Chapter 119: The Battle of Yongqiu 12
The Chu army carried the triangular ladder and rushed to a place only forty or fifty steps away from Yongqiu City, and a team of archers braved the heavy rain to climb to the ladder and opened their bows and arrows to shoot towards Yongqiu City.
The heavy rain blinded the eyes of the archers of the Chu army, and when they shot arrows, the target they aimed at was somewhat deviated, but the Qin army in the city was still unable to raise their heads by the bow and arrow.
Some of the Qin troops braved the flying arrows to pick up the Chu army from the city wall and shoot them, and the arrows that fell to the ground were handed over to the Qin archers to let them launch a counterattack against the Chu army.
Under the counterattack of the Qin army, from time to time, the archers of the Chu army standing on the ladder were shot down, and the Qin army on the city suffered even heavier losses.
When the arrows fall to the ground, most of them will break, and only a few of them will be intact, and the Qin army that picks up the arrows will not only have to choose the ones that are intact, but also risk being shot by the arrows flying from behind.
After the Chu army attacked with bows and arrows for more than half an hour, Xiang Ye gave the order for the whole army to attack the city.
A large number of Chu troops rushed towards the city wall with siege ladders and logs. The Qin army on the city wall was ready to prevent the Chu army from landing in the city.
The Qin army behind the city gate moved a lot of messy things to block the city gate tightly, and the log of the Chu army hit the city gate, and the city gate only shook slightly, but there was no sign that it was about to be knocked open.
Xiang Ye frowned, paying attention to the progress of the siege.
This time the siege of the Chu army was almost the same as the effect of the siege of the city by the Chu army of Yuzi period the day before, the Chu army climbed the city wall, but was soon driven down by the Qin army.
After launching three general attacks in a row, Xiang Ye raised his head and looked at the sky.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the bean-sized raindrops hit Xiang Ye's face, making him a little unable to see the scenery in front of him.
He wiped his face and let out a long breath, seeing that the hour should be close to noon, looking at the Chu army who charged the city wall for the third time and retreated, Xiang Ye squinted his eyes slightly.
"Suspend the siege, the archers will cover the city!" After the Chu army withdrew, Xiang Ye waved his hand, and more archers ran towards the ladder.
A rain of arrows like flying locusts poured down on Yongqiu City, and many Qin troops were shot by the rain of arrows and fell.
Li You shuttled back and forth among the Qin army with a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, boosting the morale of the Qin army.
"Soldiers, don't be afraid!" Li You shuttled around the city wall and shouted to the Qin army: "Although the robbers have bows and arrows, we have the city wall, hide at the root of the city wall, don't show your head, they can't shoot us!" ”
The Qin army hid behind the battlements, arrows flew over their heads, and some Qin soldiers who were desperately trying to pick up clusters of arrows fell under the dense rain of arrows, and the broken walls of Yongqiu City witnessed their determination to resist desperately.
"Be careful, sir!" Li Youzheng was bending down and running on the city wall, and the general behind him suddenly roared and threw him down, before he was knocked down, his left arm suddenly hurt, and an arrow pierced his clothes and pierced deep into his left arm.
"My lord, my lord, hide!" After Li You was shot by an arrow, the general and two Qin soldiers picked him up and hurriedly hid behind the battlements.
Xiang Ye looked at the Yongqiu city wall expressionlessly, a row of arrows flew towards the city, and hit the flagpole of the Qin army's battle flag, and the flagpole made a crisp "click" sound, and fell crookedly.
Just as the Chu army was about to cheer for the fall of the banner of the Qin army, two soldiers of the Qin army stood up, and they put the banner straight up.
The arrows whistled towards them, instantly shooting the two Qin soldiers into two hedgehogs, they hugged each other's arms before they died, their bodies against each other, and protected the banner in the middle.
The muscles on Xiang Ye's cheeks twitched a few times, and Qin Jun's determination to protect the banner made him feel sad from the bottom of his heart.
This battle will be the last battle to break through Yongqiu, Xiang Ye let out a long breath, from the Qin army's actions to protect the banner, he has already seen that this will be a battle without prisoners.
"Attack with all your troops!" After the archers of the Chu army fired arrows at the city for a full hour, Xiang Ye drew the long sword at his waist, turned over and jumped off the war horse, and personally led the Chu army of his headquarters to rush towards the city wall.
Seeing Xiang Ye rushing out, Meng Su also hurriedly jumped off his horse, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, and followed Xiang Ye towards the city wall.
The black-pressed Chu army rushed towards the Yongqiu city wall like a tide, and the Qin army on the city wall was still unable to raise its head under the suppression of the Chu archers.
The first siege ladder was erected, and the archers of the Chu army were still firing arrows at the city wall.
The Qin army had the intention to get up and organize a defense, but the arrows flying overhead suppressed them and couldn't raise their heads.
A siege ladder was set up on the top of the city, the Chu army began to climb towards the city, and the archers of the Chu army shot fewer arrows than before, when the top Chu army was about to climb the city, the archers finally stopped the attack on the Qin army in the city, leaving only Bai Fu and Wei Feng still sniping the Qin army without hurry.
A team of Chu troops held the log and hit the dilapidated city gate of Yongqiu, the city gate has been hit for several days, and has begun to be somewhat deformed, under the violent impact, the city gate emits a painful **, shaking, if it is not for the pile of debris behind the door, it will have been knocked open by the Chu army a long time ago.
Xiang Ye held a long sword and found a siege ladder to climb up behind the soldiers.
Xiang Yu looked at the Yongqiu city wall from afar, and when he saw Xiang Ye start to climb the siege ladder, the corners of his mouth pulled up slightly, and he finally saw the hope of breaking the city.
The Chu army rushed to the head of the city, and the Qin army on the city was a group, and the Chu army at the city gate also gathered more and more, they carried the logs, and hit the city gate hard, after each impact, the city gate will crack a larger gap with a painful **.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the Chu army finally broke through the city gate, and the tide of Chu troops rushed towards the city gate.
When the city gate was smashed open, Xiang Yu raised his halberd and pointed forward, shouting: "The whole army charges!" ”
"Kill!" The Chu army let out a roar of rage and rushed towards the city gate under the leadership of Xiang Yu.
Seeing that the gate had been broken, the Qin army at the gate hurriedly set up a spear array in the door hole in an attempt to resist the Chu army pouring in.
The Chu army, which rushed to the front, held a shield and fiercely slammed into the Qin army's spear array. Most of the shields sidetracked their spears aside, and the shield-wielding Chu army rushed into the Qin army, picking up their swords and slashing at them.
There were also a few Chu troops who were unlucky, the shield was brittle due to long-term use and no maintenance, and after colliding with the spear of the Qin army, it was pierced by the spear along with the owner of the shield.
Bai Fu and Wei Feng stood on the ladder that had been erected, aiming at the Qin army on the city wall and firing arrows, and Shi Lei led a group of Chu troops to attack the city gate directly.
Xiang Ye and Meng Su climbed the city wall and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Qin army in the city. Seeing Xiang Ye ascending the city wall, Xiang Qing also quickly urged the horse to rush to the city, jumped off the horse, and climbed along the siege ladder towards the city.
The formation formed by the Qin army at the gate of the city was being scattered by the Chu army little by little, and when the two sides were in a stalemate, Xiang Yu led the army to kill it.
Xiang Yu rode the black horse straight into the door hole where the scuffle was taking place, and when he was about to rush in front of the Qin army, he lifted the reins, and the black horse let out a long neigh, and then jumped up in the air, jumped over the head of the Qin army, and landed behind them.
As soon as the four hooves of the black horse landed, Xiang Yu lifted the reins again, turned the horse's head, and rushed towards the back of the Qin army.
The halberd was raised, and the Qin army fell to the ground one after another, and under Xiang Yu's charge, the Qin army's formation fell into chaos. But the Qin army, which had already made up their minds to die, did not retreat, they shouted in unison and rushed towards Xiang Yu.
As soon as the formation of the Qin army was chaotic, the Chu army surrounded them with a "bang", and under the city gate, a scene was formed in which the Qin army surrounded Xiang Yu, and the Chu army surrounded the Qin army.
On the city wall, Xiang Ye swung his long sword, slashing horizontally and vertically, and all the Qin troops in front of him became the souls of his sword one by one.
"My lord, let's go!" When Xiang Ye was about to rush in front of Li You, the Qin army general stopped in front of Li You and shouted to the group of Qin troops behind him: "Quickly escort the adults away!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the general screamed and stabbed at Xiang Ye with a spear. Xiang Ye twisted his body, dodged the spear he stabbed, raised his sword and fell, and the long sword slashed fiercely on the back of the general.
The general was slashed with a sword on his back, but he did not fall, but dropped the spear, turned around and pounced on Xiang Ye, hugged his legs, and shouted to Li You with bloodshot from the corners of his mouth: "My lord, go quickly!" ”
With tears in his eyes, Li You rushed towards the city surrounded by a group of Qin troops.
Xiang Ye turned his head, raised his long sword high, and was about to slash at the Qin army general who was holding his leg, when a Chu army held up a spear and pierced the back of the general's heart.
The general's body was slowly getting colder, but his hands were still tightly holding Xiang Ye's calves.
Xiang Ye kicked his leg hard, but he didn't shake off the corpse of the general of the Qin army, he had to press the shoulder of the corpse with one hand, and raised the other foot that was not held and kicked towards the chest of the corpse.
When he was tired and sweaty, and finally kicked the body of the Qin army's partial general, when he wanted to look for Li You again, Li You had already disappeared.
Li You retreated to the city under the escort of a group of Qin troops, and the city gate had already been breached by the Chu army, which rushed into the city and quickly occupied the streets.
"My lord, there are few bandits in the west of the city, so we can leave from there!" A Qin soldier followed behind Li You, and seeing that the city was full of Chu troops, he said to Li You a little nervously: "We escorted you out of the city, and we have nothing to lose without Great Qin, but without you, there is one less barrier." I just hope that the adults can lead the army to stop the robbers in the future and protect my family members! ”
Li You looked at the soldier, and then glanced at the other soldiers on the side, and saw that all of them were resolute and generous to death, he let out a long sigh and said to this group of Qin troops: "Let's go, kill with me!" ”