed.

Of course, among all the dragoon guards who went out, only Huang Sheng's team killed the largest number of Huainan troops.

The Qin army outside the city continued to project huge stones at the city wall, and under the bombardment of countless boulders, the city wall trembled violently, and the city wall in many places had cracked into large cracks, and even the city wall collapsed in some places.

However, the collapsed city wall did not completely collapse, and it was not enough for the Qin army to rush into the city from the collapsed place.

Standing at the forefront of the big array, looking at Shouchun City, which was being bombarded, Liu Wei's brows were always tightly wrinkled.

"Your Highness!" Standing behind Liu Wei's side, seeing that he was always staring at the city wall, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was thinking, Lu Bu clenched his fists and bowed down and asked: "When will our army attack Shouchun!" ”

The city wall in the distance made a loud noise under the bombardment of the boulder, listening to the roar, Liu Wei raised his head and glanced at the sky, and said to Lu Bu beside him: "Don't worry, this evening, our army will definitely break through Shouchun!" ”

"There are still more than 100,000 defenders in the city!" Liu Wei clearly said that he would break Shouchun at night, and Chen Gong, who was standing next to Lu Bu, reminded: "The number of our army is still inferior to the enemy!" ”

"Attacking from both sides inside and outside the city, the Huainan army will definitely be overwhelmed!" Looking at the Shouchun city wall with bursts of white smoke rising from the boulder bombardment, Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said to Chen Gong: "Our army enters the city, but all the Huainan army that gives up resistance will be forgiven and will not die!" After days of fighting, the Huainan army did not win a battle, and it was already demoralized, if they were forced too tightly, once they were determined to die, it would be quite difficult to deal with! If you give them some way to live, their morale will be low, and the Huainan Army will also ask for life, and I am afraid that surrender will affect the whole army! ”

Although Liu Bian's analysis was a bit taken for granted, Chen Gong did not refute it.

Looking at the Shouchun city wall, Chen Gong's face was also indifferent.

I had seen Yu Linwei's combat power earlier, and I had also seen the fierceness of the main force of the Qin army fighting with the enemy! For the combat power of the Qin army, especially the three guards, Chen Gong is full of confidence.

As long as there is no mistake in the command, in the evening, Shouchun is broken, and there is no suspense at all.

The dragoon guards secretly attacked and killed two or three hundred Huainan troops.

At first, the Huainan army did not find the soldiers who were killed, and it was not until more than an hour later that some Huainan soldiers who braved the boulder bombardment to patrol the city found some corpses lying in the alleys.

The Huainan army, who found the body, did not dare to delay, and hurriedly reported the news to Yuan Shu.

Knowing that the corpse of the Huainan Army had been found in the city, Yuan Shu, who had received the dragoon guards who had infiltrated the city, did not send people to investigate the whereabouts of the Huainan Army, but ordered the mobilization of a large number of soldiers and horses to protect his palace.

At the head of Shouchun City, Ji Ling sat with his back against the battlements.

The boulders kept bombarding the walls, and he could clearly feel the walls shaking.

Every time a boulder hit a nearby wall, he had the illusion that it was about to collapse.

Relatively high boulders flew over the top of the city walls and fell into the city.

Leaning on the back of the battlements, looking up at the boulders flying overhead, Ji Ling actually had this feeling of emptiness in his heart.

He clearly felt that although there were hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in the city, once the Qin army outside the city launched an attack, Shouchun City would inevitably end up with a broken city.

A boulder flew over Ji Ling's head with the sound of the wind.

Seeing the boulder flying by, Ji Ling's ears heard the huge roar of countless large stones smashing on the city wall.

The hard bluestone that built the city wall, under the bombardment of the huge stones continuously projected by the catapults of the Qin army, rippled a stream of white eyes, and many bluestones had been shattered and turned into powder, and were falling along the city wall to the foot of the city.

"Boom!" The sunset finally fell to the west of the sky, and after a whole day of bombardment, the huge catapult in front of the Qin army's array finally collapsed in a powerful reaction that could not withstand the stones.

A puff of white smoke rose, and the soldiers of the Qin army next to the catapult jumped to the side at the moment when the catapult fell apart, and watched as the catapult, which had been used all day, turned into a pile of waste wood.

Although one catapult collapsed, many more remained intact and were already projecting boulders at the walls.

After a whole day of projection, the city of Shouchun has been full of big stones, many of the stones that were projected later because they were smashed a little lower, they could not bombard the city wall at all, and they bounced a few times in the pile of rocks outside the city, and then fell into a mess of stones.

However, many more boulders were still able to hit the walls or fly over the top of the city and fall into the city.

The Huainan army on the city wall was under bombardment, and no one dared to poke their heads out and look out.

The sky was full of huge flying stones. As long as you stand up, if you are accidentally hit by a rock, it will suddenly become a lump of flesh.

Outside the dark passage in the city, the Huainan army in formation held a longbow with a longbow, and a pair of eyes stared at the dark passage that had been dug up by the Qin army without smashing the dirt behind.

They had been lining up here with longbows for a whole day, and many of the Huainan archers even had doubts about whether the Qin army would kill from the dark passage.

At the same time, Tai Shi Ci in the dark passage watched the light penetrating through the gap digging deeper and darker, and whispered to the soldiers on the side: "Tell the soldiers, in a few moments, I will kill from the secret passage!" ”