In the sky above Chen County, the rain of arrows crossed, and there would be a meteorite rain from time to time.

The big drum sounded earth-shattering, Sima Jie gave an order, the flag commander waved the flag quickly, and tens of thousands of Qin soldiers scattered the queue, and hit the city wall of Chen County wave after wave.

On the other side of the Chen County wall, Long He pulled out his bow, looked at the direction, and strung the two menacing Qin soldiers into a string with an indifferent expression.

This was the fifth day of the Qin army's attack on Chen County.

Unlike the first tentative attack, the Qin army's offensive became stronger day by day, and several times it attacked the walls of Chen County.

I don't know if it's the dragon who is really good at guarding, or Sima Jie deliberately releasing water.

200,000 Qin troops attacked Chen County, where 50,000 rebels were stationed, but they were stunned.

In the camp of the Qin army, Bai Lice looked at the Qin soldiers who were struggling forward, frowned slightly and said to Sima Jie: "Brother Sima, you said that Your Majesty exaggerated the strength of the rebels, and now you are delaying the counterinsurgency, so that Your Majesty thinks that it is not easy to quell the rebellion, and the junior brother can understand." ”

"But you only arrange 10,000 troops to attack the city at a time, for five days in a row, and it is a bit unreasonable to delay it like this. ”

Sima Jie smiled slightly, and said disapprovingly: "Brother Baili, don't worry, wait for three days at most, and the younger brother will definitely attack the city with all his might." These few days have not been without results, at least they have consumed a lot of the strength of the rebels in the city, and there is no need to worry about others questioning them. ”

Bai Lice said in a deep voice: "Is Brother Sima sure that he will be able to break the city in three days?"

Sima Jie said confidently: "Of course you are sure, just 10,000 troops can attack the city wall, if 80,000 troops come out and attack the city on all sides, you can definitely break the city in one day." ”

Baili Ce was not as optimistic as Sima Jie, and said bluntly: "What if the other party is hiding his strength these days?"

Sima Jie laughed and said: "Brother Baili is too worried, the rebels see that our army is so powerful, and it is too late to do their best, how can they hide their strength?"

"Besides, with an army of 50,000, no matter how much he hides his strength, where can he hide, will he still conjure up hundreds of thousands of troops?"

Bai Lice felt awkward when he heard it, but he couldn't think of words to refute Sima Jie for a while.

"Brother Sima, it's better to be cautious," finally Bailice dropped a sentence and turned to leave.

Sima Jie looked up at the position of the sun, estimated it, and then ordered: "Come on, Mingjin collects the troops, let the brothers retreat and go back to the camp to rest, and order a lieutenant to lead the army of the headquarters to attack the city after half an hour." ”

The soldier in charge of beating the drum, after receiving the order, immediately stopped, and another wave of people picked up the stick and struck the gong hanging in the air, and the sound of "dang~" sounded rapidly.

The lieutenant, who was in charge of directing the siege at the front, immediately ordered the shield soldiers to step forward to cover the evacuation of their comrades.

The Qin soldiers, who were crawling on the ladder, jumped directly from the ladder and quickly ran back to the direction of their own military formation.

In just a few dozen breaths, more than 9,000 Qin troops evacuated like a tide.

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On the ninth day, Sima Jie put on a set of bright silver armor and held a dragon spear, standing in a group of Qin soldiers wearing black armor, looking particularly dazzling.

Bai Lize, who was traveling with him, was wearing a traditional black iron armor of the Qin State.

The two of them stood at the front of the array, like black and white.

Behind the two, an army of 100,000 was ready for a while.

This time, it was Bailice who gave the order, only to see him raise his hand, fall heavily, and say in a deep voice: "The wind comes, release the arrow." ”

The 100,000 troops behind him said in unison: "Wind and wind." ”

First, three thousand shield soldiers, holding shields more than two meters high, rushed out, stopped a stone's throw away from the city wall of Chen County, and cast a shield wall to block the front of the army.

Then hundreds of bow carts were launched, each with a hundred specially made arrows, the arrows pointing upwards at a sixty-degree angle, and in the sunlight, glittering with cold light.

The noose was tightened, and then loosened, tens of thousands of arrows were thrown out, carrying a huge impact, and landed on the wall of Chen County.

The sound of countless sharp weapons passing through the flesh sounded, and the five thousand rebels guarding the city on the wall of Chen County were directly hit hard, and there was not one out of ten.

Even if Long Ji reminded his soldiers to be careful to dodge at the first sight of the bow cart, it still failed to change this result.

The arrows shot by the bow cart were too penetrating, and the iron armor one inch thick was like paper paste in front of it.

Even the rebel soldiers who hid behind the Daughter Wall and tried to rely on the Daughter Wall to protect themselves were not spared.

Sharp arrows pierced the parapet wall and nailed them to the wall.

Long Ji broke the sharp arrow in his hand, and said calmly to Cao Shen beside him: "The Qin army is really moving, Chen County will not be able to defend it." ”

Cao Shen chuckled and said: "With 50,000 new troops, the general can hold on for nine days under the attack of 200,000 Qin troops, which is already extraordinary. There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, and it is really a wise move for the general to withdraw his troops to preserve his strength. ”

Long Ji didn't say anything about the withdrawal of the army, so Cao Shen took the initiative to mention it, so as not to embarrass Long Ji.

Seeing that Cao Shen was so understanding, Long He just smiled and didn't speak, he knew better than anyone how the "stick" for nine days came about.

Just as the two were talking, 20,000 Qin troops rushed to the city wall with the sound of drums.

Another 20,000 troops stood on one side, ready to support.

Long He sighed and said to the flag commander beside him: "Pass on the general's order, order five thousand troops to defend the city with the general, and the rest will follow Mr. Cao to evacuate from the east gate while they are not bitten by the Qin army." ”

Then Long He bowed to Cao Shen, asked someone to give him a general seal, and said: "Please Mr. lead the troops first, act according to the plan, and the end will catch up as soon as possible." ”

The strategy of evacuation, Long He and Cao Shen had already discussed, so Cao Shen didn't say much, took the general seal, took some of the survivors of the arrow rain, went down the city wall, and led the troops.

The 40,000 troops in Chen County were immediately divided into two groups, one group of 5,000, and went up to the city wall, and they would fight until the last moment.

A dial of 35,000, under the leadership of Cao Shen, hurried to the east gate of Chen County, opened the city gate, and took advantage of the lack of attention of the Qin army outside the city, and fled frantically to the east.

Hearing the news that the scouts had reported that the rebels had run away, Bai Lice immediately said to Sima Jie: "Brother Sima, the big thing is not good, the rebels are going to run." If we really let the rebels escape, I am afraid you and I will not be able to deal with each other. ”

"The younger brother plans to take 20,000 troops to pursue around the city, how about leaving it to you here?"

When Sima Jie heard this, he hurriedly persuaded: "Brother Baili is slow, this matter was originally proposed by the younger brother, if the rebels escaped, the younger brother is duty-bound." The younger brother wants to lead the army to chase after him, and he hopes that Brother Baili will succeed. ”

Bai Lice thought for a while and said, "Okay, please Brother Sima must return with a big victory." ”

Sima Jie turned around and shouted at the army: "Come two captains, take the army of the headquarters, and follow the commander around the city to pursue." ”

Among the 60,000 troops, one-third of them were quickly divided, and under the leadership of Sima Jie and under the guidance of the scouts, they pursued eastward.

Watching Sima Jie leave, Bai Lice stared at the city wall of Chen County, pointed to the two captains, and ordered: "You two, lead people to break through the north and south city gates respectively, and cooperate with the commander to attack the rebels at the west city gate, and the speed should be fast." ”

"No," the two captains replied, leading their headquarters to attack the north and south gates.

There were now only 5,000 rebels left in the city, and they were all concentrated at the west gate, and the two captains entered the city through the north and south gates with almost no effort.

Looking at the Qin army who was getting closer and closer, and the gradually decreasing number of subordinates, Long He glanced at Bailice, tore open a talisman, and the whole person disappeared.