Chapter Eighty-Eight: A Long Way Ahead
Arrows whizz by, and the battlefield changes for no reason.
After the baptism of the two-day battlefield, the walls of Yucheng have long taken off a layer of skin. From a distance, the dense arrows were pierced into the soil, and it was almost impossible to see the end.
The morning sun shone on the earth, and the sound of the trumpet sounded.
After two days of attack, more than a dozen battles, but this small city was separated in front of the coalition army, like a mountain, lingering.
When the coalition army stepped on the low wall of Yucheng for the third time, Pang Xuan finally met the Qin army commander.
He was on the main city wall, commanding the soldiers and horses of the Qin army.
Qin Bing's Changge stabbed from the left and right at the same time, and Pang Xuan slanted to dodge, holding the iron long pole with both hands. Pang Xuan is old, but his strength is not inferior to that of young people.
The two Qin soldiers on the left and right were all wrestlers, but they did not resist Pang Xuan, the old man. He exerted his strength slightly, and the two Qin soldiers Changge took off his hand.
Wield the long soldier and master it with ease.
The two Changge dragged through the air and crossed a long distance, piercing through the two small watchtowers on the city wall, killing the two crossbow-wielding scouts on them.
These two crossbow towers, by virtue of their topography, have harvested at least a hundred soldiers of the coalition army in the past two days.
Pang Xuan took a step forward, the road behind him was narrow, if he was not careful, it was easy to fall into the mountain stream, and Zhao Jun was climbing from below.
The two wrestlers were shocked by Pang Xuan's true qi and fell to the ground, and when they got up again, they wanted to stop Pang Xuan, but he grabbed his hands and broke his neck.
Wang Jian looked at the old man in front of him, on the low wall, because of the arrival of the coalition soldiers, it looked chaotic. He shouted in the midst of the crowd.
"No one cares about the Six Kingdoms, so that you, an old man, are charged?"
The person in front of him blocked him for two days, but Pang Xuan couldn't wait any longer.
What kind of person is LΓΌ Buwei?
Two days was enough for him to mobilize enough soldiers and horses, and Pang Xuan couldn't afford to drag it out.
The soldiers of the coalition army had already rushed up, Pang Xuan's face was cold, and he waved his robes.
"Left up and right fourth, first remove the whistle eye, cut off its ears and eyes. The two teams work together to be the vanguard of the army. β
Although the city is small, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the city wall is made of earth rammed, and the mountain is used as a barrier. Before the main city wall, there was a slope, and Wang Jian built a low wall behind the slope.
In the past two days, the coalition forces have occupied the low wall twice, but they have never been able to break through the dangerous points along the way and occupy the main wall.
Wang Jian built a lot of guard towers in the dangerous places of the mountains. These watchtowers can be used to observe the movement of coalition forces, as well as to shoot and snipe.
"The coalition forces attacked for two days in a row, and they were exhausted. The Four-Nation Alliance, Yan is a weak brigade, and it is attacked. β
After seeing Pang Xuan occupying the city wall, he dispatched troops to remove the dangerous passes in various places, Wang Jian was keenly aware of the strength of the coalition army, and sent the soldiers and horses around him to go towards the Yan army, which was the weakest army.
The crossbow arrows of the Qin army came, and the soldiers on the left and right spread their long shields and guarded Pang Xuan's body.
Pang Xuan observed the situation on the battlefield, and the coalition forces were originally attacking from the back and occupying a disadvantage. The Qin army waited for work, and the Qin generals also built a lot of roads in advance.
Now, the Qin soldiers on the main city wall are passing through the Yongdao and are going to the nearest earthen rampart to support.
"Can you see the reality of our army at a glance?"
The Yan army's offensive was frustrated, and its pace slowed down a lot. The narrow crossing, the distance of one hundred and ten steps, most of the area is the range of the Qin army's crossbows.
"Pang Xuan, you are a young man in the mountains, there are no fierce generals under your command, no elite soldiers, in vain, dare to offend my Daqin? Now that there is no other day to die, it is better to return to his hometown from now on, and he can live a long life. β
On the battlefield, after a round of arrows, only Wang Qian's voice was the clearest.
Is there a way to attack the heart?
Pang Xuan is the chief general of the coalition army, but it is really to the point that he wants to personally lead the soldiers to attack the city, which is a big demoralization thing in itself.
"The King of Qin is young, and LΓΌ Buwei was originally a defender, but he stole the authority of the Qin State, and for his own selfish interests, he sent heavy troops to Luo. He didn't care about the life or death of your Qin people at all. β
"I'm waiting to attack Qin, but I want to get rid of LΓΌ Buwei. If you surrender, you will keep your wife and enjoy your wealth in peace. β
Pang Xuan's voice resounded on the battlefield, and Wang Jian on the city wall heard it in his ears.
This old man's mouth is full of lies, but when it really reaches Qin Bing's ears at this moment, it has some influence.
Pang Xuan's pace slowed down, but the pace of the coalition's offensive accelerated.
From dawn to mid-day, all the towers in front of the main city wall were uprooted by the coalition forces.
Across the earthen barrier, Pang Xuan also saw Wang Jian so clearly for the first time.
He is not as young and heroic as he imagined, but he has a sense of stability.
By this point, both sides had exhausted their strength.
"Wang Qian, you have no soldiers, why resist stubbornly!"
The Qin army has few soldiers, Wang Jian relied on a thousand soldiers to carry Pang Xuan for two days, and at this moment, above the city, it is already sparse, much less than two days ago, and there are not many Qin soldiers.
"There are still 500 elite soldiers in my city, enough to defend against the enemy."
Wang Qian's words resounded, full of confidence, and reached the ears of the coalition forces, making everyone's faces change, but Pang Xuan laughed loudly.
"The elite of Guanzhong, one went to Hangu, and the other went to Shangjun. Where are the five hundred soldiers in your city? At this moment, after the city, there are only more than 10,000 old and weak, what is the enemy? β
"The Huns are easy to break, and the five countries are easy to fight. I have the military intelligence of Xianyang, the defenders of Hexi have broken the army of the Huns, and within two days, they will come out of Dingyang. β
As soon as Wang Jian said, the faces of the generals around Pang Xuan changed greatly.
"General, he's telling the truth."
"He's lying to us. The defenders of Hexi are only 20,000, and after the battle with the Xiongnu, how can they still have the spare strength to support Guanzhong? β
Pang Xuan touched his beard, and his words made the generals' faces look much better.
Pang Xuan's army came here, went deep into Guanzhong, and once the back road was cut off, he was waiting to be caught by the Qin army's urn.
Wang Jian was condescending, and the soldiers behind him emerged one by one.
When these soldiers appeared, the coalition forces were shocked. Without him, these soldiers were so clean and well-armoured that they didn't look like they had fought at all.
Is there really 500 elite soldiers in this city?
The hearts of the soldiers of the coalition army were like stormy waves, and they were terrified.
"Pang Xuan, you led the army to advance lightly, and the grain road stretched for thousands of miles, and this defeat was one; The way of the soldiers, with the right fit, with the odd victory. The alliance of the five countries, each with different intentions, only heard the surprise, how can it be right? This defeat is two; Zhao Chu made an appointment, each holding one end, the army had no priority, the commanders were not the same, and they were defeated. β
Wang Qian's eyes looked at Pang Xuan, and his words were like sharp knives.
"You know the disadvantages of it, but you accept it, and you lose four; The mandate of heaven is not allowed, and it is forcibly taken, and this defeat is five. β
The sound of soldiers and armor was clustered, and Wang Qian's voice echoed in his ears, word by word, reflecting Pang Xuan's heart.
"Time is not waiting, the sky is not enough, what can you do?"
Just before this city, the nameless Qin general above the city said slowly, and with the sound of a horn, Pang Xuan's complexion changed inexplicably.
The sound of the trumpet of the Qin army!
LΓΌ Buwei's reinforcements arrived.
"General!"
Pang Xuan's momentum faltered, and his body almost fainted. He pushed away the generals who were supporting him, and bowed his hand to the Qin general on the city wall, his voice coming from the bottom of his heart.
"Wang Qian, there is a long road ahead, may you be famous all over the world."
On this day, Pang Xuan finally felt that his old age was coming.