After Tian Zong retired from the Shenmen Que Tower, the newly established shogunate was in the royal palace. It is only fitting that the imperial court becomes a military tabery, but it is also temporary, and if the Qin army breaks through the earthen wall, then the shogunate can only move to the big city - only the big city has the Li region and the Li Fang, and relying on the dense Li Yu and Li Fang in the big city can resist the Qin army one by one.

Because of this, the panicked Qi Wang Tian Jian, the queen concubine and princess and others were hurriedly retreating into the city from the several gates between the royal city and the big city, temporarily taking refuge in the northeast corner of the big city. It is not only the last line of defense, but also a hoarding place for grain and dry firewood.

Some retreated, while others advanced. Tian Qiu, a doctor of the Tang Dynasty, suddenly came to the shogunate of the Zhengchao with a group of doctors, and as soon as they saw Tian Zong, they said: "Does the Great Sima want to make my Qi country perish?" Where are the Chu people today? ”

"Why?" Tian Zong waved away the generals in the shogunate, and the one-faced Tian Qi and others. After speaking, he said: "The Chu army is late, how do I know where the Chu army is going?" This matter ......"

"Why did Da Sima order someone to pile dry firewood on the side of the corn? The military officials said that they had received military orders, and if the Qin people attacked the city, they would burn the warehouse. Tian Zong was interrupted by Tian Xuan before he finished speaking. More than 30 million stone corn Tianzong is ready to burn it, Qi is not Qin country, Qin country burned hundreds of millions of stone corn is just a blink of an eye, not to mention that these accumulated corn is the dependence of defending Linzi. If it weren't for Tian Zong and Tian Clan, all the doctors would think that he was a spy for the Marquis of Qin.

"Yes." Tian Zong stroked his beard, his eyes were awe-inspiring. "Corn is an important item for military resources, how can it be left to the Qin people."

"Da Sima's meaning, is Linzi will be lost?" Tian Qi was frightened and angry when he heard this, and he trembled with anger. He didn't expect Tian Zong to be sure to hold Linzi. If Tian Zong couldn't hold Linzi, why did he give him an axe a few days ago.

"Whether you lose or not, it's all up to when the Chu army will arrive." Tian Zongdao. "If I can hold on for three days, Linzi will not be lost. If I don't keep it for a day, Linzi will be lost. Burning the accumulated millet is a precautionary measure, so why should you panic? ”

"When will the Chu army arrive?" Tian Xuan said urgently. "I was cut off from the Chu people before, and the Chu people resented me, so what should I do?"

"What if you don't do it?" Tian Xuan is a doctor in Pingyuanjin, and the situation in the state of Qi is that the closer the city doctor is to the Qin realm, the more pro-Qin the doctor, and the closer to the city doctor of the Chu state, the closer to the Chu state, the closer to Chu. In the middle, the doctors in the cities near Linzi follow the crowd, and whoever is reasonable and has advantages will listen to whomever it is. The people who hated Chu the most before were Tian Xuan and Tian Qiu, but now that their cities have been lost, they are looking forward to the Chu army.

"Ben Sima also has military affairs, left and right, sending off guests." Tian Zong shouted left and right with an unhappy face. Tian Qiu, Tian Xuan and others, who could not get a reply, could only retreat. The military power has been all in the hands of Tian Zong, when the axe was granted, Tian Jian's order to him was to hold Linzi, as long as Linzi was still in the hands of the Qi army, they could not take away his military power.

The doctors went away in a huff, and the generals Tian Luo, Chiji's general Shi Yi, Jimo Doctor Tian He, and Du Doctor Tian Yang entered the account again. Tian Luo said: "The ministers think that this matter may not be impossible to ......."

"If you can't, you're not going to have to." Tian Zong and others were kind to Tian Zong, but he was not so good-tempered when he reconciled the general rate. As he spoke, he slapped his palm on the low table and shouted: "Those who don't keep their secrets, behead!" ”

"Yui!" When the generals heard this, Tian Zong said that killing people is killing people, which is definitely a joke.

"This battle is related to the survival of the Qi country and the survival of the world, and you must not slack off!" Looking at the general rate in the account, Tian Zong said. "Wang Jian led 500,000 elite soldiers of the Qin State to attack me, if this battle is lost, the Qin State will die. The strategy of the Chu State is to advance westward, and it is an expedient measure to save me, and the spring and summer army will return to the Chu State. The Qin people are undefeated, and our Qi country will die in Qin, so this battle must be a big victory. ”

Tian Zong's words were heavy, how to win, how to defeat, he said it clearly. As he spoke, the servants brought the sake that was sacrificed to their ancestors, and each of them gave a cup of sake, and the sake rippled in the cup, illuminating everyone's face.

"The nobles die in the country, and the slaves steal their lives. Why did the nobles die in the country? If the kingdom does not exist, what is the difference between a noble man and a slave? Rather than being a slave of Qin, it is better to be a martyr of the country of Qi. I am willing to go to Huangquan with you! Tian Zong raised the wine cup, presented it to the generals, and drank it all.

"I am willing to go to Huangquan with Da Sima!" The generals shouted in unison. When they raised their heads to drink, Zhengchao suddenly shook, and then there was a loud 'boom', and the Qin people bombed the city.

Thirty-eight guns were twice charged, and a hundred shells added up to almost ten tons of gunpowder. Saltpeter was originally impure, and there was no way to mix it with gunpowder, and what the Qin army had was the standard gunpowder of the mansion. Before digging the hole, the hole mouth was tightly stuffed with sealed soil and horizontal wood, nearly ten tons of gunpowder, and more than six tons were buried in the hole.

Although the more than six tons of gunpowder could not blow up a gap of more than 20 meters, it also blew up a narrow gap about 7 or 8 feet high from the ground and about 7 or 8 feet wide on the inside of the Linzi city wall, and the outside of the city wall was flown off in a large area, and the hole was more than 7 or 8 zhang long - the hole was still shallow to chise, and the gases produced when the gunpowder exploded acted on the outside of the city wall.

The trappers were arrayed four hundred paces away, the power of the explosion scaring their souls, and when the dirt that flew into the sky hit them, they couldn't help but bow down on their knees. The Qin soldiers who witnessed the Linzi city wall flying from the ground in the rear rushed to shout: "... Yes...... Ah......" then turned into a unified war: "Hooray! Long live Great Qin! Banzai! Long live Great Qin! Banzai! Long live Daqin......"

The shouts of hundreds of thousands of people woke up the frightened people in front of them, and the drummers began to beat the drums vigorously, and they also shouted: "Kill! Kill ——! Then he rushed to the narrow hole that had been blown out.

The trapped men are not armoured, so they can run quickly, and the distance of four hundred paces is not a matter of a few breaths, even if they are still pushing the rushing cart. The Qi army above and behind the city wall was still in a dizzy state of gunpowder explosion, and the shouts of hundreds of thousands of Qin troops made them frightened. When the first group of soldiers entered the city, they hurriedly shot arrows from the city and threw stone bullets from the rear.

The firewood and grass in the fifty pace-deep trenches behind the wall were hurriedly lit, and the smoke and flames became larger and larger. The arrows of the Qi army on the earthen wall rushed to shoot at the approaching trapped. Regardless of whether they had a shield or did not have a shield, they ignored the arrows and the fireworks in the trench and rushed directly into the trench to climb, and even threw the firewood and grass burning in the trench onto the earthen wall and behind the wall.

It was still too late for the Qi army to light the firewood and grass in the trench, and the deep trench was not inserted with sharp inverted piles. But what made people even more desperate was that the narrow slit that was only seven or eight feet wide collapsed again with a bang under the impact of the Qin army's rushing car, the smoke and dust fell, and the narrow mouth became a side door, and the Qin army rushed into the city from this breach like a carp crossing the river.

Witchcraft breaks down the door, and witch medicine blows up the city. Since the invasion of Qi, the Qin army has been honing this tactic in actual combat. Captains, captains, five hundred lords, hundred generals, commanders, and officers up and down are already familiar with how to quickly seize a city after breaking down. There was essentially no difference between breaching a city and breaking a gate, and as soon as the walls were blown open, they rushed into the city after the trappers.

The Qi army ignited too late, and the violent explosion stunned the trapped soldiers and the Qi army in the city, this is not manpower, this is the power of heaven and earth. There were too many Qin soldiers who rushed into the city in an instant, and every time an iron bullet fell, hundreds of Qin soldiers could be killed, but the shouting Qin soldiers went forward one after another, and they quickly filled the deep trench and climbed the low wall. Arrows and crossbows were useless, and the Qi army could only use spears, short ges, and huge blades to drive the Qin soldiers who climbed the low wall down the wall.

"Report ——!" The sound of the report came from afar and rushed into the court. "The Qin people broke through the remnant wall with a rushing car and crossed my deep trench."

"Report ——!" Immediately afterwards, an even more urgent shout came: "The Qin people rushed to my trench wall, please send reinforcements to Da Sima quickly......"

"Report ——!" This time it was a bloodied soldier who rushed in, and as soon as he entered the court, he fell to the ground. "The Qin people are on the wall! The Qin people climbed the wall!! Da Sima quickly sent reinforcements! Da Sima quickly sent reinforcements ......"

The situation became more and more critical, and the hastily built low wall was no more than one or two feet, and the trench was not deep, only one zhang. In fact, it was difficult for such a city defense to stop the Qin army, and they had sufficient siege equipment, and once these equipment entered the city, the low wall could not be saved. It's just that the Qin people just rushed into the front line and were in a hurry, which everyone didn't expect.

"Great Sima ......" the shogunate generals didn't speak, Tian Yang looked forward and backward, and when he was about to suggest, Tian Zong, who closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, asked: "Is there a cannon sound?" ”

The Qin army attacked the city, and the role of artillery should not be underestimated. The last time the cavalry attacked the city, the remaining four artillery pieces were all snatched back by the Qin. Tian Zong had been waiting for the sound of the cannon, but unfortunately he didn't hear it, and the generals didn't hear it either.

"Where is the Qin artillery?" No one answered, Tian Zong stood up and looked at Tian Jiao, the marquis of Ren Qijun.

"Great Sima, the scouts have not seen the Qin artillery." The military marquis is responsible for the reconnaissance and counter-investigation of the whole army, and the Hou spy is actually a scout who extends from the military marquis. Artillery is an important part of the battle plan, without which the plan will be incomplete.

"I really didn't see the Qin artillery." The few soldiers who rushed in also said that they also knew the importance of the Qin army's artillery, but they didn't see the artillery, let alone hear the sound of the cannon.

"Da Sima, allow me to ......" Tian Jiao originally wanted to send scouts again, but before he could say anything, Tian Zong stopped him.

"Where's Tian Po?" Tian Zong shouted Tian Bu. Tian Po is Shenmen Sima, but he is in the shogunate at the moment.

"The subordinate is here." Tian Bu replied, waiting for Tian Zong's military order. At this time, the shouting of killing was more intense, the drums were more urgent, and the mournful report was faintly coming.

"I ordered you to lead an army of 5,000 to aid him." Tian Zong took out a feather sash, and Tian Bu took it with both hands. The situation is getting more and more critical, Tian Bu frowned, he is the Sima of the city gate, he doesn't understand why Tian Zong is so stingy, and only gives him 5,000 soldiers.

He thought about it like this, but what made him even more puzzled was Tian Zong's final explanation: "Remember! Defeat is not allowed to win. ”