Wu Teng stood under the banner of the Chinese army, his white beard was already covered with ice ballast, the cold wind was howling, the banner was hula, the wind blew the snowflakes all over the sky, and he was a little confused in front of him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This was the third time he had launched an attack on Lingchuan County today.

"Beat the drums, beat the drums. The first person to climb the city, the officer was promoted to the third level, and the soldier was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! He hissed and roared.

Driven by the soldiers, the siege vehicles made deep ruts in the snow, and under the attack of the roaring trebuchets on the city, they approached the city walls with difficulty. The soldiers on the siege carts, desperately pulling the bowstrings, threw the feathered arrows into the city, and the ballista would buzz every few moments, shooting the crossbow arrows as thick as children's arms.

"Raise your shield!" An officer shouted. In the sky ahead, another row of black pressed stone bullets came to the surface, and the soldiers raised their shields to protect their bodies.

Under the attack of stone bullets, this kind of protection can only be better than nothing, if you really let the stone bullets hit your body, how can the shield protect yourself? It's still a broken tendon fracture. smashed the siege vehicle, and fell down to be not dead or disabled. The siege engine was twenty meters high, and it was a little higher than the city walls.

With the sound of rumbling, the screams of soldiers, and the sound of the collapse of siege engines rang out.

In the midst of the attack again and again, there were finally several trucks of siege vehicles that survived close to the city wall, and with a clang, the soldiers on the siege vehicle roared and jumped from the siege vehicle onto the city wall with a shield in one hand and a knife in the other.

They were greeted by a bright spear, knowing that jumping down was a dead end, but now, there was no room for anyone to hesitate at all.

The soldiers shrank behind their shields, curled up together, and smashed themselves down like a projectile, slashing out the knives in their hands with all their might while the shields felt resistance.

At the same time as these people jumped, the crossbowmen on the siege vehicle also stood up, and their arms, which were already numb and barely conscious, pulled the bowstring again and shot the feathered arrows towards the city, while at the same time, the crossbowmen on the city were also shooting the feathered arrows in their hands at them.

They were aiming at the place where the soldiers jumped, but the Qi army at the head of the city was aiming at these archers, and when they cleared a small territory for the besieging soldiers, they themselves were shot into hedgehogs.

Wu Teng clenched his fists tightly and looked nervously at the place, this was the first time he had attacked the city today, and he had laid a small territory on top of the city. As long as they can hold on for a short time, the soldiers behind can be continuously thrown there from the siege vehicles, constantly expanding the bridgehead and tearing a hole in the entire city defense.

But he was immediately disappointed, and in a short period of time, the soldiers who attacked the city were overwhelmed by the Qi army, the siege vehicles were destroyed, and another attack ended in failure.

Wu Teng hung his head in disappointment, a hint of pain flashing in his eyes.

"County guard, retreat, it's not good to attack again today, we have lost thousands of people, these are the elite of our Xinning army!" Che Zhe persuaded.

Wu Teng nodded a little lonely, it was already the tenth day of attacking Lingchuan County, but he still hadn't taken the northwest gateway of the Qi people. The army that attacked Lingchuan has also increased from the initial 20,000 to the current 40,000, and he has concentrated all the Xinning troops here.

And the reason for this decision is naturally because the eastern border army of Chu has suffered the biggest defeat, and is now trapped by the Qi army near Chen County, Luzhou, and more importantly, it contains the emperor of Great Chu.

Wu Teng didn't have much interest in attacking Lingchuan County at first, but now, he had to take it down, and if he could take Lingchuan, he could enter the northwest of Qi State, force Qi State to respond, and create a trace of vitality for the eastern border army. But after ten days of desperate attacks, more than 5,000 people were killed and wounded, but he still did not take this important western town of Qi.

He could feel that the defensive strength of Lingchuan County had also lost a lot in his attacks for more than ten days, and it seemed that he was no longer able to do it, which made him rise hope again and again, but in the end, he was disappointed again and again.

The other party is already powerless, but he is not the end of the crossbow!

Lingchuan's regular army strength of the Qi army is not much left, in Anju, Leye two counties, their main force was almost completely wiped out by the Ming army Thunderbolt battalion, according to Wu Teng's knowledge, the current main force of the Qi army in the county is only a regular army of 5,000 people, the rest, are county soldiers or young people from all over the country, the strength of the maximum will not exceed 20,000 people.

And what made Wu Teng a little discouraged was that the sky was not beautiful, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, the wind was getting colder and colder, and the weather was dripping into ice, which had already made his soldiers suffer.

"County guard, all the siege vehicles have been destroyed, and there are not many ladders left, and today, there is no way to fight!" Che Zhe looked at the county guard with some concern, he felt that the county guard had lost control a little, and this kind of weather was not suitable for such a big attack.

This kind of weather is too advantageous for the defenders of the city.

"Collect the troops, Che Zhe, send the soldiers to the city and ask for the recovery of the bodies of our dead soldiers." Wu Teng sighed, turned his horse, and walked back.

The Qi generals in the city agreed to the Chu army's request to clean up the bodies of the soldiers who died in battle, and in their opinion, the Chu army's taking away these corpses would further damage their morale, which was a good thing for the Qi people. But for Wu Teng, he couldn't watch the remains of the dead and wounded soldiers stay here, that would cause a bigger blow to morale.

Even if you die in battle, your body must be returned.

Zhang Chao frantically drove the war horse, and beside him was Yang Zhi, the deputy commander of the Ming army's Thunderbolt Battalion. When Wu Teng decided to launch a large-scale attack on Lingchuan, the Ming army stayed in Anju County and did not launch an attack on Lingchuan with Wu Teng. This was not originally planned. But now, the situation has changed, and the Perak camp has received an order from His Majesty, Lingchuan, must be defeated.

Before the camp gate, Zhang Chao and Yang Zhi turned over and dismounted, and couldn't help but ask what the results of today's battle were, just looking at the car that was transported back to the remains of the soldiers killed in the camp, Zhang Chao knew what the result was today.

With Yang Zhi, the two went straight to Wu Teng's Chinese army tent.

"Wu Junshou!" Yang Zhi arched his hand, the Chu army suffered a big defeat, and if one didn't do it well, there was a risk of losing the country this time, but Yang Zhi didn't have the pleasure of revenge, the Chu army could be defeated in his own hands, but how could he be defeated in the hands of Qi people? The army of Chu can also be said to be the result of his grandfather's hard work all his life. "We have received an order from Your Majesty, the Perak Battalion will join the battle to attack Lingchuan, and now the Perak Battalion is already in the process of being deployed, and in three days at most, it will arrive at the foot of Lingchuan City, why don't your troops stop the attack for the time being, recuperate and wait for the final blow."

Yang Zhi got straight to the point.

Hearing Yang Zhi's words, Wu Teng jumped up excitedly, "Has His Majesty the Emperor of your country decided to attack the Qi people again?" ”

"Of course!" Yang Zhi nodded and said: "This time it is not only our Thunderbolt battalion that came to Lingchuan, but also a cavalry battalion is on the way to Lingchuan. ”

Chasing the wind battalion, of course Wu Teng knew that this was a powerful cavalry that defeated tens of thousands of Qin army iron cavalry on the battlefield against Qin.

"The task of besieging the city will be left to our Thunderbolt Battalion!" Yang Zhi said: "The Xinning Army of Wujun Shou should take good care of their spirits, and when Lingchuan is defeated, you will continue to move forward!" ”

Yang Zhi's words were a little unkind, the Xinning army had not beaten Lingchuan for so long, but in Yang Zhi's mouth, it seemed to be at his fingertips. But at this time, Wu Teng didn't care about these at all, as long as the Ming army sent troops, it would be a good thing, for the Chu State, this was definitely the best news for this period of time.

"Aside from here, your country is over there in Zhaoguan?" He asked tentatively.

"General Wuling has already started operations in Zhaoguan." Yang's words were concise and to the point.

"Okay, great!" Wu Teng struck with both palms, and Zhaoguan also began to attack, and here, the Ming army officially joined the battlefield, which meant that the emperor of the Ming State was unwilling to watch the Chu State lose too much.

Just when the Perak camp arrived at the city of Lingchuan and was about to attack the city, in the Luoying Mountains, a large army was quietly hiding in the mountains, and beyond the mountains, it was Luoying County of the Qi State.

This time the army of Chu attacked, at the beginning, An Ruhai, like Cheng Wuben, was opposed, but the emperor had already made up his mind, and An Ruhai decided to lead an army through the Luoying Mountains to help in the war. This was an extremely arduous march, even if An Ruhai had made full preparations in advance, but the march of nearly 1,000 miles still made him suffer serious losses, and when he arrived at the destination, the 10,000 army at the time of departure had only 8,000 people left. During the march, 2,000 men were succumbed to bad weather and difficult terrain.

Everyone was emaciated, but every one was in high spirits, and it seemed to these soldiers that it was much better to fight the enemy with pleasure than to march endlessly.

Now, the enemy is at hand. Their nightmare is coming to an end, and the nightmare of the Qi people will begin.

An Ruhai is also very tired, the spies sent out have infiltrated Luoying County, where is there a hidden pile of the internal guard, as the former commander of the internal guard, he is naturally very clear about the layout of the internal guard, he needs to know the current situation outside the mountain, nearly a month of marching in the mountains, he has completely lost the news outside the mountain.