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Under the blow of Congreve rockets, the Qin soldiers on the Liuyang Gate were quickly defeated, and the generals guarding the gate had to be replaced.

Zhang Hu, the general of the Qin army sitting in the city, also heard about the blow suffered by Liuyangmen, and saw the spectacular scene of the 32 rockets falling to the ground and exploding, he couldn't help but be afraid in his heart, and said to the left and right:

"The benefits of the Chu army's firearms are unheard of, but I am afraid that the city of Changsha will be flattened by the Chu army if it will not hold on for a few days."

There were many other Qin soldiers who thought the same as Zhang Hu, but they didn't have time to be pessimistic, and the Chu army finally stopped after indiscriminately bombarding the Changsha city wall with cannons for more than an hour.

After the bombardment, the city wall was already full of devastation, the surface was full of craters, and the Qin soldiers on the city wall were all shaken, they hid behind the still intact wall battlements, and looked at the Chu army position outside with lingering fears.

A few seconds later, only the sound of war drums was heard, and the infantry of the Chu army rushed towards the city wall with shouts, countless ladders, shield carts, dozens of siege rams, and siege towers mixed in it, slowly advancing under the impetus of manpower.

Seeing that the infantry of the Chu army launched an attack on the city, the Qin troops hiding in the city tower ran up to the city wall in the shouts of the officers, and under the roar and reprimand, the Qin soldiers quickly entered their respective positions and loaded the artillery erected on the city wall that was still intact.

"Put!"

Boom Boom Boom –

The Qin artillery on the city walls finally returned fire after enduring an hour of indiscriminate bombardment, and although they appeared weak because most of them had been destroyed in the previous shelling, the shells still caused some casualties to the Chu army.

The Chu soldiers ran, and from time to time shells fell into the crowd, smashing the bodies of some unlucky people to pieces, or directly penetrating the shield cart used as cover, killing the soldiers with rifles in the back.

As the Chu soldiers moved closer to the city walls, the Qin army's crossbows and bird guns were also thrown into battle—although the Qin army was also heavily armed with firearms, many of them were still keen on more primitive bows and crossbows.

Whoosh –

Arrows flew out of the city wall like raindrops and fell into the attacking Chu army's formation, and from time to time someone was shot by the flying arrows and fell to the ground with a scream, but more relied on the armor on his body to offset the power of the arrow clusters, and continued to attack with pain.

"Quick! Come on! Come on! ”

Xiao Wumen, Gao Simeng, the former leader of the Huaibei Rebel Army, who was mixed with the sentry chief, waved a gesture and beckoned his subordinates to follow, in front of him, a number of ladders had been set up on the city wall, and many soldiers raised their shields above their heads and climbed up the ladders.

The Qin soldiers on the city wall were also resisting stubbornly, and the bird gunners among them directly pretended to be brave enough to lean out and shoot the Chu army that was crawling in front, or put the muzzle of the gun into the shooting hole in the female wall to shoot, under such a close shot, almost every shot was sure to hit.

Bang –

"Uh-"

A Chu soldier was shot in the chest, looking at the muzzle of the gun that was still smoking two meters above his head in disbelief, and then the whole person fell straight down, the soldier on the ladder next to him didn't care about his sadness, and continued to climb up, but just when he was about to climb the city wall, a spear suddenly stabbed out of the city wall, penetrating his body, and the spear was pulled out hard, and the soldier's body fell down weakly.

In addition to manpower killing, the Qin army also used the rolling stone and the infamous gold juice, the Qin army held the rolling stone high and smashed it towards the ladder and the enemy army below, or put down the stone and directly swept the enemy army on the entire ladder, the weight of the rolling stone and the wood can ignore the protection of the helmet, and directly put the helmet with a piece of skull, and the brain bursts.

The wood is recyclable, and after only a few drops, the rough surface of the wood is covered in blood, and it is covered in lumps of flesh and brains, and it looks disgusting.

Even more deadly was the inhumane golden juice, a foul-smelling viscous liquid made from human and animal feces, so hot that even the Qin soldiers who used them couldn't help frowning and being dizzy when they approached.

But they still endured it, and poured buckets of boiling gold juice down the ladder, and the soldier who climbed the first one immediately "initiated", and was poured on his face by the boiling gold juice, and the skin was scalded, and he let out a heart-rending scream, and the juice also went down the ladder (this chapter is not over!). )

Chapter 265: A Failed Siege

The child flowed downward, and the soldiers holding the ladder in their hands were also burned.

For a time, the entire city wall was filled with a strong stench, and the heart-rending screams of the soldiers were endless.

Gao Simeng and his subordinates looked at the robes who died tragically under the golden juice with some panic, and did not dare to step forward, and at this moment, the heavy siege tower finally approached the city wall, so Gao Simeng led his men to climb the siege tower, intending to enter the city wall directly from the siege tower to fight the enemy.

But the soldiers of the Qin army had already prepared for the tall siege equipment, and they lined up on the opposite side of the siege tower to meet the enemy, and several of them carried unknown small jars in their hands, looking eager to try.

Under their gaze, the drawbridge at the top of the siege tower fell down and smashed heavily on the battlements, and the Chu soldiers inside rushed to the drawbridge with shouts and killed the city wall, but at this time, the Qin soldiers struggled to throw the jar towards the drawbridge, only to hear a few crisp clay pots cracking, and a strong smell of fire oil spread.

Then, a Qin army archer took a bow and drew arrows and shot fire arrows at the suspension bridge, which directly ignited the fire oil splashed on the suspension bridge, and the flames ignited instantly, swallowing the suspension bridge and the Chu soldiers on the suspension bridge, those soldiers screamed miserably, jumped from both sides of the suspension bridge, and fell to their deaths on the spot.

Under the stubborn resistance of the Qin soldiers, the siege lasted until dusk before finally ending with the retreat of the Chu army, although the Chu army attacked the city wall from time to time during this period, but was repelled by the timely support of the Qin army.

When the dull retreat horn sounded throughout the city, and the Chu army in red robes faded like a tide, the city was already full of corpses, the Qin army in black robes and the corpses of the Chu army in red robes were intertwined, and the siege equipment destroyed by shells and burned by fire was discarded on the battlefield at will, and they stood alone among the corpses, witnessing the desolation after the war.

In the first siege of the city, the Chu army was defeated, not to mention the loss of a large number of siege equipment, and the soldiers of the various sects also suffered heavy casualties, and the wounded soldiers in the camp wailed constantly, like purgatory on earth.

When Su Dingyuan walked out of the wounded barracks, the gloomy color on his face seemed to be able to drip ink, and he exhaled slowly, as if to expel the boredom in his chest, but this did not make his heavy mood much better.

It is said that Ci is not in charge of soldiers, but in the face of so many wounded soldiers, even people with a heart as hard as iron can't help but waver.

They're miserable!

Especially those soldiers who were wounded by the gold juice, their skin and flesh were directly burned by the skin, and the toxins in the gold juice also corroded their wounds, making the wounds infected and inflamed, even if they were bandaged and applied with ointment, the wounds still secreted a steady stream of yellow, foul-smelling thick water.

The military doctor told him that the soldiers who had been wounded by the gold juice were basically hopeless, and that the infection at the wound would worsen if it was not properly treated, eventually killing them.

After learning the news, Su Dingyuan's heart sank suddenly, suffocating and depressed.

Chapter 265: A Failed Siege