Qin Wu blocked the information of Yecheng to death, and he was not allowed to go out or enter, so both Meng Tian and Lian Po miscalculated Qin Wu's strength.

Just suffered a defeat, the slow Jing Lan and Chongche were all left in the city and captured by Qin Wu.

Because the catapult was deeply trapped in the Qin soldiers' array, the speed was too slow, and it was difficult to safely evacuate from the battlefield, so it was simply demolished by the Qin soldiers themselves.

This time they were very well prepared, not only failed to capture Yecheng, but also lost all the siege equipment, the casualties of the Qin army were not large, but the blow to morale was very serious.

In order to restore morale, Meng Tian did not immediately launch an attack on the city, but chose to camp ten miles away from Yecheng to rest.

The next day, Meng Tian launched another siege, and in the middle of the battle, suddenly the sentry cavalry rushed back and reported to him the information that tens of thousands of Zhao troops had arrived.

Seeing this information, Meng Tian was angry to death, and he was helpless, he really didn't have the ability to capture Yecheng in one fell swoop, which looked like he was about to pull out the thorn on his back, and finally had to give the order to retreat.

And Qin Wu received a secret letter from Lian Po last night, saying that there would be a large army escorting a large number of supplies and soldiers to support him today, so he had already made full preparations. As soon as Meng Tian ordered the retreat, the city gates on all sides immediately opened, and the chariot was as vigorous as a tiger out of the cage, and rushed towards the Qin army that was left behind.

In the end, the Qin army suffered 3,000 casualties in this battle, 2,000 died in the siege, and 1,000 were the Qin soldiers who remained behind. The casualties of the Wu army were only more than 700 people, and the casualties did not exceed 1,000.

After another retreat, Qin Wu finally saw the Zhao army escorting carriages full of supplies all over the mountains into the territory of Yecheng.

Out of prudence and secrecy, Qin Wu sent a civilian legion outside the city to accept the supplies escorted by the 30,000 Zhao troops on the grounds that the Yecheng army was insufficient and the strength to resist the crisis was not strong, and asked the 5,000 Zhao soldiers supported by the Zhao army not to enter the city, but could only camp on a high mountain outside the Yecheng.

Although Zhao Ru was not happy with Qin Wu's cautious attitude of deliberately guarding against Zhao Jun, he "knew" why Qin Wu did this, and after scolding a few words, he let the civilian army escort a large number of supplies into the wild city slowly, and then he began to arrange for five thousand Zhao soldiers to camp on a high mountain outside the city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"There are indeed a large number of recruits in the military army, and there are not many veterans in Yecheng who can afford to fight. Qin Wu didn't dare to let these Zhao soldiers into the city, obviously because he was worried that he would not be able to control these soldiers due to insufficient troops, and he was afraid that he would be turned against him. ”

Looking at the dilapidated walls of Yecheng that were smashed by the boulders thrown by catapults, Zhao Ru secretly said in his heart.

Although he couldn't enter the city, Zhao Ru thought that he had roughly figured out the strength of the current Wu army, even with the support of himself and others, but there were not many soldiers in the wild city who could fight a battle, and Qin Wu did not dare to accept Zhao soldiers into the city.

The wolf cub who has no teeth can fight the wolf king with sharp teeth and claws after all.

After having this idea in his heart, Zhao Ru took 5,000 Zhao soldiers to camp on the high mountain, and then transported the city crossbow, weapons, food and other materials into Yecheng, and then returned to Licheng with regret.

"Go to Ji, Feng Zheng, Xi Qishu, Zhao Ji, you take the troops to the high mountain to receive the five thousand Zhao soldiers. Disperse to receive, and then disperse and merge into the squads. ”

After Zhao Ru walked away, a smile appeared on his face, and Qin Wu suddenly ordered.

"Yes, my lord!"

The four of them received the order, each of them went out of the city with an army of 5,000 respectively, and then after the 5,000 Zhao soldiers on the mountain were reduced to zero, they were absorbed into their own legions.

Qin Wu was not worried that there were scout spies of the Zhao army among the five thousand Zhao soldiers, because Yecheng was allowed to enter and not leave, all secrets were hidden in the city, and the Zhou Dynasty did not have such a communication tool as flying pigeons, so all the information in Yecheng could be said to be isolated by Qin Wu.

After absorbing these 5,000 Zhao soldiers, the number of the armed army did not decrease due to frequent battles, and the establishment of 55,000 was still maintained while ensuring combat effectiveness.

And the ten dark gold-level generals among the five thousand Zhao soldiers maintained a cautious attitude, and Qin Wu did not let them lead the troops, but incorporated them into his own golden guards.

The wild city, which is completely isolated from the outside world, can prohibit Zhao Bing, who lacks human agility and intelligence, from passing on information, but these dark gold-level generals with human-like wisdom may leak the secrets of the martial army. In this case, Qin Wu simply let them follow him, firstly, to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the pro-guard team, and secondly, to ensure that the true strength of the martial army would not be known to outsiders in a short period of time.

After all this was done, Nojo went back to his own unique rhythm. Government affairs, public security, production, training, armaments, in addition to commerce, the conditions that a strong city should have, Yecheng should have.

Meng Tian realized the strength of the generals of Yecheng this time, and understood that once Yecheng was in danger, within two days, the reinforcements of Zhao State in Licheng would arrive.

Zhao Ru thought that Yecheng had reached its limit and was about to lose its hold, although Meng Tian was defeated by Qin Wu this time, he also had this judgment in his heart.

Next time, the strength of the Qin army that came back may be unprecedentedly strong, all just to capture Yecheng in one fell swoop in a short time.

And the next battle is also very important for Qin Wu. What is the future of the Wu army, whether Yecheng can be accepted, whether it can change the current predicament that has been passively beaten, and all the next battle.

For this reason, Qin Wu must also start his own preparations.

Five days later, Meng Tian made a comeback with 80,000 Qin soldiers and a large number of newly built siege equipment. Among them, 60,000 attacked the city, and 20,000 blocked between Yecheng and Licheng, cutting off Qin Wu's reinforcements.

60,000 men lined up battle formations under the west, south, and north gates of Yecheng, and 20,000 troops were arranged at each gate, and the focus of the attack was still on the west gate. After a burst of indiscriminate bombardment of 20 catapults, the city crossbows supported by Li Cheng on the West Gate were finally scrapped again, and after killing the city crossbows, Meng Tian shouted, and the Qin soldiers who were black and oppressive were like black ants that swept the earth, and pressed towards Yecheng.

The Wu army archers at the head of the city frantically poured arrows at the Qin soldiers below the city, while the catapults in the Qin army continued to throw boulders non-stop, attacking the city walls, and at the same time suppressing the Wu army archers on the city head.

With the help of catapults, the defense of the city by the armed army showed a difficult state from the beginning.

Rumble!

Just when a group of Qin soldiers with a ladder rushed to the bottom of the city, and just wanted to put the ladder on the top of the city, there was a sudden loud noise, and the ladder on the head of the city was steep and short, and they couldn't touch the head of the city at all, or they staggered and fell to the rear, and for a while, many Qin soldiers were injured by their own ladders.

Looking down, a large pit under the city can be seen, a large number of Qin soldiers put dozens of ladders on the ground, the weight carried exceeded the limit, the wooden stakes supporting camouflage in the pit collapsed, and the ladders and Qin soldiers under the city naturally all fell into it.

"Throw the corpses on the ground into the pit, fill the hole, and continue the attack!"

Seeing that the big pit that suddenly appeared under the city blocked the offensive of the Qin army, Meng Tian's face did not change, and he was not moved, and shouted loudly.

Hearing the order of the commander, the Qin army melee infantry under the city carried the corpses of their own soldiers nearby against the rain of arrows pouring from the city, walked towards the city, and then threw them into the big pit.

The Wujun archers at the head of the city did not take much advantage of the double-layer attack of the Qin army's archers and catapults under the upper city, so although the sudden appearance of the big pit under the city prevented the Qin infantry from ascending the city for more than ten minutes, it did not cause much casualties to the Qin army.

The archers of both sides fired at each other, and the catapults attacked recklessly, and although the long-range troops of the Qin army suffered heavy casualties, the losses of the archers of the armed army at the head of the city were equally heavy.

"Siege!"

More than ten minutes later, the Qin army filled the big pit under the city with the flesh and blood of the soldiers who died in battle, Meng Tian gave an order, the lower end of the ladder was erected on the flesh and blood of the Qin soldiers who died in battle, and the upper end was slowly put on the head of the wild city, and then a Qin soldier named black clothes and black armor brandished his weapon to climb the ladder and climbed towards the city.

"Kerose!"

The Qin soldiers who were constantly approaching the head of the city, Qin Wu could clearly see the crazy and hideous expressions on their faces, and after struggling to push a cloud ladder down the city wall, Qin Wu shouted.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

The soldier leaning on the battlements squatted down, lifted a jar of fire oil and smashed it towards the ladder around him, and the sound of the clattering sound was the sound of the oil tank hitting the hard wooden ladder and shattering.

"Set fire!"

Qin Wu shouted again.

The fire mages on the head of the city released fire spells to the ladder contaminated with fire oil, and with a bang, the ladders burned, and with the blazing bright yellow flames, dozens of Qin soldiers who were covered in flames jumped off the ladder and fell to their deaths under the city.

This time, almost all of the dozens of ladders erected on the wild city have become fire ladders, and the fire on the ladders will not be extinguished in a short time.

"On the second echelon!"

It is very normal for the ladder to be burned during the siege, Meng Tian was not discouraged and continued to order.

Along with Meng Tian's order, dozens of new ladders were erected in front of the Qin army's large attack stronghold, and hundreds of Qin soldiers carried them and continued to rush towards the city walls.

"Drop the rocket!"

Meng Tian ordered again.

A group of Qin archers suddenly took out special feather arrows from their waists, tied with strips of cloth stained with fire oil, and after taking out the fire fold and igniting the rockets, these Qin archers shot the feather arrows burning on the bowstring towards the city.

Because of the attack of the catapults, many oil tanks on the city were directly smashed by the boulders falling from the sky, and the yellow fire oil flowed everywhere, and with the fall of rockets, the city was also lit everywhere, like a carpet of flames.

(To be continued)