When the first rays of dawn jumped from the end of the horizon, piercing the dark night sky and bringing the first rays of light to the earth, the Qin army, who had stayed up all night on the city wall, found that five hundred steps away, in addition to a white expanse on the ground, where could the shadow of the Chu army be seen.

The weather was already hot, and the fire under the city was still burning, and the Qin army, who had maintained a defensive posture on the city wall all night, was covered in sweat. It wasn't until dawn that they saw that the Chu army under the city had long since disappeared, so they let out a long breath and sat on the ground and kept fanning the cool breeze with their palms.

After letting go of the fire, Xiang Ye and Wei Feng returned to the barracks and slept beautifully, and the next day when the sun climbed up three poles, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and walked out of the tent.

As soon as he walked to the curtain, a personal soldier opened the curtain and rushed in, just bumping into Xiang Ye.

"Will ...... Will...... Checkmate! When the soldier bumped into Xiang Ye, his legs were immediately weakened, and he stammered for a long time before he shouted "general".

"Will ...... What a fart! Xiang Ye, who had not fully woken up, was hit by this pro-soldier, and staggered back two steps, waiting for him to stabilize his figure, glared at the pro-soldier with some depression and scolded: "Headless and brainless, what are you bumping into?" Your sister-in-law was abducted and stolen from your daughter-in-law? ”

"Ugh!" The soldier was originally a little scared, but he was scolded by Xiang Ye, but his scolding mood calmed down a bit, he straightened the corners of his clothes, straightened up and said to Xiang Ye: "Report to the general, my sister-in-law has already been married, and my daughter-in-law has already run away with Liu Laosan in the neighboring village last year!" ”

"Rub!" The words of the pro-soldier almost didn't put Xiang Ye down for Lei, this thing is really real, and even the daughter-in-law ran away with someone without hesitation.

He glanced at the soldier in a depressed manner, and said angrily: "Say, run in in a panic, what is the matter?" ”

"It's going to be a siege." The soldiers bowed their waists and said timidly at Xiang Ye.

"There's going to be a war!" As soon as Xiang Ye heard that he was going to attack the city, he hurriedly took off the armor from the shelf in the tent, and put it on his body without a head, and his own soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to help him put on the armor, and then bowed down and stood aside.

After putting on his armor, Xiang Ye came out of the camp, and another personal soldier hurriedly helped him bring Chi Ji over.

He turned over and jumped on horseback, and at this time, Meng Su and the others also came out of the tent one after another, and everyone gathered together and followed Xiang Ye to the place where the army was assembled.

The Chu army, under the leadership of Xiang Yu, drove mightily to the place where it had come the day before.

In the distance, they saw that the city of Yongqiu was still burning with sporadic firelight, and under the baking of the fire, the city wall that had been painted by the mountain paint had more charred carbon.

"Where's Yingbu?" After the army lined up in formation, Xiang Yu looked at the Yongqiu city wall and shouted loudly: "Come and listen to the order!" ”

When Yingbu, who had black characters tattooed on half of his face, heard the shout, he hurriedly rode his horse out, came to Xiang Yu and clasped his fists and said, "The last general will obey the general's orders!" ”

After Yingbu came out of the ranks, Xiang Ye couldn't help but glance at Shi Lei twice. Half of Yingbu's face is a bit similar to Shi Lei's, and the two of them also have big black characters engraved on their faces, but Yingbu's face is engraved with the word "prisoner", while Shi Lei's face is engraved with the word "obscene".

Xiang Yu's eyes were still on the Yongqiu city wall in the distance, he raised the halberd in his hand, pointed towards the city wall, and said to Yingbu: "Order your department to attack Yongqiu!" ”

"Order!" Yingbu answered, and rode back to his home camp.

"Listen to me! Start the siege! Returning to the main formation, Yingbu raised his spear diagonally and shouted to the soldiers and horses of his headquarters: "Kill! ”

With his order, tens of thousands of soldiers holding large shields rushed out of the Yingbu camp, and these soldiers did not form a shield formation like the soldiers and horses under Ji Bu's command the day before, but rushed towards the Yongqiu city wall with a loud shout.

Hundreds of Chu troops held a large shield in one hand and a siege ladder in the other, and ran quickly towards the city wall; In addition, twenty or thirty Chu soldiers rushed towards the Yongqiu City Gate with a thick log.

The Chu army scattered the formation and rushed towards Yongqiu City like a tide. Seeing this, Li You in the city hurriedly ordered the Qin army to do a good defense.

The newly succeeded the dead general of the Qin army, who gave orders, stood at the head of the city, he did not look at the Chu army rushing towards the foot of the city like a tide under the city, but stared nervously at Li You's face, observing every small change in Li You's facial expression.

When the Chu army under the city rushed to a place that was only more than 300 steps away from the city wall, Li You waved his hand at the general. After seeing Li You's gesture, the general hurriedly shouted: "Crossbowman listens to the order!" Launch! ”

With a loud roar from the general, the crossbowmen of the Qin army on the city wall shot a dense array of crossbow arrows at the Chu army below the city.

The raindrops of crossbow arrows flew towards the city, and when the crossbow arrows fell, the Chu army hurriedly squatted down and blocked the big shield in front of them. Dense crossbow arrows were shot into the Chu army, and there was a sudden sound of "crackling" on the battlefield like raindrops hitting an umbrella.

After a baptism of crossbow arrows, Yingbu's combat strategy and Jibu's combat strategy suddenly stood apart.

Yingbu scattered the soldiers and charged towards the city wall in battle, which on the surface seemed to be loosely disciplined and undisciplined, but when the crossbow arrows fell on the city, the soldiers could hide behind the big shield, although the crossbow arrows were dense, but they did not pose much threat to Yingbu's soldiers.

And Ji Bu, with the shield array to advance forward, the tactical coordination between the soldiers is particularly important, a slight difference, it may cause a defensive hole, it is easy to be broken through the defense by the crossbow arrows of the Qin army.

The attacking Chu army squatted on the ground, advancing forward little by little, and saw that it was less than a hundred steps away from the city wall.

At this moment, the Qin army on the city suddenly added many archers into the battle sequence, and crossbow arrows and bows poured down towards the city together, and suddenly under the city of Yongqiu, a criss-crossing arrow network was intertwined within a radius of 100 steps.

Under the dense net of arrows, some Chu troops failed to protect themselves well after all, and fell to the ground with arrows.

"Kill!" The general who led the charge of the Chu army held a large shield, resisting the rain of arrows falling from the city, and at the same time took the lead in rushing towards the foot of the city.

The Chu army, who was carrying a log, held a shield on his head in one hand, and braved the rain of arrows to lift the log and rushed towards the city gate.

Braving the rain of arrows, the Chu army finally rushed to the city, and the city was still "beepping" and dancing with flames, and a stench of burnt corpses stimulated the Chu army's olfactory nerves.

Some Chu soldiers couldn't stand the stench, and unconsciously reached out to pinch their noses, they only relaxed a little, and they were shot by arrows falling from the city, and fell to the ground.

The Chu army, who rushed to the city gate with the logs, violently slammed the city gate with the logs, and the city gate let out a painful ** under their impact.

"Oil!" At the head of the city, Li You held a shield in front of him, glanced at the Chu army who was hitting the city gate below, and shouted to the general.

The general hurriedly ordered the soldiers to transport the boiling oil to the city head directly above the city gate, the cauldron was very hot, and the soldiers of the Qin army wrapped their sleeves around the pot ears on both sides of the cauldron, carried a pot of boiling oil to the city, and then poured it down against the city gate.

The boiling oil fell down, and there was a miserable howl at the city gate, and the Chu army who was doused with boiling oil screamed miserably, covering his scalded face, and fell to the ground and kept writhing.

A pot of boiling oil was poured by the Qin army towards the city, and the Chu army pouring at the gate of the city fell down one by one under the burning of the boiling oil, and a corpse that seemed to have been fried soon piled up on the ground.

Deterred by the boiling oil, the Chu army gave up the attack on the city gate and instead rushed towards the siege ladder that had been erected on the city wall.

The Chu army climbed the siege ladder with a large shield and a rain of arrows, and climbed to the city wall with difficulty.

The Qin army in the city saw that the arrows could not hinder the Chu army too much, and many soldiers carried boulders and smashed them towards the Chu army that was climbing towards the city.

The big shield has the advantage of being able to protect the warriors in a larger area, but at the same time, it also has a disadvantage, that is, when attacked, the force area is too large.

The big stone of the Qin army smashed on the shield of the Chu army that blocked the big shield above their heads and climbed upwards, and the Chu army with the shield below was overwhelmed and fell down the city like dumplings.

When the Chu army ascended the city, the Qin army's archers and crossbowmen aimed at the waist of the Chu army who were climbing the siege ladder, and shot these Chu troops from the ladder who only cared about protecting the top of their heads but neglected the lower half of their bodies.

A group of Chu soldiers finally braved the large stones dropped by the Qin army and arrows fired from the side to reach the top of the city, and most of them were pierced with spears by the Qin army who were already waiting there as soon as they reached the city wall, and only a few managed to gain a foothold.

As soon as the Chu army who climbed the city wall stood firm, he swung his sword at the Qin crossbowmen and archers beside him, and several Qin crossbowmen were slashed unsuspectingly, screaming and falling to the ground.

Seeing that someone had gone up to the city wall, the Qin army hurriedly rushed over to this side, and these Chu troops saw the Qin army rushing towards them, and hurriedly formed a circle, preparing to resist the attack of the Qin army.

The Chu army under the city was still swarming towards the city, and people were constantly being shot down by boulders and arrows to the foot of the city.

The flames that ignited the night before were also smashed by these fallen Chu army corpses, and nearly a thousand Chu army bodies that had lost their lives were added to Yongqiu City.

Just when the two sides were fighting to a critical juncture, there was a sound of singing gold from the Chu army's large array. The Chu army, which was besieging the city, heard the sound of gold, did not dare to delay, and hurriedly retreated to the main formation.

The Chu army, who had already climbed the city wall, heard the sound of gold from the main formation, looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and the oldest soldier said to a few partners beside him: "Brothers, it seems that we are going to die here today, my brother said to my brothers in advance, when we get there, no one is allowed to go first, wait for the brothers to gather, let's go on the road together!" ”

"Let's hit the road together!" After he finished speaking, several Chu soldiers raised their weapons at the same time, shouted in unison, and rushed towards the Qin army that was rushing over.