Chapter 256: Filling the Trenches

Although it is not a salvo, the arrows are rarely missed when such people are crowded.

The Yongjun suffered casualties, propped up the wooden ladder on the city wall, and then began to climb upwards desperately, it may be that the craftsmen were not good at mathematics, when the Yongjun soldier who climbed first climbed to the first horizontal ladder, his hand could not even reach the battlement, he watched with a desperate face as a large stone was thrown out of the battlement and smashed on his body.

Such speechless incidents that made the Yongjun soul go live in an endless stream, and the Yongjun's first official siege of the city was completely declared a failure.

After dropping more than 2,000 corpses, the Yongjun withdrew from the battlefield amid the sharp and piercing sound of gold.

Qin Yu was very close to the battlefield, and he had already discovered that the Yongjun suffered such heavy casualties, all because of the problem with the siege wooden ladder.

He strode into the big tent of the Chinese army, threw his helmet on the table, and said to Qin Xuan and Qin Mu hatefully, "These waste craftsmen! The wooden ladder was one man high from the city! This is nothing short of murder! Come! Cut down all the craftsmen who made the wooden ladders for me!"

The herald who had entered the account was about to turn around and go out to deliver the order when he received the order, when he heard Qin Xuan and Qin Mu say loudly, "Slow!!"

Qin Mu came to Qin Yu and said with good words, "Brother Huang, there are only so many craftsmen, you killed them, where can we go to find the craftsmen?" It is better to punish the small punishment and the big commandment, and let these craftsmen make meritorious contributions."

Qin Yu had no choice but to agree, after all, it was impossible to let those rough men in the army under his command make siege equipment, in that case, whether they could reach the city head or not, it was unknown whether it would be strong or not.

Wang Rong looked at the retreating Yongjun, holding a knife in one hand and crossing his waist in the other, walking in the head of Yongxian County, which had just undergone a baptism of blood and war.

Li Sujie followed behind Wang Rong, his hand pressed on the hilt of the knife, and his eyes were sharp.

Wang Rong saw Yuan Tiangang, took a few steps forward, and said, "Sledgehammer, how is it? I didn't hurt it."

Yuan Tiangang grinned, a mouthful of white teeth, shining, he patted the nail leaf on his chest, and said, "Military commander, it's not me who blows, the person in this world who can kill me has not been born yet."

When Li Sujie heard this, he pursed his lips and sneered: "Sledgehammer, if you and the tower don't brag for a day, you will be uncomfortable."

Yuan Tiangang didn't refute, just laughed there.

Wang Rong watched the military doctors of the Military Medical Department busy in the city, and his heart was relieved, he still remembered that when he was in Pinyang, he saw the situation of his parents.

Pinyang is not too far away from Xuyang, the Wang family is a big family in Pinyang County, but compared with the royal Qin family, it is not worth mentioning at all.

After Wang Rong and Wang Bo were divided into states, the second prince Qin Xu was of course extremely concerned about Pinyang, an important place in Guanzhong, and he sent an army of 2,000 people to disband the soldiers of Pinyang County, and divided 1,000 people to closely monitor the settlement of the Wang family in Pinyang.

This kind of disguised house arrest made the living resources of the Wang family rapidly scarce, coupled with the oppression of the army, before Wang Rong led the state army to Pingyang, the Wang family had died for various reasons, and more than a dozen Wang women were insulted to death by the Yongjun who was watching.

The speed of the Bingzhou army made the two thousand Yong troops directly blocked in the city of Pinyang County, and Wang Rong directly ordered not to take prisoners and kill them all, in order to comfort the unjustly killed Wang clansmen.

Wang Rong even gathered the young and strong of the Wang clan, distributed ordnance, and sent two personal guards to form a guard army.

Wang Rong looked at his elderly mother and bedridden father, and asked Zhang Pu to follow a team of military doctors back to Bingzhou with the Wang family.

Now, looking at the Yong army outside the city, surrounded by three layers outside the city, Wang Rong is extremely glad of his decision, he is really afraid that Zhang Pu will follow him and fall into such a dangerous situation.

Catching up with the Bingzhou army and encircling Yongxian did not make the Yongjun feel the joy of military exploits, but after two defeats, the army suffered heavy losses, and the morale of the Yongjun army almost collapsed.

Fortunately, the three princes were not easy to match, and they barely maintained the army, and the rewards and the promotion of food were able to stop the decline.

The Yongjun side was defeated again and again, with heavy losses, and the three princes were there

The Chinese army has made a decision in the tent, the whole army! The current army of more than 100,000 people will be selected as healthy soldiers and soldiers, and the old, weak, sick and disabled will be eliminated.

Moreover, the Yongjun suffered two big losses in a row, and the three princes were also cautious, no longer fantasizing about being able to go down to Yongxian without a fight, but were ready to build more siege equipment and attack Yongxian step by step.

Wang Rong in Yongxian City commanded the soldiers to make the ordnance to defend the city, there were many houses in Yongxian County, which could provide a large number of wood and stones, and the craftsmen in the army rushed to make arrows, and the righteous servants, traps and pioneers repaired the broken ordnance.

Both inside and outside the city are equally busy, except that those inside the city have to defend the city, and those outside the city have to enter the city.

The whole army of the Yongjun army was carried out for three days, and on the fifth day of the siege, Qin Yu, Qin Xu, and Qin Mu led the army and came to the city of Yongxian for the third time.

This time, the army besieged the city, and the two sides fought two battles, and the reality of both sides was clear, and there was nothing to be tempted. Both sides opened their respective positions and prepared for a big battle.

This time, the Yong army concentrated its forces to attack the West Gate. And the west gate was guarded by 5,000 warriors led by Meng Song himself.

Qin Mu personally came to the battle array, and Xue Ting, the general of Xinwu under his command, personally led the army to attack the city, and the Yongjun army was pressed by black, which was very scary. The thousands of soldiers standing in the front row, each carrying a bag of soil, rushed desperately to the trench outside the city to the rumbling war drums.

When the traps at the head of the city saw that the Yong army was going to fill the moat, they immediately opened their bows and arrows, set up crossbows and dropped arrows, and shot at the Yong soldiers who filled the trenches.

The soldiers of the Yongjun army who rushed to the trench kept being shot and fell to the ground, and some timid soldiers saw that their comrades were shot and wounded, and they fell to the ground and wailed, and immediately trembled with fright, and with a shake of their hands, they dropped their sacks and fled backwards. But before he could run a few steps, he was slashed to the ground by the murderous Overseer team who was armed with a ring-headed knife.

The Overseers formed an invisible line, and all the soldiers who escaped to this line were killed, and the blood and corpses irritated the people, so that they were so frightened that they could only carry sacks and rush to the city to fill the trenches.

The Yong army was filling the moats all morning, and the two sides fought very rigidly, and the Yong army also suffered heavy casualties in all the siege units. But there is no way, they already lack long-range strike weapons and attack weapons, and they can only fill it with human lives.

Wang Rong has been standing at the head of the city to observe, it is not impossible for the Yongjun army to fight like this, but the efficiency of such a siege is extremely low, and Yongxian County will definitely not be able to break in the short term. What exactly does Yongjun want to do?.

And Qin Mu outside the city didn't understand what Qin Xuan wanted to do, but he was just curious about what Qin Xu's secret weapon was?

The fifth day's attack was spent in the filling of the trenches and the continuous casualties of the Yong army. The Yongjun relied on the strength of the people and filled in a few channels in the moat, but the moat of Yongxian County was wide, and it was impossible to completely fill it up.

Wang Rong looked at the soldiers of the Yong army under the city who were like ants moving, and thought that if he hadn't sent the wolf rider out of the city, he would have been able to lead the troops out to kill the Yong army on the opposite side.

The soldiers at the head of the city were very relaxed, they originally thought that today's defense of the city was to face life and death, but now they found that they only needed to throw arrows, and there were almost no casualties, so they became bolder.

As the day darkened and night fell, Wang Rong stood at the head of the city and said to Meng Song, "Shan Gao, you send a few troops of soldiers to fall into the city with ropes, and tear up the ditches that have been filled by the Yong army in the moat."

Meng Song bowed and saluted, "Oh!"

As soon as the order was delivered, a dozen or so soldiers fell down from the city with ropes, and quietly rushed to the side of the trench, and opened the part that had been filled, and the river washed away, and all the earth flowed away.

Wang Rong then instructed, "The mountain is high, and a team of soldiers should be stationed at each section of the city wall, and everyone else should go to rest under the city."

The soldiers of the trap brigade left behind the sentinels who patrolled the city, and the others withdrew to the city, and they fell asleep against the base of the wall.

Wang Rong did not rest, he walked quickly to the east city wall, and saw Yuan Tiangang personally leading a team of personal guards to patrol the city.

When Yuan Tiangang saw Wang Rong coming, he hurriedly stepped forward, gave a military salute, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Marshal, why are you here?" It's so late, it's time to rest."

Wang Rong shook his head

head, and said, "Rest for what? How's it going to be in the East Side?"

Yuan Tiangang said with a depressed face: "Marshal, what's going on with this Yongjun? Not to mention the grinding and chirping of this siege, the offensive is still very weak, and the girls are chirping."

Wang Rong glared at Yuan Tiangang and reprimanded, "What are you talking about? You weren't raised by your mother? This east city wall is facing Qin Xu, since this person ascended the throne and became emperor, he has resisted Qin Yu and Qin Mu alone, which shows his ability. Don't take it lightly!"

Yuan Tiangang was reprimanded, so he had to lower his head and answer.

Wang Rong then inspected the southern city wall, which was guarded by Chu Luxu with righteousness, Chu Luxu arranged the head of the city clearly, he saw Wang Rong coming, hurriedly stepped forward, and saluted: "Military commander."

Wang Rong looked at the city head with satisfaction, looked at Chu Luxu and said, "Brother Chu, you did a good job, how is the war during the day?"

Chu Luxu said respectfully: "Marshal, this Qin Xu's army has mostly cavalry and relatively few infantry, so the strength of the siege is not strong."

Wang Rong listened to Chu Luxu's words, nodded, and didn't say too much, but a trace of doubt rose in his heart. With this trace of doubt, Wang Rong came to the north city wall, which was the place where the personal guard battalion guarded. The reason why the northern wall is guarded by the personal guard battalion for such a long stretch,

When Wang Hao saw Wang Rong coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Master Hou, you are back."

Wang Wei nodded, took Li Sujie and Wang Hao to the city gate tower, he looked at Wang Hao and asked, "Ah Hao, what is the movement outside the North City today?"

Wang Mo shook his head and said, "During the day today, there was not a trace of movement outside the North City."

Wang Rong listened to Wang Yan's words, and the doubts in his heart deepened. He instructed, "Send elite guards to go down to the city overnight, go outside to investigate, and tell them to be careful."