As the sun set in the west, an even more brutal siege began.

Far more Hun soldiers than in the morning rushed towards the border city one after another, the soldiers at the head of the city continued to rotate, Chen Shou killed the Hun soldiers who rushed up with a sword, looking at the soldiers who were still charging one after another, I couldn't help but feel a little lucky, if it wasn't for Wang Ben with people to support in time, they couldn't stop these Hun soldiers at all.

Seeing the simple ladder that was once again on the head of the city, General Chen shouted

"Throw all the rolling wood and stones down for me!!"

"Yes!!"

The soldiers at the head of the city picked up the rolling wood and smashed down the ladder, the Hun soldiers who were climbing were smashed to the head by the stone on the spot, and a blood flowed out of the mouth and fell straight down, and some of the Hun soldiers were shot by bows and arrows, and the soldiers behind them were carried and fell down when they fell.

He glanced at the Hun soldiers gathered below, and thought that they were marching with a lot of oil this time, so he shouted

"Someone will bring up the oil and pour it down!!"

Hearing the weak order, Wang Ben kicked the Hun soldier in front of him and shouted

"Wait, don't pour the oil on it."

Suddenly looked at Wang Ben and asked puzzled

"General, why? The oil was poured down, and all of them had to die. ”

"Now it's freezing cold, and the oil is poured down and burned, and when the weather cools down, the walls are easy to crack." Wang Ben explained.

If it is a city wall of Fushi, the method of weakening is a good method, which can effectively stop the enemy, but the wall of the border city itself is fragile enough, if it is roasted by fire, it is now after winter, and the sun will go down in another hour, and the city wall at this time is cold, and cracks are likely to appear.

After thinking about it, they could only give up this idea, they needed to rely on the city wall to hold on for at least five days, if there was really a crack, it would be really self-defeating.

"All the people hold me down, hold these people down!" He shouted weakly, and then smashed the log off his hand.

King Zuo Xian on the chariot platform looked at the tragic battlefield in front of him, looking at the city head that could not be climbed for a long time, King Zuo Xian was very depressed in his heart, he could be said to have sent out most of the soldiers, even a part of him and King Youxian, but this did not rush to the city, and he was attacking the city on three sides this time, and wanted to rely on the strength of the people to attack, but the attack on each wall was interrupted at a critical moment.

"Damn, send someone up to attack the city!" King Zuo Xian shouted.

"It's getting late now, and the soldiers are tired, do you want to postpone the siege!?" A tribal leader asked.

Looking at the sunset, King Zuo Xian's expression was complicated, and finally people blew the horn of retreat, and with the retreat of the Hun soldiers, the soldiers on the city wall also got a chance to breathe. Wang Ben looked at the large number of corpses left by the retreating Hun soldiers outside the city, and shook his head helplessly.

"I hope I can hold on." Wang Ben muttered to himself.

It's not that Wang Ben thinks that their manpower is not enough to defend the city, but he hopes that the walls of the border city can hold up.

"General, the wounded have been transported, so go down and rest." Chen Shoujiang came to Wang Ben's side and said.

"Do you know the patrol rules and defense of the Hun camp?" Wang Ben turned his back to the sunset and looked at the Hun camp in front of him and said,

"This is not clear, after the Xiongnu camped before, the spies went to investigate, the Huns still follow the old rules, with the king's tent of Touman as the center, the left is their cronies, the right is the camp of the Zuoxian King and the Right Xianwang, and on the periphery are the camps of various tribes, as for the patrol, these camps are ordered everywhere, and the patrol is irregular." Chen Shoujiang said.

"You go down and pick a team of people to lead the way, and I and Dun Weak will take people out tonight to have a look." Wang Ben said.

"Is the general trying to attack the camp?" Chen Shoujiang asked.

"That's right, we can't just blindly defend, let's go tonight and see if there is a chance to attack the camp." Wang Ben said.

"No."

Wang Ben glanced at the Xiongnu camp and went down to the city with General Chen. The setting sun filled half of the sky, and the red sunset and the corpses and feathered arrows scattered outside the city created a sad atmosphere, and the condescending city looked down on the continuous camps below, and no one would be the first to be breached.

As the smoke rose, the sunset gradually disappeared, and the night covered the entire sky, and torches rose in the Xiongnu camp and the border city, and the soldiers patrolling on both sides did not dare to be careless. There was a dead silence in the king's tent of the Huns.

Tou Man sat on the throne and looked at the Zuo Xian King, the Right Xian King, and the tribal leaders who came to ask for sin, and threw the horsewhip in his hand aside.

"How did you promise me yesterday? More than 20,000 people can't take a city with 5,000 defenders, and you are used to enjoying it on weekdays, have you forgotten how to fight? Tou Man scolded at King Zuo Xian.

"Qi Qi Da Danyu, there are definitely more than 5,000 defenders in the city, we have suffered far more resistance this afternoon than in the morning, and the rain of arrows of the Qin army is far greater than in the morning, and many warriors have died on the way to charge." A tribal leader said.

"Shut up, I don't want to listen to these reasons, you have made a military order that you will definitely be able to take the city today, right? King Zuoxian? Right Virtuous King!? Touman said as he looked at his brother and uncle.

"Yes." King Zuo Xian lowered his head and said.

"Not now, what are you going to do?" Touman asked angrily.

"Please also give me another chance, I will definitely be able to win the city. Today is just to test the degree of resistance of the Qin army, give me another chance, and I will definitely be able to take the city. Zuo Xianwang said.

"Give you another chance, won't you? Will I give you another day and a half? Touman looked at King Zuo Xian and asked, although he really wanted to punish King Zuo Xian now, but he still held back the thought in his heart, now that King Zuo Xian can't convince the public, he needs to wait a little longer.

"Yes, if I have three more days, I will definitely be able to take the city." Zuo Xianwang said.

"Okay, I'll give you another three days. If the city is not captured after three days, then don't blame my military law. Touman said.

"If I don't take the city for three days, I'm willing to be punished." Zuo Xianwang said.

"Good! I want you to swear to the wolf god! ”

"I, Arut, the king of Zuoxian, swear to the wolf god that if I don't capture the city within three days, I am willing to bear some punishment." King Zuo Xian swore an oath.

"Okay, I'll give you three more days."

Touman looked at King Zuo Xian's eyes full of coldness, three days to capture the city, even if he sent a large army to suppress the border, he may not be able to do it, let alone King Zuo Xian. The other tribal leaders looked at King Zuo Xian who was forced to take an oath, and they couldn't help but feel a trace of pity in their hearts, and at the same time they were even more afraid of Tou Man, who was as powerful as King Zuo Xian, who was so powerful that they didn't dare to raise their heads under Tou Man, let alone them.

The meeting in the account of the king of the Xiongnu ended under the forced oath of King Zuoxian, and after King Zuoxian returned to his camp, he immediately found Zhihuan.

"The military advisor rescued me, and Da Danyu let me capture the city in three days, how can this be good?" King Zuo Xian looked at Zhihuan and said.

Zhihuan looked at King Zuo Xian and was a little stunned, he naturally knew what happened to the Xiongnu King's tent meeting, what kind of big order was for you, obviously you should do it yourself, thinking of the resistance of the Qin army during the day, Zhihuan didn't think that King Zuo Xian would be able to take the city in three days.

Looking at King Zuo Xian's anxious and expectant eyes, Zhihuan pondered for a moment and said

"The border city is difficult to capture, because the city head is condescending, and our soldiers are suppressed by the arrows and rolling wood and stones of the Qin army, if we can occupy a higher point and capture the city, it will be easier."

"Higher? The military advisor is joking, right? Don't you want our soldiers to fly into the sky? If our soldiers can fly, where will it take three days, and I will take the city today. Zuo Xianwang said.

Listening to Zhihuan's words, King Zuo Xian felt that what he had just said in the king's tent was a bit absolute, in the face of Touman's persecution, he was confused for a while, and in order to fight for a breath, he said that he would take the city in three days, calm down and think about it, this is simply impossible, unless he really keeps attacking the city regardless of casualties, but not to mention the leaders of other tribes, even King Youxian will not agree.

"Raise mountains and build tall buildings." Zhihuan said.

"What do you mean?" King Zuo Xian asked.

"The king can have his soldiers build a mound of earth or a tall building outside the border city that is higher than the city wall, and let the soldiers draw their bows and arrows on it, so that the defenders on the head of the city can be suppressed. It's just that it's more time-consuming. Zhihuan said.

Zuo Xianwang looked at Zhihuan with some surprise, he didn't expect this kind of operation, but after thinking about it, he found that he didn't have the ability to build tall buildings and raise mountains.

"The tall building, this time we didn't bring craftsmen, if it's a mound of earth, there is not enough sand around for us to use."

"The king can let the cavalry under his command and the cavalry of the tribal leaders go to other places to bring sand and soil and pile it up outside the city, and the craftsmen we bring are enough to lead the soldiers to complete the accumulation." Zhihuan said.

Zuo Xianwang thought about it for a while, and now there is only this way to try it, he knew that he would take the initiative to be punished today, and he would be punished more severely in three days. At that moment, King Zuo Xian hurriedly came to his captain of the guard and asked him to convey his order, and let the cavalry carry the sand and soil tomorrow, and at the same time sent someone to inform the other tribal leaders and the right Xian King, so that they could cooperate with him in transporting the sand and soil.

Tens of thousands of people transported sand together, and King Zuo Xian estimated that it would take less than a day to be able to transport enough sand.

At this time, taking advantage of the night, the gate of the border city was quietly opened, Wang Ben quietly walked out of the city with a weak and hundreds of cavalry, everyone quietly came to the Hun camp, looked at the well-defended Hun camp in front, and patted the soldiers on the side, and the soldiers immediately led the order to quietly touch towards the Hun camp.

(End of chapter)